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3,656 supply trucks entered Gaza in March During the first quarter of 2011, more than three times the amount of aggregates entered Gaza than the total amount that entered in all of 2010.

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It’s a side of Israeli-Palestinian relations that the international news media rarely shows. Although Hamas missiles continue to rain down on Israeli civilians on a daily basis, efforts to aid Gaza’s civilian population, supplying them with basic necessities, have continued. hese goods - food and medical supplies mostly - are evidently not considered a priority by Gaza’s terrorist leadership, which in any event is anxious to exploit any Palestinian deaths as ammunition in its propaganda campaign against Israel. Reports from other news services paint a very different picture. A recent report by Reuters dated April 12 maintains that “Israel kept a commercial crossing with Hamasruled Gaza shut for a seventh day Tuesday although a truce had stopped cross-border fighting, and a UN official said he was ‘extremely worried’ essential supplies may run out.” The Reuters article went on to say that “The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) which provides aid to

more than two thirds of Gaza's population of 1.5 million, said 172 truckloads of oil, sugar and flour were waiting to cross into the impoverished coastal territory.” The crossings in question were closed over a week ago during a violent flare-up when Hamas terrorists fired an anti-tank rocket at a school bus, leaving an Israeli teenager severely wounded. Of course, had the Hamas operation been more successful, the dozens of children who had just disembarked the clearly-marked bright yellow bus would have been murdered. Israel returned fire with a series of air raids on terrorist targets, killing 19, according to reports. The attack on the school bus in southern Israel was dismissed even by the “moderate” Palestinian Authority, run by Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah Party. A video released this week by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) shows the aptly-named Omar Al Ghoul, an advisor to PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, accusing Israel of making too big a deal of

acham has served as an advisor to every Defense Minister since Yitzhak Mordechai in the mid-90’s, up to today, with the position currently being held (for the second time) by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak. He got his start in the IDF’s intelligence wing, performing what he refers to as “strategic research.” Last Erev Shabbat, Col. Hacham sat down to lunch with the senior editorial

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Col. (res.) David Hacham, the top advisor to Israel’s Ministry of Defense for Arab Affairs, paid a visit to the United States last week. He spent several days in meetings with the press, in which he discussed the current state of Israeli-Palestinian relations, as well as Israel’s perspective on the current political upheaval that has overtaken the Arab world.

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Egyptian Military Sends Troubling Signal With Sentencing of Blogger In a move criticized by human rights groups around the world, the Egyptian government sentenced blogger Maikel Nabil to three years in jail for criticizing the country’s military. The sentencing has prompted calls from organizations like the New York-based Freedom House for the military tribunal to release him without harm and to cease the prosecution of peaceful protesters and civilians. n his English-language biography on his blog, the writer, a self-proclaimed pacifist, writes that he founded the “No for Compulsory Military Service Movement” in April 2009, and began a campaign to demand the right to be exempt from military service as a

conscientious objector. The Cairo resident received his exemption on 20 November 2010, but “was arrested several times because of my political activity.” He is also a graduate of the Veterinary Medicine College, Assiut University. The verdict was released on Monday in the absence of Nabil’s lawyers. The charges were based on comments made in Nabil’s blog posts and Facebook page criticizing Egyptian defense minister Mohamed Husein Tantwai and the Egyptian military for abuses against protesters and conducting forced virginity tests on female detainees. “Bloggers have been a driving force for democratic change in Egypt,” said Daniel Calingaert, deputy director of programs at Freedom House. “This verdict against Nabil

sends a worrying signal that the Military could be on the same path as Mubarak in making them an enemy.” While the media environment in Egypt has improved significantly since the departure of Mubarak, tensions between the military and civilians have risen. According to Human Rights Watch, hundreds of civilians, including many peaceful protesters, have been sentenced by military tribunals since the military took control on February 13, 2011. Nabil is only the third civilian blogger to have been prosecuted by a military tribunal and the first to be prosecuted since the military took control. Egypt is ranked Not Free in Freedom in the World 2011, Freedom House's survey of political rights and civil liberties, and Partly Free in Freedom of the Press 2010.

Video Evidence Shows Hamas Launching Missiles From Heart of Civilian Area in Gaza BY JONATAN URICH Hamas and other terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip cynically use the civilian population as a human shield when carrying out rocket attacks on Israel. A video recently released the Hamas' military wing proves this. he Hamas terrorist organization uses the civilian population of the Gaza Strip as a human shield, launching rockets at Israel from the heart of residential neighborhoods in

Gaza. Video footage recently released by the Hamas military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam brigade, proves this. The use of civilians as a human shield is intended to reduce the vulnerability of Hamas and other terrorist organizations and give them a kind of immunity from IDF counterterrorist operations. Hamas and other terrorist groups know that IDF policy is to avoid harming civilians as much as possible. Thus, these terrorist groups take advantage of the morality of the IDF. Hamas launches rockets in close proximity

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, at a Sharm-el-Sheikh resort, was suddenly hospitalized Tuesday for a heart attack while he was being questioned for alleged corruption and the murder of 300 demonstrators this year. His condition is reported to be "stable." fter he was rushed to a hospital in his armored Mercedes, protesters suspected that the 82-year-old Mubarak is faking illness in order to evade the criminal probe, and they demonstrated outside his hospital at the Red Sea resort, carrying a sign proclaiming, “Here is the Butcher.” Mubarak, ousted after unprecedented mas-

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Deposed Egyptian President Mubarak, was hospitalized for a heart attack. sive demonstrations that erupted into violent clashes with Egyptian police, faces charges of

to residential homes and sometimes even educational institutions and mosques. Rocket launching cells deliberately station themselves near homes in order to protect themselves against IDF efforts to thwart rocket fire. The rocket launchings disrupt daily life and endanger the civilian population. As of the time of this writing, the video in question can be viewed at YouTube.com. Report courtesy of the IDF News Service: http://dover.idf.il/IDF/English/

pocketing millions of dollars during his 30year-old reign. His sons Gamal and Alaa also are to be questioned, and his family’s wealth is estimated to be valued at $70 billion dollars. He underwent gall bladder surgery last year and is reportedly ailing from cancer, which he never has admitted. His condition is not known, but Al Jazeera reported that he has been complaining "for some time” that he does not feel well. Mubarak, who maintained a cold if not frigid peace with Israel, has been replaced by a provisional military regime that is outwardly hostile to Israel while establishing close contacts with the Hamas terrorist government in Gaza. (ISRAELNATIONALNEWS.COM)

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CAMERA Charges BBC As Terror Attacks from Gaza Intensify, Israeli Army Undeterred Trust With Anti-Israel Bias, in Humanitarian Efforts Violation of Guidelines Continued from Cover last week’s bus bombing. Hamas admitted that the school bus was deliberately targeted in the laser-guided missile attack. Yet the PA advisor played down the Hamas attack, and instead accused Israel of using the school bus attack as a pretext to wage violent attacks against Palestinians, saying: “This aggression is currently focused on Gaza, under the pretext of a shell being fired at an Israeli bus. The [school] bus wasn't that badly damaged, but Israel wants to use the attack on the bus as an excuse for its latest war crime against our people.” In addition to the school bus bombing, in the month of March, terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip, led by Hamas, fired more than 90 rockets and mortar shells towards southern Israel. Despite the escalation, the IDF continued to transfer medical and humanitarian aid to the residents of the Gaza Strip. And yet, in spite of what is essentially a Gaza-Israel war instigated by the former, The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), through the Gaza Coordination and Liaison Administration, permitted the entry of 3,656 trucks carrying goods (mainly food and medical supplies) to the Gaza Strip in March via the Kerem Shalom border crossing. Additionally, the IDF and the Defense Ministry Crossing Authority, in conjunction with the Gaza Coordination and Liaison Administration, allowed an additional 1,100 trucks carrying aggregates to enter Gaza via the Sufa crossing, which was opened specifically for this purpose, despite the many security risks involved. Within the framework of this project, more than 50,000 tons of aggregates and gravel were brought to Gaza in order to expand, upgrade and estab-

The BBC has rendered its guiding ethical principles meaningless by failing to enforce them, the media watchdog CAMERA charged last Friday. he Editorial Standards Committee of the BBC Trust, which is ostensibly obligated to enforce the broadcaster's Editorial Guidelines, demonstrated complete disregard of those rules when it defended a one-sided and inaccurate documentary about Jerusalem broadcast last year, according to a newly-released video exposé by CAMERA, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America. In January 2010, BBC's Panorama current affairs program broadcast a documen-

IDF soldier gives a drink of water to a child at one of the IDF Humanitarian Offices. lish construction projects carried out by the international community in the fields of education, health, housing and infrastructure. During the first quarter of 2011, more than three times the amount of aggregates entered Gaza than the total amount that entered in all of 2010. It should be noted that the Sufa crossing, located in a vulnerable spot from a security standpoint due to its low geographic position in relation to the homes in the eastern part of Khan Younis, has suffered from terrorist attacks carried out by Hamas. Despite the security threats, and in light of the needs of the international community and the civilian population of the Gaza Strip, it was decided to continue the aggregates transfer operation despite the dramatic escalation of rocket fire from Gaza into Israel. IDF News Service with additional reporting by Jewish Voice Staff

______________________ CAMERA Senior Research Analyst Gilead Ini: “Viewers were sure to be misled by the program” ______________________ tary entitled "A Walk in the Park," which purported to show why finding a road to peace in Jerusalem is not easy. CAMERA filed a formal complaint with the BBC charging the program with numerous violations of the Editorial Guidelines. In December 2010, the complaint came before the BBC's Editorial Standards Committee, which ruled that the program was impartial and accurate, and "would not have misled viewers." "On the contrary, viewers were sure to be misled by the program" countered CAMERA Senior Research Analyst Gilead Ini, "because it withheld essential information, presented events and statistics out of context, and included patently inaccurate assertions." In addition, the documentary, narrated by reporter Jane Corbin, was dramatically unbalanced, according to Senior Research Analyst Ricki Hollander who produced the video with Ini. "Rather than investigating the roles both parties play in the dispute over Jerusalem, the program flouted its guidelines

“The BBC Trust essentially used the editorial guidelines as a fig leaf, invoking them to create a pretense of oversight and responsibility when in fact there was absolutely no effort made to enforce them.” on inclusiveness and impartiality by completely ignoring Israeli grievances and focusing entirely on Palestinian charges," she said. CAMERA's video exposes how the BBC depicts Israel as ethnically cleansing Arabs from Jerusalem, but chose not to inform viewers that Arab population growth is in fact steadily outpacing Jewish population growth in the city. CAMERA also documents how the program's discussion of violence deals only with accusations of Jewish violence against Palestinians in Jerusalem, while completely ignoring Arab terrorism in the city, including the massacre of Jewish school boys and deadly bulldozer assaults on Israeli pedestrians. "The BBC Trust essentially used the editorial guidelines as a fig leaf, invoking them to create a pretense of oversight and responsibility when in fact there was absolutely no effort made to enforce them," said Ricki Hollander. The CAMERA analysts expressed particular concern that the Editorial Standards Committee's work was not simply derelict, but actively and knowingly defended egregious violations of its guidelines. "The BBC Trust had a choice between defending its journalistic standards, or covering for journalists who violated those standards," said Gilead Ini. "It opted for the latter."

Israeli Rabbi Creating Bridge Between Charedi and Secular Worlds The municipality of Elad hosted Steering Committee representatives of the Central Israel Police Force at a meeting with municipal and community leaders from the charedi community from all over Central Israel. he meeting was chaired by Elad Mayor Yitzchak Idan. Presenters included Police Chaplain Rabbi Asher Melamed, Police Commissioner (ret.) Miki Levy, the former director of Israel's Internal Security Affairs, various high-ranking police officials, and Ezer Mizion's International Chairman, Chananya Chollak. The main issues addressed were the need for and methods of improving mutual cooperation between the community and the police. The critical importance of developing culturally sensitive approaches was stressed by Rabbi Chollak, who has succeeded in reaching out to every segment of Israel's population through Ezer Mizion's vast scope of services. "People are initially suspicious and wary. The way to build trust is to adopt policies that are sensitive to the community's ideals and upholds them. This calls for a great deal of understanding and different

techniques, which have proven to be successful,” says the Rabbi. Rabbi Chollak's participation as a community advisor to the police force for their policy setting in community operations reflects the unique individual that he is and the special position that he maintains as founder and director of Ezer Mizion. A highly respected member of the charedi community, esteemed by rabbis and community leaders, by government officials and medical and educational establishments, Rabbi Chollak is often sought for his experience,

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Buyer of IDF Chametz is a No-Show German Gov’t Sought to Bribe Judge During Eichmann Trial

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Those in charge of the IDF’s notkosher-for-Passover leaven wished to get a head-start this year on selling it, but the would-be buyer stood them up.

iblical law forbids Jews from owning leavened products, known as chametz (the ch is pronounced as in the Irish word ‘loch’), during the seven-day holiday of Passover (eight days, outside of Israel). Observant Jews therefore expend much effort cleaning their homes from all unknown chametz before Pesach, burn or otherwise destroy that which they find, and sell to a non-Jew the chametz that they do not wish to destroy – in the confidence that the non-Jew will either sell it back to them afterwards, or otherwise invalidate the purchase (not retroactively). All was set this morning for a man known as Abu-Shukri, the owner of a famous eatery in the Arab town Abu Ghosh just west of Jerusalem, to purchase the chametz of the IDF. He did not show up at the appointed time, however, and dozens of calls to his cellular phone went unanswered. Concern was expressed that he might have been threatened and warned not to cooperate with Jews, even though he has done so many times in the past. The search for the missing buyer continues, but the IDF says that in any event, a buyer will be found, and Israel's army will remain Kosher for Passover. In honor of Passover three years ago, this same Abu-Shukri bought all the wheat contracts at the Finexo foreign exchange brokerage company for a down payment of 100 shekels. However, a Hebrew internet site reported the news at the time in a manner that essentially accused the sellers of violating the ban on owning chametz on Passover. The report stated: “For worried investors who might call the company to find out if their investments are actually in danger of going down the drain, the company will assure them that the chametz-sale contract is only ceremonial, and that the company is sure that Mr. Shukri also knows that this is the case, and the deal will be opened for re-negotiation after the

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holiday.” Though the last clause is correct, the rest of the paragraph is not. A valid chametz-sale contract is not at all merely ceremonial, and the signatures of both the buyer and seller on the contract attest to this – regardless of what either signatory may say or even think while signing. Secular law, as well, recognizes one’s signature on a contract as being binding. On the other hand, the contract itself states that the deal will be opened for renegotiation immediately after the holiday, and that if not, it becomes automatically invalidated – and not retroactively. The sale of chametz is often derided as a trick and ploy to “allow” religious Jews to violate the Biblical ban on owning chametz. It must be said, however, that legal machinations are employed in all societies, including, most famously, various methods of claiming legal tax deductions and other "legal fictions." The basis for selling chametz is that rules are not iron-clad, but are themselves governed by other rules and methods by which they are applied. The rule against owning chametz is similarly governed by other rules that recognize its sale. The bottom line, then, is that if a Halakhically-valid method of sale is applied to chametz, the seller no longer owns it according to Torah law, and is therefore obviously not in violation of the Biblical ban on having chametz in his/her possession. (ISRAELNATIONALNEWS.COM)

Adolf Eichmann during the trial. BY BENJAMIN WEINTHAL JERUSALEM POST

'Der Spiegel' reports that a German agent consulted with Israeli prosecutors “over the closing argument,” in the prosecutor’s office. he West German administration of Konrad Adenauer, Germany’s first post-Holocaust Chancellor (during 1961-62), considered issuing payments to an Israeli judge presiding over the Eichmann trial to prevent future Nazi prosecutions, according to a newly released document from the archives of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND). The weekly Der Spiegel magazine reported on Saturday that a BND agent consulted with Israeli prosecutors “over the closing argument,” in the prosecutor’s office. According to the BND document, the agent notified the Bonnbased West German government that Israeli prosecutors “would show a positive position toward State Secretary Dr. Globke.” Hans Globke, who issued a legal commentary supporting the anti-Semitic Reich Citizenship Law – which stripped German Jews of their citizenship – was a key aide to Adenauer, and administered the WestGerman Chancellery. According to Der Spiegel, the 84-year-

old former-Israeli prosecutor, Gabriel Bach, denied any manipulation or improper influence from the Adenauer administration in connection with the Eichmann trial. Bach prosecuted Eichmann 50 years ago, and later served as a judge on Israel’s Supreme Court. Bach was born in Berlin and fled Nazi Germany with his family in 1938. Adenauer had a single purpose during the Eichmann trial: to extract from the Israeli side what Eichmann planned to say, and which Nazis he intended to incriminate as part of Germany’s elimination of European Jewry. High-level posts in West Germany’s post-Shoah government were filled with Nazis – including Hans Globke and Reinhard Gehlen – who oversaw West Germany’s Gehlen intelligence organization, the predecessor to the BND. Gehlen was involved in the elimination anti-Semitism of the Nazis on the eastern front during World War II. While the BND document reveals new light on West Germany’s panic about damage to the reputation of the Federal Republic, declassified CIA documents five years ago showed that Adenauer already went to great lengths to protect Globke. In 1960, the Adenauer government convinced the CIA to exert pressure on Life magazine to delete a reference to Globke in Eichmann’s memoirs, which the magazine published.

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Libyan Rebels Killed in Europe Debt Crisis Spreads NATO Airstrikes as as Portugal seeks EU Bailout Casualty Count Climbing NATO MISSION COMMANDER DENIES CAUSING OIL FIRE The death toll continued to rise last week in Libya due to both clashes between pro- and anti-government forces, and NATO-led aerial bombardment. our people died and 10 others were wounded in a fight between forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and rebels in eastern oil town of Brega, a medical source from a hospital in the town of Ajdabiyah, some 60-70 km from Brega, told reporters last Thursday. Witnesses saw hospital workers and rebel fighters, carrying the bodies, patrolling the hospital yard and shouting "all those who had protected our lives are martyrs." The bodies were afterwards carried away by a car. A doctor sobbed, distraught that he had failed to save the lives of the fighters, while NATO fighters soared overhead. Meanwhile, anti-government fighters said government forces had retaken Brega and were heading towards Ajdabiyah where residents were fleeing. The rebels had said last Wednesday that government forces withdrew from Brega after fierce overnight

______________________ “Witnesses saw hospital workers and rebel fighters, carrying the bodies, patrolling the hospital yard and shouting ‘all those who had protected our lives are martyrs.’” ______________________ clashes. Government troops and the opposition fighters have traded fire in Brega and Ras Lanuf in the past two weeks after the United Nations passed a resolution imposing a nofly zone over Libya. Also last Thursday, at least two rebels

At least two rebels were killed by a NATO airstrike near Brega, while about 10 others were injured. were killed by a NATO airstrike near Brega, while about 10 others were injured, sources with the rebels said, adding that several of their tanks were destroyed. The rebels were further enraged by the accidental consequences of NATO's air strikes, with the latest deaths coming less than a week after a NATO-led air raid last Saturday (April 2) left 13 rebel fighters dead. While NATO is yet to confirm the latest rebel deaths, it dismissed last week the Libyan government's accusation that Britain had bombed the country's biggest oil field. Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim blamed Britain for attacks on the Sarir oil field, which reportedly killed three guards and a number of oil workers, and left many more wounded. Lieutenant General Charles Bouchard, commander of the NATO mission, said in a statement that the accusation was false, as NATO had never carried out strike operations over the oil field. Bouchard said the fire "is a direct result of his (Gaddafi's) attacks on his own people and infrastructure." He said NATO knew Gaddafi wanted to disrupt oil getting to Tobruk, an eastern town currently controlled by the rebels.

President Medvedev: Russia Won’t Participate in Libyan Operation Russia would not participate in military operations in North Africa but would abide by resolutions made by the UN Security Council, President Dmitry Medvedev said last Wednesday. n a meeting with top Russian military officials, Medvedev reiterated Russia's aversion to any form of armed intervention in what he described as a complex region. "We will proceed from this standpoint in pursuing our foreign policy or making domestic decisions -- I underline -- while implementing the earlier decisions by the U.N. Security Council," Medvedev was quoted by local media as saying. "We assume that a number of ongoing conflicts should be settled peacefully, without the participation of troops, and on a basis of international mediation," he said. Meanwhile, the president also warned of a trend in modern regional conflicts. "Regrettably, recent armed conflicts have involved not only individual countries, but parts of whole continents and whole regions. The latest example is the appearance of the so-called instability arc in North Africa and the Middle East," Medvedev said. Earlier in the day, Foreign Minister

Portugal became the third euro nation to ask for EU and IMF financial aid. Portugal's caretaker government said last Wednesday it would ask for a European Union (EU) bailout in an abrupt about-face after months of resisting market pressure for international assistance. n a brief televised statement, Prime Minister Jose Socrates said the parliament's rejection of additional austerity measures last month had aggravated Portugal's financial situation, ultimately making the bailout request "inevitable." The Socrates administration resigned after parliament's rejection of the austerity plan, leaving the country without a fully operating government until a June election. "I tried everything, but in conscience we have reached a moment when not taking this decision would imply risks that the country should not take," he said. He said the bailout was "the last resort." The sudden change of stance will make Portugal the third country in the EU to request a bailout, following Greece and Ireland. Despite market expectations that a bailout for Portugal was just a matter of time, Lisbon had for months insisted its economy could battle its way out of the conference unaided. The country needs to make about 10 billion euro (14 billion dollars) in debt redemptions this month and in mid-June. The country's financial fears have been further fueled by a string of credit rating downgrades in past months. Rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded Portugual's credit rating on Tuesday by one notch to BBB-, just five days after lowering it to BBB, pushing Lisbon's borrowing costs to record highs. "This is an especially grave moment for our country ... and things will only get worse if nothing's done," Socrates said. The European Commission's top economic official, Olli Rehn, welcomed the Portuguese decision, saying it was in the interest of the 17-nation single currency area as a whole.

"This is a responsible move by the Portuguese government for the sake of economic stability in the country and in Europe," Rehn told media. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso Wednesday promised Portugal's bailout request would be processed in the "swiftest possible manner". The EU's executive head reaffirmed in a three-paragraph statement his confidence in Portugal's capacity to overcome the present difficulties, with the solidarity of its partners. Although Socrates didn't mention the specific amount of assistance needed for Portugal's bailout, analysts said Lisbon would need up to 80 billion euros (112 billion dollars), sourced from the stopgap European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF). Notionally worth 440 billion euros (616 billion dollars), the fund has a lending capacity of only 250 billion euros (350 billion dollars) in reality in order to maintain its triple-A credit rating. Although Portugal's bailout is unlikely to strain the EFSF, the fund might not be sufficient should Spain become the next victim of the lingering debt crisis. Madrid has the EU's highest unemployment rate and is struggling to deal with a banking crisis and the collapse of its property boom. In an interview with national radio station SER on Thursday, Spain's Economy Minister Elena Salgado tried to dispel fears the country would follow in the footsteps of Greece, Ireland and Portugal. The risk of contagion was "absolutely ruled out," Salgado said, adding it was clear that Spain's economy was much more competitive than Portugal's. Berlin said Thursday that Portugal's decision to seek aid from the EU had averted the risk of a Eurozone chain reaction. German Deputy Foreign Minister Werner Hoyer said the initial market reactions showed there would be no contagion, but urged the rescue package details be worked out quickly.

Japan Expands Evac Zone Around Crippled Nuclear Plant Russian President Medvedev: “We will proceed from this standpoint in pursuing our foreign policy or making domestic decisions, while implementing the earlier decisions by the U.N. Security Council” Sergei Lavrov also repeated a call for western participants in military operations in Libya to comply with U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973. The resolution calls for imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya to protect the civilian

Locals in some areas outside the 20 km (12.4 mile) radius of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant will have to be evacuated due to accumulating radiation, Japan's top government spokesman Yukio Edano said Monday. eople living within 20 kilometers around the plant already have been ordered to leave because of concerns about radiation. Other people within a 30 kilometer radius had been advised to stay indoors. Edano said, however, that residents of

five communities, some more than 30 kilometers from the plant, are being urged to leave within a month, as high radiation levels have been detected in some places and there are concerns about long-term health risks. He also said residents of another five localities should be prepared to evacuate in case of emergency. Thousands of people remain missing and workers are still struggling to regain control of the crippled nuclear power plant one month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern regions of Japan on March 11.

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Future US Senior Citizens Face Big Changes 1 IN 5 AMERICANS WILL BE OVER 65 BY 2050 BY TED LANDPHAIR

Primarily, she says, in 2050 a whole lot more people 65 and older will be on the job outside the home. In part, that’s because many more than today will be well educated and in rosy health, and will simply WANT to keep working.

ccording to the FBI, which wants to question 60-year-old transient Ron Hirsch, also known as Israel Fisher, in connection with the Thursday morning explosion outside the Chabad House of S. Monica, a person matching his description was arrested Monday. Earlier in the day, the FBI alerted authorities that Hirsch had purchased a Greyhound bus ticket to New York. “He was not on a bus at the time of his arrest,” said Laura Eimiller, a spokeswoman in the FBI’s Los Angeles office. “He had come in contact with a resident and that individual or [other] individuals contacted police. The FBI is working with the local authorities.” The Cleveland Heights Police Department refused to comment. In Santa Monica, Chabad House director Rabbi Isaac Levitansky said that he was pleased the investigation was moving forward. He last saw Hirsch, who every so often would stop in and ask for money, several months ago.

______________________ “[Some] won’t be able to get Social Security benefits as the eligibility age keeps rising - quite possibly to 70 or beyond by 2050. ” ______________________

BY JOSHUA RUNYAN A suspect in last week’s bombing outside a Southern California ChabadLubavitch center is in police custody after being identified by a resident of Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

Analysts at the U.S. Census Bureau have a provocative forecast for America’s population in 2050, when today’s 25-olds will be knocking on the door of age 65. f projections hold, not only will there be more than TWICE as many people 65and-over in sheer numbers as there are now, but their percentage of the population will jump from 12 percent today to 21 percent. That means more than one in five Americans at mid-century will be what we call "senior citizens." And if current demographic trends continue, a much greater proportion of the nation’s elderly will be Hispanic, African-American and AsianAmerican. Linda Jacobsen at the Population Reference Bureau, a private outfit that helps make sense of demographic data, helped us sort out the implications:

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Others won’t have a choice, since they won’t be able to get Social Security benefits as the eligibility age keeps rising - quite possibly to 70 or beyond by 2050. And as private companies cut costs, generous pension and company-paid retirement accounts will be harder to find as well. Today, women more often than men are the ones who stay home to care for Mom and Dad in their last years - while men contribute money to their elders’ care. But in 2050, women will be less available as caregivers, because more of them will also be busy at a workplace somewhere. So, Linda Jacobsen points out, young Americans had better be saving money right now in the increasing likelihood they’ll have to care for themselves in their advanced years. But, they can expect plenty more nursing homes and assisted-living centers to choose from. In 2050, Americans who are 65 may be considered "middle-aged." By then, only what demographers today call the "oldest old" - the 85-and-over crowd - will be thought of as truly "old." VOANEWS.COM

______________________ Rabbi Eli Moshe Levitansk: “We do not wish [Hirsch] any ill of any sort. He’s unstable and he needs help.” ______________________

Ron Hirsch (Photo: SMPD) He wouldn’t speculate on any motives Hirsch might have had in the alleged attack. “Let’s see what the investigation brings out, and we’ll take it from there,” stated the rabbi. “We’re approaching the holiday of Passover, the time of the Jewish people’s redemption. Let’s hope [for the day when] we won’t have to worry about any further troubles.” “We do not wish him any ill of any sort,” echoed Levitansky’s brother, Rabbi Eli Moshe Levitansky. “He’s unstable and he needs help.” The April 7 explosion occurred shortly before morning prayer services at the Chabad House at the 1400 block of 17th

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Mayor Bloomberg Signs Legislation Renaming Queensboro Bridge for Ed Koch Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg signed legislation this week to rename the Queensboro Bridge as the “Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge” in honor of the 105th Mayor of the City of New York, Mayor Edward I. Koch. The Mayor proposed the legislation in December and the legislation passed the City Council on March 23, 2011. he legislation, Introductory Number 446-A, was sponsored in conjunction with the Administration by City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn and Council Members Gail A. Brewer, Fernando Cabrera, Lewis A. Fidler, Vincent J. Gentile, Karen Koslowitz, Michael Nelson, Peter Koo, James Sanders Jr, James F. Gennaro, Mark S. Weprin and David G. Greenfield. Some roadway signs were replaced today and the remaining signs will be replaced over time. The total cost for replacing all 178 signs is $255,000, with all costs paid for with private donations raised by the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City. The Mayor signed the legislation at the Rockefeller University’s Peggy Rockefeller Plaza on the East Side of Manhattan, where he was joined by Mayor Koch, Speaker Quinn and members of the City Council. “When Ed came to City Hall in 1978, New York was reeling from a financial crisis, the streets were dirty, crime was on the rise, and businesses and residents were fleeing for the suburbs,” said Mayor Bloomberg. “A sense of despair was in the air – and our very future was hanging in the balance. But with

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Director Sidney Lumet Passes Away at Age 86 BY BRIAN SCOTT MEDNICK The death of Sidney Lumet last Saturday (April 9) at age 86 marks the passing of the last of the truly great directors of his generation. Lumet, who succumbed to lymphoma in his Manhattan home, was widely considered one of the most important American directors and deservedly so. His filmography was filled with such classics as 12 Angry Men (1957), Serpico (1973), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Network (1976), and The Verdict (1982). lthough Lumet made many great films, my favorite is Dog Day Afternoon, the exhausting, often funny story about a real-life 1972 Brooklyn bank robbery that turned into a media circus, with Al Pacino giving possibly his best performance. Lumet captured all of the heat, tension, and danger of the situation in a movie that grabbed you by the throat and did not let go until the final frame. 12 Angry Men, his feature debut, is an incredibly well-made actors' showcase that still holds up today, although I still have the same problem with the film I did when I first saw it - I believe the kid really was guilty and think it totally absurd to believe one dogooder juror can sway eleven others. But it's only a movie, and as such, it's great entertainment. Network may have seemed like a far-flung premise when it came out 35 years

The Queensboro Bridge will be renamed the “Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge” his outsized persona and fierce love for the city, Ed Koch launched one of the most remarkable comebacks in history – balancing the books, establishing a sense of order, and before long, people were coming back, new businesses were opening, and New Yorkers began to believe in their in their city again. This was Ed’s greatest achievement. It’s only appropriate that we name something iconic, something great after Mayor Koch and his work in literally saving this bridge and the rest of the city’s bridges is symbolic

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The death of Sidney Lumet last Saturday (April 9) at age 86 marks the passing of the last of the truly great directors of his generation. ago but who knew television would actually become the freak show it has. One of my very favorite Lumet films is 1988's Running on Empty, a heart-wrenching drama about a couple of '60s radicals on the run and the impact their past actions have on their young sons. Lumet got powerhouse performances from Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch, and River Phoenix, who was Oscar nominated. It's a beautiful film that leaves

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Though he is best known as one of the most prolific and talented directors in Hollywood history, Sidney Lumet was raised in New York. His parents were veteran players of the Yiddish stage. Lumet made his acting debut at the Yiddish Art Theater, and studied theater acting at the Professional Children's School of New York and Columbia University.

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WAR ON TERROR

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WAR ON TERROR Gaza Anti-Tank Missile Hits Israeli School Bus, Two Hurt

One Third of Palestinians Support Murder of Five Israelis in Their Home

TWENTY MORE MISSILES FIRED AT ISRAEL WITHIN AN HOUR

BY ITAMAR MARCUS AND BARBARA CROOK A joint Israeli-Palestinian poll has found that a third of Palestinians surveyed said that they supported the attack in which five members of an Israeli family were stabbed to death last month. di and Ruth Fogel and three of their children - Yoav, 11, Elad, 4, and three-month old baby Hadas - were murdered in the Israeli town of Itamar on March 11. According to the official Palestinian Authority daily: "63% of the Palestinians oppose and 32% support the attack in the Itamar settlement in the West Bank in which a family of five was murdered." [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, 04/07/2011] The poll was conducted jointly by the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the

Terrorists in Gaza fired an anti-tank missile at an Israeli school bus last Thursday, injuring two people, one of them very seriously. The missile scored a direct hit and a major tragedy was only averted because most students had disembarked minutes before the attack. ne of the wounded, a 16-year-old, was reported to be in critical condition. The wounded were evacuated by helicopter to a hospital in Beersheba. Minutes later, terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza fired at least 45 more mortars at Israeli villages near Gaza. Israeli defense forces launched attacks against terrorist positions. Three people were killed and at least eight were injured. Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile defense system intercepted at least one Grad missile aimed at the city of Ashkelon north of Gaza, the first time the system had worked in combat. "This is a huge achievement,” one defense official told the Jerusalem Post. As many as 50 children had been on the bus as it made its way from a regional middle school to drop them at their homes. The missile ripped through the entire bus, destroying the interior. “The bus was heading from Nahal Oz to the school, and only one child and the driver were left on the bus, and they were hurt,” said Yenina Barnea, a local resident. “The other kids had just gotten off.” “We are all in shelters and hear bombing around us. Until two minutes ago (4:28 pm Israel time), we kept hearing bombs, but I

didn’t know if it’s in Israel or in Gaza. All the kids are in shelters,” she added. Over 200 mortars and rockets were launched from Gaza at Israel so far this year. Hamas, which controls Gaza, is armed and financed by Iran and is dedicated to the goal of killing Jews and destroying the Jewish state as stated in its official Charter Residents in the area were ordered into their bomb shelters. "Hamas is responsible for any strikes that originate in Gaza," said Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, removing all its troops and settlements. President Shimon Peres, who was visiting United Nations headquarters in New York, said the attacked showed that Gaza has turned into a terror state. “Can the United Nations guarantee that terrorist acts will not happen? None of you would give up on the security of your country, and Israel will also defend itself,” he told Security Council ambassadors. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, said Israel would not accept attacks that no other country would tolerate. The past month has seen a sharp increase in terrorist attacks on Israelis. A bomb exploded next to a bus in Jerusalem last month killing a British woman and wounding dozens, while terrorists stabbed to death a family of five, including three children, in the West Bank community of Itamar. This report by The Israel Project, www.theisraelproject.org

______________________ “63% of the Palestinians oppose and 32% support the attack in the Itamar settlement in the West Bank in which a family of five was murdered.” ______________________ Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah. The poll surveyed 1,270 Palestinians from both the West Bank and Gaza and 601 Israelis on their attitudes to recent uprisings in the Arab world, the renewal of IsraeliPalestinian violence and conflict management, peace initiatives and threat perceptions.

New Wikileaks Cables Detail Hezbollah Threat DOCUMENTS SHOW DARKENING REGIONAL SECURITY FOR ISRAEL A new batch of diplomatic cables released by the Wikileaks organization Friday (April 8) reveal grave Israeli concerns about a growing Hezbollah military capability. ezbollah, armed and financed by Syria and Iran, could fire anywhere from 24,000 to 36,000 rockets and missiles at Israel − and about 6,000 at Tel Aviv – in a future assault on the Jewish state, Israeli officials are quoted as saying in a 2009 American diplomatic cable. “In the 2006 Second Lebanon War, Tel Aviv was left untouched − Hezbollah will try to change the equation during the next round and disrupt everyday life in Tel Aviv,” one anonymous security expert is quoted as telling American defense officials meeting with their Israeli counterparts. Israel estimates that Hezbollah, based in southern Lebanon just north of Israel, could sustain launches of 400-600 rockets per day – with a quarter of them aimed at Tel-Aviv – for at least two months. “Hezbollah will want to ensure it can launch rockets and missiles to the very last day of the conflict,” said one Mossad figure quoted in the documents. The international whistle-blowing website has been releasing sensitive U.S. diplomatic cables for several months now, garner-

ing condemnation from governments while providing inside information about recent U.S. diplomacy around the world. The newest batch, published in Israel by leading news outlets on Friday, puts security meetings between Israeli and American officials in recent years into sharp focus. In the July-August 2006 conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanese, Iranian-funded terror group fired between 3,970 and 4,228 rockets at a rate of more than 100 per day. Many targeted the bustling Israeli port city of Haifa, forcing a mass exodus. The leaked cables provide other insights about Israeli regional security concerns. A November 2009 cable quoted Israeli officials suggesting that Turkey was complicit in arms smuggling from Iran to Israel’s enemies. The memo quoted Foreign Ministry Director of Political Research Nimrod Barkan as being “convinced that Iran is continuing to ship weapons to Syria via Turkish territory, possibly with the knowledge of Turkish authorities.” The cables also give a glimpse of earlier predictions by Israeli officials about the instability of Arab regimes, several years before the current unrest began. Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan in early 2007 suggested that Israel’s Arab neighbors were vul-

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Iranian Threat Lebanon’s Acting PM Accuses Iran of Interference Lebanon's acting Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, has accused Iran of meddling in Lebanon's internal affairs and of trying to turn his country and some Gulf Arab states into an "Iranian protectorate." ariri said his country, along with Bahrain and several others, are suffering from blatant Iranian intervention. He made the accusations Thursday in a speech to a business delegation in Beirut. In January, Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah and its allies resigned from the country's coalition government, causing its collapse. Later, a majority of Lebanese lawmakers voted to support Najib Mikati - a candidate

Being either oblivious or simply immune to the irony inherent in such a statement, Iran's envoy to the United Nations declared that Israel's nuclear program is endangering political stability in the region.

Lebanon's acting Prime Minister, Saad Hariri. backed by the Shi'ite militant group - to replace Hariri as prime minister. VOANEWS.COM

Iran Expels Kuwaiti Diplomats in Spying Dispute Iran has expelled three Kuwaiti diplomats in retaliation for the expulsion of three Iranian diplomats accused of spying in the emirate. ranian media announced the move Sunday. Iran's state run Press TV said the three Iranians were expelled by Kuwait on April 2. Last month, Kuwait's foreign minister announced that several Iranian diplomats would be expelled for having links to a spy ring operating in the country. The alleged spies, who included Kuwaitis and Iranian nationals, were suspected of carrying out espionage work on behalf of Iran. Media reports said they had been gathering information about Kuwaiti and U.S. military sites.

A Kuwaiti court in March handed down death sentences for one Kuwaiti and two Iranians. Iran has denied the spying charges.

Netanyahu Warns: Iran is Accelerating its Nuclear Program BY ELAD BENARI Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu addressed on Monday ambassadors from the European Union who were visiting Jerusalem. uring his speech, Netanyahu addressed the Iranian nuclear program and said that pressure should be put on Iran to prevent it from completing its nuclear weapons program. “[Iran’s] weapons program is not only being continued, it is being accelerated,” said Netanyahu, who noted that “Because of the convulsions that are taking place in the entire Middle East, Iran is exempted also, or at least the pressure on Iran to stop its nuclear program has lessened.” Netanyahu added that pressures on Iran “are essential if we are to ensure that democracy and not tyranny wins.” The Prime Minister also addressed the latest escalation in the south, including last Thursday’s attack on a school bus with an anti-tank rocket. “A direct attack on a yellow school bus with an anti-tank rocket is a war crime,” said Netanyahu. “It’s a criminal act of the

Iran Accuses Israel’s Nuclear Program of Destabilizing Region

highest order…no country can accept such attacks. We do not accept it. We have acted to defend our people. We will continue to act to defend our people; that is our right.” Netanyahu also addressed the new flotilla to Gaza which is being planned for next month.

______________________ Netanyahu: ‘Pressures on Iran “are essential if we are to ensure that democracy and not tyranny wins.”’ ______________________ “We are aware that there is an attempted provocation in late May, possibly early June of a another so-called flotilla, not a peace flotilla but a deliberate provocation to seek to ignite this part of the Middle East,” he said. “I think it’s in our common interest, and I think it’s something that you should transmit to your governments, that this flotilla must be stopped.”

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he Iranian government-run news agency IRNA reports that Mohammad Khaza'ie told the U.N. Disarmament Commission in New York last Wednesday (April 6) that Israel's non-membership in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was adding uncertainty in the region. He also said Iran had been advocating for a nuclear-free region since 1974, five

______________________ “Iran is under sanctions by the U.N. because of its uranium-enrichment activities. The Iranian government maintains that its nuclear ambitions are peaceful.” ______________________

years before the country's Islamic revolution. In so doing, he either implicitly reasserted the benign nature of Iranian nuclear development, or intended to place the blame for his own country’s nuclear ambitions on the Jewish State. Israel has never officially admitted to possessing nuclear weapons. Iran is under sanctions by the U.N. because of its uranium-enrichment activities. The Iranian government maintains that its nuclear ambitions are peaceful.

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POLITICS

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Despite Spending Deal, US Budget Battle Continues

Assemblyman Member Alec Brooks-Krasny Wishes you and yours A Joyous and Healthy Passover 46th Assembly District 2823 West 12th St Suite 1F Brooklyn, NY 11224

BY MICHAEL BOWMAN Only days after Democrats and Republicans struck a last-minute deal to fund the U.S. government and avert a federal shutdown, a new budget battle is underway that will have far-reaching consequences for the nation’s finances. Federal workers and those who rely on government services breathed a sigh of relief late Friday, when legislators hammered out a deal to fund the government through September. The agreement, which cuts tens of billions of dollars from current spending levels, came about an hour before a midnight deadline that would have triggered a shutdown of most non-security government operations. But the budget battle is far from over. In __________________________________

“Legislators face a critical decision: whether to authorize the federal government to borrow the money needed to finance America’s $1.5 trillion deficit.”

__________________________________ fact, it has barely begun. Having deadlocked for weeks over short-term spending cuts in the billions of dollars, legislators and the Obama administration now face the ominous task of addressing America’s long-term fiscal imbalance, which runs in the trillions of dollars. Last week, a leading House Republican unveiled a multi-year budget blueprint that would reduce federal deficits by dramatically slashing domestic spending on everything from education to programs that benefit retirees and the poor. The plan would make small cuts to U.S. defense spending and preserve existing tax rates for all income brackets, including the wealthy. The White House says President Barack Obama will unveil his own budget proposal later this week. White House advisor David

Plouffe spoke on ABC’s This Week program. "The president’s commitment to spending cuts and deficit reduction is absolutely firm. But while we do that, we have got to make sure that we are not hurting the ability of our people to get the education they need to compete with people in Beijing and Bangalore, that we are investing in research and development that we are investing in infrastructure." Republicans say they hope the president’s proposal goes further than the budget plan he submitted to Congress earlier this year. That plan would have frozen spending levels rather than cutting them, and did not address looming revenue shortfalls for so-called entitlement programs that provide income and health care for the elderly. Republican Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama spoke on CBS’ Face the Nation program. "This budget that the president submitted a few weeks ago is the most irresponsible budget ever submitted to the American people. We are in a financial crisis. It did nothing to change the trajectory we are on." The budget battle is continuing along familiar partisan lines. Republicans want to force spending cuts primarily in social programs, while leaving income-tax rates unchanged and actually reducing corporate tax rates. Democrats want to preserve most social spending and increase taxes on top earners. Both parties claim their competing blueprints will cut the deficit, while spurring long term economic growth and job creation - essential ingredients for improving America’s fiscal outlook. For now, legislators face a critical decision: whether to authorize the federal government to borrow the money needed to finance America’s $1.5 trillion current-year deficit. Weeks from now, the government will bump up against a congressionallyimposed debt ceiling. Unless the limit is raised, the United States could default on trillions of dollars of debt, much of it owed to foreign governments. Many Republicans say they will only vote to raise the debt ceiling if they are satisfied that budget talks are yielding real deficit reduction. Democrats say any attempt to use the debt ceiling as a negotiation tool is grossly irresponsible. VOAnews.com

French Ban on Islamic Veil Goes Into Effect France’s anti-burqa law came into force on Monday, and there were immediate clashes between opponents of the law and police. Two Muslim women wearing face veils were arrested outside Notre Dame Cathedral, according to media sources. nyone detained wearing the face veil in public places must pay a fine of 150 euros (the equivalent of $215), according to the law, but it remains unclear how robustly this will be enforced. Opponents say the law violates individual and religious freedoms. The law prohibits police from removing the veil, which leaves just a slit for the eyes. The penalty for those forcing women to wear the face veil is much heavier than that for women caught wearing it. A person who is found guilty of forcing a woman is subject

to $43,000 fine and up to a year in prison. Police spokesman Alexis Marsan said the women detained outside Notre Dame were not arrested for wearing the niqab but rather for disturbing the peace. "Today was not about arresting people because of wearing the veil... It was for not having respected the requirement to declare a demonstration,” he explained. Mr. Marsan added that the police would adopt an “educational” approach towards veiled women in the beginning to try to convince them. But if they refuse to observe the law and not remove the burqa, “things will start to get complicated,” he said. “We do not have the enforcement authority. The instruction that came from the interior ministry is that we must not use force.” The law went into effect a week after a

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REAL ESTATE

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Barrett Singer Sues Palm Beach Leviev in Talks to Sell Part Jewish Community Campus Corp. of Times Square Building for Commission in JCC Land Deal AFRICA-ISRAEL IS NEGOTIATING TO SELL SEVEN FLOORS TO A MAJOR HOTEL CHAIN

Africa-Israel Investments Ltd., controlled by chairman Lev Leviev, is in talks with a major hotel chain to sell seven floors of the old New York Times building in Times Square for $250 million. Negotiations concern the fifth to 11th floors, which would be converted into a hotel.

Real estate broker Barrett Singer of West Palm Beach filed suit Tuesday against the Palm Beach Jewish Community Campus Corp. over commissions he says are due him. inger is seeking commissions in a lease/purchase deal on property being used by the Oxbridge Academy, founded by Palm Beacher Bill Koch. Neither Oxbridge nor Koch are named or involved in the lawsuit. The suit alleges Palm Beach Jewish Community Campus Corp., owner of the North Military Trail property in suburban West Palm Beach, has not paid Singer for his role in bringing the Palm Beach High School Foundation into discussions about the property. The Palm Beach Jewish Community Campus Corp. and Singer had a spoken agreement on the anticipated commission and Singer wanted it put in writing, the suit says. __________________________________

“The suit alleges Palm Beach Jewish Community Campus Corp. has not paid Singer for his role in discussions about the property.” __________________________________

Robert Weinberger, an attorney with Ken Scherer, who filed the suit, said Tuesday he could not provide any potential damage amount because of both confiden-

frica-Israel owns 50% of the old Times building, while the other 50% is held by the bank that financed the purchase in 2007. Africa-Israel relinquished the 50% balance to the bank as part of its debt settlement in 2009 and at the time declared its intention to sell part of the building. Africa-Israel paid $525 million for the building at the height of the property boom in April 2007. Additional loans for renovations lifted its debt on the building to $715 million but then the value of the asset plum-

A Singer is seeking commissions in a lease/purchase deal on property being used by the Oxbridge Academy, founded by Palm Beacher Bill Koch. tiality and whether the property is leased or sold. The school is operating under a six-year lease with an option to buy the property, the site of the nearly vacant Jewish Community Center. A pre-school at the site is separate from the main center and will remain during the lease term. Ilan Hurvitz, associate director of community relations for the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, said the federation had no comment Tuesday. “Maybe sometime in the future, but not today,” he said.

meted during the global financial crisis. In the terms of its debt settlement in December 2009, Africa-Israel relinquished its rights to 50% of the building in exchange for reducing its debt by 60% from $652 million to $267 million.

NIS 2B ($580M) Project Will Build Israel’s Tallest Skyscrapers BY AVI SHAULY Electra Ltd. (TASE: ELTR), controlled by Georg Salkind, and Pangaea Real Estate Ltd. (TASE:PNGD), controlled by Barak Rosen and Assaf Tuchmayer, are in talks to buy the Tnuva lot from Tnuva Food Industries Ltd. at the corner of Shaul Hamelech Street and Menachem Begin Road in Tel Aviv for NIS 565 million ($164 million). hey plan to build three 65-storey skyscrapers at an investment of NIS 2 billion for the project on the site. The buildings will be Israel's tallest buildings. The Tnuva lot has a net area of 13 dunam (3.25 acres) and a current building

permit for 124,000 square meters plus 2,500 parking spaces. A shopping center, similar to the nearby Azrieli Center, will be built beneath the commercial and residential space. The lot was previously used by Tnuva as a dairy. Electra and Pangaea plan to buy the lot in equal shares. The parties have signed a no shop agreement, which will be valid through May 1, for which Electra and Pangaea paid a NIS 1 million deposit. IBI Investment House real estate analyst Shay Lipman said, "This is not the first collaboration between Electra and Pangaea,

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City to Study Closing Gap in East Side Promenade FILLING IN MISSING PORTION OF THE WATERFRONT WALKWAY SEEN COSTING AS MUCH AS $200M

The proposal aims to fill the promenade's gap, which extends from East 38th Street to East 60th Street. That plan involves raising money for the project by selling two city-owned office buildings, razing a playground and constructing a new tower for the United Nations. The statement also said that the city is BY THERESA AGOVINO The city is taking a tentative step toward closing a huge, 22-block gap in the East Side waterfront promenade. On Tuesday, the city issued a request for proposals for a consultant or team to provide engineering, design and planning services for the project with an eye toward studying whether it is feasible and how much it would cost. here is already an extraordinarily complicated proposal to fill the promenade's gap, which extends from East 38th Street to East 60th Street. That plan involves raising money for the project by selling two city-owned office buildings, razing a playground and constructing a new tower for the United Nations. The consultant or team that the city is hoping to bring in would address all engineering, landscape, architectural and related services needed to prepare the necessary analysis, surveys, designs, application and related documents. Responses are due May 9. “The scope of the work outlined in the RFP will assist in our ongoing discussions and long-term planning by providing a better understanding of the feasibility and the cost estimates of potential waterfront improvements,” said a spokesman for the city's Economic Development Corp. which issued the request, in a statement.

continuing to work with elected officials and the community to come to an agreement on the plan. In the past, experts have estimated that the project could cost between $150 million and $200 million. There is no funding for the project currently. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney helped obtain $475,000 in federal funding for the request though that is just part of the overall amount available. “An esplanade would help address a longtime concern of many east midtown residents—the lack of open space,” said the congresswoman in a statement. “The mayor has been staunchly advocating a green belt around Manhattan, but so far there has not been much concrete action in the east midtown area.” To fund the construction, the city would allow the U.N. to build a new tower on the Robert Moses Playground, at the foot of East 42nd Street across from the U.N., in exchange for about $75 million for the land. The city would also sell two office buildings it leases to the U.N., which sources told reporters last year could fetch between $150 million and $300 million. However, any deal faces substantial obstacles. It would require a wide variety of approvals and would have to be coordinated by multiple city, state and federal agencies. Report by Crain’s New York Business News, www.crainsnewyork.com

Real Estate Bust Hasn’t Dimmed Americans’ Faith in Real Estate Despite an extended slump in realestate prices, most Americans still believe homes are the best investment, according to a survey released today by the Pew Research Center. ccording to the results of a telephone survey conducted in March, Pew found eight-in-ten adults believed a home was the best long-term investment a person could make. This isn’t to say that Americans faith in real estate is unflappable. The “intensity” of the public’s faith has fallen off, according to the survey, with 37% of respondents saying they “strongly agree” that homeownership is the best investment, compared with 49% from a CBS News/New York Times survey conducted two decades ago, Pew said. There is also some evidence that the next generation views real estate with a more pessimistic eye. According to Pew:

“Adults ages 65 and older are more sold on the investment value of homeownership than any other age group. Some 48% of this older cohort agree that homeownership is the best long-term investment a person can make, compared with 39% of those ages 50 to 64; 32% of those ages 30 to 49; and 35% of those ages 18 to 29.”

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April 15, 2011

WOMAN BEHIND THE GAZA FLOTILLA ADDRESSES CANADIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS HAWIDA ARAF SAYS PALESTINIAN RIGHT OF RETURN IS INALIENABLE; NO TO JEWISH STATE

BY RHONDA SPIVAK About 35 people, including a handful of supporters of Israel and two University of Manitoba staff attended the talk at the U of M given by Hawida Araf, an organizer of the now infamous “Flotilla to Gaza” last May, and a co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). Araf, a Palestinian with Israeli and American citizenship was the keynote speaker for Israel Apartheid Week. She also spoke at the University of Winnipeg where she drew a crowd of 80 supporters. ike every other IAW speaker I have heard, her opening presentation at the U of M criticized Israel in depth, and at length. However, Araf, who is an able communicator, did not in her opening presentations spell out what it is that she wants to see happen in the area that is currently Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. This wasn’t surprising to me, because I have rarely seen an IAW supporter outline their proposed solution in their opening remarks. Why is this so? Is it because supporters of a one state solution (which means the destruction of Israel as a state in the region) want to be able to attract less radical students who may support a two state solution, and that being the case, the IAW presenters try to appear to be more moderate? Araf is married to Adam Shapiro, who became famous for visiting Yassar Arafat in his mukatta (government palace) in Ramallah, which was besieged in March 2002 by the IDF. Shapiro has said he doesn’t regard himself as Jewish. I asked Araf, what if Israel agreed to go back to the 1967 borders, giving Palestinians a state in the West Bank and Gaza with East Jerusalem as their capital, but Palestinian refugees and their descendents (which num-

EDITOR’S NOTE: One of our colleagues to the North, a Ms. Rhonda Spivak, had a one-on-one conversation with one of the organizers of the truculent “Gaza Freedom Flotilla,” after she addressed students at the University of Manitoba as part of “Israel Apartheid Week.” We at the Jewish Week felt it important to share her story, that our readers may see for themselves the true intent of proPalestinian “peace activists,” in their own words.

Hawida Araf, who helped organize the pro-Hamas flotilla, was an honored guest at the University of Manitoba.

Canadian universities became forums for anti-Israel and anti-Semitic propaganda during this year’s Israel Apartheid Week. ber seven million approximately) could not return to Israel. Rather, they could return to the new Palestinian state. Would she accept that? In other words, would she accept the most favorable two-state solution possible? Her answer at first was that “I don’t care

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if it’s two states or one state or no states,” but then she contradicted that and got to the heart of the matter. She said that “A Jewish state and a Palestinian state does not guarantee the right of return for all the Palestinian refugees. The right of return is an inalienable right…” She further clarified that the right of return is an “individual right,” and “even if I was willing to give it up I could not speak on behalf of others.” In other words, it became clear that she is advancing the proposition that each family of Palestinian refugees and their descendents (again, seven million people) could decide what they wanted to do, meaning that Israel could be overrun by Palestinians such that there would be no state in the region with a majority of Jews in it (i.e. the destruction of Israel). Araf said she could “not accept” having a Jewish state “forever.” She said that that would mean having “a Jewish majority.” She couldn’t accept a Jewish state, as that state [Israel] would always want to take steps to ensure its “Jewish majority.” She said, “I want a one secular state” and in conversation after the event she noted that “most of the Palestinians” she knows think the same way. That rings true to me, as in virtually all of the interviews I have done with Palestinians in the last several years, they have all expressed the desire for “one state.” I tried to explain that Israeli Jews would always want one place in the world where they were not a minority—where they had self-determination, where they had the ability to allow in Jewish people from around the world who wanted to live there, either to express themselves as Jews (and celebrate their holidays as national holidays, etc.) or to escape anti-Semitism or persecution. But this is not something Araf can accept. She does not see a state in the region with a Jewish majority that could preserve itself. Her stance is rejectionist and advances maximalist claims. She wants to turn the clock back 62 years. At one point she said: “Israel was imposed there [as a state]. I can’t accept that.” [emphasis added]. To Araf, Jews are foreigners who never had a right to a state in the first place. She said that she believes in the boycott, divestment, and sanctions strategy because Israelis will begin to see how they are treated as pariahs, and she wanted the Israeli Left “‘to rise up.” Unfortunately, I told her that I thought rejection of the two-state solution will only further decimate the Israeli Left. I don’t think it is very likely that the Israeli Left is going to fill Rabin Square in Tel-Aviv demanding the right of return for

Palestinians and their descendents to their 1948 homes and villages. After speaking to Araf I emerged more pessimistic than ever. She is someone that says “I do not support Fatah or Hamas,” but the gulf between her position and one that Israelis could ever accept seems unbridgeable. Araf says that the she and the ISM are preparing another flotilla that will be much bigger which will sail to Gaza in May 2011. She hopes there “will be a boat of Canadians.” I wonder what Israel will do— will it try to stop this next flotilla or let it through? Neither option is terribly appealing. I can’t figure out how Israel will ensure that no weapons are being smuggled into Gaza, without checking the boats?

______________________ Araf: “Israel was imposed there [as a state]. I can’t accept that.” ______________________ The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center in Israel has just completed a study on the ISM which mentions Araf, and has some valuable background information on the movement. It indicates that the ISM indirectly supports terrorism. Their report can be found at their website: www.terrorism-info.org.il. The last flotilla which Araf organized, which was led by the pro-Hamas Turkish IHH, ended in violent confrontation between IHH operatives and IDF soldiers. Araf was not on the boat the IDF landed on, but on a smaller vessel. She maintained that as “someone who was part of the inner steering committee” we “were firm that we can’t respond violently.” However, she did say “we wanted to defend our boats” by “slicking the decks.” She also said the IHH were “firmly against anything remotely violent.” But does this stand up to scrutiny given the footage showing the IHH supporters clubbing the IDF soldiers who stormed the ship? Araf said that the people on the Mavi Marmara “say there were shots from a helicopter first” and “I can’t blame the people for attacking” the IDF soldiers. She also spoke about there being kitchen knives and axes on the boats as required equipment. At the end of our discussion after the event, I told Araf that if she gets to Gaza again by sea, maybe she could do one thing that I think would ultimately accomplish more than anything else for the people of Gaza: bring Gilad Shalit home. Ms. Spivak, LL.B. is a member of the Israeli Bar, and the Editor of the Winnipeg Jewish Review, www.winnipegjewishreview.com

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THE BURIED SEDER PLATE THE TRAGIC FATE OF ONE SURVIVOR'S REMARKABLE HEIRLOOM.

BY RABBI BENJAMIN BLECH “Remember that you were once slaves in Egypt.” The exodus and the miracles of the Passover story happened a long time ago, but they are still part of our contemporary consciousness because of the power of memory. Thomas Cahill, the Catholic writer who authored the best-selling book, The Gifts of the Jews, concluded that it was the Torah with its commandments to remember that gave the world the concept of time and a reverence for the past. Passover speaks to all generations, reminding us to not only recall our past but to also shape our future. ut not everyone remembers, and tragically, some choose to forget, as demonstrated by the incredible incident I had with Shmuel's Seder plate. A few years ago I was browsing in an antique store on the East Side in New York when I spotted an all-too-familiar object. I recognized it immediately, even before I spotted the family name clearly etched on its border. How could I not know what it was when I had been so involved in its story? After all, my eulogy of Shmuel, a miraculous survivor of the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp, focused on it. What a tale it had been. The Germans had rounded up all the Jews in his little town for deportation. Some believed that they were merely being transported to another site to be used for labor. But Shmuel knew that they were meant to be murdered. He understood that the Nazis wanted to eliminate every Jew

as well as every reminder of their religious heritage. So Shmuel took a chance. Had he been caught, he would have paid with his life. But he did what he had to do so that something might remain -- so that even if not a single Jew in the world stayed alive, someone might find it, reflect, and remember. He paced off 26 steps, corresponding to the numerical value of God’s name, from the apple tree alongside his house and carefully buried his treasure – a silver Passover plate. He wished he could have hidden much more. How he wanted to preserve a Torah scroll. But he had so little time, so little space for concealing an object of value. His choice, in retrospect, seemed almost divinely inspired for its symbolism – the key vessel used to commemorate the festival of freedom. Shmuel thought, with what he later

______________________ “God commanded us to remember because it is only by treasuring the messages of the past that we can understand the present and hope for a more blessed future.” ______________________ conceded was far too much optimism, miracles could perhaps once more occur even in modern times. And from that day forward not a day went by in the hells of the concentration camps that his mind did not return to his Seder plate in its special hiding place. Shmuel could never explain how he, out of all his family and friends, survived. In his heart of hearts, he once confided to me, it may have been because he viewed his contin-

ued existence on earth as a holy mission -- to go back to his roots and uncover his own symbol of survival. Incredibly enough, in ways that defy all logic and that Shmuel only hinted to me, this escapee of 20th-century genocide was reunited with his reminder of deliverance from age-old Egyptian oppression. Shmuel journeyed back to his home, found his tree, counted off his steps, dug where he remembered he had buried it and successfully retrieved his Seder plate. It became a symbol of his own liberation as well. With it he celebrated dozens of Passovers, until his death. That Seder plate, in almost total disbelief, is what I saw in the shop for sale. Where was it from, I inquired. What was it doing for sale when it carried with it so many precious memories? "Yes, I want to buy it," I assured the dealer, "but I need to know how you happen to have it." "It was part of the sale of the contents of an estate by the children," the dealer replied. You see, the deceased was religious but his descendants aren’t. So they said they don’t really have any need for 'items like these.'" The very symbol that sanctifies memory was discarded by those who forgot their past. If you have a loved one who suffers from Alzheimer's you know how horrible it can be to live without an awareness of events that came before. We don’t have a name for a similar condition that describes ignorance of our collective past. Yet the voluntary abandonment of historic memory is equally destructive. How I wish that the unsentimental harshness of Shmuel’s descendants was just an aberration, a remarkably unusual demonstration of insensitivity not likely to be duplicated by others. But the sad truth is that we are part of a “throwaway” culture that gives equal weight to used cars, worn furniture,

and old family treasures. What has served the past is of no interest if its sole claim to respectability is its gift of associations. Memorabilia have lost their allure because we no longer revere the meaning of memories. So what, I am often asked, if my grandparents used this every holiday? We have no space, we have no need for it. As if utilitarian function is the only rationale for holding on to something that enables us to preserve our past! The ring with which I married my wife may not be the most expensive but I pray it remains in my family as a legacy of the love we shared, perhaps to be used again by my grandchildren. The cup with which I usher in the sanctity of every Sabbath may reflect the poverty of my youth, but I hope it is passed on to the future as a testament to the importance of religious values in our household. If what we treasured is held sacred by my children, then perhaps what we lived for will also be reverentially recalled. “Unless we remember,” English novelist Edward Morgan Foster put it so beautifully, “we cannot understand.” That’s why I weep for my friend Shmuel, whose family has become an orphan in history, severed from its past. And that’s why I keep retelling Shmuel’s story on Passover, because I believe it captures the essential message of this holiday. God commanded us to remember because it is only by treasuring the messages of the past that we can understand the present and hope for a more blessed future. This story courtesy of Aish.com

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EDITORIAL

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April 15, 2011

THE PEOPLE’S VOICE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR EDITORIAL movies made by Arab Israeli’s (sic). This rebuke surely informed the 92nd Street Y’s decision regarding Miral. If Jewish communal organizations refuse to stand up to criticism bent on silencing debate about Israel’s treatment of Palestinians, the entire Jewish community will lose a crucial viewpoint in it’s (sic) discussion about Israel’s future. Ben Krull New York, NY

Dear Editor,

Season of Our Freedom As the Children of Israel prepare to celebrate, for the 3,323rd time, our liberation from the tyranny of the Pharaoh of Egypt, the world watches, with bated breath, the political upheaval taking place in modern-day Egypt and throughout the Arab world. It seems like everywhere we look, despots are either being overthrown, or are desperately clinging to whatever power they have left. o Americans and Israelis, the very words “freedom” and “liberty” conjure up the most beautiful of images, and warm, fuzzy feelings. But really, what will become of Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Syria, and Bahrain? If indeed these countries all succeed in ridding themselves of the oppressive regimes that have for so long held sway over the masses in that part of the world, what sort of governments, if any, will rise up in their place? Freedom without direction is nothing more than chaos. And our Creator is a Gd of order, who was not content with the “tohu vavohu” (chaos and void) of the primordial universe. And by His Word (that is to say, Law – which is a common English translation for “Torah”) He formed the cosmos, as it says at the very

_____________________ “Given absolute freedom devoid of any ethical framework, man will naturally become a slave to his own appetites and desires.” _____________________ beginning of the Jew’s Morning Prayer: “Blessed is He who spoke, and the universe came into being.” When Moses famously petitioned Pharaoh for freedom for the Israelites, it wasn’t in order that they could go and allow each man to follow his own desires. Rather, G-d told Moses to demand in His name that Pharaoh “let my people go, that they may serve me.” Given absolute freedom devoid of any ethical framework, man will naturally become a slave to his own appetites and desires. It’s an incomplete freedom, an illusion. So what additional element is necessary for real Freedom? Some people practically idolize Liberty. They see it as the ultimate virtue, the be-all and end-all of all human endeavor. But Liberty is merely a means to an end. What, then, is the greatest good? Call it journalistic bias on my part, but if I were to hazard a guess, I’d say

Truth comes in at number one on the list. Indeed, our sages have joined together the last paragraph of the Shema prayer, recited morning and evening, with the benediction that immediately follows, combining the words “…the L-rd your G-d.” and “True…” to form the phrase: “The L-rd your G-d is Truth.” And the pursuit of Truth, not just factual truth, but moral Truth, is what distinguishes liberated chaos from real Freedom. And Freedom isn’t exclusively the domain of those of us who are lucky enough to dwell the “Land of the Free.” Perhaps Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier explains it best in his new book “Stop Surviving, Start Living.” Philosophically, he takes his cue from such Torah luminaries as the Ramchal, but ironically ends up sounding more like (l’havdil) Shakespeare, when he tells us that indeed all the world is a stage, and all people are players thereupon. We don’t judge an actor’s performance by the traits of the character they portray. A foolish or lowly character does not mean a foolish or lowly actor. Similarly, a character upon whom is lavished honor and prestige, the same is not necessarily done for the performer portraying them. The extent to which an actor merits critical acclaim, or panning, is in direct proportion to how convincingly they play their role. An actor can play a madman or a fool, and if he does so brilliantly, can end up with an Oscar. The above is an apt metaphor for life. We have been placed on this particular stage, at this particular time in history, with this particular cast and whatever wardrobe and props the Creator (who is, in this context, both Director and Producer) has seen fit to give us. We have a specific place in society and a unique set of personal traits, both positive and negative. Our freedom isn’t that to choose the circumstances into which we are born. Rather, freedom, for us, is the ability to choose what we do with those circumstances. By becoming the best version of us we can possibly be (and for Jews this means seeking out G-d and following His ways as laid out in the Torah), we find true happiness in life, and ultimately merit the World to Come. What we make of ourselves in this world– and I’m referring here to our essential selves, not the trappings of wealth, prestige, and other aspects of physicality– that becomes who we are, forever. Haven’t you ever wondered why Passover, the holiday whose very essence is a celebration of freedom, is at the same time one of the most restrictive holidays? Throughout the weeklong festival, we refrain from eating the most common dietary staples (the list of leavened foods, or “chametz,” includes bread, cake, crackers, and pasta, among many other things),

hile the Jewish Voice depicts the 92nd Street Y’s refusal to show the controversial film Miral [In our issue dated April 1, on page 20 – ed.] as an act of leadership, it was more likely motivated by a desire to avoid criticism. Shortly before the Y made it’s (sic) decision, the JCC of the Upper West Side drew protestors for daring to host a film festival showing

Dear editor, for your consideration: ‘Ironically, French Muslims Don Symbolic Star of Persecution’ In all of Europe, the country with the most numerous Muslim population is France. In response to many native Frenchmen's fears that their national culture is being subverted by a growing Islamic influx, as well as security concerns, the government of France overwhelmingly placed a ban on wearing full-face veils in public. In response to this, several protests were instituted by various Islamic groups in the streets of Paris. These protests included the distribution of 'green stars,' which were to be worn by Muslims as a sign of symbolic persecution. On April 11, 2011, the day the headscarf ban took effect, French and international television reports showed Muslims distributing these five pointed green stars. Abderahmane Dahmane, the French President's former "diversity adviser," called on Muslims to wear the green star (the declared color of Islam) a move deliberately reminiscent of the yellow stars forced on the Jews by the Germans, Bulgarians and others during the era of the Holocaust. One would think that the French Muslim leadership would be more urbane than to compare the banning of the headscarf to the mass murder and

torture of six million innocent people. Yet, these sorts of protests are not original. In 1994, Muslims in France sported yellow crescents on their arms while marching with the slogan, "When is it our turn?" an explicit allusion to the Holocaust and the yellow stars the Jews were mandated to wear during WWII. Nonetheless, there is something ironic about all of this 'stars' business, for it was not Hitler who mandated the yellow star, but the leaders of the Islamic religion some 1200 years earlier. With the Pact of Umar, a 9th century set of guidelines between conquering Muslims and conquered non-Muslims, both Jews and Christians could gain their safety by complying with the wearing of a distinct yellow indicator of their non-Islamic status. Subsequent to this, Muslims mandated Jews wore distinct clothing, often yellow, and/or stars, from Islamic Spain to Syria and Iraq and out as far as Persia. This unsophisticated route the Islamic leadership in France has elected to take as a form of protest at the banning of the headscarf, is not only hypocrisy at the highest level, but demonstrates a lack of understanding of the history of their own religion and a crass insensitivity to the Jewish people. Shelomo Alfassa Brooklyn, NY

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SHOULD WE BLAME A FLORIDA PASTOR FOR DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN? BY DANIEL PIPES When Pastor Terry Jones, 59, announced an intent to burn a Koran on the anniversary of 9/11 in 2010, the U.S. government, fearing attacks on American troops abroad, put intense pressure on him to desist and eventually he called off his plans. ones, however, did not cancel the ceremonial judgment of the Islamic scripture – he only delayed it by six months. On March 20, in a six-hour ceremony called "International Judge the Koran Day," he convened a mock-judicial process in Florida that deemed the book "guilty of crimes against humanity," then set a copy on fire. The event was intentionally ignored in the United States, in the hopes of limiting its impact, but little stays secret in the Internet age. Within two days, news of the conflagration had reached Pakistan and Afghanistan, where the country's presidents roundly denounced Jones, bringing his action to wide notice. On April 1, infuriated Afghans lashed out, killing twelve in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif; the next day, suicide bombers dressed in women's clothing attacked a coalition base in Kabul and street mobs in Kandahar again killed twelve. (This, it bears observing, was just five more dead than in September 2010, when nineteen were killed as Jones only threatened to burn the Koran.)

Afghans near Kabul burn Pastor Terry Jones in effigy.

_____________________ “However distasteful, Jones' act is both legal and non-violent. He is not responsible for the 43 deaths; the repugnant, barbaric ideology of Islamism is to blame. ” _____________________ Who is morally to blame for these deaths, Jones or the Islamists who seek to apply the laws of Islam in their entirety and as severely as possible? Not surprisingly, Jones called the killings a "criminal action" and asserted that "We must hold these countries and people accountable for what they have done as well as for any excuses they may use to promote their terrorist activities." In contrast, Barack Obama characterized the Koran burning as "an act of extreme

Pastor Terry Jones prepares for his mock trial of the Koran. intolerance and bigotry" while calling the violent responses "dishonorable and deplorable." Members of Congress overwhelmingly blamed Jones: • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Democrat of Nevada) said, he will "take a look" at introducing a resolution to condemn the Koran burning. • Senate Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin (Democrat of Illinois) held that "this pastor with his publicity stunt with the Koran unfortunately endangers the lives of our troops and the citizens of this country and a lot of innocent people." • Senator Lindsey Graham (Republican of South Carolina) expressed a wish to "find a way to hold [American] people accountable" and called free speech "a great idea, but we're in a war." • Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Mike Rogers (Republican of Michigan) requested every American to "be thoughtful and mindful of each citizen's responsibility to do their part to make sure our soldiers come home safely." In light of this blame-Jones consensus among the elite, the replies to a poll sponsored by a left-wing U.K. newspaper, the Guardian, come as something of a surprise. Asked whether "the Florida pastor who burnt the Qur'an [is] morally responsible for the deaths of UN staff in protests in Afghanistan," only 45 percent blame Jones and 55 percent blame the Islamists. Indeed, some non-Islamist American

Muslim leaders concurred with this sentiment. M. Zuhdi Jasser of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy in Arizona blamed the killings on extremist leaders who exploited the Koran burning as an excuse for violence. The imam of an Ahmadiyya mosque in California, Shamshad Nasir, said his community "rejects any killing in the name of religion anywhere, even if it is done in the name of the most sacred scriptures." As I wrote last September, when Jones threatened to burn a Koran, the "violence stems from Islamic law, the Sharia, which

insists that Islam, and the Koran in particular, enjoy a privileged status." That insistence, which has been asserted in the West since 1989, when Ayatollah Khomeini put an edict on Salman Rushdie for his novel, The Satanic Verses, must not be indulged. Islam is one religion among others, with no claim to superior status. Indeed closing down the claim to Islamic supremacism may be the single greatest challenge to modernizing Islam. However distasteful, Jones' act is both legal and non-violent. He is not responsible for the 43 deaths; the repugnant, barbaric ideology of Islamism is to blame. When will U.S. politicians realize this basic fact and stand up robustly for the civil liberties of American citizens? Critiquing Islam, tastefully or distastefully done, is a Constitutional right. Indeed, done intelligently it is a civilizational imperative. Mr. Pipes is director of the Middle East Forum and Taube distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.

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April 15, 2011

Syria’s Murderous “Reformer” An Early Kol Nidre for Goldstone BY CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER

Jeffrey Goldberg “The new face of anti-Zionism?”

“Many of the members of Congress of both parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have said they believe he's a reformer." Hillary Clinton on Bashar al-Assad, March 27 ew things said by this administration in its two years can match this one for moral bankruptcy and strategic incomprehensibility. First, it's demonstrably false. It was hoped that President Assad would be a reformer when he inherited his father's dictatorship a decade ago. Being a Londoneducated eye doctor, he received the full Yuri Andropov treatment -- the assumption that having been exposed to Western ways, he'd been Westernized. Wrong. Assad has run the same iron-fisted Alawite police state as did his father. Bashar made promises of reform during the short-lived Arab Spring of 2005. The promises were broken. During the current brutally suppressed protests, his spokeswoman made renewed promises of reform. Then Wednesday, appearing before parliament, Assad was shockingly defiant. He offered no concessions. None. Second, it's morally reprehensible. Here are people demonstrating against a dictatorship that repeatedly uses live fire on its own people, a regime that in 1982 killed 20,000

______________________ “During the current brutally suppressed protests, [Assad’s] spokeswoman made renewed promises of reform.” ______________________ in Hama and then paved the dead over. Here are insanely courageous people demanding reform -- and the U.S. secretary of state tells the world that the thug ordering the shooting of innocents already is a reformer, thus effectively endorsing the Baath party line -"We are all reformers," Assad told parliament -- and undermining the demonstrators' cause. Third, it's strategically incomprehensible. Sometimes you cover for a repressive ally because you need it for U.S. national security. Hence our muted words about Bahrain. Hence our slow response on Egypt. But there are rare times when strategic interest and moral imperative coincide completely. Syria is one such -- a monstrous police state whose regime consistently works to thwart U.S. interests in the region. During the worst days of the Iraq War, this regime funneled terrorists into Iraq to fight U.S. troops and Iraqi allies. It is drip-

It was hoped that President Assad would be a reformer when he inherited his father's dictatorship a decade ago. ping with Lebanese blood as well, being behind the murder of independent journalists and democrats, including former Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri. This year, it helped topple the pro-Western government of Hariri's son, Saad, and put Lebanon under the thumb of the virulently anti-Western Hezbollah. Syria is a partner in nuclear proliferation with North Korea. It is Iran's agent and closest Arab ally, granting it an outlet on the Mediterranean. Yet here was the secretary of state covering for the Syrian dictator against his own opposition. And it doesn't help that Clinton tried to walk it back two days later by saying she was simply quoting others. Rubbish. Of the myriad opinions of Assad, she chose to cite precisely one: reformer. That's an endorsement, no matter how much she later pretends otherwise. Why? Because Obama wanted to remain "engaged" with the mullahs -- so that he could talk them out of their nuclear weapons. We know how that went. The same conceit animates his Syria policy. Another abject failure. Syria has contemptuously rejected Obama's blandishments -- obsequious visits from Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, and the return of the first U.S. ambassador to Damascus since the killing of Hariri. Assad's response? An even tighter and more ostentatious alliance with Hezbollah and Iran. Our ambassador in Damascus should demand to meet the demonstrators and visit the wounded. If refused, he should be recalled to Washington. And rather than "deplore the crackdown," as did Clinton in her walk-back, we should be denouncing it in forceful language and every available forum, including the U.N. Security Council. No one is asking for a Libya-style rescue. Just simple truth-telling. If Kerry wants to make a fool of himself by continuing to insist that Assad is an agent of change, well, it's a free country. But Clinton speaks for the nation. letters@charleskrauthammer.com

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BY DAVID SUISSA Dear Mr. Goldstone: You really screwed up. You screwed up so badly that Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic says you contributed, more than any other individual, to the delegitimization and demonization of the Jewish state. he deliberate killing of innocent civilians is the equivalent of murder. As far as accusations go, that's about as low as you can go. Your report accused Israel of a lot of things, but that accusation was the most lethal: targeting innocent civilians. Now you write that you were wrong. Israel is not the war criminal she was made out to be. It was Hamas that targeted innocent civilians, not Israel. Well, like Goldberg says, "It is somewhat difficult to retract a blood libel, once it has been broadcast across the world." Remember, this was no ordinary blood libel. This was an official indictment bearing the stamp of approval of the closest thing we have to a global legislative body the United Nations. Thanks to this stamp of approval, Israel's enemies have feasted on Israel's good name like vultures on a carcass. I'm sure you've noticed the global campaign to delegitimize Israel, as well as the flourishing BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement that is turning Israel into a pariah state. Sadly, much of the ammunition for these movements has come from the Goldstone report - the same report you now have repudiated with a phrase that might go down in Jewish infamy: "Civilians were not intentionally targeted as a matter of policy." I wonder what went through your mind as you wrote those words: "Why did I rush to judgment? Should I have paid more attention to the hundreds of thousands of Israeli leaflets and phone calls that warned civilians, and to the preliminary Israel Defense Forces reports and other publicly available information that contradicted our conclusions? Should I have put Israel's behavior in the proper context of defending its people after years of Hamas rockets? Should I have been more skeptical of sources I knew were unreliable?" A friend told me over Shabbat that I should cut you some slack because you had the courage to eat your words in public after getting "new information." That's fine, but another friend told me a parable that made him somewhat less forgiving. It's the story of a man who goes to his rabbi to ask for forgiveness because he spread false rumors about him. The rabbi instructs him to take a feathered pillow and a knife, go to a nearby forest and slice open the pillow. When the man returned, the rabbi said to him, "Now go try to retrieve all those feathers." Now go try, Mr. Goldstone, to "retrieve" all the damage your report inflicted on Israel. Go to every television and radio station, to every newspaper and magazine, to every Web site and blogger, to every Jew

and non-Jew on the planet who inhaled your dark accusations against Israel, and try to take those accusations back. Try telling them you didn't mean it. Surely you must have known that so many past accusations of Israeli "massacres" have been proved false (see Jenin). And as an international jurist who is familiar with the phenomenon of anti-Israel bias, surely you must have anticipated the vermin that would rain on the Jewish state if a Zionist jurist formally accused it of targeting innocent civilians. I wouldn't be surprised if you've had more than a few sleepless nights since then. Why? Because I do believe there is a piece of your heart that loves Israel, that believes in Israel and that now cries for Israel because of the damage you have inflicted upon her. While you can never undo that damage, there is still something you can undo: the report itself. Given your deep knowledge of international law, with all its arcane rules

______________________ “Despite later retracting his unsubstantiated accusations against Israel, the Goldstone Report’s damage is done.” ______________________ and procedures, if anyone can formally retract the report or officially amend it, it is you. It won't be easy. You will be going up against the many enemies of Israel, those who dream of turning the Jewish state into an illegal enterprise, those for whom the Goldstone report is the gift that keeps on giving - their little gold mine rich with never-ending ammunition against the hated Zionist entity. They won't give up that gold mine that easily. But I have confidence you can do it. I have seen how you can be dogged and relentless in front of intense opposition. I have seen how when you put your mind to something, nothing can stop you, not even your own people. I have seen you go the distance. Now go the distance on this one, Mr. Goldstone. Make this your cause. Put the Goldstone report where it belongs, in the delete button of history. You can replace it, amend it, retract it or do whatever you feel will correct it. You will not undo the damage, but you might at least stanch some of the bleeding - not just in Israel's name, but perhaps in yours, as well. Kol Nidre is still six months away, but you don't have to wait that long. David Suissa is a branding consultant, weekly columnist and the founder of OLAM magazine. For speaking engagements and other inquiries, he can be reached at suissa@olam.org or at davidsuissa.com.

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Israeli Business Magnate Seeks to Create “Jewish Al Jazeera” BY FERN SIDMAN Soviet-born Israeli billionaire Dr. Alexander Mashkevich has recently announced his intention to create a proIsrael international news network, similar to Al Jazeera and the BBC. Speaking at the United Israel Appeal's annual conference of Jewish leaders in Washington last week, Dr. Mashkevich, who is president of the organization, said of the network, "'It won't be a propaganda channel, but will simply tell the truth. The most important thing is to represent Israel on an international level, with real information." ashkevich, who is also serving as president of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, told the gathering that the network would offer programs in English, French, Arabic and Spanish, focusing on news only. Some 200 Jewish community leaders and key philanthropists attended the UIA conference, which focused on attempts to deal with the adverse effects of the global

______________________ “The entire Jewish people are under attack, and this is about the future of all the Jewish people.” ______________________ de-legitimization campaign against Israel. Referencing South African Judge Richard Goldstein, who authored the eponymous report on purported Israeli war crimes during the 2008-2009 war in Gaza for the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Dr. Mashkevich opined, "Every day that passes we lose the battle for Israel's image. I am sure that Goldstone is a decent person, who didn't want to damage Israel consciously and intentionally, but if everything he gets from the media every day is anti-Israel propaganda, I assume it's hard to make the right decisions." Dr. Mashkevich, a native of Kyrgyzstan who became a billionaire through investments in Kazakhstan during the era of former Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika, admitted that founding such a channel would not be simple, because of its high costs, but said that he plans to officially present it in Israel in a few months. His fortune is estimated at some $3.7 billion and through his extensive network of contacts, Dr. Mashkevich plans to recruit other philanthropists and senior businesspeople for the mission. "The international de-legitimization has become a huge risk for Israel," he said, adding that, "I think this idea should be implemented. I already spoke about it sever-

al years ago with Israeli government officials and with influential people in the Jewish world, and everyone agrees that such a channel is necessary. It's unthinkable that Israel has no television network like the channels operated by countries such as the United States, Britain and Russia." While the channel is still in the rudimentary stages and as of yet has no specific target date for the launching, Dr. Mashkevich promised, "We'll purchase talents from all other channels. From BBC, CNN – everyone." He hinted that, "In about three to four months we'll hold a presentation in Israel, as we are preparing a work program, adding that the channel "does not require something out of nothing, as there are existing models we can work according to." Also present at the conference was Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, who offered his analysis of the incessant anti-Israel incitement of the international media. "It's time for us to stop complaining about how bad Israel's PR is. It's not just Israel that's in danger – but all of us. The entire Jewish people are under attack, and this is about the future of all the Jewish people." He added that "Those who undermine Israel's right to self defense, hurt the entire Jewish people's right to self-defense. We are not talking about a situation like in 1967, but like in 1947 – about the entire Jewish people's right to exist. If we unite, others will join us too. So we must launch a well-coordinated campaign. It's unthinkable that according to research we've conducted, the European governments are more committed to Israel than the public opinion in those countries. These are the enemies rising to destroy us – from the inside and the outside." Hoenlein revealed that he has already held several meetings in a bid to strike a collaboration with media organizations and Israeli governmental bodies. Firm in his belief that a news network similar to Al Jazeera is vital, he added that, "people are influenced by it" and that its impact will have far reaching effects. The impetus behind Dr. Maskevich's campaign to salvage Israel's international image is deeply rooted in the experiences he faced as a child growing up in Kyrgyzstan, which helped to shape his Jewish identity. "In Soviet Russia people would never let me forget I was a Jew, not for one day," he said, adding that his parents, who fled the Nazis afforded him "a proud Jewish education." Vividly recalling his formative years, Dr. Mashkevich said, "I still remember as a child, how difficult it was for me to get to the synagogue, which was far away and crowded." Since then, he built seven synagogues in different countries, naming each of them "Beit

Soviet-born Israeli billionaire Dr. Alexander Mashkevich has recently announced his intention to create a pro-Israel international news network, similar to Al Jazeera and the BBC. Rachel," after his mother, and has donated 17 Torah scrolls. He also personally participates in the bringing in of each new Torah scroll. "I feel the persecution of Jews on my skin. We can't just be indifferent. Every year the situation gets worse, and we monitor it. People tend to think that the American Congress members know the truth about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but it's not true. All their information comes from the media. Seventy percent of what the international media reports in terms of the conflict is of an

anti-Israel nature. We check the 'antiSemitism index' in 27 countries, and there is definitely a rise in anti-Semitism, which I believe is a direct result of what the media reports," Dr. Mashkevich ruefully observed. One of the first to comment on Dr. Mashkevich's announcement of the formation of a pro-Israel news channel is Dr. Phyllis Chesler, Professor Emerita of Psychology and Women's Studies at the City University of New York and pro-Israel advocate. In her article of April 8th that appeared on David Horowitz's "NewsRealBlog" web site, Dr. Chesler said, "I have been calling for something like this for seven years. I hope that Mr. Mashkevich and his advisors understand that this new channel must be far better than Al Jazeera, not only in terms of truthtelling but in other ways as well". Adding that "Al Jazeera broadcasts only in Arabic and English, and is only now preparing to broadcast in Turkish and Urdu", Dr. Chesler said, "The 'Jewish Al Jazeera' must appear in many more languages simultaneously: Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Kurdish, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Bengali, Pashto, the Indonesian and Malaysian languages, as well as in all the European, East European, and former Soviet languages. Why? Because all the Big Lies and blood libels about Israel and the Jews are being told 24/7 in every language on earth. I wrote about this in 2003, in my book The New Anti-Semitism." Offering a sober assessment of the reality that Israel faces, Dr. Chesler said, "Even as I write, the Left is busily trying to ‘spin’ the half-hearted Goldstone recantation to their own advantage. They insist that Israel engaged in overkill, that it used disproportionate force, that it is ‘guilty’ of something, of everything; mainly, it is guilty because it dares to exist and presumes it has the right to defend itself."

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Ex-Muslim Activist Darwish Testifies That She Was Raised to Hate Jews, U.S. STATE SEN. ERIC ADAMS LECTURES DARWISH WHILE GRIPPING QURAN

A hearing on homeland security descended into a heated and angry dispute after an Arab-American activist testified that she was taught as a youngster to ‘hate Jews’ and ‘hate America’. he debate over Islamic terror turned into a shouting match as Nonie Darwish, director of Former Muslims United, spoke at the State Senate committee meeting in New York. “You’re supposed to hate America” Nonie Darwish, director of Former Muslims United, testified at a State Senate committee meeting in New York. One senator gripped a Koran in his and accused the human rights activist of spreading “hate and poison” at the hearing held to study how vulnerable New York City is to another act of terror ten years after

September 11. “Check what’s going on, it’s not a secret,” said Ms. Darwish, who was educated in Egypt and came to the U.S. in 1978. “The education of Arab children is to make killing of certain groups of people not only good, it’s holy,” she said. “It is horrendous. They don’t leave your mind to think for itself. You’re supposed to hate Jews. You’re supposed to hate America. You’re supposed to hare Western culture.” Senator Eric Adams, a Brooklyn

Fire Destroys Jewish Preschool in Brooklyn BY ESTI ROSENBLATT This past Sunday the Educational Institution Oholei Torah's East Flatbush kindergarten suffered major damage from an electrical fire. he structure is made mostly of brick and metal, so as the two-alarm fire ripped through the building it left a chard husk in its wake. While some of the class rooms sustained only minor damage, the building as a whole is no longer usable. Know as the Reb Teitelbaum Shul, the building has housed the Educational Institute Oholei Torah's kindergarten and preschool for 25 years. Back in the 60's as the neighborhood declined and the Jewish community left, Reb Michoel Teitelbaum fought heart

______________________ “It is horrendous. They don’t leave your mind to think for itself. You’re supposed to hate Jews. You’re supposed to hate America.” ______________________

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Nonie Darwish, director of Former Muslims United, testifies at a State Senate committee meeting in New York. Democrat, interrupted, holding up a copy of the Koran. “This is offending this hearing by having her here. This is not our enemy. You’re bringing hate, hate and poison into a diverse country.” Committee chairman Greg Ball, a Putnam Republican, told Mr. Adams to be quiet and suggested he was playing to the TV cameras. “I’m glad no one is between those TV cameras and you because that’s the most dangerous place in New York City right now,” he said. The shouting match frustrated some lawmakers. Senator Martin Golden, a Brooklyn Republican, said: “I want to get back to what this is all about. Homeland security is about the future of this city and this state, to make sure that we’re safe.” ‘This, obviously, is her assessment, how she was brought up in life. It doesn’t have anything to do with the good Muslim Americans who live in this country,” Golden added.

______________________ Kindergarten Principal: “The Hebrew month of Nissan is a month of miracles. It is a tremendous miracle and bracha (blessing), that this happened on a Sunday when the boys are not in school and that no one was in the building. " ______________________ and soul to stop the sale of the building, bringing a minyan in daily from Crown Heights. When that was no longer an option he brought in a few classes from Oholei Torah's kindergarten, infusing new and precious life in to the old shul. For the last 25 years those halls have been filled with laughter, happiness, and most importantly, Jewish children learning Torah. The building itself is just that, a building, hard stone and cold metal. While it may hold sentimental value for most of the staff and parents, it is what remains that is important. So, while the fire destroyed the physical body of the school it did not touch the heart and soul that is the foundation upon which it was built. "The Hebrew month of Nissan is a month

Brooklyn firefighters is making an effort to save the Oholei Torah from the blaze. of miracles. It is a tremendous miracle and bracha (blessing), that this happened on a Sunday when the boys are not in school and that no one was in the building. Not only was no one hurt but the children's' Pesach Haggadas were, for the most part saved from the ashes even though everything else was mostly ruined by fire or water." said Morah Faige Winner Hertzel, the principal of the kindergarten. When asked about her plans for the future, things were still being worked out, but she stressed that the continuing support of her staff and the teachers was an important part of helping the children maintain normalcy, even when there is not even a single crayon or marker left to color with. Rabbi Nosson Blumes, an administrator at the school, also praised the teaching staff for their hard work and dedication. Speaking to the Jewish Voice, he said that most of the teachers arrived on scene Sunday and waited for hours to see if anything could be salvaged. While plans are still being worked out for after Pesach vacation, the staff have put together two fun-filled days for the boys, taking them on various trips, generously footing the bill themselves. Even though the loss of the building, countless supplies, data, files and projects made by the children is tragic, we must remember what was spared: the lives of the almost 100 students and staff that occupied that building five days a week. To help Oholei Torah Preschool in their recovery from the fire, donations may be sent to the Educational Institute Oholei Torah Emergency Fire Fund. Please visit https://www.oholeitorah.com/donate.html.

NY Has the Right Stuff: NASA Chooses Intrepid to Host Space Shuttle Enterprise United States Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand announced today that after a year of relentless lobbying, NASA has chosen New York City, out of 20 applications nationwide, as the final home for Space Shuttle Enterprise, one of four shuttles that are scheduled to be displayed across the country. The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum will be home to the shuttle in 2012. ifty years ago, President Kennedy chose to go to the Moon. Today, NASA chose New York. With today’s announcement, the greatest City in the world will become home to one of the greatest achievements in the history of space exploration. NASA understands that if you want millions of tourists to get a firsthand glimpse of an icon in American scientific achievement, New York is the place to do it. The shuttle has landed right where it belongs: on the Intrepid. Putting the shuttle on the Intrepid will ignite the imaginations

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of millions of young minds, inspiring them to think big and reach for the stars,” said Senator Charles E. Schumer. “I am thrilled that NASA will land a space shuttle in New York City and I can’t wait for my two young boys to experience the Enterprise,” Senator Gillibrand said. “As the cultural and economic capital of our nation, New York City has the right stuff to

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JCC in Manhattan Partners EMUNAH National Convention With Supporters Of to be Held in NYC Next Month Anti-Israel Goldstone Report (L-R) Gladys Baruch, Melanie Oelbaum, Mendy & Heddy Klein and Mindy Stein With the spread of Radical Islam, rising anti-Semitism, and a host of widelypublished falsehoods damning Israel, it is critical to arm ourselves with “weapons” to combat these alarming threats to Israel’s existence. The EMUNAH National Convention, to be held on May 15th, 2011 at Lincoln Square Synagogue, explores VISION and VALUES, covering issues of Israel advocacy, the state of Jewish family values, and visions for the future.

B’Tselem and Human Rights Watch, both of which are listed as partners on the JCC’s Other Israel Film Festival website, worked hand in glove with Judge Richard Goldstone to produce false charges against Israel, including allegations of war crimes and purposely targeting civilian populations. JCCWatch.org has charged the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan with continuing to partner with and support the very groups that contributed to the unfounded charges in the United Nations’ Goldstone Report (formally known as the report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict). n particular, B’Tselem and Human Rights Watch, both of which are listed as partners on the JCC’s Other Israel Film Festival website, worked hand in glove with Judge Richard Goldstone to produce false charges against Israel, including allegations of war crimes and purposely targeting civilian populations. Judge Goldstone recently admitted that the report bearing his name contains charges and conclusions that are without foundation. JCC Watch.org is a volunteer group made up of current and past members of the JCC in Manhattan and other concerned organizations. Its goal is to encourage the JCC to cease partnering with and supporting radical groups that support or fund the effort to delegitimize Israel through the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign. Richard Allen, who founded JCCWatch.org, stated: “It’s time that the JCC in Manhattan put an end to such alliances. Unfortunately, the JCC’s board of directors is cultivating a sad history of embracing radical groups that support or fund organizations whose efforts delegitimize the Jewish Democratic State of Israel. As time passes, it’s becoming clearer and clearer that the

board of the JCC is unwilling to break these horrendous ties. It’s inexcusable for a beneficiary of the UJA-Federation of New York to use communal monies to undermine Israel.” JCCwatch.org has called upon the JCC in Manhattan’s board of directors to establish guidelines similar to those established by the Jewish Community Federation in San Francisco, which states that it: "does not fund organizations that, through their mission, activities or partnerships... endorse or promote anti-Semitism, other forms of bigotry, violence or other extremist views...; or advocate for, or endorse, undermining the legitimacy of Israel as a secure independent, democratic Jewish state, including through participation in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, in whole or in part." Allen emphasized: “Some board members are utilizing their position as trustee of the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan to further their personal political ideology and utilize the JCC’s resources for other organizations that they are involved with. If the board won’t correct this violation of our trust on its own, then the UJA-Federation of New York needs to take action, as they are funding the JCC in Manhattan.” He cites board member Carole Zabar, who identifies herself not only as the founder of the Other Israel Film Festival, a JCC program, but also as serving on the boards of the New Israel Fund, which bankrolls organizations that support BDS, and the American Friends of Meretz, a group that has called upon Jews to boycott Jews.

alcolm Hoenlein, longtime Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, is slated to be the Keynote Speaker at the Lunch Program. John Loftus, author of the book, SECRET WAR AGAINST THE JEWS: How Western Espionage Betrayed the Jewish People, will be Keynote Speaker at the Dinner. Mr. Loftus is a former Army Intelligence Officer and US Prosecutor with the Justice Department’s Nazi-Hunting Unit. Mr. Hoenlein will also pay tribute to National President, Mindy Stein, for her years of exemplary service to EMUNAH. Fran Hirmes, the Incoming National President, will be installed during the Gala Dinner. Fran brings her legal background

and extensive history of Jewish activism and volunteerism to this position. Ricki Hollander,Senior Analyst at CAMERA, will hold a workshop on Israel advocacy. Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch, MA, the Executive Director of Shalom Task Force and Marriage and Family Therapist, author and a renowned lecturer, will be a panel speaker. Yehuda Kohn, Director of EMUNAH’s Bet Elazraki Children’s Home; and Dina Hahn, Chairperson of World Emunah, will discuss EMUNAH’s efforts in strengthening the Jewish family, and saving the future of children in Israel who are at risk of falling through the cracks. EMUNAH of America maintains 250 social welfare and educational programs throughout Israel. These include 5 children’s residential homes, 135 day care centers, vocational schools, high schools, a Torah and Art High School, and the Appleman College of Art and Technology. EMUNAH cares for families in crisis, senior citizens and provides services to the residents of Southern Israel under attack. The chairpersons for this convention are Elizabeth Gindea and Yonina Langer. For more information, please contact EMUNAH at 212-564-9045 ext 306. Reservations can be made online at www.emunah.org/convention.

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NEWS IN REVIEW INTERNATIONAL Federation Aid for Japan Nears $1 Million ewish Federations have raised nearly $1 million to support the victims of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck near the coast of Japan on March 11. The deadly earthquake, ensuing tsunami and continuing nuclear crisis have left a reported 10,800 dead, while more than 16,000 remain missing and over 190,000 are living in shelters. Since initiating the Japan, Hawaii and Pacific Relief Fund immediately following the tragedy last month, The Jewish Federations of North America has raised more than $187,000 through online, mobile and mailed donations. Many individual Federations have also opened their own funds, yielding nearly $680,000 in combined donations. At latest count, the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago and the UJA-Federation of New York have raised more than $125,000 each, while the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto’s fundraising has totaled more than $100,000.

Argentina Jewish Center’s Vote provides No Winner o clear winner emerged in elections to lead the central Jewish institution in Buenos Aires. Some 10,757 voters, more than doubling the number from 2008, participated in Sunday's elections to lead the

AMIA Jewish center in the Argentinean capital. Since no candidate obtained more than 50 percent of the vote, the participating parties must negotiate a coalition to name a candidate to replace the current president, Guillermo Borger of the Religious United Front bloc. The Religious United Front led the way Sunday with 4,360 votes, or 41 percent, followed by Plural Action with 3,830 votes, or 35 percent. Next were the Community Front with 20 percent and the Iajad bloc with 3 percent. Borger was elected in 2008 in the first victory for an Orthodox group in AMIA history. The Plural Action and Community Front coalitions had criticized the religious focus of the United Religious Bloc and called for "more pluralism" at AMIA. The blocs could join Borger's electors at the electors' assembly on May 12. The new leadership will take over May 31. AMIA has always chosen its leaders by democratic vote, even when Argentina was not a democracy and was ruled by military dictatorships.

Anti-Semitic Incidents Rise in Canada nti-Semitism in Canada is on the rise, and much of it has gone digital, according to the latest audit by B'nai B’rith Canada. In total, 1,306 anti-Jewish incidents were reported to the human rights group in 2010 -- a 3.3 percent increase over the previous year. B'nai Brith's League for Human Rights tallied 965 cases of harassment, 317 incidents of vandalism and 24 cases of violence. The numbers also represent a four-fold increase over the past decade. The League for Human Rights said it received 564 reports of web-based hate activ-

ity with a Canadian connection, up from 435 reports in 2009 and 405 reports in 2008. Meanwhile, a junior hockey league team in Ontario alleged that its opponents in a playoff series directed an anti-Semitic slur at two Jewish players during a game Monday. The London Nationals said that someone sitting on the bench of the St. Thomas Stars directed a reference to Hitler at Noah and Brendan Schwartz during the second period of Game 6 of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League Western Conference finals. The Stars won the match and Game 7 the following day to become the conference champions in the hotly contested series. The team has denied making any slurs but did receive a warning from game referees, who said they would investigate the incident. Nationals coach Tim Flynn told the London Free Press that he plans to contact the Ontario Hockey Association over the incident.

Israeli Designers’ Work on Display in Milan n exhibition showcasing the work of 45 Israeli designers will be featured at the International Furniture Salon trade fair in Milan. Called "Promisedesign 2011 -- New Design from Israel," the exhibition, which runs through April 17, features more than 65 innovative design projects ranging from furniture to light fixtures to technological products to automobile parts. Curators Vanni Pasca and Ely Rozenberg said the aim was to "present the multiple faces of design in Israel," a reality they said had been dubbed "the best-kept secret in the world of design." After Milan, the exhibit will be shown in other European countries, including France. The curators said its display in June will mark the first time an Israeli design exhibit is shown in Paris.

ISRAEL Israeli Travelers to India Warned of Possible Terror Attack srael's counter-terrorism bureau has warned Israelis travelling to India and some other countries of a possible terror attack which can target them and Jewish facilities during the 'Passover' festival holidays. "Due to what is happening in the Gaza Strip (where violence has escalated between Israelis and Palestinians), terrorists intend to carry out attacks against Israelis and against Jewish targets abroad" during holidays for the week-long Passover festival which begins

on April 18, the bureau's warning said. India, Thailand, Greece and Turkey are said to be the potential targets for such an attack. The travel advisory recommends that Israelis be "highly sensitive" and aware at tourist sites, alter their daily routines and avoid unexpected invitations to meetings. They have been also advised against going to places where large groups of Israelis are known to assemble.

Teen Injured in School Bus Bombing in Critical Condition he condition of an Israeli teenager injured in a Palestinian rocket attack on a school bus has worsened. Daniel Viflic's condition was downgraded Tuesday to extremely critical, according to the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba. Five days after a rocket fired from Gaza slammed into a school bus traveling near Kibbutz Sa'ad, located in southern Israel near the border with Gaza, Viflic is in a deep coma and is unresponsive, showing no sign of brain activity, Ynet reported. All medical measures on the boy reportedly have been exhausted. Viflic, 16, suffered severe head trauma and was given emergency CPR at the scene of the April 7 attack. The bus driver, the only other occupant of the bus, was injured in the leg.

Israel Moves to Destroy West Bank Town he mayor of the town of Awarta, Qais Awwad, announced the demolition plan on Monday and stated that Israel has also taken over land nearby in order to expand Jewish settlements, Ynetnews reported. The Palestinian Authority condemned the raids and called on the international community to put pressure on Israel to halt them. "Israel wants to destroy the town and expand nearby settlements," the PA's foreign minister, Riyad al-Maliki, said. An Israeli activist, Yaakov Manor, recounted one such raid on a Palestinian home. "The soldiers entered rooms and broke furniture, broke a washing machine belonging to the family and a refrigerator as well. The soldiers tipped over oil containers and broke closets," he said. Hundreds of Israeli troops entered the town shortly after midnight on Thursday, and imposed a curfew after which they began rounding up more than 100 women, many of whom were elderly. The women were taken to a military camp where Israeli soldiers questioned them for hours. The incident comes as the Israeli military has been conducting consistent raids on the town of Awarta for the past four weeks and arresting scores of residents. According to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian

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NEWS IN REVIEW refugees, Israel demolished 76 Palestinian homes in the West Bank in March compared with 70 in February and 29 in January.

Israeli Military Aid Delegation to Japan Returns Home he Israel Defense Forces' aid delegation to Japan returned home, leaving medical equipment behind for local doctors to use. The delegation, which brought 62 tons of medical supplies and 18 tons of humanitarian aid to the city of Minami-Sanriko, hard hit by the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan in March, landed in Israel on Tuesday. In its more than two weeks in Japan, the team of 50 doctors, communications specialists and search-andrescue experts established a medical clinic and cared for 220 patients. The team left behind the majority of the medical equipment, including X-ray machinery and lab equipment.

Israel Ordering More Iron Dome Defense Systems srael's military is ordering four more Iron Dome missile defense systems, which successfully deployed during recent rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip. The Israel Defense Forces said Monday that it would order the batteries from the Israel-based Rafael Advanced Defense Systems at a cost of up to $80 million each. The units reportedly will be delivered in a year-and-a-half and be ready for immediate use. Funding for the new defense batteries, which intercepted all of the rockets in its coverage area in recent Gaza terrorist activity, is planned to come from an extra security aid allocation from the United States. The military aid, $3 billion for 2011, plus an additional $205 million for Iron Dome, has been tied up for five months due to a budget deadlock in Washington. President Obama is scheduled to sign the 2011 budget bill, which includes the aid to Israel, later this week.

NATIONAL Jewish Liberals Celebrate Glenn Beck's Fox Exit Jewish organization is celebrating Passover one week early, proclaiming freedom from Glenn Beck's television show. Jewish Funds for Justice, a social

advocacy nonprofit, has taken credit for the polarizing personality's pending exit from Fox News. The group waged a year-long campaign of petitions and newspaper ads complaining to Fox owner Rupert Murdoch about Beck's use of Nazi language and imagery, attacks on Holocaust survivor and philanthropist George Soros, and comparison of Reform rabbis to radical Muslims. In addition to Jewish Funds for Justice, a number of other groups, particularly liberal-leaning ones, protested Beck's show, which has seen a months-long decline in viewership and sponsors. Some Zionist groups, by contrast, laud Beck's vocal support for Israel. In July, he will be the keynote speaker at the 2011 Christians United for Israel summit in Washington, D.C.

Suspect Arrested in Attack on Calif. Chabad Center he suspect in an explosion outside of a Southern California Chabad House was arrested after he was recognized while praying in a suburban Cleveland synagogue. Ron Hirsch, 60, also known as Israel Fisher, was arrested Monday night in a Cleveland Heights synagogue and Jewish center by the FBI and local police shortly after evening prayers as he sat studying from a Jewish text. Hirsch had visited the synagogue on Sunday night, where he prayed and then asked the rabbi for food and a place to stay. The rabbi bought him dinner and put him up at a local hotel instead of offering to let him stay at the local Hebrew shelter, since Hirsch was not able to produce the proper credentials to be allowed to stay there. The next day, the rabbi saw Hirsch's photo on a Jewish website. "I saw the facial features, although he shaved off part of his beard," the unidentified rabbi told ABC News. "First thing I did was call my local rabbi to see if I could report him. He said, 'If he is a danger to society, you have to report him.' I called the FBI in Santa Monica. They asked me to call the Cleveland Heights police. They came to synagogue, and he was sitting right in the back." The April 7 blast at the Santa Monica Chabad House, which was believed to be deliberately set after initially being classified by police as an industrial accident, forced the evacuation of the Jewish center and synagogue during early morning prayers. It raised security concerns at Los Angeles-area synagogues and Jewish institutions.

U.S. Jewish Leaders Split Along Politics on Impact of Egypt Changes merican Jewish leaders are divided along political lines on recent changes in Egypt, according to a new survey shows. Most Jewish leaders looked favorably upon what they see as a growing interest in democracy and human rights in the new Egypt, but they were split on what that means for Israel, according to the Berman Jewish Policy Archive at NYU Wagner survey. The split coincides with the respondents’ political leanings, with liberals hopeful that the changes in Egypt will lead to positive long-term results vis-a-vis Israel and conservatives fearing the opposite. A large number of respondents remained in the middle, unsure and ambivalent. More respondents believed the developments in Egypt would be good for relations with the United States rather than bad, at 26 percent to 18 percent, but the majority, 57 percent, did not voice an opinion either way. Respondents were less hopeful as a group about Egypt’s future relationship with Israel, with 32 percent believing the changes in Egypt are good for Israel, 20 percent believing they are bad, and nearly half, or 48 percent, not sure or undecided. Overall, 67 percent said they were either “happy” or “very happy” with the changes in Egypt. At the same time, 80 percent of the respondents identified as Democrats with 14 percent describing themselves as Republicans; just 6 percent said they were politically “conservative” or “very conservative.”

Presidents Conference Taps Richard Stone as Chairman ichard Stone, the chairman of the NCSJ, was elected unanimously as the next chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Stone, a New York attorney, was elected Monday at a meeting of the Presidents Conference in New York. He will assume his new position on June 1, succeeding Alan Solow. NCSJ, formerly known as the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, advocates for the Jewish communities in the republics of the former Soviet Union. Stone said his goals as chair of the Presidents Conference, an umbrella organization of the American Jewish community focusing on national and international issues, includes prioritizing the fight against the delegitimization of Israel, strengthening ties with Israel and promoting unity among the American Jewish community. "I look forward to working with all of the members of the Conference of Presidents to advance the U.S.-Israel relationship and address the pressing issues that face the Jewish people throughout the world," he said. He currently serves as a member of the board of the Hebrew Free Loan Society, the AmericaIsrael Friendship League, the American Zionist Movement and the New York Metropolitan Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty. Stone is on the faculty of Columbia University Law School, where he has held the Wilbur Friedman Chair in Tax Law since 1991.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS SEMINAR: “THE JEWS OF EGYPT, THEN AND NOW,” FEATURING DANIEL PIPES Thursday, April 28, 10:00 AM – 5:15 PM The Jewish Museum, 5th Ave and 92nd St. New York City

OHR NAAVA CHINESE AUCTION Wednesday, May 11, 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM Location: Home of Brochie & Eli Kleinman 3427 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, New York Chinese auction benefiting Ohr Naavah Women’s Torah Center. Come and join the fun!

Renowned political commentator and Middle East scholar Daniel Pipes will be among the distinguished scholars giving lectures at a seminar to be held April 28th in Manhattan. Speakers will be addressing a variety of topics from antiquity to modernity in EgyptianJewish history and culture. Professor Pipes will be speaking on “Egypt’s Chance,” a general review and assessment of current developments in Egypt. Joining Prof. Pipes and giving her own take on the situation in Egypt will be Lucette Lagnado, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and author of the highly acclaimed Man in the White Sharkskin Suit, a memoir about growing up Jewish in Egypt. To register, contact Travel U at the Jewish Museum at 845-256-0194, or JMTravelinfo@aol.com

BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM IN THE TD BANK FIVE-BORO BIKE TOUR Sunday, May 1, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Where: NYC Join Team BTJ in the TD Bank Five Boro Bike Tour Sunday May 1st. The tour is sold out but Boys Town has been selected as a Community Partner. Riders can join Team BTJ by registering at www.boystownjerusalem.org/bike and agreeing to raise a minimum of $1,000 from friends, family and co-workers. Email ezra@boystownjerusalem.org to sign up, or call 646-375-5027for more information.

68TH ANNUAL UJA OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY COMMUNITY HOLOCAUST PROGRAM Sunday, May 1 at 10:00 AM The Frisch School, W. 120 Century Road, Paramus, NJ 07652 The country's oldest Holocaust memorial program will take place on Sunday morning, May 1st at The Frisch School in Paramus. It will feature a live satellite feed from Auschwitz where March of The Living participants including teens and survivors from Northern New Jersey will participate with us in a memorial program. For more information contact Dr. Wallace Greene at wmg14@optonline.net or Fran Koszer at 201-820-3914

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.

About Ohr Naavah: Ohr Naava, Women’s Torah Center, located in Brooklyn, NY, was established in 2004 by Rabbi Zechariah Wallerstein. Our program was developed to provide continuing Torah education for women, ages 17-120, as well as a healthy and fun way to socialize, network, and grow spiritually. Our full evening program allows our participants to go about their busy daily lives, and then have a place of their own where they can have a bite to eat, unwind, and enjoy a shiur or class every night of the week, absolutely free of charge. Our goal is to give each person a place to be and belong, a place to connect and be connected, and a place to change and grow.

AIPAC HOSTS ITS LARGEST EVER POLICY CONFERENCE. May 22-24. Washington D.C. Attend to strengthen the relationship between the United states and Israel.

‘REFLECTIONS ON A RIGHTEOUS GRANDFATHER’ – AN EXHIBITION BYSEBASTIAN MENDES Through July 24th, Yeshiva University Museum Center for Jewish History, 15 W. 16th St. The grandfather of the artist Sebastian Mendes makes for monumental source material: Aristides de Sousa Mendes was the Portuguese consul general in Bordeaux, France, in1940, and helped rescue an estimated 30,000 Jews from Nazi persecution. Sebastian hascreated a new exhibit that includes drawings, sculptures and occasionally in-gallery per-formances dedicated to Aristides’ life. For more info: (212) 294-8330.

LEARN QUICKBOOKS! INTENSIVE course for Beginners in Brooklyn at Bramson Ort College New Campus Monday, May 23-Friday, May 27; 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM At Bramson ORT College (New Campus) 8109 Bay Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11214 We are proud to partner with Bramson Ort College in this venture. Learn all of QuickBooks from beginner to proficient user level in a ONE WEEK intensive course. ALL CLASSES ARE FREE & REQUIRE REGISTRATION. To register please go to www.oujobs.org and see the links on the blue box on the right hand side of the page towards the bottom. An administrative fee of $36.00 is required. Questions? Please call 212-563-4000 and ask for the Job Board

TRIP TO SYRIA May 8-16, 2011

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY 101 South Independence Mall East, Philadelphia (215) 923-3811

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

YOM HAZIKARON CEREMONY AND YOM HA’ATZMAUT CELEBRATION Monday, May 9th at 8:00 PM at the Sephardic Community Center 1901 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn NY Community-Wide Celebration Israel’s 63rd Anniversary FREE ADMISSION For more information visit www.scclive.org, or contact Amir Levy at 718-954-3145.

Steps from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, the National Museumof American Jewish History is dedicated to chronicling the American Jewish experience.On the Museum's second floor, "Choices & Challenges of Freedom" (1945-Today), visitorshave the opportunity to use video recording booths and tell their stories, share their tradi-tions, or talk about their ancestors. Among the stories which visitors have recorded in the"It's Your Story" booths are those about Sephardic heritage, mitzvahs, holiday customs andfamily dinners.

C.S. LEWIS MEETS FREUD: FREUD’S LAST SESSION Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater on New York’s Upper West Side, 10 West 64th b/w Broadway & CPW (one block from Lincoln Center). This brilliant play, which joins two of history’s greatest minds – C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud, caused a sensation during last year’s summer theater season, extending twice due to sold-out performances. For info call: 212-352-3101

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James Murdoch ews Corp. named James Murdoch deputy chief operating officer, bringing him to New York from London and handing him more responsibilities under his father, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rupert Murdoch. James Murdoch will also become chairman and CEO, International. In the newly created role, the younger Murdoch will develop strategy and build new franchises, while continuing to report to COO Chase Carey. Analysts said the appointment may strengthen his James Murdoch position as the leading contender to succeed his 80-year-old father at the helm of News Corp., which owns The Post, Fox Television Network, the Wall Street Journal and Twentieth Century Fox film studio. The 38-year-old media executive has worked at the company for 15 years and run many pieces of the business, including a group that accounts for about 20 percent of the company's revenue. "It’s part of the overall family plan to have James mostly in charge," said David Joyce, an analyst with Miller Tabak & Co. in New York. "They need to groom the Murdoch children some more, and Chase is a great one to be learning from." Even with James's promotion, Carey would still likely become CEO if Rupert Murdoch should need to be replaced in the near future, with James succeeding him later, said Joyce.

Icahn lockbuster Inc. mulled bids from Carl Icahn and others in an auction process that began last week in New York that would decide the fate of the troubled video-rental chain. Potential bidders, lenders and Blockbuster representatives met in several rooms at the US Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York last week. A

sign on one room said it was reserved for Carl Icahn's Icahn Acquisition Corp. The bidding ended just yesterday with Dish Network coming out as the winner. The company has agreed to $320 million for nearly every asset owned by the former Carl Icahn giant of the homevideo renting game. Beating out billionaire Carl Icahn, a group of Blockbuster creditors and even South Korea’s SK Telecom, Dish Network now gets Blockbuster.

Political Loving tate Sen. Diane Savino is relieved she can finally talk openly about her romance with state Sen. Jeff Klein, sources said. She was quoted saying recently of dinners in Albany, "Sometimes it'll just be me and Sen. Klein." We heard "Klavino" didn't want to make it public because it would be used as fuel by political opponents. Klein's spokesperson denied any secrecy: "The only thing Jeff Klein is trying to hide about his relationship is the fact Sen. Diane Savino that she makes him watch 'Jerseylicious.'"

Madoff espite evidence to the contrary, the people at JPMorgan Chase have denied knowing anything at all about Bernie Madoff's multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme. But in a new interview, the scam artist says that senior Chase executives weren't exactly in the dark about what he was doing. "I am not a banker, but I know that $100 billion going in and out of a bank account is something that should alert you to something," said Bernie in a jailhouse interview with the Financial Times. "There were senior people at the bank who knew

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what was going on." Chase is currently the target of a lawsuit by Irving Picard, the trustee for the victim's of Madoff's scam. The suit alleges that the bank was complicit in the scheme, and that Chase executives were aware of suspicious activity but did noth- Bernie Madoff ing about it. Earlier this year, a lawyer for Picard said Madoff "would not have been able to commit this massive Ponzi scheme without [Chase]."

Rivers of Vodka oan Rivers claims she never breaks a sweat thanks to vodka. "I always spray my costumes with vodka and water. It's an old Broadway trick -- two-thirds water and one-third vodka, spray your armpits and you'll never smell again," she told attendees at the Night of a Billion Reality stars event in LA. Rivers also told the crowd she occasionally uses the mixture to wash her clothes. The E! fashion commentator is starring in a Funnyordie.com video short produced with Joan Rivers Svedka, where she appears as a wise-cracking head in a jar being stalked by paparazzi.

Bieber Hates the Paparazzi ustin Bieber had an unpleasant experience in Israel, as he was plagued with cancellations and prying paparazzi. Bieber was recently invited to Israel to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take a tour of Tel Aviv before his concert the following night. Realizing the opportunity, Netanyahu’s advisors invited several children that have been affected by the Gaza rocket fire to come to the meeting and meet Justin. Justin does not appear to have been Justin Bieber happy with this decision, as he wanted to have a peaceful walkthrough of a holy place. The singer refused to meet with the children, and Netanyahu fired back by canceling their meeting and tour. Haaretz Service reports Bieber was not happy with Netanyahu’s decision to turn their meeting and tour into a meet and greet with fans. This was the beginning of Bieber’s

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unpleasant experience in Israel. Upon arriving at Tel Aviv, Bieber was met at his hotel by around 200 screaming fans with their parents waiting to catch a glimpse of the star. Many were quoted as saying they would follow Justin wherever he goes in the city. Hollywood News says Bieber took to Twitter to take out his frustrations with the paparazzi that had been swarming him since his arrival. With fame comes the burden of being so popular that almost nothing is private.

Charney’s Final Round he controversial founder of the cashstrapped clothier -- who lately has been battling lawsuits, including one from a former employee who accused him of keeping her as a sex slave -- is scrambling to secure a cash infusion this week of as little as $5 million. But Charney may be in more danger of becoming a victim of the liquidity crisis than the company, according to several sources close to the situation. That's because key lenders Lion Capital and Bank of America are "fed up" with Charney's "control-freak" management style, said one financial source, noting it has left the clothing chain in disarray and helped fuel an Dov Charney $86 million loss last year. Bank of America has "tightened the noose" on the company's credit line amid the cash crunch, according to a source. Meanwhile, British-based Lion -- whose partners Lyndon Lea and Neil Richardson stepped down from American Apparel's board last month -- will lend the retailer additional funds only on the condition that Charney surrenders control. If American Apparel's cash crunch worsens, executives are mulling cost-saving measures including a two- to four-week shutdown of the company's Los Angeles factory, as well as a massive, nationwide clearance sale at its stores to liquidate excess inventory. But American Apparel may still be able to skirt bankruptcy without the help of a major cash infusion, as cost cuts and improving sales of spring fashions and new jean designs are boosting the balance sheet, according to people close to the company. "Right now, they're modestly cash-flow positive," said one source briefed on the retailer's finances. Cost cuts appear to have fueled the positive swing and comparable sales are still stuck in negative territory, but "the outlook for spring and summer is actually optimistic," a source said. A better question, sources say, may be whether Charney will survive the season as the man in control. "Dov is a genius when it comes to designing and marketing clothes -a very rare talent," said one source close to the situation. "But the lenders want him out of the financial chain of command." Last month, American Apparel was forced by accounting rules to publish a "going concern" warning, signaling that it may be forced to file for bankruptcy. In a bid to remove the worrisome warning from its books, sources said, Charney is looking to secure an additional $10 million by the end of this month, when it faces a key test on debt covenants that could push it into default.

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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 Soduku-ing for 5 minutes and getting nowhere. • Use a pencil, you will make mistakes.

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FEATURES

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Israeli Gov’t Releases Letters 50 Years After Eichmann Trial AMERICAN ACADEMICS URGED BEN-GURION TO SPARE LIFE OF NAZI WAR CRIMINAL; NAZIS SARCASTICALLY RECOMMEND CRUCIFIXION Here are some of these letters, with brief summaries by our writers

BY JEWISH VOICE STAFF WRITERS In the week preceding the 50th anniversary of the commencement of Israel’s trial of one of Hitler’s most notorious henchmen, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office published a set of letters received as the trial took place. Many of the letters are from American doctors and professors, urging Israel’s first Prime Minister to not impose capital punishment on a man who is arguably one of history’s greatest monsters. ther missives include a note from the American Nazi Party, mocking the notion that Eichmann did anything wrong, and referring to the trial as a “farce.” Another, from a young man who had actually served in the German army during the war, expressed his lament over the Nazis’ crimes against the Jews, as well as admiration for the nascent State of Israel, which he termed a “miracle”.

We present here a thought-provoking letter by an former Nazi soldier, a young man identified here only as “Sd.” Having relocated to Spain following the war, the young Sd distances himself from the atrocities committed by such units as Germany’s SS, and claims that he only joined the war effort to fight the Soviets. He actually goes so far as to request Ben-Gurion’s autograph! It’s a fascinating piece of history.

In a letter dripping with vitriol, Lincoln Rockwell of the American branch of the Nazi party mocks Israel’s president in a manner not unlike that often seen on the internet-based forums of today. He sarcastically suggests that they crucify Eichmann (implying that one of history’s most heinous criminals is a martyr of sorts – a concept that seems to resound among modern-day Islamic terrorist groups), “the way your predecessors did so handsomely at the last Jewish lynching episode 2,000 years ago!”

This writer, a professor at Iowa University, expresses his agreement with the psychiatrist Louis Jolyon West, who wrote to the president in December 1961, and opposed the death penalty as barbaric and inefficient. He adds a further argument: Eichman should be spared because the Jews are committed to “Jewish ethics.” In the letter, he claims that the State of Israel “has a magnificent opportunity now to affirm its dedication to the essence rather than the mere form of its spiritual heritage,” implying that one contradicts the other. An intriguing concept, though perhaps one borrowed from beyond the pale of authentic Jewish thought.

In this letter, the writer, a professor of pediatrics, expresses his objection to pronouncing the death sentence for Eichmann. He notes that this is an opportunity for Israel to serve as an example and an inspiration to the whole world in the struggle against capital punishment

In contrast to the above missive, the writer of this letter — a South African national who sent his own son to fight in Israel’s War of Independence — objects to commuting Eichmann's sentence based on the idea that such a step will show weakness and make a mockery of the entire trial.

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Senior Israeli Military Advisor Discusses Mid-East Developments Continued from Cover staff of the Jewish Voice, accompanied by local business leader and outspoken supporter of Israel, Richard Allen. Here we were, with one of Israel’s top experts on the Arab world – a man who has been face to face with the likes of Yasser Arafat and Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. We knew we were about to learn a thing or two. During the meal, Hacham discussed the geopolitical threats facing Israel, and expressed Israel’s concerns vis-à-vis the revolutions taking place throughout the region. "When we speak about the strategic situation, from an Israeli point of view, what we have seen are some basic challenges: The Iranians are still trying to reach nuclear capabilities, despite efforts by the international community to stop them,” Hacham began. “The sanctions are helping, [but] this is an issue of survival for the State of Israel.” When asked about Turkey’s recent enforcement of weapons sanctions against Iran, wherein Turkish authorities (to the amazement of the international community) seized an Iranian aircraft laden with weapons and ammunition, thereby preventing the weapons from reaching the hands of terrorists, Hacham said: "This was strange to me as well.” He then pointed out that although this could signal a positive turn in Turkish-

_____________________ “Our strategic goal is that the ‘circle of peace’ should be enlarged.” _____________________ Western relations, “At the end of the day the plane was returned to Iran." Col. Hacham then explained the Iranian threat in a broader regional context: “The Iranians are looking to export their revolution elsewhere,” he said, referring to the 1979 Islamic Revolution which resulted in the dethroning of the Shah, and the formation of Iran’s current theocratic regime. "It's not only an issue of nuclear capabilities; Iran is the leader of a radical axis in the region–with Syria, and with radical Islamic movements such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Islamic Jihad and Hamas in the West Bank and Gaza." When asked by his dining companions if he would address the recent uprisings

Since the Oslo Accords (above) were predicated on the agreement that no new state would be established without the consent of both parties, Hacham (right insert) explained, a Palestinian declaration of independence not based on a treaty with Israel, and the unequivocal recognition of Israel’s right to exist, would constitute an implicit rejection of all prior peace agreements. throughout the Arab World, the aptly-named Hacham had offered the following perspective: “In regards to the upheaval in the Arab world - needless to say Israel has nothing to do with what's going on in the Arab countries.” [It should be “needless to say,” but sadly, existing as it does in the midst of cultures that give mainstream consideration to conspiracy theories and other flights of fancy, politicians from Damascus to Cairo have no qualms about blaming Israel for everything from domestic political strife to shark attacks; rendering Mr. Hacham’s remarks both poignant and necessary. –ed.] “At the same time,” he continued, “our ultimate goal is to see an end to the instability in the Middle East. If the Arab regimes turn out to be democratic, this is something we can bless.” Elaborating on Israel’s strategic needs, Hacham noted that “From our point of view it is very important that the two peace treaties we have signed with Egypt and Jordan stay intact. Our strategic goal is that the ‘circle of peace’ should be enlarged,” meaning “peaceful coexistence with other states in the region.”

But Col. Hacham drew the line as to how far Israel would go in search of peace, saying that the aforementioned strategy “doesn't mean that we are going to change our identity. We are a Jewish democratic state based on our own norms and values. At the same time we have ties to the European and American communities.” When detailing the ties to terrorist groups maintained by several of the Arab regimes currently in turmoil, Israel’s uncertainty as to where these governments were ultimately headed was a recurring theme in our discussion. Taking what could be taken as a realistic view or simply as fence-sitting, Hacham explained that as far as the ultimate political outcome in places like Libya, Egypt, and Syria goes, it was “too soon to tell." "In any case, I'll tell you something,” he offered. “My assessment [is that] the train has left the station, and the process is to bring about political change in the Arab regimes– Tunisia, Egypt... everyone was shocked by the speed and severity of the change,” said Hacham, adding that no one had expected the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, who had, for several decades, seemed so firmly entrenched in his role as Egypt’s president-for-life.

There was one aspect of the current uprisings that offered Hacham reason for hope. He noted: “You didn't see the world 'Israel' in all the demonstrations. It's unbelievable. In the past, Israel was the enemy; this time you have genuine domestic upheaval, people seeking reform, [and] human rights. This is why I am optimistic." While on a positive note, Hacham took a moment to address Israeli-Egyptian relations, and the long-standing peace treaty which the Egyptians have, despite the turmoil in their country, not yet reneged on. "The very fact that there are formal peaceful relations with Egypt is a strategic asset," he said. “Israel would like for this peace to be preserved for the benefit of both countries.” Finally, the conversation turned towards the subject of the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the most direct and pressing of Israel’s security concerns. The possibility of an upcoming unilateral declaration (under the aegis of the U.N.) of Palestinian statehood, was, to Col. Hacham, cause for grave concern. Since the Oslo Accords were predicated on the agreement that no new state would be established without the consent of both parties, Hacham explained, a Palestinian declaration of independence not based on a treaty with Israel, and the unequivocal recognition of Israel’s right to exist, would constitute an implicit rejection of all prior peace agreements. In other words, a Palestinian state established without an Israeli-Palestinian détente, would render worthless every Israeli-Palestinian agreement since (and including) Oslo. Hacham therefore expressed his fervent wish that the U.S., the diplomatic community, and the Palestinian Authority not bypass negotiations. Switching gears from strategic to tactical matters, Hacham addressed the possibility of future military engagements in Gaza. "We don't want another military campaign in Gaza," he said. “Hamas is a hostile entity in Gaza, hence our maritime blockade, to intercept arms. At the same time, we distinguish between the Hamas Movement, and the Palestinian civilians in Gaza,” which, he then elucidated, placed upon Israel a humanitarian obligation to facilitate the flow of essential supplies such as food and medicine. But, "Hamas is an enemy of Israel. Hamas is not accepted by Israel," Hacham said. "Israel is not going to let its hands be tied when Israeli lives are endangered."

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The Mayor at the Movies Film Reviews by Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch “Winter in Wartime” “Limitless” his picture sets forth an interesting vignette of what it was like in occupied Holland when the Nazis controlled the villages. It is not a movie about Dutch Christians saving Dutch Jews, and we are never taken to Amsterdam or Rotterdam. It is a story about an adolescent boy, Michael (Martijn Lakemeier), who saves a British flyer shot down near his home. The year is 1945. Michael’s father, Johan

modest sci-fi film that is well done but really nothing more than a pause in the day. The camera work involves a lot of cutting in and out, teetering on parapets, and lots of street chase scenes by car and by foot. The sci-fi aspect has a single note – the use of a pill allowing access for individuals to 100 percent of their brain rather than the 20 percent we currently use. The protagonist is Eddie (Bradley Cooper) who looks a lot like Ralph Fiennes. Fiennes is a more accomplished actor, but Cooper isn’t bad. Eddie’s life is in shreds. He has writer’s block and is unable to deliver his book on time. He lives in a walk-up apartment in Chinatown in the most slovenly of conditions - never washing a plate or a cup – and his girlfriend, Lindy (Abbie Cornish), is giving up and leaving him. Eddie serendipitously meets his exbrother-in-law, Vernon (Johnny Whitworth), a drug pusher who gives him a new drug – NZT. It changes his life. Suddenly he can write, is able to instantly learn foreign languages, and he becomes an expert on the stock market. To do the latter, he has to bor-

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(Raymond Thiry), mayor of the village in which they live, has to maintain a cordial relationship with the Nazi German soldiers guarding the area. Michael disapproves of his father’s cordiality with them. After witnessing a British plane going down, Michael meets the injured pilot, Jack (Jamie Campbell Bower), who is in hiding. Later, in an effort to escape, Jack engages in unbelievable, Herculean physical activities that would have been laughable if the subject matter weren’t so serious. One interesting sidebar story involves Michael’s Uncle Ben (Yorick van Wageningen) who shows up with a revolver and black market ration tickets. Another includes the introduction of sex in wartime. Michael’s sister, Erica (Melody Klaver), sleeps with Jack before helping him escape. The New York Times film reviewer, Stephen Holden, referred to this movie as a “well-made World War II melodrama.” I thought it was shoddy since there were very real, acceptable situations that could have been depicted in the movie. A number of scenes made me react negatively because they were hard to believe. Nevertheless, the movie is worth seeing for its subject matter – what occupation in Europe under the Nazis was like for the non-Jewish population. (The Jewish population was in hiding, concentration camps, or dead.) When I was mayor I went to Amsterdam and visited its mayor at the time, Eduard van Thijn. He told me that he had been hidden by Dutch Christian fellow citizens. One of his friends sitting with us said, “Yes, but you had to pay them.” The Dutch, contrary to the commonlyheld view created in part by the Anne Frank story, did very little, I believe, to hide and assist their Jewish fellow citizens. The two nations that did the most to help Jews were Denmark and Bulgaria. The Danes removed almost all Danish Jews to safety in Sweden. Bulgaria simply refused to penalize or roundup Bulgarian Jews when ordered by the Nazis to do so. (This film is in Dutch, English and German, with English subtitles.)

“Watching the movie was fun, and the more preposterous the plot became.”

_______________________________ row money from a loan shark – a Russian with a metal tooth named Gennady (Andrew Howard). Gennady promises to skin him alive if he doesn’t pay on time, and he carries the tools to do the job. A recurring part of the action includes Eddie’s on-again, offagain relationship with a powerful and manipulative market tycoon, Van Loon (Robert De Niro). It is a relatively small role for De Niro, which he handles gracefully.

The movie does its job as an escape from reality. Once seen, however, it was out of my memory on leaving the theater. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if there was an FDA-approved NZT? Henry Stern said: “This movie performed its basic task – occupying the viewers’ minds for 105 minutes. “It showed a lot of New York City scenery, although there was a shot taken in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, where a stunt double for the hero, juiced on NZT, jumped into the Pacific Ocean. Watching the movie was fun, and the more preposterous the plot became, the more some of us enjoyed it. A ghoulish act just before the climax was a movie first.”

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Parshat Acharei The Shepherd’s Shepherds BY RABBI LABEL LAM And you should love your neighbor as yourself…(Vayikra 19:18) How can the Torah obligate an emotion of love? Rabbi Moshe Cordovero writes in Tomer Devorah, “This is why all Jews are “guarantors one for another” since each individual actually has a portion of everyone else, so that if one damages himself he damages that portion of himself that is in his friend. It follows that his friend is a guarantor for that portion. Therefore it is fitting for a person to desire the best for his fellow, and view his good fortune benevolently and cherish his friend’s honor as his own- for they are actually one in the same! For this reason we are commanded to “love your neighbor as yourself ” and it is proper that a person should desire the well-being of his fellow and not speak ill of or wish ill for him.” abbi Samson Raphael Hirsch zt”l approaches the same point for an etymological perspective. The word for “your neighbor”-“rayechah” finds its root in the same word for shepherd as it says in the famous 23rd Psalm “HASHEM royi”“HASHEM is my shepherd…” Curious that the Torah chose that category of personage to whom we are obligated to demonstrate our love, Rav Hirsch writes, “Everyone is to find and recognize in everybody else his “mireh”“the pasturage of his life,” the furthering of his own well-being, the conditions for his own well-being in life. Nobody may look at the progress of another as a hindrance to his own progress or look at the downfall of another as the means for his own rising and nobody may rejoice in his own progress if it

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is at the expense of his neighbor’s failure…In exactly the same way and from the same consciousness of duty he directs his love to the well-being of his neighbor, loves him as a being equally a creation of G-d, he proclaims his love of G-d by his love of His creatures.” Every person is our shepherd, as HASHEM is our shepherd. We are all equally vulnerable and inter-dependant economically, socially, spiritually, and emotionally. No man is an island and there are no victimless crimes. The Tanna D’Bei Yishmael explains why the Jewish People are compared to a sheep. _______________________________

“With one conversation, a person can violate dozens of prohibitions. And worse, it can easily become a lifelong habit.” _______________________________ Just as if any single limb of the lamb is smitten all the limbs feel it, so it is with all of Israel. He offers the following parable about a group of people traveling on a ship: One passenger takes out a drill and begins to bore a hole beneath his seat. His friends say to him, “Why are you doing this?” He says back to them, “What does it matter to you? I’m only drilling under my seat!” They answer him back, “You are going to cause the whole ship to sink on us!” I heard once a story about a fellow that climbed to the peak of some great mountain. There he was, with his timberland boots and backpack, alone and aloof from the world. Like an eagle, the paradigm of arrogance according to the Zohar, he reveled in his achievement. He thought to himself, “Who needs other people!? I’m king of the hill!” Just then, his glasses fell from his face and

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Parshat HaGadol Malachi Chapter 3 This week's Haftorah is from Malachi, chapter 3. The Navi proclaims to the nation that the ultimate redemption awaits. The time will come when the evil and the arrogant will be destroyed and the righteous will prevail. The relationship of the Haftorah to this week is because it is the Shabbos before Pesach. Just as the nation was redeemed from Mitzrayim 3310 years ago, so too will Eliyahu Hanavi herald the coming of Mashiach. Pasuk 22 underscores the basis for all prophets and prophesies. The only true Navi is the one who "remembers the Torah of Moshe, Hashem's servant". Any Navi that contradicts Moshe's Torah is by definition a "false prophet". Many false mashiach's have arisen throughout history. The only true Mashiach will be the one heralded by Eliyahu himself (a Kohain, by the way)as he proclaims the "coming of the great and awesome day of G-d". This week is also known as Shabbos HaGadol - the great Shabbos. Traditionally the Rav of the Shul delivers an afternoon drasha that is intended to review the laws of Pesach as well as inspire the community to ready themselves for the Yom Tov. The custom is to read the first part of the Hagadah in preparation for fulfilling the Mitzvah of relating the story of the Exodus. There are a number of reasons why this Shabbos is called the "Great Shabbos". Chronologically, the 15th of Nissan in the year 2448 occurred on Thursday. Erev Pesach, the 14th of Nissan, when the Bnai Yisroel did the 1st Korban Pesach, was Wednesday. That 1st Korban Pesach required that each household take their sheep 4 days beforehand, on the 10th of Nissan, and tie it to their bedposts. Being that the 1st Mitzvah given to the nation was the Korban Pesach, that Shabbos was the moment when the nation performed the 1st step of the 1st Mitzvah given to the nation! Four days before Wednesday is Shabbos. Therefore, the Shabbos before Pesach is called Shabbos Hagadol - the Great Shabbos - the Shabbos when the Bnai Yisroel began their first Mitzvah as a nation. Both this week’s dvar Torah on the Parsha and haftorah summary are courtesy of Torah.org. while feeling around for them he stepped on them and crushed them. He was helpless and visionless without his glasses. Within a short while he was curled up in a fetal position awaiting assistance. We don’t make our own clothing or create our own food from scratch daily. An intricate army called economy provides for most of our daily needs. A cup of coffee is an enormously sophisticated accomplishment when we consider from how far coffee beans come

and how water is delivered and heat is produced and milk and sugar are processed and shipped. No wonder we make a Brocho, “Shehakol Nehiah B’dvaro” –“Everything comes about through His speech”. That’s just a coffee. What about all the other grandiose and subtle brands of goodness that we are the beneficiaries of?! To the extent that we can keep an awareness of these myriads of matters big and small, so will we naturally love the Shepherd’s shepherds.

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Study Finds Foods Addiction Similar to Drug Addiction According to a new study, food addictions result in similar activity in the brain as drug addictions. his past year we got interested in the idea of food addiction and the neural process," lead researcher Ashley Gearhardt, a clinical psychology doctoral student at Yale University, told the Los Angeles Times. "We just wanted to get down and deep into whether people really experience food addiction." The study from the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity included 48 women with an average age of 21 who ranged from lean to obese. The researchers measured food addiction based on an established test for measuring drug addiction. The test includes statements such as, "I find that when I start eating certain foods, I end up eating much more than I had planned," and respondents rate how closely the statements match their own experiences. The researchers examined brain activity using a functional magnetic resonant imaging (fMRI) while the subjects were drinking a chocolate milkshake. The results were compared with the subjects' brain's response to the anticipation and consumption of a less tasty substitution. The team found that the brains of subjects who scored higher on the food addiction scale displayed activity similar to that seen in drug addicts. The researchers also found that the brain activity indicative of addiction was found in both lean and obese subjects who scored high in the test for food addiction. Gearhardt said the study's results suggest that certain triggers do not just have a psychological effect on people, but a physiological. "We found that the high food addiction

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group showed low inhibition: They have less control in their consumption, and that's something we've seen also in addicts," she said in a statement. Gearhardt said it is still unknown whether people are born with a predilection for food addiction or develop it through their behavior. Gene-Jack Wang, a senior scientist at Brookhaven National Laboratory who studies the brain's role in obesity and eating disorders, told CNN that junk foods may be part of the problem. He said that many foods have become less natural and more heavily refined over the past decade, as sugars and fats have been added to make them tastier and more satisfying. "Natural foods take a long time for the body to absorb," says Wang, who was not involved in the study. "But the added sugars hit the brain right away." He told CNN that some people might be more vulnerable because "They may be genetically hardwired to like certain foods and to absorb them faster." The research is published in the August issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.

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U.S. Supreme Court Reinstates Nonpublic School Tax Credit Program The U.S. Supreme Court last week issued a decision regarding a tax credit program that enables taxpayers to receive a dollar-for-dollar reduction in their annual tax bill for making a contribution to a scholarship fund for students attending nonpublic schools, including religious schools. The Court ruled that taxpayers do not have legal standing to challenge the constitutionality of such tax credit programs. he tax credit program at issue, enacted in Arizona, was ruled to be in violation of the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals because most of the scholarship funds that have been set up benefit students in religious schools. A number of other states have somewhat similar tax credit programs, and these would have been placed in jeopardy had the Supreme Court affirmed the Ninth Circuit ruling. Agudath Israel of America, a national Orthodox Jewish organization, was among the groups that submitted a “friend of the

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R’ Mordechai Biser: “We are pleased that the Supreme Court has upheld this important tax credit. ” _______________________________ court” brief to the Supreme Court, urging that the program be upheld. The organiza-

In its decision, the High Court overturned the Ninth Circuit’s ruling and reinstated the Arizona program. tion’s brief argued that, under previous Supreme Court precedent, the Arizona program was clearly constitutional. In its decision, the High Court overturned the Ninth Circuit’s ruling and reinstated the Arizona program. The Court sidestepped the constitutional “church-state” issue altogether, ruling instead that the case did not belong in the courts in the first place since the plaintiffs suffered no tangible injury and therefore had no standing to sue. Commented Rabbi Mordechai Biser, Agudath Israel’s general counsel, “We are pleased that the Supreme Court has upheld this important tax credit. By clarifying that taxpayers have no standing to challenge programs like this, the court has enabled states to provide tax incentives for individuals to make charitable contributions to needy students—whatever type of school they attend.”

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Israeli Rabbi Creating Bridge Between Charedi and Secular Worlds... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 guidance and connections in many realms. This particular meeting is an expression and extension of the police force's special

relationship with Ezer Mizion, following their official adoption of the organization and the commitment made by the Police

Force Community Division and Civil Guard to enable, assist and promote Ezer Mizion's activities and ethical contribution to society.

The relationship works in both directions, with each side benefitting and receiving from this connection.

level Israeli anti-terrorism cooperation with Arab states like Bahrain.

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however, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences gave Lumet a long overdue honorary Oscar. Lumet had among the best reputations in the industry. In a business where 18-hour days are the norm, he allegedly always finished shooting by 5:00 p.m. so he, his cast,

and crew could enjoy their evenings and have some down time. That's my kind of director.

ative, of these Arab revolutions, is that the historic paradigm shift that we are witnessing leads to true freedom. Not replacing one form of tyranny with another. Not the kind of “freedom” that will send these countries back to the Stone Age (or further back into the Stone Age, as the case may be). But a

Freedom rooted in Truth, based on respect for fundamental human rights, and ultimately, the pursuit of peace. So may it be for the Jewish people, and for all mankind.

people affiliated with the synagogue felt in danger. “The police department is very much on top of things,” he explained. “They’ve reinforced patrols around the area, especially around the synagogue.

“People are [still] coming to the synagogue,” he added, “perhaps more than before.”

movement aimed at legislating a compulsory form of integration. Indeed, the practice which the green star was intended to mimic itself originated centuries ago when the authorities in lands under Muslim rule forced dhimmis (“protected” non-Muslim

minorities) to wear distinctive articles of clothing to announce their status as such. There are currently fewer than 2,000 women wearing the face veil among an about five million Muslims in France, according to official estimates.

New Wikileaks Cables Detail Hezbollah Threat... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 nerable to regime change in the near future, and current Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman surmised in 2006 that deposed

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s government would collapse in 10 to 15 years Other cables show evidence of past, low-

Director Sidney Lumet Passes Away at Age 86... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 23 you in tears. Like another great director, Stanley Kubrick, Lumet's last film also happened to be among his best. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) is a taught, utterly engaging thriller about a heist gone horribly wrong. The film is so slick and pulsing with

adrenaline that you never would have guessed it was made by a director in his 80s. Sidney Lumet never won a competitive Oscar, despite five nominations (and I still think it's a joke that John G. Avildsen won for Rocky over both Lumet for Network and Pakula for All the President's Men). In 2005,

Mr. Mednick is a graduate of NYU film school. He is an author, critic, and filmmaker whose writing has appeared in numerous publications. He lives in New York City.

Season of Our Freedom... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 and many Jews have the additional custom to swear off rice, corn, and legumes. On the first night we follow a meticulously-detailed “seder,” or “order” (two nights for Jews living outside Israel). Indeed, the customary greeting for Passover isn’t just the usual “chag sameach” (“happy holiday”), but “chag sameach v’kasher,” a happy and

kosher holiday. In other words, one should enjoy the festival, but in a way that is true, both in letter and spirit, to the laws pertaining thereto. My hope, for the sake of the people living in the Arab countries, and of course for our brothers and sisters in Israel who will have to live with the repercussions, positive and neg-

Wishing you a happy and kosher Passover holiday, The Editors of the Jewish Voice

Chabad House Bombing Suspect in Custody... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 Street. Worshippers who heard the blast thought nothing of it at first, but police – responding to a call about debris falling on the roof next door – ordered everyone outside. Shortly thereafter, they cordoned off the entire area.

No one was injured. Isaac Levitansky said the Chabad House sustained some minor damage. “There’s a hole in the building that needs to be repaired,” he said. The rabbi noted that at no time have

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French Ban on Islamic Veil Goes Into Effect... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 national debate on Islam and secularism was concluded in France. The debate was led by President Nicolas Sarkozy’s party, the rightleaning UMP (Union pour un Mouvement Populaire). However, some of its members, including Prime Minister Francois Fillon, boycotted the debate.

Abderahmane Dahmane, former diversity advisor to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, called on Muslims to wear a green star on their clothing to protest the debate. Apparently Dahmane was impervious to the irony of voluntarily wearing a symbol of forced segregation to protest a

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Mayor Bloomberg Signs Legislation Renaming Queensboro Bridge for Ed Koch... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 of his overall legacy of bringing our city back and building for the future.” “I’m truly overwhelmed by the honor and very grateful to Mayor Bloomberg, Speaker Quinn and to the members of the City Council for having made it possible – my deepest thanks,” said Mayor Koch. “Ed Koch was the bridge that brought New York City back from the brink of bankruptcy to financial solvency,” said Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn. “And many New Yorkers feel very close to him for that reason. The City Council is proud to pay tribute to Mayor Koch and his decades of public service with this timeless honor.” When Mayor Koch assumed office, the Queensboro Bridge had reached near-critical

condition, with corrosion throughout the bridge and outer roadways were closed because they were no longer safe to use. Much of the bridge had not even been inspected in nearly a decade. Mayor Koch invested in the bridge, starting its first major rehabilitation and bringing the bridge into a state of good repair, similar to the efforts he began on the rest of the City’s bridges. In 1978, the City had no capital program to repair transportation infrastructure, a causality of the 1970s fiscal crisis. Despite extremely difficult fiscal circumstances, Mayor Koch re-started the Department of Transportation’s capital program and began the work of rebuilding the City’s transportation infrastructure. The City’s East River

bridges, including the Queensboro Bridge, had been turned over the New York State for stewardship, as the City was no longer able to maintain the structures. Under Mayor Koch, the City regained control of the bridges and began repairing them. Mayor Koch created the Bureau of Bridges within the Department of Transportation and fully funded the bureau. Previously, bridges were considered an afterthought to highway work and had fallen into a state of disrepair citywide. The City has reduced the number of bridges in poor condition from 74 in 1986 to two today – which are currently undergoing repairs – due to the work of the bureau founded and funded by Mayor Koch. Often referred to as the 59th Street Bridge, the Queensboro Bridge was opened

to traffic on March 30, 1909. The bridge’s construction began in 1901, as a collaboration between bridge engineer Gustav Lindenthal and architect Henry Hornboste, with 75,000 tons of steel going into the original bridge and its approaches. The original cost of construction was approximately $18 million, including $4.6 million for land purchases. At the time of completion, it was the longest cantilever bridge in the United States. The Queensboro Bridge is the only one of the City’s four East River Bridges that is not a suspension bridge. The length of the main bridge is 3,725 feet, the longest of the East River Bridges. The overall length of the bridge, including the Manhattan and Queens approaches, is 7,449 feet.

a national historic landmark and one of the most unique attractions in New York City. In 1943, Intrepid was commissioned and served proudly in World War II. She went on to serve as one of the primary recovery vessels for NASA, three tours of duty off Vietnam, and submarine surveillance in the North Atlantic during the Cold War. Today she continues her service as a premiere educational center and a monument to all who have served our nation in uniform.

The mission of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is to honor heroes, educate the public, and inspire youth. This mission is realized through the Museum’s preservation, collection, exhibitions, interpretations of individual contributions, and exceptional education programs particularly as pertaining to the service era of Intrepid from World War II through the present. The Museum seeks to provide a powerful visitor experience fed by a dynamic, innovative and moving environment for learning and enjoyment.

NY Has the Right Stuff... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 22 create a world class exhibit attracting millions of visitors and school children. Having this American treasure in the heart of the Big Apple will inspire generations to come.” Over the course of the last year, Senators Schumer and Gillibrand have worked tirelessly with officials from the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum to make the case that New York is uniquely positioned to host a shuttle and attract the greatest number of visitors to see it. Both senators placed numerous calls to officials at NASA and helped launch a petition campaign, with visiting boy scouts, on the Intrepid in March 2010. The Intrepid plans on housing the shuttle in a glass enclosure on the end of Pier 86 on

the West Side of Manhattan and are hoping the exhibit could bring more than 1 million visitors a year. Twenty institutions across the country have applied to receive one of four shuttles, Discovery, Endeavour, Atlantis and the Enterprise. NASA estimates the cost of preparing and delivering the shuttles at $42 million each. The shuttles will be ready for delivery in 2012. The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is one of America’s leading historic, cultural and educational institutions. Opened in 1982, the Museum has welcomed more than 10 million visitors. The Museum is centered on the aircraft carrier Intrepid, one of the most successful ships in US history, and now

NIS 2B ($580M) Project Will Build Israel’s Tallest Skyscrapers ... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 14 which also jointly own Planetgrad in Russia. The two companies also almost acquired control of Heftziba." Electra's share price fell 1.4% by midafternoon to NIS 417.90, giving a market cap of NIS 1.5 billion, but Pangaea's share price

rose 2.6% to NIS 1.08, giving a market cap of NIS 147 million. Report by Globes, Israel business news www.globes-online.com

Netanyahu Warns: Iran is Accelerating its Nuclear Program ... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 Netanyahu ended by noting that negotiations with the Palestinian Authority must resume. “We can’t complete peace negotiations if we don’t engage with them,” he said. “The Palestinians seek to avoid them. They seek to go to an international forum and avoid negotiations.” He asked the ambassadors for their help

in calling on the PA to sit down and talk. “We’re here in Jerusalem, you’re there in Ramallah. It is very easy to go either to Ramallah or to Jerusalem and immediately engage in negotiations. We’re prepared to do so; the Palestinians so far are not prepared to do so. I think you should tell them: ‘Start negotiations.’ That’s the simplest message for peace.”

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Sinai Residences CCRC on Track: $9M Predevelopment Cost Bonds Sold The South Palm Beach County Jewish Federation's vision for the future of their campus remains clear and on track. A centerpiece of that vision is development of a Continuing Care Retirement Community (a “CCRC”), the Sinai Residences of Boca Raton, on a 22-acre parcel located on the north campus. The project is being developed by Federation CCRC Development, LLC (LLC). he Federation reports that the Sinai Residences predevelopment cost funding bonds in the amount of $9 million have been sold, closing for the bonds scheduled in May, and the project is now entering the final phase of the predevelopment process, that includes marketing of the facility and its residences, and signing predevelopment contracts with an architect, a development consultant, and a preconstruction general contractor. The predevelopment period is expected to take place over the next 24-36 months, followed by construction of the facility after certain preconstruction conditions are met. The LLC, with oversight from the Executive Committee, has conducted extensive due diligence and feasibility studies for the project, all confirming the material need for such a facility within our community. The concept for a CCRC originated from the

Federation’s desire to monetize available land on the campus, thereby creating a revenue source for other aspects of our mission, in addition to serving a material need within our community. Once stabilized, the CCRC can generate a projected annual cash flow ranging from $1.5 million to $4 million. Sinai Residences offers a blend of components such as: housing, health care, hospitality, recreational and social services. The facility provides residents with the security of knowing that these services are provided by people they know and trust. It also offers seniors independence and privacy, while creating opportunities to meet new people and enjoy activities. Sinai Residences is planning to offer a life-care benefit offering independent living residents discounts on assisted living and nursing care.

The Global Anti-Israel Community Also Has a Home in South Florida Joseph Sabag, executive director for Zionist Organization of America s Florida Region in Boca Raton, recently discussed South Florida’s anti-Israel community at Chabad House in Miami Beach. uring his presentation, Sabag provided specific details about the local anti-Israel community, its strategies, goals and recent activities. Both nationally and locally, the antiIsrael community is increasing its efforts to cultivate and expand its next generation of activists, Sabag said. Sabag added that Florida s college campuses are a primary target of this effort. Anti-Israel student groups in Florida are receiving significant resources and organizational assistance from the broader anti-Israel community, and if nothing is done to counter their development we will be facing a significantly greater problem in just a few short years, Sabag said. People who care about the issue should be outraged at the insufficient response from many of the Jewish communal organizations they support. Sabag added that the pro-Israel community does in fact have the resources to prevail, but it is instead largely ineffective in doing so because of divisive politics and the incompatibility of various perspectives. The deepest pocketed organizations tend to lead the way instead of the most honest and focused of the bunch, he added. These organizations and figures grandstand about doing what s right for Israel, but at the same time engage in a political correctness that prevents other pragmatic approaches to the problem from being considered and implemented. ZOA is not looking to make friends out of Israel s enemies we re simply looking to defeat them. Carol Flatto, chairman of the South Florida Chapter of Americans For a Safe Israel who attended Sabag s presentation, discussed her concern regarding the discussion. We need to question how anti-Israel campus organizations are so well-funded, sometimes with taxpayer money, and able to stage concerts, hold demonstrations and dis-

Joseph Sabag, executive director for Zionist Organization of America's Florida Region in Boca Raton, recently discussed South Florida’s anti-Israel community at Chabad House in Miami Beach. tribute virulently anti-Zionist propaganda, Flatto said. They prey on the sympathies of the uninformed and make Israel out to be the villain. The threat is real and Mr. Sabag has given a real wake-up call to our community. When asked to name some of the local anti-Israel groups in an interview, Sabag said that for security reasons, he couldn t name names. In the Anti-Defamation League s official list of top 10 anti-Israel groups in America, four of the organizations listed have local chapters. Yael Hershfield, ADL s Florida associate regional director, said the organization is concerned with the anti-Israel movement spreading to the state s college campuses, especially with the organized and funded Israel Apartheid Week. For example, the Students for Justice in Palestine group at Florida International University recently put on the most dynamic Israel Apartheid Week our state has ever seen, Hershfield added. One of the group s listed on ADL s list was Muslim American Society. Foad Farahi, president of MAS South Florida chapter and a Hollywood resident, said that there is a distinction between disagreeing with Israel s policies and being anti-Jewish when asked to comment on his organization s stance. Just because you re objecting to the policies of the state of Israel does not mean that you re anti-Jewish or you re against the Jewish faith, he replied.

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WARNING: MEDITERRANEAN BASIN DANGEROUS A recently-issued general travel advisory warns of terror organizations' intention to kidnap Israelis and Jews in the Mediterranean Basin and Far East during the Passover holiday. Israeli government officials say that sensitive destinations include Turkey, Egypt, Libya and Greece. srael’s Counter Terrorism Bureau (CTB) issued a travel advisory on Sunday, warning Israelis not to visit the Mediterranean Basin and the Far East. The advisory did not list the names of specific countries, but a security establishment official noted that the advisory refers to Turkey, Egypt, Libya and Greece, with a speical emphasis on Crete. According to the official, the warning specifically refers to the days prior to the Passover Seder, and that a new estimate of the situation will be conducted after the first day of the holiday. Following recent escalation in the Gaza

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“The report also noted that the threat against Israelis abroad has increased –especially against officials and former officials currently working as businessmen in the global arena.”

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Egypt is one of the countries mentioned in the travel alert. Strip, the bureau warned of terror organizations' intention to attack Israelis and Jews prior to and during the Passover holiday.

The general travel advisory may include popular holiday destinations such as the Greek Islands, Cyprus and even Italy. The advisory also named the Far East region, which many Israelis choose as their travel destination. This is the third travel advisory published during the past few weeks; in March, Israeli citizens were advised not to fly to Iraq, and last week a grave warning called Israelis to immediately get out of the Sinai Peninsula, after the IDF killed a terrorist cell that was planning to kidnap Israelis from the popular resort destination.

Remain alert In the latest advisory, the Counter Terrorism Bureau warned to stay away from destinations known to be popular among Israeli travelers, but did not give any special instructions in addition to those usually

issued. The bureau advised travelers to remain alert and avoid crowded tourist attractions. Travelers were also advised to avoid inviting suspicious or unexpected visitors to their hotel rooms or place of residence, and decline any unusual or tempting offer, including sudden invitations for meetings at remote locations and during nighttime. In addition, those living abroad were advised to change their daily routine by alternating their driving routes and switching their usual dining and recreation spots. Last week, the Counter Terrorism Bureau published its annual general travel advisory in Israel and abroad. Other than a special emphasis on the Sinai Peninsula, the report mentioned Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Armenia, Kenya and Nigeria. The report also noted that the threat against Israelis abroad has increased –especially against officials and former officials currently working as businessmen in the global arena – due to Iranian and Hezbollah officials that have blamed Israel of harming their activists.

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Bodies Trigger US Warning Against Mexico Bus Travel A suspect has led police to more mass graves in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, bringing the total number of bodies uncovered since a raid on a rural ranch to 88. he suspect has confessed to taking part in the kidnapping and murder of bus passengers last month, CNN reports. The American consulate in Matamoros has issued a statement warning that the state's roads are increasingly being targeted by criminals, and one American citizen is still missing after attacks on inter-city buses.

Discover America Daily Getaways is the latest addition to the online travel deala-day world. New discount coupons -- for flights, hotels, car rentals, amusement parks and more -- are offered each day until they sell out (which, if the program's debut Monday is any indication, can happen within hours). This promotion between the U.S. Travel Assn. and American Express lasts just five weeks, but it can provide some lasting summer savings. HE DEAL: I like the Daily Getaways website because you can preview the deals and craft a strategy for buying. And I like the prices too. Here's how it works: Check out the offers on the website and then buy when the deal posts at 9 a.m. PDT (noon EDT) each day. You can even sign up for an email alert to

remind you when the sale begins. Deals offered Tuesday include a ticket to any SeaWorld location for $39 each (limit six); a ticket to a Busch Gardens park for $39 each (limit six); and a swim-with-thedolphins day at Discovery Cove in Orlando for $175. WHEN: The website will post daily deals through May 13, but the discount coupons last a lot longer. TESTED: I looked at Tuesday's offer of $39 including tax for a single-day entry to SeaWorld in Orlando, San Diego or San Antonio for an adult or child -- and it's a good one. The coupon is good for visits through April 2012 with no blackout dates. As a comparison, daily tickets at SeaWorld San Diego listed Monday on its website went for $69.99 for adults and $61.99 for children; prices include tax.

"In at least one instance, male bus passengers, including an American citizen, were forcibly removed from those buses and have yet to be located," the message states. "The Consulate General strongly encourages those American citizens considering travel through Tamaulipas by bus, as well as by automobile, to keep these risks in mind."

A morgue employee prepares to unload a body, found in a mass grave, from a refrigerated truck into the local morgue in Matamoros, northern Mexico.

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Oakland Aâ€™s Plan First Jewish Heritage Night The issue of religious freedom vs. separation of church and state is always dicey and sports are not immune. A growing number of MLB, NBA, NHL and NFL clubs are offering Christian, Jewish and Mormon nights. But a national Muslim advocacy group doesn't think it's appropriate for teams to mix religion and sports. f sports teams are going do it, then the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) wants equal time for other religions. "The ultimate test of this kind of policy would be to have a Muslim Family Day â€” and gauge the public reaction to it," says CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper. "Given the heightened state of anti-Muslim sentiment in our society, I have a feeling there would be some objections to that." The Oakland A's, for example, will hold their first Jewish Heritage Night against the Los Angeles May 17. Attendees get an A's yarmulke and a seat in the plaza infield section for $26. On Sunday, the NBA's Golden State Warriors will hold their first Jewish Heritage night, including a Q&A with Israeli basketball player Omri Casspi, Jewish music and kosher barbecue. The 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants are planning

Fellowship (Christian), Jewish and LDS (Mormon) days among various ethnic heritage promotions this season. Steve Fanelli of the A's says pro sports teams are offering religious-themed nights to move group ticket sales and because religious groups in their community approach them. "Beyond religion it's the same philosophy for any theme day: give fans a chance to enjoy baseball with their group and get together in an environment they may not otherwise choose to," Fanelli says.

Ex-Yankee Blomberg Honored by Druid Hills Ron Blomberg, who had his No. 12 jersey retired at Druid Hills High School on Friday, still jokes about his place in baseball history, 38 years after it happened. lomberg was the first major leaguer to play in a game as a designated hitter. While playing for the New York Yankees, Blomberg drew a walk in his first plate appearance against the rival Boston Red Sox on April 6, 1973. "It has been 38 years, and I messed up the game of baseball forever, but they can never take it away with me," Blomberg said with a laugh. Blomberg, 62, is one of the state's more decorated high school athletes, becoming the first to earn Parade All-American honors in football, basketball, and baseball. He signed a basketball scholarship with UCLA under legendary coach John Wooden, but decided to play baseball after being the No. 1 overall pick of the 1967 draft by the Yankees. "I would've played basketball if any other team than the Yankees would've drafted me," Blomberg said. "It was the ideal situation for me, a Jewish kid from the South to being a Jewish player in New York City. That was a no-brainer of a decision for me." Many of Druid Hills' current baseball players were unaware of Blomberg's past accomplishments until Friday. Coach Matt Gershon, who was a toddler when Blomberg retired as a player in 1978, said the former DH is an inspiration to the program. "Ron is an important part of Druid Hill athletics, and we have wanted to find some way to honor him since I became coach last year," said Matt Gershon. "It's good for our players to learn about history and know that good things are possible when you work hard for them." Around 30 of Blomberg's former high school classmates showed up Friday to participate in the ceremony before the team's home game against Greater Atlanta Christian. "It was the best, and it really meant a lot to me," Blomberg said. "When I get back to

Ex-Yankee Ron Blomberg, who had his No. 12 jersey retired at Druid Hills High School. New York, I'm going to find Derek Jeter and joke with him that I got my high school jersey retired before he did." Blomberg played eight years in the majors, including seven with the Yankees. He turned down radio and TV opportunities, along with the chance to be a Yankees hitting instructor, in the mid-1980s to move back to the Atlanta area to be with his ailing parents. He still is involved with the Yankees in a celebrity capacity, commuting to New York for about 80 percent of baseball season. He does speaking engagements, meet-and-greet sessions with business groups at games and appearances with other former Yankees for autograph sessions. Blomberg is well-liked for his stories and humor. "It's funny that when I mention my name in New York, people will think two things -that I was the guy who was the first DH or they wonder if I'm related to [New York] Mayor Michael Bloomberg," Blomberg said.

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~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

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MANHATTAN 1090 Financial District: Beaver St 2nd Floor, 2500 sq ft, avail imm. Debra Rosenfeld 212-604-4744

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1060 UPPER MANHATTAN RENTALS. Newly renov 2 BR apt $1322 Elevatored/ laundry bldg. Heat & hot water inc/ nr Subway. Must meet income & credit req. Call Mgmt 212-994-2246 or 212-994-2247

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

2 FURNITURE STORES FOR SALE: Owner retiring. 1) Clinton St. Lower Eastside Manhtn, 2)Broadway, near Flushing, BKLYN. Call Al 631-860-1437

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1095 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.

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

Co-op Midwood 1680 Ocean Avenue 4BR, 1.5 bath. Totally renov $425,000 Prudential Douglas Elliman RE Robert Nicoletti 917-679-2685 2045

2045 1170 Ocean Parkway: Charming 1BR in beautiful lux doorman building. Apt is in pristine condition and radiates with natural sunlight. Pool, laundry and Shabbath elevator. $209K for apt call David 718-938-3248

Ocean Pkwy / Ave L: *Mint L-shaped Studio…$75K also for rent $1100. *Front 1 BR, new kitch/bath…$109K *Sunny Jr 4 with large patio…$199K All apts in luxury 24 Hr doorman bldg with pool & CAC. Maint incl all util. OCEAN PKWY/ AVE M *Sunny mint 1 BR, low maint…$185K *Mint 1BR, patio, low flr & mnt $199K *Huge front 3BR, patio, low flr & mnt $375K All apts in drmn bldg with garden area. Close to trans & shopping. BRIDGEVIEW RLTY 718-375-1920

86th St. West: pre-war, doorman bldg, BRIGHT 2 BR Hi, Flr, NO FEE. $3900/mo 212-724-8774

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

2045 Ave I/ East 29th St: Large 1 BR, newly renovated, new kitchen ad bath. 2nd flr. Low maintenance. Asking $159K 347-850-4886 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

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 2000

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2020 Fisk Terrace: OPEN HOUSE: Sun, March 6th 2:00 – 3:30pm 807 East 19th Street $910,000 #583 853 East 18th Street. $850,000 #586 www.MaryKayG.com 718-282-3141 2020 Midwood: $695,000 Great 3BR semi, DR, 2bth, 113 lot. Neuhaus Realty 718-979-3400 www.neuhausrealty.com 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

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Boro Park: 50’s Dahill Rd. New on market. 8 rooms, 2 family brick. $779K negotiable. Krone Realty. 646-286-6208

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Midwood: For sale, 1 family, 4 bedrooms detached. 40x100 lot Bedford Ave. BY OWNER. No Brokers. Please call JOYCE 917-721-3438 2021

Open House 3/20 2147 59th st btwn. 1+3 Fully detach brick Owner motivated Joseph 917-613-1443

2020

Boro Park: 12th Ave + 42nd Street: Double garage for rent, for storage only. $300 per month. Call 917-593-0707 9050

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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.

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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

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REAL ESTATE 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

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

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

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

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

GREENPOINT COMMERCIAL BUILDING – FOR SALE. Approved kitchen . 2 floors plus basement / Hi ceilings 14,000 sq ft, fully equipped. Everything in TOP CONDITION. 917-331-0671

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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

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

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

2050 PRE-SCHOOL FOR SALE: Marine Park area. Amazing opportunity. Licensed, equipped, all set to go for this year. Call today 201-898-8977

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 2020

EAST NY, BROOKLYN: Large 2 Family Brick, semi quiet block, needs work. Asking low $3K 646-753-1400 2020

-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

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 2020

CANARSIE, 1 FAMILY 30X100. EXCELLENT CONDITION. PERFECT FOR PROFESSIONALS, INVESTORS OR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, SEMI COMMERCIAL STREET. 347-260-7838 2020:Midwood/ Marine Park. Ultra modern s/det brk, fin bsmt, 3BR duplex, $735K. Legal 2F. 917748-7780 bkr

STORE FRONT / SUNSET PARK: Prime office/Retail space, 900 sq ft great location, prime bus area, split level business, 2 flrs, very busy intersection, 39th St + 5th Ave. Bus stop on every corner. $2600 a mo includes tax/ lease term. Call mgmt 718-288-2922 2040

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

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

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

2040 EAST, NY: Kid Kelly boxing gym space available for karate, yoga, aerobics or fitness class. Call 718-495-5710 or 917-589-6568

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 2040

212-400-7934 ext703 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

Ave U/ East 7th: Renovated approxiametly 350 sf, storefront, prime location. Ideal for professional office or small store. 718-938-9899 2040

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 2050

2050

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

ESTABLISHED Daycare: FOR SALE. Great Opportunity! Call 718-339-0755 or 718-677-7028

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

2050

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

2035

Boro Park: Hi 30’s for sale by owner, corner building. 1 story, 80x85 lot. 1.5M Call: 347-424-1500 Lv Msg

2050

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

2050

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

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

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 2050

East 2nd/Aves N+O: Garage for rent. Good for 1 car. Shomer Shabbos. 718-614-9233 or 718-627-6155

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 2010

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

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2050

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

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2010 East 9th/ Kensington: 3 BR, 1.5bths heat incl, 2 flights up, balcony, 3rd flr, private brock house. Reasonable. Shomer shabbos. 718-972-3473

2035 Madison/Bedford Ave/Btwn R+Quentin: Price reduced! Large rooms, EIK, LR, DR, 4 BR, 3bth, 40x100lot. Legal rental. Over garage. $1.1M. Negotiable. Ruoff Realty 718-945-3362

Bergen Beach: 6.5 rooms, 3 BRS, 1.5 bths, good condition. $1600 utilities not included. 718-238-6381 or 917-968-5684 2035

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

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

Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale

3000

QUEENS/BRONX Kew Garden Hills: One of a kind. West of Main Street. Semi Detached 23x100 lot. 4 BRs, LR with fireplace, Charm Circle. CALL VERA. COLDWELL BANKER. 917-853-5455

3000

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

2010 Ave X/ E.7, Newly renov 2 BR apt, EIK. Close to beach, Q & F train & express bus. No pets. 718-332-2849

2010 East 68th Street: 3 BR duplex apt $1800/mo includes parking, heat and gas. Call 947-412-5184

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)

Brooklyn Room Furn: TEMPORARY LODGING MOSSAIC SUITES. Fully serviced – Internet. As low as $65 Daily, $385 Weekly 718-972-4377 2010

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

House for rent Gravesend/E 4th street: 3.5 room, walk in yard, absentee landlord. Utilities included $1,200. Also 5 rm yard garage. Call agent Fran Rizzo 646-207-3087

Apartment For Rent

Brooklyn, 60th Street: Bet 8th + 9th Ave. 1 BR, 2nd flr, totally renov, close to N train. $1100/mo 718-600-6317 2010

2010

BROOKLYN Apt for rent Brooklyn: Madison / Midwood / Sheepshead Bay. Studios 1,2,3 BD’s $800-$2600 Courtland Real Estate. Jack 917-596-6507 Mark 646-359-6323 2010

2010 Georgetown: 1 BR apt, new kitchen, new windows. Parquet floors. $1200 Call owner. 917-412-5184 or 718-306-2582 2010 Dahill Rd/ Ave P Vicinity: Great location! Near F train, 1 BR apt, 2nd flr, private house, credit references. MIC. Reasonably priced! Call owner 516-633-2969 For details.

2010 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 Marine Park: 1 BR apt $1050/mo. Call 212-752-2070 Ext 321 M-F 9-5

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

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

Apartment For Sale 2060

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

2060

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

Apartment For Rent 2080

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 NEW BRONX BAKERY FOR SALE. Close to precinct, 3 schls in immediate area. Fully optional, most equip new. Asking $110K 646-496-7885

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.

2010

Retail space for rent/Queens Laurelton Merrick Blvd, 2000 sq ft for rent, 6000 sq ft air space available. Call owner 917-750-0966

3000

Sheepshead Bay: Newly renovated 3BR, Duplex house, front and Back porch, LR, DR, EIK all Applncs. Private parking Included. Curtis 516-316-8658 2035

3060 LIC Warehouse Bldg for sale. 4100sf, overhead door, hi ceilings. Additional development rights. $1.3M MSparks@ergpa.com 646-253-0904

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

Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent

3060

QUEENS/BRONX *HUNTS POINT WAREHOUSES FOR RENT* 3200 sq ft 15,000sq ft multiple options/Owner 917-662-2425 3060

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

QUEENS/BRONX 2080 Summer Rental/ Kosher for Passover. BELLE HARBOR, NY: Extra large 2 room studio apt in a modern 2 family home. Close to all. No pets. Lv msg. 917-543-0497

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

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

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

FRESH MEADOWS: SPAC 3BR, 1.5 BATH, MOD KIT, 2ND FLR, WASHER/DRYER. NR SHOPS & TRANS. CALL 917-687-9928

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

3020 Ridgewood Queens: 6 family building FOR SALE. Brick 12 Bdrms, 6 BA. New plumbing, windows, roof, sidewalk, Walk to subway. Asking $879K. Call owner 917-714-0779

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

5065

LONG ISLAND UPPER BELLE HARBOR. Steps to the beach. Sunny and spacious 2BR. Huge deck parking, Memorial Day through Labor Day. Possibly longer. Asking $11,500 Please call: 718-869-2609 5065

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

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

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

Apartment For Rent

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

Apartment For Sale 5000

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

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

CO-OP FOR SALE L.I. Cedarhurst: FALL IN LOVE, beautiful large 2 Bd, 2 bth, co-op. All new kitch+baths. W/D in Apt. locked storage, balc, gar. Just reduced moving $369K Call: 516-812-9160 Atlantic Beach 2BR, 1.5 bth Condo, Patio CAC Walk to Private Beach, Boardwalk + Temple Private parking, Low Main. $399K 516-596-7305

Property

For Sale

SUSHI RESTAURANT TURNKEY - Already Set-up. Just needs Sushi Bar. Very Busy Port Jeff area. Low Down-payment. Required. Pete 631-944-2067

5080

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

5080

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 WESTBURY – Commercial space 241 Post Ave. 2 story building. $350K 917-301-1625

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

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

ROCKVILLE CENTRE new kitchen, new carpet, 2 BR, attic/storage area, walk LIRR, parking, $1850 plus electric. Call 516-250-8604 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 5065

5065 Far Rockaway: 2BR, 1st FL, porch & patio, own thermostat, near shuls & schools. Avail Nov 15th. 516-643-9204

TOPS REALTY Lrg 2 BR apts for rent. Great location in Far Rock. Close to all transportation. 718-772-1467 5065

Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale

5080

LONG ISLAND CANDY / ICE CREAM/ COFFEE SHOP: Eastern Long Island, Busy, Great Buy. $139,900 516-523-4678 5080

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

House

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4020

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

4020

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

House

For Sale

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

5070

5070 GREAT NECK land for sale, 3 res lots on wooded pvt cul-de-sac. Builders/ principals only. 516-443-2700

5060 Cedarhurst: 4BR, duplex apt, private laundry, kitchen, closets galore plus LR, DR. Unlimited parking. Garage/ backyard. Avail Jan 1st. Call 516-996-1955

6000

5065

LONG ISLAND

Hewlett 2 family house, $529K visit www.monicamohanst udio.com/1792Broad way/ or call 917-6487682 By owner SD14 5040

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

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

6090 Montefiore Cemetery: 1 Grave, lot 187. Section H. Asking $900 or best offer. Call 310-246-9666

House

For Sale

RIDGE HOMES AT KUTSHERS DESIGNER DELUXE HOMES. RENT, 2 BR, 2 BTH, BEAUTIFUL, FURNISHED. CALL BROKER OSCAR PAVLOFF. WE HAVE KEYS. 845-794-3720 OR

SALE/

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

6060

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

NY STATE

6080

VACATION HOMES FOR RENT MONTICELLO: HIDDEN

Vacation Village: 4 BR townhouse, 2 full baths, C/A fireplace, new 6060

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

Woodridge: 2 story 2BR home, 2 bths, large deck inground swimming pools, views. 2.56 acres. Walk to town. Price 225k. Call 845-791-0945 www.resortrealtyny.com 6060

6060 NEW YORK STATE – HOUSES FOR SALE Adirondock Park – 2,500 sqft, 4 BDRM, 3 bth, large loft 7.84 acres w/river front, open floor plan, deck, attach -garage, private, quiet. 937-689-5990. 6060 New Listing: Lakewood Indian Park. 51,977sf 22-28 ceiling height. 4 loading, 1 drive in docks, $95sf. Principles only. 732-905-5606 or email at mehgh2011@yahoo.com

Monticello: Triple net lease of Catckills, bungalow, colony. Lovely grounds with pool. 55 units. Price negotiable. Subject to owner Approved credit report. Carol 626-394-2378 Carol@acmecos.com 6060

WESTCHESTER COUNTY: BEDFORD CENTER NEW LUXURY HOME IN BEDFORD-7500SQ FT-TASTEFULLY FINISHED-SPRING OCCUPANCY-FAVORABLE BUILDER-FINANCINGBROKERS. PROTECED. 914-245-9000 See WebID NS110220832 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

4060

5040

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

5040

Nassau/ Suffolk: Co-ops & condos. ATLANTIC BEACH3 BR/ 2.5Ba renov townhse in “PebbleCove”. Resid-only Beach, pool, 24HR Sec. Stunning Ocean view. Low tax $1.399M Agent 516-808-5927 5040

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 5040 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

STATEN ISLAND 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 (New Dorp) 2000 sq ft office space. Near train.Convenient to all. Pat 646-369-9457

For Rent

6080

NY STATE 6080 MONTICELLO: Morning acres. 5BR, 4bth house. Avail for July. Excellent location. Friendly colony. Heated pool and day camp. Call 718-377-6662 6080 STUDIO FOR RENT. Newly renovated, near trains + buses. $750 a month plus security. 914-879-7083

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REAL ESTATE Root/ Montgomery Co. 70 Acres + Trailer Hse with barn, water + electricity. 3 hrs from Man $250K. Call Owner 718-617-7799

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 7020

DOWNTOWN DENVER – REAL ESTATE Match our $4 million equity for 50% & receive cash flow from rentatls plus upside on sales for 2 downtown townhome communities & vacant land up to 144 units for details call 303-295-0177 Email: build@summitlegend.com 7060

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

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

7030 HOUSE FOR CONNECTICUT. LITCHFIELD: Pristine colonial 3br/ 2.5ba, 2cg/2300SF, NEW ROOF, remod kitch, hwd flrs, fireplace, heated porch, $395,000 FSBO. Close to synagogue Call 860-361-6332

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

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

7030

Available For Rent

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. 7065

OUT OF STATE

Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale

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

OUT OF STATE

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

7060

Glatt kosher restaurant for sale. Downtown Philadelphia. 25 yrs. Must sell. Owner retiring. 856-383-0700 7060

7050 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

LAS VEGAS, NV: Grandview Resort Timeshares, priced to sell, 1 bedroom unit type with maximum occupancy for 4. Call 248-739-0672 7060

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

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7030

OUT OF STATE 7030TIMESHARE WINDHAM NATIONAL HARBOR Washington DC area $85,000 Neg Call 718-375-9220

PERU - VERMONT: Contemporary duplex in Ski Area 5bdrms/ 4 full BA over 4 BDRMs/ 2 full ba, Mountain Views, Scenic pond in back, horse corral on 10 acres, fire places in both living rooms, private Rd, 20 min to Straton, Okemo. 10 min to Bromely, 20 min to MANCHESTER Center $569K OBO. Call Maria 914-760-1342 7030 Virgin Islands: St John Weston Resort, 1BR condo, March 512, sleeps 4, $2500. Call 412-561-3966

BERKSHIRES – Condo with mountain views, one mile from tanglewood, 3 bedrooms plus loft 2 ½ baths, fireplace, tennis courts, indoor pool, private access to lake. $475,000. FSBO 413-528-4693 View Website: www.owners.com/WJA5550 7030

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY • FINANCIAL SERVICES • LEGAL SERVICES Business Opportunity

7070

Sale: Mineral Rights +/- 1,428 acres Shark Island, Vermilion / Weeks Bay inner coastal Iberia Parish, LA $20K per acre. For details: jpscholes@cox.net

7070

For sale: Commercial Maintenance and Repair Company serving businesses in Manhattan. For details Call 646-438-9186 or 917-797-0360 7070

7070 Online Auction Alabama I-65 Building *Freeway Access* Sells to highest bid TheRealEstateClearingHouse.com 800-499-9378

Manufacturer of automatic car wash equipment is looking to put you into your own cash business. Find your site and we do the rest. No franchise fees. Visit us on the web at www.washngo.com or call 800-344-8700 New distributors welcome! 7070

WANT TO EARN A 6FIGURE INCOME FROM YOUR HOME? I CAN SHOW YOU HOW. 1-800-676-1264 7070 Lines Distribshps. Wtd. Distributors needed in your area for the world’s leading company in reshaping nutrition, skin care, unmatched diet plan and green products. Amazingly you can lose 2.3 Dress sized in 10 mins. you can dress a new beautiful you. products can be purchased 877-403-2721 www.ardysslife.com/pioneerlife

Need additional income? Learn to operate a mini-office outlet from home, free online training, flexible hrs, great income. www.ziporasnolimits.com Call 416-785-0206 7070

7070 Looking for a kosher line of food to sell at our Deli + country store in Stratford Ct. Please call Richard. 203-522-4265

7070 Auto body business partnership looking to buy 40% of business. I have been in business over 25 years. Excellent returns. Call owner 914-316-3141

$$$CASH$$$ for Diabetic Test Strips. All major brads accepted. Top prices. Call now. 212-453-9847 7070

FOR SALE – Commercial insurance company serving businesses in Manhattan for details. Call 646-438-9186 or 917-797-0360 7070

GOLD MINE – Profitable, operating placer mine seeks capital /loan/JV/equity for expansion and permitting of additional mines in Oregon and Nevada with proven reserves. $2 million minimum. Geologist reports and proven reserves. Principals only. Paul 503-670-1093 www.paulvaden.infop www.aumine.com 7070

LIME, OREGON DREAM PROPERTY: Scenic Mountain for sale with river frontage. Previous limestone quarry with reserves of 250 million tons of spec lime. Fully permitted for any kind of industry. 950acres 80 miles from Bois, ID. Only 60 acres have been used. 80 acres suitable for development. On/off frontage to highway I84. Functional 1.5mi rail spur. 1MW power in place. Water rights. Commercial capacity gas pipeline. Can support 5MW wind power. Scenic area. 4 cement silos 9” thick x 60’.8s silos 9” thick x 25’ x60’. Price $2 million. Paul Vaden 503-670-1093 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 7070

9050 Capital wanted: GOLF,tennis, all sports. #1 sports scientist has world's best high-tech systems. By far. We can OWN entire world of sports training. More info: CambridgeGolfScience.com 617-682-0470

RACING MUSEUM CONTENTS – Nevada vintage open wheel racing museum; Indy, sprint, midget, aviation. Cars & memorabilia $2.5 million www.vintageopenwheel.com 702-530-2610 7070

7070 Hardworking Intelligent young man wants to buy a multi-family dueling needs $765,000. Can afford to pay 6% interest. Will sign personally! Please call Zack at 718-344-5109 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 Recreational Watercraft Rental. Business FOR SALE on ATL area lake CF $210K/Sale price $795K. 770-540-8199

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

7080 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

Invest in RE Foreclosures NYC area exp brokers need partners for purchase and rehab, 18% return per annum, secured/ very safe. Todd 516-710-3374 7070

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

Earn 22pct – 30 pct in 5-9 months. 11pct – 15 pct annually. I buy rehab. (1) to (2) family upscale suburban homes for quick turn around. 20 yrs exp + referrals. Right now. I require $355K for Livingston, NJ. One family pre foreclosure, grt area. Top school system. 26% returned to you on 1st mort. (13% annual) Contact Steve 201-726-5016 Email: SFREFLIP@AOL.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

Capital Wanted, Seeking JV funding ($50$100MM) for Central America projects, Costa Rica & Panama; Infrastructure complete. Call 858-768-9956 7070

Business Opportunity WANTED Investor wanted for Highend Automobile $1,000,000 + WANTED Formula 1 Auto Import For detail call WAEL 201-344-8993

7070 Retail store in Lawrence looking for investor of 25K. excellent for growth oppty. Call 347-529-2206

Propriety School, the first of its kind in NYS. Licensed by the Dept of Education seekes investor/ partner. Call 917-821-8684

7070

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!

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

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

Ready for financial freedom? Visit www.inklingswealth.c om Don’t miss this! Call 786-472-5601 or 727-642-3300 7070

7070 FOOD FRANCHISE OPPORTUNITY. Operating store working partner. Be your own boss Phda & Cherry Hillarea, must love restaurant operations. Call Carol 305-525-7025

Financial Services

7080

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

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

COUNSELING: Talk Therapy, Personal Counseling, Vacational Guidance. 25 Years of Experience in the Above. Susan Teeman 917-881-1583 8010

Tutors

3005

3005 SAT Tutoring in your home, all areas. Math/ Verbal/ Writing strategy. Reasonable rates. 516-524-0949

3005 HEBREW TUTOR: Manhattan, Brooklyn And Queens. Beginner or advanced. 347-480-0950 Email: shanibengal.nyc@gmail.com 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 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

Uri! Uri! AWAKEN! AWAKEN! Prana Mandir Yoga Studio 4 West 43 rd Street, 501

Meditation Class: every Monday at 6PM

Shabbat Service: every First Friday at 8PM

Psychotherapy: Rabbi Robert Teixeira, L.C.S.W.

212-961-1745

3005 A+ Certification Course $339 INTRO TO COMPUTER $49.95 718-261-1900 Bring this ad as 1st time coupon.

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

Info@AwakenAwaken.org

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

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JOBS WANTED & SERVICES OFFERED PROFESSIONAL LIGHTHOUSE HOME SERVICES. Compassionate Home Care FOR THE ELDERLY IN NYC. Lic Agency providing the finest in home care for your loved ones. Email: rbecker@lighthousehs.com or call 718-389-3304 We accept Medicare /Medicaid/private pay 9050

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 8000

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

8010 I am looking for a job: Those who are struggling to get a honest (110%), smart, responsible and respectful employee. Yes I am here! I can help & handle any business owner to bust their business. Pl call 212-470-9611 mdlitonkhan@gmail.com

8010 Nurse LPN. Medicaid provider seeks private duty or Medicaid case. Good references available. 718-581-9786

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

Tutoring

3005

Tutor Available: Experienced New York City Board of Education. Teacher will tutor your child. Elementary and middle school levels preferred. Please call 347-866-4774 Reasonable rates 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

Companion Aide. Live in, Good references. Kosher experience. 17 years, experience. 973-592-6081

8010

8010 Goldstein Home Care Service. Live in/ Live out or hourly. Companion Aide 732-788-1974 8010 Live-in. 7 Years exp. Very good ref. Would consider live in/out. Call 347-869-1956

8010

Reliable Nurses’ Aide w/10 yrs exp. Will care for you in your home. Refs & good driving record. Seek job Asap. Call Babs 407-936-4863 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 Seeking job to take care of the elderly. Home health aid, 16 years experience. Please call 718-882-5244

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 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

CHAUFFER: Driver, courteous, reliable with a clean driving record. Solid Refs. Seeking a position. (Amazingly Talented Person) Contact 917-771-3405

8010

8010 CAREGIVER with 10 years experience to care for sick or elderly. Have own car, good references. Call 267-236-5664

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

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 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

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

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

NURSE CAMP MONROE Excellent children’s sleepaway camp Monroe, New York We have a doctor & 3 Nurses. 1 Hr from NYC – Kosher food. Nurse’s children welcome as campers. Also looking for a doctor. 845-782-8695 / 845-782-2247 Fax www.campmonroe.com office@campmonroe.com 8015

8010

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

Successful busy PIZZA SHOP Located in UPPER EAST SIDE is looking for experienced. Mashgiach to start immediately. Call 212-987-9130 8015

8015 Professional Nasdaq / futures day trader seeking serious investor to make huge profits averaging 300%+ Low risk. Call Mark 917-825-0053

Looking for religious Jewish workers in the “HASHGACHA” field Kosher supervision. Option for training top become a “SHOCRET” Opening available for fully Certified SHU”B Midwest locs: NE, MN, WI Call: 303-810-8011 Email: moshedenver@aol.com

TEACHER DIRECTOR with NYS teacher’s certificate in edu. For small Brooklyn daycare center. Call 718-385-0571

8015

TEACHERS NEEDED. Boys middle and HS in Queens, math biology, social studies, Hebrew language, 15 minutes from Brooklyn. Call 347-204-8658 or 718-732-1200 For appt. please fax resume to 718-732-1900 Leave name and contact number. 8015

Clothing store in North Carolina & Tenn. are looking for motivated sales people experience preferred. Long term, room to progress, must have valid US working papers. Eldar 818-325-7555 eldar_benlo@walla.co.il or 865-430-3310 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

AARP FOUNDATION WORKSEARCH Are you…age 55 and older? Unemployed? Low income? Unemployed? Low income? Resident of Queens? Looking for permanent? AARP Foundation WorkSearch, Senior training Program can help! Please call 718-433-0010 Ask to speak with an employment specialist. 8015

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

In fashion magazine is looking for experienced motivated salesman to sell advertisements. Great opportunity! Big commission payouts. 718-676-1186 8015

8015 OUTSIDE SALES. Commission based. Great opportunity! Call 347-850-0770

HHA looking for live in/ out position to take care of elderly. Call Yvonne 240-595-5626

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 Turn-Key. Glatt Kosher, LI catering hall. Seats 300 long lease, reasonable rent. Attractive terms. Call 516-450-7323

Partner/ Salesperson for jewelry mfg business. Knowl. of Internet sales. Willing to travel. 212-575-9590 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

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 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 8015 Partner needed: Exciting new kosher pizza shop Orlando, FL. Need working/ investing partner. Call Dave 407-696-8873

Food Co. sks experienced sales people. Draw against comm + expenses. Call 347-561-9744 Berish 8015

8015

Work from home Complete training & support. Contact Sammy 646-812-2574

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

Cleaning Services

8045

Pesach Cleaning: All kinds of cleaning services, floor polishing, carpets cleaning, cars + sanitizing 718-552-5778 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

8015

Office manager/ Buyers & sales agents with Experience for busy RE management office. Call 917-921-3467

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

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

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 8015

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 8015 Licensed electrician in New Jersey and Long Island looking for partner. Call Zvi at 646-739-8771

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8081 INTERIOR PAINTING FAUX FINISHES & MURALS MON – SAT 10AM – 6PM CALL 917-589-9601 www.colorwisedesignsllc.com

ROOFING & SIDING OCEANFRONT CONSTRUCTION CORP. *QUALITY FULL SERVICE* ROOFING – SIDING – LEADERS – GUTTERS JOHN NIES, Owner 347-680-6782 Licensed & Insured. Member BBB – A+ Rating 8081

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

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

Home

Improvement

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

Electricians TRACK BY JACK 917-748-7225 74-TRACK 917-725-0785 TRACK LIGHTING SPECIALISTS, INSTALLATION SALES. Update old cans with small efficient, low voltage halogens. Wholesale bulbs delivered. 8065

Electrician All electrical needs. New lines Trouble shouting fixtures. Call Yahuda: 347-631-0481

Donations 9028

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

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

Autos 9030

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

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

9000

Contractor: All kinds of jobs plus windows, plumbing, carpentry, painting. Call Baruch 215-725-9161 8080

Mike’s Home Improvement/ Roofing Sheet rock/ tiles, Kitchen/ Bath, Gutters + Leaders. 718-426-2167 8080

HANDYMAN AVAILABLE!!! Carpentry, Tile, Plumbing, Landscaping, Painting, Furniture, Asembly. Reasonable rates, Friendly service Call Orrin 646- 671- 3906 ingramo@earthlink.net

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

1997 ROLLS ROYCE. Silver Spur. Pristine condition. 10K miles $67,000. Jet black exterior. Light Beige Leather Exterior. 508-400-3354

9030

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.

20 PASSENGER MINIBUS YEAR 2000. PLUS ELECTRONIC HANDICAP DOOR. EXCELLENT CONDITION. GREAT PRICE 917-482-5580 9030

CHEVY 1996 IMPALA SS Rare green Immac. 21k $28,500 516-383-6326

9030 2003 Toyota Forara, fully loaded interior immaculate silver bodied. 45,000 miles routine maintenance. Price negotiable – 8,500 CD changer, leather heated seats, premium JBL sound system. Call owner 516-297-4583 or email bnespola@gmail.com

9040 BETH ISRAEL MEMORIAL PARK: Woodbridge, NJ . 4 graves with perpetual care $1250 each or best offer. 941-320-0945 Cell or 941-535-7886

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

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

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

9035 PETS FOR SALE–DOGS Tawny briard puppies INTL Championship bloodlines Long Island, NY available to approved homes. Contact #631-537-5346 Website: www.briards.com

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

2011 Dimension one hot tub, brand new, 3 year warrantee, seats 6 (2 pumps) Stainless steel jets. The #1 rates hot tub for energy efficiency. Originally $8839. Sale $5997 631-681-4400 9040

Machpelah Cemetary, Ridgewood, Queens NY. Two cemetery plots. Price $1000 each including Perpetual care. Call 732-657-7120 9040

Beautiful mahogany dining room set with breakfront, 8 chairs, 2 couches, set of coffee tables, 2 end tables and console, children’s new BR set. 917-771-6669 9040

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

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

LARGE REWARD LOST AFRICAN GREY PARROT RUBY

LOST IN GRAVESEND/BENSONHUR ST ON 2/13/11 PLEASE CALL ANYTIME

917 204 9170

Selling 9040

Beautiful custom designer L-shaped sofa (1yr old) salmon color, two tone fabrics, seat depth 41”, Length on one side (sections) 108” (68”x40”) and 100” (60”x40) condition perfect, Original price $25,000 must sell, Asking $3,000. Contact 646-642-8666

DRY CLEANERS for sale in Boro Park. Asking $95K. Please call 347-585-6943 9040

9040 Aerostar Aircraft 600 1975 New Paint , new interior updated avionics, many extras. Hangared $195,000/ 954-873-5169 or 954-434-6222

Whole House: Contents includes 4 BR sets, living room, dining room, den and more! Excel quality. 718-757-0975

9040

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

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!! 9040 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

Buying

9045

9045 US Coins Wanted Especially interested in Govt proof/ mint sets. Orig boxes. Rare coins / Estate Jewelry 212-642-4324 Midtown

Other 9050

MISC HOME FURNISHINGS: Bed Adj Fll, latex mattress, remote & massage. Must see! $1000 631-786-1514

AIRLINE TICKETS / VOUCHERS 50% DISCOUNT OFF FLIGHTS TO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION 646-464-8747 OR 828-246-2388 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

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 9040

9050 ASK THE EXPERT – Rabbi Shlomo Fogel any problems with social Security, disability, SSI and medicare. Call 718-252-0336 Reasonable Rates

JOB FINDING WIZARD – Seek coaching to secure job? Discover best solution. Willing to invest min $85, after initial inquiry. Call Wizard Peter A-S 917-912-3829 9050

RELIABLE HANDYMAN We do Carpentry – Painting – Plastering – Sheetrock and tile work. NO JOB TOO SMALL. Call Barry 718-502-3554 Free Estimates

9050

9050 Did you live or someone you know live AT THE BARBIZON HOTEL IN NYC PRIOR TO 1981? Do you have stories to tell? Please contact researcher doing background for a film 212-675-2625

Old watches + Clocks Wanted by collector. Regardless of condition. Highest prices paid. 212-517-8725

9050

Reputable moving Excel prices. Quality service. DOT #2104954 Eli’s Moving Service 718-338-MOVE

9050

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

9050 HEDY’S HAT ROCK: If you loved the hat she was wearing, she probably got it at Hedy’s, designer and costum made hats for all occasions. heddyshats@gmail.com Serving the community for many years. 1332 Avenue P 718-376-7695 Available for appts Mon 2-7pm 9025 Attention: Camp Directors! Beautiful, coach buses to transport campers. To/form camportrips. Very competitive rates. Call 855-Deresh-Eretz or 855-337-3243 9050 THE ASTOR PLACE PSYCHIC. YES! IT’S TRUE! Back from Argentina! Offering an accurate guided tour into your future. Locate /Repair/ Reunite, True loce! 24/7. In/out. 646-418-4003

4 Security camera $1200 Installation included. 1 yr warranty. Call 24Hrs 917-338-7003 www.ozganelectric.com

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

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 Mt Ararat, Farmingdale: 8 Burial plots for sale. $12,000 Best Offer 516-466-4432 or 631-466-1635

9050

WE BUY PRINTING PRESSES & EQUIP: Heidelberg, AB Dick, Multis, Ryobi, Hamd, Polar etc. Call Isaac 718-312-9912

9050

LOOKING for an old school boxing cut man to train me on the in’s and out’s of corner cut man. Bobby 516-698-2948 9050

TSP & Security Pro *Security camera system start from $1299 installed *Flat TV wall mount installation *Interco, home office network FREE estimate 917-373-2062 We speak Hebrew too. 9050

AIRLINE TICKETS. Greyhound/ Amtrak 50% discount off tickets to anywhere in the world. Call 646-464-8747 9050

9040

9030 Free Luxury Motor Home Tours on a condition of buying electronics, batteries + groceries. Staring price $7000 + up plus gas and tolls. Also get a discount on the purchase of the 2011 MCI 47 passenger bus. 917-216-8379

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

9040

Contractor- All kinds of jobs plus windows, pluming and carpentry, painting. Call Baruch 215-725-9161

9050

9050 Shabbatonim: For school groups, simchas, Yomim Tovim and family get-togethers at the beautiful grounds at campgovah. Available 4/1 – 7/1 and 8/29 – 10/01. A/C and heat, carpeted, paneled, full baths, amenities, as low as $75 per person. Call today! 917-734-4495

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

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 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. 845-782-2223 jg@thejnet.com

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

$$ OLD PHOTOS WANTED$$ Negatives, prints, slides, archives, all subjects, NYC + antiques. 516-808-1214 9050

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 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

9050 DIVORCE IN ONE DAY: no court appearance, guaranteed, from $995. 978-443-8387 365 Boston Post Rd. #241 Sudbury, MA 01776 www.divorcefast.com

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New Jersey Apartment For Sale 9055

Marriott Fairway Villas at Seaview, Absecon, NJ: 2BR, 2 baths, floating week, Elizabth Arden spa, pool, golf on premises. Atlantic City Beaches nearby. 908-431-5157 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 Parsippany: Lak Hiawatha-1 BR condo quiet building, 2nd flr, walk-up, updated appliances in EIK. Renovated bath, new windows, new electric, good closet, space storage bin + laundry room on-site ample parking, great nearby park and ride. 2 miles, no pets, no smoking. $875 monthly. Call 973-207-0860 Owner.

Monmouth Beach: Oceanfront, breathtaking 2 BR, 2 bth, kitch, lg LR w/dining area, huge deck, indoor/outdoor pool, 24-hr security, easy bus/ ferry commute NYC, $2500/mo 201-825-2646 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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For Rent

9065

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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For Sale

9065

Rockaway Township, NJ: New construction Rockaway Township New Jersey. Two story colonial. Wooded, serene lot with lakefront property. Walking distance to temple. Contact 973-983-9527

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

9050

HOUSE FOR SALE Bergenfield/ Teaneck border 5+1 bedrooms & 3 full bathrooms. Renovated side hall colonial. Large master suite with vaulted ceilings, large walk in closet and spa like bathroom. Wood/granite/ Stainless steel modern. Kosher eat-in kitchen, lrg LR, large DR (can seat22), lrg FR. Close to many shuls and right near 2 parks. Asking $749K, 2010 taxes $13,333K OPEN HOUSE 3/27 11-1PM 69 Wilbur Rd. 917-930-4057 9065

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

9065

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

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

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

Philadelphia, PA 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

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 9075 Lakewood: Corner store for rent, good location. Call 732-513-9470

Spring Lake Heights: Builders/developers, Land for sale: Zoned Residential 908-482-0528

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

Property/House

For Sale

7030

Available For Rent

7065 AC WARWICK: Lg unfurn, new carpets, Ocean View. Yrly rental $1275 per month, includes utils, storage cable, prkg. 856-596-1816

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

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 7065

Soliel | Sotheby’s International Realty. For unique shore homes search…soleilsir.com 9202 Ventnor Ave., Margate Ph 609-487-8000 7050

Help Offered

8010

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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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

Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale

9070

5000sqft restaurant in Monmouth County. Elegantly designed seats 115 people with (8) apartments + (2) additional. Retail spaces. Contact 908-902-7828 9010

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

9050

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

9000

9000 DESIGNER LIVING IN JERUSALEM: Beautiful 1-family house with a view to die for. You’ll never leave home. High ceilings. Amazing gardens/ patio for entertaining and huge succah. Spacious living room and master bdrm suite. Big dining rm. Full kitchen, book-lined den, five bdrms. Ctrl AC, oil heat and advanced solar heating. Private covered parking. Contact Owners – Michael and Sara at mikewid@netviosion.net.il or 011-972-2-5322-868 9000 Tallbieh: Exclusive Bartenura St. Very big 210 sqm, 5 room completely renovated apt. Private garden, parking etc, $1,950,000. Serious seller, DWELL, Jerusalem. 02-567-6607 Reuven 050-523-1478 We have many more properties!

Beautiful apartment for sale in the old city of Jerusalem with unique view. Call 011-972-52-462-8913 or see www.apt-oldcity.com 9000

New villa. Very high quality. Stunning 210 sqm corner center of Omer, 2 floors. 052-758-8102

9000

Beautiful apartment for sale in the old city of Jerusalem with unique view. Call 011-972-52-462-8913 9000

9000 All types of properties available. Looking to buy apts or invest in Israel? Many options available. Call my new number. 011-972-52-763-1845

HERZILYA PITUAH. For sale, rare and wonderful villa, 10 rooms, 500/750 sq m., modern architecture, new meticulously designed and built with perfectionistic quality at the highest level possible, located in quiet and tranquil surroundings, exciting and one of a kind. 050-620-0000, zvicohen3@gmail.com 9000

9000 Ramat Beit 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

Israel Nadlan Cachol Lavan: In the western section 430/270sm newly renovated and unique penthouse. Very attractive, good conditions. 6,900,000 NIS. Negotiable Yigal 052-253-5746

Ramot Beit: Charming spacious 6+ rooms cottage spectacular view, garden patio, quiet lane, in amazing anglosaxon, modern Orthodox community! 050-873-2442 or 02-586-3242

9000 Jerusalem: Best location 3 min to plaza and great synagogue, 5 min to Mamilla and 15 min to kotel, stunning 3BR luxuriously furnished balcony with stunning view, private elevator, 2 car gar. Available holidays! VIEW ONLINE: www.akivaiz.com or call owner 917-582-9441

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

9000

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 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 Jerusalem: Lux 3 BR hotel apt, 20 min walk to kotel, kit, DR, LR, pool. Avail for Pesach 347-721-7722

NEGOTIATOR: EXPERIENCED NEGOTIATOR AVAIABLE TO REPRESENT YOU ANYWHERE IN ISRAEL. CALL TOLL FREE. CONSULTATION 052-773-0076 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

9000 REAL ESTATE IN ISRAEL. INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT. MORTGAGES FROM 7096 AND UP. Simcha Teitelhaum 917-474-7440 simchatb@gmail.com

9000 WHAT! My family in a luxurious Lev Yerushalayim Hotel Suite holiday apt (sleeps 5) best location, all amenities, daily maid for just $100/night? (7night min) Private owner Tel/Fax 011-772-8-633-4758 Zevwand@yahoo.com

9000

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 9000

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Includes: 3 daily freshly prepared Glatt Kosher meals Kosher supervision by Rabbi Stewart Weiss (Chicago, Ra’anana) Staying 9 nights at the luxury 4* Carlton Shearwater & Dublin Airport Hotels (www.carlton.ie) Retire in Jerusalem? 3.5 room unique penthouse in “Hod Jerusalem“ retirement home (self ownership - no deposit required!)

Call 972-50-5920507 firmdew@hotmail.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 9000

Touring includes visits to: Dublin, Wicklow, Connemara, Cliffs of Moher, Aran Islands, Galway, Limerick, Birr Castle, and much more

For further details, please contact: USA: 9543813160 kosher.experiences@gmail.com www.kosherservicesworldwide.com

Box Haifa: Luxurious, new, 8-room house in Alonei Abba (15mins from Haia), option for 2 separate units for clinic/office/ dwelling. Immediate. Tel 052-220-0207

9000

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Florida Real Estate

For Sale

9080

9080 Central Florida. Very private Estate Site 240 acres. Mile from paved road surrounded by Gov’t property, one well/ 2 barns / 3 stocked fishing ponds. 24x24ft, sleeping quarters. Abundant Wildlife. Contact 407886-4922 Email: Kenggn@hotmail.com

Central FL. Land with Greenhouses, 20 acres deeded (some in lake) Highway + lake frontage. Business w/nice lake front. Home site, low real estate tax/ Low sales tax. No state income tax. Zone for park recreation/ Church/ Synagogue. Can be changed to suit. Contact Ken 407-886-4922 Email:Kenggn@hotmail.com 9080

9085 Bal Harbor, FL: Luxurious 1 BR condo with terrace, Ocean and city view, heated outdoor pool, Jacuzzi, gym, valet, kosher kitchen, 24/7 security, walking distance to shul and shop. Call owner 305-761-0537

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.

Tampa Triple Net Lease: Quick lube, 649K Cap 8.25% strong tenant, 13+yr left. 10% incrs 813-546-2766

9080

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

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

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

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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 Hollywood Beach Florida: Oceanfront Trump Condo, 3 BR/ 3.5 BA, new ad beautiful $1,350,000 786-390-7340

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

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 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

Real Estate

For Rent

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 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: 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

Boca Raton/ Century Village: Beautiful 1 BR, 1.5 bth, new appliances, enclosed porch. Great location. Call 917-749-7135 9085

Miami, FL: Tower 41 Luxury Apt. Monthly or weekly. 514-991-3964 9085

9085

Miami, FL: A luxurios apt avail for rent in tower 41 for Passover or Monthly or weekly 514-991-3964

9085

INVESTMENT PROPERTY. Temple Triple Net Lease quicklube, 649K, Cap 8.25% strong tenant, 13+ yr left, 10% incrs 813-546-2766 9080

9085 Miami Beach: Collins Ave/ 36th St, beautiful 3.5 room condo ready for pesach, 2 bath, Porch facing ocean. 305-534-6706

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

For sale: One of the largest Glatt kosher supermarkets in southeast FL. Catering, butcher, deli, produce dept. huge potential. 561-317-0274 9085

Kings Point, Delray Beach: 2 BR, 1.5 bth apt for rent. Short term/ Long Term. Weekly/ yearly. Call 845-536-1080

9085

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 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

9085

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

9085

RESTAURANT FOR SALE

Very successful restaurant in Hollywood, Florida. Asking 500K Call owner 954-809-5998 Not on Shabbat

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

9080 Florida: 52ac Riverfront/Equestarian lot St. Johns County www.flriverfront.blogspot.com 904-860-4500

9080 Lauderhill, FL: Luxurious 3BR, 2 bth in gated community. Dbl car garage, 2000sf, newly renov. Ceramic tiles. $189K neg. owner 954-552-4520

North Myrtle Beach for sale1 bdrm, 1 bth, pool. Asking $85,000 Call: 718-661-1286

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