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Report by Brooklyn DA, Closed-Door Agudah Meeting, Raise Concerns over Child Molestation in Orthodox Community

Ilan Grapel Makes First Public Appearance with Rabbi Marc Schneier at the Hampton Synagogue A JV Exclusive Report

District Attorney Claims 89 Arrests Over 2 Years

Ilan Grapel, an Israeli-American citizen who was arrested in Egypt on June 12, 2011 and was held in an Egyptian detention center until October 27, made his ﬁrst public appearance at Rabbi Marc Schneier’s Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton on Friday night, November 25.

By Boruch Shubert with additional reporting by Daniel Perez

hile a report just recently released by Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes claims that his office has arrested an unprecedented 89 men from Brooklyn’s Orthodox community over the past two years on charges of child sex abuse, Hynes has refused to offer any corroborating details about the numbers or status of the cases. As a result, Orthodox advocates for victims of child abuse are expressing some doubt about the accuracy of the report, or at the very least are wondering why they have not heard of a similar number of convictions or an increase in the list of registered sex offenders. At the same time, news has emerged that a closed-door meeting on this topic was apparently held over Thanksgiving weekend at the national convention of Agudath Israel of America in New Jersey. According to the popular blog Failed Messiah, which is known for its pervasive

Famed Torah scholar and kabbalist, Rav Yoshiyahu Pinto (PHOTO FROM THE SHUVA ISRAEL WEBSITE, HARAVPINTO.COM)

Renowned Kabbalist Allegedly Subjected to Harassment, Blackmail

By Tzvi Allen Fishman lan joined Rabbi Schneier at services both on Friday night prior to a gala Shabbat Thanksgiving dinner and on Shabbat morning. A tall and kind-look-

Rabbi Pinto: “In Order to Build a Building, One Must Suffer Greatly” Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto – the great grandson of the Baba Sali and a well-known kabbalist and Torah scholar since the age of 24, has become sought-after as a spiritual advisor in Israel and the United states by prominent business people, athletes, politicians and celebrities. Besides serving as a spiritual leader and a guide to those seeking his blessings and business advice, Rabbi Pinto is also the founder of the Shuva Israel Community, a global organization with synagogues, learning institutions and social service outreach to the needy in the United States and throughout the world.

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Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has thus far refused to offer any corroborating details about the status of the molestation cases.

orn in Ashdod, Israel, on the ﬁrst day of Rosh Hashana in 1973, Rabbi Pinto descends from two ancient and distinguished Sephardic rabbinical dynasties, the Abuhatzeira Family and the Pinto Family.

Rabbi Pinto, who has no formal business education, only speaks Hebrew and won’t meet with women, is considered by Israeli real estate professionals as well as people of diﬀerent faiths to be a holy man, The Real Deal, a real estate industry publication, wrote in a 2008 proﬁle.

Ilan Grapel, being embraced by his father, Daniel, and his sister Michal.

ing young man of 27, Ilan did not at all possess the appearance appearance of a man who Egyptian authorities claimed to be a Mossad spy and saboteur. The accusations of espionage have been strongly denied by Ilan himself, his family and the Israeli government. Ilan Grapel, originally from Queens, New York, made aliyah in 2005 after graduating from John Hopkins UniversiContinued on page 23

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First Round of Voting Ends in Egypt Egyptians have completed the ﬁrst round of voting in the ﬁrst parliamentary elections since a popular uprising forced President Hosni Mubarak to resign in February. he country’s interim military leaders are hailing round one as a success and say voter turnout was high. No major problems are reported.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Kimoon is congratulating Egyptians for what he calls their enthusiastic participation at the ballot box. U.S. State Department spokesman Mark

Toner calls the voting peaceful and a success. But the chief of Egypt’s National Human Rights Council, Hazem Mounir, said the voting process is confusing. He blames it on what he calls a weak legal framework for elections and no independent election commission. Voters cast ballots for the lower house of parliament Monday and Tuesday in Cairo, Al-

Palestinian Unity Deal Moves Ahead Still No Agreement on Interim Government The terrorist group Hamas and the Palestinian political faction Fatah have agreed to hold elections and possibly exchange prisoners in a unity deal that appears to be progressing, news outlets reported Tuesday. he Palestinian Authority’s oﬃcial news agency, Wafa, quoted Abbas – who is visiting Austria – as saying “we expect the next elections to be held in May 2012.” After months of uncertainty surrounding a proposed unity government consisting of the Iran-backed Hamas and the more moderate Palestinian movement Fatah, the

indication of coming elections is the biggest sign yet that the uniﬁcation process is still alive. Hamas and Fatah also are discussing the possible release of each other’s prisoners, according to the Palestinian news agency Ma’an. “(President Mahmoud) Abbas gave instructions to the director of the Palestinian

Authority’s general intelligence service, Majid Faraj, to release Hamas-affiliated detainees stated in a list received from Hamas” while requesting the release of Fatah prisoners in Gaza, Fatah affiliated lawmaker Faysal Abu Shahla told the news agency. Yet an Israeli-based expert told listeners in a conference call hosted by The Israel Project Tuesday that the scheduled election in the Palestinian territories was still far from certain given the continued disagreements between both parties, most notably over any possible transitional government. “Everything is in such flux,” Dr. Jonathan Rhynhold, an exper t in Palestinian-Israeli relations at the Begin-S adat C enter for Str ategic

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exandria, and seven other provinces. The rest of the country will vote later and the entire election, including runoﬀs and choosing the upper house, will not be over until March. Nine days of clashes between protesters and police leading up to the elections killed 42 people and left more than 3,000 injured. The historic elections will determine whether Egypt moves down a more Islamic path after nearly 60 years as an authoritarian secular state essentially run by the military. VOA NEWS

Studies said . “I think we’re in an incredibly fluid period, and it’s not clear the elections will take place.” Rhynhold cited a fear on Fatah’s part that a unity deal would drastically increase Hamas’ power in the West Bank as well as Hamas’ concern that they would “have to dismantle their empire in Gaza” as two reasons still obstructing the reconciliation efforts. He said conversely, Hamas’ awareness of being an entrenched, undemocratic power in a changing Arab world and Fatah’s need for new momentum in the Palestinian statehood drive were two major factors pushing the two factions together. Yet Rhynhold said the impediments to the deal still outweighed the benefits for both parties. “At this stage it’s a public relations exercise,” he said.

Pressure Mounts on Syria, Government Raids Continue Syria is facing increased pressure from world powers to end its crackdown on dissent, but activists say violence in the country continues to escalate. n activist with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that Syrian forces have publicly executed 22 activists in a Damascus suburb, Rankus, and arrested about 600 people. The opposition group says the suburb had been under siege since Sunday, when forces backed by tanks pushed into the region.

Meanwhile, the U.S. and Germany say the U.N. Security Council must respond to Syria’s crackdown on anti-government protesters after U.N. investigators detailed grave rights abuses they say were ordered by the “highest levels” of President Bashar al-Assad’s government. On Monday, a U.N. commission investi-

gating allegations of human rights violations in Syria accused government troops of “summary execution, arbitrary arrest, enforced disappearance, torture, sexual violence, as well as violations of children’s rights.” The report said Syrian forces have killed 256 children and that “torture was applied equally to adults and children.” The group’s ﬁndings will now go to the Human Rights Council and the U.N. General Assembly, which will decide what to do next. Turkey said Tuesday that it may shift its Middle East trade routes to go through Iraq - cutting out Syria as a transit country if un-

rest there worsens and embargoes against Damascus go into eﬀect. Turkey and Syria abolished visa requirements in 2009 and had planned to raise their trade volume. Also, the EU says it plans to impose additional sanctions on Assad’s embattled government. EU foreign ministers will vote Thursday on proposals to further restrict trade and economic dealings with Damascus. The United Nations says more than 3,500 people have been killed since March in connection with the uprising. VOA NEWS

Lebanon: Thousands Rally Against Hezbollah and Syria Tens of thousands Lebanese residents protest against the Assad regime and its ally, the Hezbollah terror group. Tens of thousands of supporters of Lebanon’s anti-Syrian opposition gathered in the Lebanese city of Tripoli on Sunday to denounce the regime in Damascus and its ally, the Hezbollah terror group. By Elad Benari ccording to AFP, the rally in the northern port city was organized by the Future Movement, the main opposition party headed by ex-premier Saad

It came amid mounting tension over the possible collapse of the Lebanese government over a UN-backed tribunal that probed the 2005 assassination of Hariri’s father, expremier Raﬁk Hariri, and the revolt in Syria. Last week, Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Continued on page 4

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whose cabinet is dominated by Hezbollah and its allies, threatened to step down if the cabinet refused to fund the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). The funding will be discussed at a crucial cabinet meeting next Wednesday. Lebanon is responsible for meeting 49 percent of the STL’s ﬁnancing, some $35 million. AFP reported that several politicians who spoke at the rally appealed to Mikati to uphold the country’s obligations concerning the STL. They also launched attacks against Syrian President Bashar Assad. MP Marwan Hamadeh urged the Arab League to tighten the noose around “the killer in Damascus,” referring to Assad. “The end of (the regime) in Damascus will be like that of Muammar Qaddaﬁ, Zine

el Abidine Ben Ali, Hosni Mubarak or Ali Abdullah Saleh,” Hamadeh was quoted as having said. He added, “Beware Bashar, the choice is open and your fate is already decided.” The demonstrators also carried party and Lebanese ﬂags as well as banners that read “Bashar al-Assad, Qaddaﬁ is waiting for you” and “Bashar al-Assad, Hassan Nasrallah, game over.” Mikati recently announced that Lebanon will adhere to its commitment and fund the STL, which has indicted four Hezbollah operatives in connection with Hariri’s murder. The terror group has dismissed the court as a U.S.-Israeli conspiracy and leader Nasrallah has vowed never to turn over any members of his group. ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

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Israeli Experts: Iran Threat Intolerable Iranian Threat to Israel Dubbed “Existential, Unacceptable” by Former IDF Generals Two former top Israeli generals both closely connected to the peace process warned that Iran poses an extreme threat to Israel, saying it was existential to the Jewish state and unacceptable. he two spoke at the conference on “Israeli Security in a New Regional Environment", sponsored by the Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center at Tel Aviv’s Bar Ilan University. “Israel can't aﬀord to wonder if Tehran will go crazy and bomb us," said Maj. Gen. (res.) Danny Yatom, a former head of the Mossad and security advisor in the government of former prime minister and current

defense minister Ehud Barak. “To us, the Iranian nuclear weapons program is an existential threat," Yatom said, emphasizing that the Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons was a global problem. The world does not have much time left to act on Iran, the former Mossad head warned, adding that "there is an evaluation that they have crossed the red line. They have the knowledge to make the

bomb. All that is needed now is the decision to do it.... The world has a year in which to halt the Iranian nuclear weapons program, probably less." Maj. Gen. (res.) Uzi Dayan said “Tehran's nuclear program is an unacceptable threat" that has to be dealt with severely by the international community. Dayan, a former top peace negotiator with the Palestinians and chief of the IDF’s military intelligence division said he felt that the crippling economic sanctions being imposed by Western countries would help dissuade the Iranian people. "States like Egypt are already losing control of their own territory, and Israel can expect increased cross-border attacks and terrorism,” said BESA director Prof. Efraim Inbar, who added that

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with the instability of the Arab Spring Israel had to invest more in defense so that “we'll be ready for challenges ﬁve years or more down the road."

Christian Tourists Angry at Discrimination at Outpost During Solidarity Visit Pro-Israel Tourist Writes Netanyahu: "We Are Not Your Enemy" By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu hristian tourists, threatened with arrest during a solidarity visit at an outpost in Judea and Samaria, ask Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu why leftists at the site were not arrested. The 34 Canadians and eight Americans stopped for a visit at the Oz Tzion outpost during their recent two-week visit. “Your troops showed up and threatened to arrest the men of our group if we did not leave within 10 minutes,” Alberta, Canada resident Al Dublanko wrote the Prime Minister. He revealed, “The colonel who

came to arrest us confessed that he has seen many busloads of foreigners come to his region, all in support of the Arabs against the settlers.” Dublanko asked Prime Minister Netanyahu, “Why would you so easily let these confessed enemies of Israel wander around with immunity, and arrest us who support you? On a previous visit we went to Bat Ayin [in Gush Etzion], and the residents were visibly upset thinking us to be yet another busload of Peace Now activists coming to taunt them over the terrible slayings of their [the Bat Ayin] children.” He was referring to the terrorist who inﬁltrated the town

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and murdered 13 year old Shlomo Nativ with an ax. The Christian group had visited Oz Tzion shortly after Israeli police raided the community and destroyed most of it. Dublanko wrote, “The pathetic little outpost had already suﬀered the indignity of having 15 shacks torn down in a violent manner by your troops during the night, and they had succeeded in rebuilding only one…. “Mr. Netanyahu, you are confused. We are not your enemy. You do not seem to know who your heroes or your friends are. You move against your own people with the excuse of keeping rules and agreements, meanwhile ignoring the rules and even facilitating the rule breaking of your enemies. “You protect the most antiSemitic leftist groups as they move

around your country trying to foment anti-Israeli sentiments, and expel our little group because we agree with the settlers in their belief that G-d gave the Jewish people the land. “Mr. Prime Minister, your attempt at appeasement of world opinion is not working nor can it ever work. Jews are a chosen people and Israel is a special country, established not by a UN declaration, or Balfour Declaration, or any negotiations, not even by the might of the IDF, but by an ancient promise by G-d…. “We Christians know this, the Arabs know this, and you and every Jew in the world knows this. This is not to be debated…. “The European nations who Continued on page 6

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IDF Pursues Loose Internet Lips IDF Information Security Personnel Warn Soldiers to be Careful About What They Post to Social Media Sites Following the old dictum that “loose lips sink ships,” IDF Information Security officers are seeking to keep soldiers from divulging sensitive operational information on the Internet. By Gavriel Queenann he most recent example involved soldiers posted in Israel’s north uploading autobiographical videos documenting their experiences to YouTube. According to IDF officials the videos, which were described as having a “sporting spirit” and depicted the soldiers “clowning around” also inadvertently contained information that could aid the enemy when closely examined pixel by pixel. Installation locations, technological information, and the position and type of some logistical stores could be derived by astute viewers, officials added. In recent months the IDF Operations Division issued strict instructions to all personnel regarding the conduct of IDF officers and soldiers on social networks. Publication of these images not only harms national security, commanders warned, but also helps NGO’s pursue law fare suits against the IDF. Previously, a 2010 letter to soldiers made it clear that they cannot publicize operations in Judea and Samaria on social

networks and forbid the uploading of photos related to IDF service - especially photos that would reveal the identity of a soldier conducting operations. Further, soldiers were instructed to refrain from accepting online connections who do not reveal their real names and not to convey military information to personal contacts. An IDF spokesman told Arutz Sheva the video that prompted today’s action was probably taken a few years ago, but was still viewed as a serious breach of operational security. “IDF hardware and its location was depicted in the video,” the spokesman said. “This harms our operational readiness and could compromise information security and lives should more recent videos appear online.” “The IDF Information Security department is constantly working to prevent these kinds of security violations and we will pursue disciplinary action. We emphasize that these regulations are routinely publicized in every unit in the IDF.” ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

Christian Tourists Angry at Discrimination at Outpost Continued from page 5

support the Anti- Israel peace movements so generously, have the same hatred toward the Jewish people that they showed in WW2, and these groups are just their grandchildren trying to ﬁnish the task…

Dublanko said he is planning to send his teenage children to Israel in the spring because “we want them to see the courage and faith of the settlers and the total commitment of the youth like those of Oz Tzion and Bat Ayin. We ask that you not arrest them.”

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Israeli Ambassador: Anti-Jewish ‘Sickness’ in British Press Ambassador Daniel Taub decries anti-Semitism as “a sign of a great sickness inside British journalism.” By Gil Ronen sraeli Ambassador to Britain, Daniel Taub, condemned on Sunday what he called an anti-Semitic “sickness” inside some parts of the British media. “When a leading newspaper publishes anti-Semitic words, such as we heard on the release of Gilad Shalit alleging that this deal

shows that Zionists values the lives of the ‘chosen’ more than it values the lives of anyone else – as if we wouldn’t have begged to reduce the number of terrorists that should have been released – yes, that’s insulting to Israel, but more than that, it’s a sign of a great sickness inside media and inside British journalism,” he said. Continued on page 7

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Iranian Protesters Storm British Diplomatic Compounds in Tehran Iranian protesters have stormed two British diplomatic compounds in Tehran in response to Britain’s new economic sanctions against Iran. he sanctions were imposed over Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program. Protesters Tuesday broke windows, scattered documents and pulled down a British flag at the embassy in central Tehran. They also looted a portrait of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth. Outside, protesters chanted “Death to Britain” and set fire to a diplomatic vehicle. Iranian media reported that Iranian police have secured the release of six embassy staff members who were surrounded by protesters at another diplomatic compound in

north Tehran. The compound is used by the embassy to house students and British resident employees. The protesters are still inside this diplomatic compound as of the time of this writing, and Iranian media say demonstrators have re-entered the British embassy despite police chasing them out earlier. State media say protesters are refusing to leave until police release those arrested when the demonstrators ﬁrst attacked the embassy. The British Foreign Oﬃce in London ex-

pressed outrage and urged Iranian authorities to act with “utmost urgency” to protect Britain’s diplomatic compounds as mandated under international law. It encouraged British nationals in Iran to keep a low profile and stay indoors. France and the United States strongly condemned the attacks. The White House urged Iran to prosecute the offenders. Last week, Britain cut business transactions with all banks in Iran, including Iran’s Central Bank, as part of coordinated sanctions with the U.S. and Canada. The move was in response to Iran’s suspected program to develop nuclear weapons. It was the first time Britain has cut ties

with the entire banking sector of a country. The new sanctions followed a report by the U.N. atomic energy agency strongly suggesting that Iran is researching nuclear weapons. Tehran says its nuclear activities are for civilian purposes. On Sunday, Iran’s parliament passed a bill to reduce diplomatic and economic ties with Britain. The bill, ratiﬁed Monday by Iran’s Guardian Council, pushes the British ambassador out within two weeks, leaving Britain’s embassy to be run by a chargé d›aﬀaires. Economic relations with London also will be reduced to a minimum. VOA NEWS

Norwegian Mass Killer Declared Insane Court-appointed psychiatrists have declared Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik criminally insane.

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[Editor’s note: The Jewish Voice has previously covered Breivik’s killing spree and subsequent apprehension by authorities. The “youth summer camp” he attacked was apparently a leftist political camp wherein participants were indoctrinated with, among other things, a pervasive hatred of Israel.

Israeli Ambassador: Anti-Jewish ‘Sickness’ in British Press His speech was delivered to the Big Tent Israel advocacy conference in Manchester, and reported by the Jewish Chronicle. Taub advised people who doubt that there is a delegitimization campaign against Israel: “Don’t listen to Israel’s enemies, but listen to its friends or at least those people who call themselves its friends. “I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard somebody say, ‘I’m a friend of Israel and I support its right to exist.’ And I wonder, can you image anyone saying that in relation to any other country? ‘I support Australia’s right to exist’ or ‘Guatemala’s right to exist’ - as though that somehow makes me a friend of Guatemala. In relation to what other country does a discussion or policy descend into a question mark over the very existence of that state?” Speaking to a 700-strong audience in Manchester, the ambassador said that anti-

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While this in no way justiﬁes his criminally insane acts, the fact of Breivik’s staunchly proIsrael stance (though it was based in a fundamental misunderstanding of Israel’s sociopolitical makeup) is part of the reason we felt the story originally warranted mention in the Jewish Voice. To re-emphasize what was stated in our July 29 editorial, entitled Political Summer Camps and the Tragedy of Ignorance: “Friends like this we don’t need; and frankly, we can’t aﬀord them!”]

he psychiatric evaluation found the confessed killer was insane when he set off a car bomb in Oslo, and went on a shooting rampage at a youth summer camp, killing 77 people earlier this year. Prosecutors said Tuesday that they will recommend the confessed mass killer be placed in a mental institution, instead of being sent to jail. Prosecutor Svein Holden said the report finds Breivik has developed paranoid schizophrenia over time. He says it also finds that Breivik lives in a “delusional universe” that governs his thoughts. The 243-page report will be reviewed by a committee of forensic experts, and the court will have the final say on whether Breivik can be held responsible for the crimes. Even though Breivik confessed to the killings, his lawyer says he denies criminal re-

from an inﬂux of Muslims and to punish politicians for embracing multiculturalism.

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Standing Strong for our Brethren: Israeli Legal Defense Organization Shares its Work with Brooklyn Audience Nearly one hundred people gathered at Brooklyn’s Kingsway Jewish Center last Tuesday night (Nov. 22) to hear a powerful presentation of the unique work done by the Israel-based Honenu organization. Hosted by the Zionism Museum and Education Center headed by director Stephen L. Epstein, the attendees sat in rapt attention as Shalom Pollack, the assistant director of development for Honenu, delivered a fascinating and informative address on the escalating assault on the legal rights of soldiers and citizens in Israel. By Fern Sidman stablished in 2001 by Hevron resident and active Israeli soldier, Shmuel Meded, Honenu is a non-profit legal defense organization that provides free legal counsel to those Israeli citizens and soldiers who find themselves persecuted by government authorities and an Israeli court system when acting in self-defense against Arab attackers. Mr. Pollack noted that the court system in Israel is heavily influenced and pressured by anti-Israel groups and non-governmental organizations who purportedly champion "human rights" such as B›Tselem, Peace Now, Machsom Watch, the New Israel Fund and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. These organizations receive funding, he said, from the European Union and controversial billionaire George Soros. While serving in the Israeli army and having personally experienced the complicated and constricting realities of combat against

a creative and disguised enemy, (where the strict rules of engagement often put soldiers deployed on life-saving missions at enormous, and even unnecessary risk), Medad created Honenu to counter this lack of integrity and care for Jewish preservation. Acting as a positive and assertive influence in the political and judicial sectors, Honenu›s mission also includes working towards readdressing proper standards of impartiality and fairness. Honenu points out that any Jew who acts in self-defense against hostile Arabs or defends their fellow soldiers, families or property has quickly discovered “the bitter truth of an agenda to restrict selfdefense and punish those exercising any such inclination.” In a matter of moments, says Honenu, a decorated and respected officer could become victim of an arrest and trial with serious consequences including dismissal from army service, home confinement, and incarceration. Mr. Pollack, an American-born Jew who

Shalom Pollack is assistant director of development for Honenu, an Israeli nonprofit organization founded to protect the legal rights of Israeli soldiers and citizens, particularly those living in the areas of Judea and Samaria, who often find themselves prosecuted/persecuted for defending themselves against violent Arab mobs.

now lives in Israel, comes to Honenu with an impressive list of credentials. Having served in the Terrorist Prevention Unit of the Israeli Navy, he is also a veteran tour guide, consul-

tant, journalist and public speaker. "I became involved in Honenu during the time of the expulsion of the Jewish residents of Gush Katif in the summer of 2005," says Mr. Pollack. "My son, who cares very dearly about this issue, went down to Gush Katif to see if he could help those living there and witnessed an Israeli oﬃcer severely beating an elderly man. My son got involved and tried to break up the altercation and was arrested. While in the pen with many other people, an attorney from Honenu appeared and intervened on my son›s behalf and secured his release. It was then that I decided to devote my time to helping Honenu." The audience was treated to a video presentation of Honenu›s diligent work in defending Jewish legal rights in Israel that featured an approbation from former Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu and the statements of Bronx-born Jewish activist and attorney Baruch Ben Yosef. The startling video focused on personal narratives of those Jews who found themselves on the wrong side of the law for attempting to save their own lives. Kalman Liebskind, a writer for the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv and a secular Jew came under attack by Arabs as they stoned his car near near his hometown of Lod, near Ben Gurion Airport. In a state of shock and utter dismay, he reported the incident to the police. After apprehending the Arab culprits, the police informed Liebskind that the Arabs had lodged charges against him for threatening them with a weapon. He was then arrested and a police investigation was launched against him. He then penned an

DECEMBER 2, 2011 article about his most horrific experience and credited Honenu with providing him with counsel. Ze›ev Braude is yet another Jew who was pelted by stones thrown by mob of seething Arabs. While he brandished his gun and shot and wounded some of them, they continued the vicious attack. After their arrest, the Arabs lodged an official police complaint against the real victim and Braude was arrested and interrogated. It was Honenu who came to his defense. Most shocking of all was the case of a young man named Chaim Perlman, who as a member of the Kahane youth organization, had raised an Israeli flag over the Temple Mount. Several years later Perlman married and had several children and settled into a life as a devoted family man and a physical education teacher. The authorities in Israel, however, labeled him as an "ideological criminal." Through a series of phone calls and meetings, several agent provocateurs from the Israeli Secret Service posing as right wing zealots attempted to entrap Perlman by enticing him to commit illegal acts such as murder. Constantly refusing their exhortations, Perlman soon caught on to the ploy and unbeknownst to the Shabak agents, started taping their conversations and distributed them to the media. Outraged by what he had done, the agents of Shabak had Perlman arrested and charged him with the murder of four Arabs over 12 years ago. Representatives of Honenu reported that Perlman had been sadistically beaten and tortured while in prison. Honenu attorneys rushed to his defense and he was released from prison after spending 31 days there. Noting that the word Honenu means "mercy," Pollack said that "every year, Ho-

The Jewish Voice nenu helps over 1,000 people" and added that, "any Jew who finds himself arrested on behalf of Klal Yisroel will be afforded an attorney." To date, Honenu has assisted over 15,000 Jews who have acted on behalf of the preservation of the Jewish people and among these are soldiers of all ethnic backgrounds, citizens of every corner of the country, including both men and women, old and young, secular and religious; city dwellers and farmers. Assisting each client in every stage of legal consultation, Honenu begins advising and consulting with the client from the very first “incident” and charge by providing an attorney who will remain at the side of defendant throughout the entire legal process. Honenu advises through the arrest process, the trial and possible plea, and continues to guide and defend the client, if applicable, throughout the incarceration period. Honenu lawyers are also present for all court motions and appeals on behalf of each client. If an individual is either found guilty of a crime or incarcerated, Honenu will facilitate an appeal and will offer the individual and his family financial aid based on available funds. "What is most revealing," says Pollack, “is that recently during Parshas Chayei Sarah in Hebron, when the city is jam packed with Jews from all over the country and the world, the members of the anti-Israel, radically leftwing NGOs such as B›Tselem and the New Israel Fund were present, eagerly awaiting a provocation between Jews and Arabs so that they may record it. They even provided Arabs with cameras to take pictures. It is clear that the enemies of Israel are well funded by George Soros and others of his ilk and now Honenu needs to reach out to our brethren for funding to battle this danger-

Liquor Company Removes Anti-Semitic NYC Billboard The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) last week welcomed a company’s apology for a series of billboards advertising its discounted vodka with the slogan, “Christmas Quality, Hanukkah Pricing.” e welcome the response of Wódka vodka, and are glad that they were sensitive to our concerns and the concerns of the many New Yorkers who were oﬀended by this advertisement,” said Ron Meier, ADL New York Regional Director. “The company acted quickly and appropriately in recognizing that the billboard was oﬀensive to many and should be removed.” The billboards promoting Wódka vodka contained an image of a dog wearing a San-

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ta hat and a dog wearing a yarmulke with the text in large, capital letters, and were located in several locations in New York, including a well-traveled location along the West Side Highway. The company announced via its Twitter feed that it had decided to pull the ads. The company tweeted: “Although rarely serious, we apologize to anyone we may have offended through our holiday campaign and are removing our billboard immediately.” ADL initially called the billboards “crude and oﬀensive.”

The offending billboard advertises “Christmas Quality” at “Chanukah Pricing.”

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ous scourge." Also addressing the audience was Lori Fine, a member of the Americans for a Safe Israel (AFSI), who had just returned from the organization›s bi-annual "Chizuk Mission” to Israel. "What we witnessed in Israel was truly shocking. The boldness of the Arabs has grown exponentially. They are given a free hand to attack Jews," she said. Telling of her experience of planting trees on an Israeli settlement, the AFSI group was set upon by Arabs who provoked a physical attack against them for planting the trees and attempted to chase them oﬀ the land. "I am here in the U.S. on this speaking

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tour not only to collect the requisite funding for Honenu, but to create a nucleus of concerned individuals who truly support the work that we›re doing," Pollack explained. "I have met with groups of inﬂuential rabbis and community leaders and most of them are not aware of what is really happening in Israel to those who defend themselves. The reaction that I›ve received has been remarkable." He added that "the most crucial aspect of Honenu,is to educate people about the grave situation that many of our brave brothers and sisters face each day in Israel. It is our duty to stand up and speak out against injustice and that is exactly what Honenu is doing."

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WAR ON TERROR Is the Occupy Wall Street Movement Occupied? Anti-Israel and Muslim-American advocacy groups in the United States are capitalizing on the Occupy Wall Street Movement (OWS) to promote their own agendas. IPT News, www.InvestigativeProject.org

he Occupy movement started in New York›s Zuccotti Park Sept. 17, and spread to more than 100 cities, according to the movement›s "unofficial" website. "The movement is inspired by popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, and aims to expose how the richest 1 percent of people are writing the rules of an unfair global economy that is foreclosing on our future." There has been an ongoing debate about the depth of anti-Semitism within the OWS movement, with some finding it rampant and others casting it as a fringe element. Those concerns were heightened Nov. 5 when more than 20 people from the Occupy Boston camp marched into the lobby of that city›s Israeli consulate for a sitin. The group engaged in a series of anti-Israel chants including "Viva Palestina," and "Hey hey, ho ho, Israeli apartheid has got to go!" What is clear is that groups like the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) have insinuated themselves on the movement to tackle issues other than economic policies. The latest example came Nov. 18, when CAIR›s New York chapter held a rally, prayers and a march from Occupy Wall Street to make demands including: · “An immediate end to all racial, ethnic and religious profiling;” · “The dismantlement and disclosure of all surveillance operations;” · An “independent commission to investigate all NYPD and CIA operations against the Muslim community.” The event was

sponsored and endorsed by dozens of organizations, including the New York chapters of the Muslim American Society, the Islamic Council of North America Al-Awda and the Majlis Ash-Shura of Metropolitan New York. The demonstration attracted hundreds of Muslims and approximately 50 OWS protesters, carrying signs reading, "NYPD Watches Us. Who Watches NYPD?" "Many many other people at Occupy Wall Street stand in solidarity with Muslim communities, and all targets of NYPD, CIA, FBI and government repression," Jen Waller, a representative of the OWS movement and a member of the New York Committee to Stop FBI Repression, said during the rally. She added that we are watching "more and more innocent Muslim men and women [that] are targeted and attract into government orchestrated terrorism schemes." Previously, Islamist groups joined OWS events. CAIR-NY and the Islamic Leadership Council held a prayer service in Zuccotti Park on Oct. 21 following outreach to the group by the Wall Street protesters. The crowd of approximately 60 chanted in response to a speaker: "American Muslims have to stand with Occupy Wall Street. For a long time, American Muslims have been scared into silence. Those days are over. We are here in numbers. We are here to pray. We are here to protest. And most of all we are here to raise our voice." Imam Ayub Abdul Baki of the Islamic Leadership Council of New York delivered a speech saying, "We are also suﬀering, suﬀering racism and discrimination. Islamic bashing is on the increase." Baki held up a plaque with the "last sermon of

the Prophet Mohammed," calling it "the eternal message of Islam to the world." Baki then discussed the sermon saying "all Muslims as well as non-Muslims should be familiar with this." Baki›s Leadership Council (Majlis Ash-Shura of Metropolitan New York) is an umbrella organization of mosques and Islamic organizations that claims to serve 850,000 Muslim New Yorkers and is "dedicated to bring Muslims on one platform." Among its members are the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA)-NY and the Muslim American Society (MAS) Youth Center. MAS was founded as the American chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood, while ICNA has a track record of radicalism and teaching its members violence and the evils of Jews and America. ICNA issued a press release earlier this month expressing support and sympathy for the OWS protestors. The youth branch of the Muslim American Society (MAS) held an OWS gathering in Zuccotti Park in late October. "We, the members of Muslim American Society New York and Muslim New Yorkers stand in solidarity with the protesters of Occupy Wall Street on grounds of free speech, right to assemble and

Amjad Awad Convicted for Itamar Massacre Awad was one of the two terrorists who murdered five members of the Fogel family in March A military court in Samaria on Monday (November 28) convicted Amjad Awad for the murder of ﬁve members of the Fogel Family during a terrorist attack in Itamar in

March. Amjad Awad was convicted based on the evidence against him, including his own confession. The prosecution requested that Amjad Awad receive ﬁve consecutive life sentences, as well as another sentence for other offenses. Amjad Awad’s accomplice,

Hakim Awad, was sentenced in September. DNA evidence at the scene of the massacre was used to prove the guilt of the two men. In April, the prosecution ﬁled indictments against the two men on the charges of pre-meditated murder, weapons theft, breaking and entering, and conspiracy to commit a crime.

justice for all," the advertisement for the event said. Hatem Bazian, the chairman of the anti-Israel organization American Muslims for Palestine, led a prayer service and delivered a speech late last month as part of Occupy Oakland. Bazian spoke about the amount of money the United States spends on the military, calling the United States "a deaf economy," and stating "We are the number one producers of weapons of mass destruction." "Allah and his messenger are at war with those who exploit people through usury," CAIR-Michigan Executive Director Dawud Walid said Oct. 21 during a "Sermon about Occupy Wall St Movement & the death of Qadhafi" at a Michigan mosque. "And the world is hungry for this message. The financial and the housing crisis would not be what it is in America I believe, and even some non-Muslim economist wrote if the American financial system was working according to the Islamic banking system. This is a fact," he added. Walid drew help from the Occupy Detroit movement to hold "Crusades Against Hate" on Nov. 11, which was intended to counter a prayer event being held that same day by an organization that CAIR regards as anti-Muslim. Other groups have capitalized on the OWS movement to promote anti-Israel messages. In addition to the Boston sitin, protesters in Chicago repeated anti-Israel statements made on a megaphone by an Occupy Chicago leader: "The city of Chicago is guilty of supporting the Israelis." The speaker also announced two upcoming demonstrations to protest the "Israeli occupation of the Palestinian land." Students for Justice in Palestine

(SJP), an anti-Israel organization on college campuses across the country, joined an OWS protest last month during its 2011 conference, "Students Confronting Apartheid," at Columbia University. Approximately 30 SJP students participating in the conference joined protesters at Wall Street, chanting "Occupy Wall Street, Palestine Must Be Free," while carrying Palestinian flags. Since its inception, SJP chapters have campaigned for divestment from companies that work with Israel, which SJP categorizes as an apartheid state, and accuses of ethnic cleansing. This month, activists from Adalah-NY, a radical group that organizes protests against Israeli artists and products, went to Zuccotti Park to read a statement advocating boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel. "Our aspirations overlap; our struggles converge," the statement said. "Our oppressors, whether greedy corporations or military occupations, are united in profiting from wars, pillage, environmental destruction, repression and impoverishment … Palestinians, too, are part of the 99% around the world that suffer at the hands of the 1% whose greed and ruthless quest for hegemony have led to unspeakable suffering and endless war." OWS protests also have served as a platform for individuals to make anti-Semitic statements. "I think that the Zionist Jews, who are running these big banks and our Federal Reserve, which is not run by the federal government... they need to be run out of this country," an OWS protester in Los Angeles said. The Emergency Committee for Israel released a video featuring anti-Semitic speech and signs at OWS protests. Signs include statements such as "Hitler›s Bankers – Wall St.," and "Google: 1) Wall St. Jews 2) Jewish Billionaires 3) Jews & Fed Rsrv Bank." The video also calls on viewers to contact elected officials to take action against the hate speech. The anti-Israel agenda associated with the OWS movement led "many Jewish supporters of OWS who do not identify as anti-Zionist" to believe "that they could no longer be associated with the movement," Daniel Sieradski, a Jewish OWS supporter said in an interview earlier this month. "Worse yet, there have been attempts to push Zionists out of the movement by claiming their support for Israel›s mere existence is fundamentally racist and as such, they should not be part of any serious social justice movement." Continued on page 39

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MK: Prepare for War if Egypt Deploys in Sinai MK Aryeh Eldad: world public opinion should be primed to see Egyptian army entry into Sinai as casus belli. By Gil Ronen K Aryeh Eldad (National Union) warned Sunday that Israel must prepare for the possibility that Egypt will deploy its military in the Sinai Peninsula – and respond to that act as a dec-

laration of war. Eldad, who is a member of the Knesset›s Foreign Aﬀairs and Security Committee, said Israel «must prepare for the annulment» of the treaty, or its abrogation without a formal annulment. Israel could face a situation in which «the Sinai will no longer be just a place for stor-

ing arms and training, and military forces beyond what was agreed upon in the peace treaty will enter it,» he said. «World public opinion should be prepared for the fact that this would be a casus belli,» he said. Eldad added that he does not believe Israel›s government will take these steps, but also said that «we cannot aﬀord not to do this» because «otherwise we will ﬁnd Egyptian divisions hurtling in our direction through Sinai.» U.S. forces deployed in the Sinai provide no protection, he said, because they might be evacuated «by means of a single phone

MK Dr. Aryeh Eldad

call» as occurred in the case of a UN force stationed in Sinai before the Six Day War. ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS

Lionesses of the North: The Girls that Keep Israel’s Skies Safe Predominately Female Air Defense Company Holds Training Exercise Female and male combat soldiers of the Air Defense “Lions of the North” battery held a training exercise in both southern and northern Israel late last month. As part of the exercise the soldiers attended professional lectures and simulations of both ground and aerial incidents, including launching rockets, dealing with suspicious aircraft and even nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare. ple always wondered what commanding By Yael Livnat rominent throughout the drill and at the battery in general are the female soldiers, composing a meaningful and valuable force as both commanders and operators. As a result of the girls’ inﬂuence and contribution, the battery took on the nickname, “Lionesses of the North.” Lt. Ella Lessari, deputy commander of the group, is only one of the females serving in high-ranking positions in the battery. “Peo-

over male soldiers would be like for me,” she said. “Though I don’t notice a difference. The soldiers know that I can be extremely tough when necessary and also offer a sensitivity boys lack. Being a female combat soldier can sometimes mean being the only girl, though the atmosphere here is definitely unique and the positions is extremely rewarding.” There are two female combat soldiers in the battalion, one of which, Cpl. Shai Trom who will soon start commanders’ course. Cpl. Trom always knew she wanted to serve

The IDF’s “Lions of the North” Air Defense Battery is unusual among IDF units because of the prevalence of female soldiers in combat and command roles.

as a combat soldier, “I am very satisﬁed at the battery, I feel that there is no diﬀerence be-

tween us and the boys.” IDF NEWS SERVICE

VP Biden Visits Iraq Before U.S. Troops Withdraw U.S. Vice President Joe Biden made a previously unannounced visit to Iraq on Tuesday. The vice president has been meeting with Iraqi leaders, about a month before a deadline for U.S. forces to withdraw from the country. By Kent Klein ith the U.S. military mission in Iraq winding down, Vice President Biden went to Baghdad. The visit was designed to help shape the future of the relationship between the two countries. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said the vice president’s stop in the Iraqi

capital shows that President Barack Obama is keeping the promise he made in 2008 to end the Iraq war. “We are withdrawing the remaining U.S. forces from Iraq, and we are ending that war responsibly and giving the Iraqi people the chance for a better future that they deserve, and also maintaining an important strategic relationship with Iraq,” said Biden. A White House statement says the vice president made the visit to meet with Iraq’s

leaders and participate in an event recognizing the sacrifices and accomplishments of U.S. and Iraqi troops. In the meetings with Iraqi leaders, the vice president was expected to focus largely on the future of Washington’s military relationship with Iraq. The location of Iraq, between Iran and Syria, makes it an especially strategic U.S. ally. Officials in Baghdad have said they want U.S. military training help for their security forces. U.S. officials are trying to determine how to help Iraq develop its abilities to fight terrorism. A suicide car bombing Monday killed at

least 19 people at the gates of a prison north of Baghdad. And 15 people died from a series of explosions on Saturday. The trip to Iraq is Biden’s eighth since taking oﬃce. The visit was added to a previously-scheduled trip to Turkey and Greece. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is scheduled to visit Washington on December 12. All U.S. forces are to leave Iraq by December 31, under a security agreement the two nations approved in 2008. About 14,000 U.S. troops remain in Iraq, down from about 170,000 at the war’s height. VOA NEWS

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Israeli Bill Would Ban Foreign Government Funding of Israeli Political Groups Two new bills, currently under consideration by the Knesset in Jerusalem, would ban political organizations in Israel from receiving donations of more than 20,000 shekels (about $5,000) from foreign governments. A third bill would tax such organizations at a rate of 45% on all revenue provided by foreign governments. The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is among the more prominent nonIsraeli organizations expressing its support for this legislation. ikud›s Ofir Akunis, who moved the first bill calling for a ban on foreign governments and groups, stated, "It is hard for me to think of a single Israeli who would tolerate money transfers from Israel›s budget to support political organizations in Britain, Holland or France...As a sovereign state, Israel is entitled to handle domestic and foreign affairs according to what it sees fit, and

according to what the Israeli voter expresses at the ballot box. If countries such as Britain and France want to disagree with Israel›s policies, they have acceptable diplomatic channels at their disposal to do so." The head of NGO Monitor, Gerald Steinberg, said, "Instead of presenting and defending their disagreements with Israeli policy in public, according to accepted dip-

lomatic procedures, the EU and individual European governments seek to exert pressure [upon Israel] via massive funding for highly politicized Israeli NGOs" (Marcy Oster, ‹Critics of Knesset NGO bills say Israel›s democracy being undermined,› Jewish Telegraphic Agency, November 14, 2011). ZOA National President Morton A. Klein said, "The ZOA has been deeply concerned for some time by the stealthy political manipulation by foreign governments of the internal Israeli political debate via non-government organizations. Obviously there are Israeli-based NGOs that are anti-Israel or bitterly critical of Israeli policies. However, it is illegitimate that organizations that would be, in the main, very small and unrepresentative of Israeli opinion, are massively

enlarged and funded by foreign governments. This type of interference in Israeli aﬀairs is remarkable. Imagine the outcry if the Israeli government lavishly funded NGOs operating in, say France or Britain, or the U.S., which were deeply critical of those country›s policies. "If foreign governments object to Israeli policies, they are free to express their concerns at the diplomatic level. They do this already. But they have no business imposing their foreign policy upon Israel by funding and aiding Israeli NGOs that are supposed to be representative of Israelis, not foreign governments. "These bills will doubtlessly be examined and some amendments made, but the ZOA supports these measures in broad outline."

AJC Hails Firm - but Non-Binding UN Resolution on Syria UN Finally Addresses Human Rights Abuses of Assad Regime

The measure adopted last week marks the first-ever General Assembly resolution on human rights abuses by the government of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.

he non-binding resolution passed by a vote of 122 to 13, with 41 abstentions, in the General Assembly’s Third Committee, which deals with human rights issues. Voting against the resolution were Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Iran, Myanmar, Nicaragua, North Korea, Uzbekistan, Syria, Venezuela, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. It comes just weeks after China and Russia vetoed a similar motion in the UN Security Council, which would have been a binding measure.

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) called a UN General Assembly resolution on Syria a groundbreaking condemnation of the Bashar alAssad regime’s widespread human rights abuses. The measure adopted last Tuesday (Nov. 22) is the ﬁrstever General Assembly resolution on Syria’s human rights abuses. “This overwhelming support for the Syrian people sends another unambiguous message to Bashar al-Assad to end his campaign of murder, detention and torture,” said AJC Executive Director David Harris. “As President Obama and other world leaders have stated, it surely is high time for Assad to step down.” The UN committee condemned “the continued grave and systematic human rights violations by the Syrian authorities, such as arbitrary executions, excessive use of force and the persecution and killing of protesters and human rights defenders.” It also denounced the “arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, torture and ill treatment of

detainees, including children.” More than 3,500 Syrians have been killed since the regime’s violent crackdown began

eight months ago. The UN resolution called on Syria to immediately end all human-rights violations, cooperate fully with the Commission of Inquiry established by the UN Human Rights Council, and implement “without delay” an Arab League plan to end the violence.

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Art Basel Miami Beach Holds 10th Annual Exhibition Art Basel Miami Beach, widely considered the premier contemporary art fair in the Western hemisphere, is being held for the tenth time this year, from December 1-4. The annual event, which attracted 46,000 visitors last year, will feature 260 leading galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa. It will be displaying works by over 2,000 recent and contemporary artists. By Boruch Shubert or the occasion of its 10th anniversary, Art Basel Miami Beach will initiate a partnership with the Bass Museum of Art on the Art Public Sector, which will ﬁll Collins Park with outstanding artworks and performances by acclaimed artists. In another brand-new feature, Art Video will be presented in SoundScape Park on the largescale outdoor projection wall of the New World Center, designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry (born Ephraim Goldberg). The free public viewings are part of numerous special events scheduled throughout Miami Beach for the duration of the art fair. Experts in the art ﬁeld have high praise for Art Basel and its wider impact. “Art Basel has been the single most catalytic factor in Miami’s cultural growth,” says Aaron Podhurst, chairman of Miami Art Museum. And its plethora of foreign artists has caught at-

Miami Beach provides the backdrop for the famous Art Basel Miami Beach art exhibition each year.

A sample of artwork on display at Art Basel Miami Beach 2011

North Miami Holocaust Survivors Newly Victimized by Identity Theft By JV Staff hirty-two Holocaust survivors in North Miami were perilously close to becoming victims of identity theft when an employee of Jewish Community Services of South Florida was recently arrested on charges of attempting to sell their personal information for $1,000 to a buyer, who turned out to be a confidential police informant. The employee, Crystal Thorne, who has been a coordinator at JCS for almost three years, has been suspended without pay. Fred Stock, the president and CEO of Jewish Community Services, disclosed that part of Thorne’s job duties was to have direct access to the personal information of clients of its Holocaust Survivors’ Assistance Program. This information included the survivors’ names, addresses, birth dates and Social Security numbers. “It is very disturbing to learn about these allegations,” Stock stated. “We trusted Ms. Thorne based on her past work performance and the fact that she had passed the required State of Florida Level 2 background checks required for employment.” Stock said that JCS is fully cooperating with the United States Attorney’s office and local police. “We have also begun notifying all of our clients who were potentially affected by this breach of privacy,” he noted. “The Jewish Community Services of South Florida will work with its clients and

their family members to institute measures that will further protect their personal information through credit monitoring.” When informed about the arrest, local Holocaust survivors uniformly expressed their revulsion. “I am not pleased when I hear that somebody is trying to capitalize on the events of the Holocaust,” commented Boynton Beach resident Norman Frajman. Fellow resident Jack Rubin said he would be quite upset were he to discover that he had been a victim of identity theft. “Holocaust survivors are not out to do any harm to anybody,” Rubin said.

tention as well. “The impact that Art Basel has had in Miami from the international perspective is tremendous,” declares Juan Ignacio Vidarte, director of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, a town which has been similarly transformed by an influx of art. The simultaneous effect of Art Basel Miami Beach beyond its immediate confines is especially impressive. Over a dozen satellite art fairs set up tents and take over hotels and

warehouse spaces around the city. Moreover, nearly all of South Florida’s museums and private collection spaces present special shows during the run of the fair. “This year’s edition of Art Basel Miami Beach will be a vital resource for art lovers,” notes a spokesperson for the fair. “It will allow them to discover the latest developments in contemporary art, as well as experience rare museum-caliber artworks.”

Donald Trump Set to Buy Doral Golf Resort in Florida usinessman Donald Trump has agreed to purchase the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Miami for $170 million. A knowledgeable source said the Trump Organization has plans to invest a minimum of $150 million in upgrades to the nearly 50-year-old hotel. Covering 650 acres, the Doral Golf Resort boasts ﬁve golf courses, a pool complex and water slide. Well-known for hosting an annual professional golf tournament, the resort is also a popular location for large group events and meetings. The Doral declared bankruptcy in February after being foreclosed by hedge fund Paulson & Co. and Winthrop Realty Trust. The agreement with Trump has been ﬁled with the United States Bankruptcy Court in New York. “We wish to bring the Doral in Miami back to its original grandeur,” said Trump, who has added at least nine golf properties

Just one portion of the luxurious Doral Golf Resort in Miami.

After paying $170 million for the Doral Golf Resort & Spa in Miami, sources say that Trump intends to invest at least $150 million more towards upgrading the hotel.

in the U.S. to his portfolio. “I think we are better equipped to bring it back to the highest levels of golf.” Trump is planning to pay all cash for the purchase and is expecting renovations to take two years. While Trump owns three casinos in Atlantic City, he said that his oﬀer to buy the 693room resort is not in any way connected with recent eﬀorts to legalize gambling in South Florida. “This really is unrelated to gaming,” he insisted. “The Doral is a signature Miami property,” commented Miami hotel consultant Scott Brush. “The purchase and renovations will be good for the hotel and the entire area.”

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Flourishing Jerusalem Architecture During the British Mandate Period By Gedaliah Borvick

tectural elements graced the homes, including Renaissance, Moorish and Arab motifs and Armenian ceramic decorations.

of “My Israel Home”

[Editor’s note: Gedaliah Bor vick has written several ar ticles for the Jewish V oice offering insights into the history of Jerusalem, the holy city, from an architectural standpoint. His first article (of three) discussed ar chitecture in the latter days of the Ottoman Empire. This week’s article focuses on the British Mandate period.] rom December 1917 until 1948, the British ruled over Palestine and created strict zoning laws regulating Jerusalem construction. One British municipal ordinance that is still in effect today and has greatly influenced the character of Jerusalem architecture is the requirement that all new buildings have stone exteriors. Let’s discuss the architecture in three neighborhoods built during the British Mandate and focus on three unique buildings from that era.

Distinctive Buildings of the Era

Rechavia Established in 1922, Rechavia received its name from Judge Gad Frumkin, a resident who explained that “G-d will expand our borders” (rachav in Hebrew means wide). Richard Kaufmann, a Jewish architect from Germany, modeled the prestigious community after the garden cities of Europe, oﬀering each family its own individual house and garden. There was a strong emphasis on International Style, which was the forerunner

The Palace Hotel, prior to renovations.

of Modernist architecture. One example of International Style was Bauhaus-inspired architecture, based on functionality, clean lines and no unnecessary decorations.

and other white-collar workers. Established in 1924, Beit Hakerem’s predominant housing style was similar to Rechavia, with a strong emphasis on functionality and unadorned facades.

Beit Hakerem Literally “House of the Vineyard” (derived from Jeremiah 6:1), Beit Hakerem was another Richard Kaufmann-designed garden suburb of Jerusalem. The price of a plot in Beit Hakerem was about one tenth of Rechavia; accordingly, it attracted many writers, teachers

Talbieh Established in 1924, Talbieh, and neighboring Katamon, Abu Tor and Baka, were aﬄuent neighborhoods initially inhabited mostly by Christian Arabs. The houses boasted large lush gardens. Eclectic archi-

The Palace Hotel Located near the Old City at the bottom of Agron Street, the Palace Hotel was developed in 1929 at the urging of the Supreme Muslim Council to showcase Arab culture. The hotel was one of the most luxurious buildings in Jerusalem, and it displayed a mix of Greco-Roman, Renaissance, Gothic, Romanesque, neo-Moorish and Mamluk elements. Spiraling upkeep costs caused the Palace Hotel to close; it then served as British administrative and military offices and, after 1948, housed Israel’s Ministry of Industry and Trade for many years. After falling into disrepair, the property was purchased by the Reichmann family and is now being rebuilt as a five-star Waldorf Astoria hotel and condominiums, retaining much of its original architectural refinements. The King David Hotel The King David Hotel was opened in 1931. Swiss interior decorator Hofschmidt was charged with the mandate of creating an atmosphere suggestive of the time of King David, with a high-ceilinged, marblefloored lobby, and Egyptian, Assyrian, Hittite, Phoenician and Greek motifs in public areas. Toward the end of the British mandate,

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Israel Experiences 18% Drop in New Home Sales 1,057 new homes were sold in October 2011, 18% fewer than in September, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported on Sunday. Demand totaled 2,470 new homes in October. New home sales were down over 50% from the 2,260 sales in October 2010, although there were 18 business days in October this year, compared with 21 work days in October last year. ssociation of Contractors and Builders president Nissim Bublil said, «Demand for apartments is very heavy, but deals are delayed because of false promises by decision-makers that prices will fall. This cheap talk by decisionmakers about the housing and real estate market is creating confusion in the market and will result in prices continuing to rise in 2012.» The Central Bureau of Statistics added that home sales in the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem districts were stable in October, compared with September, but that sales in the Central District fell 33% to 495 homes from 741 homes. October sales in the Haifa District were halved to 75 homes in October. In contrast, home sales rose 54% in the Southern District and 34% in the Northern District. The housing inventory totaled 18,718 homes in October, 2% more than in September and 23% more than in October last year. 42% of unsold homes were in the Central District, 20% in the Southern District, 14% in the Tel Aviv District, 12% in the

A The Villa Salameh in Talbia

the hotel’s southern wing served as the British administrative and military center. In July 1946, a bomb was placed there by a member of the Etzel (Irgun Tzva’i Le’umi) movement. The Etzel’s phone call warning the British to evacuate the building went unheeded, and 91 people were killed when the entire southern wing was destroyed. After Jerusalem was reunited in 1967, the hotel was renovated and expanded. The YMCA Building What do Manhattan’s Empire State Building and the YMCA building in Jerusalem have in common? Each was the tallest structure in its city at the time of completion, and both were designed by architect Arthur Louis Harmon. Completed in 1933, the YMCA build-

ing is a combination of Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic and neo-Moorish architecture. Its goal was to evoke early architectural traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and to serve as a symbol of peace. The foundation contains stones from quarries believed to have been used in the construction of the Second Temple; the Christian element is the Romanesque and Gothic styles, exempliﬁed by the vaulted ceilings in the main lounge; and a large dome and painted decorations in the entrance hall are Islamic characteristics. “My Israel Home” is a r eal estate agenc y focused on helping people fr om abroad buy and sell homes in Isr ael. Y ou may c ontact Gedaliah Bor vick at gbor vick@myisraelhome.com. To r ead pr evious ar ticles, please visit his blog at www.myisraelhome.com.

Jerusalem District, 6% in the Haifa District, and 5% in the Northern District. The housing inventory is up 75% since the end of 2010 in Southern District, 40% in the Haifa District, 28% in the Central District, 12% in the Jerusalem District, 5% in the Northern District, and 2% in the Tel Aviv District. The housing inventory is sufﬁcient for 16 months nationwide at the current pace of sales. It is suﬃcient for 30 months in the Southern District, 20 months in the Jerusalem District, 15 months in the Tel Aviv District, 14 months in the Central District, 13 months in the Northern District, and 11 months in the Haifa District. PUBLISHED BY GLOBES, ISRAEL BUSINESS NEWS

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EDUCATION

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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to Keynote Yeshiva University Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation on December 11 U.S. Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand will be the keynote speaker at Yeshiva University’s 87th Annual Hanukkah Convocation and Dinner on Sunday, December 11, 2011 at The Waldorf Astoria in New York City. The University will also bestow an honorary doctorate upon Senator Gillibrand, who is best known for her plans to help struggling working families, rebuild the American economy and to strengthen America’s armed services. U President Richard M. Joel will also confer honorary degrees upon technology executive Philip F riedman, a member of the University’s Board of Trustees since 2009 and a former member of the board of YU’s SYMS School of Business; real estate developer Ira Mitzner, a Trustee of YU since 2007; and real estate investment executive Stephen B . Siegel , who is a 25year member of the board at YU’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. The annual Hanukkah Convocation and Dinner draws nearly one thousand of the country’s leading Jewish philanthropists and community leaders. Past speakers at the black tie gala have included Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (then Senator), Senator John McCain, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Vice President Al

Gore. Senator Kirsten Gillibr and was sworn in as United States Senator from New York in January 2009, filling the seat of current Secretary of State Clinton. Throughout her time in Congress, Gillibrand has been committed to open and honest government and has become known for her transparency, becoming the first member of Congress to post her official public schedule, personal financial disclosure and federal earmark requests online. Gillibrand’s number one priority is to rebuild the American economy by creating jobs, helping small businesses get loans and partnering with the private sector to foster innovation and entrepreneurship. Philip Friedman, a resident of Livingston, NJ, is chief executive officer of CGS,

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will keynote the Dec. 11 YU Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation.

Ira Mitzner

Phil Friedman

Steve Siegel

which specializes in software, systems integration, business process outsourcing, consulting and training. In 2009, Friedman endowed the Alexander Friedman Scholarship Fund in honor of his father, which awards need-based scholarships and paid summer internship opportunities to YU students. Friedman has also been actively involved in the leadership of the SYMS School of Business. He has been committed to Jewish learning throughout his life. He himself learned Hebrew for his Bar Mitzvah in secret while living in the Soviet Union, where outward expression of Judaism was not only discouraged but potentially dangerous. Ira M itzner, of Houston, TX, is founder and president of Rida Development Corp. In 2006, the Mitzner family established the Ruth Buchbinder Mitzner Chair in Talmud and Jewish Law at YU’s Israel campus. His family also has a special connection to YU’s Center for the Jewish Future (CJF), where he established the David Mitzner Presidential Fellowship in honor of his father and the David Mitzner Deanship of CJF, of which Rabbi Kenneth Brander is the inaugural dean. Ira

Mitzner’s hotel, ChampionsGate in Orlando, hosts the annual leadership conference sponsored by the CJF. Mr. Mitzner has been most inspired by his father, who spent eight years in Soviet prison camps and exile in Siberia after his former home (in the heart of the Warsaw Ghetto) was destroyed in the 1940s. Stephen Siegel , chairman of Global Brokerage, currently an honorary member of the board at Cardozo, has been involved with the law school for 25 years. In commercial real estate circles he is widely regarded as one of the industry’s most talented and proliﬁc professionals. He has recently been honored with Commercial Property News’ Lifetime Achievement Award and named by Crain’s as one of the 100 Most Inﬂuential Business Leaders in New York City. Yeshiva University invites readers of the Jewish Voice to attend the December 11 Dinner and Convocation. Contributions support scholarships and can be designated to the University’s school or college of your choice. For mor e information, r eservations and Scroll of Honor opportunities please visit www. yu.edu/hanukkah.

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Hikind Declares “War” on Those Responsible for Anonymous Dumping in Boro Park and Flatbush “It is Outrageous for Blameless Store Owners to Have to Pay the Price for Someone Else’s Mess,” Assemblyman Proclaims ssemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) has launched a campaign to crack down on anonymous dumping of furniture, clothing, shoes, and other refuse which has been repeatedly discarded and strewn near garbage cans along 13th Avenue and other areas throughout Boro Park and Flatbush. “This behavior is really unconscionable,” said Hikind. “Corner garbage cans are not a personal dumping ground for people’s bedroom furniture and other private trash. This is an abuse of a service provided by the City. Where is the basic decency and self-respect? I can only imagine what visitors to our community think when they see this kind of ﬁlth. I am going to war with those who are disrespecting and embarrassing our community.” Hikind also noted that innocent small business owners have been issued Sanitation violations for items which were found dumped in and around garbage cans outside of their stores. “Sanitation tickets are a minimum of $100. It is outrageous for blameless store owners to have to pay the price for someone else’s mess,” said Hikind. “Not to men-

tion that these kinds of conditions attract mice, rats and cockroaches.” “It is disgraceful and I am going to put a stop to it.”

A sampling of the kind of trash being left outside garbage cans along 13th Avenue in Boro Park PHOTO CREDIT: OFFICE OF ASSEMBLYMAN DOV HIKIND

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EDITORIAL

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

The people’s voice Editor:

Occupy Wall St. Protests Doing More Harm Than Good “In a place where there are no men, strive to be a man.” - Hillel (Pirkei Avot, 5:2) As I write this, the Occupy Wall Street protests are entering their 75th day. With no coherent overall message, the “Occupiers” rage against everything from economic inequality and corporate corruption, to the War in Iraq, to our nation’s healthcare system...and of course there are those brave individuals warning us all about the insidious Jewish conspiracy that is at the heart of our nation’s political and economic woes – what kind of revolution would it be, after all, without the prerequisite Jew-baiting? Let’s take a quick look at a couple of the protests’ “highlights,” along with my own pithy observations: October 1: Mor e than 5,000 people march to wards the Br ooklyn Bridge , while hundr eds mar ch on to its pedestrian ar ea and car lanes , tak ing o ver part of the bridge . Traffic into Brooklyn is stopped by the police for roughly two hours. This makes total sense. By cutting off traffic from Manhattan to Brooklyn, the protestors teach us a very important lesson: That it isn’t okay to go to Brooklyn? One of the top concerns among OWS activists seems to be our lagging economy. This particular demonstration hindered the freedom of movement for thousands of individuals. And containing the protest couldn’t have been cheap. In fact, policing the protests has cost New York City millions of dollars. But at least it probably created a few new jobs at the NYPD! October 3: Hundr eds of pr otesters in New York City dress as“corporate zombies” and z ombie w alk past Wall Str eet with painted faces, carrying fake dollar bills. I don’t see how anyone could fail to take this seriously. Obviously these are seriousminded people with legitimate grievances, bringing real solutions to the table. November 17: Oc cupy Wall Str eet protests crippled bus services the morning of Thursday, Nov. 17, with all Brooklyn-bound lines , Sta ten Island e xpress bus ser vice and the M5 buses running with severe delays. The M TA also r eported disruption on the subways that afternoon as demonstrators planned to take their protest onto the rails. This makes a lot of sense. By blocking train and bus service, they’re really stick it to the man – those corporate fat cats won’t know what hit them! Oh, wait. Do you know who uses mass transit? People who can’t afford cars! People who work for a living! Granted, bus and subway riders represent a broad cross-section of New Yorkers, not limited to the working class. But this kind of indiscriminate disruption indicates that the Occupiers aren’t terribly concerned with who they hurt, as long as somebody is pissed off and late for work. That same day: In honor of the movement’s tw o-month anniv ersary, and in response to the e viction of demonstr ators fr om Z uccotti P ark, hundr eds of protesters mar ch to ward the Ne w York

Stock Exchange and e ventually occupy other locations throughout the city. To borrow a line from another famous leader: If the Occupy Wall Street movement and its various offshoots last for a thousand years, men will say: This was their finest hour. What impact has the OWS movement had on the areas it has come to occupy? Well, in some parts of the Financial District, barricades have choked off almost all pedestrian traffic. But that’s okay, because the only ones suffering are the greedy corporations whose misconduct has inspired this entire movement, right? Well, not exactly. Case in point: The Milk Street Café. The Milk Street Café is a delightful restaurant that just celebrated its 30th anniversary in Boston a few days ago. It’s a unique kosher establishment, offering meat, dairy, and pareve cuisine, which is prepares in separate kitchen facilities. This unique approach allows it to be all things to all people, allowing them to offer a wide variety of quality cuisine, and providing a perfect venue for observant Jews to hold meetings with non-observant or non-Jewish clients, and leaving everyone satisified. The Milk Street Café recently opened a second location on Wall Street, which we hope to review, with G-d’s help, in an upcoming issue of the Jewish Voice. But we have to do it soon, or we might not be able to at all. Why? Because one of the (unintended?) consequences of the Occupy Wall Street protests has been the cutting off of foot traffic to the Milk Street Café, among other area businesses. But the restaurant isn’t like an office, or a gym, or a theater. It is a restaurant, offering quality dishes made from fresh, perishable ingredients. And with each passing day, unsold items cause the Milk Street Café to bleed money. Their crime? Trying to earn a profit by satisfying hungry customers, while existing on Wall Street. Those monsters. The Occupiers are doing their part, lashing out indiscriminately at business and public services throughout New York (as affiliated protests cause disruptions across our great nation). The Jewish Voice urges our readers to do their part. Occupy the businesses on Wall Street (especially kosher establishments), enjoy their goods and services, and spend your money there. Vote with your wallet. Don’t like a certain corporation’s practices? Don’t invest in them! But don’t take out your frustration in ways that are a pointless waste of time at best (I’m looking at you corporate zombie parade), and at worst, are positively harmful to small businesses, with whom you have no grievances. It’s one thing when demonstrators wish to exclude themselves from our nation’s economic recovery by holding up signs and stinking up public parks. It’s another when they prevent those of us who wish to earn an honest day’s pay for an honest day’s work, from doing so. I may not be the 1%, but if this is what the 99% is about, I’ll be having no part of it.

The Quartet should not attempt to push Israel into negotiating at this time. Abbas’ Fatah party lost the last Palestinian election to Hamas. Hamas had a plank in its platform calling for the destruction of Israel. Hamas also has a charter which declares that the Muslim religion requires that Israel be removed from Muslim lands. Incidentally, Fatah also has a constitution which calls for the destruction of Israel. Fatah and Hamas are presently negotiating to form a unity government. If they succeed, Israel will not negotiate with an entity which has a partner who calls for the destruction of Israel and who has fired thousands of missiles into Israel. If the unity attempt fails, a Fatah agreement with Israel would have no substantive meaning because Fatah represents, based on the last election, only a minority segment of the Palestinians. In order for there to be a commencement of meaningful negotiations, all three formal Palestinian founding documents-the PLO Charter(Covenant), the Fatah Constitution, and the Hamas Charter- which call for the destruction of Israel must be nullified by a 2/3 vote of the Palestinians in a public plebiscite. The Vote should also contain a clause precluding any Palestinian political party from running for the Palestinian Parliament if the party promotes the destruction of another country. Israel has a law which bars a political party from running for the Knesset if the party promotes racism. The Kach Party which advanced the theory of removing all Israeli Arabs from Israel was barred from running for the Knesset because its adherence to its proposal to remove all Israeli Arabs from Israel was racism. If and when a vote of this nature is affected and a Palestinian Parliament of this nature is elected, the Israelis and Palestinians will meet without the prodding of outside sources. WILLIAM K. LANGFAN PALM BEACH, FL

Editor: So I was reading about this anti-Semitic billboard in Manhattan being taken down (an event I’m sure you’ll cover in next week’s Jewish Voice), and I have to say, my feelings on the subject are pretty mixed. The billboard I’m referring to is the vodka ad featuring two dogs, one in a Santa hat, one in a kipah, with the text “Christmas Quality, Hanukkah Pricing.” My first question is, does it make me a bad Jew if I found it kind of funny? Because I’ll admit it; I chuckled. So here’s the thing: by getting all up in arms about a stupid billboard, Jewish groups are fighting the stereotype of Jews as cheap while reinforcing the stereotype of Jews as hypersensitive and overly litigious. Honestly, I’d rather be thought of as a penny-pincher. That being said, it’s nice to see the ADL fighting on behalf of a JEWISH cause, for once. Sincerely, JACOB S. BROOKLYN, NY

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Which Republican Presidential Candidate Is Best for Israel? In a November 12th interview with The Algemeiner, ADL National Chairman Abraham Foxman declared that when it comes to positions on Israel, “with the exception of Ron Paul, there is not much difference between the parties.” I cannot imagine how he arrived at this conclusion, as in fact, nothing could be further from the truth. By Dovid Efune t is correct, that in the United States, due to overwhelming popularity among the general populace, Israel as a political issue stands alone. Candidates take sides on every issue, from abortion to gay rights, to the size of government and deficit reduction. However when it comes to Israel, a mainstream American politician that openly champions an anti-Israel stance, more than likely renders himself unelectable. In order to bypass this inconvenience, many politicians with divergent views on sticky Israeli issues have attempted to redefine what it means to be pro-Israel by formulating their own definitions on what is in Israel’s best interests. If Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wanted to run for Congress, he would first proclaim his great love for the Jewish State and then go on to explain that in his well-considered opinion it is in Israel’s best interest to be nuked. This is precisely the collective point of Republican divergence from Obama Administration positions on Israel. Every single candidate, including Ron Paul (with the exception of his opinion on aid) would look to Israeli government positions as the guide to its interests and for use as a barometer by which to gauge support. While this is the case, for the sake of clarity and definitive evaluation, I set out to rank the Republican candidates purely in order of ‘how good they would be for Israel.’ Some of their positions on various intricacies have yet to be clarified, and not all relevant information was available to me at the time of publication. As the primary process progresses I suspect that this list will need to be tweaked, but for now, here is my assessment from worst to best: 8. Ron Paul Paul’s positions on Israel have been al-

In a recent off the cuff campaign trail interview, Santorum broke ranks when he schooled a reporter on Israeli history. Regarding development in the territories of Judea and Samaria, he said, “the bottom line is that that is legitimately Israeli country. And they have a right to do within their country just like we have a right to do within our country.” (PHOTO CREDIT: GAGE SKIDMORE)

most uniformly derided. Whilst claiming to be non-interventionist on the issue, he has routinely adopted Arab talking points on Israel, even comparing Gaza to ‘a concentration camp.’ His Isolationist mantra may appeal to fiscal conservatives, but in the real world its implementation would create a global power vacuum that would likely be filled by supporters of Israel’s enemies. 7. Jon Huntsman Although highly critical of Obama administration policies toward Israel, in a recent National Review article, he explained the unilateral Palestinian bid for statehood, saying that “when Israel lost confidence in its ally (the United States), their position Continued on page 39

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Freedom Riders? Rosa Parks Was Not a Palestinian One day in late November 1955, while riding home from work on a public bus in Montgomery Alabama, the asyet unknown seamstress Rosa Parks made history when she refused to acquiesce to the bus driver’s regular demand that she either leave the bus or give up her seat for a white passenger. Rosa, who bravely stayed put, was arrested for disturbing the peace and ﬁred from her job, but subsequently became an icon of the African American civil rights movement that began close to 100 years after the date of the 1865 Emancipation. By Rachel Sylvetsky (Translated from the Hebrew weekly BeSheva, November 2011)

ifty six years later, in late November 2011, in an orchestrated and pre-publicized media opportunity, five Palestinian Authority Arabs boarded an Israeli Egged bus to Jerusalem at a bus stop near a Samaria Jewish community, and upon arrival at a checkpoint, refused to acquiesce to the IDF soldiers’ request that they leave the bus after inspections showed that they lacked the requisite permits to enter Jerusalem. They were taken off the bus, along with tens of reporters and the usual bevy of anarchists who had accompanied them. The group explained that they were emulating Rosa Parks and the civil rights movement in which she took part. The media waxed enthusiastic at the comparison. One online news site outdid itself, posting an op-ed calling them “Freedom Riders.” Comparisons can be useful guides, as long as they are not based superficially on a stage setting. So - in order to ensure the new “Freedom Riders” know what they are getting into and what that comparison is all about, below a short list of principles to adopt that will bring them in line with Rosa Parks. A challenge for

the Palestinian Authority, if you will. The internet is not the source for this list. Life experience is. I still remember the FBI telling us that the KKK had my brother’s description and photo, after he went down south to join the march – and I was often hoarse from singing “We Shall Overcome” and “If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus” with my courageous, black friends. African Americans fought to obtain civil rights in the United States of A merica, to become an equal part of its society, not to establish a new country in place of the USA or on its land. The thought of a new country never entered their minds, would never have succeeded if it had and would probably have cost them their lives. Note Texas. Note that when they chose a new name for themselves, it was African-Americans. African American citizens had to drink from separate water fountains, use separate bathrooms and eat in separate restaurants in southern U.S. cities, for starters. No one gave them caring, state of the art medical treatment in white southern hospitals either. Maybe that’s the reason millions moved north and west in the Great Migration of 1910-1970. Migration is a distinct possibility when one is dissatisﬁed with one’s living con-

Pictured above: A real civil rights activist.

ditions. Of course, your brothers have to take you in and let you have a fresh start, not turn you into perpetual refugees. The blacks in the U.S. did not wake up one morning and decide that they were a nation. On the contrary, they tried to develop pride in their roots, and when they searched for those roots, they searched for them in Africa, despite some of their forebears having been in the USA for at least 200 years, much longer than most of the imaginary “Palestinian people,” whose roots, culture and religion are those of the surround-

ing Arab countries. They eschewed violence on principle. So when their welldeserved rights were ﬁnally won, the rest of the country had only to overcome racial prejudice, a phenomenon that has still not been completely eradicated. White Americans did not have to stand before the graves of thousands of their innocent loved ones killed by “freedom ﬁghters.” They did not have to witness streets and schools named for the bestial murderers of their children and old people. They were loyal American citi-

DECEMBER 2, 2011 zens even before they obtained their rights. Black soldiers fought valiantly and bravely in the World Wars, despite discrimination. (That didn’t mean there was no hatred in their hearts, as could be seen years later when riots broke out in neighborhoods where hard won civil rights did not bring economic gains and societal problems led to alienated youth.) The blacks did not try to claim that American Heritage sites were theirs alone. Nor did they try to rewrite American history as being solely theirs. They did not call themselves Native Americans. (PA Arabs claimed recently, in an eﬀort to show that the Promised Land is theirs, that they are descendants of the now extinct Jebusite people from whom King David conquered Jerusalem.) And let’s face it, excusing the anachronisms - had the blacks tried ﬁring one rocket, perpetrated one suicide bombing, or even thrown some hefty rocks at white Americans, there would not have been any need for “human rights” NGO’s to defend them in court. They wouldn’t have made it to prison. At the height of the Civil Rights Movement, the legendary Martin Luther King gave his immortal “I have a dream” speech. Israel has a dream, more like a pipe dream, that the Arabs of Judea and Samaria as well as the rest of the world know could come true if they so wished. In it, the PA Arabs lay down their arms, renounce violence, and accept that this land was given by G-d to the Jewish people – knowing that it has room to spare for us all – and in it, Israelis grit their teeth, overcome the years of pain – and hand them bus tickets and free entry passes. Rachel Sylvetsky is managing editor of Arutz Sheva›s English site, www.IsraelNationalNews.com. She was formerly chairperson of Emunah Israel, CEO of Kfar Hanoar Hadati, and a member of the Zebulun Regional Authority, as well as a frequent contributor to the Hebrew Besheva weekly.

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Israel No. 1 in IT Development SXSW Interactive Internat’l Development Mgr. Mirko Whitfield: “My strategy is to bring in more Israeli companies.” 24 Israeli companies participated in the last SXSW Interactive conference in the Texas capital of Austin, including Google Israel Ltd., Microsoft Israel Ltd., AnyClip Ltd., Calypso Media Networks Ltd., Innova Music Ltd., and film producer Tinstar Creative Pool Ltd. By Matan Shiram hat began as an alternative rock conference in 1987 is now a B2B conference for the interactive, film, and music industries. You might find difficult to find punk metal bands from Missouri there, but you go, you might see a media venture dancing to the beat of a Brazilian band. This is more or less what Western culture has undergone in the past 20 years,

and roughly what happened four years ago, when a development called Twitter was unveiled there. This year too, top internet and interactive executives will invest heavily in a demonstration of crushing presence and acquisition campaigns, but what interests the conference organizers, in addition to keeping their prestige, is innovation. This is one of the reasons why the conference staﬀers seek out many Israeli companies. Israel is considered a technology and creative powerhouse, and SXSW

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Interactive wants as many Israeli companies to participate on a regular basis, in order to find breakthrough ventures. Another reason is SXSW Interactive›s growing profitability. SXSW Interactive international development manager Mirko Whitfield told Israel’s «Globes» business news service, «My strategy is to bring in more Israeli companies.» Whitfield says, «Israel is number one in the world in IT development today. The conference is the perfect place to find financing and investors. Israelis are creative people, maybe because the geopolitical situation necessitates dealing with a large number of problems in a short amount of time. Israelis also need these events for inspiration to fell

that they are part of the community.» “Globes”: How do the thr ee fields - inter active, music, and film - integrate conceptually? Whitfield: “These are separate simultaneous events at the same premises. We offer participants a platinum badge that grants entry to all the events. A film producer can find a musician to write a suitable score, and new media startup entrepreneurs can find screenplay writers.” “People are prejudiced against Texas,” says Whitfield, when asked, probably not for the first time, why SXSW Interactive is held there. “Austin is a capital city, and it’s really a liberal town. I can understand where this is coming from… the state’s image. I agree with you about the conservatism. It’s something cultural, but don’t forget that this was once Mexico, and we have a lot of Hispanics here.” Still, why in Austin, Texas? “It is desirable for the conference to be held in Texas, beyond the symbolism of the post-internet bubble at the start of the millennium. When the internet bubble burst, and lot of high-tech entrepreneurs moved from New York and Los Angeles. Austin in the middle of the U.S. - a three hours flight from the East and West Coasts, and its cost of living is much cheaper. Texas also has a very famous university, and a lot of technology industries. It is number 2 after Silicon Valley. This combination of creative people, university graduates, and developed and developing technology industries are fertile ground for new ideas.” REPORT BY GLOBES, ISRAEL BUSINESS NEWS

Claims Deceit Went Back to Early 1970’s A former associate of convicted swindler Bernard Madoff has pled guilty to six counts of bank fraud in federal court in New York. David Kugel, who worked as a supervisory trader at Madoff’s investment firm, admitted at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain that – beginning in the early 1970’s – he had used historical information on stocks to create false trades that would be placed on customers’ statements.

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udge Swain said that the six charges – which include conspiracy, securities fraud, bank fraud, falsifying business records and falsifying the books of an investment adviser – could land Kugel, 66, in prison for as long as 85 years, and require him to pay fines of $11.75 million. Kugel said in court that he had conspired with two other Madoff employees, Joann Crupi and Annette Bongiorno, to falsify trading records and information, such as the names of stocks and the price ranges in which they had traded on particular dates. In order to ensure that the fabricated trades would not exceed what was possible, Kugel also provided the total volume of shares of individual stocks traded on those days. In a plea deal with prosecutors, Kugel agreed to forfeit $3.5 million to the government. The arrangement allows him to remain free on $3 million bail and could earn him leniency at his sentencing, which is scheduled for May 4. According to the government, Kugel told his colleagues the amount of profit he wanted his accounts with Madoff to earn, and he supplied information for trades he wanted to be reflected in his accounts long

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An associate, having pled guilty to bank fraud, claims that schemes that he and Bernie Madoff (above) perpetrated, go back all the way back to the 1970’s. (PHOTO COURTESY U.S. DEPT. OF JUSTICE)

after their purported settlement dates. In order to obtain millions of dollars of bank loans, Kugel and others prepared false documentation of the amount he had on deposit with Madoﬀ, the government said. In 2009, Madoﬀ pled guilty to running a decades-long Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of $19.5 billion. He is currently serving a prison sentence of 150 years.

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Solution to Erev Shabbat Parking Problem Reached in Boro Park During his campaign early last year, Councilman David G. Greenfield called on the Department of Transportation (DOT) to implement a commonsense solution to the problem of drivers not being able to feed parking meters when Shabbat starts early on Friday afternoons in the winter. ost Brooklyn streets with paid parking regulations require meters to be fed regularly from 8 AM through 7 PM Monday through Friday. This requirement poses a difficulty for observant Jewish drivers on Friday who are prohibited by Jewish law from feeding the meters on Shabbat. In the winter months, when Shabbat begins as early as 4 PM, hundreds of metered parking spots in Boro Park are left empty because the mostly observant Jewish residents won’t park there for fear of a parking ticket. Since meters are not in effect on Saturday, the only challenge has been for those relatively few hours between 5 PM and 7 PM – after an hour’s worth of quarters expires. Greenfield is announcing that the DOT has agreed to install Muni-Meters on the entire metered stretch of 16th Avenue in Boro

Park from 44th Street to 54th in a pilot program. New parking signs will indicate an end to metered parking requirements at 5PM on Friday instead of the usual 7 PM. By ending metered parking at 5 PM, Shabbat observant individuals will always be able to place an hour’s worth of quarters in the meter as Shabbat never begins before 4 PM. This arrangement works well for a community where virtually all of the stores close before 5 PM on Friday, which alleviates the need for metered parking. In a February 2010 letter to DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, Greenﬁeld explained that the community’s observant Jewish drivers faithfully feed their parking meters on Friday afternoons between October and March, when the sun sets relatively early. He added, however, that many who pay for parking up to the minute Shabbat

begins risk tickets after they are no longer able to continue feeding the meter. Greenfield urged in the letter that Sadik-Khan “seriously consider the needs of this community, and work with us toward a quick and effective solution to a unique problem.” After a year and a half of negotiations, Councilman Greenfield and Commissioner Sadik-Khan have finally finalized the details of a pilot program that will allow Sabbath-observant residents to take advantage of hundreds of parking spots in Boro Park. “This is a great step towards solving a problem that has plagued thousands of drivers in Boro Park for years,” explained Councilman Greenfield. “On behalf of the thousands of Boro Park drivers who will now have approximately 150 new parking spots in the heart of Boro Park on Erev Shabbat, I thank Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn and her staff at the DOT for working with me to solve the Erev Shabbat parking problem.” The program is a pilot by the Department of Transportation. After a period of re-

The Dept. of Transportation will be replacing parking meters like these with Muni-Meters on the entire metered stretch of 16th Avenue in Boro Park from 44th Street to 54th.

view Councilman Greenﬁeld is hopeful that the program will expand to all the major metered avenues in Boro Park.

Report by Brooklyn DA, ClosedDoor Agudah Meeting, Raise Concerns over Child Molestation in Orthodox Community Continued from page 1

criticism of the Orthodox community, anonymous sources who were attending the convention heard a presentation by Agudath Israel’s General Counsel, Mordechai Biser, who advised them how to handle a case where a congregant informs his rabbi of a suspected incident of child sexual abuse. Biser allegedly said that the rabbi should counsel the claimant to remain silent and let the rabbi determine whether there are sufficient grounds to warrant reasonable suspicion, in which case the rabbi would report the suspected abuse only to a liaison at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office. “This ‘news item’ is only accurate to the degree that a meeting took place,” responded Rabbi Avi Shafran, a spokesman for Agudath Israel. “The rest of what it claims seems to be an utter fabrication.” Rabbi Shafran went on to explain that the meeting – which he says mostly consisted of presentations by a rosh yeshiva and a mental health professional – was designed to help rabbis be better prepared to handle suspicions of abuse that come to their attention. Regarding Agudath Israel’s position on the reporting of such alleged incidents, Rabbi Shafran stated that “we have gone to great lengths to inform the public of halachic rulings that permit – indeed demand – that people with reasonable suspicions of child abuse go to the secular authorities. The rabbi’s role is to help the reporter ascertain whether their suspicion is reasonable; once that definition has been met, the person with the suspicion should go directly to the police.” In comments made to the Forward re-

garding the District Attorney’s latest claim of numerous arrests, Ben Hirsch, president of Survivors for Justice, opined that if the DA’s figures for arrests were correct, “at least some of these cases must have been resolved by now.” He further asked, “Why haven’t we seen a marked increase in Orthodox perpetrators registered as sex offenders? Without public notice identifying dangerous predators, parents are unable to protect their children.” For its part, a spokesman for the Brooklyn DA stated that his office does not keep statistics based on the religion or race of those it arrests, and thus could not provide the specific information about the cases. But the confluence of these two developments– the DA’s report and Agudath Israel’s private meeting–have added to the long-held concerns of advocates for sexual abuse survivors, who feel that DA Hynes is reluctant to fully prosecute such cases within the Orthodox community to avoid angering Brooklyn’s politically-powerful rabbinic leaders and their constituencies. According to the sources who claim to have knowledge of the meeting at the Agudah convention, Biser said that once a rabbi has determined that a reported suspicion of child sex abuse has raglayim l’davar – reasonable suspicion within the parameters of Jewish law that an improper act may have indeed occurred–he will be solely responsible for reporting the abuse to the DA’s office only, and would not need to feel compelled to report it to police authorities or the New York State Administration for Child Services. In the event that the rabbi does not believe that there is reasonable suspicion, he would

A recent report by the DA’s office claims a staggering 89 arrests over the last two years, related to alleged sexual abuse in Brooklyn’s orthodox Jewish communities.

not file any report, and the congregant would not pursue the matter further. According to Failed Messiah, the guidelines that were laid out at the Agudath Israel meeting are in line with the policy of the Brooklyn DA’s liaison, Henna White. The blog’s author claims that White arranges for suspected Orthodox pedophiles to obtain psychological treatment by professionals within the community, while pleading to lesser charges or having their charges dropped entirely. In the opinion of the controversial blogger, the net outcome of all this is to allow many likely child sex abusers to remain at large–as treatment is quite often not effective in the long run–and thus leave numerous children within the Orthodox community at serious risk of further abuse. Speaking with the Jewish Voice, Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind said that he is encouraged by the fact that there has been significant progress within our community vis-à-vis combating child molestation and

bringing guilty parties to justice. As little as four years ago, Hikind explains, it was taboo to even mention the issue at all. “However,” he said, “we still have a long way to go to fully address it.” Hikind noted further that sources in the District Attorney’s office have indicated to him that more information on their prosecutorial efforts will be released in the near future, and he also said that a representative of Agudath Israel had informed him that the organization will soon be releasing a list of rabbis who have been properly trained to deal with cases of suspected child molestation. On this last point, Rabbi Shafran of Agudath Israel informed the Jewish Voice that the organization is currently assessing a thorough curriculum for the training of rabbis. “It is now less certain that we will disseminate a public list of this nature,” Shafran says. “But we are committed to providing a public resource to facilitate the quick and efficient assessment of reports of abuse.”

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Registration Opens for TribeFest 2012, to be Held in Las Vegas Event to Draw Young Adults from Around the World for Three Days of Jewish Experiences Online registration is now oﬃcially open for The Jewish Federations of North America’s 2012 TribeFest. This year’s TribeFest will take place March 25-27 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, and is expected to draw over 1,500 young adults for three days of meaningful and transformational Jewish experiences and events. he 2012 TribeFest, co-chaired by Rachel Wright of Detroit and Jason Rubinoﬀ of Toronto, is the second event of its kind; the inaugural TribeFest, which took place last March in Las Vegas, drew more than 1,300 participants from 84 communities around the world for a groundbreaking program designed to engage and inspire young Jews. More than 46 partner organizations joined Jewish Federations to create an

innovative event ﬁlled with music, learning, social service, networking and fun. Following the overwhelming success of the ﬁrst-ever TribeFest, this year’s event is expected to draw even more attendees and include participation from a greater number of partner organizations. “Enthusiasm for the 2012 TribeFest is already building,” said Wright. “TribeFest is truly about making your own connection to

This year’s TribeFest will take place March 25-27 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas.

Ilan Grapel Makes First Public Appearance with Rabbi Marc Schneier at the Hampton Synagogue Continued from page 1

ty with a B.A. in International Studies. He immediately joined the Israeli Army as a paratrooper and was wounded in the 2006 war in Lebanon. Ilan then returned to the United States and studied law at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, where he is currently a third year law student. It was Ilan’s love for law and politics that brought him to intern in the Queens oﬃce of Democratic Congressman Gary Ackerman, a man who would become a crucial part of his life nine years later. Ilan explained, at a lively discussion and Q & A session during Friday night dinner, that he wanted to debunk a number of myths about himself. Firstly, he was absolutely not a member of the Mossad nor was he working for any Israeli organization, and secondly he went to Egypt completely on his own in order to intern at Saint Andrew’s Refugee Service, a non-governmental legal services

group who aid in resettling refugees. Ilan explained, “I wanted to show that my existence as a Jew and as an Israeli in the Middle East is not necessarily deleterious to Arab interests.” In order to follow the path he had laid out for himself, Ilan studied Islam extensive-

Jewish community, and finding new meaning in your Jewish life. We are excited to not only welcome back last year’s TribeFest participants, but also invite many new faces into our midst.” One of the hallmarks of TribeFest is attracting new and diverse voices to the Jewish community. Nearly 60 percent of last year’s audience had never attended a JFNA function prior to TribeFest, and almost 40 percent had never even been to a program run by their local Federation. Many of those attendees, like Danielle Aaronson of Richmond, have enhanced their involvement in the Jewish world since experiencing TribeFest. “I attended TribeFest with only a pre-TribeFest meeting as my Federation background,” said Aaronson. She is now the Young Leadership Director at the Jewish Community Federation of Richmond. “Being in an environment with so much strong energy and passion will make a difference on any individual who attends,” said Aaronson. “It is impossible not to feel part of something bigger when you are surrounded by people who continuously set the bar so high to make a positive difference in this world.” The 2012 TribeFest will be even more interactive for attendees, and reflective of their interests and passions. To build content for TribeFest, JFNA collected more than 150 program proposals from participants, local Federations and event partners during an open Request for Proposal (RFP) process. “We received so many interesting and thought-provoking program proposals,” said Rubinoff. “We are confident that this year’s TribeFest will be filled with unique sessions that challenge and engage attendees, and create dynamic conversations around Jewish life.” The second edition of TribeFest will offer six program tracks on themes important to young Jews. The track process, which was

implemented for the 2011 General Assembly in Denver for the first time, creates a more focused program, ensuring that the conference addresses issues crucial to TribeFest attendees through meaningful content. TribeFest’s tracks include Social Justice and Global Responsibility; Culture and the Arts; Israel and the Middle East; Innovation; Faith and Spirituality; and Hot Topics. The conference will also feature a “Clergy Track,” examining how rabbis and cantors can understand the Federation mission and effect change for the global Jewish community. The “Clergy Track” will also highlight new and exciting ways to partner with other organizations to effectively engage the next generation of Jews. There will also be a companion program prior to the commencement of TribeFest. On Sunday, March 25, JFNA’s National Young Leadership will hold a Leadership Development Institute from 9 AM-2:30 PM The Institute will offer young lay leaders – both current members of NYL Cabinet and those who have displayed leadership potential in their communities – a chance to further develop skills and passions for the Jewish community. The Institute will also serve as an opportunity for attendees to learn about and explore the Jewish world, and become inspired to make a difference with their work. Jewish Federation professionals are encouraged to suggest local lay leadership for the Institute. “With cutting-edge presentations and compelling events, TribeFest is making the Jewish experience relevant and accessible for a whole new audience,” said Jerry Silverman, JFNA’s president and CEO. “For Jews in their 20s, 30s and 40s who are looking to be inspired and invigorated, TribeFest is a can’tmiss on next year’s Jewish communal calendar.” Visit the TribeFest website, Tribefest.org, to learn more and register for the event. Register before Jan. 20, 2012 for early-bird discounts.

there. At the mosque he was initially thought to be Christian and the Moslem clerics attempted to convince him about the “truth of Mohammed” and that Jesus was a prophet and not a messiah. When Ilan bravely told them he was Jewish, Ilan states, “they were still interested in proselytizing but I pursued my interest in discussing the politics of the religion.” In response, he says, they showed him Israeli movies, and attempted to give him their side of the conﬂicts. The trips to the mosques appeared to eventually get Ilan into trouble with the au-

» “In an amusing moment the prosecutor said to me that I

was a very bad spy as he saw that I had posted everything on Facebook for the world to see.”

ly, as well as the history and culture of the Arab Middle East. He learned how to speak ﬂuent Arabic, a skill that would later get him into—and out of—a great deal of trouble. Ilan stated that he made friends amongst the Egyptians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque where a lot of tourists frequented and used to study there, and that he knew that Israeli journalists covering the West Bank would do interviews in mosques because they found it safer

thorities. Ilan was arrested on charges of espionage and helping incite the rioting which began occurring around the same time that he was in the country. He was detained and by Egypt’s notorious State Police in a secret location in a cell with barred windows. Ilan stated he was very lucky not to have actually been sent to a dungeon prison complex, his room was decent with its own bathroom facility and the food he got was better

Rabbi Marc Schneier hosted the long-awaited first public appearance of U.S.-Israeli citizen Ilan Grapel since Grapel’s release from Egyptian custody. The event took place last Shabbat at the Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton.

than most Egyptians. He was kept in solitary conﬁnement for four months and depended on reading material others sent to him, to Continued on page 39

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DECEMBER 2, 2011 INTERNATIONAL

Report: PKK Planning More Turkish Attacks Hundreds of armed members of the PKK Kurdish militia are spread out in eastern Turkey, and are planning a major offensive against Turkish troops in the area, a report said on Tuesday. The report, on Iran’s government-controlled Press TV, said that close to 1,000 PKK guerillas were prepared to attack in the coming days. Turkey launched a massive military operation against the PKK in northern Iraq after the group killed 24 Turkish soldiers on October 19. UN Chief Shows PA Spirit, Bashing Israel The United Nations on Tuesday continued to demonstrate it is not an honest broker in the Israeli-Arab conflict as senior UN officials marked the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that a Palestinian state was “long overdue,” in an official statement released by his office. “The need to resolve this conflict has taken on greater urgency with the historic transformations taking place across the region,” Ban said. Ban said a solution to the current impasse must be found that results in two states based on the 1967-lines with Jerusalem as their shared capital. The statement from Ban’s office presupposes the maximalist demands of the Palestinian Authority as the only possible formula for a final status agreement. Ban praised the accomplishments of the Palestinian Authority, claiming that the Ramallah government is “institutionally ready to assume the responsibilities of statehood.” He did not address the ongoing corruption probes that plague the government of PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad or that the PA is dependent on foreign aid and on the verge of fiscal insolvency. Instead, Ban called on both sides to return to direct negotiations, while at the same time adopting PA rhetoric that Israeli construction in Judea, Samaria, and Jerusalem constitute a “major obstacle to peace.”

Egypt’s Gas Pipeline Blown Up for the Ninth Time Saboteurs blew up Egypt’s gas pipeline to Jordan and Israel early on Monday morning, just hours before the country held its first election since President Hosni Mubarak was toppled in February. Witnesses told the Reuters news agency that the explosion struck the pipeline west of El-Arish in Sinai. They said there was a second consecutive blast, about 100 meters away. Security sources told Reuters the explosions were detonated from a distance and that tracks from two vehicles were found in the area. Security forces and fire trucks raced to the scene. It was the ninth attack on the pipeline this year, the eighth attack having taken place only last Friday. Friday’s explosion did not disrupt the flow of gas because the pipeline was undergoing routine maintenance work, and there was no gas in the pipe at the time of the explosion. It is unknown what damage, if any, was caused by Monday’s explosion. The Egyptian government said this month it would tighten security measures along the pipeline by installing alarm devices and recruiting security patrols from Bedouin tribesmen. Israel depends on Egyptian gas for its power stations, and it will take at least an-

other two years before the gas ﬁelds oﬀ the Israeli coast can begin supplying Israel with gas.

Morocco’s Islamist Party Declared Election Winner Morocco’s Interior Ministry announced on Sunday that the Islamist Justice and Development Party has won the most seats in parliamentary elections. According to the ﬁnal results, the Justice and Development Party won 107 seats in the 395-seat legislature. The party is the second Islamist party to win an election after the Arab Spring. Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party, Ennahda, recently won the election in that country.

France Condemns Lebanese Rocket Attack France strongly condemns the Southern Lebanon rocket attack on Northern Israel. “This is a blatant violation of Resolution 1701. France considers stability along the Blue Line to be of great importance, along with the respect of the cease-ﬁre established by the UN Security Council in 2006. We request the Lebanese army with the support of UNIFIL investigate this event.”

ISRAEL

New Knesset Lobby Against Anti-Semitism The Knesset Lobby to Counter Anti-Semitism was inaugurated Tuesday in the Knesset. The Lobby Chairman will be MK Danny Danon (Likud). Republican North-Carolina Senator Alan Clement and dozens of Evangelical Christians were present at the ceremony, having arrived to support Israel on the commemoration of the 29th of November.

MK Ben-Ari to Terrorist: ‘I’ll Chop Your Head Off’ In a dramatic scene at the conclusion of the trial of Amjad Awad, one of the murderers of the ﬁve members of the Fogel family of Itamar, MK Michael Ben-Ari attempted to attack the terrorist. He was held back by security personnel. “I will chop your head oﬀ,” Ben-Ari shouted at the terrorist minutes before his conviction was announced. Right-wing activists who had protested and demanded that Awad be given the death penalty were removed from the court. Ben-Ari was allowed to remain, as he has parliamentary immunity.

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of Itamar eight months ago. It was Amjad who stabbed and killed Udi Fogel and his wife Ruthy, as well as their children – Yoav, 11, Elad, 4, and Hadas, who was 3 months old. The cousins admitted the crimes and reenacted them for investigators. Hakem was found guilty on all the counts. He was charged with in August and sent to 130 years’ jail. However, Amjad was the initiator of the massacre. While 70% supported the death penalty for Amjad, 20% said they oppose the death sentence and 9.8 said they have no opinion. The poll encompassed 521 people from all socio-economic layers. Israeli courts, including military ones, can impose the death penalty by law but never do.

IDF Spokesman: YouTube Video Represents Severe Security Breach “The IDF relates to the incident of the YouTube security breach video of the northern IDF post with great severity. The video harms operational integrity and violates information security regulations. The IDF Information Security Department makes a constant eﬀort to prevent such occurrences and will press charges against the individuals involved in this incident,” responded the IDF spokesman. Earlier it was reported: Soldiers of a northern post in a lighthearted mood took a video of the post featuring their friends, secret maps, operational gear and structure of the base. They then uploaded the video to YouTube. Israel National News pointed the breach of national security to the IDF spokesman, and the video was promptly taken down.

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Ayalon: US, Israel Coordinated on Iran Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said that the U.S. and Israel were

“working closely” on how to deal with Iran, and were coordinating their actions. On Monday, Ayalon met with U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary David Cohen to discuss further American sanctions against Iran in the energy ﬁeld. At the time of this writing, Ayalon is in the U.S. for a round of the strategic dialogue between Israel and the U.S.

Cain ‘Reassessing’ Campaign After Affair Allegation U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain has told aides he is reassessing the viability of his campaign after a woman from Georgia alleged she had a 13-year aﬀair with him.

Poll: 10% of Israelis Go Hungry In a recent poll ordered by the National Insurance Institute, 19% of Israelis felt nutritional insecurity, of them 10% felt actual hunger, and 23% obtained ﬁnancial nutrition assistance from family members.

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Congressman Barney Frank to Retire Longtime Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Barney Frank announced that

70% of Public: Execute Fogels’ Murderer Prior to handing a life sentence to convicted 19-year-old terrorist and murderer Amjad Awad on Monday, a poll showed that 70% of the public want the cold-blooded killer executed. The poll was conducted by Pirsumei Israel. Together with his cousin Hakem Awad, 17, Amjad murdered ﬁve members of the family in the Samaria (Shomron) community

he would not seek re-election in the 2012 House election. Speaking at a news conference, Frank said that part of the decision was due to a redistricting procedure that would leave him with a new constituency that he was unfamiliar with. Frank has served in Congress for 16 terms, since 1980, and authored the landmark legislation rewriting the rules under which banks and ﬁnancial institutions can operate after the 2008 ﬁnancial crisis.

The accusation of infidelity follows a series of sexual harassment allegations that have already complicated Cain’s pursuit of his party’s nomination. In a Tuesday morning conference call with his staff, transcribed by the conservative National Review magazine, Cain denied the affair, calling it just a friendship and saying he was trying to help the woman financially. But he said the allegation is still “cause for reassessment.” The magazine quoted Cain as saying he has to determine whether it will “create too much of a cloud ” in people’s minds for them to continue supporting him. The former pizza executive said people will have to decide whether they believe him or the accuser. Cain said his team is going to give it time to gauge the response and said he would continue his campaign schedule as usual during the next several days. Once seen as a top rival to former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, Cain suffered a drop in support when he was forced to respond to allegations of sexual harassment dating back to the late 1990s. Cain also had some awkward moments on foreign policy, including a fumbled answer when asked to comment on President Barack Obama’s policy on Libya. Cain’s struggles have cleared the way for former House of Representatives speaker Newt Gingrich to surge ahead in public opinion polls.

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Calendar of Events The Hebron Fund Annual Dinner SATURDAY NIGHT, DECEMBER 3RD 10PM VENUE: NEW YORK HALL OF SCIENCE, 47-01 111TH STREET QUEENS, NY 11368 Contact: email info@hebronfund.org or call 718-677-6886 Special Program for Children ages 7-15 Reception, Buﬀet Dinner + Access to Science Exhibit 8pm Program 10pm Viennese Table 10:45pm. Couvert: $300 per person. Children 7-15 free. RSVP Required

American Friends of Migdal Ohr Annual Reception SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 8:00 PM VENUE: APELLA, 450 E. 29TH ST, MANHATTAN Please join Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman and American Friends of Migdal Ohr for our Annual Reception. Guest Speaker Lt. General Dan Halutz, Former Chief of Staﬀ of the Israel Defense Forces and Commander of the Israeli Air Force Special Presentation Shani Levi, Migdal Ohr Student, Grade 3, Violinist Program 9:15 PM. Light Buﬀet For more information or to RSVP, contact American Friends of Migdal Ohr at 212-3973700, or e-mail Eileen@migdalohrusa.org

Jewish Values, Jewish Interests: Negotiating the Tension MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, AT 5:00 PM LOCATION: NYU VANDERBILT HALL, ROOM 218 40 WASHINGTON SQUARE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10012 How should Jews and Jewish leaders relate to the larger society and broader world? Prof. Ruth Wisse (Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature, and Professor of Comparative Literature, at Harvard University, and author of “Jews and Power”) and Rabbi Joy Levitt (Executive Director of the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan) will discuss both real and putative tensions between expressing Jewish values and advancing Jewish interests. BJPA Director Prof. Steven M. Cohen will moderate. This event celebrates the complete digital collection of the Journal of Jewish Communal Service on bjpa.org, and honors JJCS Managing Editor Gail Chalew for her 20+ years of service. The event is co-sponsored by the Jewish Communal Service Association of North America and the Berman Jewish Policy Archive @ NYU Wagner. Event is free to the public , but space is limited. RSVP required at http://wagner.nyu. edu/events

Intro to the Ten Commandments TUESDAY, DEC. 6, 6:30-8:00 PM VENUE: LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE 200 AMERSTAM AVE, MANHATTAN Register now for Introduction to Bible: The 10 Commandments with Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald. This course provides a general overview of the content and style of the Bible. We will review basic literary and theological approaches to Bible study, traditional and modern, through the analysis of the Biblical text. For more information or to register, call 212-874-6100 or visit beginnners.iss.org.

Concert: Michael Winograd Trio TUESDAY, DEC. 6 AT 8:00 PM. VENUE: THE EAST VILLAGE SHUL 325 E. 6TH ST, MANHATTAN Clarinetist/Composer Michael Winograd lives in Brooklyn, NY. He performs, or has performed with SoCalled, Budowitz, Frank London, Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird, the Klezmer Conservatory Band, Kenny Wollesen, Michael Alpert, Alicia Svigals, the Xylopholks, and a bunch of others.... He currently leads Michael Winograd's Infection, Michael Winograd Klezmer Ensemble, and Pop Phenom Yiddish Princess. Often he and Avi Fox-Rosen do stupid collaborations to relieve themselves musically... these have included Re:United and the Burning Sensations. Michael has taught and performed all over the world. International Festivals Include, KlezKamp, KlezKanada, the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow Poland, the Klezmer Workshop in Paris, Winnipeg and Calgary Folk Festivals, and the Dawson City Music Festival. Furthest Point south so far: Reunion Island, Furthers Point North: Dawson City, Yukon. For more information on the event, visit eastvillageshul.com or e-mail evshul@gmail.com. To learn more about Michael visit www.michaelwinograd.com

Yeshiva University 87th Annual Hanukkah Dinner and Convocation SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11 5:30PM, 7PM VENUE: THE WALDORF-ASTORIA For more information: reservations and Scroll of Honor opportunities contact Robyn Hartman, Senior Director of Events Management and Donor Rela tions, Yeshiva University, at 212.960.5468 or Hanukkahdinner@yu.edu Each year, we confer honorary degrees on outstanding members from the University community and beyond who have demonstrated committed leadership and dedication to education. We invite you to join us on December 11. Contributions support scholarships and can be designated to the University’s school or college of your choice.

Yoga Teacher Training Course for Torah Observant Women DEC 18 2011 - JAN 6 2012 LOCATION: CH FITNESS IN BROOKLYN, NY Yoga Alliance Certified 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training Course Geared towards Torah Observant Women (i.e. no classes on Shabbat or anything else that might conflict with Judaism/Halacha) For exact times and other details, call (347) 834-9776 or email crownheightsfitness@ gmail.com $200 Finder's Fee for each person who signs up due to your referall!

Class: Writings of the Maharal from Prague WEDNESDAY, DEC. 21 AT 8:00 PM LOCATION: YOUNG ISRAEL OF THE WEST SIDE 210 WEST 91ST ST, MANHATTAN The Maharal from Prague was held in great esteem by his contemporaries and has had a profound impact on all streams of Judaism. Rabbi Kook stated that the "Maharal was the father of the approach of the Gaon of Vilna on the one hand, and of the father of Chasidut, on the other hand." He has been described as a Kabbalist who wrote in philosophic garb. Come taste the richness of his writings and change the way you experience the world. For more information, call 212-787-7513 or visit www.yisw.org.

Chinese and a Movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark & Jurassic Park SUNDAY, DEC. 25, 2:00-7:00 PM VENUE: 92Y TRIBECA 200 HUDSON ST, MANHATTAN Instead of eating Chinese take-out alone at home and hoping something besides A Christmas Story is on TV, head to 92YTribeca for good company, good eats and action-packed movies. Enjoy an all-you-can-eat Chinese buﬀet and two Spielberg adventure classics, with booze available at the bar. 2 pm - Doors • 2:30 pm – Raiders of the Lost Ark • 4:30 pm – Jurassic Park Food from 2 pm until it is all gone. Cost: $25 in advance, $30 at the door For more information, call 212-601-1000 or visit 92ytribeca.org.

Young Professionals Chanukah & Billiards SUNDAY, DEC. 25, 7:30-10:30 PM HOSTED BY CHABAD ISRAEL CENTER, WWW.CHABADIC.COM/JPI Join JPI Young Professionals for our annual Chanukah Billiards party! Premium Open Bar** (1st 2 drinks Free) (The Bar will be rented out entirely & exclusively for this speciﬁc 100% Kosher event) Unlimited Pool playing, Menorah Lighting, Music, Dinner, great company and Chanukah treats. (21 -39's only - Photo ID required) Wishing you a wonderful, peaceful & happy Chanukah! Cost: $25 ($35 at the door) For more information, call 212-831-2770 or e-mail programs@chabadic.com Pictures of last years Chanukah Party viewable at: www.chabadic.com/1067944

DECEMBER 2, 2011 Spielberg to Make Moses Movie According to a little bird singing in the Hollywood grapevine, Stev en Spielberg is in talks with Warner Bros. to direct a new movie called “Gods and Kings.” The movie will focus on Moses’ life, beginning with his birth and ending with his death after not getting into Israel. The script was written by fellow yidden Michael Green and Stuart Hazeldine, and will be co-produced by Dan Lim and Matti Leshem.

Jews Can Swing, Too! Ryan Braun, the slugging outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers, became the first Jewish MVP in almost five decades. Braun, the son of an Israeli-born Jewish father and a Catholic mother, was named the National League’s Most Valuable Player last Tuesday. He received 20 of 32 first-place votes and 388 points in voting announced by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

The Jewish Voice Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1963 was the last Jewish player to win the award. Other Jewish players who have been named MVP are Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers in 1940 and Al Rosen of the Cleveland Indians in 1953. Braun batted .332 this season with 33 home runs, 111 RBI and 33 steals to help lead the Brewers to the Central Division title.

Frank Calls it Quits U.S. Rep. Barney Frank will not run again for his Massachusetts seat in 2012. The Democratic Jewish lawmaker made the announcement on Monday in his congressional district, in the Town Hall in Newton, Mass. Frank, 71, reportedly is unhappy with how his district has been reshaped because of the most recent census. He has served since 1980, and was a leader in the House of Representatives on ﬁnancial issues. In recent years, Frank has taken the lead in advocating for clemency for Jonathan Pollard, jailed for life since 1985 for spying for Israel.

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ket for the ﬁrst time ever from a descendent of the original owner of the works, Max Cottin, who bought them at a 1945 exhibition at the Gallery of Jewish Art in New York. The Jewish artist is known to have ﬁnished Marc Chagall only six synagogue paintings. Born in Vitebsk, today’s Belarus, Chagall remained in Russia until 1922, living between Vitebsk and Moscow. The Synagogue interiors paintings were created later in 1930s. His 1931 “Interior of the Yemenite HaGoral Synagogue, Jerusalem,” is becoming the top lot of the upcoming sale estimated to earn from $400,000 to $600,000. The other two paintings – a 1931 signed Chagall and a 1935 work depicting the synagogue in Vilnius – are both valued at between $300,000 and $500,000. The sale is part of Sotheby’s Israeli & International Art auction scheduled for December 14.

Israel’s Got Style The ﬁrst Tel Aviv Fashion Week in years was launched last Sunday evening at the home of the Italian ambassador in Israel, with special guest designer Roberto Cavalli. During the event, which was held at Ambassador Luigi Mattiolo’s residence in Ramat Gan, Cavalli met with top Israeli fashion designers, leading businesspeople, Tourism

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Minister Stas Misezhnikov, and the initiators of the Fashion Week – Moti Reif and Oﬁr Lev. The inauguration even was attended by Vice Premier Silvan Shalom, Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai, actress Noa Tishby, fashion designer Gideon Oberson and many others. The Tel Aviv Fashion Week opened on Monday at the Tachana compound in the south of the city, near the Neve Tzedek neighborhood. Roberto Cavalli

Portman on a Postage Stamp PETA strives to gain attention by showing how many famous people don’t eat animals or wear fur. This time, the group chose a form of communication used daily: postage stamps. A new campaign launched this week by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals features famous vegetarians throughout history, including da Vinci, Tolstoy, Paul McCartney, TV host Bob Barker and many others. Among them is Natalie Portman, a well-known animal rights activist and vegan. The stamps can be purchased throughout December at PETA’s website.

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Met Council and Milk Street Cafe Hold Grand Opening of Food Rescue Program Ceremony includes Festive Affixing of the Mezuzah Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty (Met Council), Milk Street Cafe, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, State Senator Daniel Squadron, and Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder celebrated the Grand Opening of the Met Council Food Rescue Program on November 22, 2011. This innovative program is a new addition to Met Council’s already Kosher Food Network, distributing over 5.4 million pounds of food annually to hungry New Yorkers. n collaboration with Milk Street Cafe, Met Council staﬀ and volunteers pick-up perishable prepared kosher food on a daily basis from the Cafe. The food is then distributed to needy families living on the Lower East Side. “We are very excited to introduce the Met Council Food Rescue Program to the public. It is no secret that more New Yorkers

than ever are suffering and oftentimes cannot afford to put food on the table for their families,” said Met Council Chief Executive Officer William E. Rapfogel. “Met Council saw this growing need and came up with a new way to utilize prepared food that would otherwise be discarded. With our partners Milk Street Cafe, we are now feeding more than 100 needy individuals a week through this Met Council CEO William Rapfogel; Beth Epstein, Director of Marketing at Milk Street Cafe; Congressman Jerrold Nadler; Senator Daniel Squadron; and Heshey Jacob.

Recipe: Apricot Almond Cookies with Amaretto Icing By Paulina Ashkenazi for TheJewishHostess.com

Ingredients: 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter or margarine , at room temperature 1/2 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 large egg 1 1/4 cups all-purpose ﬂour 1/2 cup dried apricots, coarsely chopped 1/4 cup slivered almonds, toasted Icing: 1 ¾ cup confectioners’ sugar 5 to 7 tablespoons almond ﬂavored liqueur (recommended: Amaretto) ¼ teaspoon almond extract Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 heavy baking sheets with parchment paper.

For the Cookies: In a large bowl, beat the butter, sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, and salt with an electric mixer until light and ﬂuﬀy, about 2

minutes. Beat in the egg. Stir in the ﬂour until just blended. Mix in the apricots and almonds. Transfer the dough to a sheet of plastic wrap and shape into a log, about 12-inches long and 1 1/2-inches in diameter. Wrap the dough in the plastic and freeze for 2 hours. At this point log may be kept in freezer for up to a month. . Cut the dough log crosswise into 1/4 to 1/2 inch-thick slices. Transfer the cookies to the prepared baking sheets, spacing evenly apart. Bake until the cookies are golden around the edges, about 15 minutes. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely before icing.

For the Icing: Place the confectioners’ sugar in a medium mixing bowl. Gradually whisk in the almond ﬂavored liqueur and extract, until the mixture is of drizzling consistency. Place the wire rack over a baking sheet. Spoon icing into a zip top plastic bag and snip small piece oﬀ corner, drizzle icing over cookies, allowing any excess icing to drip onto the baking sheet. Allow the icing to set before serving.

program and we only expect those numbers to grow.” “Met Council is a haven for those who need help,” said Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney. Distinguished rabbinic scholar Rabbi Dovid Feinstein blessed the new space, located at 233 East Broadway, during the Mezuzah Aﬃxing Ceremony. “Met Council is critical to what our city is and how our city is functioning,” said Senator Daniel Squadron. “At a time when it’s not so trendy and there’s not much focus to serve the poor, Met Council makes sure the poor have better access to housing and don’t go hungry day in and day out. Met council ﬁlls in those gaps. It’s not glamorous but it’s critical and fundamental to who we are as a society.” “So many people are poor and can’t feed themselves and the government doesn’t deal with it adequately,” said Congressman Jerrold Nadler. “Organizations like Met Council have to step up and try to assume some of the burden and we know as much as they do it’s still not enough.”

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Rabbi Dovid Feinstein affixes the Mezuzah at the new Food Rescue space.

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FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND NEWMAN’S OWN DONATE REFRIGERATED TRUCK FLEET WITH ‘PARTNERSHIP FOR HUNGER RELIEF’ PROGRAM 176 Million Meals Delivered and 6.7 Million Miles Traveled

For the 11th consecutive year, Ford Motor Company and Newman’s Own®, Inc. are partnering with Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization, to donate Ford refrigerated trucks ﬁlled with Newman›s Own food products to ﬁve regions of the country with communities in need, The two organizations have worked in partnership for a decade to contribute 103 refrigerated trucks to help Feeding America food banks deliver nutritious perishable foods.

ith the recent donation of five more vehicles, the fleet of Ford trucks and vans reaches every state in the country, many states with multiple vehicles. «Ford Motor Company has remained committed to playing a role in addressing hunger relief year after year,” said Jim Vella, president, Ford Motor Company Fund and Community Services. “Through this unique partnership, our donated trucks have delivered more than 176 million meals to families across the country.” This unique «Partnership for Hunger Relief» began when Paul Newman reached out to Bill Ford, then chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Company, in an effort to improve distribution of produce and other perishable food to those facing hunger in rural America. The refrigerated trucks allow for delivery of fresh and nutritious food to hard to reach communities that often are underserved and are now also servicing urban and suburban areas where there is an urgent need for nutritious food. «More than 12 years ago Paul Newman realized there was a great need to get nutritious food more broadly distributed. With 49 million people facing hunger, we are glad this program continues to help make a difference, especially in the current economic environment,” said Tom Indoe, president and chief

LEXUS UNVEILS THE LEXUS FASHION WORKSHOP WITH FOUR ORIGINAL DESIGNS MADE OF RECYCLABLE LEXUS CT HYBRID PARTS The Lexus Fashion Workshop designs to be exhibited at Art Basel Miami Beach Elevating the notion of recycling to an art form, Lexus challenged four of fashion’s most inventive designers to rethink their notions of automotive design for an advertising campaign to appear in Vogue. Using some of the more than 2,000 individual parts of a completely dismantled Lexus CT hybrid, a vehicle that is 90 percent recyclable*, the designers created fashionable works of art as part of The Lexus Fashion Workshop. From crank bearings to exhaust gaskets, the designers took on the challenge with verve, turning some of the best engineered auto parts into innovative fashion accessories – all while driving home the

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DECEMBER 2, 2011 operating oﬃcer of Newman’s Own, Inc. Regions of the country and Food banks receiving trucks this fall are: Atlanta Community Food Bank (Atlanta, GA), Dare to Care Food Bank (Louisville, KY), Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida (Fort Myers, FL), Josephine County Food Bank (Grants Pass, OR), and Inter-Faith Food Shuttle (Raleigh, NC). “We have seen a dramatic rise in the number of people seeking food assistance from the Feeding America network. Today, we are feeding 37 million people each year—a staggering 46 percent increase since 2006,” said Vicki Escarra, president and CEO of Feeding America. “The Ford Motor Company and Newman’s Own have been longtime generous supporters of our mission. We continue to build partnerships like this to help our food banks provide more donated food to more people in need.” Feeding America Feeding America provides low-income individuals and families with the fuel to survive and even thrive. As the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity, our network members supply food to more than 37 million Americans each year, including 14 million children and 3 million seniors. Serving the entire United States, more than 200 member food banks support 61,000 agencies that address hunger in all of its forms. For more information on how you can ﬁght hunger in your community and across the country, visit www.feedingamerica.org. Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ FeedingAmerica or follow our news on Twitter at www.twitter.com/FeedingAmerica

maybe more appropriately, ‘Engineering Unexpected,’” said Brian Smith, vice president of marketing for Lexus. “We were able to challenge four designers to turn one of our most progressive hybrid vehicles into innovative fashion pieces, inspiring the designers, and the world, to see things differently.” The four pieces will be highlighted in a six-page advertisement in the January 2012 issue of Vogue. Behindthe-scenes videos of the Lexus CT hybrid being dismantled piece-bypiece are available at Vogue.com/ Promotions/Lexus. Additionally, a series of exclusive interviews with the four designers will be posted throughout December. The collection will be on display December 1-2, 2011, opening day of Art Basel Miami Beach, one of the most prestigious art shows in the Americas. The pieces will be sold at private auction during Art Basel Miami Beach, with proceeds benefiting the Council of Fashion Designers of America/ Vogue Fashion Fund (CFDA), a not-for-profit trade association representing more than 400 of America’s foremost womenswear, menswear, jewelry, and accessory designers.

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Hebrew University Research Shows Promise for Better Dealing With Osteoarthritis step towards better understanding of the biological mechanism involved in the onset of osteoarthritis (OA), which affects millions of people around the world, has been shown in research carried out at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and in the United States. Osteoarthritis is a common, degenerative, joint disease that increases in prevalence with age. During the disease, the matrix structure comprising cartilage in the joints is significantly diminished, inflicting severe frictional pain and restricting joint movement. One reason for this phenomenon is reduced matrix production and gene expression. SirT1 is a nuclear enzyme that regulates the expression of many genes through alterations in chromatin structure. Chromatin is the combination of DNA and other proteins that make up the contents of the cell nucleus. In laboratory work carried out at the Laboratory of Cartilage Biology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Dental Medicine, researchers headed by Dr. Mona Dvir-Ginzberg showed that SirT1 positively regulates the expression of many cartilage-tissue components. Her work was carried out in cooperation with researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. This data, published in the Arthritis and Rheumatism journal, showed that when there is joint inflammation, SirT1 degener-

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Well-done Meat Linked to Prostate Cancer A new study suggests that the correlation between prostate cancer and red meat is driven primarily by overcooking on a grill or barbecue. team of researchers, led by John Witte of the University of California in San Francisco, studied the meat-eating habits of 470 men with the most aggressive form of the disease in Cleveland, Ohio. They found that a high intake of well-done or very well-done red meat, particularly ground meat, was positively associated with aggressive prostate cancer. In contrast, consumption of rare or medium-cooked ground beef was not associated with the cancer. This suggests that the key exposure for prostate cancer is not just meat intake, but how it is prepared. The researchers concluded that the correlation between consumption of grilled, well-done meat and prostate cancer could be attributed to the release of carcinogens during the cooking process.“The mechanism through which the consumption of well-done meat may increase prostate cancer risk is via the release of mutagenic compounds during cooking,” stated the report. The study ﬁndings are supported by a previous large cohort study of 175,343 men for nine years, which found that only grilled/ barbecued meats showed a signiﬁcant positive association between consumption and prostate cancer. Pan-fried, microwaved and broiled meats showed no such assocation.

A Dr. Mona Dvir-Ginzberg’s groundbreaking research was conducted in cooperation with the U.S. National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD.

ates and is inactivated, thereby accelerating joint destruction through altered gene expression. Understanding these events will enable the design of drug targets to serve as potential therapies that may retard or reverse OA through possibly boosting SirT1 production. Additionally, testing of SirT1 levels could serve as an early indicator for OA susceptibility and thus serve as a signal for beginning timely treatment. “Developing a combined strategy for diagnosis and treatment, based on these data, could provide an eﬃcient alternative for joint replacement surgery and enable susceptible individuals to experience a better quality of life for years to come,” said Dr. Dvir-Ginzberg.

A recent study found that a high intake of well-done or very well-done red meat was positively associated with aggressive prostate cancer.

However, Dr. Rachel Thompson, of the World Cancer Research Fund, told the Daily Mail that the results could have been skewed by men looking for something to blame for their disease and misremembering what they had eaten. The study was published in online journal PLoS ONE. [Editor’s note: This just reinforces what our taste buds already know, that medium rare steaks are the way to go.]

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Flocking to Tel Aviv Art Museum’s New Wing Works by Israeli artists find a home in the $55 million Herta and Paul Amir Building, designed to ‘move visitors and offer a remarkable social experience.’ Art-lovers from across Israel and around the globe have come ﬂocking to visit the new $55 million wing of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. The awe-inspiring, ﬁve-story Herta and Paul Amir Building has doubled the museum’s previous space. By Viva Sarah Press, Israel 21c Photos by Amit Geron

oining the VIP guests, donors and friends of the museum at the November opening were curators from some of the most prestigious museums in Paris, including Centre Pompidou, Musee D’Orsay and the Louvre Museum. The curator of New York’s Museum of Modern Art also made a special trip to Tel Aviv. “The number of visitors shows that people are attracted by Israeli art,” Dr. Doron J. Lurie, a senior curator and chief conservator at the museum, tells ISRAEL21c. Lurie estimates that about 5,000 people are visiting the museum daily. The Amir Building houses 18,500 square feet of gallery space for the museum’s comprehensive collection of Israeli art. The inaugural installation includes some 250 works dating from 1906 to the present. “This was the vision of Prof. Mordechai Omer, the late director and chief curator of the Tel Aviv Museum. He didn’t like the idea that people came to the museum and chanced upon one Israeli art exhibit or another. He thought there should be a permanent exhibition where one could see a panoramic view of Israeli art,” says Lurie. Featuring works from Reuven Rubin to Yigal Tumarkin and Zoya Cherkassky, Michal Neeman to Gal Weinstein and Michal Rovner, the new exhibition is aptly titled “The Museum Presents Itself: Israeli Art from the Museum Collection,” spanning 1906 to 2011. The galleries in the new wing will present dozens of rotating exhibits every year. On display for the opening are an installation of Israeli photography of the past 20 years

and installations by leading Israeli designers Chanan DeLange and Yaakov Kaufman. The inauguration also included a much talked-about exhibit by German paintersculptor Anselm Kieﬀer, which the artist conceived with the late Prof. Omer. The exhibition focuses on Jewish tradition, mysticism, mythology and literature.

New building as a piece of art Appropriately, the Amir building opened to the public just as Tel Aviv declared 2012 the Year of Art. “The city will present a calendar of dozens of exhibitions, conferences, community projects, educational initiatives and festivals, many of them with international partners – and as the centerpiece, we will celebrate the opening of the Herta and Paul Amir Building,” said Mayor Ron Huldai. The building, hailed as an artistic masterpiece, was designed by Harvard University Department of Architecture chairman Pres-

Herta and Paul Amir Building, Tel Aviv Museum (PHOTO CREDIT: AMIT GERON)

ton Scott Cohen. Cohen’s challenge was to construct a building to fit the awkward triangular site earmarked for the expansion. The result is a work of complex geometry and light-filled space, punctuated by the “Lightfall,” a 27-meter-tall atrium that spirals through subtly twisting walls of different levels. “The museum’s program set the challenge of providing several floors of large, neutral, rectangular galleries within a tight, idiosyncratic, triangular site. The solution we proposed was to ‘square the triangle’ by constructing the levels on different axes, which deviate significantly from floor to floor and are unified by the Lightfall,” explained Cohen. “This decision enabled us to combine two seemingly irreconcilable paradigms of the contemporary art museum: the museum of neutral white boxes, which provides optimal, flexible space for the exhibition of art, and the museum of spectacle, which moves visitors and offers a remarkable social experience,” said Cohen. The architectural competition for the new wing was conducted in the first half of 2003. Design development began in 2005, and the groundbreaking was held in 2007.

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Inside the new wing.

Before the Amir building was added to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, much of the institution’s collection was kept in storage. The museum houses works by more than

a dozen world masters – including Vincent Van Gogh, Amadeo Modigliani, and Pablo Picasso – as well as one of the world’s largest collections of Israeli art. “Our job is not to keep art in storage as has been the case until now, but rather to expose the art in the right context,” Lurie tells ISRAEL21c. “We feel privileged to have been able to advance the work of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, an institution that is truly at the heart of Israel’s creative community,” said Paul Amir, the Los Angeles-based real-estate developer and philanthropist who with his wife Herta provided the naming gift for the building. “With the ability to showcase the work of Israel’s artists as never before, the museum now has the potential to step up to a prominent new role on the international scene, to the beneﬁt of everyone.” It is said that Israel has the highest number of museums per capita in the world. And while Israelis are interested in their homegrown art, the inaugural ceremony for the new wing once again proved that Israeli art has an international allure. “There’s no doubt that Israeli artists are known around the world,” says Lurie, “from our old masters Reuven Rubin and Mordechai Ardon to contemporary artists like Sigalit Landau and Michal Rovner. We might not be on top of the world but relatively speaking our exposure and reputation is very good. And now Israeli artists have a new home.”

CEO of Teva Pharmaceuticals Dies at 79 Eli Hurvitz, who transformed Teva Pharmaceuticals from a small Israeli ﬁrm into the world’s largest producer of generic drugs, passed away on Monday at age 79. As Teva’s chief executive since 1976, Hurvitz brought the company into the United States market in the 1980’s after Congress approved the sale of generic drugs without extensive testing. Born in Jerusalem, Hurvitz studied ecoBy Boruch Shubert hrough a series of mergers and patent challenges, he enabled Teva to move all the way from $30 million in sales upon his ascension to CEO to $16.1 billion in 2010. According to a Teva spokesperson, its generic drugs make up one in every ﬁve prescriptions in the U.S. “Eli Hurvitz was one of Israel’s greatest industrialists,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. “He was a wholehearted patriot who worked all his life for the development of Israel’s economy and society.”

nomics at Hebrew University, and worked as a test tube washer in the laboratory of a drug manufacturer. Moving up the management ranks, he took over the company in 1976 and began his aggressive reign. Under Hurvitz’s stewardship, Teva acquired Ivax Corp. in 2005 and Barr Pharmaceuticals in 2008 for approximately $7.4 billion each, the biggest corporate takeovers in Israeli history. Teva also moved into the development of branded drugs, most notably Copaxone for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. It also obtained a patent on Azilect, a treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

Teva Pharmaceuticals is currently the largest company on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, and has a market value of some $36 billion. In addition to his role at Teva, Hurvitz served as chairman of Protalix BioTherapeutics Inc., an Israeli biotechnology company; president of the Manufacturers Association of Israel; and chairman of Bank Leumi. He was also chairman of the Israeli Democracy Institute from 2002 to 2008. In 2002, Hurvitz was awarded the prestigious Israel Prize for lifetime achievements. According to Israeli media, Hurvitz passed away from cancer. He is survived by a wife and three children. “We mourn the loss of a true pioneer, whose vision of providing access to aﬀordable medicine has helped improve the lives of people around the world,” stated Shlomo Yanai, Teva’s president.

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Parshat Vayetzei (Genesis 28:10-32:3) Employer-Employee Relations By Rabbi Yehuda Appel, Aish HaTorah of Cleveland

ome years ago, while living in Jerusalem, I had a friend who worked as an official in the Ministry of Education. My friend was meticulous in his behavior, following both the letter and the spirit of the law, whether involving religious or secular pursuits. He made it a point, for instance, to record the amount of time he spent each work day for private purposes such as making personal phone calls. At the end of the week, he would tally up the total time he had spent on his personal affairs and make sure to stay late at work to make up for that “borrowed” time. This behavior is, in fact, consistent with Jewish law (“halacha”). The obligations of an employee to his employer are taken so seriously in halacha that modifications were even made in the prayers: Recognizing that employers would be shortchanged if workers spent too much time praying, the Sages composed an abridged form of “Grace After Meals” for workers. This topic of workers’ obligations is alluded to in this week’s Torah portion, Vayetzei. Jacob flees from his brother Esav, and

might.” At the same time, the need for responsible management and the protection of workers’ rights is also derived from this week’s Torah portion. When Jacob does ﬁnally decide to return home, he does so stealthily, fearful of what Lavan may do to him. Lavan gives chase and ultimately overtakes Jacob and his family. In the midst of the ensuing confrontation, Jacob refers to his 20 years as watchman over Lavan’s ﬂocks, and bitterly comments, “By the day I was consumed by scorching heat, and at night by the frost, when sleep was snatched from my eyes.” Jacob’s comments are seen as a criticism

Haftarah for Parshat Vayetzei

The need for responsible management and the protection of workers’ rights is derived from this week’s Torah portion.

goes to Padan Aram, where he marries his cousins, Rachel and Leah. Jacob works for their father Lavan, a deceitful person who constantly changes the terms of their work agreement. After 20 years of service to Lavan (and encouraged by G-d in a dream), Jacob decides to return to Canaan. But before leaving, he consults with his wives, and describes how “with all my might I worked for your father.” Maimonides cites these words of Jacob as a source for the requirement that workers work a full day—and “labor with all your

of Lavan - a reﬂection on the fact that he had been treated unjustly. Jacob’s words ultimately ﬁnd their way into Jewish law which prohibits an employer from harming his laborers’ health, and puts strict guidelines on the degree to which workers can be asked to stay up at night to work. There are actually hundreds of laws in rabbinic literature dealing with labor-management relations. For example, failure to pay a worker his wages on time is an explicit transgression of Torah law. Through it all, the paramount theme is to ensure that neither party is taken advantage of, and that respect is maintained for each person as having been created in the image of G-d.

Hosea 11:7-12:14 his week’s haftarah mentions Jacob’s flight from home to the “field of Aram,” an episode that is recounted in this week’s Torah reading. The haftarah begins with the prophet Hosea’s rebuke of the Jewish people for forsaking G-d. Nevertheless, Hosea assures the people that Gd will not abandon them: “How can I give you, Ephraim, and deliver you [to the hands of the nations]? . . . I will not act with My fierce anger; I will not return to destroy Ephraim.” The prophet discusses the misdeeds

of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, and the future degeneration of the Kingdom of Judea. He contrasts their behavior to that of their forefather Jacob who was faithful to G-d and prevailed against enemies, both human and angelic. The haftarah also makes mention of the ingathering of the exiles which will occur during the Final Redemption: “They shall hasten like a bird from Egypt and like a dove from the land of Assyria; and I will place them in their houses, says the L-rd.” HAFTARAH SUMMARY COURTESY OF CHABAD.ORG

Hilchot Iter Yad: Halachot of Right Handed/ Left Handed people The follo wing is the first in a series of divrei halacha, edited specific ally for the Jewish V oice. These ar ticles ar e adapted from the daily halacha emails sent out b y www.HalachaForToday.com. ost people in the world are “right handed”, commonly referred to as “righties.” A small percentage of people, however, are “left handed”, commonly referred to as “lefties.” (According to Wikipedia, seven to ten percent of the adult population is left-handed.) There are people who are ambidextrous, meaning they can use both hands equally well. What does this have to do with Halacha? Plenty. There are many mitzvot which must be done with the hands, and the question arises which hand to use? Is it always the right hand? Is it always the strong hand? Does it even make a difference? We will now embark on a study of this topic and hopefully come away with some clarity in this often misunderstood subject. Maran HaGaon Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita published a small Sefer titled “Ish Iter- The left handed person” which briefly covers these halachot. I used that sefer as my starting point and guide for these halachot and be’ezrat Hashem expanded upon what is written

there in more detail. Anything I write without any additional source is taken directly from Rav Chaim’s Sefer. As an introduction, before we begin to cover the actual halachot, we will enumerate the eight categories into which Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita divides all the halachot of mitzvot needing a certain hand or direction. Hopefully by understanding the logic behind these 8 categories we will be better able to grasp why each halacha we will learn has been determined to be that way by the poskim. 1. Certain mitzvot require a person’s stronger hand. These mitzvot are determined by each individual’s strength and not based on the majority of people. 2. Certain mitzvot must be done “to the right” of Hashem. These mitzvot are of course done with the left hand by all people regardless of their particular stronger hand. 3. Certain mitzvot are done to a certain side due to the position of a person’s heart, windpipe, ear etc. Here too, there will be no diﬀerence between righties and lefties. 4. Certain mitzvot require the more “chashuv,” (i.e. “respected”) hand. As we shall see, these commandments are subject to a debate amongst the poskim, as to whether “chashuv” is determined by each individual or if it is determined by the majority of the world.

5. Certain mitzvot require the right hand because the Torah specifically writes “Use the right hand.” Seemingly, these mitzvot must be fulfilled via the right hand for all people. We shall see if there are differing opinions to this. 6. Certain mitzvot are done not necessarily with a certain hand per se , rather “to the right side” based on the concept of “Kol pinot sh’atah poneh yihyu derech yemin,” (that is, “whatever you do, do it to the right side”). We shall see if lefties perhaps do these things to the left. 7. Certain mitzvot are fulfilled only while standing opposite another person. We shall see if the mitzvah is done with the hand that is opposite the right side of the other person or not. 8. Certain things need to at times be held in a certain hand to allow the other hand to remain free for another task. We shall see how this affects left and right handed people.

Part One: When putting on shoes in the morning, the Shulchan A ruch ( Orach Chaim Siman 2:4) teaches us the pr oper or der as follows: The right show should be put on ﬁrst but not tied . The lef t shoe should then be put on and tied and then w e go back to the right shoe and tie it. If the shoe is a slip -on shoe, then the right shoe is put on ﬁrst f ollowed by the

left shoe. (Rama ibid.) The reason for putting the right shoe on first is to show that the Torah always gives chashivut, deference, to the right. Thus, a left-handed person should also put on the right shoe first. The reason that the left shoe is tied first, however, is because in matters of “tying” the Torah gives deference to the left, as tefilin are tied on the left arm (Mishna Berura ibid. S”K 5 and 6). Thus, a left-handed person who ties his tefilin on the right arm should indeed tie the right shoe first and then proceed to put on and tie the left shoe (Mishna Berura ibid). Regarding a left-handed woman, who does not tie tefilin on her arm, there is a dispute amongst the poskim if she should tie the right shoe first like a left-handed man or her left shoe first since the tefilin comparison doesn’t apply to her. Rav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita (in Sefer Derech Sicha Parshat V’Etchanan, page 517) rules that left-handed women are like left handed men and they tie their right shoe first (See also Shu”t Avnei Yashfe Vol. 1 Siman 1 and Shu”t Rivevot Ephraim Vol. 1 Siman 5 and Vol. 7 Siman 18. See also Shu”t Shevet Hakehati Vol. 1 Siman 6.) When r emoving shoes , the lef t one should be tak en off first . This applies to left handed people as w ell. (Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim Siman 2:5 and Shu”t Be’er Moshe Vol. 2 Siman 3:1)

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U.S. Demand for Home Organization Products to Rise 3.5% annually through 2015 Demand for home organization products is forecast to increase 3.5 percent annually through 2015. U.S. consumers, particularly middle- and upper-class households, are willing to pay more for items that will make their lives easier and more organized. Demographic trends will also provide opportunities. systems. Preventing even more rapid Modular units to post growth will be the rising commod- strongest annual gains

Bins, baskets and totes accounted for the largest share of home organization product sales in 2010, with 37 percent of the total market.

or instance, as baby boomers become empty-nest families and move to smaller homes, they will look for ways to organize their possessions in these spaces. Also, the children of the baby boom generation are moving into dorm rooms and ﬁrst apartments, many of which are also small spaces that require organization products for comfortable living. Value gains will be supported by the introduction of home organization products with a decorative look or specialty features as well as by the strong growth in larger, more expensive closet and garage organizing

itization of many home organization products, competition from producers in China and other low manufacturing cost countries, and the expected moderation in raw material prices. In addition, pricing pressures will continue to come from larger retailers, especially mass merchandisers and big box home improvement stores.

Wood-, laminate-based products to grow fastest Metal and wire home organization products accounted for the largest share of sales by material type, with just under one-third of the total in 2010. These products are also expected to post above average gains through 2015, beneﬁting from strong growth in sales of modular units and cabinetry organization accessories. However, demand for woodand laminate-based products is expected to post the fastest gains.

Bins, baskets and totes accounted for the largest share of home organization product sales in 2010, with 37 percent of the total market. These products, which can be decorative or purely functional, are widely used in most households to store and organize belongings of all sizes. Demand for modular units is expected to post the strongest annual gains among home organization products through 2015. Advances will be supported by the ﬂexibility provided by modular units, which allow consumers to seamlessly add onto or redesign existing organization systems as their needs change or budget permits. The ongoing interest in organizing closets and garages will also beneﬁt sales of modular units since these two areas account for the vast majority of modular unit sales.

Items for garages, closets show best prospects Sales of home organization products

for use in garages are expected to post the strongest gains through 2015, reﬂecting to some degree the relative immaturity of the garage storage market. Advances will also be aided by continued increases both in the share of homes with garages and in the average size of garages, along with consumer desires to make the space suitable for hobbies or other activities. Sales of home organization products for use in closets are also projected to achieve above average growth, supported by the increasing availability of these items in a variety of retail outlets. Value gains will be boosted by high-end closet systems made from solid wood or laminated panels and by the increasing consumer demand for closet systems outside of the master bedroom.

Study coverage This industry study, Home Organization Products, presents historical demand data (2000, 2005, 2010) plus forecasts for 2015 and 2020 by material, product, room and market. The study also assesses market environment factors, evaluates company market share and proﬁles 35 U.S. industry players.

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Renowned Kabbalist Allegedly Subjected to Harassment, Blackmail Continued from page 1

In his bio Rabbi Pinto is described “not as a ‘Baba,’ or traditional leader, but as a spiritual shepherd who lived and worked among his people, learning and advancing alongside them everyday. His belief that no one can truly know or measure the spiritual heart of another, led him to a more individualized approach to counsel, as opposed to traditional teaching in accordance with specific Jewish sects.” On Saturday night Rabbi Pinto paid a special Rosh Chodesh visit to the Avraham Ohavi congregation in Brooklyn. The Avraham Ohavi Organization helps Israeli soldiers who have completed their active duty requirement in Israel, to learn about Judaism, Jewish practices, holidays, people, places and beliefs. Speaking to a capacity crowd of several hundred people gathered at the synagogue, Rabbi Pinto offered words of wisdom about strengthening one’s faith in Hashem, by using the method of tefilah, not only when things go wrong, but as a general means to create a relationship of closeness to Him, noting that G-d wants everyone’s individual prayer rather than that we should become dependent on a few tzaddikim to serve as messengers. Though he selflessly devotes so much of his time end energy to his followers in Israel and New York—in addition of managing an organization with 18 branches throughout the world, which are visited by some 20,000 people every month—things have not gone

so smoothly for the Pinto family. Less than a month ago, a stun grenade was thrown late Sunday night at Rabbi Pinto’s home in Ashdod, after Israeli television’s Channel 10 revealed that he has filed a complaint with the FBI according to which a group of people has been blackmailing him and demanding millions of dollars. According to Yediot Achronot journalist Akiva Novik, the Rav was receiving people when the explosion was heard. The blast was described as “very powerful” and the Ashdod police chief personally visited Pinto’s home to obtain a firsthand look at the situation. Novik added that the incident is being viewed as an extremely serious step up in threats against Rabbi Pinto. The alleged multimillion dollar extortion that led the weekend attack apparently involves the threatened release of a Pinto family member’s medical record. In addition, Israel’s Arutz Sheva reported that the blackmail related to a person upon whom the rabbi had allegedly placed a curse. The person’s relatives claimed that Rav Pinto had pronounced that the man would be dead within 70 days’ time, and that the individual committed suicide on the 70th day. Retired Jerusalem District Police Chief, Major General Aryeh Amit, who is a friend and disciple of Pinto, blamed U.S. media owners as the ones behind the blackmail. Appearing on Israel’s Channel 10 Amit described the situation leading to the official complaint filed with the FBI: “This appears to be a case of media ter-

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rorism,” he said. “People who own communications bodies – internet, radio and television – have been conducting a campaign of libel against Rav Pinto in the past few months.” “The main extortion is in the United States, but there are components here in Israel involving the chareidi community. In the regular community when one is blacklisted and the subject of a smear campaign, it is discussed over the weekend and then forgotten but in the chareidi community, it can ruin one for life. They are using this power, realizing the potential damage to the rav in the chareidi world.” Rabbi Pinto himself reacted in a speech before his followers, broadcasted on Israel National TV, that “We were willing to suffer for two straight years, terrible and very awful pain, cruel in a way that has no parallel since the cruelest stories in the Bible, which happened to the Nation of Israel.” “The Family,” he said “has undergone terrible suffering – cruel pain, terrible things, an unimaginable pain. Every morning,” he went on to describe, “we would wake up at 4 o’clock, go out and lift our hands to the holy blessed one and cry – ‘My G-d, my G-d, why have you left me?’ But we know that everything that he the Holy One does is the sweetest and best thing, and we know that in order to build a building one must suffer greatly, you have to dig foundations, you have to stand in the sun, one must get injured and slowly the building is built,” making note of the consequences he and his family have to go through for building such an empire. In an extended interview with Israel’s Ma’ariv newspaper, Rabbi Pinto went into details regarding the assault on his reputation that began six years ago, when a certain

individual (whose name has been withheld by the media) began working as a volunteer at the Shuva Israel organization in New York. Over the years, Pinto explains, the suspect would gather private information about individuals with whom the organization had dealings. He would then contact individuals he knew to be having personal troubles, and he would—unbeknownst to Rav Pinto—attempt to sell them blessings from the rabbi for exorbitant fees which he would then keep. New York authorities are now investigating claims that the scammer embezzled several million dollars over the years in collaboration with a partner, a New York-based marketing professional. The two managed to review sensitive medical records of Pinto’s family members and also made use of them to blackmail the rabbi, should he refuse to comply with their demands. Prominent business figures contribute to his organization tens of millions of dollars a year, but the rabbi himself is known as a man who lives his life almost in penance, suffering from various illnesses, and hardly eats. “The day you will find a hundred dollars in my pocket, I will simply not get up that morning,” the rabbi once told his associates. “Everyone fears for his life in private,” he told Ma’ariv, “but I am especially afraid of those widows and children that we help, and are the ones that are suffering over the past few years.” The author is host of the Bibi Report online radio show, covering Israeli and Middle Eastern affairs. He regularly interviews political analysts, newsmakers and top government officials from Israel, the United States, and around the world. Follow him on Twitter: @BibiReport @JacobKornbluh

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Which Republican Presidential Candidate Is Best for Israel? Continued from page 19

understandably hardened. This led to the Palestinian Authority also losing hope in the peace process.” While sympathetic, Huntsman blames PA actions on Israeli positions, representing a fundamental misunderstanding of Israel’s predicament. 6. Herman Cain At a recent New York fundraiser I heard Herman Cain firmly proclaim “if you’re messing with Israel you’re messing with the U.S.A.” While his sentiments seem to be in the right place, his lack of experience and knowledge of the intricacies may mean that he will leave major decisions in the hands of others, which could prove more risky for Israel. This unfamiliarity was demonstrated when he was recently asked by Fox News host Chris Wallace about the Palestinian Arab ‘right of return’ claim, where he responded “Yes, they should have a right to come back if that is a decision that Israel wants to make.” 5. Rick Perry At a press conference in New York and earlier Jerusalem Post column, Perry outlined his positions on Israel. He strongly opposed the Obama induced settlement freeze, and called on Palestinian Arab leaders to “publicly affirm Israel’s right to exist, and to exist as a Jewish state.” Like Romney, Perry favors ‘Negotiated Settlement,’ and in the absence of Arab compliance, would refrain from placing the onus of the blame on Israel. 4. Mitt Romney Famously accusing President Obama of “throwing Israel under the bus,” in his book ‘No Apology’ Romney shows sympathy for and understanding of Israel’s challenges. While still favoring and pledging to support a negotiated two state settlement, based on a position paper posted on his website and his comments in a recent National Review Online article, he would allow Israel to take the lead on security issues and he would fight against unilateral Arab actions and anti-Semitic attacks on the State. At

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Tuesday’s televised foreign policy debate Romney was the first candidate to pledge that his first foreign trip as president would be to Israel. His policies would likely be most similar to those of George W. Bush. 3. Newt Gingrich “No country can be expected to conduct peace negotiations with a terrorist organization, or with a Palestinian Governmental Authority that joins forces with such a terrorist organization,” declared Gingrich at a Republican Jewish Coalition event. Like many of the other candidates, he supports the status of Jerusalem as the “undivided capital of the Jewish state.” Widely viewed as the smartest candidate, his views translate into nuanced and comprehensive pro-Israel policy. 2. Michelle Bachmann A video posted on Bachmann’s website demonstrates a notable understanding on Middle East issues. Her first trip to the Holy Land was in 1974, when, at age 17 she joined a group of Minnesota teens to spend a summer in Israel. At a recent dinner for the Zionist Organization of America she said “if I am President, not one inch of Israel will ever be on the chopping block,” uniquely expressing the view that any territorial concessions are dangerous for Israel. 1. Rick Santorum In a recent off the cuff campaign trail interview, Santorum broke ranks when he schooled a reporter on Israeli history. Regarding development in the territories of Judea and Samaria, he said, “the bottom line is that that is legitimately Israeli country. And they have a right to do within their country just like we have a right to do within our country.” He also denied the existence of ‘Palestinians’ as a distinct people, thus dismissing calls for the establishment of another hostile Arab state on Israel’s border. He did not clarify what the legal status of West Bank Arabs should be.

Ilan Grapel Makes First Public Appearance with Rabbi Marc Schneier at the Hampton Synagogue Continued from page 23

get him though the experience. During Q & A, Ilan was asked whether he feared for his life. He responded that he was less concerned about being killed and more concerned about being incarcerated for 20 years or more in some terrible prison. He said that the Egyptian prosecutor interrogated him for two weeks and tried to ﬁnd a way to prove he was spying for Israel. Ilan stated, “In an amusing moment the prosecutor said to me that I was a very bad spy as he saw that I had posted everything on Facebook for the world to see.” Ilan was released in a prisoner exchange on October 27 after the successful swap, one week prior, that freed IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. Egyptian and Israeli mediators and lawyers had worked on an agreement for a number of months and the Egyptians eventually admitted that Ilan probably was not a spy. He stated at the Friday night Q and A that the prosecutor appeared to eventually take a liking to him as Ilan told him to speak with him in Arabic rather than English or Hebrew. Ilan was traded for 25 Egyptians, mostly Bedouin drug smugglers and three minors who had been imprisoned in Israel. In another amusing moment, Ilan stated that during his release, in a discussion with the Israeli negotiators, he mentioned that he felt bad about having to be traded for 25 “bad people”, the negotiators responded that he should not ﬂatter himself so much,

“We didn’t anyway want them anymore.” Ilan was saved by the intense help of his past mentor, Democratic Congressman Gary Ackerman. Ackerman was instrumental in continuously pushing the U.S. State Department, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and eventually President Obama himself, to vigorously request and bargain for his release. In addition, Ackerman traveled to Israel to push Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israeli officials to put this on the top of their agenda. Ackerman was driven by his feelings that Ilan was an American who was being used as a political pawn for the Egyptians to extract concessions from both America and Israel. In connection with these concessions, reports about the sale of additional F-16 fighter Jets to Egypt as a result of Ilan’s release have been vigorously denied by U.S. officials. Rabbi Marc Schneier ended off the evening by asking Ilan what his plans were for the future and what he had learned from the experience. Ilan stated that he is going back to law school to complete his third year and take the bar exam. He also stated that he has learned a lot about international law and would very much consider becoming a criminal lawyer and defending others in similar situations. When asked whether he had intentions to go back to Egypt, he stated, “I don’t want to go back and I am sure they do not want me back.” “At the appropriate time,” said Grapel, “I will go back to Israel.”

Is the Occupy Wall Street Movement Occupied? Continued from page 10

The Author is the director of the Algemeiner Journal and the GJCF and can be e-mailed at defune@ gjcf.com. Please visit www.algemeiner.com for more information.

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One OWS protest organized by Existence is Resistance worsened the movement›s "external impression of being pro-terror," Sieradski said. Existence is Resistance (E.I.R.) is a grassroots organization that promotes "non-violent resistance through cultural arts." E.I.R. hosted a "Kuﬀeya Day" at New York›s Liberty Plaza late last month "in support of Palestinian prisoners, most signiﬁcantly Majd Ziada." The photo featured alongside the event announcement is a picture of Leila Khaled, a member of the U.S. designated terrorist group the Popular

Front for the Liberation of Palestine. During the event a man claiming to be from Afghanistan gave an anti-Semitic tirade, saying that "Yehudi” means “hateful thing.” (Yehudi means “Jew” in Arabic). It’s a “Jewish idea to kill Muslims,” he added, and that America and Israel are trying to kill Muslims. Demonstrations like the above have nothing to do with OWS’s frustrations with U.S. economic policies. But they show how Islamist groups are using the economicdriven movement to engender hostility toward Israel, and in some cases, toward Jews in general.

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Heart to Heart Partners with OU to Enhance Jewish Life on College Campuses Across America art Levine, founder and director of The Hear t to Hear t P roject–a program in partnership with OU Collegiate Engagement–was a leading nominee to be named the 2011 Jewish Community Hero. The winner of the third annual online campaign, a project of The Jewish Federations of North America, will be announced on Wednesday, December 7. According to the contest website, Hart could win $25,000 for doing “socially conscious work dedicated to helping others.” Heart to Hear t is currently found on 33 college campuses across North America, and growing. OU Collegiate includes JLIC, NCSY Alumni and OU Birthright and is a natural partner for the program, as the department promotes maintaining connections with young alumni of NCSY and other Orthodox Union programs who are now on college campuses. Rabbi Dave Felsenthal, OU Director of Collegiate Engagement, explained, “Heart to Heart is an independent grass roots movement of active Jewish students sharing the beauty of Torah Judaism with non-active Jewish students who are living in their dorms and attending the same classes -friends sharing what they love with their friends. Many of the active students are NCSY alumni and yeshiva/day school grad-

uates who participate in the OU’s Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC).” JLIC places Orthodox Jewish rabbinic couples to serve as Torah Educators within the Hillels on 15 college campuses in the United States and Canada, and thereby bridging campus life with Torah life. Rabbi Dave, as he is known, met Hart at his first leadership Shabbaton four years ago sponsored by the OU. Hart knew this was the target audience to help him maximize and extend his program on college campuses. Rabbi Dave explained, “The OU believes in the importance of the peer-to-peer relationship, hence we took a special partnership with the Heart to Hear t program. I supervise Hart Levine professionally, and he is considered a member of our Alumni staff. We help to train the leadership; provide them with office space and supplies; and are their largest funder.” Hart Levine earned his Bachelor’s in Science in Bioengineering from of the University of Pennsylvania, which has a strong JLIC program. The newlywed recently began his rabbinical studies at Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), in addition to his fulltime position at Heart to Heart. A graduate of New York’s Ramaz School and Yeshivat HaKotel in Jerusalem, Hart embraced the vibrant Jewish

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life of Penn as an active participant in JLIC. “Heart to Heart enables students to reach out to others who would not normally be involved, and to share their own Jewish experiences. Beyond the eﬀects it has on students themselves, it strengthens the vibrancy of Jewish life on their respective campuses,” Hart shared.

Rabbi Dave emphasized, “I feel that the only way to reach the large majority of our Jewish students on campus and to connect them to the great existing Jewish programs such as JLIC is through the peer-to-peer friendships of programs like Heart to Heart. I can’t overestimate its potential for good for the entire Jewish people.”

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Rosh Pina - From Forgotten Village to Tourist Haven

PAGE 43 were only too happy to sell their plots since they needed money to bribe the authorities to keep their sons out of the Turkish army. “My grandmother was ﬁve years old when they arrived, and she remembered living in hillside caves at the beginning,” says

One of modern Israel’s first towns, Rosh Pina was a flop for farmers but today hosts a thriving and picturesque artists’ colony. When Oreet Segal’s ancestors came from Romania to establish the farming town of Rosh Pina in the Upper Galilee, they schlepped along wooden boats. The newcomers ﬁgured on earning an income from ﬁshing in the little river described by Segal’s great-great-uncle on an earlier pilot trip. By Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel 21c

las, as soon as they laid eyes on it, they realized that the stream wasn’t a ﬁsherman’s paradise. So the families found a creative use for the boats: They put them together to form the roof of the synagogue, whose main craftsman was Segal’s great-grandfather, Mordechai Katz. This is just one of the quaint stories

agogue and the mikvah, all authentic structures. “A lot of the original houses are there, just ‘yuppiﬁed’ and gloriﬁed,” she says, “including the home of the well-loved schoolteacher. When he passed away, they made a fancy memorial to him in the cemetery.” Pop star Madonna even looked into buying one of these houses. She was interested in the town because she’d learned in her kabbalah studies that according to the Jewish mystical tradition, Rosh Pina is the site

Typical Rosh Pina street (PHOTO COURTESY ISRAEL MINISTRY OF TOURISM)

see the north, which is really unique,” says Oren. “Rosh Pina is a good base for traveling in all four directions.”

Mulberries didn’t do the trick

At the restored site of the Rothschild offices, you can watch an audiovisual history of Rosh Pina. (PHOTO COURTESY MINISTRY OF TOURISM)

about Rosh Pina (Hebrew for “cornerstone”) that Segal, a licensed Israeli tour guide, loves to tell visitors. “You can still see the contour of the boats when you look up at the ceiling, which is painted blue to look like the sky,” Segal explains. Though the founding families in 1882 had a rough time making a go of their Zionist enterprise, today the “mother of the Galilee settlements” is a thriving artists’ colony and gateway to many nearby cities of interest. Many bed-and-breakfasts and luxury boutique hotels are tucked among its restored stone houses, and at night its restaurants and pubs oﬀer music and world cuisine. In all, about 400 guest rooms and 30 eateries are open for business in Rosh Pina. Many spa hotels and other accommodations are located not far away.

Mountain air The clear, cool mountain air of Rosh Pina and the vistas it aﬀords across the Golan Heights, Mount Hermon and Hula Valley – central to the Romanian immigrants’ decision to put down roots in the area— still are among the aspects that travelers enjoy most. “There are a lot of places to stay here today, and the weather is beautiful with a high elevation, so it’s pleasant in the summer with a great view,” says Segal. About 2,500 people live in Rosh Pina, which can be explored within a few hours. Segal likes showing tourists the house where her father was born, as well as the syn-

where the Messiah will ﬁrst appear. The centerpiece of a tour in Rosh Pina is the building where the village’s early patron, Baron Edmund de Rothschild, installed clerks to oversee how his money was being spent. The building now houses a museum featuring an audiovisual presentation about the history of Rosh Pina. Outside, visitors can walk through the Baron’s Gardens, reportedly modeled on the grand gardens at Versailles. Another landmark is the home of Prof. Gideon Mer, who in 1929 established a malaria research laboratory in Rosh Pina. His work gained worldwide recognition for stopping the malaria epidemic among new agricultural settlers in the region and beyond. The preserved house contains an exhibit of historic items from various periods, such as old plows, laboratory equipment and textbooks. But Rosh Pina wasn’t well known until the late 1980s, says Segal, “when it became a haven for artists looking for inexpensive old homes.” Many of those homes have been turned into ceramic studios and art galleries. Tour guide and local resident Akiva Oren likes to use Rosh Pina as a base for trips to nearby and better-known areas including Safed (Tzfat); Tiberias; Korazim National Park on the Sea of Galilee; Tel Hatzor National Park on the ruins of the biblical King Solomon’s summer palace; and the Hula Lake, which is a famous spot for bird-watchers. “I take people for a few hours in Jeeps to

Segal’s relatives were not the ﬁrst Jews to try establishing a town on the slopes of Mount Canaan, which would later become Rosh Pina. In 1878, 18 religious Jews from Safed walked 90 minutes to this area, hoping to start farming with the help of three natural springs. “They didn’t want to beg for money from European Jews,” says Oren. “They wanted to work the land as farmers and make their own living.” But it wasn’t smooth sailing, and the adventurers’ hungry stomachs eventually forced most of them back to Safed. In 1882, as many idealistic Europeans began emigrating to their ancestral land in what is now called the First Aliyah, 40 families from Romania arrived and walked from the port to the town they named Rosh Pina. It was incorporated in 1953. Slowly, the Europeans bought up land from Arab property-holders. Oren says most

Segal. “The first thing they built was a mikvah and then small homes. They tried to be farmers, but didn’t know much about it.” Despite financial assistance from Rothschild, the venture was plagued by difficulties that sent many of the original families packing. First they tried planting mulberries to grow silkworms. Then they planted flowers to make perfume. Neither idea panned out well, says Segal. “They suffered a lot from diseases and from hostile neighbors, too. My great-grandfather, who was very tall with red hair and a red beard, rode around guarding the settlement on a big white horse. The Arabs called him Big Mottel.” And so Rosh Pina remained what Segal calls “a kind of a forgotten backyard” until about a century after its founding. “It started getting a rebirth as people bought up houses to make B&Bs and galleries.” It offers something for sports-lovers, too. A new 25-kilometer section of the Israel Bike Trail was just opened to cyclists this fall by the Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund, and there are also trails for horseback riding and hiking.

American Airlines Files for Bankruptcy Protection American Airlines’ parent company, AMR Corporation, has filed for bankruptcy after failing to secure a deal with pilots to cut labor costs. he nation’s third largest airline said Tuesday it sought bankruptcy court protection to reduce its costs and debt to competitive levels. The airline said normal flight operations will continue during a reorganization. American had been the only major U.S. airline that had not filed for bankruptcy protection. Its main competitors, Delta and United, used bankruptcy to scrap costly labor contracts and reduce debts. And both have also merged with other companies - Delta buying Northwest and United buying Continental. In addition to higher labor costs than its rivals, American Airlines has also struggled with soaring jet fuel prices. In its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in a New York court, the company listed $24.7

billion in assets and $29.6 billion in debt. The Texas-based AMR Corporation also announced the retirement of its chairman and CEO Gerard Arpey and named company president Thomas Horton as his replacement. VOA NEWS

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Israeli Football, Seen Through American Eyes I recently attended my ﬁrst Israeli football (soccer) match, Hapoel Tel Aviv vs. Ironi Nir Ramat HaSharon FC. Despite going to numerous soccer matches all over the world, including England, Italy, Australia, and the United States, I was extremely eager to see my ﬁrst live match in Israel. By Michael Friedman s an intern for Mifalot, Hapoel Tel Aviv’s social youth project

that serves the educational and social needs of children and youth in the Middle East, I received a number of tickets for some friends and myself for this game. Although Bloomﬁeld Stadium is the true home ﬁeld for the Hapoel Tel Aviv club, the match was played at Ramat Gan Stadium, home of the Israeli National team.

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Hapoel Tel Aviv is currently at the top of the Israel Premier League, also known as “Ligat Ha’Al.” The League consists of 16 clubmember teams throughout Israel, with each squad playing a total of 37 matches during the course of a season. The league was formed in 1999, creating a promotion and relegation system with Liga Le’umit being the second or lower division in Israel. This performance-based system is used throughout Europe and provides an incentive for teams to be victorious in their respective leagues. The way these leagues work is the worst teams in the top division move down, they’re “relegated,” to the lower division and the top teams in the lower division are given the opportunity to play in, i.e. they are “promoted” to the top league. For Americans who do not follow professional soccer outside the States, this is not always an easy system to understand since the leagues in the U.S. do not follow this methodology. When I arrived at Ramat Gan Stadium, I immediately went to the will-call counter to pick up game tickets for everyone. I expected to receive typical paper tickets as I’ve received in the past at other professional football matches I’ve attended. However, at this event, I received an unconventional ticket -- a wristband – similar to one given out at nightclubs. Placing the wristband on and walking into the stadium, I found myself able to choose any seat in the stands. This was another peculiar diﬀerence I was not accustomed to. It’s important to note this isn’t the

normal way of attending matches in Israel, but it happened in this manner due to my connection with Mifalot. My friends and I sat down and were happy to find that all of the seats in the stadium provided the fans with exceptional views. This often isn’t the case in American stadiums where the capacity may reach 90,000 persons. Ramat Gan Stadium seats a total of 41,583 and was, unfortunately, nowhere near capacity. Initially I was surprised to see the Hapoel club mostly made up of Israeli players, but as the man behind me explained, each squad could only field up to five non-Israeli nationals on its entire team. This rule was apparent when I read the names of the players in the team magazine and noticed all the names being Israeli except for the five internationals, which ranged from Slovakia, Croatia, South Africa, Armenia, and Nigeria, on the roster. The final whistle blew and all the fans surrounding the pitch booed at the 0 – 0 final result between both clubs. Although the match lacked the same quality of play of other leagues such as the English Premier League, Serie A in Italy, or La Liga in Spain, I was able to appreciate the passion of the fans. Hapoel Tel Aviv’s red color was seen throughout the stadium as its supporters stood for the duration of the match, changing their collective chorus between singing, yelling and screaming at various points of the game. I could only imagine the passion and fire emanating from the fans during the derby between Hapoel and Maccabi Tel Aviv, who both share the same stadium. The mere mention of “Maccabi Tel Aviv” unleashed ire and disgust from the fan sitting behind me exclaiming, “Do not mention that team here!” I was extremely grateful to Mifalot for furnishing me and my friends with tickets to the game and for the experience that came with it. Although I arrived in Israel not a supporter of any team, this exposure is surely the beginning of my loyalty for the Hapoel Tel Aviv club. Michael Friedman is writing for Israel Sports Radio and Mifalot as an intern on MASA’s Career Israel Program. He is originally from Livingston, NJ

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Avenue U/East 4th St: Concession space available together with Love to Dress, behind Coquette Kids. Call owner: 917-913-0000 2040

2040 Boro Park 17 Ave/55th Street Mod dental/medical oﬃce available P/T or F/T. More than 2000 square feet. 4 operatories. Fully computerized and equipped. Nice waiting area + reception desk, kitchen and storage room. C/AC and heat. Excel oppty with no investment. Rent negotiable. Security deposit required. Credit check. Lease. Available June 1. 718-435-0045

Boro Park 42nd Streer/12th ave double car garage. rent for storage only. $300/mo. call owner 917-593-0707

2040

Boro Park: 1000 – 3000sqft, beautiful space. Serious inquiries only. Please call management. 718-855-2000 or 845-270-1213 2040

Warehouse for rent, near BROOKLYN COLLEGE. 4000sq ft with 20ft ceilings. 2nd ﬂr oﬃce space. Currently has refrigerated storage. Call 718-258-0006 2040

South Williamsburg, Brooklyn Broadway btwn Keap & Rodney Sts. 1100sf + bsmnt. Food OK 1 block from Marcy Av subway line J, M, Z trains. $2995/mo. Owner: 516-695-4204 MK For sale or rent by owner 10,000 square feet warehouse plus 5,0000 square feet parking lot east 46th street between Farragut and glenwood in east Flatbush 20 foot ceilings move in condition. Oﬃc es and huge commercial kitchen with 2 drive in bays! Easy access by public transportation. Perfect for caterers. Next to large jewishoﬃce building! Sale Price - $1.6 million – rent $13,000 monthly. Can be divided Brokers protected call 646-423-4388 stc 2040

2040 Brooklyn Navy Yard best location 5,00 sq ft for rent. Can be divided. 18 Ft hi ceiling. Ready to move in. 917-697-5532 stc

SCHOOL SPACE: 4 large bright clsrms plus gym plus oﬃc es. Ave I & Coney Island Ave. Avail September. Call Alice 718-377-4400 or Mr. Weiss 917-301-2898

2040

GRAVESEND: New const 1000sf, full bth, adjacent to physical therapy ofc, ideal for medical. 718-382-8881

2040

Psychiatrist seeks oﬃce sublet for Wednesdays in Boro Park. Private waiting area necessary. Call 516-330-9776

2040

Oﬃce For Rent. MARINE PARK OFFICE SPACE. Corner bldg, 1200sq ft. Good for professional/ day care, etc. Delivered vacant. Long term lease avail. $2500/mo + utils. Owner 646-302-5001 or 646-302-5003

2040

2050 Rare Oppty! Motel for sale, 40 large rooms with kitckens. Ideal for Yeshiva or institution. Call 917-365-2037

East Flatbush. 2 Family plus store. Store vacant. $70 OBO. Call 917-803-8702 2050

Williamsburg: Heart of 111 Lee Avenue: Bts Keap and Hooper. ALSO doctor’s oﬃce wanted. Call 917-335-6001

2050

2050 Boro Park: Beautiful oﬃce/warehouse avail. 1,000-12,000sf. Also 28,000sf avail on ground ﬂr. 12 ft hi ceil. Sep entrance optional. Call 845-270-1213 or 718-855-2000

VIDEO CONFERENCE ROOM available for daily and/or weekly rentals. 26 Court St. Downtown Brooklyn. Joe Schacter 646-529-3632

House For Rent 2035 Brooklyn

2040

Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale 2050 Brooklyn boro Park 58th Street New Utrecht Avenue 2 story frame plus basement and lot R% zone building 20 x 62 total 40X 62 asking 699K 4 Seasons RE 718-238-8222 Boro Park: 18th Ave/ 54th St: WAREHOUSE / Retail space for lease / rent. 7,000 sq ft. Building For sale. Call owner: 917440-7280 2050

Park 58th Street/ New Utrecht Ave 2 story frame plus basement and lot 20x60 plus 20 x 22 total 40 x 62 Asking 699K 4 SEASONS RE 718-238-8222

Boro Park, 13th Ave: Top location, professional oﬃces for rent. 2000sf and 1400sf for rent, elevator building and parking. 718-438-3736 2050

2040

2050

2040

Kings Highway East 9th St 2nd ﬂoor coner oﬃce space for rent new c/a 18x42, 750 sf, $1800. Also 18x24 430 sf $1000 Izzy 917-533-7889

2050

2040 Williamsburg: Beautiful oﬃce for rent. 1,200sqft. Ready to movein. Price Negotiate. Call 917-250-4899

EAST, NY: Kid Kelly boxing gym space available for karate, yoga, aerobics or ﬁtness class. Call 718-495-5710 or 917-589-6568

Pizza Shop: For Sale in Midwood, Brooklyn. By owner. Call 718-253-1896 or 347-522-8896

2050

Rare opportunity! Motel for sale. 40 large rooms with kitchens. Ideal for yeshiva or institution. Call 917-365-2037 2050

BUSINESS FOR SALE: TRENDY WOMEN’S BOUTIQUE. Brooklyn. Great location. Very busy. Near nail salon. Established clientele. Fully equipped. Must sell – Moving out of state. Great price! Call owner: 347-424-7460 or 718-513-6664

2050

East 17th/ Kings Hwy: $1800/mo 3 bdrms ground ﬂ ½ block train, bus, school, shops, back garden parking (extra) credit check no smoking pets ok call Rich 718627-0250 no fee sc

For sale or rent – Rstrnts, Bars & Clubs Kings Plaza – Brooklyn, NY – 6yr old bar / restaurant, 10 yr lease w/option , back yard, full kitch, 1400 sf + bsmt, open options, $200K/ business, $4000/rent + 9500sqft, bar also avail. Contact Joe 917-862-5214 2050

Ocean Ave. Street level Medical Oﬃce. 718-236-3199 2035

MIDWOOD OCEAN AVE OFF AVE M 1 FAMILY SEMI DETACHED HOUSE WALK TO ALL 3 BRS EIK DR LR 1.5 BTHS IDEAL FOR PROFESSIONAL FOR SALE OR RENT. NO BROKERS. CALL 917-445-5293 2035

WAREHOUSE FOR RENT/GARAGE Boro Park/ Bensonnhurst 4000 sq. ft. 23 ft high ceiling has oﬃc e and two bathrooms. M-1 zone. Call (845) 932-7819 (718) 356-0900 2035

Apartment For Rent 2010 Brooklyn 2010 East 15th Street/ Avenue I (bold) 1 br apt modern kitchen, 4th ﬂoor walk up $925. No Fee. Call Owner. Call 718575-9600 0 stc

East 15th Street/ Avenue I 1 BR apt modern kitchen 4th ﬂor walk up $925. No Fee. Call owner 718-595-9600 sc 2010

2010 Avenue P/ East 29th fully renovated large 3 br apt, new kitchen, large LR, DR, $2200 call 917929-2101 stc

2010

East 37th Street/ Ave J huge spacious 2 BR apt. private house, parquet ﬂoors EIK many windows balcony 2nd ﬂoor parking option $1650 Utilities included 347-702-9800

2010

2010 Sheepshead Bay E 24th St, Av X Newly renovated 1 Bd Bsmt apt in quiet neighborhood. New Kit, New Bath, w/d, dishwasher. Credit check a must. $1100/month. 718-376-1833

AVE T AD WEST 4TH (BOLD) APARTMENT FOR RENT NEWLY RENOVATED 1BR, LR, EIK, CLOSE TO SUBWAY AND F TRAIN SHOPPING AND MORE $1300/MO AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY CALL OWNER 718-266-0496 COUPLE MATURE PREFFERED 2010

Bensonhurst 4 newly renovated large rooms 2BR call 718-259-1654 Leave message

House For sale By Owner One block from beach 133-06 Rockaway Beach Blvd Belle Harbor, NY 11694 Beautiful 5/6 family center hall colonial house. Oversized corner lot with parking for 9 Annual income of $82,800. Asking $1.2 million Call Craig 917-692-8198 stc 3000

Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent 3060 Queens/Bronx 3060 HUB Area of the BRONX4 stories Mixed Use Property Lg 1st ﬂ Comm & 3 2 bdr apts. Asking $425K neg. Morrisania Sect. of the Bronx 47 Units 6 storey multiple dwelling Asking $32M neg. For further info contact: Broker 646-721-4736

EAST TREMONT AVE: STORE FOR RENT. Top retail location, high pedestrian traﬃc, 3000sf, can be divided. For details: Raﬁ 718-364-1400 or 347-495-0614 3060

2010

CO-OP FOR SALE $175 2BR 1 BATH CO-OP 144 B. 121 ST BEACH BLOCK BY OWNER NO BOARD APPROVAL CAN BE IN BEFORE SUMMER ENDS 650 SQ FT 11 WINDOWS HIGH CEILINGS WOODEN FLOORS GALLERY KITCHEN WITH NEW APPLIANCES AND CABINETS $642 MAINT. INCLUDES PARKING TAXES HEAT AND WATER QUIET 7 UNIT BUILDING. STEPS FROM THE BEACH CALL DENISE 347-727-6994 2010

2010 Kensington: 3 BR, 1.5bths heat incl, 2 ﬂights up, balcony, 3rd ﬂr, private brick house. Reasonable. Shomer shabbos. 718-972-3473

Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale 3000 Queens/Bronx 3000 Restaurant for Sale 4000 Sq Ft Main St Flushing 646302-1394 MK

3060 Continental Ave, Forest Hills: 2nd ﬂr walk up, 1500sqft, currently insurance co. Debre Rosenfeld. 212-6044744

Apartment For Sale 2060 Queens/Bronx KEW GARDEN HILLS Sunny corner 2BR coop, walk to schools/ shopping/transp., renov EIK & bth, hdwd ﬂrs & closets, Ask $199K neg. 718-551-1528 MK 2060

Kew Garden Large sunny 2BR condo on 2nd ﬂoor EIK, modern bathroom, corner unit, low mainteneance, $348K. Call David EXPERT REALTY 718-344-5400 stc 2060

2060 Apt For Sale/ Bronx NY Riverdale/Cityline. Large 1 bdrm, Lr, Dr, Eik, nr shopping and transportation & worship. Low maint, by owner. (914) 969-4187 FA

Kew Garden Hills: 3BR co-op with attic. Prime location, Motivated seller. $250,000 908-998-4992 2060

RESTAURANT FOR SALE 4000 sq ft Main St., Flushing 646-302-1394 MK

3000

BEDFORD AVE AREA 2 FAMILY DETACHED 50 X 100 BUILT 27 X 57 7 BDS, CENTRAL AIR, PRIVATE DRIVE $1.8MILLION ALSO MIDWOOD EAST 20S 1 FAMILY DETACHED PRIVATE DRIVE CENTRAL AIR 4BDS 3.5BA PARQUET FLOORS GRANITE LUXURY ALSO OFF AVENUE N 1 FAMILY 4BD 4 BA DETACHED NEW BRICK CUSTOM LUXURY DETAILS MIC BROKER 917-676-5152

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REAL ESTATE MIDWOOD 2 spacious and modern co-ops. East 8th Street. 1 BR $165K. Maint $545. 1170 Ocean Pkwy 2BR, $215K Maint, $1,000. Dave owner 718-336-2021

2080 Rockaway Park: Furnished rooms, 1 block from beach. Kitchenette, close to A train. All utilities $750/Mo Call Agent 516-297-1534

1060

Washington Heights: Easy access to transportation, next to Ft. Truimph Park. Internet access, 6 months only, no couples, Women only. 1 BR room for rent. Call 646-305-7678 2080

2060 OPEN HOUSE – 3133 Rochambeau Ave : Saturday and Sunday. 11am -2pm Great renovations, clea and new ﬁxtures. Near Bronx Botanical Garden, Montifore hospital. – 1 Bedroom $900-$1100 PAUL 917-6594255

1060 Riverdale, 1 BR Apt: Private entrance, patio, wooded area, close to trans, renovated, dishwasher, eatin kitchen. $1190 1st/Last/ 1 mo sec. Credit check required. NO FEE 646-269-0587

KEW GARDEN HILLS: Hyde Park Gdns, spacious 1st ﬂ, 1 BR coop, wd ﬂrs, 24 hrs security, near all. $1200/ mon utils incl. 1 mon sec. Call OWNER 718-481-7752 2060

Apartment For Rent 2080 Queens/Bronx 2080 Kew Garden Hills: Jewel/Main Street 2 bedroom basement. seperate entrance. Full kitchen modern bath. near transportation, shuls, shops. Queens College. Many windows. Shomer Shabboos Utilities included. 718-5584190 or 718-581-6148

FURNISHED APARTMENT FOR RENT, RIVERDALE SKYVIEW ON THE HUDSON FURNISHED. ONE (1) Bedroom Apt.Doorman –Internet-TelUtillities-$1300. A Month (843) 235-3434 – Email: jlmacary@gmail.com See Web ID NS110928735 of the NY Times RW 2080

Rockaway Park 2BR basement apt, fresh paint and carpet, EIK, parking available, coin operated laundry. $1150 includes utilities references required owner 347-415-6808 stc 2080

Belle Harbor basement available with spacious kitchen & LR. Private entrance, personal washer/dryer. Can be furnished. Call 718-474-2557 stc

2080

13 room apt 1BR both have 1 bedroom in a 2 room apt with 1BR gas and electric included 2 rooms/ 850/ mo 3 rooms /1080/mo call 718-350-5867 2080

1 3 room apt – 1 BR both have 1 bedroom in a 2 room apt with 1 BR. Gas & electric included. 2 Rooms/ $850/ Mo. Call 718-350-5867

2080

Kew Garden Hills Beautiful sunny large 1 BR near queens, college and Q65. 24 hour security elevated $1375 602-717-0163 2080

WOODLAWN Studio Coop Apt in elevator secure building $725 / month 516633-3368

2080

Main St/ 70 Ave: 2 BR apt, good condition, EIK, 2nd ﬂr, no smoking, no pets. Avail immediately. 718-757-4433 -After 5pm 2080

Ridgewood Queens: 6 family building FOR SALE. Brick 12 Bdrms, 6 BA. New plumbing, windows, roof, sidewalk, Walk to subway. Asking $879K. Call owner 917-714-0779

3020

Far Rockaway: 239 Beach 3rd Street. FOR SALE. 20,200sq ft WATERFRONT. DEVELOPMENT SITE. 200+ FT, fronting canal – marina. Ideal for luxury 1+2 family homes. Also suitable for temple, school, etc. Asking $525K or best oﬀer – Broker protected. Foreclosure. Agent 718-748-5858 3020

122nd Street/ Rockaway Park: Airy Sunny room for rent. Room for a kitchenette, shared bath, looks like studio, utilities included. Fully furnished, clean, quiet house, great location. Half a block to the beach. Asking $750/mo. Call owner 917-287-6876

Woodmere Park, 1 family ranch 4BR 2 full bths, backyard gar MIC Prime location $3,000/mo 646-773-3111 stc

Fresh Meadows: 71-44 160th Street: Condos for rent 1-2 BR duplex, 2 bth, LR, DR, EIK, extended backyard large recreation area $1800/mo. No pets/ 2-1BR, 2 bth with porch-$1300/mo, no pets. Call owner 718-810-0001 or 617-304-9050. Both Avail Feb 1st

5065 Cedarhurst Apartments for rent. No fee. Modern 1br, 2br and 3bbr, cac, w/d, storage, private entrance, indoor parking, near all starting at $1450 516-860-6889 or 516-852-5135 stc

House For Rent 5060

2080

Long Island 9080

2080

House For Sale 3020 Queens/Bronx 3000 House For Sale By Owner One block form beach 133-06 Rockaway Beach Blvd Belle Harbor, NY 11694 Beautiful 5/6 family center hall colonial house. Oversized corner lot with parking for 9. Annual income of $82,800. Asking $1.2million. Call Craig 917-692-8198 stc

Far Rockaway Empire Avenue brick colonial 10 rooms 4 bths basement balcony $850K negotiable EXIT RE 212-470-3856 stc 3020

3020 Kew Garden Hills 137-78 70th Rd beautiful attached 3 brs, renovated call for appointment, Linda Summit RE 347-730-9907 stc 3020 Far Rockaway 239 Beach 3rd Street For Sale 20,200 Sq ft waterfront development site 200 plus ft fronting canal marina Ideal for luxury 1 and 2 family homes all suitable for temple, school, etc asking $525K or best oﬀer – broker protected Foreclosure agent 718-478-5858

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 ROCKVILLE CENTRE new kitchen, new carpet, 2 BR, attic/storage area, walk LIRR, parking, $1850 plus electric. Call 516-250-8604

BLUEPOINT : 1 BR Spacious Bsmt Apt., Pvt entrance w/Patio, EIK, Lrg LR, DR, full bth, $1000 mo, all utils incld, 1.5 mo sec & 1 mo rent. 631-363-5095

5065

FARMINGDALE MINT 2BR’s AC, W/D, Modern Kit. Balcony, Private yard, Garage, Parking, Available 9/15 $1800/mo 516-795-1810

5065

FAR ROCKAWAY: 1 + 2 BR apts, some with balconies, new kichens, closets, 24 Hour doorman, security cameras. Walk to all trains. Call Sherr @ Weissman RE 516-791-6100 or 516-297-7995 5065

Far Rockaway: 2BR, 1st FL, porch & patio, own thermostat, near shuls & schools. Avail Nov 15th. 516-643-9204

5065

Amagensett Dunes 400 feet to ocean beach Access. 5 bedrooms, 2 baths. AC. Labor Day. $50, 000 or avail monthly. Call: 631-655-9319 5065 Central Islip/ Hauppange: Large, 1BR, grand ﬂoor, no pets/ cats. W/D, A/C near trans, exit57 LIE, 1200/mo + security deposit includes gas/ heat/ water. Quiet building, retirees. Serious inquiries only. Call owner 631-757-6959

Apartment For Rent Long Island

5065

Oakdale/55+ Condos. New construction on Oakdale Bohemia Rd. 2 BR, 2 ba, models now open from $385,000. 631-472-2242

Bayswater: Brand new construction, 3BR in detached house. Marble / granite kitchen and bath. Stainless steel appliances. Video/intercom. Near shuls. No pets. No smoking. Shomer Shabbat $1650 Call owner: 718-581-6147 5065

Apartment For Sale 5000

8095 Hewlett 4BR cape beautiful wood ﬂoors EIK large ﬁnished basement, 1 block from yeshiva Walk to trash and town Sale $299K or for rent 347-539-1332 or 718-938-4517

Woodmere: C/H col on ABC St. 6BR, 5 full bths, full kosher kitch, wood ﬂoors throughout, full ﬁnished basement with BR. Total house Renovation in 2004. Call 516-640-8646 5000

Atlantic Beach 2BR, 1.5 bth Condo, Patio CAC Walk to Private Beach, Boardwalk + Temple Private parking, Low Main. $399K 516-5967305 5000 Melville Condo For Sale by Owner (62 and older). 2-Bedroom/2- Full Baths unit is big & bright with walk-in closets. Totally upgraded with granite, tile & more. VERY LOW TAXES & Maintance costs. Gated community has Private parking. Clubhouse has pool, ﬁtness, kitchens & more. Five minutes from restaurants, parkways, shopping, golf course, Republic Airport. Forty-ﬁve minutes to N.Y.C. or The Hamptons $469,000. Call 516-456-6445 or lindaann919@yahoo.com

North Woodmere: All new 2 BR apt heat & electric included. Shomer shabbot. Close to Shuls and shops. 917-642-7879 Shay

5000 ROCKAWAY BEACH: Beach 2 BR condo for sale in a 4yr old building. Eﬀ kitchen, LR, DR area & terrace. Beautiful views of Manhattan & 1 block from the boardwalk. Asking price is $255K. Call Gisela of Century 21 Amiable 917-601-2489

Property For Sale 5070 Long Island 5070 CEMETERY PLOTS FOR SALE Desirable single plot at Mount Ararat, Long Island. Price Negotiable. Call 646 249-5612

5040 Cedarhurst 3BR, 2.5 baths, new EIK, den, ﬁnished basement, central air, new roof. Near shuls, young frum crowd. Near Sephardic & Ashkenazi shuls Call owner 516-569-9243 stc

Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent 6000 Long Island Large decorative ballroom with glatt kosher kitchen available for rent. Nassau/sufolk border 350 guest capacity 516-987-1979 or via emailc*trr62@ gmail.com stc SEAFORD RENT 2400SF Below Market Value, Merrick Rd, 3 mons/NO CHARGE, prime local, Busy area, Parking, Ideal for Oﬃc e/Retail. OWNER 516-735-6288 MK

6000

5080

MASSAPEQUA for Rent 3 oﬃc es, Showroom, Storage, oﬀ street parking $1400/mo + electric 516-541-5656 MK

5080 MASSAPEQUA For Rent 3 Oﬃces, Showroom, Storage, oﬀ street parking. $1400/mo plus electric 516-541-5656 MK 5080 Buyer wanted for glatt kosher LI catering hall seats 300 long lease reasonable rent, attractive terms, 516-989-1979 c8tr62@ gmail.com stc

Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale 5080 Long Island

5065

5065 Central Islip/ Hauppauge: LG 1 BR ground ﬂoor, no pets/ cats, W/D, AC, near NR, RR, exit 57, LIE, 1200/mo+ Security deposit. Includes gas/heat/water. Owner 631-757-6959

Lynbrook, NY: House for sale, 4 BR, 2bth, LR, DR, EIK, great location. Reasonably priced, call owner. 516-945-5268

5040

GREAT NECK land for sale, 3 res lots on wooded pvt cul-de-sac. Builders/ principals only. 516443-2700

6060

NORTHPORT FOR SALE BY OWNER Lot on Main Street, West of Church, NEAR ALL! 65’w x 153’d. Asking $190K/neg CALL OWNER 631-379-8987 5080

WESTBURY – Commercial space 241 Post Ave. 2 story building. $350K 917-3011625

5080

CANDY / ICE CREAM/ COFFEE SHOP: Eastern Long Island, Busy, Great Buy. $139,900 516523-4678

5080

4020

STATEN ISLAND

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5070

Long Island 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

House For Sale 5040

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5040

L.I. Homes for Sale HEMPSTEAD Legal 2 family $190K Bayshore 3Bd home $175K Deer Park 5 bd home $205K Call for private showing, Morning Star Realty One, Alejandra, 631-484-1997 5040

Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent 4060 Staten Island (New Dorp) 2000 sq ft oﬃce space. Near train.Convenient to all. Pat 646-369-9457 Port Richmond-3 oﬃce suites w/reception area. All brand new, fully renovated C/A. full bsmt 2,700ft w/dual bthrms, new carpet. Please call: 347-424-7809

Apartment For Rent 3065 Staten Island

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3065 LOFT FOR RENT STATEN Island/ NY Do business and live in Same location or just Do business (718) 815-0033 FA

WADING RIVER RETAIL SPACE Wading River Dry Cleaners for Rent Available Aug 1st busy shopping center. Belinda 631-929-8400 6000

5080 Why rent, when you can own for less? 750sq ft liquidation sale. LYNBROOK oﬃc e/ coop for sale. Completely renovated, 2 oﬃces, 1 conference roo,, waiting area, bathroom, pool, gym, walk to LIRR. $119K must sell. $749 monthly maint 70% tax deductable. 516-359-4489

Staten Island-Condo for sale 2 bedroom, 1 bth condo, Rossville, bottom Floor, corner unit, central air, eat-in kitchen, living room, washer, dryer, pool, tennis court, parking space, $189k 917-693-8239

5080 Central Ave, Lawrence: 3000sf good condition, busy corner. Parking attached. Approved for food establishment. Call 917-975-7062

4020 Staten Island/ Willowbrook: Detached 6 BR, 3 bth all brick, 1 block from young Israel. Near express bus city. My owner 718-698-8425 or 917-576-6312

House For Sale 4020 Staten Island

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NEW LISTING! Most desirable loc. Gorgeous 3 BR, 2 1/2 BA end unit, exquisite master suite on main level, 2 car garage. MUST SEE!................$362,500 NEW LISTING! Terrific 2 BR, 2 1/2 BA + den. MOVE IN COND!.......................$229,900

ELKINS PARK HOUSE LUX TOTALLY RENOVATED TOP TO BOTTOM! 2 BR, 2 BA with open contemp layout. 7th Floor..........................$199,900

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REAL ESTATE Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale 4060 NY State Liberty, NY – 2 – Story comm. Bldg for Retail or Warehouse On Main St. Surrounded by municipal parking. 2 x 5000sqft. Originally was a super market. $300,000/neg. Ask owner about ﬁnance options. 914-584-2982

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COMMERICAL PROPERTY FOR LEASING OR SALE ULSTER COUNTY KINGSTON NY – REPUTABLE HISTORIC PROPERTY Perfect for Corporate Relocation. Great Location, near all Highways. Previously Operated by IBM, 212,000 SQFT. Extremely Low Operating Cost. Willing to Neg. For Leasing/ Sale for more info. Contact (917) 892-1090 Ali

Property For Sale 6090 NY State 9050 Beth David Cemetery Elmont , NY save 50% oﬀ cemetery list. Choice location. $2500 each (the 5 plots available are together) with discounts for multiple plots. Call 718-541-1251 or e-mail:penguin@bway.net

Restaurant for Sale Well Established Full Service Restaurant on 1 Acre in Beautiful Catskill NY $800,000 Contact Jimmy 518 755-0810. See Full Ad on Craigslist: http://newyork. craigslist.org/mnh/ bfs/2512014411.html. View our website at: www.tatianasitalianrestaurant.com

NY State

6090

DUTCHESS COUNTY DALTON FARM – 1400 SQ FT TOWNHOUSE Furnished, 2 BDRM / 1.5 BTH, Country Setting (2) Floors, Garage, A/C, Fire Place, Pool, Tennis. Equestrian Area on Site. One Hour North of White Plains. $160./Month Fee. Taxes $7K $258,000.00. Contact (914) 472-3651

6090

Bensonhurst/Boro Park Warehouse/garage for lease 4,000 sq ft 23in high ceiling m zone 845-216-4407 6090

Monticello, NY: 23 acres, 5 ranch houses on property + one main house with 6 apartments, swimming pool, underground pool and electric cables, well water, walking distance to walmart and shul. 718-848-6974 cell: 917-601-3002

Monsey: Assisted living for elderly includes personal home care, 3 meals, day etc. 718-924-8067

6080

6080 Woodridge Sullivan County Summer rental Apt in private home on 2 acres 2BR/ 1 bath/ large living room/ modern kitchen/ Private entrance walking distance to worship. Minimum one month. Call Harriet. 212-284-5262

House For Sale 6060 NY State

Airmont spacious 4-6 brs 4 bths 1985 col with ﬁnished basement for a total of 3000sf on ½ acre 449K, Wesley hills (bold) under construction 4300sf 6br 5.5bth cust kitchen and cess kitchen area 1st ﬂoor guest suite $749K Pomona (bold) light bright 3br, 2bth expanded ranch newer kitchen, cath glasses sun room on nearly 2 acre $359K call Laurie 845-369-1411 stc 6060

HOUSE FOR SALE, UPSTATE NEW YORK SWAN LAKE – 1800s Colonial Home, 11 Rooms, 4 BDRMS/2.5 BA 1900 SF, on One (1) Acre, Full Basement, 1 Car Garage with Storage, Fenced Yard, Extra Lot & Bungalo Included $350,000.00 Contact (845) 701-5517

Woodridge, NY 4BR, 2.5 bath living room library, 4 acres, near ark, walk to worship, $210K 3056038198 or 914-799-0108 stc

6060 COMMERICAL PROPERTY FOR SALE, UPSTATE NY MOBILE HOME PARK FOR SALE IN ULSTER COUNTY, NY 9 UNIT, 2FAMILY BRICK HOUSE, 2CAR GARAGE, 4.70 AC, NICE AREA, ASKING $525.K HOLD MORTGAGE BANK RATE. CONTACT (347) 672-0989

6090

For Rent 6080

WATERFRONT PROPERTY

MONTANA RESIDENCE WATERFRONT Fishing, Hunting, Surfing, Wake/Boarding

www.mybrm.org Email: L.houck@bresnan.net 406-761-1851 or 9697

HOUSE FOR SALE, COLUMBIA COUNTY SPENCERTOWN, Reproduction 1800’s Colonial, Excellent Condition, Large Gourmet Kitchen, Handcrafted Cabinetry and Built-Ins Throughout, Wide Board Floors, 4 BDRM/ 3.5 BATH, Private 9 Acres, Inground Pool, Geothermal Heating /Cooling, Premiere Builder’s Own Home. $699,000.00. Contact (518) 392-2773, EMAIL: CDOWNEY48@ FAIRPOINT.NET for Additional Info. & Pics RW 6060

Cooperstown, NY 3 Bd 2 Bth on 4 acres. Fabulous views overlooking 15 acre lake in G-d’s Country. Reduced to $179K for fast sale. Virtual tour & details at: www. countrylivingatitsbest. com 518-231-6706 MK

House For Sale 6060

Catskills: Private New Country Cottage. Reduced to $159K. 1 BR, sleeping loft, nr Windhamm Ski Mtns. Min fr hi-way. Owner 646-330-0927 or 914-235-1684 6060

6060 Sackett Lake: Waterfront, magniﬁcent views. Private road. 6BR, 4bth, ﬁreplace. Near shul. 917-434-0349 or 845-406-4564

SWANLAKE: Winterized House 50x120 lot, $1200 maint/ tax year needs renovation quick sale $37K. Near shopping, transportation and shuls and kosher pizza. Wigs and wig machine for sale. Call 718-972-6068 6060

6060

WESTCHESTEr COUNTY: BEDFORD CENTER NEW LUXURY HOME IN BEDFORD7500SQ FT-TASTEFULLY FINISHED-SPRING OCCUPANCY-FAVORABLE BUILDER-FINANCINGBROKERS. PROTECED. 914245-9000 See WebID NS110220832 6060

CAPITAL TO INVEST COLLATERAL NOTE OFFERED UPB: $10M, Pledged: $10.5M SBA 504 Loan Pool YTM: 4.62% Term: 365/360 Implied Rating: AAA. Inquiries: strategies@ worldbuscred.com Contact (626) 577-9941 ext #2. RW

Business Opportunity 7070

7070

OWNER OF NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENT SEEKS FINANCIAL PARTNER Located in actively developed Piceance Basin in Western Colorado. Reserve report indicates 300 BCF Natural Gas recoverable. Company seeks minimum development funding of $5-10 million proforma 2-4X ROI with 36 to 48 month exit. Due diligence recommended and welcomed. 855-211-7205 or Plateau@walck.com MK 7070

OUT OF STATE 7030

MICHIGAN –

MIDWESTERN FARM ESTATE SALE. Beautiful 344 Acres of Farm Land. Call (518) 570-8730 or See

6060

6060 House for Sale/ Catskill NY : 3 family Income property on 4 and one half acres, highway commercial land w 700 ft. on a state road. 350 ft frontage on country road. Call Jimmy (518) 755-0810

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

www.conroyfarm. weebly.com RW 6060

PUTNAM COUNTY

PUTNAM VALLEY – 78 Acres Residential Land, Very Close to Houses, Excellent Investment Property for Sale. $350,000./Negotiable. Contact (646)737-6548 RW 7030

POCONOS VICINITY

Gorgeous Home on Ten (10) Wooded Acres with Three (3) FirePlaces with over a 20 Mile View. Near Victorian Town of Lewisburg. $289,000.00. Contact (570) 8471938 or Email DPECK@ SILGANCONTAINERS. COM RW 7030

Lower Makeﬁeld

4300 square feet 2 story French colonial, 4 bedrooms, 4 bath minimum to shopping train hospitals, golf course $3,250 DAVID FIORI INC 215-757100 stc 7065

Lower Makeﬁeld,

4300 square foot 2 story French colonial 4 bedrooms 4 bath minimum to shopping

7070 MONEY IS A LIVING POWER! Learn how the Ultra-Rich use history to intelligently predict & direct their ﬁnancial road maps, and how you can beneﬁt yourself with this knowledge. 718-951-3345 ARLY DENIS 347-675-4428 BLOG arlydenis.blogspot.com web http://theelevationgroup. net/presentation/register.php?a_ aid=b79fcead&a_bid=290b868b

GREAT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY For Entrepreneur, Sports Bar with Full Kitchen Located in Staten Island. Too Many Extras to List. MUST SEE (917) 567-7134 RW 7070

7070 Fund any project 10 million to 1 billion Call Bill 334-435-6013

KOSHER EXPERIENCES Join us for our 3rd Glatt Kosher, “Mystical Ireland Tour” Two center, 10 day trip.28th Aug – 6th Sept. 2012 All meat glatt, all dairy products Cholov Yisroel. Separate dedicated kosher kitchens. Under the supervision of Rabbi Stewart Weiss. Chef/Director, Malcolm Green. www.Kosherexperiences.co.il LOST LOST www.kosherservicesworldwide.com “LOW... LOW... PRICES” YOUR JOB? JOB? YOUR Tel: 954-3813160

•KITCHENS •BATHROOMS Looking for for a a •FINISHED BASEMENTS Looking INVESTOR(S) •PAINTING INTERIOR & EXTERIOR NEEDED New Career? Career? New •TAPING •PLUMBING •ELECTRICAL INVESTOR(S) NEEDED FOR SHORT TERM BRIDGE•WINDOWS LOAN A 13 yr old business seeks a •SIDING •MASONRY $150,000 bridge loan to manufacture 1st shipment of a soon to be patented prod-

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FIORI, INC 215-757-1000 stc

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY • FINANCIAL SERVICES • LEGAL SERVICES 7070 SEEKING PRIVATE 400K LOAN – NO BANKS 1ST Mortgage Guar. Bldg. Asses 960K Gl 300K Exp 159K Includes Salaried Licensed Operator. Same Owner 10 + Years. Contact (908)917-3295 RW

Do you have 10 hrs a week you’d like to make productive? Learn to operate a MiniOﬃce Outlet from home. Free online training, ﬂexible hours and great income. Www.heartinfreedom.com. Ask for Miriam. FA 7070

MANUFACTURING FACILITIES 32 Year Old Norwalk Based International Manufacturing Company Seeks Short Term Growth Capital Loan, Fully Secured by Eleven (11) Acre North Stamford Estate / Compound & Exotic Autos. Call Owner Direct for Details, PRINCIPLES ONLY (203) 524-7890 RW 7070

Custom Rydal Ranch!

3108 sq. ft. This well maintained custom ranch sits on 1 acre of beautiful grounds!

4 nice size bedrooms, and 3 baths on the west wing of the house. Covered patio overlooking huge backyard. Finished basement with stone f/p. Separate storage area, Maid quarters/in-law suite, with full bath and kitchen. Additional features, 2 car attached garage, CENTRAL AIR, tons of professional landscaping, In-ground pool, entire house stereo, Security system. This is a must see home that is priced very well at $489,900.

100% Working Interest in 2 oil wells for sale 3.25 barrels oil/day total. Creek County, OK. Call toll free 1-877-235-9191 Or email: wzuhone@ consolidated.net SHOPPING PLAZA WITH FIVE (5) ACRES. ONLY 10 YEARS OLD ON MAJOR HIGHWAY & INTERSTATE. OWNER RETIRING & MUST SELL! CONTACT (256) 390-8695 FOR MORE INFORMATION RW

7070 HUGE ROI Plus 10% Int. for 2 yrs Expansion Capital Fortune 500 Companies Possible IPO 3-5 yrs investhitech@gmail. com 561-995-9004 MK

UNIQUE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Local Business Seeks Partner/Investor Email: KJVENTURES1@GMAIL. COM or Contact (347) 853-9047RW

Vending company supply vending machine plus all merchandise. Everything strictly kosher we pay 25% commission. Call 917-697-5532

7070 BUSINESS CONNECTIONS: NYC Licensed ElectricianLooking for Partnership or Aﬃliation with Electric Contractor Engaged in or Starting Business in NYC . Day (347) 992-1370 / Evening (718) 339-7652RW

7070 GET $1K CHECKS …..YOUR FIRST 30 DAYS POT’L. FREE LEADS & FUNNEL SYSTEM. CALL NOW! (760) 569-6707 EDU. OPP. RW

7070 Financial Services BUILD YOUR CREDIT – IMPROVE YOUR FINANCIAL LIFE! Get a Loan – Low Rates. Quick Approval, Debt Consolidation. Personal Loan, Auto & Business Loans, Home Improvements, No Apps. Fees, Bills Bad Credits Cards. Outstanding Loans – Get Help! Call Today 1(800) 374-7680 Apply Capital Secure Lending Services RW

7070

Investor wanted for acquisition of apartment buildings, oﬃc e buildings and strip centers with a preferred return of 8%-11% by owner/ operator specializing in income producing properties looking for $100,0001m. Call Larry 732-491-5702 stc 7070

BUSINESS OPPTY GOLD INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY PRINCIPAL SEEKS $1.0 MILLION PARTNER. FULLY SECURED. $1.7 Billion Plus Potential Request details @ dougcannday@hotmail. com or Contact Doug (303) 681-6920

Call Jim Fulginiti at 215-264-3071

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Accredited Luxury Home Specialist

DISBAILITY, SSI, AND MEDICARE

ReMax Action Realty Ofﬁce 215-358-1100

CALL 718-252-0336 REASONABLE RATES ONLY $20 PER VISIT SAT I S FAC T I O N G UA R A N T E E D ! ! “LOW... LOW... PRICES” •KITCHENS •BATHROOMS •FINISHED BASEMENTS •PAINTING INTERIOR & EXTERIOR •TAPING •PLUMBING •ELECTRICAL •SIDING •WINDOWS •MASONRY

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7070

ASK THE EXPERT MR. SHLOMO FOGEL

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BUSINESS OPTY RESORTS 360#1 TEAM 40K Ad Campaign Just Launched. Lots of Leads. Make $1000. - $5000. Wk WWW.WORKWITHRON.COM 1-800-479-4876 7070

ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY FOR SALE Located in Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania. 44 Beds on 3 Acres. For info Call 570-269-4060

7070

Health 7090

Private Swim Lessons / Coaching Certiﬁed swim coach w/ an indoor pool avail. All ages are taught. Contact SwimForever361@ gmail.com MK 3005 TUTORING ENGLISH TEACHER Tutors SAT, ESL, TOEFL 6SHSAT, ELA.LSAT, Regents, reading, writing all papers, homework assistance, etc. Reasonable rates Call 209-0352. FA

ACE THE REGENTS Now is your chance! Something you can aﬀord! Ace the regents. vpweb.com 718 713-8744 Special sale till midterms 24 hr hotline All credit cards accepted FA Childrens’ Heimishe Workshop Free preschool must be born 2007 program 2-4 years. Parsha Yom Tov arts and crafts music and movement the place where every child wants to be 917-783-0599 stc 3005

Music 8000 8000 Home Instruction (bold) on call musical instruments Livingston school of music. 60 years experience gift certiﬁcate. Available Linda Winheld. Director. 215-635-5365 267-567-3352 stc

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LOST 723-2225 YOUR JOB? SIMPLY THE BEST JEWISH MUSIC LESSONS: Live in/out Looking for 718-332-7608 a 718-332-7608 SIMPLY THE BEST Guitar, Piano, Bass & Drums. Live in/out LOST EMPLOYMENT AGENCY Individual or group lessons EMPLOYMENT AGENCY all ages. In my Queens New Career? YOUR JOB? for studio or I will travel to your stc

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OPPORTUNITIES

home. Credentials include a BA in Music performance, a MS ED in Music Education, NYS Certiﬁcation and 20+ yrs of performing & teaching music. Rates are $40 for 40 min lesson & $50 for a 1HR lesson. Excellent refs avail. Call Yerachmeil at 917-373-9613

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3005

7070 Kosher market established, 45 yrs, lower Westchester, seeks working partner to expand in new direction. Experienced, talented + Computer savvy. PRICES” “LOW... LOW... 8000 Individualized Call Mr. Cohen •KITCHENS •BATHROOMS 914-373-1802 guitar lessons geared “LOW... LOW... PRICES” •FINISHED BASEMENTS for all skill levels, by a •KITCHENS •BATHROOMS •BATHROOMS •PAINTING INTERIOR & EXTERIOR professional musician in •FINISHED BASEMENTS •TAPING •PLUMBING •ELECTRICAL your home. Philadelphia •PAINTING & •MASONRY EXTERIOR EXTERIOR •SIDING INTERIOR •WINDOWS & South Jersey call 7080 •ELECTRICAL •TAPING •PLUMBING •ELECTRICAL stc FULLY INSURED•MASONRY •LICENSED 201-723-2225 •BONDED •SIDING •WINDOWS •MASONRY 9050 Old watches and 718-256-9393 CALL DOMINICK: FULLY INSURED •BONDED •BONDED 8000 Musicians Available/ clocks wanted•LICENSED by “LOW... LOW... PRICES” 718-256-9393 CALL DOMINICK: collector egardless of Wanted Exp R&B/POP condiito. Highest prices DEMO SINGERS SOUGHT BY •KITCHENS •BATHROOMS paid. PRODUCERS Westchester •FINISHED BASEMENTS stc 212-517-8725 “LOW... LOW... PRICES” Studio Loc. Call Allan •PAINTING INTERIOR & EXTERIOR •KITCHENS •BATHROOMS (917) 647-2044 FA 7080 SECURED 9% RETURN •TAPING •PLUMBING •ELECTRICAL •FINISHED BASEMENTS Up to Five (5) Years.•MASONRY •SIDING •WINDOWS 8000 Individualized Guitar •PAINTING INTERIOR Commercial Real Estate, & EXTERIOR Lessons Geared for •TAPING •PLUMBING •ELECTRICAL Min. Investment $100K FULLY INSURED •LICENSED •BONDED •SIDING •WINDOWS View Website: WWW. •MASONRYall skill levels by a CALL DOMINICK: 718-256-9393 professional musician in BCDELLC.COM. FULLY INSURED •LICENSED •BONDED your home Philadelphia For info. 1-313-685718-256-9393 CALL DOMINICK: & South Jersey 2019976 RW

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9050 Brazilian Bodywork Swedish, Deep Tissue, Full Bodywork, Done byMale Masseur. (917) 435-4418

MUSIC INSTRUCTION Piano lessons all levels + ages Professional musician + experienced teacher Call (917) 459-1228

8000

Music Instruction Berkeley College of music professor available for private drum lessons. Conatct: 617-835-6404

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THERAPUETIC MASSAGE Looking for relaxing stress free, therapeutic massage? You can drop into my place. For ½ hr $50, 1 hr $75. 8:30 am – 7:30 pm 917-544-7900 7090

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Help Offered 8010 SEEKING HOUSEHOLD POSITION HOMECARE – For the Elderly, Day Shift or Night Shift Availability. Willing to Travel. Excellent Refs. Contact (732) 685-2732 Thank You. RW

8010

8010 I am Certiﬁed HHA & PCA seeking position to care for the elderly & disabled. 5 yrs exp., great ref, available anytime (live-in or out). 347304-7418 MK

8010 I am an LPN I am seeking “LOW... LOW... PRICES” weekend private duty or Travel Nurse•BATHROOMS position. 212•KITCHENS 866-4566 MKBASEMENTS •FINISHED

•PAINTING INTERIOR & EXTERIOR 8010 Young •PLUMBING Lady seeks live in •TAPING •ELECTRICAL or out position. Child•MASONRY care or •SIDING •WINDOWS

LOST LOST YOUR JOB? YOUR JOB? Looking for a CAPITAL TOfor INVEST Looking a COLLATERAL NOTE THE BE SIMPLY New Career? OFFERED UPB:$10M. New Career? Pledged: $10.5M SBA EMPLOYMENT AGE

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JOBS WANTED & SERVICES OFFERED 8010 Tree Service, Gardening, SUKKAH Clearance, Free Estimates, 24/7 Emergency Service, Construction Clean outs. 347-889-8602 / 718-857-0549

8010 RELIABLE HARDWORKING LADY Apartment or Oﬃce Cleaner. Very Experienced. With References. Days/Evenings 347-735-7440 MK

I am a Certiﬁed HHA & PCA seeking a position to care for the elderly & disabled. 5 yrs exp, great ref, available anytime (live in or out). 347-304-7418 MK

8010

I am a Certiﬁed HHA & PCA seeking a position to care for the elderly & disabled. 5 yrs exp, great ref, available anytime (live in or out). 347-304-7418 MK

8010

NANNY Seeking position in Manhattan. Live out. Experienced 7 yrs. Good references upon request. 917-402-3402 MK

8010

8010 SEEKING POSITION Experienced Shomer Shabbos male seeking superintendant position. Call 347 607-9375 FA

My Nanny/ Housekeeper is looking for a live in/out position. Been with our family For over 8 years. Her name is Jennifer. Call (201) 406-8393 FA

8010

AID COMPANION TO ELDERLY Caring, mature British woman seeks live out position, FT/PT to assist home bound or elderly person. call 718-928-6600 MK 8010

Marketing manager (bold) great working environment in Brooklyn Mill Basin Job position available for team leader, product uploads customer service of managing ebay and amazon account Please call Levi 917-855-7169 8010

SEEKING HOUSEHOLD POSITION HEALTH – LICENSED HOME CARE PROVIDER – Former Nurse, HCP Certiﬁed, Home Total Care, Geriatrics Specialty. 10 + Years Exp, Reliable. Best References. Contact: (718) 460-5272 or (917) 995-2404

EUROPEAN LADY (American citizen), looking for a live-in Caregiving job, I am exp’d & have exc. Refs & drive my own car. Call 908 937-0768 8010

Janitorial services family owned and operated over 15 years in NJ & PA Free estimate. Call 856-396-5915

HOME HEALTH AIDE Certified Home Health Aide seeking a job to care for the elderly or sick. Honest, caring and easy to get along with. Available for Nights or Weekends. Excellent refs. PLEASE CONTACT 973-667-6815 or 862-220-1331 or Email: queenjeneva@1yahoo.com MK Babysitter / Nanny / HHA / Housekeeper / Office Cleaner Available-ReliableTrustworthy Affordable rates 347-785-0181

8010

8010 Sales new York life insurance company is looking for insurance and ﬁnancial services sales representatives. Sales experience helpful but not necessary. Comprehensive training program management opportunity for qualiﬁed candidates. Equal opportunity employer For further information call George at 646-227-8171stc 8010 ELDERCARE / COMPANION, Nurse’s Assistant, Live In/ Out, EXPERIENCED, Lic. to drive, Good References, 732-313-6829 732-277-9271MK

8010 24 Hr DAY CARE Mon – Fri Queens Village-centrally located. From 6 wks to 12 yrs. Licensed, CPR, First Aide Certiﬁed, Clean, Video Camera, Meals provided. In business for 10 yrs. Aﬀordable prices. 718-217-7666

8010 CAREGIVER SERVICE 30 years experience with references & own transportation. Will live in or ﬁt your schedule. BUCKS County area only. Call 215674-3339

Caregive, HHA. 5yrs USA experience. Live-in, looking for Position in Queens. 718-506-2548 8010

8010 HELP OFFERRED COMPANION/ELDERLY CARE – Look no Further, we Highly Recommend this Honest and Kind Caregiver for your Elderly. Refs. Upon Request. Contact (917)968-0112

Experienced CNA looking for full time employment licensed seeking to take care of elderly 7 days a week. Specializing in Alzheimers and bed ridden patients. Good references. Please call 862-218-3880 8010

Experienced Lady Seeking to care of the Elderly / Housekeeper 718703-1730

8010

Educated lady with 8yrs experience with elderly seeks companion job. Experienced in medical/ non medical area of care. Excellent references From employ. Call 347-998-1170

8010

9050

MARKETING MANAGER GREAT WORKING ENVIRONMENT IN BROOKLYN MILL BASIN JOB POSITION AVAILABLE FOR TEAM LEADER PRODUCT UPLOADS CUSTOMER SERVICE OR MASNAGING EBAY AND AMAZON ACCOUNTS PLEASE CALL LEVI 917-855-7169

A nanny – Experienced nanny sks FT, live out position. Loving & caring. Certiﬁed infant care. Checkable references. Please call Clair: 347-721-4056 or 718-221-4419

8010

Health – HHA & CNA w/ good references & 16yrs in ﬁeld. Take care of your loved ones, w/dementia & or other illnesses. Avail ASAP! Call 917-807-4766

8010

SOURCE AGENCY Hiring RETAILSALES / HOST/ STOCK/ CASHIERS. Upscale retail client, temp openings. Must be reliable, dedicated friendly. Open interviews @ The Source Mon – Fri 10am to 1pm. 295 Madison Ave. 8th Fl. Resume & 2 IDs required 212-949-8287 8010

8010 BABYSITTING Very caring mother wants to take care of kids in her own home. Very clean environment & a loving atmosphere. Newborns to 2 yrs old. Available Mon – Fri & weekends too. 718-591-9164

MATURE SINGLE LADY seeks room $450-$500 per month in Bensonhurst, Bath Beach or Gravesend area. Also SEEKING EMPLOYMENT as: Caregiver / Housekeeper / Babysitter 718-266-7295 8010

8015 I am volunteering my services (without pay) for clerical work in schools, synagogues, communities and jewish centers. Queens Only. Call 718-699 8760 stc

Advertising sales prowanted top commission! Experience required. For phone interview call Mr. haggerty 877-665-6018 www.123adsales.com stc 8015

8010

8010 8010

8010 HOME HEALTH AIDE – (Private) Hardworking, reliable, personable, licensed, many years of experience, excellent refs. Call Barbara 347-383-5462. Exp in kosher homes.

HOME HEALTH AIDE Experienced CNA Eldercare / Baby care 347-469-2767 Available ASAP

8010

Certiﬁed, relable CNA/ HHA seeks job to care for the elderly. Many years exp Excellent References. Available immediately. (917)741-3583 Seeking job to take care of the elderly. Home health aid, 16 years experience. Please call 718-882-5244

8010

Help Wanted 8015 HELP WANTED/BKLYN Tax Preparer/ Accountant For Marine Park accounting oﬃce. Fax Resume to 718 258-0141 Or Call 917 692-4197 FA

8015

8015 Free referrals for certified baby nurse CPR certified nanny never a charge or fee to you at any time. We also have babysitters companions & aides for the elderly & those with special needs. We also have amazing housekeepers Call Michelle 718-954-6787 or Miami 305-731-4833 email:kefasyreff@gmail . com

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8015 Warm responsible woman looking to be a shadow for your child in Boro Park/ Flatbush/ Manhattan. Call 718437-9152 or cell 917627-3542 Many years exp. Avail for summer or winter

A CNA experienced in elder care IRISH woman. Prefer Mahattan, lv-in/ out. References and information. 914-272-9590

8015

A Certiﬁed Nurses Aide/ HHA available to care for the sick or elderly or childcare. Kind, caring people person. Lv-in/ out, day or night. Also cleaning, cooking & laundry. Recent Checkable refs. Call Joyce 516-334-7859 or 516-236-2833 8015

AARP FOUNDATION WORKSEARCH Are you…age 55 and older? Unemployed? Low income? Unemployed? Low income? Resident of Queens? Looking for permanent? AARP Foundation WorkSearch, Senior training Program can help! Please call 718-433-0010 Ask to speak with an employment specialist.

Experienced & Certiﬁed teachers for Yeshivah HS Science – Biology, Physical Sci, Earth Sci – Regents courses & Special Ed Substitute Teacher – Ivrit – Hebrew Lang & Lit (September – Mid October) Excellent terms & Salary Please send resume to: szeit1026@yahoo.com Physical therapy Oﬃc e looking for Physical therapy Assistant (PT/FT) In Five Towns. If interested please Call (516) 650-5756

Cleaning Services 8045 8010 HOUSEHOLD POSITION WANTED HOME CARE AID - 25 Years Experience, Reliable, Honest & Trustworthy. Willing to Work Nights or Days. Will Assist in Every Area if Needed. EXCELLENT REFS. Contact Ruby (718)825-7359 RW 8045 Old fashioned cleaning service complete and thorough. Excellent references Insured. Call 267-325-1083. Stc

Ari’s Cleaning. Mold removal and inspections. Complete water restorations. Certiﬁed technicians. 24 hour emergency services. 347-743-3940 stc 8045

8015

8015 Real Estate agents make extra money astor brokerage Real Estate center serving the Kew Garden Hills community is seeking new local agents We will train you Call Chanita 718-263-4500

Simply the best employment agency we oﬀer eldercare, companions, housekeepers, babysitters, all with excellent references and experience. Licensed and board agency live in/out 718-332-7606 8015

Real Estate Sales Agents Make Extra Money! Astor Brokerage (bold) Real Estate Center serving the Kew Garden Hills community is seeking new local agents. We will train you Call Chanita for info (718)263-4500 8015

GENERAL HOME REPAIR HONEST PLUMBING RELIABLE HEATING AIR CONDITION AFFORDABLE SHEETROCK/PLASTER/ PAINT 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE ODDS AND ENDS ARYEH CALL 347-232-3700 8081

9050 We meet or beat any price interior demolition one stop backyard basement clean out stop violations. Same day 24/6 licensed insured call 718-2432525 9050 Painting, sheetrocking 20 years experience Insured No job too big or small. For quality Call John Today at 718-898-7560 917-359-4579

8015

All types of rubbish removal basements, backyards, etc. Call shmaya 718-501-2419 stc

8081

9050 ARI’S CLEANING MOLD REMOVAL AND INSPECTIONS COMPLETE WATER RESTORATION CERTIFICATION TECHNICIANS 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICES 347-743-3940

LICENSED & INSURED ALG AWNING When the sun gives you a ﬁght, We make it alright. Free In-Home Estimates Free In-Home Renderings 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL RETRACTABLE AWNINGS, PATIO AWNINGS, RCOVERS, ALUMINUM AWNINGS, CAR PORTS, REHANGS/TAKE DOWNS, TRUCK LETTERING, GRAPHICS, RAILS, GENERAL WELDING tel: 718-9097195 toll free: 888-8530442 web:alg-awning.com email: info@alg-awning. com 29-43 Falcon Ave., Far Rockaway NY, 11691 SPECIAL DISCOUNT IF YOU MENTION THIS AD WHEN YOU CALL

8081

INTERIOR PAINTING FAUX FINISHES & MURALS MON – SAT 10AM – 6PM CALL 917-589-9601 www.colorwisedesignsllc. com

8081

ROOFING & SIDING OCEANFRONT CONSTRUCTION CORP. *QUALITY FULL SERVICE* ROOFING – SIDING – LEADERS – GUTTERS JOHN NIES, Owner 347-680-6782 Licensed & Insured. Member BBB – A+ Rating

8081

8081 One source Home Inspection serving the NY area. From foundations to the roof. Anthony 917-577-8464

JANITORIAL SERVICES family owned and operated. Over 15 years in NJ and PA. Free estimate call 856-396-5915 9015

Home Improvement 8081 general home repair honest plumbing reliable heating air condition aﬀor dable sheetrock/plaster/paint 24 hour emergency service odds and ends call Aryeh 347-232-3700 stc 9040

PURE CLEAN RESTORATION WATER MOLD FIRE ODOR AND LAND 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE CALL 347-7433940 STC 9050

ALFA CONTRACTING -Custom Cabinetry -Kitchen remodeling -Home offices -Home Entertainment -Space Efficiency -Free Estimates -We’re in the neighborhood “NO JOB TOO SMALL” $100 off WITH THIS AD www.alfacontractingny.com 212-234-5878 rosstfrench@aol.com

8081

9015 WE MEET OR BEAT ANY PRICE. Interior demolition, One stop backyard basement clean out. Stop violations. Same day 24/7. Licensed & Insured. 718-243-2525

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D.L.M CONSTRUCTION Licensed and Insured New Construction, Extension and Complete Renovation, 25 Years Experience Free Estimate 917-968-6809

Handyman 8080 8080 Painting, sheetrocking, 20 years experience insured. No job too big or too small. For quality, Call John today at 718-898-7560 or 917-359-4579

Handyman: Quick service at low prices, carpentry, sheet roc, plastering, painting, electric + plumbing. Replace old toilets, sinks, electric ﬁxtures and windows 917-385-8587 8080

8080 Painting, sheetrocking: 20 years Experience. Insured. No job too big or too small. For quality, Call John today at 718-898-7560 or 917-359-4579

HANDYMAN AVAILABLE!!! Carpentry, Tile, Plumbing, Landscaping, Painting, Furniture, Asembly. Reasonable rates, Friendly service Call Orrin 646- 671- 3906 ingramo@earthlink.net 8080 Mike’s Home Improvement/ Rooﬁng Sheet rock/ tiles, Kitchen/ Bath, Gutters + Leaders. 718-426-2167

I AM A PLUMBER (Boiler & Heating) LOOKING FOR WORK. Henry 718-809-6150 Reasonable rates! 24HR Service 8080

8080 THE MENCH OF AFFORDABLE HANDYMAN. Specializing In All Forms Of Home Improvement Kitchens, Bathrooms, Basement, Rooﬁng, Siding, Cac, Storm Doors, Windows & Entry Doors. Licensed & Insured. Checkable Refs Avail. See Pics On Facebook. Aﬀor dable Mench. Call 516-297-4316 Alfonsvaino@Yahoo.Com

Exterminators 8075 -BROOKLYN’S BEST BED BUGS, RATS. MONTHLY PEST CONTROL. RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE. Frank 718-415-6920

8075

8035 M AND K PEST CONTROL SPECIAL PRICE FOR BED BUGS SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT REASONABLE AND RELIABLE SOURCES LICENSD AND INSURED CALL OWNER 917-304-8777

BED BUG SPECIALIST Professionally Dry Clean: Clothing – Linens – Drapes. Discreet and reliable. Pick up and delivery/ Unmarked van. Call toll free! 1-888-241-2199

8075

Electricians Electrician All electrical needs. New lines Trouble shouting ﬁxtures. Call Yahuda: 347631-0481

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SERVICES & MISCELLANEOUS ELECTRICAL SERVICES D. TRAYNOR ELECTRICAL CORP. Caters to Building Owners & Property Management Companies Throughout NYC & NJ. 28 Years Experience in Commercial Residential Properties. Contact Dennis (646) 996-6619 RW 8085

8055 TRACK BY JACK 917-748-7225 or 914-725-0785 TRACK Lighting specialists instruction, sales Update halogens with small eﬃcien t low voltage bulbs on sale delivered stc

9050 Top Security! Alarm and camera system phone and intercom system. computer working and all electrical needs. new line ﬁxtures call now for free estimate Reuben 718-431-4408 Free Estimates & Low Prices!

Autos 9030 POWER BOAT FOR SALE 25’ BERTRAM - Custom Rebuilt Contact (508)540-9999 WWW.BERTRAM25. COM RW 9030

Lexus LS 600h-L – 2008 exterior golden metallic, Inter cashmere med brown, walnut Trim, super car, virtually hand made in Japan, 14,240 ml, garage kept in NJ, nitrogen Inﬂated tires, like new, priv (973) 714-9604 FA

9030

PORSCHE MUST SELL OR GO TO JAIL! TERMINALLY ILL MOTHER! 2011 Cayenne Tiptropic 3.6-Liter V6,300 HP Classic Silver Metallic, Lux Beige Leather Convenience Conf Package, XM, PARK Asst Front /Rear, Servotronic, Side/Rr Airbags, 8 spdTips, Auto-Start-SP, WheelHbCyr, Gar Mats. $52,000.00 or Best Oﬀer. Contact Veronica Bird @ (410) 693-2870 or Email: RAMSWAY@AOL.COM RW 9030 Bala Cymoyd: 3 BR, 2 BA brick colonial, full bsmt, attached garage. Asking $430,000. Call 973-985-8789

AUTO REPAIRS BILLY’S AUTO REPAIR 3651 Danbury Rd., Brewster, NY 10509 Specializing in Complete Automotive Repairs & Service Front-End Brakes Tune –up Electrical Wheel Alignment, etc. Open Mon-Sat 8:00 AM5:00 PM Call 845 278-2628 24 Hr. Towing 9030

Seewald used cars New! Preview over 4,000 vehichle odessy mini vans 12-6passanger vans 718-773-CARS 773CARS@ gmail.com

DOG FOR SALE/ LI GERMAN SHEPERD GENTLE GIANTS AKC, Loved and socialized, old style bear cubs, parents On premises $1,500. (516) 759-4312. FA 9035

Custom Built 1927 Recreation, 350 Chev Crate Engine, 350 3-Spead Chev Auto Trans, Alum Stronge Rear End. All Wheel Disc Brakes. A Frame Coil Over Suspension, Ultra Leather Interior, Salt Flat Alum Rim, Weighs 2000 Lbs. 1500 Miles. Contact Cor @ (519) 861-7701 RW Ford Model T-Custom Built 1927 Recreation, 350 Chev Crate Engine, 350 3-Spead Chev Auto Trans, Alum Stronge Rear End. All Wheel Disc Brakes. A Frame Coil Over Suspension, Ultra Leather Interior, Salt Flat Alum Rim, Weighs 2000 Lbs 1500 Miles. Contact Cor @ (519) 861-7701 RW

9030

9030 TOYOTA SIENNA 2007 Tan color, auto start, DVD, CD, all pwr, good condition, 39K mi, All wheel, ask . 917-853-9023, 718-217-7666

AUTOS WANTED CASH CASH CASH Junk Cars & Trucks Wanted $600 & up FREE Pick-ups! 718 657-6900

9030

Ford Model T

9035 DOG FOR SALE/ CT. Toy miniature poddle AKC 4 males, 2 females champion size tailes, dent claws docked ﬁrst shots included. Ready to go Dec. 18th $1,250. (203) 881-0072 www.shamespooches. com FA 9035 Pets & Pet Services ADORABLE TEACUP YORKIES. Home Raised. NO KENNEL. Ch-Sire, Dam . Beautiful adorable Teacup yorkies, fully inoculated, well socialized. Call Rachelle. Bergen County area. (201) 819-7103 FA 9035 TOY POODLES AKC 2 Male 1 Female ready to go Tails docked, 1st shots, 1st heart guard, 1st front line. Champion sire, Dam on sight 203-881-0072 www. shamerspoodles.com

AUTO FOR SALE FORD FUSION 2010 4 Door Sedan, 7,000 Mi, Original Owner, Asking $17.K Contact (516) 242-5833 CHEVY 1996 IMPALA SS Rare green Immac. 21k $28,500 516-383-6326

9030

MUST SELL! 2009 BMW 335d Like new condition. More pictures at robertbrown201@yahoo. com Robert Brown: 361-237-4612 9030

NATIONAL MOTOR CLUB: Auto and personal injury coverage. Anywhere in the US, Mexico, Canada. $18/month, 60% oﬀ prescription medications. Call Francisca 347-320-3890 Salesperson wanted.

9030

Pets 9035

9030

AKC 2 Female Golden Retriever pups, 14 wks old, crate trained, updated shots $800 each 845-744-8043 MK 9035

9040 PINELAWN2 person Mausoleum- eye level, 516-318-8476 MK

Perthamis Cleaning Service ( bold) oﬃce cleaning. Flood damage and clean up. Floor stripping and waxing. Window cleaning Power washing, house cleaning carpet cleaning. Free estimate. Reasonable rates. Fully Insured call 718-474-1600 stc

9035

Selling Free motor home tours ona condition of buying electronics and batteries and groceries starting price $7,000 and up plus and gas tolls Also get a discount on th epuchse of “85 MCI 47 passenger bus 917-216-8379 stc 9030 POWER BOAT FOR SALE - 1998 50’ SEARAY SUNDANCER, 3196 Cat Diesels, 400 Hrs, Cherry Interior, Camper Top, $148,000. MUST SELL DUE TO HEALTH. Located in Connecticut. Contact (203) 206-7305 RW

FRENCH BULLDOG PUPPIES

9040 PIANO FOR SALE Steinway Upright Piano, Black. Good Tone & Good Condition, $4,500 Contact (212) 473-3466RW

$$$ FOR RECORDS COLLECTION LPS, ALBUMS, 87S, 45S, CDS, CLASSICAL JAZZ LATIN OLDIES VACCUM TUBES. CALL JERRY 215-843-6999 STC 9040

AKC Petite French Bulldogs (remain small): Show, Breeding or Loving! Best Temperments/ Bloodlines. TLC Raised/ Vet work done. 100% Guaranteed. $1,800. (518) 312-0905 powerstrokebullys.com/ frenchies.html PETS FOR SALE–DOGS Tawny briard puppies INTL Championship bloodlines Long Island, NY available to approved homes. Contact #631-537-5346 Website: www.briards.com

9035

Selling 9040 ART FOR SALE BURT HASEN OIL ON CANVAS SIGNED AND FRAMED TROPICAL STORM 1990 24” X 30” EARTH TREMORS 1993 16” X 20” VERY FINE DETAIL, PRISTINE CONDITION . PLEASE CALL (917)881-7239 RW 9040

9040 BOOK OFFER “THE LINGUIST” A One of a Kind, Untold Story Inside Tall Stone Walls and Spiral Barb Wire of an American Military Base in Afghanistan. TO ORDER CALL (888) 795-4274, EXT. 7879 949-707-1659 www.xlibris.com RW

Old Watches Clocks wanted by collector regardless of condition Highest prices paid. 212-517-8725 stc 9040

For Sale Hair Dryer, Punch Bowl, TV Cart, Set of dishes, Blender, Antique Chair, Dehumidiﬁer, Washer and Dryer, Desk Fan Laundry Hamper, Complete Day Bed, Crock pot. 718-337-3867 stc 9040

9040

PETS FOR SALE – DOGSAKC Labrador Retrievers: Pups ready for pick-up CH. Bloodlines bred for temperament, up to date on shots. Call and visit, BiGi’s Labradors. 973-993-9006

snowbirds your car is waiting for you at the airport gently transported valid driver’s licensed/insured Linda’s Transport 215-244-2662

9030

9040 PIANO FOR SALE YAMAHA ELECTONE, Model FS 500 – 3 Manuel, Pristine Condition, $1,500 or Best Oﬀer. Contact 201-262-1361RW

9035

9030

9030 CALL NOW ANYTIME, ANYWHERE Accepting cars, trucks, vans & farm Equip. Any condition. Cash Pd 7 days/wk. (732) 915-7989

9040 Shalom Memorial park 2 lots Jacob section best oﬀer! 561-998-8264 stc

MOUNT ARARAT 8 Graves $40,000 TOTAL Paul 516-541-5820 MK 9040

9040 ITEMS FOR SALE Light/lamp, never used brand new, cordless portable ﬂashlight with handle; exerciserHangs on door for chinups, push ups, sit ups; portable folding table; books-exercise, Weight lifting, medical, health remedies. Call for prices 718 235-7158 FA

Beth Israel cemetery Woodbridge, NJ burial plots, 4 gravesites $2,000. Must be Sold together. Call 917-371-4871stc

9040

Free Luxury motor Home tours on a condition of buying electronics, batteries and groceries starting price $7,000 and up plus gas and tolls. Also get a discount on the purchase of the ’85 MCI 47 passenger bus 917-216-8379 stc 9040

contents of shul for sale sefer torah, bimah, chairs, etc. call 917-397-0654 stc 9040

I buy old paintings Call Art at 732-261-3269

JUDAICA museum quality collection others silver, illuminated manuscripts, paintings, enamels Call 914-235-8300 stc 9040

9040 13K 100% Cotton Men’s dress shirts, assorted cuﬀs, shipped from NJ. Regular, Big & Tall sizes. Close out prices. Call 917-497-5070 apparelgroupny@gmail.com

Americana Collection American Mechanical Muscle 1850-2000 140+ Diecast Models, 200 + Plastic kits 98% NIB 290+itemdescriptive & historical books$20K/OBO Eric @ 860-683-2140 Leave name, phone # & Best times for callback 9040

ESTATE SALE /HOME FURNISHINGS HOME – TAG ALONG ESTATE SALE Old Greenwich Water Front Estate Rocky Point Road. August 12th & 13th From 10:0– 4:00 PM Steinway Grand Piano, Rugs, Furniture & Antiques + Lots of Books. Take I 95 N to Exit 5 Old Greenwich, Right on US1 1ST Right on to Sound Beach Ave. thru Town, Right on Shore Drive, 2nd Left Rocky Point Road. (914) 261-0095 9040

9040 Kawai Baby Grand piano. Ebony satin ﬁnish, excellent condition. Contact 978-505-0971

ESTATE SALE / HOME FURNISHINGS HOME – TAG ALONG ESTATE SALESCOLLEGE ROAD,RIVERDALE, N.Y. Thursday Aug. 4th 4:00 to 8:00 PM Friday Aug. 5th 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Hudson River Oil Painting, Chickering Baby Grand Piano, Crystal Silver China, Books, Linens, Adams Style Gilt Mirror, Painted Chest, + Lots More. Contact (914) 261-0095 9040

9040 ISLAND PACKET 1987, 31’, 2nd owner, comfortable cruiser $54,900 631-283-6853

PIANO FOR SALE YAMAHA BABY GRAND Like New, Lightly Used $12,000.00 Contact (631)666-7439 or (516)972-6277

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE-COLLECTABLES: ROSEVILLE COLLECTION 60 Pieces, All Patterns, Shapes & Sizes, Beautiful $8,000.00 + ARMOIRE – 1875 Italian, Perfect Condition, Breaks Down in (5) Sections, Elegant $8,000.00 . Contact (212) 741-3887 or (646) 267-7391 9040

9040 Commercial gym equipment (4), hammer strength (2) nautilus (1) cybex – 2 yrs old original cost 18K asking 8K. Call owner 516-661-9639

COLLECTIBLES AMERICANA COLLECTION – American Mechanical Muscle:1850-2000. 140 + Die Cast Models, 200 + Plastic Kits. 98% NIB; 290+ItemDescriptive & Historical Books. $20K/OBO Contact Eric @ (860) 683-2140 Lv name, phone # & best times for callback. 9040

ANTIQUES FOR SALE - Morgan Silver Dollars 1878, 1882, 1889, 1895 & 1897 609-494-0900 9040

9040 Furniture Kew Garden Hills: Italian and French DR, BR, breakfront, Hi-riser, chandelier and Paintings. Call 917-836-0146

2011 Dimension one hot tub, brand new, 3 year warrantee, seats 6 (2 pumps) Stainless steel jets. The #1 rates hot tub for energy eﬃcienc y. Originally $8839. Sale $5997 631-681-4400

9040

Buying 9045 9050 OLD WATCHES CLOCKS WANTED BY COLLECTOR REGARDLESS OF CONDITION HIGHEST PRICES PAID. 212-5178725

Merchandise Wanted. Buying All Diabetic Test Strips. Cash paid. Nicotine Patches/Gum. Fast NY/NJ pickup 646-400-5270

9050

Need either printer or fax diagnostic and repair(will gladly come to your location.) For immediate response at very reasonable rates. Call 908-444-2418 stc 9050

PIANO 5ft upright/w bench, $750 Cherrywood-marblemirror hall tree, $700, 5 pc oﬃc e furniture $650, corner curio cabinet, $150 631-736-2195

9050 Shalom Memorial Park (bold) 2 lots Jacob Section. Best Oﬀer! 561-945-8264 stc 9050/ ADOPT Happily married couple wants to give your precious Newborn a happy home and a lifetime of love. Please call Lauren and Greg Toll free at 877 5683340, or visit our website: Lauren and Greg-adopt. com. Expenses paid. FA

Old watches and clocks wanted by collector egardless of condiito. Highest prices paid. 212-517-8725 stc 9050

POWER BOAT FOR SALE 25’ BERTRAM – CUSTOM REBUILT CONTACT (508) 540-9999 WWW.BERTRAM25. COM RW 9030

NEW YEARS EVE – Renting Restaurant Space with Food and Drinks or Without. Please Advise by Nov. 28th. Contact (917) 8924519 RW 9050

9050 Mount Lebanon – 2 pairs of cemetery plots at MountLebanon cemetery, Iselin, NJ 1 pair with pre-paid preneeded internmetent. hannabe@juno.com call 732-545-6373 or 32-896-6230 stc

LOST YOUR JOB? Beth David Cemetery, Looking for a Elmont, Ny save 50% oﬀ cemetery list. Choice New Career? 9050

location $2500 each (the 5 plots available THE are together) with JEWISHfor VOICE discounts multiple JOB plots.HAS Call 718-541-1251 or emailpenguin@bwy. OPPORTUNITIES net stc 9050 Shalom Cemetery (bold) Prime Spot Jacob Lot 54 Graves 3 and 4 with extras call 215-962-5580 stc

For an extra special birthday party face painting with Chani (bold/CAPS) Reasonably Priced! For more info call Chani at 347-6681632. Or via email at paintaclownface@ yahoo.com stc 9050

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NEW JERSEY & PHILADELPHIA, PA Apartment For Sale 9055 VACATION VILLAGE get away For your pleasure indoor pool country air fabulous views. Hurry choose your home. Townhouses. Lakefront, Lakeviews mountain area. Exclusive Estates. 3 to 7 bedrooms from $117K. view homes: www.estyhomes.com Call Esty 516-948-0766 Five Towns Miller Realty 516-374-4100 stc

9055

9055 Margate Rancher (bold) Large lot. 2 Bedroom large seperate garage. Fenced dog run. large driveway upgrades. near boards and beach. Block and half from dog park $285,000 609-377-7109 9055 ENGLEWOOD 3BR COL NEAR HOUSE OF WORSHIP $425K 3BR CAPE UPDATED WALK ALL 499K 5BR SPLIT LARGE PROPERTY WALK 725K 3BR TONHOUSE NEAR ALL 725K AARON RE 201-569-1606 9055 Passaic Park 358 Brook Avenue MIC 5BR 2.5 BTH very large LR DR Hardwood floors Huge kosher EIK opens to deck. Large backyard 2C garage finished basement/ attic $649K. Near shuls/ Transportation. FSBO No agents owner has RE referral lic 973-773-2103 9055 AC Berkley: Luxury condobuilding on boardwalk. 1BR furnished. Parking yearly. $1050/mo, pool, fitness center, WID. Call 609-335-7855

Passaic Park: Open hse, Sun 5/15 11-4; 358 Brook Ave. MIC, 5BR, 2.5bth, very lg LR/DR, H/W ﬂs. Huge kshr EIK opens to deck. Lg bkyd, 2c gar. ﬁn bsmt/attic $649K. Nr shuls/trans. For sale by owner. No agents, Owner has RE referral lic 973-773-2103 9055

Manalapan: True mother/daughter colonial, 2 kitchens, 2 LR, total 6 BR, 3 bths, many upgrades, lg pool, C/Vac, large lot 732-792-1143 9055

Condos/Co ops/ NJ Hoboken-$1.15 m secluded carriage house, 3 ﬁrplaces, luxury, appliance package, patio +w/trellis+hot tub, terrace 3 ﬂrs 201-400-3986 FOR SALE, LAKEWOOD 4 CONDOS AVAILABLE 2,000-2,400 sq. ft. $335,000- $345,000 1st St. & Madison Ave. Please call for info/appt. 718-974-5550

Apartment For Rent 9060 Apartment for rent, NJ, 2nd ﬂoor in private house. 2 BR, Lrg LR, lrg kitchen. Includes heat & hot water, lrg closets. $1,150 201-659-5574 9085 Boca Raton 2 Bedroom condo luxury 2nd ﬂoor near clubhouse and temples available 12/1 $1900/mo call 718213-0326 stc

Red Bank Downtown office space available 1350sqft. Vaulted ceilings, fios Internet. Parking available. Call Art 732-222-3553 Lakewood, NJ: 1 BR, 1.5 bth, newly renovated apt, LR, DR, EIK. Reasonably priced, near shopping and houses of worship. Call 732-904-1921 Parsippany: Lak Hiawatha-1 BR condo quiet building, 2nd flr, walk-up, updated appliances in EIK. Renovated bath, new windows, new electric, good closet, space storage bin + laundry room on-site ample parking, great nearby park and ride. 2 miles, no pets, no smoking. $875 monthly. Call 973-207-0860 Owner. Monmouth Beach: Oceanfront, breathtaking 2 BR, 2 bth, kitch, lg LR w/ dining area, huge deck, indoor/outdoor pool, 24hr security, easy bus/ ferry commute NYC, $2500/mo 201-825-2646 Apt for rent Oradel: Renov Victorian 3 BR/ LR/ DR/ EIK, 1.5 bth sun room/ 2 car gar + includes aupare apartment w/ EIK full bath/ mini kitchen/ LV Bdrm. Close to trains/ Bus. $3300.00 Contact 203-241-2243

Property For Rent 9065 New Jersey MIDDLETOWN – Rt. 36, Join CVS & P.O. in high traﬃc location, 1400 – 4200 S.F. 732-996-4354 9070

Middletown Township 1000 to 2150 sqft close to oxford valley mall, across from super market, Walgreens, bank immediate occupancy. Rent reduced. Must be seen. David Fiori, inc. realtors 215-757-1000

9065

The Jewish Voice is looking for motivated, professional individuals to join our SALES team in New Jersey! Experience not needed, but Preferred. Willing to train. Email your resume to: info@jewishvoiceny.com, or call: 800-998-0885 for more information.

New Jersey JACKSON- Prof. 2 rm ofc approx. 500sf $650/mo+ elect. Private entrance 732-995-3271 9070

9075 New Jersey FREEHOLD TWP Class “A” Oﬃc e Space 400 W. Main St. 1500 s.f. (5 rms incl. kit. & recep). Elev., marble lobbies, 24-hr. access, Daily janitorial, Immed occ. 732-780-0900

9050 AC Boardwalk: Ocean Club Beautiful Decorated 1 BR 1 ½ BA 2 TVs Cable kit w/d Sleeps 6 All amenities. Monthly or Season. Call owner: 201-670-9015

Property For Sale 9065 N.J. ROOMING HOUSE FOR SALE By 86 Year Old Absentee Owner Gl 300K, Exp 159K. Includes 50K Salaries an Owner/ Operator Could Pocket. Same Owner 10 + Years, Selling for Health Reasons. Contact (908)917-3295 RW

LOTS FOR SALE LYNWOOD, NJ 2 beautiful lots on new private cul de sac street Kassina drive one huge lot 28,000 square feet and another lot 850 square feet all utilities available drastically reduced make oﬀer call owner 609-926-0220 9050

Ringwood: 1 acre wooded lot, 280’ of frontage. Beautiful area. 180 Magee Rd $229K 406-522-0325 9065

Lakewood: Corner store for rent, good location. Call 732-513-9470

9075

9070

7030 Lenox, MA condo 2 bedroom/ 2 bathroom terrace plus large studio, 10 minute to tanglewood and 3 houses of worship $175k. 561-656-4685 stc

Townhouse For Sale Woodland Park, N.J. 3 Level Renovated Townhouse 3Bdrms/2 Full Baths And 2 Half Baths. New Custom Kitchen With New Granite Counter Tops/ S.S. Appliances. Fire Place/ L.R. Move In Condition. Nr Highways & Nyc Trains. $500.K Contact (973) 4179638 For Photos Pls Email Robertvargas@Optonline. Net

9065

9065 Far Hills: 14 Acres trees/ Stream BEDMINSTER Horse County. Foundation Built holds 7000 sq ft. Home Well Septic patio/ pool/ spa Driveway. Contact 908-234-1743 or 908-399-2100

Teaneck: Totally renov 4 BR, 2.5Bth with ﬁnished basement in prime w Engelwood location. $739K Vacant 201-483-8901

9050

Elizabeth, NJ: Historic Center: Newly renovated brick/ vinyl one family house- 8 Bedrooms/ 3 bths, family room, bonus rooms, eat-in-kitchen, new roof, siding, windows, boiler, water heater and porchhardwood ﬂoors and new carpeting -$280,000. Call owner 908-688-7262 7030

Residential/ Commercial Howell, NJ Near Lakewood, 20,000 sq ft asking 650k. Reasonably priced! Call now Dominick 908-415-2299 or Sal 718-853-3629

Beth Israel Cemetery Wood bridge, NJ Burial plots. With grave sites $2,000 - Must be sold together. Call 917-371-4871. 9050

9050 NEW LISTING LAKEWOOD INDIAN PEERS 51,977 SF 2228 CEILING HEIGHT FORLEADING 1 DRIVE IN DOCKS $95 SF PRINCIPLES ONLY 732-905-5606 OR EMAIL AT MEHGH2011@ YAHOO.COM

9065 Clifton Patricia Loop: Move in condition! 3BR ranch, EIK, updated full bath. $329,900 FSBO 973-220-9116 www.zillow.com

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Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent 9070 9075 COMMERICAL PROPERTY FOR RENT , NEW JERSEY HOBOKEN, WASHINGTON STREET 1,200 Square Ft; Raw Space – Next to City Hall, Path Station & Cake Boss. Rent $19,500.00 Please Call (561)339-7567rw

Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale 9070 BUSINESS FOR SALE, NEW JERSEY OWNER RETIRING, Great (BHPH) Buy Here / Pay Here Store. Previous Franchise, Near Newest Hospital in USA. $2M. Required Including Real Estate. 24%/12% Net Return Absentee. Contract: carking301@ verizon.net or (856) 840-9200 Leave Msg. RW 9070

Lakewood: Corner store for rent. Good location. Call 732-513-9470

9070

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ISRAEL Available For Rent 7065 Israel Ramat Bet Shemesh Ramat Shilo Fully furnished 2 bedroom, ground level (no steps) 2 min. walk to shops and shuls. Short/ longterm 248-214-9573 stc 9000 Jerusalem/ Lev Yerushalayim: 2 BR, furnishes, sleeps 6. Available 6/27 – 7/25. Reasonable, Jack 561-414-7998 jm@erspec.com

Israel Arnona 6 rooms, fully furnished garden and terrace, view quiet, prestigious available 30/08 long/short term tel: 02-671-2946 or email:nglatzeer@gmail. com stc 7065 AC WARWICK: Lg unfurn, new carpets, Ocean View. Yrly rental $1275 per month, includes utils, storage cable, prkg. 856-596-1816

7065 Lower Makeﬁeld: 4300sqft, 2 sty French Colonial, 4 Bdrms, 4 Ba min to shopping train, hospitals, golf course…$3,250 DAVID FIORI INC. 215-757-1000

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Israel Jerusalem 3BR 2BTH brand new centrally located available immediately screens on all windows and exit doors to balcony sleeps 8 plus 2 on a living room pull out central a/c computer access w/d microwaves huge refrigerator freezer internet call owner 347-776-1918 stc 9000

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Israel Apt in Talbiah Nr Inbal short walk to kotel. 2BR 2Bth kosher W/D, A/C, sleeps 6 + short term only. Parking. 718-544-7571 stc 9000

Israel Lev: Yerushalayim hotel 2BRs 2BTHS kosher kitchen terrace 972-3-673-7330 Email: arusi_ez@zahav.net.il 9000

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Lev Yerushalayim: Hotel. 2 BRs 2BTHS, Kosher kitchen, terrace. 9723-673-7330 e-mail: arusi-ez@zahav.net.il 9000

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9000 Israel Rechavia, Jerusalem Beautiful new fully furnished 2BR 2BTH apt. Available short term. Washer/ Dryer. Hadar 347-306-1552

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Tallbieh: Exclusive Bartenura St. Very big 210 sqm, 5 room completely renovated apt. Private garden, parking etc, $1,950,000. Serious seller, DWELL, Jerusalem. 02-567-6607 Reuven 050-523-1478 We have many more properties! 9000

Designer living in JERUSALEM: Beautiful 1 family house with a view to die for. You’ll never leave home, high ceilings, amazing gardens/ patio for entertaining and huge succah. Spacious LR and master bdrm suite. Big DR, full kitch, book lined den. 5 BRS, CAC, oil heat and advanced solar heating and advanced solar heating. Private covered parking. Contact owners. Michael and Sara at MikeWid@netvision. net.il or 011-972-2532-23868

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HERZILYA PITUAH. For sale, rare and wonderful villa, 10 rooms, 500/750 sq m., modern architecture, new meticulously designed and built with perfectionistic quality at the highest level possible, located in quiet and tranquil surroundings, exciting and one of a kind. 050-620-0000, LOST zvicohen3@gmail.com

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Amazing gardens/ patio THE for entertaining and huge JEWISH succah. pacious VOICE living JOB room andHAS master bdrm OPPORTUNITIES suite. Big dining rm. Full kitchen, book-lined den, ﬁve bdrms. Ctrl AC, oil heat and advanced solar heating. Private covred parking. Contact Owners – Michael and Sara at mikewid@netviosion.net. il or 011-972-2-5322-868 New villa. Very high quality. Stunning 210 sqm corner center of Omer, 2 ﬂoors. 052-758-8102 9000

9000 Israel Lev Yerushalayim renovated 1 BR furnished apt sleeps 4 all amenities available 8/22-09/26, Part of all call 937 304-4026 054-689-7803

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FLORIDA Moving to Florida? Love high fashion jewelry and accessories? Turnkey business for sale. $10,000 buys stocks/ﬁx tures/training Inside too busy to leave Boca/ Delray Low rent high proﬁt Be your own boss!! Call Francine 561-289-8186stc 7070

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Hunter’s Run/ Boynton Beach 45K motivated seller. Now is the time to buy! Mandatory membership community 3 golf courses 21 tennis courts. Fitness center. 5 restaurants. Furnished 2br, 2bth, 1st ﬂ corner in 4 plex 609-636-2907 stc 9080

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Palm Coast, FL For sale by owner, asking $179K 14 Woodglen Pl, 4 Bd, 2 full baths, pool, cul de sac, golf, beach, shops, rests. 386-446-9032 https://sites.google.com/ site/14woodglenplace/

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