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Tens of thousands of Arab protesters marking Palestinian Naqba Day (“The Day of the Catastrophe,” which is how Arabs refer to the founding of the Jewish State) marched on Israel, from Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and the West Bank on Sunday. eports said that numerous people of various ethnicities were killed and scores were wounded, including 13 members of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), as some 20,000 Syrians tried to enter Israeli territory and protests on the Lebanese border turned violent. In Qalandia, a main Israel-West Bank crossing near Ramallah, some 600 Palestinians were violently rioting, hurling rocks and setting fires, Israel Radio reported. The IDF sealed off parts of the Golan Heights but hundreds of Syrians managed to cross into Israel. Officials believe Iran may have orchestrated the mobs in Syria and Lebanon to attack Israel "We hope that the quiet will return...but we are ready to protect our borders," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a broadcast speech. "The people who are protesting are not arguing about the borders of 1967 but the creation of a Jewish state," he added. In Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister of Hamas in Gaza, told thousands of worshippers to pray for an end to Israel Sunday morning. "Palestinians mark the Naqba with great hope of bringing to an end the Zionist project in Palestine," Haniyeh told 10,000 people at Gaza City's al-Omari, the AP reported via The Jerusalem Post. Palestinian demonstrators attempted to cross into Israel from Gaza. Similar incidents were reported in the West Bank, with Qalandia being the main hub for attacks on Israeli tar-
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IMF Chief Strauss-Kahn Arrested, Scandal Ensues French political figures from both the right and left wings have called for prudence over a probe into the personal life of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a survey-favored candidate for 2012 presidential elections in France. eanwhile, they expressed caution over Strauss-Khan's prospect in France's presidential elections after he was arrested in New York City on Saturday, reportedly on charges of sexually attacking a Manhattan hotel maid. "The news which came from New York was like a thunderclap. Like the others I'm myself totally surprised. I call on everyone to wait for the truth of the facts and respect the presumption of innocence," Martine Aubry, general secretary of France's Socialist Party, was quoted as saying by RTL radio.
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Strauss-Kahn, 62, is the leader of France's Socialist Party. He is believed to be the main rival to French President Nicholas Sarkozy in the 2012 elections. A recent survey published by French daily Le Parisien said that 45 percent of the French surveyed saw Strauss-Khan, who is also the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as France's next president. Speaking to France's state-run TV channel France 2, Francois Baroin, Budget Minister and the government's spokesman, called for "an extreme prudence in the analysis of facts and comments". "The position of the French government respects two simple principles. First (the respect) of judicial proceedings which are underway under the U.S. authorities and the respect of presumption of innocence," the minis-
ter said. "We will not go further on our comments," Baroin added. Dominique Strauss-Kahn was implicated in 2008 for a sex affair with a female IMF staffer of Hungarian origin. He had apologized in public for "misjudgment" and was exonerated of abuse of power by an internal investigation. Jacques Attali, former councilor of France's late president Francois Mitterand, said things will change after the arrest of Strauss-Khan for alleged sexual attack. "The international political situation will change. The International Monetary Fund will have at least an interim CEO and I do not think, except in handling this case that Dominique Strauss-Kahn will be candidate for the presidential elections," Attali told a local private radio.
Glenn Beck Announces “Rally in Jerusalem” in August BY FERN SIDMAN FOX news personality and conservative talk show host Glenn Beck announced on Monday morning his intention of organizing a major rally in Jerusalem to be held in August. During his radio program, he reminded his listeners of his previous rally, held in Washington, DC on August 28, 2010 called "Restoring Honor" which drew hundreds of thousands of people. Mr. Beck exhorted "all decent people and people of faith" to join him in Jerusalem in a rally called "Restoring Courage." Having recently returned from a trip to Israel, where he visited the Temple Mount, he said upon his departure, "The Temple Mount almost pulsated. I could feel it.” s a vocal advocate and fervent supporter of Israel, Mr. Beck has made Israel and the Jewish people a focal point of his broadcasts. On Feb. 4, 2011, Mr. Beck offered his prognostications on the revolution in Egypt by telling his television audience that, "If President Hosni Mubarak does step down, […] the Muslim Brotherhood would be the most likely group to seize power. They've openly stated they want to declare war on Israel and they would end the peace agreement with Israel and they would work towards instituting something we told you about, a caliphate." Often declaring his deeply held conviction that Israel and the Jewish people are being "set up," Mr. Beck has consistently addressed the exponential rise in anti-Semitism. "Old hatreds are coming over the horizon; it's a well-laid plan. Right now, when you're paying $4 a gallon for gasoline, it's tough. Pretty soon, you're going to
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Glenn Beckhas consistently addressed the exponential rise in anti-Semitism. “Old hatreds are coming over the horizon; it's a well-laid plan.” want somebody to blame. And politicians always are there to give you someone to blame. And mark my words, we will be paying 10 dollars a gallon for gasoline. When that happens and someone comes to you and says, "It's the Jews. It's Israel. If they would just give up Jerusalem. If they would just divide Jerusalem!" It is coming. This will be the mantra come September. "If they just divide Jerusalem, they just give it up! Go back to the '67 lines." It's coming," he ruefully observed. Issuing an impassioned appeal to his listeners earlier today, Mr. Beck warned that Israel is in imminent danger: "Things in Israel are going
to get bad. They are going to spread across the Middle East. The things that I've told you are coming, will come. It's only a matter of time." Making an oblique reference to the upcoming meeting between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mr. Beck said, "There are people that will promise you ‘peace’ in the coming months. They are going to attack the center of our faith; our common faith, and that is Jerusalem but it won't be with bullets or bombs. It will be with a two-state solution that cuts off Jerusalem; the Old City, to the rest of the world." Alluding to the dramatic escalation in global anti-Western and anti-Israel animus, Mr. Beck said, "There are forces in this land, and forces all over the globe that are trying to destroy us, but remember, 'we are the great Satan and Israel is the little Satan.' " Offering a historical retrospective, he said, "Many in the history of man have had the opportunity to stand with the Jewish people; Poland, Russia, Germany, and time and time and time again, they have failed." As a devout Mormon, Mr. Beck spoke of his religious beliefs in the unfolding of geo-political realities. "The only seat of government that can and will solve this problem, with or without us is G-d. It is time to return inside the walls that surround Jerusalem and stand with peoples of all faiths, all around the world." Beseeching his listeners to join the rally in Jerusalem, Mr. Beck exclaimed, "As a citizen of America and a brother in the family of man, I come to you today and ask you to stand; stand with me in Jerusalem." Candidly admitting that he didn't know how many people would show up, or how much the event would cost, he declared that the rally would be "a life altering event" and warned that the "very gates of hell" would fight his attempts to hold the rally.
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Syrian Protesters Assault Israeli Israel Project’s Arabic Facebook Border, Deflecting Internal Scrutiny Page Gets Almost 15,000 Followers in Less than Two Weeks SYRIAN DEFECTOR: “IT’S A MESSAGE BY THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT”
The mob that descended on Israel from Syria during the weekend likely was fomented by Syrian officials attempting to distract attention from the country’s weeks-old internal rioting and upheaval. So far, Syrian forces have killed almost 800 protesters and 9,000 others have been detained.
ISRAELI SOCIETY, CULTURE AND POLITICS COVERED IN ARABIC FOR ARAB WORLD “Israel Uncensored,” The Israel Project (TIP)’s new Arabic-language Facebook page, has reached almost 15,000 followers less than two weeks after going live.
lmost 1,000 Syrians gathered at the border with Israel, and about 300 charged the barrier and illegally entered Israel apparently unstopped by Syrian forces. Until this weekend, the border has been quiet for 37 years. Throughout the weekend, thousands of Arabs assaulted Israel on almost all fronts, storming Israel from Lebanon, the West Bank, Hamas-controlled Gaza and Syria. The attacks were carried out as part of “Naqba Day,” which marks the Palestinians’ mourning of Israel’s creation in 1948. Naqba is Arabic for catastrophe. Only in Jordan, which has a peace treaty with Israel, did the government stop 800 protesters from trying to infiltrate the border with Israel. “It’s a message by the Syrian government for Israel and the international community,” said Radwan Ziadeh, a Syrian defector. “If you continue the pressure on us, we will ignite the front with Israel.” Ziadeh is a visiting scholar at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Analysts in Lebanon and Syria also said those countries were using Naqba Day to divert scrutiny from internal problems. Said Yoni Ben-Menachem, Israel Radio’s
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Naqba Day Protestor. chief Arab affairs analyst, “This way Syria makes its contribution to the Naqba Day cause, and Assad wins points by deflecting the media’s attention from what is happening inside Syria.” In Qalandia, a main Israel-West Bank crossing, about 600 Palestinians rioted, hurling rocks and setting fires, Israel Radio reported. At least 15 people died in the ensuing clashes. Israeli officials said they believe Iran, which trains, funds and arms Hamas, may have orchestrated the mobs in Syria and Lebanon to attack Israel. The Israel Defense Forces gave soldiers “specific orders” to avoid using live fire, the International Herald Tribune reported. "We hope that the quiet will return... but we are ready to protect our borders," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. "The people who are protesting are not arguing about the borders of 1967 but the creation of a Jewish state."
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he response shows an appetite for accurate information about Israel and the Middle East among the Arabs, especially the younger generation which has embraced social media. The rush to sign up shows a willingness to reject decades of antiIsrael propaganda in favor of a more nuanced, balanced and accurate picture. TIP’s Arabic team, which has been engaging Arabic-speaking journalists and political leaders for 18 months, is now reaching out to a wider audience, presenting a broad-cross section of Israeli life and society.
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______________________ “TIP has created a unique platform to reach out to the Arab world, getting them the facts about Israel at this critical juncture in Arab history.” ______________________ “TIP has created a unique platform to reach out to the Arab world, getting them the facts about Israel at this critical juncture in Arab history,” said Marcus Sheff, TIP’s Israel office Executive Director. “We are trying to give a multi-dimensional picture of Israel,” said TIP Arabic’s Director Shimrit Meir. “Clearly, there is much interest in that in the Arab world.” “Israel Uncensored” is geared toward young Arabs and the content is often cultural, social and political. Arab youth, explained Meir, particularly because of their demographic importance in the Arab world, is the key audience and the response shows that many young Arabs are open to a free flow of ideas, images and thoughts from around the world including Israel. Indeed, the age group 18-34 represents the main cross-section of the group’s followers. An ‘Israel at 63’ Press kit and video-clips of Israeli performer, Beri Sacharoff, garnered some 33,000 views, 72 “likes” and 48 comments. “It’s a huge achievement. We are very happy to be part of the ‘Facebook revolution’ that looks for openings in the Arab world to create positive impressions about Israel and towards peace,” added Meir.
TIP Arabic’s flagship Facebook page, TIP Arabic, includes mainly journalists and editors from the Arab world amoung its friends. It focuses on “hard-core” politics, mainly the Israel – Palestinian conflict related issues. It provides the Israeli perspective on regional events and has over 900 followers. Some 4,100 followers of “Israel Uncensored” come from Egypt and nearly 500 are Palestinian. Nearly 2,000 are from Algeria, 1,000 from Morocco, 660 from Tunisia, and 360 from Saudi Arabia. Women make up 26 percent of the followers - an important social tool given that women were very involved in Egypt’s revolution. The Israel Project’s (TIP) Arabic Media Program works to open hearts and minds in the Arab world toward peace with Israel -and a better future for both sides. The program provides journalists in the Arab world with facts and sources to inform their readers and viewers about the real Israel – a democracy defending itself from terror, but working for peace. The Arabic team is headed by Shimrit Meir who draws upon more than 12 years of experience researching and covering the Arab world. Prior to joining TIP, Meir was the Arab affairs correspondent and commentator for Galei Zahal, Israel’s popular army radio station. Previously, Meir worked for both Israeli public television (Israel Broadcast Authority) and for Channel 2 News, the country’s largest commercial channel. She is fluent in Arabic, Hebrew, English and French. For more information on this, and other work by The Israel Project, visit their website at www.theisraelproject.org.
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ISRAELI LEADERS COMMENT ON NAQBA DAY
“In 1947, Jewish leadership accepted the principles of two states for two peoples. It was the Palestinian leadership and the Arab side that rejected the partition proposals. The first ArabIsraeli war was a direct result of that rejection. It would surely be more positive today if Palestinians would learn from past mistakes instead of repeating them." “Israel is a democracy. People are free to demonstrate here. But if demonstrations become violent, police must protect civilians and property from damage." -Mark Regev, Spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
"The state was founded 63 years ago on the basis of the declaration of independence, which promises equality of rights for all of our citizens regardless of religion, race and sex. We extended our hand in peace to our Arab neighbors and promised equality, progress and partnership to Israel's Arab citizens. When one looks at the region today, Israeli Arabs are the only Arabs in the Middle East and North Africa that enjoy democratic rights, equality and civil rights.” “I regret that there are extremists among Israeli Arabs and in neighboring countries who have turned the day on which the State of Israel was established, the day on which the Israeli democracy was established, into a day of incitement, violence and rage. There is no place for this, for denying the existence of the State of Israel. No to extremism and no to violence. The opposite is true." -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
“It’s extremely disappointing to see how instead of dedicating their efforts to promote a positive cause of their own, the Palestinians invest themselves in denying Israel’s basic right to exist. This manifest negativism based on denial, exclusion and rejection is the real cause of the Palestinian plight." -Yigal Palmor, Spokesman for Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Arab Mobs Attack Israel on All Fronts gets. As many as 1,000 busloads of Lebanese and Palestinians living in Lebanon descended on the Israeli frontier where mobs began hurling rocks over the border. Massive demonstrations also turned into fiery riots over the weekend in Eastern Jerusalem in areas such as Issawiya, Ras al-
Amoud, Beit Hanina and Silwan. People threw rocks and torched cars. “It was chaos,” said Garrett Khoury, an American student at Jerusalem’s Hebrew University who was a bystander in Issawiya on Saturday. “People were confronting the police along the road. About 500 people were gathered and they were firing bottle rockets and lighting tires on fire, even pouring oil on the road and lighting it on fire,” Khoury added. Soldiers and officers were given “specific orders” to avoid using live fire, the International Herald Tribune reported. Meanwhile, a suspected terror attack occurred Sunday morning when a 22-year old Arab Israeli from Kfar Qasim, near the
Arabs Plot to Kill Sheikh and Blame Jews An alleged Arab Israeli Jaffa crime organization planned to detonate a bomb under the car of a Muslim sheikh last month over a business dispute and then spray paint 'price-tag' graffiti in the area in order to draw blame on the far right, police suspect.
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total of eight suspects have been under arrest for the past month, including four brothers from one family and two brothers from another family. Another suspect worked as a lawyer in the Justice Ministry. They had already assembled a powerful bomb, and were stopped when police raided a home in Jaffa just hours before they planned on planting the device, a law enforcement source said. They had allegedly planned to detonate the advice after evening prayers at a Jaffa mosque. Police believe a disastrous outcome was averted thanks to the raid. The alleged plot was only the latest in a series of attempted assassinations allegedly carried out by the suspect gang. In another bombing attempt connected to the same gang the suspects were involved in an ongoing attempt to damage or destroy a Scientology center in Jaffa. In one attempt, one of the suspects entered the building, poured gasoline inside, and set fire to the place. The gang also attempted, to destroy the building using a truck carrying 300 liters of fuel and a gas balloon was allegedly used in a failed bid to bomb the building. The suspects allegedly were dressed up as Orthodox Jews, in the hope that the attack would also be blamed on Jewish religious organizations who are opposed to the presence of Scientology in Israel. The suspects were allegedly hired by a
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The protestors’ sign reads “AlNaqba” (“The Catastrophe”), refering to the founding of the State of Israel. Israeli-West Bank border, drove his truck into traffic near an elementary school. He killed Aviv Morag, a 29-year old from Givatayim, near Tel Aviv, and injured others. Iran-backed Hamas is a terrorist organization that has controlled Gaza since 2007 and whose mission is to “kill the Jews” and praises Osama bin Laden as a “holy warrior.” Haniyeh’s call for Israel’s destruction came less than two weeks after Hamas joined with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party to create a Palestinian government.
The Old City of Jaffa, which has become a hotbed of Palestinian nationalism. lawyer, named as Gor Finkelstein, to harm Shota Hovel, head of the construction oversight department at Tel Aviv Municiaplity, over Hovel's decision to knock down a building in Jaffa owned by Scientologists due to building regulations. Other attempts to stop the Scientology center were an to detonate a bomb under Hovel's car in Bat Yam. Hovel escaped from the incident unharmed, but the vehicle was damaged. In a subsequent assassination attempt, three suspects dressed as police officers stopped Hovel in his car, and attempted to attack him with an electric shocker. That attack failed too, and the suspects fled the scene.
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U.S. Says No Double Standards in Dealing With 9/11, Mumbai Attacks The United States’ Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer said earlier last Tuesday (May 3) that the U.S. was not adopting double standards while dealing with 2008 Mumbai attacks and 9/11 attacks. rom September 11 where we lost 3,000 people, about 42 Indians, to Nov. 26 where scores of Indians were slaughtered by terrorists, including six Americans who died on that day, America and India especially over the past two years have come together to share intelligence, in unprecedented ways," the U.S. envoy told local media. Among the American casualties to whom the ambassador referred were local Chabad rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka. "I respectfully and strongly disagree with you," Roemer said when he was asked if the
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______________________ “We are working [...] to help built capacity here in India, build forensic capabilities, the possibility of new national counter terrorism center.” ______________________ U.S. is not treating the two attacks as the same kind. While visiting the western Indian state of Gujarat where he went to visit the home of Mahatma Gandhi, the U.S. envoy added: "That U. S. also shared David Headley and intelligence information related to him with agencies in India. We are working […] to help built capacity here in India, build forensic capabilities, the possibility of new national counter terrorism center, share best practices and expertise, as to how to prevent the
aakov Yosef Greenwald of Israel was arrested, together with two of his friends, in the Tokyo airport three years ago when $3.6 million worth of Ecstasy pills were found in the false bottoms of suitcases they were carrying. The three
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______________________ “The District Court found that the polygraph showed he did not know what he was carrying.” ______________________ youths were all under 20 years old when they were arrested. They all passed Japanese lie detectors tests showing they had been tricked by a “friend” who asked them to take the suitcases, assured them that all was legal, and gave them $1,000 each for their efforts. The “friend” has since been charged and
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Notorious Nazi Death Camp Guard Convicted, Released BY JULIE MORIN The conviction of John Demjanjuk in a Munich court last Thursday for assisting in the murders of over 27,000 Jews at the Sobibor death camp in Poland was met by many with approval and relief. But for some the news turned sour after the announcement last Friday that Demjanjuk would be released from jail while his appeal is underway. German authorities have relocated him to a nursing home. e feel that this is an insult to his victims and to the survivors,” said Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, who had stated after the verdict, “Today a German court finally put an end to his disguise and set the record straight that he was, in fact, one of the sadistic and brutal murderers at Sobibor and sentenced him to, what for a 91-year-old man, is a life sentence in jail.” On Monday, May 16, it was learned that German prosecutors are planning to appeal Demjanjuk's sentence and release. "Grounds for the appeal will be given once written notice" of the court decision has been received, said a spokesperson for the Munich prosecutor’s office. Demjanjuk was sentenced to five years in prison. The presiding judge in the case, Ralph Alt, stated that, “Keeping him (Demjanjuk) confined would be disproportionate. The sentence can only begin once any appeal in the case is rejected. It doesn’t seem likely that Demjanjuk will actually serve any more time in the end. The appeal will take at least a year and at that time his health may not allow putting him in prison.” Response to Demjanjuk’s release has been swift. “There must never be impunity or closure for those who were involved in mass murder and genocide, irrespective of their age,” said Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress. Demjanjuk, 91, had been incarcerated during the eighteen-month trial, following his extradition from the U.S. in May, 2009. Though he was deemed medically fit to stand trial, he was taken to court in a wheelchair and set up in a bed inside the courtroom. According to Cornelious Nestler, the law professor who represented several Holocaust victims at the trial, Demjanjuk exaggerated his ailments in a bid to win sympathy. He noted that Demjanjuk would joke with reporters outside the courtroom, after which he would appear lifeless inside the courtroom. This opinion was echoed by Efraim Suroff, the chief Nazi-hunter at the Wiesenthal Center, who stated, “…empathy for the perpetrators is really what I refer to as the ‘Misplaced Sympathy Syndrome’ – the individuals in question are the last people on earth who deserve any empathy, since they had no mercy whatsoever for their helpless victims.” The prosecution’s key evidence was an SS Trawniki identification card allegedly depicting a photo of Demjanjuk and showing his appointment to Sobibor. The Trawniki camp was a training ground for death camp Wachman, or guards. Demjanjuk’s defenders claimed the card is a KGB fake. Attending the trial were three Sobibor survivors and about three dozen family members of survivors. Among them was Helen Hyde, a schoolteacher from England, whose aunt, Helen Neuhaus, died at Sobibor in 1943 along with her husband and their young son. Ms. Hyde, who says she feels “haunted” by the memory of her aunt, expressed satisfaction with the verdict. "If you commit a crime or are involved in a crime, it doesn't matter how old you are, you must accept responsibility and the consequences of your actions. That was really the most important thing for me." She added,
“W At the schene of the terrorist attack in Mumbai. next terrorist attack." Headley is a Pakistani-born U.S. citizen arrested by FBI for suspected terrorist activities, including involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, in the United States last year. He added that the U.S., through the FBI also helped India in apprehending Ajmal Kasab, the lone gunman who was captured in the Mumbai attacks, convicted for the attacks. "I think that the two countries have come together. They have also come together in so many other ways, like green partnerships, helping to addressing poverty, Afghanistan, on providing food stuff to Africa. U.S. President also pledged his support for UN Security Council seat for India," he said. "This partnership continues to get closer and closer. It has a historic trajectory of global partnership to bring these countries closer in the future too," said the U.S. envoy.
Japanese High Court Rejects Hassidic Appeal The Tokyo High Court has failed to overturn the harsh verdict of six years at hard labor handed down against a Hassidic youth accused of smuggling drugs. However, it has deducted “time served.”
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imprisoned in Israel. Ever since the boys were arrested, their trials have attracted much attention in the Jewish world, as well as contributions of hundreds of thousands of dollars for their legal costs. The District Court’s sentence of six years – and a $50,000 fine – was not overturned, but the presiding High Court judge showed leniency in deducting the 814 days of time served from the sentence, even though these were not spent at forced labor. Supporters hope that Yaakov Yosef can be transferred to Israel for the remainder of his sentence before the forced labor is to begin. Given the one-third off for good behavior and the like, the optimistic expectation is that he can be out of jail ten months from now - nearly four years after his ordeal began. The prosecution demanded a 13-year sentence. The District Court found that though the polygraph showed he did not know what he was carrying, it did not rule out that he might have suspected something. The judges sentenced him to six years at hard labor because he should have suspected that something was amiss. Following the High Court's decision, Yakov Yosef was amazingly upbeat, reported
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The conviction of John Demjanjuk in a Munich court turned sour after the announcement last Friday that Demjanjuk would be released from jail while his appeal is underway. "When you hear in German something like 'Vernichtungslager' (extermination camp), and then very soon after you hear the name of your family, it is a shock to the system, but I am glad I was there, I am very, very glad I was there." Efforts to deport Demjanjuk from the U.S. to his native Ukraine had been delayed beginning in 2005 pending his many appeals for a reversal of the deportation order. When all appeals failed, he sought protection under the United Nations Convention Against Torture, claiming that at his age the deportation would constitute torture. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review his appeal in May, 2008. Around that time, the German courts requested Demjanjuk’s extradition with the aim of prosecuting him for his role as a guard at the Sobibor death camp, where over 27,000 Dutch Jews were deported
______________________ “If you commit a crime or are involved in a crime, it doesn't matter how old you are, you must accept responsibility and the consequences of your actions.” ______________________ between March and September of 1943. Demjanjuk has been previously incarcerated in Israel after being convicted in 1988 of the murder and torture of Jews in the Treblinka and Sobibor death camps. The conviction was overturned by the Israeli Supreme Court in 1993 on the basis of reasonable doubt that Demjanjuk was indeed the notorious “Ivan the Terrible” at the Treblinka death camp, though one judge added, “The facts proved the appellant’s participation in the extermination process” at Sobibor. Israel declined to prosecute Demjanjuk on the Sobibor charge, stating his extradition from the U.S. had been for the sole purpose of trying him as “Ivan the Terrible.” After his release from Israel, Demjanjuk returned to Cleveland, Ohio, where he had resided since 1952 and where he had once been employed as a diesel engine mechanic at a Ford auto plant. But in 1999 the U.S. Justice Court refiled its case against him (originally filed in 1977), and in 2002 Demjanjuk was stripped of his U.S. citizenship for the second time. The crimes that Demjanjuk was found guilty of perpetrating were showcased in the film, ‘Escape from Sobibor’ starring Alan Arkin, which highlighted the story of the escape of 300 prisoners from the infamous death camp.
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SOUTH FLORIDA IMAMS ACCUSED OF TALIBAN SUPPORT Two South Florida imams and a relative made initial court appearances Monday after being arrested over the weekend for alleged material support to the Pakistani Taliban. afiz Khan, 76, along with two sons and a daughter, a grandson and a Pakistani man, are charged with four counts of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and actually providing the support. Like his father, Izhar Khan is an imam at a South Florida mosque. The two, along with Irfan Khan, were arrested Saturday. The three other defendants are believed to be in Pakistan. Each count carries a maximum 15-year prison term. Hafiz Khan has been the imam at Miami's oldest mosque since at least 1999. Yet, according to South Florida media reports, no one suspected he harbored radical ideas. Though he came from Pakistan's Swat Valley, home to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and other terrorist groups, Khan's congre-
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______________________ U.S. Attorney Wilfredo Ferrer: “Despite being an Imam, or spiritual leader, Hafiz Khan was by no means a man of peace.� ______________________ gants and associates say they knew nothing about his alleged support for terrorists. Privately, prosecutors allege, his desire for Islamic law to take over Pakistan and his
Hafiz Muhammad Sher Ali Khan, 76, right, and one of his sons, 24-year-old Izhar Khan, are shown in this courtroom drawing made Monday in federal court in Miami. repeated calls for acts of terrorism to accomplish it were made plain. "Despite being an Imam, or spiritual leader, Hafiz Khan was by no means a man of peace," U.S. Attorney Wilfredo Ferrer said in a statement. "Instead, as today's charges show, he acted with others to support terrorists to further acts of murder, kidnapping and maiming. But for law enforcement intervention, these defendants would have continued to transfer funds to Pakistan to finance the Pakistani Taliban, including its purchase of guns." Reaction in South Florida's Muslim community ranged from shock to doubt. "I never, ever heard anything that came
close to militancy from him," mosque secretary Fazal Deen said. "Every time I attended his mosque, the sermons never had a political tone," Mohammad S. Shakir, director of the Miami-Dade Asian Advisory Board, told the Miami Herald. "He came across as a 76year-old grandfather talking about virtues and what to do and not do within the religion," "There is not even a 1 percent chance that he would do this," Arif Baig, a Pakistani native who runs a Little Havana convenience store, told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. During a news conference, the Council
on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) chapter director said people were shocked at the allegations. But rather than delve into what the Khans preached or how they allegedly concealed their terror support, Nezar Hamze expressed concern that worshipers might avoid their mosques in fear of a backlash from the arrests. He knows the Khans as "very quiet individuals that seemed to be very pious people. That's their demeanor," Hamze said. The indictment makes no mention of any activities within the Khans' mosques or of any radical messages they may have preached. Agents did seize computers from Izhar Khan's mosque in Margate. The indictment does not specify that there are recordings of Hafiz Khan discussing his support for the Taliban or fundraising for it with his fellow defendants, but it does contain specific references to conversations from 2008 through last fall. During a September 2009 conversation with his son Zeb, Khan said "there should
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NY Congressman Nominates NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly to be Next FBI Director In response to the NYPD’s successfully foiling a terrorist plot against a New York City synagogue, Congressman Michael G. Grimm (R,C-NY) issued a statement commending NYPD Commissioner Kelly, and recommending to President Obama that he be made the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. What follows is the full text of Rep. Grimm’s statement: ew York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has once again exemplified unprecedented leadership in yesterday’s arrest of two men suspected of plotting to blow up a NYC synagogue. Since 9/11 the NYPD has played and intricate role in keeping New Yorkers safe during our most dangerous times - a true testament of Commissioner Kelly's exemplary leadership and professionalism. His unique and diverse skill set, from his service in the Marine Corps to his tenure in Washington to his extensive law enforcement experience, puts Ray Kelly at the top of the most elite lists of qualified candidates. As President Obama begins seeking a new FBI Director, I urge him to choose the best man for the job: Commissioner Ray Kelly. As a former FBI agent, I know that this position requires an exceptional individual in order to keep Americans safe at a time when the United States remains on high alert. Ray Kelly is tough, he’s a fighter, and he’ll get the job done better than anyone I know. Now more than ever, our country needs a strong leader in the FBI who will stand up for the safety and freedoms of all Americans. I wholeheartedly believe that the best person for that job is Commissioner Ray Kelly.”
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Bobby Brown, left, executive director of the new Project HEART (Holocaust Era Asset Restitution Taskforce), a nonprofit initiative of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), funded by and in cooperation with the Government of Israel, shows Esther Widman, right, a Holocaust survivor, a “mercy necklace,” believed to be Jewish property from 1940’s Poland that was reclaimed recently from Lodz, Poland. A new searchable database of over 650,000. Such Holocaust era property records came online today and a call to find their owners or heirs was made at a Manhattan Photo by David Karp news conference. Wednesday, May 4, 2011 A large scale international effort to help Jewish victims of the Holocaust redress claims of lost property confiscated, looted or forcibly sold under the Nazi regime was jumpstarted this week with the unveiling of a large, publicly available and searchable database of more than 650,000 Holocaust era property records in its first release.
history,” said Natan Sharansky, the chairman of the Jewish Agency. “These new technological tools together with the official involvement of the State of Israel in this process give us the hope that this time things will be different. As a former Prisoner of Zion, I remember the difficulty that existed in transferring information in the Soviet Union. In the age of the Internet, Google and
he records were compiled and made available by Project HEART (Holocaust Era Asset Restitution Taskforce), an initiative of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), in cooperation and with the support of the Government of Israel, to help Jewish families identify personal property confiscated by the Nazis and to help victims seek restitution. Leah Nass, Deputy Minister for Senior Citizens, representing the Government of Israel, said, “We sincerely hope that restituting Holocaust assets will assist survivors that were unable to receive proper redress until today and allow them to live out their lives with greater peace of mind despite the unspeakable losses they were forced to endure.” The Project HEART database consists of property addresses, insurance policies, lists of homeowners, professions, lists of known confiscated properties, business directories, and other archival information that can assist potential applicants in their research. Archivists plan on releasing several million records, making HEART’s database the international community’s largest single source database of lost Jewish property assets from the Holocaust era. Project HEART’s Executive Director Bobby Brown said that the involvement of the Government of Israel in the global Holocaust restitution effort marks an important development for the victims and their heirs. “Israel’s very strength and national determination is derived from those who were forced to experience the very worst of humanity,” he said. “It is therefore incumbent upon the Jewish nation to do our utmost to give them some measure of justice which they have been denied for so long.” “The Holocaust was not only genocide of the Jewish people, but the greatest robbery in
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Facebook allows us to create magnificent revolutions. Project HEART’s website has received more than 700,000 hits during its first few weeks.” Project HEART unveiled an initial set of archival records last week, in the presence of leaders of the American Jewish community. Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger and Jewish community leader James Tisch shared thoughts on the urgency of Holocaust restitution. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed attendees via video and said, “This is an initiative of great importance and offers us the promise that we can finally achieve the justice so long denied to the victims of the Holocaust and their heirs.” Launched in late February, 2011, Project HEART seeks to identify Jewish Holocaust victims and their heirs worldwide whose families owned real estate, movable, immovable, or other intangible personal property that was confiscated, looted, or forcibly sold in countries governed or occupied by the Nazi forces or Axis powers during the Holocaust era. The only limitation for application is if a post war settlement already has been made to a victim or the victim’s heirs for that property. In such cases, people are not eligible to apply to Project HEART regarding that property.
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New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has once again exemplified unprecedented leadership in yesterday’s arrest of two men suspected of plotting to blow up a NYC synagogue. The Jewish Voice also applauds the leadership of Police Commissioner Kelly, and the hard work and dedication of the New York Police Department to bring terrorists to justice, and protect the people of New York, proving for all to see that the men and women of the NYPD really are “New York’s Finest.”
School Board Fight Heats Up Against Jewish Candidates The large Orthodox Jewish community in Spring Valley, NY sends most of its children to private schools but took control of the public school district six years ago. ow, there’s a heated school board election pitting three Orthodox Jewish candidates against so-called “public school candidates,” who have or had children in the school system. Critics say the current school board has favored private schools, closing two public schools and arranging for them to be used by yeshivas, or private Jewish schools. Members of the Orthodox Jewish community say the board is acting appropriately and trying to make sure that the needs of
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children attending private school aren’t ignored. “There has been a lot of division, unfortunately,” said Kim Foskew, president of the Parent Teacher Association Council. “I wish there wasn’t. People are getting angry. It’s just a culmination of everything and it has built up a lot of animosity.” Similar power struggles have taken place in communities with large Orthodox populations, such as Lawrence, Long Island, and Lakewood, N.J. In the East Ramapo district, residents say the conflict has reached the breaking point. Both the Anti-Defamation League and the New York Civil Liberties Union have written letters to school officials expressing concerns about various issues in the district.
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WAR ON TERROR Islamist Group Delivers FBI Scare Lecture A recent "Know Your Rights" presentation by the Council on American-Islamic Relations' (CAIR) New York chapter set a new standard of fomenting fear and distrust among Muslim Americans toward law enforcement. Not only is the FBI out to get Muslims - and its agents are willing to lie and break the law to do it - an attorney and CAIR-New York board member told the audience, but so is the Israeli Mossad. t was discovered or published that a lot of the interviews that Muslims believed they were going into with the FBI, it turns out it wasn't with the FBI at all," Lamis Deek said in her presentation. "Guess who it was? Mossad, Israeli intelligence in New York and New Jersey." A report did surface last fall about approaches to Muslim community leaders by possible Mossad operatives claiming to be in U.S. intelligence. The report indicates the agents sought cooperation and information, which the community leaders turned down and then reported the approaches to the FBI. In her remarks, Deek indicated the reports, based on anonymous sources, are proof that an Israeli conspiracy is playing out in America. Deek spoke April 16 at the LaGuardia Airport Marriott as part of a CAIR leadership conference and chapter banquet. In addition to her work with CAIR, Deek actively supports a group trying to break the blockade on supplies to the Hamas government in Gaza. In that role, she has called Zionism "a racist and criminal ideology" and advocated a Palestinian state over land where Israel exists.
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"They will do anything, anything within their power and oftentimes beyond their power to get you to talk," Deek said. "They will threaten you. OK? I've had one case where they tried to blackmail my client, I mean blackmail, seriously blackmail; that's illegal. But they'll do it." CAIR officials insist they support the FBI and have been helpful in investigations. The "Know Your Rights" seminars merely seek to reinforce every American's right to "constitutionally informed cooperation with law enforcement." That was their argument in January, after the group's San Francisco chapter posted a flyer on its website of a skulking agent roaming a neighborhood as doors slammed shut. "Build a Wall of Resistance," the flier said. "Don't Talk to the FBI." CAIR's claim of supporting law enforcement is "ludicrous," said Steven Pomerantz, the FBI's assistant director for counterterrorism in the 1990s. The group has "a consistent, long history of being antagonistic toward law enforcement." There may be individual, anecdotal examples of some of the problems Deek described, he said, but it's simply a scare tactic to take "the worst possible scenario of law enforcement in America and it's the sole way they portray it." CAIR officials have routinely condemned FBI terrorism and terror financing investigations. Last fall, they denounced the FBI for searching the Chicago home of Hatem Abudayyeh, executive director of the Arab American Action Network. Ahmed Rehab, executive director of CAIR's Chicago
chapter, called the investigation "a waste of taxpayer dollars," "a new low," and "an example of FBI overreach when it comes to activism or commentary on the (Middle East) conflict." CAIR also routinely criticizes terror investigations of Muslims involving informants. After arrests in Maryland and Oregon involving men who thought they were about to bomb public places turned out to be FBI stings, Zahra Billoo, director of the San Francisco chapter that published the "wall of resistance" flier said the FBI "is creating these huge terror plots where they don't exist." CAIR-Detroit director Dawud Walid went further in a December speech, saying, "The FBI, by using informants acting as agent provocateurs, has recruited more socalled extremist Muslims than al-Qaida themselves." In contrast, CAIR praised the FBI following the arrests of a Christian Michigan militia group accused of plotting violence against law enforcement and may have targeted Muslims in an investigation aided by an undercover informant. Walid devoted a year to trying to cast an FBI raid on a radical imam as an example of excessive force despite the fact that the imam refused to surrender and concealed a handgun as agents moved in to arrest him. Yet, CAIR praised the FBI last week after it fatally shot a suspect in a 2010 pipe bomb attack on a mosque in Jacksonville, Fla. "While we regret that this individual will not face justice in a court of law, we thank the FBI for its year-long effort to bring the
alleged perpetrator to justice," said Muneer Awad, executive director of CAIR's Oklahoma chapter (CAIR-OK). In Deek's presentation, however, law enforcement was something to fear. "We're in an age where we are in fact all on the radar," she said, "we are in fact most of us under investigation." Nobody representing a police agency should be trusted, according to CAIR: "It's very important to not speak to law enforcement of any type, not just FBI agents. We're talking about New York Police Department, we're talking about tax agents, we're talking about everybody." In addition to serving on the CAIR-New York board, Deek also helped raise money for Viva Palestina, an aid convoy organized by former British MP George Galloway that has supported the Hamas leadership in Gaza. Galloway defiantly handed a bag of cash to Hamas officials in Gaza and VP convoys routinely are greeted by Hamas representatives in nations on the convoy's path. During a July 2009 Brooklyn fundraiser, Deek endorsed the Hamas leadership and its goal of eliminating Israel. The convoy may carry aid, but its true objective is "not about charity," she said, "but in every way that we cut it, it is political." "This movement was born from the unmasked horrors and ugliness of the Israeli Zionist regime and the principles upon which that Zionist regime was founded," she said. Hamas refuses to recognize the state of Israel's existence and its charter calls for the state's destruction. In her remarks, Deek indicated no problem with that. "In choosing Hamas, what they chose was one united Palestinian state on all of the 1948 territories from the north to the very south. That is what Palestinians chose. And in supporting Palestinian choice we are saying we support their right to liberation from violent colonialism." In a separate speech at a Viva Palestina fundraiser last June, Deek reiterated her support for Palestinians who side with Hamas. "What they voted for was full resistance to Israel's occupation and one Palestinian state in all of Palestine from the '48 territories," she said. Beyond warning her audience that Mossad agents might be lurking in the shadows, her seminar last month was more about the threats Muslims face from law enforcement. If someone hasn't been confronted yet, their turn is coming, she warned. "Nothing in the world," she said at the outset of her remarks, "no matter how many
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80 Killed in Pakistan Suicide Bombing BY PHIL ITTNER
Pakistani officials say two bomb blasts at a training center for local security forces in the country’s northwest have killed at least 80 people and wounded over 120 others. he Pakistani Taliban claim the attack is to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden. Local police say two suicide bombers used at least one motorcycle packed with explosives in an early morning attack in the town of Charsadda. The bombers detonated
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Russia: Iran Nuclear Plant Will Soon Be Operational A senior Russian diplomat says Iran's Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant will be up and running within weeks. eputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov made the comment to Russia's state-run RIA Novosti news agency on Thursday after Iran announced this week that the reactor was in a testing mode, operating at low levels. Iranian state media reported on Monday that the plant will start generating electricity in the next two months. It is planned to be the first in a network of nuclear power stations. Russia, which supplied the reactor, is training Iranians to operate the facility. The Bushehr project has been set back by technical problems and delays. Iran began loading fuel into the reactors in August and authorities expected a fall startup. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), of which Iran is a member, says it is committed to imparting a "culture of nuclear safety" for all member nuclear power operators. It is monitoring the Bushehr developments. Iran is facing international sanctions over its disputed nuclear program. Iran says its nuclear program is to be used for peaceful means, while Western nations fear Iran
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Test-firing of Iranian 'Shahab 3' missile. An Iranian Shahab-3 ballistic missile on display in Tehran in September 2010 marking the 30th anniversary of the outset of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. classified United Nations report says North Korea and Iran have routinely shared ballistic missile technology in violation of U.N. sanctions, and diplomats say China has sought to block release of the report. The document, seen by Western journalists, says the illicit technology transfers passed through a neighboring third country, which diplomats identify as China, North Korea's closest ally. Beijing has not commented on the report, which also includes accusations the technology was transferred aboard regular air flights of Air Koryo and Iran Air - North Korea’s and Iran's national airlines. The U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions against North Korea after two nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009. Iran is also under international sanctions because of its uranium enrichment activities, which the United States and its allies suspect are weapons-related. Iran insists its nuclear
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program is for peaceful purposes. The U.N. report, authored by a panel of experts, was submitted Friday to all 15 members of the Security Council. But the document can only be released to the public by unanimous consent of the Council. The New York Times newspaper said the Chinese expert on the panel refused to sign off on the new report, under pressure from Beijing. The panel's findings were first reported by Reuters news agency, which quotes the document as saying further evidence of the transfers was seen at a North Korean military parade last October. The report said the warhead for the North's Nodong missile paraded through Pyongyang had a "strong design similarity with the Iranian Shahab-3 triconic warhead." China has in the past attempted to block reports critical of North Korea, and Russia took similar steps last week to block an expert panel report on Iran. Both Moscow and Beijing have argued that the United Nations should not impinge on the sovereignty of member countries. VOANEWS.COM
Iran Sends “Solidarity Flotilla” Towards Bahrain Iran is sending a solidarity flotilla to Bahrain, a move that could escalate regional tensions about the island kingdom's crackdown on mostly Shi'ite protesters. hi'ite-ruled Iran has been vocal in its dissent of Sunni-led Bahrain's treatment of protesters. The monarchy has used arrests, force and the addition of visiting Gulf troops to crush dissent. Iran's English-language Press TV reported on Monday that 120 activists – many of them professors and students – were aboard the naval convoy. The Iranian Fars news agency said the flotilla consists of two ships and left from the port of Dayyer. Press TV said the activists will ask Bahrain for permission to enters its waters, but added the request will not likely be
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granted. The Reuters agency reported that the head of Bahrain's Information Affairs Authority told Al Arabiya television that the flotilla is “a blatant interference in Bahrain's internal affairs.” Hundreds have been arrested and dozens put on trial in special courts since protests in Bahrain were crushed in March. The state of emergency is due to be lifted on June 1. Bahraini officials have said 24 people died in the unrest, and the government has arrested hundreds in the aftermath of the protest. Bahrain's top military leader says foreign forces will remain after it lifts emergency rule next month. Led by Saudi Arabia, a 1,500-strong foreign military presence has been in Bahrain since March. VOANEWS.COM
A senior Russian diplomat says Iran's Russian-built Bushehr nuclear power plant will be up and running within weeks. is building the capability for a nuclear weapon. On Wednesday, a European Union official said Iran's offer this week to resume talks on its nuclear program contains nothing new and "does not appear to justify" another meeting with six world powers. A spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton made the comment in response to a letter Ashton received Monday from Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili asking for talks to restart. VOANEWS.COM
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Donald Trump Announces He Won’t Run for President Donald Trump was the second person to drop out of the 2012 presidential race in a week. he real estate mogul and reality TV star said in a statement that he won’t seek the Republican nomination just days after presidential front runner Mike Huckabee announced his with-
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drawal from the race. He made his announcement as NBC rolled out its fall lineup. The network is home to Trump’s television show, “The Celebrity Apprentice.” Trump has been flirting with a presidential bid for months, traveling to early primary states like New Hampshire, and heckling President Barack Obama from afar.
Council Members Introduce Bill to Block Indecent Materials in Libraries Council Members David G. Greenfield (D-Brooklyn) and Eric Ulrich (R-Queens) announced bi-partisan legislation aimed at protecting minors at New York City’s public libraries from predators who are accessing indecent materials on the Internet in full view of children. Greenfield and Ulrich’s legislation would criminalize any adult viewing such materials within 100 feet of a minor in a public library. have had a number of outraged constituents call me about their children encountering sickos viewing indecent materials in full view of library patrons,” explained Councilman Greenfield. “When I was a kid, libraries were a safe haven for children. Allowing sickos to view indecent materials in front of children is an open invitation to predators to use libraries as their stalking grounds. Our bi-partisan legislation would send an unmistakable message to predators: expose yourself to children and you will go to jail.” Greenfield and Ulrich are co-sponsoring this legislation after New York’s public
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libraries refused to install Internet filters to block obscene websites from view on their computers. The New York, Brooklyn and Queens public libraries insist that restricting access to indecent websites would impinge on patrons’ freedom of speech. Greenfield and Ulrich crafted their legislation as an alternative means of ensuring a safe, childfriendly environment at public libraries, while avoiding any violation of the First Amendment. Because the legislation is narrowly tailored to protect children, it is expected to pass any constitutional challenges. “This is a common sense piece of legislation aimed at protecting the safety of our children while they spend time at the library,” said Councilman Ulrich. “We need to do more to ensure while our kids are enjoying our public libraries that they are not exposed to indecent materials.” Greenfield and Ulrich’s legislation would make viewing such materials within 100 feet of a child a misdemeanor carrying a fine of no less than $1,000 and no more than $10,000 with the possibility of imprisonment for no more than 180 days.
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Obama Administration Fights to Save Healthcare Law Lawyers for President Barack Obama went to court to try to save the cornerstone of his healthcare overhaul, arguing that the requirement for Americans to buy insurance is constitutional. three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit will consider whether a lower court was correct in striking down the requirement. But they will not be the final arbiter in a fight that is expected to reach the Supreme Court. Legal scholars see the case as pivotal because it is the first to have oral arguments before an appeals courts. That means its ruling could affect other courts and become the first challenge to the law to reach the high court. The healthcare law, which requires Americans to buy insurance by 2014 or pay a penalty, was a major victory for Obama, one that the Republican Party is working to undo in the courts, statehouses and Congress. Obama’s Republican opponents are expected to make the issue a theme during his 2012 re-election bid by arguing it is a costly and unnecessary government expansion. The panel of judges — selected at random by a computer — turned out to have all been appointed by Democratic presidents, including two by Obama: James Wynn and Andre Davis. The third, Diana Motz, was appointed by President Bill Clinton. Last year a Republican appointee, U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson in Virginia, ruled that Congress exceeded its authority by forcing Americans to buy health insurance, a key piece of the law aimed at keeping premiums low through ensuring everyone buys coverage. Virginia had passed a law barring the federal government from making its citizens buy health insurance. The state filed a legal challenge arguing that the federal government cannot penalize citizens for not buying goods or services under the U.S. Constitution’s Commerce Clause. A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday sharply questioned whether the state of Virginia could challenge President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law, which requires Americans to buy insurance in a bid to slow healthcare costs. The Obama administration is trying to save the individual mandate after a Virginia federal judge agreed with the state it was unconstitutional and struck down that part of the law. The Obama administration has vigorously defended the measure, set to go into effect in 2014. The president's Republican opponents are expected to make the issue a theme during his re-election bid by arguing it is a costly and unnecessary government expansion. Virginia passed a law barring the federal government from making its citizens buy insurance and sued to strike down the federal law. That prompted tough questions by a three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday about whether states could pass a law to buck a federal mandate. "A state could challenge any federal statute in court as long as the state passed a law?" asked Judge Diana Motz. All three judges hearing the case were appointed by Democrats, including two by Obama. Another judge, Andre Davis, who was appointed by Obama, questioned whether it would open the floodgates to states challenging all sorts of laws, including the Social Security retirement program and sending troops off to war. Lawyers for Virginia countered that it was well within the state's rights, arguing that the healthcare law threatened its sovereignty and that the state legislation was an
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former President Bill Clinton. "I don't know why it's a low trick to pass a law." The case is the first to reach oral arguments at the appeals court level, and experts have said a ruling — expected in months — could influence other pending challenges to the law, including a June 8 hearing by another appeals court. The law passed by a narrow Democratic majority last year was a major victory for Obama, one that the Republican Party is working to undo in the courts, statehouses and Congress. The Obama administration's top appellate lawyer, acting U.S. Solicitor General Neal Katyal, told the appeals court that permitting Virginia's lawsuit would inject the states into the federal courts over "abstract political disputes."
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Fishman to Build Manhattan Residential High-Rise The 20-storey building will have 11,000 square meters of space, including 1,000 square meters of ground-floor commercial space Two Fishman Holdings subsidiaries, Industrial Buildings Corp. (TASE: IBLD) and its subsidiary Darban Investments Ltd., have bought two lots in Manhattan for $40 million. The companies bought the land in equal shares. They plan to build a residential and commercial high-rise on the site for $51 million. he 20-storey building will have 11,000 square meters of space, including 1,000 square meters of ground-floor commercial space. This is the two companies' second joint purchase of land in Manhattan in six months. In December 2010, they bought the full $41.2 million mortgage rights to a residential project in Tribeca. They plan to
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Miki Naftali Checks Out After Oak Room Fiasco at The Plaza Hotel
invest an additional $50 million to build a 10,000-square meter, 18-storey building with 84 apartments. In addition, Industrial Building has a 6,000-square meter residential and commercial project in Tribeca, and Darban has a 12-storey 16,000-square meter office building in Chelsea, which it bought for $44.5 million in September 2010. Eliezer Fishman, the controlling shareholder in “Globes�, is the chairman of both companies, which he controls through Jerusalem Economy Ltd. (TASE:ECJM) (JEC). Industrial Building acquired Darban earlier this year and delisted its shares from the TASE. Industrial Buildings' share price fell 1.5% in morning trading to NIS 7.11, giving a market cap of NIS 2.2 billion.
Miki Naftali on the rooftop of Plaza Hotel during the recent renovations. Real-estate mogul Miki Naftali has courted controversy throughout his seven-year tenure overseeing the Plaza Hotel but is now checking out. r. Naftali who had engineered a $675 million deal by Elad Properties to buy the Plaza from a Saudi prince in 2004 is stepping down as CEO of Elad, just a week after reports of a bitter rent dispute is expected to close the Plaza's fabled Oak Room restaurant this summer (as reported in last weeks Jewish Voice). It has been speculated that Isaac Tshuva, the Israeli billionaire who owns parent company Elad Group has been pressuring Naftali, because of continued tenant turnover in the landmark hotel's restaurant and retail spaces and that the loss of the Oak Room was just the proverbial straw that broke the camels back. Miki Naftali insists that he and Tshuva still have "a very good relationship," and
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denied that the Oak Room or other recent miss steps at the Plaza were a factor in his decision to vacate his position at the Plaza. "This is something that I decided a few months ago," Naftali said. Naftali mentioned that he plans to start a new, New York-focused real-estate venture of his own. Naftali said he will continue to hold a 49-percent minority stake in Elad Properties and will maintain his position as chairman of sister company Elad Canada. "In the last 10 or 11 years I did a lot for Elad," Naftali said. "I think it's about time I did something for myself." Mr. Naftali refused to give details but said his new venture is pursuing "a number of investments," including one "multiuse project" in New York that includes residential and commercial space. Naftali was proud of his work and achievements at Elad and added he believes his stint at Elad has been "quite amazing," and dismissed criticism that he has struggled to find tenants for the Plaza's empty spaces.
Miki Naftali denied that the Oak Room or other recent miss steps at the Plaza were a factor in his decision to vacate his position at the Plaza.
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Prosecutor May Indict Six Companies Over Holyland BY CHEN MA'ANIT The companies are Salt Industries, Holyland Tourism, Holyland Recreation Services, Holyland Park, Hazera, and Kaldash Construction. he Tel Aviv District Prosecutor (Taxes and Economics) today confirmed that it has notified six companies for involvement in corruption in the Holyland real estate development affair in Jerusalem. The prosecutor may file indictments, pending the results of a hearing. The six companies are Israel Salt Industries Ltd., Holyland Tourism Ltd., Holyland Recreation Service Ltd.s, Holyland Park Ltd., Hazera (1939) Ltd., __________________________________
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“Prosecutor notified 18 key suspects in the Holyland case that it would indict them, subject to a hearing, which will be held in the coming months.� __________________________________
and Kaldash Construction Ltd. On 14 March, the prosecutor notified 18 key suspects in the Holyland case that it would indict them, subject to a hearing, which will be held in the coming months. The suspects include the project's develop-
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert suspected of receiving bribes in connection with the Holyland development when he served as the city's mayor. ers, various middlemen, and Jerusalem municipal officials, including former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who is suspected of receiving bribes in connection with the Holyland development when he served as the city's mayor. Other bribery suspects include Olmert's successor as mayor, Uri Lupolianski, and Olmert's chief of staff Shula Zaken. Report by Globes, Israel business news www.globes-online.com
Real-estate Tycoon Aby Rosen At War With Business Partner Aby Rosen a Real-estate and art-world magnate and his fellow managing partner at RFR Holdings, Michael Fuchs, are locked in a legal war with Harry Lis, their business partner of nearly 20 years.
This is not the first dispute between the partners regarding sale of property between the partners Lis has in the past sued Rosen and Fuchs twice to obtain the proceeds from the sale of buildings that his partners were improperly withholding. In one case, Lis successfully sued Rosen and Fuchs for millions of dollars over the sale of the building at 451 Lexington Avenue and in another suit against them is ongoing concerning the proceeds of the sale of the building at 400 Park
n the most recent battle they filed a lawsuit in February, in which Rosen and Fuchs accused Lis of refusing to provide cash to prop up struggling Aby Rosen properties during the 2009 crash, yet insisting on collecting payouts from deals like the $28.9 mil- Avenue. lion sale of 451 Lexington Ave. last Lis and his attorneys declined comment, November. but his wife, Melissa, said Rosen and Fuchs Rosen and Fuchs claim that the group owe their success in New York real estate to had agreed to treat its real estate portfolio as her husband's capital and mentoring. a single entity so that when a property made "Aby really needs to stop," she said, money, they'd use it to shore up some of adding that her husband is now planning to their less stable properties. sue his estranged partners.
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SAVING CHERNOBYL’S CHILDREN Once the rescued children stop breathing contaminated air and eating contaminated food, their health improves, according to CCOC International director Yossi Swerdlov.
BY ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN ISRAEL21C.ORG
Israel is the only country that permanently opens its arms to children sick from radiation caused by the Ukrainian nuclear disaster 25 years ago. n its 93rd rescue mission, the New York-based charity Chabad's Children of Chernobyl (CCOC) brought another 25 children to safety in Israel at the end of April. The plane touched down at Ben-Gurion International Airport almost 25 years to the day since a combination of engineering deficiencies and human error caused one of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant's reactors to release massive amounts of radioactive materials into the environment -- many times more than at Hiroshima during World War II.
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A group of 25 children arriving on Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl airlift April 28.
Stas, left, is reunited with his brother Danny, brought to Israel by CCOC last year.
The fallout directly led to the deaths of about 100,000 people, sickened countless others and continues to pose grave health risks -- particularly to children there, who have a high rate of thyroid disease, birth defects, heart conditions and compromised immunity as a result of exposure to lingering radiation in the air, water and soil. In 1990, the worldwide Chabad organization, a branch of the Lubavitch Hasidic sect, started flying out affected Jewish kids ages eight to 15 to resettle in Israel. The number of rescued youngsters now stands at 2,755. "Israel is the only country that will accept the children on a permanent basis, and we are the only organization in the world that takes them out permanently," explains Rachel Fertel, special events coordinator for CCOC. "Others take them out of Chernobyl [for treatment] but bring them back after a few weeks. We don't want them back in contaminated areas ever again."
Fertel tells reporters that the Chernobyl kids are accommodated in youth villages at Kfar Chabad, an Israeli Lubavitch town, where they receive free medical, psychological and dental care as well as schooling for several years. "We make sure they have the tools they need to survive. Many have gone on to the army or jobs, and stay connected with us as adults." Some later move to the United States or elsewhere, she added. About half of them choose to become Israeli citizens, and about 80 percent are reunited with their families at some point -- either their parents join them in Israel or they move in with relatives. The April 28 flight included 15 girls and 10 boys. It also included a man whose nephew, Pavlov, was brought by CCOC 18 months ago. The uncle had raised Pavlov after his father died and his mother became very sick due to the radiation, so CCOC arranged for him to be on the flight to visit the boy, who suffers from radiation-related heart problems. Another new arrival, Stas, was reunited with his brother Danny, who was brought to Israel by CCOC last year. The boys' mother is still in Ukraine with another brother, and CCOC reports that it intends to bring the entire family back together. "The children are chosen on an application basis," says Fertel. "A lot of times the parents send the applications, or sometimes
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JUSTICE BREYER MEETS WITH NEW YORK BOARD OF RABBIS DISCUSSES LEGAL PHILOSOPHY, SUPREME COURT’S GREATEST MOMENTS States (1919), an opinion of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., decided in the aftermath of World War I. In it, Holmes (who more often was a liberal dissenter from cases of that era) spoke for the majority, saying that any speech was permissible, save that which constituted a “clear and present danger”. Such a danger Holmes defines—in a phrase which has come down into our language— as something tantamount to “yelling ‘fire’ in a crowded theatre”. Perhaps Marbury, Brown and the others are greater legal milestones. But—in the long run—it is opinions like Schenck that set America apart from (if the reader will forgive a Darwinian allusion) a “lower order of governments.”
BY GEORGE ALAN BAUMGARTEN Judge Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, recently spoke to an audience of the New York Board of Rabbis, at a breakfast at the offices of Alliance Bernstein. Intended as a description of his new book, Making Our Democracy Work, the rare public address touched on his judicial philosophy and his favorite Supreme Court cases—those he believes to have been the most influential and far-reaching in their impact. ppointed to the Supreme Court by President Bill Clinton in 1994, Judge Stephen G. Breyer had had a distinguished career in the judiciary and other government service. Born in San Francisco, he obtained a B.A. in Philosophy from Stanford University, and then a second Bachelor’s degree from Magdalen College, Oxford, which he attended as a Marshall Scholar. He received an LL.B from Harvard Law School, and was a clerk to Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg (who resigned from the Court in 1965 to be Ambassador to the United Nations, on the death of Adlai Stevenson). He served as Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust from 1965-1967, and later as an Assistant Special Prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force in 1973. When appointed to the Supreme Court by President Clinton, Judge Breyer had been
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Stephen Breyer, Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2010 Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit since 1990. Justice Breyer’s book, Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge’s View offers something of his insights from a long legal career, and—like all such books—gives something of a history of the Supreme Court and its work (and “high and low moments”), from the perspective of the judge/author. He naturally begins with the case of Marbury v. Madison (1804), which established the Court’s right to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional (something it did not do again, for over 50 years). Scholars believe this case to be critical in the Court’s history,
Justice Stephen Breyer at the meeting with the New York Board of Rabbis, seen here with Jewish Voice Publisher David Ben-Hooren. Photo by Heather Smith.
since by establishing that right it enabled so many of the cases since. Justice Breyer spoke (and wrote) of several cases together, which affected the lives of all Americans. He told, very movingly, of the Cherokee Indians, a Native American tribe from northern Georgia. They brought a case before the Court (Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 1831), arguing that the State had no right to take their land, since they were a “foreign nation”. In its opinion (like Marbury, by Chief Justice John Marshall), the Court held that the relationship of the Cherokees to the Federal Government was rather like that of a ward to its guardian. The State expelled them by force, forcing them onto the notorious “Trail of Tears” to Oklahoma, where their descendants live to this day. While not an attempt at what would later come to be called “genocide”, this was a deep and abiding trauma that scarred the Cherokee (and, by extension, all Native Americans) in much the same way that the Jewish people would—on a vastly larger scale—be scarred by the Holocaust, over a century later. Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) was a case critical in the preservation of slavery as a way of life. Decided on the eve of the Civil War and written by Marshall’s successor Roger Brook Taney, Breyer calls it “one of the Court’s worst decisions”, and possibly the sorriest day in its history. He spoke of Scott in tandem with the case that was surely one of the Court’s finest hours, Brown v. Board of Education (1954). In an opinion of Chief Justice Earl Warren (who took great pains to ensure he had a unanimous Court), the Court finally ordered the southern states to desegregate all their schools. Breyer noted that very little desegregation actually took place for the next three years, until Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas was forcibly desegregated, by the presence of National Guard troops sent in by President Eisenhower. Ironically, as shown by Breyer, Central High lies but a mile away from the grave of Quatie Ross, wife of Cherokee Chief John Ross, who died there along the “Trail of Tears” over a century earlier. This reporter asked Justice Breyer what
cases he would regard as most significant and influential in the Court’s history. While he ultimately held out for Marbury and Brown, he turned the question around, asking which was my favorite. I told him I had a special preference for Schenck v. United
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EDITORIAL
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May 20, 2011
THE PEOPLE’S VOICE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR EDITORIAL
Score One for NYC’s Finest As anyone who reads the news (and this, I’ll venture to guess, includes you) is no doubt aware, the New York Police Department last week foiled a terror plot aimed at a New York City synagogue. Exactly which synagogue, the two suspects had allegedly yet to decide. he New York Post is reporting that the FBI and Joint Terrorism Taskforce passed on the case, because the suspects “did not pose a threat to national security,” and the alleged conspiracy to blow up a Jewish house of worship “doesn’t rise to the level of terrorism.” To be considered “terrorism,” the crime in question would have to be committed with “underlying political motivation.” We suppose that means that angry Islamists attempting the mass murder of Jews is considered less a terrorist act, and more a hate crime. Therefore, the FBI deemed the apprehension of these “lone wolves” to be best left to the local authorities. And it’s those local authorities who have once again earned the gratitude and respect of New Yorkers in general, and New York’s Jewish Community in particular. Media reports indicate that police were able to nab the suspects after they
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_____________________ “Making Kelly the new FBI (or DHS) director would be New York’s loss, but it would surely be America’s gain.” _____________________ purchased three guns and a hand grenade from an undercover cop. Our political leaders are praising the hard work of New York’s police officers, as well as the vision and leadership of NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. Congressman Michael Grimm (see page 9) even went so far as to recommend Kelly to President Obama to be the next director of the FBI. I found this interesting because Commissioner Kelly has, on several occasions, clashed with the Bureau. Shortly after being appointed (for the second time) as New York’s Police Commissioner, Kelly suggested that federal law enforcement agencies could not be entrusted with New Yorkers’ safety, and that “We have to protect ourselves.” Although Kelly is widely praised for creating what is arguably the most sophisticated counterterrorism bureau ever to exist in a city police department, he has
also drawn flak because of the NYPD’s controversial Intelligence Division, to which he appointed David Cohen, a former high-ranking CIA operative, as director. Indeed, NYPD’s intelligence apparatus was described by one critic back in 2009 as “a mini-CIA within a municipal agency, without the safeguards to ensure that it does not break the law.” Moreover, the NYPD conducts investigations outside of its jurisdiction, both in the U.S. and overseas (often in the wake of terrorist attacks), ostensibly to keep New York officials up to date on trends in terrorism, and prepared for the latest tactics being employed by terrorist groups. Whereas this controversy might cause some to view Kelly as some sort of cowboy or renegade, unfit for the highest post of the U.S. government’s premiere law enforcement agency, I would argue that, on the contrary, it, along with his other accomplishments, illustrates exactly why he’s the right man for the job. Let’s look at this from a different angle. Assume you were shouldered with the responsibility of ensuring the safety of a city with some eight million residents. Let’s also assume that said city is the number one choicest target for publicitycraving terrorists the world over. Further, let us assume that this city for which you are responsible was recently the site of the most spectacularly horrific terror attack in human history. And lastly, let’s assume that those agencies of the national government responsible for preventing, or at the very least warning of such attacks completely dropped the ball. Now, try to tell me you wouldn’t take matters into your own hands. Whether or not you like the fact that Ray Kelly has charged the NYPD with responsibilities normally reserved for the Federal Government, he has displayed real grit in doing so. He may have stepped on a few toes in the process, but Commissioner Kelly has actually been getting things done, which is more than can be said for much of the U.S. Government. And that initiative is something Kelly would bring with him to the FBI. Or how about the Department of Homeland Security? The one thing we don’t need in a key leader in the War on Terror is a buck passer. And that is one thing that Ray Kelly, whatever his flaws, is not. He saw the feds coming up short in an area for which they were responsible, so he, by way of the brave men and women of the NYPD, took care of it himself. Last week was simply the latest example. Making Kelly the new FBI (or DHS) director would be New York’s loss, but it would surely be America’s gain.
Dear Editor, s a member of the community served by the Jewish Voice, I wanted to bring to your attention a consumer issue I’ve been having that may be of interest to you and your readers, among whom are many persons of substance. I have been a faithful Rolex customer for many years. Indeed, my collection has grown to include over 20 different models. And I have always been very satisfied with the quality of their products, hence my repeat business, that is, until now. Recently, I bought a Rolex for my wife, made of rose gold. There was a premium assessed for the rose, as opposed to yellow, gold, but I didn’t mind – it was a beautiful watch. But over the course of normal wear, the watch turned yellow. I couldn’t believe my eyes! Could Rolex, the company whose very name is a byword for quality, have sold me a shoddy product? I contacted customer service to address the issue, and they responded that there was nothing they could do. Given that this was a rather serious aesthetic defect, the very least they could do was replace the watch. Then they tell me that they have now perfected
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their line of rose gold products, calling the newly-enhanced alloy Everose Gold. How this recent improvement in their product absolves them from their responsibility as the manufacturer of the quintessential luxury timepiece to stand by their existing merchandise is anybody’s guess. When I said as much, they offered to re-dip my watch whenever it changes color. But why should I have to send in my wife’s watch every 3-6 months to compensate for their defective work? I bought a rose gold watch, and had every reason to expect (this is Rolex, after all), that it would remain a rose gold watch for as long as we owned it, or at the very least, for longer than a few months! It’s this simple: When you pay a premium price to a quality company you expect a quality product. This sort of problem one should expect from shady street vendors with their $10 “Rolex” watches, not from the genuine article! Is this really what Rolex stands for nowadays? I’m outraged – they should be even more so! Thank you for helping me bring this matter to the public’s attention. Sincerely, Richard Dweck
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DEMAGOGUERY 101 Had There Been No War,
There Would be No Nakba
BY ELI E HERTZ Starting a civil war in 1947 after the Arabs rejected the United Nations Partition Plan, Palestinian Arabs became belligerents in the conflict. Rather than accept a Jewish state after five-and-a-half months of warfare, Palestinian Arabs called upon their brethren from seven surrounding countries to invade and crush the nascent Jewish state. he Arab League's April 10, 1948 decision to invade on May 14 to "save Palestine," as the British Mandate ended, marked a watershed event, for it changed the rules of the conflict. Accordingly, Israel bears no moral responsibility for deliberately banishing Palestinian Arabs in order to "consolidate defense arrangements" in strategic areas, as the Jewish people organized to battle seven wellequipped and well-trained aggressor armies. With the pending invasion following Israel's declaration of independence, it is no exaggeration to say the new Jewish state's very existence hung in the balance. The new Jewish state found it imperative to eliminate all potential pockets of Arab resistance in key areas if it was to survive. Dislodging all Arab inhabitants from sensitive areas in proximity to Jewish settlements, establishing territorial continuity between blocs under Jewish control, and ensuring control of key transportation arteries were a military necessity. As May 14 approached, Israel could not afford to risk a Fifth Column at its rear to add to all other aspects of its militarily inferior situation. The cost of defeat was hammered home by a stream of
T Apprehension of illegal immigrants is down 40 percent. Down? Indeed, says Obama, this means that fewer people are trying to cross the border. BY CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER “I’m going to do my part to lead a constructive and civil debate on these issues.” — Barack Obama, speech on immigration, El Paso, May 10 Constructive and civil debate — like the one Obama initiated just four weeks ago on deficit reduction? The speech in which he accused the Republicans of abandoning families of autistic and Down syndrome kids? The debate in which Obama’s secretary of health and human services said that the Republican Medicare plan would make old folks “die sooner”? n this same spirit of comity and mutual respect, Obama’s most recent invitation to civil discourse — on immigration — came just 11 minutes after he accused opponents of moving the goal posts on border enforcement. “Maybe they’ll need a moat,” he said sarcastically. “Maybe they want alligators in the moat.” Nice touch. Looks like the Tucson truce — no demonization, no cross-hairs metaphors — is officially over. After all, the Republicans want to kill off the elderly, throw the disabled in the snow and watch alligators lunch on illegal immigrants. The El Paso speech is notable not for breaking any new ground on immigration but for perfectly illustrating Obama’s political style: the professorial, almost therapeutic, invitation to civil discourse, wrapped around the basest of rhetorical devices — charges of malice compounded with accusations of bad faith. “They’ll never be satisfied,” said Obama about border control. “And I understand that. That’s politics.” How understanding. The other side plays “politics,” Obama acts in the public interest. Their eyes are on poll numbers, political power, the next election; Obama’s rest fixedly on the little children. This impugning of motives is an Obama constant. “They” play politics with deficit reduction, with government shutdowns, with health care. And now immigration. It is ironic that such a charge should be made in a speech that is nothing but politics. There is zero chance of any immigration legislation passing Congress in the next two years. El Paso was simply an attempt to gin up the Hispanic vote as part of an openly political
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two-city, three-event campaign swing in preparation for 2012. Accordingly, the El Paso speech featured two other staples: the breathtaking invention and the statistical sleight of hand. “The [border] fence is now basically complete,” asserted the president. Complete? There are now 350 miles of pedestrian fencing along the Mexican border. The border is 1,954 miles long. That’s 18 percent. And only one-tenth of that 18 percent is the double and triple fencing that has proved so remarkably effective in, for example, the Yuma sector. Another 299 miles — 15 percent — are vehicle barriers that pedestrians can walk right through. Obama then boasted that on his watch 31 percent more drugs have been seized, 64 percent more weapons — proof of how he has secured the border. And for more proof: Apprehension of illegal immigrants is down 40 percent. Down? Indeed, says Obama, this means that fewer people are trying to cross the border. Interesting logic. Seizures of drugs and guns go up — proof of effective border control. Seizures of people go down — yet more proof of effective border control. Up or down, it matters not. Whatever the numbers, Obama vindicates himself. You can believe this flimflam or you can believe the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office. The GAO reported in February that less than half the border is under “operational control” of the government. Which undermines the entire premise of Obama’s charge that, because the border is effectively secure, “Republicans who said they supported broader reform as long as we got serious about enforcement” didn’t really mean it. I count myself among those who really do mean it. I have little doubt that most Americans would be quite willing to regularize and legalize the current millions of illegal immigrants if they were convinced that this was the last such cohort, as evidenced by, say, a GAO finding that the border is under full operational control and certification to the same effect by the governors of the four southern border states. Americans are a generous people. Upon receipt of objective and reliable evidence that the border is secure — not Obama’s infinitely manipulable interdiction statistics — the question would be settled and the immigrants legalized. Why doesn’t Obama put such a provision in comprehensive immigration legislation? Because for Obama, immigration reform is not about legislation, it’s about reelection. If I may quote the president: I understand that. That’s politics. LETTERS@CHARLESKRAUTHAMMER.COM
dire warnings from Arab capitals, with perhaps the most chilling for Israel coming from Jamal Al-Husayni as vice-chairman of the Arab Higher Committee [AHC], who publicly declared: "The Arabs have taken into their own hands, the Final Solution of the Jewish problem. The problem will be solved only in blood and fire. The Jews will be driven out." Three years after world Jewry had lost a
_____________________ “The Arabs have taken into their own hands, the Final Solution of the Jewish problem. The problem will be solved only in blood and fire. The Jews will be driven out.” _____________________ third of its people in the Holocaust, Israelis were not about to test whether Al-Husayni's words were merely rhetoric or a real threat, and so they prepared for the worst. The cost to Israel to halt the Arab onslaught and gain the upper hand was horrendous. During the first four weeks following the Arab invasion, 1,600 Israelis were killed - a quarter of all the war's casualties. It was as if on a per capita basis the U.S. military lost 80,000 soldiers in Iraq in one month. Objectively, the claim that Palestinian
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May 20, 2011
BIN LADEN’S ONE MISTAKE BY SHMUEL SACKETT One thing made Osama bin Laden public enemy #1. One thing made him a target for America's hit squad. One thing – and only one thing – made his assassination justified and praised by world leaders. He didn't just kill Jews. ad he limited his terrorism to Jews only, he would not have been targeted. The same world leaders who today take great pride in his death would have celebrated his life. He would not have been killed by President Obama; he would have dined with him. He would have been invited to the United Nations. He would have had a worldwide speaking tour. He would have won the Nobel peace prize.
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______________________ “Osama bin Laden violated the golden rule: In addition to killing just Jews, he also killed non-Jews. That is why he was targeted and for no other reason!” ______________________ Think I'm crazy? Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the President of Iran. His resume includes much more than just politics. He and his Persian mentors ordered Hezbollah to bomb the Jewish Community
“Ahmadinejad, Abbas & Mashaal will not make the same mistake [killing non-Jews] as Bin Laden. They will continue to be accepted and embraced by the world. of Argentina in the 90s and killed hundreds of Jews. He has stated – time and again – that he wants to destroy Israel. He wants to kill the 6,000,000 Jews (interesting number) who live here and he is feverishly working to build a bomb that will do just that. Has he been targeted? Is this animal on anyone's "hit list"? Actually, just the opposite is true. He recently spoke in the UN. He was a guest speaker in Columbia University. Why? Because he is only interested in killing Jews. Khaled Mashaal is the leader of Hamas. Hamas is a sworn enemy of Israel. It has killed and maimed thousands of Jews since the “peace process” came about. It has fired over 5,000 missiles into Israel, aiming for Jewish homes and hoping to kill Jewish children. Has he been targeted? Is this beast on anyone's "hit list"? Actually, just the oppo-
site is true. Russian President Vladimir Putin recently invited Mashaal to Moscow. Former US President Jimmy Carter has embraced Mashaal and considers him a “partner for peace”. Why? Because he is only interested in killing Jews. Yasser Arafat was the leader of the PLO for almost four decades. He has more innocent blood on his hands than bin Laden. Yet this murderer was a guest at the Clinton White House more than any other world leader! He spoke in the UN. He was accepted around the world as a leader and spoke in over 30 countries. He won the Nobel Peace Prize. Why? Because he was only interested in killing Jews. [And his successor Mahmoud Abbas is as much of a Jew-murderer as him.] Although I can go on, I will give just one final example: Adolf Hitler. The world knew about his plans for the Jews as early as
1933. The world knew about Kristallnacht back in November of 1938, and of the concentration camps shortly thereafter. Yet the entire world called this monster “Herr” Hitler. They gave him respect. They recognized him as a leader. All that changed when Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. From that point on he became an enemy. Why? Because until that day he was only interested in killing Jews. Osama bin Laden violated the golden rule: In addition to killing just Jews, he also killed non-Jews. That is why he was targeted and for no other reason! The message to Jews – and the State of Israel - is very clear. Learn to defend yourself. Learn to take revenge yourself. The world will not help you with Iran, Hamas or the PLO/PA. Ahmadinejad, Abbas & Mashaal will not make the same mistake as Bin Laden. They will continue to be accepted and embraced by the world. Understand this, accept this and deal with this. "We have no one on whom to rely, other than our Father in Heaven". May today's Jewish leaders – and the brave warriors of the IDF – engrave this on their hearts. And may they – very soon - do to these terrorists exactly what was done to Bin Laden. Mr. Sackett is International Director of Manhigut Yehudit, the largest faction inside the Likud party, which strives to Restore Jewish Values, Pride and Integrity to the State of Israel. The Manhigut Yehudit website can be found at www.jewishisrael.org
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Korean Aerospace Set to Buy Big in Israel THE COMPANY IS TRYING TO SELL ISRAEL ITS T-50 JET TRAINER, AND IS MEANWHILE PROCURING ISRAELI SYSTEMS BY YUVAL AZULAI Ahead of the Ministry of Defense decision on the Air Force's new jet trainer, a senior executive from Korean Aerospace Industries Ltd. has come to Israel to try to persuade Israeli officials to pick the company's T-50 Golden Eagle. Israel is considering either the T-50 or the M-346 jet made by Italy's Alenia Aermacchi. n the past few months, the Air Force has tested the performance of both jets, and senior Air Force officers say that both jets meet the training needs of pilot cadets. The planes will be purchased by a joint venture set up by Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE: ESLT) and Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) (TASE: ARSP.B1), which will sell the Air Force flight time. The training jet that will be chosen will replace the Air Force's obsolete A-4 Skyhawks. At a meeting with correspondents in Tel Aviv today, the Korean Aerospace executive in charge of the T-50 program in Israel, Song Choi, said that, irrespective of the pending deal, Korean Aerospace had bought many components from Israeli defense companies, amounting to about $400 million. Most of the items were advanced avionics from Elbit Systems, electronic warfare systems from Elbit Systems subsidiary Elisra Group, and advanced radars for its aircraft from Elbit Systems subsidiary Elta.
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Components that Korean Aerospace plans to buy in Israel will be integrated with various models of the T-50. Song expects that, in view of South Korea's developing aerospace industry, procurements from Israeli defense companies will expand in the coming years. He predicts that the figure could reach $800 million. Components that Korean Aerospace plans to buy in Israel will be integrated with various models of the T-50, including the attack version, which will be delivered to the Republic of Korea Air Force beginning at the end of the year. This is in addition to systems that will be installed in 200 helicopters that the company is manufacturing for the Korean Air Force. Korean Aerospace is producing the T-50 jointly with Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT). REPORT BY GLOBES, ISRAEL BUSINESS NEWS - WWW.GLOBES-ONLINE.COM
Microsoft to Acquire Skype for $8.5 Billion in Cash Microsoft Corp. agreed to buy Internet phone company Skype Technologies SA for $8.5 billion in cash-the most aggressive move yet by Microsoft to play in the increasingly converged worlds of communication, information and entertainment.The deal will let Microsoft “be more ambitious, do more things,” Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said in an interview. he Redmond, Wash., company was motivated to acquire Skype because communication technologies have been “the backbone” of Microsoft’s growth in recent years and that Skype has “built a real business” in the communications field, said Mr. Ballmer. In a joint phone interview with Skype Chief Executive Tony Bates, Mr. Ballmer said Microsoft sees an opportunity to expand
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Skype’s reach by blending it with technologies across Microsoft’s vast portfolio of products, including the Xbox videogame console, Windows Phone software and Lync communications product for businesses. When asked about the high value of the acquisition Mr. Ballmer said the deal will be accretive to Microsoft profits in “year one” after the transaction closes. “We’re buying a company with Ebitda over $250 million,” he said. “We see an opportunity to accelerate its revenue and profit base.” Skype will become a new business division within Microsoft, and Mr. Bates will assume the title of president of the Microsoft Skype Division, reporting directly to Mr. Ballmer.
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NYPD HANDLES SYNAGOGUE TERROR PLOT New York police have arrested two men intent on attacking a Manhattan synagogue after one bought a hand grenade, semi-automatic handguns and bullets from undercover officers. hmed Ferhani and Mohamed Mamdouh face charges including second degree conspiracy charges relating to terrorism and hate crimes and first degree attempted weapons possession in connection with terrorism. Ferhani bought the weapons from undercover NYPD officers Wednesday evening and was arrested immediately. Mamdouh was picked up nearby. "Ferhani and Mamdouh were lone wolves" unconnected to any terrorist group, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters at a Thursday afternoon news conference. Ferhani said he was "prepared to die for jihad." The suspects were recorded by an undercover NYPD detective discussing their hatred of Jews and desire to kill them. Ferhani said he was "fed up with the way Muslims are being treated around the world," Kelly told reporters Thursday afternoon.
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Ahmed Ferhani (26) and Mohamed Mamdouh (20) are accused of plotting to attack a New York City synagogue. month, wrote Detective Steve Pinkall in an affidavit. "Mamdouh also discussed training, and also the importance of paying for things in cash rather than credit cards so they wouldn't get caught like 'this dickhead got caught, the one that put the car in Times Square,'" the affidavit said. Faisal Shahzad was arrested while on board an airplane trying to flee the country after investigators traced his identity through his vehicle and searching his home. Ferhani even discussed disguising himself as a Jewish worshipper in order to get inside a synagogue to plant a bomb.
Before his arrest, Ferhani asked about buying a box of grenades and a bullet proof vest. Ferhani, 26, came to the United States with his family from Algeria in 1995. He reportedly has previous arrests on drug charges. Mamdou, 20, came to the United States from Morocco. The men live in Queens. The case is unusual because it is being prosecuted by the Manhattan District Attorney's office rather than federal prosecutors. New York does have its own anti-terror statutes, but previous cases of this nature were handled in U.S. District Court. For example, Mayor Michael Bloomberg invoked a 2004 plot to bomb targets in the city's Herald Square around the time of the Republican National Convention. The suspects were arrested and charged in federal court after meeting an informant in hopes of buying weapons. In this case, no specific synagogue was
named and the affidavit makes no reference to any effort to scout targets. The arrests were made Wednesday, Kelly said, because officials were concerned by the suspects' stated desire for more explosives and out of concern that they might elude police surveillance. New York media outlets report that the FBI passed on the case because it was "aspirational" more than operational. But, in many ways, the circumstances conform with a series of sting operations the FBI waged against would-be terrorists in the past year. Among them, the November arrest of a man who thought he was setting off a bomb during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland. FBI agents learned about Mohamed Osman Mohamud when he inquired about contacts who could help him go to Pakistan to wage violent jihad. Similarly, a Northern Virginia man was arrested in September after scouting subway stations in and around Washington, D.C. for possible al-Qaida attacks. It turned out he was dealing with undercover FBI agents the whole time. Farooque Ahmed pleaded guilty last month to two counts of trying to provide material support to al-Qaida. Earlier this week, a radicalized convert to Islam pleaded guilty to plotting to blow up a federal building in Springfield, Ill. Michael Finton thought he was detonating a truck bomb in September 2009 when agents arrested him. A federal judge earlier this month upheld the convictions of four men in a separate synagogue bombing plot. But in doing so, U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon wrote that an FBI informant came close to entrapping the men. Defense requests to overturn the verdicts were denied, however, because prosecutors still could prove the defendants "were predisposed to commit violent terrorist acts against Jews and American government facilities" before the informant entered the picture. REPORT BY IPT NEWS, WWW.INVESTIGATIVEPROJECT.ORG
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METRO JEWISH HEALTH SERVICE AND CELEBS “REACH FOR THE STARS”
STAR-STUDDED EVENT BENEFITTED CAMPAIGN TO BUILD HOSPICE RESIDENCES IN NEW YORK CITY With the help of numerous famous names and faces from Hollywood, Broadway, music and literature, MJHS Foundation hosted its first annual “Reaching for the Stars” benefit on Thursday, May 12, 2011. Nearly 200 people from across the country helped kickoff the “Sixteen Lights” campaign to build New York’s most innovative hospice residences. The event also honored the memory of Howard “Kvetch” Shapiro.
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
ver the next five years, “Reaching for the Stars” receptions will help fund the Howard “Kvetch” Shapiro wing at the new 16 suite MJHS Hospice inpatient residence on the oceanfront in Manhattan Beach. This pioneering hospice, in addition to the new 16 suite MJHS Hospice residence in the heart of the Bronx, will care for adults with advanced illness and be the first in New York City to treat children. More specifically, both hospice residences will be a home-
MJHS is a charitable not-for-profit organization with more than a century of providing quality, compassionate and innovative health services to New Yorkers of all ages, ethnic, religious and economic backgrounds. MJHS is uniquely positioned to provide the right level of care when and where it is most needed—so the majority of its care recipients are able to continue living at home and we can help reduce hospital readmissions. The MJHS robust portfolio includes: home care, hospice, palliative care, centers for rehabilitation and nursing care, health plans, independent living and adult day health care. For more information, visit www.mjhs.org or call 1-855-692-5058.
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Joel and Leslie Greenberg, with members of the Greenberg and Shapiro families, honor the life and work of Howard Shapiro by donating his celebrity photo collection and dedicating the new MJHS Hospice facility in his name. The inaugural “Reaching for the Stars” event included an exhibit of celebrity memorabilia collected by the late Howard
Left to Right: Leslie Shapiro Greenberg, Joel Greenberg, and Dr. Bernard Lee, Associate Chief Medical Officer of MJHS Hospice like setting and provide for patients physically and psychologically—making it possible for families to stay with their loved ones comfortably and for as long as they wish. Barbara Hiney, Executive VP for MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care explained to the Jewish Voice that one of the things that will make the new facility so unique is that “it’s being set up so that it supports patients’ and families’ religious customs, beliefs, and ethnicities.” Indeed, the highly diverse group in attendance at the “Reaching for the Stars” benefit attested to the cultural sensitivity at MJHS, and their goal to be as inclusive as possible. This, in turn, makes them more versatile as an agency, and better able to serve the needs of the greatest possible number of New Yorkers.
“Kvetch” Shapiro, HIV/AIDS activist, humorist and columnist. Shapiro was also honored posthumously. His sister, Leslie Shapiro Greenberg, accepted the first annual Humanitarian Award on his behalf. Speaking to the Jewish Voice before the ceremony, Mrs. Greenberg, Howard’s only sibling, reminisced on her brother’s sense of humor and indomitable spirit. She then recounted Howard’s project that served as the theme for the evening’s events. During Howard’s courageous battle with a life-limiting illness, he corresponded with and collected memorabilia from a broad range of celebrities, including movies, theater, music and literature. It was his hope that the collection would be used to help and inspire others facing end of life. At the
“Reach for the Stars” benefit, a small portion of this collection was out on display, filling two large rooms. The photos, bearing autographs and often personal inscriptions, included celebrities whose work spanned many decades, from The Honeymooners’ Art Carney to media personality Joan Rivers, from Hollywood legend Robert DeNiro to comedian Dennis Miller. Together with the rest of Shapiro’s collection, it was enough to fill a museum! “When my husband, Joel Greenberg, and I learned of the extraordinary programs and services at MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care,” said Leslie Shapiro Greenberg, “we decided to donate Howard’s collection to MJHS Foundation, so it could be used to raise funds for the Howard “Kvetch” Shapiro wing of MJHS’ groundbreaking new hospice inpatient residence.” She added, “We are also confident that Howard’s treasures will bring a smile to someone’s face, elicit a fond memory from the past, hum the theme song from a favorite TV show, sing a Top 10 hit or reread a favorite book.” David Nussbaum, Executive Director of MJHS Foundation and Chief Development Officer of MJHS said, “Leslie and Joel Greenberg’s support of Sixteen Lights is rooted in their strong culture of philanthropy. Their generous donation will help bring joy
ABOUT MJHS FOUNDATION MJHS Foundation provides financial assistance for the charitable health care efforts of MJHS and its affiliated agencies. Consistent with our heritage, MJHS Foundation is dedicated to promoting and allocating the funds necessary for the provision of charitable care. Costs for the extraordinary services offered by MJHS are offset in part by grants from the MJHS Foundation, which relies on the support of generous donors like you. To learn more, visit www.mjhsfoundation.org. ABOUT SIXTEEN LIGHTS Sixteen Lights: The Campaign to Build New York’s Most Innovative Hospice Residences will bring hospice care into the 21st Century. The centerpiece is the new16-
Included now in Shapiro’s recently-donated collection is a tribute to the man himself. to generations of New Yorkers to come.” He added, “MJHS is building hospice residences because there is a very real need for quality, compassionate hospice care in this city. People with an advanced illness deserve to live life as fully and comfortably as they’re able, for as long as they’re able—especially children, who are so much in need of love, assurance and normalcy.”
Celebrity co-chairs for Reaching for the Stars were:
Hundreds of pieces of celebrity memorabilia, which constituted but a fraction of Howard “Kvetch” Shapiro’s collection, filled the reception area.
• Edward Albee, Tony- and Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright • Marvin Hamlisch, Emmy-, Grammy-, Oscar-,Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning
suite inpatient residence at our Menorah campus on the ocean in Manhattan Beach. It will be the first inpatient hospice residence in New York City to accept children as well as adults. Our second residence will consist of 16 studio apartments on the grounds of Jewish Home Lifecare in the Bronx. Both residences will provide a home-like setting where we can provide for patients physically and psychologically and where families can stay with their loved ones as often and for as long as they wish. An oasis of comfort and support to people of all cultures, the Sixteen Lights residences are a shining example of the vision and pioneering spirit of The Brooklyn Ladies who founded the organization in 1907.
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NEWS IN REVIEW INTERNATIONAL Israeli-born Woman Executed in Iran Was Also U.S. Citizen n Israeli-born Jewish woman who was executed in Iran along with her Armenian Christian husband also was an American citizen. Adiva Mirza Soleyman Kalimia was born in Jerusalem in 1956 to an Iranian-Jewish family, according to reports. She had resided in Miami for several years. She visited Iran three times in recent years before being arrested and put in prison. The Human Rights Activists News Agency reported that Kalimia and Varjan Petrosian were hanged on March 14 at Evin Prison, a facility for political prisoners in northwest Iran. It identified Kalimia as Jewish and Petrosian as Armenian. The agency quoted a Revolutionary Court as confirming the executions, along with those of three others who were unidentified. It said relatives of the dead who tried to recover the bodies for ritual burial were threatened with arrest. The official cause of Kalimia's arrest reportedly was adultery. Michael Posner, the assistant secretary of state for human rights, had not named the couple when he testified May 11 at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Iran's human rights that a Jewish woman and her Armenian Christian husband had been executed in Iran for undisclosed reasons.
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ence. It began when the Office of Israeli Constitutional Law (OFICL), an Israeli legal action organization, received notice from the UN that their registration for this year’s Conference of the United Nations Permanent forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) was being declined. OFICL investigated the issue and subsequently discovered that another organization called the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality, an Israeli Bedouin rights organization, was also barred from attending the same conference. OFICL said in a statement that it is charging Chandra Roy-Henriksen, Chief Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, with violating provisions of Declarations of Rights of Indigenous People and Universal Declarations of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Convention of the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and other UN and United States antidiscrimination laws. “We attended last year’s conference and actually floored 12 Representatives during the Conference,” according to OFICL chairman Dr. Michael T. Snidecor. OFICL noted that it had stayed active with the Forum even following last year’s conference. Weiss Spends Shabbat In Iran For ‘AntiTerrorism Conference’ US Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss, of the
Naturei Karta also known as the organization of Jews United Against Zionism, along with Canadian Rabbi Yeshaye Rosenberg attended an International conference on Global Alliance against Terrorism for a Just Peace in Tehran on Saturday. during the conference. Altouugh the conference, despite it the conference took place over Shabbatthe rabbis attended spoke with clerics and other Iranian officials. The group is famous for having met with Iranian leader Ahmadinajad and joining Palestinian protestors at the annual Israel Day Parade down 5th Ave. This years parade will take place on June 5th.
Holtzberg, Chabad End Dispute amily of slain Mumbai Shluchim Gavriel and Rivky Holtzberg announced that the legal battle they waged with the Chabad Lubavitch movement over Nariman House has come to an end. Various allegations led to the high court receiver taking over the possession of the Nariman House shortly before 26/11 anniversary last year. On May 12, Rabbi Moshe Holtzberg, brother of slain Rabbi Gavriel, submitted in the charity commissioner’s office that his family has removed its original objections to the legal ownership of the Nariman House. “We decided to mutually end the cases,” said Moshe Holtzberg. “Originally, we reacted emotionally to the fact that the building was taking a long time to be built. It was too hard for us to accept that it could not be built right away, due to security concerns and building safety issues. We now understand and are very comfortable with the organization’s resolute desire and detailed plans to build up Nariman House, even if in ways slightly different than we originally envisioned. They’ve also helped us appreciate the very real safety and security considerations they contend with in going forward with their plans for a vibrant center.”
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Unrest May Dampen Annual Tunisian Lag B'Omer Pilgramage ewish pilgrims may not be able to hold their usual celebrations at one of Africa’s oldest synagogues this year because of renewed security concerns in Tunisia where the site is based. Thousands of pilgrims travel each May to the El Ghriba synagogue on the island of Djerba to mark Lag Ba’Omer. They usually hold a vibrant festival filled with music and pageantry. But this year celebrations will be muted because of continued unrest in the country following the overthrow of Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in January. “It’s true that we have canceled all the celebrations planned for this year but the pilgrimage will still take place next Friday at the synagogue,” organizer Perez Trabelsi said. “People that usually come are scared this year,” he said, saying he expected only a few hundred people. El Ghriba was the site of an al-Qaida attack in 2002 which killed 21 people. Another synagogue was set on fire by arsonists in the Tunisian city of Ghabes in February.
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embargo aimed at preventing weapons from entering Hamas-controlled Gaza. No one was injured. The incident comes one month before the Turkey-based and terror-linked IHH organization intends a repeat performance of last year’s attempt to break the embargo. This, despite Israel’s policy of allowing overland entry of all goods and merchandise except for explosives and weapons. The “MV Finch” was being steered by Mahatir Mohammed, age 85, according to the French news agency AFP. An IDF spokeswoman said the Navy fired warning shots after Mohammed refused to answers calls to turn back to El Arish, Egypt, where the boat had been docked.
Conference Marks 20 Years Since Ethiopian Airlift two-day symposium "Ethiopia and Ethiopians, – 1991 to 2011: Regime Change and Operation Solomon" took place last week at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Former Israeli ambassador to Ethiopia and coordinator of Operation Solomon, Uri Lubrani described how the airlift of thousands of Ethiopian Jews came to life in 1991. Other sessions included: "Ethiopia: Economics and ethnicity", "Aspects of Ethiopian culture at home and abroad", "Islam in Ethiopia and Israeli-Ethiopia Relations", "'The Zionism of Ethiopian Jewry and its influence on our sense of mission" and "Aliyah through Addis Ababa: Legal but complex". The second day, which took place in the Abba Eban Conference Hall of the Truman Institute, Mount Scopus campus, included "A comparative look at Jewish Ethiopian Aliyah", "Health in the Israeli Ethiopian community", "Learning Amharic in Israel", "Containment and exclusion of Ethiopians in the education system" and "Media and its accessibility in the Ethiopian Community".
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Contest for Design of New Banknotes he Bank of Israel has announced a competition for the design of the new series of banknotes. The Bank of Israel says it invites suitable candidates to take part in a competitive proceeding for the selection of a designer for a new series of State of Israel banknotes. It was announced several months ago that the current series of State of Israel banknotes was to be replaced. Currently bearing the likenesses of the late Prime Minister Moshe Sharett, Nobel Literature Prizewinner Shmuel Yosef Agnon, and former Presidents Yitzchak Ben-Tzvi and Zalman Shazar, the new notes will feature writers Rachel the Poetess, Leah Goldberg, Sha’ul Tchernichovsky and Natan Alterman. The replacement of banknotes once every 12–15 years is an accepted practice in advanced economies, the Bank of Israel states, occasioned mainly by the aging of the security features on the banknotes and the development of more advanced anti- counterfeit means. The banknotes in circulation today - the Second Series of the New Israel Shekel, issued in 1999 - will be replaced by redesigned banknotes with advanced security features. The denominations will not change, and will remain NIS 20, 50, 100, and 200.
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Israel, Thailand Team Up Against Cancer lobal networking is especially helpful when it comes to searching for solutions to life-threatening situations.
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NEWS IN REVIEW Medical institutions in particular are aware of that; hence the agreement to be signed Sunday between Rambam Medical Center and Thailand's Chulabhorn Research Institute (CRI). The two facilities will cooperate on treatment for cancer. Israeli hospitals are at the cutting edge of providing treatment for cancer, according to the chief of the Department of Oncology at Rambam, Professor Avraham Katan. The hospital has a worldwide reputation in the treatment of a number of different types of cancers. Attending the signing ceremony, to be held in Haifa, is the president of CRI, Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhron Mahidol – the daughter of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit. Princess Chulabhorn received her doctorate in Science from Mahidol University in 1985 and has long been involved in the promotion of scientific research. She held the position of guest lecturer at the university and was awarded to UNESCO Einstein Medal in 1986 for promotion of scientific collaboration. The princess was the first Asian to be invited to join the Royal Society of Chemistry in England as an Honorary Fellow, and holds a a specialization in epileptology.
NATIONAL Bloomberg Wants to Charge Religious Institutions for Garbage Pickup YC Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to charge religious institutions and nonprofit organizations a fee for garbage pickup beginning in July 2012 drew stiff opposition at a City Council hearing last week. Council Member Fernando Cabrera, a Bronx Democrat, denounced the proposal as an unfair burden. He estimated that the fee, if imposed, could cause 10% of religious institutions citywide to close, though he acknowledged the estimate was a ballpark figure. The details of the plan have yet to be released, preventing a scientific analysis. Mr. Cabrera said donations to religious institutions citywide have decreased significantly in recent years, and any additional financial burden could lead to the collapse of those that are operating at the margins. The city estimates the fees would generate
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$17.2 million annually in new revenue. Mr. Doherty described the proposal as “very preliminary” and said the department has a “tremendous amount of work” to do before it returns to the council with a more formal proposal.
Judge OKs Brooklyn Mosque Project judge has denied a preliminary injunction to stop the construction of a Brooklyn mosque. An opposition group, Bay People, said they will appeal the judge’s decision. The Daily News reported that the words “He is dead” and happy faces had been spray-painted on the plywood walls of the construction site after news of Osama bin Laden’s death. It says the graffiti was painted over. Muslim American Society director Allowey Ahmed said the ‘hateful act’ will not stop the project from going forward.
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Hearing Seeking New Trial for Rubashkin Scheduled hearing set for June 15, seeking a new trial for a former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse executive convicted of financial fraud is scheduled before the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. Former Agriprocessors Inc. manager Sholom Rubashkin was convicted of financial fraud in 2009 and sentenced to 27 years in prison. His arrest followed an immigration raid at the company’s Postville plant in 2008. His attorneys sought a new trial after evidence showed Chief U.S. District Court Judge Linda Reade, who presided over Rubashkin’s trial, was involved in the planning of the raid. Rubashkin’s attorneys argued Reade could not be impartial and should have recused herself.
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Mitchell Steps Down as Peace Envoy eorge Mitchell, President Obama's envoy to Israeli-Arab peace talks, is stepping down from the post. In the resignation letter he handed in Friday, Mitchell wrote to Obama, "I strongly support your vision of comprehensive peace in the Middle East and thank you for giving me the opportunity to be part of your administration."
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Obama thanked Mitchell, saying in a statement that "As a nation, we remain committed to peace in the Middle East and to building on George’s hard work and progress toward achieving this goal." One of Obama's first acts as president was to name Mitchell, a former Democratic senator from Maine who brokered the peace agreement in Northern Ireland, as his envoy. The appointment was seen as a sign of Obama's determination to extract an agreement from the Israelis and Palestinians. However, after a brief high last September when the sides renewed direct talks, the Palestinian Authority walked out of negotiations, demanding that Israel extend a settlement freeze. Last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was not interested in talks with the Palestinian Authority as long it maintained its recent reconciliation with Hamas, the terrorist group that controls the Gaza Strip. The multiple impasses sidelined Mitchell's work. In his resignation statement, Mitchell said it had been his intention to serve only two years, although he had said multiple times that he wanted to give the process five years. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton named Mitchell's deputy, David Hale, as acting Middle East envoy.
not respond to numerous calls, emails and faxes from The Associated Press seeking comment. The U.S. State Department has worked to support Chabad’s campaign to reclaim its sacred texts since the 1990s.
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decades-long dispute between Russia and an Orthodox Jewish group over ownership of holy texts collected for centuries by influential rabbis and seized by the Soviet Union has jolted the U.S. art world, threatening an end to major cultural loans between the two countries. Russia has already frozen art loans to major American institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Houston Museum of Natural Science, fearing that its cultural property could be seized after the Brooklyn, New York-based ChabadLubavitch movement won a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in 2010 compelling the return of its texts. The Met — and possibly other major lending institutions — are weighing whether to discontinue loans of cultural property to Russia. Federal attorneys declined to comment for this story, and Russia’s Culture Ministry did
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Rahm Emanuel Sworn As Chicago’s First Jewish Mayor ahm Emanuel became the first Jewish mayor of Chicago after his swearingin. The former White House Chief of Staff was elected as Chicago’s 46th mayor. As he put it, he was, “pinching myself that this is happening.” He’s not scared — just a little awed by the sense of “responsibility” he feels. He had practiced his inaugural address before his harshest critic — his 14-year-old son — and getting some pointers about content and delivery. Being a practicng Orthodox Jew, no matter what black-tie dinners are going on in Chicago on Friday nights, he plans to skip them to be home to help prepare and enjoy Sabbath dinner with his family. He also plans to have breakfast with his kids, take them to school at least twice a week and spend at least one weekend day with his family.
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ormer Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas announced on his Fox News radio show Saturday night he will not seek the Republican Party nomination for presidential candidate in 2012. He left observers and even his closest aides in the dark until he said on air, “All the factors say go, but my heart says no. And that’s the decision that I have made.” Huckabee is a Baptist preacher and a strong believer that all of Israel, including all of United Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria, is the national home for Jews. He has said several times that there are more than a dozen “Palestinian “states that the PA residents can call home. Earlier this year, he visited Israel for the 15th time. He has led most polls for the GOP nomination, a fact he mentioned on his program. “The past few weeks, the external signs and signals and answers to many of the obstacles point strongly toward running,” he told listeners.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS GREAT LAG B’OMER SINGLES BBQ IN GREAT NECK SUNDAY, MAY 22ND AT 6:00PM. AGES: 30S-40S-50S VENUE: SAFA RESTAURANT & LOUNGE
Under the Vaad Harabonim of Queens, Glatt Kosher restaurant. Fabulous Indoor BBQ w/Viennese Table . Intimate Setting Conducive to Meeting other New Singles. $36.00 pre-paid until May 17th $ 45.00 at the Door. Safa Restaurant - 451 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, NY, 11023. To RSVP please call 718- 219-5219. _______________________________________________
STAND WITH ISRAEL'S SOLDIERS - ON LAG BA'OMER! SUN 5/22, QUEEN OF HEARTS-PIER #40 WEST HOUSTON STREET & WEST SIDE HWY, NYC : SPONSORED BY CHABAD OF THE UPPER EAST SIDE
Join us for a spectacular two hour Cruise around Manhattan together with 10 IDF Veterans injured in battle. Price includes • Great food • Music • First drink Free in the Bar • Photo booth Entertainment • Dippen' Dots Ice Cream Boarding 6pm | Cruise leaves promptly at 7pm *Rain or shine event!* Rabbi Uriel & Shevy Vigler To RSVP for this event go to, www.chabadic.com _______________________________________________
JEWISH HARLEM TOUR SUN 5/22, 11 AM. JEWISH, SINGLES, 92ND STREET Y
Harlem was once home to the second-largest Jewish community in the US. Take a fascinating guided journey through the sites of Jewish life in the remarkable urban settlement of Harlem. Meet at the northeast corner of Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard and 125th Street, in front of the statue of Adam Clayton Powell. Date & Time: Sun, May 22, 2011, 11:00am Location: Meet at the northeast corner of Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard and 125th Street, in front of the statue of Adam Clayton Powell. Code: T-LP5CW3601 Price: $35.00 . 1395 Lexington Avenue, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street, New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, 35, 30s-40s, _______________________________________________
RABBI TOVIA SINGER AND PASTOR PAUL HUMBER DEBATE IS JESUS THE JEWISH MESSIAH? SUNDAY MAY 22 2011 6:30 PM - 9:15 PM VENUE: BUKHARIAN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER 10616 70TH AVENUE FOREST HILLS, NY 11375 CONTACT WEBSITE: WWW.JEWISHISAIAH53.COM ORGANIZATION: M J PRODUCTIONS COST: FREE
Counter-missionary expert Rabbi Tovia Singer and reknowned Pastor Paul Humber will debate the topic - is Jesus the messiah? What does the Jewish Scriptures really say? _______________________________________________
AFYBA LAG BA'OMER CRUISE AROUND MANHATTAN SUNDAY MAY 22 2011 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM VENUE: STAR OF PALM BEACH PIER 40 HOUSTON AND WEST SIDE DRIVE NEW YORK, NY WWW.AFYBA.ORG/HOTDOG CONTACT: OFFICE@AFYBA.ORG OR 212-248-0471
Organization: American Friends of Yeshivot Bnei Akiva Cost: $40 early bird special before May 15. $50 after Witness the first Glatt Kosher Hot Dog Eating Competition, Enjoy a catered buffet by Mendy's, music by Soul Farm. _______________________________________________
AIPAC HOSTS ITS LARGEST EVER POLICY CONFERENCE. MAY 22-24.
Washington D.C. Attend to strengthen the relationship between the United states and Israel. _______________________________________________
FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH: JEWISH SPIRITUAL SUPPORT AS YOU SEEK EMPLOYMENT
TUESDAY MAY 24 2011 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM VENUE: JBFCS 135 WEST 50TH STREET 6TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10020 CONTACT WEBSITE: JCPROGRAMS.ORG\CONNECT-TOCARE (212) 632-4602 ORGANIZATION: UJA-FEDERATION OF NY’S CONNECT TO CARE AT JBFCS COST: FREE
The economic downturn challenges us to search for hope and build resilience. You are not alone. Twice a month we will draw strength and support from Jewish stories, poetry, rituals, songs, and more – and from one another. Gather new perspectives and insights, while sharing ideas about how to remain optimistic during these very tough times. Facilitated by Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub, LCSW. RSVP required before every meeting: (212) 632-4602 or connect-to-care@jbfcs.org _______________________________________________
A YEMENITE MUSIC FESTIVAL WED 5/25, 8 PM. JEWISH, SINGLES, 92ND STREET Y
Celebrating Yemenite and Mizrachi Jewish Music Come hear legendary Yemenite-Israeli performers Zion Golan, Avner Gadassi and Natanel Nagar performing classic and contemporary Yemenite and Mizrachi (Middle Eastern) Jewish music. $180 VIP Orchestra Premium ticket includes an exclusive reception with the performers. Venue: Kaufmann Concert Hall Code: T-RC5RS14-01 Price: $180.00 Premium Orchestra / $75.00 Orchestra / $50.00 Balcony . 1395 Lexington Avenue, Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street, New York, 10128, 212-415-5500, _______________________________________________
LOWER EAST SIDE THEN AND NOW TOUR CONTACT WEBSITE: WWW.NYCJEWISHTOURS.ORG ORGANIZATION: LOWER EAST SIDE JEWISH CONSERVANCY SUNDAY, MAY 29, 2011 TIME: 10:45AM MEET IN FRONT OF THE LESJC KLING & NIMAN FAMILY VISITOR CENTER - 400 GRAND STREET (BETWEEN SUFFOLK & CLINTON STREETS) ADULTS $16, SENIORS AND STUDENTS $14, ADDITIONAL $2.00 IF PAYING DAY OF TOUR
Enjoy seeing sacred sites where immigrants worshiped from the spectacular to the simple. Learn how Jewish traditions are being carried on at these sites today. Visit Bialystoker Synagogue, the largest active orthodox congregation on the Lower East Side today. See Beth Hamedrash Hagadol - former home of the largest RussianJewish orthodox congregation in the United States; and Kehila Kedosha Janina, the only Romaniote (Greek Heritage) synagogue in the Western Hemisphere. For further information, or to register: Call (212) 3744100 x 1 or 2,or by e-mail at info@nycjewishtours.org _______________________________________________
MUSEUM MILE FESTIVAL JEWISH, SINGLES, JEWISH MUSEUM 235 EAST BROADWAY NEW YORK, NY 10002 TUE 6/14, 6-9 PM.
One day a year, for the past 32 years, nine of the country's finest museums, all ones that call Fifth Avenue home, collectively open their doors from 6pm - 9pm for free to New Yorkers and visitors for a mile-long block party and visual art celebration. On View at The Jewish Museum: Maira Kalman: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World) Collecting Matisse and Modern Masters: The Cone Sisters of Baltimore Live Music: Michael Winograd Klezmer Trio Admission: Free Follow for Updates & Offers: ww.r./MuseumMileFest More Info: www. . 1109 Fifth Avenue, New York, 10128, Alex Wittenberg, 212-423-3271. _______________________________________________
‘REFLECTIONS ON A RIGHTEOUS GRANDFATHER’ – AN EXHIBITION BY SEBASTIAN 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. _______________________________________________
U.S. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM 2011 NEW YORK TRIBUTE DINNER THURSDAY JUN 2 2011 NORTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE AT (212) 983-0825 OR EMAIL NORTHEAST@USHMM.ORG.
2011 New York Tribute Dinner honoring Elizabeth and Oliver Stanton for their generous support of the Museum's "Voices on Antisemitism" podcast series. Cocktails, dinner, and program. Featured speaker Hannah Rosenthal, U.S. State Department Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, will discuss the U.S. government's efforts to confront resurgent antisemitism and Holocaust denial around the world. NBC News Correspondent Peter Alexander will serve as moderator. Cost: Tickets from $1,000. Tables from $10,000. Mandarin Oriental Hotel 80 Columbus Circle New York, NY 10019 _______________________________________________
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 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. _______________________________________________
LETTERS FROM MY GRANDPARENTS: RUTH SCHREIBER JEWISH, SINGLES, YESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM JANUARY 9 - JULY 24, 2011
Israeli artist Ruth Schreiber's sculpture installation is her attempt to come to know her grandparents through copies of the letters they sent to their children who left Germany for England following Kristallnacht in November 1938. The paper masks made from the letters and stretched over mold's of Schreiber's children's faces, are complimented by a historical exhibition on the experience of her family as told in their own words. Schreiber's work will resonate with anyone who seeks to know something of always-to-be unmet people in the past. . 15 West 16th Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues, New York, 10011, 212-294-8330,
The Jewish Voice does not attest to the level of adherence to Kashrut or any area of Halakha for any of the above events. For more information, please contact the event organizers.
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ed. Bob Fischer, who wrote the Fox TV series "Married with Children" and the film "Wedding Crashers." wrote the American version.
Et tu, John? Galliano, too, Fancies Himself a Jew Deep Purple: Only ‘Wimps’ Cancel Concerts in Israel head of their third Israeli tour, English rock band Deep Purple took a stand against other musicians who cancel their concerts in Israel due to politics, saying artists should not take sides in political conflicts, with drummer Ian Paice
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them when they refused to cancel performances in Israel. Saying that in any case, Deep Purple doesn't respect politicians in their native England, and questioned why their attitude would be any different in other countries.
Coen Brothers Have Bone to Pick with Israel Boycotters oel and Ethan Coen known as popular filmmakers said during a visit to Israel that they do not agree with artists who boycott the Israel. Ethan Coen said it was a mistake when asked during a news conference about music and film artists who boycott Israel
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Deep Purple calling these musicians "real wimps." The band spoke at a press conference ahead of two concerts they performed in Caesarea. This visit is Deep Purple's third Israeli tour. The last time they visited was in 2008, when they played four concerts to full crowds of cheering fans. Deep Purple's vocalist Ian Gillen stressed to reporters that musicians should remain impartial in political disputes, and likened this to making the assumption that Deep Purple supported all of Tony Blair's policies because they gave a concert in London ten years ago. Guitarist Steve Morse quipped that leftwing groups did not know what to say to
Joel and Ethan Coen over its policies regarding the Palestinians. "People respond to real problems from the heart, and they think that's the right thing to do," he said. "We don't agree with
that opinion that that's how to deal with these issues." The Coen brothers, who are Jewish, were in Israel to receive the Dan David Prize for their contributions to filmmaking and its $1 million award from Tel Aviv University. This is their first visit to Israel.
Israel Loses in Semi Final Round of Eurovision sraeli singer Dana International's song "Ding Dong" did not make it to the European song Festival, Eurovision final. The song and performer was selected from among 10 other Israeli acts at the pre-Eurovision competition in March. This would have been Dana International’s second entrant into the Eurovision where she had won the prestigious contest Dana International in 1998 with her song ‘Diva’. Israel has won the Eurovision on three occasions. The first was in 1978 in Paris when Izhar Cohen won with “Aba Nibi,” composed by Nurit Hirsh with lyrics by Ehud Manor. Israel won again in Jerusalem in 1979 when Gali Atari, backed by Milk and Honey, performed “Hallelujah” composed by Kobi Oshrat with lyrics by Shimrit Orr.
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Red Light for Fox Version of Israeli Sitcom ox pulled the sitcom "Traffic Light," a version of the Israeli show "Ramzor," due to poor rat-
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ings. Fox bought the rights to the show, about three longtime friends and their romantic relationships last year. The show's 13th and last episode was aired May 17. Adir Miller, the Israeli producer of Ramzor, said he was unhappy about the Adir Miller changes made to the American version of the show. With the failure of the American "Traffic Light," Miller said he will not allow deviation from the original format in the future, Globes report-
f Gaddafi and Charlie Sheen were not enough, it now appears that disgraced Dior uber-designer John ("I love Hitler") Galliano also believed that he was a member of the Chosen People. According to the Daily Mail, which interviewed an unnamed "confidant", the designer "loved to emphasise his own supposed Jewish ancestry. Perched in La Perle, mojito (his preferred cocktail) in hand, Galliano would tell anyone who listened about the melting pot of his heritage. He always insisted he had Jewish blood from the Sephardi Jews who came from Spain and Portugal in the 19th century."
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Comic Book Artist Kubert to Visit Israel oe Kubert, a legend in the comics industry, will visit Israel in August as a guest of the Israeli Cartoon Museum in Holon. Kubert is considered one of the most estimable and famous comic book artists. His life's work spans seven decades, and his professional history includes the c h a r a c t e r s Hawkman, Tarzan and Sgt. Rock. In honor of his visit, his first exhibition outside the United States will be showcased at the Holon museum. During his visit, Joe Kubert Kubert will meet with the wide public, hold a symposium for artists and take part in events at the city's Mediatheque complex. Kubert, who worked with the biggest comics companies like Marvel, DC and Eclipse Comics, was born to a Jewish family in Poland in 1926.
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World’s Largest Falafel Ball is Certified falafel ball weighing nearly 52.8 pounds created at a Jewish food festival in California has been certified as the worlds largest. The falafel ball was certified Sunday for submission to the Guinness Book of World Records at the Santa Clarita Valley Jewish Food and Cultural Festival, the Los Angeles Daily News reported. The ball, made of ground chickpeas and fava beans, also measured 12.5 inches high. This latest record breaking falafel ball is twice the size of the previous record made by a NY chef that weighed in at 24 pounds.
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THE WEEKLY SUDOKU
How to play Sudoku? One simple rule: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9
TIPS FOR THE BEGINNER SUDOKU PLAYER • Make sure you have some free time ahead. • Resist the temptation of guess and use logic instead! • Solving time for the Sudoku is typically from 10 to 30 minutes, depending on your Soduku skill and experience, so don’t quit if you’re Soduku-ing for 5 minutes and getting nowhere. • Use a pencil, you will make mistakes.
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FEATURES
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May 20, 2011
RABBI ARTHUR SCHNEIER RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR AWARD BY TZVI ALLEN FISHMAN In an elegant, beautifully orchestrated ceremony at the French Consulate in New York, on Thursday May 12, Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Rabbi of the Park East Synagogue, received the coveted insignia of Officer of the French Legion of Honor. abbi Schneier, who has for almost 50 years been the acclaimed spiritual leader of the Park East Synagogue, is well known worldwide as a human rights
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advocate and “unofficial ambassador” to spiritual leaders across the world. Schneier’s human rights advocacy extends all the way back to the 1960’s with his intense involvement in the effort to free the Jews of the Soviet Union. Beginning with his work on behalf of Soviet Jewry, and as founder and President of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, Rabbi Schneier has been at the forefront of all activities relating to the Jewish Community and international affairs. In February of 2011, Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton lauded Rabbi Schneier as he was honored by the Foreign Service Institute for “ his commitment and partnership for over 30 years in helping foreign affairs professionals better understand the complex issues surrounding religious life and the right to religious freedom in the countries in which they serve.” This award, the French Legion of Honor, was awarded to Rabbi Schneier by His Excellency Francois Delattre, the French Ambassador to the United States as representative of French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The award was established in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte in recognition of
_____________________ Rabbi Schneier: “As long as G-d grants me life I will devote my energy in the spirit of Aharon, the high priest, as a rodef shalom and ohev shalom, to pursue peace, love and friendship among all of G-d’s children.”
French Consul, Ambassador Francois Delattre, Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Rabbi and Mrs. Schneier, and wife of the French Ambassador. Rabbi Arthur Schneier and Eugene Gluck outstanding service to France. The award to the Rabbi was personally requested by President Sarkozy to be given to him after
Schneier and his wife Elisabeth, and how Rabbi Schneier, a holocaust survivor, taught him well about the consequences of hatred and conflict and the importance of building bridges in dialogue between civilizations, cultures and religions and furthering international cooperation and interfaith tolerance. The relationship between the Ambassador and his wife, Sophie, and Rabbi Schneier and his wife Elisabeth goes back many years.
Dr. Ruth with Israeli artist Ya’akov Agam, at the event honoring Rabbi Schneier
Rabbi Arthur Schneier in intimate converstion with NYC Police Comissioner Ray Kelley.
French Ambassador Francois Delattre, (right), on behalf of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, conferring the Officer of the Legion of Honor medal to Rabbi Arthur Schneier.
many years of a close personal relationship between the two. The Legion of Honor is the most prestigious award that can given by the French Government and is usually reserved for French nationals and only given to foreigners in recognition of their unique service to France or very special other outstanding acts. In a most touching ceremony, French Ambassador Francois Delattre, who is also a longtime close friend of Rabbi Schneier, related his love and respect for Rabbi
Rabbi Schneier in his acceptance speech mentioned how happy he was that the Ambassador, who previously was the French Ambassador to Canada, was now in the warm United States instead of freezing in the harsh Canadian winter. The Rabbi also emphasized in his acceptance speech the historic friendship between the United States and France and that it dates back to the American and French
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Changing of the Guard at EMUNA EMUNAH of America held their annual national convention last week at the Lincoln Square Synagogue in Manhattan. National President Mindy Stein, was honored at the convention as she handed over the reigns to Fran Hirmes. Mrs. Stein will continue serving EMUNAH of America as the new National Chairman. MUNAH is the largest women's religious Zionist organization with over 100,000 members worldwide. It was founded in 1935 and has been responding to the needs of the people in Israel, through its vast network of 250 social service and educational programs throughout the country. The convention was used as a forum for new ideas and resolutions for the future. Some of their stated goals are the continued support of the people of Israel with special emphasis of the needy. EMUNAH has as part of their network facilities that cater to people of all ages. They care for those in need from cradle to grave. “Some of our day care centers,” National
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Outgoing EMUNAH National President Mindy Stein gave needed advice and presents to the new incoming National President Fran Hirmes, including a pair of Roller Blades to help her accomplish all the many responsibilities as President of EMUNAH. President Mindy Stein explained, “start with the very young almost from the time of birth and our geriatric centers deal with senior citizens in Israel.” “We also operate crisis counseling centers for families in crisis and victims of terror, parenting classes, senior citizen centers and meals-on-wheels programs” Mrs. Stein continued. “We have also recently opened a teenage girls crisis center in Netanya. There are also classes for new olim, receiving two prestigious prizes for our excellent work with new immigrants, especially those coming
Outgoing EMUNAH National President Mindy Stein. another.’ “Mindy has taken the lead in every project coming out of her office and has made a lasting impression on the Conference of Presidents organization as well.” Other speakers talked about how important it is to support Israel, especially now that the whole world seems to be in favor of the Palestinians Ricki Hollander of CAMERA gave examples of bias against Israel in the media. The afternoon discussion panel, moderated by EMUNAH National Vice President Dr. Suzanne Segal, was addressed by Dinah
L-R Mr. and Mrs. Motti and Mindy Stein with Mr. and Mrs. Rubin and Cecelia Margulis. Mrs. Margulis serves on the board of the Jossi Berger Holocaust Study Center of EMUNAH.
The afternoon panel discussion was held in the main sanctuary of the Lincoln Square Synagogue with interesting speakers talking on pertinent topics. L-R Mrs. Dina Hahn: Chairwoman of world EMUNAH, Rabbi Laibel Lamm of Ohr Sameach :Yehuda Kohn, director of Bet Elazarki an EMUNAH institution in Israel: Rabbi Daniel Schonbruch, executive director of Shalom Task Force.
Macolm Hoenlein was the keynote speaker at the EMUNAH convention honoring Outgoing EMUNAH National President Mindy Stein. Mr. Hoenlein spoke eloquently on the present situation in Israel including the volatile events of the day as the Palestinians were rioting throughout Israel on what they called Nakba (catastrophe) Day.
from Ethiopia.” In times of national crisis, EMUNAH immediately responds providing emergency services to children and families in distress, working to ease their burdens and helping them return to normal life. In the past few years EMUNAH has giving assistance to the evacuees from Gush Katif, providing crucial day care centers and family counseling services to the many displaced families. The keynote speaker at the convention was Malcolm Hoenlein of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, who spoke of Mindy’s tireless efforts at EMUNAH and how she personifies the dictum of ‘All of Israel is responsible for one
Hahn, the Chairman of World EMUNAH: Yehudah Kohn, the director of Bet Elazraki, Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch, the Executive Director of Shalom Task Force; and Rabbi Laibel Lamm of Ohr Sameach. The convention concluded with a gala dinner that was graced with the presence of John Loftus who delivered a keynote address. Mr. Loftus is a former army intelligence officer and US prosecutor with the Justice Department’s Nazi-hunting Unit. For more information about EMUNAH and their numerous projects on behalf of the people of Israel go to their web site, http://www.emunah.org
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KOSHER RECIPES BY MARLENE COURTESY OF THEJEWISHHOSTESS.COM This week we’re presenting two recipes for hummus, the now-ubiquitous Middle Eastern dip made from chickpeas. One is a modern take on the classic dish, the other more traditional; both are delicious.
Steamed Sweet Potato Hummus
as vegetables. Sumac is best known as a major ingredient in “za’atar.” This is a spice blend that also includes sesame seeds, thyme and salt. Za’atar is usually sprinkled on freshly baked flatbread. It is mixed into olive oil or yogurt for a zippy dip. Spellings for this mixture are as varied as that of sumac. It may be known as “zahtar,” “zather” or “zatar.” Look for sumac or prepared za’atar at Middle Eastern markets, gourmet shops and some mail order sources.
Makes 4 cups • 1 pound sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces • 1 can (19.5 ounces) chickpeas, drained and rinsed • 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon) • 1/4 cup tahini • 2 tablespoons olive oil • 2 teaspoons ground cumin • 1 garlic clove, chopped • Coarse salt and ground pepper • Whole-wheat pita and crudites such as red pepper and broccoli Set a steamer basket in a large pot. Fill with enough water to come just below basket; bring to a boil. Add potatoes; reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook until tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to a food processor. Combine chickpeas, lemon juice, tahini, oil, cumin, and garlic in the food processor. Puree, about 1 minute; thin with water if necessary. Season with salt and pepper and let cool; refrigerate, in an airtight container, up to 1 week. Serve with pita and
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Homemade Hummus with Sumac All you need for this dish is a small food processor. It looks really impressive at the Shabbat table. Sumac is a spice that is tasty on grilled meats and fish or as a seasoning for rice. It complements lentils and other beans as well
• 1 can Garbanzo beans • 2 teaspoons Tahini • 3 teaspoons lemon juice • 2 cloves garlic • 1/2 cup olive oil • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/2 teaspoon Sumac Rinse the Garbanzo beans and place in a food processor. Grind until smooth. Add the tahini, lemon juice, garlic and salt. Add enough olive oil to make the Hummus smooth. Grind everything in the processor until everything blends together. Spoon the hummus onto a plate. Make an indentation in the middle of the hummus with a spoon. Pour in a small amount of olive oil in the indentation and then pour the sumac on top of the olive oil. Stick healthy chips into hummus in a circular pattern. Enjoy!
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AUTO
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May 20, 2011
Introducing The Ferrari P4/5 Competizione, In All Its Carbon Fiber, Race-Liveried Glory
Billionaire and Bruce Wayne archetype James Glickenhaus made headlines years ago with his bespoke Ferrari P4/5. nd if gearheads weren’t already clamoring at his door in untamed jealousy, they might now: the Competizione is now race-ready, decked out in carbon fiber and a slew of sponsors. Glickenhaus made plans for a racing edi-
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tion back in 2009, starting with some Photoshopped entries. Over the course of the last year and a half it’s gone from a series of renders, to an actual mule, to a car that’s now had one race under its belt. Its next race is in Germany at the 6 Hours of the Nürburgring endurance. Eventually And is Glickenhaus driving? No, he said back in 2009, “my driving in anger days are behind me.” He’s too busy spending his times as a crimefighting playboy instead.
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Cadillac Revives Certified Pre-Owned Program
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Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS Delivers 408-HP With All-Wheel Drive
“An expanded pool of pre-owned Cadillacs thoroughly inspected by trained professionals will raise the brand’s long-term reputation for quality.” During the most recent rankings of luxury vehicle pre-owned programs by IntelliChoice, Cadillac‘s was rated higher than those from Audi, BMW MercedesBenz and Lexus. n order to stay ahead of the game, GM’s flagship division is re-launching it’s certified pre-owned program, tweaking it to include a more thorough, 172-point vehicle inspection system, a six-year 100,000 mile limited warranty, as well as courtesy transportation for warranty work and 24-hour roadside assistance. In addition, Cadillac says, it’s adding
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more competitive pre-owned financing options; for the months of May and June this year it will cover the cost of monthly vehicle payments at rates as low as 1.9 percent for buyers who qualify. Kurt McNeil, Vice President of Cadillac Sales and Service, said that, “in the luxury market, pre-owned automobiles are often an entry point for new customers to the brand. We want these customers to know that we stand behind the quality of our pre-owned Cadillacs.” He also added that, “an expanded pool of pre-owned Cadillacs thoroughly inspected by trained professionals will raise the brand’s long-term reputation for quality.”
With the new Carrera GTS model already on sale, it was only a matter of time before Porsche released an all-wheel drive version of its new flagship nonturbo sports car. atching the GTS in output, the Carrera 4 GTS delivers an increase of 23-hp over the Carrera 4S, with a 0-60 mph time that’s a hair faster (0.1 seconds to be exact), at just 4.0 seconds with the optional 7-speed PDK dual-clutch gearbox and Sport Chrono Package Plus. As an AWD Porsche, the Carrera 4 GTS
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gets a 44-mm wider body with larger rear wheel arches. Other exterior upgrades include a SportDesign front lip, black side skirts from the GT2 and a black panel between the tailpipes. Plus, it comes with a stunning set of black-painted center-locking 19-inch RS Spyder wheels. Inside, there are black leather and Alcantara seats, plus an Alcantara steering wheel, gearshift lever and handbrake. On sale this Fall, Porsche will offer both a hard top and soft top version, with the 911 Carrera 4 GTS Coupe priced from $110,200 while the 911 Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet will retail for $120,100.
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May 20, 2011
Jerusalem’s Festival of Light Sotheby’s to Sell Rare Transforms Old City Into Marc Chagall Sketchbook Multimedia Art Installation
BELIEVED TO BE THE LAST INTACT CHAGALL SKETCHBOOK IN PRIVATE HANDS AND THE ONLY ONE TO EVER APPEAR AT AUCTION
From June 15-22, Jerusalem is hosting its second annual Jerusalem Light Festival transforming the Old City into a living light art display with illuminated images projected onto its various ancient sites and attractions. he festival will feature artistic light exhibits designed by local and international light artists throughout the Old City, as well as street events and performances, a lighting fair in the Davidson Center Archeological Garden and four different routes around the Old City following the illuminated sites and installations. Also, the former Jerusalem Municipality Building will replicate the celebratory lighting display created in honor of the coronation of King _______________________________
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“The Jerusalem Light Festival is a unique event that showcases some of the world's most creative artists transforming the Old City of Jerusalem into a living work of art.” _______________________________ George VI in 1937, and a video mapping tour will be projected on the Rothschild House taking visitors on a journey from city to nature. In addition, the TILT Group (France) will create a futuristic garden of light in an exhib-
it that encircles the audience and creates an innovative urban environment using advanced technology at the Jaffa Gate; and Italian artist Richi Ferrero will present "Bwindi Light Masks" featuring illuminated African masks alongside a soundtrack of Mongolic music accompanied by a Bulgarian chorale group at Zedekiah's Cave. "The Jerusalem Light Festival is a unique event that showcases some of the world's most creative artists transforming the Old City of Jerusalem into a living work of art," says Haim Gutin, Israel Commissioner for Tourism, North and South America. "This special combination of modern and ancient will create some additional excitement for travelers arriving in Israel this summer." Also, the city's El Wad Street will be transformed into a festively lit marketplace beginning at the Damascus Gate to the entrance of the Western Wall. For more information, visit www.lightinjerusalem.org.il. For more information about travel to Israel, visit www.goisrael.com.
A deeply personal sketchbook used by Marc Chagall for over twenty years will be one of the highlights of Sotheby’s Books and Manuscripts sale in New York on 17 June 2011. The 85-page book contains unpublished drawings in a variety of media, providing a virtual catalogue of Chagall’s colorful and moving conography. he sketchbook originally belonged to the artist’s wife, Bella Chagall, who filled the first eight pages with her Yiddish translations of French poetry. After her death in September 1944, Marc Chagall poured his grief into the sketchbook through drawings and watercolors, many of which depict him with Bella. None of these images have ever been seen by the public before. The sketchbook, which is estimated to sell for $600/900,000, will be shown at Sotheby’s Paris on 16 and 17 May before returning to New York for exhibition beginning 11 June. This remarkably intact sketchbook was used by Marc Chagall from the 1940s to the 1960s, and includes a wide variety of subjects central to his oeuvre. The sketchbook abounds in portraits of Bella and self-portraits of the artist. These include a very beautiful ink-and wash portrait of Bella in a patterned dress with a bowl of fruit. There are two sensitive portrait heads in pencil, one with closed eyes, the other with open eyes surrounded by dark circles; both drawings possibly depict Bella's final illness. Chagall himself appears in several fine self-portraits, in one as a brightly colored satyr with palette and brushes. In another, he appears as a drinker, seated next to a bottle labeled with his own initials. In perhaps the most moving of the self-portraits, the artist with a blue head and hand on his heart is seated at his easel, contemplating a red painting of himself and Bella (pictured left). The couple appear together in one drawing as artist and model, elsewhere as an elongated bridal pair; in yet another drawing they float in the sky with a crescent moon, a chicken, and a violin-playing donkey – some of the artist’s most iconic imagery. The bountiful religious imagery in the sketchbook is both Jewish and Christian, with a series of portraits of King David being the most notable. In one very fine drawing, David, crowned and with his harp, and a fiddler in a peasant's cap flank a cluster of village huts (pictured right). Sotheby’s recently sold a striking painting of King David between the two towns close to the artist’s heart – his native Vitebsk and Saint Paul-deVence – for $4.2 million. In another striking ink sketch, a Crucifixion rises up behind a solemn Moses, who holds the tablets of the Ten Commandments. In another drawing, an
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angel bearing a menorah flies across the page. The sketchbook is equally rich in other themes that recurred throughout Chagall's long career. The artist's birthplace, Vitebsk, is a constant presence. In one drawing, a rabbi holds a Torah labeled "Vitebsk" at the scroll's edge. In an unusual and elegant redand-black drawing, an elongated peasant woman balances a sheaf of wheat on her head as she walks what appears to be a dog on a leash. Peasants, the wooden huts and fences of the shtetl, cows and chickens all make appearances. In a revealing image, a bass player, whose instrument doubles as a bare-breasted woman, flies over the moon, while below an earthbound peasant, seen in profile, reveals the dusty wooden huts of Vitebsk lodged in his head. Small marginal sketches throughout the collection include delightful creatures such as a walking bass fiddle with a flowing mane of hair in the _______________________________
“This remarkably intact sketchbook was used by Marc Chagall from the 1940s to the 1960s, and includes a wide variety of subjects central to his oeuvre.” _______________________________ shape of a violin. Chagall's mysterious winged grandfather clock is depicted several times. Also of interest are several heads with transposed features, looking back to the artist's celebrated "Half-Past Three (The Poet)" (1911), now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Of the drawings of circus performers, many in blue pencil, the artist has labeled two "Comedie del art. Marc Chagall." There are also a number of Mediterranean land-and seascapes, including harbor scenes, sailboats and a figure fishing at the water’s edge. These were most likely done near the artist’s home at Saint-Paul-de-Vence, in the South of France, or possibly in Israel, which he visited in order to oversee several important commissions. In fact, the few existing Chagall sketchbooks seem to be related directly to specific projects, such as his important stained glass window commissions. None has the range of iconic imagery so central to the artist's work, or the emotional elements as shown here. Intact sketchbooks such as this are extremely rare, as many have been disbound. The artist gave five to the Israel Museum but none have appeared at auction, and this is the only one known that is left in private hands.
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Haftorah Bechukotai (Jeremiah 16:19 - 17:14)
(Leviticus 26:3-27:34) BY RABBI MAX WEIMAN Leviticus 26:3 says, "If you will walk in My decrees and guard My commandments and you do them..." The verses go on to list blessings we will receive for following God's directives. These are the spiritual principles that govern the universe. This is how the Almighty designed things. ven though we'd be crazy to ignore His principles, He still rewards our efforts to do that which is crazy not to. Our Creator wants what is good for us, encourages us to do it, and then rewards us for doing it. Is this kind of love comprehensible?
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Principles, Not Laws Certainly there are do's and don'ts in the "Instructions for living" we call the Torah. But they aren't the same as the laws of the land we live in. For the laws of the land, there are specific rules, and punishments to fit those rules. With the Creator's Torah, there are principles, 613 to be exact. Yet the fulfillment of these principles can't be put into a law book; they are principles to live by. They are attitudes to permeate your outlook. That's why the opening verse uses the phrase "walk in my decrees." As the common phrase these days implies, "walk the walk" is a general mode of behavior, not just a specific set of rules. It would be easier, no doubt, to list a set of rules to follow. That would happily take less thought and sensitivity on our part. Unfortunately, that's not what spirituality is all about. "Don't cut down the fruit trees in war" says one of the commandments. If that was all we had to do, most of us would be off the _______________________________
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hook. After all, how many of us are going to war, and who will be inclined to kill a fruit tree? Chalk that one up for me, only 612 to go. Not so fast. The idea behind the mitzvah is to care for and value any useful thing in the universe. That goes for the fruit tree, the person next to you, a piece of paper, and even a grain of rice (if you take the principle far enough). You could spend your entire life trying to appreciate useful items. You could branch out to appreciating the nuances of personalities, to making sure no child is hungry, or working for worldwide recycling. It's all a piece of God, take good care of it. Each and every mitzvah is a world of appreciation, an infinite piece of the Creator, and an avenue of spirituality without bounds. There are infinite possibilities. Talk about room for growth!
RIGHT AND WRONG This doesn't mean there are no fixed rules. Some things are black and white, wrong and right. If it's wrong to steal, it's wrong to steal. Walking in the pathways of spirituality is not an excuse to be lax in our commitment to morality. Some people don't like rules and regulations, and gravitate toward a flimsy sense of spirituality that makes no demands whatsoever. If they are in the mood, they will keep the extra change from the cashier. "I guess the gods are on my side today," you might think. It's my good karma coming back to me. Some cashiers are responsible for the mistakes they make and will have to pay for the wrong change you took. And even if they're not, it's still wrong to take it. There are rules of morality. To take a life unnecessarily is a transgression. To give a dollar to charity is a good thing. Some acts are clear-cut. That's called the "letter of the law," and it is important, too. Yet the "spirit of the law" is what we're talking about. Never let the letter of the law go without the spirit of the law, or you will wind up with an empty religion. As one of my teachers used to say, "Strictly follow the law, but don't follow the law strictly." The law is our guide and our
Levaya of Rabbi Amos Bunim Z”L
abbi Amos Bunim Z”L of Far Rockaway died Saturday night. Reb Amos is a son of the legendary Mr. Irving M. Bunim Z”L, known as the trusted assistant to Hagaon Rav Aharon Kotler Z”TL. Mr. Bunim had helped bring Rav Kotler to America before the Shoah and helped him establish the famous Lakewood Yeshiva. Irving was deeply involved in all aspects of Torah dissemination being involved in Yeshiva Rabbi Jacob Joseph, many philanthropic endeavors and the Vaad Hatzolah during the years during and after the Shoah. Reb Amos himself had a very close relationship with Rav Aharon Kotler, Reb Shneur Kotler, and other Gedolim. On many occasions, Reb Amos was sent to Washington on shlichus for Rav Aharon or Rav Moshe. He played a remarkable role in the promotion of Torah Judaism in America and Eretz Yisroel for over seven decades. Reb Amos authored “A Fire in His Soul” about the life of his father.
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In this Haftorah we find reference to the way that the Jews of the kingdom of Judah practiced idolatry. The text states, “As they remembered their children so they remembered their altars and their ashareihem by the green trees upon the high hills.” here is a debate amongst the commentators as to what the term ashareihem refers to. Some argue that the ashareihem were actually a type of tree which idolaters worshipped, while others are of the opinion that the idols were placed under the tree. In any event as a result of these ashareihem, Judaism developed a great distaste for bringing natural foliage into a liturgical setting. Rambam writes that whoever brings a tree and places it by the altar is in fact guilty of idolatry. In fact, the taboo against bringing foliage into a Jewish sanctuary only begins to break as late as the fifteenth century and in reference to the holiday of Shavuot. Why the taboo finally breaks and at that specific time is another story altogether.
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only connection to the Infinite. But life has fluctuations of every kind and variety. The law needs to find a resting place in the reality of your situation.
What's more important? That's the $64,000 question. The Talmud tells us that God is found in the "four measurements of Jewish Law." This famous quote could have been stated more simply: "God is found in Jewish Law." But the Sages mentioned something specific - four measurements - because the details are important to the Almighty. He gave us those details, and by being precise we show that His will is important to us. We want to do it exactly. If my wife asks me to pick up some flowers, I don't just go out to the yard to pick what's growing there. I want to know what kind of flowers she wants, why she wants them, and how she wants them to look - because her needs and wishes are important to me. If God's wishes are important to you, you'll find out in detail exactly what He wants and why.
It's not a valid question to ask which is more important, the spirit or the letter. They are one and the same. If you are following the spirit of the law by being honest in business dealings, but don't take the time to find out what practices are forbidden and what practices are permitted, you don't really care about God's principle. And if you get caught up in the details, and don't act like an emissary of God in your business practices, you'll end up making mistakes in some important areas of your relationship with God and man. The spirit and the letter, the principle and the detail, are one and the same. They are both partners in the path to the Creator.
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Maimonides Stroke Expert Offers Tips on Recognizing Warning Signs and Taking Steps to Reduce Stroke Risk MAY IS NATIONAL STROKE AWARENESS MONTH Stroke kills more than 140,000 Americans every year, the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer. It is also the leading cause of serious, long-term disability. May is National Stroke Awareness Month, an opportunity to highlight the importance of preventing strokes, as well as learning the early warning signs so that if someone is having a stroke, medical intervention can happen as quickly as possible. “Every second counts in the race to identify and treat stroke,” said Dr. Steven Rudolph, Director of the Jaffe Stroke Center at Maimonides Medical Center. “The sooner we can make a diagnosis and start treatment, the more we improve our chances of minimizing damage to the brain. All of us should take a few minutes to learn the warning signs of stroke, so we can help someone we suspect may be experiencing this medical emergency by calling 911 right away.” Stroke occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked or bursts. A blocked vessel prevents necessary blood and oxygen from reaching the brain. A burst blood vessel causes blood to accumulate and compress brain tissue. In both instances, the affected part of the brain starts to die. Stroke treatment depends on the type of stroke, among _______________________________
“Every second counts in the race to identify and treat stroke.”
_______________________________ other factors. According to the American Stroke Association, the most common symptoms of stroke are: sudden weakness in the face, arm or leg – especially on one side of the body; sudden confusion, difficulty speaking or understanding; sudden dizziness, trouble walking, loss of balance or coordination; and/or a sudden severe headache with no apparent cause. The National Stroke Association offers a helpful tool to help remember these symptoms and respond quickly – the acronym FAST, for Face, Arms, Speech and Time. If you suspect a stroke is occurring, ask your loved one to smile, raise both arms, and repeat a simple sentence. If one side of the face droops, one arm drifts downward, the words are slurred or the sentence is not repeated correctly, call 911 immediately. While some of the risk factors for stroke are hereditary, others are not. This means that each one of us can reduce vulnerability to stroke by being aware of our risk factors, including medical history and personal habits. Some risks can be reduced by living a healthier, more active lifestyle. Dr Rudolph advises: • Have your blood pressure checked regularly. • Eat a varied and balanced diet that relies heavily on vegetables, whole grains, fish, lean meats and fruit. • Keep your weight under control. • Monitor your blood cholesterol: you should try to lower the “Lousy” kind known as
Dr. Steven Rudolph, Director of the Jaffe Stroke Center at Maimonides Medical Center. LDL, and increase the “Happy” kind known as HDL. • Get moderate exercise on a regular basis (at least two and a half hours per week). • Avoid excessive alcohol consumption. • Quit smoking. • Consult your doctor if you have a family history of stroke or high blood pressure to determine if you need additional assistance in prevention efforts. “It’s critical that all of us pay attention to our risk factors and do everything we can to eat right, exercise, and take other measures that will reduce our chances of suffering a stroke,” added Rudolph. “Prevention is still our most effective weapon.” The Jaffe Stroke Center at Maimonides provides expert care to patients in a dedicated stroke unit, reducing stroke-related complications and ensuring patients obtain the best possible functional outcome. Dr. Rudolph, a renowned stroke neurologist, works closely with physicians and nurses in emergency medicine, radiology, vascular and neurosurgery, intensive care and rehabilitation medicine to provide a full range of technologically advanced diagnostic and treatment services. In 2005, Maimonides was designated a Stroke Center by the New York State Department of Health, and was fully accredited by the Joint Commission. That same year, Maimonides received the Stroke Care Excellence Award from HealthGrades, and has continued to achieve that designation every year since. The Jaffe Stroke Center at Maimonides recently was awarded the Gold Plus Award for excellence in performance from the American Stroke Association's "Get With the Guidelines" Program. In addition, it has been named to the “Target: Stroke” Honor Roll – one of 50 hospitals in the United States to achieve this recognition. Now celebrating its Centennial, Maimonides Medical Center is among the largest independent teaching hospitals in the nation, training over 450 interns, residents and fellows annually. Widely recognized for its major achievements in advancing medical and information technology, Maimonides has 711 beds and over 70 subspecialty programs. For more information on the state-ofthe-art clinical services at Maimonides Medical Center, visit www.maimonidesmed.org.
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KABBALAH AND LAG BA’OMER FORGET THE RED STRING. WHAT EXACTLY IS KABBALAH? BY YAIR DANIELSOHN Lag B'Omer, the 33rd day of the Omer, is celebrated as a commemoration of the memory of Rabi Shimon bar Yochai. A prominent sage of the Mishna, Rabbi Shimon is best known as the author of the chief mystical work, the Zohar, or “Luminescence”. Accordingly, this day has come to be associated with the Kabbalah, the mystical tradition that deals with the concealed aspects of Torah. f genuine Kabbalah is decidedly not a quick-fix derivative of Judaism -- a jar of blessed water, an amulet or a red string can bring blessing into your life and solve all of your problems – what is it exactly? Does Kabbalah have something to offer the uninitiated layman in terms of opportunities for growth and enlightenment? The Torah has two general levels of meaning. One, called “pshat”, is the plain meaning of the text, without resorting to concepts that need to be learned from other sources. This term is somewhat deceiving, since even the basic meaning of the Torah’s texts requires ceaseless study and yields an inexhaustible fountain of inspiration and enlightenment. The second level is that of “sod”, which means “secrets”. At this level, everything within the Torah can be seen as just the tip of the iceberg, and actually hints at esoteric levels of existence we do not ordinarily come into contact with. Generally speaking, the focus of attention at this level of Torah study is the ways in which God relates to this world. It describes the spiritual DNA of the universe. The study of sod is also called Kabbalah. This is because the word Kabbalah means the _______________________________
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_______________________________ reception of a tradition, and due to the extremely sensitive nature of Kabbalah, it can only be understood properly when received as a transmission from a knowledgeable scholar. The discipline of Kabbalah was given at Sinai as one of the levels of interpretation of the Torah. It was always studied as a part of Torah, and its existence is alluded to throughout the Mishna and Talmud, although its investigation was usually reserved for the most spiritually gifted of each generation. Just as one cannot study calculus without being fluent in arithmetic or study quantum physics without a background in the basics of science, so too is it impossible to comprehend the esoteric secrets of sod without first having thoroughly studied pshat, the first level of Torah understanding. Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai expressed the concepts of Kabbalah and its underlying themes in a systematic way. Because Kabbalah is the investigation of exceedingly subtle concepts, its study was always reserved for people who displayed superlative ethical qualities, greatness of intellect, a solid grasp of all areas of the revealed Torah, and scrupulous observance of the commandments. Its sublime nature dictates that it simply cannot be grasped by the unrefined mind. Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, seen as the father of the Kabbalah as we know it, did not create the Kabbalah; it was already in existence. What he did was express its concepts and underlying themes in a systematic way. Additionally, he merited Divine inspiration
which helped him understand concepts and formulate new ideas. The Book of the Zohar remains the primary source of Kabbalistic knowledge until this very day. Even after the exposition of the Kabbalah in the form of the Zohar, it remained an enigmatic and hidden discipline. The Zohar is extremely terse and is essentially written in a type of code. The greatest Torah personalities over the ages invested tremendous efforts in explicating and categorizing its themes. The most prominent of these scholars was Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, also known as the Ari, who made his home in sixteenth-century Safed, in northern Israel, together with most of the other prominent Kabbalists of his day. As Rabbi Shimon before him, the Ari not only categorized kabalistic concepts but revealed new ones as well. His works are considered the authoritative interpretation of the Zohar, and, in turn, serve as the primary text of Kabbalah today. Digging deeper in the art of Torah study So what does Kabbalah have to do with our lives? Well, for one thing, just the awareness that every word of the Written Torah, every commandment given to us by God, contains unlimited depths of meaning should serve as a reinforcement of our commitment to Torah and its commandments. Additionally, that awareness can serve as an inspiration for each of us to see the Torah as a bottomless source of inspiration, education and meaning, and can prod each of us to proceed on our own ever-deepening investigation of Torah. There is always so much more than what meets the eye. All aspects of Torah when studied properly and with the appropriate guidance have the ability to infuse life with meaning and depth. Some people turn to "Kabbalah" because they mistakenly perceive the non-esoteric aspects of Judaism as uninspiring and devoid of any deeper meaning. This attitude is one born of ignorance, for all aspects of Torah when studied properly and with the appropriate guidance have the ability to infuse life with meaning, purpose, and depth. There are secrets even at the most basic levels of Torah – secrets about how human beings work, how they can improve their lives, and how they can build relationships with their Creator. Kabbalah is for when you’ve exhausted that level of meaning and are ready for the next! Examples of Kabbalistic thought Having said that, it is important to stress that Kabbalah has some direct relevance for us, as well. Although its detailed study is best left to those with the proper prerequisites, many of its central themes have become cornerstones of mainstream authentic Jewish thought. A couple of examples: One of the greatest contributions of the Kabbalah to the understanding of the importance of mitzvah observance and service of God in general is its broadening the scope of the effect of human activity. All schools of Torah thought stress the idea that one’s
actions carry awesome significance and responsibility because of the effect they have on his self, not only in this world but in the world of eternity as well. As one of its central teachings, Kabbalah extended this sense of responsibility by stressing the cosmic effect every human deed produces, affecting all of creation at every level. In the words of Rabbi Moshe Chaim luzzatto, 18th century Kabbalist, “God has ordained that…man’s actions affect the spiritual sources of everything in the world. Not only man’s deeds have this effect but even his words and thoughts…” And Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin writes, “A Jew must never say to himself, ‘Who am I, and what difference do my actions make, anyway?’ Rather one must understand and know and internalize that no detail of his every deed, word and thought, is lost. His deeds are exceedingly powerful and
effective; each one ascends to higher worlds and has some impact there.” Viewed from the lens of Kabbalah, each one of us is in the control tower of the entire universe, and our every move has massive repercussions. Another important teaching of Kabbalah concerns the interconnectedness between all Jews. Although unity is a basic Jewish value, the idea of unity can be grasped as an almost metaphoric one. For example, a partner in a firm may say, “We’re all in this together, so essentially we’re like one person; let’s treat each other accordingly.” In that case, they are in fact distinct beings; common interests and needs bind them together. But the Kabbalah teaches us that we are literally connected by virtue of our souls. The souls of the entire Jewish People emanate from a single spiritual source, so that we are all simply manifestations of one spiritual entity. In the words of Rabbi Moshe Kordevero, a contemporary of the Ari who was buried right next to him, “You should love your fellow Jew as if he were you, because he is you!” Since at the deepest level we are literally one, there is no room for enmity between us. (At an even deeper level, Kabbalah teaches, there is a real unity not only between all Jews but even between all human beings and even all aspects of creation.) The bonfires of Lag B'Omer are symbolic of the soul of the Torah. On a similar note, the Ari taught that before each prayer, one should meditate on the commandment to love each Jew like oneself. Through doing so, one achieves unity with all of the Jewish People, and as a result of that his prayers emanate not only from him but from the entire Jewish People and
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Comprehensive Archive of Jewish Holocaust Victims' Assets Made Public... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9 To participate, individuals need to fill out the questionnaire available on HEART’s website, www.heartwebsite.org. Since it was launched, details about Project HEART’s purpose and the application process have been translated into 13 languages, and a 24 hour call center is operational in all languages. To date, the project has received tens
of thousands of requests for additional information. “Since the end of World War II, the only remnant most Holocaust victims had of their property and assets were their memories and that is not acceptable,” said Anya Verkhovskaya, Project HEART’s administrative director. “As the survivor community grows smaller, it is more important than ever
to do all we can to help the remaining survivors and their descendants receive restitution.” Project HEART is a global effort led by the Jewish Agency for Israel in cooperation with the Government of Israel seeking to reach Jewish victims of the Holocaust and their heirs. The project’s goal is to record relevant information about personal property
that was confiscated, looted or forcibly sold as a result of the Nazi occupation, and which has never been restituted. The ultimate aim of Project HEART is to provide the tools, strategy and information that will enable the Government of Israel, Project HEART and their partners to secure a measure of justice for eligible Jewish victims and their heirs— on behalf of the Jewish people.
communities with increasing frequency, making cooperation all the more vital. "The entire structure of law enforcement in America, in a democratic society, is the cooperation of the public," Pomerantz said. "None of it works without that. If people don't come forward, if people don't cooper-
ate, law enforcement can't function. "If you build into people a reflex of no matter what, don't talk to them, no matter what, the entire system crumbles."
Islamist Group Delivers FBI Scare Lecture... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 trainings you have, no matter how many workshops you go to, is gonna prepare you for that terrifying moment when the FBI agent knocks on your door, comes to your home, stops you in the street, when the Customs agent stops you in the airport." Immigrant communities, especially those
from totalitarian states, are almost always among the most challenging for law enforcement agencies to build trust, said Pomerantz, now the director of counter terrorism programs at the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs. The reality is that terrorist threats are emanating from within Muslim
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Had There Been No War, There Would be No Nakba... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19 Arabs were innocent bystanders ignores the facts: The sides in the conflict were not two rival empires - outsiders, or rival caliphs. It was a conflict between two national or ethnic groups. Palestinian Arabs represented one side in the conflict - and in fact the side responsible for starting the war.
The Palestinians were responsible for escalating the war - a move that cost the Jews thousands of lives and Palestinians their homes. By their own behavior, Palestinians assumed the role of belligerents in the conflict, invalidating any claim to be hapless victims. Explains scholar Benny Morris:
"One of the characteristics of the Palestinian national movement has been the Palestinians' view of themselves as perpetual victims of others: Ottoman Turks, British officials, Zionists, Americans - and never to appreciate that they are, at least in large part, victims of their own mistakes and iniquities."
The United Nations Charter, international law, humanitarian law, and conventions such as the 1949 Geneva Convention for the Protection of Victims of War make no mention of a "Right of Return." The claim of innocent refugee status does not apply.
One of the three youths, a minor when he was arrested, has already concluded his prison sentence in Israel, and the third, Yoel Zev Goldstein, is scheduled to be sentenced on August 29. His trial took longer than
expected because of court technicalities and a change of judges. It is felt that Yaakov Yosef’s appeal was beneficial for Goldstein, in that it brought to light substantial evidence on his behalf.
If the accusations prove true, Hafiz Khan sent tens of thousands of dollars to people capable of such brutality. Some of that money went to a madrassa where children "learn to kill Americans in Afghanistan," the indictment said. "Some of this money was used for the purchase of guns and weapons," Ferrer told reporters Saturday. "But again, I reiterate, that's just the tip of the iceberg. We will be able to prove that there is more than $50,000 that went to the Taliban." The Pakistani Taliban is closely aligned with al-Qaida and wants to replace Pakistan's government with strict Islamic law. It claimed credit for a December 2009 suicide attack which killed seven Americans at a CIA station in Khost. A year ago, a suicide bomber targeted the U.S. consulate in Peshawar killing at least six Pakistanis. It claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing targeting military recruits last week in Pakistan that was considered a revenge attack for the American killing of Osama bin Laden. On Monday, a Saudi diplomat was gunned down in Karachi in an attack in which the Pakistani Taliban is suspected of carrying out. And the group is believed to have trained failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad,
who hoped to kill dozens in New York if his car bomb had been built properly. In pleading guilty, Shahzad said he had no regrets. "It's a war," he told the court. "I'm going to plead guilty a hundred times over because until the hour the U.S. pulls its forces from Iraq and Afghanistan and stops the drone strikes ... we will be attacking the U.S. And I plead guilty to that." In July 2009, Hafiz Khan and an unindicted co-conspirator "called for the destruction of the Pakistani government and discussed a strategy to shoot and kill Pakistani officials." In another converstaion, Khan "cursed the leaders and army of Pakistan and called for the death of Pakistan's President and for blood to be shed in a violent revolution similar to that which occurred in Iran." Last August, Hafiz Khan said "all opponents of Islam [need] to be destroyed." A month later, after learning Taliban mujahideen killed seven American troops in Afghanistan, Khan "declared his wish that God bring death to 50,000 more." Defendant Ali Rehman, a Pakistani, allegedly worked with Khan to send guns to the Taliban.
Japanese High Court Rejects Hassidic Appeal... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 Elimelech Bindiger, who has been very active on the boys’ behalf and who visited Yaakov Yosef immediately after the verdict was handed down. Greenwald said he was glad he filed the appeal, and that over the
past few months, he was able to study two difficult sections of Jewish Law and over 100 pages of the Babylonian Talmud. Prisoners at forced labor have no time to pray, let alone study.
South Florida Imams Accused of Taliban Support... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 be resistance and bombings that would leave no trace and no names" if Sharia were not implemented in Pakistan, the indictment said. Two months earlier, Khan "called for an
attack on the Pakistani Assembly that would resemble the September 2008 suicide bombing of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan," during a conversation with his son Irfan Khan, the indictment said.
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Microsoft to Acquire Skype for $8.5 Billion in Cash... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 21 Buying Skype-a service that connects millions of users around the world via Internet-based telephony and video-would give Microsoft a recognized brand name on the Internet at a time when it is struggling to get more traction in the consumer market. The need to add a communications component is seen as crucial with the growing popularity of Apple Inc.’s FaceTime video-chat service and Google Inc.’s Voice. Mr. Ballmer vowed to continue to support Skype on non-Microsoft platforms, which means keeping the service available to iPhone and Mac users. “We will continue to support nonMicrosoft platforms because it’s fundamental to core value proposition,” Mr. Ballmer
said during a conference call on Tuesday. He added Microsoft will continue to build upon Skype’s customer base. Microsoft has invested heavily in marketing and improving the technology of its Bing search engine. While it has made some market share gains over the past year, Google still dominates the search market with more than 65% of U.S. searches going through its site. About 170 million people log in to Skype’s services every month, though not all of them make calls. Skype users made 207 billion minutes of voice and video calls last year. The Skype deal ranks as the biggest acquisition in the 36-year history of Microsoft, a company that traditionally has
shied away from large deals. In 2007, Microsoft paid approximately $6 billion to acquire online advertising firm aQuantive Inc. Many current and former Microsoft executives believe Microsoft significantly overpaid for that deal. But they are also relieved that Microsoft gave up on an unsolicited $48 billion offer for Yahoo Inc. nearly three years ago. Yahoo is valued at half that sum today. Mr. Ballmer, though, sees the Internet as an essential battleground for Microsoft, a company that still makes the vast bulk of its profits from Windows and Office software systems. Investors have become increasingly concerned about Microsoft’s ability to squeeze continued growth out of those businesses, as rival technologies from Apple, Google and others put
more pressure on profits. The division behind Microsoft’s hugely lucrative Office suite of applications also makes a product, known as Lync, which ties together email, instant messaging and voice communications into a single application. Skype could strengthen that offering. The deal shows how far Skype has come since it was launched in 2003 by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, two men who had created a file-sharing technology called Kazaa that became widely associated with music piracy. While Skype was initially popular with techies, it increasingly worked its way into the mainstream by offering free or cheap phone calls which were especially appealing to international callers.
its inner dimensions. The human soul is compared to a candle in that it serves as one’s guiding light. For that reason, we commemorate the memories of deceased loved ones by lighting candles. The bonfires that many light on Lag B'Omer are symbolic of the soul of the Torah, revealed through the efforts of Rabbi
Shimon, whose memory we commemorate on that day. May we all merit looking more and more deeply into the soul of the Torah, our own souls, and those of others.
Kabbalah and Lag Ba’Omer... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 37 are thus that more powerful. Today, this teaching is inscribed at the Ari’s tombstone in the ancient cemetery of Safed. Kabbalah and the bonfires on Lag B'Omer Kabbalists have called Kabbalah the “soul of the Torah.” To the observer, a human
being looks like a bundle of flesh and blood, while in reality the physical body is merely the clothing that houses the emotions, the intellect, and the spiritual component of man, his soul. The same is true of Torah. Even the depths of Torah available to us, those of pshat, are externalities compared to
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Syrian Protesters Assault Israeli Border, Deflecting Internal Scrutiny... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4 In Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, prime minister of Hamas in Gaza, told thousands of worshippers to pray for Israel’s destruction.
"Palestinians mark the Naqba with great hope of bringing to an end the Zionist project in Palestine," Haniyeh told 10,000 wor-
shippers in a Gaza City mosque. His comments came less than two weeks after Iranbacked Hamas joined with Palestinian
Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party to create a unified Palestinian government.
eral "alumni" of Chabad's Children of Chernobyl. The actor Michael Douglas narrated an earlier video about the disaster and the organization, "The Cry is Answered." "With 25 children on board, this flight was extremely meaningful and sends a pow-
erful message to the world: To this day, a quarter of a century after the disaster occurred, there is still a need to permanently evacuate the children from the contaminated zones," says Fertel.
Saving Chernobyl’s Children... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16 community leaders or relatives apply, if the parents have passed away. They know that in order for the children to survive and have a healthy lifestyle, they need to get them out because children are most susceptible to radiation. The half-lives of the isotopes go on for hundreds of thousands of years." An expensive proposition Rescuing, housing, feeding and caring for the Chernobyl children takes huge sums of donated money. The main source of funds is CCOC's annual benefit dinner, Children at
Heart, which attracts many celebrities among hundreds of guests. "It costs us $18,000 per year per child," says Fertel. "A flight full of kids costs $360,000. It is a huge expense, and that's why we work our hardest to do this." The organization also sends medical supplies to Ukraine to help the many remaining children and adults. Last year, an MTV producer made a promotional video for the organization, "Let Dreams Take Flight,", which interviews sev-
Rabbi Arthur Schneier Receives Prestigious French Legion of Honor Award... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 28 Revolutions. He stated that “Freedom cannot be taken for granted; it must be earned and does not come like manna from heaven. He mentioned that the Torah mentions 36 times that we must “love the stranger” and be sensitive to “others” amongst us. Religious leaders who once upon a time could be accused of being a dividing force must now be a “force for unity amidst diversity.” Rabbi Schneier vowed that “As long as G-d grants me life I will devote my energy in the spirit of Aharon, the high priest, as a rodef shalom and ohev shalom, to pursue peace, love and friendship among all of G-d’s children. A wide array of dignitaries graced the evening’s proceedings and spoke about the
Rabbi. In attendance was French Consul General Philippe Lalliot who introduced the Ambassador and who arranged a beautiful kosher reception for the occasion. Others present for the ceremony included The Honorable Ido Aharoni, Consul General of Israel, The Most Reverend Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. The Most Reverend Khajag Barsamian, Archbishop of The Armenian Diocese of America, Reverend Dr. Fred Anderson, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church and Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo, Deputy Chief of Mission, US Mission to the United Nations.
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Cherry Hill JCC to Host Mid-Atlantic Jr Maccabi Games The Katz JCC is proud to host the Mid-Atlantic Jr Maccabi games; a one day athletic competition for Jewish youth ages 10-12 on Sunday, May 22. Over 500 athletes, 200 volunteers and 2,000 spectators will come together for a day of athletics as well as cultural and social events. ver 16 communities from Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey will travel to the Katz JCC to compete is basketball, soccer, tennis, table tennis and swimming.
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The day will begin with Opening Ceremonies at the Katz JCC (1301 Springdale Road, Cherry Hill, NJ 08003) as each delegation marches with their communities' banner. In addition to playing their sports, each athlete will have an opportunity for "hang time" with their peers as well as a chance to participate in a mitzvah project. This year's mitzvah project will be writing messages of hope and inspiration on a banner that will be sent to Camp Koby. Camp Koby is a camp in Israel that was established for kids whose families have been affected by terrorism.
Menendez, Lautenberg Support New Jersey's Appeal of Federal Disaster Aid Denial for Severe March Flooding STATE'S INITIAL REQUEST WAS REJECTED IN APRIL U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (DNJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today urged the federal government to approve New Jersey’s appeal for a federal disaster declaration related to the severe flooding that devastated parts of the state in March. he original request included four counties: Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic. The state’s appeal adds Warren County to the disaster declaration request to better reflect the impact on the state. “The flooding in New Jersey has caused pain and hardship for our residents and local businesses, and the steep clean-up and recov-
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ery costs will be a significantburden for many individuals and local governments who are facing already tight budgets,” the Senators wrote. “These communities and our citizens deserve all the support that can be provided.” If approved, the declaration would free up emergency federal funding to reimburse state emergency management agencies and counties for their recovery and rebuilding efforts. The request is also for funding to help residents whose property was damaged by the flooding. The full text of today’s letter is included below: May 13, 2011
Dear Administrator Fugate: We are writing to support the State of New Jersey’s appeal following the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s denial of the state’s request for a major disaster declaration in response to the severe storms which hit the state in early March. The storm caused significant flooding in many areas and New Jersey initially requested that the counties of Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic receive a declaration. The state’s initial request did not represent the full extent of the damages and did not request that Warren County be included in the declaration. However, New Jersey is now requesting in its appeal that a declaration include Warren County, which should more accurately reflect the damages and the impact on our state. In addition, it should be noted that New Jersey has been hit with several severe storms recently and is currently under a federal disaster declaration as a result of a severe snow storm that hit last December. The flooding in New Jersey has caused pain and hardship for New Jersey residents and local businesses. Clean-up and recovery costs will be steep creating a significant burden for many individuals and local governments who are facing already tight budgets. These communities and our citizens deserve all the support that can be provided. Thank you in advance for your consideration of this important matter. I look forward to your prompt action on this issue.
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Israel Travel: Five Things About Israel You Probably Don’t Know COURTESY OF PETER GREENBERG WORLDWIDE (FOR MORE TRAVEL NEWS AND TIPS, VISIT PETERGREENBERG.COM)
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A trip to Israel often comes with a plethora of preconceptions. But there's a side of Israel that even seasoned travelers may not know about. Jeanine Barone rounds up five things you never knew about Israel. ou may envision a trip to Israel with some or all of the following: traditional religious sights, security issues, Bauhaus architecture, a melancholic
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Holocaust museum, sickly sweet wines, banal kosher food, car-choked roads and uninspiring hotels. It couldn't be further from the truth.
1. Creative Design Tel Aviv is a hotbed of funky, innovative and edgy jewelry, handbags, lights, furniture and other products. One of my favorite
Limor Rosner Muggia craft and sell products that serve double-duty functions. Their creations include: a bedside table with a secret hiding place for valuables; a bathroom stool that becomes a medicine chest; Mylar paper lamps in the shape of sleeveless dresses on hangars. Design aficionados will also want to download a copy of "Israel through Art", a guide to the city's ateliers, studios, boutiques, and private galleries. When I took a selfguided design tour with this booklet in hand, I met some of the city's best decorative artists.
2. Fine Wines Israel is home to some very sophisticated viticulture, with some vintages garnering awards, and even winning the respect of über critical wine writer, Robert Parker. A clutch of wine bars in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem serve vintages from Israel's bou-
tique and large producers, such as the Golan Heights Winery. For more shopping experiences in Israel, check out Jerusalem Shopping & Market Experiences At the luxe Mamilla Hotel in Jerusalem, its wine bar, the intimate Winery, stocks more than 90 bottles of Israeli wines, with many available by the glass. (The sommelier can also arrange private tastings.) In the summer, oenophiles also flock to the annual Israeli Wine Tasting Festival that's held annually—this year it's scheduled for August 15-18—in the Noguchi-designed sculpture garden at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Here, I strolled among the sculptural works by Rodin, Henry Moore and other notables while sipping wines from several dozen local wineries, chatting with winemakers, listening to live jazz and sampling appetizers.
3. Boutique Hotels Boutique hotels are popping up all over Tel Aviv. The new Brown Hotel is a retro chic 30room property that exudes an aura of calm, thanks to its warm, earth-toned palette. Business clientele and other guests often relax in the welcoming first-floor lounge or on the sunroof with its panoramic views of the city as well as outside showers and even a bathtub—anything to help stressed-out visitors unwind at the end of a long day. The Neve Tzedek Hotel set in Tel Aviv’s eponymous trendy neighborhood that’s bursting with a melange of shops, bars, cafes, and restaurants, offers five different suites that meld the contemporary with the antique. Don't expect room service or a concierge, and meals are served at a romantic bistro down the street. But, whatever suite you choose in this restored historic building, you’ll feel like you’re living like a wellheeled local. (The ultimate relaxation can be
had in the expansive rooftop suite with its outdoor Jacuzzi.) Two other favorite boutique properties include the elegant Hotel Montefiore, and Art + Hotel where the oeuvre of prominent Israeli artists are featured throughout the hotel. Find more unusual adventures in Israel with the Off the Brochure Travel Guide: Tel Aviv, Israel
4. Architecture Beyond Bauhaus Tel Aviv may be synonymous with Bauhaus architecture—after all, the city has the world's largest concentration of these functional buildings that shun ornamenta-
tion—but it's by no means the only architectural style. To gain access to the array of creative approaches and innovative materials used in the design of public and private buildings, architecture fans wouldn't want to miss the annual Houses from Within. This year the architecture event will be held on May 20-21, and in the fall, it will take place in Jerusalem where you'll be able to sign up for various tours (some are in English) where you may visit the Brown Hotel, the seafront-sited Peres Center for Peace where light pours through a multitude of glass panels, and the First International Bank building, a 32-story asymmetric tower with unobstructed views of the surrounding much-more-petite historic buildings.
5. Jerusalem Nightlife Do you think prowling around Jerusalem at night is a snore? Hardly. On my recent visit, my excellent night of bar hopping included Mia, a 3-year-old establishment that's got plenty of sophistication. It offers wine and whiskey tastings and home-brewing classes as well as wine tours. I didn't have any problem ordering a classic cocktail here, but you'll also be treated to the creative, such as a Sweet Tropicana made with rum, white cacao, coconut, cream and grated chocolate. Whiskey lovers can sip a glass of smooth Glenfaris 105 cask strength
while those who prefer beer can get Kwak on tap. But this bar also has a whimsical side: They've hosted a Lewis Caroll Tea Party where they offered mint whiskey in tiny screw cap bottles like one might find in Alice in Wonderland. Then I swung over to Sira, one of the city's top underground bars/clubs where I had to squeeze into its twin spaces that house a bar and a wee dance floor with a nightly DJ. Later, I made my way to Hakatze, a live music and drinking venue that has something different going on every night, from a drag show to bluegrass. BY JEANINE BARONE FOR PETERGREENBERG.COM.
Jeanine Barone is a freelance writer and consultant who has written for publications such as Town & Country, National Geographic Traveler and Conde Nast Traveler. Visit her on the Web at www.jthetravelauthority.com.
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Visitor Center to Open Outside Beis HaChaim in Sanz, Poland Visitors to the Polish town of Sanz (Nowy Sacz) will soon be able to access a new building currently being constructed just outside the Pre-War Beis HaChaim and enjoy refreshments, have a place to sit & rest, daven a tefilloh or even learn, before entering the famous Pre-War Beis HaChaim where the Ohel of the Divrei Chaim Rabbi Chaim Halberstam (1793– 1876) is situated. undreds of visitors come to this Beis HaChaim each year, many on the Divrei Chaim’s Yartzheit, which falls immediately after Pesach on 25 Nissan. Hachnossas Orchim Sanz has in recent weeks received a Psak HaRabbonim signed by six Rabbonim under the leadership of Rabbi Elyokum Schlesinger Shlita who heads the Committee for the Preservation of Jewish Cemeteries in Europe, encouraging the Askonim involved in this building project, to complete the building project initiated by Mr Yakov Miller O’H of Sanz and make it available to the consistent stream of visitors arriving at this well-known Beis HaChaim. The Vaad HaRabbonim, had convened to investigate all the latest evidence and maps of the area and issued their Psak, permitting the building to be completed and to be put to the immediate use of visitors to the Beis HaChaim in Sanz, which is situated approxi-
H Torah studied here 1,000 years ago. BY GILI MAZZA Forty years after its discovery, unique archeological site opens in Rouen, France: Yeshiva structure from Middle Ages. Want to visit? Only on Tuesdays at 3 pm he courthouse of the French city of Rouen is an impressive gothic building from the 15th century. For hundreds of years – in fact, since its establishment, the place was used by the district judicial authority. Even today, those who happen to reach the criminal ward, and not as one of the workers, can at least enjoy a colorful
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The structure discovered under the courthouse proves that about 1,000 years ago, Rouen had an intellectually and commercially active Jewish Quarter. Two phrases in Hebrew were found inscribed on the internal wall of the underground building: May the Torah Reign forever" and "This house is supreme". The second writing made the researchers assume that the structure was a house which belonged to one of the community's rich members, a theory which was only raised after a suggestion that it was a synagogue was contradicted due to the absence of a typical eastern wall. When American researcher Norman Golb of Chicago University delved deeply into the matter, a new light was shed on the walls. Golb, an expert on Hebrew manuscript materials, studied the structure in its initial discovery stages and established the thesis that it was a yeshiva.
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Two writings in Hebrew were found on this wall. Renaissance ceiling. About 40 years ago, archaeologists were surprised to discover under the building a historic structure dating back to 1100. The archeological find was only revealed to the wide audience in the past year. It appears to be a yeshiva from the Middle Ages – the only one in Europe whose remains have been preserved to this day. Rouen residents are very proud of the yeshiva, referring to it as "the most important Jewish archeological find in Europe."
How did Jews maintain a community life under the firm hand of not so tolerant rulers, to say the least, and spread Torah from the city of Rouen across Europe? It is indeed a mystery. The yeshiva's visiting hours are very limited. The site is open to visitors only on Tuesdays, and only at 3 pm. The reason is poor supply of oxygen and a serious humidity problem, which damages the writings on the walls. If you happen to suffer from claustrophobia, you may not like the fact that the guide locks the door after you and follows you underground. The city of Rouen, the former capital of Normandy, also calls for a fascinating impressionistic tour (in the footsteps of Monet, Pissarro and Gauguin), but that goes beyond the Jewish story of the place. To visit the site you must book in advance with the Rouen Seine Valley Tourist office.
The Grave of Rabbi Chaim Halberstam known as the Divrei Chaim in Sanz. mately 100 Kilometers South East of Krakow. Anybody interested in involving themselves in the completion and running of this building project should contact Hachnossas Orchim Sanz by writing C/O 49 Bridge Lane, London NW11 0ED, England.
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RABBI ROLLS WITH THE PUNCHES
FORMER WBA CHAMPION, YURI FOREMAN, SHARES RELIGIOUS AND PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY WITH STUDENTS To a rapt audience on Yeshiva University’s Wilf Campus, former World Boxing Association champion Yuri Foreman described his earliest memory of Israel as a ten-year-old oleh [immigrant to Israel]: “The door opened on the plane and this fascinating scent of Israel came in, and I thought, ‘Wow, this is delicious.’ When we came to the Ben Gurion terminal for New Immigrants, they offered us trays of cut oranges. I was convinced we had just arrived in paradise.” oreman, who became the first Israeli World Boxing Association (WBA) champion when he defeated Daniel Santos for the super welterweight world title in 2009, is not your average professional boxer. A Belarusian-born Israeli immigrant who earned his title in New York, he is also currently undertaking rabbinical studies with Rabbi Dovid Ber Pinson. At an event organized by YU’s Russian and Israel Clubs, Foreman offered insight into the challenges he faced as a young Russian oleh with no Jewish background, his journey to reconnect to his heritage, and his complex identity as an Orthodox boxer in the professional realm. Foreman initially took up boxing so he’d be able to hold his own during a rough childhood in Gomel, Belarus. Recalling his instant fascination with the sport, he said, “I stepped into the gym and there was a big pile of black leather gloves. It was beautiful.” He
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Yuri Foreman speaks to students at Yeshiva University. was intrigued by the thinking behind the movements. “Many people see it as two guys trying to kill each other, but there’s a lot of thought and strategy that goes into it,” Foreman said. “Boxing is like a really fastpaced game of chess in some ways.” As he improved, he began to see boxing as a possible career path and a ticket to a better life. “In the Former Soviet Union, to be a Jew was a curse,” he said. However, even after his family’s emigration to Haifa, he had no connection to religion. “Judaism scared me,” Foreman said. It was only after he’d made the decision to leave Israel and pursue a boxing career in New York that Foreman visited Jerusalem and the Kotel [Western Wall] for the first time. The experience was transformative. “The only thing I can relate it to is that Gomel is the closest city to Cherenobyl, so whether you want it or not, if you live there you get radiated,” he joked. Foreman took his first class in Judaism with Rabbi Pinson years later in the United States. “The first thing he said was how life was like boxing and Judaism helped you take those punches,” Foreman recalled. Hooked, he began learning with Pinson on a regular basis. He still finds striking parallels between boxing and Judaism. “People tell me sometimes they’re not motivated,” he said. “This is not how things work in Judaism or in boxing. It’s great to feel motivated because then it’s like something’s pushing you along, but when you’re not
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Yuri Foreman: “Boxing is like a really fast-paced game of chess in some ways.” ______________________________ motivated you still have to come to the gym and put in your 120 percent, just like you still have to put on tefillin in the morning and pray.” For Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M. Klapperman professor of Jewish History at YU and author of the book Judaism’s Encounter with American Sports, Foreman’s story fits into a larger narrative of Jewish immigrants. “In a way, he’s a throwback to an early era of American Jewish history where there were hundreds of Jewish boxers,” Gurock said. “You have to see Foreman as an immigrant Jew finding his way economically through this rough-and-tumble sport called boxing. He can maintain his Jewish traditions because boxing is one of the few sports where the participants can control the clock and calendar of the events.” “He’s an illustration of the difficulties facing Jewish Russian immigrants in America and the ways they overcome them,” said Beryl Bronshteyn, a Yeshiva College junior and vice president of the Russian club. “His story also shows the importance of growing kiruv [outreach] movements in the Russian Jewish community.” At the event, private boxing lessons with Foreman were raffled off to raise money for Machanaim, an organization which seeks to help Russian olim build their identities as Jews and Israeli citizens. Three students won a lesson, including Yeshiva College senior Moshe Broder. “I’m really excited to get a lesson from the best Jewish boxer alive,” he said. “I think he is a Kiddush Hashem.” Founded in 1886, Yeshiva University brings together the ancient traditions of Jewish law and life and the heritage of Western civilization. More than 6,400 undergraduate and graduate students study at YU's four New York City campuses: the Wilf Campus, Israel Henry Beren Campus, Brookdale Center, and Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus. YU’s three undergraduate schools –– Yeshiva College, Stern College for Women, and Sy Syms School of Business ––– offer a unique dual program comprised of Jewish studies and liberal arts courses. Its graduate and affiliate schools include Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration, Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies, and Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. YU is ranked among the nation’s leading academic research institutions.
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Coop for sale NYC: Central Park West aerie stu ceil miles of brit open cty vws, piedaterre/ starter, steps frm cpw, lux lob, pets gym laun 24 cons/ drmn 9 17-549-5021 Email: dmichele@gmail.com For pictures 1050 CONDO FOR SALE NYC: 96th St W 275, 9H Condo by owner, 1 BR mint. New kit & bathroom, terrace, pool, health club. $750K, Maint $735/mo. Open house Sun 1/30 @1:30-3pm 917-561-8054
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555 8th Avenue, New York NY OPEN 24 HOURS/7 DAYS with full time professional security. Great REASONABLE space avail 4258-7366 RSF. Bldg renovated, incl new windows, A/C, sprinklers, light & bright w/sep freight ent on W 38th St. Call owner 212-695-0005 or main office at 718-387-0500 1090
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
1095
MANHATTAN 1095 PRIME MIDTOWN LOCATION: 2500SF, btwn 5th/6th Ave. Close to all trains. Good for ofc & showroom. Please call 917-815-0788 or 917-496-3529 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
1050
UPPER EAST SIDE APTS FOR RENT STUDIO, 1 BR, 2 BR, UNFURNISHED & FURNISHED, NO FEE, BROKERS, WELCOME, NEAR ALL SCHOOLS, SHOPPING, TRANS. WWW.THMNY.COM 212-755-6556
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
~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
1095 UWS: 25Ft wide, 542 West 110th St: Vacant building air rights, ideal for non-profits, single family, home, school. Asking 3.995M Call: 212-696-2500 Ext 7223. Massey Knakal Realty Services.
Business for sale Restaurant: Classic running, cozyFrench/Brazillian, well located, 74 seatbar and outside terrace, 5 to 10 yrs lease option. Call 347-753-0427
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 Midwood: 2 spacious and modern co-ops, 1 BR, 1530 East 8th St, $165K maintenance, 545/mo. Please call David at 718-336-2021
2045
Real Estate Bridge Loans For All Property Types CALL 917.913.0000 or e-mail:
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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
Co-op Midwood 1680 Ocean Avenue 4BR, 1.5 bath. Totally renov $425,000 Prudential Douglas Elliman RE Robert Nicoletti 917-679-2685
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
2045
Ave I/ East 29th St: Large 1 BR, newly renovated, new kitchen ad bath. 2nd flr. Low maintenance. Asking $159K 347-850-4886 2045
2045 1170 Ocean Parkway: Charming 1BR in beautiful lux doorman building. Apt is in pristine condition and radiates with natural sunlight. Pool, laundry and Shabbath elevator. $209K for apt call David 718-938-3248
Ocean Pkwy / Ave L: *Mint L-shaped Studio…$75K also for rent $1100. *Front 1 BR, new kitch/bath…$109K *Sunny Jr 4 with large patio…$199K All apts in luxury 24 Hr doorman bldg with pool & CAC. Maint incl all util. OCEAN PKWY/ AVE M *Sunny mint 1 BR, low maint…$185K *Mint 1BR, patio, low flr & mnt $199K *Huge front 3BR, patio, low flr & mnt $375K All apts in drmn bldg with garden area. Close to trans & shopping. BRIDGEVIEW RLTY 718-375-1920
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
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
2020
For Sale
BROOKLYN House for sale or rent – Brooklyn, Flatbush. E20’s one family 40x100 house. 5 BDRM/ 3 ½ baths, solid brick home with slate roof. Master suite on 1st fl. Drive in garage with radiant heat. FSBO 917-239-6270
2020
2020 Marine Park: 3807 Avenue R: East 38/ Ryder: Detached private driveway, yard, 4 BR, 1 bth, 1800sf + 589K. 646-732-6620 2020 Boro Park: 58th St/ New Utrecht Ave 2 story frame plus basement and lot. R5 Zone, building 20x60 plus lot 20 x 62. Total lot 40x62. Asking 699K. 4 Reasons RE 718-238-8222 2020 Gravesend: OPEN HOUSE – Sun 1-3pm: May 22nd 702 Gravesend Neck Rd. 2 family corner, 5 rms/ 5 rms/ 5 rms new finished bsmt. 2 car garage. Reduced $789K. Fran Rizzo agt 646-207-5087
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
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
East 20’s/ M&M: 1 Family detached 40x100, finished attic, private drive. Nice block, great neighbors. 917-863-4708 2020
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REAL ESTATE 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
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 2020
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 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 2020 Midwood: OPEN HOUSE Sunday 10/17, 2-4:30pm, 1503 East 22nd St. Detached 1 family with office, 5 BR, 3 bth, kosher kitchen, parking broker 917-912-8669
East 7th Street/ Ave T: Modern elevator building, 1 BR, windowed kitchen and bath, low floor, shabbot entrance, price $189K. Call owner 917-751-7974
2020
2040 BORO PARK 42nd Streer/12th ave double car garage. rent for storage only. $300/mo. call owner 917-593-0707
OCEAN PKWY & CHURCH AVE: Medical space y owner. From 500sf to 400sf. Rent from $1000/mo 718-338-6300 artesq@gmail.com Brokers Welcome 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 2040
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
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
2020 Fisk Terrace: OPEN HOUSE: Sun, March 6th 2:00 – 3:30pm 807 East 19th Street $910,000 #583 853 East 18th Street. $850,000 #586 www.MaryKayG.com 718-282-3141 2020 Midwood: 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 23rd St/ Ave S: Beautiful, 1 fam det 3 BR, near shuls, By owner, No brokers. $750K. OBO Must sell. Call 305-751-0412
2020
Avenue U/East 4th St: Concession space available together with Love to Dress, behind Coquette Kids. Call owner: 917-913-0000
2040 2050 PRE-SCHOOL FOR SALE: Marine Park area. Amazing opportunity. Licensed, equipped, all set to go for this year. Call today 201-898-8977
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:
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 2020 EAST NY, BROOKLYN: Large 2 Family Brick, semi quiet block, needs work. Asking low $3K 646-753-1400
-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
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
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
2040
BROOKLYN Boro Park: 1000 – 3000sqft, beautiful space. Serious inquiries only. Please call management. 718-855-2000 or 845-270-1213 2040
GRAVESEND: New const 1000sf, full bth, adjacent to physical therapy ofc, ideal for medical. 718-382-8881
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
9080 Williamsburg: 5000sqft warehouse for rent on Spencer Street between Park and Myrtle Avenue, suitable for school, shul/retail/ warehouse. Please call: 718-998-2767 2040 Ave U/ East 7th: Renovated approxiametly 350 sf, storefront, prime location. Ideal for professional office or small store. 718-938-9899
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
2050
BROOKLYN
2040
Psychiatrist seeks office sublet for Wednesdays in Boro Park. Private waiting area necessary. Call 516-330-9776
2040
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
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
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
VIDEO CONFERENCE ROOM available for daily and/or weekly rentals. 26 Court St. Downtown Brooklyn. Joe Schacter 646-529-3632
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
ESTABLISHED Daycare: FOR SALE. Great Opportunity! Call 718-339-0755 or 718-677-7028 2050
PIZZA SHOP: For Sale in Midwood, Brooklyn. By owner. Call 718-253-1896 or 347-522-8896 2050
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
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
2040
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
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
Bankruptcy Auction Sale MYC & ASSOCIATES, INC. US BANKCRUPTCY COURT, EDNY RE: 1210 UTICA AVENUE REALTY CORP. CASE NO 07-42474 (ESS) SELL THURS DEC 9 @ 11 AM AT THE PROPERTIES. COMM’L PROPERTY + VACANT LOT KNOWN AS 1084-1090E 92ND ST. BROOKLYN, NY 11236 BLOCK 8160, LOTS 79 & 81. RICHARD E. O’CONNELL, CHAPTER 7 TRUSTEE. FOR QUESTIONS & COMPLETE TERMS & CONDITIONS OF SALE. PLEASE CONTACT MARC P. YAVERBAUM. VICTOR M MONEYPENNY, AUCTIONEER, DCA 1243694. 347-273-1257 myccorp.com 2050
Boro Park, 13th Ave: Top location, professional offices for rent. 2000sf and 1400sf for rent, elevator building and parking. 718-438-3736
2050
Williamsburg: Heart of 111 Lee Avenue: Bts Keap and Hooper. ALSO doctor’s office wanted. Call 917-335-6001
2050
Boro Park: Beautiful office/warehouse avail. 1,000-12,000sf. Also 28,000sf avail on ground flr. 12 ft hi ceil. Sep entrance optional. Call 845-270-1213 or 718-855-2000 2050
2050 East Flatbush. 2 Family plus store. Store vacant. $70 OBO. Call 917-803-8702
2035
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BROOKLYN 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
2035 Bergen Beach: 6.5 rooms, 3 BRS, 1.5 bths, good condition. $1600 utilities not included. 718-238-6381 or 917-968-5684 2035 Sheepshead Bay: Newly renovated 3BR, Duplex house, front and Back porch, LR, DR, EIK all Applncs. Private parking Included. Curtis 516-316-8658
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
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
2010
BROOKLYN Sheepshead Bay: 4.5 room apt in 2 family house. No washer/dryer/ no smoking/ no pets. $1400/mo 718-648-0466 Lv Message
2010
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
2010 Georgetown: 1 BR apt, new kitchen, new windows. Parquet floors. $1200 Call owner. 917-412-5184 or 718-306-2582
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
Apt for rent Brooklyn: Madison / Midwood / Sheepshead Bay. Studios 1,2,3 BD’s $800-$2600 Courtland Real Estate. Jack 917-596-6507 Mark 646-359-6323
2010
2010 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 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.
Kensington: 3 BR, 1.5bths heat incl, 2 flights up, balcony, 3rd flr, private brick house. Reasonable. Shomer shabbos. 718-972-3473 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
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 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
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 2010 Brooklyn, 60th Street: Bet 8th + 9th Ave. 1 BR, 2nd flr, totally renov, close to N train. $1100/mo 718-600-6317
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
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
3000
QUEENS/BRONX 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
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REAL ESTATE 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
East 68th Street: 3 BR duplex apt $1800/mo includes parking, heat and gas. Call 947-412-5184
2060 OPEN HOUSE – 3133 Rochambeau Ave : Saturday and Sunday. 11am -2pm Great renovations, clea and new fixtures. Near Bronx Botanical Garden, Montifore hospital. – 1 Bedroom - $900-$1100 PAUL 917-659-4255
2010
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
Kew Garden Hills: 3BR co-op with attic. Prime location, Motivated seller. $250,000 908-998-4992
2060
3000
NEW BRONX BAKERY FOR SALE. Close to precinct, 3 schls in immediate area. Fully optional, most equip new. Asking $110K 646-496-7885 3000
Riverdale, 1 BR Apt: Private entrance, patio, wooded area, close to trans, renovated, dishwasher, eat-in kitchen. $1190 1st/Last/ 1 mo sec. Credit check required. NO FEE 646-269-0587 1060
2060 KEW GARDEN HILLS: Hyde Park Gdns, spacious 1st fl, 1 BR coop, wd flrs, 24 hrs security, near all. $1200/mon utils incl. 1 mon sec. Call OWNER 718-481-7752
Apartment For Rent 2080
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
FOREST HILLS KOSHER RESTAURANT FOR SALE: 4000SQFT, PVT DINING , LICENSED LIQUOR BAR, 50 TABLES, SALAD BAR, BSMT FOR STORAGE. GOOD INCOME. ASKING 525K. CALL
718-268-7777
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
3060
QUEENS/BRONX *HUNTS POINT WAREHOUSES FOR RENT* 3200 sq ft 15,000sq ft multiple options/Owner 917-662-2425 3060
FRESH MEADOWS: SPAC 3BR, 1.5 BATH, MOD KIT, 2ND FLR, WASHER/DRYER. NR SHOPS & TRANS. CALL 917-687-9928 2080 Forest Hills: 2 BR, newly renov, dishwasher, 2nd flr, newly carpeted, very private and quiet. Express bus to Manhattan. Owner 347-545-2665 2080 Main St/ 70 Ave: 2 BR apt, good condition, EIK, 2nd flr, no smoking, no pets. Avail immediately. 718-757-4433 -After 5pm
Washington Heights: Easy access to transportation, next to Ft. Truimph Park. Internet access, 6 months only, no couples, Women only. 1 BR room for rent. Call 646-305-7678
2080
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 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 1060 MIDWOOD 2 spacious and modern coops. East 8th Street. 1 BR $165K. Maint $545. 1170 Ocean Pkwy 2BR, $215K Maint, $1,000. Dave owner 718-336-2021
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
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For Sale
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
3020 Ridgewood Queens: 6 family building FOR SALE. Brick 12 Bdrms, 6 BA. New plumbing, windows, roof, sidewalk, Walk to subway. Asking $879K. Call owner 917-714-0779
Belle Harbor 2nd from ocean 60x100 Views galore! 5800sf 4 Brs, WB frpic, cust ElK 3.5 bths call for details & appt…$1.9m L.Keating Realty 718-945-9267
Far Rockaway: 239 Beach 3rd Street. FOR SALE. 20,200sq ft WATERFRONT. DEVELOPMENT SITE. 200+ FT, fronting canal – marina. Ideal for luxury 1+2 family homes. Also suitable for temple, school, etc. Asking $525K or best offer – Broker protected. Foreclosure. Agent 718-748-5858 3020
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 Far Rockaway: 2BR, 1st FL, porch & patio, own thermostat, near shuls & schools. Avail Nov 15th. 516-643-9204
Central Islip/ Hauppange: Large, 1BR, grand floor, no pets/cats. W/D, A/C near trans, exit57 LIE, 1200/mo + security deposit includes gas/ heat/ water. Quiet building, retirees. Serious inquiries only. Call owner 631-757-6959 5065
ROCKVILLE CENTRE new kitchen, new carpet, 2 BR, attic/storage area, walk LIRR, parking, $1850 plus electric. Call 516-250-8604 5065
5065 Central Islip/ Hauppauge: LG 1 BR ground floor, no pets/cats, W/D, AC, near NR, RR, exit 57, LIE, 1200/mo+ Security deposit. Includes gas/heat/water. Owner 631-757-6959
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
5000 Woodmere: C/H col on ABC St. 6BR, 5 full bths, full kosher kitch, wood floors throughout, full finished basement with BR. Total house Renovation in 2004. Call 516-640-8646
CO-OP FOR SALE L.I. Cedarhurst: FALL IN LOVE, beautiful large 2 Bd, 2 bth, co-op. All new kitch+baths. W/D in Apt. locked storage, balc, gar. Just reduced moving $369K Call: 516-812-9160 Atlantic Beach 2BR, 1.5 bth Condo, Patio CAC Walk to Private Beach, Boardwalk + Temple Private parking, Low Main. $399K 516-596-7305
Property
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5070
LONG ISLAND 5070 GREAT NECK land for sale, 3 res lots on wooded pvt cul-de-sac. Builders/ principals only. 516-443-2700
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
5080
LONG ISLAND 5080 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 WESTBURY – Commercial space 241 Post Ave. 2 story building. $350K 917-301-1625
VALLEY STREAM: Office building, 4300 sq ft, 1 block to LIRR and Sunrise Highway. Potential rent roll $81K. Ideal for Prof’l or medical 516-695-7222 5080
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
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
House
For Sale
5040
LONG ISLAND 5040 Lawrence: Elegant Center Hall Colonial set back on 1/3 ACRE PRIME LOCATION, all shuls, LIRR, 12 rooms, 5 BR, 3.5 bth. Oversized BR, 3 walk-ins, fireplace, FDR, Pesach kit, circular driveway, maid’s room. Sunroom, decks, All systems. Central Air; Many more features. Email: elegantcolonial@hotmail.com Call 718-974-6766
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 5040
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 5040
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
Lynbrook, NY: House for sale, 4 BR, 2bth, LR, DR, EIK, great location. Reasonably priced, call owner. 516-945-5268
5040
Nassau/ Suffolk: Co-ops & condos. ATLANTIC BEACH3 BR/ 2.5Ba renov townhse in “PebbleCove”. Resid-only Beach, pool, 24HR Sec. Stunning Ocean view. Low tax $1.399M Agent 516-808-5927 5040
5040 Bayswater: Brand new 2 family brick 3 over 3 bdrms, basement driveway, stainless steel appliances. Walk to Shul. Only $5400 down. No closing costs. Owner / builder. 718-755-2135 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
Apartment For Sale 3080
1000-STAPLETON Applications for the waiting list for rental units in Staten Island will be available to families with limited income, based on section 8 qualifications, beginning on April 19th 2010, call between 10am & 3pm 516-466-6527 Ext15&/26
Apartment For Rent 3065
STATEN ISLAND Staten Island-Condo for sale 2 bedroom, 1 bth condo, Rossville, bottom Floor, corner unit, central air, eat-in kitchen, living room, washer, dryer, pool, tennis court, parking space, $189k 917-693-8239
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
4060
STATEN ISLAND 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
4020
STATEN ISLAND STATEN ISLAND HOUSE FOR SALE// ROYAL OAKS “The best house in the best borough of the best city in the best country in the world” GO TO www.FRENCHMANORON CLOVELAKES.COM 917-622-3728 4020
BAY TERRACE Fully renovated detached high ranch. 4br, 2.5 bath. 2 ktchns w/ new appliances, central AC garage. 40x105 crnr ppty. 4 blcks to park, beach, bus, train. MANY XTRAS!! $649K 718 980-4273
(New Dorp) 2000 sq ft office space. Near train.Convenient to all. Pat 646-369-9457
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
4060
NY STATE Liberty, NY – 2 – Story comm. Bldg for Retail or Warehouse On Main St. Surrounded by municipal parking. 2 x 5000sqft. Originally was a super market. $300,000/neg. Ask owner about finance options. 914-584-2982 1024
SUSHI RESTAURANT TURNKEY - Already Set-up. Just needs Sushi Bar. Very Busy Port Jeff area. Low Down-payment. Required. Pete 631-944-2067
5080
Central Ave, Lawrence: 3000sf good condition, busy corner. Parking attached. Approved for food establishment. Call 917-975-7062
5080
5080 CEDARHURST: BUILDING FOR SALE on CENTRAL AVENUE. 2 Story plus basement. 516-568-2170 – Owner 5080 GARDEN CITY: 3000+ sqft, high traffic area, priv parking, retail, prof/ w wrhse will divide, 20ft ceiling. OHD Will partner with doctor For urgent care centert. 631-404-9845
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NY STATE Monticello, NY: 23 acres, 5 ranch houses on property + one main house with 6 apartments, swimming pool, underground pool and electric cables, well water, walking distance to walmart and shul. 718-848-6974 cell: 917-601-3002 6090
Monticello: Beaverlake Est: large BRs, 4 bths, 2 large open porches. Shomer Shabbat day camp on premises. 2 pools + Sport amenities. Call 718-208-8286 6090
Montefiore Cemetery: 1 Grave, lot 187. Section H. Asking $900 or best offer. Call 310-246-9666
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
For Rent
6080
NY STATE Monsey: Assisted living for elderly includes personal, home care. 3 meals/day, etc. 718-924-8067
6080
6080 MONTICELLO: Morning acres. 5BR, 4bth house. Avail for July. Excellent location. Friendly colony. Heated pool and day camp. Call 718-377-6662
STUDIO FOR RENT. Newly renovated, near trains + buses. $750 a month plus security. 914-879-7083 6080
BRAIRCLIFF MANOR: Mansion from the American Gangster movie, $12,500/mo nego plus utils, 6 BR, 5.5 bath, 7000sq ft, 20 acres, Hudson River view, 1-3 year rental with option to buy. 914-319-7835; Email voharha@aol.com
6080
6080 House Summer Rental/SALE/Monsey N.Y. 13 bedroom, 40 beds, mansion available weekends/wk pool/gym. Large Backyard. Near Shule. Available For extended families. Call (914) 646-3164
VACATION HOMES FOR RENT MONTICELLO: HIDDEN RIDGE HOMES AT KUTSHERS DESIGNER DELUXE HOMES. SALE/ RENT, 2 BR, 2 BTH, BEAUTIFUL, FURNISHED. CALL BROKER OSCAR PAVLOFF. WE HAVE KEYS. 845-794-3720 OR
845-434-7792
House
For Sale
6060
NY STATE SWANLAKE: Winterized House 50x120 lot, $1200 maint/ tax year needs renovation quick sale $37K. Near shopping, transportation and shuls and kosher pizza. Wigs and wig machine for sale. Call 718-972-6068 6060
6060 Kimball & Yonkers Ave: Houses for sale $359,000 – 1 Family. 2 BR’s, living room, dining room & kitchen on 75 x 100 lot in 2 family zone. Finished basement with separate entrance. Garage. CAPOBIANCO REALTY 914-963-5522
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
6060 Sackett Lake: Waterfront, magnificent views. Private road. 6BR, 4bth, fireplace. Near shul. 917-434-0349 or 845-406-4564
Monticello: Triple net lease of Catskills. Bungalow colony, lovely grounds with pool. 55 units, 165K + 10% security. Subject to owner approved credit report. Carol 626-394-2378; carol@acmecos.com 6060
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 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
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 6060
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
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
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
Myrtle Beach, SC: Family built-in 2002, 3BR, 2.5bth garage. Each side smiles to beach. 115K per side. Call owner. 843-283-3383
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
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
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
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
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
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
Monsey, 13BR lg hse w/pool & gym lk bckyd. Avail weeks/wknds. Ideal for extended families. 914-646-3146 6060
Root/ Montgomery Co. 70 Acres + Trailer Hse with barn, water + electricity. 3 hrs from Man $250K. Call Owner 718-617-7799
WARWICK, NY: (Orange County)2 Story,resid’l/comm’l bldg, 9 units, large lot, parking, great income, owner financing avail, $850,000 845-651-2275 Brkr/ int 7020
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
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 7030TIMESHARE WINDHAM NATIONAL HARBOR Washington DC area $85,000 Neg Call 718-375-9220
7030 SPRUCE CREEK, PA: 30 minutes from PSU, 300ft, plus exclusive fishing, hunting, 8+ acres, log cabin, oil heat, out bldgs, pond, $775k or best offer. By appt 717-919-9222 7030 Virgin Islands: St John Weston Resort, 1BR condo, March 512, sleeps 4, $2500. Call 412-561-3966
7030
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
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
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
Available For Rent
7065
7065 AC WARWICK: Large unfurnishes 1 BR condo, new carpets, Ocean View, yearly rental $1275/mo, includes utilities, storage cable, parking. Call 856-596-1816 Long term only.
OUT OF STATE 7065 Boyton Beach: Lovely courtyard home 3BR/3ba; Enclosed pool, separate cabana private end lot; Lake View Shutters, New A/C, 2 car gar, EASY walk to local Chabad. Call 561-738-9772
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
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
7060
OUT OF STATE LAS VEGAS, NV: Grandview Resort Timeshares, priced to sell, 1 bedroom unit type with maximum occupancy for 4. Call 248-739-0672 7060
Rappahannock County, VA: 75 miles west of Washington DC, High in the Blue Ridge Mts. Fifty acres with rustic lodge: 8 bdrms, 7 bths, 3 half baths, large dining and living rooms with extraordinary views of the mountains. Two apts., pool, lap pool, tennis court, 4-car garage and mountain trails: $2,600,000. RO Bridges, Broke – Owner. Brochure available 540-987-8781 7060
Monticello Monticello: Beaut ranch, 4 Br, 3 bth, kosher kit. ½ acre, bkyrd. Walt to dist to falkof. For pesach Summer. Call 718-679-4339 DOWNTOWN DENVER – REAL ESTATE Match our $4 million equity for 50% & receive cash flow from rentatls plus upside on sales for 2 downtown townhome communities & vacant land up to 144 units for details call 303-295-0177 Email: build@summitlegend.com 7060
6060 Mountaindale: 3BR house, 2 full baths, mint cond, fireplace, finished basement, new roof, finished decks, new driveway, near houses of worship + community centers. Call 917-453-6926 6060 COLOMBIA COUNTY. Pine Planes: House for sale, 6 bdrm, 3 bth, 21 acres w/pond, horse friendly, great family Get Away. Great for hunters. Must see. Asking $675,000. Contact Christine 718-644-2040
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY • FINANCIAL SERVICES • LEGAL SERVICES Business Opportunity
PIZZA SHOP: For sale in Midwood, BKLYN. By owner. Call 718-2531896 or 347-522-8896 7070
7070
8.5% Return European Microfinance Geocapital Secured – Short Term Investment $5K - $60K Accounts Available invest@geocapital.ge 800-276-1468 www.geocapital.ge 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
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
Professional NASDQ/Futures day trader seeking serious investor to make huge profits averaging 300%+ low risk. Call Mark 917)825-0053 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
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
7070 For sale: Commercial Maintenance and Repair Company serving businesses in Manhattan. For details Call 646-438-9186 or 917-797-0360
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 7070 Online Auction Alabama I-65 Building *Freeway Access* Sells to highest bid TheRealEstateClearingHouse.com 800-499-9378
Manufacturer of automatic car wash equipment is looking to put you into your own cash business. Find your site and we do the rest. No franchise fees. Visit us on the web at www.washngo.com or call 800-344-8700 New distributors welcome!
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
7070 FOR SALE – Commercial insurance company serving businesses in Manhattan for details. Call 646-438-9186 or 917-797-0360
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
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
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
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 9050
7070 Recreational Watercraft Rental. Business FOR SALE on ATL area lake CF $210K/Sale price $795K. 770-540-8199
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
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
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
Capital Wanted, Seeking JV funding ($50$100MM) for Central America projects, Costa Rica & Panama; Infrastructure complete. Call 858-768-9956 7070
Earn 22pct – 30 pct in 5-9 months. 11pct – 15 pct annually. I buy rehab. (1) to (2) family upscale suburban homes for quick turn around. 20 yrs exp + referrals. Right now. I require $355K for Livingston, NJ. One family pre foreclosure, grt area. Top school system. 26% returned to you on 1st mort. (13% annual) Contact Steve 201-726-5016 Email: SFREFLIP@AOL.com
7070
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
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
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
Tutors
3005
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
3005
3005 HEBREW TUTOR: Manhattan, Brooklyn And Queens. Beginner or advanced. 347-480-0950 Email: shanibengal.nyc@gmail.com
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
3005
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JOBS WANTED & SERVICES OFFERED Music
NESI (NonPublic Educational Services, INC) has provided much needed educational programs to atrisk youth across the country for more than 30 years. We are seeking part-time Title I teachers for our Title I program in NYC. 8010
8000
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
Successful candidates must have a bachelor’s degree and/or teacher certificate. CAR/ SAVE (child abuse, violence intervention and prevention) workshops required. Seeking part-time Middle and High School Math teachers also. Please email resume to mlee@nesieducation.org or mail to 1212 Avenue M, Brooklyn NY 11230 ATTN M. LEE
Music Instruction Berkeley College of music professor available for private drum lessons. Conatct: 617-835-6404
Experienced Lady Seeking to care of the Elderly / Housekeeper 718-703-1730
8000
Tutoring
3005
Tutor Available: Experienced New York City Board of Education. Teacher will tutor your child. Elementary and middle school levels preferred. Please call 347-866-4774 Reasonable rates 3005
AFFORDABLE TUTORING Prep for Math & Science Regents With outstanding tutors who cover all The material & strategies students Must know. Very affordable rates! Online & Flatbush locations. Call Perry: 718-377-0015
Help Offered
8010
FUND ANY PROJECT 10 Million to 1 Billion Call Bill 334-435-6013 7080
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
Educated lady with 8yrs experience with elderly seeks companion job. Experienced in medical/ non medical area of care. Excellent references From employ. Call 347-998-1170
8010
8010
CERTIFIED, RELABLE CNA/HHA seeks job to care for the elderly. Many years exp Excellent References. Available immediately. (917)741-3583 8010 Seeking job to take care of the elderly. Home health aid, 16 years experience. Please call 718-882-5244
Position Wanted: Experience in banking compliance research administration. Oral + written. Communication skills. 718-968-3213 8010
8010 Companion Aide. Live in, Good references. Kosher experience. 17 years, experience. 973-592-6081
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
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
I am a certified HHA: Companion/ Aide seeking job to care for the elderly. 14 years experience. Loving and caring. Live in only. Excellent references. Loving and caring. Live-in only. Excellent references available. Willing to start immediately. Call 973-592-608 8010
Responsible and honest: HHA/ CAN with over 16 years experience , looking for a job to care for the elderly. Live out only. Excellent references. Willing to start immediately. Call Monica 347-451-4409 or 718-469-1798 8010
CHAUFFER: Driver, courteous, reliable with a clean driving record. Solid Refs. Seeking a position. (Amazingly Talented Person) Contact 917-771-3405 8010
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
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
Nurse LPN. Medicaid provider seeks private duty or Medicaid case. Good references available. 718-581-9786 8010
Goldstein Home Care Service. Live in/ Live out or hourly. Companion Aide 732-788-1974 8010
SMALL GROUP DAYCARE Experienced warm loving care. Ex-RN from Israel willing to care for children from 0 to 2 years old, in my home at Ave M + East 5th Street Transportation avail 347-283-5516
8010
8010 Dating & Relationships Group. Develop communication skills for social and intimate settings. Weekly group sessions led by psychotherapist Phyllis Tompkins Ph. D. 917-741-1120
Attn: Small business owners! Get you’re A/P,A/R, & PR done for a flat monthly fee – less than you would pay for a bookkeeper’s weekly salary. Over 30 years experience. Pick-up and Del service. Synagogue experience. Call or email for info & rates: (732) 503-4343 or efficientbooks@comcast.net
8010
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
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 8010
8015
8010
Responsible and honest HHA/ CAN with over 16 years experience. Looking for a job to care for the elderly. Live out only. Excellent references. Willing to start immediately. Call Monica 347-451-4409 or 718-469-1798
8010
8010 NURSE looking for private duty CNA/ LPN position. 25 years of experience. Day or night. References available. Call 917-573-1937 or 718-479-7113 lv msg.
REAL ESTATE SALES AGENTS: Make extra money! Astor brokerage. Real Estate Center. Serving the Kew Garden Hills Community is seeking local agents. We will train you! Call Chanita for info 718-263-4500 8015
Rabbi / Partner wanted for completed development adjacent to Oorah in Stamford, NY. Call 607-652-3387
8015
8015 REGISTERED NURSE: 30 YRS experience seeking employment in community health facility, private practice, senior center or home care. Call 718-634-8029
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
Help Wanted 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
Expert on Israeli Politics + Policy w/ Rich editorial exp. Seeks employment mobile: 917-225-7665
8015
EXPERIENCED Lady Lifeguard available for the summer. LTI and WSI certified. Call 347-782-7714 8015
Free Luxury Motor Home Tours on a condition of buying electronics, batteries + groceries. Staring price $700+ up plus gas and tolls. Also get a discount on the purchase of the 201 MCI 47 passenger bus. 917-216-8379 9030
An extraordinary loving companion Great skills and dependable. FT/PT 212-579-9692
8015
8015 A loving nanny with excellent reference seeks full-time/part time position in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Riverdale. Call 917-675-2445
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
HHA looking for live in/ out position to take care of elderly. Call Yvonne 240-595-5626
8015
8015 Drivers/ Delivery/ Courier: Mail dispatcher needed P/T Mail out envelopes all over the US $150 weekly. James Flanagan 718-705-4889
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
Buyer/ managing partner wanted for newly renovated fully equipped Turn-Key. Glatt Kosher, LI catering hall. Seats 300 long lease, reasonable rent. Attractive terms. Call 516-450-7323 8015
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
ADVERTISING SALES PRO WANTED Top commission! Experience required. For phone interview. Call MR. Haggerty @ 877-665-6618 www.123adsales.com
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 In fashion magazine is looking for experienced motivated salesman to sell advertisements. Great opportunity! Big commission payouts. 718-676-1186
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
TEACHER DIRECTOR with NYS teacher’s certificate in edu. For small Brooklyn daycare center. Call 718-385-0571
Real Estate Agents: Make Extra Money! Astor brokerage real estate center, serving the Kew Garden Hills community is seeking new local agents. We will train you call Chanita for info at 718-263-4500
8015
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
8015
Hardworking, honest reliable woman, certified HHA seeking a job to care for the elderly. Over 20 Yrs Exp. Will clean house, live-in/out. Excellent refs. Call 914-476-2846 Or 646-235-5450 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
Work from home Complete training & support. Contact Sammy 646-812-2574 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
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
Clothing store in North Carolina & Tenn. are looking for motivated sales people experience preferred. Long term, room to progress, must have valid US working papers. Eldar 818-325-7555 eldar_benlo@walla.co.il or 865-430-3310 8015
Looking for religious Jewish workers in the “HASHGACHA” field. Kosher supervision. Option for training to become a “SHOCHET” opening availale fully Certified SHU”S Midwest locs: NE, MN, WI Call 303-810-8011 moshedenver@aol.com
8015
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SERVICES & MISCELLANEOUS Home
Improvement 8081
8081 LICENSED & INSURED ALG AWNING When the sun gives you a fight, We make it alright. Free InHome Estimates Free InHome Renderings 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL RETRACTABLE AWNINGS, PATIO AWNINGS, RCOVERS, ALUMINUM AWNINGS, CAR PORTS, REHANGS/TAKE DOWNS, TRUCK LETTERING, GRAPHICS, RAILS, GENERAL WELDING tel: 718-909-7195 toll free: 888-853-0442 web:algawning.com email: info@alg-awning.com 2943 Falcon Ave., Far Rockaway NY, 11691 SPECIAL DISCOUNT IF YOU MENTION THIS AD WHEN YOU CALL
8080 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
HANDYMAN AVAILABLE!!! Carpentry, Tile, Plumbing, Landscaping, Painting, Furniture, Asembly. Reasonable rates, Friendly service Call Orrin 646- 671- 3906 ingramo@earthlink.net
I AM A PLUMBER (Boiler & Heating) LOOKING FOR WORK. Henry 718-809-6150 Reasonable rates! 24HR Service 8080
THE MENCH OF AFFORDABLE HANDYMAN. SPECIALIZING IN ALL FORMS OF HOME IMPROVEMENT KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, BASEMENT, ROOFING, SIDING, CAC, STORM DOORS, WINDOWS & ENTRY DOORS. LICENSED & INSURED. CHECKABLE REFS AVAIL. SEE PICS ON FACEBOOK. AFFORDABLE MENCH. CALL 516-297-4316 ALFONSVAINO@YAHOO.COM 8080
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
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
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
8080
Handyman: Quick service at low prices, carpentry, sheet roc, plastering, painting, electric + plumbing. Replace old toilets, sinks, electric fixtures and windows 917-385-8587
8080
9000 Painting, sheetrocking: 20 years Experience. Insured. No job too big or too small. For quality, Call John today at 718-898-7560 or 917-359-4579
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 8065 TRACK BY JACK 917-748-7225 74Track 914-725-0785 TRACK lighting specialist, Installation, Sales. Update old cans with small efficient, low voltage halogens wholesale bulbs delivered.
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.
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
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 9030
TRUCK FOR SALE: 2003 Ford Crew Cab Model #450 with utility body 30,000 miles. 4xs4 with fisher stainless steel plow diesel $19K. Plus 2005 Ford Crew Cab Model #350 4x4 Diesel tool box + racks. New seats, also hare ladder racks. Owner retiring. Contact 201-207-5533 or 201-436-0447 9030
CHEVY 1996 IMPALA SS Rare green Immac. 21k $28,500 516-383-6326
9030
9030 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
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
9030
MUST SELL! 2009 BMW 335d Like new condition. More pictures at robertbrown201@yahoo.com Robert Brown: 361-237-4612 9030
9030 2010 Lincoln Town Car dark blue, light tan interior. 5 months old, low mileage, one owner. Perfect condition $38K. Contact Alex 203-746-0181. Lv Msg.
9040 MOVING, MUST SELL ALL! FURN, APPLIANCES, HOUSEWARES, SACRIFICE! CALL 718-450-4879
Collectibles – 1961 WORLD SERIES BALL – W/signatures incl. Roger Maris, Yogi Berra, Whitely ford, etc. in box; also NASCAR. Winston Cup Poster + vintage comic books. Antique hand embroided quilts. Rare record albums. Contact 205-670-9044 9040
9040 Kawai Baby Grand piano. Ebony satin finish, excellent condition. Contact 978-505-0971
Commercial gym equipment (4), hammer strength (2) nautilus (1) cybex – 2 yrs old original cost 18K asking 8K. Call owner 516-661-9639 9040
Motorized Scooter. Lynx L3, bright red brand new, used once, battery operated, holds up to 300lbs. $800 215-499-6226
9040
9040 BETH ISRAEL MEMORIAL PARK: Woodbridge, NJ . 4 graves with perpetual care $1250 each or best offer. 941-320-0945 Cell or 941-535-7886 9040 Beautiful custom designer L-shaped sofa (1yr old) salmon color, two tone fabrics, seat depth 41”, Length on one side (sections) 108” (68”x40”) and 100” (60”x40) condition perfect, Original price $25,000 must sell, Asking $3,000. Contact 646-642-8666
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
9040 Antiques for Sale. 5 piece large bdrm set/ dining rm + China + circa 1900 Sunburst Oak, excel cond. Pieces can be sold separately. View website: http://tinyurl.com/39mo7go Click collectables + Antiques can view. Approx 37 photos/ Contact732-937-9167 9040 PARKER 2005 PILOT HOUSE-25’ 9’6”beam, 250 Yamaha 4strk on bracket, low hrs, all electronics, outriggers, saltwater washdown, windlass, new trir w/ electric winch & fishing equip. Asking $54,000. Call 631-909-3582 WILL DEMO IN WATER!! 9040 ELEGANT Mint Condition FULL LENGTH MINK FEMALE PELTS, CHAMPAIGN TOURMALINE. CLASSIC, LINES-SIZE 14. CONTINOUS COLD STORAGE. 480-221-0704 Scottsdale, AZ Email for photos TMHARTWIG@GMAIL.COM
Aerostar Aircraft 600 1975 New Paint , new interior updated avionics, many extras. Hangared $195,000/ 954-873-5169 or 954-434-6222 9040
Buying
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
Furniture Kew Garden Hills: Italian and French DR, BR, breakfront, Hi-riser, chandelier and Paintings. Call 917-836-0146
9040
Other
Knollwood Park: Ridgewood, Queens: 2 Cemetary plots for sale for $2500 for both or best offer. 954-721-4064 9050
Reputable moving, excel prices, quality service. DOT #2104954. Eli’s Moving Service. 718-338-MOVE 9080 Miami Beach: 41st Street – renovated 4BRs, 3 bths, DR, LR, pool, original $1.2M, now reduced to $600K 305-333-5864 9050 Excellent Sofer Musmach, shamayim. Expert in writing and checking mezuzahs. Tefillin. Please call: 347-406-1999
9050
ANTIQUES FOR SALE - Morgan Silver Dollars 1878, 1882, 1889, 1895 & 1897 609-494-0900 9040
Machpelah Cemetary, Ridgewood, Queens NY. Two cemetery plots. Price $1000 each including Perpetual care. Call 732-657-7120
9040
9040 Beautiful mahogany dining room set with breakfront, 8 chairs, 2 couches, set of coffee tables, 2 end tables and console, children’s new BR set. 917-771-6669 9040 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
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
OLD WATCHES CLOCKS WANTED By Collector Regardless of condition Highest prices paid 212-517-8725 9050
Ford Workplace Solutions Seminar Professional Women’s Network Overcoming Barriers in the Workplace Ms. Ford, MPA, Seminar host & founder, will examine the history and growth of women in the workplace. Come network with women from all professions. Tues. May 24, 2011 6-8 pm 110 Wall Street, 11th Flr, NY, NY RSVP/ID: two photos for security. Fee 40.00 Call: 212-709-8081 9050
9050 MT ARARAT FARMINGDALE: 8 Burial plots for sale. $12,000 Best Offer. 516-466-4432 631-466-1635
Essential sharing – Licensed Massage Therapist. Spoil your every need. Up-close and personal, come see me! Call 212-702-9872 9050
Ask the expert: Harav shlomo fogel: Any problems with social security. SSI + Medical. Call 718-252-0336 9050
DIVORCE IN ONE DAY: No court appearance, guaranteed, from $995 978-443-8387 365 Boston Post Road #241. Sudbury, MA 01776 www.divorcefast.com
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
RELIABLE HANDYMAN We do Carpentry – Painting – Plastering – Sheetrock and tile work. NO JOB TOO SMALL. Call Barry 718-502-3554 Free Estimates
9050
SEAGATE: Hotel services available for weekend And get-togethers (ie Shabbatonia, simchas, events, meetings, etc) Reasonably priced. Available immediately. Call owner 718-714-0028
9050
9050
US Coins Wanted Especially interested in Govt proof/ mint sets. Orig boxes. Rare coins / Estate Jewelry 212-642-4324 Midtown 9045
9045
9040 DRY CLEANERS for sale in Boro Park. Asking $95K. Please call 347-585-6943
9080 AUCTIONS/ COMMERCIAL OUTCRY RESERVE AUCTION 5/22/2011 commencing @ 3:30 pm opening Bid at $1,000,000 Chance to reopen a unique business in paradise. Manatee, Tarpon, and Snook in your backyard miles of undisturbed waterways. Located off the 18 mile stretch mile marker 113, 45 min south of MIA. 1st in the keys 1 acre, Penthouse with unobstructed views a total 6 rental units Bar fully equipped commercial kitchen, restaurant, room for bait and tackle store 1200ft of concrete and wood docks, must preview and register by 5/21/2011. Broker participation welcome. Call 305-345-4830
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”
SEAGATE: Hotel services available for weekend get togethers (ie, shabbatonia, simchas, events, meetings, etc) reasonably priced. Avail immed. Call owner 718-714-0028 9050
HAIR AND WIG TRAINING Register for many classes. 347-432-2000 9050
9050 Did you live or someone you know live AT THE BARBIZON HOTEL IN NYC PRIOR TO 1981? Do you have stories to tell? Please contact researcher doing background for a film 212-675-2625
Old watches + Clocks Wanted by collector. Regardless of condition. Highest prices paid. 212-517-8725
9050
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 9050 LOOKING for an old school boxing cut man to train me on the in’s and out’s of corner cut man. Bobby 516-698-2948 9050 TSP & Security Pro *Security camera system start from $1299 installed *Flat TV wall mount installation *Interco, home office network FREE estimate 917-373-2062 We speak Hebrew too. 9050 AIRLINE TICKETS. Greyhound/ Amtrak 50% discount off tickets to anywhere in the world. Call 646-464-8747
9050 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
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9055 Passaic Park: Open hse, Sun 5/15 11-4; 358 Brook Ave. MIC, 5BR, 2.5bth, very lg LR/DR, H/W fls. Huge kshr EIK opens to deck. Lg bkyd, 2c gar. fin bsmt/attic $649K. Nr shuls/trans. For sale by owner. No agents, Owner has RE referral lic 973-773-2103
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
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
9065 Ringwood: 1 acre wooded lot, 280’ of frontage. Beautiful area. 180 Magee Rd $229K 406-522-0325
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
Rockaway Township, NJ: New construction New Jersey. ( 2) story colonial. Lakefront property. Walking distance to temple. Contact 973-983-9527
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
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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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Loving Caring couple, both certified and licensed, wife is practical nurse and husband is seeking jobs as companion for the elderly. Handyman w/HHA Certifications. Excellent, many years experience. References available. Call 516-330-3429 Have own car. 8010
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Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
9070
5000sqft restaurant in Monmouth County. Elegantly designed seats 115 people with (8) apartments + (2) additional. Retail spaces. Contact 908-902-7828 9010
Teaneck: Garden apt, land 3BRs, renovated kitchen. $1150-1395 including heat and hot water, 2 blocks to NYC transit. 1 lock to kosher Shops. No fee. Call 201-836-8745
9050
9070 Lakewood: Corner store for rent. Good location. Call 732-513-9470
Commercial property HBWE REALTY Ranway/Linden NJ Warehouse 15,000, 30, 000& 40,000 22 ft high, plenty of parking space, Avail for imm purchase or lease! Call Barry Littman 917-363-3974
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Israel
9000
Ramat Bet Shemesh: Ramat Shilo: 2 BR, fully furnished, AC, WD ground floor, no steps, 2 min walk to Mercaz. Short / long term. Call owner 248-214-9573
9000
Designer living in JERUSALEM: Beautiful 1 family house with a view to die for. You’ll never leave home, high ceilings, amazing gardens/ patio for entertaining and huge succah. Spacious LR and master bdrm suite. Big DR, full kitch, book lined den. 5 BRS, CAC, oil heat and advanced solar heating and advanced solar heating. Private covered parking. Contact owners. Michael and Sara at MikeWid@netvision.net.il or 011-972-2532-23868 9000 THE PREMIER CHOICE FOR JERUSALEM PROPERTY SERVICES. – Long term rentals – Short term rentals – Renovations – Buying a property assistance Shia Getter Property Management +972-77-234-6011 sg@shiagetter.com or www.shiagetter.com 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
9000 All types of properties available. Looking to buy apts or invest in Israel? Many options available. Call my new number. 011-972-52-763-1845
HERZILYA PITUAH. For sale, rare and wonderful villa, 10 rooms, 500/750 sq m., modern architecture, new meticulously designed and built with perfectionistic quality at the highest level possible, located in quiet and tranquil surroundings, exciting and one of a kind. 050-620-0000, zvicohen3@gmail.com
9000
9000 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
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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 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
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
Retire in Jerusalem? 3.5 room unique penthouse in “Hod Jerusalem“ retirement home (self ownership - no deposit required!)
Call 972-50-5920507 firmdew@hotmail.com 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
New villa. Very high quality. Stunning 210 sqm corner center of Omer, 2 floors. 052-758-8102
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9000 Beautiful apartment for sale in the old city of Jerusalem with unique view. Call 011-972-52-462-8913
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Florida Real Estate
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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
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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
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9085 Boyton, FL: Direct Intercoastal million $$ views 2BDRMS/ 2BTHs, 55+ close to beach + shopping. 3 month rental @ $2600 a month. Contact 203-453-3164 9085 Miami Beach/54th St Collins Ave: Fabulous, 1 BR condo on top Floor Overlooking ocean, Shul in building. Avail Daily/weekly or monthly. 917-349-9471
Miami Beach: 41st, 1BR, 1.5bth furnished, cond o for rent or sale. Large LR and porch. Beautiful view. 914-522-4636
9085
9085 Delray Beach: (Palm Beach County) VACATION CONDO in a beautiful well established community. 1 & 2 BDRMS available-Fully Equipped- Jan. Feb or March 2011. www.ALRFLORIDA.COM Info@alrflorida.com 800-336-6925 Aspen Leaf Realty, INC.
Boca Raton, Yarmouth: For rent seasonal or yearly 2 BR, 2bth, beautifully furnished. Bedding & mute. Lakeview near pool. Walk to temple and clubhouse. Call 561-883-1168 or 845-807-7468
9085
RESTAURANT FOR SALE
Very successful restaurant in Hollywood, Florida. Asking 500K Call owner 954-809-5998 Not on Shabbat
9080 Boca Raton, FL: CC/4Golf courses-2b/2b furnished, 1st flr condo, 1,250+ sq ft, All golf view/ Ask $67,000 + Equity. SAMJ121@aol.com Call 561-479-2841
9080 Florida: 52ac Riverfront/Equestarian lot St. Johns County www.flriverfront.blogspot.com 904-860-4500
9080 Lauderhill, FL: Luxurious 3BR, 2 bth in gated community. Dbl car garage, 2000sf, newly renov. Ceramic tiles. $189K neg. owner 954-552-4520
North Myrtle Beach for sale1 bdrm, 1 bth, pool. Asking $85,000 Call: 718-661-1286
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