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United Nations, Europe and the USA seeks to put an end to 42 years of Gaddafi’s reign in Libya. Since Gaddafi's regime forced a violent crackdown on anti-government demonstrations that began over two weeks ago, the United Nations estimates between 600 and 2,000 peaceful protesters and innocent bystanders have been killed at his order. emonstrations inspired by recent parallel events in Tunisia and Egypt – reveal not only the artificiality of Gaddafi’s Libya but also the irrationalities and superstitions he has exhibited in running the country for the past 42 years. Over the years, Gaddafi has experienced coup attempts and assassination efforts on his life.
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Disposed to violence, Gaddafi is shocked by the dimensions of the Libyan protest for freedoms and democracy. “I cannot leave my country. I will die a martyr." “I will execute the protestors,” Gaddafi told the world. Some African elites and leaders, have entertained Gaddafi’s despotic schemes to the detriment of Africa’s progress for a long time. A megalomaniac and delusional, Gaddafi held a public ceremony in Benghazi in 2008 that was scandalous when he was self-handed the title “King of Kings of Africa” by over 200 African traditional rulers
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Many years ago Hollywood was full of Jewish men in tailored suits who found their way to Los Angeles from all over the East Coast. One of them who went on to have one of the most successful studios, was short, bald and had a big cigar in his mouth, Louis B. Mayer collected his best writers and directors and had a meeting... “how can we make a movie that will catch people’s attention? What should we do? Louis B. Mayer, the CEO of MGM had an idea “let’s start with an earthquake.” ast night we saw something very different. On the opening montage we saw a dreidel spun by Anne Hathaway. It was a night that Jewish tal-
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Charlie Sheen Demanding Apology from ADL Actor Charlie Sheen is demanding an apology from the Anti-Defamation League for saying that his rant against the executive producer of his hit TV sitcom was "borderline anti-Semitism." letter from Sheen's attorney Marty Singer demands a retraction because, it says, Sheen's only intention was to "address the man rather than his television persona," the TMZ website reported Tuesday. Sheen, in a radio interview Feb. 24 and in a letter posted on the TMZ website, called the "Two and a Half Men" executive producer Chuck Lorre a "contaminated little maggot," said he was a "clown" and "stupid," and referred
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to him several times as Chaim Levine. Lorre's given name is Charles Michael Levine. "By invoking television producer Chuck Lorre’s Jewish name in the context of an angry tirade against him, Charlie Sheen left the impression that another reason for his dislike of Mr. Lorre is his Jewishness," Abraham Foxman, ADL's national director, said in a statement Sunday. "This fact has no relevance to Mr. Sheen’s complaint or disagreement, and his words are at best bizarre, and at worst, borderline anti-Semitism.” Singer's letter points out that Lorre referred to himself by the name Chaim on a vanity card in February, in which he also reportedly writes about "a lifetime of distancing himself from
Judaism." The letter also says the ADL should denounce Lorre for acknowledging his "disdain for the Jewish religion." Sheen went on the defensive over the weekend, saying his statements were not anti-Semitic. He said in his letter to TMZ that he was "referring to Chuck by his real name because I wanted to address the man, not the bulls**t TV persona." "So you're telling me, anytime someone calls me Carlos Estevez, I can claim they are antiLatino?" Sheen continued, referring to his given name. The CBS network on Feb. 25 canceled filming of the final four episodes of the popular sitcom starring Sheen and could cancel the show all together.
J Street’s Last Hurrah? In a little over three years, a liberal lobby calling itself "passionately and unapologetically pro-Israel" appears to have either supplanted or co-opted other likeminded groups on the Jewish Left—among them, Americans for Peace Now, the Israel Policy Forum, and the New Israel Fund. y any measure, this is a remarkable achievement, seemingly confirmed by the organization's just-concluded policy conference in Washington, D.C. The event drew 1,500 "pro-peace, pro-Israel" conventioneers, 500 animated college students, progressive rabbis, advocacy journalists, junketeering opposition Knesset members from Israel, and even a welcoming letter from Tzipi Livni, head of the Kadima party. One need not question the good faith of the attendees, most of whom may well have been unaware of J Street's real agenda and policy prescriptions, let alone its multiple ethical lapses. If they came convinced that they were bolstering a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict, that, too, is a tribute to the artful political manipulation practiced by J Street's strategists, who have capitalized on the "fatigue" felt by many liberal Jewish Americans in having to defend unpopular Israeli positions to their social peers, on campus, or in the media. But what, unadorned, is J Street and what does it advocate? In reality, it is the preeminent Jewish force committed to pushing Israel back to the 1949 armistice lines, no matter what the Palestinians do or do not do. As a registered lobby, moreover, J Street stands apart from other Jewish groups critical of Israel in its ability to raise money and give it away to political candidates who share its peculiar definition of "proIsrael." Making no substantive demands on the Arabs, J Street blames Israel alone for the break-
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down in negotiations between Jerusalem and the Palestinian Authority. Claiming to support Israel's right to self-defense, J Street since its founding has opposed every measure Israel has taken to defend its citizens. It is against the security barrier that has kept suicide bombers at bay. It opposed military action to stop Hamas's bombardment of the Negev. It abandoned Israel in the face of the Turkish flotilla frenzy. And it had to be dragged kicking and screaming to embrace even mild congressional sanctions against Iran. J Street professes to oppose the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. In practice, it has partnered with BDS proponents and shown no scruples about __________________________________
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aligning itself with the vociferously anti-Zionist U.S. Council of Churches. Far from repudiating Judge Richard Goldstone's lawfare campaign to enfeeble Israel's right to self-defense, J Street staffers actively promoted Goldstone's appearances in Congress. The organization has even provided cover for the crusade to delegitimize Israel by the UN's so-called "Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People." In fact, one is hard put to discern any policy differences whatsoever between the stated positions of J Street and the Palestinian Authority or the PLO. Both J Street and the PLO oppose any and all Jewish presence beyond the pre-June 1967 borders; like the PLO, moreover, J Street brazenly prodded the Obama administration not to veto the recent UN Security Council resolu-
tion branding as illegal any Jewish presence whatsoever over the Green Line—metropolitan Jerusalem included. Both the PLO and J Street (through its partner, the Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity Movement) want to abolish the Jewish Agency and the Jewish National Fund. Both oppose Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. These positions—they are only a representative sample—may help explain why J Street advocates that the U.S. impose a solution in the Middle East. How else, after all, are the demands of the PLO concerning boundaries and the return of all Palestinian refugees to be met? The same positions may also explain why the PLO ambassador in Washington was glad to address J Street's just-concluded conference while Israel's ambassador declined. J Street has openly relished the role of domestic enabler to the Obama administration in the latter's pursuit of policies whose net effect has been to harden the already intransigent positions of the Palestinian Authority. But circumstances have changed, and there is reason to think that this year's conference may be the group's last hurrah. Rep. Gary Ackerman (DN.Y.), a leading congressional dove, has acrimoniously broken with J Street, and he is not alone among his disillusioned peers; Taglit-Birthright, which brings young Jewish Americans to experience the state of Israel first-hand, has rebuffed the lobby's request to co-sponsor a trip; and even journalists sympathetic to its professed aims have registered discomfiture at what they witnessed at the recent conference. But it is the momentous upheaval in the Arab world, along with Iran's ramped-up quest for the atom bomb, that may prove to be J Street's ultimate undoing. To anyone with eyes to see, no amount of wordplay may suffice any longer to make the case that pushing the Jewish state back to indefensible borders is the "pro-Israel" thing to do.
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WEST, U.N. INTENSIFY PRESSURE FOR GADDAFI TO LEAVE Continued from Cover and elites. International efforts to control Muammar Gaddafi's regime are intensifying, as Western leaders, including U.S. President Barack Obama, call for the autocrat's immediate departure. The Pentagon and key allies are considering contingency plans for a potential no-fly zone over the North African nation. "Colonel Gaddafi and those around him must be held accountable for these acts, which violate international legal obligations and common decency," U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at a meeting of the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, of which Libya is a member, on Monday. "Through their actions, they have lost the legitimacy to govern," she said. "And the people of Libya have made themselves clear: It is time for Gaddafi to go – now, without further violence or delay." Obama said much the same in a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday.
A Libyan protester holds a poster of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, as two Egyptian soldiers stand guard in front of the Libyan embassy entrance in Cairo, Egypt. some mercenaries could be prosecuted by the ICC, and not others, under language demanded by the US Mission to the UN. Venezuela's Hugo Chavez on Feb.28 spoke in favor of Gaddafi, in a way seeming incongruous with agreeing to exclude Libya from the Human Rights Council. Susan Rice, Washington's top diplomat at the U.N., told reporters here."It is vital for the international community to speak with one voice and it has done so," "These sanctions and accountability mechanisms should make all members of the Libyan regime think about the choice they have before them: Violate human rights and be held
accountable or stop the violence and respect the Libyan people's call for change. There is no escaping that critical choice." This ultimatum, and similar statements echoed by other administration officials in recent days, raises the question of potential military action against the Libyan regime and its leader, who U.S. diplomats have described as "mercurial and eccentric" in leaked cables and Rice called "delusional" on Monday. "As we move forward on these fronts, we will continue to explore all possible options for action," Clinton said at the Human Rights Council. "As we have said, nothing is off the table so long as the Libyan Government continues to threaten and kill Libyans." As Washington continues its talks with allies, including in the collective security organization NATO, Rice told reporters that a no-fly zone was one of these options the U.S. is "considering actively and seriously". On Feb.28, the Pentagon announced that it was moving naval and air forces to the region. "We have planners working various contingency plans," Defense Department spokesman Colonel Dave Lapan told reporters here. "[T]hose forces could be used in any number of ways. Re-positioning them provides that flexibility so they can be used if needed." In the midst of the bloodshed, observers warn that a humanitarian crisis is developing. According to U.N. figures released Monday, some 61,000 Libyan refugees have fled to Egypt, 40,000 to Tunisia and 1,000 to Niger, with many internally displaced residents unable to leave. The world body has also expressed concern about what it deems to be
Libya protests such as those pictured here from Sunday in Benghazi, were reported to have spread overnight to the capital, Tripoli. Placards in Arabic read at center left: "Come on, Come on, Libyans. Today is the day of 1,200"; and center right: "Moammar Qaddafi shot the Libyan people with live bullets." Over the weekend, the U.N. Security Council passed a landmark resolution imposing an arms embargo on the oil- producing country and targeted sanctions against key members of the Gaddafi regime – including a travel ban and an assets freeze, which build on similar unilateral measures already underway. The White House announced Feb.28, that it had seized 30 billion dollars of the regime's assets since Washington enforced its own sanctions on Feb.25. The unanimously-passed Security Council resolution also referred the ongoing violence in Libya to the International Criminal Court – the second time the council has referred a case to the ICC since the prosecutorial body was established and the first time it has done so with all 15 members on board. The night before the vote in the UN General Assembly to expel Libya from the UN Human Rights Council, a well placed member state involved in the pre-vote negotiations told Inner City Press that the decision to expel Libya will be “by consensus” - that is unanimous, without a vote according Matthew Russell Lee of Inner City Press Following a recommendation in a Human Rights Council resolution passed Friday, the U.N. General Assembly in New York is expected to expel Libya from the Council.
When the Libyan, diplomat Ibrahim Dabbashi came out to take questions, Inner City Press asked him to identify the countries from which the mercenaries used by Gadhafi hail. He mentioned Algeria, Tunisia and Ethiopia -- highlighted by NGOs as non International Criminal Court members -- as well as Chad, Niger, Kenya and Guinea. So
Residents stand on a tank holding a pre-Gadhafi era national flag inside a security forces compound in Benghazi.
Protestors waving Libyan flags gather in front of the White House in Washington and call for the ouster of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
a dearth of medical supplies and limited food stocks in the country. "The United Nations has begun to mount a very robust humanitarian response that will include resources to the various concerned agencies like the High Commissioner for Refugees, like the International Organisation for Migration," Rice said. She was in Washington Monday to attend a meeting with Obama and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Ban will appoint a senior-level official to coordinate the U.N.'s humanitarian and political response in the country, she added. At the same time, Washington has sent assistance teams to the Libyan borders to aid in the relief effort, while USAID, the United States' development agency, has allocated 10 million dollars for humanitarian assistance to Libya, the State Department. References Aprille Muscara, Inter Press Service March 01, 2011
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Pete Seeger and the Palestinian Boycott Movement
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BY BARBARA KITAI American folk music legend Pete Seeger has apparently been duped and joined the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, a Palestinian movement which seeks to put economic and political pressure on Israel. Pete Seeger (born May 3, 1919) is an American folk singer, political activist and author, and a key figure in the mid-20th century American folk music revival. He is particularly loved as the author (or co-author) of the songs, Where have All the Flowers Gone”, “If I Had AHammer”, and “Turn, Turn, Turn.” hile Seeger’s folk music has long made him an icon, Israeli politics is not his forte by any stretch of the imagination. One of his most famous songs, "We Will Overcome" a protest song, that became a key anthem of the US civil rights movement, used the lyrics from the refrain of a gospel song by Charles Albert Tindley. The song was published in 1947 as "We Will Overcome" in the People's Songs Bulletin (a publication of People's Songs, an organization of which Pete Seeger was the director and guiding spirit). The song became associated with the Civil Rights movement from 1959, when Guy Carawan stepped in as song leader at Highlander, of Monteagle, Tennessee, and the school was the focus of student non-violent activism. To equate the Civil Rights movement in America with the Hamas terrorist run Palestinian areas in the Middle East is not just a simple misrepresentation but delusional. Not only is Hamas not non-violent, their charter calls for the destruction of the Israel. Supposedly, the Palestinians,for whom
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______________________ Seeger “...read historical and current material and spoke to neighbors, friends, and three rabbis before making his decision to support the boycott movement against Israel.” ______________________ Seeger has such support voted them in. On the other hand, Israel is a democracy that is allows dissent in its Knesset and Judicial system to the point of tolerate Arab Knesset members with views antithetical to the existence of the State of Israel According to the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), the American musician who had been involved in the 1960’s with the Civil Rights Movement, expressed regret for his previous support of an event sponsored by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and instead threw his support for the BDS movement at a meeting in New York last month. Apparently, he is becoming less aware in his advanced years certainly in regards to Israeli politics omitting key information regarding the consequences of the BDS movement that seeks to delegitimize Israel’s existence. Boycott threatens Pete Seeger's coexistence appearance. Last year, the American musician participated in an online virtual rally for the Arava Institute, which receives a significant portion of its funding from the JNF. But he didn’t want to look as if he supported JNF, "I support the BDS movement as much as I can," according to ICAHD. According to JPost, ICAHD Coordinator Jeff Halfper said in a press release that
While Seeger’s folk music has long made him an icon, Israeli politics is not his forte by any stretch of the imagination. Seeger has "for some time" donated a portion of the royalties from his 1960s song, "Turn, Turn, Turn," to ICHAD and that the singer "read historical and current material and spoke to neighbors, friends, and three rabbis before making his decision to support the boycott movement against Israel.” Unfortunately he consulted with the wrong people or misinterpreted their claims. Seeger's donations to ICAHD went to rebuilding Palestinian and Arab homes demolished by Israeli authorities, according to the organization. The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel, published a letter late last year calling on Seeger to “join the growing list of artists who have respected the Palestinian boycott call,” referring to cancellations this summer by the likes of Elvis Costello and the Pixies. The letter cited recent events in the Beduin village of Al- Arakib, where illegal structures have been torn down nearly 20 times this year by the Israel Police. The letter also focused on the participation of the Jewish National Fund as a partner in the online presentation. In a separate letter to Seeger in 2010, Halper wrote: “I hope that you will decide to join these artists of conscience and once again make a bold stand for justice. The movement is gathering strength, the violators of civilized norms are fearful, and change is in the air.” What Halper fails to include, however, are the reasons those structures are demolished and the continued illegal Arab construction around the State of Israel. According to the Jerusalem Post, there is a controversial law prohibiting boycotts of Israel and the West Bank. Submitted by coalition chairman Ze’ev Elkin (Likud) following consultations with the Justice Ministry, the bill defined boycott as “an intentional avoidance of economic, cultural or academic relations with a person or another agent, solely because of their ties to the State of Israel, its institutions or areas under its control.” The bill proposes that anyone who knowingly and publicly calls for such a boycott be found as having committed a civil injustice and be punished by law. The original bill, submitted a month earlier, proposed a fine of NIS 30,000 on anyone initiating, encouraging or providing assistance to boycotts, although it included no definition whatsoever of what in fact constituted a boycott.
Upon their arrival to the Holy Land this week, 31 Chilean miners were greeted by the Chilean Ambassador to Israel, Joaquin Montes (center left), EL AL President Elyezer, Shkedy (center) and the Israel Minister of Tourism, Stas Misezhnikov (center right). Photo by Sivan Farag
EL AL Israel Airlines carried 31 Chilean miners on a nonstop flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil to Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel as special guests of the airline and the Israeli Ministry of Tourism. he miners captivated the world during the 69 days they were trapped underground and through a successful and miraculous rescue. During the flight, the miners enjoyed a short film about their rescue that was specially produced for them by EL AL and Israel's Channel 2 broadcast news station.
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The miners are touring Israel and visiting many of the country's holy sites. ABOUT EL AL Celebrating more than 60 years of service, EL AL, Israel's national airline, offers the most nonstop flights between New York (JFK/Newark) and Israel as well as the only nonstop service from Los Angeles. Worldwide, EL AL flies to more than 40 destinations from Israel and serves dozens of other destinations throughout the world (including the USA) via partnerships with many other leading carriers. Only EL AL has first class service on nonstop flights between the U.S.A. and Israel. The airline has annual revenues of about $2 billion and carries 3.6 million passengers every year.
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Sharansky: More Converts Should be Able to Immigrate Jewish Agency head recommends that the Agency, and not heads of relevant religious community, advise the ministry on the validity of an immigrant's status. n an effort to curb the trend of Orthodox converts from abroad not being recognized by Israel for citizenship, the Jewish Agency on Tuesday appealed the Interior Ministry for a more dominant role in identifying established Diaspora communities as such. A resolution, passed on Tuesday by the agency’s board of governors, called on the government “to confirm the role of the Jewish Agency as a body directed to ascertain, through inquiry with appropriate parties in the relevant country, that the party confirming the Jewish eligibility of a prospective oleh for the purposes of aliya is qualified to do so.” Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky said the resolution does not seek to establish the Jewish Agency as the judge of who is a rabbi, nor to sway the rabbinate’s positions on the halachic validity of conversions being conducted abroad. The resolution only aims to address the fact that the Interior Ministry, which according to the Law of Return must give citizenship to converts coming from established Diaspora communities, was basing its civilian policy on the recommendations of the halachic stances of the Chief Rabbinate, in cases of Orthodox converts. While the Chief Rabbinate does not recognize Orthodox conversions from North American rabbinic courts that are not part of the regional network established by the Rabbinic Council of America, it never contested the general legitimacy of Orthodox communities at large. “We ask the Israeli government to consult with us on deciding which communities are normative communities,” Sharansky said, emphasizing the organization’s intimacy with the Jewish world around the globe. “One must differentiate between Halacha and the Law of Return,” Sharansky reiterat-
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Sharansky: The resolution only aims to address the fact that the Interior Ministry, which according to the Law of Return, must give citizenship to converts coming from established Diaspora communities. ed. Despite a High Court decision from several years ago, the Interior Ministry has yet to formulate an official policy on the matter. It currently operates on the basis of an internal memo drafted by its legal department in 2008. The memo refers the ministry to the head of the relevant religious community in Israel, when determining if a convert should be eligible for citizenship. A spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that they were not aware of the agency’s new resolution, but stressed that there were ongoing talks between the relevant bodies, at the ministry’s initiative, “to put this issue into order once and for all.” The Chief Rabbinate would not comment on the topic, but said that a meeting on Wednesday would clarify the rabbinate’s stance on the issue. Sources close to the rabbinate said that they were inclined to accept the direction suggested by the Jewish Agency. The current situation leads to nonOrthodox conversions being more easily accepted for citizenship, than the Orthodox ones, need the Chief Rabbinate’s approval.
New Weapon Downed Gaza Anti-Tank Rocket A new Israeli weapons system knocked down a Palestinian anti-tank rocket in its first combat test Tuesday, the military said, showing off technology that could protect the heavy vehicles that have been the mainstay of the world's ground forces for decades. alestinian militants said they fired a rocket-propelled grenade at an Israeli tank as it patrolled near the Gaza-Israel border, a frequent occurrence. This time, the "Trophy" system sensed the incoming rocket and fired its own projectile, blowing it up away from the tank, the military said. Trophy is thought to be the only active defense system of its kind in the world. Up till now, tanks have relied on heavier and thicker armor plating to protect against more powerful anti-tank weapons. Experts say the active defense concept, if it works consistently, could allow the construction of smaller, lighter and more efficient tanks. The Israeli military did not make pictures or video of the Tuesday encounter available to the media, instead issuing a short statement. It said a tank came under fire while on routine patrol, and "for the first time during operational activity, the Trophy system, designed to actively protect against anti-tank
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missiles, identified, alerted and intercepted the (anti-tank rocket)." Israel began developing the Trophy after its 34-day war against Hezbollah in Lebanon in 2006, when guerrillas with simple rocketpropelled grenades hid in alleys and buildings and took potshots at Israeli tanks, hitting dozens and killing at least 19 Israeli tank crewmen. The military did not say how many tanks are equipped with the systems, estimated to cost about $200,000 apiece. Last year, displaying the system to The Associated Press, developers said it was installed on some Israeli tanks in a pilot project. Violence in and around Gaza has escalated in recent weeks after a two-year slowdown that followed Israel's bruising invasion of Gaza in early 2009, aimed at stopping daily rocket salvos from Palestinian militants there. Earlier Tuesday, in the West Bank, vandals smashed windows of seven Palestinian cars and threw a firebomb at a house. Police blamed extremist Jewish settlers, retaliating for destruction of two structures at an unauthorized settlement a day earlier. Settlers call their retaliation for such government moves "price tag." Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak denounced their
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Italy’s First Holocaust Earthquake’s Effects on New Zealand Chabad House Museum to be Built in Rome Mayor Gianni Alemanno and the municipal authorities of Rome will be announcing on Tuesday the construction of a Holocaust museum as a focal point in the city’s 10-year “Stati Generali” plan for major projects in the city. he Italian government and RAI-TV are currently sponsoring a television spot, which will be shown repeatedly until June, calling for Italians to submit any relevant wartime family records or material for exhibition. Italy’s first Holocaust museum, based on preliminary plans drawn by architects Luca Zevi and Giorgio Maria Tamburini under the sponsorship of Rome’s previous mayor, Walter Veltroni, will be built in the central area of Villa Torlonia. The 2,500- squaremeter building – estimated at a cost of 19 million euros, to be covered by the city – will be part of a designated 4,000-sq.m. area adjacent to both former dictator Benito Mussolini’s villa and the two millennium-old Jewish catacombs, that will be restored and opened for visits. Other Stati Generali projects include modernizing Fiumicino Airport, improving the street network and restoring ancient cultural sites. The museum’s director, Marcello Pezzetti, has a vast plan in mind, specifically aimed at increasing Italians’ awareness of their own role in the Holocaust. “Italy, like Austria, was a partner of Nazi Germany – not a victim, as the populace generally holds. Unlike Germany, we have never even begun the process of soul-searching. Italians don’t feel involved – they do not consider themselves as having collaborated,” he explained. “This museum, which will cover global Holocaust history but will have a special
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Rubble from collapsed buildings and fallen facades fill the streets of downtown Christchurch, New Zealand, following a 6.3 magnitude earthquake. Guy Vilner, 23, was making eggs Tuesday when the whole house started to shake. “It was just like in the movies only much scarier,” says the Israeli tourist. “We just grabbed each other and ran outside, but we couldn’t run; we fell because of the earthquake.” ilner and the other travelers staying at in Christchurch, a group of about 15, fled to the street, where they watched the buildings around them come crashing down. When it was over, people clamored to their cars to leave the city, and he headed to nearby Latimar Square park, where he found Chabad House co-director Rabbi Shmuel Friedman taking names and passport numbers “so our parents would know we were okay.” The 6.3 magnitude earthquake – the first
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______________________ Israeli tourist: “It was just like in the movies only much scarier. We just grabbed each other and ran outside, but we couldn’t run; we fell because of the earthquake.” ______________________ of a series of temblors that would hit the area over the next few days – left houses and streets in shambles. It claimed the lives of 75 people, including four Israeli citizens. In the confusion and panic that first afternoon, people went in and out of buildings and houses amidst the wounded and the dead, trying to help people keep calm until professional aid arrived. Sometime later, the Salvation Army came and set up a giant shelter in the park. “They gave everyone food and beds,” recalls Vilner, “and then there were big busses that took us to the airport.” The airport was a scene unto itself. Many people had left money, passports and phones behind. Vilner, though, made it to Melbourne, Australia, where he found Chabad-Lubavitch of New Zealand director Rabbi Mendel Goldstein. Goldstein happened to be traveling when the quake hit, and has spent the last few days coordinating housing for evacuees and serving as a relay for phone calls between tourists, locals, and their family members. Friedman, who is still on the ground in Christchurch with his family, says they’re “taking it day by day” as the city remains in a state of emergency. He had been in the Chabad House with an Israeli backpacker when the earthquake hit. The walls started
caving in and the ceiling began to crumble from above. “Somehow we got to the exit and made it down the stairs,” he describes. After fleeing, the rabbi gathered together some 60 Israeli backpackers that were in the immediate vicinity. The Chabad House, or what remains of it, is currently unreachable; the center of the city has been closed off and evacuated for the time being. Bettina Wallace, vice president and community liaison for the Christchurch Jewish community, says that community members have mobilized wherever possible to make sure everyone’s okay. With large patches of the city still without electricity or water and the cellular network spotty and overloaded, she says people have been checking in via text and in person. “The situation is pretty bleak; the devastation is tremendous and has affected the whole city,” says Wallace. While a number of homes have been damaged, everyone has been taken care of. The community’s synagogue is damaged but still standing, so services have been suspended for the moment, reports Wallace, but officials are hoping to have it sorted out in short order. “If we have services, we might have them at a private home, but we have to get everybody space first to see where we’re at,” she adds. “We’re all really in shock and traumatized, but we’re all fine.” Wallace has been fielding hundreds of text messages and phone calls from the community of 250 to 300 families. Reaching out to older members of the community has meant asking those who live nearby to go check on them or making the unusually long trek through flooded streets and past downed bridges. Many have gone to stay with relatives elsewhere for the time being. The Chabad House’s website reminds tourists to “get as far from the earthquake zone as possible and to call home ASAP” and urges community members to consider relocating to other areas. “We already have a number of open homes, apartments, and hotel rooms waiting to welcome you in,” the site reads. “And there will be many more available shortly.”
Artist’s rendering of the first Holocaust Museum in Rome. section on Italy, will speak directly to Italians, and not just Italian Jews,” he continued. “When the Nazis, aided by Italian Fascists, raided the ghetto of Rome on October 16, 1943, they knew very well what the fate of all the 1,125 deported would be,” he asserted, adding, “We will be telling a story that will, unfortunately, unveil a black heart, but the formation of contemporary Italian identity – including that of new immigrants – must incorporate this knowledge.” The museum will be divided into three sections: archives, a library and a vast video collection. It will cost approximately $30 million. The section on Italy promises to draw extreme interest, with documentation on the country’s most famous controversial wartime issues. It will explore both the positive and negative roles of the Vatican – its proverbial silence during the 1943 deportations, contrasted with the opening of its institutions to thousands of Jewish refugees; and its helping Jews by providing false documents, but also helping Nazis flee to South America after the war. Evidence will be shown regarding traitors, as well as Righteous Italians who risked their lives to save Jewish fellow citizens.
Conference of Presidents Appeals to President Raul Castro to Release Alan Gross New York, February 25, 2011 … Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and its 51 member organizations have sent an appeal to President of Cuba Raul Castro to release Alan P. Gross from prison on humanitarian grounds and allow him to be reunited with his family in the United States. n the letter to President Castro, Conference of Presidents Chairman Alan Solow and Executive Vice Chairman Malcolm Hoenlein focused on Gross’ commitment to the Jewish community and the people of Cuba. “Mr. Gross has long been an active and committed member of the Jewish community in the United States. He has lived his life following the Jewish teachings of tikkun olam (“repairing the world”), as demonstrated by the multiple humanitarian projects he has developed around the world from the Middle East to Latin America. His work has touched and improved the lives of thousands of people. When Mr. Gross was arrested he believed he was advancing his humanitarian work in Cuba,” the letter stated. The letter also requests that President Castro consider Gross’ health and family circumstances. Gross has lost 90 pounds and is suffering from serious physical ailments as well as from extreme mental stress and anguish because of his daughter’s bout with cancer. Gross, who has been held in a Cuban jail since December 3, 2009, was only charged earlier this month with “Acts against the Independence and Territorial Integrity of the State” and a trial date of March 4th was set yesterday. If convicted, Gross could face up
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Alan Gross, who has been held in a Cuban jail since December 3, 2009, was only charged earlier this month to 20 years in prison. According to Gross’ family and U.S. State Department officials, he was in Cuba on a U.S. Agency for International Development contract to help the Jewish community communicate with other Jewish communities through the Internet. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley has said that what Gross did “is not a crime.” “We have addressed Mr. Gross’ plight in a letter to President Obama and also requested a meeting with Cuban officials to the U.S. to discuss Mr. Gross’ plight. We are now appealing directly to President Castro. We hope that he will recognize that Mr. Gross’ project was purely humanitarian in nature with no political motivations and that he will allow Mr. Gross’ prompt release. Mr. Gross was held in prison for nearly 14 months before being charged. Should he be convicted in his upcoming trial, we hope that President Castro will release him for time served,” said Solow and Hoenlein.
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March 4, 2011
Saudi Man Arrested in Texas for Bomb Plot
U.S. Moves Two Warships Closer to Libya
A young Saudi man has been arrested in Texas for allegedly seeking to bomb targets in the United States, including the home of former President George W. Bush. he U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says 20-year-old Khalid Ali-Aldawsari, a Saudi citizen, wrote in his journal that he had "mastered" English, learned how to build explosives, planned his targets, and it was not "time for jihad (holy war)." Aldawsari was arrested late Wednesday on a federal charge of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. A Justice Department statement says investigators tracked Aldawsari's online activity using electronic surveillance. The investigators report Aldawsari researched explosives and targets and often e-mailed himself information as part of the process. The Justice Department says an e-mail titled "Tyrant's House" lists the Texas home of for-
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The U.S. Navy's USS Kearsarge amphibious assault ship. The U.S. military is trying to give the White House the broadest range of possible actions as it steps up pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, defense officials said on Tuesday. wo amphibious assault ships are expected to arrive in the Mediterranean, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, and 400 Marines are being sent, poised to take part in evacuation and humanitarian operations if needed. "We are looking at a lot of options and contingencies. No decisions have been made on any other actions," Gates said, noting that the United Nations had not authorized use of force in Libya and that NATO countries had not reached an agreement about whether military might should be used. "Our job is to give the president the broadest possible decision space," Gates
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______________________ “One e-mail allegedly contained a message saying ‘one operation in the land of the infidels is equal to 10 operations against occupying forces in the land of the Muslims’.” ______________________ mer president Bush. The statement also says Aldawsari allegedly bought chemicals and equipment necessary to make bombs. White House spokesman Jay Carney says
Khalid Ali-Aldawsari, 20, is shown in this undated photo made available by the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office. President Barack Obama was informed about the operation prior to the arrest. Carney said the incident "underscores the necessity of remaining vigilant against terrorism here and abroad." Aldawsari could face life in prison if convicted. He is scheduled to make his first court appearance Friday. Aldawsari entered the United States lawfully in 2008 on a student visa. Justice officials say some of the e-mails Aldawsari sent himself contained violent jihadist messages and indicated he sought a particular scholarship in the United States for the purpose committing an attack. One e-mail allegedly contained a message saying "one operation in the land of the infidels is equal to 10 operations against occupying forces in the land of the Muslims."
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Schumer and Bloomberg Propose Alleged Killer Indicted on Subway Tougher Penalties for States that Slashing Charges in Manhattan Don't Comply With Background Checks for Gun Purchases BY D.B HOOREN
An alleged killer accused of murdering four people in Brooklyn before slashing a commuter on an uptown No. 3 train was arraigned Wednesday via video feed from the psychiatric ward at Bellevue Hospital.
ppearing on his attempted murder and assault charges for the first time in Manhattan, an image of Maksim Gelman was transmitted to the courtroom. He has already been arraigned on murder charges in Brooklyn after allegedly murdering four people and injuring several others. Gelman sported a scruffy beard and sat quietly with his head down, next to his lawyer as his charges were read. He was handcuffed and dressed in light blue hospital scrubs. He was charged with trying to kill Lincoln Center employee Joseph Lozito at about 9 a.m. on Feb. 12 on an uptown No. 3 train between the West 34th Street and West 42nd Street stops. "You're going to die!" Gelman allegedly shouted at Lozito, moments before he was
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US Sen. Charles Schumer and NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced today the introduction of legislation that would provide greater reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for individuals with mental illness, domestic violence records, and drug abuse issues. Legislation Increases Penalties for States that Fail to Report Drug Abusers, Domestic Violence Perps, and Mentally Ill to a National Do-Not-Sell List; it would Also Close Loophole Allowing Private Sellers to Get Around Background Checks. nited States Senator Charles E. Schumer, joined by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, announced today the introduction of legislation that would provide greater reporting to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) for individuals with mental illness, domestic violence records, and drug abuse issues, by increasing the penalties for states that fail to adequately turn over records for those who are prohibited from owning a gun. The legislation will also require that all gun sales, including those by private sellers, be subject to a background check, effectively ending the gun
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______________________ Schumer: “Two of the most heinous acts of gun violence in the last four years were perpetrated by individuals, who under the law, should have no access to a gun.” ______________________ show loophole. The legislation, based on a proposal put forward by the coalition of Mayor’s Against Illegal Guns is designed to help prevent the next mass shooting. The Senator made the announcement one week into the coalition’s Nationwide Drive to Fix Gun Checks, a campaign featuring a mobile billboard truck that tolls the tragic count of Americans that have been murdered with guns since the Tucson shooting. “Two of the most heinous acts of gun violence in the last four years were perpetrated by individuals, who under the law, should have absolutely no access to a gun,” said Schumer. “Despite this fact, lax reporting by states and federal agencies has allowed guns to get into the hands of dangerous individuals with consequences that have been tragic and deadly. This legislation does nothing to impinge upon gun owners’ rights, but it does provide greater incentive for reporting individuals who should not have access to guns to the national do-not-sell list, helping better protect innocent Americans from senseless gun violence.” “Americans want their government to
take basic, common sense steps to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people,” said Mayor Bloomberg. “To do that, we need leadership from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. Senator Schumer’s bill would save lives and protect communities all across the nation – and mayors all across the nation will be its biggest supporters.” “Senator Schumer’s legislation makes eminent good sense, and one day, I hope, we will all look back and marvel that we didn’t enact these safeguards sooner.” Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is designed to conduct background checks on prospective gun owners to ensure that individuals who pose a threat to society are unable to get legal access to deadly weapons. Federal law requires that drug abusers, the mentally ill, domestic violence perpetrators, and others who are prohibited by state and federal law from having guns, be included in a national do-not-sell list, to help keep the guns out of the hands of those who should not have them. The NICS database, however, is missing millions of records due to lax reporting among the states and in some instances, federal agencies. Specifically, the legislation being introduced by Senator Schumer and backed by Mayor Bloomberg and Mayors Against Illegal Guns would establish greater penalties for states that do not comply with reporting laws by cutting a greater amount of their Justice Department grant funding for noncompliance. Currently, states that fail to report 50% or more of the records they have on individuals not be allowed to buy a gun to the NICS database could face penalties of up to a 3% cut in their Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) funding. Schumer’s legislation would increase the reporting requirement to 75% by FY2013 and 90% by FY2018, with JAG funding penalties increased to 15% and 25%, respectively. Under the Schumer legislation, federal agencies, like the military, would be required to certify to the US Attorney General, twice per year, that they have submitted all relevant records to the NICS database. Additionally, the legislation closes the gun show loophole that exempts private sellers of guns from having to verify that the person they are selling to is not on the NICS database. The legislation would require private sellers to verify, either with local law enforcement, or through certified gun dealers, that the person who they are selling the gun to is not on the national NICS list. Schumer and Bloomberg noted that both Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner and Virginia Tech Shooter Seung Hoi-Cho were not reported to the NICS database, despite the fact that Loughner was rejected by the Army for excessive drug use and Hoi-Cho was prohibited from owning a gun because of mental illness.
______________________ “Alright, alright, thank you," Gelman answered softly as he was ushered away by court officers.” ______________________ restrained by transit police. Gelman said next to nothing during the arraignment, but thanked his Legal Aid attorney, Laura Stasior. "Alright, alright, thank you," Gelman answered softly as he was ushered away by
Maksim Gelman, 23, is accused of going on a two-day slashing spree that left four people dead and four others wounded. court officers. Authorities said Gelman, 23, stalked and then murdered 20-year-old Yulena Bluchenko, his ex-girlfriend, in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. He also allegedly killed her mother and his own stepfather, with whose car he allegedy mowed down Steve Tannenbaum, 60, who died shortly after at a nearby hosptial. After the disturbing spree, prosecutors said he fled to Manhattan, apparently still armed with a kitchen knife. Gelman is being charged separately in Brooklyn for murder. He was ordered held without bail again on Wednesday, which amounted to a formality because he was already denied bail in Kings County. He will be arraigned on the still sealed indictment in Manhattan Supreme Court on
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WAR ON TERROR
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March 4, 2011
WAR ON TERROR Second Nuclear Reactor Uncovered by ISIS Satellite Images in Syria
Former Libyan Official: Gaddafi Gave Order for Lockerbie Bombing
Satellite images show a Syrian nuclear facility thought to be related to the one Israel reportedly destroyed in a 2007 strike was in fact a uranium conversion site, a U.S.-based research institute reported. The German newspaper, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, reported Wednesday that satellite images have uncovered a covert Syrian nuclear facility for uranium conversion. t revealed several new details about the Syrian nuclear facility in Marj al Sultan, which is said to be related to the one Israel bombed in 2007 in Deir Alzour. Among these, was the fact that the facility is apparently meant for "processing uranium yellowcake into uranium tetrafluoride (UF4)." The same newspaper reported in December 2010 that satellite images had uncovered three new nuclear sites in Syria, also related to the one that Israel had bombed in 2007. US intelligence reports on the matter have said that the site in Deir Alzour had a North Korean designed reactor aimed at producing bomb fuel. According to a report published by the American Institute for Nuclear Research, several satellite images have shown that Syria's nuclear program is more developed
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than it was supposed until now. However, Syria still strongly denies that the site destroyed by Israel in 2007 was a nuclear facility and has not let United Nations scientists inspect it since 2008. The function of this latest facility remains mostly unclear, and the ISIS stated that the satellite pictures show that Syria seems to be trying to conceal it's activities there as much as possible. Despite this, Syria still denies hiding any of it's work from nuclear inspectors. Glyn Davies, Washington's IAEA envoy, warned that because of "absent clear action by Syria to cooperate fully with the IAEA, we are rapidly approaching a situation where the (IAEA) board (of governors) and secretariat must consider all available measures and authorities," according to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. However, it is unlikely that the dispute will escalate, even if Syria refuses to allow an IAEA inspection, as the IAEA is already in tense confrontation with Iran over it's nuclear facilities, which remains more pressing.
According to ex-justice minister Gaddafi ordered the Lockerbie bombing and then labored for al-Megrahi’s release in order to conceal his involvement. Libyan politician and former justice minister Mustapha Abdel Jalil has come forward with a claim that Muammar Gaddafi ordered the December 1988 bombing of flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The attack was carried out by Libyan national Abdelbaset Mohmed Ali al-Megrahi. n December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 took off from London Heathrow Airport bound for New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. Experts said the detonation of the bomb caused the Boeing 747-100 to explode and disintegrate rapidly. All 243 passengers and 16 crewmembers were killed, including 11 people on the ground in the town of Lockerbie, who were hit by falling fuselage, bringing the death toll to 270. According to ABC News 24, during a nearly hour-long interview, Jalil told Swedish evening tabloid newspaper the Daily Expressen that Gaddafi ordered the bombing and then labored for al-Megrahi’s release in order to conceal his involvement. The proof Jalil claims to have remains unknown, but he says that Gaddafi did everything in his power to get Scotland to exculpate al-Megrahi in order to mask his involvement. The U.S. Attorney and the Scottish Lord Advocate indicted al-Megrahi for the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in November 1991. In April 1999, over ten years after the tragic bombing, media outlets announced the arrest of al-Megrahi at Camp Zeist in the Netherlands. According to the Associated Press, a Scottish High Court of Justiciary convicted al-Megrahi in January 2001, and he was setenced to 27 years in jail. Fox News reported that in a May 2009 application for release, the Libyan government requested that Scotland release alMegrahi under its United Kingdom prison transfer agreement. Looking to be returned to Libya under the same United Kingdom
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Prisoner Transfer Scheme, al-Megrahi dropped his second appeal since a transfer under the PTA scheme cannot occur while legal proceedings are ongoing. However, he would not have to drop his second appeal if he requested a compassionate release for health reasons. Al-Megrahi made a July 2009 request for a compassionate release. On August 4, 2009, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice in Scotland, Kenny MacAskill, visited Greenock Prison to hear al-Megrahi's request for a prisoner transfer to Libya. Instead, days later it MacAskill announced he would grant alMegrahi, who was given three months to live, a compassionate release due to his terminal prostate cancer diagnosis. In October 2009, The Daily Record reported the release of al-Megrahi, and MacAskill's defense in granting the Libyan national a compassionate release. "I have received numerous, comprehensive medical reports including the opinions of consultants who have been treating him [al-Megrahi]. It is quite clear to the medical experts he has a terminal illness and indeed that there recently has been a significant deterioration in his health," said MacAskill. "It is the opinion of the Scottish Prison Service doctors who have dealt with him prior to, during and following the diagnosis of prostate cancer and having seen him during each of these stages, that his clinical condition has declined significantly. My decision is in accordance with all the advice given to me." While Libya accepted responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing, paying out millions of dollars in compensation to the families of victims, in addition to handing over suspects including al-Megrahi for prosecution, there has never been confirmation that Gaddafi personally assumed any responsibility for the bombing. Fox News also reported that Defense counsel for al-Megrahi, attempting to clear his name, claimed the bombing was the doing of the Palestinians, financed by the Iranians.
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Iranian Threat Security and Defense: Channeling Chutzpah
Police used tear gas and batons Tuesday to disperse resurgent anti-government protesters demanding the release of opposition leaders in the biggest clashes in Iran's capital since demonstrators stormed back to the streets two weeks ago, witnesses and opposition websites said.
Iran sent two warships through the Suez Canal this week. Does Israel’s test of the Arrow 2 on the same day send a sufficient message of deterrence? n Tuesday, Israel and Iran went to war – not a real war but one of messages and signals. As two Iranian warships – the Khark, which has 250 crew members and can carry three helicopters, and the Alvand, which is armed with torpedoes and anti-ship missiles – entered the southern end of the Suez Canal en route to Syria, the Defense Ministry announced another successful test of the Arrow 2 ballistic missile defense system. The timing, of course, was coincidental. Israel had reserved the US’s Point Mugu missile test field on the California coast months earlier, and the Iranians had initially planned to traverse the canal – for the first time in more than 30 years – on Sunday. But the two events are intimately connected. The decision to send two warships through the canal to Syria is an attempt to show the world that, despite sanctions and diplomatic isolation, Iran is still a major regional player. While the ships do not pose a direct threat, it is possible they are carrying explosives, missiles and other assorted weaponry for Hezbollah. Using warships to transport weaponry would be a smart move by Iran, which was caught in 2009 using the cargo ship Francop to transport hundreds of tons of weaponry to the Lebanese guerrilla organization. By sending warships through the Suez Canal for the first time since the 1979 Islamic revolution, the ayatollahs are showing they can attack Israel from the sea. The crossing was also likely aimed at flexing a muscle directly in Egypt’s face. Under Hosni Mubarak, ties between the two countries hit an unprecedented low. By sending the ships through the canal, the Iranians get to laugh at Mubarak and show the Egyptians which of the two is still standing. THE TEST of the upgraded Arrow 2 was a clear message to Iran that if war ever erupts, the IDF has the ability to shoot down its long-range Shihab-3 missiles. The test could not have come at a better time. As the Middle East undergoes a historic upheaval, Israel can only gain from giving its neighbors a taste of its military might. This war of signals has yet to turn into a real war, and it is questionable if it ever will, but it is an indication of the current trend in the region and how Iran’s standing is on the rise and the US’s is dropping. As the US moves forward with its planned withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan and after losing Mubarak as its primary ally in the Arab world, other countries in the region are beginning to consider with whom to align themselves. Qatar, home to the headquarters of the US military’s Central Command, has already decided to side with Iran, and other countries in the Persian Gulf are believed to be wavering. That is why missile defense is a key
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he recent return of skirmishes in the heart of Tehran — absent for more than a year after relentless crackdowns — borrow some raw inspiration from uprisings in the neighboring Arab world. But it also reflects a possible miscalculation by authorities who sought to silence opposition leaders but instead gave their supporters a new rallying point. Reports by family members and opposition websites claim the two most prominent anti-government figures, Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mahdi Karroubi, have been moved from house arrest to full-time detention along with their wives. Iranian authorities deny the reports, but the two opposition leaders have not been seen in public or posted statements on their websites in more than a week. The jail-like controls, opposition groups say, was payback for embarrassing Iran's leaders by urging demonstrations Feb. 14 to show support for the toppling of regimes in Tunisia and Egypt — rebellions Iran's ruling system had already praised. The apparent goal was to discourage
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The Iranian navy frigate IS Alvand passes through the Suez Canal at Ismailia, Egypt. component in any future security reality Israel could face. In recent years, its adversaries – primarily Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria and Iran – have made significant investments in various types of rockets and missiles that are capable of overcoming Israel’s otherwise superior military capabilities. AT THE moment, Israel has two operational systems – the Arrow 2, and the Iron Dome (for short-range rockets) – which underwent a final round of tests by the IAF two weeks ago. The systems are similar in a number of aspects. Development of the Arrow began in the late 1980s as Arab states began acquiring long-range ballistic missiles. The failure of the Patriot to shoot down Iraqi Scuds during the First Gulf War gave further impetus to its development. Recognizing the rocket threat from Lebanon, Israel began in the late 1990s to invest in the Nautilus chemical laser canon. After investing around $100 million, Israel decided to abandon it and invest instead in Rafael’s Iron Dome, development of which was speeded up after Hezbollah fired 4,000 rockets into the country in the summer of 2006. The common denominator between the two is that while Israel tends to recognize the evolution of a new threat with some foresight, only after a painful lesson – like a war – does it begin to put up the money and place its development at the top of the priority list. The difference between the two is that the Arrow is not just a tactical weapon, but is also meant to create a deterrent against countries like Iran, which will have to think twice before launching a ballistic missile knowing that there is a chance it will be shot down, and that there is the prospect of a counterattack. The Iron Dome does not carry the same clout when it comes to deterrence, even though Defense Minister Ehud Barak believes that if it is successful, it will cause Hamas and Hezbollah to reevaluate their investment in short-range rockets like Kassams and Katyushas. Since taking office in 2007, Barak has pushed forward plans for a multilayered missile defense system with the Iron Dome on the bottom, the Arrow on the top and a new system, called David’s Sling, still under
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more protests by muzzling the former parliament speaker Karroubi and Mousavi, who claims he was the rightful winner of the 2009 election and that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was reelected through massive vote fraud. But it may have backfired and helped re-energize the opposition movement and restore the rebel image of the two anti-government leaders, whose clout had waned con-
______________________ “Iranian authorities deny the reports, but the two opposition leaders have not been seen in public or posted on their websites in more than a week” ______________________ siderably and was mostly limited to proclamations on websites. Protesters rallied at several points in the capital, chanting "Death to the dictator" and urging authorities to free Mousavi and Karroubi, according to the opposition kaleme.com website. Witnesses said riot police charged on protesters in central Tehran to try to scatter crowds. Some police took swipes at
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POLITICS
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CHICAGO PICKS FIRST JEWISH MAYOR EVER
Holocaust Survivors to Protest Sen. Nelson’s Fundraiser Sen. Bill Nelson and President Barack Obama will face a rare protest by Holocaust survivors at a Miami Beach political fundraiser later this week. group of Holocaust survivors, who once considered themselves friends of U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, will be protesting his Miami Beach fundraiser with President Barack Obama on Friday because they say the Florida Democrat has broken a promise to them. Their unprecedented protest outside the swank Fontainebleau Hotel will be aimed at Obama, too. Three years ago, they say, Sen. Nelson promised South Florida survivors in his Washington office that he would file legislation to allow them to sue European insurers that sold their families millions of dollars in life insurance policies before World War II. During the 2008 presidential campaign, they say, Obama and vice presidential candidate Joe Biden gave their word of support, too. Now, a group of survivors, who were children during World War II, say Nelson and Obama have gone back on their word. They accuse them of siding with giant insurance companies over Holocaust survivors. “We are devastated that they lack the simple decency to respect our full rights as United States citizens,” said David Schaecter, 82, of Miami, president of the Holocaust Survivors’ Foundation-USA. “Mr. Nelson promised to support us face to face, but he reneged.” Schaecter, who lost his family and countless other relatives in Nazi concentration camps, brought some of the foundation’s members together at the Holocaust Memorial in Miami Beach on Monday to raise awareness about their struggle to win the right to sue European insurers, such as Allianz AG, Generali and others. Last month, the survivors’ group held a protest at a Boca Raton professional golf tournament sponsored by Allianz, which garnered international media attention. The federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have rejected the survivors’
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Rahm Emanuel celebrates with his wife (far right), children and supporters after his win, which will make him the first Jewish mayor of the Windy City. The irony of the election of the first Jewish mayor in the nation’s third largest city is that his religion seemed not to matter much at all.
Sen. Bill Nelson promised Holocaust survivors that he would file legislation to allow them to sue European insurers that sold their families life insurance policies. bids to sue the insurers, backing up the Obama administration, Justice Department and foreign companies that say an international Holocaust claims commission formed in 1998 was the only way to resolve survivors’ insurance policy disputes. In two letters sent to Nelson over the past year, the Florida survivors excoriated the senator for failing to make good on a promise to introduce a bill giving them the legal right to sue. It was to be filed after holding a Senate hearing. Nelson held the hearing in 2008, but didn’t file the bill. "Thousands have died needlessly and without the resources they are entitled to, while you and Congress have stood by without action,” the Holocaust survivors’ group
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ahm Emanuel made history by winning 55% of the vote February 22 to become Chicago’s next mayor, obviating the need for a run-off by blowing away the opposition. The man who once worked steps away from the Oval Office is now set to be this notoriously rough-and-tumble city’s first new mayor in more than two decades, and the fact that he’s Jewish enough to take his son to Israel for his bar mitzvah doesn’t seem to have played a role in his success. Abner Mikva, a former congressman, federal judge, White House counsel to President Clinton and mentor to President Obama, said that Emanuel’s Jewishness was not a factor during the campaign. Even a reference to Emanuel as a “Wall Street Judas” — made by a local union leader at an opponent’s rally — backfired, gaining Emanuel sympathy rather than costing him support. Mikva recalled a similar incident during Emanuel’s first run for the U.S. Congress in 2002, when a leader in a local Polish organization made an anti-Semitic comment about Emanuel. The slur reduced support for Emanuel’s opponent, Nancy Kaszak, despite Kaszak’s condemnation of the remark and her strong record of support for Jewish causes. “I was backing Nancy in that race,” Mikva said during a telephone interview. “She was a protégé of mine.” “She was mortified” by the remark, Mikva added. In 1947, when Mikva began his political career, Chicago was home to more than 300,000 Jews, who were confined to the city by restrictive covenants that blocked them from moving into most suburbs. The Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side had more than 110,000 Jews, a concentration that ensured that Jews were well represented in the Democratic machine of the city’s legendary “Boss,” Mayor Richard J. Daley. Jews who were loyal to Daley’s machine had access to patronage jobs and overwhelming support from the party if they were selected as candidates. But anyone who entertained notions of independence was summarily dismissed. A stalwart opponent of the machine, Mikva was once told by a ward commiteeman: “We don’t want nobody nobody sent,” a story that is often repeated by President Obama to explain how Chicago’s politics worked. Mikva said he was happy those days are gone. “There was a time when there was a large population in the city that was Jewish and when a large part of the Democratic Party was Jewish.” He added later, “Today, candidates are not going to get elected because they’re Jewish. But they’re not going to not get elected because they’re Jewish, either.” Mikva stayed neutral in the current mayoral race because young people from the notfor-profit organization he started, the Mikva Challenge, sponsored a candidates’ forum during the campaign. Don Rose, a Jewish political adviser from a different era, came to a conclusion similar to Mikva’s. And said the relative unimportance of a candidate’s Jewishness is nothing new. Rose played a critical role in advising
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Harold Washington, who became Chicago’s first African American mayor after a racially charged 1983 campaign.But first, Washington had to run against Republican nominee Bernard Epton. Back then, Chicago still went through the formality of a partisan election, although the city had been reliably Democratic for decades, and whites rallied to Epton, who had adopted “Before It’s Too Late” as his campaign slogan. Neither Epton’s prior record as a liberal nor the fact that he was Jewish made any difference to his supporters. In fact, Rose noted that more than 30% of the city’s Jews voted for Washington, while more than 90% of whites voted for Epton. Washington won with near-unanimous turnout from African Americans and strong support from Latinos. “White Chicago voted for the Jewish Republican, which was astounding because he was a Republican, not because he was Jewish,” Rose said. The Illinois General Assembly eliminated primaries for Chicago’s city elections in 1995, officially making the contest ‘non-partisan’ in a city that is still a Democratic stronghold. Most of the city’s Jews left for the suburbs in the 1950s and ’60s, after the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated restrictive covenants. Jews today make up less than 3% of the city’s population. Among Orthodox and strongly pro-Israel voters, Emanuel’s connection to the Obama administration is viewed as a negative factor. Rose pointed out that Emanuel did not run as a Jewish candidate and did not base his support in the city’s Jewish political organizations that regularly field candidates for state and local offices. “Rahm may be motivated by Jewishness, but only in part. He talked about wanting to be the first Jewish Speaker of the House, and now he talks about being the first Jewish mayor — he said it to Charlie Rose and that was the end of it,” Don Rose said. Emanuel’s experience — rather than his Jewishness — is the key reason businessman, philanthropist and Democratic fundraiser Jay Robert “J.B.” Pritzker supported him. Pritzker said the current Mayor Daley, a son of the previous Mayor Daley, carefully cultivated an image for Chicago as a global city, rather than the home of gangster Al Capone and basketball superstar Michael Jordan. As the new mayor, Emanuel will inherit the city’s substantial business infrastructure as well as a city budget beset by underfunded liabilities and restive public employees. To balance previous budgets, the current Mayor Daley forced city workers to take unpaid days off and privatized a major toll road as well as the city’s parking meters. But voters were angered by the parking meter deal, and teachers unions, police officers and other public employees are loudly resisting further efforts to make them shoulder the burden of more cuts. While Daley has vowed to leave office with a balanced budget, he has largely depleted reserve funds that were meant to last for decades. For business leaders like Pritzker, Emanuel has the skills set and the contacts that Chicago’s mayor needs to succeed. “This is not an election about a Jewish can-
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DONALD TRUMP CONSIDERS TURNING THE OLD TWA FLIGHT CENTER INTO A “FLYING” BOUTIQUE HOTEL? Donald Trump's last big New York project was a gleaming tower in the heart of SoHo. His next could be wedged between two terminals at John F. Kennedy International Airport. mong the list of visitors considering development of the “ghost” TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport was the Trump Company. Other notable hotel industry developers included luxury developer Andre Balazs, European pod-hotel builder Yotel, and the Starwood Hotels & Resorts Inc., which owns brands including Sheraton and W. Just because a company visited the terminal doesn't mean it will submit a proposal to develop it. However, the list of famous attendees does suggest that there's strong interest from the hotel industry in the proposal from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Space for new construction is limited to a small area between the Saarinen terminal and a Jet Blue airways terminal. The building, which opened in 1962, is a city landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Federal Aviation Administration gets the final say over the building's height. And the Port Authority wants to recoup the $20 million it has spent on restoring the terminal. Reams of red tape await the adventurous devel-
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oper. Some of those considering the project have dealt with such hurdles before. WQB Architecture PLLC, another interested visitor, had worked on the renovation of the landmarked Lambs Club building on West 44th Street, turning it into a luxury hotel and restaurant. WQB also has done work for boutique hotel developers Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group Inc., according to WQB's website. The long-vacant TWA terminal would be part of a boutique hotel under the Port Authority's plan. Yotel, meanwhile, has opened three of its hotels at
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airports in London and Amsterdam. It rents small, pod-like rooms that it has wedged into Heathrow, Gatwick and Schiphol airports. Others, such as Messrs. Trump and Balazs, have spent their careers developing luxury properties. An airport hotel would be a significant departure for both men, but either one would add significant star power to the Port Authority's effort. It seems too early to tell of anyone’s definite interest since none of the representatives have ventured any specific comments but certainly, all those who visited may be considering it.
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o it’s no surprise that despite Moinian’s recent encounter with a foreclosure on a $93 million mortgage at 100 John St., he had filed plans with the Buildings Department to raze a five-story Midtown building and replace it with a 34-story hotel. Even though Manhattan architect Gene Kaufman’s design plans for the hotel are still under review by the DOB, it's already approved Moinian's application to demolish the five-story building at 237 W. 54th St., between Broadway and Eighth Avenue. Moinian's DOB application sounds very precise for a “preliminary stage�-- a 34story structure with171,129 square feet of floor area. There will be a restaurant on the ground floor; 14 hotel rooms each on floors 2-19; nine rooms on the 20th floor; and 10 each on floors 21-34. The new hotel would seem to create a nuisance for Harry Gross' Broadway Granite Development Co., which owns the larger next-door site on the corner of Broadway. As has been widely reported, Gross plans a 67story Marriott Hotel on the now-barren lot. A new 34-story building next door would seem to block views from the Marriott. Last year, Moinian managed to renegotiate troubled loans at several other buildings. Earlier this year, he staved off an attempt by Stephen Ross' Related Cos. to wrest control from him of 3 Columbus Circle when SL Green stepped in with a bridge loan -although many believe the deal puts Green firmly in the driver's seat. According- (RealEstateRama) 1/31/11— The Moinian Group, headed by national developer Joseph Moinian in conjunction with SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG), New York City’s largest owner of commercial office properties have completed the recapitalization of 3 Columbus Circle - a Midtown Manhattan office tower in the final stage of a building wide redevelopment. The recapitalization includes a $138 million equity investment by SL Green, a por-
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tion of which will be in the form of SL Green Operating Partnership Units. The property is now fully capitalized for all costs necessary to complete the redevelopment and lease-up of the building. SL Green and Deutsche Bank have refinanced the existing mortgage, later be further refinanced by third party lenders.SL Green will lead a multi-million dollar leasing and marketing program funded by the partnership to re-position the development and attract large office users seeking upscale space. The Moinian Group is finalizing completion of the $175 million capital program. 3 Columbus Circle will be operated as a premier Class-A building consistent with the high standards of SL Green’s
______________________ “Moinian managed to renegotiate troubled loans at several buildings and earlier this year, he staved off an attempt to wrest control from him of 3 Columbus Circle.� ______________________ finest assets. The completion of the recapitalization follows the settlement of a dispute regarding the previous mortgage. Under the settlement agreement, German American Capital Corporation and the Related Companies have relinquished all claims on the property and the lender liability litigation has been withdrawn as against those parties. This clears the way for 3 Columbus Circle to immediately emerge as Midtown Manhattan’s most exciting new business address. The 26-story 768,565-square-foot property at 1775 Broadway stretches the entire block between Broadway and Eighth Avenue and between 57th and 58th streets. It overlooks Columbus Circle and the southwest entrance to Central Park. Joseph Moinian, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Moinian Group, stated “We have been confident of this outcome from Day One and the completion of this recapitalization vindicates all of our efforts at 3 Columbus Circle. The property is fully capitalized and well positioned to meet the immediate and long-term needs of the finest office tenants in New York.
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Glenn Beck Comments on Reform Rabbis Slammed Provocative Fox news commentator Glenn Beck angered American Jewish leaders once again last Wednesday, with new sweeping comments about the Reform movement of Judaism, the largest stream of Judaism in the United States.
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n their official apology, The Daily Mail had written: “Further to an article about the murder of Edmond Safra, we wish to make it clear there was no intention to suggest that Mr Safra's widow Lily was involved in his death. We accept that there is no basis for such a suggestion and apologise for any distress caused.” In the January 14th issue of The Jewish Voice, a page one story relative to Mrs. Safra appeared in which quotes were taken from The Daily Mail. Since the newspaper in question has issued this apology, The Jewish Voice would like to make the following clarifications for its readers:
I Provocative Fox news commentator Glenn Beck angered American Jewish leaders once again... extremism of another religion – I think he owes American people an apology," said Saperstein. "He keeps insulting people and when they object he says they are being oversensitive when they set a record straight. How can someone be oversensitive when he compares them to extremist elements that support terror?” Rabbi Saperstein said he hopes that the persistence of critics will finally convince Fox news to “gain courage to do the right thing – despite his popularity, take an action to ensure it won’t happen again.” Abraham Foxman, Anti-Defamation League National Director, said in a statement, “Glenn Beck’s comparison of Reform Judaism to radical Islam demonstrates his bigoted ignorance. Despite his feeble attempt to suggest that he was not equating Reform Judaism with Islamic extremist terrorism, the simple fact that he would mention them in the same breath is highly offensive and outrageous." "The truth is that every religious body
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Charlie Sheen, Frantic and Anti-Semitic Rants Charlie Sheen really likes calling into radio shows. The troubled TV star took to the air waves once again, this time calling into syndicated radio show "The Alex Jones Show" to slam "Two and a Half Men" creator Chuck Lorre in a rambling, erratic interview. heen ripped into Lorre, saying that he must have embarrassed him "in front of his children and the world by healing at a pace that his un-evolved mind cannot process." But Sheen didn't stop there went onto call Lorre a "turd" and a "clown" and later used an anti-Semitic term while referring to Lorre's name. Sheen said he is eager to get back to work but has now seemingly escalated a very public battle with the producers of the hit comedy. Sheen was even more outrageous than in his recent series of radio interviews since announcing he was entering rehab, claiming he is "100 percent" clean."Here is your first pee test," he said to Alex Jones, the “next one goes in your mouth. No, you won’t get high." In the live interview Sheen also said he has no time for Alcoholic's Anonymous, saying "I am special and I will never be one of you" and referred to the group as a "bootleg cult" with a success rate of 5 precent. He went on to say "I have a disease? bulls**t! I cured it ... with my mind." The interview comes as the actor left Los Angeles to spend some time in the Bahamas with his ex-wife, Brooke Mueller and his new girlfriend. In the interview Sheen says Mueller left the vacation early and wished her well in her travels, sarcastically adding that his ex-wife is "going to need it, badly."
“The Daily Mail” Issues Apology to Lily Safra A prominent London based newspaper known as "The Daily Mail" has recently issued a public apology to Mrs. Lily Safra, the widow of the renowned and beloved Jewish philanthropist, Edmond J. Safra for publishing erroneous information that attempted to implicate her in her husband's death. Mr. Safra died in a fire at the Monaco home he shared with his wife on December 3, 1999.
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n his February 22 radio show, Beck compared Reform Judaism to "radical Islam," saying that both were more about 'politics' - changing what is outside of oneself - rather than about 'religion' - changing what it inside of oneself. Beck made the comments a month after 400 rabbis, many of whom are affiliated the Reform movement, paid for a full page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal, decrying what they called Beck making inappropriate references to the Nazi Holocaust. “When you talk about rabbis, understand that most people who are not Jewish don't understand that there are the Orthodox rabbis and then there are the Reformed (sic) rabbis. Reformed rabbis are generally political in nature. It's almost like Islam - radicalized Islam - in a way to where radicalized Islam is less about religion than it is about politics," said Beck. "I'm not saying that they're the same on and they're going to take it at that, but -stand in line. It's not about terror or anything else, it's about politics, and so it becomes more about politics than it does about faith. Orthodox rabbis -- that is about faith. There's not a single orthodox rabbi on this list. This is all reformed rabbis that were -- that made this list," Beck continued. “These comments are deeply offensive, completely absurd”, Rabbi David Saperstein, Director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism told Haaretz. “Reform Judaism it’s the largest segment of the U.S. Jewish community, and it’s the fastest growing denomination in the U.S. in any faith group – it has much to do with the spiritual needs of a large number of American Jews and to reduce it to [its] social justice agenda is just incorrect." "It’s troubling on that level, but to compare between any religion to the violent
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Mrs. Safra was not now nor ever was involved in the tragic death of her husband. Subsequent to an extensive investigation, a trial and an appeal, Ted Maher (an employee), acting alone, started the fire that killed Mr. Edmond J. Safra. He was found guilty in the criminal trial and has served jail time. Since Mr. Safra's death, Mrs. Safra has actively continued the magnaninous work that her beloved husband began in order to perpetuate his glorious legacy as both a gallant humanitarian and a zealous supporter of Jewish causes. The Safra family's philanthropic endeavors included a panoply of educational, religious, medical, cultural, and humanitarian causes and organizations around the world, and the philanthropic foundation bearing his name carries on this work today in his memory. Committed to his Jewish faith, Mr. Safra believed that constructing and renovating synagogues was paramount in places where there was a potential for a Jewish community to flourish, and synagogues around the world bearing his father’s name testify to this commitment. Many of these were built in the
Mrs. Safra has actively continued the magnaninous work that her beloved husband began. world’s major Jewish centers, such as the Edmond J Safra synagogue in New York City, but he also helped to build synagogues in more remote communities such as Manila and Kinshasa. 500 years after the last synagogue was built in Madrid he constructed a new one. His largesse and magnanimity also extended to such cities as Amsterdam, Istanbul, Naples, Budapest, Rhodes, and Vienna where he personally financed the renovation and enlargement of synagogues located there. He saved the oldest synagogue in France, Clermont-Ferrand, from destruction by buying it for the community, and he contributed to the expansion of the Cannes synagogue and Synagogue Beth El in Paris. He also helped refurbish synagogues in many small French cities including Evian, Annemasse, and others. In addition to supporting a number of synagogues in Israel, the burial places of Rabbi Meir Baal Haness and Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai were especially important to him, and he was without question the most generous supporter of these holy pilgrimage sites.
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British Fashion Icon, John Galliano Arrested BRIT fashion legend John Galliano has been dumped by his label after being arrested on suspicion of assault and antiSemitism.
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e is accused of making anti-Semitic remarks after a late-night drinking session in Paris where he attacked a couple in a cafe, police said today. In France, making anti-Semitic remarks is punishable by up to six months in prison — but Mr Galliano has not been charged with any offence. Famed fashion house Christian Dior today announced it was suspending him as creative director, as a police official said he had also exchanged slaps with the couple. The firm said in a statement that it is was making the move pending an investigation into the incident. The flamboyant designer — who has been Dior's creative director for 14 years — was held after allegedly kicking off in one of the city's most upmarket districts. Cops said Galliano, 50, had drunk the equivalent of up to two bottles of wine when he was nicked at around 9pm last night. He was later released to return to his home nearby. A Paris police spokesman said: "We don't know the precise nature of the incident but Mr Galliano was detained after a couple made a complaint last night. "The level of alcohol in his blood was
H Charlie Sheen was even more outrageous than in his recent series of radio interviews. Earlier this week Sheen's father, actor Martin Sheen, broke his silence about his troubled son. "With prayer, we lift him up and we ask for everyone who cares about him to lift him up," Martin Sheen said Tuesday night at a movie premiere in London. It was the first time Sheen's family has spoken publicly since the "Two and a Half Men" star was hospitalized for stomach pains after a night of heavy partying last month.
John Galliano, the flamboyant designer, was held after allegedly kicking off in one of the Paris' most upmarket districts. tested and he was then released. "He had been drinking quite heavily." The Marais area where he was arrested has historic associations with the Parisian Jewish community and boasts an array of fashion houses, luxury boutiques, art galleries and high-end restaurants.
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Jewish Philanthropy 2.0 There is no lack of worthy causes, and American society is uniquely blessed by charitable giving from all members of society. Among the country’s very biggest philanthropists, Jews continue to be disproportionately represented, taking five out of the top six spots and comprising nine out of the 53 individuals and couples on the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s recently published top-50 list for 2010. ewish mega-donors are hardly news. It is also a commonplace that wealthy Jews allocate less than 25 percent of their giving to specifically Jewish causes. Of the two facts, the latter has understandably puzzled and frustrated fund raisers for Jewish causes as well as students of American philanthropy. But is it really so mysterious? Jewish philanthropists have always seen themselves, or have wished to see themselves, as members of the American class defined by its support of the great civic causes of the day. The causes may change, but the pattern remains the same. Take two perennial stand-bys: hospitals and higher education. Among last year’s top 50, the investor Leonard Blavatnik has pledged $117 million to establish the Blavatnik School of Government at Oxford University. Marc Benioff, the founder of salesforce.com, and his wife Lynne gave $100 million to the children’s hospital of the University of California at San Francisco. Irwin M. Jacobs, a founder of Qualcomm, and his wife Joan pledged $75 million to a new medical center at the University of California at San Diego. Showing regard for today’s health concerns in particular, Larry Ellison, the founder of Oracle, gave $45.1 million to his Ellison Medical Foundation for stem-cell research and the study of age-related diseases and disabilities. If philanthropists are attracted to higher education, they are also increasingly called upon to pick up the slack left by government
failure at lower levels. Last year, the home builder and financial-services mogul Eli Broad and his wife Edythe gave $10 million to the Washington, D.C. Public Education Fund, $2.2 million to the Education Innovation Laboratory at Harvard, and $2 million to a Los Angeles charter-schools foundation. Lin Arison, the widow of the founder of Carnival Cruise Lines, sold a Monet and a Modigliani and put the proceeds of $39 million into her National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. Among younger Jews, Mark Zuckerberg, the twenty-six-year-old Facebook founder, pledged $100 million to the Newark, New Jersey school system. Another such gift, of $25 million, came from William A. Ackman, the hedge-fund manager whose other local causes included the Innocence Project and
New Tax Laws Create a Unique Opportunity to Transfer Assets Out of Taxable Estates As the 2010 legislative session came to a close, Congress quietly passed new tax legislation which granted individuals a golden opportunity to transfer wealth and assets to their families without the usual, and substantial, taxes imposed by the government. Specifically, the new law increased the annual gift tax exemption for 2011-2012 from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 for individuals and $2,000,000 to $10,000,000 for couples.
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Among younger Jews, Mark Zuckerberg, the twenty-six-year-old Facebook founder, pledged $100M to the Newark, NJ school system. Centurion Ministries, both of which work to free the wrongfully convicted. Others in the younger Jewish cohort on the top-50 list show a preference for social entrepreneurship over institutions. All of these causes are undoubtedly worthwhile; none is particularly Jewish (though some might point out that education has always been a core Jewish value). That is not to say, though, that Jewish causes and giving to Israel are wholly absent from the priorities of the top 50. Stephen and Nancy Grand gave more than $20 million to the American Technion Society. Irwin and Joan Jacobs pledged $39.1 million to their fund at the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego. William Ackman gave $6.8 million toward retiring the debt of the Center for Jewish History in New York. Still, conspicuously absent from the top-line causes are Jewish day schools, yeshivas, educational or communal services in Israel or in Europe, or programs in Jewish identity and continuity, let alone in Jewish ideas. And therein lies one much-noted difference between yesterday and today. However much the major American Jewish philanthropists of former times gave to non-Jewish institutions, many clearly felt no less obligated to answer the call of the Jewish community. From Rebecca Gratz, who founded the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society in 1819, all the way through the 20th century, wealthy American Jews could be counted on to bestow equivalently large gifts upon the community’s eleemosynary institutions and defense agencies and to rise to the needs of the state of Israel and Jews worldwide. That seems less and less the case; at the extremes, indeed, it seems to be morphing into something much more problematic. Enter the biggest Jewish philanthropist of them all. Last year, George Soros gave a whopping $332 million to his Open Societies Foundations, which operate throughout Eastern and Central Europe, plus another $100 million to Human Rights Watch. More than anything, Soros represents the growing influence of a numerically small but vocal minority in the Jewish world that is
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his represents an increase in the current exemption amounts of 500%. Congress also de-creased the gift tax rate for amounts in excess of the forgoing limits from 55% to 35%. Additionally, after a record year in 2010 where the estate tax was lifted in its entirely, for 2011-2012 Congress has raised the estate tax exemption to $5,000,000 and set the tax at a rate of 35%. After 2012, both the estate tax and gift tax exemptions and rates are set to return to their previous levels. Taken in conjunction, the foregoing changes have created the most favorable estate and gift tax climate in nearly a century. Traditionally, exemptions for gifts were kept low in order to prevent wealthy individuals from dispersing their assets before death, and thus, depriving the government of valuable estate tax revenue. It should be noted that the gift tax exemption is separate and apart from the annual gift exclusion, currently set at $13,000, which allows an individual to gift no more than that amount to any single individual each year, without creating any tax liability. The new tax regime presents ample opportunities for families to pass wealth along to younger generations by setting up and funding various trusts or by directly mak-ing large gifts. Moreover, individuals have the chance to
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remove assets which are quickly appreciating out of their estates and thus avoid the increasing taxes on same. Lastly, indi-viduals can take sentimental items, such as family jewelry, homes, and art out of their es-tates and remove any potential of losing same once they pass away. However, there is a concern that transactions taking place in 2011, specifically to take advantage of the generous tax structure, may be subject to future adjustments made by Congress. For instance, future legislation could have the effect of “clawing-back” or “grandfathering” in certain 2011 tax transactions if not appropriately structured. Accord-ingly, it is vital to confer with your tax advisors, accountants and attorney before ripping up an old estate plan and attempting to take advantage of these new developments. We are closely involved in monitoring these events and will continue to provide you with pertinent updates as more information becomes available. If you have any questions about the matters covered in this article, or wish to schedule a private consultation, call Terrence A. Oved, Esq. of Oved & Oved LLP by telephone at 212.226.2376 or contact by email at terry@ovedlaw.com.
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EDITORIAL
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March 4, 2011
THE PEOPLE’S VOICE THE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR EDITORIAL
GADDAFI MUST GO The U.N. Security Council met urgently to consider new sanctions against Libya to halt a violent crackdown on anti-government protesters. he sons of Moammar al-Gaddafi are vowing to stay in Libya until the bitter end, denying the extent of the crisis that could topple their father’s regime due to his outrageous violence. Sayf and Saadi Gaddafi understated the excessive violence claiming it is overblown by the media. Saadi Gaddafi said if his father left it would take one hour for the country to devolve into civil war. Gaddafi’s current crimes can be matched by his former atrocities now that he is finally accused of ordering the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 which killed 270 people over Lockerbie Scotland. With compelling evidence of mass murder across decades up until the present, there is not a moment to waste to bring such a ruthless dictator down and hold him to account. Another most critical issue is the effect on global oil production. Even though oil production losses from Libya could be absorbed by Saudi Arabia, which could ramp up another five million barrels per day, we could still be facing a 'danger zone' for world economy according to Fatih Birol, head of the International Economic Agency. Just as the economy seems to be revving up, if oil goes above $4 a gallon,
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it could take the wind right out of our sails. A major concern of the markets is that revolts in the Middle East and North Africa will spread to one of the OPEC chiefs, Iran, the group's second-largest producer. "For the first time ever, the Security Council has unanimously referred an egregious human rights situation to the International Criminal Court. Sen. Joe
used to think that The Jewish Voice was in the wrong for all of its exposure of our criminal Jews. I was opposed to seeing a Jewish newspaper giving ammunition to the antiSemites of the world, but now I think differently. A wise friend made me realize that a newspaper has the power to intimidate crooks of any
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_____________________ “With compelling evidence of mass murder across decades up until the present, there is not a moment to waste to bring such a ruthless dictator down and hold him to account.” _____________________ Lieberman, I-Conn., said Sunday that the U.S. "should recognize the opposition government as the legitimate government of Libya and that we ought to give that government, certainly, humanitarian assistance and military arms." He stopped short of calling for direct American military involvement, but Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., did not rule it out in an interview with Lieberman on CNN's "State of the Union." The two had just returned from a weeklong Mideast trip.
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string of protests throughout the Middle East, I also want to say: G-d bless America for the freedoms we have to protest peacefully and for the most part, safely.
Jewish Voice, hank you for your coverage of the Lara Logan story. While it was an extremely unpleasant story to know and read about, I appreciate that you covered it so honestly and thoroughly. In light of the
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was done by Jews protesting her stance, I am suspicious of this theory. I hope that you follow up on this story and keep us posted when the real perpetrators are discovered.
To the Jewish Voice: n your last issue, you ran a story about Estee Chandler, the proPalestinean Chief of Jewish Voice for Peace, who was threatened with a “wanted poster” of herself at her home. Even though it seems that this
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enjoyed the charm of that city, they’ve got NOTHING on us! Live it up New Yorkers. It’s all here! And thank you again Jewish Voice for providing me with more to write onto my calendar!
Editors, hank you for the calendar of events. I love living in New York and constantly seek out activities to do in our great city. I am also Jewish and love Jewish-themed plays and exhibits. Recently, I traveled to San Francisco, and while I
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The following lawsuit should be entered in Ripley’s ,”Believe it or Not” for disproportional lawsuits in America today. he New Jersey housewife of Bergen county, Tova Gerson sued a department store after she claimed it ripped her off for a grand total of 80 cents. Her attorney dad helped naturally. She used a $5-off coupon at a Century 21 outlet in Paramus last month. A week later, when she returned an $18 outfit ,she got a prorated refund -- 80 cents less than the sticker price, to account for the coupon discount . According the NY Post, “she filed suit, insanely claiming that Century 21 "unjustly enriched" itself . Unjust enrichment? For her "lost" 80 cents, Gerson sought a return of about 625 million percent. That was before the story went viral, and her lawyer-father, Harry Katz of Long Island, withdrew the suit. This has shades of enrichment via the schemes a la Madoff or that of the million dollar lawsuit against Macdonald’s years ago for coffee that was so hot it burned the person’s lips. At least, in that case there was some sort of damage even though the claim was still beyond proportion.
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Rubicon: A River in Wisconsin BY CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER The magnificent turmoil now gripping statehouses in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana and soon others marks an epic political moment. The nation faces a fiscal crisis of historic proportions and, remarkably, our muddled, gridlocked, allegedly broken politics have yielded singular clarity. t the federal level, President Obama's budget makes clear that Democrats are determined to do nothing about the debt crisis, while House Republicans have announced that beyond their proposed cuts in discretionary spending, their April budget will actually propose real entitlement reform. Simultaneously, in Wisconsin and other states, Republican governors are taking on unsustainable, fiscally ruinous pension and health-care obligations, while Democrats are full-throated in support of the public-employee unions crying, "Hell, no."
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_____________________ “Obama’s Democrats have become the party of no...” _____________________ A choice, not an echo: Democrats desperately defending the status quo; Republicans charging the barricades. Wisconsin is the epicenter. It began with economic issues. When Gov. Scott Walker proposed that state workers contribute more to their pension and health-care benefits, he started a revolution. Teachers called in sick. Schools closed. Demonstrators massed at the capitol. Democratic senators fled the state to paralyze the Legislature. Unfortunately for them, that telegenic faux-Cairo scene drew national attention to the dispute - and to the sweetheart deals the public-sector unions had negotiated for themselves for years. They were contributing a fifth of a penny on a dollar of wages to their pensions and one-fourth what privatesector workers pay for health insurance. The unions quickly understood that the more than 85 percent of Wisconsin not part of this privileged special-interest group would not take kindly to "public servants" resisting adjustments that still leave them paying less for benefits than private-sector workers. They immediately capitulated and claimed they were only protesting the other part of the bill, the part about collective-bargaining rights. Indeed. Walker understands that a one-
time giveback means little. The state's financial straits - a $3.6 billion budget shortfall over the next two years - did not come out of nowhere. They came largely from a half-century-long power imbalance between the unions and the politicians with whom they collectively bargain. In the private sector, the capitalist knows that when he negotiates with the union, if he gives away the store, he loses his shirt. In the public sector, the politicians who approve any deal have none of their own money at stake. On the contrary, the more favorably they dispose of union demands, the more likely they are to be the beneficiary of union largess in the next election. It's the perfect cozy setup. To redress these perverse incentives that benefit both negotiating parties at the expense of the taxpayer, Walker's bill would restrict future government-union negotiations to wages only. Excluded from negotiations would be benefits, the more easily hidden sweeteners that come due long after the politicians who negotiated them are gone. The bill would also require that unions be recertified every year and that dues be voluntary. Recognizing this threat to union power, the Democratic Party is pouring money and fury into the fight. Fewer than 7 percent of private-sector workers are unionized. The Democrats' strength lies in government workers, who now constitute a majority of union members and provide massive support to the party. For them, Wisconsin represents a dangerous contagion. Hence the import of the current moment - its blinding clarity. Here stand the Democrats, avatars of reactionary liberalism, desperately trying to hang on to the gains of their glory years - from unsustainable federal entitlements for the elderly enacted when life expectancy was 62 to the massive promissory notes issued to government unions when state coffers were full and no one was looking. Obama's Democrats have become the party of no. Real cuts to the federal budget? No. Entitlement reform? No. Tax reform? No. Breaking the corrupt and fiscally unsustainable symbiosis between public-sector unions and state governments? Hell, no. We have heard everyone - from Obama's own debt commission to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - call the looming debt a mortal threat to the nation. We have watched Greece self-immolate. We can see the future. The only question has been: When will the country finally rouse itself? Amazingly, the answer is: now. Led by famously progressive Wisconsin - Scott Walker at the state level and Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan at the congressional level - a new generation of Republicans has looked at the debt and is crossing the Rubicon. Recklessly principled, they are putting the question to the nation: Are we a serious people?
Gaddafi’s Fin de Régime BY DANIEL PIPES The violent demise of the Middle East's longest-ruling leader – who came to office in September 1969, just a few months after Richard Nixon – stands well outside the mainstream of the region's politics, but then Moammer Gaddafi always did. addafi (for the record, the correct spelling of his name is Mu'ammar alQadhdhāfi began his rule at the tender age of 27, just as Pan-Arabist ideology was dying down; undeterred, long after others had given up on this fantasy, he remained a proponent of the notion of turning all Arabic countries into one gigantic whole. Eventually frustrated with Arabic-speakers,
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where the small population of Libya limited his influence, he turned south, where his outsized energy income bestowed real clout in Africa. Fortunately for the world, every one of his hare-brained schemes came to naught. What I observed in 1981 still holds true: "For all Qadhdhafi's hyperactivity, he rarely gets his way; empty promises and fanaticism on his part have repeatedly undermined his ceaseless efforts to project power. … Qadhdhafi has won many battles but not a single war." How deeply satisfying will it be to watch as a brave and desperate people sweep this eccentric, nasty, and repressive tyrant into the dustbin of history. How gratifying that he has alienated nearly the entire world, even the U.N. Security Council. May his ugly example serve as a permanent warning to other dictators who make war on their populations.
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How Freedom’s Foes Exploit Arab Unrest BY JOHN BOLTON As Iran's rulers busily suppress opposition to their dictatorship, they're poised to seize greater regional influence because of pervasive Middle Eastern unrest. otwithstanding the undeniable benefits of real, sustainable democracy, it must be secured and enhanced over time, not merely proclaimed in an adrenaline rush. And the hard work to achieve democracy in the Middle East remains. Ask Russians, whose democracy may be disappearing before its adherents can nurture an enduring free society's culture and institutions. Moreover, democracy's theoretical international-relations benefits (the "democratic peace") remain theoretical. Practically, Israel's security is almost certainly in greater jeopardy. Neighboring Arab states, particularly monarchies with close ties to Washington and critical to the global economy, feel similarly threatened. By contrast, Iran's power is dramatically enhanced, however unintentionally, by the consequences of the region's anti-regime demonstrations. When strong Sunni Arab governments are replaced by newer, unsteady regimes, their prospects for democracy notwithstanding, Iran sees weakness to exploit for its own strategic purposes. Although Libya and Yemen have today's headlines, Bahrain is actually the most dramatic case in play. The Middle Eastern base of the US Fifth Fleet, Bahrain's Sunni monarchy has long been vulnerable to Iranian subversion, and demonstrations there are likely based primarily on its Sunni-Shia divide, with the population 70 percent Shia. Last week, Gulf Cooperation Council countries stood by Bahrain's king, implying willingness to provide military assistance, and the Saudis apparently urged forceful action against the demonstrators, despite contrary US advice. So far unanswered is whether Iran is actively causing mischief, hoping for the unnecessary lethal force used by Bahrain's government in response. In Egypt, Hosni Mubarak's fall has not altered the fundamental reality of military control, but it inevitably means more internal focus, and less energy opposing Iran's regional hegemonic efforts. Moreover, Mubarak's successor will likely be less sympathetic to the Camp David Accords; even pro-democracy leaders have called for revising this foundation of Middle Eastern stability, and things can only go downhill from there. And Iran's dispatch of warships to the Suez Canal graphically for the first time since the mullahs seized power in 1979 demonstrates its confidence in projecting power against Israel. Are other GCC governments vulnerable to either Muslim Brotherhood-style extremists or Iranian subversion? Because of their oil wealth and the popular legitimacy the
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monarchies claim, perhaps not. But if, as in Bahrain, economics is not the dominant factor, both Iran and Sunni extremists could try to topple these regimes and seize control of hydrocarbon revenues, directly or indirectly. How should America respond? We are legitimately interested in lessening Iran's influence -- which is certainly not democratic, as events in Iran itself demonstrate daily. Indeed, any system resting on absolute theocratic control is necessarily destructive of freedom of conscience. Accordingly, Washington and its allies should seek to block Iran even as it seeks cover under "prodemocracy" pretenses. In Cold War days, we understood that pro-Communist forces called for "free elections" under "united fronts," cynically using the forms of democracy to undermine its substance. We were not deceived then by Moscow, nor should we be deceived today by Tehran (or, similarly, by Sunni extremists). We should encourage states transitioning to democracy to protect themselves from
_____________________ “We are legitimately interested in lessening Iran's influence which is certainly not democratic, as events in Iran itself demonstrate daily.” _____________________ Iranian efforts to subvert their progress. Iran funds and arms terrorist groups like Hezbollah and Hamas, a subsidiary of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood. Preventing Iran from using Hamas as a conduit to the Brotherhood, and similar arrangements elsewhere, should be a major priority -- just as, by analogy, US law rightfully prohibits foreign campaign contributions. Moreover, Washington could help trace illicit Iranian money flows, making such information available to interested states. We also should focus on undermining the Tehran regime and its puppets. For too long, we've said and done little as Iranian and Syrian opposition groups have been marginalized. Perhaps the greatest tragedy is Lebanon, where the democratic Cedar Revolution is now in mortal peril from Hezbollah and Iran. Playing only defense makes no more sense in international politics than in sports. Finally, we should not apologize for defending US national interests even if they conflict with demands for immediate elections. Our interests derive from our own democracy, giving them ample legitimacy. Welcoming democracy for others does not entail putting our interests in second place, even if advancing our interests overrides opposing views of pro-democracy forces. That is a hard but necessary truth. We may wish it was otherwise, but for our own protection, our statesmen must recognize reality. John Bolton, a former US ambassador to the UN, is author of "Surrender Is Not an Option."
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COMMUNITY
The Jewish Voice
March 4, 2011
BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BOARD APPROVES MOISHA’S SUPERMARKET 2M TAX-BREAK BY BARBARA KITAI A controversial issue of major tax breaks has finally been decided in favor of Moisha’s Discount Supermarket . The $2 million supermarket tax break came after much dispute since opponents alleged that the District Manager had misrepresented the board when he claimed that the board had supported it before it was actually considered. ity officials claim the market, qualifies for breaks targeted at neighborhoods desperate for fresh food, even though there are 10 other supermarkets in the area.
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_____________________ Moish Binik (the owner): “The community loves us. They want us to expand. We can’t afford this without some help.” _____________________ Even though there are other groceries in the area, Moisha’s says they’re too far for some customers to walk - and more expensive - which is why they will be receiving the tax break. “The community loves us. They want us
to expand,” said Moish Binik. “We can’t afford this without some help.” To support the tax break, the District Manager testified to the city Industrial Development Agency that “for the community board… we believe this will only help this community more and it’s going to help alleviate traffic, alleviate parking, so we are supporting this project the whole way.” He defended his support for the tax break, but conceded he never should have said the board was behind it.. But one board member wrote to Borough President Marty Markowitz complaining about the move, and some angry residents plan to confront the District Manager at tomorrow’s board meeting. “We intend to storm the community board,” said neighbor Natalie Denicola.“ The
corruption just has to stop at this community board.” The meeting was met with heated discussions and debates. One observer who attended, told VIN News the tone of many of the opponents were clearly anti-Semitic. CB12 member Sandy Aboulafia said she had no idea the District Manager had given the tax break the board’s backing until she got a call from a reporter. Board Chairman Alan Dubrow said the District Manager has apologized at the meeting. Moisha’s “expansion will help the community,” he said.“ But we never spoke about it… He should never have said it.” Board member Jacob Haas hailed the district manager of good character and principles as, ‘Our great hero”. Moisha said that the one benefiting in the long run was the city since his expansion would generate sales tax revenues.
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FORMER MORTGAGE BROKER SENTENCED TO 30 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR BANK FRAUD Joseph Kohen Ordered to Pay Over $22 Million in Restitution to PNC Bank A former Monmouth County, N.J., mortgage broker was sentenced to 30 months in prison for committing a $25 million bank fraud against PNC Bank, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
nature of J.S. on the check, understanding that Dwek intended to use the check in connection with another transaction. Kohen and Dwek’s actions caused PNC Bank to suffer a loss of over $20 million. In addition to the prison term, Judge Linares sentenced Kohen to five years of supervised release and ordered him to pay restitution in the amount of $22,790,000. U.S. Attorney Fishman credited special agents of the FBI’s Red Bank Resident Agency, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Michael B. Ward in Newark; and special agents of IRS – Criminal
oseph Kohen, 40, of Long Branch, N.J., previously admitted to participating in the bank fraud scheme with Solomon Dwek – at the time a Monmouth Countybased real estate developer and owner of properties throughout Monmouth and Ocean Counties – to defraud PNC Bank by way of false representations and promises. Kohen pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Jose L. Linares to a Information charging him with bank fraud. Judge Linares also imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court. According to documents filed in this case
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_____________________ “Kohen agreed to participate in a scheme to defraud PNC Bank at Dwek’s request.” _____________________ and statements made in court: Kohen agreed to participate in a scheme to defraud PNC Bank at Dwek’s request. Kohen admitted that on April 25, 2006, he gave a false name and claimed to be an attorney representing Dwek during a telephone call with an employee of PNC Bank. During the conversation, Kohen claimed that as Dwek’s attorney, he would be sending a wire to cover a $25 million check, though he knew no such wire would be sent.
Joseph Kohen, of Long Branch, NJ, previously admitted to participating in the bank fraud scheme with Solomon Dwek. Prior to the call, Kohen provided Dwek with a copy of a $25 million check drawn on the attorney trust account of an individual identified in court documents as “J.S.,” the name by which Kohen identified himself when posing as Dwek’s attorney. In accordance with Dwek’s instructions, Kohen made the check payable to SEM, a Dwek entity, for the amount of approximately $25,212,076.35. Kohen then forged the sig-
Investigation, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge Victor W. Lessoff; as well as investigators from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office with the investigation that led to today’s sentence. The Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office and Brick Township Police Department also assisted in the investigation. The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brian R. Howe, Deputy Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Special Prosecutions Division in Newark, and Thomas J. Eicher, Chief of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Criminal Division.
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NEWS IN REVIEW
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March 4, 2011
NEWS IN REVIEW ISRAEL Double Standards Propaganda: Israel Apartheid Week very March, Islamic extremists converge on campuses across the country to sow divisions, encourage prejudice, and incite hostility. They come as part of "Israeli Apartheid Week," a series of lectures, exhibits and events that single out Israel for fierce attack. Students are told the Jewish state is, by nature, a racist, colonial and oppressive state. They are told Israel should be boycotted, and even destroyed. They are told this by ideologues who distort facts about the country while ignoring genuine oppression in the Middle East and across the world. To understand its malignant nature of the event, the propaganda that Israel is an apartheid state is an assault on the country's very legitimacy. South Africa's racist, apartheid regime was rightfully dismantled, but this campaign seeks absurdly to cast Israel — the Middle East's most progressive state and only liberal democracy — as being guilty of similar policies and equally deserving to be dismantled. Apartheid Week is an affront to Palestinian and Israeli moderates who seek to reach peace through compromise and mutual recognition. It opposes equality and tolerance by seeking to do away with the Jewish people's right to self-deter-
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mination. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said that Israel, which he described as "one of great outposts of democracy in the world", has an "incontestable" right to exist. Apartheid Week's push against King's truth can only impede the dream of peace and justice in the Middle East.
Israel Weighs New Palestinian Peace Plan, Official Says srael may start a new peace initiative with the Palestinians as concern rises that Middle East turmoil will lead to renewed pressure on the sides to resume talks. The plan would include a phased approach to a final peace agreement, the Israeli official said today, speaking anonymously as he was not authorized to speak to the media on the matter. He declined to elaborate. Netanyahu has said that peace talks should address all outstanding issues and aim for a comprehensive and not a phased agreement. Nabil Shaath, a top official in Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party, said the idea of a staged approach is "even worse than what we have been discussing already." Netanyahu may be trying to show that he is willing to be flexible as Western governments back popular uprisings across the Middle East. Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have been have been stalled since September, when Netanyahu refused to extend a 10-month partial construction freeze in West Bank settlements. Abbas has said he won't negotiate while the building continues.
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Settlers Attack West Bank Villages Following Outpost Demolitions
sraeli settlers damaged houses and cars in a Palestinian village in the West Bank on Tuesday, police and witnesses said, in an apparent show of anger over the Israeli demolition of homes in an unauthorized settler outpost. Police say settlers are suspected of smashing windows of seven Palestinian cars and throwing a fire bomb at a Palestinian house. Resident of the village of Hiwwara also said settlers threw petrol bombs into a house, broke the windows of another, and burned several cars in the overnight rampage before moving on to nearby Burin, where Israel Defense Forces soldiers prevented them from attacking a mosque. "We tried to put off the fire but we could not, because it was huge. The whole front room burned down and part of the sitting room," said Rami Edmeidi, the owner of the home that came under attack. Police said Tuesday that the incidents appear to be part of a campaign Jewish extremists call "price tag" - violence against Palestinians following Israeli government action to curb settlements. On Monday, Israeli forces demolished two homes at the unauthorized West Bank outpost of Havat Gilad, a hilltop settlement built without government permission, sparking fury among settlers in the area. Eight settlers were arrested Monday during clashes with security forces conducting the demolitions. Israel Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said Tuesday that a total of 37 people have been
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arrested in all in disturbances related to the demolitions at Havat Gilad. In remarks to legislators from his Likud party on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted he was limiting the scope of construction as a result of international pressure. But Likud MK Danny Danon said he and other settler supporters in the party intend to rachet up pressure on Netanyahu to boost construction in settlements.
INTERNATIONAL Anti Immigration Sentiment on the Rise in Britain n last year's general election in Britain, both the Conservatives and Labour addressed the issue of immigration and the popular sentiment that uncontrolled immigration had caused problems for Britain. However, due to Britain's electoral system, no party with an explicit anti-immigration agenda such as the British National Party or the United Kingdom Independence Party managed to make it into Parliament. This contrasts with results in Holland and Sweden where the Freedom Party and the Swedish Democrats made major breakthroughs. In France, the National Front polls are at 20%. Now, a poll conducted in Britain for the left-wing Searchlight Educational Trust finds that 48% of voters would consider voting for a party that would tackle immigration and Islamic extremism provided it
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NEWS IN REVIEW steered clear of violence and "fascist imagery", 52% said that Muslims cause problems in the United Kingdom. The poll found that two thirds of white Britons felt that immigration had made a negative contribution. They were joined by 43% of Asian Britons and 17% of black Britons. freezing immigration on till the economic situation improves. David Cameron is attacked for his recent speech denouncing multiculturalism and calling for a muscular liberalism that would delineate what values are acceptable and what are not. Critics from the left condemn the Cameron speech for legitimizing the sentiments expressed in the poll. The Left and its journalistic mouthpieces, such as the Guardian and the Daily Mirror, also claim that the government's current austerity policy is causing layoffs and lowering the standard of living. This is increasing economic insecurity and therefore fueling the dangerous attitudes surfacing in the poll.
US Repositions Military Units Around Libya he United States began repositioning naval and air force units around Libya on Feb.28th, pressuring embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi to step down. The naval units could be used for humanitarian and rescue missions, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in Geneva. "There is not any pending military action involving U.S. naval vessels," she said after the Pentagon announced the repositioning of military units. U.S. oil prices, which have risen due to redeployment of U.S. forces around the oilproducing North African country.
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Saleh Blames US, Israel for Unrest uge crowds poured onto the streets of the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Tuesday in what the opposition hailed as the biggest protest yet against President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s three-decade rule. The veteran leader, whose supporters staged a large counter-demonstration, dismissed the opposition rally as a copycat action mimicking protests in other Arab countries that he charged had been fanned by Israel and the United States. Saleh’s opponents massed in streets leading to a square near Sanaa University, where students and pro-democracy demonstrators have been camped for more than a week. “Every day we hear a statement by Obama... (saying) Egypt don’t do this, Tunisia don’t do that... What does Obama have to do with Oman, what does he have to do with Egypt? You are the US president,” he
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said. The Yemeni leader, in power since 1978, has repeatedly rejected calls for his resignation, insisting he will defend his regime “with every drop of blood.” His one concession has been to pledge not to seek re-election in 2013, something the opposition has dismissed as inadequate. Thousands of protesters also turned out on Tuesday in the southern province of Lahij. In the town of Seiyun, in Hadramawt province further east, security forces shot and injured two protesters, witnesses and medics told AFP. The UN human rights chief warned Yemeni authorities against violent repression of peaceful protests, saying that people have the right to express their grievances.
Rice: US to Maintain Pressure on Gaddafi Till He Leaves S Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said on Tuesday that the United States will maintain political and economic pressure on Muammar Gaddafi until he steps down as Libyan leader. Speaking in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America" program, Rice also said it was premature to talk about providing material support to Libyan rebels who are fighting to oust Gaddafi, saying no clearcut unified opposition has yet to coalesce. A Kremlin source on Tuesday suggested Gaddafi should step down and called the Libyan leader a "living political corpse who has no place in the modern civilised world," Russia's Interfax news agency reported. On Monday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Gaddafi was using "mercenaries and thugs" to suppress his own people and said the Libyan leader must step down immediately. Opponents to the leadership of Gaddafi on Tuesday succeeded in repelling an attack by government forces on the Libyan city of Zawiya 50 kilometers west of Tripoli. Reports of casualties were unknown. The rebels and government forces were armed with heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft weapons and armored tanks. Gaddafi deployed forces to a western border area in defiance of Western military and economic pressure, raising fears that one of the bloodiest Arab revolts may become more violent still. Libyan forces re-asserted their presence at the remote Dehiba southern border crossing on Tuesday, decorating the border post with green Libyan flags. Reporters on the Tunisian side saw Libyan army vehicles, and soldiers armed with Kalashnikov rifles. The previous day, there was no Libyan security presence at the bor-
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NATIONAL Jewish Rights Group Protests J-pop Band's Nazi Garb S-based Jewish rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center has demanded music channel MTV Japan apologise for airing an interview with a rock band dressed in Nazi-style uniforms. The Japanese unit of MTV Networks said in response that it had taken the footage and related images off the air and off its website. "We never intended to offend anyone," the channel said in a statement. The six members of J-pop band Kishidan wore SS-like uniforms during a February 23 broadcast of the show "Megavector", said the Los Angelesbased group, expressing its "shock and dismay". "There is no excuse for such an outrage," said rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, in his protest to MTV-J, Sony Music Artists and management company the Avex Group. Sony Music said it was preparing a statement in response to the protest.
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Julian Assange Reportedly Claims 'Jewish' Conspiracy Against Him ikiLeaks founder Julian Assange complained about a Jewish smear campaign against WikiLeaks emanating from journalists in Britain, reports the editor of a British magazine on Tuesday. In a call related by Ian Hislop, editor of the satiric magazine Private Eye (similar to the U.S.' Spy magazine), Assange reportedly bemoaned that the magazine had previously published a piece critical of WikiLeaks beacuse it had been taken in by "a conspiracy led by the Guardian which included journalist David Leigh, editor Alan Rusbridger and John Kampfner from Index on Censorship-all of whom 'are Jewish,'" the Guardian is reporting. Hislop says that after he questioned Assange, the internet activist backed off on his claims. Hislop writes: I pointed out that Rusbridger is not actually Jewish, but Assange insisted that he was "sort of Jewish" because he was related to David Leigh (they are brothers-in-law). When I doubted whether his Jewish conspiracy would stand up against the facts, Assange suddenly con-
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ceded the point. "Forget the Jewish thing." The article that Assange called to complain about accused a WikiLeaks associate, Israel Shamir, of being a Holocaust denier, according to the New York Times. In a statement released via Twitter on Tuesday, Assange denied the claims, saying, "Hislop has distorted, invented or misremembered almost every significant claim and phrase. In particular, 'Jewish conspiracy' is completely false, in spirit and in word. It is serious and upsetting." There are alleged scans of the article here, but it is not currently available online. A British court recently ruled that Assange can be extradited to Sweden, where is he is wanted for questioning over two rape accusations. Assange has argued that the move leaves him open to extradition by the U.S., where he could face "Guantanamo Bay" or the "death penalty."
Obama Meets With Jewish Organization Leaders resident Barack Obama met Tuesday with the representatives of the Conference of Presidents of US Jewish Organizations and made it clear that the US is unshakeable in its support for Israel's security and is against any attempts at de-legitimization. Obama added that the US was committed to achieving regional peace that would ensure the future of both Israelis and Arabs.
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Senator Paul Rand’s Hypocritical Demands en. Rand Paul is being condemned for trying to deplete aid to Israel. In a total 360 degree turn- around, Paul defended his calls to end aid to Israel, claiming he supports it but not if the funds are from his “kids future”, even if it’s for allies of the States. “I think they’re an important ally, but I also think that their per capita income is greater than probably three-fourths of the rest of the world,” he said. “Should we be giving free money or welfare to a wealthy nation? I don’t think so.” Yet the use of the word “welfare” to describe military aid to a key strategic ally is a term that makes him appear to share his father’s hostility toward the Jewish state. Important to note, the U.S. stopped giving economic aid to Israel in 2007; aid packages now are military only and also, it’s not just loans but a mix of loans and grants (the weapons keep tens of thousands of American employed). This is in direct contrast to the $1 billion the U.S gave Palestinians each year, none of which is recuperated or the billions in economic aid Egypt receives, most of which is siphoned off by the ruling elite.
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Itzhak Perlman’s Resigns as Artistic Director from Westchester Philharmonic World-renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman has resigned from his position as artistic director of the Westchester Philharmonic. r. Perlman's high-profile 2007 appointment had been heralded as a turning point then for the beleaguered orchestra. From early on, the famed musician's association with the orchestra helped attract audiences, with the box-office revenue more than doubling since the start of his tenure. Born in Israel in 1945, Mr. Perlman completed his initial training at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. After coming to New York, his appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1958, propelled him into the international arena. Following his studies at the Juilliard School with Ivan Galamian and Dorothy DeLay, Mr. Perlman won the prestigious Leventritt Competition in 1964, which led to a worldwide career. Since then, Itzhak Perlman has appeared with every major orchestra and in recitals and festivals around the world. In February 2008, Itzhak Perlman was honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award for excellence in the recording arts. His recordings regularly appear on the best-seller charts and have garnered fifteen Grammy Awards. His most recent releases include an all-Mozart recording with the Berlin Philharmonic (EMI) with Mr. Perlman performing as both soloist and conductor and a recording for Deutsche Grammophon with Mr. Perlman conducting the Israel Philharmonic. Other recordings reveal Mr. Perlman’s devotion to education, including Concertos from my Childhood with the Juilliard Orchestra under Lawrence Foster (EMI) and Marita and her Heart’s Desire, composed and conducted by Bruce Adolphe (Telarc). Mr. Perlman’s third Emmy Award recognized his dedication to Klezmer music, as profiled in the 1995 PBS television special In the Fiddler’s House, which was filmed in Poland and featured him performing with four of the world’s finest Klezmer bands. The philharmonic's executive director, Joshua Worby, said the orchestra and Mr. Perlman had "mutually agreed to dissolve the remainder" of the contract that was to expire in June. "The orchestra continues to be challenged by our financial situation and the changes we're making were designed to mitigate those challenges," Mr. Worby said
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FIGHT EVENT Yuri Foreman vs.Pawel Wolak Boxing Fight. SATURDAY MARCH 12. MGM GRAND.
DINNER GALA Friends of the IDF National N.Y. Gala Dinner. TUESDAY, MARCH 22,2011. NYC WALDORF ASTORIA HOTEL. The FIDF’s largest single fundraising event will bring together more than 1,400 prominent business and philanthropic leaders from across the country to stand in support and solidarity for the soldiers of Israel. This year marks the FIDF’s 30th anniversary, a milestone and testament to the generosity and commitment of its supporters.
Itzhak Perlman has appeared with every major orchestra and in recitals and festivals around the world. Tuesday in a phone interview. When the Westchester Philharmonic hired Perlman in 2007, attendance doubled and fundraising increased. Now due to economic straits across the country, the arts are especially hard hit. The orchestra continues to face financial challenges and has fallen behind in paying Perlman and its other musicians. The company has fallen behind in paying Mr. Perlman and its musicians, according to Mr. Worby. Without mentioning specifics regarding the amount owed Mr. Perlman, he said the orchestra is "one concert payroll behind" in money. Mr. Perlman, 65 years old, had been expected to conduct concerts on April 16 and 17, as well as on May 14 and 15. But classical-music companies rely much more heavily on donations than on ticket sales, and Mr. Perlman's presence there had failed to bolster that critical source of income, as the orchestra's management hoped it would. Contributions and grants fell 31%—to $526,785 from $765,891— between its 2008 and 2009 fiscal years, according to tax returns. Classical-music companies, regional orchestras in particular, have struggled since the economy’s downturn, due to public as well as private funding reductions. The Westchester Philharmonic, which has struggled in recent months to pay its bills, is no exception.
Illustrated Marriage Contracts at the Jewish Museum
rom one of the earliest known decorated pieces (Twelfth Century) to recent creations, these exquisite marriage contracts provide a wealth of information on the artistic creativity, cultural interactions and social history of the communities in which they were created. Ketubbot, which typically record the bridegroom's obligations to his bride in case of death or divorce, have been integral to Jewish marriage for millennia. They were kept in the homes of married Jews living in the West under Christian gov-
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This Super welterweight fight will be featured under Miguel Cotto vs. Ricardo Mayorga , a WBA welterweight championship rumble, Las Vegas. It will be televised live on pay per view. Forman became the forst orthodox Jew to win a world championship nearly 70 years ago. Born in Gomel, Belarus and raised in Israel, Foreman immigrated to Brooklyn to expand his pro boxing horizons.
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New York City: One of the world's foremost collections of decorated Jewish marriage contracts (ketubbot) is held by the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary here, and 30 of the finest will be on display at the Jewish Museum in "The Art of Matrimony: Thirty Splendid Marriage Contracts from The Jewish Theological Seminary Library," March 11–June 26.
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ernance or in the East under Muslim rule. The ketubbah collection of the Jewish Theological Seminary library, consisting of more than 600 works, has superb examples of virtually every extant type. The largest number of ketubbot in the exhibition are from Italy, where the art of the decorated ketubbah found its most beautiful expression during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries under the influence of Renaissance and baroque art. Magnificent marriage contracts from Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Iraq, Iran, Morocco, Persia, Syria and Turkey, each absorbing the visual language of the surrounding culture, are also included. In addition, visitors can see examples from Croatia, France, Greece, Israel, the Netherlands, Ukraine and the United States. The Jewish Museum is at 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street. For information, www.thejewishmuseum.org or 212-423-3200
CLASSES SHIURIM ASK OU Program SUNDAY MARCH 27, 9A.M. –NOON. SHAARE ZION SYNAGOGUE, 2030 OCEAN PARKWAY. WEDNESDAY APRIL 6. 7:30 -10:00 P.M. IN BORO PARK. Among the experts: Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO of OU Kosher, OU Posek Rav Yisroel Belsky, OU Posek Rav Hershel Schachter. The event is sponsored by the Harry H. Beren Foundation of Lakewood.N.J.
TRAVEL MAY8-MAY16, 2011 Rabbi Dr. Elie Abadie of the Edmund J. Safra Synagogue will be leading a trip to Syria and Lebanon. It will include visits to Aleppo, Damascus, Beirut, Aley and Bhamdun with high ranking government individuals and religious leaders. All interested may contact Rabbi Abadie at: rabbi@ejsny.org
CONFERENCES AIPAC HOSTS ITS LARGEST EVER POLICY CONFERENCE. MAY 22-24. WASHINGTON D.C. Attend to strengthen the relationship between the United states and Israel.
THEATER “My Pal, Izzy - The Early Life and Music of Irving Berlin.” FEB. 24-MARCH 5 AT THE KRAINE THEATRE, 85 E. FOURTH ST. A musical comedy tribute to the great American Jewish composer, featuring a dozen of his early, mostly unknown songs such as “If You Don’t Want My Peaches (You Better Stop Shaking My Tree).” For tickets, $16, call SmartTix at (212) 868-4444 or visit www.smarttix.com.
“25 Questions for a Jewish Mother” ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY, SUNDAY, MAY 8 AT 2 P.M. AT THE MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE, 36 BATTERY PL. Kate Moira Ryan’s play, starring comedienne Judy Gold from the Rosie O’Donnell Show, is based on interviews with more than fifty Jewish women. When it ran off-Broadway in 2006, the Times called it “fiercely funny, honest and moving.” For tickets, $25, call the box office at (646) 437-4202 or visit www.ticketweb.com.
SPORTS Cycle for Hope 2011 MAY 2-5, 2011 Join bikers from Israel and around the world for three days (one day option available) of cycling throughout Israel while supporting the Israel Center for the Treatment of Psychotrauma’s child resilience programs. ICTP’s unique child resilience programs work with educators, parents, and children in order to create comprehensive systems of support for traumatized children.
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A Seinfeld Episode etting kids to eat their broccoli has always caused problems, but who ever dreamed that this pursuit would inspire two lawsuits. Three years ago a certain Missy Chase Lapine, author of “The Sneaky Chef ”, took Jerry Seinfeld’s wife Jessica to court, accusing her of knocking
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She’s Good Material with a Knack for Material ailee Steinfeld, the 14-year-old who scored a Best Supporting Actress nomination at this year’s Academy Awards for her performance in the Coen Brothers’ True Grit, was actually picked from a pool of 10,000 young girls who auditioned for the role. What was her claim to this terrific opportunity? It was her perfect enunciation of the word “cotton”. Hailee Steinfeld Coincidentally, this word sounds quite similar to Katniss, the name of the leading character in the upcoming movie The Hunger Games. Rumor has it that this may be Steinfeld’s next big role.
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Promoting the Next Big Talent Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld off her idea of sneaking blended zucchini into cupcakes, and that sort of thing. Recently, Lapine pursued Jerry with a multimillion dollar lawsuit, saying that he defamed her by calling her a “wacko” and a “stalker” on the David Letterman Show. Justice Marcy Friedman threw out the suit, defending Seinfeld’s freedom of speech. Perhaps she felt he deserved a break, after all, having to eat sweet potato pancakes and apple crumble with pureed squash can’t be too much fun.
ri Emanuel, brother of Rahm Emanuel and head the largest diversified talent agency in the world, WME/Endeavor talent agency, serves as the inspiration for the character Ari Gold on Entourage. He was also quite an inspiration to his big brother Rahm and his mayoral aspirations. According Rahm Emanuel to entertainment
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industry sources, Ari spent all of his time on the race and was very instrumental in raising a good deal of the 12 million dollar war chest that helped put his brother on the Chicago throne. This past fall, Ari co-hosted a fundraising event with DreamWorks cofounder David Geffen, Disney CEO Robert Iger and private-equity investor Haim Saban.
As a student at Syosset High School on Long Island back in the late 1990s, Ms. Portman made it all the way to the semifinal rounds of The Intel Science Talent Search, the nation’s most elite and demanding high school research competition. Natalie Portman In 2003, Portman graduated from Harvard College with a B.A. degree in psychology. She was quoted as once telling the New York Post, "I don't care if [college] ruins my career…I'd rather be smart than a movie star.”Clearly, Portman got both.
Matisyahu Claims to Have More Soul
Shabbat Shalom TV? inally, someone has realized that the Shabbat table is a source for lots of good writing material. A new British sitcom “Friday Night Dinner,” inspired by Jewish family life, will debut in the UK this month. The show, created and written by Robert Popper, is set in North London and is based on his own family dynamics. Popper wanted to portray real modern Jewish life, not the stereotypical "Oy Vey” kind of Jewish life.
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Portman Sniffs her Nose at Dior’s Galliano atalie Portman represents Christian Dior’s Miss Dior Cherie perfume, so when Dior designer John Galliano made a stink with his recent anti-semitic tirades, she immediately spoke up. The Oscar winner and Dior spokeswoman said that she is "shocked and disgusted" by a video in which the company's now fired designer Galliano says he loves Adolf Hitler. "I am deeply shocked and disgusted by the video," Portman said in a statement Monday. "In light of this video, and as an individual who is proud to be Jewish, I will not be associated with Mr. Galliano in any way. I hope at the very least, these terrible comments remind us to reflect and act upon combating these still-existing prejudices that are the opposite of all that is beautiful."
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Natalie Portman’s Agility and Ability inner of the 2011 Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, the Screen Actors Guild Award, and the BAFTA Award for her lead performance as a ballerina in Black Swan, Natalie Portman has certainly proved that a good education pays off, no matter what career one pursues.
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he American Hasidic reggae star Matisyahu isn’t looking to start a fight, but insists that he deserves the title of Jewish rapper much more than his musical rival Drake. The Canadian Grammy-nominated Drake, whose real name is Aubrey Drake Graham is Jewish, but as Matisyahu claims, does not incorporate his Judaism into his life and music to the level Matisyahu that he does. Matisyahu, born Mathew Paul Miller, was raised as a secular Jew but developed an interest in Chasidism as an adult. He now ports a black hat and peyot and sings good solid Jewish tunes, such as his hit song "King Without a Crown".
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A Literary Connection he never knew that one of her favorite authors, Phillip Roth would help create her own life story. Leora Klein, the granddaughter of four Holocaust survivors, as well as the first American-born child of observant Jews who had immigrated by way of Romania and Israel, got married this past month to a man she met due to their mutual affection for the well-know author. Ms. Klein, 35, a writer, a tutor and a vice president at the Klein Group, her family’s real estate business, was introduced to Emmanuel Werthenschlag, an Orthodox Jewish artist from Strasbourg, France because a mutual friend knew of his appreciation of Roth. Coincidentally, on their fourth date, they bumped into Roth! Although invited, the novelist did not attend their wedding, which was held at The Pierre in Manhattan February 20th.
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THE WEEKLY SUDOKU How to play Sudoku? One simple rule: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9 TIPS FOR THE BEGINNER SUDOKU PLAYER • Make sure you have some free time ahead. • Resist the temptation of guess and use logic instead! • Solving time for the Sudoku is typically from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on your Soduku skill and experience, so don’t quit if you’re Sodukuing for 5 minutes and getting nowhere. • Use a pencil, you will make mistakes.
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JEWISH TALENTS SHINE AT OSCAR 2011 Continued from Cover
_____________________ “The Jews evolved in Hollywood not by being pushy and aggressive but as we have witnessed this year, by sheer talent and the ability to have their stories transformed into films that raise the human spirit to new heights.” _______________
ent roared like the MGM lion , but , this time it really had a lot to roar about. Israeli-born actress Natalie Portman, a Harvard honors graduate, daughter of a Jewish fertility doctor, after tearfully thank-
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Steven Spielberg ing dozens of her support staff on the movie and of course, her parents, walked off the stage with the Oscar for Best Actress. Her lead role in the movie Black Swan was so brilliant that many people have seen it over and over again. The next day a curious coincidence; her beauty caught the eye of Christian Dior perfumes and her face is used in the global marketing of their perfumes. At the same time, she was receiving her Oscar, Mr. Galliano the principal designer for Dior was making antisemitic remarks in a French restaurant. Later, an old You Tube turned up with him declaring his love of Hitler. He was fired. A speedy answer to an age old problem of antisemitism. Back to the Oscars; “The Kings Speech” has caught the spirit of the power of love and
discipline to overcome a disability, this time that of a King. Mr. Seidler, the author of the story on which the film is based had endured the tragic loss of his paternal grandpar- Aaron Sorkin ents, due to their perishing in The producer the Holocaust. David Seidler, at 73, the old- who accepted the Emile Sherman est winner of the Best Original Screenplay Oscar, was Emile award at the Oscars - came up with a story Sherman, an Australian Jew who was able to set around the Second World War just before recognize the importance of getting this film his triumph. made. He had been inspired by the speeches of The genius of The Social Network was King Edward VI and wrote to the Queen portrayed eloquently by Aaron Sorkin who mother for more information,the details of turned an impossibly difficult idea about which are secret. how Facebook was born into an edgy thriller As he collected his Oscar he joked: "My that portrayed Marc Zuckerberg the founder father always said to me I would be a late of this important technology with real bloomer." humanity. Love him or not, one had a Viewing this film offered a unique expe- moment to get a deep look into the life of a rience that spoke a universal language of the genius who could rest assured, knowing that power of courage, love, and loyalty. It really the many revolutions that have succeeded did appear as if an old wise sage wrote this thanks to Facebook. Like many Jews, he had movie’s story and, in effect, it is true. Mr. a dream and was able to gamble and take a Seidler, himself, battled a life- long problem chance to make it happen. This is the story of stuttering. It is a severe and embarrassing of the Jewish people. disability for any man but all the more so for There were ten Jewish Oscar winners, the king of England who was called upon to Kirk Simon and Karen Goodman for a docugive major public speeches of hope and mentary about children of foreign workers… courage during war time. Colin Firth was “Strangers No More”. Director- writer Lee given the most challenging role, one that was Unkrich for best animated feature Toy Story based on that of a life-long stutterer, who was 3. Randy Newman for his song “We Belong Jewish and unknown. Together”.
James Franco Sound mixing for Inception went to Lora Hirschberg and two colleagues. The ten Jewish Oscar winners were not lonely on the stage as there was a variety of Jewish Oscar presenters; the very brave and eminent Kirk Douglas, Scarlett Johansson, Billy Crystal and Steven Spielberg who has given holocaust survivors more visibility and recognition through his Shoah foundation and his film Schindler’s list. Last but not least important: the Jewish mother was applauded by the host James Franco by introducing his mother and grandmother who were getting a lot of Nachas watching . The Jews evolved in Hollywood not by being pushy and aggressive but as we have witnessed this year, by sheer talent and the ability to have their stories transformed into films that raise the human spirit to new heights. Next year in Hollywood! mimiducao@aol.com
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NEW RESTAURANT ON THE BLOCK:
NOI DUE “WE TWO” POCO MA BUONO “LITTLE BUT GOOD”
BY SPICE GIRL Soft Italian music, dim lighting, fresh seasonal food and a glass of wine. If this sounds like a slice of heaven, well, it is. With its non-descript entrance, you might even walk right by but if you know what you're looking for, Noi Due will find you. pon entering, we were so warmly greeted by the staff while being gently enveloped by the incredibly charming atmosphere. Friendly and inviting, with cozy decor, an authentic brick oven, a pizza thrower that can be quite entertaining, absolutely amazing cappuccino and espresso and a fully stocked bar with imported beer and wines, left us overwhelmed and greatly impressed. The place was just buzzing and we couldn't wait to sit down. Whisked to our table, it almost seemed the wait staff outnumbered the customers. So many gracious people smiling, ready to take care of anything we might need. The menu was in true Italian cafe style. We began with a cream of tomato soup that was neither too rich nor too heavy but just perfect, and an appetizer of stuffed artichokes with a lemon caper dressing. Along with the homemade foccacia accompanied by a fresh garlicky olive spread that is brought to every table, I wasn't sure how we were going to have room for the main dish. Noi Due offers an exquisite selection of salads, ranging from simple Mediterranean, feta cheese sprinkled with zat'ar to the more creative arugula. The brick oven thin crust pizza with homemade marinara adorned with basil leaves, and assorted toppings is light and delicious, and they even offer a whole wheat crust and whole wheat pastas, if you wish. Fish selections are varied and include the very delicious whole branzino to the specials on the blackboard in front; the Dover Sole wrapped around sauteed spinach in a lemon sauce served with lightly sauteed vegetables, and sliced potatoes that melt in your mouth, or you may enjoy a lasagne with mushrooms with bubbling tomato sauce in
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its own personal size skillet that is perfectly done. It is recommended that you try this with a chilled glass of Peroni or an Italian beer. It will be an experience you won't soon forget. If a hearty brunch is something you crave, then you won't be disappointed with Noi Due's full brunch menu which includes Mimosa, Sangria Pancakes, French Toast and eggs. For dessert, we enjoyed the Vesuvio which is a warm chocolate molten souffle with mounds of whipped cream. Noi Due also roasts its own coffee in Napoli, Italy and imports it specially for the restaurant, as well as boasting a traditional Italian espresso machine called a Bosco. Noi Due is also
known for its extensive wine list and they certainly do sell a lot of wine. At this restaurant, you get the feeling your part of something bigger than just a meal and after meeting the owner, I understood why. Proprieter Golan Chetrit's lifetime desire was to open a restaurant of his own and he literally walked the streets of his neighborhood in search of an authentically Italian kosher eatery, but to no avail. Having worked in several restaurants in Israel that specialized in hospitality, Golan became a professional barrista and took his idea ,expertise and a simple formula of fresh ingredients, a lot of hard work with absolutely no shortcuts, and decided to just '"do it, and do it right". Part of Golan's 'family' is house manager
Dominick who can be described as focused and hands on. He is always engaged in ensuring that his patrons enjoy a more than fabulous dining experience as he pays proper attention to every detail and that means everything from setting tables to seating guests. Golan's customer is not a just a customer, but a guest. Noi Due is his home; his heart. Everything homemade; everything fresh. Perfect for a date; a business lunch or a family celebration, Noi Due is a delectable new addition to the bevy of eateries on New York's upper west side. NOI DUE Restaurant: 143 West 69th Street, NY, NY (212) 712-2222
ORTHODOX UNION APPROVES PLACEMENT OF KOSHER SYMBOL ON ICONIC TOOTSIE ROLL INDUSTRIES BRANDS Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. today announced that Junior Mints, Blow Pops, Tootsie Roll Pops, Caramel Apple Pops, Charms, Sugar Daddy and Sugar Babies have become kosher-certified by the Orthodox Union (OU). New packaging bearing the “OU” symbol will be distributed nationwide beginning in the next few months, when kosher consumers will be able to enjoy the newly certified products. n the fall of 2009, Tootsie Roll announced that Tootsie Rolls, Tootsie Fruit Rolls, Frooties and DOTS had garnered kosher certification. Charleston Chew, Cella’s chocolate covered cherries, Andes, Razzles, Fluffy Stuff, Dubble Bubble, and Nik-LNip have been certified for many years. “We take great pride in producing wholesome confectionery products with fresh ingredients of the highest quality. This will bring even more of our iconic brands to an entirely new consumer base that can now enjoy our products,” said Ellen Gordon, President, Tootsie Roll Industries.
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The OU rigorously monitors of all aspects of production. It supervises the process by which the food is prepared, examines the ingredients used to make the food and regularly inspects the processing facilities to make sure that its standards are met. “We are very pleased that Tootsie Roll Industries went the
extra mile in having these additional candies certified. It was gratifying for OU to again guide Tootsie Roll through the certification process and bring these famous candies to the growing kosher market place,” said Rabbi Eliyahu Safran, OU Kosher’s Vice President of Communications and Marketing. Rabbi David Jenkins, who serves as OU rabbinic coordinator for Tootsie Roll Industries, noted his “satisfaction with the cooperation and assistance extended by all at the company enabling the OU to certify these many additional renowned products.” He
_______________________________ added that “consumers are reminded to check the packaging of all the added products to be sure that they bear the OU symbol.” About Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. is one of the country's largest candy companies, headquartered in Chicago with operations in Massachusetts, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Toronto and Mexico. In its 115th year, the company produces more than sixty-four million Tootsie Rolls per day and is considered the world's largest lollipop maker. The Company sells many well-known branded products including Tootsie Roll, Tootsie Roll Pops, Tootsie Pop Drops, Caramel Apple Pops, Child’s Play, Charms, Blow Pop, Blue Razz, Cella’s chocolate covered cherries, Mason Dots, Mason Crows, Junior Mints, Charleston Chew, Sugar Daddy, Sugar Babies, Andes, Fluffy Stuff cotton candy, Dubble Bubble, Razzles, Cry Baby, Nik-LNip and EI Bubble.
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Legendary H&H Bagels Baker Declares Bankruptcy
New York, NY 10017 H&H affiliate Garden Operations Realty listed a debt totaling $5.1 million, including $3.4 million in IRS debt and back taxes owed to New York and New Jersey. BY TARA KYLE Bad news for bagel lovers — one of the companies supporting Upper West Side landmark H&H Bagels filed for bankruptcy Friday, according to the New York Post. &H affiliate Garden Operations Realty listed a debt totaling $5.1 million, including $3.4 million in IRS debt and back taxes owed to New York and New Jersey, the Post reported. The bankruptcy papers indicate that the crisis and a related rent fight could force a shutdown of the bagel company's Seacaucus, NJ, baking facility, according to the Post. H&H owner Helmer Toro wrote in the
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filing that all this, plus a lawsuit connected to the rent dispute, resulted in a loss of capital and made it difficult for his company to acquire new financing, the Post reported. The bankruptcy case follows a turbulent few years for the acclaimed baker. Last year, Toro was sentenced to 50 weekends in jail following a grand larceny guilty plea in a tax evasion case. And in 2009, the tax dispute forced Toro to temporarily close both H&H's W. 80th St. and Broadway and W. 46th St. and West Side Highway shops. Writing in the bankruptcy filing, Toro attributed his most recent woes to country's financial crisis. "The situation was the product of the poor economy affecting the company," Toro wrote, according to the Post. "Business has been increasing as the economy improves."
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SNOWBOUND IN THE 2011 RANGE ROVER
"Don't be aggressive; be assertive," Fred Monsees tells us. "Try and build the momentum gradually." The 2011 Range Rover eases forward, its chain-clad tires taking a bite of the ice. A bow wave of snow gathers in front of the grille as the big sport-utility plows up the trail. Our supercharged 510-horsepower Range Rover can't be doing more than 15 mph, but it's enough to induce a blast of adrenaline.
_____________________ “The noble art of winching polarizes opinion. For some, creeping through inhospitable terrain is a challenge.� _____________________
his adventure wasn't supposed to be quite so, well, adventurous. The plan was to fly to Vermont and then hook up with the Land Rover Experience Driving School at the Equinox Resort in Manchester. We'd enjoy a little light-duty lifestyling in surroundings to which we, as the temporary custodian of a $100,000 example of Land Rover's finest, would
grow accustomed. But then it snowed. And then it snowed some more. And now we're passing through the hamlet of Weston and the manager here where we've stopped for a snack says the staff has been sent home to keep from getting stuck overnight in all the snow. By the best estimates, 17 inches of snow fell here last night and it hasn't stopped yet.
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2012 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 First Look The Murcielago's welded alloy tubeframe chassis was an old-school life-support system for its monstrous but dated 6.5-liter V12. For all its brutal charm, much of its technology was rooted in the past. What Lamborghini needed, its president claimed, was a two-generation leap. nd, technically at least, that's what his engineering team has delivered with the 2012 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4. Clad in a typically aggressive body shell, it's based around a carbon-fiber chassis and clings to the road with a sophisticated pushrod suspension. Then there's the all-new V12 engine and a radical seven-speed gearbox. Even if it's not a full two generations ahead of its predecessor, no one is likely to argue that it's not at least one generation ahead of its competition.
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The Guts of the Beast Lamborghini released details of the Aventador's driveline months ago, but it has been less forthcoming about its new flagship's body structure. Now we can finally reveal that the Aventador is made up of not one, but three different carbon-fiber tech-
_____________________ “Clearly the 2012 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 is more than just a reskinned and updated Murcielago.” _____________________ nologies. The result is a passenger cell that weighs just 325 pounds, but with more than twice the torsional stiffness of the Murcielago. The new suspension layout allows for larger braking units, too. Up front, the Aventador uses massive 15.7-inch carbonceramic rotors clamped by six-piston monobloc calipers, while the rear setup gets 15-inch rotors and four-piston calipers. There are custom-designed Pirelli P Zeros all round, too, with seemingly tiny 255/35R19s up front and monstrous 335/30R20s in back. Despite the ultra-lightweight chassis, by the time Lamborghini added everything else, the 2012 Lamborghini Aventador ended up at 3,472 pounds — 22 more than the old Murcielago SV and only 198 pounds lighter than the Murcielago LP650-4. It's better than being heavier, but it's a far cry from the 400 pounds of weight savings that was being talked about only half a year ago.
Science Behind the Speed Lamborghini has built a new 5,400square-meter carbon production facility at Sant'Agata to build and bring together the
three different carbon-fiber production methods that come together on the Aventador — two of which have never been seen anywhere else before. The first is RTM Lambo, a resin transfer molding system developed by Lamborghini and the University of Washington. Among its various benefits are a high level of automation, lighter carbon-fiber molds, a low resin injection pressure and far lower curing temperatures. Lamborghini then uses epoxy foam shapes to build spaces inside the tub that also double as harmonic dampers. Then there's another carbon breakthrough called Braiding which weaves carbon strands into tubular shapes ideal for adding strength in the A-pillar and down in the sill. They are also, handily, easy to replace in collisions. Lamborghini also uses the traditional, labor-intensive prepreg system for all the surfaces people see and touch. It gives the surface a more finished look and is easier to paint. Even after combining all three carbon systems and curing them together, Lamborghini says it can still manage production panel tolerances of just 0.1mm.
Heart of the Beast A clean-sheet engine is a rare thing these days, and it's even more rare when you're talking about 500-800 cars a year. Yet a clean sheet is exactly what Volkswagen Group boss Dr. Martin Winterkorn gave Lamborghini's engineers, and they ran with it. At 6,498cc, the new V12 is roughly the same size as the old Murcielago engine, but that's where the resemblance ends. Its crankshaft is different, its cylinder heads are different, its bore and stroke are different. Even the bore centers are different. The only thing it retains from the old engine is the 60degree V angle.
Styling Remains Bullish Covering all of this is a body shell built for both speed and drama. Unlike the
Murcielago, when the Aventador needs more air at higher speed, it doesn't create more drag by opening a set of batwings. Instead, the 2012 Lamborghini Aventador uses active aerodynamics to open movable ducts in the side flanks for the oil cooler, while the higher side openings are purely to feed air into the engine. There's a flat undertray to help the downforce at high speed and the rear wing also moves automatically. It has three settings, dropping down to 5 degrees at very high speed and lifting up to 11 degrees to help with the handling. Inside, the Reventon's dalliance with TFT instrument-cluster screens has paid dividends, because the Aventador has three of them in the dash alone plus another for the MMI screen, mounted high on the center of the dash. This has allowed Lamborghini to provide all manner of information and give all manner of options, including switching the speedo to a lower priority on the Corsa (track driving) mode so the driver can have a more prominent tachometer.
Two Steps Ahead? Clearly the 2012 Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 is more than just a reskinned and updated Murcielago. The styling isn't ground-breaking by any means, but how much more radical than a Reventon can you get before it starts to look ridiculous? The proof will come when we get behind the wheel. Hard to believe that nearly 700 hp and an ultra-stiff carbon-fiber chassis won't make for a heroic experience. Then again, you can have too much of a good thing. We'll see for sure this summer.
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REMEMBERING THE TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FIRE OF 1911 The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911 to this day, remains one of the most horrid tragedies in New York history that changed American Labor Unions and labor laws. any of the immigrants at the turn of the century that landed on America's shores made their way to the tenement sections of the teeming cities of the Northeast. Often illiterate, with limited knowledge of English, they found jobs wherever they could, often taking the lowest paying and most menial employment. The Triangle Shirtwaist Company located in New York City exemplified the typical working conditions these new immigrants often encountered. The Triangle Shirtwaist Company occupied the top three floors of a ten-floor building in the heart of Manhattan's Garment District. The company employed over 500 women ranging in age from thirteen to twenty-three and mostly Jewish or Italian. The majority labored at sewing machines turning out clothing for which they were paid "by the piece." To encourage the seamstresses to stay at their machines and to inhibit stealing, company management routinely locked the exit doors. With long tedious hours (9-10 hours per day) and low pay, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company epitomized the "Sweatshop." At 4:45 PM on Saturday, the young employees, many of whom were Jewish and Italian girls, started to collect their belongings as they were leaving work. In less than half an hour, some of girls' charred bodies were already lined up along the East Side of Greene Street. Hundreds of family members came to identify their lost loved ones. One hundred and forty- seven employees of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company were dead the night of March 25, 1911. The horror of their deaths led to
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A policeman looks up at the burning Triangle Shirtwaist Factory building as victims lie on the sidewalk March 25, 1911. numerous changes in occupational safety standards that currently ensure the safety of workers today. At the time of the fire, the only safety measures available for the workers were 27 buckets of water and a fire escape that would collapse when people tried to use it. Whenever the girls were working, most of the doors were locked and those that were not locked, opened inwards. They were effectively held shut by the onrush of panicking workers trying to escape the fire. Since the clothing materials feed the fire, it spread rapidly. Twenty-five people flung themselves down the elevator shaft trying to escape the fire. Their bodies rained blood and coins onto the employees who managed to make it into the elevator cars. Engine Company 72 and 33 were the first on the scene. To add to
the already bleak situation, the water streams from their hoses could only reach the 7th floor and their ladders could reach only between the 6th and 7th floor. These deaths, though terrible, was not what changed the feelings toward government regulation. To their horror, when they could not exit through the doors, the girls, mostly between 13 and 23 years of age, many of whom had been engaged to be married, jumped 9 stories to their death. Onlookers watched in horror as body after body fell to the earth. "Thud - dead; thud - dead; thud - dead; thud - dead. Sixtytwo thud - deads. I call them that, because the sound and the thought of death came to me each time, at the same instant," said United Press reporter William Shephard. The bodies of teenage girls lined the street below. Fire Department blankets ripped when several girls tried to jump into the same blanket. Some girls tried to jump to the ladders that were too short to reach the ninth floor. None succeeded. Five years after Upton Sinclair published his book,” The Jungle”, detailing the plight of the workers at a meat packer's plant was the time of the horrifying fire. Before that fire, instead of reforming the workplace conditions and safety precautions, ironically,
most people only wanted to reform the health and safety regulations on food. It took the tragic death of 146 girls, in their late teens and early 20’s to make the politicians and the people comprehend the dire need to regulate safety in the workplace. The New York legislature created a commission called The Factory Commission of 1911 headed by Senator Robert F. Wagner, Alfred E. Smith and Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor. One of the most significant results of this commission was the creation of the Fire Prevention division as part of the Fire Department. Restrictions were made to prevent fires from happening and to prevent the blockage of escape routes. Many people were outraged at the tragedy. The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire helped to solidify support for workers' unions like the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. The owners, Isaac Harris and Max Blanck, were tried for manslaughter but were acquitted in 1914. A court later ordered the company to pay $75 to the families of the victims. Though most people were disgusted with what had happened, there had been no regulations in effect that would have saved lives. One of the most significant results of this commission was the creation of the Fire Prevention division as part of the Fire Department. Restrictions were made to prevent fires from happening and to prevent the blockage of escape routes. Serious enforcement of all these restrictions and regulations, is needed even today, as many clubs and public places are still in violation of the safety codes. March 25, 1990, on the 79th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, the Happy Land Social Club fire in the Bronx, New York killed 87 people. Most of the people killed were not workers but customers. There was no sprinkler system, fire alarms, nor exits. The windows had iron bars on them leaving only one door to escape the inferno. The doors were padlocked to prevent theft. The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire remains as a turning point in US history. Countless state and federal laws were enacted because of this incident. REFERENCES: Stein, Leon, The Triangle Fire, (1962); The Los Angeles Times, obituary of Bessie Gabrilowich, (Feb. 1999) City Life at the turn of the 20th Century," EyeWitness to History, www.eyewitnesstohistory.com (2000).
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Shabbat Shalom: Parshat Pekudai BY RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN Efrat, Israel “And the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the Sanctuary. And Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud rested upon it...” (Exodus 40: 34, 35). hat is the significance of the symbol of the cloud, and its twin symbol, fire? The cloud and the fire are two symbols of the Divine Presence. The cloud is described here as resting on the Sanctuary and again in the Book of Numbers as directing the Israelites in the desert by day (Numbers 9:15-23). The fire directed the Israelites in the desert by night and confirmed the Divine acceptance of ritual sacrifices (ibid. Exodus 24:17, Kings 1, 18:38). Combined these symbols represent the heavens, for the Hebrew word "shamayim" is comprised of two words, aish (fire) and mayim (water). Water is the stuff that clouds are made of and turn into. Fire and water are also the ultimate antinomies, eternal opposites. The heavens are the Divine abode, and they also express the consummate paradox which miraculously brings together in peace even those elements which seem to be constantly at war with each other, fire and water! Furthermore, clouds express protective cover and life-giving rain, symbolizing security as well as growth and development. And fire expresses warmth, which likewise nur-
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tures life, and creativity. There is however yet another message which the Torah conveys by using these two powerful symbols of the Divine Presence. The Torah insists that as long as the cloud rested on the Tent of Meeting, Moses was forbidden from entering it – unless he was expressly summoned by G-d. Hence the Book of Exodus concludes with Moses’ inability to enter the Sanctuary (Exodus 40:35), and the Book of Leviticus opens, “And G-d called out unto Moses and the Lord spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting” (Leviticus 1:1). The Midrash goes so far as to declare that “The Holy One Blessed be He took hold of Moses and physically brought him into the Cloud” - it goes on to explain that there is a small letter aleph at the conclusion of the Vayikra (And He called) to stress that as long as the cloud was in evidence, Moses would require a separate and specific summons from G-d before he could enter the cloud and stand in the Divine presence. Similarly, while fire can bring warmth; it can also devour and destroy. One benefits greatly from drawing close to fire - but one can get burnt by getting too close. The great Rabbi Eliezer declared, “Warm yourselves by fire of the Sages, but be careful of the coals lest you be burnt” (Mishnah Pirkei Avot 2, 15). If this is true of Torah Sages, how much more so must this be true of the Almighty Himself! From this perspective, the symbols of cloud and fire are warning us to temper our love and desire for closeness to the Divine with reverence and awe which engenders distance. “Serve the Almighty with joyous love, but let there be a degree oalephf trembling in your exaltation” (Psalms 2: 11). Too much
Maimonides Medical Center Mourn the Sudden Loss of Dr. Joseph N. Cunningham, Jr. The Trustees, physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers of Maimonides Medical Center mourn the sudden loss of Dr. Joseph N. Cunningham, Jr. Dr. Cunningham was a friend, esteemed colleague, mentor and teacher to all who knew him oe came to Maimonides from NYU in 1982, bringing with him a new level of clinical excellence and advanced surgical techniques. In his nearly three decades as Chair of the Department of Surgery, he created high level and renowned cardiac and general surgical programs. He recruited leading surgeons from around the country, initiated important clinical research, and trained generations of new surgical leaders. Most recently, Dr. Cunningham served as our Senior Vice President of Strategic Initiatives. Joe was a dynamic leader, forward-thinking physician, and warm and compassionate man. He will be deeply missed by the many people whose lives he touched.
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familiarity can lead to a relaxation of discipline. Ecstatic devotion of the moment can sometimes lead one to overlook a religiolegal command. Passion is a critical component of religious piety, but it must be moderated by Divine law or it can run wild. As the Psalmist declares, “Cloud and haze are around Him, so righteousness and just law establish His throne.” (Psalms 97: 2) Moreover, cloud and fire, the lack of clarity expressed by a cloud (“looking through a cloud darkly”) and the inability to gaze directly into a flame, likewise express one of the deepest truths of the Jewish message: religion is not so much paradise as it is paradox, G-d demands fealty even in the face of agonizing questions and disturbing uncertainty. Egypt, with its omni-present waters of the Nile and its unchanging social order of masters and slaves represents certainty; the desert, on the other hand, and especially the rain-expectant and manna-less Land of Israel represent the unknown. G-d expects us to have the courage to enter into the abstruse haze, to scale the heights of the unknown, to take the risks of uncertainty as to immediate outcome in order to act as partners of the Divine. We must attempt to make light from darkness, order from chaos, gardens from swamp lands, justice from inequity. And just as the Almighty took a risk, as it were, by creating a human being with freedom of choice, so must we take risks by venturing into the unknown. "I remember the loving kindness of your youth, the love of your engagement years, when you went after Me in the desert, in a land which was not seeded" (Jeremiah 2: 2) Perhaps only a people who believe in a Gd who cannot be circumscribed by form or defined by sculpture can have the courage to attempt an adventure whose every step has
Summary of The Haftorah:
Haftorah Pekudai I Kings 7:51 - 8:21 he relevance of the Haftorah to this week's Parsha is self-evident. The Parsha detailed the final inspection and construction of the Mishkan culminating in G-d's presence filling the Tabernacle in the form of a cloud. In 2935 the Bais Hamikdash was completed and King Shlomo assembled the nation to Yerushalayim to attend the Aron as it was carried into the Holy of Holies. After describing the procession, the celebration, and the Holy of Holies, the Haftorah related that the presence of G-d filled the Bais Hamikdash in the form of a cloud. The two events, the construction of the Mishkan and the inauguration of the Bais Hamikdash spanned 486 years. At both occasions the "House of G-d" was sanctified by the presence of G-d descending in the form of a cloud. It should make interesting conversation to discuss why G-d chose a cloud as the manifestation of His presence.
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not been chartered in advance; perhaps only a nation which has fealty to a G-d who is profoundly unknowable can enter into a cloud of the unknown. But even if the precise details of the challenge are not prescribed or circumscribed, we do have a Torah which specifies right and wrong ways to pursue our mission. And, at the very least, the end-goal is certainly guaranteed, when "nation will not lift up sword against nation, and humanity will not learn war anymore;" (Isaiah 2: 4) "When the Knowledge of the Lord will fill the world as the water (from the clouds) will cover the seas." (Habukak 2: 14).
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The Maimonides Cardiac Institute Celebrates Centennial with Historic Milestones in Cardiac
During the past century, Maimonides Medical Center has built a reputation as one of the nation’s best hospitals for the treatment of heart disease. During the past century, Maimonides Medical Center has built a reputation as one of the nation’s best hospitals for the treatment of heart disease. From pioneering “firsts” that have saved countless lives, to groundbreaking clinical research, Maimonides continues to be a center of innovation in cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery. he 100th Anniversary of the founding of Maimonides Medical Center is the perfect time for cardiac experts at Maimonides to review our legendary past,” said Dr. Jacob Shani, Chair of The Cardiac Institute and Director of Cardiology. “We can’t help but be inspired by the stunning achievements in our history.” Among the most important milestones in cardiac care at Maimonides are: the first successful human heart transplant in the nation in 1967; the NIH sponsored clinical trial of a new class of cardiac medications in 1977, and the first coronary atherectomy in the tri-state region in 1991. The importance of cardiac care was emphasized at Maimonides from its earliest years. In fact, the Trustees established a separate Cardiac Clinic for patients in 1930, when the institution was known as United Israel Zion Hospital. This was the era during which many subspecialties began to emerge in the practice of medicine, and several distinguished physicians at Maimonides were among the nation’s first “cardiologists.” Dr. Rudolph Nissen became Chair of Surgery in 1945 and encouraged the exploration of new surgical techniques for cardiovascular problems. He was, himself, the leading expert at that time in the repair of aortic aneurysms. In 1950, Dr. Charles B. Ripstein became the first Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Maimonides. His body of research included groundbreaking work on pericarditis and postcardiotomy syndrome. Dr. David Dresdale established the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory 1952, ushering in the new era of Interventional Cardiology – an approach that allowed sophisticated diagnoses to be obtained by threading a catheter into coronary arteries to detect blockages and narrowing of blood vessels. In 1956, post-heart attack syndrome was identified by and named for Maimonides cardiologist Dr. William Dressler (Dressler Syndrome). And by 1960, Maimonides had established a Residency Program in Cardiology, providing advanced training in this rapidly evolving specialty. Dr. Adrian Kantrowitz began making medical headlines in 1966 when he performed the first implantation of a partial mechanical heart. The following year he successfully performed the nation’s first heart transplant. Despite the public accolades for these accomplishments, Dr. Kantrowitz often remarked that it was his work with heart assist devices that truly improved and saved the most lives. He developed the
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world’s first Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump at Maimonides – a device still in use today at hospitals around the globe. In 1976, Dr. Edgar Lichstein became Director of Cardiology at Maimonides and helped continue the tradition of expanding the boundaries of medical knowledge. Dr. Lichstein was a chief investigator for the historic BHAT (Beta-blocker Heart Attack Trial) that established the efficacy of a new class of cardiac medications. The public may be familiar with the most commonly prescribed of these drugs by such names as Metoprolol, Inderal and Lopressor. As the BHAT results were being published in the early 1980’s, Dr. Joseph N. Cunningham became Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Maimonides. After training in several of the best US programs, Dr. Cunningham brought to Maimonides a zeal for innovation coupled with outstanding clinical expertise. He developed a surgical technique that improved the safety of aortic aneurysm repair, and established one of the nation’s most highly regarded training programs for cardiothoracic surgeons. _______________________________
“We can’t help but be inspired by the stunning achievements in our history.” _______________________________ “During those exciting years at Maimonides, I was here doing my residency,” said Dr. Shani. “Then I left for a fellowship in Interventional Cardiology at Harvard. I was delighted to be recruited back to Maimonides in 1983 to head-up the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.” That very year, Maimonides was designated a 911 Cardiac Center – the only such hospital in the borough. By this time, Interventional Cardiology had evolved beyond a mere diagnostic tool. Skilled experts were exploring ways to remove blockages via catheter, and allow certain patients to avoid open-heart surgery. Dr. Shani, in fact, performed the first coronary atherectomy in the tri-state region in 1991. A year later, a specialized catheter was invented by and named for him – the “Shani Right.” He performed the nation’s first catheterization during a heart attack, stabilizing the patient and minimizing the damaging effects of the attack. Under Dr. Shani’s leadership, the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Maimonides became the first in the nation to become filmless, storing sophisticated radiologic images digitally. In 1997, Dr. Shani added a wrist clamp for radial artery catheterization to his list of
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The Foundation for Jewish Camp Students from Around the World Unveils New Research on Camp’s Gather at Yeshiva University’s Long-term Effect on Engagement Annual Model UN Conference The Foundation for Jewish Camp unveils the findings of CAMP WORKS, a landmark study revealing the long term effect of nonprofit Jewish camp on its alumni. he Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) unveils the findings of CAMP WORKS, a landmark study revealing the long term effect of Jewish camp on its alumni. Jewish summer camp has long been associated with the North American Jewish community, but the lasting effect of these priceless and memorable summers have been purely anecdotal…until now. CAMP WORKS reveals that the influence of nonprofit Jewish camp can be seen in the ways adults choose to engage with the community and to the degree to which they associate with other Jews, long after the last sunset of the summer. Throughout the past decade, FJC has worked tirelessly to promote the value and importance of the nonprofit Jewish overnight camp experience to North American Jews. As a result, Jewish camp has steadily become accepted as an essential part of building strong Jewish identity in children and creating a robust and enduring Jewish community. CAMP WORKS takes the next step and proves the long-term impact of overnight Jewish camp on Jewish attitudes and engagement. Professor Steven M. Cohen led an esteemed research team responsible for these new findings utilizing data collected by some of the premier Jewish social scientists of our time. The study compares the Jewish behaviors of adults who had attended Jewish camp as children with those of adults who did not, and controls for factors involving Jewish education and upbringing. Ultimately, the report reveals that the childhood camp experience significantly impacts adult Jewish practices and commitments, and instills a sense of belonging to a larger Jewish community.
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As adults, Jewish camp alumni are: • 45% more likely to attend synagogue monthly or more, raising their voice in song and prayer as a community; • 30% more likely to contribute to their local Jewish federation, demonstrating their care and solidarity for their fellow Jew as well as their feeling of being a part of a larger Jewish community; • 55% more likely to feel very emotionally attached to Israel, continuing a centuriesold relationship to the Jewish Homeland and a contemporary kinship with Jews world-wide; • 37% more likely to light Shabbat candles, bringing Jewish tradition and ritual in their home and sharing it with friends and family. (as compared to adults who did not attend camp) “CAMP WORKS clearly proves that
Jewish overnight camp inspires a life-long commitment to Jewish living,” explains Jeremy Fingerman, CEO, FJC, “As the North American Jewish community strives to find ways to evoke Jewish practice and passion in children and their families, CAMP WORKS proves that camp should be high on the docket. The Foundation takes this study as our calling card to continue to drive more kids to camp, enhance programming and emphasize professional development among camp leaders.” FJC has made research such as CAMP WORKS a priority in fulfilling the Foundation's mission: to unify and galvanize the field of Jewish overnight camp and to significantly increase the number of children participating in transformative summers at Jewish camp, resulting in a strong Jewish community. This report offers the fullest picture to date of the impact of Jewish summer camp. "Having hard data that proves what we have always known - that camp ‘works' to build a more vibrant Jewish future - is integral in helping us fulfill our mission of enabling more children the opportunity to experience Jewish camp," says Skip Vichness, Chair, Board of Directors, FJC. "As great as anecdotal evidence is, this new research pushes Jewish camp to new heights." "The Foundation for Jewish Camp has worked successfully over the past 13 years to catapult Jewish camping onto the communal agenda. But FJC has never been comfortable assuming that camp ‘works' based on studies that merely show a correlation between increased Jewish behavior and camp attendance. The Jewish community—as well as funders and parents with camp-age children--need proof that camp significantly impacts Jewish behavior and engagement well into campers' adult years, and Professor Steven Cohen's regression analysis demonstrates exactly that. There is no reason for any skepticism anymore: Camp works, and Jewish camping should be strongly supported and funded." - Elisa Spungen Bildner, Co-chair, FJC Board of Trustees About the Foundation for Jewish Camp: The Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) is the only public organization dedicated solely to nonprofit Jewish overnight camps. FJC employs a variety of strategies toward a single goal: to increase the number of children in Jewish summer camps. To this end, the Foundation creates inspiring camp leaders, expands access to and intensifies demand for camp, and develops programs to strengthen camps across the Jewish spectrum in North America. Through strategic partnerships on local and national levels, FJC raises the profile of Jewish camp and serves as a central resource for parents and organizations alike. FJC works with more than 150 camps, 70,000 campers, and 10,000 counselors across North America each summer to further its mission. http://www.jewishcamp.org
New York, NY, February 21, 2011— Hundreds of high school students from around the world debated important issues as part of Yeshiva University’s 21st National Model United Nations (YUNMUN) from February 6-8. The students, from nearly 50 different high schools from four continents, represented nearly all of the United Nations’ member countries in 15 different committees, and debated topics ranging from the peaceful uses of outer space to the elimination of discrimination against women. he annual event took place at the Stamford Plaza Hotel in Stamford, Conn. According to Michael Kranzler, director of undergraduate admissions at YU, the conference is the largest Jewish high school event of its kind. The students, who were assigned their representative member countries months
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before the conference, spent all year preparing their position papers so they could debate the issues and work together to draft resolutions. They also studied the procedures of the United Nations, as they were required to follow its methods of discussion and deliberation. The students had the opportunity to not only work on their public speaking and knowledge of politics and negotiating but also to meet and work with peers from Jewish high schools around the world. On Sunday night, the students enjoyed Super Bowl XLV before UN Secretary General Steven Paletz officially opened the conference. “The conference will illustrate the inherent difficulties but uplifting possibilities of effecting true change,” said Paletz. The knowledge gained at YUNMUN can help the students increase their enthusi-
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U.S. Moves Two Warships Closer to Libya... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said setting up a no-fly zone would be a highly complex oper-
ation. "If we were to set it up ... we'd have to work our way through doing it in a safe man-
ner and not put ourselves in jeopardy" from Libyan air defense, he said. Mullen also said there was no indication
that Iran had a role in stirring up the popular unrest that has brought sweeping political change across the Middle East.
The Maimonides Cardiac Institute Celebrates Centennial With Historic Milestones in Cardiac Care... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 36 inventions. And in 2001, the cardiac units at Maimonides became the first in the nation to employ fully-automatic external cardiac defibrillators. Advances in Interventional Cardiology continued to improve the treatment options for cardiac patients with a variety of conditions. Even troublesome heart arrhythmias became easier to diagnose and treat with the growth of a new interventional subspecialty – ElectroPhysiology (EP). The EP Lab at Maimonides is renowned for its excellence in a number of therapeutic procedures, including: utilizing the technology of implanted pacemakers and defibrillators; performing studies that pinpoint the source of heart malfunctions; and employing laser treatments – or ablations – to eliminate certain types of tachycardia. Meantime, advances in cardiac surgical techniques began to reduce the risks and complications associated with those major operations. The harvesting of veins for use in bypass surgery became minimally-invasive, eliminating a significant source of post-operative complications. Laparoscopic approaches to heart surgery also became a reality, allowing skilled surgeons to repair hearts without cracking-open the ribcage. “Beating heart surgery” – which eliminates the need
for the heart-lung machine – also became a reality and is now available for the correction of certain heart maladies. According to the current Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dr. Greg Ribakove, “There are so many safe surgical options today for heart patients. Conditions that once were inoperable can now be surgically corrected. Other patients learn, to their amazement and relief, that they might not need surgery at all.” Dr. Shani concurred. “The team approach at The Cardiac Institute ensures that each patient is evaluated by multiple specialists, and a treatment plan is established that best meets the individual patient’s needs. Some can be treated with medication and lifestyle changes, some with interventional procedures, and others with sophisticated and minimally-invasive surgical approaches.” An example of a serious condition that may have multiple treatment options is Atrial Fibrillation. The Maimonides Cardiac Institute created a unique multi-disciplinary Center of Excellence for evaluating and treating this disorder. Cardiologists and Cardiothoracic Surgeons collaborate on the evaluation to ensure that patients receive the treatments best suited to their particular cases.
has retained those top scores in each subsequent report. Today, the Maimonides Cardiac Institute is one of the most comprehensive cardiac centers in the nation, performing more than 10,000 noninvasive procedures; more than 5,000 interventional procedures in the Cath and EP Labs; and 700 heart surgeries each year.
“The patients are the primary concern,” said Dr. Ribakove. “We rely on evidencebased medicine to create optimal treatment plans. The patient outcomes for cardiac care at Maimonides are outstanding precisely because of this approach.” The Center for Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery – rare among cardiothoracic centers – routinely performs valve procedures using less invasive, more patient friendly techniques. Many of these techniques were developed or refined by Dr. Ribakove and his colleague, Dr. Gregory Crooke. Along with the established expertise of other cardiac surgeons, the Maimonides Cardiac Institute now has an array of surgical services that rivals the best in the region. The federal government’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began publishing comparative data on cardiac care four years ago. In its first such “report card” for hospitals, patient outcomes for two diagnoses were rated: heart attack and heart failure. Only a handful of the nation’s 6,000 hospitals received top grades for one or the other category in that report, and only three took top honors in both categories: the Cleveland Clinic, New York Presbyterian – and Maimonides Medical Center. The Cardiac Institute at Maimonides
Cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the United States. According to Dr. Shani, evolving technologies will continue to drive key advancements in diagnosing and treating cardiovascular disease. In addition to its own clinical research initiatives, Maimonides continues to take part in multi-institution medical and surgical studies. “The field of cardiac medicine is changing rapidly, as we continually discover new technologies and strategies that enable patients to overcome the challenges of coronary disease and live longer, healthier lives,” explained Dr. Shani. “Maimonides is committed to being at the forefront of the effort to develop and implement these advances, all in the name of giving our patients access to the very best care.”
ties, allegiances, and civic engagements are increasingly attuned to transnational causes and largely unshaped by, or positively averse to, explicitly Jewish concerns or values. Of course, the list of the top 50 donors hardly captures the full range of Jewish philanthropy. Smaller donors are increasingly leveraging their resources collectively through mechanisms like the Jewish Funders Network, and a number of wellendowed foundations—the names include Koret, Taube, Wexner, Dorot, Bronfman, Schusterman, Marcus, Adelson, and others—continue strongly to support Jewish causes and Israel. And this is not to take
into account Jews at all levels of wealth who give to Israel, to local UJAs and federations, and to their synagogues and day schools. Still, the symbolic weight of the megadonors is telling, and their priorities help shape perceptions and priorities both inside and outside the Jewish community. As a number of still-stalwart foundations have closed their doors or entered into spenddown mode, and individuals of stature have begun to retreat from active philanthropy, the distinction between Jewish philanthropists and philanthropists who happen to be Jewish looms more important than ever.
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Jewish Philanthropy 2.0... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 ruthlessly dedicated to cosmopolitanism. To the extent that Israel and Jewishness interfere with this value and identity, they are opposed—in the case of Soros, with large amounts of cash. There is scarcely an antiIsrael cause with which he is not involved, from softer ones like J Street to hard-line ones like Human Rights Watch. Although Soros is unique, at least with respect to the scale of his generosity if not his ferocity, his anti-Israel and anti-Jewish inclination is not. The older Jewish mega-
philanthropy, concentrated in the support of institutions meant for the ages, was motivated by a simultaneous desire to do good and to commemorate the goodness of the donor. Less tangible but no less real was the memorialization of Jewish acceptance into American society, as if to say: a Jew did this, and America allowed a Jew to do this. One message of the new Jewish mega-giving would seem to be not only that Jews have arrived but that, as with other members of their class, the primary terms of their identi-
Students from Around the World Gather at Yeshiva University’s Annual Model UN Conference... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 37 asm and “apply their passions, not just in their individual high schools and communities but across the globe.” Eliora Katz, one of the participating students, said that she “realized that compromise is not just an exercise during a committee session…we must live and breathe to allow the wide spectrum of people’s opinions and lives to merge and succeed.” Her school, the Melvin J. Berman Hebrew Academy from Rockville, Md. took home the Best Delegation Award, placing first of the 48 schools at the conference. Michi Hayman, a Yeshiva College senior and chair of the International Law
Commission, said, “The atmosphere of all these Jewish high schools coming together is amazing.” Yeshiva University President Richard M. Joel, who delivered the keynote address, spoke of the challenges that the students’ generation will face and the lessons they can learn from YUNMUN: “Maps are not eternal. Boundaries shift, sympathies change— it’s all up for grabs. Some of it is healthy but most of it is scary. …The UN is a metaphor. It’s a metaphor of whether or not we believe in civilization, in civility. Do we believe as a people we can build something together? If we don’t, it’s back to rules of force. We need to know how to disagree agreeably.”
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Glenn Beck Comments on Reform Judaism Slammed... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17 has political points of view, whether one agrees with them or not," said Foxman. "To compare Reform Judaism, which supports democratic institutions, to Islamic extremism, which supports anti-democratic movements and the repression of basic rights – including, for example, the denial of
women’s rights – is beyond the pale." "Glenn Beck has no business discounting the faith of any people, and he should think twice before commenting on something he doesn’t know much about," continued Foxman. "He owes the Reform movement an apology."
In their original criticism of Beck, the 400 rabbis wrote that he has has made "literally hundreds of on-air references to the Holocaust and Nazis when characterizing people with whom he disagrees," compares American leaders he does not like to Nazis and has said putting the "common good" first
leads to Nazi-like "death camps." "But you diminish the memory and meaning of the Holocaust when you use it to discredit any individual or organization you disagree with. That is what Fox News has done in recent weeks, and it is not only 'leftwing rabbis' who think so."
Chair in Breast Cancer Research at Tulane University. Mr. Safra believed higher education was essential for every young person in the modern world, even though he himself never attended university. He provided university scholarship funds for tens of thousands of needy students through the International Sephardic Education Foundation (ISEF), an institution he and his wife established in 1977 to support deserving Israeli students. Mr. Safra also helped universities direct-
ly, often through the support of chairs and particular programs (such as Judaic Studies). For example, at Harvard University, he endowed the Jacob E. Safra Professorship of Jewish History and Sephardic Civilization, and he gave significant funds for the Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professorship in Latin American Studies. At the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, he created the Jacob E. Safra Professorship of International Banking and the Safra Business Research Center.
Tuesday that an official would meet Quartet representatives in Jerusalem later. Nabil Abu Rdeneh, a senior Palestinian official, said the Palestinians would ask the Quartet to demand a halt to all Israeli settlement construction. An Israeli government official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the
sensitive nature of the peace talks, said Israel is weighing alternatives to its demand for direct negotiations with the Palestinians. "We are considering a diplomatic initiative to move the peace process forward," the official said, referring to a "phased path." He refused to give further details.
too many for now. The IAF has only two batteries and instead of putting up additional money for new ones, the Defense Ministry has been waiting several months for the $205 million pledged by the Obama administration for the project, which is being held up due to the failure to pass the budget on Capitol Hill.
The government could decide to independently allocate the funds, but if it does so, it would likely lose assistance from the US. In the meantime, it prefers to wait, partially because now every spare dollar will count as the IDF begins to prepare for a possible restructuring after the regime change in Egypt.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Iran will not respond to international questions about the whereabouts of the two, adding that the country considers the matter a "completely domestic" affair. The semiofficial news agency ISNA quoted state prosecutor Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehei as saying the two were not detained but did not elaborate. On Monday, he said authorities have cut all outside contact with them as part of a campaign to silence dissent. However, the opposition and their relatives said they are being held in a military garrison in Tehran. There has been no independent confir-
mation of their location. White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Monday: "We obviously find the detention of opposition leaders to be unacceptable and we call on them to be treated well and released." Mehmanparast denounced outside pressures to clarify the status of the two opposition figures. "The internal issues of our country are completely domestic and no country is and will be allowed to interfere in the internal affairs of our country," he told reporters. Mehmanparast said any "issues relating to" Mousavi and Karroubi "will be dealt in the framework of law by judicial authorities."
endeavor is early childhood education, Pritzker ran as a Democratic candidate for the House of Representatives in 1998 and was a major fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton as well as Barack Obama in the 2008 election. He said that Republicans are actively seeking Jewish support, both by taking a strong stand for Israel and by promoting Jews into high-profile positions, including
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. “The Democratic Party is being challenged even today for the support of the Jews,” Pritzker said. “The Republican Party has shifted from being mute on Israel or anti-Israel to being pro-Israel. Now, the No. 2 guy in the House of Representatives is a Jew who was elected by his peers. That matters to the broader Jewish community.”
“The Daily Mail” Issues Apology to Lily Safra... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17 For many years on Shavuot eve, the day of the anniversary of his father’s death, he would pray at the kever of Rabbi Meir until dawn. During his lifetime Safra donated millions of dollars to provide treatment for the sick. Hospitals across the globe – the Hôpital Cantonal de Genève, the Hôpitaux de France, and countless institutions in the United States, for example – benefited from his generosity. He was one of the founders of Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo, today
one of South America’s major medical centers. In Israel, he initiated the construction of the Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital at Tel Hashomer. In the area of medical research, he was a significant supporter of the Institut Pasteur in Paris, the Weizmann Institute in Israel, the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research and a number of different centers studying specific diseases in France, the United States, and elsewhere around the world. He created the Edmond and Lily Safra
New Weapon Downed Gaza Anti-Tank Rocket... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 actions and pledged to enforce the law. Settlements are at the heart of the current impasse in peace efforts. Palestinians say they cannot negotiate a peace deal while Israel continues to build on the lands they want for a future state. Israel responds that there has never before been such a precondition for peace talks.
With peace talks on hold for five months, the Quartet of Mideast mediators — the U.S., EU, U.N. and Russia — invited Israel and the Palestinians to separate meetings in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss ways to restart peacemaking. The Palestinians said they would send negotiator Saeb Erekat. Israel said late
Security and Defense: Channeling Chutzpah... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 development for the medium-range missiles in Syrian and Hezbollah hands. ISRAEL IS, without a doubt, a world leader in the development of missile defense systems, but it has yet to make the financial commitment of purchasing the necessary systems it requires to properly defend its bor-
ders. The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee recently issued a report claiming 13 systems are required to create an effective defense along the southern and northern borders. Rafael, developer of the Iron Dome, speaks about several dozen systems. Either way, the IDF is not rushing to buy
Iran Uses Tear Gas to Disperse Protesters... CONTINUED FROM PAGE cars whose drivers were believed to be honking their horns in support of the demonstrators. There were no reports of injuries, but opposition websites said several people were arrested. Kalame said the violence by security forces against protesters was "heavy and unprecedented." It said gunfire was heard during the clashes. Reports cannot be verified independently since Iranian authorities have banned media from covering opposition protests and other events. Opposition websites have called for another day of protests in Iran on March 8. Mousavi and Karroubi were put under house arrest after they called for the Feb.
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14 rally, the largest in more than a year following a relentless crackdown by Iranian authorities. Clashes between protesters and security forces during the demonstrations killed two and wounded dozens. Both Mousavi and Karroubi — who also ran in the June 2009 election — have been under increasing pressure from authorities who crushed street protests by their supporters. Iran's leadership has rejected calls by hard-liners to bring the two to trial on antistate charges, fearing that it could serve as a rallying point for opposition supporters. The current claims about their detentions, however, could also help to re-energize opposition forces.
Chicago Picks First Jewish Mayor Ever... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 didate,” he said. “Chicago begs for two things right now. We have a dire need for strong leadership to the fill the vacuum that’s been left [by the mayor’s pending retirement]. The other thing is that Chicago is on the verge of being an internationally recognized city.” “When I go to Beijing, being recognized as coming from a city that matters, that’s
important,” Pritzker added. “Rahm is someone who has the ear of the current president and the former president.” If Emanuel’s victory in Chicago shows that it is no big deal to be Jewish in American politics, Pritzker also warned that there is a danger in that reality for Democrats, who currently enjoy overwhelming support from Jews. A liberal whose major philanthropic
Holocaust Survivors to Protest Sen. Nelson’s Fundraiser... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 wrote Nelson last April. The group’s rebuke of Nelson was striking because as Florida’s insurance commissioner in 1998, he played a critical role in the passage of state legislation that allowed Holocaust survivors to sue the European insurers for unpaid claims. “He supported us and we supported him,” said Joe Sachs, 84, of Sunny Isles Beach, who lost his family in the Nazi death camps. “Why has he abandoned the survivors? Why does he support the insurance companies against us?” A spokesman for Nelson, who is up for reelection in 2012, said Monday that the senator has been a strong supporter of the Holocaust survivors , but noted he gave them assurances that he would only consider filing the legislation after the hearing. “Sen. Nelson didn’t break a promise,” said spokesman Dan McLaughlin. “He told
the Holocaust Survivors’ Foundation he would hold a hearing on their legislation allowing survivors to sue insurers – and then we’d see where the facts were. He did. And we got differing perspectives. In fact, the vast majority oppose this bill.” Some major Jewish organizations argued that prior legislation, which was filed in the House by U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, RMiami, but not in the Senate, would undo existing agreements between the U.S. government, Germany and other European entities. They also argued that it could damage negotiations over Holocaust claims in the future. But attorney Samuel Dubbin, who represents South Florida survivors, said the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims, which completed its work in 2007, only obtained total payouts of $250 million for some 14,000 claimants. The com-
mission also issued 34,000 humanitarian payments of $1,000 each. He said that experts have estimated that Allianz, Generali and other companies sold a
total of 879,000 life insurance policies to Eastern European Jews that now have a present value of about $18 billion.
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JCC of the Palm Beaches to Buy 14 Acres The JCC of the Palm Beaches has taken the first step to building a new 37,000-square-foot facility in Palm Beach Gardens. he organization said it plans to buy 14 acres just off Hood Road, west of Central Boulevard, for about $4 mil-
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lion. Next, the JCC will kick off a $15 million capital campaign to pay for construction of the center, which it said is needed to meet the demands of the growing Jewish community in northern Palm Beach County. The land is near Mirasol, Abacoa and Frenchman’s Reserve, mixed-use commercial centers, as well as a scientific hub anchored by Scripps Florida, Max Planck Florida Institute and Florida Atlantic University.
“We’re purchasing the land at the right time at a good value, preparing for the future of our community,” said Paul Gross, president of the JCC of the Palm Beaches board of directors, in a news release. “There’s only more significant, strategic growth to come, and we’re excited to be part of it.” Right now, the JCC is operating in temporary facilities in Midtown Plaza on PGA Boulevard. It also has a 54,000-square-foot facility on 6 acres in Boynton Beach. Once built, the JCC North will house a preschool, adult programming, a pool and aquatics center, summer day camp, sports fields and a full-size gymnasium. There will also be expanded space for lectures, group fitness, recreation and adult education, as well as for children’s programming, including those with special needs. The JCC is a partner agency of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County
$1.3 Million Committed During the Jewish Federation’s ‘Community Campaign Celebration’ More than 650 guests from throughout South Florida joined the Jewish Federation of Broward County at its annual "Community Campaign Celebration" (CCC). In attendance were an array of elected officials and dignitaries, as well as business leaders who came together to learn more about how the federation lends a helping hand to those in need and to hear stories from featured speaker Joshua Malina. alina, of "West Wing" and producer of "Celebrity Poker Showdown,"shared tales of Hollywood and spoke of his passion for Jewish causes and Tikkun Olam ("repair the world"). "Joshua Malina was both entertaining and enlightening, and gave a lively - and often very funny - presentation to a full house," said Eric B. Stillman, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Broward County. "As a Jew, he was able to connect with people in the audience in a very real way, and his sense of commitment is wonderful." The evening also included a salute to Carrie and David Schulman, long-time supporters of the Jewish Federation of Broward County. The Schulmans' company, Mass Mutual Financial Group/DBS Financial
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Group, was the presenting sponsor. The night featured stories of several people who have come upon difficult times and are struggling. Through programs supported by the federation, these people have been helped, their lives have improved and they have been able to get past the worst of their problems to become more self-sufficient and able. "When you hear real stories, and see real people, it is impossible not to feel moved," added Stillman. This year marked the tenth anniversary of the CCC, and board chair Karen Zemel acknowledged guests who had attended every year. Both Stillman and Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz addressed the crowd. The CCC serves as the federation's largest single fundraiser, with $1.3 million raised.
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Group of the Birthright Israel participants in front if the Western Wall. Birthright Israel said it has received a record-breaking number of North American applicants for its free, 10-day trips to Israel. he organization, which provides allexpense-paid trips to Israel for Diaspora Jews aged 18 to 26, received 40,108 applicants during the seven-day registration period ending Tuesday. Israel's Minister For Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs, Yuli Edelstein, called it "the most successful project in the Jewish world.” Currently, demand for the free trips far
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oustrips the resources available to pay for them. Birthright says it can send 15,000 of the applicants on trips between May and August, part of a larger total of 33,000 young adults it will bring to Israel from all over the world in 2011. The Israeli government announced in January it would be increasing its contribution to the program to $100 million between 2011 and 2013. The money will only come through, however, if American philanthropists can raise $222 million over the same period. Birthright hopes to bring 51,000 Jews to Israel in 2013.
EasyJet Apologizes to Passengers for Pork Sandwiches
The budget airline has featured kosher and vegetarian sandwiches since its London-Tel Aviv route was introduced late last year, a spokeswoman told media outlets Tuesday. t is also the airline's policy not to have any pork products on board the planes on that route. The kosher menu includes egg, mayonnaise and tomato sandwiches; smoked salmon and cream cheese bagels; mozzarella and tomato panini; and a muffin or chocolate orange mini cake. The wrong food canisters were loaded on the plane for the four-and-a-half-hour flight,
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Yuri Foreman Workout: Highlights from Kingsway Gym Yuri Foreman is one of the many fighters on the March 12 SHOWTIME PPV card from MGM Grand in Las Vegas with an amazing story of perseverance. In the last year, Foreman lost his WBA Super Welterweight World Championship, tore his ACL, had a child with his wife and lost his long time manager and friend, Murray Wilson. hrough it all, Foreman stayed committed to his family, Jewish faith and boxing. On Tuesday while holding a workout from Kingsway Gym in Manhattan, Foreman looked swift while going through his routine without a knee brace and kept the media laughing afterwards. Below are some highlights:
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Foreman on the status of his surgically repaired knee: “Doctors say it should be no problem. It should be as strong as before. Yesterday, it was raining, for example, I felt it. I feel the weather. Good thing the fight is Vegas; the chance of rain is slim.” Will Foreman wear a brace for this March 12 fight? “No brace. It’s going to be like Forrest Gump. The joint itself will be stronger [than before the injury].” Foreman’s feelings about being on this pay-per-view broadcast with his old friends at SHOWTIME : “It’s great. Listen, it’s one of the biggest channels out there today. It’s a great honor and I’m thanking SHOWTIME for the opportunity. I love it.”
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“Losing the title, you know I had many things after that... So I take that experience as a positive experience.” ______________________________ On what he expects from his March 12 opponent Pawel Wolak: “A lot of pressure. That’s what he does, a lot of pressure. I guess he lives up to his name, ‘Raging Bull.’ Once in a while, he’s jabbing with his head. I have to be careful… be ready for the pressure.”
Yuri Foreman giving an interview to the media On fighting without a title: “I always consider myself an underdog. Even winning the world title, I considered myself an underdog so losing the world title, nothing has changed. I’m still hungry. There’s a lot of work to do.” “Losing the title, you know I had many things after that: surgery, birth of my son and the passing of my friend and manager, Murray Wilson, in a short amount of time. Everything happens for a reason. In Judaism, they say everything that happens is always for the good. So I take that experience as a positive experience.” On boxing fans commending Foreman’s courageous performance with a torn ACL at Yankee Stadium against Miguel Cotto: “I came home and had 300 friend requests from Puerto Rico from Facebook, so that’s good… that was a joke.” Does Foreman like fighting as a New Yorker? “Being the capital of the world, coming to this city and great country ten years ago, I never even had a vision that I would fight in Yankee Stadium or even be world champion. The saying, ‘If you make it in New York, you can make everywhere work,’ you know, it’s true. In different countries, if you belong to a certain ethnic group, perhaps you’re not going to make it because you’re born a different color. But here, no matter what your background is, if you put in 100 percent, you can make it and nobody will look at you as this [outsider]; you’re a world champion. That’s what’s really great about it. I love this city. I love the people.”
On how long until Foreman becomes a rabbi: “Probably less than a year.” On what he would have done differently from the Cotto fight: “Perhaps stay away from the wet, wet patches in the ring. Boxing is not a sprint. It’s a marathon race and I had the plan for 12 rounds, not for six. Unfortunately, when you come to the fight, for example, you have A, B, C plan but with an injury like that, there’s no B plan.” Does Foreman want a rematch with Cotto? “Yea, of course. I’ll always have the desire. It’s up to, of course, Bob [Arum]. But you know, I don’t have a yearly plan.” On how having a child changes everything: “I have a bird, a parrot. Before the baby, the parrot was like my baby. ‘Oh, make sure he eats.’ And after the baby, my parrot just became a pet. With a stronger knee, will we see more power and knock outs from Foreman? “Who knows? Knock outs, I don’t even remember when was [the last time I scored one]. Could Foreman take his fellow actor, Channing Tatum, from Fighting in a real fight? “Channing Tatum? I have a very good chance to beat him up. Smash his head into the water fountain.”
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MANHATTAN 555 8th Avenue, New York NY OPEN 24 HOURS/7 DAYS with full time professional security. Great REASONABLE space avail 4258-7366 RSF. Bldg renovated, incl new windows, A/C, sprinklers, light & bright w/sep freight ent on W 38th St. Call owner 212-695-0005 or main office at 718-387-0500 1090
555 8th Avenue, New York, NY OPEN 24 HOURS/7 DAYS With fulltime professional security. Great REASONABLE space avail. 42587366 RSF. Bldg renovated, incl new windows, A/C, sprinklers, light & bright w/sep freight ent on W38th St. Call owner 212-695-0005 or main office at 718-387-0500 1090
1060 NY APT FOR RENT. Wall St Area waterfront renov 1 BR w/ balcony, lux hi rise condo. 24 hr doorman, all amenities, $3700mo. Owner 973-540-0220
Apartment For Sale 1050
MANHATTAN 1050 CONDO FOR SALE NYC: 96th St W 275, 9H Condo by owner, 1 BR mint. New kit & bathroom, terrace, pool, health club. $750K, Maint $735/mo. Open house Sun 1/30 @1:30-3pm 917-561-8054
~Tower 53 Condo~ @ 159 W 53 – 15H Corner Huge Lux 2BR/1.5Baths Windowed Kitchen w/ Stainless Steel Appliances + DA w/ BuiltIn Marble Server’s Bar Low Maint + Tx. Utilities Included. $859K Lisa Mansour @ Uziel Group 212-891-7282 Prudential Douglas Elliman ~THE MILAN~ @ 300 E 55 - 26C New to Market! Mint 3 Beds/3 Bath + DA, Hi-Floor Amaz City + River Views, Top-of-the-Line Windowed Kitchen + Custom Built-Ins W/D in Apt ~ $11,500 Ronit Uziel @ Uziel Group 212-891-7136 Prudential Douglas Elliman
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
1095
MANHATTAN 2 FURNITURE STORES FOR SALE: Owner retiring. 1) Clinton St. Lower Eastside Manhtn, 2)Broadway, near Flushing, BKLYN. Call Al 631-860-1437
1095
1090 Financial District: Beaver St 2nd Floor, 2500 sq ft, avail imm. Debra Rosenfeld 212-604-4744 1095 Manhattan: Small kosher restaurant for sale in Upper East Side. Priced below market value at $49K. For more info call 917-544-1103
1080 Office to Share/ NY: Desk Space4 Avail $325. Downtown Manhattan. Private furnished office space, 100 sq ft includes phone + internet. $925 212-514-8400
Ave L/ Ocean Pkwy: Lg renov, 1BR co-op Mod EIK & bthm hi ceils, hrdwd flrs. Clean bldg, low maint. $185K 718-377-9354 or 917-579-4253
UWS: 25Ft wide, 542 West 110th St: Vacant building air rights, ideal for non-profits, single family, home, school. Asking 3.995M Call: 212-696-2500 Ext 7223. Massey Knakal Realty Services.
Midwood: Ocean Ave/ Ave M, 1 fam, semi detached house, walk to all. 3 BRs, EIK, DR, LR, 3.5Bths, fin bsmt. Ideal for professional, for SALE or RENT. No brokers $580K. Call 718-894-7728 or 917-445-5293
1095
Business for sale Restaurant: Classic running, cozyFrench/Brazillian, well located, 74 seatbar and outside terrace, 5 to 10 yrs lease option. Call 347-753-0427
Midtown Manhattan: Beautiful 4 story building, 10,500 sq ft with 3 flrs of night clubs, 1 kitchen, 3 bthrms, 3 DJ booths, 4th flr, 1000 sq ft, owners apt. building can be delivered vacant. 516-483-6045
Apartment For Sale 2045
BROOKLYN
2000
2045
Ave I/Premier house: Studio, modern, luxury building, Shabbat elevator, C/A 24 Hr doorman, pool garage. Maintenance includes G&E. Call 732-301-3253 2045
Bensonhurst: co-op for sale, Sat&Sun, 2-7 pm, 2 BR, co-op for sale. MAny clostes, huge lr, nice kit, new cabinets, doors, windows & terrace. Great views. G&E incl. Near all. Owner: 646-361-2101
House
2045 Co-op for sale 1530 East 8th St: PEF Ave P. Apt 6G, 1 BR…180K. Maintanence545/mo. Immaculate building. Quick super. Financially stable building. Minimum maintenance in 10yrs. Call Dave/ Mercy 718-336-2021
Co-op for sale, Ocean PKWY/ Ave L: 1170 Ocean Pkwy. aPt 2J, 2 BR, $230K maintenance $1,000/mo includes gas, electricity. 24 hour doorman, pool + immaculate financially stable building. Call Dave 718-336-2021 2045
2045 Midwood, East 16th Ave O: Newly renovated co-op for sale by owner, 2BR, 1 bth, 1100sf, LR, DR, EIK. Plenty of closets, great location! Near Trans, shopping and more! $259K Call owner 347-495-7121
HOUSE FOR SALE BY OWNER Attached, 3 floors + basement, 5 bedroom, 3 full bath + 1 half barh. Prime location, Ave P bet 12th & 13th. Move in condition – appliances included. $750,000. O brokers, s Serious inquiries only. Call Michael: 917-805-6622 2020
Flatbush, Ocean Pkwy: Foreclosure exclusive. 30,000 sf, land approved ready to build for 20 condos. 21 parking and recreation room. Ave T. Call Yvette at Magic Realty 516-487-6300 or 516-702-6300
2020
2020
For Sale
BROOKLYN 3 Story Brownstone + bsmt on Albany Avenue off Park place. Serious buyers only. No brokers please. ONLY $400,000 House in good condition. 347-388-8389 2020
2045 Ave I/ East 29th St: Large 1 BR, newly renovated, new kitchen ad bath. 2nd flr. Low maintenance. Asking $159K 347-850-4886
2020 Bedford Ave/ Near Madison HS: 2 fam, large LR, DR, EIK, den, finished basement, private drive. 3 gar with full multiple unit above. Rouff Realty. 718-945-3362
2020 Midwood: $695,000 Great 3BR semi, DR, 2bth, 113 lot. Neuhaus Realty 718-979-3400 www.neuhausrealty.com 2020 E 15th St/ Ave P: 2 Family, newly remodeled, 3/3 finished basement, vacant & ready to move-in. NO BROKERS. Owner 718-755-2135
DITMAS PK, FISKE TERRACE
VERY LRG VICTORIAN HOME ON BEST STREET. WPAR-AROUND PORCH, EIK, 7BRS, 4 BTHS, PVT DRV. NEEDS SOME UPDATING. IT'S A WONDERFUL HOME. JUST RED $999K.
CALL JEANNE AT HOUSE-N-KEY REALTY
718-921-0500 718-7483741 Brooklyn/Midwood: 1 Fam house. 3 bdrm, 1.5 bth, LR, DR, EIK. Near Ocean Ave & Ave M. $1900 + Gas & electric. Call 718-894-7728
2020
Real Estate Bridge Loans For All Property Types CALL 917.913.0000 or e-mail:
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East 23rd St/ Ave S: Beautiful, 1 fam det 3 BR, near shuls, By owner, No brokers. $750K. OBO Must sell. Call 305-751-0412
2020
2020 Midwood: 1325 East 29th St, Stylish 3 BR, colonial with both classic and contemporary updates. Large rooms at a spacious interior. Accentuate this lovely home. Close to all shopping and houses of worship. Century 21 Amiable 718-479-5600 2020 Midwood: OPEN HOUSE Sunday 10/17, 2-4:30pm, 1503 East 22nd St. Detached 1 family with office, 5 BR, 3 bth, kosher kitchen, parking broker 917-912-8669 2020 Ocean PKWY. 1 BR, 1 bth $165K ALSO Midwood-Semi prime location 3BR, 2bth. 415K Call 917-399-6374 2020 Midwood: 1325 East 29th St, Stylish, 3 BR colonial with both classical & Contemporary updates. Large rooms at a spacious interior. Accentuate this lovely home. Close to all shopping & houses of worship. Century 21 AMIABLE 718-479-5600
East 7th Street/ Ave T: Modern elevator building, 1 BR, windowed kitchen and bath, low floor, shabbot entrance, price $189K. Call owner 917-751-7974
2020
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REAL ESTATE 2020 Boro Park: 58th St/ New Utrecht Ave, 2 story frame plus basement and lot. R5 zone building 20x60 plus lot 20x62 Total lot 40x62 Asking 999K. 4 Seasons RE 718-238-8222
PRE-SCHOOL FOR SALE: Marine Park area. Amazing opportunity. Licensed, equipped, all set to go for this year. Call today 201-898-8977 2050
2020 Marine Park: Low East 30’s S/D, 1 farm, 3 BR duplex, master bath, full DR, full DR, Kosher EIK, finished bsmt w/full bath, C/A Mic, no brokers. 718-637-1386
Ave L/ E.32: Excellent condition, 3 BR, 1 ¾ baths, modern kitchen, LR, DR, fin bsmt, gar, new vinyl siding, all Anderson windows. Asking $510K. Call James 718-938-3326
2040 VIDEO CONFERENCE ROOM available for daily and/or weekly rentals. 26 Court St. Downtown Brooklyn. Joe Schacter 646-529-3632
Marine Park: detached rare extra, 2 family, 3 BR, $695K. Midwood: Semi Detached. 3 BR, 2 bth, $415K. 514 Ocean Pkwy: Co-op, 1BR, $165K. Call Robert 917-399-6374 or 718-646-3600 Coldwell Banker. Mid plaza
2040
GRAVESEND: New const 1000sf, full bth, adjacent to physical therapy ofc, ideal for medical. 718-382-8881 2040
2020
2020:Midwood/ Marine Park. Ultra modern s/det brk, fin bsmt, 3BR duplex, $735K. Legal 2F. 917748-7780 bkr
EAST NY, BROOKLYN: Large 2 Family Brick, semi quiet block, needs work. Asking low $3K 646-753-1400 2020
2020 Boro Park: 2305 12th Ave, open house, every Sun 3-5pm. Asking 1.369M or best offer. 5-2BR apts at $1250/mo + Store @ 1700/mo. Please Call: 347-554-8282
CANARSIE, 1 FAMILY 30X100. EXCELLENT CONDITION. PERFECT FOR PROFESSIONALS, INVESTORS OR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, SEMI COMMERCIAL STREET. 347-260-7838 -OPEN HOUSES SUNDAY 12-2PM Midwood 1385: E 2nd, 2 Fam + Fin Bsmt, 3 kitchs & 3 baths. Madison 1432E 2nd, 1 fam det 3BR Duplex. 33x100. Madison 1640 Madison Place. Det Brick 5 BRs, 3 bths, 38x100 Lot. Century 21 SAVALOT 718-336-1144 2020
EAST, NY: Kid Kelly boxing gym space available for karate, yoga, aerobics or fitness class. Call 718-495-5710 or 917-589-6568 2040
2040 New cubicle space in the heart of Boro Park. 2nd floor officw with 4 cubicles, each comes with internet, telephone and all util incl. Fax & copier avail on per use basis. Bath & kitchenette available As well. $350/mo 212-400-7934 ext703
2040 PROFSNL OFC FOR RENT. BORO PARK: 55 ST/ 16th Ave. Mod wlk-in lvl dental ofc. Also suitable for podiatry. 1-3 treatment rms, fully equipped. Pan x-ray. Days avail flex 718-851-0700 2050 Atlantic Ave Area Lot: Classen & Pacific Fenced lot for rent. $1800/MO. Please Call 917-495-0786
Williamsburg: 5000sqft warehouse for rent on Spencer Street between Park and Myrtle Avenue, suitable for school, shul/retail/ warehouse. Please call: 718-998-2767 9080
2040 Ave U/ East 7th: Renovated approxiametly 350 sf, storefront, prime location. Ideal for professional office or small store. 718-938-9899
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
2050
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
BROOKLYN
2040
BROOKLYN Warehouse for rent, near BROOKLYN COLLEGE. 4000sq ft with 20ft ceilings. 2nd flr office space. Currently has refrigerated storage. Call 718-258-0006 2040
2040
Ave J/E13 St: NEWLY RENOV PVT OFFICE $1000 ALSO SHARE OFFICE FOR $500 917-309-6601
Williamsburg: Beautiful office for rent. 1,200sqft. Ready to move-in. Price Negotiate. Call 917-250-4899 2040
Educational & profl space for rent. 4 Classrooms, 2 offices & use of gym. Corn Ave I / Coney Isl Ave. Bus stop on corn. For info call Alice 718-377-4400 or Mr. Weiss 917-301-2898
2040
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
Brooklyn warehouse for lease by owner. Ground flr, loading docks for three 50ft trucks. High ceilings, brick bldg, 24 hr surveillance, pvt entr, plenty of parking space, minyan in bldg. Exceptional oppty 3,100 sf $3000 or 2,000sf $2500. Free heat! Free electric! Tenant must build own office inside space. Price is not negotiable! Only serious enquiries please. Contact: 718-940-1597 2050
2050 Boro Park: 58th Street/ New Utrecht: 2 story frame + basement + lot R5 Zone building 20x62. Asking $899K . 4 SEASONS RE 718-238-8222
Boro Park: Hi 30’s for sale by owner, corner building. 1 story, 80x85 lot. 1.5M Call: 347-424-1500 Lv Msg
2050
2050 Boro Park: 39th Street/ 13 + 14th Ave S, brick building, 6000sq ft, 2 offices, conference room, 5 baths, vault room, 2 car gar, central heat, central air for sale. Call Sam 917-804-4156 2050 East Flatbush. 2 Family plus store. Store vacant. $70 OBO. Call 917-803-8702
Rare opportunity! Motel for sale. 40 large rooms with kitchens. Ideal for yeshiva or institution. Call 917-365-2037
2050
2050 Rare Oppty! Motel for sale, 40 large rooms with kitckens. Ideal for Yeshiva or institution. Call 917-365-2037 2050 Flatbush: 6 story 40,000sf warehouse +7500sf parking. 1blk, Flatbush Ave, sale or lease. Income $100K. Owner 718-667-7777
Boro Park, 13th Ave: Top location, professional offices for rent. 2000sf and 1400sf for rent, elevator building and parking. 718-438-3736
2050
Williamsburg: Heart of 111 Lee Avenue: Bts Keap and Hooper. ALSO doctor’s office wanted. Call 917-335-6001
2050 East 2nd/ Ave P: 99Cents + Up business for sale. In business for many years. Good location. Near shopping, transportation and more. Great potential. Reasonably priced. 45K, negotiable. Call 718-943-1483
Boro Park, 18th Ave + 54th St: Warehouse/ retail space for lease/ rent. 7,000 sqft. Building for sale. Call owner 917-440-7280 2050
2050 Flatbush: 6 Story, 40,000sf warehouse +7500sf parking, 1 blk Flatbush Ave. Sale or Lease. Income $100K. Owner 718-667-7777 2050 BORO PARK: 18th Ave & 54th Street: Wrhse/retail for lease. 7000sf also option 29,000sf building. For sale. Owner 917-440-7280
Williamsburg: Heart of 111 Lee Avenue: BTW Keap and Hooper ALSO Doctor’s office wanted. Call 917-335-6001
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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 Bankruptcy Auction Sale MYC & ASSOCIATES, INC. US BANKCRUPTCY COURT, EDNY RE: 1210 UTICA AVENUE REALTY CORP. CASE NO 07-42474 (ESS) SELL THURS DEC 9 @ 11 AM AT THE PROPERTIES. COMM’L PROPERTY + VACANT LOT KNOWN AS 1084-1090E 92ND ST. BROOKLYN, NY 11236 BLOCK 8160, LOTS 79 & 81. RICHARD E. O’CONNELL, CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE. FOR QUESTIONS & COMPLETE TERMS & CONDITIONS OF SALE. PLEASE CONTACT MARC P. YAVERBAUM. VICTOR M MONEYPENNY, AUCTIONEER, DCA 1243694. 347-273-1257 myccorp.com
2010 Sheepshead Bay: 1 BR co-op apt near shopping, lovely community. Call Linda 718-332-0777 ext6319 2010 Ave X/ E.7, Newly renov 2 BR apt, EIK. Close to beach, Q & F train & express bus. No pets. 718-332-2849
East 68th Street: 3 BR duplex apt $1800/mo includes parking, heat and gas. Call 947-412-5184 2010
BROOKLYN Sheepshead Bay: Newly renovated 3BR, Duplex house, front and Back porch, LR, DR, EIK all Applncs. Private parking Included. Curtis 516-316-8658
Boro Park: 54th St/ 16th Ave, 2 BR furn bsmt, full kitchen, 1.5 bth $1150/mo negotiable. W/D avail. Call 732-901-8947
2035
Ave L/E 12: 2 family + basement, 2 car garage. 20x58 (25x90lot). REALTOR 646-391-4211 Foster Ave, East 30th: 2 fam, 4 BR, 2 bth, bsmt. 17.83x40 (17.83x82 lot) House for rent Gravesend/E 4th street: 3.5 room, walk in yard, absentee landlord. Utilities included $1,200. Also 5 rm yard garage. Call agent Fran Rizzo 646-207-3087
Apartment For Rent 2010
2010
East 2nd/Aves N+O: Garage for rent. Good for 1 car. Shomer Shabbos. 718-614-9233 or 718-627-6155
2010
2010 Brooklyn, 60th Street: Bet 8th + 9th Ave. 1 BR, 2nd flr, totally renov, close to N train. $1100/mo 718-600-6317 2010 Bensonhurst: 2 BR, 1 bth, EIK, LR, 2nd flr. No elevator, near houses of worship, transportation, shopping + more. Great location! No smoking/ no pets, credit and unemployment check. 1250/mo heat included. Call owner 646-346-0951 2010 Marine Park: 1 BR apt $1050/mo. Call 212-752-2070 Ext 321 M-F 9-5
BROOKLYN
2050
2010 SUNSET PARK RENTALS Newly renov 1BR apt, $1150. 41st between 4th and 5th Ave. Must meet income & credit req. Heat & Hot water incl. Call Mgmt: 212-994-2246 or 212-994-2247
2045 FLATBUSH Brooklyn College lg brand new 1BR w/balcony, lg LR, wood flrs, doorman, near trans. No fees. $1595/mo 917-494-1520 or 917-337-5307
E 7/ Bet 18th & Ditmas, sound – proofed, large 1 BR BSMT w/washer, dryer. $875 util incl. 718-972-5058 2010
Midwood/ Ave O: East 3rd & 4th Sts, Newly renov 1 BR in 3 fam, top floor. Near F train & shops. Owner: 347-672-0874 or 917-662-6456 2010
3000
QUEENS/BRONX
Kings Hwy/ Ocean Pkwy: Beautiful 3 BR + 2 BR apts w/ parquet floors. Large LR, DR, EIK. Built in closets. Call 347-492-6053 2010
GEORGETOWN: 1 BR for rent newly renovated and furnished. Excellent condition, good location, near trans, shopping + more. Short/long term available. Call 917-696-0000 2010
Midwood: 1174 East 18th Street, 719K. Semi detached 2 family, upgraded extra large. Kitchen, granite countertops, new mechanics. 5 BR, 3bth, separate entrance. Call bkr 917-912-8669
2010
Ave M/ Ocean Pkwy: 1 fam detached 4 BR, 1.5 bth, LR, DR, EIK, MIC, near shopping, transportation and all. Asking 800K-neg. Ask for Connie 917-674-7136
Riverdale, 1 BR Apt: Private entrance, patio, wooded area, close to trans, renovated, dishwasher, eat-in kitchen. $1190 1st/Last/ 1 mo sec. Credit check required. NO FEE 646-269-0587 1060
2060 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
Brooklyn Room Furn: TEMPORARY LODGING MOSSAIC SUITES. Fully serviced – Internet. As low as $65 Daily, $385 Weekly 718-972-4377
2010 Ave L/ E18th: Beautiful 1BR, MIC, East 13th/ J&K, 1 BR apt, Ocean Ave/ Ave J. Studio apt. Call owner 718-236-3199 NO FEE.
2035
For Rent
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
2010
2050
2050
2050
2010 DUMBO 133 Water Street, Brooklyn NY. 2BRs, 2 bths $4000. Huge studio $2600 per month. Exc loc, lux bldg. Owner Sherry. Many amenities 516-395-3017 or 718-523-9700
FOREST HILLS KOSHER RESTAURANT FOR SALE:
4000SQFT, PVT DINING , LICENSED LIQUOR BAR, 50 TABLES, SALAD BAR, BSMT FOR STORAGE. GOOD INCOME. ASKING 525K. CALL
718-268-7777 3000 STORE FOR SALE, 10,000sq ft in Bronx, NY corner of Pelhalm PKWY and White Plains Rd. Two entrances, Very busy location. Unbelievable rent. Contact Alex 917-957-4313
3000 City Island: Historic landmark Victorian mansion immaculate. 8 BDRM/ 4 bth on 100 x 200 Lot on the border of Westchester, ideal for large family or a profession group of doctors. Close to “the Shul by the Sea” & schools, unique purchase. $1M negotiable. City Island, NY best kept secret. Call port of Kall Realty for CI. Waterfronts, cottages & condos 718-885-1166 Web ID NS1101191127 of The NY Times
BAYSIDE: Mint COOP Junior, 20 min to Manhattan! New kit, wd fl, lndry and storage area in bldg. $225,000. Prudential DE Re, Call Susan 516364-2491 spassannante@elliman.com 2060
FLUSHING/ GEORGETOWN MEWS 2060-Beautifully custom renovated 1 + 2 Bd Apts, including a duplex. You choose all finishes + we renovate to your taste. Everything brand new. By prospectus only. Sales office. 718-575-1332
Apartment For Rent 2080
QUEENS/BRONX 2080 SPRINGFIELD GDNS: Make my home your home, compl furn, xlrg rooms, newly decorated, exceptionally clean, near all prkwys/airports/ public trans lots of parking, ref’s req’d 718-723-8063
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/ 21BR, 2 bth with porch$1300/mo, no pets. Call owner 718-810-0001 or 617-304-9050. Both Avail Feb 1st 2080
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
3060
QUEENS/BRONX 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
Continental Ave, Forest Hills: 2nd flr walk up, 1500sqft, currently insurance co. Debre Rosenfeld. 212-604-4744 3060
2080 Forest Hills: 2 BR, newly renov, dishwasher, 2nd flr, newly carpeted, very private and quiet. Express bus to Manhattan. Owner 347-545-2665 2080 Main St/ 70 Ave: 2 BR apt, good condition, EIK, 2nd flr, no smoking, no pets. Avail immediately. 718-757-4433 -After 5pm
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
LIC Warehouse Bldg for sale. 4100sf, overhead door, hi ceilings. Additional development rights. $1.3M MSparks@ergpa.com 646-253-0904 3060
NEW LISTING $1100-$1400 NORWOOD: 3133 Rochambea Ave Revenue, new kitchen and bathrooms, clean building, 24 security, near botanical garden, Montifore Hospital, forham University and shopping. 1 Bdrm, 2 Bdrm. Call Property Manager. PAUL 646-319-2373 2080
Retail space for rent/Queens Laurelton Merrick Blvd, 2000 sq ft for rent, 6000 sq ft air space available. Call owner 917-750-0966
Apartment For Sale 2060
QUEENS/BRONX
2010
Bayside: Hollis Court CO-OP- 1BR Garden Apt, upper corner, 1BA, 2 AC’s, W/D, near express, bus + shops, $164,900 w/optionto purchase garage. OWNER 917-939-5064 LOW MAINTENANCE 2060
Kew Garden Hills House for Rent K.G.H 1 Fam, 3 Bdrm, 1.5 Bths. Kitchen backyard and furnished Bsmt Gorgeous Deck $2,400 Call 917-669-9676
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REAL ESTATE FRESH MEADOWS: SPAC 3BR, 1.5 BATH, MOD KIT, 2ND FLR, WASHER/DRYER. NR SHOPS & TRANS. CALL 917-687-9928
KGH/Briarwood: Studio short walk to subway (F train), quiet building, first flr asking 950/mo, security deposit and references required, all utilities included, no fee. 9am-9pm. Ask for Mr. Henry 718-281-4890
5065 Far Rockaway: 2BR, 1st FL, porch & patio, own thermostat, near shuls & schools. Avail Nov 15th. 516-643-9204
2080
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 5065
5080 Why rent, when you can own for less? 750sq ft liquidation sale. LYNBROOK office/ co-op 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
SUSHI RESTAURANT TURNKEY - Already Set-up. Just needs Sushi Bar. Very Busy Port Jeff area. Low Down-payment. Required. Pete 631-944-2067
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Apartment For Rent
QUEENS/BRONX
LONG ISLAND
3020 Kew Gardens: 1 of a kind. West of Main Street, semi detached 23x100 Lot. 4BRs, LR with fire place, charm circle. Call Vera, Coldwell Banker. 917-853-5455
Oakdale/55+ Condos. New construction on Oakdale Bohemia Rd. 2 BR, 2 ba, models now open from $385,000. 631-472-2242
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Belle Harbor 2nd from ocean 60x100 Views galore! 5800sf 4 Brs, WB frpic, cust ElK 3.5 bths call for details & appt…$1.9m L.Keating Realty 718-945-9267
House For Rent
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LONG ISLAND
Apartment For Sale 5000
LONG ISLAND 5000 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
North Woodmere: All new 2 BR apt heat & electric included. Shomer shabbot. Close to Shuls and shops. 917-642-7879 Shay
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
5065 ROCKVILLE CENTRE new kitchen, new carpet, 2 BR, attic/storage area, walk LIRR, parking, $1850 plus electric. Call 516-250-8604
Atlantic Beach 2BR, 1.5 bth Condo, Patio CAC Walk to Private Beach, Boardwalk + Temple Private parking, Low Main. $399K 516-596-7305
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 5000 ATLANTIC BEACH 3 Bdrm, 2 full bths, LR, DR, Kit, Sun room, Gar, Storage, walk to the beach. $3000/mo. 1 mo sec + 1 mo rent. Owner 561-745-2329 or 561-704-6748
CEDARHURST NO FEE: Modern 1 BR, 2 BR & 3 BR, CAC, W/D, Storage, private entrance, indoor parking, near all, starting at $1450. 1 month Free rent! 516-860-6889/ 516-852-5135
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 5065
Property
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5070 GREAT NECK land for sale, 3 res lots on wooded pvt cul-de-sac. Builders/ principals only. 516-443-2700
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
5080
LONG ISLAND CANDY / ICE CREAM/ COFFEE SHOP: Eastern Long Island, Busy, Great Buy. $139,900 516-523-4678
6000 OCEANSIDE: Operatories available in A per diem basis in modern, multidisciplinary dental office, prime loc. Five Towns Area. 516-536-5777 or 917-559-8712
Professional Offices: Nassau/Suffolk. Hampton Bays: Psychiatrist office available, 3 days per week. Hampton Afrium Medical Center. Speak with Robert Stafford 631-728-0432 6000
5080
CEDARHURST: BUILDING FOR SALE on CENTRAL AVENUE. 2 Story plus basement. 516-568-2170 – Owner 5080
GARDEN CITY: 3000+ sqft, high traffic area, priv parking, retail, prof/ w wrhse will divide, 20ft ceiling. OHD Will partner with doctor For urgent care centert. 631-404-9845 5080
VALLEY STREAM: Office building, 4300 sq ft, 1 block to LIRR and Sunrise Highway. Potential rent roll $81K. Ideal for Prof’l or medical 516-695-7222 5080
TANNING SALON Affluent area North Shore/Nassua. Estbl’d over 15yrs. Ministrip Ctr. 14rms, Relocating. **Reduced for QUICK SALE** $59K 516-763-2090 6000
5070
LONG ISLAND
5080
Central Ave, Lawrence: 3000sf good condition, busy corner. Parking attached. Approved for food establishment. Call 917-975-7062
5080 WESTBURY – Commercial space 241 Post Ave. 2 story building. $350K 917-301-1625
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
6000
SUFFOLK / L.I. HEWLETT TRAIN STATION. (1215 Station Plaza) 2,000sf, Ground FL (+1,800sf Carpeted Basement) $3,950 ALSO 1193 Broadway 1,000sf, $1950. Ben 212-685-6500 6000
6000 WAREHOUSE for rent Patchogue VIII 3000sq ft 25’ ceiling, heat, clean, bright, bathroom, large roll up door $1500/mo Tom 631-942-9745
House
For Sale
5040
LONG ISLAND 5040 Bayswater: Brand new 2 family brick 3 over 3 bdrms, basement driveway, stainless steel appliances. Walk to Shul. Only $5400 down. No closing costs. Owner / builder. 718-755-2135
HUNTINGTON WEST HILLS: 1 acre, beautifully landscaped, country col, updated 4 BR, 3.5 bth, FLR, DR, den, new kit, fin bsmt, 2 car, IGS. 631-692-9160 5040
Hewlett 2 family house, $529K visit www.monicamohanst udio.com/1792Broad way/ or call 917-6487682 By owner SD14 5040
5040 $795000/4-5BR – FSBO Lido Beach Colonial (Lido Beach – Bayside) Walk to the beach from this newly renovated 4-5 BDRM, 2.5 bth colonial. Located on a quiet block and even boasts bay views from the master. Beautiful wd flrs & crown molding throughout. New master BR, CAC, windows w siding. Large EIK, LR, DR. Renov backyard, update 1.5 car gar, alarm sys. Walking Distance to synagogue. Truly move-in ready! By appointment only: 516-318-3345. More info & photos, www.lidohouse.info Buyers agents OK, NO listing requests, pls. 516-318-3345 5060 Cedarhurst: 4BR, duplex apt, private laundry, kitchen, closets galore plus LR, DR. Unlimited parking. Garage/ backyard. Avail Jan 1st. Call 516-996-1955
House
For Sale
4020
For Rent
6080
STATEN ISLAND STATEN ISLAND HOUSE FOR SALE// ROYAL OAKS “The best house in the best borough of the best city in the best country in the world” GO TO www.FRENCHMANORON CLOVELAKES.COM 917-622-3728
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House
4020
4020 Staten Island 2271 Hylan Blvd. Open House. Wednesday Nov 10. 11am-2pm Large retail space with parking, high volume location. 16,000SF+18,000 SF parking + Full bsmnt incl. CROSSTOWN REALTY 718-937-8100ext109 /110
BAY TERRACE Fully renovated detached high ranch. 4br, 2.5 bath. 2 ktchns w/ new appliances, central AC garage. 40x105 crnr ppty. 4 blcks to park, beach, bus, train. MANY XTRAS!! $649K 718 980-4273
Apartment For Sale 3080
1000-STAPLETON Applications for the waiting list for rental units in Staten Island will be available to families with limited income, based on section 8 qualifications, beginning on April 19th 2010, call between 10am & 3pm 516-466-6527 Ext15&/26
Apartment For Rent 3065
STATEN ISLAND Staten Island-Condo for sale 2 bedroom, 1 bth condo, Rossville, bottom Floor, corner unit, central air, eat-in kitchen, living room, washer, dryer, pool, tennis court, parking space, $189k 917-693-8239
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
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
6090 Montefiore Cemetery: 1 Grave, lot 187. Section H. Asking $900 or best offer. Call 310-246-9666
BRAIRCLIFF MANOR: Mansion from the American Gangster movie, $12,500/mo nego plus utils, 6 BR, 5.5 bath, 7000sq ft, 20 acres, Hudson River view, 1-3 year rental with option to buy. 914-319-7835; Email voharha@aol.com 6080
6080 STUDIO FOR RENT. Newly renovated, near trains + buses. $750 a month plus security. 914-879-7083
6080 House Summer Rental/SALE/Monsey N.Y. 13 bedroom, 40 beds, mansion available weekends/wk pool/gym. Large Backyard. Near Shule. Available For extended families. Call (914) 646-3164
VACATION HOMES FOR RENT MONTICELLO: HIDDEN RIDGE HOMES AT KUTSHERS DESIGNER DELUXE HOMES. SALE/ RENT, 2 BR, 2 BTH, BEAUTIFUL, FURNISHED. CALL BROKER OSCAR PAVLOFF. WE HAVE KEYS. 845-794-3720 OR
845-434-7792
Property
For Sale
6090
NY STATE Monsey Exclusive Large Home with Shul Beaut 8000sf 80 acres bals Med seats 150-200 Comm kit,prkg 30 + cars 6br, 4bths lrg granite elk,pvt study w/sep entr.lrg lr, mbth w/jacz,huge succah rm w/retractbl roof,i ntercom/ video surveillance, alarm & much more!must see! NEWLY RENOVATED HOME Spectacular 4000sf high Ranch 60 acres,nr R’schlessingers shul 7br 4bths,new granite Elk healed flrs, ss appincs skylites,deck sparkling Above grnd pool. All new wndws heating A/C Boiler & roof 2 car attgar Must see!$779k CHOICE RESIDENTIAL BLDG LOT-1.02 acres, quiet culde-sac near R Schlessingers shul, this one-of a kind loc Will not last! The World Realty Group 908-355-1717 845-358-6088
For Sale
6060
NY STATE Monticello: Triple net lease of Catskills. Bungalow colony, lovely grounds with pool. 55 units, 165K + 10% security. Subject to owner approved credit report. Carol 626-394-2378; carol@acmecos.com 6060
6060 South Fallsburg: Bungalow Colony, 29 units, for lease to camp/ group with option to buy. Please call: 347-350-5208 or 718-854-3434 6060 Catskills: Private New Country Cottage. Reduced to $159K. 1 BR, sleeping loft, nr Windhamm Ski Mtns. Min fr hiway. Owner 646-330-0927 or 914-235-1684
6060 Wesley Hills/ Pomona: 4BR, 3 Bth split, mint cond, w/many updates, .5 acre, on dead end street, wlk to shuls, $435K 347-992-1009 6060 NEW ROCHELLE. OWNER FINANCING. Renovated 3 BR/ 2 BTH w/new bright. 1 BR/ 1 BTH in-law $724,000. 914-715-3494
Wesley Hills, Monsey, New Hempeasd. Are you dreaminf to be in country all year round instead of just for the summer. Move to the beautiful Monsey. Great prices to buy or rent with pools and large homes and gardens. Call now before the housing market goes up. Access to foreclosure homes. Call now Shane and Rivka Ronay 845-222-5842 or sign at our website www.RONOAYREALTY.com Email:Rivkasold@gmail.com 6060
Small bungalow colony. 70 beautiful acres to buildings and in ground swimming pool needs TLC features a small lake with historic stone den waterfalls, stream hills, valleys and lots of trees, less than 35 miles from the George Washington Bridge in scenic Sullivan County asking $499K. Call Joyce David 718-875-2000
6060
Root/ Montgomery Co. 70 Acres + Trailer Hse with barn, water + electricity. 3 hrs from Man $250K. Call Owner 718-617-7799
5065Cedarhurst, NO FEE Modern 1 BR, 2 BR & 3 BR. CAC, W/D, Storage, private entrance, in-door parking, near all. Starting at $1450. 516-860-6889 or 516-852-5135
Amagensett Dunes 400 feet to ocean beach Access. 5 bedrooms, 2 baths. AC. Labor Day. $50, 000 or avail monthly. Call: 631-655-9319
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REAL ESTATE 7020 WARWICK, NY: (Orange County)2 Story,resid’l/comm’l bldg, 9 units, large lot, parking, great income, owner financing avail, $850,000 845-651-2275 Brkr/ int 6060 Mountaindale: 3BR house, 2 full baths, mint cond, fireplace, finished basement, new roof, finished decks, new driveway, near houses of worship + community centers. Call 917-453-6926
COLOMBIA COUNTY. Pine Planes: House for sale, 6 bdrm, 3 bth, 21 acres w/pond, horse friendly, great family Get Away. Great for hunters. Must see. Asking $675,000. Contact Christine 718-644-2040 6060
NEW HEMPSTEADJUST LISTED! Spac 4 BR, 2.5bth Col Btful wooded .93acre FW brk FP, huge bsmt, terrif loc. Motiv. Seller! E. Ingber RE 845-354-6060 6060
Monsey, 13BR lg hse w/pool & gym lk bckyd. Avail weeks/wknds. Ideal for extended families. 914-646-3146 6060
6060 Ottsville/ Orange County, NY: House for sale. Lovely well maintained, low maintenance, 3 BR home approximately 1700 sq ft on 1.3 private wooded acres, large cedared deck. 5 mins to Metro North station, asking $265K. Call owner 845-386-3608
FRANKFORT, NY: Owners Relocated. Magnificent 7200 sq ft Custom home on 35 rolling acres. This house has 4 extra large bedrooms and 4 baths, fireplaces, Top of the line everything. Exit 31 on the NYS thruway. Call Gina Caleca 917-204-0096 6060
CA – BEVERLY HILLS, 3 HOMES 8,000$8,850,000; 10,000sf - $7,700,000 13,000sf (brand new) $10,800,000 Call 818-244-9111 7030
Property/House
For Sale
7030 Independence Missouri: 45,000sf net building on 6 acres, leased to best buy. 4+years remaining yearly. Gross $536,559. Price: 3,550,000 Principals only. Owner 805-969-3966
7030
OUT OF STATE Massachusetts, MA Winthrop by the Sea. Brand new 900sq ft, 2 BR condo. Incredible Ocean Views, minutes from Downtown Boston. FSBO $275K. 781-581-0031 7030
ISLA VERDE, PUERTO RICO: Luxury apt by the beach 2 bedroom, 2 full bath, 1 parking, 24 hour security. Call 787-727-7762 7030
BALTIMORE: MAGNIFICENT CONDO! 3 BR, 3.5 BTH condo w/over 3,000sf. Convenient to shuls, shopping & bus, elegant LR & DR, huge den, kosher kitch, laundry in unit. SHARON ZUCKERBROD Long & Foster C: 410-599-5303 O 410-583-5700
9080 Exchange Opportunity or Direct Purchase. Acre on Intracoastal Waterway in Merritt Island near Cocoa Beach with 5/4 main house and 1/1 guest house. Seller will rent property for 2yrs if desired. Residential. $550K. 321-795-3806. See:www.post1031.com/arch ives/2376
7030
7030 Mt. Pocono LOT ON LAKE Pocono Country Place Gated Commun. w/ Amen. $45.5k. Call 570-688-5334 or 718-447-8448
7040 SWITZERLAND, Condo for sale in the town of Aeschi. Above LAKE THUN close to interlacken + spiez BDRM/ Kitchen/ Dining/ LR/ additional pull down bed beam ceiling + doors to wrap around balcony. Underground Parking + storage, $150,000. Contact 732-560-1648
7030 Virgin Islands: St John Weston Resort, 1BR condo, March 512, sleeps 4, $2500. Call 412-561-3966
Mexico-Isla Mujeres Island CARIBBEAN ISLAND LOT. Double lot on bluff overlooking stunning Cancun Bay. Unrestricted views. Fantastic value! Listed at $449,000.00 Email: AirlineEconomics@msn.com or Call 281-799-4120 7030
Cost Rica: Col style mansion in fashionable gated nghbrhd, 2.35ac, grdns, 12,375 sf home, 4 BR, 6 BA, LRs, lib, afc, serv grtrs, 17 car prkg, pool, etc. $2.8M. 877-746-3868 tom@c21jaco.com
7030
Cape Cod: 17 acre Private Island you can drive ontu. 4 bdrm residence, dock, huge boathouse, plus marine railway. $995,000. Century 21 Bourne 800-439-2524 www.16JobsIsland.com
Available For Rent
7065
7065 AC WARWICK: Large unfurnishes 1 BR condo, new carpets, Ocean View, yearly rental $1275/mo, includes utilities, storage cable, parking. Call 856-596-1816 Long term only.
OUT OF STATE 7065 Boyton Beach: Lovely courtyard home 3BR/3ba; Enclosed pool, separate cabana private end lot; Lake View Shutters, New A/C, 2 car gar, EASY walk to local Chabad. Call 561-738-9772
7065
Pikesville: 3 BR, 2.5 bath FOR RENT. All appliances. W/w carpet $1500 + 1 mo Security deposit. Call 443-326-1081
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
7020 Putnam County/ BREWSTER: 12,600sf warehouse for lease, 3 landing docks, 26 ceils, truck parking, flex lease terms, may divide nr I-684 & I-84 Brokrs protected 845-278-6525
Bristol, CT-31 unite RR $250k. price $2mil. Great potential and opportunity. Owner: 718-258-6096 Leave msg, Frank.
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
7060
OUT OF STATE 7060 UPSCALE ITALIAN RESTAURANT. DAYTONA AREA-FL: Very low rent. 10 yr lease. Excellent reputation in business. Local clientele. $249,000. Call Moriss at 386-235-5002
Dry Cleaning Plant in Danbury, CT. Est 1989, owner retiring, exc visibility, signage, parking. Includes: Hydrocarbon cleaning, 2 shirt units & tailoring. Hi-End pricing/ quality. Price $450K Some financing available. 203-306-8776 7050
Kosher deli/ Restaurant for sale in Waterbury, CT. $25K Call Michael 203-528-7382
7060
VIRGINIA – BEAT THE BANK!! Distresses real estate portfolio REO prices on prime properties. MUST SELL!! Residential lots 200+ cannot replicate 25ac Commercial @1 Million below appraisal. High growth & employment area 100% Bank financing available 540-840-7614 OWNER 7060
7060 SHAWNEE, PA Timeshare. Ridge Top and 1 week in July. Nego. Call 321-726-0504 or 516-884-3745
Shalom Memorial Park: Crypt in Mosada 3. Includes interment open and closing. Asking $2,900. 215-480-3622 7060
250 Acre farm in SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA, Bland county +(I)Home +A old farm house, built in the 1900’s. beautiful views. Hunter’s Paradise. $850K Please contact 276-496-5200
Aruba Oceanfront: Marriott Surf Club. 2BR 2BA deeded time share. Buy Easter week $36,900, others avail. Rent week before Easter. $36,000 419-360-7319 7030
7030 EXCLUSIVE APARTMENT Luxury garden apartment in new building on Ariozorov St. Stunning 3 bedroom apartment with private registered garden, luxurious finish, beautiful built-in carpentry, fully furnished, 2 full bathrooms, private covered parking, storage room elevator. Dov Shapiro 052-5533-739 Ilana Nelson 0545-341-403
7030 Puntarenas, Costa Rica: Vacation/retire in Costa Rica. 1 Block from beach, short walk to town, cunning 2BR cottage, lrg Jacuzzi, pvt, quiet & secure. 4 apts generate rental income for min cost of living. For pics go to: http://public.fotki.com/happy dayapts $200K. FSBO No agents 203-987-8603
7030 DISTRESSED MULTIFAMILY REO – Jackson, MS, 296 units, unpirced – market to set the price. Built 1974, C-asset. Rehab/management play with tremendous upside. Call 601-790-3321 Marcus & Millichap
7030 Elkins Park, Breyer Woods. Move in ready! 1st flr master suite. LR w/fpl, DR, eat-in-kit w/ island. 2 car att gar, 3 BR, 2.5BA. Loft 2500 sqft. NEW PRICE….$380,000 ALSO AVAILABLE FOR RENT AT $2,000 PER MO + UTILS. PICTURE PERFECT TOWNHOUSE. Handsome amenities t/o LR, gas, fplc, DR, E-I Kit. 2BD, 2.5BA. Full unfin bsmt. 1 car gar. Tennis crt. Asking $299,000 CALL ALICE R. FICHER. WEICHERT REALTORS 215-885-8100 OFFICE 215-803-5908 CELL
9/15
6060 Woodmere, NY: Brand new house, new construction, 6 bdrms, fin bsmt, top of the line appliances, Italian kitchen, 5 bthrms, Don’t miss it! $699,000. Call 516-395-9847 Call Dora. Call for open house, call Galiete. One Stop Realty
Monticello Monticello: Beaut ranch, 4 Br, 3 bth, kosher kit. ½ acre, bkyrd. Walt to dist to falkof. For pesach Summer. Call 718-679-4339
7030 Costa Rica: 100 Meter of Beach front property on 1 ½ acres of land on the pacific side of Costa Rica. Includes kitchen/ 2 bdrm with air conditioner, 1BTH, fully furnished. Good for up to 6 people for rent or sale $500K. View website CostaRicaparadiseIsland.com Contact 516-931-9726
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CAPITAL WANTED . Earn 11% - 15% NOW ON RE. Feldman Prop Prntrs needs several investors to purchase upscale foreclosure homes. Deals avail now. Investment returned w/i 9 mos. 20 yrs exp. 201-726-5016 7070
7070
7070 Business Opportunity: Great opportunity! Looking for entrepreneurial and ambitious woman to Partner with in my Home-based business. High income potential. Call 646-222-7104
Investment Property. Protect your investment. Experienced Property Management company with proven results, available to manage your multifamily or commercial property in eastern PA or central NY region. References available. Please call 917-545-4245 –Over 500 units and 300,000SF currently under management. – Online and up to date access availability to your information. – Call us for a free analysis of your investment property 7070
Global Commercial Capital: letters of credit, documentary and standby 24 hour approval. International clients welcome. Commercial / Real Estate mortgage and bridge loans. All 50 states. Approval based transaction strength. Call 800-315-9040 or 001-405-445-3535 7070
7070 Recreational Watercraft Rental. Business FOR SALE on ATL area lake CF $210K/Sale price $795K. 770-540-8199
THE FASTEST GROWING FOOD SECTOR ON THE PLANET A Canadian owned & estab aquaculture company in the Baja California, Mexico $50 - $60 million. Potential/yr 5 years out. $Ms invested & most infrastructure in place. Proven management. Mex gov is fully supporting. The future of global marine food production. lapazaqua@gmail.com 7070
7070 CAPITAL WANTED. Wanted gold & silver, mining projects. INVESTORS WANTED. Southeast of Reno. Production to start in April 2011. Please Contact 212-470-6300 EmaiL drfennelli@fennelligoldcorporation.com
Propriety School, the first of its kind in NYS. Licensed by the Dept of Education seekes investor/ partner. Call 917-821-8684
7070
Retail store in Lawrence looking for investor of 25K. excellent for growth oppty. Call 347-529-2206 7070
7070 Help wanted: Great opportunity! Looking for entrepreneurial and ambitious woman to partner with in my home-based business. High income potential. Call 646-222-7104
PATENTS FOR SALE US #7833117 + Other & Ancillary Patents for major Intl companies. This unique handle invention can be manufactured into all types of hammers; and all garden tools; into 20 different sports & hardware items. www.CoolRackets.com Coolrackets@sympatico.ca 416-252-9644 7080
need Additional income? Learn to operate a mini office outlet from home. Free online training, flexible hours, great income, www.ziporasnolimits.com Call: 416-785-0206
7070
Ready for financial freedom? Visit www.inklingswealth.c om Don’t miss this! Call 786-472-5601 or 727-642-3300 7070
Ground floor opportunity in pain relief! Now selling territories for FDA, OTC approved medical device. Bring a proven, noninvasive solution for pain to your market. 877-751-7665
Lifetime: Be your own boss! Soup to nuts! Complete contents of greeting cards store, thousands of gifts, cards, toys, balloons, shelving, racks, register, etc. Retiring after 35 years. Call 347-884-3459, 718-745-5666 No offer refused! One price takes all! Capital Wanted, Seeking JV funding ($50$100MM) for Central America projects, Costa Rica & Panama; Infrastructure complete. Call 858-768-9956 7070
7070 Two sister companies in Columbus, OH and Dubai, UAE looking for business opportunity. Import/ Export, commodities, Goods + services. Contact 614-260-2041 or fax 614-473-9795 Email: Idris_Anis@hotmail.com 7070 FOOD FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY. Operating store working partner. Be your own boss Phda & Cherry Hillarea, must love restaurant operations. Call Carol 305-525-7025
7070
An amazing opportunity: New start up business, looking for MLM leaders and distributors. To sell Omega 3 from sage product. Call 347-564-8932 7070
Business Opportunity WANTED Investor wanted for Highend Automobile $1,000,000 + WANTED Formula 1 Auto Import For detail call WAEL 201-344-8993 Route of self service Car Wash Air + Vacuum Machines on Gas Stations. Easy hours, cash accounts. High value equipment included. Price is $495K. Net $140K. Contact 718-559-7470 7070
7070 Deli & Country Store in Stratford, CT area looking for new products to sell. Interested vendors please call Richard 203-531-5940 Mention ad in the Jewish Voice & receive a FREE cup of coffee @ Richard’s Corner Deli. 525 Nichols Ave. Stratford, CT. Contact 203-522-4265 EARN A POTENTIAL $10K+ MONTHLY simply by inviting people to our special Six Figure Webinar! NO selling. NO explaining. NO convincing. NO closing. FAST EASY MONEY. We do all the WorkYOU make all the $$$’s! Watch the FREE webinar right now: www.WebinarTycoon.com – Then Call Dave on: 404-277-3536 7070
Divorce sell: Tabriz 12x15 Almost new! $13,000 Call 301-299-3192 7070 Join a Gifting Activity that is very affordable and gifting rapidly. Sizzle call 206-888-4956 www.JoinNewHope.com 347-406-2965
RESIDUAL INCOME CAREER OPPURTUNITY Inside sales for health, life and Medicare products.Paid Training for unlicensed associates. Licensed agents welcome. Salary plus commission.hard work and dedication = 6 figure income.Contact Andrew 516-918-5718 or Lou 516-918-5709
SEEKING EQUITY PARTNERS *Double Digit Returns *Real Estate *Nationwide *No Minimum Call Brian
800-991-0229 7070 US owned in China: US company for sale in China. The company is a WFOE (Wholly Foreign Owned) 8 months to setup. Transfer time to new owner is about 1 month depending on office is located in the SIP section of Suzhou, China ( 20 min train ride from Shanghai). The company is a consulting firm, but the focus of the company can be easily ch. You have any questions Please call Jacob 212-913-9357 or Email: U.S.owned@hotmail.com
Returns of 8% to 10% Annually IRA approved accredited investors only. 866-323-2596 Lv msg w/name Email: researchedinvestment@gmail.com 7070
Investors wanted (15%) Fifteen Percent Secured by real estate Contact 405-735-3906
Financial Services
7080
CREDIT REPAIR & DEBT RELIEF: Settle your credit card for as low as 10% of your balance. Repair your credit and get a 740 credit score. We settle business loans as well as Business credit cards. Call 718-874-0178 7080
VALLEY STREAM office building. 4300 sq ft. 1 block to LIRR and Sunrise Highway. Potential rent roll ideal. Ideal for prof’l or medical. Selling price $495K 516-695-7222 7080
Investment Opportunity
1110
7070 MAKE MONEY!!! I buy time on television. at pennies on the dollar. Quick and very hi return Guaranteed in writing 10K Min. Investment SFT PRODUCTIONS 917-498-6899 rafesft@gmail.com
Health
7090
23 PEOPLE NEEDED TO LOSE 5-100 LB . Call: 800-237-0414 www.loseweightnow.com/ cwilson1 For more info also call 718-531-5380
9050
7090 Massage + Reflexology for complete relaxation and relief from aches + pains. Contact Chaya WOMEN ONLY 347-756-0205 8010 COUNSELING: Talk Therapy, Personal Counseling, Vacational Guidance. 25 Years of Experience in the Above. Susan Teeman 917-881-1583
Tutors
3005
3005 HEBREW TUTOR: Manhattan, Brooklyn And Queens. Beginner or advanced. 347-480-0950 Email: shanibengal.nyc@gmail.com
Uri! Uri! AWAKEN! AWAKEN! Prana Mandir Yoga Studio 4 West 43 rd Street, 501
Meditation Class: every Monday at 6PM
Shabbat Service:
3005 A unique Method of skill based teaching together with the healing powers of reflexology. Will help your child gain all age appropriate academics + developmental skills. Individual + group sessions available. Special introductory rates. Contact Chaya 347-756-0205 BEST PRIVATE ENGLISH LESSONS.SAT, SHAT, COOP, vocabulary, test-taking technique, writing, ESL, grade school, all levels. Rates incl, all materials provided by excellent Prof w/25 yrs exp. Call 347-206-6481 Small group discount!
every First Friday at 8PM
8005
Psychotherapy: Rabbi Robert Teixeira, L.C.S.W.
212-961-1745 Info@AwakenAwaken.org
Private lessons in both English and Hebrew appropriate individual teaching for all levels and ages. Efficient, practical method. Reasonable rates affordable for you. 866-608-4043 Jennifer 3005
11/19
10% DOWN GOOD NEWS TO INVESTORS. YOU CAN GET YOUR PROJECTS FUNDED NOW WITH JUST 10% DOWN – REAL ESTATE, ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY, MINES AND MORE. PRELIMINARY REQUIREMENTS 1) BUSINESS PLAN 2) PROOF OF DOWN-PAYMENT FUNDS.
Contact Lester Phillip for detail. lester@sikamangroup.com Office: 212-695-1716 www.sikamangroup.com
A+ Certification Course $339 INTRO TO COMPUTER $49.95 718-261-1900 Bring this ad as 1st time coupon. 3005
Retired university professor, math, chemistry, physics “My motto is: Basics come first” Manhattan, Upper West Side. Please all: 212-662-2324 Tutoring for all levels! 3005
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JOBS WANTED & SERVICES OFFERED Music
8000 JEWISH MUSIC LESSONS: Guitar, Piano, Bass & Drums. Individual or group lessons for all ages. In my Queens studio or I will travel to your 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
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
Tutoring
3005
AFFORDABLE TUTORING Prep for Math & Science Regents With outstanding tutors who cover all The material & strategies students Must know. Very affordable rates! Online & Flatbush locations. Call Perry: 718-377-0015
Help Offered
8010
I am a LPN – private provider w/8 yrs of hospital & home care exp. Seeking a private duty or Medicad homecare case – pediatric or adult. Days/ Nights, Any boro. Have car, Will travel. Call 718-581-8570 8010
Home Health Care Aid seeks job, experienced, references, live in/out. Brooklyn or Manhattan. Call 646-359-1299
8010
Companion Aide. Live in, Good references. Kosher experience. 17 years, experience. 973-592-6081
8010 8000
8010 Goldstein Home Care Service. Live in/ Live out or hourly. Companion Aide 732-788-1974
Live-in. 7 Years exp. Very good ref. Would consider live in/out. Call 347-869-1956 8010
Mature Nurse Aide seeking a job to care for elderly. 15 yrs exp, live in/out. References furnished Upon request. Call 347-860-1656 or 347-533-4135
8010
8010 Seeking job to take care of the elderly. Home health aid, 16 years experience. Please call 718-882-5244 8010 I am a certified HHA: Companion/ Aide seeking job to care for the elderly. 14 years experience. Loving and caring. Live in only. Excellent references. Loving and caring. Live-in only. Excellent references available. Willing to start immediately. Call 973-592-608
Responsible and honest: HHA/ CAN with over 16 years experience , looking for a job to care for the elderly. Live out only. Excellent references. Willing to start immediately. Call Monica 347-451-4409 or 718-469-1798 8010
CHAUFFER: Driver, courteous, reliable with a clean driving record. Solid Refs. Seeking a position. (Amazingly Talented Person) Contact 917-771-3405
8010
CAREGIVER with 10 years experience to care for sick or elderly. Have own car, good references. Call 267-236-5664 8010
Chauffer: Have my own gorgeous super luxury JAGUAR SEDAN, looking for an exclusive contract with a family. Solid refs + I speak many languages (amazingly talented person) 917-771-3405 8010
I am looking to work for a single retired gentleman, no pets, excellent exp & excellent references available January 2011 or earlier 845-568-7928 8010
Attn: Small business owners! Get you’re A/P,A/R, & PR done for a flat monthly fee – less than you would pay for a bookkeeper’s weekly salary. Over 30 years experience. Pick-up and Del service. Synagogue experience. Call or email for info & rates: (732) 503-4343 or efficientbooks@comcast.net
8010
Responsible and honest HHA/ CAN with over 16 years experience. Looking for a job to care for the elderly. Live out only. Excellent references. Willing to start immediately. Call Monica 347-451-4409 or 718-469-1798 8010
8010 I am a certified and licensed HHA with many years exp. Seeking job to care for the elderly, willing to cook, clean etc. Excellent references. Live in/out. Call Jennifer 347-965-4506 8010 NURSE looking for private duty CNA/ LPN position. 25 years of experience. Day or night. References available. Call 917-573-1937 or 718-479-7113 lv msg.
Administrative / Executive Assistant Part time/Full time. 19 years experience. 718-805-1448 8010
8010 SMALL GROUP DAYCARE Experienced warm loving care. Ex-RN from Israel willing to care for children from 0 to 2 years old, in my home at Ave M + East 5th Street Transportation avail 347-283-5516 8010 Dating & Relationships Group. Develop communication skills for social and intimate settings. Weekly group sessions led by psychotherapist Phyllis Tompkins Ph. D. 917-741-1120
Health Care Aide, CNA. Grateful family would like to place their late mother’s former caregiver, extremely competent & pleasant lady, is avail immed in Broward or Dade City, FL. Ms. Alexandra 706-284-4906
8010
I am a certified HHA seeking live-in/live-out 5-7 days a weeks. Many years experience. Excellent references, familiar with Kosher dietary laws. Valid drivers license. Available immediately. Call 646-737-6685 Throughout The Tri-State Area. 8010
Seeking position as a home health aid, more than 15 yrs experience, excellent references. Avail day or night 5-7 days a wk, starting immediately. Call 646-339-1702 8010
8010 24/7 Live-in Avail, able to start immediately 23yrs exp. Highly educated, grt refs, pls note patients who have bedsores, I can cure them within THREE days. Contact 973-580-7321 Email: TorfriedVLet@comcast.net
Caregiver Exp excellent references cert fixed positions as caregiver. Exp in Alz and Dementia. Call Marilyn 646-520-8625 or 718-573-0584
8010
BOOKKEEPPER in Brooklyn looking for position. 15+ years experience, bi-lingual. I work efficiently and with extreme accuracy. Kindly call or email: 718-216-7842 or email Mmariaoro@optonline.net
Help Wanted
8015
Looking for religious Jewish workers in the “HASHGACHA” field. Kosher supervision. Option for training to become a “SHOCHET” opening availale fully Certified SHU”S Midwest locs: NE, MN, WI Call 303-810-8011 moshedenver@aol.com 8015
DOMESTIC HELP WANTED. HOME HEALTH AIDE NEEDED. Certified experienced 5 days/week, must have car. 516-3794283 Merrick, NY 8015
HHA looking for live in/ out position to take care of elderly. Call Yvonne 240-595-5626
8015
8015 Buyer/ Managing partner wanted for newly renovated. Fully equipped. Turnkey Glatt Kosher, LI catering hall. Seats 300, long lease reasonable rent. Attractive terms. Call 516-450-7323
8015 Buyer/ Managing partner wanted for newly renovated, fully equipped turkey Glatt Kosher LI catering hall. Seats 300, long lease. Reasonable rent attractive terms. Call 212-243-9808 or 516-450-7323 8015 Work From Home Earn cash generate $500 daily to your home returning phone calls. 888-345-9849
TEACHER DIRECTOR with NYS teacher’s certificate in edu. For small Brooklyn daycare center. Call 718-385-0571
8015
8015 Buyer/ managing partner wanted for newly renovated fully equipped Turn-Key. Glatt Kosher, LI catering hall. Seats 300 long lease, reasonable rent. Attractive terms. Call 516-450-7323 8015 Drivers/ Delivery/ Courier: Mail dispatcher needed P/T Mail out envelopes all over the US $150 weekly. James Flanagan 718-705-4889
ADVERTISING SALES PRO WANTED Top commission! Experience required. For phone interview. Call MR. Haggerty @ 877-665-6618 www.123adsales.com
8015
8015 Truck driver with experience, no CDL required. Duties include loading/ unloading, must live in the 5 Towns. Call 917-682-3541 8015 P/T office assistant. 3 days a week. Experience using Quickbooks. Business office in Flatbush. Send resume by email pcpccomp@msn.com pr Phyllis 917-533-2326 8015 Buyer/ managing partner wanted for newly renovated, fully equipped turnkey. Glatt Kosher LI catering hall. Seats 300. Long Lease, reasonable rent. Attractive terms call 516-450-7323
FUNDRAISERS FOR ESTABLISHED TAX EXEMPT YESHIVAS IN JERUSALEM. SOLICIT FUNDS THROUGHOUT USA. EXCELLENT TERMS
8010
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 for info at 718-263-4500
Personal Assistant wanted: P/T Upper East Side Manhattan. Female business woman needs male assistant. Great opportunity for the right person. Please call for an interview. 646-387-3801
Home attendant Fulltime or part time. Felxible hours. Live in or out. Experience required. Good salary. Call 917-676-1309 or 347-512-8229 HELP WANTED Saleslady with some sales exp needed for fabric Store. Call 718-436-5849 or 347-743-7339
8015
Truck driver with experience. No CDL required, duties include loading/unloading. Must live in the five towns. Call 917-682-3541
8015
Office manager/ Buyers & sales agents with Experience for busy RE management office. Call 917-921-3467
8015
8015 Hardworking, honest reliable woman, certified HHA seeking a job to care for the elderly. Over 20 Yrs Exp. Will clean house, live-in/out. Excellent refs. Call 914-476-2846 Or 646-235-5450
Great company looking for great people for energy consultants. Are you a professional looking to break into a Billion $ industry? Here it is! Unlimited Income Potential, flex schedule, Adv opty. O: 518-478-8588 F: 888-841-7774 8015
Licensed electrician in New Jersey and Long Island looking for partner. Call Zvi at 646-739-8771 8015
8015 SALES PEOPLE NEEDED For a local BKLYN business. Must be energetic, reliable + enthusiastic, base salary, Plus commission. Great Opportunity. Please Call Joe: 646-619-2822 x6100
Work from home Complete training & support. Contact Sammy 646-812-2574 Partner/ Salesperson for jewelry mfg business. Knowl. of Internet sales. Willing to travel.
Cleaning Services
8045
S+S Rubbish Removal: All clean up. Yard / Basement/ garage. Free estimate. S+S Rubbish Removal, Demolition. Shomer Shabos. Call 347-404-1643
9015
8045 Simply the best: Employment Agency, we offer eldercare, companions, housekeepers, babysitters, al with excellent references and experience. Licensed and board agency.Live in/out 718-332-7608
9015 Brooklyn Sanitation Rubbish removal, backyard cleanouts, apartment cleanouts. Specializing in both. Commercial and residential. Same day service. Shomer Shabbos. Call 718-243-2525
Top quality cleaning services for your home, apartment, office or business. Call 646-500-1156 www.wix.com.astyte123/cleaning
8045
8045 Get your bathrooms + kitchens CLEANED TODAY. It’s not clean until I do it! Call 347-653-7086 www.CITYOFERRANDS.com 8045 Maid 4 YOU. We can help. Call + you’ll have a maid. We provide full/part time or temporary help. Housekeepers, baby sitters/ day workers/ elder care. Located in the 5 Towns. 917-574-2306 or 516-569-1786 8045 KING’S LAUNDROMAT of NY @ 622 KINGS HIGHWAY. Manager special. MON, TUES WED… ..$0.69 per pound, Regular $0.89 per Pound, launder shirts $1.50 special. Professional Drop-off service. 718-339-1200
Cleanout commercial & residential. Big or small odd jobs we do it all Call for free estimate Mark 917-682-2247
917-692-7191
Partner needed: Exciting new kosher pizza shop Orlando, FL. Need working/ investing partner. Call Dave 407-696-8873 8015
Food Co. sks experienced sales people. Draw against comm + expenses. Call 347-561-9744 Berish 8015
8015 Babysitter wanted P/T Mon-Fri, from 2:30-5pm in Marine Park, Brooklyn. Please call Lauren: 646-529-3030
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Avoid leaks before they happen!! Specializing in grout bathroom tiles, loose tiles, ceramic tiles and all house repairs and Painting. Call 516-302-6748. Selling all 5 Boros + LI 8081
NATURAL GINESIS NO MORE BUGS! 100% NATURAL PLEASE CALL: 800-807-9357 www.naturalginesis.com 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
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
9015
SERVICE Ephraim Glass Serving the community for over 30 years specializing in store fronts Mirrors, table tops, doors, windows, shower doors, screens (718) 435-4664 D.L.M CONSTRUCTION Licensed and Insured New Construction, Extension and Complete Renovation, 25 Years Experience Free Estimate 917-968-6809 Giannotti Contracting All pases of home improvements INC. * Finished Basements * Sheetrock * Taping * Extensions * Masonry * Kitchens * Bathrooms * Roofing * Siding * Windows & more. Call Dominick 718-256-9393
Handyman
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. AFFORDABLE MENCH. CALL 516-297-4316 ALFONSVAINO@YAHOO.COM 8080
Improvement
I AM A PLUMBER (Boiler & Heating) LOOKING FOR WORK. Henry 718-809-6150 Reasonable rates! 24HR Service 8080
Mike’s Home Improvement/ Roofing Sheet rock/ tiles, Kitchen/ Bath, Gutters + Leaders. 718-426-2167 8080
Exterminators 8075
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
8075 M + K Pest control: Special price for bedbugs, senior discount. Reasonable + reliable services. Licensed and insured. Call 917-304-8777
BROOKLYN’S BEST BED BUGS, RATS. MONTHLY PEST CONTROL. RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE. FRANK 718-415-6920 8075-
1997 ROLLS ROYCE. Silver Spur. Pristine condition. 10K miles $67,000. Jet black exterior. Light Beige Leather Exterior. 508-400-3354
9030
2010 Lincoln Town Car dark blue, light tan interior. 5 months old, low mileage, one owner. Perfect condition $38K. Contact Alex 203-746-0181. Lv Msg. 9030
20 PASSENGER MINIBUS YEAR 2000. PLUS ELECTRONIC HANDICAP DOOR. EXCELLENT CONDITION. GREAT PRICE 917-482-5580 9030
9030 Silver 2001 BMW Z8 Excellent condition. 28500 miles. 6 speed, transferable warranty. Two cars in one-hard top roadster with rag top underneath. Garaged in Hilton Head area, find at $90,000. Simply breathtaking. 203-803-6273
CHEVY 1996 IMPALA SS Rare green Immac. 21k $28,500 516-383-6326
9030
1998 Lincoln Towncar, Cartier Edition, Black, 99K miles, leather int, power seats, Windows, moon-roof, excellent shape, Totally remodeled! $2500 Call 718-415-6920
Pets 9035
PETS FOR SALE – DOGS: Min Schnauzer Pups Born 9/9/2010 home bred 1 f black + tan 4 m black silver + tan hypoallergenic friendly playful very protective watchdogs. Raised around grandchild. $700 570-972-5741 9035
Electrician All electrical needs. New lines Trouble shouting fixtures. Call Yahuda: 347-631-0481
LARGE REWARD LOST AFRICAN GREY PARROT RUBY
8080
9000 Modin: Luxury beautiful 4BR, 2.5Bth penthouse, beautiful view from 2 balconies. 2 car indoor garage including Storage room. $630K Call 212-290-2200 or 212-947-4717 Btw 12-7pm 9000 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
Contractor: All kinds of jobs plus windows, plumbing, carpentry, painting. Call Baruch 215-725-9161
Donate your car 100% tax deductible & a great mitzvah! Help many Jewish causes: -Holiday Programs -Students & Elderly -Children & Education -Outreach Programs -Jewish Background 718-365-770-5463
8080
HANDYMAN AVAILABLE!!! Carpentry, Tile, Plumbing, Landscaping, Painting, Furniture, Asembly. Reasonable rates, Friendly service Call Orrin 646- 671- 3906 ingramo@earthlink.net
Autos 9030
TRUCK FOR SALE: 2003 Ford Crew Cab Model #450 with utility body 30,000 miles. 4xs4 with fisher stainless steel plow diesel $19K. Plus 2005 Ford Crew Cab Model #350 4x4 Diesel tool box + racks. New seats, also hare ladder racks. Owner retiring. Contact 201-207-5533 or 201-436-0447 9030
MISC HOME FURNISHINGS: Bed Adj Fll, latex mattress, remote & massage. Must see! $1000 631-786-1514
9040
MOVING SALE!! EVERYTHING MUST GO! *Gorgeous pewter accent table 2yrs old when new…$1500-Asking $750 or best offer.*Beautiful 7 piece king size, master BDRM det, originally $6500-Must be seen! Asking $2000 or best offer *Glass & chrome attaché 42x78 $350 or best offer *Glass cocktail table w/black base originally $1500 asking $700 or best offer *Kitchen table with matching swivel bar stools $1300 or best offer *2diff boys 6pc drm set 500 and 550 or best offer. Call owner 732-536-2474 or 732-740-8417 9040
AIRLINE TICKETS / VOUCHERS 50% DISCOUNT OFF FLIGHTS TO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION 646-464-8747 OR 828-246-2388
9040 PARKER 2005 PILOT HOUSE-25’ 9’6”beam, 250 Yamaha 4strk on bracket, low hrs, all electronics, outriggers, saltwater washdown, windlass, new trir w/ electric winch & fishing equip. Asking $54,000. Call 631-909-3582 WILL DEMO IN WATER!!
ELEGANT Mint Condition FULL LENGTH MINK FEMALE PELTS, CHAMPAIGN TOURMALINE. CLASSIC, LINES-SIZE 14. CONTINOUS COLD STORAGE. 480-221-0704 Scottsdale, AZ Email for photos TMHARTWIG@GMAIL.COM 9040
9040 MINT CONDITION 2009 Fountain Executioner FOR SALE Twin 700 horse power engines. Low hours = Minimal use. Land dockage (Never kept in water) Make offer!!! John Tramutola 917-992-5540
Buying
9040
JAZZ LOVERS! Over 1,000 jazz greatest records, excellent cond, negotiable. Ellington, Vaughn Parker, Holiday + Fitzgerald, just to name a few + Many more. Contact718-379-6401 Cemetery plots. Sharon gardens, Kensico cemetery located in Vahalla. 4 grave plots for sale, price negotiable. Speak with Robert Stafford 631-728-0432 or Stafford88@optonline.net 9040
9028
Donate your car 100% tax deduction + Great mitzvah. Help Jewish causes, holiday programs, students & elderly education. Same day pickup. Free day + night hotel stay. Outreach programs. Jews of all backgrounds. Accepted any condition. 866-776-5463
Wooden Dining Room set, table with 8 chairs, china cabinet and buffet + server. Only 3 years old. Great condition. Also leopard/ wood coach 80x10 area rugs. Side tables with marble, 2 leather living room chairs etc. Call 917-364-5272 9040
Aerostar Aircraft 600 1975 New Paint , new interior updated avionics, many extras. Hangared $195,000/ 954-873-5169 or 954-434-6222 9040
LOST IN GRAVESEND/BENSONHUR ST ON 2/13/11 PLEASE CALL ANYTIME
917 204 9170
Selling 9040
Whole House: Contents includes 4 BR sets, living room, dining room, den and more! Excel quality. 718-757-0975
9040
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE: 2 Knudson seemless gutter on machine 5” type hold 4 coil clean + painted $4000 – 6” seamless road 6” Gutter and 16 Flange Type $9K. Owner retiring, clean + well maintained. Factory maintenance. Contact 201-207-5533 or 201-436-0447 9040
9040 Antiques for Sale. 5 piece large bdrm set/ dining rm + China + circa 1900 Sunburst Oak, excel cond. Pieces can be sold separately. View website: http://tinyurl.com/39mo7go Click collectables + Antiques can view. Approx 37 photos/ Contact732-937-9167
Oceanside Private Sale. Auto BB’s, pics, all sports cards, dolls, hot wheels, xmas décor + more!! For appt Please Call: 516-678-1394
9040
9040 WAREHOUSE SALE: Thanksgiving table sale through 11/24. 20-30% off. Knock on wood again, 4 taft St. Norwalk Ct 06854 203-899-9877
Business Cards, Logos, Postcards, Etc…Trust LH Design & Printing for affordable business cards, postcards, flyers, brochures, logos and more. Visit us at www.lhdesignprint.com, Please 2Email: lhdesignprint@aol.com or Call us : 1-888-909-9855 9050
KORN’S TORAH TRUCK - We provide Truck/ Generator, Music, Sound System, Shupah (on wheels), signs, torches, Flags + peck lach (for the children) Music in your shl. Music at the Seudah. SHULEM PAYSACH KORN: 845-642-7204 OR 845-354-5591 WWW.TorahTruck.com 9050
9050 AIRLINE TICKETS. Greyhound/ Amtrak 50% discount off tickets to anywhere in the world. Call 646-464-8747
HUNTING FISHING WARM FISHING VACATION In South Texas, nice accommodations. Terrific fishing for trout, redfish, drum, red snapper etc. Cheap vacation. Starting at $1,600 for two for 1 week. Seller will pay shipping costs. For more info: 956-742-5502 To book: 956-577-3801 www.merrybandresort.com
9045
Top quality cleaning services for your home, apartment, office or business. Call 646-500-1156 www.wix.com/astyle123 /cleaning
9050 Mt Ararat, Farmingdale: 8 Burial plots for sale. $12,000 Best Offer 516-466-4432 or 631-466-1635
8045
Other
9040
Electricians
Donations
9040 HUGE QUANTITY of porcelain and ceramic tile leftover from large job. Call Vlad at 561-222-3221
9050
9050 INTERNET PHONE SERVICE starting at $3.79 monthly. Business, residential, full service, full featured. Free calling card. New or existing phone number 800-657-5314 www.nargle.com Aircraft for sale Building for rent Call 336-292-2579 Ext 6 - Ask for Frank
9050 Psychic sessions by Fallon. Specializing in deep meditation. Healing, crystal and clairvoyant readings. Are you worried confused, depressed or just need advice. 2 convenient locations. Call immediately for session 347-600-0749 All readings are private and confidential.
WE BUY PRINTING PRESSES & EQUIP: Heidelberg, AB Dick, Multis, Ryobi, Hamd, Polar etc. Call Isaac 718-312-9912
9050
9050
9050 SEEKING INFORMATION ON HENRY HURWITZ editor of the MENORAH JOURNAL for scholarly monograph. Please contact Prof Lewis Fried at dalamerica@aol.com 330-673-7292
Prominent Middle Aged Rabbi with recommendations looking to say KADDISH + learn MISHNAYOT every day, the 1st year after petira + Every yahrtzeit. 347-743-8578
9050
9050 Capital wanted: GOLF, tennis, all sports, #1 sport scientist has world’s best high tech systems. By far, we can OWN Entire world of sports training. More info see Cambridgegolfscience.com Call 617-682-0470
US / Israel Stamp Collection for sale by private collector. Unique + very rare collection of stamps from Israel and USA, nearly every stamp of Israel is included. US stamps includes large collection of rare stamps in Mint condition. jg@thejenet.com 845-782-2223 9050
STEINWAY GRAND PIANO “M” Louis XV, walnut, 4 years old, serial # 574197. Current value 117,900; asking 75,000. Call 609-980-5555 Email WilliamBurris@comcast.net 9040
FOR ALL YOUR TRAVEL NEEDS. Planning a business trip or a family vacation? Great travel deals, compare prices, book hotels/ villas and more/ visit No Charge Shipping www.tripyourself.com 347-631-5349 9050
Dyslexia? Reading, writing or spelling problem? Alpha reading solutions Expert individualized reading therapy for children and adults. Exp’d Cert affordable. 215-663-8932 www.alphareadingsolutions.com 9050
9050 Vintage Bicycles Plus: Bicycles and adult tricycles Pre-owned. 419 Jacksonville Rd, Hartboro. Hours: Mon – Fri 1 to 7pm. Saturday, 10am to 5 pm. Plenty of free parking! We can sell your bike on consignment surrey’s. Delivery for tricycles for the physically challenged available. Call 267-981-2740
9050 Palstering ans Drywall expert: All types of Home Improvements. Call Al 215-676-2861 LicC87434 9050 $$ OLD PHOTOS WANTED$$ Negatives, prints, slides, archives, all subjects, NYC + antiques. 516-808-1214 9050 Shiva employment agency: Now has cleaning ladies, nannies, caretakers, etc available. We are currently seeking certified and licensed individuals. Please call 718-928-3832 CREDIT CHECK DONE
9050 TIME SHARE LIQUIDATION. Rentals and resales, Holiday specials. 866-396-4616 9050 Spiritual readings by Briana. Tells past, present, future, love & career. Specializing in Tarot cards, kaballah, palm + auro readings, etc. Located in NYC 561-255-8707 9050 Shlomo Hamolech’s Tour of the United States: Motor home RV trips for free on condition of purchase of electronics, batteries and groceries starting price of $6,000 over a period of time on condition that you acquire entire RV for additional $94,000. You also get a new 2010 black Mercury, high breed car plus groceries for 10 years provided I am the driver, minimum 30 day tour. Call 917-216-8379
9050 Loving young Jewish couple wishes to share their life with your newborn baby & give life-long happiness. Expenses paid. Call Elissa & Seth 877-897-3616 9050 New internet & ecommerce business to serve your personal and individualized specifications. Courteous service reasonably priced. For more info Please call Yaakov 718-705-2173
Jewish Education from Home. Cantor health Rosenzweig 917-749-7275 HebrewEducation.info
9050
Young Israel shul seeks Yeshiva w/10+ post HS students to occupy 6500sqft bldg in great nghbrhd, 2 kitchens, classrooms & mikveh. Avail 11/01. FREE RENT FOR 1st YEAR. 2 hrs from Washington, DC. Call 804-288-8816 9050
9050 To the person who brought my storage unit on 7/19/10 @ Cropsey Ave., Brooklyn. Please call Christine 646-209-2434 9050 REWARD $50,000 for evidence leading to the conviction of the person or persons who used my account in my name at the Bank of America leading to charges over $48,000. Eugene Bivins 3475 S. Ocean Blvd. Palm Beach FL. 33480 561-493-4875
9050 LOST & FOUND- LOST, GOLD CHARM BRACELET. Sentimental value, 14 charms of grandchildren. Reward. Lost East 60’s in Manhattan. Please Call: 212-734-8991
9050 Tree Available: Wholesale Douglas far sheered healthy. $50 foot, will make deals, brokers welcome. Boughs available, can shop. Call 570-275-4049 www.peney/tucky.webs.com
Are your water bills too high? We can settle it. 718-599-1925
9050
Singer looking to form band for CD project, as well as performing at simchas. Jewish and secular music. Call Zev 347-593-4591
9050:
Contractor- All kinds of jobs plus windows, pluming and carpentry, painting. Call Baruch 215-725-9161
9050
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New Jersey Apartment For Sale 9055
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
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
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 Red Bank Downtown office space available 1350sqft. Vaulted ceilings, fios Internet. Parking available. Call Art 732-222-3553 Monmouth Beach: Oceanfront, breathtaking 2 BR, 2 bth, kitch, lg LR w/dining area, huge deck, indoor/outdoor pool, 24-hr security, easy bus/ ferry commute NYC, $2500/mo 201-825-2646 Parsippany: Lak Hiawatha-1 BR condo quiet building, 2nd flr, walk-up, updated appliances in EIK. Renovated bath, new windows, new electric, good closet, space storage bin + laundry room on-site ample parking, great nearby park and ride. 2 miles, no pets, no smoking. $875 monthly. Call 973-207-0860 Owner. Apartment for rent, NJ, 2nd floor in private house. 2 BR, Lrg LR, lrg kitchen. Includes heat & hot water, lrg closets. $1,150 201-659-5574
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
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Elberon, NJ: Townhouse for rent. $2,200 per month, 4 BDRMs, 2.5 bths, LD/DR Ocean View, 3 balconies, fireplace. Central air conditioning, laundry room. 1800 sq ft 732-768-8005 9065
House For Rent Triple A Jersey Shore Rentals ATLANTIC CITY: Boaters Dream, 3 Blocks to beach/ boardwalk, bay front with deck for 40ft boat. Spectacular 4 bdrm/ 3.5bth. Newer home on the intercoastal. Large outdoor entertainment area. Rent $16K/mo or available weekly. Contact owner 609-703-2273
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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
Teaneck: Totally renov 4 BR, 2.5Bth with finished basement in prime w Engelwood location. $739K Vacant 201-483-8901
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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 9065
175,000 Co-op Apt For Sale: Great Size Bedrooms. Too many upgrades to mentrion! Ready to move-in. Close to GWB. Call Angela 201-328-6603 9065
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Alpine Treetops: 9 miles from GWB. 4bd/4bth amazing updated modernist on 2 private ac. Views, pool, 13K taxes, best schools. $2,974,000. See WebID NS110210769 Alpine 9 mi to GWB. 4bd/5.5 bth, 1.5 private acres. Best site, architecture, finishes, appliances. Energy efficient. Taxes 15k. $3.85M 201-750-0372 See Web ID NS1102091197 9065
Clifton Patricia Loop: Move in condition! 3BR ranch, EIK, updated full bath. $329,900 FSBO 973-220-9116 www.zillow.com 9065
9065 CEMETARY PLOTS. 2 ppairs of cemetery plots at MT. Lebanon Cemetary, Iselin NJ. 1 pair with prepaid pre-needed internment. hannabe@juno.com 732-545-6373 or 732-896-6230
Bogota, NJ: 2 BR, 1.5 bths, LG EIK, 6 drvwy, central AC, new furnace w/3, zone heat. Close to all buses. Fast sale $259K OBO Owner 201-820-4391 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
Spring Lake Heights: Builders/developers, Land for sale: Zoned Residential 908-482-0528
Are you looking for a clean remodeled 3BR, 2 ba shore house colonial 2.5 blocks from the beach. New roof, kitchen & bath, parks 5 cars. Asking $339,900. Call 973-464-5561
Philadelphia, PA Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
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CLEAN ROOMS. SEMI CONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING. Mercer County, NJ. 9,000 SF Class 10K 9,000 SF class 100K. Expansion to 27,000 SF (1) 2,000 AMP)/ 13,200 Volt primary. Power service. 201-488-4000 www.sorce.com
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DATA CENTER AVAILABLE Mercer County, NJ (1)2,000 AMP/480 Volt service (1) 2,000 AMP / 13,200 volt Primary Power Service 201-488-4000 www.sorce.com 9075 Lakewood: Corner store for rent, good location. Call 732-513-9470
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
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5000sqft restaurant in Monmouth County. Elegantly designed seats 115 people with (8) apartments + (2) additional. Retail spaces. Contact 908-902-7828 9010
2 pairs of plots at Mt. Lebanon Cemetary, Iselin, NJ. 1 pair with pre-paid pre-need internment. hannabe@juno.com 732-545-6373 or 732-896-6230 9050
Apartment For Sale 9055
9055 Spring Lake, rent/buy, A+ condo hotel, 2 units furn, new designer décor, quality details, marble bth, custom clsts, 1 BD + LR; 1BD + Porch lake view, pool, 3 blks Beach, Zagat rest. Amp/480Volt 215-990-1252
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Elkins Park, Breyer Woods. Move in ready! 1st flr master suite. LR w/fpl, DR, eat-in-kit w/ island. 2 car att gar, 3 BR, 2.5BA. Loft 2500 sqft. NEW PRICE….$380,000 ALSO AVAILABLE FOR RENT AT $2,000 PER MO + UTILS. PICTURE PERFECT TOWNHOUSE. Handsome amenities t/o LR, gas, fplc, DR, E-I Kit. 2BD, 2.5BA. Full unfin bsmt. 1 car gar. Tennis crt. Asking $299,000 CALL ALICE R. FICHER. WEICHERT REALTORS 215-885-8100 OFFICE 215-803-5908 CELL 7030
7065 AC WARWICK: Lg unfurn, new carpets, Ocean View. Yrly rental $1275 per month, includes utils, storage cable, prkg. 856-596-1816
BUY FORECLOSURES Potential 60% Discounts 12% + Returns 602-421-1101
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Warehouse 15,000sqft, 34-44 W. Green St. Hazelton, PA Central Commercial Zone, 2 story, basement & store front. 15 parking spaces, loading ramp in the rear. Concrete and steel building. $149,900. Daisy N Rubio 305-228-0085 or 305-302-9142 dnrubio@bellsouth.net 7060
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 7065
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8010 Loving Caring couple, both certified and licensed, wife is practical nurse and husband is seeking jobs as companion for the elderly. Handyman w/HHA Certifications. Excellent, many years experience. References available. Call 516-330-3429 Have own car.
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7050 Soliel | Sotheby’s International Realty. For unique shore homes search…soleilsir.com 9202 Ventnor Ave., Margate Ph 609-487-8000
Teaneck: Garden apt, land 3BRs, renovated kitchen. $1150-1395 including heat and hot water, 2 blocks to NYC transit. 1 lock to kosher Shops. No fee. Call 201-836-8745
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9070 Lakewood: Corner store for rent. Good location. Call 732-513-9470
Commercial property HBWE REALTY Ranway/Linden NJ Warehouse 15,000, 30, 000& 40,000 22 ft high, plenty of parking space, Avail for imm purchase or lease! Call Barry Littman 917-363-3974
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Israel
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Great opportunity: Lots for sale in Rosh Pina, lots for sale in Even Yehuda, also apartments for rent in Ezilya Pituach. Call 408-340-1125, 011-97-50-529-3777, 011-972-77-575-1170 irit0110@hotmai.com Jerusalem: Lux 3 BR hotel apt, 20 min walk to kotel, kit, DR, LR, pool. Avail for Pesach 347-721-7722
Retire in Jerusalem?
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9000 All types of properties available: Looking to buy apts or invest in Israel? Many options avail. Call my new number 011-972-52-763-1845
NEGOTIATOR: EXPERIENCED NEGOTIATOR AVAIABLE TO REPRESENT YOU ANYWHERE IN ISRAEL. CALL TOLL FREE. CONSULTATION 052-773-0076 Lev Yerushalayim: Hotel suite, Kosher Kitchen $89 yrock3@gmail.com 972-77-234-5672
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Ramat Bet Shemesh: Ramat shilo, 2 BR, fully furnished, A/C, w/d ground floor, no steps, 2 min walk to mercaz. Short /long term 248-214-9573 9000 BAKA: Wonderful duplex penthouse very bright and beautiful finish…220 meters. 2.2 millions us or $5000 rent www.aviadrealty.com
Harlap: Lovely bright renovated 4 room apartment porch, equipped kitchen, 1st floor, 9000nis,///GERMAN COLONY 4 rooms, furnished. 9000 nis, meny other rentals. Eva Aviad.
3.5 room unique penthouse in “Hod Jerusalem“ retirement home (self ownership - no deposit required!)
Call 972-50-5920507 firmdew@hotmail.com
For sale Israel KIryat GAT Near Beersheva- 2 Brs, KItch, L/R, 400 sq ft, front yard, playground.$80K Call 917-804-4158
Nahalaot/ Rehavia Private house, extremely rare,15 rms Prking,elevator, garden, shelter 054-2382016 No5floor@gmail.com
Jerusalem Center: 16 King George, furnishes, 3BR penthouse duplex, 2.5 bth, 4 porches, Shabbat elevator, short / long term. 718-776-3282 http://dennydaniel.com/israel 8 rooms, 2 bth, large EIK, porch, good location. 011972-3-677-6127 yoram1123@gmail.com
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Lev Jerusalem hotel apt suite. Best location. All amenities included. Daily maid, sleeps 4. Reduced $120/Day (5 day minimum). Private owner. Tel/fax 011-972-8-633-4758 zerwand@yahoo.com
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Jerusalem Center: 16 King George, furnished, 3BR penthouse duplex. 2.5 bth, 4 porches, Shabbat elevator, short term/ long term. 718-776-3882 http://dennydaniel.com/Israel/
9000 REAL ESTATE IN ISRAEL. INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT. MORTGAGES FROM 7096 AND UP. Simcha Teitelhaum 917-474-7440 simchatb@gmail.com
Lev Yerushlayim: Renov 1 BR furn apt. Sleeps 4. All amens. Avail 9/7-10/16, part or all. 937-304-4026
Jerusalem: Private suite in 5 Star Ramada sleeps up to 8, in/ out pools. $250/night. Albert 514-803-8838
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OLD KATAMON: Breathtaking duplex garden apartment 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, wonderful outside garden / deck, patio, parking, details w/EVA AVIAD
054-499-9043
Amazing professional medical masseuse, reflexology, deep tissue, massage, liberating and very relaxing treatment which will make your day. Call 052-325-6536 Or 03-571-0251
Luxury rentals for short/ Long term in Hertzelia, the apartments are furnished and newly renovated. They are available for individuals or families. Please call 011-972-52-860-6663 www.aayafit.com
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9000 Jerusalem: Private Suite in 5 star Ramada sleeps up to 8. In/Out pools $250/night. Albert 514-803-8838
Mekor Chaim: Very bright new 6 room duplex penthouse. 3 full bathrooms, guest toylet. Huge terrace, parking / storage asking $1.2 million. Eva Aviad
TALBIEN: FOR SALE luxury bldg, investors wanted for 200 sqm apt. EVA AVIAD
New Villa very high quality. Stunning, 210sq M corner center of Omer, 2floors 052-758-8102
Jerus, central. New 4 BR lux apt in 18 unit bldg. incl all linen, applncs, Kitch ware. Kosher & sh shab. Short Term rentals. 416-782-6791
9000 Holiday Rentals: THE premier choice for Jerusalem Vacation Accommodations. Lux, spacious, pleasant, fully-equipped apts. Call: Shia Getter Property Mngmt, England, 020-3-5140457, USA 718-473-3950, Israel: 972-03-912-5867 Email: sg@shiagetter.com , www.shiagetter.com
Jerusalem: in a central prime location at 60 Jaffa Street apt for rent! On then new light right pedestrian mall route, cute 2 room apartments in a new building, fully furnished, AC, lift, wireless wi-fi, for long + short term. Within short walking distance to primary sites. (Kotel, Geula, Machine Yehua market) Frank 0505-344478 Wise 0505-34448
Malcha: Fabolous bright townhouse of 3 levels…250 meters. 300 meter garden, private parking, elevator, must see. www.aviadrealty.com
Leisure Time Travel. Special Deals for PESSAH 2011 1.King Solomon, Jerusalem & Tiberias 2.Prima Kings, Jerusalem 3.Selection of hotels throughout Israel & abroad Earlybird Specials GROSSMAN TOURS Tel: 052-624-4733 or 02-624-8189 9000
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9000 162 Hanasi Street: 5 rooms plus asement, price $1,650,000 USD. Call 054-348-1277 Not on Shabbat
9000 RAMAT BET SHEMESH: Ramat Shilo, 2 BR, fully furnished, AC, WD, Ground floor, no steps, 2 min walk to Mercaz, Short/ long term. Call 248-214-9573
J MARK INTERIORS INC. JERUSALEM/NEW YORK Design a dream home in Israel From purchase & construction to Planning, implantation, Furnishing & design. Jeffrey@jmarkinteriors.com
Zefat: In The Old City: 4 rooms in modern building 95sqm + 2 large balconies (70 sqm) Amazing view to Rashbi. NIS 1,000,000 Tel: 052-762-7672
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9080 Condo for sale Boca Raton: 55+ community with active clubhouse + theater, swimming, pools, gym, tennis courts + (2) synagogues. 2 BDRM/ 1 ½ Bth completely renovated, all tile, custom counter tops. New bathroom, $65K Contact Marty 914-953-8988 Will email pictures.
FLORIDA REAL ESTATE The following propertied are located in Clearwater area, near Gulf of Mexico. For more information, or pictures, on any of the 3 properties, call Virgil at 727-410-1205 Immaculate townhouse two blocks from beach. 2 BR/2bth, fireplace. 2 car garage, furnishing included. Reduced to $209,900 Attractive “Florida” 2BR/2bth home. 4 minutes to bch. Screened lanai. Orange trees. 30 golf courses in 30 miles. $237,000. One BR/1 bath condo. Safe neighborhood. Walk to restaurants, grocery, hospital, etc. five minutes to bch. Reduced to $39,900 9080
DAVID FISHER LOVES NAPLES, FLORIDA AND THINKS YOU WILL TOO! CONDOS – VILLAS – HOMES. Southwest Florida has it all! CALL NOW! DAVID FISHER PREMIER PLUS. RESIDENTIAL REALO ESTATE. CELL 215-740-4745 OFFICE 239-732-7837 MILLNDALE@AOL.COM 9080
Palm Beach, FL: REDUCED PRICE for this INTOWN PRIVATE PARADISE. 3BR/4.5BA townhouse featuring 3851SF, elevator to luxurious master suite. Bonus room EIK, pool. 2 car gar. Close to beach. $1.499M. Walking distance to shul. Stan Gordon 917-864-5321 9080
8 acres for sale Levy County, FL. SR-24 – Approx 15 miles W of Gainsville. 1200ft of highway frontage. Power + water throughout the 8 acres. ½ grass/ ½ large oak trees. Very beautiful, must see to appreciate $180K OBO. Call 352-495-9810
9080 Boca Raton, FL: CC/4Golf courses-2b/2b furnished, 1st flr condo, 1,250+ sq ft, All golf view/ Ask $67,000 + Equity. SAMJ121@aol.com Call 561-479-2841
Tampa Triple Net Lease: Quick lube, 649K Cap 8.25% strong tenant, 13+yr left. 10% incrs 813-546-2766
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Florida: 52ac Riverfront/Equestarian lot St. Johns County www.flriverfront.blogspot.com 904-860-4500 9080
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9080 Lauderhill, FL: Luxurious 3BR, 2 bth in gated community. Dbl car garage, 2000sf, newly renov. Ceramic tiles. $189K neg. owner 954-552-4520
9080 Excellent Oppt: Fountainbleau Hotel, Miami Beach, magnificent 850sq ft studio, sleeps 4-6 renting daily/weekly. Avail short/long term. Call 347-804-4666
9085 Miami Beach: 54st/ Collins: 3 fabulous 1 BR condos overlooking ocean. Shul in building, available daily/ weekly/ monthly. Sale avail. Pesach 917-349-9471 9085 Miami Beach 41st/ Alton: 6th FL, 1BR, 1.5Bth, furnished condo for rent or sale. Large LR and porch, beautiful view near shuls, shopping Transportation and more! Call 914-522-4636
Kings Point, Delray Beach: 2 BR, 1.5 bth apt for rent. Short term/ Long Term. Weekly/ yearly. Call 845-536-1080
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9085 Boyton, FL: Direct Intercoastal million $$ views 2BDRMS/ 2BTHs, 55+ close to beach + shopping. 3 month rental @ $2600 a month. Contact 203-453-3164 9085 Boca Raton/ Century Village: Beautiful 1 BR, 1.5 bth, new appliances, enclosed porch. Great location. Call 917-749-7135
9085 For sale: One of the largest Glatt kosher supermarkets in southeast FL. Catering, butcher, deli, produce dept. huge potential. 561-317-0274 9085 Miami Beach/54th St Collins Ave: Fabulous, 1 BR condo on top Floor Overlooking ocean, Shul in building. Avail Daily/weekly or monthly. 917-349-9471
Miami Beach: 41st, 1BR, 1.5bth furnished, cond o for rent or sale. Large LR and porch. Beautiful view. 914-522-4636
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9085 Delray Beach: (Palm Beach County) VACATION CONDO in a beautiful well established community. 1 & 2 BDRMS available-Fully Equipped- Jan. Feb or March 2011. www.ALRFLORIDA.COM Info@alrflorida.com 800-336-6925 Aspen Leaf Realty, INC.
Boca Raton, Yarmouth: For rent seasonal or yearly 2 BR, 2bth, beautifully furnished. Bedding & mute. Lakeview near pool. Walk to temple and clubhouse. Call 561-883-1168 or 845-807-7468
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9085 Miami Beach: Beautiful newly renovated apt in tower 41. Bay view with balcony and gorgeous view of downtown Miami, 1 spacious BR with master bath newly furnished DR/LR area w/guest bath, state of the bed. Call 917-838-1528
Secluded 38.46 acre between Oak toner/ Gainsville cross fence 9,995 per acre that includes 998 double wide 3 BR, 2 bth, central air and heat, screened porch, pole barn and shops, 98 GMC, pick up and more. Owner 352-546-3258 9085
9085 Delray Beach, FL: Kings point. 2 BR, 2 bath condo. Beautifully renov apt, including new kitche. Furnished. Short walk to clubhouse and pool (indoor & outdoor), golf, tennis, activities, entertainment. 55+ community. Synagogue walkable. For rent seasonal/ monthly. 917-922-8113 or 201-739-9534
Delray Beach/ Kingspoint: Beautiful furnished large 1BR, 1.5bth, Jacuzzi tub, W/D, D/W, Central air/ heat parking, clubhouses/ pools near shuls, yearly 550/mo. Seasonal 925/mo. Utilities included. Call 516-632-9192 9090
North Myrtle Beach for sale1 bdrm, 1 bth, pool. Asking $85,000 Call: 718-661-1286 Lot For Sale on Lake Forest, at West Colligan Lake, Poconos/PA. Private community where you can enjoy many activities ranging from indoor/outdoor pool, tennis court & much more. Financing available with down payment. 10% discount for members! Call 917-843-9068 9080
Hollywood Beach Florida: Oceanfront Trump Condo, 3 BR/ 3.5 BA, new ad beautiful $1,350,000 786-390-7340 9080
9080 Delray Beach: Int’l Club Condo (Huntington Lakes/ Clubhouse) 55+. Move-in ready, spac corner unit, 2BR, 2bths, EIK, enclosed porch. Steps from shopping w/glatt kosher supermarket and orthodox shul. Motivated seller 201-981-8094 or 561-715-7086
CONDO FOR SALE. Miami Beach, The Alexander, 5225 Collins. Newly renov all marble 2 BR, 2 bth. Spectacular south side Ocean Bay view. All new SS appliances, closets & wsh/dryr. 516-369-0419 9080
9080 INVESTMENT PROPERTY. Temple Triple Net Lease quicklube, 649K, Cap 8.25% strong tenant, 13+ yr left, 10% incrs 813-546-2766
9080 ADULT COMMUNITIES. FL, FORT MYERS 0.9%. 10year Fixed Rate (1.41% apr) NEW HOMES from the $160’s 55+ Active Adult CALL 239-689-8790 or visit www.55PlusMyCascades.com 2 luxury condos each with 2 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms, one in Boca Raton for $79,900 one in Boynton Beach $119K 802-782-0721
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Boca Raton: Century Village, 5 BR, mins to Miami Beach, beaut 2 BRs, 1.5bths. Excel kept facilities, extras incl pool, gym, tennis etc. 305-308-8517
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Miami, FL: Tower 41 Luxury Apt. Monthly or weekly. 514-991-3964 9085
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