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OSAMA BIN LADEN KILLED BY NAVY SEALS WORLD’S MOST WANTED TERRORIST LIQUIDATED IN DARING RAID BY U.S. FORCES
The years-long search for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has ended with his death in a sophisticated U.S. airborne assault on the Pakistani compound where he had been hiding. .S. President Barack Obama announced bin Laden's death in televised remarks at the White House late Sunday. At a White House briefing on Monday, the Obama administration's counter-terror chief, John Brennan, released details of the overnight operation, which was carried out by an elite U.S. military unit. Several Navy SEALs slid down ropes from helicopters into the compound, located 60 km north of Islamabad, and shot bin Laden in the head when he fired on them. Brennan said there had been no plans to take bin Laden alive. He called the 40 minutes that it took to complete the operation the “most anxietyfilled periods of time” for administration officials, including Mr. Obama, who was monitoring the events live from the White House Situation Room. “Minutes,” he said, “passed like days.” No American lives were lost in the operation. The Pakistan government was not informed of the mission until the helicopters were out of Pakistani air space, for fear they might be intercepted. Brennan suggested that bin Laden had benefited from some sort of support system in Pakistan because his compound was in Abbottabad, a military garrison town some 60 kilometers from Islamabad. There had been persistent false reports that bin Laden had sought refuge in Pakistan's lawless western border region. U.S. military officials said bin Laden was buried at sea after he was given traditional Muslim funeral rites, with his body washed and placed in a white sheet. The officials said DNA testing showed nearly 100 percent certainty that the dead man was the al-Qaida leader. Brennan revealed that President Obama, on word that the mission was successfully accomplished, said, “We got him.” The death of Osama bin Laden comes just five months before the 10th anniversary of the hijacked airliner attacks carried out by members of al-Qaida on the United States.
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How U.S. Special Forces Killed Bin Laden in His Multi-Million Dollar Mansion BY TZVI BEN GEDALYAHU A U.S. helicopter landed on the roof of Osama Bin Laden’s mansion in Pakistan shortly after midnight Saturday, and Navy SEALs burst out and surrounded the mansion’s 12-14-foot thick walls and killed the world’s number one terrorist in a 40-minute firefight. He was shot in the head. ox News quoted a source saying that he was given the opportunity to surrender, but other sources said the mission was to elim-
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other indications that the mansion was a hideout were the high windows and few access points. Approximately two dozen Navy Seals participated in the secret operation, carried out between 1:30 and 2:30 a.m. local time. Besides Bin Laden, the U.S. soldiers killed two of his couriers, his son and a woman who was used to shield him, and captured two people. As reported earlier, Bin Laden’s body was buried at the sea after his identity has been confirmed through DNA testing. The United States said it is "ensured it [the body] was handled in accordance with Islamic
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inate Bin Laden and not take him alive. None of the American fighters were killed, but it was not disclosed if anyone was wounded. SEAL (Sea, Air and Land) teams from three other helicopters, which landed on the huge acreage surrounding the building, participated in the raid on the multi-million dollar mansion of Bin Laden. His son also was killed in the operation, which was kept secret from Pakistan’s government because of the high probability of the presence of double agents. One of the helicopters developed a technical malfunction after the operation, and American forces blew it up so nothing would fall into the hands of other terrorists. Bin Laden’s presence in the mansion gave lie to the assumption that he had been hiding out in a cave in Afghanistan, which he may have done in the past. In addition to the thick surrounding walls,
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resident Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team, receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House, May 1, 2011. Seated, from left, are: Brigadier General Marshall B. “Brad” Webb, Assistant Commanding General, Joint Special Operations Command; Deputy National Security Advisor Denis McDonough; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Standing, from left, are: Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Tony Binken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President; Audrey Tomason Director for Counterterrorism; John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Please note: a classified document seen in this photograph has been obscured.
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World Leaders Welcome Bin Laden’s Death President Barack Obama on Sunday announced the death of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden almost 10 years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on U.S. soil that killed nearly 3,000 people. At the astonishing news, world leaders congratulated Obama of what they call a victory for all.
Pakistan and put his body in U.S. custody. Earlier Sunday, U.S. forces launched "a targeted operation" against a Abbottabad compound outside the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, and later confirmed that the terrorist leader was among those killed in a fire fight, said the president. Pakistani sources confirmed that bin Laden had been killed in the Abbottabad compound. Obama hailed the death of the terrorist
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leader as the "most significant achievement" to date in U.S. efforts to defeat al-Qaida. He said that shortly after taking office in 2009, he asked Leon Panetta, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, to make killing or capture of bin Laden a top priority in the war against al-Qaida. He added the United States obtained leads about bin Laden last August, and made a preliminary assessment that he was hiding "deep inside" Pakistan. The president also said that joint counterterrorist efforts with Pakistan led to the achievement. "Going forward, it is essential that Pakistan continue to join us in the fight against al-Qaida and its affiliates," he said. Bin Laden, born in Saudi Arabia in 1957 and widely seen as the kingpin of global terrorism, was held responsible for a string of anti-American attacks, including the attacks of 9/11. As the news went public, leaders of the world countries, including Israel, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Australia and Russia, immediately hailed the killing of the world's most wanted terrorist as a victory for the whole world. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhu congratulated Obama "on this victory for justice, liberty and the common values of democratic nations which fought side by side against terrorism," said a statement from the prime minister's office. Israeli President Shimon Peres also welcomed the news, saying the operation was a great success, not only for the United States, but for the whole free world. British Prime Minister David Cameron said the news of bin Laden's death would bring great relief to people across the world as he was responsible for the worst terrorist atrocities the world has seen. "It is a great success that he has been found and will no longer be able to pursue his campaign of global terror," he said in a statement issued on Monday. Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said in a statement that bin Laden's death at the hands of U.S. forces "is a victory of good over evil, of justice over cruelty. It's a victory of the free world and democracy." Frattini hailed Washington's determination in hunting down bin Laden, adding that "this is a great victory for the United States and for the international community in the fight against al-Qaida and terrorism." Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Monday that the death of bin Laden was important in the war on terror and gave the families of Australians who were killed in terrorist attacks "some measure of justice." Gillard, however, warned that the death of bin Laden is not the end of al-Qaida, adding that Australia would continue its operation in Afghanistan. Russia welcomed the death of bin Laden
British Prime Minister David Cameron: the news of bin Laden’s death would bring great relief to people across the world as he was responsible for the worst terrorist atrocities the world has seen. as a "serious success" the United States achieved in the war against international terrorism, local news agencies cited President Dmitry Medvedev's press service as saying. Russia, as one of the first countries to face the threat posed by global terrorism, was willing to strengthen its cooperation with the Untied States in the fight against terror, said the reports. German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Obama that she was relieved to know the killing of bin Laden by U.S. forces, saying that it was a success of "the forces of peace." But she warned that international terrorism has not yet been defeated, said her spokesman in a statement released on Monday. France hailed the killing of bin Laden "a major event in the global fight against terrorism," the Elysee Palace said Monday. "France salutes the tenacity of the United States, which has been hunting him for 10 years," Elysee Palace said in a statement. A jubilant crowd of hundreds of people gathered outside the White House cheering, applauding and waving U.S. national flags. Joe Lombardi, a soldier who served from 2002 to 2006, said, "I joined the military after 9/11. It brings a closure to the part of my life. It brings a closure for Americans as well." "We can go home from Afghanistan. Hopefully, we will get out of Afghanistan," he added. Ben Porter, a student in Washington, said,
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Hamas Condemns Bin Laden Killing Palestinians are hoping that a United Nations vote in September paves the way to statehood for them under the newly unified Fatah-Hamas leadership.
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UN Workers “Adamantly Opposed” to Holocaust Education That will “Confuse the Thinking” of Children BY ITAMAR MARCUS
ut the two groups split Monday on reactions to the U.S. assault in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden. Palestinian Authority spokesman Ghassan Khatib called bin Laden's death "good for the cause of peace worldwide" and criticized "the violent methods -- that were created and encouraged by bin Laden and others in the world." Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, on the other hand, had blame only for America. "We condemn the assassination and the killing of an Arab holy warrior," Haniyeh told reporters. "We regard this as a continuation of the American policy based on oppression and the shedding of Muslim and Arab blood." "We ask God to offer him mercy with the true believers and the martyrs," Haniyeh added. The statement evokes memories of gleeful reactions among many Palestinians who celebrated the 9/11 attacks. Other websites, including the Muslim Brotherhood and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, referred to bin Laden's "martyrdom." Hamas and the Fatah are scheduled to sign their new unity agreement this week in Cairo. Officials with the Muslim Brotherhood, which hopes to rise to power in a successive Egyptian government, said bin Laden's death removes the need for U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. "It is time for Obama to pull out of Afghanistan and Iraq and end the occupation of U.S. and Western forces around the world
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Haniyeh: “We condemn the assassination and the killing of an Arab holy warrior.” that have for so long harmed Muslim countries," Essam al-Erian, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's governing body, told Reuters. The Jerusalem Post's Khaled Abu Toameh reports that a second Hamas official, Ismail al-Ashqar, said his organization disagreed with bin Laden on some issues, but not all. "We consider Osama bin Laden a modest man and a mujahed," Ashqar said. "He had billions of dollars and yet he gave all that up and chose to fight alongside his Afghan brothers against the Soviet Union. He considered America as the enemy of Islam and Muslims because of the harm it did to Muslims." IPT News, www.investigativeproject.org
United Nations Relief and Works Agency employees in Palestinian schools have announced their "adamant opposition" to teaching Palestinian children about "the Holocaust of the Jews." This announcement by the UNRWA Workers' Union was in response to UNRWA's decision to include Holocaust education in its curriculum in the topic of "human rights." According to the UNRWA Workers Union, teaching Palestinian children about the Holocaust will "confuse the thinking" of Palestinian children. alestinian Media Watch recently reported on opposition in the Palestinian Authority to teaching Palestinian children about the Holocaust.
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The following is the article in the official PA daily: Headline: "The [UNRWA Workers'] Union emphasized its opposition to teaching the Holocaust of the Jews as part of the curriculum in the [UNRWA] Agency's schools..." "The [UNRWA] Workers' Union emphasized its adamant opposition to teaching the Holocaust of the Jews within the educational curriculum of UNRWA schools, as part of the topic of human rights. The union said,
According to the opinion of United Nations Relief and Works Agency employees in Palestinian schools teaching Palestinian children about the Holocaust will "confuse the thinking" of Palestinian children. 'We emphasize our adamant opposition to confusing the thinking of our students' by means of Holocaust studies in the human rights study curriculum, and emphasize study of the history of Palestine and the acts of massacre which have been carried out against Palestinians, the most recent of which was the war against Gaza.' [Union chairman, Suheil] Al-Hindi, explained to France Press, that UNRWA 'approved teaching the Holocaust...' but [the teaching] has not yet started." [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, April 14, 2011]
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Second time Egyptian gas pipeline attacked in two months An Egyptian pipeline that carries natural gas to Jordan and Israel was blown up early Wednesday (Apr. 27) morning near Al-Sabil, a village in northern Sinai. n February, a gas pipeline in nearby ElArish was set on fire by suspected terrorists. The attack came during the popular revolt that ousted former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. The pipeline was bombed Wednesday by unknown assailants, AFP reported. Large explosions were heard by local residents and fireballs shot skywards. Flames reached heights of 65 feet as armed forces tried to control the fire. Jordan, which imports nearly all of its energy supplies, imports approximately 10 percent of its gas needs from Egypt. Jordan “aims to increase imports of Egyptian gas for use in its power plants to 330 million cubic meters in 2011, from 240 million cubic meters last year [2010],” Bloomberg reported. Israel Electric Corporation, the main supplier of electricity in Israel, said it will continue providing electricity and will use “alternative fuel sources in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Ministry,” The Jerusalem Post reported. Israel is seeking to increase its use of alternative energy in order to wean itself from third-party energy dependence. An experimental Israeli electric car runs on small doses of electric power rather than gasoline. Egypt’s export of natural gas to Israel has become somewhat contentious since the ouster of Mubarak.
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IAEA Calls for Nuclear Safety Summit The chief of the International Atomic Energy Commission (IAEA) Yukiya Amano called for a Vienna summit to tackle mounting concerns on nuclear safety following the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the Magnitute-9.0 earthquake and tsunami on March 11. he IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety is tentatively scheduledfor this June in Vienna. The Conference will make a preliminary assessment of the Fukushima Daiichi accident, discuss ways of strengthening emergency preparedness and response, and review nuclear safety generally. “The rising global energy demand and concerns about climate change, volatile fossil fuel prices and energy security determine that resurgence of interest in nuclear power will not be reversed by the Fukushima nuclear crisis,” said Amano. "Nuclear power will remain an important option for many countries, so it is essential that we continue to work on improving nuclear safety," he added. He said that the current overall situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains very serious, but there are signs of recovery in some functions such as electrical power and instrumentation. "The most important thing for now remains the full stabilization of the nuclear power plant," the IAEA chief stressed. "The release of radioactive material into the environment following the Fukushima Daiichi accident has caused great anxiety, not just in the vicinity of the plant, but also in countries far from Japan," Amano said. Although the levels of radioactivity measured in other countries are very low and do not represent a risk to human health, said
T Flames rise over the al-Sabil natural gas terminal after an explosion near the town of El-Arish, Egypt, near the border with Israel Wednesday. Last week, prosecutors ordered Sameh Famy, a former oil minister, to be detained because of his agreement to sell natural gas to Israel, Bloomberg reported. The Muslim Brotherhood, a major Egyptian-Islamic opposition group, has also criticized the former regime for exporting to Israel at low market rates. “Egypt has 77 trillion cubic feet (2.18 trillion cubic meters) of gas reserves and is the main producer of the fuel in the eastern Mediterranean region,” Bloomberg said. “The country exported 650 billion cubic
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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano attends the press conference at the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France, April 28, 2011. Japan's nuclear crisis should not stem the development of peaceful use of nuclear power, but safety should be further strengthened, Yukiya Amano said last Thursday. Amano, "the anxiety should be taken very seriously." "Public confidence in the safety of nuclear power plants has been deeply shaken throughout the world. We must therefore continue to work hard on improving the safety of nuclear power plants and ensuring transparency about the risks of radiation," said Amano. "Only in this way will we succeed in addressing the concerns that have been raised by Fukushima Daiichi." "The Fukushima Daiichi accident will need to be properly assessed and the appropriate lessons must be learned," said Amano. "More than ever before, our watchword must now be 'Safety First.' "
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Young Israel Movement Raises Over $50,000 for Fogel Children
Killer Tornadoes Sweep U.S.
The National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) announced that it has raised over $50,000 to benefit the Fogel children who survived the horrific terrorist attack that claimed the lives of their parents and three of their siblings. n Friday night, March 11, 2011, five members of the Fogel family - Udi (36), Ruth (35), Yoav (11), Elad (4) and Hadas (3-months) - were brutally stabbed to death in their sleep by Palestinian terrorists in the Israeli town of Itamar. In the days following the attack, the National Council of Young Israel established the "Fogel Family Emergency Fund" to assist the three Fogel children - Tamar (12), Roi (8) and Yishai (2) - who miraculously survived the heinous attack. "The unconscionable and inhumane act of violence perpetrated against the Fogel family shocked our nation and stunned the world," said NCYI President Shlomo Z. Mostofsky. "While the terrorists intended to break the spirit of the Jewish people, the reaction of our Jewish brethren proved to the world that our courage and conviction is not easily deterred, even in the face of great adversity." "With Tamar, Roi, and Yishai Fogel facing an uncertain future after the tragic death of their parents, it is especially heartwarming to see the outpouring of love and support that came forth from people throughout the Jewish world," continued Mostofsky. "In
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Damage from an EF3 tornado in Mapleton, Iowa. Photo by the National Weather Service.
The disastrous storms and tornados that swept through the southern United States last week has claimed nearly 300 lives, with 198 confirmed dead in the state of Alabama alone, CNN reported. he death toll has climbed to 288 in six states including Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and Arkansas mounted, said CNN, bringing the total fatalities to nearly 300. A state of emergency has been declared in seven states, and federal aid money is being sent to Alabama, BBC reported. In Alabama, as many as one million people were without electricity on Thursday, as emergency workers and 2,000 soldiers were searching for survivors, according to BBC reports.
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This would be worst tornado outbreak since 1974 when a super tornado killed more than 300 people. President Barack Obama called the loss of life "heartbreaking," and promised to help the people of Alabama and all citizens affected by the storms. "We can't control when or where a terrible storm may strike, but we can control how we respond to it," Obama said during a press conference at the White House. "The federal government will do everything we can to help you recover." The White House said President Obama traveled to Alabama on Friday and examine the damage caused by the storms. He will also meet with Governor Bentley, state and local officials and families affected by the storms.
An ad on Young Israel website, which helped to collect over $50,000 for surviving members of the Fogel family. this time of great need, we feel privileged that the National Council of Young Council was able to play a role in answering the call for help." Individuals and shuls who are interested in helping the Fogel children are encouraged to get involved in this important effort. Contributions should be made payable to "Young Israel Charities - Fogel Family Emergency Fund" and mailed to the National Council of Young Israel, 111 John Street, Suite 450, New York, New York, 10038. Donations can also be made online at www.youngisrael.org (simply click on "Donate" and select "Fogel Family Emergency Fund"). For more information about the Young Israel's fund for the Fogel children and to learn how you can help, call 212-929-1525 x100.
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Bin Laden’s Death NY’s Turkish Community Celebrated at Ground Zero Makes Generous Contribution to Jewish National Fund and Times Square
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Thousands gathered for impromptu celebrations at Ground Zero and Times Square on word that arch-terorrist Osama bin Laden had been killed by U.S. Special Forces. Photo by Shelomo Alfassa BY ALAN ZEITLIN NYBLUEPRINT.COM
On May 1, 1945, it was announced that Adolf Hitler was dead. On May 1 2011, President Obama announced that that Osama bin Laden was dead. At 3:30 a.m. at Ground Zero, Mayer Tessler raised a poster that showed the significance of the date. his is a big day for us,” the 27year-old graphic designer from Brooklyn, who added that it was fitting for it to be Yom HaShoah, the day commemorating the Holocaust. “The day came in 1945 and the day came now in 2011. Every dog has his day. Bin Laden was under the radar and it worked for a while but this shows no matter how you plan and no matter how deep you hide, eventually the reality will hit you.” Baruch Murkoff, a 21-year-old student at Touro College said his brother woke him up
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“This is a big day for us,” the 27year-old graphic designer from Brooklyn, who added that it was fitting for it to be Yom HaShoah, the day commemorating the Holocaust. with the good news at 11:00 p.m. “He came in and shouted that we got him,” he said. “So I asked who and he said bin Laden.” Murkoff said he had to come and celebrate with others. Simi Lampert, a 22-year-old student at
Stern College sat atop a phone booth and sang “Nah, Nah Nah Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah, Hey, Hey, Hey, Good-Bye.” She said she found out about Bin Laden’s death on Facebook and had to come down to share the moment. “This is a once in a life time thing,” she said. “You can see everyone here of all races and nationalities and religions and we’re proud to be American. This gives us hope again.” Her friend and schoolmate Ilana Hostyk said she thought U.S. forces might never get bin Laden, and was proud that the soldiers had gotten the job done. She said her heart went out to those who lost loved ones and she said she hoped they could find some measure of solace from the news. Yeshiva University student Yitzhak Bronstein said he was at Starbucks at Columbus Circle when someone came in and shouted that bin Laden was dead. Thinking the person might be mentally ill, the 21-yearold said he verified it online and later headed to Ground Zero. “Tonight we see that good has triumphed over evil,” he said. “I think it is important to come back to the spot where it happened and show that our values will lead us to victory.” Shlomo Zytman, of Monsey, who was on hand with his wife and two daughters, said his family would not usually be awake after 3:00 a.m. But they were at a wedding in Brooklyn when it was announced that bin Laden was killed. As people hoisted American flags and sang God Bless America, he said he was happy to see the enthusiasm of the crowd. “You see the patriotism and hopefully we’ll see even more,” he said. “Justice comes and it was good to get him and (Moammar) Gaddafi will be next.” At Times Square, caterer Joe Weintraub said he was happy justice was served. As for reports that the New York Police Department would be on alert, he said everyone is aware of the situation. “You always think of reprisals, but you have to always be on guard all of the time because you never know,” he said. Daniel Sutton,32, was also at a Starbucks when he saw the information at cnn.com. He said he thought bin Laden might die a natural death. “I thought he would die of kidney failure before he was caught but it’s good to see he’s gone,” he said. Rafi Silberberg, a 20-year-old from Monsey got a text message that bin Laden died. He said he thought it was the same joke he got every few months but was happy to find out that it was real. He praised the mili-
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Dr. Nevzat Yilmaz, Helping Hands Relief Foundation Board Member, presenting $10,000 check, to assist Israel in rebuilding after December’s massive forest fire, to the Jewish National Fund’s CEO, Russell F. Robinson. Looking on are (R-L) Assemblyman Cymbrowitz, Mehmet Kilic, Executive Director of the Turkish Cultural Center New York and Shlomi Kofman, Deputy Consul General of the Israeli Consulate. Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz participated in a check presentation ceremony, in which New York’s Turkish community presented the Jewish National Fund (JNF) with a $10,000 check to assist Israel in reforesting the over 12,000 acres near Haifa that were devastated last December in a massive forest fire. The donation was made by the Helping Hands Relief Foundation (HHRF), which also sent experts to Israel last year to assist in battling the fire. Receiving the check from Dr. Nevzat Yilmaz, an HHRF Board Member and the Turkish Cultural Center New York’s Executive Director, Mehmet Kilic, was the JNF’s CEO, Russell F. Robinson. he check presentation ceremony was the direct result of a meeting that Assemblyman Cymbrowitz arranged, and participated in, between the Israeli Consulate’s Deputy Consul General, Shlomi Kofman, and leaders of New York’s Turkish Community. “My district is home to one of the largest populations of Turkish-Americans in New York State. When their leaders approached me asking how they might help the disastrous situation that was occurring in one of Israel’s largest forests I immediately contacted Deputy Consul General Kofman,” Cymbrowitz explained. “The Israeli government determined that the most expeditious way of accepting the Turkish community’s assistance was through a donation to the JNF.” Cymbrowitz further explained that, “The Jewish National Fund is a 109 year old nonprofit international organization that has planted 250 million trees, built over 210 reservoirs and dams, developed over 250,000 acres of land, created more than 1,000 parks and provided the infrastructure for over
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1,000 communities in Israel, as well as educating students around the world about Israel and the environment. It has been involved in undoing the fire’s damage since the last ember was extinguished. The JNF will be able to immediately put the Helping Hands Relief Foundation’s generous contribution to good use.” Prior to the ceremony it was pointed out that despite the recent headline-making stress at the highest levels of government between Turkey and Israel, the relationship between the people of the two countries hasn’t changed. JNF’s Robinson, told those gathered that a positive relationship between Turkey and the Jewish people predates the formation of either country going as far back as the Spanish Inquisition. During the Holocaust, Turkish diplomat, Selahattin Ulkumen, was instrumental in saving many Jewish lives, being awarded a Righteous Gentile Medal from Yad Vashem. Robinson added that Israel gets water from Turkey and that Beersheba is the only city outside of Turkey to be built exclusively by Turkish nationals. “While whatever is or isn’t happening diplomatically might be of interest to the State Department, my concern is that Israelis receive all the assistance possible in recovering from this historic disaster,” Cymbrowitz explained. “Today’s contribution not only will help the rebuilding effort, but also serves to further solidify the relationship between the Turkish people and Israelis.” The Helping Hands Relief Foundation seeks to improve individual and community lives on both a local and a global scale. Its mission is to inspire people to participate in events which challenge them so that they may in turn inspire others. They have provid-
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Jewish National Fund CEO, Russell F. Robinson, relating the history of the iconic JNF pushke box to Assemblyman Cymbrowitz and (R-L), Dr. Nevzat Yilmaz, Helping Hands Relief Foundation Board Member, Shlomi Kofman, Deputy Consul General of the Israeli Consulate, Mehmet Kilic, Executive Director of the Turkish Cultural Center New York.
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WAR ON TERROR
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May 6, 2011
WAR ON TERROR Somali Human Smuggler Sentenced to 10 Years CONVICTED OF BRINGING TERRORISTS INTO U.S. A Somali man who knowingly smuggled people tied to a terrorist group into the United States received a 10-year prison sentence last Thursday afternoon (April 28). hmed Muhammed Dhakane pleaded guilty in November to two counts of making false statements on his 2008 application. On the application, Dhakane failed to report his connections to two terrorist organizations and that he ran a smuggling operation out of a hotel in Brazil which brought members of one of those terrorist groups into the U.S. Mark Wagoner, an FBI special agent assigned to the San Antonio Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), told the court that Dhakane provided the names of seven of his smuggling clients linked to the Somalibased terrorist organizations Al-Ittihad AlIslami (AIAI), Council of Islamic Courts (CIC), and al-Shabaab. Dhakane said that he believed that these people "would pick up arms against the U.S." if the jihad moved from overseas to the U.S., Wagoner said. While these individuals have been named, Dhakane was also involved in smuggling hundreds of individuals into the United
DEAL COMES DESPITE HAMAS TERROR TIES, CALLS FOR ERADICATING ISRAEL
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______________________ “Dhakane said that he believed that these people ‘would pick up arms against the U.S.’ if the jihad moved from overseas to the U.S.” ______________________ States, working for another well-known smuggler based out of São Paulo, who has since been arrested by Brazilian authorities. When Dhakane broke off to create his own operation, he recalled smuggling anywhere from 20 to 50 people. The total number of people affiliated with terrorist groups whom Dhakane smuggled into the country isn't known. Wagoner also testified about the close relationship between the Somali designated
Fatah Reaches Alliance with Iran-Backed Hamas
terrorist organizations. AIAI eventually "morphed" into the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC). One leader of the CIC went on to become a leader of the terrorist group alShabaab, said Wagoner, emphasizing "leadership continuation" within the groups. Defense attorney Alfredo R. Villarreal pressed Wagoner about whether a specific terrorist plot involving the individuals that Dhakane smuggled has been identified. "We have not made that determination," Wagoner replied. That did not dissuade U.S. District Court Judge Xavier Rodriguez from ruling that Dhakane's sentence be lengthened due to the case's connections to terrorism. Though Dhakane wasn't convicted of a crime of terrorism, Rodriguez explained, his crime was still related to a crime of terrorism, including harboring terrorists and material support. Prosecutors had asked the court to sentence Dhakane to consecutive prison terms 10 years on each of the two counts on which he admitted guilt – for a total of 20 years. Villareal, meanwhile, argued the terrorism enhancement was not applicable and that his client should serve 14 months or less. Dhakane was a member of AIAI and worked for another designated terrorist organization called al-Barrakat, an informal money transfer network set up after Somali government and central bank collapsed in the early 1990s which the U.S. believes is tied to terrorism financing. An informant hired by the FBI had conversations about AIAI with Dhakane while they were in a Pearsall, Tex. detention center. Dhakane admitted he was an AIAI member and said that he had been a fighter for the group, specifically in the Gedo region of Somalia and in Ethiopia, the informant testi-
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party and Iran-backed Hamas announced last Wednesday they have reached a tentative power-sharing agreement that aims to end years of deadly fighting but creates new concerns for Israel’s security and the IsraeliPalestinian peace process. he deal was brokered by Egypt and includes plans for the two groups to hold elections in a year. Hamas’ government spokesman said, “All points of differences have been overcome.” Hamas, armed and financed by Iran and Syria, took control of Gaza in a bloody coup against Fatah in 2007. Two years earlier, Israel withdrew from all of Gaza with hopes of moving toward a two-state solution and better future for both sides. Instead, Hamas turned the area into a launching pad from which it fires rockets, missiles and mortars – purposely killing
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party announced last Wednesday that they have reached a tentative power-sharing agreement with Iran-backed Hamas. Additionally, Hamas has held Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit captive since June 25, 2006, when Hamas members kidnapped the Israeli-French citizen in a cross-border raid. Shalit has been held at an unknown location since then with no access to the International Red Cross or other aid groups. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cautioned Abbas about entering into a deal with a terrorist group that openly seeks to kill Jews and do away with Israel. In a televised statement Netanyahu said, “The PA needs to choose: Peace with Israel or peace with Hamas. You can't have peace with both, since Hamas is aiming to destroy Israel, and says this openly, firing rockets on our cities and children. The idea of reconciliation shows the weakness of the PA and raises questions about Hamas taking over the West Bank, as it did in Gaza. I hope the PA will choose peace with Israel. It’s their choice."
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May 6, 2011
IRANIAN THREAT
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Iranian Threat Human Rights Watch Calls for Protestors Demonstrate Against Iran to Investigate Reported FIAT for Doing Business with Iran Killings of Demonstrators DOZENS OF PROTESTERS REPORTEDLY KILLED IN ARAB-MAJORITY PROVINCE
Outside the International Auto Show on Friday, April 22nd, protestors, led by the groups Iran180 and United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) gathered outside the Jacob Javits Center to voice the objection to Italian automaker Fiat’s ongoing ties to the current Iranian regime.
ran180, whose slogan is “Human Rights, Not Nuclear Rights,” explained the motivation for their protest on their website: “Why Fiat? Both the company and its subsidiaries have major business dealings in Iran, producing vehicles and supplying construction equipment. Most gruesomely, trucks manufactured by Fiat’s subsidiary company, Iveco, have been used to transport missiles and stage public executions.” The group goes on to explain that “Fiat is also doing business here in America, having recently acquired a controlling stake in Chrysler. And Fiat, the recipient of over $246 million in U.S. government contracts since 2000, needs to be aware that we have robust legislation subjecting the Iranian regime to tough sanctions.” The colorful demonstration featured clever signs with an automotive motif, and street theater involving a live caricature of
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Iranian rights activists and international media have reported that Iranian security forces fired live ammunition as well as teargas at largely peaceful protesters killing dozens. Human Rights Watch has made a demand to security forces of the Iranian regime to immediately put an end to the use of excessive force against demonstrators in the Khuzestan, an ethnic Arab province of Iran. Human Rights Watch further called upon these authorities to begin thorough investigations into the alleged killings in the region since protests marking the anniversary of demonstrations in Ahvaz in 2005 began on April 14th, 2011 – killings that many contend have been ignored and brushed under the rug by the Iranian regime.
Human Rights Watch Reports: ranian rights activists and international media have reported that Iranian security forces fired live ammunition as well as teargas at largely peaceful protesters on a number of occasions, killing several dozen protesters since the demonstrations began. Human Rights Watch also received reports that authorities have arrested several hundred protesters and rights activists in Khuzestan and severely curtailed communications in the area. “Iran has made it impossible to confirm the scale of the deadly violence against protesters in Khuzestan province, making transparent and independent investigations into alleged killings and arrests there absolutely essential,” said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. “Iran’s wall of silence around Khuzestan certainly makes it seem that the government is trying to hide what its security forces have been doing there.” Authorities have thus far provided little information about people killed or injured during the protests, but the government announced the arrest of several members of what officials referred to as an Arab separatist group they allege was responsible for killing three people, including a police officer. Khuzestan province, where much of Iran’s oil and gas reserves are located, has a large ethnic Arab population believed to number more than 2 million. Despite Khuzestan’s natural resource wealth, its ethnic Arab population, which is believed to constitute a majority in the province, has long complained about the lack of socio-
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economic development in the region. They also allege that the Iranian government has engaged in systematic discrimination against them, particularly in the areas of employment, housing, and civil and political rights. The crackdown against protesters and rights activists began after Iranian-Arab activists called for a “day of anger” protest on April 15 to mark the anniversary of demonstrations in Ahvaz in 2005. The April 2011 demonstration, organized via social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter, spread from Ahvaz to other cities in Khuzestan such as Hamidieh, Mahshahr, Shadegan, Abadan, and Khorramshahr, according to the International Minorities Human Rights Organization (IMHRO), a London-based group that focuses on the rights of minorities in Iran. A resident of the city of the Ahvaz told Human Rights Watch that security forces including Basij, armed police, plainclothes agents, and intelligence agents surrounded and infiltrated several Arab-majority areas in Ahvaz a week prior to planned demonstrations on April 15. He said that for about a week prior to the protests Ahvaz appeared to be under martial law. Movement between Arab neighborhoods in Ahvaz became extremely restricted as security forces set up checkpoints throughout the city, and masked security forces began launching home raids and arresting targeted individuals including rights activists. The resident told Human Rights Watch that he witnessed several dozen young Arabs being picked up by plainclothes security officers during some of these raids. According to the witness, clashes broke out on April 14 between security forces attempting to arrest several individuals in the Homa neighborhood of Ahvaz and the residents’ families and neighbors. The clashes led to the deaths of three individuals. The resident told Human Rights Watch that the next day, Friday, hundreds of Ahvazi residents filled the streets of Ahvaz but because of the heavy security presence protests remained isolated and scattered within the various Arab neighborhoods. The resident said: “Security forces shot directly at protesters
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Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, with a t-shirt reading “My other car is a Fiat.” In a statement to the press, UANI President Ambassador Mark D. Wallace, said: Fiat's business dealings in Iran are unacceptable. In doing business with a regime that so defiantly violates international law, Fiat is giving Iran an economic lifeline to continue on its dangerous course. Instead of selling cars and trucks in Iran for profit, Fiat should pull out of Iran now and show that it is a responsible corporation.
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Editor’s note: We at the Jewish Voice commend the concerned citizens at Iran180 and UANI for their ongoing efforts in support of human rights and against the nuclear threat posed by the Ahmedinejad regime. It is vital that, pursuant to those efforts, any individuals or corporations that would do business with the Iranian government be held accountable.
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POLITICS
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U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Case on Status of Jerusalem LARGER ISSUE OF JERUSALEM AS ISRAELI CAPITAL INVOLVED IN CASE
The United States Supreme Court has accepted an unusual court case that involves the tense state of U.S.-Israel diplomacy over the Israeli capital of Jerusalem and whether the city should be seen as part of Israel. t issue in the case Zivotofsky v. Clinton is the correct birthplace listed on the U.S. passport of nine-year-old Menachem Zivotofsky, who was born in Jerusalem in 2002. His parents want his birthplace listed as Israel, while current American policy only records his place of birth as “Jerusalem.” This is because the United States does not recognize any single country as having sovereignty over the city. The government opposes the case, saying it interferes with the executive branch’s conduct of foreign policy by throwing the judiciary into one of the “most sensitive and long-standing disputes in the Arab-Israeli conflict,” acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal told the Supreme Court. The United States, like most nations, refuses to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital until negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians settle its status. Zivotofsky’s parents brought the case in 2004, citing a congressional law that instructs officials to mark Israel as a birth country for Jerusalem-born U.S. citizens upon request. The nation’s highest legal body agreed Monday to hear the case after the U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia ruled it did not have jurisdiction. The court will likely hear arguments sometime after October 2011. Jerusalem, a holy city for Jews, Christians and Muslims, has remained a core disagreement between Israelis and
May 6, 2011
Barak Obama Likely to Get Political Boost from Osama bin Laden’s Demise BY JIM MALONE Crowds gathers outside the White House in Washington early Monday to celebrate after President Barack Obama announced the death of Osama bin Laden, May 2, 2011
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Are the babies delivered in Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Hospital (above) born in Israel, or just Jerusalemites? The U.S. Supreme Court has taken it upon itself to make that call, in a case that could have serious repercussions for U.S.-Israeli relations. Palestinians throughout the history of the peace negotiations. The west of the city became Israel’s capital when the Jewish state was founded in 1948 while the eastern portion fell under Jordanian control. Israel captured the entire city in the Six Day War in 1967 and annexed it shortly thereafter. Palestinians, who call the city al-Quds, have demanded that Eastern Jerusalem be the capital of a future Palestinian state. Tensions have risen recently after some years of calm in the city. A bomb that exploded in a bus-stop there killed one person and injured 39 people on March 23. Meanwhile, a new bill is circulating in Congress that would prevent the U.S. President from waiving a legal responsibility to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a customary move that has been used by previous administrations to maintain an ambiguous stance on Jerusalem.
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n the wake of the announcement of Osama bin Laden’s death at the hands of U.S. commandos in Pakistan, there were spontaneous outpourings of celebration and national pride in New York and Washington. A tourist from Texas celebrated with New Yorkers in Times Square. "I cannot tell you the national pride that I feel here and visiting from Texas, being in Times Square when this was announced there is so much pride for our country," said the tourist. New Yorker Bill Doyle lost his son Joey in the 9-11 attacks on the World Trade Center. He told ABC News that relatives of the 9-11 victims appreciated the fact that President Obama followed through on his pledge to hunt down bin Laden. "Mr. Obama, President Obama, he made it known when he got elected that this was going to be his priority and kept his word. He got him," Doyle said. There was praise too from congressional Republicans, some of whom have been critical of Mr. Obama’s pursuit of the war on terror. New York Congressman Peter King spoke on NBC’s Today program. "This whole situation began under President Bush and it was continued and now carried to a conclusion, a very successful conclusion, by President Obama and he deserves full credit," King said. Democrats were quick to give the president credit as well, including Senate ________________________________
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Bill Doyle: “Mr. Obama, President Obama, he made it known when he got elected that this was going to be his priority and kept his word. He got him.” ________________________________
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Majority leader Harry Reid. "This though is a direct result of President Obama’s efforts to refocus on Afghanistan and Pakistan as a central battleground in our fight against terror," Reid said. In announcing bin Laden’s death, President Obama said he hoped the news would help bring the country closer together. "Let us think back to the sense of unity that prevailed on 9/11. I know that it has, at times, frayed," said the president. "Yet today’s achievement is a testament to the greatness of our country and the determination of the American people." To many Americans, Osama bin Laden was the face of evil and public enemy number one in the war on terror. Matt Dallek teaches politics at the University of California’s Washington Center. Dallek says bin Laden’s death serves as a welcome counterpoint to years of frustration in the U.S.-led manhunt for the alQaida leader. "The wounds have become less raw, so to speak," said Dallek. "I think what you are seeing in the streets of Washington and New York, at least, is this kind of emotional catharsis and I think it brings back all kinds of memories for the country. Capturing him, I think, is psychologically for the country a
“This [victory] is a direct result of President Obama’s efforts to refocus on Afghanistan and Pakistan as a central battleground in our fight against terror.” big deal." Like many political analysts, Dallek sees some immediate political benefit for the president in the wake of bin Laden’s death, especially in rebutting longstanding Republican critics of the president’s handling of the war on terror. "The attack, right, is that he is too weak and that he is leading from behind and I think this changes the dynamic and I think it changes that debate in substantive and lasting ways," said Dallek. Some experts believe the demise of bin Laden gives President Obama a huge advantage heading into next year’s re-election campaign. Robert Guttman is with the School for Advanced International Studies in Washington. "It certainly gives a boost to President Obama’s re-election chances. In fact, if you ask me I would say the election is over as of today," said Guttman. Most analysts are not prepared to go that far. Matt Dallek cautions that economic issues, not foreign policy, remain the top voter concerns looking ahead to the 2012 campaign. "It is hard to know how much the American people going into the voting booth in November of 2012 are going to remember about Osama bin Laden when they pull the lever to vote for president," The expected boost comes at a good time for the president. His public approval ratings in several polls have declined recently mainly over concerns about the economy and rising gas prices. VOANEWS.COM
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REAL ESTATE
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May 6, 2011
Real Estate Industry Unhappy About a Possible Donald Trump Presidential Candidacy As New York real estate magnate Donald Trump mulls a run for the Republican presidential nomination, people within his own industry aren't exactly high on his candidacy, according to one online poll. lobeSt.com, a website run by ALM's Real Estate Media Group that focuses on commercial real estate, asked readers last week whether they would vote for Trump. As of Monday, two-thirds said they wouldn't. With 530 responses so far, 18% chose "Yes: He's savvy and can set us straight," and 16% were noncommittal, choosing, "I'm intrigued but I want to hear more." The remaining respondents chose the third option -- "Hell No. It's just a grab for headlines." Trump earned a lot of headlines last week as his focus on whether Barack Obama was born in the United States led the president to release a copy of his longform birth certificate, which confirmed he was born in Hawaii. Some key Republicans on Sunday criticized Trump for pushing the so-called "birther issue." The poll will remain open for another week. The site's readers appear to be evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, although with an anti-Washington bent. An earlier poll asking who was to blame for the near-shutdown of government found 29%
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ALM's Real Estate Media Group that focuses on commercial real estate, asked readers last week whether they would vote for Donald Trump. As of Monday, two-thirds said they wouldn’t. blamed Democrats, 23% blamed Republicans -- and 44% blamed "the whole damn lot of them." In a scientific survey last week, Trump was second in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll of the potential Republican presidential field.
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Brooklyn Leads NYC Investment Sales Activity
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Haim Freilichman: Israeli Housing Market is Cooling Down UNION BANK CEO: THE BANK OF ISRAEL'S MORTGAGE MEASURES HAVE HAD AN EFFECT "The interest rate hike affects borrowers who took prime-linked mortgages, but the additional NIS 150 a month will not affect people who don’t pay mortgages or won't buy homes. In historical terms, the interest rate is low.
e have clearly turned the corner in terms of sales velocity in Brooklyn,” said Ken Krasnow, Managing Director of Massey Knakal, a major New York City real estate firm. During the first quarter of 2011, there was $3.9B in NYC property sales, a 45% increase from the first quarter of 2010 but 30% off the two year high of $5.6B set in the fourth quarter of 2010. The aggregate sales consideration for Brooklyn in the first quarter of 2011 was $324M, an increase of 103% over the same quarter of the previous year, and 33% from the $244M in 2010’s fourth quarter. Average price per property in Brooklyn was $2.2M, up from the $1.7M in 2010. While the volume figures above reflect activity across all property types, below is an examination of pricing and volume trends in Brooklyn based on product type:
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Industrial Buildings • 1Q11 dollar volume was $52.5M, up 37% from 4Q10 and up 65% from 1Q10 • 24 properties have sold thus far in 2011, down 4% from 4Q10, but up 20% from 1Q10 • $/SF in 1Q11 was $170, down 4% from 2010 levels
Elevator Apartment Buildings • 1Q11 dollar volume was $77.8M, up 190% from 4Q10. • 8 properties were sold, up 100% from the 4 sold in 4Q10
Walk-up Apartment Buildings • 1Q11 dollar volume was $83.4M, up 39% from 4Q10 but up 119% from 1Q10. • 43 properties were sold, down 10% from 4Q10 but up 39% from the 31 sold in 1Q10
Mixed-Use Buildings • 1Q11 dollar volume at $36M, down 5% from 4Q10, but up 4% from 1Q10. • 34 properties were sold, down 19% from 4Q10 and 6% from 1Q10.
Retail Buildings • 1Q11 dollar volume was $17M, down 52% from 4Q10 and 29% from 1Q10 • The 14 properties sold was down 26% from 4Q10, but up 17% from 2010
Development • 1Q11 dollar volume was $29.8M, up 2% from 4Q10 and 157% from 1Q10 • 14 properties sold in 1Q11 vs. 17 in 4Q10
Other Property Types • 2 office properties sold for $5.5M, averaging $235 $/SF in 1Q11 • 7 Specialty Use/Conversion properties sold for $21.7M
Q: Have Governor of the Bank of Israel Prof. Stanley Fischer's macroprudential measures to cool the market failed?
n absolute terms, mortgage repayments have risen Union Bank of sharply, but, on the other A: "If the intention was to affect hand, people's ability to pay has Israel (TASE: the real estate market through also risen and business has UNON) CEO improved," Union Bank of Haim Freilichman mortgages, the answer is that the Bank of Israel did not succeed. Israel (TASE: UNON) CEO But in a broader perspective, Haim Freilichman told Israel’s Globes Business News Service in a recent there has been a halt in activities by buyers groups and buyers of apartments for investinterview. ment. Financing rates have also been tightQ: Is there a scenario of massive ened, and we've seen a drop in high financing rates. When taken together, there has default by borrowers? been an effect." A: "I don’t think so. Even in hard times and at much higher interest rates, customers Q: There were NIS 60 billion in paid and the default rates were low in glob- mortgages last year. What will al comparison. In contrast to the US, bor- happen in 2011? rowers have personal liability and the banks check their income and ability to repay. A: "There's been some cooling, and we'll There will be defaults, but at the margins. feel it even more toward the end of the year. There won't be a national catastrophe." Prices have braked and there's no longer a for every project. Next year, we'll Q: What is the average financing stampede see a drop in the number of transactions and rate that you give? in the size of new mortgages."
I According to analysts, the overall New York City investment sales market has continued to rebound in 2011. Thus far, there have been 433 properties sold, representing an annualized turnover of 1.06%. Brooklyn has outpaced all markets with 146 property sales through the first quarter of the current fiscal year, or 34% of total properties sold. Manhattan leads all markets in terms of dollar volume with $3.1B of sales or 79% of the $3.9B sold citywide.
phe to affect the bank. In any case, the test is the borrowers' ability to pay, but the value of the properties."
A: "The current loan-to-value ratio is below 60%, so there would have to be a catastro-
Report by Globes, Israel Business News, www.globes-online.com
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May 6, 2011
Hundreds Gather for Yom Hashoah Vigil at Iranian Mission BY FERN SIDMAN Several hundred people gathered for a solemn vigil at the Iranian Mission to the United Nations on Sunday afternoon May 1st in New York City to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day. napping in the breeze was an Israeli flag held aloft by participants, and several feet away stood six burning torches representing the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War II. Organizing the entire event were Lynne Bursky Tammam and her husband Nessim of Great Neck, New York, who organized buses from Long Island and other points outside of New York City to transport rally participants as well as arranging for a sizeable contingent
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______________________ “Today's Iran is no different that Nazi Germany. They want to exterminate us as did Hitler and due to their technological advancements they can accomplish their nefarious goals much faster than we think.” ______________________ of Jews from the former Soviet Union to be present. Supporting the rally were such organizations as the New York Association of Holocaust Survivors, Amcha-Coalition for Jewish Concerns, Americans for a Safe Israel (AFSI), the Jewish Political Education
Six burning torches represented the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War II.
technological advancements they can accomplish their nefarious goals much faster than we think." As a former member of the Jewish Defense League and one who is unabashedly proud of his activist roots, Mr. Hikind ruefully observed, "We are an orphaned generation. What the Jewish community is sorely lacking today is authentic Jewish leadership that was epitomized by Rabbi Meir Kahane, of blessed memory. We need organizations and leaders who can mobilize thousands of Jews to take to the streets near the United Nations in September and declare our collective outrage over the proposed unilateral vote on the creation of a Palestinian state that is sworn to destroy Israel and the Jewish people." Lauding the courageous work of "such amazing people" as Lynne and Nessim Tamman who "took it upon themselves to get people out today,” Hikind said that there is hope for the Jewish people as long as we become inspired by "the example of these two people and do everything in our power to take bold steps for our survival." Also the son of a Holocaust survivor, Rabbi Allen Schwartz of Congregation Ohev Tzedek warned that "Ahmadinejad wants to visit a new Holocaust on Israel while denying the veracity of the Holocaust that hap-
Foundation, One Israel Fund, Stand With Us, Z Street, and the Zionist Organization of America. Organizers indicated that the objective of the gathering was to "protest the spread of defamation and libel against Israel and the Jewish people, threats against Israel's existence and funding for international terror by the Iranian regime". Among the speakers in attendance were New York State Assemblyman and long time Jewish activist Dov Hikind (D), representing Brooklyn's 48th assembly district; Rep. Jerrold Nadler, representing New York City's 8th congressional district; Assemblyman David Weprin of New York's 24th assembly
Hundreds gathered for the Yom HaShoah vigil, which was held outside the Iranian mission to the United Nations in Manhattan. district; Rabbi Allen Schwartz, spiritual leader of Congregation Ohev Tzedek on Manhattan's upper west side; Rabbi Yaakov Lerner of the Young Israel of Great Neck; Rabbi Dale Polakoff of the Great Neck Synagogue; and local business leader and political activist Jeff Wiesenfeld. Railing against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's infamous denial of the Holocaust and his threats to annihilate the State of Israel, the speakers also turned their attention to "the cesspool of hatred" which has come to define the United Nations. Decrying the "hypocrisy of the UN and the whole world," Rep. Nadler declared, "we must take any action to ensure that there is no second Holocaust" and excoriated Teheran's efforts at nuclear development, saying "all options should be on the table." "Remembering the Holocaust is quite commendable, but what is needed now is a bold plan of Jewish activism," intoned Assemblyman Hikind. "Our enemies are closing in on us at blinding speed and our very existence as a people is at stake and no Jewish organizations have offered a concrete plan of action,” he said. Mr. Hikind referenced his mother who is a survivor of Auschwitz and said, "Today's Iran is no different than Nazi Germany. They want to exterminate us as did Hitler and due to their
pened 70 years ago." Noting the close proximity of the dates on the Jewish calendar of Yom HaShoa and Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Rabbi Schwartz recalled the ultimate optimism of the biblical prophet Zephania saying the task of the Jewish people is "to transform Yom HaShoa into Yom Ha'Atzmaut; a day of darkness into a day of light." "Israel, which sends healing across the world in times of crises has become a pariah state," said Rabbi Yaakov Lerner of the Young Israel of Great Neck, adding that "Amalek lives on" in the form of Ahmadinejad and others who represent an existential peril to Israel. He exhorted the rally participants to continue to speak out against Jew hatred without fear of world retribution. Rabbi Dale Polakoff of the Great Neck Synagogue said "Remembering the Holocaust on Yom HaShoa is a misnomer. We must remember the lessons of this chapter of Jewish history every single day. If we don't remember, who will?" Serving as master of ceremonies, political activist Jeff Wiesenfeld took note of the Neturei Karta counter-protestors across the street who had unfurled a Palestinian flag, and warned them that "if Ahmadinejad ever had his way with Israel and Jews, they'd be the first to go."
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EDITORIAL
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May 6, 2011
THE PEOPLE’S VOICE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR EDITORIAL Editor,
JUSTICE HAS ITS DAY There is no doubt that the infamous attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 constituted the most definitive moment in modern history. On that fateful day the world stood still; frozen in time as gruesome memories were etched in our collective psyches for eternity. It was on that day that an elusive, shadowy figure named Osama bin Laden (who hitherto was considered a parenthetical nemesis), was suddenly and unceremoniously plucked from historical obscurity and catapulted head first onto the global stage. n the days and weeks to follow, we learned of such organizations as alQaeda and the Taliban, predicated on a doctrine of religious fanaticism and unadulterated hatred for all things Western – namely, the United States. The names and motives seemed more enigmatic to us than the countries from which they originated, but there was one thing we knew: The man leading this confederation of barbaric zealots was responsible for the murder of nearly 3,000 Americans, and it was he that represented an existential peril to the freedoms and liberties that
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_____________________ “We can take some comfort in knowing that the last face that bin Laden saw before his long awaited demise was that of an American serviceman. ” _____________________ we hold so dear. So now, it is close to 10 years later, and the wretched life of Osama bin Laden has finally been snuffed out through a joint effort by the Central Intelligence Agency and the legendary U.S. Navy SEALS in a far away compound in Pakistan. Six days after the 9/11 attacks, a reporter asked then President George W. Bush if he wanted bin Laden dead. “I want him — I want justice,” the president answered. “And there’s an old poster out West, as I recall, that said, ‘Wanted: Dead or Alive.’ ” We can take some comfort in knowing that the last face that bin Laden saw before his long awaited demise was that of an American serviceman. Over the last ten years, we have witnessed bin Laden displaying an unabashed insouciance towards the righteous indignation of the U.S. and the free world in a series
of grotesque videos that he's released. While endlessly taunting his American adversary, he has also launched acrimonious salvos that are replete with clear indications of future attacks of similar magnitude. This victory will no doubt serve as a large feather in President Obama’s cap, just in time for his re-election bid, and may bolster his flagging ratings in the area of foreign policy. But timing is a strange thing, and only through a fortuitous confluence of events did US intelligence ultimately pinpoint bin Laden's location and exact long-awaited justice. On that note, Pakistan has a lot of explaining to do as it has been revealed that they knew of bin Laden's whereabouts for years while remaining criminally mum on the subject and playing a sinister double game with the United States. Despite the jubilant news that this foreboding paradigm of evil incarnate has been eradicated, it would be foolhardy to believe that bin Laden's brainchild, namely al-Qaeda, was buried along next to him the North Arabian Sea. Al-Qaeda is alive and well, as we've so painfully learned during our military involvement in Iraq. We need only turn our heads to the deadly civil strife plaguing Libya to comprehend that al-Qaeda cells have created an unholy partnership with the NATObacked rebel forces. Only the politically myopic would promulgate the erroneous and dangerous notion that the killing of bin Laden is tantamount to the final chapter of al-Qaeda history and those that emulate their pernicious ethos. We must remain cognizant of the fact that al-Qaeda will maintain its status as a multinational purveyor of terrorism unless the US remains vigilant in their quest to do real battle with this seemingly intractable foe. At this juncture, we're riding a wave of national pride and inspiration. Let's capitalize on this euphoria, lest we slide backwards and become complacent by following the interminable liberal rantings of certain political pundits and other opinionistas with a skewed perspective on justice. Al-Qaeda, under bin Laden's leadership, has declared the entire world as fair game in their holy war against those "recalcitrant" infidels. Let us remember the tourist spots that were bombed in Bali and the passenger trains that were likewise bombed in Spain. Let us never forget the 17 sailors murdered on the USS Cole in 2000 and the scores of other US military personnel who were murdered in
he death of arch terrorist Osma Bin Ladin is great news that has long been coming. We have to remember that the killing of Osama is just one step in the battle against al-Qaeda. Just last week you had a front page article by Fern Sidman, stating that the Pentagon is seeking the death penalty for Abd Al Rahim
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Editor, have to say I am happy that the US Navy Seals were successful in killing Osama Bin Ladin. The only thing I can say is that I hope that now the world will be more understanding when Israel targets Palestinian terrorists that attack Israeli citizens. But
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Editor, he murder of Ben Yosef Livnat at Joseph’s Tomb in Shechem was just another sign that there can be no real peace with the Palestinians. Mr. Livnat was part of a group of Breslov Chasidim that regularly go to Joseph’s tomb to pray. If it was left to the few people that follow all the constricting rules and regulations for visits to the tomb it would be ransacked and destroyed by the Arabs who have signed agreements to protect Jewish Holy Sites and allow unfettered access. This is the only the latest in a series of major violation of such agreements. Following the transfer of control of Shechem and the general area encompassing the tomb to the Palestinians
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al Nashiri, the al-Qaeda operative who was involved in the 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Yemen. All terrorist should be libel for the death penalty. They are mass murderers that are deserving of death. The US did the right thing in killing Bin Ladin outright and not bothering to bring him to trial. Chany Kantor
knowing the world I bet the attitude towards Israel will not change, Israel as the land of the Jews will always be the bad boy on the block and no matter how righteous Israel is, the world will always find something to blame them for. Shmuel Haberstam in the early 1990s, there were a series of outbreaks of violence in which Arab rioters and gunmen from Arafat's Fatah militias shot at Jewish worshipers and the tomb's military outpost. Six Israeli soldiers were killed, and many others, including yeshiva students, were wounded in September 1996 when Palestinian rioters and Fatah gunmen attempted to over take the tomb. Eventually, Israeli soldiers regained control of the site. Israel should retake control over the Tomb as well as other Jewish holy sites throught the land or we are doomed to see their destruction similar to what happened to the synagogues in the Old City of Jerusalem between the years of 1948 and 1967. David Cohen
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AN EXTREMIST COUP AT THE UNION FOR REFORM JUDAISM BY CAROL GREENWALD, PH.D The nomination of Rabbi Richard Jacobs to head the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) is the latest coup for J Street. Less than three years after its founding, a member of J Street's Rabbinic Cabinet is being appointed to head the largest branch of American Judaism. With the nominee to head the Reform movement proudly declaring, "I support the goals and visions of J Street," it will be impossible for mainstream American Jewry to continue to marginalize J Street and its profoundly anti-Israel positions. The appointment of Rabbi Jacobs threatens to drive the remaining Zionist Jews out of the Reform movement and to create an unbridgeable schism with the rest of American Jewry. n choosing Rabbi Jacobs, the URJ was strangely silent about his activities vis-àvis Israel. It was as if Israel did not matter. The URJ announcement focused on Rabbi Jacob's creativity, on his skills as a congregational rabbi and on his leadership in calling for changes in the administration of the URJ itself. Even Rabbi Jacobs omitted from his resume that he is a member of the Rabbinic Cabinet of J Street and that he signed a J Street letter for the 2010 High Holy Days which concluded: "...we encourage others to join us in backing J Street and its efforts to achieve peace and security for the state of Israel and her neighbors." J street's efforts include opposing stronger sanctions against Iran, supporting Richard Goldstone's defamatory Gaza report (now repudiated by Goldstone himself), and opposing the US veto of the UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel, to name just a few of its efforts to disparage and delegitimize Israel. To show just how far Rabbi Jacobs' appointment moves Reform Judaism from its tradi-
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tional support of Israel, Rabbi Eric Yoffie, the current president of the URJ and its president for the past 16 years, called J Street's position on the Gaza offensive "morally deficient, profoundly out of touch with Jewish sentiment and also appallingly naïve." Rabbi Jacobs aggressively embraces J Street's push for a two state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. His ideas on this are expressed in his hostility towards the "settlers," the people who in a different age were called Halutzim. Rabbi Jacobs took part last summer in one of the weekly Friday demonstrations in Jerusalem orchestrated by the Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity Movement, a group which describes its own actions as victories against the ''cowardly Zionists' perpetrating an 'apartheid state' and ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem.' " Rabbi Jacobs, of course, does not subscribe to their hateful venom, so why
_____________________ “...we encourage others to join us in backing J Street and its efforts to achieve peace and security for the state of Israel and her neighbors.” _____________________ did he participate in the demonstration? He told New York newspaper, The Jewish Week," I take issue with residents of east Jerusalem [being] taken out of their homes to make room for Jewish settlers." He said that he disagreed with 99% of what the Sheikh Jarrah movement stood for, but he was willing to stand there with demonstrators screaming at a Jewish family preparing for the Sabbath. Was Rabbi Jacobs aware that the Israeli Supreme court had issued an eviction notice for these 'residents of east Jerusalem' because they refused to pay rent to their Sephardic Jewish landlord who has owned
The nomination of Rabbi Richard Jacobs to head the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) is the latest coup for J Street. the property since the 1920's? What was the 1% he agreed with that was so important that it overrode his judgment on the other 99%? Rabbi Jacobs says he does not support the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel, but thinks that selective BDS campaigns against the settlements are different. Here again, his thinking is a profound change from the current Reform movement's position, articulated by the URJ's current president, Eric Yoffie, who in criticizing the boycott of Ariel, which is over the Green line, said, "But, please, no boycotts. Israel's enemies don't need any help." ARZA, the Zionist arm of the Reform movement, has started a campaign to educate
Reform Jews about the BDS movement's attempt to delegitimize and brand Israel an apartheid state. Will Rabbi Jacobs be able to support ARZA's program or will he portray the Jewish state as divided between good Jews and bad Jews, with the latter depicted as obstacles to peace and, therefore, as appropriate targets for castigation and exclusion. This past Yom Kippur, Rabbi Jacobs gave a sermon called "Standing together for Israel" in which he calls J Street "pro-Israel, pro-peace" and quotes approvingly Peter Beinart's critique that young people don't support Israel because it is becoming theocratic and antidemocratic and does not see Arabs as human beings. Should a man who believes these things really be given the responsibility to lead a major branch of American Jewry? Is this just another example of the elite Jewish leadership being profoundly out of touch with the feelings of its mainstream constituency? The Reform movement has always leaned toward the political Left, but Rabbi Jacobs' appointment has the potential to drive Zionist Jews out of the Reform movement and to create a schism with mainstream Jewry, much as J street has set itself in opposition to AIPAC, the Jewish organization long recognized by all religious branches of the Jewish community as representing their pro-Israel views to Congress. Has Reform Judaism reverted to the anti-Zionist stance it held in the first half of the twentieth century, or have the extremists at J Street staged a coup? In either case, where are the rank and file members who understand Israel’s fight for survival and its extraordinary efforts to achieve peace to speak out against such a disastrous course? Dr. Greenwald is chairman of the Maryland-based group, Jews Against Decisive Leadership, and can be reached at jadl@comcast.net.
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THE OBAMA DOCTRINE: LEADING FROM BEHIND BY CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER Obama may be moving toward something resembling a doctrine. One of his advisers described the president’s actions in Libya as “leading from behind.” o be precise, leading from behind is a style, not a doctrine. Doctrines involve ideas, but since there are no discernible ones that make sense of Obama foreign policy — Lizza’s painstaking two-year chronicle shows it to be as ad hoc, erratic and confused as it appears — this will have to do. And it surely is an accurate description, from President Obama’s shocking passivity during Iran’s 2009 Green Revolution to his dithering on Libya, acting at the very last moment, then handing off to a bickering coalition, yielding the current bloody stalemate. It’s been a foreign policy of hesitation,
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______________________ “That the relative power of the U.S. is declining, as rivals like China rise, and that the U.S. is reviled in many parts of the world.” ______________________ delay and indecision, marked by plaintive appeals to the (fictional) “international community” to do what only America can. But underlying that style, assures this Obama adviser, there really are ideas. Indeed, “two unspoken beliefs,” explains Lizza. “That the relative power of the U.S. is declining, as rivals like China rise, and that the U.S. is reviled in many parts of the world.” Amazing. This is why Obama is deliberately diminishing American presence, standing and leadership in the world? Take proposition one: We must “lead from behind” because U.S. relative power is declining. Even if you accept the premise, it’s a complete non sequitur. What does China’s rising GDP have to do with American buck-passing on Libya, misjudging Iran, appeasing Syria? True, China is rising. But first, it is the only power of any significance rising militarily relative to us. Russia is recovering from levels of military strength so low that it barely registers globally. And European power is in true decline (see Europe’s performance — excepting the British — in Afghanistan and its current misadventures in Libya). And second, the challenge of a rising Chinese military is still exclusively regional.
It would affect a war over Taiwan. It has zero effect on anything significantly beyond China’s coast. China has no blue-water navy. It has no foreign bases. It cannot project power globally. It might in the future — but by what logic should that paralyze us today? Proposition two: We must lead from behind because we are reviled. Pray tell, when were we not? During Vietnam? Or earlier, under Eisenhower? When his vice president was sent on a goodwill trip to Latin America, he was spat upon and so threatened by the crowds that he had to cut short his trip. Or maybe later, under the blessed Reagan? The Reagan years were marked by vast demonstrations in the capitals of our closest allies denouncing America as a warmongering menace taking the world into nuclear winter. “Obama came of age politically,” explains Lizza, “during the post-Cold War era, a time when America’s unmatched power created widespread resentment.” But the world did not begin with the coming to consciousness of Barack Obama. Cold War resentments ran just as deep. It is the fate of any assertive superpower to be envied, denounced and blamed for everything under the sun. Nothing has changed. Moreover, for a country so deeply reviled, why during the massive unrest in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen, Jordan and Syria have anti-American demonstrations been such a rarity? Who truly reviles America the hegemon? The world that Obama lived in and shaped him intellectually: the elite universities; his Hyde Park milieu (including his not-to-bementioned friends, William Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn); the church he attended for two decades, ringing with sermons more virulently anti-American than anything heard in today’s full-throated uprising of the Arab Street. It is the liberal elites who revile the American colossus and devoutly wish to see it cut down to size. Leading from behind — diminishing America’s global standing and assertiveness — is a reaction to their view of America, not the world’s. Other presidents have taken antiAmericanism as a given, rather than evidence of American malignancy, believing — as do most Americans — in the rightness of our cause and the nobility of our intentions. Obama thinks anti-Americanism is a verdict on America’s fitness for leadership. I would suggest that “leading from behind” is a verdict on Obama’s fitness for leadership. Leading from behind is not leading. It is abdicating. It is also an oxymoron. Yet a sympathetic journalist, channeling an Obama adviser, elevates it to a doctrine. The president is no doubt flattered. The rest of us are merely stunned. letters@charleskrauthammer.com
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IT’S TIME TO TAKE A STAND FOR FREE SPEECH BY ADAM TURNER In 2011, fringe Florida Pastor Terry Jones finally burned a Koran in Florida. He had first threatened to burn a Koran the year before but had been persuaded to desist by the pleas of numerous prominent Americans, especially members of our governing elite. However, perhaps bothered by his loss of public attention since then, Jones followed through with his original threat on March 20, 2011. ess than two weeks later, Afghanis learned of the incident after President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan – either willfully or recklessly – publicly condemned the Koran-burning. Soon after that, his state employed radical Islamist Imams began to preach to the religious Afghani community, whipping them into a frenzy of anti-Americanism. Predictably, these Afghanis began to look for Americans to punish, and finding that the only Americans in the country were armed soldiers, they chose to broaden their anger to include less menacing Western targets. After more than a week of rioting, this government and Islamist instigated catastrophe has resulted in the deaths of at least 24 people, including the massacre of seven UN civilians, two of whom were beheaded, and there was widespread destruction in Afghanistan's major cities. Ironically, it has also resulted in the burning of multiple Korans. The response from prominent American officials to Pastor Terry Jones' threats and actions regarding the Koran and Islam has been extremely disheartening from a profree speech rights, pro-First Amendment perspective. After Jones' initial threat against the Koran, both President Obama and General David Petraeus asked him not to do so, while the U.S. Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, actually called him up and begged him not to burn the book. To my knowledge, a Secretary of Defense has never before pleaded with a specific individual American not to exercise his obviously First Amendment-protected speech. Further, after Jones finally burned the Koran, even more powerful American officials, including (again) President Obama, (again) General David Petraeus, Mark Sedwill, the top NATO civilian representative in Afghanistan, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Senator Lindsey Graham, all strongly condemned the act. And then the U.S. government officials did more than just criticize. When Pastor Jones tried to follow up his March Koran-burning with an April, two-person protest in front of a mosque in Dearborn, MI, city officials successfully brought him to court, threw him in jail for not paying a "peace bond," and banished him from the mosque area in the city for three years, all before Jones was even able to exercise his right to protest. Of course, the big problem with these government reactions to the disreputable
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"speech" coming from Pastor Jones is that they are only prompted by the violence instigated by Islamists in Afghanistan and elsewhere. When Bibles or American flags are burned, the President, the Secretary of Defense, etc. do not feel the need to vocally oppose or use the courts to shut down these equally insulting yet equally constitutionally protected acts. That is because Christians, Jews, and American patriots do not riot and kill over these kinds of gratuitous insults. So we are, in effect, giving the Islamists exactly what they want – a privileged status for Islam in the U.S. This is not the first time America's elites have caved in to Islamists regarding the speech rights of Americans. In 2005, American newspapers refused to print the Danish cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Mohammed because of the fear of widespread rioting and killings throughout the Muslim world. In 2006, Comedy Central censored the cartoon South Park's innocent depiction of Mohammed. In 2009,
______________________ “Secretary of Defense has never before pleaded with a specific individual American not to exercise his obviously First Amendmentprotected speech.” ______________________ Yale University Press censored the offending Danish cartoons of Mohammed out of a scholarly book it had released on the protests, after concluding that they would incite further violence from Muslim extremists if they were included. In 2010, Comedy Central censored the cartoon South Park's second attempt to depict Mohammed, this time after a direct threat from Revolution Muslim, an Islamist group headquartered in the U.S. This consistent positive reinforcement of Islamist threats and rioting against American speech rights is only getting us more threats and rioting. At some point in the future, the U.S. is going to have to make a hard choice. We can stand up to Islamist driven bullying, or we can fold our tents and give them the power to dictate what we can say or do (at first only about Islam, but later about everything). This won't be an easy choice, since it is quite possible that people will die based on our decision. But if there is anything that can be learned from history, it is this – appeasement of the bully only encourages him, and in the long run, more people will suffer when the bully is consistently encouraged by his victim's continued timidity. It is time to draw the line, here, now. The Legal Project, www.legal-project.org
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Israel’s lool Poised to Hatch High-Tech Golden Eggs
Yaniv Golan, left, and Avichay Nissenbaum invest in promising business concepts. Photo by Tomer Applebaum BY ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN ISRAEL21C.ORG
Feeding corporate giants' insatiable appetite for Israeli innovation, lool Ventures looks to bring the next great Internet/mobile ideas to fruition. n a recent trip to visit high-tech firms in the United States, Israeli businessman Avichay Nissenbaum heard many top executives express concern that without a formal channel for access to startup Israeli technology, they might miss out on the next Twitter or Facebook.
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______________________ “We recognized there is a big gap in Israel in terms of early-stage investment.” ______________________ To fill that need, Nissenbaum and fellow Israeli entrepreneur Yaniv Golan have created a micro-venture capital (VC) fund where Israeli Internet and mobile tech "fledglings" can incubate and hatch - appropriately called lool, the Hebrew word for hatchery or crib. Spelled in all lowercase, the word also evokes digital media. Nissenbaum says that lool Ventures will allow established companies to benefit from the success of its portfolio startups and also hopes to pique their interest in investing in specific ones and taking them public. Started in February and already boasting one portfolio company with a nascent novel solution for commerce and content on the go, lool is dedicated to providing holistic valueadded services throughout the life of an expected two dozen startups over the next five years.
From concept to product, one-two-three Established companies have a growing appetite for adopting the latest hot ideas almost before they're off the drawing board, and lots of those ideas originate in Israel. Two of many such examples are Convergin, a developer of real-time service brokerage applications that was bought out for an undisclosed sum by software giant Oracle last year; and Google's $10 million acquisition of virtual tour software maker Quiksee, based in Or Yehuda, last September. "This market is moving so fast that there is a need to acquire new technology quickly," Nissenbaum explains. "That's why there's a
need for a vehicle to invest at an early stage and provide value-added services." Traditional VCs usually come in with big money only after a project has proven itself capable of providing hefty returns for investors. "That means that sometimes great people with great ideas will get passed over," says Nissenbaum. In contrast, a micro-VC is structured to offer more modest help - under $100 million -- when it's needed most, right at the concept stage. "In the beginning, it's all about the product and its tangible value," says Nissenbaum. "Then we add professional, social marketing, legal and financial services. We are putting these companies into the lool, an open space where they can synergize with others like them. And we've established an extensive network of mentors who are also helping companies to be successful."
Mentoring startups Nissenbaum and Golan are old hands at turning ideas into successful products. They first worked together at a product lifecycle management (PLM) company started in Nissenbaum's spare room, which was renamed SmarTeam following its $35 million acquisition by software development giant Dassault Systemes in 1999. They then created the Q&A site Yedda and in 2007 sold it to AOL (which earlier that year had plunked down more than $300 million for Tel Avivbased Quigo, which specializes in Internet advertising and marketing services). During the past five years, the two experienced businessmen have been mentoring and investing in Israeli "Internet/mobile/web kinds of startups," says Nissenbaum. He is heavily involved in helping students get their ideas off the ground through the Zell Entrepreneurship Program at IDC-Herzliya and has leadership roles in two current Israeli success stories, IncrediMail and comparative pricing site WinBuyer. "We do a lot of pro bono work with many entrepreneurs, listening to their pitches and giving our insights," he says. "We recognized there is a big gap in Israel in terms of earlystage investment." Mentoring is a large part of the services offered by lool, with advice available to portfolio companies from 14 experts, including Doron Reuveni, founder and CEO of utest, Yaron Galai, CEO of Outbrain and Mike Brown of AOL Ventures. Lool has attracted investors including one of Time Warner Cable's major shareholders, says Nissenbaum, "but there is room for more." Though concepts are, of course, vitally important, Nissenbaum says it's just as important to evaluate the personalities behind the products. "It's all about the people," he says.
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Brooklyn Neighborhood Reclaims Some of its Former Glory KINGS HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION ASSOCIATION CELEBRATES THE INSTALLATION OF NEW “RETRO” STREET LAMPS BETWEEN MCDONALD AND OCEAN PKWY BY JV STAFF WRITERS Members of the local community were joined by Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz last Friday in an event marking the installation of new street lamps up and down a section of Kings Highway, using funds obtained from the New York state government, and allocated by Assemblyman Cymbrowitz for the project. The new lamp posts are the latest in an ongoing series of efforts by the Kings Highway Beautification Association to breathe new life into this previously neglected neighborhood. his is how a community working with its elected officials can make a positive difference,” Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz said as he pointed to one of the 22 newly installed antique-style lights along Kings Highway from Ocean Parkway to McDonald Avenue. “These lights are a direct result of this community’s efforts to improve both the aesthetics and business environment of Kings Highway.” Cymbrowitz explained that “While the poles look antique, restoring what our parents and grandparents saw along Kings Highway, the lights themselves are state of the art.” According to KHBA representatives, the lamp posts, which cost approximately $226,000, are modeled after the ones that stood along Kings Highway some fifty years ago. The KBHA was founded some six years ago, and, according to the group’s vice president and co-founder Linda Ebani, the process of procuring and installing the lamp posts took two and a half years from beginning to end. Speaking to the Jewish Voice, Ms. Ebani explained the process by which the KBHA
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Assemblyman Cymbrowitz and Kings Highway Beautification Association officers and members surrounding one of the newly installed “antique” street lights. has striven to improve conditions on Kings Highway. “What we have done is that we have made friends with all of our city officials […] the Commissioner of Parks knows us, the Commissioner of Sanitation, and of course (New York City Councilman) Domenic Recchia, who is a great friend to Kings Highway Beautification, and has helped us from its inception.” Ebani applauded the efforts of city officials to help make the street cleaner. When asked which businesses comprise the KHBA, she explained that “we are a group of residents, we’re not a group of shopkeepers, and we live in the neighboring area, and have been trying to coordinate with the shopkeepers to clean up the street.” She compared the conditions in this neighborhood prior to the establishment of the KBHA to those in the South Bronx. KBHA Program Director Rachel Maleh expressed gratitude to numerous local busi-
nesses whose owners showed initiative in the ongoing clean-up efforts on Kings Highway. Among those mentioned were Doc’s Pharmacy, Holon Grocery, Blossom Bleu gift shop, the local pizzeria Slices of Brooklyn, and Doueck Dental. Dr. Doueck, Maleh mentioned is “very involved – he’s even on the committee.” When asked which businesses, if any, had dragged their feet, refusing to assist in efforts to beautify the neighborhood, KHBA leaders refused to name any names. Other sources, however, tell us that two such shops, which have since gone out of business, are the Bat Yam and Tel Aviv Grocery stores. Tel Aviv Grocery has since been replaced by Tehillat Yitzchak Judaica, a welcome addition in a neighborhood with such a large Jewish population. In addition to maintaining clean storefronts and sidewalks, KHBA is overseeing
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The bar at Siena, one of the new kosher gems of a renovated Kings Highway. graffiti removal, as well as the installation and maintenance of new, sturdy, covered, eye-pleasing trash receptacles along Kings Highway, the funding for which was supplied by Councilman Recchia. Assemblyman Cymbrowitz stressed the importance of KHBA’s efforts. “It’s always important to enhance our commercial strips, but now with the economy taking its toll on shopkeepers’ bottom lines, it’s even more important that we do what we can to encourage local shopping,” he explained. “A thriving commercial strip is an integral part of a community’s viability. It’s good for the neighborhood and it’s good for the City and State as more business means additional jobs and more tax revenue.” And indeed the commercial strip in question is thriving. After a four-year hiatus, Tea for Two has finally come back to Kings Highway. It offers fine dairy cuisine and sushi, as well as a sophisticated atmosphere in which to enjoy them. Speaking of triumphant returns, David Shamah, one of the first purveyors of kosher health food in
Brooklyn, has returned to his roots. Right next door to Back to Nature, the restaurant he opened nearly two decades ago, Shamah and business partner Richard Mishan have opened Siena, an Italian restaurant that looks like it was lifted, brick-by-brick from a posh neighborhood on the Upper West Side. “Classy” doesn’t begin to describe Siena’s décor, which was designed jointly by Mishan and Shamah. The restaurant also features an upscale bar, rare for a kosher restaurant, with (rarer still) a proper selection of spirits. They even have Italian beer on tap, which is a nice touch. Mr. Shamah explains that he and Mishan have been consulting with renowned chef Mark Strausman, known also for the Manhattan eatery Fred’s at Barneys, on everything from designing the menu, to the restaurant’s day-to-day operations. These are but two examples of the renaissance currently sweeping the once-dilapidated Kings Highway. The hard work of groups like the Kings Highway Beautification Association, and enterprising entrepreneurs, is quickly turning this neighborhood into the pride of Brooklyn!
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JCC in Manhattan Partners Nissan NV to Replace With Groups That Support Ford Crown Vic as Official the Itamar Murderers New York City Taxi Despite repeated calls by JCCWatch.org to cut its ties with groups that support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, a beneficiary of the UJAFederation of New York, continues to list the New Israel Fund as one of its partners.
he New Israel Fund’s latest offense, according to JCC Watch, involves offering funding to groups that support the family of the murderers of the Fogel family. These groups organized a visit to the Arab village of Awarta, where the murderers came from, in support of the families of the killers and against the IDF’s activities there in search of them. As reported in last week’s issue of the Jewish Voice, representatives of one of these groups actually hugged one of the murderer’s mothers. On March 11, 2011, in the town of Itamar, north of Jerusalem, Arab terrorists slaughtered Ruth (36) and Rabbi Ehud Fogel (37) and their three children: Yoav (10), Elad (4) and three-month-old Hadas. The Israeli media reported that the parents fought with the attackers, who fled immediately after murdering the family, and that the family's 12-year-old daughter, who was at a youth group activity, returned to her home around midnight, when her calls for the door to be opened for her went unanswered. With the help of a neighbor, they managed to open the door and came upon the grisly scene of the massacre. Richard Allen, founder of JCC Watch.org, a volunteer group made up of current and past members of the JCC in Manhattan and other concerned individuals and organizations, expressed his outrage, saying “We cannot fathom that Jewish communal monies are being used to assist radical organizations that fund groups that laud and embrace the family of murderers of Jewish babies in their own homes.” “It’s time that the board of directors of
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The Nissan van is based on the NV200, a model Nissan sells in both Europe and Asia and only recently brought to market here. The city of New York has chosen Nissan as the supplier for the next generation of taxi cabs. This decision will give Nissan an exclusive 10-year contract for the city’s massive fleet totaling 13,200 taxis. he Nissan design was chosen over the Ford Transit Connect van as well as a design from Turkish builder Karzan. The Nissan fleet will slowly replace the Ford Crown Victorias as well as the hybrid Ford Escapes. The Nissan van is based on the NV200, a model Nissan sells in both Europe and Asia and only recently brought to market here.
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Selecting just one automaker and just one vehicle has its opponents with owners of big taxi fleets saying they don’t want to be stuck using only one model. Advocates for the disabled, meanwhile, oppose any vehicle that isn’t wheelchair accessible. Only Karsan’s entry met that criteria although Ford and Nissan both offered the ability to make some of their vehicles wheelchair accessible. The decision to go with Nissan is a major loss for Ford’s plan to offer the new Transit Connect as a taxi in New York. Furthermore, none of the three competitors are currently built in the United States. The NV200 is, however, slated to be built in Mexico. Close enough?
the JCC in Manhattan stop these partnerships and links. As long as they persist in partnering with such groups as the New Israel Fund, Human Rights Watch, J Street,
______________________ “We cannot fathom that Jewish communal monies are being used to assist radical organizations that fund groups that laud and embrace the family of murderers of Jewish babies in their own homes.” ______________________ and B’Tselem, then the UJA-Federation of New York needs to review the JCC in Manhattan’s funding,” Allen said. According to NGO-Monitor, since 1979 the New Israel Fund “has granted more than $200 million to more than 800 organizations in Israel.... Approximately 20% goes to NGOs [non-governmental organizations] that engage in political activities related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, including some that reject the legitimacy of Israel as Jewish democratic state, and are active in boycott and similar campaigns.” “When are the JCC in Manhattan’s board members going to take responsibility for partnering with and linking to organizations that fund and support groups associated with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel?” asked Allen in a recent statement to the media. “The dots are easily connected to the JCC in Manhattan: their partners are putting money into the pockets of the very groups supporting and comforting the families of the Fogels’ killers.”
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NEWS IN REVIEW INTERNATIONAL Jewish Couple Among the Dead in Marrakesh Cafe Explosion Jewish couple was among more than a dozen people killed in an explosion in Marrakesh that Moroccan authorities are treating as a terrorist attack. Massoud Weizman, 32, and his wife Michal, 30, lived in Shanghai, China, but were visiting Massoud’s parents in Casablanca for Passover. They apparently dropped by the cafe overlooking Marrakesh’s Jamaa el-Fnaa square just before the bomb exploded April 28. The café is popular with tourists; 10 of the casualties were foreigners. Michal, who is an Israeli citizen, was pregnant. Morrocco’s King Mohammed VI has ordered an investigation into the bombing. The country's last major terrorist attack was in 2003. The king reportedly has arranged for a charter flight to fly family members from Morocco to Israel, where the young couple were laid to rest Monday.
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Canada Re-elects Stephen Harper, its Pro-Israel Prime Minister
anada's staunchly pro-Israel Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, was reelected by a wide margin. Harper, who heads the Conservative Party, has gone from heading two successive minority governments to a healthy majority. In Monday's federal elections, Harper captured 167 seats in the 308-seat House of Commons, or 40 percent of the popular vote. In a stunning reversal, the left-leaning New Democratic Party replaced the Liberal Party as the official opposition. The NDP won 102 seats and the Liberals dropped to 34. Harper, with his strong and clear support for Israel, drew many Jewish voters away from the Liberals. In heavily Jewish districts, Israel emerged as a key election concern. In two Toronto-area districts, Jewish Conservatives played up the government's support for Israel and defeated longtime Liberal lawmakers In Montreal, Irwin Cotler, a former justice minister and well-known human rights advocate, won his district in a tough and close race against an Orthodox Jewish city councilor. Cotler, whose victories in the past were assured, won by fewer than 1,000 votes.
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Project Highlights Jewish History of Oswiecim new multimedia project has been launched to highlight the long Jewish history of Oswiecim, the former shtetl in southern Poland where the Nazis built the Auschwitz death camp. The project, launched this week, is called "Oshpitzin," the Yiddish name for the town, and centers on a
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website. Though notorious as the site of the Auschwitz camp, Oswiecim had a majority Jewish population before World War II. The project includes an interactive map of synagogues, businesses and other prewar Jewish sites, plus films, photographs, articles, memoirs, interviews and other educational material on its Jewish history. The site is a project of the Auschwitz Jewish Center, a facility opened in 2000 that is located in the complex, including the only surviving synagogue in Oswiecim. It also hosts a Jewish museum computer center and offers education programs. The center is an affiliate of the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York. Funding for the Oshpitzin project came from the Dutch Humanitarian Fund.
Heroism of Jewish Rescuers Honored he B’nai B’rith World Center in Jerusalem and the Jewish National Fund (JNF) held a joint Holocaust commemoration ceremony on Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day. This ceremony is the only one in the world dedicated to commemorating the heroism of Jews who rescued fellow Jews during the years of torment in Europe and by doing so resisted the Nazi murder machine. Some 250 Border Patrol Cadets – who provided an honor guard - and 300 high school students also participate. The ceremony took place at the Martyr’s Forest “Scroll of Fire” Plaza. Guest speaker were Prof. Uzi Arad, former chairman of the National Security Council and diplomatic advisor the prime minister. Also speaking was be Austrian Ambassador to Israel Michael Rendi, KKL-JNF Chairman Efi Stenzler and B’nai B’rith World Center Chairman Dr. Haim V. Katz.
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Demjanjuk Lawyer Seeks Acquittal in Nazi Death Trial he lawyer for John Demajanjuk, the 91-year-old accused of being an accessory to 27,900 Nazi death camp murders, demanded his client's acquittal Tuesday, telling a Munich court the case was unproved. Lawyer Ulrich Busch was beginning a summation of the defence case, expected to take at least three days, before judges retire to consider their verdict in what may turn out to be the world's last major trial for Holocaust crimes. The lawyer told judges that German, Israeli and Polish prosecutors had previously investigated allegations that Demjanjuk was a guard at Sobibor death camp and decided it would be impossible to
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win a conviction. He argued this was still true. Demjanjuk, previously acquitted at a trial in Israel of working as a Nazi guard at another camp, Treblinka, was deported two years ago from the United States, where he had lived for decades.
ISRAEL Jerusalem Center Receives $12.5 Million Grant to Launch College erusalem’s Shalem Center said it has received a $12.5 million challenge grant in its effort to establish what the center is billing as Israel’s first liberal arts college. The gift, from the New York-based Tikvah Fund, will match other donations during the college’s first four years up to $12.5 million. The center, which announced the gift, said its application to Israel’s Council for Higher Education for accreditation of Shalem College is pending and that it expects the school to open in the fall of 2012. Shalem College initially will offer two majors: an interdisciplinary program in philosophy and Jewish thought, and a course of study in Middle East and Islamic studies. Middle East scholar Martin Kramer is the college’s president-designate. Since its founding in 1994, the right-leaning Shalem Center has been a high-profile intellectual presence in Israel. It publishes a journal in English and Hebrew and translates works of Western political thought into Hebrew. Among its affiliated scholars and key staff members are a number of prominent Israeli thinkers, many of them American-born. The Tikvah Fund has been a major funder of the center’s work.
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Israeli Court Delays Jailing of Former President srael's Supreme Court has delayed a jail term for an ex-Israeli president convicted for sex crimes until after a hearing on his appeal. Moshe Katsav was convicted of rape in December. He was set to begin his sevenyear jail sentence on May 8. The high court decided to delay his imprisonment at least until the hearing later this month. Katsav was convicted of raping an employee when he was a Cabinet minister in 1998 and of sexual harassment involving two other women when he was president from 2000 to 2007. He was sentenced in March, making him the country's highest ranking official ever ordered to prison. Katsav has denied the charges, claiming he is a victim of a political witch hunt.
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Barenboim to Conduct Orchestra in Gaza ontroversial Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim will present a "peace concert" in the Gaza Strip. Barenboim, a Palestinian activist, will direct an organization of 25 European musicians, the French news agency AFP reported. The so-called "Orchestra for Gaza" was announced by the United Nations special coordinator for the Middle East peace process. It marks the first time that Barenboim, who was granted honorary Palestinian citizenship, will visit Gaza. He and the musicians are set to enter Gaza
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NEWS IN REVIEW from Egypt through the Rafah crossing, according to AFP. Barenboim has played for Palestinians in the West Bank on several occasions. He was refused entry to Gaza through Israel on several occasions; it is illegal for Israelis to enter Gaza. Barenboim lives in Berlin and, in addition to being a citizen of Israel, also is a citizen of Argentina and Spain.
Netanyahu, in Meeting with Blair, Urges Abbas to Nix Unity Pact sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Mahmoud Abbas to abandon a unity agreement with Hamas during a meeting with Quartet envoy Tony Blair. The Palestinian Authority president's Fatah party and Hamas, along with several other Palestinian factions, inked the reconciliation agreement Tuesday in Cairo. A formal signing of the Egypt-brokered unity agreement is scheduled for Wednesday. "I call on Abu Mazen to annul the agreement with Hamas immediately and choose the path of peace with Israel," Netanyahu asked Blair during their meeting to discuss the stalled peace process and other diplomatic issues including the elimination of Osama bin Laden, according to a statement issued from the Prime Minister's Office. "The agreement between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas is a hard blow to the peace process," Netanyahu said. "How is it possible to achieve peace with a government, half of which calls for the destruction of the State of Israel and even praises the arch-murderer Osama bin Laden?" Netanyahu is expected to make similar remarks during meetings this week in London and Paris with British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, the statement said.
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Palestinian Leaders are Blaming Jewish Settlers for a Fire in a West Bank Mosque he fire early broke out in a mosque inside a village school building in Hawara, near Nablus. The governor of Nablus, Jibreen al Bakri, accused settlers of arson. Two Palestinian men from Hawara have been arrested and reportedly confessed to the murder of five members of the Fogel family from the nearby Jewish settlement of Itamar. Israeli police are investigating the mosque incident. Unlike other recent arson and vandal attacks in West Bank Palestinian areas, where graffiti written in Hebrew was found at the scenes, no such signs were found in Hawara, police told sources.
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Netanyahu Suspends Eastern Jerusalem Construction Plan he Prime Minister's Office decided to postpone plans to build housing units in Jewish neighborhoods beyond Jerusalem's Green Line for the second time in less than a month. Discussion on the two projects for the construction of more than 900 housing units in eastern Jerusalem was taken off the District Planning and Construction Committee's agenda. One project is a plan to build 930 homes at the neigh-
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borhood of Har Homa, and the other is slated to see the construction of dozens of units in Pisgat Ze'ev. The hearing was meant to address objections that were raised against the projects – one of the final stages before construction permits are issued. The postponement of the hearing delays the projects indefinitely. The Interior Ministry confirmed that the order to bump the discussion came from the Prime Minister's Office, which only three weeks ago rejected four major construction plans for the neighborhoods of Gilo, Har Homa, Pisgat Ze'ev and Ramot.
NATIONAL Israeli Leaders, U.S. Jewish Groups Hail Death of Bin Laden ewish and Israeli leaders welcomed the news that Osama bin Laden was killed in a firefight with U.S. forces in Pakistan. The body of bin Laden, head of the terrorist group al-Qaida and the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2011 attacks on New York and Washington, was taken by U.S. forces and reportedly buried at sea, presumably to prevent his grave from becoming a shrine, The New York Times reported. The body was buried within 24 hours of his death, reportedly in respect of Muslim tradition, according to the Times. "The State of Israel joins the American people on this historic day in celebrating the elimination of Osama bin Laden," read a statement from the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "This is a resounding victory for justice, freedom and the common values of all democracies that are resolutely fighting shoulder to shoulder against terrorism." The American Jewish Committee hailed the news of the successful U.S. operation against bin Laden at his compound.
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U.S. Holocaust Museum Presenting Roll Call of Victims olocaust survivors and members of the public read the names of Holocaust victims at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. The reading at the museum's Hall of Remembrance began Sunday and will last through May 8. During the Days of Remembrance, May 1-8, the museum is commemorating the 6 million Jews killed in the Holocaust, as well as the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution, with observances in Washington and throughout the United States. In recognition of the 65th anniversary of the verdicts at the first Nuremberg trial and the 50th anniversary of the trial of Adolf Eichmann, the museum chose "Justice and Accountability in the Face of Genocide: What Have We Learned?" as its theme for 2011.
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Former Sen. Alan Simpson Calls for Pollard Clemency ormer Sen. Alan Simpson has asked President Obama to commute convicted spy for Israel Jonathan Pollard's sentence to time served. Simpson, a Republican senator from Wyoming from 1979 to 1997, who was appointed by Obama as co-chair of
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the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, sent a letter last week to Obama. "I do not condone espionage, nor do I underestimate the gravity of Pollard's crime," the letter said. "But it is patently clear that Mr. Pollard's sentence is severely disproportionate and (as several federal judges have noted) a gross miscarriage of justice." The letter notes that Pollard is serving the 26th year of a life sentence after being indicted on one count of passing classified information to an ally without intent to harm the United States -- an offense that usually brings up to a four-year sentence. Current and former U.S. lawmakers and government officials have called on Obama in recent weeks to grant clemency to Pollard. The most recent push for clemency has garnered substantive support among congressional Democrats, and a range of former officials of Republican and Democratic administrations.
Virginia Holocaust Museum Opens Exhibit on Eichmann Trial he trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann is the subject of a twomonth exhibit that opened last week at the Virginia Holocaust Museum. It traces the story of the former SS-ObersturmfĂźhrer from his early days in Germany and Austria to his role in sending millions of Jewish men, women and children to their deaths during the Holocaust. Eichmann, who was responsible for deporting European Jewry, fled Germany after World War II and eventually settled in Argentina where he was captured in
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May 1960 by Israeli agents. He was later tried in Jerusalem on 15 charges, including crimes against the Jewish people. This month marks the 50th anniversary of the trial that found Eichmann guilty. He was executed in May 1962 and his ashes scattered in international waters.
Obama Notes Military Service of Jews in Heritage Month Proclamation resident Obama emphasized Jewish military service in his proclamation naming May as Jewish American History Month. "Jewish Americans have defended our country since the days of the American Revolution as devoted service members and chaplains, and they continue to serve with distinction in our Armed Forces," he said in the proclamation issued April 29. The order recalled the World War II sinking of the USS Dorchester, in which a Jewish chaplain joined with two Protestant chaplains and a Catholic chaplain in giving up their life jackets to servicemen and going down with the ship in prayer. "In a time of great need, these chaplains showed that their shared commitment to the lives of others was stronger than any division of faith or background," Obama said. "This same spirit is found in the countless Jewish Americans who, through their everyday actions, work to provide a better life for future generations by joining hands with all who seek equality and progress." The president also recalled President Harry Truman's recognition of Israel within minutes of its 1948 establishment.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS ISRAEL FILM FESTIVAL New York May 5–19 AMC LOEWS 84TH STREET
DOR CHADASH 243 West 42nd Street www.DorChadashUSA.org 6:30pm - Doors Open 7:30pm - Yom Ha'Zikaron (Memorial Day) Ceremony 8:30pm-12:30 am - Yom Ha'Atzmaut (Independence Day) Celebration!
Thursday, May 5, 2011VIP Reception 5:30 PM | The Plaza Hotel | 768 5th Avenue, New YorkAwards Presentation & Premiere of INTIMATe GRAMMAR, Directed By Nir Bergman7:30 PM | The Paris Theatre | 4 West 58th Street, New York2310 BROADWAY (212) 877-3892 The Award ceremony will be followed by the New York Premiere of Nir Bergman’s award-winning film, INTIMATE GRAMMAR. The evening’s festivities are generously supported by the Israel Film Fund, Consulate General of Israel in New York, Jerusalem Film & TV Fund, Jerusalem Development Authority and Ronald S. Guttman.
Be part of the New York community-wide Yom Ha'Atzmaut celebration! Join Dor Chadash and its partners at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill as they honor Israel's fallen and celebrate 63 years of independence at the largest Yom Ha'Zikaron/ Yom Ha'Atzmaut gathering outside of Israel!
YOM HAZIKARON CEREMONY AND YOM HA’ATZMAUT CELEBRATION
AIPAC HOSTS ITS LARGEST EVER POLICY CONFERENCE.
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.
Celebrities Help MJHS “Reach for the Stars” Star-studded Evening Benefits Campaign to Build Hospice Residence Wednesday, May 12, 2011, 6:00-8:00 PM Location: Andaz Hotel 75 Wall Street New York, NY 10005 With the help of famous friends, MJHS Foundation hosts its first annual Reaching for the Stars benefit Wednesday, May 12, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. in Manhattan’s Andaz Hotel. The event will raise funds to support the Sixteen Lights Campaign to build New York’s most innovative hospice residence. The event launches a five-year effort to generate $1 million to fund the Howard “Kvetch” Shapiro wing at the new MJHS Hospice inpatient residence. The facility will not just treat adults with advanced illnesses; it will be the first inpatient unit in New York City to treat children. The evening will include an exhibit of celebrity memorabilia collected by the late Howard “Kvetch” Shapiro, HIV/AIDS activist and columnist. Shapiro will be honored posthumously. Cocktails and other refreshments will be served. Celebrity co-chairs for the event are: • Edward Albee, Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright • Marvin Hamlisch, Emmy-, Grammy-, Oscar-,Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer • Elliot Gould, Academy Award-nominated star of films ranging from MASH to Ocean’s Eleven • Florence Henderson, singer and actress known to millions for playing Carol Brady on TV’s The Brady Bunch • Neil Sedaka, legendary singer and Grammy-winning songwriter
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
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN JEWISH HISTORY For more information, contact Audrey Waters, (718) 759-4677; awaters@mjhs.org
CHABAD OF THE UPPER EAST SIDE LECTURE SERIES PRESENTS "THE TRUE STORY OF DEFIANCE" AN EVENING WITH ZVI BIELSKI, SON OF PARTISAN HERO ZUS BIELSKI Monday, May 16, 8:00 PM 419 East 77th St, Manhattan Come hear the inside story on now the Bielski brothers stood up to the Nazis and saved 1,200 Jews. At the Schneerson Center for Jewish Life, 419 East 77th St. Cost: $18 in advance/$25 at the door RSVP: 212-717-4613 or online at www.chabaduppereastside.com
101 South Independence Mall East, Philadelphia (215) 923-3811 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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JEWCY NEWS PAGE 27 Scarlett Johansson Didn’t Mean to Get So Excited About Trump he White House Correspondents' Dinner always makes for delightfully unlikely celebrity interaction, but Scarlett Johansson would like to clarify her animated conversation with the controversial Donald Trump. "Oh my G-d, I was upstairs on the red carpet and Donald Trump was there, and the last time I saw him, we did Jay Leno together, and my first thought was, 'Oh, hi! I haven't seen you since we did Jay Leno!'" she told Vulture on Saturday night. "And then I was like, 'Oh my gosh. Here I am so happy to see Donald Trump and the Scarlett whole press line just Johansson saw that.' I mean, this whole controversy is so wild. All I could think to say to him was, 'Wow, you've made some headlines recently, huh?'" "I have no problem getting my picture taken with anybody, but certainly that whole situation is absolutely ludicrous."
T Donald Trump Won’t Quit n the latest round in the war between Donald Trump and a growing list of the heaviest hitters in show business, the real-estate mogul and "Celebrity Apprentice" host fired back at David Letterman over the late-night host's on-air suggestion that Trump is a racist. In a letter he sent to the gaptoothed comic on Friday, Trump canceled an appearance on "Late Show With David Letterman" and lambasted Dave for saying Trump's prolonged attacks on President Obama had begun to "smack of racism.” "I was disappointed to hear the Donald Trump statements you made about me last night on your show that I was a 'racist,' " Trump wrote to Letterman.”In actuality, nothing could be further from the truth and there is nobody who is less of a racist than Donald Trump." On his show Thursday night, Letterman discussed with guest "Dr. Phil" McGraw Trump's relentless questioning of whether Obama is an American citizen and demeaning his qualifications for getting into Harvard Law School. "It's all fun, it's all a circus, it's all a rodeo until it starts to smack of racism. And then it's no longer fun," said Letterman. Letterman also said that if Trump comes on his show again, "he ought to be prepared to apologize."
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Duran Duran Headed to Tel-Aviv ore than a few hearts went a-flutter on Tuesday upon the announcement that 1980s pop rock idols Duran Duran are going to perform in Israel on July 30 at the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds as part of the Pic.Nic festival which is also hosting Moby on July 12 and Jane’s Addiction on September 1. While they’ve never split up, the band’s fortunes waned following their initial span of fame with various personnel changes ensuing. The original lineup of John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Andy Taylor (none related), Nick Rhodes and Le Bon reunited in the early 2000s, and Andy Taylor has since left the group again to be replaced by guitarist Dom Brown. The quintet of the two remaining Taylors, Rhodes, Le Bon and Brown just released
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Duran Duran Duran Duran’s 13th studio album, All You Need is Now – produced by Mark Ronson – and are launching a world tour in its support. “We’re excited to be appearing in Tel Aviv in the framework of the Pic.nic festival. This is an important tour for us and we’re glad that Israel is part of it,” Le Bon said in a statement issued by promoter Shuki Weiss. Duran Duran last performed in Israel in 1993.
Miri Ben-Ari Does it Again rammy award winning Miri Ben-Ari, third generations to Holocaust survivors, founder of The Gedenk Movement and most recently recognized by First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House as a "Remarkable Woman" mentor have partnered with Viacom for Yom Hashoah. MTV will be airing The Gedenk Movement campaigns 3 PSA's along with a broadcast on Viacom's screen in Times Square in New York City all day May 1st, every 30 minutes starting at 12am May 1st. These PSA's depict how ordinary people can become victims of hate crimes. On Sunday, May 1st, Miri Ben-Ari will be honored in a special ceremony presented with an award by Boston Mayor Thomas M. Miri Ben-Ari Menino, at the New England Holocaust Memorial, Mass. Ms. Ben-Ari will be the recipient of the New England Holocaust Memorial’s Remembrance Award in recognition of her work with Gedenk (Remember).
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Madoff Movie is Almost Ready film about Bernie Madoff by Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson may finally hit theaters after Mark Madoff's suicide forced producers to add a chapter to the story. Kubicek and Anderson have been making a documentary on the Ponzi scammer, centered on interviews with Madoff's longtime secretary, Eleanor Squillari. Vanity Fair's Mark Seal, who wrote several profiles on Squillari when the scandal broke, is an executive producer on the movie. Kubicek told Page Six he'd hoped to screen it during the Tribeca Film Festival, which wrapped over the weekend -- but after Mark's suicide in December, he had to reinterview Squillari and key members of the Madoff inner circle. Squillari gave 30 hours of interviews for the story about the intricacies behind the biggest financial scam in histoBernie Madoff ry, including how dumbstruck the sons where when their father informed them of the feds' investigation into the fraud.
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Mila Kunis Foot Sore he is no stranger to sore feet after filming Black Swan in agonising pointe shoes. But Mila Kunis just couldn't bear the pain of her high heels after a long night at the Vanity Fair/Bloomberg afterparty for the Washington Correspondents Dinner on Saturday. The Jewish actress, who is single after splitting from long term boyfriend Macaulay Culkin, 30, was spotted sneaking out of the event in her stocking feet with her black Casadei heels clutched firmly in hand. It left her long Versace dress, a structured column design Mila Kunis that featured a thighhigh split, trailing on the ground. The celebration was held at the home of French ambassador, François Delattre. Delattre's house is just down the road from the Washington Hilton where the dinner took place, and it must be remembered that it is in central Washington. This is most definitely not akin to walking barefoot on a sandy beach. However, it was certainly worth going barefoot if it prolonged Mila's stay at the lavish home. The party featured a constellation of stars and politicos from Sean Penn and girlfriend Scarlett Johansson and Paul Rudd to Sarah Palin and Attorney General Eric Holder.
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May 6, 2011
JEWISH MUSEUM HOSTS A VIRTUAL TOUR OF EGYPT Dr. Daniel Pipes, WSJ Reporter Lucette Lagnado Round Out a Distinguished Roster of Guest Lecturers BY DANIEL PEREZ The Jewish Museum of Manhattan, through its “armchair” travel series, dubbed “Travel U,” hosted a day-long seminar last Thursday on the Jews of Egypt. The discussions spanned all of JudeoEgyptian history, from Dr. Diane Sharon’s lecture on “The Myths of Jews in Pharonic Egypt,” to Dr. Pipes on the current civil strife engulfing the country. he Jews of Egypt, Then and Now” offered a fascinating glimpse of Egyptian history through Jewish eyes, led by top scholars. It was also an opportunity to preview the Jewish Museum’s unique travel program. The Jewish Museum, often in conjunction with the Jewish Theological Seminary, hosts a wide variety of tours, from Spain to Sarajevo, from Ireland to India, where intellectually-curious tourists can themselves bear witness to the echoes of Jewish history in locations around the globe. The Jews of Egypt seminar was a miniaturized version, if you will, of that experience – condensed, and brought to the
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Dr. Diane M. Sharon presents “The Myths of Jews in Pharonic Egypt” story of his travails in Egypt, trying to document Egypt’s Jewish past. He described how the Egyptian government, through its Press Office and Antiquities Bureau, stifled his efforts at every turn. He told the story of two Chasidic tourists who had to sneak into an historic Cairo synagogue incognito, and only once inside changed into their customary garb, and snap a few photos while in this holy site. Cowles lamented that this synagogue, so holy to Jews, is for all practical
“These are not the people who are going to be ruling Egypt anytime soon,” he added. Pipes said that he was encouraged by some of the developments in Egypt, but described the modernization of Egyptian political life as “a long-term project.” Lucette Lagnado, on the other hand, did not share Dr. Pipes’ optimism. She related how, prior to the revolution, she was going to Egypt every year for book signings. She felt that, in a sense, she was reclaiming the country that her father had been forced to leave behind. Just a few years ago, she felt perfectly at ease being openly Jewish in Cairo, noting that her book had been well-received even by Egyptian critics, save for the Muslim Brotherhood’s literary critic [And who knew such a thing existed? Perhaps they’re required to read the books before they burn them. –ed.] who panned it. But whereas up until recently, she had been welcomed with open arms by her Egyptian peers, today she feels “completely hopeless” for Egypt’s future. Pipes at least allowed for the possibility, however remote, of a bright, democratic Egyptian future, but Lagnado saw a future of oppression and intolerance in the country she so loved. Lagnado cited, as a particularly “haunting” aspect of the Tahrir Square riots, the fact that members of the Muslim Brotherhood, during the ostensibly pro-democratic demonstrations, were out, serving tea to the protestors. They also, according to Lagnado, controlled the distribution of megaphones. Though not openly malevolent, it is a chilling image, one of the pernicious forces of Islamic fanaticism ingratiating themselves with those working to overthrow one form of
Noted Middle East historian and political commentator Dr. Daniel Pipes, with Wall Street Journal reporter Lucette Lagnado, discussing “Egypt’s Chance.” based on a rejection of the rabbinic Oral Torah tradition, or mesorah, that was held by most Jews to be no less sacred than the Hebrew Bible. Among the interesting facts pointed out by Dr. Braunstein is that at one point, most of Egypt’s Jewish artisans, serving both the rabbinic and Karaite communities, were themselves adherents of Karaism. Interwoven with Dr. Braunstein’s slideshow displaying the architectural and artistic treasures of Jewish Egypt were several touching personal stories involving the previous Jewish Museum-led excursion to Egypt. One such anecdote involved an Egyptian funeral. The story begins with a tour of one of Egypt’s historic synagogues:
Samuel R. Thomas performs: The Foundations of Egyptian Music very heart of Manhattan. While one of Travel U’s aims is to stimulate interest in next year’s tour, the program was fascinating in its own right. The program began with lectures on Jewish life in Egypt in the Pharonic, Hellenistic, and Medieval Periods. At halfpast noon, Travel U hosted a performance by musician Sam Thomas, called “Mitzrayim and Maqam: Foundations of Egyptian Music,” adding a new dimension to the Jewish Museum’s virtual voyage. The program resumed after lunch with Dr. Susan Braunstein, Curator of the Museum, speaking on “Synagogue Architecture and Ritual Objects from 19th Century Egypt.” While that may sound like a dry subject, the long, complex history that is the Jewish-Egyptian narrative makes it a fascinating one. The lecture featured a slide show highlighting Jewish and Karaite congregations around Egypt. For those not familiar with the Karaite community, they are an ancient sect that branched off of the Jewish mainstream over a millennium ago,
“When we arrived, our host was very agitated. He said ‘I want to meet with you, I want to talk to you, but I have to go to a funeral.’ And we thought it was some other funeral, but it turned out that a [recently deceased] Jewish woman, who was 90 years old, had married a Muslim, and she wanted to be buried in the Jewish cemetery. And so he needed to go to the Jewish cemetery to oversee her burial, but he was not familiar with how to conduct a Jewish service. One of the members of our group, Leonard, actually felt comfortable doing that. He found a prayer book, and we wound up all going to the cemetery in order to attend this funeral. It was extremely moving. We were a group of 25 people, larger than the whole Jewish community of Alexandria. We happened to be at the right time to make a minyan […] for this woman whom we had never met. We met her son and her grandchildren; they were Muslims, and did not understand what was going on. But somehow, between the languages, and just the raw emotion, we were able to connect with them. […] This was just an opportunity we couldn’t believe that we had stumbled into, and were able to be there at a very important moment in a Jewish life.” Another highlight of the afternoon was photographer David Cowles, who related the
Photographer David Cowles relates his harrowing experience trying to document Jewish Egyptian holy sites while avoiding censorship and harassment by Egyptian authorities. intents and purposes, no longer a Jewish site. For those more in interested in the current situation in Egypt, the most riveting presentation was probably that of historian and writer Dr. Daniel Pipes, whose work has made him both revered and reviled in the public arena. Dr. Pipes was accompanied by a surprise guest, Lucette Langado of the Wall Street Journal, who also wrote a criticallyacclaimed memoir about growing up Jewish in Egypt, entitled Man in the White Sharkskin Suit. Ironically, though Dr. Pipes is dismissed by hardcore leftists and Islamists alike as being Islamophobic, he came off as the more liberal of the two when discussing Egypt’s future. Dr. Pipes, who often stresses the importance of engaging the support of Muslim moderates to combat the threat of militant Islamism, expressed cautious optimism regarding post-revolutionary Egypt. He anticipates that the Egyptian military will maintain a strong grip on the country’s civic life, and that the months and years to come would be characterized by, to use his words, “more continuity than change.” Nonetheless, Pipes explains that he sees in the digitization of the current revolution “a maturation, a moderation of Egyptian life. I see it as encouraging and as real, but at the same time very remote from the corridors of power.”
despotism, paving the way for another. Obviously the situation in Egypt is a complex one. When asked by the Jewish Voice if there are major security concerns surrounding a Jewish tour of Egypt, or any other of the Jewish Museum’s destinations, the Museum’s communications director Anne Scher, reassured us, saying: “The Jewish Museum's travel program would never go to a country on the U.S. Department of State's Travel Warnings. Egypt was recently taken off that list. Safety is of the greatest importance. We implement special precautions as appropriate on all of our travel programs.” Fair enough. After one afternoon, this reporter was hooked. The Jewish Voice wishes the Jewish Museum continued success in its efforts to educate the public on the rich international heritage of the Jewish people. The Jewish Museum’s upcoming international destinations include Eastern Europe, Greece, Italy, Amsterdam & Bruges, Morocco, and Cuba. They will also be leading several tours within the United States. For more information on Travel U and the Jewish Museum’s travel programs, visit www.thejewishmuseum.org/travel. Photos by Alicia J.D. Cooper
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May 6, 2011
YOM HA’ATZMAUT 5th, IYAR, 5708 -5770 (1948-2010) The Declaration of the State of Israel
ERETZ-ISRAEL - the Land of Israel, was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here they first attained to statehood, created cultural values of national and universal significance and gave to the world the eternal Book of Books. After being forcibly exiled from their land, the people kept faith with it throughout their Dispersion and never ceased to pray and hope for their return to it and for the restoration in it of their political freedom. Impelled by this historic and traditional attachment, Jews strove in every successive generation to re-establish themselves in their ancient homeland. In recent decades they returned in their masses. Pioneers, ma’pilim - immigrants coming to Eretz-Israel in defiance of restrictive legislation and defenders, they made deserts bloom, revived the Hebrew language, built villages and towns, and created a thriving community controlling its own economy and culture, loving peace but knowing how to defend itself, bringing the blessings of progress to all the country’s inhabitants, and aspiring towards independent nationhood. In the year 5657 (1897), at the summons of the spiritual father of the Jewish State, Theodore Herzl, the First Zionist Congress convened and proclaimed the right of the Jewish people to national rebirth in its own country. This right was recognized in the Balfour Declaration of the 2nd November, 1917, and re-affirmed in the Mandate of the League of Nations which, in particular, gave international sanction to the historic connection between the Jewish people and Eretz-Israel and to the right of the Jewish people to rebuild its National Home. The catastrophe which recently befell the Jewish people - the massacre of millions of Jews in Europe - was another clear demonstration of the urgency of solving the problem of its homelessness by re-establishing in Eretz-Israel the Jewish State, which would open the gates of the homeland wide to every Jew and confer upon the Jewish people the status of a fully privileged member of the comity of nations. Survivors of the Nazi holocaust in Europe, as well as Jews from other parts of the world, continued to migrate to Eretz-Israel, undaunted by difficulties, restrictions and dangers, and never ceased to assert their right to a life of dignity, freedom and honest toil in their national homeland. In the Second World War, the Jewish community of this country contributed its full share to the struggle of the freedom- and peace-loving nations against the forces of Nazi wickedness and, by the blood of its soldiers and its war effort, gained the right to be reckoned among the peoples who founded the United Nations. On the 29th November, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution calling for the establishment of a Jewish State in Eretz-Israel; the General Assembly required the inhabitants of Eretz-Israel to take such steps as were necessary on their part for the implementation of that resolution. This recognition by the United Nations of the right of the Jewish people to establish their State is irrevocable. This right is the natural right of the Jewish people to be masters of their own fate, like all other nations, in their own sovereign State. ACCORDINGLY we, members of the Peoples council, representatives of the Jewish community of Eretz Israeland of the Zionist movement, are here asssembled on the day of the termination of the British NMandate over Eretz Israel and by virtue of our natural and historic rightand the strength if the resolution of the United NationsGenera Assembly, herby declare the establishment of a Jewish State in Eretz israel to be known as The State of Israel. WE DECLARE that, with effect from the moment of the termination of the Mandate being tonight, the eve of Sabbath, the 6th Iyar, 5708 (15th May, 1948), until the establishment of the elected, regular authorities of the State in accordance with the Constitution which shall be adopted by the Elected Constituent Assembly not later than the 1st October 1948, the People’s Council shall act as a Provisional Council of State, and its executive organ, the People’s Administration, shall be the Provisional Government of the Jewish State, to be called “Israel”. THE STATE OF ISRAEL will be open for Jewish immigration and for the Ingathering of the Exiles; it will foster the development of the country for the benefit of all its inhabitants; it will be based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel; it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex; it will guarantee freedom of religion, conscience, language, education and culture; it will safeguard the Holy Places of all religions; and it will be faithful to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations. THE STATE OF ISRAEL is prepared to cooperate with the agencies and representatives of the United Nations in implementing the resolution of the General Assembly of the 29th November, 1947, and will take steps to bring about the economic union of the whole of Eretz-Israel. WE APPEAL to the United Nations to assist the Jewish people in the building-up of its State and to receive the State of Israel into the comity of nations. WE APPEAL- in the very midst of the onslaught launched against us now for months - to the Arab inhabitants of the State of Israel to preserve peace and participate in the upbuilding of the State on the basis of full and equal citizenship and due representation in all its provisional and permanent institutions. WE EXTEND our hand to all neighbouring states and their peoples in an offer of peace and good neighborliness, and appeal to them to establish bonds of cooperation and mutual help with the sovereign Jewish people settled in its own land. The State of Israel is prepared to do its share in a common effort for the advancement of the entire Middle East. WE APPEAL to the Jewish people throughout the Diaspora to rally round the Jews of Eretz-Israel in the tasks of immigration and up-building and to stand by them in the great struggle for the realization of the age-old dream - the redemption of Israel. Placing our trust in the “Rock of Israel” we affix our signatures to this proclamation at this session of the provinsional council of the state on the soil of the homeland, in the city of Tel Aviv on this Shabbat Eve, the 5th Day of Iyar 5708 914th of May 1948).
David Ben-Gurion
Daniel Auster Mordekhai Bentov Yitzchak Ben Zvi Eliyahu Berligne Fritz Bernstein Rabbi Wolf Gold Meir Grabovsky Yitzchak Gruenbaum Dr. Abraham Granovsky Eliyahu Dobkin
Meir Wilner-Kovner Zerach Wahrhaftig Herzl Vardi Rachel Cohen Rabbi Kalman Kahana Saadia Kobashi Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Levin Meir David Loewenstein Zvi Luria Golda Myerson
Nachum Nir Zvi Segal Rabbi Yehuda Leib Hacohen Fishman David Zvi Pinkas Aharon Zisling Moshe Kolodny Eliezer Kaplan Abraham Katznelson
Felix Rosenblueth David Remez Berl Repetur Mordekhai Shattner Ben Zion Sternberg Bekhor Shitreet Moshe Shapira Moshe Shertok
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FOUR-STAR INDIAN CUISINE – FROM BOMBAY TO MANHATTAN, BY WAY OF TEANECK WARNING: THIS REVIEW MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR THE FAINT OF HEART OR PALATE! BY DANIEL PEREZ & PENINA GHEITANI Shalom Bombay originally opened in Teaneck, New Jersey a few years ago, and was so successful that their owners decided to take a crack at the prestigious Manhattan market. The opening of their new location in New York City marks a major victory for the tastebuds of New York’s kosher consumers. kay, full disclosure: We love Indian food. The exotic aromas, the complex flavors, the variety of textures, just really do it for us. If bland and predictable is more your thing, you might want to stick to your corner pizza shop. If, on the other hand, you share our taste for the exotic, and/or are open to new experiences, then by all means, read on. Penina and I arrived at Shalom Bombay ready for an adventure, and they didn’t dis-
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Shalom Bombay’s rustic look was created by the same interior designer from the famous (non-kosher) Baluchi’s restaurants.
The sound of the sizzling mixed kebab platter was music to our ears! appoint. The first thing we noticed when we walked in was the décor. The restaurant had a very carefully orchestrated rustic look. The mashgiach, Raphael, (who has been with the restaurant since before they opened their Manhattan location) pointed out that the restaurant’s interior was designed by the same person who designed Baluchi’s, a chain of popular non-kosher Indian restaurants. It was, in any event, a welcome relief from the lack of ambience that is all too common in many New York kosher establishments that don’t seem to consider it relevant to the dining experience. But perhaps as striking as what we saw was what we didn’t see. Kosher consumers who frequent Indian restaurants are likely to notice Hindu and/or Buddhist icons in abundance, raising questions of exposure to avodah zara (idolatry). Such icons were conspicuously absent at Shalom Bombay, indicating that the owners of the restaurant know their customers, and are sen-
The mildly-flavored Tawa Chicken was both colorful and delicious.
zling palette of colors to please the eye. And the sixth sense? Well, when we sat down and were immersed in the exotic décor and dulcet tones of soft Indian music, somehow we just knew we were in for a special treat. When our waitress Roma (who was fabulous, by the way) made her recommendations and took our orders, I had one specific request, or rather, challenge, for the chef. I asked for the spiciest dish he could possibly make. I have a particular fondness for spicy food, and being limited to kosher restaurants and home cooking, have yet to encounter a food too hot to handle. The chef responded by including, alongside the freshly-baked, chewy, delicious naan (a fluffy bread, baked in a clay tandoori oven and bearing a slight resemblance to laffa, for those of you more familiar with Israeli food), several slices of paratha (another sort of flatbread) laced with herbs and chili peppers. In addition, he added an extra kick to the lamb rogan josh (Roma pronounced it “rogan jos”—rhymes with “dose”—cubes of lamb, normally cooked in a “mildly spiced” curry sauce). What follows is a slightly (only slightly) dramatized account of my response to this (metaphorical) one-two punch to my mouth and stomach.
10 seconds after my first bite: “Well, I don’t see what all the fuss is about. It’s certainly very tasty, but not what I’d call ‘spicy.’ Is that really the best you’ve got?!”
A yin-yang of halwa and carrot pudding for dessert. sitive to their needs. It seems that the mashgiach was concerned about the kashrus of more than just the food. Speaking of the food – the food! Words simply cannot describe, but as writers, I suppose it is our duty to at least try. It would not be exaggerating to say that the food at Shalom Bombay is pleasing to all five, nay, six senses! From the moment you sit down, you are greeted with the delightful aroma of the myriad herbs and spices that make Indian cuisine so special. When our appetizer of beef and vegetable samosas (stuffed, fried pastries) arrived, we couldn’t help noting how the flavor was complimented by the texture – a thin crispy shell, and a soft, savory filling. When they brought out the mixed kebab platter, still on a sizzling skillet, the sound of it was music to our ears. It and all the dishes brought before us came in a daz-
3 minutes after first bite: (Beads of sweat beginning to form on my forehead.) “Oh, I get it. It’s kind of a ‘slow burn.’ This is definitely more satisfying than a dish that instantly knocks you flat on your rear. Still, I’ve had hotter.” 8 minutes after first bite: (At this point, I’m sweating profusely.) “It appears a few stray drops of curry sauce have burned a hole through my necktie. Touché, chef. Touché.” Raphael explained that the kitchen staff at Shalom Bombay can prepare their dishes in a variety of ways, ranging for the very mild (which most customers prefer), to ludicrously hot (like I requested). Let me warn you from my own experience, if you think you like it hot, be ready to eat your words. This was the most intense meal I’ve had in a very long time, and I enjoyed every minute of it. My dining companion stuck with the milder dishes, and had an equally satisfying experi-
ence. Penina washed down her chicken tikka masala (both it, and the tandoori chicken— which in my past experiences often gets dried out before it makes it to the table— were moist and delicious) with a Piña Colada. One sip and we could imagine ourselves relaxing on the famed beaches of Goa. I, at Roma’s suggestion, opted for the 1947, a popular Indian lager whose crisp, clean flavor was the perfect refresher between bites of curry. I would be happy to be proven wrong, but it seems to me that Indian cuisine as we know it lends itself much more to pairing with beer than wine. A pint of Guinness and I would have really been in heaven! For dessert, they brought out a ying-yang shaped mound of Indian halwa and carrot pudding. Hot halwa isn’t really my thing, but I recognized it as being very good for what it was – and Penina loved it. The carrot pudding was superlative. Penina and I have had carrot pudding elsewhere, and what they serve at other places, compared to the dessert at Shalom Bombay, tastes more like someone stuck a bottle of Gerber baby food into a microwave! Suffice it to say that we were very pleasantly surprised. When asked what he enjoyed most about being the mashgiach of such an unusual restaurant, Raphael pointed out the passion of Shalom Bombay’s staff for what they were doing. It’s a passion he shares, and one that really comes through in every aspect of the Shalom Bombay dining experience. Says Raphael: “I’m a little embarrassed, but sometimes I go home and dream about this food.” And we can’t blame him. After our evening at Shalom Bombay, so did we!
Shalom Bombay 344 Lexington Ave (Between 39th and 40th St.) 212.922.0224 SUPERVISION Kosher supervision by OU, mashgiach temidi on site. CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED:
HOURS Lunch: Sunday through Friday, 12:00-3:00 PM Dinner: Sunday through Thursday, 5:00-11:00 PM Open Saturday nights, one hour after Shabbat (Late Fall and Winter only)
MORE GOOD NEWS! More good news: Shalom Bombay caters events! Whether you’re planning a sheva brachos (my coauthor/fiancée and I are strongly considering this one), or a Kiddush at your local synagogue, Shalom Bombay has a variety of options available. Check them out online at
ShalomBombay.com!
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May 6, 2011
Novitec 8C Spider is the World’s Fastest and Most Powerful Alfa Romeo
Novitec is proud to announce that they’ve built the world’s fastest and most powerful Alfa Romeo, taking an 8C Spider and equipping it with 600-hp and a top speed of 190-mph. ovitec, one of the world’s premier tuners of Italian vehicles, adapted the supercharger from the Novitec Tridente Maserati GT, and outfitted it on the Alfa Romeo 8C Spider. In addition, Novitec equips the 8C with a stainless-steel exhaust, height-adjustable suspension and a 21- and 22-inch staggered wheel/tire combination. To ensure the powerplant is safely boosted with the addition of the supercharger, Novitec also includes a water-to-air intercooler with dedicated radiator and larger fuel
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injectors with the kit. To put it all together, the ECU is reflashed with a new tune. As a result, power leaps from the factory 450-hp to 600-hp with peak torque at 434 lb-ft. The optional exhaust system is a quad-tipped piece that fits with the factory cutouts in the rear apron. Instead of equipping the 8C with an aero kit, Novitec decided to simply outfit it with a classy set of three-piece NA3 wheels. Up front are 21×9-inch rollers while the rear gets a 22×11.5-inch set that fill out the wheel wells quite nicely. Changing the stance is also a breeze from Novitec with a coilover suspension package that allows the driver to adjust both the damper and height of the vehicle. Lastly, customers can specify interior upgrades from leather to Alcantara in any color.
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Electric Mercedes-Benz S-Class In the Works?
According to Daimler AG’s technical chief, Thomas Webber, the next generation Mercedes-Benz S-Class will possibly include an all-electric version. n addition, the new car will likely share no cabin architecture with the current model and will also be offered in hybrid and plug-in hybrid forms, as well as conventional gas and diesel engined versions. In fact, the gas engines are rumored to be the new MoVe V-6 and V-8 motors, while oil burning options are said to include the 201 hp 2.2-liter diesel four, which would be the the smallest engine ever installed in a SClass. Other features are said to include a
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Lincoln Compact Concept May Debut at Los Angeles Auto Show
Lincoln may show an updated version of its Concept C small car at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show, as automakers of all stripes begin rolling out their new smaller, fuel efficient cars that feature much of the same equipment as more upscale models. he first Concept C, which debuted in 2009, was attractive but had very little chance of making it to production in its existing form. While the 1.6L Ecoboost powertrain is a shoo-in for a premium, fuel-efficient compact, with its 180 horsepower and 180 lb-ft, but the pseudo-
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hatchback body style will likely undergo substantial revisions for its Los Angeles deubt, not to mention any sort of production run. Fortunately, the Focus underpinnings used for any future Concept C will afford Lincoln a wide berth to engineer a desirable compact that will also have superb driving dynamics and build quality. Lincoln has previously stated that a compact luxury car will appear within three years, and with Mercedes, BMW and Audi all preparing (or selling, in Audi’s case) a compact model, the timing is just right for an American competitor.
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May 6, 2011
TIMELINE OF AL-QAEDA ATTACKS While the most dastardly terror attack perpetrated by al-Qaeda was the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, The Pentagon and Flight #93, al-Qaeda had been active since the early 1900’s eith attacks in almost every part of the world.
Following is a list of attacks attributed to al-Qaeda (many more took place in Afghanistan and Iraq). n December 29, 1992, the first attack by Al Qaeda was carried out in Aden, Yemen. That evening, a bomb went off at the Gold Mohur hotel, where U.S. troops had been staying while en-route to Somalia, though the troops had already left when the bomb exploded. The bombers targeted a second hotel, the Aden Movenpick, where they believed American troops might also be staying.
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February 1993 World Trade Center The 1993 World Trade Center bombing occurred on February 26, 1993, when Ramzi Yousef parked a rented van full of explosives in the parking garage beneath the World Trade Center. The explosion claimed six victims, and over one thousand people were wounded. Ramzi Yousef, the nephew of 9/11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, had trained in Afghanistan, although Khalid Sheikh Mohammed did not join Al Qaeda until 1998. Yousef worked in cooperation with the blind sheikh Abdul. The FBI later turned up evidence that Osama bin Laden provided financial support to the blind sheikh Omar Abdul-Rahman.
March 1993 Bombay bombings The 1993 Bombay bombings were a series of 13 bomb explosions that took place in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra,
India on 12 March 1993. The coordinated attacks were the most destructive bomb explosions in Indian history. The single-day attacks resulted in up to 250 fatalities and 700 injuries.
Christmas market near the Strasbourg Cathedral in Strasbourg, France in December 2000.
ple died during the attacks around 700 were injured.
September 11, 2001, attacks
1994 Bojinka, Philippine Airlines Flight 434
The most destructive act ascribed to alQaeda was the series of attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001. These attacks destroyed the World Trade Center and damaged the Pentagon in a series of suicide hijacking of airplanes.
July 23, 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks
Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed planned Operation Bojinka, a plot to destroy airplanes in mid-Pacific flight using explosives. They tested their attacks in November 1994 on the Philippine Airlines Flight 434, which also involved Abu Sayyaf (a Southeast Asia affiliate of Al Qaeda).
1998 U.S.-embassy bombings In August 1998, Al-Qaeda operatives carried out the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar as Salaam, Tanzania, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 5,000 others.
2000 USS Cole bombing In December 1999 and into 2000, alQaeda planned attacks against U.S. and Israeli tourists visiting Jordan for millennial celebrations; however, Jordanian authorities thwarted the planned attacks and put 28 suspects on trial. Part of this plot included the planned bombing of LAX, but this plot was foiled when bomber Ahmed Ressam was caught at the US-Canadian border with explosives in the trunk of his car. Al-Qaeda also planned to attack the USS The Sullivans on January 3, 2000, but the effort failed due to too much weight being put on the small boat meant to bomb the ship. Despite the setback with the USS The Sullivans, al-Qaeda succeeded in bombing a U.S. warship in October 2000 with the USS Cole bombing. German police foiled a plot to bomb the
October 2002 Bali bombings The 2002 Bali bombings occurred on 12 October 2002 in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The attack was the deadliest act of terrorism in the history of Indonesia, killing 202 people, a further 240 people were injured.
November 2003 Istanbul attacks The 2003 Istanbul bombings were four truck bomb attacks carried out on November 15, 2003 and November 20, 2003, in Istanbul, Turkey, leaving 57 people dead, and 700 wounded.
February 2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing The 2004 SuperFerry 14 bombing on February 27, 2004, was an Islamic terrorist attack that resulted in the sinking of the ferry SuperFerry 14 and the deaths of 116 people in the Philippines.
March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings It is thought that al-Qaeda was responsible for the bombing of the Madrid commuter train system, 911 days after the 9/11 attacks.
July 7, 2005 London transport bombings Four members of Al-Qaeda, three of British Pakistani descent and one of British Jamaican descent attacked London’s public transport on July 7, 2005. Three bombs were detonated on the London Underground and one on a double decker bus. The attacks took place between 8.50 am and 9.47 am. 56 peo-
The 2005 Sharm el-Sheikh attacks were a series of terror attacks on July 23, 2005, perpetrated by an Islamist organization, targeting the Egyptian resort city of Sharm elSheikh, located on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula.
November 9, 2005 Amman hotel bombing Suicide bombers merged into a wedding crowd in Hayatt Amman Hotel, with two other hotels targeted in the same night leaving 60 people dead and hundreds injured.
11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings The Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts that took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai , capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the nation's financial capital. 209 people lost their lives and over 700 were injured.
April 2007 Algiers bombings Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb claimed to have been responsible for the April 11, 2007 Algiers bombings. Two bombs exploded within a short time of each other, one at the prime ministers office and the other at a police station. The blasts killed 33 people.
June 2, 2008 Danish-embassy bombing Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the bombing of the Danish embassy in Pakistan on June 2, 2008. A car bomb killed six people and injuring several. Mustafa Abu alYazid, a high-ranking member of Al-Qaeda, claimed that the attack was a response to the 2005 publication of the Muhammed Cartoons.
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May 6, 2011
Parshat Emor: Of ‘Sefira’ Beards and Beacons Gone Bad (Leviticus 21-24)
BY RABBI BORUCH LEFF BASED ON THE TEACHINGS OF RAV YAAKOV WEINBERG ZT”L
If you take a look at Jewish men postPassover, you'll probably notice many of them with stubble on their faces, the beginnings of beards. Why the sudden wish to join the bearded men of the world? It's only a temporary beard grown as a sign of mourning during the period between Passover and Shavuot called Sefirat HaOmer, Counting the Omer. n reality, a 'sefira' beard should be a contradiction in terms. We are excited that Shavuot is coming and we will be receiving and re-committing ourselves to the Torah once again. That's why we count the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot, anxiously awaiting the day. It is a great time of happiness. How then could Jewish history have developed in such a way that this season became one of mourning? Since when does passion and joy turn to sadness? Let us explain this seeming dichotomy and study in-depth the contradictory roles played by the 'Sefirat (Counting of) HaOmer' time period, which is discussed in our Parsha, Emor: "You should count for yourselves, beginning with the day after the day of rest (Passover), when you bring the (measure-
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Shavuot, is a quasi-festival - a Chol HaMoed. It should be a time of great joy and happiness. Yet, it is the opposite. Talmud Yevamos 62b describes the Sefira period as a season of mourning and sadness because 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva died during this time. How could this national seasonal transformation have occurred? How could even these tragic deaths change the nature of our joyous counting and preparation for the Giving of the Torah? Another question: When we let our facial hair grow, refrain from listening to music, and avoid making weddings during this time, what exactly are we mourning? It seems obvious - the Talmud Yevamos told us that we are mourning Rabbi Akiva's students. But it is not so simple. Much to our great chagrin, Jewish History is replete with tragedies as horrible if not more horrible than the one that befell the 24,000 students. Yet, we don't find a commemoration nearly as long as 49 days (or at the very least 33 days leading up to Lag B'Omer - see Shulchan Aruch 493). We can't be mourning the fact that a large number 24,000 - died, because we have tragedies with numbers even more horrific. We can't even be mourning the fact that 24,000 rabbis died since there have been many tragedies where just as many, if not more, perished. What then are we mourning? And why does it warrant such a long mourning period? The answer is that we are mourning the Torah itself that was lost with the deaths of Rabbi Akiva's 24,000 students. Rabbi Akiva was the leading Torah Sage of the Talmudic Age. The future of Torah tradition lay in the hands of Rabbi Akiva's students. That future was lost with them. Had Rabbi Akiva not salvaged five students, as the Talmud continues to relate, we would have been bereft from Torah tradition forever. Thank G-d the Torah survived, but we lost the additional Torah insights and perspectives of 24,000, never to be regained. Why did the students die specifically during the time period between Passover and Shavuot? Commentaries explain that since this is the time of Sefira, we are obligated particularly to count and show our respect and appreciation for the Torah. As the Talmud in Yevamos comments, Rabbi Akiva's students died because they lacked respect for one another. (This passage itself requires great explanation and is certainly not to be taken at face value but that is beyond the scope of this essay.) If they failed to show respect for each other as Torah scholars, they apparently lacked a proper appreciation for the Torah itself. This occurred at a time when G-d expects a heightened awareness of the respect that Torah is owed. Hence, the 24,000 students died specifically between Passover and Shavuot. Originally, we were to have expressed our respect and honor for the Torah in a positive vein, by counting excitedly to Shavuot. Now, we still express our appreciation and tribute for the Torah - but in mourning. We grow our beards and refrain from music and weddings as mourners do because we show our respect for Torah in feeling the pain of the Torah lost in the deaths of the 24,000. In a certain sense, we mourn the fact that we, as a nation, could not suffice in showing
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Summary of Haftarah:
Parshat Emor Ezekiel 44:15-3 In the haftarah for Parshat Emor Ezekiel prophesies about the rules for the priests that will serve in the Third Temple, to be built at an unspecified, apocalyptic future date. He specifies that the priests must wear specific garments, and are commanded to keep their hair cut neatly. They cannot drink wine while they are performing their priestly duties, and they are prohibited from marrying women who are divorced or widowed (unless the widow was originally married to a priest). he priests Ezekiel describes are charged with teaching the people of Israel about what is sacred and what is profane, what is pure and what is impure. They act as judges for the people, ruling according to the Torah. They are prohibited from going near a corpse unless it is the body of a person in their immediate families. Finally, G-d stipulates that the priests should not be given a portion of the land in Israel. G-d is their portion, and they partake of the sacrifices, and benefit from some of the tithes. Connection to the Parsha In Parashat Emor, Moses explains the rules of priesthood as dictated to him by G-d. In the haftarah, Ezekiel functions as a messenger between G-d and the people, also giving the laws for the priests. These parallel narratives emphasize the idea of continuity from the time of the Torah to the later prophets. www.myjewishlearning.com
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our connection to Torah through joyous counting. G-d's Providence deemed it necessary for us to mourn during this time and express reverence for Torah in a sad, depressing fashion. Our glorious, magnificent Sefira - counting - period has become a long 49-day season of mourning. So, is a 'sefira beard' really such a contradiction in terms? Yes. It is almost like saying 'joyous mourning.' But the term reminds us of the catastrophic metamorphosis of the Sefirat HaOmer counting period which changed from immense joy to sorrowful grief. We went from sefira - a passionate counting - to a mourner's beard. The Sefirat HaOmer period is a time for us to prepare for the Giving of the Torah. Whereas Rabbi Akiva's students failed (in
some subtle regard) in their preparations, we must not. G-d is looking down upon us, searching for our show of excitement for Torah. We can expose our joy for Torah by trying to become better people, worthy of accepting a Torah. Many attempt to work on their character during this time and use Aish.com’s 48 Ways to Wisdom from Pirkei Avot - one for each day and the last day for review - as their guide. It is clear though that these 49 days are days of judgment. We must respond accordingly and get ready for Shavuot. It is a repetitive theme in Judaism, which we cannot escape: We must be continually growing. Aish HaTorah, www.aish.com
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SAD IN THE SPRING? ALLERGY-MOOD LINK IS REAL Research: Double The Risk Of Depression For Allergy Sufferers
You know spring has sprung when hundreds of people daily turn to Twitter to vent about their itchy eyes, dripping nose and uncontrollable sneezing and coughing. And if it's not obvious that allergies can ruin a person's day, watch how many tweets go by that use "allergies" and the fword in the same sentence. easonal allergies, which affect about 36 million Americans, aren't just an annoyance; many doctors agree there is a real connection between allergies and mood. "'Cranky' is really the best word for it," says Katie Ingram, 30, of Alexandria, Virginia, a triathlete who suffers seasonal allergies. "I take a lot of medication for it and that makes me sleepy. And I can't do a lot of the things that I like to do outside, so that makes me cranky. ... The wheezing part of it makes me feel tired." In some people, such annoyances are more serious. Research has shown there is about a doubling of risk for depression in a person suffering allergies and, if you've been seen by an allergist, that about triples the likelihood of having depression, said Dr. Paul Marshall, neuropsychologist at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Those are correlations found in scientific studies, but they don't show that allergies cause clinical depression. In practice, allergy-connected mood changes usually boil down to mild depressive symptoms, like feeling sad, lethargic and fatigued, Marshall said. Some people say they're more likely to cry during the allergy season. Allergies could make symptoms even worse in a person with clinical depression, experts say. "It's important for people to understand
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that experiencing allergies can affect their mood," Marshall said. That's not to say that all people with allergies have depression or that all people with depression have allergies. But experiencing allergic reactions does seem to be a risk factor for developing depression -- not necessarily the emotional side of the condition, but more physiological symptoms such as low energy. But is all of this in spite of the use of antihistamines or because of it? And is it the actual allergic reaction that causes these symptoms, or just the sleep disturbances and general discomfort? The biological response An allergic reaction is an immune response that releases cytokines, protein
molecules used in communication between cells. When they signal the brain, they induce the feelings of sickness, or being "mentally drained," that often accompany the flu. This cytokine release isn't as powerful in allergies, but it's still present, Marshall said. A 2002 study Marshall led, published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, found that allergic reactions to ragweed pollen cause "significant fatigue and mood changes" in at least some patients. Previous research Marshall collaborated on in 2000 found that such reactions could cause slowed speed of cognitive processing. More recently, Dr. Teodor Postolache at the University of Maryland led a review published in 2008 of the association between suicidal indicators and allergies. Postolache's group noted a peak in suicide rates from April to June, and the dramatic environmental change of pollen that occurs during that time. The researchers found correlations between depression measurements and allergy symptoms in relation to the seasonal severity of tree pollen. In women the association is stronger between allergy, depression and suicide than in men, perhaps because allergy and depression are more common in women anyway. Postolache's group has also explored cytokines that may be involved in triggering fatigue, hypothesizing that the allergic reaction is the direct biological cause of low mood. This parallels what happens when stress gets you down, too, Marshall says.
A side effect? Alternatively, low moods during allergy season could be situational -- the result of all the sneezing or side effects from medication. Studies show that people don't perform as well at school because of allergic reactions, and adults' performance at work also suffers, says allergist Dr. Robert Overholt of Knoxville, Tennessee. These problems could exacerbate depressive symptoms, he said. That, combined with sleep disturbance, could make people feel unwell. Overholt doesn't believe the allergic response inherently triggers depression, but could circumstantially make existing depression worse. "It would jump onto depression but wouldn't be the cause," he said. Antihistamines themselves can also contribute to sleep disturbances and grogginess, he said. Side effects of allergy medications can contribute to irregular sleeping patterns that increase irritability. The major antihistamines in pill form are now sold over the counter -- Allegra, Claritin and Zyrtec -- but they help only with sneezing, unless specified as the "decongestant" form. The added decongestant benefits come with a price, though. The same chemicals that ease your
throat could also lead to insomnia, put more stress on the heart and lead to prostate problems in some men, Overholt said. Erik Fisher, clinical psychologist in Atlanta, Georgia, sees more people fatigued this time of year, but isn't flooded with patients with allergy-fueled depression. He does see that allergies wear patients down, though. "Once you realize what's causing your moods, it helps people feel less stressed out," Fisher said. Children in particular are more susceptible to vast swings in moods and behaviors related to allergies because their bodies are more sensitive, Fisher said. In some kids, when allergies overwhelm the system, they have more temper tantrums and a harder time getting to sleep. The bottom line, though, is that people shouldn't blame their allergies for deeper emotional issues, says Dr. Michael Silverman, assistant professor of psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New _______________________________
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York. Even if some people have a direct mood response from allergies, that's not always the best explanation for feeling down. "There's so much stigma associated with mood disturbance and anxiety that patients try to grab on to anything they can to explain what's going on," he said. "Allergies could be aggravating a problem in their lives they don't want to deal with."
What to do? Intranasal steroids and topical antihistamines for the nose, which must be prescribed by a doctor, work pretty well, often in combination, and don't seem to cause drowsiness, Overholt said. Others swear by the neti pot and other over-the-counter nasal rinses for sinus problems. But the only way to get more complete, prolonged relief from allergies is to undergo desensitization, or what people commonly call "allergy shots," Overholt said. After an initial test to see what specific plants affect the patient, a doctor would administer small doses of the offending pollen or other substance to the patient under the skin over the course of three to five years. At the end of that time, protection from allergies lasts another three to five years on average, with some people coming out allergy-free for life and others only getting relief for a year or two. Allergy shots are the only longterm option for nixing the symptoms of allergies, and the fatigue and malaise that may accompany them, he said. Desensitization also prevents the formation of other allergies and reduces the risk of allergy-associated asthma. Other forms of immunotherapy, such as oral (drops of allergens under the tongue) and intranasal (in the nose), have shown promise in trials, but are currently not available in the United States. Ingram, whose allergies have been particularly bad in the last few years, is considering allergy shots. In the meantime, she vacuums every day, takes more showers, washes the sheets more and keeps the windows closed. Her husband, who doesn't have allergies, brushes the dogs more in the spring. "My allergies are so bad right now, I would happily claw my eyeballs out with toothpicks to make that feeling go away," Ingram wrote on her blog.
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Kindness Pays: Magen David Yeshiva Honors Recipients of the Third Annual Haim Dweck Hesed Awards BY JV STAFF Magen David Yeshiva announced on Tuesday the winners of the third annual Haim Dweck Hesed Competition. The competition challenges MDY’s sixth grade class to develop and implement ideas for how they can reach out to others in need of help and extend kindness to them. he competition was founded by Hymie Dweck, the grandson of Haim Dweck A”H and supported by MDY Principal Rabbi Baruch Hilsenrath, and Vice Principal Rabbi David Sultan. The Haim Dweck Hesed Award, a $10,000 scholarship that is divided between the four finalists, is sponsored by the children and grandchildren of Haim Dweck, in his memory. As part of the 2010/2011 competition, which was launched in September 2010, the 170 student sixth grade class was asked – but not required – to
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“This project reflects the concept that studying Torah is about giving and caring, and creating a better place in Hashem’s world.”
Mrs. Dweck offers words of chizuk and bracha, to MDY’s sixth grade class, at the 3rd Annual Haim Dweck Hesed Awards. submit one page ideas for a hesed project that will help someone other than themselves. With a huge response, more than 50 projects were selected by Rabbi Hilsenrath and Rabbi Sultan as ideas that could be implemented. Those students were then asked to execute their projects and submit an innovative presentation through a video, slide show, scrapbook, poster, journal or other creative idea. The four finalists were chosen by Rabbis Hilsenrath and Sultan and were selected based on the creativity, execution, presentation and overall success of the project.
This year's winners include: JULIETTE BALASSIANO: “The Snack Attack” is a program that Juliette created to make sure that students are never left out of snack time at school. Every student looks forward to snack time, but each day there are students who forget their snack at home. Juliette brings extra snacks to school each day and offers them to students who don't have one so that no one is left out of this fun and social part of the day. This clever and thoughtful idea is sure to inspire gratitude and goodwill among Juliette’s fellow students. GLORIA CATTON: Gloria created a line of colorful duct tape accessories to sell and raise money for her grandmother's involvement in Reach for the Stars, a learning center for children with autism. Gloria has designed bold colored and stylish pens, purses, hair clips and more out of duct tape! These fun and unique accessories have raised money for a great cause while bringing a smile to the face of anyone who has purchased one of her designs. The young Miss Catton said graciously accepted her award, showing hakarat hatov to the entire Dweck Family. She says that the
_______________________________ Haim Dweck Hesed Competition is important to her because it “gives me a chance to help people in need,” adding that bringing happiness to others is “a big mitzvah.” MEYER KASSIN: The mission behind Meyer's project, “Hesed for Life,” was to raise money for his family who has recently suffered a number of family illnesses and loss. Meyer designed and created a line of jewelry made from Shrinky Dinks! Meyer sold the jewelry and donated the profits to his family members who need it most to help them through this tough time. At the ceremony, Meyer spoke with a clarity and confidence beyond his years. In describing his project, Meyer says he wanted to find a way for “hesed to breed hesed, meaning, I would sell jewelry, and use the profits to help a family in need,” while those buying the jewelry from him would share in the mitzvah. It seems we may have a future business tycoon and philanthropist in our midst! It’s certainly not difficult to picture a flyer for a black-tie charity gala hosted by “Hesed for Life.” JACQUELINE SASSON: Jacqueline's hesed project, “Refuah Shelema,” is for students who are out sick from school. When students miss a day, a week or more time from school, it is easy to fall behind on class work and homework. Jacqueline has approached this problem by finding out each day who is out from her class. She then gets the students' homework assignments, has the class sign a group get well card, and bakes a special treat that she hand delivers to the patient's house after school. In receiving her award, Jacqueline said that upon being notified that she had won, she was “both flattered and humbled.” In describing her project, she noted that were she sick, receiving her assignments, along with a get well card and a home-baked treat would certainly make her feel better – so that’s what she did. Jacqueline says that MDY teaches her and her fellow students the Torah principle of v’ahavta l’reyacha kamocha (“love your neighbor as yourself ”). Her project was a beautiful demonstration of this mitzvah.
Speaking to the Jewish Voice, Hymie Dweck explained the significance of the award, saying: “This award teaches them how to feel for other people. […] One of the teachers told me ‘what I teach them in school, they may not remember half of the stuff that they learn here, but the way they feel they’ll always remember,’ and they’re going to take that with them and always look to help other people. It’s a constant reminder for them to help other people,” pointing out that, were more people pre-occupied with helping others, we would be living in a more perfect world.
“The Torah that we teach not only has to touch the mind, it has to touch the heart. And this project reflects the concept that studying Torah is about giving and caring, and creating a better place in Hashem’s world,” said MDY Principal Rabbi Dr. Baruch Hilsenrath. The Jewish Voice joins the Dweck Family and the staff of MDY in congratulating the winners of the Haim Dweck Hesed Awards. May you continue to grow from strength to strength, and may Hashem bless the work of your hands! Photos by Rabbi A. Rosenzweig
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Egyptian Gas Pipeline to Jordan, Israel Blown Up... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 feet in 2009, of which 30 percent went through the El Arish-Ashkelon pipeline to Israel or via a separate link to Jordan, Syria and Lebanon,” it added. There are also rising fears that Israel and
Egypt’s peace treaty will be compromised in light of shifting popular attitudes in Egypt. “By a 54%-to-36% margin, Egyptians want the peace treaty with Israel annulled,” a new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Global Attitudes Project suggested on April
25. Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty in 1979, at which time Israel withdrew all of its troops and residents from the Sinai Peninsula. Gulf states are also reportedly concerned
about signs of an Egyptian-Iranian rapprochement. Other analysts are worried about the possibility that Egypt intends to open channels and relations with Iran, upsetting the geostrategic balance in the Gulf.
Somali Human Smuggler Sentenced to 10 Years... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 fied. Dhakane was also well trusted by and connected with AIAI leaders. Dhakane "bragged" that his uncle was a high up leader in AIAI, Wagoner noted during testimony. One AIAI-affiliated sheikh even offered Dhakane his daughter's hand in marriage. On the stand, one of Dhakane's smuggling clients said that Dhakane used to talk "openly" about how he used to work for AIAI. Another man, who originally considered hiring Dhakane to smuggle him into the U.S., thought twice. "I didn't trust him," Bashir Noor Saeed said, noting that he had a reputation in Brazil for accepting money from smuggling clients and then never actu-
ally attempting to help them get to the U.S. Villarreal questioned why Wagoner believed Dhakane's admissions, if he is known to have lied on his asylum application and had a reputation for lying. Subsequent investigation was able to corroborate Dhakane's claims, Wagoner said. For example, The FBI was able to verify that some of the people Dhakane mentioned were, in fact, leaders in AIAI. FBI Supervisory Special Agent Timothy McCants took the stand to testify about the other terrorist group with which Dhakane was affiliated, al-Barrakat. McCants called it a "hybrid hawala," or informal money transfer system. Villarreal,
through questioning, tried to compare alBarrakat to Western Union. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Roomberg then countered, asking McCants whether alBarrakat had a militia. "Yes," McCants replied. Western Union does not. McCants reviewed many of al-Barrakat's financial records. "There were a number of transactions that were suspicious," he said. He interviewed the owner of al-Barrakat, who could not explain many of the group's transactions. Dhakane's relationship to terrorist groups and activities wasn't the only reason he received a lengthy sentence. He was entrusted with a 16-year-old
female smuggling client in Brazil. Rather than send her on her way, he locked her in a room and repeatedly raped her, ultimately impregnating her. He brought her with him to pose as his wife when he tried to enter the United States in 2009, threatening to kill her if she reported his crimes. Dhakane believed that he could gain asylum more easily if he had a pregnant wife. U.S. District Judge Xavier Rodriguez also ruled that his exploitation of a vulnerable victim was an appropriate factor in sentencing. This report courtesy of IPT News, www.investigativeproject.org
Protestors Demonstrate Against FIAT for Doing Business with Iran... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 All Americans should be justifiably concerned with Fiat's business dealings in Iran given that Fiat has been the recipient of over
$246 million in U.S. government contracts since 2000. Moreover, Fiat is now a 30 percent owner in American automaker Chrysler.
It is doubtful that Americans will purchase Fiat or Chrysler vehicles knowing that the proceeds will go to a corporation that does
business with a brutal and repressive regime. Quite simply, Fiat must choose between its business in the U.S. or its business in Iran.
Human Rights Watch Calls for Iran to Investigate Reported Killings of Demonstrators... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 11 with Kalishnikovs and used teargas and other choke-inducing gases against us. I saw at least eight people who had been hit by live ammunition fire shot by armed forces on motorcycles…. We tried to help the injured but we could not because the area was completely surrounded by security forces, and we heard news that the local hospital was under the control of security forces and anyone who goes there will be arrested.” The resident told Human Rights Watch that a little while later men in his neighbor-
hood attacked a local police station after they witnessed the killing of one of their fellow protesters. At least one person was killed during the clashes and several others were injured. “We could not help the injured because of the intensity of the gunfire,” he said. “They were taken away by security forces.” On the evening of April 15, security forces, often masked, continued nighttime raids against individuals suspected of participating in the protests the witness told
Human Rights Watch. He said that he witnesses several of these raids, including the arrest of seven Arab women by security forces. On April 26, IMHRO provided Human Rights Watch with the names of 27 people it said had been killed by Iranian security forces since the outbreak of violence. The group also said that authorities have arrested several hundred protesters and rights activists. On the same day, a representative from the Ahwazi Organization for the
Defense of Human Rights (AODHR), also based in London, told Human Rights Watch that since April 15 Iranian security forces “killed 48 innocent protesters, injured tens and arrested hundreds of Ahwazis.” Human Rights Watch has not been able to verify independently the numbers and identities of persons killed, injured, or arrested due to the security situation in Khuzestan province and severe government restrictions placed on independent reporting in the region.
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NY’s Turkish Community Makes Generous Contribution to Jewish National Fund... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 ed assistance to the victims of both Hurricane Katrina and the earthquake in Haiti, and are currently involved with the relief efforts in Japan. The Turkish Cultural Centers’ mission in
the City and State is to promote harmony by bringing together people living in the United States of Turkish origin with others who are not of Turkish origin, by promoting an open dialog. They host friendship dinners for
community people from all walks of life, sponsor regular art, cooking and cultural classes, movie nights and lectures for the public and hold an annual Turkish Days in New York week which includes Turkish per-
forming arts offerings, a street festival showcasing Turkish arts, food, handcrafts and costumes, and a Turkish movie festival, all to provide New Yorkers with a better understanding of Turkish culture.
Bin Laden’s Death Celebrated at Ground Zero and Times Square... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 tary and said people may start to realize that they need to have faith and not be negative. “I always had faith that the day would come,” he said. “And today was Yom HaShoah and 50 years ago was Hitler’s death so we know that everything happens for a reason.” Dave Anderson, 45, served in the first
war in Iraq and said he had to come to Times Square. Anderson said he talked to his son, who is serving in Afghanistan, on the phone. He said his son informed him that the morale was very high and they all cheered when another soldier told them bin Laden had been killed. Anderson, who isn’t Jewish, said he had just one regret about bin Laden’s death.
“I just wish I was the one that shot him,” the Queens resident said. Some burned pictures of bin Laden while chants of “USA” were mixed with chants of “We love Obama, F- Osama.” Others lit candles. Some played the bagpipes. Daniel Epstein, who was visiting from Los Angeles, said his family was asleep at a
hotel nearby and he decided to walk over and see what was going on. He said people had the right to celebrate but should maintain their perspective. The 40-year-old said that Bin Laden will be viewed as a martyr and it was great that Bin Laden was killed, but it didn’t mean that we were safe. “There are still evil people out there,” he said. “The fight is not over.
said: "I congratulate the president, the national security team and the members of our armed forces on bringing Osama bin Laden to justice after more than a decade of murderous al-Qaida attacks."
Shortly after Obama's speech, amid fears of retaliatory anti-American violence, the U.S. State Department issued a global travel alert to U.S. citizens, and put all U.S. embassies on alert.
Americans through an e-mail that he had beamed by satellite around the world. His alQaeda followers routinely communicate through encrypted messages on their computers and use CDs to store their bomb-making manuals. Let's face facts: we're not exactly dealing with a rag tag cadre of rogues who are running the revolution from an undisclosed boiler room. = Osama bin Laden is finally dead but the
task of extricating his legacy and ridding the world of the evil that he wrought will be a protracted and often grueling battle. Persistence is the key; as we just saw before our very eyes. It took the United States 10 years to get bin Laden and it may take many more years to vanquish his terrorist acolytes, but it is incumbent all of us in the free world to try. Our lives and the lives of our children depend on it.
October 2010 cargo plane bomb plot
rate cargo planes. The bombs were discovered as a result of intelligence received from Saudi Arabia's security chief. They were bound from Yemen to the United States, and were discovered at en route stop-overs, in England and in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
World Leaders Welcome Bin Laden’s Death... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 "I am very happy about that, of course. Hopefully, it is the start of the end to an era of conflict. It is something we have been waiting for a long time, more than 10 years." Former U.S. President George W. Bush,
who waged a "war on terror" after the Sept. 11 attacks, said in a statement after Obama's announcement that the death of bin Laden was a "momentous achievement." Another former President Bill Clinton
JUSTICE HAS ITS DAY... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 18 Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Iraq. Let us remember that prior to 9/11, alQaeda was implicated in the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, an aborted plot to hijack a dozen jets, the bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia and a plan to crash a plane into the CIA headquarters and murder President Bill Clinton. Let us also take heed of the fact that al-Qaeda
operatives have successfully insinuated themselves into the fabric of the very Western culture that they ostensibly abhor, utilizing technological advancements to further their objectives of global domination. Case in point: Reports reveal that bin Laden issued "fatwas" (religious decrees) by fax as he lived a purportedly Muslim ascetic existence while declaring his war on
Timeline of al-Qaeda attacks... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 34
June 2009 Little Rock recruiting office shooting
December 2009 Northwest Airlines Flight 253
On June 1, 2009, Muslim convert Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad opened fire in a drive-by shooting on a United States military recruiting office in Little Rock, Arkansas, killing one US soldier and wounding another.
Shortly after the arrest of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in the December 25, 2009 bombing attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253, the suspect reportedly told officials he had traveled to Yemen for training by AlQaeda,
On October 29, 2010, two packages, each containing a bomb consisting of 300 to 400 grams (11–14 oz) of plastic explosives and a detonating mechanism, were found on sepa-
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“WE HAVE SURVIVED” Despite the streaming sunshine on a cloudless May Day Sunday, the mood was somber inside many area synagogues as the South Florida Jewish community observed Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. hroughout the community, several synagogues presented commemorative programs that remembered the six million Jews who perished in the Shoah, and honored those who survived, many of whom reside in the local community. In Boynton Beach, Temple Torah opened its moving program, "The Legacy of Survivors," with a procession of sixth-grade students from its religious school, who walked to the stage, accompanied by the poignant music from "Schindler's List." "As you watch the children walk down the aisle, remember … this is not what Hitler wanted," Rabbi Nathan Rose said. "We have survived." Esther Adler, 86, program committee member and survivor, talked about the program's theme. "A legacy is something that's handed down from generation to generation," she said. "Temple Torah has many members who are survivors. We'd like to tell you some of their stories." Then, one by one, a Holocaust survivor was called upon to rise from the audience to be recognized, as a brief account of the survivor's autobiographical experience was read aloud. An interactive reading of a number of poems and prayers, intermingled with musical selections, was followed by guest speaker, Ernest Kan of Boynton Beach, a concentration camp survivor who was born in Berlin, and was liberated by American troops in 1945. "Kill the Jews was the motto," Kan told those gathered. "We could not believe people who gave us such music, literature and science could commit such crimes." The program concluded with the lighting of six candles, representing the six-million who perished, and the singing of Hatikvah,
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Several synagogues presented commemorative programs that remembered the six million Jews who perished in the Shoah, and honored those who survived, many of whom reside in Florida. the Israeli national anthem. In Greenacres, Temple Beth Tikvah's Yom Hashoah Commemorative Program began at 10:15 a.m. Sunday morning and continued to 3 p.m. It featured discussion groups led by Holocaust survivors, Leon Green, Maier Gotesman, Horace Hecht, Ceil Heisner, Marcel Kimelman and Josef Sandala. "There is no greater example of man's inhumanity to man than the Holocaust," Rabbi Howard Shub said during the lunch break. "Just the fact you were a Jew, condemned you to death. We still haven't learned our lessons." Participants gathered in the synagogue sanctuary at 2 p.m. for a truly moving musical service by the synagogue's junior and senior choir that brought tears to the eyes. During the candle lighting ceremony, short essays were read by a handful of 6th and 7th grade religious students on the life of a Holocaust survivor that each had interviewed, and who was seated on the stage. "[The students] need to understand tolerance," Temple Beth Tikvah religious school teacher Orly Jacobson said on why the teaching of the Holocaust should continue to be taught to children. "They need to understand what we as a Jewish people have gone through to survive."
Music Series Blends Spanish and Jewish Cultures Different musicians are entertaining local audiences through tropical Jewish sounds infused with Yiddish and Latin flair. ince January, the Miami Jewish Cultural Center Next@19th Street has been hosting the monthly Guava Rugelach Lounge Series where artists present their own Jewish musical programs. Jenni Person, Next@19th Street's director, said the reception for the series has been great and that its purpose is to weave the annual Guava Rugelach Festival that takes place in September into a year round celebration. "We want to continue to keep the music in people's lives on a more regular monthly basis, to keep it out there," Person added. The next three events, all of them taking place at Temple Israel of Greater Miami, 137 NE 19 St., will feature Miami-based musicians Alejandra Czarny, who will perform Yiddish and Spanish songs with special guest Aaron Kula, Florida Atlantic University's director of music collections and performance, on April 27, the group Safeinu that will present a celebration of Jewish music on May 11, and Ilisa Rosal, who along with renowned Flamenco guitarist Paco Fonta, will present "The Jewish Roots of Flamenco" on June 1. Person said, regarding the upcoming artists, "I think each one is unique and brings a unique journey to the interpretation of the music." Czarny, who is Argentinean with Eastern European roots in her family, will fuse Latin
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Aaron Kula, Florida Atlantic University’s director of music collections and performance, will accompany Miami-based musician Alejandra Czarny during the Guava Rugelach Lounge Series. American songs with Yiddish ones while presenting several Jewish-inspired Spanish arrangements with Kula. "I'm mixing both Spanish and Yiddish and I'm mixing traditional ways of singing these old songs with nontraditional ways of singing them," she added. Rosal said her presentation on the little known Jewish influence of flamenco is important. "I think it's very important because the Jewish influence of flamenco is very little known in our community," she added. "People think of flamenco as a Spanish art form but it's really a mix of many different cultures."
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May 6, 2011
Israel’s Top 10 Tourist Sites Israel’s Special Attractions
Masada became the most visited pay-to-enter tourist site in Israel. Masada became the most visited payto-enter tourist site in 2010, climbing above the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo and the Ramat Gan Safari Park, according to Dun & Bradstreet Israel. ast year, some 762,992 people visited Masada, the ancient fortification near the Dead Sea, while 718,902 people visited the second most popular site, the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo. Masada reported that its revenue rose 26 percent to NIS 34 million ($10 million) in 2010, compared to NIS 25.7 million ($7.5 million) in 2009. The Hermon National Park (Banias), one of the sources of the Jordan River in the Golan, also rose, from ninth place in 2009, to fourth place in 2010, with 663,000 visitors. The trailways of the Ramat Gan Safari Park weren't quite as busy in 2010 as in 2009, when the safari park was the second most popular site. In 2010, it fell to fifth
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most popular pay-to-enter site. As tourism to Israel grew last year, so too did the overall number of visitors to paid tourist sites across the country. According to Dun & Bradstreet Israel the aggregate revenue of Israel's top ten pay-to-enter tourist sites rose 13% to NIS 143 million in 2010.
THE TOP 10 SITES LISTED IN ORDER: 1. Masada 2. Jerusalem Biblical Zoo 3. Caesarea Antiquities National Park 4. Hermon National Park (Banias) 5. Ramat Gan Safari Park 6. Ein Gedi Nature Reserve 7. Hamat Gader Hot Springs 8. Underwater Observatory, Eilat 9. Kumran Caves, Dead Sea 10. Yamit 2000 Water Park, Holon Israel21c.org
Nothing underscores the variety of Israel’s attractions more than realizing that within a few hours you can go from the snowy heights of Mount Hermon to the Judean Desert and the saltiest sea on earth, the Dead Sea, while visiting ancient biblical cities, covered markets and a highrise metropolis on the way. This is what makes Israel truly a destination with something for everyone. n Israel you have to use the word “old” sparingly – the age of most of its cities is counted not in decades or in centuries, but in millennia. The ingenuity and complexity of some of these historical gems have won them a place on the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage List. And of course, Jerusalem is an incomparable highlight that is both historical and spiritual. Restored 19th century villages like Rosh Pina in the Upper Galilee and Zichron Ya’akov on Mount Carmel reveal another side of Israel – its pioneering days. Shops along these streets feature local arts and crafts that make the best gifts. They are often artist-owned as well, which holds the promise of getting to know some very interesting folks. There’s no place like Tel Aviv to indulge your urban tastes. Classified by geographers as a “world city,” it offers museums, opera, theater and dance, fine restaurants with cuisines from around the world, its own beautifully restored 19th-century quarter, Neve Tzedek and even antiquities, in the form of its “older sister” – Jaffa, which also has galleries galore. Tel Aviv’s Mediterranean location also means quality beach-time can be part of the experience. As for other beaches, there’s variety there, too: the sand on Ashkelon’s fine-grained shores has been buffeted by the waves all the way from the Nile Delta, while in the north, rocky and romantic coves sprout lovely wildflowers in their season. At the Caesarea beach, divers can take an underwater tour of the Roman antiquities. And for
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fresh-water fun, head for Tiberias and the Kinneret. Another kind of diving experience stars at Israel’s Red Sea Riviera on the Gulf of Eilat where a wonder-sea of corals and exotic fish awaits. In addition to hiking and diving, other adventure challenge experiences are to be had in the desert cliffs around Eilat and in the Negev and the forested ridges of the Upper Galilee, including cycling, offroad touring and rappelling. Even those snowy heights are not one-dimensional: in the winter they boast ski-runs with all the amenities, but when the snow melts, Mount Hermon becomes a hiker’s delight with trails to charming alpine-like meadows and shady streams. Israel boasts a number of unique edutainment attractions that families love – Jerusalem’s Time Elevator, Mini Israel, the new Kings City in Eilat and the Haganah Museum are only a few of the fun-whileyou-learn experiences in store. Lodgings come in all shapes and sizes, from fine international chains to budget hotels and – great for the family or a romantic interlude – country-style bed-andbreakfast accommodations. Plan your trip around the date of one of Israel’s many annual international events whether music, sports, theater or film – and see how all the wonderful pieces fit perfectly together.
May 6, 2011
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Osama bin Laden Death: What Travel Insurance Will and Won’t Do for You
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New Exhibition Opens at the Israel Museum Israel Museum in Jerusalem
Want to cancel your vacation abroad because the U.S. State Department issued a worldwide travel alert after U.S. forces killed terrorist leader Osama bin Laden? Go ahead, but don’t expect to get your money back through travel insurance -unless you bought a very special policy. hat's because most travel or trip insurance is designed to cover events, not states of mind, insurers say. So if a terrorist attack occurs in a city that you plan to visit on your insured trip -- or while you’re there — you can probably cancel or interrupt your journey and get your nonrefundable deposits back. But if there’s no attack, and you’re just afraid to go there or to travel at all, you’re out of luck with most policies. Here’s the exception: a policy with a socalled cancel-for-any-reason rider, which is pretty much what it sounds like. It allows you to cancel your trip just because you feel like it, or for any other reason. To collect on the rider, you’ll probably need to cancel at least two days ahead of your planned departure, and you’ll likely get only 70% to 80% of your trip costs back, said Peter Evans, executive vice president of
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This Year Celebrate Israel with a Tour of the Knesset
Visitors to the Israel Museum in Jerusalem can now enjoy yet another new exhibition - over 100 works on paper from the collection of Hungarian prince and art patron Nikolaus II Esterházy (1765– 1833), on loan from the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest until 1 July 2011. The first in a series of exhibitions showcasing private art collections in public institutions, The Prince and the Paper: Masterworks from the Esterházy Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, displays a selection of works from what was once considered one of the finest private collections in Central Europe. The prints and drawings, dating from the 16th to the 18th century, include works by Italian, German, Dutch, and French masters such as Claude Lorrain, Albrecht Dürer, Hans Hoffmann, Nicolas Poussin, Rembrandt, and Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo. he splendid collection of Prince Nikolaus II of Esterházy (1765–1833), third generation of a family of art patrons, was formed in his native Hungary. Rich in high-quality pieces, the collection comprises mostly prints, drawings, and books, but also sculptures and paintings. The collection reveals the aristocratic standing and taste of its founder, who sought the advice of experts and managed to acquire outstanding works by celebrated artists. It also reflects the prince's frequent visits to
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Knesset Plenum Sessions
The Israeli Government House is called ‘The Knesset’ the name is derived from the Anshie Knesset Ha’Gedolah, ("Great Assembly") which convened in Jerusalem after the return of the Jews to Eretz Yisrael from the Babylonian exile in the fifth century B.C.E.
One may observe the Knesset sessions from the public gallery on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. Groups must call and arrange this visit; individuals may arrive directly with their identity cards or passports.
he number of Knesset Members was also determined on the basis of the number of members of the Great Knesset. The traditions of the Knesset and the way it functions were influenced by the Zionist Congress, which first convened in Basel in 1897, by the experience of the Assembly of Representatives (Assefat Hanivharim) of the Jewish community in mandatory Palestine and, to a certain extent, by the procedures and customs of the British Parliament - the "mother of parliaments." The present day Knesset is not the first building to house the Israeli government. Until the end of 1949 the meetings of the Provisional State Council (Moetzet Hamedina Hazmanit) were held at the Tel Aviv Museum, the "Kessem" cinema, and the "San-Remo" hotel. On 26 December 1949, the Knesset moved to its temporary residence in "Beit Frumin" on King George Street in Jerusalem, and on 31 August, 1966 - to its permanent location at Kiryat Ben Gurion. For an exciting visit arrange to visit while the Knesset is in session.
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Guided Tours The Knesset offers guided tours for the public on Sundays and Thursdays between the hours of 8:30AM-2:00PM. The tour lasts approximately one hour, and it is free of charge. The tours are given by Knesset guides in Hebrew, Arabic, English, French, Spanish, German, and Russian. One may not tour the Knesset in an independent manner. Individual visitors who wish to tour the Knesset are not required to register in advance, but they must arrive at the Knesset prior to a scheduled tour with a passport or Israeli identity card. A group (more than 10 people) is required to call the Visitor's Center and arrange a guided tour in advance.
For more information contact: Knesset Visitor's Center Reservation Hotline: 02-675-3337 02-649-6589 (fax) Email: tours@knesset.gov.il
Paris, Vienna, Berlin, and London, as well as his special predilection for Italy and its masters. Following the prince's death the financial position of the Esterházy family deteriorated, and in 1870 they sold the collection of more than 50,000 prints and 3,000 drawings to the National Picture Gallery, direct predecessor of the Museum of Fine Arts. The Israel Museum is the largest cultural institution in the State of Israel and is ranked among the leading art and archaeology museums in the world. Founded in 1965, the Museum houses encyclopedic collections ranging from prehistory through contemporary art and includes the most extensive holdings of Biblical and Holy Land archaeology in the world, among them the Dead Sea Scrolls. In just 45 years, the Museum has built a far-ranging collection of nearly 500,000 objects through an unparalleled legacy of gifts and support from its circle of patrons worldwide. In 2010, the Museum completed a comprehensive renewal of its campus led by James Carpenter Design Associates, New York, and Efrat-Kowalsky Architects, Tel Aviv, including the creation of new galleries, orientation facilities, and public spaces, and the complete reinstallation of its encyclopedic collections. The Museum also organizes and presents programming at its off-site locations in Jerusalem at the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum, where it presents archaeological artifacts from the Land of Israel, and at its historic Ticho House in downtown Jerusalem, a venue for exhibitions of contemporary Israeli art.
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May 6, 2011
IN AN AMAZING DISPLAY OF COURAGE AND PERSERVERENCE, BLIND ISRAELI WOMAN COMPLETES TD BANK FIVE BORO BIKE TOUR Aviva Stern lost her vision, not her zest for life. On May 1, 2011, she became one of the few blind people to complete the TD Bank Five Boro Bike Tour—the biggest biking event in the U.S.. Racing alongside more than 30,000 cyclists, she pedaled down 42 miles of car-free streets through all five boroughs, past iconic landmarks like the Empire State building, Brooklyn Bridge, historic Harlem, and the Statue of Liberty—and only saw them with her heart. founding member of the CanVelo Bike Club— formed in conjunction with the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind –Aviva dedicates her life to providing visually impaired Israelis with an opportunity for camaraderie, exercise and achievement. She also helps raise awareness about the obstacles that confront the blind in Israel every day. Proudly wearing the team colors, the blind riders challenge themselves as they ride out on weekly road adventures to a different part of Israel. Aviva, a former history teacher and mother of three, knows all too well about challenge and adversity. Her loss of vision began at age eight, when she experienced difficulty seeing at night. Her condition gradually deteriorated until she became totally blind. From the beginning, Aviva was determined to “control the blindness and not let blindness control me.” She chose to get a guide dog to restore her ability to move freely without assistance from her family or friends. At the Israel Guide Dog Center for the
dream come true.” CanVelo, a subsidiary of Israel Guide dog Center for the Blind, provides a way for visually impaired Israelis to participate in a group activity that combines fitness with camaraderie. Sighted volunteers ride in front and blind riders in back, as the team goes on ______________________________
“Aviva was determined to ‘control the blindness and not let blindness control me.’”
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Aviva Stern one of the few blind people to complete the TD Bank Five Boro Bike Tour with her guide dog. Blind, Aviva was teamed up with a playful Golden Retriever named Pele. Thrilled to get a dog trained in Hebrew, Pele allows Aviva to navigate around Israel’s challenging landscape, including security barriers, traffic circles, and cars parked on the sidewalk. “Having such a professional school here in Israel makes all the difference,” she says. “Before the Center opened, a blind person had to speak English and travel abroad for a professionally trained guide dog.” The idea of harnessing the pedal power of Israel’s blind originated with retired Brig.
Gen. Moti Regev (Ret.), the driving force behind CanVelo. “Our goal is to raise awareness about the obstacles visually impaired Israelis face in Israel and show that the human spirit can overcome many challenges.” In keeping with CanVelo’s motto, Yes, We Can, Gen. Regev hopes to raise money from Aviva’s daring bike ride so that more blind Israelis —many on the center’s waiting list for a year or more—can receive a guide dog. As Gen. Regev says, “There are generous people out there…and they will make our
off-road adventures through a different part of Israel almost every weekend. The group, now grown to some 60 members, encourages visitors to join in. There are more than 27,000 blind Israelis—one of the highest per capita rates of blindness in the world. The Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind was founded in 1991 to help them. The program transforms lives—providing blind Israelis with mobility, independence and self-confidence through the faithful assistance of guide dog partners. Located in Beit Oved, 20 minutes south of Tel Aviv, the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind breeds and raises puppies, trains guide dogs, and partners and instructs the visually impaired person with the guide dog, both at the Center and in their home. The process of creating a Partnership costs $25,000. Yet these services are provided free of charge.
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1060 NY APT FOR RENT. Wall St Area waterfront renov 1 BR w/ balcony, lux hi rise condo. 24 hr doorman, all amenities, $3700mo. Owner 973-540-0220
~Tower 53 Condo~ @ 159 W 53 – 15H Corner Huge Lux 2BR/1.5Baths Windowed Kitchen w/ Stainless Steel Appliances + DA w/ BuiltIn Marble Server’s Bar Low Maint + Tx. Utilities Included. $859K Lisa Mansour @ Uziel Group 212-891-7282 Prudential Douglas Elliman
~THE MILAN~ @ 300 E 55 - 26C New to Market! Mint 3 Beds/3 Bath + DA, Hi-Floor Amaz City + River Views, Top-of-the-Line Windowed Kitchen + Custom Built-Ins W/D in Apt ~ $11,500 Ronit Uziel @ Uziel Group 212-891-7136 Prudential Douglas Elliman
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
1095
MANHATTAN
Business for sale Restaurant: Classic running, cozyFrench/Brazillian, well located, 74 seatbar and outside terrace, 5 to 10 yrs lease option. Call 347-753-0427
Midtown Manhattan: Beautiful 4 story building, 10,500 sq ft with 3 flrs of night clubs, 1 kitchen, 3 bthrms, 3 DJ booths, 4th flr, 1000 sq ft, owners apt. building can be delivered vacant. 516-483-6045
Apartment For Sale 2045
BROOKLYN 2045 Boro Park: 22 Webster Ave #3C Open House, Sun 4/10, 14PM. Spacious 1BR, new modern EIK with appliances, LR, large DR, extra closets, low maintenance. Priced to go!! 718-501-4003 2045 Co-op Midwood 1680 Ocean Avenue 4BR, 1.5 bath. Totally renov $425,000 Prudential Douglas Elliman RE Robert Nicoletti 917-679-2685
Ave I/ East 29th St: Large 1 BR, newly renovated, new kitchen ad bath. 2nd flr. Low maintenance. Asking $159K 347-850-4886 2045
1090 Financial District: Beaver St 2nd Floor, 2500 sq ft, avail imm. Debra Rosenfeld 212-604-4744
2 FURNITURE STORES FOR SALE: Owner retiring. 1) Clinton St. Lower Eastside Manhtn, 2)Broadway, near Flushing, BKLYN. Call Al 631-860-1437
1095
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.
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
Real Estate Bridge Loans For All Property Types CALL 917.913.0000 or e-mail:
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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
2045
2045 Sheepshead Bay: 2 BR, 1 renovated bath. Design your own kitchen, hardwood flrs, 1000sq ft. Many closets, laundry room. Elevator building. Near train. Maintenance $714. Ask $269K Philip: Bkr 917-407-7079
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
2045 Midwood: Ocean Ave/ Ave M, 1 fam, semi detached house, walk to all. 3 BRs, EIK, DR, LR, 3.5Bths, fin bsmt. Ideal for professional, for SALE or RENT. No brokers $580K. Call 718-894-7728 or 917-445-5293
House
2020
For Sale
BROOKLYN Boro Park: 50’s Dahill Rd. New on market. 8 rooms, 2 family brick. $779K negotiable. Krone Realty. 646-286-6208
2020
2021 Midwood: For sale, 1 family, 4 bedrooms detached. 40x100 lot Bedford Ave. BY OWNER. No Brokers. Please call JOYCE 917-721-3438
CROWN HEIGHTS New York State Public Auction JUNE 22, 2011 Min Bid $700,000 836 Prospect Place, Crown Heights 3200 SF 3 story residence 5 bdrs, 2 bths, 2 car garage fenced yard OPEN HOUSES May 4 & 24, June 9th 11:00am to 2pm Also available at auction Camp Gabriels in the Adirondacks, Schenectady Armory, Schenectady house FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. NYS OFFICE GENERAL SERVICES 518-474-2195 www.ogs.state.ny.us 2020
East 20’s/ M&M: 1 Family detached 40x100, finished attic, private drive. Nice block, great neighbors. 917-863-4708 2020
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
2020 Ave N-O/ East 23rd St: Newly renovated, 1 fam semidetached brick, 3BR, 3 bath, LR with fireplace, finished basement w/full bath, private drive/garage. 917-596-6932
SEAGATE: Beautiful 2 family, new construction, semi detached house. Private drive. 3 BRs/ 1 BR terrace. Full basement. Ask $759K Call agent 718-680-9633 2020
2020 Marine Park: 3807 Avenue R. East 38/Ryder OPEN HOUSE SUN 4/17 2-5 PM, detached private driveway, yard, 4BR, 1 bath, 1800sf. $589K 646-732-6620 2020 Midwood: $695,000 Great 3BR semi, DR, 2bth, 113 lot. Neuhaus Realty 718-979-3400 www.neuhausrealty.com 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
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REAL ESTATE 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
DITMAS PK, FISKE TERRACE
VERY LRG VICTORIAN HOME ON BEST STREET. WPAR-AROUND PORCH, EIK, 7BRS, 4 BTHS, PVT DRV. NEEDS SOME UPDATING. IT'S A WONDERFUL HOME. JUST RED $999K.
CALL JEANNE AT HOUSE-N-KEY REALTY
718-921-0500 718-7483741 Brooklyn/Midwood: 1 Fam house. 3 bdrm, 1.5 bth, LR, DR, EIK. Near Ocean Ave & Ave M. $1900 + Gas & electric. Call 718-894-7728
2020 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
CANARSIE, 1 FAMILY 30X100. EXCELLENT CONDITION. PERFECT FOR PROFESSIONALS, INVESTORS OR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, SEMI COMMERCIAL STREET. 347-260-7838
2020
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
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
2040
BROOKLYN
2020
2020 Bedford Ave/ Near Madison HS: 2 fam, large LR, DR, EIK, den, finished basement, private drive. 3 gar with full multiple unit above. Rouff Realty. 718-945-3362 2020 Midwood: 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
Midwood: OPEN HOUSE Sunday 10/17, 2-4:30pm, 1503 East 22nd St. Detached 1 family with office, 5 BR, 3 bth, kosher kitchen, parking broker 917-912-8669 2020
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
PRE-SCHOOL FOR SALE: Marine Park area. Amazing opportunity. Licensed, equipped, all set to go for this year. Call today 201-898-8977 2050
2020 Marine Park: Low East 30’s S/D, 1 farm, 3 BR duplex, master bath, full DR, full DR, Kosher EIK, finished bsmt w/full bath, C/A Mic, no brokers. 718-637-1386 2020:Midwood/ Marine Park. Ultra modern s/det brk, fin bsmt, 3BR duplex, $735K. Legal 2F. 917-748-7780 bkr 2020 Ave L/ E.32: Excellent condition, 3 BR, 1 ¾ baths, modern kitchen, LR, DR, fin bsmt, gar, new vinyl siding, all Anderson windows. Asking $510K. Call James 718-938-3326
2040 SCHOOL SPACE: 4 large bright clsrms plus gym plus offices. Ave I & Coney Island Ave. Avail September. Call Alice 718-377-4400 or Mr. Weiss 917-301-2898
PARK 58TH STREET/ NEW UTRECHT AVE 2 story frame plus basement and lot 20x60 plus 20 x 22 total 40 x 62 Asking 699K 4 SEASONS RE 718-238-8222 Avenue U/East 4th St: Concession space available together with Love to Dress, behind Coquette Kids. Call owner: 917-913-0000
2040
Psychiatrist seeks office sublet for Wednesdays in Boro Park. Private waiting area necessary. Call 516-330-9776
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
2040 New cubicle space in the heart of Boro Park. 2nd floor officw with 4 cubicles, each comes with internet, telephone and all util incl. Fax & copier avail on per use basis. Bath & kitchenette available As well. $350/mo 212-400-7934 ext703
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
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
2050
BROOKLYN
2040
Office For Rent. MARINE PARK OFFICE SPACE. Corner bldg, 1200sq ft. Good for professional/ day care, etc. Delivered vacant. Long term lease avail. $2500/mo + utils. Owner 646-3025001 or 646-302-5003 2040
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
2040 Williamsburg: Beautiful office for rent. 1,200sqft. Ready to move-in. Price Negotiate. Call 917-250-4899
Boro Park: 18th Ave/ 54th St: WAREHOUSE / Retail space for lease / rent. 7,000 sq ft. Building For sale. Call owner: 917-440-7280
2050
BUSINESS FOR SALE: TRENDY WOMEN’S BOUTIQUE. Brooklyn. Great location. Very busy. Near nail salon. Established clientele. Fully equipped. Must sell – Moving out of state. Great price! Call owner: 347-424-7460 or 718-513-6664
2050
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
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
2050 Rare Oppty! Motel for sale, 40 large rooms with kitckens. Ideal for Yeshiva or institution. Call 917-365-2037
Boro Park, 13th Ave: Top location, professional offices for rent. 2000sf and 1400sf for rent, elevator building and parking. 718-438-3736
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 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 2050
ESTABLISHED Daycare: FOR SALE. Great Opportunity! Call 718-339-0755 or 718-677-7028 2050
2035
Williamsburg: Heart of 111 Lee Avenue: Bts Keap and Hooper. ALSO doctor’s office wanted. Call 917-335-6001
2050
2050 Boro Park: Beautiful office/warehouse avail. 1,000-12,000sf. Also 28,000sf avail on ground flr. 12 ft hi ceil. Sep entrance optional. Call 845-270-1213 or 718-855-2000
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
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BROOKLYN 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 2035 Bergen Beach: 6.5 rooms, 3 BRS, 1.5 bths, good condition. $1600 utilities not included. 718-238-6381 or 917-968-5684
Sheepshead Bay: Newly renovated 3BR, Duplex house, front and Back porch, LR, DR, EIK all Applncs. Private parking Included. Curtis 516-316-8658 2035
Ave L/E 12: 2 family + basement, 2 car garage. 20x58 (25x90lot). REALTOR 646-391-4211 Foster Ave, East 30th: 2 fam, 4 BR, 2 bth, bsmt. 17.83x40 (17.83x82 lot) House for rent Gravesend/E 4th street: 3.5 room, walk in yard, absentee landlord. Utilities included $1,200. Also 5 rm yard garage. Call agent Fran Rizzo 646-207-3087
Apartment For Rent 2010
BROOKLYN
2050
2050
PIZZA SHOP: For Sale in Midwood, Brooklyn. By owner. Call 718-253-1896 or 347-522-8896 2050
2050 East Flatbush. 2 Family plus store. Store vacant. $70 OBO. Call 917-803-8702
Ave T + U, West 4th St: Available immediately. Beautiful large 1 BRm LR, DR, newly remodeled EIK, fully furnished, new appliances, hear transportation, F, N trains, shopping and more. Asking $1400/mo + 100 parking. Call owner 718-266-0496 2010
Ave X/ E 7th: 1 BR apt, EIK, close to beach, Q + F train + express bus, refrigerator, brand new stove. Mint condition private house asking $950/mo 718-332-2849 2010
2010 Georgetown: 1 BR for rent, newly renovated and furnished excellent condition. Good location near transportation shopping and more short/long term avail. Call 917-696-0000
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.
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
Kensington: 3 BR, 1.5bths heat incl, 2 flights up, balcony, 3rd flr, private brick house. Reasonable. Shomer shabbos. 718-972-3473 2010
East 2nd/Aves N+O: Garage for rent. Good for 1 car. Shomer Shabbos. 718-614-9233 or 718-627-6155
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
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
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 East 68th Street: 3 BR duplex apt $1800/mo includes parking, heat and gas. Call 947-412-5184
3000 STORE FOR SALE, 10,000sq ft in Bronx, NY corner of Pelhalm PKWY and White Plains Rd. Two entrances, Very busy location. Unbelievable rent. Contact Alex 917-957-4313
NEW BRONX BAKERY FOR SALE. Close to precinct, 3 schls in immediate area. Fully optional, most equip new. Asking $110K 646-496-7885 3000
Brooklyn Room Furn: TEMPORARY LODGING MOSSAIC SUITES. Fully serviced – Internet. As low as $65 Daily, $385 Weekly 718-972-4377 2010
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 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
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
Brooklyn, 60th Street: Bet 8th + 9th Ave. 1 BR, 2nd flr, totally renov, close to N train. $1100/mo 718-600-6317 2010
QUEENS/BRONX *HUNTS POINT WAREHOUSES FOR RENT* 3200 sq ft 15,000sq ft multiple options/Owner 917-662-2425 3060
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
Georgetown: 1 BR apt, new kitchen, new windows. Parquet floors. $1200 Call owner. 917-412-5184 or 718-306-2582 2010
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 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
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
Retail space for rent/Queens Laurelton Merrick Blvd, 2000 sq ft for rent, 6000 sq ft air space available. Call owner 917-750-0966
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REAL ESTATE 3060 LIC Warehouse Bldg for sale. 4100sf, overhead door, hi ceilings. Additional development rights. $1.3M MSparks@ergpa.com 646-253-0904
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
KEW GARDEN HILLS: Hyde Park Gdns, spacious 1st fl, 1 BR coop, wd flrs, 24 hrs security, near all. $1200/mon utils incl. 1 mon sec. Call OWNER 718-481-7752 2060
Apartment For Rent 2080
QUEENS/BRONX Fresh Meadows: 71-44 160th Street: Condos for rent 1-2 BR duplex, 2 bth, LR, DR, EIK, extended backyard large recreation area $1800/mo. No pets/ 2-1BR, 2 bth with porch$1300/mo, no pets. Call owner 718-810-0001 or 617-304-9050. Both Avail Feb 1st 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
3020 Far Rockaway: 239 Beach 3rd Street. FOR SALE. 20,200sq ft WATERFRONT. DEVELOPMENT SITE. 200+ FT, fronting canal – marina. Ideal for luxury 1+2 family homes. Also suitable for temple, school, etc. Asking $525K or best offer – Broker protected. Foreclosure. Agent 718-748-5858
Ridgewood Queens: 6 family building FOR SALE. Brick 12 Bdrms, 6 BA. New plumbing, windows, roof, sidewalk, Walk to subway. Asking $879K. Call owner 917-714-0779 3020
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 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
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
Main St/ 70 Ave: 2 BR apt, good condition, EIK, 2nd flr, no smoking, no pets. Avail immediately. 718-757-4433 -After 5pm
ROCKVILLE CENTRE new kitchen, new carpet, 2 BR, attic/storage area, walk LIRR, parking, $1850 plus electric. Call 516-250-8604
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
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
2080
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 Kew Garden Hills: One of a kind. West of Main Street. Semi-det. 23x100 lot. 4 BRS, LR with fireplace, charm circle. Call Vera. Coldwell Banker. 917-853-5455 3020
5065
5065
5065 Far Rockaway: 2BR, 1st FL, porch & patio, own thermostat, near shuls & schools. Avail Nov 15th. 516-643-9204
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
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5080 WESTBURY – Commercial space 241 Post Ave. 2 story building. $350K 917-301-1625 5080VALLEY 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
LONG ISLAND GREAT NECK land for sale, 3 res lots on wooded pvt cul-de-sac. Builders/ principals only. 516-443-2700 5070
6000
SUFFOLK / L.I. WAREHOUSE for rent Patchogue VIII 3000sq ft 25’ ceiling, heat, clean, bright, bathroom, large roll up door $1500/mo Tom 631-942-9745 6000
For Sale
5080
LONG ISLAND CANDY / ICE CREAM/ COFFEE SHOP: Eastern Long Island, Busy, Great Buy. $139,900 516-523-4678 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 5080
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
CEDARHURST: BUILDING FOR SALE on CENTRAL AVENUE. 2 Story plus basement. 516-568-2170 – Owner 5080
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 1000-
Apartment For Rent 3065
House 5040
LONG ISLAND 5040 SOUTHAMPTON: 3BR/2BA: Cottage By The Sea. Across the street from pvt beach, contemp, fplc, 2 car gar. Large 2nd story deck on treed ½ acre. Low taxes, 3 zone heat. Ask $769,000 Pete 631-283-5499
Hewlett: 4BR cape, beautiful wood flrs, EIK, large finished basement, 1 block from yeshiva. Walk to train and town . Sale $299K or for rent. 347-539-1332 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
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
Apartment For Sale 3080
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
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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
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
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
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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
Property
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For Rent
Montefiore Cemetery: 1 Grave, lot 187. Section H. Asking $900 or best offer. Call 310-246-9666
VACATION HOMES FOR RENT MONTICELLO: HIDDEN RIDGE HOMES AT KUTSHERS DESIGNER DELUXE HOMES. SALE/ RENT, 2 BR, 2 BTH, BEAUTIFUL, FURNISHED. CALL BROKER OSCAR PAVLOFF. WE HAVE KEYS. 845-794-3720 OR
845-434-7792
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NY STATE 6060 Sullivan County: Monticello Country 4/bed 3bth home 4sale in the Catskills. 2 car gar, hrdwd flrs, all appl incl. Water View. COME TAKE A LOOK. 845-807-2486 See WEBID NS1104014930
Ballstan Spa – Ranch Model Home. Shocase of the home winner 4/ 2 ½ baths, central air, beautiful features. Costume made $525K 518-309-4707 or 518-894-2234 6060
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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
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
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NY STATE 6090
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
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 6080
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
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
Hewlett 2 family house, $529K visit www.monicamohanst udio.com/1792Broad way/ or call 917-6487682 By owner SD14 5040
5060 Cedarhurst: 4BR, duplex apt, private laundry, kitchen, closets galore plus LR, DR. Unlimited parking. Garage/ backyard. Avail Jan 1st. Call 516-996-1955
House
For Sale
4020
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
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
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REAL ESTATE 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
Vacation Village: 4 BR townhouse, 2 full baths, C/A fireplace, new siding and roof, large deck, in/ out pools, tennis courts. 718-614-9233 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
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
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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 NEW ROCHELLE. OWNER FINANCING. Renovated 3 BR/ 2 BTH w/new bright. 1 BR/ 1 BTH in-law $724,000. 914-715-3494 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
Monsey, 13BR lg hse w/pool & gym lk bckyd. Avail weeks/wknds. Ideal for extended families. 914-646-3146 6060
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
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
Root/ Montgomery Co. 70 Acres + Trailer Hse with barn, water + electricity. 3 hrs from Man $250K. Call Owner 718-617-7799 7020 WARWICK, NY: (Orange County)2 Story,resid’l/comm’l bldg, 9 units, large lot, parking, great income, owner financing avail, $850,000 845-651-2275 Brkr/ int
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
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
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 6060
7030 Virgin Islands: St John Weston Resort, 1BR condo, March 512, sleeps 4, $2500. Call 412-561-3966
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
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
7060
Glatt kosher restaurant for sale. Downtown Philadelphia. 25 yrs. Must sell. Owner retiring. 856-383-0700
LAS VEGAS, NV: Grandview Resort Timeshares, priced to sell, 1 bedroom unit type with maximum occupancy for 4. Call 248-739-0672 7060
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
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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
Property/House
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7030
OUT OF STATE 7030 SOUTH CAROLINA Acreage 5.2 acres also 0.84 acres which is No.11 843-426-4723 or 843-244-8657
Myrtle Beach, SC: Family built-in 2002, 3BR, 2.5bth garage. Each side smiles to beach. 115K per side. Call owner. 843-283-3383 7030
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 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
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
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY • FINANCIAL SERVICES • LEGAL SERVICES Business Opportunity
7070
Own your own business. County Resource Guide Licenses Available Nationwide. $35,000 complete. Financing available to qualified persons. Training provided. 877-826-1515 7070
PIZZA SHOP: For sale in Midwood, BKLYN. By owner. Call 718-2531896 or 347-522-8896 7070
Capital Wanted. 60% GROSS to investors FILM: Industry Pros producing for cable Int’l, VOD & DVD. Bug $705K. MI 250K. GP $3M. SIO 860-490-2866 7070
DORE BARS $32,000 per kilo (92% - 22K) Hand delivered to NYC - FMI: gold@amefricaltd.com 7070 Capital Wanted Investors wanted secured by CMO + CMB invest $5Mil, will have return of 7% of your investment w/in 6months. Secured by the instruments. Call Sheridan Capitals LLC. For further details. Contact 347-785-5980
Professional NASDQ/Futures day trader seeking serious investor to make huge profits averaging 300%+ low risk. Call Mark 917)825-0053 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 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
Online Auction Alabama I-65 Building *Freeway Access* Sells to highest bid TheRealEstateClearingHouse.com 800-499-9378 7070
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
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 7070
WANT TO EARN A 6FIGURE INCOME FROM YOUR HOME? I CAN SHOW YOU HOW. 1-800-676-1264 7070 Looking for a kosher line of food to sell at our Deli + country store in Stratford Ct. Please call Richard. 203-522-4265
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 7070
$$$CASH$$$ 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
7070 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 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
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 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 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
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
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
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
PATENTS FOR SALE US #7833117 + Other & Ancillary Patents for major Intl companies. This unique handle invention can be manufactured into all types of hammers; and all garden tools; into 20 different sports & hardware items. www.CoolRackets.com Coolrackets@sympatico.ca 416-252-9644 7080
Capital Wanted, Seeking JV funding ($50$100MM) for Central America projects, Costa Rica & Panama; Infrastructure complete. Call 858-768-9956
Tutors
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
SAT tutoring in your home, all areas. Math/ Verbal/ writing strategy. Reasonable rates. Call 516-524-0949
3005
SAT Tutoring in your home, all areas. Math/ Verbal/ Writing strategy. Reasonable rates. 516-524-0949
7070
Financial Services
7080
CREDIT REPAIR & DEBT RELIEF: Settle your credit card for as low as 10% of your balance. Repair your credit and get a 740 credit score. We settle business loans as well as Business credit cards. Call 718-874-0178 7080
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
3005
3005
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 A+ Certification Course $339 INTRO TO COMPUTER $49.95 718-261-1900 Bring this ad as 1st time coupon. 3005
Retired university professor, math, chemistry, physics “My motto is: Basics come first” Manhattan, Upper West Side. Please all: 212-662-2324 Tutoring for all levels! 3005
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 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 Music
8000 JEWISH MUSIC LESSONS: Guitar, Piano, Bass & Drums. Individual or group lessons for all ages. In my Queens studio or I will travel to your home. Credentials include a BA in Music performance, a MS ED in Music Education, NYS Certification and 20+ yrs of performing & teaching music. Rates are $40 for 40 min lesson & $50 for a 1HR lesson. Excellent refs avail. Call Yerachmeil at 917-373-9613
MUSIC INSTRUCTION Piano lessons all levels + ages Professional musician + experienced teacher Call (917) 459-1228 8000
Music Instruction Berkeley College of music professor available for private drum lessons. Conatct: 617-835-6404
Tutoring
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
8000
3005
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
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
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
Companion Aide. Live in, Good references. Kosher experience. 17 years, experience. 973-592-6081 8010
AFFORDABLE TUTORING Prep for Math & Science Regents With outstanding tutors who cover all The material & strategies students Must know. Very affordable rates! Online & Flatbush locations. Call Perry: 718-377-0015
Help Offered
8010
CERTIFIED, RELABLE CNA/HHA seeks job to care for the elderly. Many years exp Excellent References. Available immediately. (917)741-3583 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
Position Wanted: Experience in banking compliance research administration. Oral + written. Communication skills. 718-968-3213 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 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
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 CHAUFFER: Driver, courteous, reliable with a clean driving record. Solid Refs. Seeking a position. (Amazingly Talented Person) Contact 917-771-3405
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
8010 Administrative / Executive Assistant Part time/Full time. 19 years experience. 718-805-1448
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 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
Help Wanted
8015
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.
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
REGISTERED NURSE: 30 YRS experience seeking employment in community health facility, private practice, senior center or home care. Call 718-634-8029 8015
8015
Serious keyboard player needed for gigs & showcases around the world. Youtube.com “Project 6 reunion” Call 973-207-2604
Successful busy PIZZA SHOP Located in UPPER EAST SIDE is looking for experienced. Mashgiach to start immediately. Call 212-987-9130 8015
Professional Nasdaq / futures day trader seeking serious investor to make huge profits averaging 300%+ Low risk. Call Mark 917-825-0053
8015
Dating & Relationships Group. Develop communication skills for social and intimate settings. Weekly group sessions led by psychotherapist Phyllis Tompkins Ph. D. 917-741-1120 8010
8015 OUTSIDE SALES. Commission based. Great opportunity! Call 347-850-0770
8015 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
In fashion magazine is looking for experienced motivated salesman to sell advertisements. Great opportunity! Big commission payouts. 718-676-1186 8015
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
DOMESTIC HELP WANTED. HOME HEALTH AIDE NEEDED. Certified experienced 5 days/week, must have car. 516-3794283 Merrick, NY 8015
8015 Buyer/ Managing partner wanted for newly renovated. Fully equipped. Turnkey Glatt Kosher, LI catering hall. Seats 300, long lease reasonable rent. Attractive terms. Call 516-450-7323
8015 Buyer/ managing partner wanted for newly renovated fully equipped Turn-Key. Glatt Kosher, LI catering hall. Seats 300 long lease, reasonable rent. Attractive terms. Call 516-450-7323
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
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
HHA looking for live in/ out position to take care of elderly. Call Yvonne 240-595-5626
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
Seeking job to take care of the elderly. Home health aid, 16 years experience. Please call 718-882-5244 8010
8015 Real Estate Agents: Make Extra Money! Astor brokerage real estate center, serving the Kew Garden Hills community is seeking new local agents. We will train you call Chanita for info at 718-263-4500
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
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 8015
Food Co. sks experienced sales people. Draw against comm + expenses. Call 347-561-9744 Berish
8015
Office manager/ Buyers & sales agents with Experience for busy RE management office. Call 917-921-3467
8015
8015 SALES PEOPLE NEEDED For a local BKLYN business. Must be energetic, reliable + enthusiastic, base salary, Plus commission. Great Opportunity. Please Call Joe: 646-619-2822 x6100
Work from home Complete training & support. Contact Sammy 646-812-2574
Partner/ Salesperson for jewelry mfg business. Knowl. of Internet sales. Willing to travel. 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
Cleaning Services
8045
Bonded and insured kosher trained polish/English speaking European Expert care. Licensed Home Care Agency. Elderly care – house keeping. RNs, CPN, HHA, PCAs. Live-in/ out. Avail call 718-349-0099 8045
8045 Pesach Cleaning: All kinds of cleaning services, floor polishing, carpets cleaning, cars + sanitizing 718-552-5778 8045 CRYSTAL CLEAR CLEANING – For jobs neat and slick, don’t hesitate to call Nick. Good refs, reasonable rates $20/hr, 4hr min. Manhattan only. Call 347-788-9678
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
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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
9015WE MEET OR BEAT ANY PRICE. Interior demolition, One stop backyard basement clean out. Stop violations. Same day 24/7. Licensed & Insured. 718-243-2525
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
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Handyman: Quick service at low prices, carpentry, sheet roc, plastering, painting, electric + plumbing. Replace old toilets, sinks, electric fixtures and windows 917-385-8587
Exterminators 8075
BED BUG SPECIALIST Professionally Dry Clean: Clothing – Linens – Drapes. Discreet and reliable. Pick up and delivery/ Unmarked van. Call toll free! 1-888-241-2199 8075
8075 M + K Pest control: Special price for bedbugs, senior discount. Reasonable + reliable services. Licensed and insured. Call 917-304-8777
BROOKLYN’S BEST BED BUGS, RATS. MONTHLY PEST CONTROL. RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE. FRANK 718-415-6920 8075-
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.
Painting, sheetrocking: 20 years Experience. Insured. No job too big or too small. For quality, Call John today at 718-898-7560 or 917-359-4579 Contractor: All kinds of jobs plus windows, plumbing, carpentry, painting. Call Baruch 215-725-9161 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
20 PASSENGER MINI-BUS YEAR 2000. PLUS ELECTRONIC HANDICAP DOOR. EXCELLENT CONDITION. GREAT PRICE 917-482-5580 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
8065
Electrician All electrical needs. New lines Trouble shouting fixtures. Call Yahuda: 347-631-0481
Autos 9030
AUTO FOR SALE – 2008 Toyota Sienna, good condition, one owner. 56K miles 347-965-4842 Asking $13,000 9030
NATIONAL MOTOR CLUB: Auto and personal injury coverage. Anywhere in the US, Mexico, Canada. $18/month, 60% off prescription medications. Call Francisca 347-320-3890 Salesperson wanted.
Pets 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
9035
9035 PETS FOR SALE – DOGS: Min Schnauzer Pups Born 9/9/2010 home bred 1 f black + tan 4 m black silver + tan hypoallergenic friendly playful very protective watchdogs. Raised around grandchild. $700 570-972-5741
Selling 9040
MUST SELL! 2009 BMW 335d Like new condition. More pictures at robertbrown201@yahoo.com Robert Brown: 361-237-4612 2010 Lincoln Town Car dark blue, light tan interior. 5 months old, low mileage, one owner. Perfect condition $38K. Contact Alex 203-746-0181. Lv Msg. 9030
1997 ROLLS ROYCE. Silver Spur. Pristine condition. 10K miles $67,000. Jet black exterior. Light Beige Leather Exterior. 508-400-3354
9030
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 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
Furniture Kew Garden Hills: Italian and French DR, BR, breakfront, Hi-riser, chandelier and Paintings. Call 917-836-0146
9040
ANTIQUES FOR SALE - Morgan Silver Dollars 1878, 1882, 1889, 1895 & 1897 609-494-0900
Machpelah Cemetary, Ridgewood, Queens NY. Two cemetery plots. Price $1000 each including Perpetual care. Call 732-657-7120
9040
9045 WANTED: HENREDON 1980s Chinese bedroom set. Need bed, lighted canopy, 2 pier armories, will also buy matching pieces and wall unit/ carved chest + cabinet. Contact 201-664-6983 lve msg
Motorized Scooter. Lynx L3, bright red brand new, used once, battery operated, holds up to 300lbs. $800 215-499-6226
9040
9040 Kawai Baby Grand piano. Ebony satin finish, excellent condition. Contact 978-505-0971 9040 BETH ISRAEL MEMORIAL PARK: Woodbridge, NJ . 4 graves with perpetual care $1250 each or best offer. 941-3200945 Cell or 941-5359040 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
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 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
Other 9050
9050 Excellent Sofer Musmach, shamayim. Expert in writing and checking mezuzahs. Tefillin. Please call: 347-406-1999
Tag sale - Artbook collection over 500 books, porcelains, record, light fixtures, fudogs, modern furniture, minerals, outdoor furniture. 1950’s memorabilia, huge collection of snow bulbs. Call 516-625-0396 9050
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
9040 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
AIRLINE TICKETS / VOUCHERS 50% DISCOUNT OFF FLIGHTS TO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION 646-464-8747 OR 828-246-2388 9040
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
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
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9040 DRY CLEANERS for sale in Boro Park. Asking $95K. Please call 347-585-6943
9040
CHEVY 1996 IMPALA SS Rare green Immac. 21k $28,500 516-383-6326
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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
Aerostar Aircraft 600 1975 New Paint , new interior updated avionics, many extras. Hangared $195,000/ 954-873-5169 or 954-434-6222 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
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
US Coins Wanted Especially interested in Govt proof/ mint sets. Orig boxes. Rare coins / Estate Jewelry 212-642-4324 Midtown 9045
9050 BASEBALL: Lifelong Met/ Yankee fan from BP/ Midwood. Looking to join along with a baseball group ( age 45-64) That attends games. Call 718-232-6553 Ask for Howard
9050 Psychic readings by Valencia. Spiritual consultant. Healer of mind and spirit. Stop being lost. I can help you walk in the right path of a new beginning, find your true destiny in love, courtship, reuniting, separated and prosperity. Call now 212-671-2531 “Thank you and God bless you until I speak with you”
HAIR AND WIG TRAINING Register for many classes. 347-432-2000 9050
SEAGATE: Hotel services available for weekend get togethers (ie, shabbatonia, simchas, events, meetings, etc) reasonably priced. Avail immed. Call owner 718-714-0028 9050
An amazing opportunity: New start up business, looking for MLM leaders and distributors. To sell omega 3 from safe product. Call 347-564-8932
9050
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 Reputable moving Excel prices. Quality service. DOT #2104954 Eli’s Moving Service 718-338-MOVE 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 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
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
9050
9050 4 Security camera $1200 Installation included. 1 yr warranty. Call 24Hrs 917-338-7003 www.ozganelectric.com
RELIABLE HANDYMAN We do Carpentry – Painting – Plastering – Sheetrock and tile work. NO JOB TOO SMALL. Call Barry 718-502-3554 Free Estimates
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
Contractor- All kinds of jobs plus windows, pluming and carpentry, painting. Call Baruch 215-725-9161
9050
9050 Business Cards, Logos, Postcards, Etc…Trust LH Design & Printing for affordable business cards, postcards, flyers, brochures, logos and more. Visit us at www.lhdesignprint.com, Please 2Email: lhdesignprint@aol.com or Call us : 1-888-909-9855
9050 KORN’S TORAH TRUCK - We provide Truck/ Generator, Music, Sound System, Shupah (on wheels), signs, torches, Flags + peck lach (for the children) Music in your shl. Music at the Seudah. SHULEM PAYSACH KORN: 845-642-7204 OR 845-354-5591 WWW.TorahTruck.com 9050 Mt Ararat, Farmingdale: 8 Burial plots for sale. $12,000 Best Offer 516-466-4432 or 631-466-1635
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
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 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 9050 Aircraft for sale Building for rent Call 336-292-2579 Ext 6 - Ask for Frank
9050
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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
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 9050
9050 Prominent Middle Aged Rabbi with recommendations looking to say KADDISH + learn MISHNAYOT every day, the 1st year after petira + Every yahrtzeit. 347-743-8578
WE BUY PRINTING PRESSES & EQUIP: Heidelberg, AB Dick, Multis, Ryobi, Hamd, Polar etc. Call Isaac 718-312-9912
9050
STEINWAY GRAND PIANO “M” Louis XV, walnut, 4 years old, serial # 574197. Current value 117,900; asking 75,000. Call 609-980-5555 Email WilliamBurris@comcast.net 9040
9050 Vintage Bicycles Plus: Bicycles and adult tricycles Pre-owned. 419 Jacksonville Rd, Hartboro. Hours: Mon – Fri 1 to 7pm. Saturday, 10am to 5 pm. Plenty of free parking! We can sell your bike on consignment surrey’s. Delivery for tricycles for the physically challenged available. Call 267-981-2740
9050 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
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
Old watches + Clocks Wanted by collector. Regardless of condition. Highest prices paid. 212-517-8725
9050
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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
Manalapan: True mother/daughter colonial, 2 kitchens, 2 LR, total 6 BR, 3 bths, many upgrades, lg pool, C/Vac, large lot 732-792-1143 9055
Condos/Co ops/NJ Hoboken-$1.15 m secluded carriage house, 3 firplaces, luxury, appliance package, patio +w/trellis+hot tub, terrace 3 flrs 201-400-3986 FOR SALE, LAKEWOOD 4 CONDOS AVAILABLE 2,000-2,400 sq. ft. $335,000- $345,000 1st St. & Madison Ave. Please call for info/appt. 718-974-5550
Apartment For Rent 9060
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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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
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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9065 Ringwood: 1 acre wooded lot, 280’ of frontage. Beautiful area. 180 Magee Rd $229K 406-522-0325
Rockaway Township, NJ: New construction New Jersey. ( 2) story colonial. Lakefront property. Walking distance to temple. Contact 973-983-9527 9065
9065 Clifton Patricia Loop: Move in condition! 3BR ranch, EIK, updated full bath. $329,900 FSBO 973-220-9116 www.zillow.com
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 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
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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 Lakewood: Corner store for rent, good location. Call 732-513-9470 9075
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
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7065 AC WARWICK: Lg unfurn, new carpets, Ocean View. Yrly rental $1275 per month, includes utils, storage cable, prkg. 856-596-1816
Lower Makefield: 4300sqft, 2 sty French Colonial, 4 Bdrms, 4 Ba min to shopping train, hospitals, golf course…$3,250 DAVID FIORI INC. 215-757-1000 7065
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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 Kosher Services Worldwide: Malcolm Green Events from the dryer of the angl-saxon caterers for all your Glatt Kosher catering needs in Israel and throughout the Caribbean and the wider world. Call 052-244-8709 or 9-862-6442 Email: koshercaterer@yahoo.co.uk
Luxury rentals for short/ long term in Herzelia. The apartments are furnished and newly renovated. They are avail for individuals or families. Call 011-972-54-942-1444 or www.99yafit.com
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
Jerusalem: Private suite in 5 Star Ramada, sleeps up to 8. In/out pools $250/nite Albert 514-803-8838
9000
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!
9000 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
New villa. Very high quality. Stunning 210 sqm corner center of Omer, 2 floors. 052-758-8102
9000
9000 Beautiful apartment for sale in the old city of Jerusalem with unique view. Call 011-972-52-462-8913
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
9000 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 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
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
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 Jerusalem: Lux 3 BR hotel apt, 20 min walk to kotel, kit, DR, LR, pool. Avail for Pesach 347-721-7722
9000 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 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 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 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
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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 Ramot Beit: Charming spacious 6+ rooms cottage spectacular view, garden patio, quiet lane, in amazing anglo-saxon, modern Orthodox community! 050-873-2442 or 02-586-3242
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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
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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
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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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