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Nine Year Old Missing in Boro Park
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Glenn Beck received a warm reception at the Knesset. BY JV STAFF
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t a special reception held later Monday night for the broadcaster in the Ma'ale Zeitim at the home of philanthropists Irving and Cherna Moskowitz, staunch supporters of the rights of Jews to live anywhere in Israel, the charismatic Beck gave the scores of carefully chosen guests who spoke to him the feeling that he was riveted on what that personally had to say to him. A significant number of figures in the activist pro-Israel and pro-Judea and
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Conservative television commentator Glenn Beck received a rousing ovation by Israeli lawmakers as he voiced his unequivocal support for Israel during a visit to Jerusalem. Speaking before a packed parliamentary committee in the Knesset on Monday, the popular FOX News political pundit encouraged lawmakers to “stop playing the game” of mainstream media. Calling on members of the Knesset to “speak the truth” about Israel and its adversaries, his appearance heralds the “Restoring Courage” rally that he has planned for August 24th in Jerusalem’s Old City.
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At 8:40 p.m. on Monday night July 11, a blaze of unknown origin broke out at the historic Kehilath Jeshurun Synagogue on East 85th Street in Manhattan. A passerby described the fire as “consuming”. He further sated that: The fire started at around 8:40 p.m. and the fire department arrived within minutes but by the time they had the water hooked up the upper portion of the building housing the sanctuary was totallyengulfed in flames within a half an hour.
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NINE YEAR OLD MISSING IN BORO PARK In a coordinated effort, Boro Park, Flatbush and Williamsburg Shomrim are conducting an extensive search throughout Boro Park, Brooklyn, for a nine year old boy who did not come home from day camp Monday afternoon. eibby Kletzky left the Boyan Day Camp located at 1205 44th Street at approximately 5 PM Monday afternoon but never came home just a few blocks away. The missing youngster, who answers to the name Leibby, has light brown hair, black glasses and was wearing a grey and light blue striped shirt, navy pants, black sneakers, a blue knapsack bearing the words “Nechmod Day Camp” at the time of his disappearance. Surveillance cameras from nearby businesses show the boy walking up 13th Avenue to
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______________________ “We ask everyone in Brooklyn to take a few minutes to walk out of their houses and search, their backyards, their driveways and their blocks.” ______________________ 50th Street but there is no footage of Leibby after that point. Boro Park Shomrim a volunteer civilian patrol was joined by their brother organizations in Flatbush and Williamsburg and have set up a command center at 15th Avenue and 57th Street and volunteers are canvassing the area, searching stores, bathrooms and alleyways. The NYPD has been called in along with special K9 units to aid in the search.
Leibby Kletzky left the Boyan Day Camp located at 1205 44th Street at approximately 5 PM Monday afternoon but never came home just a few blocks away. NYPD helicopters have also been utilized in the desperate search as well. “We ask everyone in Brooklyn to take a few minutes to walk out of their houses and search, their backyards, their driveways and their blocks,” said Chaim Deutsch CEO Of Flatbush Shomrim. Deutsch indicated that it was too early to speculate if there is any evidence of foul play in this matter. Automated calls have gone out to residents asking them to check their property for the missing boy. Shomrim also requested that people check their Shuls for the missing boy, paying spe-
cial attention to the bathrooms. Shomrim Continued the search for the missing on Tuesday morning and were seen circling the streets of Boro Park, with loudspeakers on their vehicles, asking anyone who has any information regarding the whereabouts of Leibby Kletzky to please contact them immediately. Approximately 100 to 150 volunteers are on hand this morning to continue the search and anyone who is able to help out can come to the command center at 15th Avenue and 57th Street in Boro Park.
A Facebook post by Kristin Thorne, a reporter for CBS News states “I’ve never seen such a community effort to find a missing child.” “We have 2,000 people searching for the kid. We went through every backyard, every front yard, every possibility,” search coordinator Shaya Lichtenstein told WCBS 880 s Mike Xirinachs. Meanwhile, this morning Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is offering a $100,000 reward to anyone with information leading to the safe return of the nine-year-old boy. “This is every parent’s and every community’s worst nightmare,” said Hikind. “Anyone with credible information of Leibby’s whereabouts should immediately contact the authorities. NYPD and the Shomrim are working in tandem to bring about Leibby’s safe return.” Hikind praised the tremendous efforts of the NYPD; the Boro Park, Flatbush, and Williamsburg Shomrim; as well as hundreds of volunteers who have been combing the area searching for Leibby since last night. “Somebody had to have seen something,” remarked Hikind. “Even the tiniest detail that may seem irrelevant to you could be a vital piece of information.” “We are requesting that everyone stay alert,” said Chaim Deutsch of Flatbush Shomrim in an interview with VIN News. “If anyone sees anything at all, they are requested to call us at 718 871 6666.” The public is requested to say Tehillim for the safe return of Yehuda ben Esther. Information in above article is correct as of midnight Tuesday, as the Jewish Voice went to press.
MIDEAST MEDIATORS FAIL TO AGREE ON RENEWAL OF PEACE TALKS The “Quartet” not only has been unable to advance a deal between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, it also cannot find the words to say so. senior U.S. official said Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, E.U. foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov acknowledged that there were significant gaps are still impeding progress among both the mediators and the parties themselves and that “much more work” needs to be done before the quartet can issue a call to relaunch negotiations that stalled last September. The official said talks would continue but acknowledged that the mediators were “realistic” about the gaps and could not come to consensus on how to address them. The quartet usually issues statements following meetings of its top officials, and the fact that none was forthcoming Monday underscored the slim chances for bringing the Israelis and Palestinians back to talks anytime soon. PA negotiator Saeb Erekat jumped on the Quartet’s silence by stating, "There is no other option but to support the Palestinian plan to go to the United Nations to seek full membership for the state of Palestine on the 1967 borders." That move is likely to make the decadesold deadlock even more intractable. The new U.S. special Mideast peace envoy, David Hale, and White House adviser Dennis Ross have been unable to persuade the Palestinians to back off. Israel and the U.S. support an independent Palestine but oppose attempts to establish one without negotiations. The United States, several leading EU countries and Israel oppose the Palestinian Authority plan, which violates the essence of the Oslo Accords and American Roadmap. While the Quartet tries to come up with some kind of statement to keep alive the term
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Attending a State Department dinner on Monday, July 11, 2011, in Washington after talks by the Quartet of Mideast peacekeepers are (from left) U.N. Ambassador Lynn Pascoe, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the Quartet’s representative.
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“peace process” by forging some kind of language acceptable to Israel and the Arab world, Erekat rejected any criticism of the
Palestinian Authority and any compromise. The only way the PA may be convinced to relent is if it comes to the conclusion that its
UN gambit for unilateral recognition of a PA state won’t work. Although most of the nations in the U.N. General Assembly back the PA bid for recognition based on its territorial demands, it does not have the support of most of the world's leading nations. The U.S. has been furiously trying without success to get the Israelis and Palestinians to commit to new discussions based on parameters President Barack Obama outlined in a May speech: two states based on the territorial boundaries that existed before the 1967 Mideast war, with some territory swaps to account for population shifts and security concerns. However, the PA has gone so far out on the cliff, repeatedly insisting on “all” without taking into consideration they might end up with “nothing,” its leaders face trouble if it cannot deliver on their promises. Speaking before the quartet meeting on the Voice of Palestine radio station, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said the Palestinians hoped for a strong statement from the group. “The quartet needs not only to state that the negotiations should be based on the 1967 borders, but Israel also needs to endorse that in order for us to resume the peace talks,” he said. He said that given Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opposition to these terms, “we demand the quartet hold Israel responsible for the collapse of the peace process.”
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GLENN BECK AT THE KNESSET: “I STAND WITH ISRAEL” Continued from Cover Samaria world were present, including, the head of the Yesha Authority, Danny Dayan, several Gush Katif spokespeople, the heads of Young Israel USA, and the terror victim association Almagor. Also on hand were the three Israel Day activists from New York who originally broached the idea of an Israel visit to Beck, namely Dr. Paul Brody and Dr. Joseph Frager and Odelya Jacobs. Mr. Beck’s schedule for this short visit not only includes his appearance at the Knesset but also a special trip to the beleaguered Israeli town of Sderot, broadcasting his syndicated radio show from Israel, ascending the Temple Mount with Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Danny Danon, a visit to the Yad VaShem Holocaust Museum and visits with prominent Israeli legislators and public officials.
______________________ “ MK Michael Ben-Ari told Beck that to understand the miracle of Israel, one has only to read Mark Twain's 19th century description of the barren country he visited and then thank G-d for his being stuck in the nation’s endless traffic jams.” ______________________ A Chareidi Israeli partner in a hi-tech firm hired a crane to post a gigantic banner welcoming Mr. Beck to Jerusalem that hung near the Knesset. Theleft is correct in being afraid [of his influence, ed.]"- read the ban-
A Chareidi Israeli partner in a hi-tech firm hired a crane to post a gigantic banner welcoming Mr. Beck to Jerusalem that hung near the Knesset. ner. Present at the Monday evening meeting, he explained that he had to show his gratitude because whenever he is asked abroad by clients to explain Israel's actions, he tells them to watch Glenn Beck and they turn proIsrael. MK Nissim Ze'ev (Shas) said that he wished that Israel's mainstream media would sound like Beck. MK Yulia Shamalov (Kadima) said that he gives Israelis hope. MK Michael Ben-Ari (National Union), seated next to Baruch Merzel of Hevron, told Beck that to understand the miracle of Israel, one has only to read Mark Twain's 19th century description of the barren country he visited and then thank G-d for his being stuck in the nation's endless traffic jams.
MK Dr. Aryeh Eldad (National Union) explained that the real problem is the 300year-old occupation of Israel by the Arabs, not the other way around, while Jordan is the real Palestine. A physician, he recalled the Arab woman whose life he saved at Siroka Hospital, who was caught with a bomb on her body when she came for a follow up visit. MK Einat Wilf (Independence) said that the entire Zionist idea is being negated by the world today. Marina Solodkin (Kadima) reminded Beck of Jonathan Pollard's continued captivity, as did other leaders of Zionist organizations that were present. A MyIsrael Organization representative talked about college students' work to present the varied face of Israel to the world. MK Hotovely (Likud) quoted Prime
Minister Netanyahu's remark that the truth can only win out if it is said loudly and often, and that Beck's being religious makes him uniquely able to realize that the conflict is not territorial, but religious. Mr. Beck gave a passionate condemnation of US foreign policy during a live broadcast of his show from Israel. He made a compelling argument, noting that Israel is the only country in the Middle East that shares American values. “They are constantly provoked and attacked, yet despite having a heavy nuclear arsenal they have not launched a single one. In Israel, unlike most other Middle Eastern countries, women are treated equally and people aren’t stoned for their sexual orientation. Nevertheless, the United States has – at its best – remained silent.” But Mr. Beck noted, “there are those high up in the Obama administration that would stand against Israel, such as Samantha Power (Mrs. Cass Sunstein), who has argued that the United States should shift their support from Israel and focus on the creation of a Palestinian State. They use the doctrine of a “Responsibility to Protect” to say the US and its allies should move against Israel in support of the Palestinian State. This is the same doctrine that President Obama used to move against Libya without congressional approval.” Mr. Beck used his opening monologue to take a stand for Israel. “You have to do what you feel is the right thing, because the times call for it.” He made his stand tonight, and he called for viewers to take account of their lives and figure out where they stand on these issues and the other issues facing the country and the world. World leaders may be silent – or worse, standing on the wrong side of history – and it’s up to the individuals in America to stand on the side of good.
US TO SELL F-16 JETS TO IRAQ?
F-16 Jets The United States and Iraq have renewed talks over the sale of American F16 fighter jets and aerial defense systems to Baghdad. he Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that the US is hoping the deal will help reestablish Iraq's regional status and block Iranian influence on neighboring countries. Iraq had stalled the purchase of 18 fighter jets following the wave of uprisings in the Arab world, which raised concerns over the country's internal stability. Now, Iraqi officials are considering raising the number of jets to 36 and purchasing aerial defense systems that will include surface-to-air missiles and radar-guided shells. While these new systems are expected to contribute to Iraq's security and help it deter Iran from flexing its muscles, it will also pose a problem for a potential Israeli strike against Iranian nuclear facilities. The Iraqis' decision to renew talks on the
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issue followed a sharp and unexpected surge in oil revenues. The Americans, on their part, are hoping a militarily strong Iraq will contribute to Middle East stability and restrain Iranian ambitions. On the other hand, the close relations between Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri alMaliqi's Shiite camp and the Ayatollah regime in the Islamic Republic is also a cause for American concern, adding to the painful memory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. After the fall of the Shah, who was a close American ally, advanced weapons fell into the hands of the new regime. Officials in Washington have stressed that if such a deal was to be signed, it would include a clause that would ensure the sensitive technology does not spill over to hostile elements. The sources noted that while it is hard to estimate the value of the sale, the former jet purchase deal, which included 18 aircraft, spare parts, training and airborne weapons was worth an estimated $4.2 billion.
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‘IT’S NEVER TOO LATE FOR MILITARY OPTION’ BY MAAYANA MISKIN Israel still has time to rescue Gilad Shalit without strengthening Gaza terrorists, former police special forces head David Ben Shimol said Sunday in an interview with Arutz Sheva. do not think there needs to be any price for Gilad Shalit's release. The terrorists should pay the price,” Shimol declared. “The State of Israel does not need to negotiate the price with Hamas.” “Giving in will lead to further kidnappings,” he warned. Terrorist release will also decrease morale, he warned, saying, “Some of my soldiers were killed arresting these same terrorists, what am I supposed to tell their families when they see those prisoners being released?” Instead of letting Hamas pressure Israel, the IDF should up the pressure on Hamas, he said. “The second an IDF soldier is kidnapped, all pressure should be brought to bear on terrorist groups. The heads of Hamas should be forced to
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hide in bunkers, terrorist prisoners should have their conditions worsened, there should be pressure on prisoners' families and on the Palestinian Authority. What do we have a security apparatus for?” Although Israel refrained from taking such action following the Shalit kidnapping, it is not too late, Shimol declared. “Five years have gone by, but there is still much that can be done regarding Shalit's release... I believe that during Operation Cast Lead we should have kidnapped 3,000 Gaza terrorists and freed them [in exchange for Shalit] – it is not too late.” Hamas has succeeded in creating discord in Israel, as Shalit's plight is portrayed as a political matter, Shimol said. “We must understand that this is not a matter of right or left... The media makes it sound as if [Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu and the Israeli government kidnapped Shalit. It was Hamas who kidnapped Shalit and I'm sure we all want to see him safe at home,” he said. Shimol later stated that he is generally considered a leftist, explaining his views as, “I
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ISRAEL SET TO DEPORT LAST PRO-PALESTINIAN ACTIVISTS Israel intends to expel 81 pro-Palestinian activists in coming days who arrived at BenGurion International Airport last week, reported local media. he activists are the last batch of over a hundred people who landed at Ben-Gurion as part of the "fly-in," an event led by the "Welcome Palestine" organization. The event's organizers originally planned to fly upwards of 1,000 international activists to Israel, in order to stage Palestinian solidarity events in the West Bank and Jerusalem. The activists, among them nationals from France, Spain and Ireland, are currently detained at "Givon," a holding facility in central Israel for illegal migrants. Immigration officials are coordinating the deportations with foreign airlines in order to place the activists on flights to Europe. "We hope to have all of them on flights by Tuesday," said Immigration and Population Authority (IPA) spokeswoman Sabin Hadad. She told Xinhua that IPA officials presented the activists with the option to enter Israel pending their commitment not to disrupt public order,
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but only five had agreed and were granted entry. On Sunday, 38 German and Belgian nationals who landed at Ben- Gurion on Friday were put on a Lufthansa flight after spending a day in detention. In recent days senior Israel Police command-
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asser Shaer, 37, was also fined 2,500 shekels (735 U.S. dollars) for throwing stones at the Israeli Defense Forces
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Immigration and Population Authority spokeswoman: “We hope to have all of them [pro-Palestinian activists] on flights by Tuesday.”
troops and wounding a security officer who needed medical treatment, the Ha'aretz newspaper reported. For Palestinians, "Nakba" (disaster in Arabic) and "Naksa" (setback) represent days of rage and mourning over the inception of Israel and the anniversary of the 1967 war when Israel came into control of the West Bank, Gaza, and a large part of the Golan Heights. During the Palestinians' "Nakba" and
around the terminal well ahead of the scheduled arrival of the flights from Europe. But only 130 activists eventually landed after foreign carriers barred most from boarding flights to Israel. Some of the extra forces will remain at BenGurion throughout the week, in order to counter possible attempts by other activists to enter the country, according to the report.
"Nabsa" day events, on May 15 and June 5 respectively, Majdal Shams became a flashpoint for protests against Israel because of its location on the border with Syria. During those two days dozens of people died of gunshot wounds, possibly from Israeli marksmen, although Israel claims it is not possible to verify the exact number of casualties, since they took place on Syrian and Lebanese soil.
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DRUZE GETS JAIL TERM FOR “NAKSA DAY” STONING An Israeli court on Thursday sentenced a Druze resident of the Golan Heights village of Majdal Shams to an eight-month prison term for hurling rocks at Israeli security forces on "Naksa Day," June 5, when hundreds of protesters from neighboring Syria tried to enter Israel.
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Israeli Knesset Passes Anti Boycott Law he bill, initiated by Likud lawmaker and ruling coalition chairman Ze'ev Elkin, would allow for civil lawsuits against individuals and groups calling for anti-Israel boycotts, and would force the government to stop doing business with companies that comply with those boycotts. The proposed law came after Israeli artists called for a boycott of a new cultural center in the West Bank city of Ariel and academics called for a boycott of academic institutions in the West Bank. An Israeli construction company was hired to build a new Palestinian city in the West Bank after it agreed not to use products from the settlements. The main opponents of the law are from the leftists that think nothing of boycotting everything coming from the areas of Yehdah/Shomron that they call ‘Occupied West Bank.’ The Gush Shalom movement appealed to Israel's Supreme Court on Tuesday, a day after the Gush Shalom in its appeal called the law offensive to the basic principles of democracy. Peace Now also is fighting the legislation, launching a Facebook group immediately following the vote called "Prosecute me, I boycott the settlements!" Knesset legal adviser Eyal Yinon told the plenum Monday that the bill is "borderline illegal" since it could violate freedom of political expression. The U.S. State Department responded to the new anti-boycott law passed in Israel, saying that the freedom to organize and protest is a democratic value Israel and the U.S. have long shared.
Tel Aviv Elementary School Now 97% Foreign BY MAAYANA MISKIN
The Knesset adopted a new law that would sanction individuals or organizations calling for a boycott of Israel or its settlements. The bill was passed by a vote of 45 to 38 after six hours of contentious debate.
The local elementary school in the Hatikva neighborhood, “HaYarden,” is now home to almost exclusively nonJewish children of infiltrators and foreign workers. Israeli Jewish children are forced to leave their neighborhood in order to get the Israeli-Jewish tradition and Zionist oriented education that is the public school curriculum throughout the country, Tel Aviv City Council member Shlomo Maslawi said in an interview with Arutz Sheva's Hebrew-language news service.
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One of many posters calling for boytcotting Israeli goods. When asked to comment on the anti-boycott law, the U.S. State Department said the law was an "Israeli internal matter" but also hinted its criticism by pointing out the right to peaceful protest in democratic countries. Many of the laws supporters say that the leftists are crying crocodile tears. “They have been calling for boycotts against Israel for years not just against Judea Samaria,” one person remarked “I guess they can’t stand the taste of their own medicine (poison).” According to newly passed law, a person or an organization calling for the boycott of Israel, including the settlements can be sued by the boycott's targets without having to prove that they sustained damage. The court will then decide how much compensation is to be paid. The second part of the law says a person or a company that declare a boycott of Israel or the settlements will not be able to bid in government tenders.
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aslawi expressed protest on behalf of local Jewish Israeli parents, who have found that the school closest to their homes is no longer suitable for their children, who speak native Hebrew and would like a Jewish and Zionist education. The parents have been abandoned to their own devices in their efforts to restore the local school's Israeli character, he reported. “The government and the city and Minister Eli Yishai all started this struggle with us, but media pressure silenced them,” he explained. “The state of Israel is not lifting a finger today, even Eli Yishai, who at first spoke out, has grown quiet.” The current situation hurts local Israeli
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______________________ “Putting aside serious criticism of the government of Israel, which does nothing to close the borders and abandons residents to cope alone with the severe problems resulting from waves of illegal immigration.” ______________________ parents and children alike, Maslawi said. The parents are forced to travel out of their way in order to bring their children to and from school, he said, and the children find themselves outside their natural social circles, learning with children from other neighbor-
hoods instead of forming bonds with their own neighbors. The foreign non-Jewish children, who by next year will make up 97% of the school's 400 students, are the children of illegal entrants who crossed the Egyptian border into Israel, or of foreign workers, some legal and some who have remained in the country after their work permits expired. Thousands of non-Jewish foreign workers and illegal entrants have been allowed to remain in the country after arguing, with help from a massive Israeli media campaign, that their children are born in Israel and would suffer if they were forced to return to their home countries. The city's policies are only making the situation worse, Maslawi said. “We have been fighting the city for two years with no success. I told the mayor, 'You're encouraging them, so they're going to keep coming here en masse.'” The Tel Aviv municipality said in response: "Putting aside serious criticism of the government of Israel, which does nothing to close the borders and abandons residents to cope alone with the severe problems resulting from waves of illegal immigration, the city of Tel Aviv-Yafo sees itself as responsible to ensure the education and welfare of all children within the borders of the city. Primarily for moral and humanitarian reasons, and also to keep the children from being left on the streets, which could create even more severe problems. "Together with this, and with sympathy for the true crisis facing residents of the area, the children of southern Tel Aviv have been given the opportunity to enroll in schools in the region other than HaYarden. In addition, in order that this not be done at the expense of local children, many resources have been invested in additional municipal services in these neighborhoods and in providing schools in the southern part of the city with enrichment programs, nutritious meals and a long school day. The burden has also been lessened by assigning some children of foreign workers and work-seekers to schools throughout the city, including in the northern and central neighborhoods."
Israel Marks Fifth Anniversary of Lebanon War On Tuesday (July 12), Israel marked five years since the start of the Second Lebanon War in 2006. n July 12, 2006, Hezbollah terrorists killed three Israeli soldiers during an attack on an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) vehicle patrolling alongside the IsraelLebanon border within Israeli territory. Two bodies of the dead soldiers were taken into captivity by Hezbollah. The attack instigated the outbreak of the Second Lebanon War - during which the IDF significantly degraded Hezbollah's military capa-
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______________________ “The war lasted 34 days and ended with the signing of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701.” ______________________ bilities. During the war, 119 IDF soldiers and 45 Israeli civilians were killed. The war lasted 34 days and ended with the signing of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701. Although a partner
to the resolution, Hezbollah has directly violated UN Resolution 1701 - rearming and strengthening itself with weapons and training provided by the Syrian and Iranian regimes. Five years later, Hezbollah has returned to full, routine militant activity in southern Lebanon. UN Resolution 1701 calls for Hezbollah to remain disarmed and bans paramilitary activity south of the Litani River. Hezbollah has blatantly disregarded the resolution. In September 2010, for example, Hezbollah operatives were caught transferring weapons from a weapons storage facility to a mosque in a neighboring village, following an explosion at the site.
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U.S. Ambassador in Hama; Poland Commemorates 70th Ann. Syrian Violence Continues of the Massacre at Jedwabne Photo by Shmuel Ben Eliezer
BY GAVRIEL QUEENANN Forces loyal the Syrian President Bashar Assad stormed the northern Damascus suburb of Harasta ahead of further opposition protests, Gulf News reports. vernight, about 300 security personnel entered the suburb, where there have been daily protests demanding political freedoms, and started firing machineguns mounted on trucks and making house to house arrests, they said. Syrian human rights organization, Sawasiah issued a statement saying security forces also raided the main hospital in Harasta, a tactic used in similar assaults on cities and towns elsewhere in Syria, and abducted three injured protesters "whose lives are now in extreme danger." The US ambassador to Syria toured the city of Hama last Thursday to show solidarity with residents facing a brutal crackdown after weeks of anti-government protests there. Syria condemned Ambassador Robert Ford's visit, which it said was unauthorized by Damascus, as an attempt to incite residents to escalate their anti-government activities. The US State Department said the US embassy had informed the Syrian government that an embassy team -- without naming Ford -- was travelling to Hama. It added Ford hoped to stay into Friday, when more protests are expected. "The fundamental intention ... was to make absolutely clear with his physical presence that we stand with those Syrians who are expressing their right to speak for change," State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said. "We are greatly concerned about the situation in Hama," Nuland told a news briefing in Washington. The city was the scene of a 1982 massacre which came to symbolise the ruthless rule of the late President Hafez Al Assad and has staged some of the biggest protests in 14 weeks of demonstrations against his son
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The US Ambassador Robert Ford toured the city of Hama to show solidarity with residents facing a brutal crackdown after weeks of anti-government protests there. Bashar. Residents blocked streets with burning tyres on Thursday, trying to keep out busloads of security forces, and dozens of families fled to a nearby town, an activist and a resident said. Tanks were deployed around the outskirts of Hama this week after an estimated 300,000 people rallied in a central square last Friday demanding Assad's departure, the culmination of a month of growing protests in the city. Protesters in Hama were exploiting an apparent security vacuum in the city after Assad's forces pulled back following the killing of at least 48 protesters on June 3. Assad gave Hama's provincial governor the boot on Saturday. Security forces swept in on Monday and activists say at least 26 people have been killed in a wave of arrests and shootings, but the tanks have stayed outside the city. Residents say water and electricity supplies have been cut. Estimates say Bashar's forces have killed at least 1,300 civilians since protests erupted in March. Authorities say 500 police and soldiers have been killed by "armed groups" whom they also blame for most of the civilian deaths.
Hareidi Rabbi: Part of Spanish Island’s Descendants Are Jews BY TZVI BEN GEDALYAHU Historic breakthrough: Six centuries after their forcible conversion, a leading hareidi rabbi rules a Spanish island’s Chuetas are Jews. he Chuetas of Palma de Mallorca, Spain, are the descendants of Mallorca’s Jews, who were forcibly baptized in the 14th and 15th centuries and then barred from intermarrying or assimilating with the island’s Catholic population until the modern era. Most of the island’s Chueta community bears the names of families whose ancestors
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______________________ “The Chuetas no longer need to live in between worlds – we have succeeded in opening the door for them to come home. And I hope and pray that many will do so.” ______________________ who were executed for practicing Judaism more than 300 years ago. Rabbi Karelitz’s ruling relates to those Chuetas whose ancestors practiced strict endogamy down through
the generations and did not intermarry. In order for their return to the Jewish people to be complete, it will be necessary for the Rabbinical Court to get to know each individual Chueta and their personal and family background. Shavei Israel Chairman Michael Freund revealed that Rabbi Nissim Karelitz recently issued a written opinion stating clearly and unequivocally that the Chuetas are part of the people of Israel. Freund works to bring “hidden Jews” back into the regular Jewish community and has led the effort to gain recognition of the Chuetas as Jews. Rabbi Karelitz is the Chairman of the Beit Din Tzedek (High Rabbinical Court) of Bnei Brak and is considered to be one of Israel’s foremost arbiters of Jewish law. He is the nephew of the famed Chazon Ish, one of the greatest and most well-known rabbis of the 20th century. In his written opinion, Rabbi Karelitz stated that, “Since it has become clear that it is accepted among them [the Chuetas] that throughout the generations most of them married among themselves, then all those who are related to the former generations are Jews, from our brethren the children of Israel, the nation of G-d.“ The rabbi added that efforts should be made to draw the Chuetas closer to their Jewish religious heritage and that they
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___ A group of Jews placing memorial stones on the monument in Jedwabne marking the spot where hundreds of Jews were burnt alive by their Polish neighbors during the Shoah. State and religious leaders are marking 70 years on Sunday since Polish villagers murdered hundreds of their Jewish neighbors in a World War II massacre that caused painful soul-searching in Poland when it was revealed in 2000. t was in the year 2000 that the book Neighbors, by Jan Tomasz Gross described the massacre. While the massacre was known to historians many Poles had tried to forget it over the years remembering that tey were victims during the Shoah rather than being perpetrators. According to Gross, some 1,600 Jews were killed in Jedwabne. In 1949, a communistera court convicted 12 Poles in the Jedwabne massacre, saying they assisted German forces in the killings, which took place after German troops occupied Poland during World War II. The date of the massacre in the village of Jedwabne has entered Poland’s remembrance calendar and the state and church leaders have apologized. But it still remains to be seen to what extent the entire nation has acknowledged cases of Polish wrongdoing against the Jews. “Coming to terms with a difficult past is a process,” the chief rabbi of Poland, Michael Schudrich, said. “The commemoration on Sunday is another step in this process.” For the first time, a high official of Poland’s Catholic Church will attend a cere-
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mony at Jedwabne, some 190 kilometers (120 milers) northeast of Warsaw. Rabbi Schudrich recited Jewish prayers at the stone monument that says in Polish, Hebrew and Yiddish: “In memory of the Jews of Jedwabne and surrounding areas, men, women, and children, fellow-dwellers of this land, murdered and burned alive at this site on 10 July 1941.” A representative for Poland’s President Bronislaw Komorowski and Israeli and German ambassadors are to attend. A victims’ relative, Icchak Levi, is to come from Israel. Ten years ago on the 60th anniversary of the massacre, in 2001, Poland’s thenPresident Aleksander Kwasniewski apologized for the crime during a state memorial ceremony in Jedwabne. Days earlier, Poland’s bishops made an apology for the Jedwabne massacre and other crimes against Jews under the German occupation, in a special ceremony of prayers in Warsaw. It was viewed as a step toward reconciliation with Jewish groups who often accuse the Catholic Church of being too tolerant of antiSemitism. That sentiment seems to linger among some Church figures in Poland. Recently, a Polish priest, Father Tadeusz Rydzyk, called his own country a totalitarian state that “hasn’t been ruled by Poles since 1939.” The remark was understood as anti-Semitic andthe Polish the Foreign Ministry asked the Vatican to admonish Rydzyk.
Israeli Ambassador in China: Right Things Done in Kubuqi Desert Amos Nadai, ambassador of Israel to China, spoke highly of the desertification control efforts in the Kubuqi desert of China during an exclusive interview with Xinhuanet here Saturday. t's a huge area, which is more than half of my country," Nadai said, "I see a lot of planting and it's very beauti-
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ful." Nadai was here for the 2011 Kubuqi International Desert Forum held in the Kubuqi Desert, Inner Mongolia of China. As a small country with half of its land being desert, Israel has to work very hard in desertification control and has accumulated a great deal of experience. However, Nadai praised China's efforts in learning new technologies applied in the Kubuqi desert. He said that China takes this very seriously and has developed really rapidly. "They are doing the right thing; they bring here every two years the best experts from all over the world, and they listened carefully," he said. Nadai said that he saw the way people here fight against desertification, develop tourism, boost the use of clean energy, and he was very impressed. That's why Israel is happy to cooperate with China in this field, Nadai said.
Amos Nadai, ambassador of Israel to China. He also introduced a long-term project that Israel has been working together with China in Xinjiang, which Israel introduces methods to the local farmers that can grow the same amount of crop by using 50 percent less of water. "The local people have learned everything that we can offer them and they can do it alone now," Nadai said. The ambassador, who was awarded the Honorary Citizenship of Chengdu City, the capital of Sichuan Province, Wednesday, said: "I am very very excited for that honor."
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Bomb Implants on the Horizon? US Congress Opposes TSA Increases Security Palestinian Statehood Bid BY GAVRIEL QUEENANN
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U.S. officials warn that Al Qaeda terrorists in Yemen are eyeing surgically implanted explosive devices as the latest in suicide-bomber chic in order to blow up airliners, the Wall Street Journal reported last Wednesday.
The US House of Representatives voted 407-6 to pass a non-binding resolution backing the suspension of funds to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority should it pursue its bid for a unilateral declaration of statehood by the United Nations in September.
he report on the latest terror techniques by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) -- the group's most aggressive and dangerous franchise – may sound like the nefarious scheme of a deranged comic book villain, but U.S. officials are taking it very seriously. "It's more than aspirational," a U.S. official said. "They're trying to make this happen." U.S. officials have warned foreign governments and American and international airline executives that terrorists might attempt to board planes with explosives concealed in their bodies. The prospect of terrorists carrying bombs within them — perhaps stitched into the abdomen, breasts or buttocks — has prompted additional security measures at U.S. airports and overseas airports serving U.S. destinations. "Passengers flying from international locations to U.S. destinations may notice additional security measures in place, including more interactions between security agents and passengers," TSA spokesman Nick Kimball said. Many U.S. airline passengers have been complaining the TSA hasn't been intelligently screening passengers for years and complain security measures have already become aberrant and invasive in many airports. How commuters will react to increased security that may target sensitive areas of their bodies remains to be seen. Intelligence officials say militants had
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he resolution comes a week after the US Senate unanimously approved a similar resolution. The House resolution also calls for the Obama administration to consider suspending aid the the PA in light of its unity deal with Hamas terror organization. The resolution is non-binding because, constitutionally, foreign policy is the purview of the President of the United States. The House initially debated the resolution on Wednesday, but postponed the vote to ensure lawmakers had a chance to vote. Republicans and Democrats signaled their strong support for Israel and a resumption of direct negotiations that collapsed last fall. "We stand by Israel as our most valued ally. It is time for the Palestinian Authority to accept a peaceful solution to this conflict," said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, RVa. Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the No. 2 Democrat in the House, said he strongly
T repeatedly expressed interest in experimenting with new techniques to conceal explosives. "That terrorists are interested in finding ways to attack us is pretty much self-evident," one official said. "Our security procedures are multifaceted, and we adjust them according to the threat all the time." Security officials believe, in theory, a surgically implanted bomb could work. A small amount of explosives could be sealed in plastic and introduced into the body. To detonate the explosive, a syringe containing a different chemical could be jammed into the plastic bag, triggering the blast. Diabetics and others with certain medical conditions can carry syringes onto aircraft. Al Qaeda militants have gone so far as to discuss which anatomical regions would be preferable for an explosive implant, a U.S.
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Rep. Steny Hoyer said he strongly believed that to ensure "the long-term viability of the Jewish democratic state, peace must be negotiated. believed that to ensure "the long-term viability of the Jewish democratic state, peace must be negotiated. It cannot and will not be imposed from outside." The administration has said the PA push for a UN vote on its statehood this fall has not helped the peace process, a point echoed by lawmakers. The US has signaled to the PA it will exercise its Security Council veto at the UN should the matter be brought to a vote. That renders the PA move in the General Assembly largely symbolic and led Israeli officials to seek a "moral minority" of sixty key states to oppose the move as a means of
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Verizon Over Charged Beth STRAUSS-KAHN CASE Israel Hospital by $9 Million COMPLICATES FRANCE'S ELECTORAL LANDSCAPE
Verizon slyly overcharged and doublebilled Beth Israel Medical Center by millions for years, the hospital claims, and has allegedly refused to refund the money. ccording to Verizon a customer is responsible to check their bills for any and all discrepancies. When contacted they said that they can only refund items proven to be their fault but will not accept any claims older than 90 days. The hospital should have known to ask for an exemption on certain data services, Verizon allegedly claimed—services Beth Israel didn’t want in the first place. The utility said other refund requests were too old for them to pay out. Blame it on the impossible-tounderstand utility bills, Beth Israel said. “Verizon attempts to prevent discovery of its overbillings by designing its bills in such a massive, complex, technical and obfuscator way that its bills will not be understood by its customers,” according to court papers. Beth Israel was over-charged by $1 million through long-distance rates that were 10 times the 3-cent-a-minute rate in its contract; billed $340,000 for data services it never used; and charged about $7 million for services it had already pre-paid, according to a suit the hospital filed against Verizon in Manhattan federal court last month. The hospital wants its money back, along
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Beth Israel Hospital was overcharged by $1 million through long-distance rates; billed $340,000 for data services it never used; and charged about $7 million for services it had already pre-paid. with $25 million in punitive damages. A consumer advocate said that many consumers are being defrauded by Verizon on a regular basis and that everybody should check their bill minutely every month and not just pay the stated amount. “People that have direct payment are the ones that are being ripped off the most. without looking at your bill a person has no idea what they are paying for.
Domique Strauss Kahn leaving court with his wife after the accusations against him began to unravel. The new revelations, while seeming to put him in the clear, might not be enough to allow him to further his political career in France. Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s release from custody is set to convolute France's presidential race as it revived the possibility for Strauss-Kahn, considered a viable candidate before his May 14 arrest in New York, to compete for the country's top job.
Ticket Fixing Scandal Has Cops A Issuing Fewer Summonses
In the wake of investigations into ticket fixing scandal by the NYPD in the Bronx it seems there has developed a new strain of ‘Blue Flu’. Dozens of Bronx cops have launched an unauthorized slowdown of sorts - dramatically cutting the number of tickets they issue for moving violations, sources said. itywide, moving summons were down 18.1% for the 28-day period, the largest decrease in 10 years. They fell 22.3% for the week. It’s been going on for about a month and is tied to the ongoing ticket-fixing scandal, the sources said. Even NYPD data show the number of summonses issued dropped 23.5% in the most recent 28-day period ending July 3. Cops in the Bronx wrote 7,615 tickets for moving violations during that period, down from 9,951 over the same span last year. The moving violations include speeding, failure to use seatbelts and talking on cell phones while driving. Angry police officers, according to the unnamed sources, are reacting to the Internal Affairs Bureau disciplining officers for failing to properly record summonses in their
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memo books. Some cops say they’ve been penalized for making the smallest errors on the tickets. “If a cop fails to write details of a traffic stop or forgot something from the stop, IAB will check the memo book and automatically dish out a 10-day rip (loss of vacation pay),” one of the sources said. “The officer and his commanding officer has no say in the matter.” According to the average police officer on the street often tickets are written n the face of adversity when a driver gets angry about getting caught making a moving violation. “Often ticket writing is done while someone is screaming at you or even getting into your face,” one officer said. Mistakes invariably happen and cops do their best but they should not be docked for small errors. “The cops are fed up,” one of another policeman said. “They’re fed up with this ticket-fixing thing. They’re fed up with these ticket rips and ‘productivity goals.’ They’re just plain fed up.” Blue flu is a termed that was coined a few years ago when many police officers called in sick when they were told that they were legally not allowed strike over wage negotiations.
number of opinion polls conducted before the scandal broke showed that the former International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director represented the best chance for the Socialist Party, France's main opposition, to defeat President Nicolas Sarkozy and regain power next year. Yet initial developments of the sexual assault case washed away such a possibility, as Strauss-Kahn was placed under house arrest and forced to quit his IMF post, while his reputation and support rates plunged. In its aftermath, the Socialist Party opened its presidential primary process last week, with party leader Martine Aubry and former party leader Francois Hollande leading the candidates. However, the latest change in the StraussKahn case threw the Socialist Party into disarray once again, bringing new parameters into the party's calculations. For starters, the party is mulling whether to delay the July 13 primary registration deadline to give time to Strauss-Kahn, whose next appearance in court is scheduled for July 18. Meanwhile, the scenario that StraussKahn throws his hat in the ring would force the Socialists to reconsider the choices they made when Strauss-Kahn was unavailable, possibly leading to some chaos within the party.
Yet it remains unclear whether the former IMF chief will join the race. Some pundits have cautioned that even if Strauss-Kahn was proven innocent, he would unlikely regain the popular domestic support he enjoyed previously, because his image has been seriously tarnished by the scandal and his renting of
______________________ Some pundits have cautioned that even if Strauss-Kahn was proven innocent, he would unlikely regain the popular domestic support he enjoyed previously, because his image has been seriously tarnished by the scandal.” ______________________ a luxury apartment for house arrest. Other analysts have delineated another scenario: If Strauss-Kahn was cleared of the charges, he could return to the French political arena by throwing his weight behind a presidential contender instead of joining the race himself. The French public is apparently divided over whether Strauss-Kahn should be back on the political stage. A poll published Sunday by local daily Le Parisien showed that out of 1,000 people surveyed, 49 percent said he should return to political life, while 45 percent said he should not.
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WAR ON TERROR Radical Islamist Group Tries to Branch Out ABDUL ALIM MUSA: "WE ARE AN ANTI-ZIONIST AMERICAN PSYCHO-GUERRILLA WARFARE MOVEMENT” One of America's most radical homegrown Islamist groups has opened two new centers focused on the "Zionist American" threat, a thinly-veiled reference to the group's anti-Semitic and antiAmerican message. Under the leadership of extremist Abdul Alim Musa, the Sabiqun organization has tried to blur the line between attacking Jews and criticizing Israel, as well as striking out against America. or 30 years, Masjid Al-Islam [Sabiqun's mosque] has been carrying on a direct, face-to-face struggle against the monolithic Zionist American regime," Abdul Alim Musa said in an "Urgent Appeal" to support the new "Islamic Institute of Counter Zionist American Psychological Warfare (IICZAPW)." "We are an anti-Zionist American psycho-guerrilla warfare movement, the appeal said. "We use all available tools found in our environment in exposing the anti-Islamic, anti-human policies of this Zionist American system." Other flyers explain that the IICZAPW's primary goal is "to counter the concerted efforts of the enemies of Islam to sustain a false characterization of Islam and Muslims as a dangerous threat to global stability and tranquility." That mission has already led
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Sabiqun to deny the involvement of Islamist terrorists in 9/11 and to characterize the acts of Hamas and Hizballah as a justified war on Jews. The Institute is the group's primary project to keep its movement going, after the loss of several branches in California. As part of its ideology, Sabiqun and the IICZAPW are also actively preparing for the death of the United States. Sabiqun, which currently runs two active mosques in D.C. and Oakland, espouses a self-reliant and anti-assimilation ideology that appeals to its
community of poor African-American converts. "It seems that the once all-powerful USA could suffer a global stroke sometime during the 2020s or even sooner," said a flyer promoting an IICZAPW event called "The Decline and Fall of the American Empire" Sunday in Washington. "We view America's decline as a global power as a present reality," it reads. "Should we not prepare for its fall?" The flyer shows much of Sabiqun's core ideology. The beginning of America's fall didn't start with George Bush, the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, or the 2003 war in Iraq. Rather, the group believes the rise of Iran in the 1979 revolution illustrates the ability of a dedicated group of "Islamic workers" to collapse non-Muslim governments. The new centers in Washington and Oakland are designed to raise the group's profile and counter its decline. The goal is to train a new generation of the movement's ideologues and expand the group's presence, "to analyze the Zionist grip on humanity established via the media and economics." The IICZAPW also features a new "College in Islamic Movement Studies," which focuses on spreading its leader's jumbled philosophy. Musa's unique take on Islamism mixes elements from a variety of ideologues, including: Syed Abul Ala Maududi, the founder of an extremist South Asian group, Jamaat-e-Islami; Uthman dan Fodio, who founded a caliphate in north Nigeria that continues to inspire African Islamists; Hasan al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood; Sayyid Qutb, the inspiration of al-Qaida ideologues Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki; Kalim Siddiqui, a South Asian extremist who advocated for an Islamic world order to overthrow the West; and Imam Ali Khomeini, who led Iran's 1979 Islamist Revolution. The college will also feature a course on "Strategic Management under Conditions of Repression," recounting the experiences of Musa and his 30 years of struggle against the "Zionist American cabal." It will focus on the group's enemies, such as the FBI, Zionist groups, the Anti-Defamation League, Investigative Project on Terrorism Executive Director Steven Emerson, and others, "who have sought to isolate us from mainstream Muslims and derail and destroy the progress of our schools, places of worship, and businesses." The IICZAPW extends Sabiqun's long
tradition of violent anti-Semitic and antiAmerican rhetoric, which is part and parcel of the group's educational curriculum, reading materials, and speeches. Musa also often uses the terms 'Jews' and 'Zionist' interchangeably, highlighting his belief that the Jews and Zionists are the same. "The world now sees the Jews for what they are: not the victims but the victimizers," Musa said in a 2006 speech called "Basheera," which Sabiqun's website describes as a "message of hope" about Hizballah's "ultimate victory" over Israel. "The Jews are using the dirtiest criminal tactics on a people that you have ever seen in your life, worse than the Nazis… The Jews may have been oppressed by the Nazis, but they adopted 100% the practice[s] of the Nazis. " "The Yahud [Jews], the criminal Zionist entity known as Israel, which has no right whatsoever in the Middle East. The biggest mistake that the United Nations ever made, in 1947, was allowing the Jews to reestablish a homeland on the land that people already owned," he added, noting that Allah had given permission to the Palestinian to fight for their land. "The rest of the world now sees the Jews for what they are: vulnerable. The Palestinians proved it and now [the same] with the Hizballah." His Zionist American conspiracies are staples of Sabiqun's philosophy. "Who's monitoring the Zionist, right? Who's standing up to the people who are killing the Muslims all over the world? Nobody, nowhere – only one masjid
______________________ ”As part of their training, the defendants also watched videos of American soldiers being killed in Iraq and Afghanistan and listened to Islamic radicals calling for jihad against the United States.” ______________________ [mosque] in the United States. Tell the truth, you don't hear nobody else openin' they [sic] mouth, do you? That mean [sic] we special," Musa told followers in a speech hosted on the group's website. "The American government and the Israelis are finished. It is our duty to point these issues out for the people; that's our duty and that's our responsibility. Right? That's your duty that's your responsibility," he added. "The United States government is your responsibility. The Hindu-stani government is the Kashmiri's responsibility. The Israelis is the responsibilty of the Palestinians, it's what Allah gave 'em. And it is our duty to help them. But the monster, the global monster that is now in the decline, is our job." Sabiqun's most violent "anti-Zionist" materials support terrorism. "When they go out and strike at the heart of Zionism, they are not suicide bombers, they are heroes, they are she-roes. Isn't that right? That's a
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"WAR ON ISLAM" FUELS PLOTS ON U.S. MILITARY RECRUITING CENTER Newly unsealed court documents reveal new details about a plot to attack a military recruiting center in Seattle. Items seized by federal investigators from the home of accused lead conspirator Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif include plans to attack a U.S. military facility and motivational materials related to alleged atrocities committed by American soldiers overseas. he attack on the Seattle military installation is yet another example of a terrorist plot in which American military personnel in the United States have been targeted by Islamist radicals opposed to U.S. military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. In each case, the perceived oppression of Muslims by U.S. forces overseas and the belief that Islam is under attack from the West has been the primary motivation behind the plots. Among the recent cases is the 2009 Fort Hood massacre carried out by Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan, the killing of an Army recruiter in Little Rock, Ark earlier that year by a convert to Islam who described his actions as "a jihadi attack on infidel forces," and a Maryland man who hoped to attack a recruiting office. Last month, Abdul-Latif (a.k.a. Joseph Anthony Davis) of Seattle and coconspirator Walli Mujahidh (a.k.a. Fredrick Domigue Jr.) of Los Angeles were arrested and charged with planning to use grenades and machine guns in an assault on the Seattle Military Entrance Processing Center (MEPS). The center recruits prospective candidates to the U.S. military, some of
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Catonsville, Md., and kill as many Americans as possible. Martinez, a U.S. national from Nicaragua
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______________________ ”As part of their training, the defendants also watched videos of American soldiers being killed in Iraq and Afghanistan and listened to Islamic radicals calling for jihad against the United States.” ______________________ whom are subsequently deployed overseas. Another person recruited by Abdul-Latif to join the conspiracy reported the plot to the FBI and became a paid informant. The informant promised to help obtain weapons for the attack. What he supplied had been rendered inert by federal investigators. In secretly-recorded conversations, Abdul-Latif said that their attack would "deter" individuals from joining the military and inspire other Muslims to carry out similar attacks. "Imagine how many young Muslims, if we're successful, will try to hit these kinds of centers. Imagine how fearful America will be and they'll know they can't push Muslims around," Abdul-Latif said. The conspirators were upset about American military actions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Yemen. Abdul-Latif criticized the U.S. military for "invading our lands…stealing our resources…locking up our brothers and sisters, you're raping our sisters in Guantanamo Bay…you're in Islamic countries and even when you're asked to leave, you won't leave…" Abdul-Latif also confided in the government informant that he wanted to die a martyr in the attack. If that happened, his son would be proud he died fighting the "non-
The initial target for the attack was the Joint Base Lewis-McChord ("Fort Lewis") in Tacoma, Wash. Abdul-Latif talked to the informant about ongoing military proceedings for suspected crimes in Afghanistan by soldiers posted at Fort Lewis. He said he did not trust the legal system with providing justice for the alleged crimes. Prosecutors say the defendants wanted to drive a "truck that looks like the Titanic" through the base's "front gate." The truck was described as a 'battering ram' that would "guard" the plotters while they carried out their "duties" (a reference to the attack). Abdul-Latif declared the "objective" of the attack was to "take out anybody wearing green or a badge." But then the group switched plans, forgoing attacking Fort Lewis and targeting the MEPS facility in Seattle, the complaint says. Abdul-Latif served briefly with the U.S. Navy in the mid-1990s and explained to the government informant the strategic advantages of attacking MEPS: "It's a confined space, not a lot of people carrying weapons and we'd have an advantage." He also said soldiers were deployed from the MEPS facility to Iraq or Afghanistan. The inspiration for the planned attack came from the November 2009 Fort Hood shootings by Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan that left 13 people dead. Abdul-Latif reasoned that if a single gunman could kill 13 people, the complaint says, then three attackers could kill many more. Like Abdul-Latif, Hasan viewed the U.S.led war against terror as being a war against Islam. "It is getting harder and harder for Muslims in the service to morally justify being in a military that seems constantly engaged against fellow Muslims," Hasan said at a June 2007 presentation at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Following the Fort Hood massacre, alQaida ideologue Anwar al-Awlaki hailed Hasan as "a hero." "The US is leading the war against terrorism which in reality is a war against Islam," Awlaki said in an online posting. "Its army is directly invading two Muslim countries and indirectly occupying the rest through its stooges." Hasan has been alleged to have been radicalized by Awlaki's teachings. Last December, 21-year-old Antonio Martinez (a.k.a Muhammad Hussain) was arrested and charged with scheming to attack a military recruiting station in
and convert to Islam, was inspired by extremist Internet postings of Awlaki and radical Muslim Brotherhood cleric Omar Bakri Muhammad that justified violence against the United States in retaliation for its presence in Muslim lands. "When American bombs Sudan, Somalia, and Iraq, and sows destruction, the Muslims have the right to retaliate." Muhammad said. Martinez posted a statement on his Facebook account calling for violence to end the oppression of Muslims. He also publicly posted a message expressing his dislike for anyone who opposed Allah and his prophet. Lacking the funds to travel overseas to fight jihad, Martinez confided to an FBI informant that he would "make a mujahideen here, Insha' Allah, and we gonna fight against them…until they stop the oppression…fight the disbelievers until there is no more oppression and the religion is only for Allah…" In April 2009, four men were sentenced to life in prison and one man to 33 years for plotting to use assault rifles to kill American soldiers at the Fort Dix Army base in New Jersey. Evidence presented at the trial included secretly recorded videotapes of the defendants undergoing small-arms training at a
shooting range in the Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania. As part of their training, the defendants also watched videos of American soldiers being killed in Iraq and Afghanistan and listened to Islamic radicals calling for jihad against the United States. Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad (a.k.a. Carlos Bledsoe), an American Muslim convert, was charged with shooting two soldiers outside a military recruiting center at Little Rock, Ark., killing one and wounding another. In a letter to the judge, Muhammad justified the shooting as a "Jihadi attack on infidel forces." He also declared he was affiliated with Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), and claimed that Islamic law justifies fighting "those who wage war on Islam and Muslims." Muhammad subsequently pleaded not guilty but has not yet been tried. Seven individuals led by Daniel Patrick Boyd were accused of plotting an attack on a Marine Corps Base located in Quantico, Va., among other charges. Boyd also claimed to have fought in the war in Afghanistan. The indictment alleged the defendants were "prepared to become 'mujahideen' and die 'shahid'—that is, as martyrs in furtherance of violent jihad." Other cases have seen Americans leave the country in hopes of fighting American troops in Afghanistan. Five young men from suburban Washington, D.C. are serving 10 years in prison after Pakistani authorities arrested them as they tried to join the jihad. Law enforcement officials consider the portrayal of the war on terror as an attack on Islam to be one of the most effective messages in radicalizing young Muslims. These cases reinforce that theory, although it is not a phenomenon restricted to Islamist radicals plotting violent attacks on American military bases as retaliation for U.S. counterterrorism policies. American Islamist organizations led by the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) that claim to be mainstream civil rights groups have routinely described the U.S. as being engaged in a war with Islam. REPORT COURTESY OF IPT NEWS, WWW.INVESTIGATIVEPROJECT.ORG.
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David Weprin Running to Replace Anthony Weiner
President Obama Promise: U.S. Will Not Default
Democratic leaders have chosen a state lawmaker from Queens to replace Rep. Anthony Weiner, who resigned his seat in New York’s 9th Congressional District last month after a sexting scandal.
President Barack Obama said late last week that both Democratic and Republican leaders agreed to ensure that the country will not default on its financial obligations on Aug. 2, but there is still no deal reached yet. udget talks were "very constructive," Obama said after a White House meeting with the top eight Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate. "Everybody reconfirmed the importance of completing our work and raising the debt limit ceiling so that the full faith and credit of the United States of America is not impaired," said Obama. "Everybody acknowledged that we have to get this done before the hard deadline of August 2nd to make sure that America does not default for the first time on its obligations." He said that leaders of both sides brought a spirit of compromise and of wanting to solve problems on behalf of the American people. But the parties are still far apart on a wide range of issues. "Nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to," said Obama. He also noted that negotiators will meet again on Sunday. U.S. Treasury warned that the federal government is at risk of default on its financial obligations if Congress does not lift the current 14.3 trillion dollars debt ceiling, the limit of government borrowing by Aug. 2. Republicans have refused to discuss any debt-reduction deal that includes higher taxes, while Democrats have rejected any deal based solely on spending cuts.
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ssemblyman David Weprin, 55, was formally nominated Friday by leaders of the Queens and Brooklyn Democratic parties, an adviser to Weprin said. The adviser spoke on condition of anonymity because the nomination had not been announced. Weprin will be heavily favored to win the special election for the seat Sept. 13. While Republicans are expected to announce a nominee soon, no Republican has ever won the seat and the national party was not expected to invest significant resources in the contest. Weprin was elected to the Assembly in 2010 after serving in the City Council for eight years. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for city comptroller in 2009.
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President Obama expects the budget to be agreed upon before the deadline August 2nd. However, the June 7 meeting indicated that the two parties are showing compromise as the deadline is closing in. "We had a conversation. It was productive," House Speaker, Republican John Boehner said after the meeting. The White House said the president is aiming for deficit reduction closer to 4 trillion dollars over 10 years. Democrats may also compromise on Social Security budget cut, while Republicans may consider new steps to raise government revenue. "Everyone acknowledged that pain will be involved politically on all sides," Obama said. Analysts expect that no deal will be hammered until the last minute.
David Werpin was chosen to replace David Werpin in NY’s 9th Congressional District. Weiner stepped down in the middle of his seventh term after admitting he had sent sexually suggestive texts and photos to women he met on Twitter and other social networking sites. He remained popular in the district until the end, with polls showing a majority of residents did not believe he needed to resign.
U.S. House Again Rejects Defunding of Libya Mission The U.S. House of Representatives last Thursday again defeated a measure that prohibits funding for the military campaign in Libya, but the chamber also voted to forbid the Defense Department from providing military support to the Libyan rebels. he measures voted in the House were amendments in a 649- billion-dollar defense budget that is to go into effect on Oct. 1. The chamber first voted 229-199 to reject an amendment that would prohibit the use of defense dollars to continue U.S. participation in the NATO-led mission in Libya. The House then voted 225-201 to adopt another amendment in the budget forbidding the Pentagon from providing military equipment, training, advice or support to the
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Morgenthau Defends Vance's Handling of DSK Case Legendary former Manhattan Prosecutor Robert Morgenthau came to the defense of his handpicked successor Cy Vance Jr.’s handling of the Dominique Strauss Kahn case in a 331-word statement, saying he was confident Vance "will make a principled decision whether or not to proceed with the case." Hardened bunker layout
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orgenthau, 91, who retired in 2009 and is now of counsel at Wachtell, Lipton said Vance’s handling of the case as of now is in line with the traditions of the noted office. “For decades we instructed line prosecutors at the Manhattan D.A.’s office to seek justice over everything else, to investigate, to find the truth, and to proceed without fear or favor,” Morgenthau said. “The recent actions from the district attorney’s office show me that these attributes are alive and well at One Hogan Place.” Vance’s office agreed to release StraussKahn, last week when it became clear the woman who accused the French financier of raping her has serious credibility issues. His office had no immediate comment. This development comes as the accuser’s attorney, Kenneth Thompson has asked the District Attorney to step down from the case which he believes has been mishandled, and
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______________________ “District Attorney Vance, we ask in earnest that your office voluntarily recuse itself from the Strauss-Kahn case and that you appoint a special prosecutor.” ______________________ wants a special prosecutor appointed. "District Attorney Vance, we ask in earnest that your office voluntarily recuse itself from the Strauss-Kahn case and that you appoint a special prosecutor," Thompson wrote. Investigators in the Manhattan District Attorney's office have discovered significant inconsistencies with the account of the chambermaid who claimed Strauss-Kahn sexually assaulted her in a luxury hotel room in May, sources said. Revelations the accuser allegedly considered financial gain and engaged in relationships categorized as questionable with a drug dealer prompted Manhattan prosecutors to inform his lawyers and submit to a bail modification hearing, court sources said.
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REAL ESTATE
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July 15, 2011
Emergency Loan Program for NYC Homeowners
Councilman David G. Greenfield is encouraging homeowners who are struggling to stay in their homes to take advantage of a unique opportunity to receive mortgage assistance. The Emergency Homeowners’ Loan Program, offered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, will provide eligible homeowners with assistance that will pay a portion of their mortgages for up to two years or $50,000. The application process is open until July 22, 2011. cannot think of something more important than keeping families in their homes,” said Councilman Greenfield. “Foreclosures hurt the entire community and further destabilize already cash-strapped households. We were all impacted by this recession and there is a long road to a complete economic recovery
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ahead of us. I am encouraged by this muchneeded aid from our federal government and I hope homeowners in need will apply immediately for assistance.” In order to be eligible for the program, homeowners must be at least 90 days late on their mortgage and unemployed, or working fewer hours, because of the economy or a medical condition. Councilman Greenfield is working with Brooklyn Housing and Family Services, located at 415 Albemarle Road in Brooklyn, to provide information and pre-applications. Interested homeowners can contact Brooklyn Housing and Family Services directly at 718-435-7585 or call Councilman Greenfield’s office at 718-8532704 for further instructions. This program will only remain open until July 22, 2011 so Councilman Greenfield encourages homeowners to start the application process as soon as possible.
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Neighbors Sue Union Temple for $22 Million Over Noise
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Renters Beware: Prices Sky Rocketing Due to Supply and Demand Renting an apartment in Manhattan is only going to get harder and more expensive from here, according to a newly released report. Rents are up, landlords are no longer offering tenant concessions and the vacancy rate remains low. enants will have to recalibrate their expectations,” said Gary Malin, president of Citi Habitats. “The harsh reality is renters better act or they are going to regret it.” The data feeding these dire warnings includes a 24% drop in the number of apartments on the market in February compared with the same month in 2010, according to Citi Habitats, the city's largest rental brokerage. The vacancy rate in Manhattan dropped to 1.18% in February, down 0.36 percentage points from the same time a year ago and 0.08 percentage points from January alone. If the vacancy rate continues
“T The Reform Temole located On Eastern Parkway and Grand Army Plaza is being accused of disrupting the peace. In a neighborhood that once had a large Jewish community opposite the Brooklyn Public Library, the Botanical Gardens and the Brooklyn Museum the Union Temple has been the site of almost nightly rowdy parties. eighbors in the the striking, ultra-luxury, glass-facade apartment building that is joined to the temple building at the hip, are suing the Union Temple of Brooklyn, claiming that the “pounding music throughout the night” from parties at the neighboring reform temple because the noise is “so loud and oppressive it literally shakes” the residential high-rise. The temple, which faces Eastern Parkway and abuts the western side of the
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sleek, Richard Meier-designed condo building, rents out its 250-seat Grand Ballroom for events. But the party organizers bring in their own sound systems and often blast music that has been measured at eight times the legal limit, according to lawyer Steven Sladkus. The suit seeks a permanent injunction against the temple barring it from hosting parties and at least $20 million in actual damages along with another $2 million in punitive damages. Lawyer Michael Pensabene, who represents Union Temple, said the congregation has been renting out the hall for the last 20 years without a complaint. He said the temple has since installed soundproofing in the hall and, without admitting any wrongdoing, has agreed to police the events more thoroughly as the suit progresses.
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“If things continue the way they are going, we are in for an extremely tight rental market.”
__________________________________ to drop, Mr. Malin expects it to sink below 1% by early April. Meanwhile, a mere 16% of the brokerage's deals offered a free month's rent and or payment of the broker fee as a tenant incentive, compared with 21% last month. “February experienced summer-like
conditions,” he said, adding that spring and summer are typically strong seasons for the rental market. “If things continue the way they are going, we are in for an extremely tight rental market.” Rents for apartments of all sizes were on the rise last month. Studios were up 7% to $1,756, one-bedrooms rose 9% to $2,335, two-bedrooms were up 10% to $3,283 and three-bedrooms climbed 12% to $4,347 from February 2010. Demand for rentals is strong with even new developments getting leased up quickly. Since the 301-unit Beatrice in Chelsea opened its leasing office in August, nearly 95% of the units have been rented, according to Citi Habitats. Similarly, the 338-unit Continental, located at 885 Sixth Ave., on the corner of West 32nd Street, opened two months ago and is now just shy of being 30% leased.
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BLAZE DESTROYS HISTORIC KEHILATH JESHURUN SYNAGOGUE Continued from Cover Over 200 fire fighters were involved in the four alarm blaze which totally destroyed the sanctuary, adjacent rooms and the roof. In addition, there was very bad damage to the auditorium and ballroom in a connecting building which also houses the Ramaz Lower School. The popular Upper East Side synagogue, affectionately known as KJ, was founded in 1872 and the wood frame building which was constructed in 1901, was undergoing renovation and was going to be reopened in September in time for the High Holidays. The sanctuary was exquisitely beautiful. It was in the built in the style of the famed synagogues of the 18th-19th century with a
Rabbi and Mrs. Haskel Lookstein leaving a Press Conference following the devastating fire at their synagogue.
The devastating fire at Kehilath Jeshurun, totally destroyed the Synagogues roof as seen through the broken stained glass windows.
Firefighters and ladder truck at Cong. Kehilath Jeshrun blaze
vaulting roof and a balcony women’s section. The room had superb acoustics and many famed Cantors chanted from the Bima (praying podium). The sanctuary also heard the words of the great Rabbis who officiated there, primarily the renowned Lookstein Family. Over the years additional adjacent buildings were acquired to expand the activities of the synagogue and the Ramaz School. The historic synagogue was founded by Rabbi Moses Zevulun Margolies, Rabbi Margolies was followed by the eloquent Rabbi Joseph Lookstein who took over the
post in 1936. He served the congregation until his death in 1979 at which time he was followed by his son the present rabbi, Rabbi Haskel Lookstein. As member of the first graduating class of the esteemed Ramaz day School, Rabbi Haskel Lookstein grew and nurtured the congregation into the unique Modern Orthodox Institution it is today. In addition, he expanded the Ramaz School and during his tenure added another building for the Ramaz Middle School across the street from the synagogue. Rabbi Lookstein, also expanded the
Jewish outreach activities of the synagogue by bringing in Rabbi Eli Weinstock, one of the prime outreach rabbis in America. At a press conference following the blaze, Rabbi Lookstein vowed to rebuild the synagogue. He stated that “It was bad, but could have been worse.” The Torah scrolls and most of the Holy books were removed because of the renovation and except for a few minor firefighter injuries, nobody was hurt. As Rabbi Lookstein eloquently stated and as is so characteristic of his positive outlook on life and love for the gift of Torah, “We’re lucky, because every Torah scroll is as special as a human life.” PHOTOS BY TZVI ALLEN FISHMAN
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EDITORIAL
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July 15, 2011
THE PEOPLE’S VOICE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR EDITORIAL
MARKOWITZ SMELLS DOUGH: WALMART STYLE
Seems like headline grabbing Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is a man that can be easily swayed from his convictions especially when big bucks are factored into the mix. As a one-time tenacious opponent of retail giant Walmart's plans to open outlets throughout Brooklyn, Markowitz has now changed his tune; quite literally. ompany aides have confirmed that Walmart has signed on to become a corporate sponsor of Markowitz's summer Martin Luther King Jr. concert series. In an attempt to cozy up to the influential Brooklyn Beep, Walmart is spending $150,000 to be associated
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_____________________ “The dramatic shift in Markowitz’s position on welcoming the megastore to Brooklyn can only be attributed to Walmart’s willingness to bankroll city events.” _____________________ with the festival that will feature top tier musical acts all summer at Brooklyn's Wingate Field. Purportedly concerned about protecting union interests as well as establishing fair wages and health benefits for employees, Markowitz has previously taken sharp aim at Walmart corporate executives in a bid to appear as a populist, grass roots figure who only has a "deep concern" for the "mom and pop store" owner in Brooklyn. Back in 2009, an aide to Markowitz even penned a scathing rebuke of Walmart’s intended plans to encroach on Brooklyn’s small business owners. “It is well known that stores such as Walmart have questionable labor practices and adversely affect neighborhood retailers. Given that Costco is operating on two levels in Sunset Park, additional legal assurances are needed so that related companies or any successor will not lease to the likes of Costco, Walmart or Sam’s Club”, the aide wrote. The dramatic shift in Markowitz’s position on welcoming the megastore to Brooklyn can only be attributed to Walmart’s willingness to bankroll city events. The Brooklyn Beep lavished
praise on them for their “generosity in supporting events and initiatives throughout the city”. Considering the fact that residents of such low income areas as East New York would appreciate a Walmart store in their area, Markowitz should never have played such a duplicitous role in the brewing controversy. The marked stimulation of Brooklyn’s economy and the potential job growth that Walmart’s presence in the area would generate should have been Markowitz’s top priority back then, but bowing to union interests and radically left wing politicos have eschewed the best interests of his constituents. Now Markowitz finds himself in a political quagmire of sorts. While playing two sides against the middle and positing himself as a professional fence straddler, he has raised the ire of certain members of the New York City Council who excoriated him over his nascent alliance with Walmart. “Dr. King fought and died for fair wages and taking this money (from Walmart) would be a dishonor to his legacy”, declared left of center City Councilwoman Letitia James. Clearly, the intense controversy over Walmart’s employment practices is a thorn in the side of the union bosses and those who support them. Ms. James has gone on record publicly as a vocal advocate of outlandish demands made by the United Federation of Teachers and other city unions who are at odds with Mayor Bloomberg’s plans to balance the city’s budget and reduce its enormous debt. Markowitz, however, cannot have it both ways. As president of the city’s most populous borough, he has a responsibility to safeguard the pocketbooks of his constituents who are compelled to pay astronomical prices for goods that can be purchased at much lower rates at Walmart. And what of those who painfully endure endless lines in the unemployment office when they could possibly be bringing home their own paychecks with a nationwide employer like Walmart. Markowitz would do well to put a lid on his usual hubris and take a righteous stand on the staggering unemployment rates in certain areas of Brooklyn. He should summon up the moral courage to speak out vociferously against union strangleholds that have paralyzed the city in so many ways and to finally conduct an honest introspection into his dubious role in this protracted debate.
Editor, here are many good things that Rabbi Eckstein does for Israel, the money that he collects for the states and for Jews in the FSU are all appreciated by those that benefit form it. But one thing that bothers me and many other people is that it makes Israel and other Jews seem to be dependant on charity of Goyim to exist. Yes Israel at one time was a poor country that was in need of every penny it can get from donors through the little blue boxes that were distributed through the JNF/KKL, are they that poor today. Israel gets 3 billion dollars from the US in foreign aid every year and it also boasts one of the world’s best economies in the world. Is Israel a third world country that it has to beg from non Jews to remain viable?
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Editor, oney Island is indeed a mess!I have been going to the beach since I was a youngster and I don’t ever remember it being as bad as it is now. People have no respect for their neighbors there is constantly piles of garbage all over the sand including broken glass that cause a danger to beach goers. At times the beach is so crowded that there is no room to put down a towel, forget about a blanket. Even though it is illegal to ride a bike
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Editor, hat chutzpa, an Arab MK wants to pass a bill in Israel saying that Yom Atzmaut is a national day of mourning. Is he for real? Again we have a case of trying to compare the situation of the Arabs in Israel to that of the Jews in the Holocaust. This is even beyond calling Israel racist or calling the situation apartheid like. The Arabs have it better in Israel
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There are official venues to collect money for the state the UJA or the JNF that should be the address for charities and if people want to invest in Israel there is also Israel Bonds. One topic that was not addressed in the article about Rabbi Eckstein is how is the money distributed? Who decides who gets the money and how much is given to each recipient JNF that should be the address for charities and if people want to invest in Israel there is also Israel Bonds. One topic that was not addressed in the article about Rabbi Eckstein is how is the money distributed? Who decides who gets the money and how much is given to each recipient. I recently noticed that his organization was voted as one of the top 50 non profit organizations to work for so I guess it pays well. Shmuel Kahn
on the boardwalk pedestrians have to be on a constant lookout for people of all ages riding at breakneck speeds. The most common injury on the boardwalk after cuts from glass in the sand is nasty splinters from the wooden boards that constantly in need of repair. But the situation in Coney Island is not very different than at most other large popular beaches in major cities. For a free seaside vacation that is accessible for only a train ride Coney Island cant be beat! Andy Joseph
than in any other country. The refugees who ran away and are now living in “refugee camps” left Israel on their own accord. If they don’t like the situation in Israel they can always go to their friends in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon where they are treated almost like slaves. They are not citizens in those countries and are not allowed to officially work for a living either. The true catastrophe is that they ran away from the most developed and economically viable country in the Middle East. Allen Brown
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PA’s Kiss of Death for Abdallah BY DAVID SINGER Jordan’s top national interests and the Hashemites who have ruled for 90 years will be in danger if the Palestinian Authority declares statehood unilaterally. ordan’s King Abdullah is clearly worried about the future direction of his country - if developments over recent weeks are any indication. His Majesty told the Washington Post on 16 June: "2011 will be, I think, a very bad year for peace, Although we will continue to try to bring both sides to the table, I am the most pessimistic I have been in 11 years." Whilst the Palestinian Authority refuses to resume negotiations with Israel - any hope of peacefully resolving sovereignty in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza will deteriorate and the King‘s pessimism will become self-fulfilling. The absence of any such negotiations impacts on Jordan (known as Transjordan until 1950) because of its following historic, geographic and demographic ties with the West Bank and East Jerusalem: 1. Jordan comprises 78% of former Palestine - whilst Israel comprises 17%. The remaining 5% comprises the West Bank and Gaza. 2. Jordan’s population is overwhelmingly comprised of Arabs (or their descendants) who fled the invasion of Palestine by six Arab armies (including Jordan) in 1948. 3. Jordan was the last Arab occupier of the West Bank and East Jerusalem from 1948-1967 - driving out all the Jews who had lived there prior to 1948. 4. In 1950 a joint parliament comprised equally of members from the West Bank and
Transjordan voted to unify the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Transjordan into one state which was renamed Jordan - and it remained so unified until the loss of the West Bank to Israel in the 1967 Six Day War. Only Great Britain and Pakistan recognized such union but it flourished unchallenged for 17 years. 5. West Bank Arab residents became Jordanian citizens and enjoyed that status from 1950 until 1988 - when Jordan finally relinquished all claims to the West Bank but not its custodianship of the holy sites in East Jerusalem. 6. Jordan has kept its territorial claims alive to the West Bank and East Jerusalem as a result of clause 2 [A] of Annex 1 (a) of the peace treaty it signed with Israel in 1994. Sovereignty in all or part of the West Bank and East Jerusalem could be claimed by Jordan at any time under this clause - with Israel‘s concurrence - notwithstanding Jordan’s earlier repudiation in 1988. Any renewed claim would not result in a breach of the terms of Jordan’s peace treaty with Israel. King Abdullah’s pessimism has no doubt been also heightened as Jordan has become increasingly caught up in the turbulence spreading throughout Arab countries in the region. Thousands of Jordanians demonstrated on 1 July in the cities of Irbid, Maan, Karak and Tafileh, in addition to the capital, Amman, demanding transparency and an end to corruption. The number of participants has been increasing in recent weeks,
Jordan’s King Abdallah is worried about the infuluence of the current situation in PA over the future of his country. organizers and witnesses have reportedly said, and the slogans have taken on a notable harshness. Unrest of any kind cannot be accepted kindly by King Abdullah. It could well grow into a call for the removal of the Hashemite ruling dynasty in Jordan and its replacement by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) - as was last attempted by Yasser Arafat in 1970 when thousands of deaths and injuries occurred and the PLO was expelled to Lebanon. The PLO claim to Jordan still remains clearly expressed in unequivocal terms in the PLO Charter which states in Clause 2: “Palestine, with the boundaries it had during the British Mandate is an indivisible territorial unit.” Jordan remained part of the British Mandate from 1920-1946 until Great Britain purported to grant it independence in apparent breach of Clause 5 of the Mandate which provided: “The Mandatory shall be responsible for seeing that no Palestine territory shall be ceded or leased to, or in any way placed under the control of the Government of any foreign Power. “ Statements made by Arab political leaders including the late Yasser Arafat and the late King Hussein of Jordan acknowledge that Jordan is part of Palestine. PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas however was quick to assure Jordan he had no intention of a PLO takeover when he met a delegation of Jordanian parliamentarians in Ramallah on 6 July. Abbas reiterated the Palestinian people would turn down any proposal that involves “resettling Palestinian refugees at the expense of Jordan”, stressing that Jordan is for Jordanians and Palestine is for Palestinians. Given the clear terms of Clause 2 of the PLO Charter - and the composition of Jordan’s population - Abbas’ statement certainly makes intriguing reading. Abbas appears to have been motivated in giving this assurance hoping to change Jordan’s view - as expressed by a senior Jordanian official on 29 June to UAE based al-Bayan - that Jordan would vote against recognition of a Palestinian Arab state scheduled to be put before the UN General Assembly in September. The official issued this further warning: "Jordan’s top national interests will be in danger if the Palestinian Authority declares statehood unilaterally – especially in everything related to the issue of refugees, water, Jerusalem, and the borders," No doubt the Abbas assurance was hoping to change Jordan’s view - which could have disastrous consequences for Abbas should he seek United Nations recognition in September.
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The 9th Congressional District Can Consign Itself to Oblivion or History Books BY ED KOCH
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On September 13, 2011, there will be a special election in the congressional district spanning Brooklyn and Queens that was represented by Anthony Weiner, who was forced to resign for scandalous behavior. That behavior received enormous media coverage and need not be discussed in this commentary. he 9th Congressional District has been described as the district in New York State having the largest Jewish electorate. I’m probably safe in saying that in New York, that district has always elected a Democrat. One of the mysteries of political life in the U.S. has always been the question of why Jews to a greater extent than any other religious, racial or ethnic group, except for African-Americans, have given their votes overwhelmingly to the Democratic Party since the first election of Franklin Roosevelt back in 1932. In the last presidential election in 2008, 78 percent of Jews voted for Barack Obama. The only group giving Obama greater support, probably closer to 90 percent, was the African-American community, and understandably so. One need not be surprised at racial pride being a factor. Even after President Obama revealed his hostility to the state of Israel by his insulting behavior at the White House directed at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, American Jews, while distressed, continued to overwhelmingly support President Obama, and presently support him by a large majority. The President’s recent demand that Israel negotiate a settlement with the Palestinian authority -- tying Israel’s hands by demanding that the negotiations on borders begin with the 1967 armistice lines as the border, subject to agreed upon swaps – drew criticism from the American Jewish community. The President made no demands upon the Palestinian Authority. He did not demand that they recognize Israel as a Jewish state, if negotiations end successfully. Nor did he demand that Hamas, now part of the Palestinian Authority, forswear violence and agree to accept the Jewish state of Israel if negotiations conclude successfully. Nor did he demand that the Palestinian Authority state it will engage in land “swaps.” The President of the U.S., leader of a country that has been the only real friend Israel has ever had among the nations of the world, has ended in effect the special relationship which began with President Harry Truman, who first recognized the state of Israel over the objections of a long-time Arabist U.S. State Department. Lyndon Johnson protected Israel when the Soviet Union threatened to support Arab nations in a new war against Israel, by sending a U.S. aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean Sea. Richard Nixon resupplied the Israeli armed forces when in the 1973 so-called Yom Kippur War, Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel. President Obama’s predecessor, George W. Bush, probably Israel’s greatest friend among U.S. presidents, made clear that he would not permit the Arab countries to gang up upon and dismember Israel, stating that any settlement on Palestinian borders would have to take into consideration “the facts on the ground,” a reference to the 250,000 Jews living in East Jerusalem and the 300,000 living in cities and villages on the West Bank. I have not recovered from my shock when I learned from a Gallup poll conducted in February 2010 that 48 percent of Democrats supported Israel and 70 percent of Republicans did. Those figures are permanently seared in my mind.
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The 9th Congressional District can play a role in the coming special election similar to that played by the state of Massachusetts in 2010 when Scott Brown was elected Senator. Brown’s election shocked Washington, D.C. and the President by reducing the Democratic majority to 59, one vote short of the number needed to stop a filibuster by the Republican Party. If the 9th Congressional District elects a Republican to the House of Representatives, it will be another political shot heard around the nation. If Jewish New Yorkers and others who support Israel were to turn away from the Democratic Party in that congressional election and elect the Republican candidate to Congress in 2011, it might very well cause President Obama to change his hostile position on the State of Israel and to reestablish the special relationship presidents before him had supported. His own reelection will be decided next year in 2012. The outcome of the 2011 congressional special election in the 9th Congressional District will certainly
_____________________ “The [President Obama’s] recent demand that Israel negotiate a settlement with the Palestinian authority tying Israel’s hands by demanding that the negotiations on borders begin with the 1967 armistice lines.” _____________________ get his attention. There are equally important domestic issues that should also cause the voters in the 9th Congressional District to send the Democratic Party a message. President Obama, to the consternation of many Democrats, myself included, in negotiating with Speaker John Boehner in seeking to arrive at a debt reduction plan, has, according to The New York Times of July 10th, “been the major advocate for seeking a farreaching deal that would have combined a debt limit increase with substantial spending cuts; significant changes in social programs like Medicare, Medicaid and perhaps Social Security; and as much as $1 trillion in new revenue.” Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, now Democratic minority leader in the House, has said in rejoinder, “When we take a look at Social Security, then look at it on its own table, but do not consider Social Security a piggy bank for giving tax cuts to the wealthiest people in our country. We are not going to balance the budget on the backs of America’s seniors, women and people with disabilities.” She is right on this one. If the Republican candidate runs on these four issues: Israel, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security in the 9th Congressional District, which will probably no longer exist after redistricting takes place in 2012, I believe that candidate would win. Are the voters of the 9th Congressional District up to this opportunity? We will soon see. They can consign themselves to oblivion or be remembered in the history books.
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July 15, 2011
AFP’S SELECTIVE COVERAGE OF U.N. REPORT ON FLOTILLA BY TAMAR STERNTHAL Given the United Nations' repeated denunciations of Israel, one would think that the infrequent U.N. statement upholding an Israeli position would be newsworthy. Think again. In fact, while U.N. condemnations of Israel regularly make headlines, U.N. statements affirming Israeli stances garner much less attention.
presented today by a U.N. investigative committee headed by Geoffrey Palmer begins: A UN-sponsored report accused Israel of using force prematurely and causing "unac-
The dead and wounded resulting from the raid were "unacceptable," the report added. . .. Israel refused to sign the report after a
n line with earlier media failures to cover aspects of United Nations reports critical of Israel's opponents, AFP last week ignored the parts of a U.N. report which uphold Israel's position regarding the blockade of Gaza and the deadly confrontation with last year's flotilla. While the 22-paragraph story recounts the report's criticism of Israel's handling of the 2010 flotilla, readers
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ceptable" deaths in its assault of a Gazabound ship that killed nine Turks over a year ago, a Turkish source said Thursday. Israel and Turkey failed to reach agreement, refusing to sign the report about the Israeli raid on the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara in May last year, which was due to be handed to UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon later Thursday, the source told AFP on condition of anonymity. "Non-violent options should have been used in the first instance," the Turkish source quoted the report as saying.
would be hard-pressed to understand the document reportedly sides with Israel on two key points: 1) the blockade on Gaza is legal, and 2) Israel does not owe Turkey an apology. Thus, the AFP article on the report to be
commission of inquiry concluded that its forces had acted in an "excessive" manner by swooping on the Mavi Marmara a long way from the Gaza Strip and without giving a final warning to the vessel. Ha'aretz, hardly known for its sympathetic treatment of Israeli policies in general, or for Israel's handling of the flotilla incident in particular, nevertheless carries a balanced report about the U.N. report expected to be released today. The article, by Barak Ravid and Jonathan Lis, details both how the report affirms Israel's position on the blockade's legality, and is at the same time critical of the Jewish state's handling of the incident ("UN report: Gaza blockade legal, Israel doesn't owe Turkey apology for Marmara"). Ravid and Lis report: The UN report on last year's Gaza flotilla clash found that Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip is legal and that Jerusalem owes no apology to Turkey for the Mavi Marmara raid, diplomatic sources said. . . . The draft report was sent to both Israel and Turkey. Diplomatic sources in Jerusalem who saw the draft report said it sharply criticizes Turkey for not doing enough to prevent the flotilla from setting sail and for conducting a tendentious investigation into the
events. In contrast, the report said that the Turkel Committee, which led Israel's official flotilla probe, had conducted a professional and independent investigation. There is some criticism for Israel, however. The report says Israeli commandos used excessive force against the Mavi Marmara's passengers, though Israel had insisted the soldiers had been attacked and were acting in self-defense. Nine Turkish nationals were killed by IDF soldiers during the clash that broke out when the troops intercepted the Marmara. And while international law does allow for ships to be intercepted far from a country's territorial waters under these circumstances, Israel would have been better off waiting until the flotilla was closer to the blockade line and was 20 miles from shore, the report said. But Palmer did not demand that Israel apologize to Turkey, suggesting that it express sorrow over the casualties instead. Nor did the report demand that Israel pay any compensation. Should it choose to, it could put money into a special humanitarian fund set up for this purpose, Palmer added. Only by reading between the lines of the tenth paragraph of the AFP article would readers get a hint of the report's ruling that the blockade is legal. The paragraph states evasively: The source said Turkey's refusal to sign off on the report stemmed from the fact that it did not say Israel's blockade of Gaza was illegal. And although the AFP notes in its first paragraph that the U.N. "report accused Israel of using force prematurely and causing 'unacceptable' deaths," nowhere does the French media outlet see fit to note that nevertheless the U.N. does not believe that Israel owes Turkey an apology. When it comes to coverage of the United Nations and Israel, "man bites dog" is just not a story. WWW.CAMERA.ORG
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‘SHABBAT PHONES’ FOR MURDOCH’S COMPANIES NETANYAHU AIDES MAY FACE U.S. ACTIONS A special phone invented by the Zomet Institute, will enable Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to call his religious advisers on Shabbat. etanyahu's bureau employs the highest number of religious workers since Israel's establishments and most of his aides are observant Jews. The prime minister has now found a way to communicate with them on Shabbat. His bureau has purchased 12 special phones allowing the parties to talk during Shabbat with no fear of violating Halacha. Among those who received the "Shabbat phones" are National Security Council head Yaakov Amidror, Bureau Chief Natan Eshel, Bureau manager Gil Shefer, political advisor Ron Dermer and Prime Minister's Office Director-General Eyal Gabay. Some Shabbat observent Mossad and Shin Bet officers also received such phones. The devices are estimated to cost NIS 1,119 (roughly $330). The Shabbat phone was created by the Zomet Institute which specializes in adapting medical and security equipment for Shabbat use. It utilizes a special technology: A special mechanism scans the phone for activity regularly. This way when the user presses buttons, picks up the phone or hangs up he is not directly activating the device. Actions are performed only when the scan
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. located in NY, might be liable for criminal prosecution under the 1977 Corrupt Foreign Practices Act, a broad act designed to prosecute executives who bribe foreign officials in exchange for large contracts.
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picks up on them thus canceling out the electrical aspect. The phone is installed on a regular line and can be turned into a regular phone with one click. "If the user realizes the call isn't justified or is not urgent we recommend that they ask the caller to postpone the call until after Shabbat," Rabbi Yisrael Rosen, Zomet Institute head said. "But if the phone has already been picked up, there is no problem, as the actual action of talking on an already open device does not constitute Shabbat desecration."
Legal experts said Monday it is possible Rupert Murdoch’s U.S. companies may face legal actions because of the shady practices at the News of the World, his now defunct British tabloid.
SYMS FAILS EDUCATED T CONSUMERS Syms announced that its financial chief resigned last week in a slew of lateafternoon announcements that also revealed disappointing quarterly results and a change of date for the retailer's annual meeting. he Secaucus, NJ-based discount chain, which has hired the investment bank Rothschild to explore a sale of the company, said that Seth Udasin had resigned as chief financial officer for personal reasons. "Syms Corp. wishes him well," the company said in a regulatory filing. The company also announced that the annual meeting will be pushed back one week till Friday Aug. 5. No reason was given for the postponement. The off-price clothier, whose CEO, Marcy Syms, has struggled to integrate the 2009 acquisition of rival Filene's Basement - said first-quarter sales tumbled 13 percent to $105.4 million. While Syms eked out a profit of $1.5 million, it appeared to be fueled largely by costcutting. Syms was sued last week by activist investor Esopus Creek Advisors. The firm's
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Poster promoting the merger of Syms & Feline basement. list of complaints included the fact that an Aug. 5 meeting would violate corporate law in New Jersey, which requires that annual meetings be no more than 13 months apart. Syms held its annual meeting last year on June 29. Last week, Esopus Creek filed court papers demanding to see Syms' books and records as it raised questions about the quality of management and recent efforts to sell the company, which owns valuable real estate.
ROBOTIC “SEEING-EYE DOG” FOR THE BLIND To help grant the blind greater independence in life skills, three Boys Town Jerusalem students have devoted their senior project to harness technology—and the “artificial intelligence” of robots—to produce a robotic seeing-eye dog. Menashe Mondaneh, Lior Or-Hayim and Oriel Manzur, who majored in Comprehensive Interdisciplinary Technology (CIT), combined their knowledge of electronics, computer programming and mechanics to build the autonomous robot. quipped with a camera, distance sensors and a precision-programmed microcontroller, the lightweight motorized robot moves alongside the blind person
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as he or she walks. At a street crossing, the robot—much like his canine cohort—scans the area for oncoming traffic. The camera rotates to continually film objects within a 14-yard radius, as the digital data is simultaneously fed to the microcontroller. Within mere seconds, the data is decoded and analyzed, tracking the motion of objects identified as vehicles. When the data shows that the street is clear of moving vehicles, the robot alerts his master that they can safely cross. In addition to the camera images, the robot automatically receives signals from its distance sensors, mapping out the physical state of the surrounding area and helping the blind person to avoid obstacles. In future, a GPS device could be added to allow the indi-
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hey said Murdoch’s News Corp. located in NY, might be liable for criminal prosecution under the 1977 Corrupt Foreign Practices Act, a broad act designed to prosecute executives who bribe foreign officials in exchange for large contracts. The News of the World weekly News Corp. publication, was accused of making payoffs to police in exchange for information which many see as a possible violation of the anti-bribery provisions of the act. It would be up to the U.S. Department of Justice to decide if it merits criminal charges, while the Securities and Exchange Commission would determine if there had been any financial wrongdoing at News Corp. Former federal prosecutor Dan Guthrie of Dallas, now a lawyer specializing in white collar cases, said Murdoch’s abrupt decision to shut down the tainted tabloid might stem from the possible legal exposure under the corrupt practices act may explain his. “That was my first thought when I heard the news,” he said. “Someone must have advised him that he needed to do that to limit his exposure. Clearly the act is broad enough to cover something like this, and the U.S. Department of Justice is being increasingly vigorous in enforcing this act.” He said that by shutting the paper almost as soon as allegations started to surface, Murdoch may be hoping to prevent any possible U.S. prosecution under the act, and also keep prosecutors from investigating whether the corrupt practices were used at some of Murdoch’s other newspapers. Many lawyers said they would be shocked if the Securities and Exchange Commission is not investigating the allega-
tions against the News of the World. “The SEC will automatically be involved because it’s a listed company, and the Department of Justice will be looking at this,” said Stuart Deming, a Washington lawyer who handles corrupt practices cases. “They may wait and see what the British do.” He said the SEC would be examining whether proper accounting procedures and internal controls were in place. If bribes were covered up with fraudulent accounts, he said. “The law is very broadly interpreted, and if the payment to police officials was for the purpose of getting information, it would certain be a violation of the act because it would help them make more money,” Deming said. “The SEC will automatically be involved because it’s a listed company, and the
______________________ “The law is very broadly interpreted, and if the payment to police officials was for the purpose of getting information, it would certain be a violation of the act because it would help them make more money.” ______________________ Department of Justice will be looking at this,” said Deming. “They may wait and see what the British do. If the British prosecute, the U.S. might not for common sense reasons, to conserve resources.” He said the SEC would be examining whether proper accounting procedures and internal controls were in place. If bribes were covered up with fraudulent accounting, that could lead to penalties, he said. Metropolitan Police Chief Paul Stephenson has vowed that police who took illegal payments from the newspaper will also possibly face criminal charges.
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9/11 Memorial construction site during the test run of the waterfalls. More than 24,000 free visitor passes to the new Sept. 11 memorial are gone — distributed Monday in just the first hours after the ticket website went live. The online reservation system for the tickets started up at 9 a.m., and 5,000 were secured for various specifically important dates in just the first hour of operation. he quick response is “what we were hoping for, people are interested in the site at which the public has not set foot in for 10 years,” Joe Daniels, president and CEO of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, said. The memorial plaza opens to the public on Sept. 12, a day after the 10th anniversary, when there will be solemn ceremony commemorating the day. Families of those who died in the terror attacks will have special reservations to the memorial that bears the names of 2,983 victims, including those who died at the Pentagon in Washington and aboard United Flight 93 that went down in Shanksville, Pa., plus six who perished in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. The names are inscribed on massive, waterfall-graced reflecting pools ringed by hundreds of white oak trees. There is a dedicated telephone line manned by officials, for those who lost loved ones and want to visit. Some have never been to ground zero. Others “never got any human remains back,” Daniels said. “This is their final resting place.” “Families are the reason why this memorial was built,” Daniels said. “Facilitating their visit is absolutely our top priority; this is something that’ll be difficult for them.” The World Trade Center site is so loaded with emotion that families of victims will be welcomed into a private reception area. Next
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year, when the museum opens, they will be ushered into a room surrounded by images, texts and other expressions of the outpouring of support from around the world after 9/11. Approximately 600 people have worked to complete the memorial in time for this year’s 10th anniversary. Planning for the eight-acre tribute started more than eight years ago. The current design emerged from a 2003 international competition launched by the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., a nonprofit formed to plan the reconstruction of the area. Passes to the memorial are free, and Daniels said he expects them to be in heavy
______________________ “Families [of the 9/11 victims] are the reason why this memorial was built. Facilitating their visit is absolutely our top priority.” ______________________ demand as 9/11 approaches. Reservations are required because the parts of the memorial plaza open to visitors can only hold 1,500 people at a time. Tickets are timed to avoid overcrowding. While visitors will be allowed to stay as long as they wish, they are encouraged to take about one hour, said Michael Frazier, spokesman for the memorial and museum. The website asks visitors to pick a date and time, and to print out each pass after it’s confirmed. The memorial it will be open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. — 9 a.m. on weekends — though hours are subject to change.
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Dershowitz Family Gets no Synagogue’s Prayers Answered as Seaside Summer Compassion from DA Concert Series is Moved
Legendary defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz says the Manhattan District Attorney's Office has been "stonewalling" his family's efforts to uncover the circumstances of his sister-in-law's death.
arilyn Dershowitz, 68, was killed on West 29th Street while biking with her husband last week when she was hit by a US postal truck. The driver of the truck is not expected to be charged with any crime, but witnesses said another vehicle might have been involved, and investigators have as yet not identified the driver. Alan Dershowitz said the DA's Office has videotape of the accident, and the family wants to see it to determine what exactly happened, but so far they've been blocked from viewing it. "We have been trying so hard to be cooperative with the DA's Office," Dershowitz said."But we are getting stonewalled at every turn by Assistant DA, William Beach." Dershowitz said his family is in a unique position to help the investigation. "I have a nephew [Adam], Marilyn's son, who makes a living reconstructing accidents. All he wants to do is see the surveillance video of the accident to determine if there is anything else to be done to identify the [second] driver," Dershowitz said. Dershowitz said Beach, an assistant district attorney, "has seen the video. He saw it in the security department in the postal office in front of a group of people who would be interested in protecting the [postal] driver," and Beach now has a copy of the video. "He wouldn't let me see it," Dershowitz said. "Every day we call and we get every excuse in the book . . . He's saying he's too busy. He was too busy Tuesday, Wednesday, yesterday. It's a five-minute video!"
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The artist rendering of a proposed $64 million amphitheater (left). Marty Markowitz (the Concert Series supporter (right).
Legendary defense lawyer Alan Dershowitz: “We have been trying so hard to be cooperative with the DA's Office, but we are getting stonewalled at every turn by Assistant DA, William Beach.” Dershowitz said his nephew, Adam, is scheduled to return to California. "I told him every day of the week that we need to see it. Now he says maybe next week. But that's too late," he said. "We don't want money. We're not trying to file suit. We want to find out who the driver of the van is." Dershowitz also made clear that his issue is with Beach, not with the embattled Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. "The only person that cooperated with the family was Cy Vance. He called to give his condolences and was very nice," Dershowitz said.
UJA-Federation of NY Exceeds Goal for Second Year in a Row Despite a challenging economic environment, UJA-Federation of New York successfully concluded its 2011 Annual Campaign year by exceeding its goal of $136.7 million, closing at $137.4 million. The total resources raised for the year are $188 million, surpassing the amount raised in 2010 by more than $7 million, and including $41.6 million from bequests and planned giving and $9 million from special initiatives and capital funds. his is a huge accomplishment in the post-2008 context in which we still find ourselves,” said John S. Ruskay, executive vice president and CEO of UJA-Federation. “Such substantial financial support recognizes the unique role UJAFederation and its agencies play in New York, in Israel, and throughout the world. I want to thank our donors, our volunteer leadership, and our incredible staff for these results and, most important, for what they will make possible.” The dollars, which are allocated to more than 100 beneficiary agencies and other organizations, translate into many types of essential services and programs, including food for the isolated elderly, financial and spiritual guidance for the unemployed, and trips to Israel for young people seeking a connection to their Jewish heritage and the Jewish people. These funds benefit more than 4.5 million people in New York, in Israel, and around the world. “The success of the annual campaign once again demonstrates the trust and support of the tremendously generous New York Jewish community,” said Jerry W. Levin,
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president of UJA-Federation. “This display of tzedakah provides millions of dollars to people in need in New York and around the Jewish world.” UJA-Federation’s annual campaign remains the single largest philanthropic effort by any local community anywhere in the world. The results reflect the generosity of tens of thousands of donors and the tireless efforts of our leadership, including General Campaign Chairs Linda Mirels and Jonathan M Harris; hundreds of volunteers; and an amazingly talented and passionate staff led by Senior Vice President of Financial Resources Development Mark D. Medin.
About UJA-Federation of New York UJA-Federation of New York, the world’s largest local philanthropy, raises funds that sustain the activities of more than 100 health, human-service, educational, and communitybuilding agencies. Every day, these community-based organizations provide a multitude of services that combat poverty, help the elderly age with dignity, promote Jewish identity and renewal, strengthen children and families, and open doors to those with disabilities and special needs. With a reach that spans New York, Israel, and 60 countries around the globe, we touch the lives of 4.5 million people every year, fulfilling a mission to care for people in need, inspire a passion for Jewish life and learning, and strengthen Jewish communities in New York, in Israel, and around the world. For more information, visit www.ujafedny.org.
It’s going to be awfully quiet in Brooklyn’s Asser Levy Park across the street from two synagogues, this summer. After a 20-year run, the Seaside Summer Concert Series that filled the nine-acre park every Thursday night from mid-July through August is moving on. Neighbors to the park had complained that there was so much noise during the concerts that the decible level far exceeded the legal and healthy amount. There is a law on the books that says that there is a limit to amplified noise near houses of worship. he city should uphold the law and not just build a better and nicer amphitheater,” a member of one of the nearby synagogues said.. The concrete band shell in the park between Coney Island and Brighton Beach, mere steps from the boardwalk, once boasted music legends including the Beach Boys and Blondie. It drew fans from as far away as Suffolk County and the Bronx.
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No more. The bitter fight between area residents and city officials over a proposed $64 million amphitheater for the park has finally put an end to all of that. When the series kicked off on July 14, with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, it opened in a vacant lot 16 blocks west, and some people—including one borough president—are really unhappy about that. “Unfortunately, we’re up against selfish, spiteful people,” said Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, who in 2004 first floated the idea of erecting a glitzy grandstand eight times the size of the 8,000square-foot band shell at Asser Levy. “It would be a shame if an opportunity like this is lost.” How dare the Borough President say that about taxpaying residents, one irate person said. “all we want is a little peace and quiet in the synagogue and that the law be upheld. We are not selfish or spiteful, Boo Marty Markowitz.”
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NEWS IN REVIEW INTERNATIONAL Rabbi Elected To Buenos Aires’ Parliament rgentinean Rabbi Sergio Bergman won a seat on the Buenos Aires municipal legislature. The rabbi lead the vote tally with 45 percent of the votes, garnering triple the number of votes of the candidate who came in second place, Juan Cabandié of the Victory Front Party, who won 14 percent of the vote. Bergman, the senior rabbi of the traditional Congregacion Israelita Argentina, is the founder of Active Memory, a group that demonstrated every Monday for a decade in front of Argentina’s Supreme Court seeking justice for the victims of the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center.
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UN ‘Human Rights’ Official Apologizes to Jews and Animals he United Nations Human Rights Council’s special rapporteur on Palestinian rights, Richard Falk, has published an “apology” for the publication of an anti-Semitic cartoon showing a kippah (skullcap)-wearing dog on his Internet blog. The apology, however, is just as offensive, as it is directed equally toward both Jews and animals, as if each was insulted by being compared to the other. The cartoon appeared on Falk’s blog as an illustration to an entry he made regarding the supposed anti-Arab and pro-Israel hypocrisy of the United States and the International Criminal Court. It shows Lady Liberty taking her dog for a walk. The dog wears a shirt labeled “USA” and dons a Jewish kippah on its head. It is shown gobbling a pile of bloody human bones while wetting Lady Liberty’s foot.
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Hitler's y"s Birthplace Withdraws Honor dolf Hitler is now formally persona non grata in the town of his birth. The town council in the Austrian village of Braunau has unanimously decided to withdraw honorary citizenship from the community’s most infamous son, 78 years after the Nazi dictator was given the title. Hitler was actually born in the tiny village of Ranshofen, next to Braunau and became an honorary citizen of that hamlet in 1933.
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But Ranshofen became part of Braunau a few years later and thus is universally recognized as Hitler’s birthplace. Braunau historians say they aren’t sure if the title was transferable from Ranshofen to Braunau. But the town council decided to abolish it just in case.
Egypt Detains Kosher Food Delivery To Israeli Embassy srael’s tense relations with Egypt were strained further recently, after Egyptian border guards stationed at the Taba Border detained vehicles transporting kosher food to the Israeli diplomatic staff stationed at the Cairo embassy. The vehicles underwent an extensive security check, which included stripping them from their cargo, before they were allowed to cross into Egypt. In the past, Israeli vehicles carrying food transports were allowed through the Taba crossing immediately, since as diplomatic vehicles, they enjoy diplomatic immunity. Jerusalem was irked by the act, calling it a violation of diplomatic protocol.
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Four Masked Men Try to Torch Northern Moscow Synagogue our masked men tried to set fire to a synagogue in northern Moscow Tuesday morning, according to the Voice of Russia website. The men threw firebombs at the facility and fled. Firefighters put out the fire quickly. The incident may be related to the recent life sentences handed down to five neo-Nazis in connection with 27 murders and an attempted terrorist.
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Demjanjuk to Remain Free Pending Appeal rosecutors say they have dropped their objection to the court-ordered release of John Demjanjuk as he awaits the outcome of the appeal of his conviction on Nazi war crimes charges. Spokeswoman Barbara Stockinger said Friday that Demjanjuk has been living in a Bavarian nursing home and shown no signs of being a danger to flee, so her office saw no chance of success for its appeal. The 91-year-old retired autoworker was convicted May 12th of 28,060 counts of accessory to murder after a Munich court found he served as a guard at the Nazis’ Sobibor death camp.
He was sentenced to five years in prison but was immediately released pending his appeal, which could take as long as two years, after the court ruled he was not a flight risk.
Taiwan Apologizes for Photo of Campers in Nazi Uniforms he Ministry of National Defense (MND) yesterday apologized for posting a photograph showing students wearing Nazi uniforms during a MND-organized summer camp on its official website, a move that angered local Israelis. In an emergency press conference held in the ministry yesterday afternoon, military spokesman Lo Shao-ho made an official apology over the incident to the public. Lo said he had contacted the three students in question, and they all expressed regret for wearing the Nazi uniforms while attending the summer camp held on Monday at Army Armor School in Hsinchu County. “They said they wore the uniforms for fun as they are all military fans,” said Lo, adding that they didn’t mean to offend anyone and that they are sorry for causing the stir. He also added that the ministry will ask its press officers to be more careful in the future when choosing photographs. Lo made the comment after a local Chinese-language United Evening News ran a story yesterday accusing that the MNDposted photo nearly caused political row between Taiwan and Israel. According to the report, the military personnel responsible for receiving these students for the summer camp not only did not ask them to take off their uniforms, they even took a photograph with them and later posted it at the official site of the Military News Agency. The photograph was pulled off the site after the controversy broke out.
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'Peace Now Belongs in Jail' he Council of Binyamin and Samaria residents expressed anger Tuesday as the far-left Peace Now group called to boycott goods made in their regions of the country. “[Peace Now] is a group of criminals that should be thrown into jail,” the council stated. “It is amazing to see how law enforcement agencies close their eyes when the extreme left openly calls to violate the law,” the group added. Peace Now's boycott call immediately followed the approval of a new law that makes it illegal to campaign for the boycott of an Israeli company due solely to its geographic location.
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245 New Immigrants from North America Arrive ew immigrants from the U.S. and Canada arived at the Ben-Gurion airport Tuesday morning. They came on a special new immigrant flight, the first of the summer, organized by the “Nefesh B’Nefesh” organization in conjunction with the Jewish Agency. Hundreds of people participated in the festive reception ceremony, among them were the Minister for Absorption, Sopha Landver and Chairman of the Jewish Agency, Natan Sheransky.
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Hesder Cleared for Paratroop Command Course
senior member of the general staff cleared members of the Hesder yeshiva program, which combines military service with religious studies, for participation in a paratroop command course. A paratroop commander had made participation in the course conditional on soldiers leaving the Hesder program. Three Hesder members were prevented from joining a course which started two weeks ago, but they will be allowed to join a course which is starting now. The reversal was made possible through the intervention of Science Minister Daniel Hershkowitz.
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Youth Arrested for Desecration of Tombs on Har HaZeitim olice arrested three Arab youth from the east Jerusalem neighborhood of A Tur on Thursday who are suspected of destroying at least 20 tombstones over the past few months. The tombs were destroyed in the American section of the Mount of Olives Cemetery, an ancient Jewish cemetery that looks over the Temple Mount. A fourth youth will be arrested on Friday. Police said one of the four had been arrested for a similar offense in 2010. The teenagers, all between the ages of 15 and 16, will be brought before the courts to extend their detention.
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Arab Spring: Egypt Suspends Police Officers gypt has suspended all police officers who are accused of killing demonstrators during the revolution which led to the ousting of former President Hosni Mubarak in February, The New York Times reported Saturday. According to the report, Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf made the announcement during a live address on state television. Sharaf said he issued the new instructions to dismiss police officers accused of killing demonstrators “as a matter of urgency to the minister of interior.” More than 1,000 people were injured in the latest wave of protests, after police fired tear gas canisters at rioters who were protesting the slow prosecution of police officers who participated in Mubarak’s brutal crackdown.
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Papoulias: Israel a Real Democracy reek President Karolos Papoulias told Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin on Monday that "Israel succeeded in establishing a real democracy." During a meeting in Rivlin's office, Dr. Papoulias added, "Greece would not have survived the internal conflicts that Israel is dealing with so successfully." The speaker expressed his appreciation to the Greek president and his actions as an "uncompromising democrat from the time he was conceived." Rivlin specificlly mentioned Greece's recent actions to prevent the sailing of a hostile flotilla attempting to break the naval blockade of Gaza.
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Report: Libyan Diplomats in Secret Visit to Israel he Interior Ministry denied, on Tuesday, a report that Minister Eli Yishai allowed two Libyan diplomats
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Hadassah Hospital Under Attack adassah Hospital of Har Hatzofim has become a frequent target of Arab attackers, director Professor Tzvi Stern told MKs in a meeting held Tuesday. Forty-three violent attacks have been reported in 2011 alone, he said. “They throw rocks at the hospital from roofs of houses in the neighborhood and use slings [to launch rocks] as well. Patients have choked due to tear gas, a doctor fainted, a nurse was injured by a rock,” he said. “The hospital guards wear bulletproof vests and helmets; the medical staff are afraid to travel to the hospital at night.” Arab attacks on the hospital were discussed by the Knesset's Labor, Welfare and Health Committee. In the lead-up to the debate MK Afu Agbariya protested the assumption of Arab involvement, leading MK Aryeh Eldad to sarcastically propose Eskimo involvement.
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Teva to Shelve Cholesterol Drugs sraeli generic drug giant Teva signed an agreement Friday with Merck & Company, Incorporated, under which Teva will not market generic versions of Merck's Vytorin and Zetia cholesterol drugs until 2017. The agreement settles a patent suit by Merck against the generic drugs Vytorin and Zetia produced more than four billion dollars in sales in 2010.
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IsraAID to Help Communities in South Sudan sraAID, the Israel Forum for International Humanitarian Aid, announced, on Sunday, that it will be sending humanitarian aid
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Burlington Coat Factory store, it was damaged in the Sept. 11 terror attacks. Critics have assailed the project as an insult to victims. A lawyer for developer Sharif el-Gamal calls the decision “a victory for America.”
Arsonists Target Bnei Akiva in Netanya
Orthodox Woman Faces Jail For Planting Vegetable Garden
he Ezorim branch of Bnei Akiva in Netanya was set on fire on the Sabbath. Police have confirmed that the fire, which was limited to the branch of the building in which Bnei Akiva activities are held, was definitely the result of arson. The Ezorim branch has been operating for more than 10 years. Most participants are members of the Ethiopian-Israeli immigrant community, and the focus of activities is to help them integrate fully into Israeli life.
he price of fresh vegetables has reached a new high in Michigan. Julie Bass, of Oak Park, is facing up to 93 days in jail for—yes—planting a vegetable garden in her front yard. Bass planted the raised vegetable beds in her front yard, ostensibly because the price of organic food his so high. But the city booked Bass under a regulation that says a front yard has to have “suitable, live plant material.” The kids love it. The kids from the neighborhood all come and help.”
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U.S. Holding Up Military Aid to Pakistan he United States is holding up about eight million dollars in military aid to Pakistan. White House Chief of Staff William Daley told ABC television on Sunday that the government in Islamabad gave the Obama administration reasons to delay delivery. Daley added that the sides are trying to improve their political relations, which were tainted following America's elimination of Al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama Bin-Laden in Pakistan.
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Judge Blocks Bid to Stop Muslim Center Near WTC judge has tossed out a lawsuit by a former New York City firefighter trying to stop the building of an Islamic community center near the World Trade Center. The New York Times reports that State Supreme Court Justice Paul G. Feinman ruled Friday that Timothy Brown has no special legal standing to bring the suit. Brown filed the suit after the Landmarks Preservation Commission denied landmark status to the building that would be torn down to make way for the center. A former
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NYC Tops U.S. in Parking Fees t’s not just New York City apartments that are expensive — so are parking spaces. An annual survey of parking rates across
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Metro Airports Study Expansion Possibilities to Reduce Delays aced with too many planes and too little space, the agency that owns New York’s airports wants to hear ideas on how to expand its runways and reduce flight delays. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says about one-third of flights through the Kennedy, Newark Liberty and LaGuardia airports were delayed or cancelled in 2009. Those delays ripple throughout the United States. The Port Authority is now reviewing proposals for an 18-month study on the issue. The Federal Aviation Administration will pay part of the cost. In January, a report by the Regional Plan Association recommended building an additional runway at either Newark Liberty or Kennedy. But it warned that construction at Kennedy might require filling in parts of the federally protected Jamaica Bay.
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Mass. changes ‘12 Primary to Avoid Rosh Hashanah assachusetts' Secretary of State said he would change the date of the 2012 state primary to avoid a conflict with Rosh Hashanah. The primary was originally scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, the second day of Rosh Hashanah. Secretary of State William Galvin said that the primary could be changed to a Wednesday or Thursday instead of the traditional Tuesday, the State House News Service reported. The announcement came as state Sen. Barry Finegold criticized the current date as “problematic”. There are people who literally won’t travel to the polls on that day for religious reasons, and we don’t want to deprive anyone of the ability to vote," he said. Finegold called for the primary to be held a week earlier, on Sept. 11th.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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July 15, 2011
CALENDAR OF EVENTS THIRD ANNUAL HUDSON VALLEY RIDE SUNDAY JUL 17 2011 7:00 AM CONTACT WEBSITE: WWW.HUDSONVALLEYRIDE.ORG/ ORGANIZATION: JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES
We are looking forward to a great ride this year, raising money and awareness for JBFCS, an amazing 110-year-old organization committed to helping the most vulnerable New Yorkers among us. In the first year (summer 2009), 300 riders raised over $425K for our programs and services. Just this past July 18th, many of those same 300 riders were back to top that goal and raised nearly $550,000!! Everyone agreed that year TWO was a big improvement on the first year, with better rest stops, routes and fantastic entertainment----provided by our friends at Road Recovery. This year's ride (Sunday, July 17th 2011) through beautiful Westchester, NY will continue to improve and we anticipate another fun and successful day. Register to ride, sponsor a rider, or donate to the organization. Every effort helps. _______________________________________________
CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF THE HAMPTONS TWILIGHT COCKTAIL RECEPTION SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2011, 5:00PM - 7:00PM
Join Chabad Lubavitch of the Hamptons, supporters and friends at one of the most anticipated events of the Hamptons season. Cocktail reception, passed hors d'oeuvres, specialty food stations, music, raffles, silent auction and more! Honoring Rabbi Leibel and Goldie Baumgarten and celebrating seven years out East. All proceeds benefit the activities of Chabad Lubavitch of the Hamptons. RSVP: Tickets $180 per person. For more information, sponsorship and tickets visit www.JewishHamptons.com or email rsvpJuly17@yahoo.com. _______________________________________________
‘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. _______________________________________________
TZE'IRIM STATEN ISLAND YANKEES GAME SUNDAY JUL 24 2011 4:00 PM VENUE: 75 RICHMOND TERRACE CONTACT WEBSITE: SYSTEMS.BJ.ORG/EVENTS/REGISTER/201 ORGANIZATION: B'NAI JESHURUN TZE'IRIM STATEN ISLAND YANKEES BALL PARK (75 RICHMOND TERRACE, ADJACENT TO STATEN ISLAND FERRY).
See the Pinstripes' stars of tomorrow with Tze'irim! Tze'irim will be attending the 4:00 PM game between the Staten Island Yankees and Tri-City ValleyCats. $10 buys a second or third row seat in a reserved Tze'irim section and SI Yanks' hat. Also, our group will be welcomed with a special message on the state-of-the-art video board! Tickets are extremely limited, so be sure to sign up at the BJ website. _______________________________________________
TASTE OF MAGGID-CRAFT: BECOMING AN INSPIRATIONAL STORYTELLER AND TEACHER
and presenting and learn how to mine the wisdom hidden in traditional texts. The holy trail-blazers of this generation— Rabbis Shlomo Carlebach and Zalman SchachterShalomi—are our models. We will practice with a study partner and present our stories and teachings to the trees in the forest, our friends in class and the whole retreat group. This is your chance to begin to fulfill your soul’s dream, to share your inspiration with others and to spread God’s light. _______________________________________________
SUMMER NIGHTS CONCERT SERIES - MICHAEL WINOGRAD TRIO THURSDAY JUL 28 2011 7:30 PM THE JEWISH MUSEUM FIFTH AVENUE AT 92ND STREET NEW YORK, NY CONTACT WEBSITE: WWW.THEJEWISHMUSEUM.ORG COST: $15, $12 FOR STUDENTS, $10 MUSEUM MEMBERS
This ensemble led by clarinetist Michael Winograd offers a fresh approach to klezmer music that blends traditional Yiddish songs with new compositions. Brooklyn-based clarinetist/composer Michael Winograd has performed with SoCalled, Frank London, Daniel Kahn and the Painted Bird, the Klezmer Conservatory Band, Michael Alpert, Alicia Svigals, and the Xylopholks. He also leads Michael Winograd's Infection, the Michael Winograd Klezmer Ensemble, and Pop Phenom Yiddish Princess. Winograd has performed at such international festivals as KlezKamp, KlezKanada, the Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, the Klezmer Workshop in Paris, the Winnipeg and Calgary Folk Festivals, and the Dawson City Music Festival. _______________________________________________
BIKE4CHAI WEDNESDAY AUG 3 2011 8:00 AM THURSDAY AUG 4 2011 11:00 PM CONTACT WEBSITE: WWW.BIKE4CHAI.ORG CONTACT: YMARGOLESE@CHAILIFELINE.ORG ORGANIZATION: CHAI LIFELINE
Join 100 elite cyclists for the 2nd Annual Bike4Chai twoday cycling tour that will change your life - and the lives of over 400 very sick children! * 150 Magnificent miles from the Jersey Shore to the Catskill Mountains. * Full Sag Support. * 2 night hotel stay. * Triumphant entrance into Camp Simcha Special the premier overnight camp for seriously ill children. For more information or to register please visit our website at www.bike4chai.com or call 646.727.8294 2 days of your life... A lifetime of support for kids with cancer and other illnesses. Starting from the beautiful beaches of the Jersey Shore, thru scenic roads and mountains with breath taking views, and ending in Glen Spey, NY with a triumphant entrance into Camp Simcha Special – Chai Lifeline’s medically supervised overnight camp for seriously ill children. Bike 4 Chai offers many different options in order to allow you to join us on the tour of your life! Choose from a 50, 75 or 100 mile ride the first day. Experience the relaxation in a beautiful resort overnight, and then ride the remaining 50 miles into camp. Join together with our elite group of riders from last year as we make this year’s event the greatest one ever!
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For more info: (212) 294-8330.
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 _______________________________________________
31ST IAJGS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON JEWISH GENEALOGY AUGUST 14-19 GRAND HYATT HOTEL, WASHINGTON DC
For Jewish Genealogists doing research on family in the United States there probably is no better place than in Washington, DC. And in 2011 that opportunity will come to fruition when the 31st IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy will be hosted in DC by the Jewish Genealogy Society of Greater Washington (JGSGW); this time at the Grand Hyatt Hotel from August 14-19. Learn from the best, network with 1200 attendees from 17 countries, AND research your family roots--- in a city praised for its numerous records facilities!
ANDY STATMAN TRIO AT THE CHARLES STREET SHUL TUESDAY JUL 5 2011 9:00 PM - 10:30 PM CHARLES STREET SYNAGOGUE, 53 CHARLES STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10014 CONTACT WEBSITE: WWW.ANDYSTATMAN.ORG
Andy Statman Trio (with Jim Whitney and Larry Eagle) at the Charles Street Shu.lSpecial guests at Tuesday performances _______________________________________________ TUESDAY NIGHT LEARNING PROGRAM AT OZ TUESDAY 7:00 PM VENUE: CONGREGATION OHEV TZEDEK - OZ 118 WEST 95TH STREET NEW YORK, NY CONTACT 212.749.5150 WEBSITE: WWW.OZNY.ORG
7:00 - 7:30 PM - Introduction to Halacha with Moshe Schwartz 7:30 - 10:00 PM - Open Beit Midrash, Chavruta Learning Partner Learning, You pick the subject and we will match you with a chavruta 7:45 - 8:30 PM - THE WOMEN’S CHABURA: Join the women from the community as we study the classic work of Sefer Hachinuch. With Rabbi Akiva Willig. 8:30 - 9:10 PM - AHAVAT YISRAEL FOR WOMEN with Dr. Nava Silton-Brandwein 8:30 - 9:30 PM - UNDERSTANDING THE DAVENING: The Vocabulary of Prayer. Hebrew Class with Joel Goldman. Learn Hebrew and become familiar with the key and common words of the prayer book to make your prayers more meaningful. 8:30 - 9:30 PM - GUEST SPEAKERS: To be announced— Check your e-mail inbox for updates. 9:00 - 10:00 PM - CHABURA CLASS FOR MEN with Rabbi Akiva Willig. _______________________________________________
JASA Club 76 120 WEST 76TH STREET, THIRD FLOOR, 212 712-0170
LETTERS FROM MY GRANDPARENTS: RUTH SCHREIBER
MONDAY JUL 25 2011 3:00 PM - SUNDAY JUL 31 2011 1:00 PM ISABELLA FREEDMAN JEWISH RETREAT CENTER 116 JOHNSON ROAD FALLS VILLAGE, CT 06031 CONTACT: 8608245991 EXT 4 WEBSITE: ISABELLAFREEDMAN.ORG/MAGGID
JEWISH, SINGLES, YESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM JANUARY 9 - JULY 24, 2011
When the Jewish people needed an infusion of new life, a great maggid, the Baal Shem Tov, blazed a path to spiritual renewal and inspired others to become maggidim and continue his holy work. Today, when many Jews hunger for spirituality, the role of the maggid (Jewish inspirational speaker and storyteller) is being revived. Learn from a master maggid how to open yourself to divine inspiration, pour out your joy and inspire others. Develop skills in storytelling
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
JASA Club 76 is open Monday through Friday 8qm4pmand provides a full range of activities including Theater Workshop and Improvisation, Yoga, Exercise and toning Tai Chi, Hebrew Language class, creative writing, Current Events Discussion Groups, Walking Club, Lectures, cultural events, parties trips and man other exciting opportunities. JASA 76 serves delicious hot Kosher breakfasts and full course Kosher lunches for a modest suggested donation.
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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July 15, 2011
JEWCY NEWS
Ziggy Marley: I’m Jealous of Jewish Culture
Israeli Film Wins Czech Festival Award
iggy Marley feels very close to Israel. He's married to Orly, an Israeli woman, and they have three children: A girl named Judah Victoria, a boy called Gideon, and a baby - Abraham Selassie.Marley admits that, having no other choice, he celebrates all the Jewish holidays and is very jealous of our culture. "The history of our connection to the roots of Israel, to David, Solomon, goes way before I met my wife," Marley says. "My Ziggy Marley father, my Rastafari culture, has a tight link to the Jewish culture. We have a strong connection from when I was a young boy and read the Bible, the Old Testament. "The Rastafari culture has a very strong connection to Haile Selassie, a descendant of King Solomon. So it is in our soul, this connection, and we have had it for a very long time."
sraeli film "Boker Tov Adon Fidelman" (Good Morning Mr. Fidelman) won the Crystal Globe award for the best picture at the 46th annual Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic last week. In January, the film won the award for the best screenplay in the feature-film category at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States. Director Yossi Joseph Madmony Madmony said, "I'm happy. This started as a modest picture with a modest budget. I put my heart and soul into this film and I feel like the film is paying me back now."
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Natalie Portman and her child. She was born Natalie Hershlag in Jerusalem; but uses Portman her grandmother's maiden name.
Stoudemire Staying in U.S. After Mulling Israel Move Y Knick, Basketball Star, Amar'e Stoudemire, asked fans on Twitter if he should play in Israel during the NBA lockout, then tweeted that he would stay in the United States. "Should I go to Israel and play for Maccabi Tel Aviv during the lockout?" Stoudemire, tweeted July 8. He included the championship-winning Israeli basketball team's Twitter name at the end of the tweet and a Knicks hashtag. On Monday, however, he tweeted that "Europe teams are Amar'e Stoudemire calling, I think I am going 2 stay here in the states. My loyalty is with the State of New York an the NYK's. Who's with me?" Stoudemire visited Israel last summer on a spiritual journey after learning of some Jewish ancestry. He said at the time that he was Jewish "spiritually and culturally," and that he was keeping kosher.
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Sacha Baron Cohen The Dictator tanding among placards, and shouting in the face of a New York policeman, it looked very much like Sacha Baron Cohen was getting into the spirit of a fully fledged protest today. However, the passionate scenes were in fact only part of the British comic actor's new movie, The Dictator. The 39-year-old star wore a scruffy and stained brown and cream sweater with baggy trousers and wild hair for the action. He joined the crowd waving placards protesting against the dictator of fictional Middle Eastern nation called Wadiya. Sacha has been filming a raft of scenes for the movie, which is due to hit screens next year.
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Nat Rothschild's40th Birthday Party Like a Billionaire elcome to birthday celebrations Nat Rothschild - style, in new millionaires’ playground Monte-
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negro. The billionaire, one of David Cameron’s old Eton school pals, celebrated his 40th with a three-day party. Palm trees from Uruguay had been flown in for the lavish do – billed as a “Disco Soiree” – around a newly-built, 215ft-long infinity pool at a marina in Porto Montenegro, where Rothschild is an investor. More than £500million of superyachts filled the harbour. At least a dozen private jets, including the host’s with its personal call-sign N4T, brought guests to nearby Tivat airport. One was a 737 from the
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Middle East. Caterers were flown in especially from London. Around 400 pals of b i l l i o n a i r e Rothschild attended. They included Lord Mandelson, exF1 owner Eddie Jordan, Wimbledon champ Novak Djokovic and Canadian tycoon Peter Munk, whose Nat Rothschild gold fortune bankrolled the marina on the Adriatic coast.
Greenlight Unloads Stake in Yahoo! avid Einhorn chief of Greenlight Capital, unloaded his stake in Yahoo! Inc. just months after building a sizable position, swallowing a "modest loss" after an ownership dispute tarnished the Internet company's prized Chinese assets. Greenlight told investors it was exiting the investment after it emerged that China's Alibaba -- of which Yahoo! owns about 40 percent -- had transferred its highly valued online-payments business to a separate company controlled by Alibaba founder Jack Ma. That move marked the latest blow to Yahoo!, which CEO Carol Bartz is struggling to get back on a growth track. Its Asian assets, including its slice of Alibaba, are deemed the most valuable portion of the company. Yahoo! shares fell 1.3 percent yesterday to $15.61.
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Schindler Heiress Wants to Stop Auction of Famed List n heiress of Emilie Schindler, the wife of Oskar Schindler, is trying to prevent a copy of the famous list that saved the lives of 1,200 Jews from the auction block. Erika Rosenberg is working to stop an original copy of Schindler’s list from being auctioned off by U.S. memorabilia dealer Gary Zimet on his website, according to the Daily Mirror. The London paper said Rosenberg, 60, of Buenos Aires, may file a lawsuit in an international court. Rosenberg told the Daily Mirror that the Schindlers want- Erika Rosenberg ed the list to be displayed in a museum. She owns the copyright to the list, according to The Media Line. Zimet claims on his website that the list belonged to the family of Itzhak Stern, Schindler’s accountant, and that it is the only copy of the list ever to be for sale. Two other copies of the list are on display at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, and another is housed at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
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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
The Jewish Voice
July 15, 2011
ANNUAL BIKE-A-THON BENEFITS THE JESSE DWECK CITY LEARNING CENTER A euphoric convocation of bicycling enthusiasts garbed in their blue and yellow bike shirts were all pumped up and ready to take off on a charity ride on July 4th at the annual Jesse Dweck Bike-A-Thon in Deal, New Jersey. he Annual event is held every summer in memory of Jesse Dweck, A"H. Jesse Dweck was only a few days shy of experiencing his first finals week at Baruch College when he was tragically struck by a van at the corner of 26th St. and Lexington Ave. on Friday, December 12, 2003, in the early afternoon. He died at a hospital later that evening. Dweck, 18, a freshman at Baruch was walking with friends the time of the accident. His friends automatically called for an ambulance and reached his cousin, Baruch College Psychology Professor David Sitt. "Jesse [Dweck] was a very special person," said Sitt, who was the first to be alerted of
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While youngsters rode a 10 mile route there were also 18 and 36 mile routes available for more experienced bicyclist. Jack Tebele of Deal NJ said, I didn’t know Jesse. But through the amazing strength and love of the Dweck Family, I have learned of him, his goodness and how he touched others lives. Mostly though, I have come to really know him, through the love of my wife Sarine. Jack Shamash from Long Branch rode for 18 miles explained, “I know absolutely the children understand this beautiful day is for charity. They understand that charity is about giving of ones time and money because it’s the right thing to do for others. We all know what the right thing to do is. It’s about loving. It’s about family.” Margo Chabot; Chose the 10 mile route escorting 15 to 20 children on her route. The
Today is very inspiring. It is really fabulous to see everyone working together for a good cause.” Expressing similar feelings, Florence and Benjamin Tebele said, “Sammy and Poopa, with their great warmth and hospitality, hosted a beautiful morning spent with friends and family for an amazing cause.” Benny Tebele Designed the T-Shirts worn by all the riders. The colors chosen were Blue, and Yellow. The shirts was tremendous visual effect as the bikers made their way throughout Deal and the surrounding areas. Mr. Tebele stated, “As I rode with the rest of the biker’s, it was an amazing feeling to see all of us in unison riding for the same cause as team Jesse. I will do this each and every
Participants, organizers and volunteers all wore identical tee shirts designed by Benn Tebele, drawing attention to the cause of the Jesse Dweck Bike-A-Thon. the accident. "Jesse [Dweck] struck a balance in life beyond his years." The Bike-A-Thon was organized by Sammy and Poopa Dweck with proceeds slated for The Jesse Dweck City Learning
Adult riders completed the longer route of 36 miles showing endurance and commitment in their support of the Jesse Dweck City Learning Center.
for students of all backgrounds and levels of learning and draws a socially diverse group of university students, business people, and home -makers. Event volunteer, Rachel Sabbagh said, "I admire the Dweck family for all their hard work and broadening our community’s spiritual scope." Cycling enthusiasts and supporters of all ages arrived as early as 8 a.m. at the Dweck home in Deal where they signed up for either10, 18, or 36-mile rides. On completion of their exhilarating ridesr, each biker was greeted with applause and cheers from onlookers. Supervised by Margo Chabot, children biked the 10-mile route, and were embraced with great fanfare upon their compleation. Eleven-year olds Morris Zarif and Joseph Shabot proudly stated, “The ride was amazing, and even though it was tiring, we survived and have a great memory.” After finishing the 18-mile route, Yaron Shayo breathlessly explained, “I had a lot of fun. It was definitely worth it and something to look forward to next year." Family and friends of Jesse Dweck, A"H, waxed sentimental as they recalled his memory, yet simultaneously felt deeply encouraged as they sensed his presence. Jesse’s sister Sheri Shabot, confided that as she rode in her blue t-shirt, the same color of Jesse’s eyes, as she was keenly aware of Jesse’s spirit among them. Victor Kraiem, a family friend, shared Sheri’s sentiment saying, “The Bike-a-Thon is a very good way to keep Jesse’s name alive."
Generous refreshments were distributed to all level s of participants in the Jesse Dweck Bike-A-Thon. event began the night before with a sleepover, and there was no doubt that these young riders knew they were riding for a good cause. She said the children truly understood that this began with a very special young man why had passed away? Margo said, “The children were filled with excitement and a lot of energy knowing they were doing something for a good cause.” Buttressing the day's theme of serenity and spirituality, were two revitalizing yoga classes that were offered to all participants and exquisitely designed bracelets were sold with proceeds donated directly to the Center. Sandy Dweck delcared, “Loved the yoga.
year.” Even those who hung the posters, who were wearing the shirts, were stropped and asked questions about the event, the Dweck Family and subsequently the entire City Learning Center with many showing interest in joining the events. Expressing their sincere gratitude to those who helped make this event a resounding success, the Dweck family thanked Sara Hedaya and Sari Sitt for their yoga instruction, Raquel Falack for donating jewelry proceeds, and Marc Dwec of Legend Leasing for
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KASHRUT
The Jewish Voice
The New Age of Coupon Crazies Slowly Expands to Kosher BY T. COHN
July 15, 2011
A Kosher Restaurant on Wall Street – New Concept and New Challenges
There was a time when Jewish women controlled their shopping options and the family budget by clipping newspaper coupons for the “specials” that appeared, especially on Wednesdays. ut the ‘90’s were not coupon friendly and a far more affluent consumer was not relying on the coupon to control the family budget. Fast forward to today’s on-line craze. It seems like everyone and their mother-in-law are trying to cash in on the online group coupon phenomenon these days. Spurred on by the initial success of Groupon, the three-year-old start up that refused a reported $6 billion buyout by Google, the coupon business now boasts hundreds of small companies catering to niche and location oriented markets. While the services of Groupon and similar sites _______________________________
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_______________________________ have been debated, with some lauding them as G-d-sent and others trivializing their effectiveness, they are, without a doubt, popular amongst consumers. So, it comes as no surprise that Google and Amazon are attempting to cash in on this lucrative market. Google, mainly motivated by profits but perhaps by a twinge of revenge as well, has unleashed its Grouponlike division called “Google Offers.” Currently operating in Portland, Oregon, and set to begin offering deals in New York
City, San Francisco and other areas in the near future, Google Offers is a natural extension of Google’s current advertising services. One can imagine that Google will use a repertoire of engineers and sales staff to enhance and reinvent group-deal advertisements the way it did with its other targeted advertising services. Amazon, already the largest online seller of tangible goods, has also decided to foray into the Groupon market. Calling its service “Amazon Local,” Amazon currently operates in only one city, Boise, Idaho, with hopes to expand into other urban markets in the future. Like Google, which holds the Gmail addresses of millions of potential consumers, Amazon has contact information for tens of millions of its own costumers, who it will likely entice to sign up for its Amazon Local offers. The battle between these three giants, the current leader Groupon, and the heavily financed Google offers and Amazon Local will be most interesting. How will vying for consumers and vendors effect each company? Was it smart for Groupon to reject Google’s initial buyout offer? And, ultimately, how will this increased competition benefit the consumer? Of course, one should never forget the
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Customers of newly opened Milk Street Café enjoying their meals. Wall Street isn’t known for being a kosher food connoisseur’s haven, but all that might have changed with the opening of Milk Street Café two weeks ago. Located at 40 Wall Street on the ground floor of the Trump building, the Bostonbased owners are betting that a resurging downtown area will eventually make it a key destination for Wall Street bankers and other executives. he rapidly rising new World Trade Center will also add thousands to an area that has undergone major change that began with 9/11.The change includes thousands of new housing units. During a press briefing last Wednesday, Marc Epstein, his wife, son, and daughter, showed off the glistening three kitchens (pareve, dairy, and meat) that are part of the 23,000 square feet of space in one of Wall Street’s most celebrated areas. The restaurant is just a stone’s throw from the entrance to the New York Stock Exchange, perhaps adding countless tourists to a restaurant that is not being billed as kosher but as “having great food that happens to be kosher,” says Mr. Epstein. For those that are kosher, the café is a Godsend, delivering quality food to an area long underserved by kosher eateries, although many like La Marais have come and gone. “This has been a longtime dream of mine,” said Mr. Epstein, who still commutes to Boston for weekends to check in on his flagship restaurant and in solidarity of his beloved Red Sox. “When the space became available for a multi-tiered and three separate kitchen facilities I jumped at it, knowing I could create something great.” Milk Street Café first opened in Boston in November of 1981 and this is Epstein’s first foray into the ravenous New York City
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kosher market. While many visitors marvel at the beautiful décor and upscale look of a food court like no other in the City, the buzz that day was the unprecedented combination of dairy, pareve and meat, all under one roof, a first for any major kosher restaurant in New York City. From the moment Mr. Epstein came up with the idea, he reached out to the Orthodox Union (OU) and according to Rabbi Moshe Elefant, COO of the Kashrus Division of the OU, it is working. A team of no less than five full-time kosher supervisors, at least one of whom is always present when the kitchen is in operation, an intense job, as the bakery at Milk Street functions all night long to ensure a steady fresh supply of baked goods for consumers. The kitchen and serving staff, numbering at over 100, are color coded by their culinary class, meat, dairy, or pareve, enabling a seamless kashrus environment, where no mistakes are bound to occur. The kitchen is fitted with color coded tile arrangements, with separate tile colors for meat, dairy, and pareve. To assure that there is absolutely no crossing of utensils, everything is disposable. Overall, it’s an impressive undertaking, and one that might just change the way we think about kosher food establishments. Milk Street Café employs Steve Mettle, formerly of AIG, as their executive chef in addition to a head pastry chef, and prides itself on making from scratch foods sourced from local farm to table whenever possible. “We want our kosher food to be as good or better as the non-kosher options available,” Mr. Epstein said. As for the financials, well, “Were hoping to get a lot of corporate accounts,” said Mr. Epstein. “In Boston it’s about 85% of our business.”
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July 15, 2011
Fisker Karma Nears Production, Leonardo DiCaprio to Get the Very First One
The birth of the Fisker Karma has not been easy. The project has seen delays and customers have seen the price go up over the years, before the car even set foot on any showroom floor. owever, it now seems that the project is finally well on its way to hit the open road, as the first Karma is set to be delivered later this month, to none other than Hollywood A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio. Other notable names on the order list of this plug-in hybrid super sedan include Al Gore and Colin Powell. The Karma as many of you know, is powered by two electric motors, which can power this car for about 80-miles on just battery power alone. Once the battery runs out of juice, a GM sourced 2.0-liter, turbo-charged, four-cylinder engine will come into play to
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take you the remaining distance. The idea is, you get green motoring without any mileage limitations. Fisker says they have secured about 3000 orders for the Karma, which is being built by Valmet in Finland. Currently only 5 cars a week are rolling out, but that number will jump to 300 per week from November. Henrik Fisker, the CEO of the company has said, “Our sales are split 50:50 between early-adopting car enthusiasts and total noncar enthusiasts who just like that we are bringing something totally new to market. They recognize the infrastructure isn’t there for electric cars, and see we offer a stylish, stress-free alternative with no range compromises.” The Karma sedan is priced from around $100,000. Later, a convertible and wagon version will also be offered.
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July 15, 2011
Cuomo Strengthens Electronic Usage While Driving Law
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It’s Official! Women Drivers are More Dangerous Behind theWheel
Women drivers are more likely to be involved in an accident, according to scientists. esearchers looked at 6.5million car crashes and found a higher than expected number of accidents between two female drivers. They also discovered that women have a tough time negotiating crossroads, T-junctions and slip roads. The results are even more surprising given that men spend more time behind the wheel than women. On average, men drive 60 per cent of the time, and women 40 per cent. Michael Sivak, of the University of Michigan, said: 'The results indicate that in certain crash scenarios, male-to-male crashes tend to be under-represented and femaleto-female crashes tend to be over-represented.' Dr Sivak and his colleague Brandon Schoettle studied data from a nationally
R Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed a new law that strengthens the enforcement against drivers who use handheld electronic devices for activities such as texting while a vehicle is in motion. The legislation makes this action a primary traffic offense, giving law enforcement the power to stop drivers solely for engaging in this activity. he Governor also announced today that he will increase the penalty for using a cellular phone without a hands-free device or a handheld device while driving from two to three points through changes in state regulations. “I am proud to sign this bill today, both as the Governor and as a father of three teenagers,” Governor Cuomo said. “It’s plain and simple: distracted driving leads to tragedies that have affected families all across New York. This new law will help ensure that drivers keep their eyes on the road and their hands on the wheel. I thank Senator Marcellino and Assemblyman Weisenberg for their hard work on this legislation.” Before this law, it was illegal for drivers to use handheld electronic devices while their vehicle was in motion, but it was a secondary traffic offense—meaning a driver had to be stopped for another violation in order to receive a ticket. Advertisement: The new law makes it a primary traffic offense and it will go into effect immediately. The monetary penalty for a violation of this law continues to be a fine of up to $150. Illegal activity includes holding an electronic device and: * Composing, sending, reading, accessing, browsing, transmitting, saving, or
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Governor Cuomo signed a new law that strengthens the enforcement against drivers who use handheld electronic devices for activities such as texting while a vehicle is in motion. retrieving electronic data such as e-mail, text messages, or webpages * Viewing, taking, or transmitting images * Playing games The law does not penalize drivers using a handheld electronic device that is affixed to a surface or using a GPS device that is attached to the vehicle. The law also exempts police officers, fire fighters, or emergency vehicle drivers while they are performing their duties. In addition, a driver is exempt from the law if the driver is communicating or attempting to communicate with law enforcement, the fire department, or medical personnel during an emergency situation. New York State Senator Carl L. Marcellino said, “With this new legislation, New York State driving laws have finally caught up with today’s technology. Our new law will strengthen enforcement against drivers using handheld electronic devices and help keep drivers, passengers, and pedestrians safe. I am proud to stand with
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representative sample of police-reported crashes in the U.S. from 1988 to 2007. They had expected to find that accidents involving two male drivers would make up 36.2 per cent of all crashes, while female/female accidents would account for 15.8 per cent and male/female 48 per cent. Instead, they discovered that accidents involving two women drivers were 20.5 per cent, while male/male crashes were much lower at 31.9 per cent. Accidents involving male and female drivers stood at 47.6 per cent, as expected. The scientists also found that women were more likely than men to crash at a junction - their cars are often hit on the lefthand side when trying to make a right-hand turn, and vice versa. Dr Sivak said this might be due to height difference between the sexes. He said: 'There are three dominant driver-related factors, including the probability of being at the wrong place at the wrong time, one's own driving skills and the driving skills of the other driver involved.'
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ART & CULTURE
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Cecelia Margules' Wings of Song a Metaphor for the Mashiach BY ELAD BENARI
July 15, 2011
BOOK REVIEW:
THE LAST WORD ON "KING'S TORAH"
“Wings of Song”, a new single by New York composer/lyricist Cecelia Margules, tells the story of a young boy who embarks on a journey involving different situations in life. During the process, the boy discovers that his journey is a metaphor of the Jewish people’s yearning for Mashiach. n a recent interview on COLLive.com, Margules said that one of her mentors was Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach of blessed memory, who had listened to her music. “When I was in college, I remember Shlomo Carlebach going up on stage, all alone, with nothing behind except a guitar, and starting to play,” she said. “I was mesmerized. I loved his music.” Later, Margules met Rabbi Carlebach and asked him if he would listen to her music. “He told me immediately, ‘It would be my highest honor,’ and made an appointment with me right away. I brought him to my house and he sat in my living room and he said to me one word: ‘Play.’” Margules is a child of Swedish Holocaust survivors, and much of her music is an expression of the emotions and feelings her mother had expressed, which Margules then translated into music. “The survivors are not going to be here forever,” she said, “and I always imagine what happens when the last survivor dies and there’s no testimony. Even with the survivors alive today, we have all these people telling us that the Holocaust never happened. “We have to be their voice,” she added. “We have to make sure that they are never forgotten, and the only way to do that is by telling their story over and over again, and remembering for posterity.” Of “Wings of Song,” Margules said, “It’s just a whole image of the entrance of the Mashiach with song. Mashiach represents all that’s good in the world, all that we want and
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New York composer/lyricist Cecelia Margules. all the positive aspects of the world. It represents our longings, our desires, our sentiments. It represents hope for a better world. It represents everything good that we want and that we aspire to.” She spoke in the interview about the role of women in Jewish music and said, “What’s special for me is the fact that I was able to write the music, compose it (whether myself or with Rami Yadid) and express myself, and have it brought to life with the voice of various performing artists. The fact that I’m a woman and not really out there singing the music doesn’t bother me, but the fact that all these talents are singing it and bringing it to life is what gives me my satisfaction. “It’s important for women today to be able to express themselves in this modern world and to bring their point of view across, and that’s what I hope I did,” concluded Margules. (ISRAELNATIONALNEWS.COM)
BY DAVID BEDEIN They admit that they never even read it. You cannot even buy it. The writer, however, reviewed it more than a year ago. Our agency received the book, Torat HaMelech [King's Torah, ed], for review, more than a year ago. e read Torat HaMelech and concluded that this was a compendium of Rabbinical opinions about how to cope with non- Jews during a time of combat. All perspectives were presented in the book. Shortly after our agency received the book for review, a New Israel Fund client, an organization known as the "12th of Heshvan" ( The Hebrew date for the day that Yitzhak Rabin was killed) distributed select quotations from the book, leading people to believe that the book advocates the murder of non-Jews. The organization went to the Israeli police, who confiscated all copies of the book from the publisher. Other reporters could not receive a copy of the book for review. They had to rely on the snippets that _______________________________
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“A prominent Rabbi who had attacked the book, Torat HaMelech and its authors, in the well read publication Shabbat B'Shabbato, admitted that he never read the book.” _______________________________
they received from the "12th of Heshvan" organization To convince the public of their perspective, the "12th of Heshvan" organization used a radical community organizing tactic, taken from Saul Alinsky's “Rules For Radicals”: Accuse the adversary of an extreme position, even if he never took that position. The adversary falls into the trap of defending a position that he never took, instead of challenging the integrity of the temerity of the accusation. The accusers of Torat Hamelech and maligners of its Rabbis - Rav Lior, Rav Shapiro and Rav Yosef - have by now convinced the public domain of Israel, and even the Israeli law enforcement system, that the book indeed advocates the premeditated murder of non-Jews, and the book's authors have gone on the defense.
Jerusalem lawyer Asher Fink, who is organizing the campaign to arrest the authors and endorsers of the book, said to our agency that he would not accept the idea that the book, Torat HaMelech, represents a compendium of ideas on the subject. Fink was emphatic in insisting that the book represents a manual for murdering non-Jews. Fink said that he studied in a yeshiva, and that the Rabin killing changed his perspective and has influenced his life . It would be appropriate for journalists, academics and Rabbis to request review copies of Torat HaMelech, to decide for themselves whether the book is a compendium of opinions or a murder manual. Meanwhile, a prominent rabbi who had attacked the book, and its authors, in the well-read publication Shabbat B'Shabbato, admitted to our agency that he never read the book. However, as mentioned, the police have confiscated all copies from the publisher. Meanwhile, our agency sent a letter of query to every official of the Israeli law enforcement system to ask them if they have read the book, TORAT HAMELECH. Israel Minister of Justice Neeman's spokesman provided an angry "no comment" to the question as to whether Neeman had read the book. Neeman, for the record, is the first Orthodox Jew and the first Talmud scholar to hold the position of Israel Minister of Justice. Other Israeli law enforcement system officials would not respondto the question as to whether they had even read the book. One Israeli police official said, off the record, that "selections of the book that we have received were enough to warrant a police investigation". Yes, selections of the book. So there you have it: A nation that prides itself in the democratic due process prosecutes the authors of a scholarly work because a political lobby hands over tendentious selections of a book to to the police. Is there something rotten in Jerusalem?
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Parshat Pinchas:
One of the most fascinating aspects of the entire Torah is the portion which deals with the case of the daughters of Tzlophad (Numbers, Chapter 27), an incident considered of such significance that it is repeated at the conclusion of the Book of Numbers as well (ibid., 36). What do we learn from these special women? Perhaps the even earlier question must be, is it indeed permissible for men to learn Torah from women in the first place? he Bible refers to Torah as well as to the Land of Israel as morasha, a heritage. From a literal perspective, a heritage (morasha) is an inheritance (yerusha) which has the additional directive that it must be handed over from generation to generation (hif'el, causative grammatical form). Torah applies to women as well as to men: "And Moses went up to G-d, and the Lord called to him from the mountain saying, 'Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob (Rashi: this refers to the women) and shall you declare to the children of Israel (Rashi: the males)' " (Exodus 19:3). Therefore, the commandment of hakhel, to gather the Israelites once every seven years and establish a re-affirmation of the covenant, includes the women as well as the men (Deuteronomy 31:12) . And if women must learn and accept Torah (at least the Torah necessary to properly observe the commandment of G-d), then they must likewise be responsible to pass Torah down to the next generation - parent to child, teacher to student. It is for this reason that Deborah was allowed to be one of the first Judges in Israel (Judges 4: 4,5), that Bruriah disagreed with her father Rabbi Hananya Ben Teradyon and her view is recorded (Tosefta Bava Kama 4) and that the Sefer HaHinukh rules (Negative Commandment 152) that a learned woman fit to render religio-legal decisions may do so, (Similarly rule the Hida, Birkat Yosef Hoshen Mishpat 7,12, and the Rishon LeZiyon HaRav Bakshi Doron, Binyan Av, Siman 66). To cite only one anecdotal example amongst many, when a difficult eiruv question came up before the father-in-law of Rav Shneur Zalman of Ladi, the founder of
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Habad Hassidut, that learned sages asked his daughter Rachel to decide the issues despite the presence of a number of male Talmudic scholars. (Shulhan Arukh of the Rav, Orakh Haim 266, 303). The practical Torah that we learn from the daughters of Tzlophad is that women do not only have a portion in Torah, but that they also have a portion in the Holy Land of Israel. Their particular case, which was ultimately adjudicated by the Almighty Himself because Moses did not have the answer, was that they were correct in insisting that since their father had no sons, they - the five women - were to receive their rightful portions in the Land of Israel (Numbers 27:7). And as a direct result of their vindication, the Almighty conveyed all of the laws of inheritance to Moses and Israel (ibid., 8-11). Indeed, women's inheritance rights developed from this case to such an extent that if a father bequeaths a small amount of property, it is the daughters whose sustenance and dowries must be provided for - even to the exclusion of the sons (Mishnah Ketubot 108b). But what we really learn from the daugh_______________________________
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_______________________________ ters of Tzlophad is true love of the Land of Israel. After all, the Bible is describing the desert generation, which has just experienced the sin of the scouts, the rebellions against Moses by Korach, Datan and Aviram, and the insolence of Zimri, Prince of the tribe of Shimon, who rendered Moses 'impotent' by publicly cohabiting with a Midianite woman. It looked as if Jewish history was coming to a close almost before it began. It was into this maelstrom of cynical disillusionment - when the majority of Israelites probably doubted that the people of Israel would ever leave the desert and inhabit the Land of Canaan - that five young women fought for their eventual rights to the Land of Israel. Their righteous determination and their indomitable faith - both in our eventual settlement of the land as well as in the justice of their cause - defy the imagination. Imagine the energy, drive and financial outlay which
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Summary of Haftorah:
Haftorah Pinchas (I Kings 18:46-19:21)
Numbers: 25:10-30:1 BY RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN
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The prophet Elijah is the main protagonist of this week's haftorah. According to tradition, Elijah shared the same soul as Pinchas, the hero of this week's Torah portion. They also both zealously fought on G d's behalf, while disregarding the dangers involved. ollowing the showdown with the Baal prophets at Mount Carmel, which led to the execution of the Baal priests, the evil Queen Jezebel issued a death sentence for Elijah. Elijah fled to the Judean desert and asked G d to take his life. While he slept, an angel awoke him and provided him with food and drink. Reenergized, Elijah went for forty days until he arrived at Mount Horeb (Sinai), and he slept in a cave on the mountain. And the word of G d came to him and asked him for the purpose of his visit. "And [Elijah] said: 'I have been zealous for G-d, the Lord of Hosts, for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant. They have torn down Your altars and they have killed Your prophets by the sword, and I have remained alone, and they seek my life to take it." Elijah was instructed to leave the cave and stand on the mountain: "Behold! G-d's Presence will pass." There was a great and strong wind splitting mountains and shattering boulders, but Elijah realized that G-d was not in the wind. Then came an earthquake followed by fire, but again Elijah understood that not in the earthquake nor the fire was Gd. After the fire there was a subtle silent voice, and Elijah realized that the Divine Presence had appeared. G-d asked Elijah again for the purpose of his visit, and Elijah repeated his earlier response. G d instructed Elijah to go to Damascus and anoint Hazael as king of Aram and Jehu as king of Israel and to anoint Elisha as a prophet in his stead. These three would continue Elijah's battle against the Baal. Elijah followed the instructions and he immediately found Elisha and recruited him as his aide and eventual successor.
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must have been expended by these five orphaned women - devoid of special parentage or privilege (the Midrash even identifies their father as having been the Sabbath violator put to death for gathering wood) - in order to enable them to present their case before the Highest tribunal: Moses, and then G-d. They climbed all of the bureaucratic channels, they fought the desert - Tammany equivalent of City Hall - and they won! Only a passionate love for and faith in the Land of Israel could have inspired such spirited dedication and stubborn ingenuity. It is on this basis that Rav Efraim Lunshitz, known as the Kli Yakar, gives the following "feminist" spin to his interpreta-
tion of the introduction to the sin of the scouts: "And the Lord spoke to Moses saying, 'Send forth your men that they may scout out the land.' " (Numbers 13:1) Writes the Kli Yakar: "Since our Sages say that the men hated the Land (of Israel) and said 'let us return to Egypt' whereas the women loved the land, as they (the daughters of Tzlophad) said 'Give us an inheritance.' The Holy Blessed be He, who Knows the future, said it would be better to send women, but according to you, you (Moses) trust (your) men."
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HEALTH
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July 15, 2011
Hebrew U Study Sheds Light on Early Development of Cancer BY ELAD BENARI Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem report they have discovered the molecular basis for the breakage of DNA during the development of cancerous tumors. he DNA encodes all the genetic information needed to build the cell’s proteins, and as such, breaks in the DNA disrupt the variety of proteins in the cell and lead to changes in its function. These changes can lead to defects in the control of cellular proliferation, which results in the development of cancer. The study, the results of which were published on Friday in the scientific journal Molecular Cell, was conducted by Professor Bat Sheva Kerem and doctoral student Efrat Ozeri-Galai of the Alexander Silverman Institute of Life Sciences at Hebrew U’s Faculty of Science. Using innovative technologies, the two were able to characterize for the first time the DNA regions that are the most sensitive to breakage in the early stages of cancer development. “Most cancerous tumors are characterized by an accumulation of damage in the DNA which drives cancer development,” they said. “In the early stages of cancer development, the cells are forced to proliferate, and in each proliferation the DNA is replicated to ensure that the daughter cells have a full DNA. During the early development of cancer cells, conditions are created that interfere with normal replication of DNA. Under these conditions, DNA damage occurs mainly in specific regions called ‘fragile regions.’” During their research, Professor Kerem and Ozeri-Galai used an innovative research method that allows for the study of individual DNA molecules, in order to discover the basis for the special sensitivity of fragile regions. Finding an explanation for this phenomenon is of great importance, as it sheds new light on the regulation of DNA replication along those fragile regions, which are among the first ones to break, thereby promoting the cancer development process. They found that along the fragile regions
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Cancerous tumor. there are certain areas which cause interference in the process of DNA replication and sometimes even halt it. To allow completion of DNA replication, the fragile regions operate mechanisms that are usually used under stress. As a result, under these conditions of replication stress (an example of which are the early stages of Cancer development), the cell has no additional resources for coping with the stress, and damage is thus caused to DNA. The results of this study shed a new light on the molecular mechanism that encourages the development of cancerous tumors. Other recent studies have focused on events that occur in cells in the initial stages of tumor development, in order to identify the primary events that occur in cells that contribute to the development of cancerous growth on the one hand, and of events that can inhibit this process on the other. The results of this study allow, for the first time, to identify and characterize the properties of DNA which regulate the process of duplication in fragile regions during the initial stages of tumor development. In the future, these discoveries may lead to new approaches for prevention and/or treatment of cancer. Israel has a prominent place in cancer research. This includes, for example, diagnostic methods such as devlopment of an early detection device for head and neck cancers at the Technion, diagnostic blood tests, and in treatment methods such as Tel Aviv University's targeted nanochemotherapy research and pharmaceutical innovations. (ISRAELNATIONALNEWS.COM)
Medical First: Patient Receives Successful Artificial Trachea A patient will be discharged from a hospital in Sweden on Friday after his cancerous windpipe was removed and replaced by the world's first artificial trachea (windpipe), made of his own stem cells grown on a man-made plastic matrix. his is the first permanent artificial organ ever," says Paolo Macchiarini, professor of regenerative surgery at the Karolinksa Institute in Stockholm, who led an international team of researchers. Just as remarkable as the man-made windpipe, he says, is how quickly it was produced. Collaborators in Sweden, London and the U.S. created the trachea from scratch in just two days for a 36-year-old man whose cancer was so far advanced that only emergency surgery offered him any chance of survival. Rejection is unlikely because the new trachea was made of a special plastic polymer and the patient's own cells, Macchiarini says. The procedure represents yet another step in the evolution of tissue engineering that began with skin in the 1980s and later with bladders and blood vessels, says George Daley, director of stem cell transplantation at
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A UCL scientist and his team designed and built the synthetic windpipe ‘scaffold’ used in an operation in Sweden. Children's Hospital Boston. Daley says the scientific advance in this case is less significant than the fact that the researchers have developed a new clinical application for this technology. "The scientific advance is pretty minimal," he says. "Tissue engineers have been marrying cells to matrices to regrow parts for many years."
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Weizmann Named Top Employer in Academia Outside U.S. The Weizmann Institute in Rechovot placed first among the top 10 academic institutions outside the United States in The Scientist magazine's ninth annual Best Places to Work in Academia for 2011. he top spot in the U.S. went to the J. David Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco. It's the second time that Weizmann has finished first. The school also has two second-place rankings to its credit. The survey takes 37 criteria into consid-
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eration. They include teamwork and getting unique sources of funding. On the question of professional satisfaction, Weizmann scored five out of five. The magazine noted that the institute has received increasing support from Israeli and European Union funding sources, more than offsetting a 6 percent drop in US government funding in the last four years. Vice President Haim Garty told the magazine that the increased funding, together with sharing of internal resources at the institution, helped “enable continuity of high-quality research in rough periods.”
Rabbi Azarya Berzon to Join Lander College for Men/Beis Medrash L’Talmud Dr. Alan Kadish, president and CEO of the Touro College and University System is pleased to announce that Rabbi Azarya Berzon has been appointed as a Rosh Yeshiva in its Lander College for Men/ Beis Medrash L'Talmud.
in Yeshiva Kerem B'Yavneh and Yeshiva Beis Ha'Talmud in Israel, and holds a bachelor’s degree from Queens College and a master’s degree from the New School for Social Research. He has published several seforim and numerous articles as well as hundreds of shiurim online, and is a widely-respected, am confident that Rabbi dynamic maggid shiur and public Berzon will add signifispeaker. Rabbi cantly to the spiritual and Beis Medrash L'Talmud benefits Azarya scholarly growth of his students. from the outstanding leadership and Berzon He is a master mechanech with Torah scholarship of its senior magexceptional strengths in molding gidei shiur; Rabbi Abba Bronspigel, the character and Torah knowledge of his Rabbi Yehuda Parness, Rabbi Yehuda talmidim,” said Dr. Kadish. Shmulewitz, and Rabbi Eliyahu Soloveichik. Rabbi Berzon has had a long and distin- Rabbi Berzon complements these illustrious educators. _______________________________ “My goal is to create a lasting bond with students and add another dimension to their “Rabbi Berzon has touched learning. It is an honor to have the opportumany lives as a dedicated nity to teach among such distinguished teacher of Torah. His enthu- roshei yeshiva and committed students,” Rabbi Berzon said. siastic energy, scholarship Lander College for Men/Beis Medrash and ability to inspire make L’Talmud, located in Queens, N.Y., is committed to the pursuit of excellence in Jewish him a welcome addition to and academic studies in a personalized enviLander College for Men.” ronment. Established in the fall of 2000, the _______________________________ purpose of LCM is to provide a superior college education for students committed to guished career in Jewish education. Rabbi serious Beis Medrash learning in an atmosBerzon served as Ram in Yeshivat Hesder phere of Torah. Ma'aleh Adumim, as well as senior Ram at Touro is a system of Jewish-sponsored nonYeshivat Shaalvim from 1981-1991, and institutions of higher and professional founded Yeshiva Sha'arei Mevaseret Zion in profit education. Touro College was chartered in 1991, where he served as Rosh Yeshiva until 1970 primarily to enrich the Jewish heritage, 2009. Rabbi Berzon also founded Michlelet and to serve the larger American community. Mevaseret Yerushalayim for women in 1996. Approximately 19,000 students are currently Most recently he has served as Co-Rosh enrolled in its various schools and divisions. Kollel of the Yeshiva University Kollel in Touro College has branch campuses, locations and instructional sites in the New York area, as Toronto. as branch campuses and programs in “Rabbi Berzon has touched many lives as well Berlin, Jerusalem, Moscow, Paris, and Florida. a dedicated teacher of Torah. His enthusias- Touro University California and its Nevada tic energy, scholarship and ability to inspire branch campus, as well as Touro College Los make him a welcome addition to Lander Angeles and Touro University Worldwide, are separately accredited institutions within the College for Men,” said Dean Moshe Sokol. A talmid of Harav Yoseph Dov Touro College and University System. For furinformation on Touro College, please go Soloveitchik, zt"l, Rabbi Berzon also studied ther to: http://www.touro.edu/media/..
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Radical Islamist Group Tries to Branch Out... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 10 part of our Deen, that's a part of our religion. Let's not become weak-boned and apologetic…" Musa said in a June 2002 speech about Palestinian suicide bombers. Educational materials from the group reinforce anti-Semitic and anti-American sentiments, particularly the Crescent International magazine, which the group calls "regular reading" for Sabiqun members. "Given the craven attitude of US politicians that cringe at the thought of offending the American Jewish lobby or standing up to
the Zionist bully, more billions will be siphoned off to the Zionist settler entity to oppress, displace and murder Palestinians in their own land rather than force it to agree to some internationally accepted behavior," an article by Zafar Bangash says in the June 2010 issue. "Zionism cloaked in Judaism has occupied the religious territories of Europe and America. Nothing much can be expected from an ailing America and an expiring Europe who have for centuries now been in a
progressive choke hold by the Zionist political class," a guest editorial article said in the June 2010 issue. "The issue of Israel hence is a Zionist/Jewish/Islamic issue par excellence; Christianity has been effectively domesticated by evangelical Christians and secular politicians who report to their Zionist spiritual and financial bosses respectively." The institute plans to continue the hateful and violent rhetoric that has become essential to Sabiqun's ideology, whether reinforced through speeches or educational material. As
the flyer for Sunday's event notes, the movement "must consciously subject itself to an evolutionary process… to propel us to emerge out of the gravity of self-imposed stagnation." Building on its young base, Sabiqun plans to implant anti-Zionist and anti-American ideas into another generation, which it hopes will sustain the legacy of Imam Musa.
yet another obstacle to successful talks." The House resolution says the goal is two states "a democratic, Jewish state of Israel and a viable, democratic Palestinian state, living side-by-side in peace, security and
mutual recognition." But many question the viability of a PA state when the organization, riddled with corruption, cannot make ends meet and survives solely at the charitable largesse of donor nations.
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US Congress Opposes PA Statehood Bid... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 negating the propaganda effect of the PA receiving the support of its traditional 'automatic majority' in the General Assembly. "What, exactly, would UN General Assembly recognition of a Palestinian state
do for the Palestinians? Absolutely nothing," said Rep. Howard Berman of California, the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee. "It would be seen by Israel and many others as an act of bad faith, creating
Bomb Implants on the Horizon? TSA Increases Security... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 counter terrorism official said, although the official declined to specify which region they recommended. In recent years, the TSA has added hundreds of new full-body screening machines at scores of airports to complement metal
detectors and help detect hard-to-find items that could pose a security threat. The new scanners, however, likely wouldn't be able to identify explosive devices implanted inside a body. That has prompted many security experts
concerned about the over-reliance on technology by U.S. security officials to urge alternative security measures, including the impolitic but effective method of profiling a passenger's behavior and demeanor to identify security risks.
"What technology can we use? The simple answer is the human brain—that's the only way to address the threat," said Philip Baum, founder of Green Light Limited, a U.K. aviation-security consultancy.
young men with limitless futures. From Junior High through the college level, the three part curriculum at Boys Town - academic, technological and Torah - is designed to turn otherwise disadvantaged Israeli youth
into productive citizens of tomorrow. Boys Town’s 18 acre campus is a home away from home for its more than 850 students. More than 6,500 graduates hold key positions throughout Israeli society.
researchers didn't have time to wait for a donor trachea and they didn't want to risk rejection. He says he began by removing the patient's bone marrow and filtering out certain cells, called mononucleocytes. These cells, when treated with growth factors and other substances, morph into the cells that form the rings on the trachea. Then a team led by Alexander Seifalian at the University College of London worked round-the-clock to produce a Y-shaped matrix that would replace the cancerous portion of the patient's windpipe and connect with his lungs. David Green's team at Harvard Biosciences in Holliston, Mass., traveled to Stockholm and placed the matrix and the solution of cells into a custom-made device called a bioreactor. The bioreactor keeps the body temperature constant at 98.6 degrees and rotates the matrix once per minute just as a rotisserie turns a chicken.With every revolution, the lower part of the matrix dips into the cell broth, coating it and at the same time exposing the living cells to oxygen. Within 48 hours, the man-made windpipe was ready for implantation. Doctors not only replaced Teklesenbet's windpipe, they gave it a blood supply by sliding a section of tissue from his stomach up through his diaphragm,
which is a standard technique, Macchiarini says. Green says similar bioreactors are being used to engineer heart and lung tissues, which so far have been tested only in rodents. Macchiarini says, "My dream as a surgeon is, rather than doing transplants of the heart, liver and lungs, is to use regenerative medicine to restore the function of cells damaged by aging and disease." Teklesenbet says the dream has come true for him. "It is a wonderful thing for me," he said in a telephone interview, still hoarse from surgery. "I know about transplantation, but I never thought transplantation of the airway could happen."
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Robotic "seeing-eye Dog" for the Blind... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 21 vidual to set out for a target location, led smoothly by the eyes, brain and wheels of his robotic best friend. Boys Town Jerusalem is one of Israel's premier institutions for educating the coun-
try's next generation of leaders in the fields of technology, commerce, education, the military and public service. Since its founding in 1948, BTJ has pursued its mission of turning young boys from limited backgrounds into
MayDay Sends Alerts for Car Crash Victims ... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 33 Macchiarini performed a similar procedure in 2008 in Barcelona. A patient named Claudia Castillo received a windpipe that had been removed from an organ donor and, over a period of weeks, cleared of all of its
original cells, leaving just a matrix that could be coated with the patient's own stem cells. He has performed about 10 implantations using donor windpipes since then, he says. In this case, Macchiarini says,
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The New Age of Coupon Crazies Slowly Expands to Kosher... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 30 little guys, or medium sized and niche market guys for that matter, either. All those Woots, Groupola, and Living Social’s are still thriving despite Groupon’s dominance in
the coupon market. Indeed, on a much smaller scale in the Kosher food and Jewish lifestyle market, sites like KosherKouponz and Jdeal have captured a significant market
portion, growing tenfold in consumer outreach in just a matter of months. Despite the three potential giants and other medium sized sites mentioned above, those coupon
sites that serve niche markets, such as Jdeal and KosherKouponz, are likely to continue growing unabated by the larger competition until they reach their maximal market share.
only Arab interlocutor able to negotiate the future sovereignty of the West Bank and East Jerusalem with Israel. As the two successor States to the Mandate for Palestine and the signatories to a peace agreement that has held fast for the last 17 years - Jordan and Israel have the credentials and the clout to peacefully resolve
sovereignty of the remaining 5% of Palestine that still remains unallocated between them and to guarantee that any agreement between them is honored and enforced. Believing any Abbas assurance that the PLO does not covet a takeover of Jordan is tantamount to King Abdullah accepting the kiss of death.
PA’s Kiss of Death for Abdallah... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19 The Hashemites have been around far too long to fall for this sudden PLO show of affection. The Hashemites have astutely ruled in Jordan for over 90 years and have preserved Jordan as an independent and exclusively Arab State in 78% of Palestine since 1946. The Hashemites - together with Israel -
have been the stable and constant political influences in the region which has otherwise known nothing but turmoil since the League of Nations unanimously endorsed the reconstitution of the Jewish National Home in Palestine in 1922. Should Abbas refuse to return to the negotiating table then Jordan remains the
Hareidi Rabbi: Part of Spanish Island’s Descendants Are Jews... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 should be encouraged to embrace a life of Torah and observance Jewish laws. The decision was issued after a careful and extensive study of the history of the Chuetas and Majorca and the relevant issues in Jewish law. “This is an historic development,” Freund told Spanish journalists in Palma. “I have been working for years to get the Chuetas of Majorca recognized as Jews. This ruling removes any doubts or questions that may have existed regarding their status. The Chuetas are now considered to be full-
fledged members of the Jewish people. Rabbi Karelitz’s decision will pave the way for many of them to return to their roots nearly six centuries after their ancestors were torn away from us against their will. “The Chuetas no longer need to live in between worlds – we have succeeded in opening the door for them to come home. And I hope and pray that many will do so.” Shavei Israel maintains an emissary in Palma de Mallorca, Rabbi Nissan BenAvraham, who carries out various educational and cultural activities among the Chuetas.
In the coming months, Shavei Israel, working together with the Arachim organization headed by Rabbi Yossi Walls, will launch a coordinated outreach program in Palma with the aim of enabling the Chuetas to learn more about their heritage. The Chuetas, the Catalan word for "pigs,” suffered from centuries of discrimination, which reinforced their identity and communal cohesiveness. The Chuetas were forced to marry only among themselves and faced various social and professional restrictions up until the modern era. An estimated 15,000-
20,000 still live in Mallorca, though many have assimilated in recent years. Shavei Israel, besides working on behalf of the Chuetas, is currently active in nine countries and provides assistance to a variety of different communities, including the Bnei Menashe of India, the Bnei Anousim in Spain, Portugal and South America, the Subbotnik Jews of Russia, the Jewish community of Kaifeng in China, and the Hidden Jews of Poland from the Holocaust. (ISRAELNATIONALNEWS.COM)
Annual Bike-A-Thon Benefits The Jesse Dweck City Learning Center... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 28 sponsoring water bottles. Special appreciation was given to all the volunteers who worked tirelessly to make this event possible including Margo Chabot, Jaclyn Oved,
Mourad Shehebar, Sheri Shabot, Sarine Tebele, David Paige, Jakob Mehani, Rachel Sabbagh, and Millie Marcus. The Dweck family also vocalized their heartfelt thanks to
the community for its past support and invited everyone to participate in sponsoring a class for a loved one (in memory of, in honor of, for refuah shelemah, and etc.)
To make a donation to the Center, or sponsor a class, please contact Poopa Dweck at (732) 672-7775 or via e-mail: askpoopa@aol.com.
Foreign Airlines Resist EU Emission Control Regulations... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 33 Governor Cuomo as he signs the bill I sponsored into law and we finally make distracted driving a serious offense.” New York State Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg said, “As a former police officer, I’ve seen the devastation caused by distracted drivers. Today, we are giving law enforcement the tools they need to keep our roads safe and prevent future accidents. These changes will save lives. I’d like to thank Governor Cuomo for supporting this law and I look forward to our continued work together.” New York State Police Superintendent Joseph A. D’Amico said, “Motorists should now realize the dangers of operating a motor vehicle while texting on mobile devices or talking on a cell phone without an approved hands-free device. This change in the statute will allow law enforcement to continue the battle against distracted driving. Distracted driving is dangerous driving and drivers must reduce diversion and behaviors that take their attention from the road. Attentive, responsible, defensive driving is the key to avoiding crashes and keeping our highways safe.” New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said, “It’s no secret that violations of the no-texting and no use of hand held devices while driving rules are widespread despite their nexus to accidents, including fatalities. This legislation is a wel-
come step toward saving lives.” President of AAA New York State Thomas Hoy said, “With nearly 2 trillion text messages sent last year, texting represents the most dangerous form of distracted driving. We applaud the Governor and lawmakers for stiffening the consequences for those who jeopardize the rest of us with their careless conduct.”
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Virus Attached to NJ Police Ticket Email The New Jersey State Police have issued an alert regarding the latest computer virus hitting New Jersey residents’ emails with a subject line of “Camera Violation.” he email was sent to a resident supposed to be a speeding ticket from the state police, said Acting Lt. Stephen Jones. Attached to the email was a zip file called “Speeding over 55 zone,” Jones said. “When the victim opened the file, his anti-virus software detected a problem but he still suffered catastrophic hard drive informa-
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tion damage.” There are several inconsistencies in the email that could should have been taken as a red flag, Jones explained The state police Cyber-crimes Unit advises all computer users to beware of attachments or links in emails, especially those in unsolicited mail, and mail addressed to more than one recipient. Residents should be advised that the New Jersey State Police do not used photo-radar. Neither do they email summonses to the public. Any unsolicited emails from NJ State Police should be questioned before opening.
Annual Cape May- Whale Watching In 1976, the southern tip of New Jersey became a national landmark, and a full restoration of the colorful Victorian homes shaped the town into an architectural destination. Cape May has a cozy town center and trolley tours, but, because it’s an island, a little ocean-mammal watching is the perfect way to sightsee. ape May Whale Watcher (capemay whalewatcher.com; 609-884-5445) starts with a tour of the town before heading miles out to sea. “Cape May has world-class dolphin watching,” says the com-
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pany’s Capt. Jeff Stewart. “This is where dolphins come to have their babies.” Expect to see bottlenose dolphins and humpback whales while aboard a 110-foot boat custommade for whale watching (tours start at $30). And Stewart’s trips come with a guarantee: “If we don’t show you whales, dolphins or porpoises,” he says, “we give you a free pass that doesn’t expire.” While in Cape May, don’t miss: The Cape May Zoo (707 Route 9 North; 609-465-5271) began as a petting zoo in the ’70s but now boasts tigers, giraffes and snow leopards. Admission is free.
The Boardwalk in Wildwood Southern Jersey’s Wildwood is a time capsule from the mid-20th century, when it emerged as a major resort and family destination. nnual crowds of more than 3.5 million continue to visit the vintage hotels, built in the architectural style of the 1950s, and there are enough neon signs to challenge the Strip in Las Vegas. There is
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also the 2.2-mile boardwalk, which has a tram, and more than 100 rides and attractions. “Wildwood started out as the blue-collar Riviera,” says Jack Morey, the owner of Morey’s Piers, which operates rides on two piers, including cutting-edge roller coasters and water slides. “The boardwalk is clean, but tacky enough so it all blends together.” Families can find free nightly concerts, fireworks-free beaches and, elsewhere, fireworks.
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CASEY ANTHONY CASE SPURS NEW JERSEY BILL The high-profile Florida trial of Casey Anthony, has spurred a Central Jersey legislator to introduce a bill to help state authorities searching for abducted or missing children, a move announced in the wake of The bill would make failing to report a death in New Jersey a felony and require that a missing child be reported to police within 24 hours; under current law, failing to report a death is a disorderly persons offense, and there is no set time frame for reporting a person missing. asey Anthony was acquitted earlier this month of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, who disappeared in June 2008 but was not reported missing for 31 days — about five months before her decomposed body was discovered in a wooded area not far from her Orlando home. Anthony was convicted of providing false information to authorities probing the girl’s death, but because of the time served awaiting trial, she is expected to be released within a matter of days. “The entire country has mourned the loss of Caylee Anthony,” state Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski, D-Middlesex. “Had (police) been notified sooner, they could have determined the cause of her death, and justice may have been served for this little girl. “We know the first hours are crucial in finding a missing child,” Wisniewski added. “Prompt notification would help police with their search and, in the awful case that tragedy strikes, would help them determine the cause of death, get a guilty conviction and bring justice (for) the victim.” Wisniewski’s proposed bill also would amend state law by making it a crime for anyone who becomes aware of a death by criminal violence or accident to fail to report that death to a county medical examiner, the State Medical Examiner or a municipal police department within the jurisdiction of where the death occurred. Under current law, a person who “willfully neglects or refuses” to report a death, or anyone who touches, removes, or disturbs a body of a dead person, is guilty of a disorderly persons offense punishable by up to six months in prison, a fine of up to $1,000 or both, Wisniewski noted. The law requires prosecutors to prove the person was aware of the death and provide proof that the person willfully neglected or refused to report it. Wisniewski also wants this offense to be
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elevated to a felony. Similar legislation has been proposed by lawmakers in at least 15 other states. The new measures, many referred to as Caylee’s Law, were triggered at least in part by an online petition created by Oklahoma mother Michelle Crowder on the website Change.org (more than 1.1 million people had signed the petition as of Monday). Federal legislation is also an idea being kicked around by pundits and lawmakers nationwide, but legal experts have said that any such measure would face daunting hurdles for reasons of constitutionality and practicality. Wisniewski noted that it generally is recognized by law enforcement that notification of a missing child always should be made as soon as possible, because the immediate hours after an abduction or disappearance are the most crucial in any investigation. Under the statutes governing the State Police Missing Persons and Child Exploitation Unit, a missing child is defined as “a person 13 years of age or younger whose whereabouts are not currently known.” A State Police representative referred a request for comment about Wisniewski’s proposed legislation to the state Attorney General’s Office, but a representative from that office could not be reached by press time. “The sooner the police know a child is missing, the greater the chance the child will be found. We have mourned the loss of too many children who were snatched from their families never to be seen again or, worse, have perished at the hands of their abductors,” Wisniewski said. “This time frame gives our law enforcement officials the time needed to do their jobs effectively and children who have been abducted the hope that they will be found safe.”
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ISRAEL’S TOP BEACHES 5. Dado Zamir Beach (Mediterranean)
BY ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN Dig out the sand toys and don't forget the sunscreen. It's time to hit the beach, and here are some of the best Israel has to offer.
This central Haifa beach has pretty gardens along its long boardwalk promenade, beachside restaurants, pubs and coffee shops, free parking, benches and sitting areas, a dance arena (with weekly public dances and Israeli folk dancing on Saturdays), an amphitheatre for summer events, sports and playgrounds and a pool for toddlers. It's even got Wi-Fi. The picturesque boardwalk runs from its southern tip to the northern part of Carmel Beach next door. For the disabled, Dado offers reserved parking, adapted showers and bathrooms, and ramps for easy access to and from the beach. Information: 1-800-305-090; 04-8535606/5.
ife's a beach in Israel. This small country is blessed by three seas -- the Mediterranean, the Dead and the Red (the Sea of Galilee is really a lake, though it does have beaches too). With the help of recommendations from veteran tour guide Joe Yudin of Touring Israel and Hassan Madah of the Tourism Ministry, in this article, we offer a glimpse at the top 10 beaches in Israel, just in time for summer.
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1. Beit Yannai Beach (Mediterranean) Named after the ancient Judean king Alexander Yannai, the Alexander River north of Netanya was in a sorry state until a 1994 restoration project transformed the area into a lovely, wheelchair-accessible nature reserve. The beach is at the spot where the river runs into the sea. Considered by many to be Israel's most beautiful beach and kite-surfing locale, Yannai is pristine and quiet. The Israel Parks and Nature Authority has posted signs with information on the natural features of the beach and its wildlife. You can camp overnight here, and there
Surfers in Haifa. are picnic tables, restaurants and showers. Don't miss the nearby eucalyptus grove and ancient ruins. Entrance fee. Information: 09-8666230.
2. Coral Reef Beach (Red Sea) Tourists enjoy a view of the Red Sea from the aquapark bridge at Coral Beach. The best place to snorkel in Eilat, Coral Beach is a popular diving reef and a familyfriendly beach. Its setting on the world's northernmost coral reef affords visitors an
amazing place to see the multicolored coral garden and the Red Sea aquatic creatures that inhabit it. Rent a snorkel, mask, flippers and life jacket, walk along a short pier and step down into shallow warm water teeming with tropical delights. Sunshades and loungers, hot showers and a snack kiosk are available. Entrance fee. Information: 08-637-6829.
6. Sironit Beach (Mediterranean) Netanya has one of the longest coastlines in Israel, and offers eight beaches. What's particularly cool about Sironit, one of the city's southernmost beaches, is the glasswalled Beach Elevator that descends into it
3. Banana Beach (Mediterranean) The entire west flank of Tel Aviv is one long shoreline lined with beaches. Banana Beach, located on the southernmost edge near Jaffa, has become a sort of hippie bohemian sanctuary on Friday evenings. It's a great place to end a walking tour of Tel Aviv, as young people begin gathering here at sunset for drum circles, singing and dancing on the cliffs. The rest of the week, it's a fairly tranquil spot where you'll find people sunbathing or playing Matkot, Israeli beach paddleball. The Banana Beach café right on the sand screens films and sports events in the evenings for free. You can rent surfboards and wind surfers, or sign up for surfing lessons, at the Galim surf shop. No entrance fee; sand chairs available for hire.
4. Mineral Beach (Dead Sea) You want mud? You got it. Whereas at many Dead Sea beaches you can buy packets of its famous mineral-rich mud to slather on your skin, at Mineral Beach there's a huge mud pit to climb into. Prefer a natural Jacuzzi? There's one here, too, fashioned out of hot sulfur pools. When you get tired of floating on the Dead Sea, try the freshwater pool. At this clean and accessible beach, you can rent a towel or locker, get a health treatment or lie on a tanning bed. The site also has an amphitheater, a cafeteria and showers to wash off the mud and sand. Mineral Beach is on the northern end of the Dead Sea, so it's a fast destination from Jerusalem and the surface is less pebbly than at the more southern beaches. (If you're into sunbathing in the buff, nearby Neve Midbar Beach has a secluded section for nudists.) Entrance fee. Information: 02-994-4888.
The Beach Elevator in Netanya. from the Rishonim Promenade along the cliff-top. This lets you get from the city center to the seashore in 20 seconds, for just one shekel. Two breakwaters opposite the beach create tranquil bays for safe swimming almost all year. Sironit has a restaurant, stage and fitness facilities among its other features. Parking fee. Information: 1-700-709292; 09-882-7286.
7. Metzitzim Beach (Mediterranean) This northern Tel Aviv spot overlooking the S'de Dov airfield used to be called Sheraton Beach for the hotel that once stood next to it, but was later renamed for the Israeli cult classic film of the same name ("metzitzim" means "peepers"). It attracts a mix of hipsters and families, with calm, warm water due to a man-made lagoon. There's a café-restaurant and playground here, and just south of the main area is a separate section for the religious public, where women are admitted Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays; men on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
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Jerusalem Launches New Tourism to Israel Set to Break Records Self-Guided MP3 Walking Tour Through the Old City Travelers to the Old City of Jerusalem can now tour the city's historical, religious and cultural sites with new self-guided digital JerusaleMP3 walking tours. he digital tours come complete with maps and written explanations available in four languages, enriching the touring experience through the Old City. The multimedia audio tours also include video and can be operated from a smartphone or similar audio device, and are free for download.
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The JerusaleMP3 tours include: • The Jewish Quarter • Via Dolorosa • Jerusalem in the First and Second Temple Periods • From Mount Zion to Jaffa Gate • The Temple Mount Compound • In the Footsteps of the Christian Sects • The Herodian Quarter • Ramparts Walk, Southern Section • Ramparts Walk, Northern Section • Marketplaces in the Old City "We are thrilled to welcome this next generation of walking tours to the Old City
BY GIL RONEN of Jerusalem," says Haim Gutin, Israel Commissioner for Tourism, North and South America, "which will allow travelers to explore sites of tremendous historical, religious and cultural importance at their own personal pace." Several of the tours will also be handicapped-accessible. Color brochures detailing the tours in four languages are available at hotels, tourist sites and tourist offices around the city. To download a JerusaleMP3 walking tour, visit www.jerusalem-oldcity.org.il. For more information about travel to Israel, visit www.goisrael.com.
Hundreds Tour Byzantine-Era Synagogue BY MAAYANA MISKIN Hundreds of Jews were allowed to visit an ancient synagogue from the Byzantine era last week. The tour, coordinated with the IDF, took place as part of a program to commemorate young hikers slain by Palestinian Authority terrorists. he more than 200 hikers first visited the ancient synagogue of Samoa and the nearby village of Anin, mentioned in the book of Joshua. They held morning prayer services in the synagogue. They then continued on to a second ancient synagogue, this one located in the village of Susiya, a town dating back to Talmud times that in recent decades has enjoyed renewed Jewish settlement. The tour was hosted by “David and Achikam Tours,” a group formed to commemorate slain Jewish hikers David Rubin and Achikam Amichai. The two were murdered by Palestinian Authority police offi-
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cers in a 2007 terrorist attack as they hiked in the hills surrounding Hevron. Friends of the two decided to continue in their footsteps by bringing more people to see the hills of Samaria, Judea and Binyamin. “We see no reason that these wonderful areas, the birthplace of Israeli culture, should remain unknown,” they explained. __________________________________
“The tour, coordinated with the IDF, took place as part of a program to commemorate young hikers slain by Palestinian Authority terrorists.” __________________________________
They now hold monthly hikes to a variety of attractions, including ancient villages, mountaintops and natural springs.
Records in tourism: According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, 262,000 visitors entered Israel in June 2011 (tourists and day visitors) – a record for the month of June with 1percent more than June 2010 and 25 percent more than June 2009. n all-time record-high was also recorded in June for incoming tourists who stayed in Israel for more than one night – 228,300 (about 87 percent of all visitors) and an increase of 7 percent over June 2010 and 4 percent over June 2008. In the first half of 2011, 1.6 million visitors arrived in Israel, similar to the 1.63 million of the same period last year, which was Israel’s record-breaking year for incoming tourism. The number of tourists was 1.4 million, 4 percent more than the same period last year; 213,000 were day visitors, 27 percent less than the same period last year. Of these visitors, 96,000 were cruise visitors,
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about double the number of the previous year. 40,900 tourists arrived on direct flights to Eilat for the purpose of vacationing – an impressive 38 percent increase over the first half of 2010. Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov said, “Incoming tourism to Israel registered a significant achievement in the first half of 2011. In the shadow of the local and regional crises, which had a direct effect on the region’s image, the tourism industry has succeeded in maintaining incoming tourism and even increasing it. The intensive investment around the world, both in increased marketing budgets and public advocacy activities by Tourism Ministry representatives, has succeeded in challenging the potential tourist to visit Israel and to present Israel as a safe, quality and attractive destination.” The minister noted that, in the last half of 2011, the ministry will continue its focused marketing activities internationally, supported by a NIS 100 million budget. ISRAELNATIONALNEWS.COM)
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Novak Djokovic’s Wimbledon Champs Israeli Connection This past Sunday the Serbian tennis player provided the fitting cherry atop the cake of his already incredible season – after beating Rafael Nadal in the Wimbledon final, he achieved the No. 1 world tennis ranking on Monday. Yes, Djokovic is ranked higher than Nadal and Roger Federer. he Champ has now spent a number of years near the top of the tennis world, and many Israelis have been in the background for his amazing success. The Hakshuri family, for instance, made the initial contact with Djokovic early in his career. Agent Amit Naor, was Novak’s man behind the scenes during his first years on the Tour. And of course, Ronen Bega, was his fitness coach until 18 months ago. Tamir Kfir is the one person got involved with Novak’s career and stayed from the first moment they met to the present. Kfir is the Israeli, owner of a company bearing his name, the company develops special custom made insoles especially for Djokovic, insoles that, if you ask the tennis great himself, deserve great amount of credit in the story of his success. Kfir, a life-long tennis player, designs and constructs what is known in medical terms as orthotic insoles and orthopedic prostheses. His technique called Dynamic Motion Control (DMC), meaning control while in motion, if you will, is patented worldwide. Tamir began his career by manufacturing prostheses for leg amputees but then, thanks to his great interest in sports, he decided to work with athletes. Today, after an extended relationship, Tamir Kfir is like a member of the Djokovic family. It all started some five years ago when Djokovic’s Israeli contacts brought the injured Novak to Israel to be treated by physiotherapist Rafi Virshuvski. “Rafi asked for my help, to see if I could try to cure Novak’s injury”, Kfir recalled. “We decided to prepare a separate set of insoles for each playing surface, hard court, clay and grass. And the rest, as they say, is history.” After winning the Australian open recently, Djokovic threw nearly every item he had into the crowd, but when he took off his shoes, he remembered to hang onto the best kept secret to his great success – his insoles. When he was asked about it at the press conference afterward he replied, “You caught me. That’s the secret to my footwork." One of Djokovic’s signature moves on
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Tennis champ Novak Djokovic. court is his amazing split. This defensive move allows him to reach nearly any ball. “His big breakthrough came last year”, recalls Kfir. “I met with the family and his entire coaching staff and it was decided that he should become the leading “slider” in men’s tennis. “Initially, when Novak would do it, he had pain in the exterior of the soleus muscle, small ankle sprains, but the insoles allow him to do it and now he’s the best defensive player on the Tour and the best offensive player on the Tour as well”. Djokovic’s insole man tells of the significant change he has gone through: “Nadal, for example, exhausts his opponents with his returns, but his backhand is mediocre and he doesn’t have the slice of a top ranked player. With Novak you see how he aims his legs into the slide fearlessly. And not only does he do it on clay or grass, he even is able to do it on hard court surfaces.” Kfir, who provides custom made insoles for about 40 of the world’s top 100 ranked tennis players as well as for the Serbian Davis Cup (men) and Federation (women) teams, also works with the leading basketball clubs in Israel (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Jerusalem, Gilboa/Galil) and Europe (CSKA Moscow and Panathinaikos, among others). One of the obvious questions is how others, who are aware of the secret weapon Djokovic has in his shoes, have not turned to Kfir to try to balance things out. “Nadal’s people approached me at one point”, Tamir said, “but I decided not to work with them I’d rather stay with Novak as a sign of my appreciation and loyalty. We’re family. His parents love me as if I was one of their own.”
Hebrew University to Hand Out Athletic Scholarship in Hockey BY ARYEH BEN HAYIM
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Although there are Russian, Swedish, Finnish, Czech stars in the National Hockey League, not to mention many other nationalities, Canada considers itself the cradle of the sport of hockey.
“Israel has about 500 registered hockey players, and there is an eight-team Israeli Hockey League along with an Israel Recreational Hockey Association.”
herefore, when the Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University decided to add another scholarship it was only natural for them to create an athletic scholarship for an outstanding Israeli hockey player. Israeli hockey got a big boost with the mass immigration from the former Soviet Union. Boris Mindel a former defenseman from the fabled Red Army team became a coach in the northern border town of Metula, Israel's northernmost city. But it was Canadian Jewry who helped foster the renaissance financially. Metula is home to the Canada Centre sports complex, which includes Israel's only Olympic-size ice rink, along with the Canada-Israel Hockey School. The star athlete will have a long commute from Jerusalem, but sports legends are built on such efforts. The school was spearheaded by Canadian businessman Sidney Greenberg of Astral Media, and its sponsors include the National
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_______________________________ Hockey League and Air Canada. Israel has about 500 registered hockey players, and there is an eight-team Israeli Hockey League along with an Israel Recreational Hockey Association. This year marks 20 years since Israel joined the International Ice Hockey Federation in 1991. In 2006 the Israeli squad was promoted to division I but was outscored 47-3 in the tournament and was afterward relegated to the more realistic division II. Perhaps a new scholarship symbolizes a renaissance for the sport in Israel. (ISRAELNATIONALNEWS.COM)
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1060 Near side Drive, unfurnished BR, util incl, $985/mo A/C, TV + GE Incl. Retired male pref, credit ck. 917-848-6160
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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
APARTMENT FOR SALE, NYC: 350 Cabrini @ 190th St. , 10040 $289,900.00. 745 SF, 1 BDRM, New Paint & Floors Bright, near Ft. Tryon Park. Open Every Sunday from 1 – 4. Contact (917) 612-3973
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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. 1095
Business for sale Restaurant: Classic running, cozyFrench/Brazillian, well located, 74 seatbar and outside terrace, 5 to 10 yrs lease option. Call 347-753-0427
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BROOKLYN 1170 Ocean Pkwy: Charming 1 BR in beautiful luxurious doorman building. Apt is in pristine condition & radiates with natural sunlight. Pool, laundry & Sabbath elevator. $164K For apt call David 347-249-9302 2045
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Co-op Midwood 1680 Ocean Avenue 4BR, 1.5 bath. Totally renov $425,000 Prudential Douglas Elliman RE Robert Nicoletti 917-679-2685 2045
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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
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BROOKLYN 2020 GRAVESEND: East 2nd/ Ave S: Detached large 2 family brick,, basement, 2 car gar. Attached lot Owner 914-552-3126
Flatbush Ocean Parkway Foreclosure exclusive 30,00sf land approved ready to build for 50 Condos parking and Recreation available. Call Yvette of Magic Realty 516-702-6300
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2020 Marine Park: Prime, 1 block from park, renovated, semi det. Tudor home, 3 BRs, 1.5 bths and windows, new porches, fin Basement, driveway. Asking 639.9K. Call owner 917-873-3395
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REAL ESTATE 2020 Marine Parkway: 1650 MARINE PARKWAY: Amazing deal! Beautiful spacious home, new renovations throughout private driveway, near shuls and park, shopping, trans and more! 5 BR, 4 bth, 2 kitchen, finished basement, guest room, family room. Asking $929K. Call 848-525-7703
2020 Marine Park: 3807 Avenue R, East 38th, Ryder detached private driveway yard, 4 BR, 1 BTH 1800sf + 589K. 646-732-6620 2020 Boro Park: 2 family house for sale newly renovated with finished basement and backyard 1st floor 2BR 1bTH 2nd Floor 3 BR 1 BTH R & H Realty 718-232-2550 2020 Flatbush, Ocean Pkwy: Foreclosure exclusive 30,000 sf, land approved ready to build for many condos. Parking avail. Call Yvette at Magic Realty 516-702-6300
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
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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
Midwood: For sale, 1 family, 4 bedrooms detached. 40x100 lot Bedford Ave. BY OWNER. No Brokers. Please call JOYCE 917-721-3438 2021
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
Open House 3/20 2147 59th st btwn. 1+3 Fully detach brick Owner motivated Joseph 917-613-1443
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2020 Marine Park: 3807 Avenue R: East 38/ Ryder: Detached private driveway, yard, 4 BR, 1 bth, 1800sf + 589K. 646-732-6620
Boro Park: 12th Ave + 42nd Street: Double garage for rent, for storage only. $300 per month. Call 917-593-0707 9050
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
Boro Park: 50’s Dahill Rd. New on market. 8 rooms, 2 family brick. $779K negotiable. Krone Realty. 646-286-6208
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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
East 20’s/ M&M: 1 Family detached 40x100, finished attic, private drive. Nice block, great neighbors. 917-863-4708 2020
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
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
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: 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
2020 Midwood: $695,000 Great 3BR semi, DR, 2bth, 113 lot. Neuhaus Realty 718-979-3400 www.neuhausrealty.com
Brooklyn/Midwood: 1 Fam house. 3 bdrm, 1.5 bth, LR, DR, EIK. Near Ocean Ave & Ave M. $1900 + Gas & electric. Call 718-894-7728
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East 23rd St/ Ave S: Beautiful, 1 fam det 3 BR, near shuls, By owner, No brokers. $650K. OBO Must sell. Call 305-751-0412
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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
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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
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
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VERY LRG VICTORIAN HOME ON BEST STREET. WPAR-AROUND PORCH, EIK, 7BRS, 4 BTHS, PVT DRV. NEEDS SOME UPDATING. IT'S A WONDERFUL HOME. JUST RED $999K. CALL JEANNE AT HOUSE-N-KEY REALTY
718-921-0500 718-7483741 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
2020:Midwood/ Marine Park. Ultra modern s/det brk, fin bsmt, 3BR duplex, $735K. Legal 2F. 917-748-7780 bkr 2020 Ave L/ E.32: Excellent condition, 3 BR, 1 ¾ baths, modern kitchen, LR, DR, fin bsmt, gar, new vinyl siding, all Anderson windows. Asking $510K. Call James 718-938-3326
EAST NY, BROOKLYN: Large 2 Family Brick, semi quiet block, needs work. Asking low $3K 646-753-1400 2020
-OPEN HOUSES SUNDAY 12-2PM Midwood 1385: E 2nd, 2 Fam + Fin Bsmt, 3 kitchs & 3 baths. Madison 1432E 2nd, 1 fam det 3BR Duplex. 33x100. Madison 1640 Madison Place. Det Brick 5 BRs, 3 bths, 38x100 Lot. Century 21 SAVALOT 718-336-1144 2020
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
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BROOKLYN Ocean Parkway and Church Ave Medical space by owner from 500 sf to 4,000 sf rent from $1,000/mo rooms available @$500/mo call 718-338-6300 artesq@gmail.com Brokers Welcome
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Kings Hwy/ E 9th: 2nd Flr, corner building, 18 x 24. 750sf, c/9 $1800. Also 18x24 430sf $1,000. Izzy 917-533-7889 2040
9040 Marine Park: Storage only excellent condition finished basement runs length of house $275 negotiable, references required, 1 month rent plus 1 month security call owner 718-375-8785 If you can’t leave a message please call again
Avenue U/East 4th St: Concession space available together with Love to Dress, behind Coquette Kids. Call owner: 917-913-0000
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Boro Park 17 Ave/55th Street Mod dental/medical office available P/T or F/T. More than 2000 square feet. 4 operatories. Fully computerized and equipped. Nice waiting area + reception desk, kitchen and storage room. C/AC and heat. Excel oppty with no investment. Rent negotiable. Security deposit required. Credit check. Lease. Available June 1. 718-435-0045 2040
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 Boro Park: 1000 – 3000sqft, beautiful space. Serious inquiries only. Please call management. 718-855-2000 or 845-270-1213 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
2040 SCHOOL SPACE: 4 large bright clsrms plus gym plus offices. Ave I & Coney Island Ave. Avail September. Call Alice 718-377-4400 or Mr. Weiss 917-301-2898
PARK 58TH STREET/ NEW UTRECHT AVE 2 story frame plus basement and lot 20x60 plus 20 x 22 total 40 x 62 Asking 699K 4 SEASONS RE 718-238-8222 GRAVESEND: New const 1000sf, full bth, adjacent to physical therapy ofc, ideal for medical. 718-382-8881 2040
Psychiatrist seeks office sublet for Wednesdays in Boro Park. Private waiting area necessary. Call 516-330-9776
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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
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
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Warehouse for rent, near BROOKLYN COLLEGE. 4000sq ft with 20ft ceilings. 2nd flr office space. Currently has refrigerated storage. Call 718-258-0006 2040
Educational & profl space for rent. 4 Classrooms, 2 offices & use of gym. Corn Ave I / Coney Isl Ave. Bus stop on corn. For info call Alice 718-377-4400 or Mr. Weiss 917-301-2898
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2040 Williamsburg: Beautiful office for rent. 1,200sqft. Ready to move-in. Price Negotiate. Call 917-250-4899 2040 VIDEO CONFERENCE ROOM available for daily and/or weekly rentals. 26 Court St. Downtown Brooklyn. Joe Schacter 646-529-3632
EAST, NY: Kid Kelly boxing gym space available for karate, yoga, aerobics or fitness class. Call 718-495-5710 or 917-589-6568 2040
2040 New cubicle space in the heart of Boro Park. 2nd floor officw with 4 cubicles, each comes with internet, telephone and all util incl. Fax & copier avail on per use basis. Bath & kitchenette available As well. $350/mo 212-400-7934 ext703
2040 Ave U/ East 7th: Renovated approxiametly 350 sf, storefront, prime location. Ideal for professional office or small store. 718-938-9899
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BROOKLYN Boro Park: Hi 30’s For Sale By Owner, corner building. 1st story 80685 lot. 1.5M. Call 347-4241500 Leave Message
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Boro Park: 18th Ave/ 54th St: WAREHOUSE / Retail space for lease / rent. 7,000 sq ft. Building For sale. Call owner: 917-440-7280
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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
Rare opportunity! Motel for sale. 40 large rooms with kitchens. Ideal for yeshiva or institution. Call 917-365-2037
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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
Boro Park: Hi 30’s for sale by owner, corner building. 1 story, 80x85 lot. 1.5M Call: 347-424-1500 Lv Msg
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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
2050 KINGS HIGHWAY EAST 9TH ST 2nd floor coner office space for rent new c/a 18x42, 750 sf, $1800. Also 18x24 430 sf $1000 Izzy 917-533-7889
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
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BROOKLYN 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 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
2050
2050 Brooklyn warehouse for lease by owner. Ground flr, loading docks for three 50ft trucks. High ceilings, brick bldg, 24 hr surveillance, pvt entr, plenty of parking space, minyan in bldg. Exceptional oppty 3,100 sf $3000 or 2,000sf $2500. Free heat! Free electric! Tenant must build own office inside space. Price is not negotiable! Only serious enquiries please. Contact: 718-940-1597 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
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
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
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2050 East Flatbush. 2 Family plus store. Store vacant. $70 OBO. Call 917-803-8702
2010 Crown Heights: 574 Maple Street: BTW Albany and Kingston Ave, 2nd FL, front BR with large LR & DR, EIK & wood floors, reduced rent $1290. 1st mo rent fee and ($648) Security dep required $3225 to move in. Hold for $1935, first month rent upon move-in RENKEN RE 646-235-4368
Apartment For Rent 2010
BROOKLYN 2010Midwood: Furnished room in private house FOR RENT Male preferred $400/month, Utils included Near Q & F trains (917) 841 5821
Rockaway Park 2BR 2BTH duplex apartment in private house 1st Floor mint condition all new appliance close to transportation call for appt by owner 347-642-3115 2010
Bensonhurst 4 newly renovated large rooms 2BR call 718-259-1654 Leave message
2010
2010 $175,000 2BR 1 Bath co-op 144 B 121st Beach Block by owner no board approval can be in before summer ends 650 sq ft 11 winndows high ceilings wooden floors gallery kitchen with new appliances and cabinet s $642 maintenance includes parking taxes heat and water Quiet 7 unit building steps from beach call denise 347-727-6994
EAST FLATBUSH – 3 bedroom, 3rd Fl of 3 family. Close to trans & shops. $1700 mo. Credit ck. Principals onlyOwner 917-613-7545 2010
Far Rockaway 2m/8M/12,000 square feet for storage or rent. Gas, heat, Low tax, high ceiling. 718-945-3500 Cell 516-697-2296 2010
7050 SEAGATE: Hotel Services available for weekend get togethers (ie: shabbatorim, simchas, events, meetings, etc) Reasonably priced. Avail imm. Call owner 718-714-0028
East 2nd/Aves N+O: Garage for rent. Good for 1 car. Shomer Shabbos. 718-614-9233 or 718-627-6155
2010
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REAL ESTATE 2010 Bergen Beach 1 BR walk in LR, DR, EIK near transportation, shopping and more $1100 including heat call owner. 718-209-2146 or cell 347-713-2619
Ave T , West 4th St: House for rent. Upstairs + Downstairs. 2 BR, 2 bth. Newly renovated, nr trans (F+N Trains). Backyard & driveway (backyard parking avail) also near shopping. $3000/mo. Call owner 718-266-0496 2010
2010 Kensington: 3 BR, 1.5bths heat incl, 2 flights up, balcony, 3rd flr, private brick house. Reasonable. Shomer shabbos. 718-972-3473
2010 Ave X/ E 7th: 1 BR apt, EIK, close to beach, Q + F train + express bus, refrigerator, brand new stove. Mint condition private house asking $950/mo 718-332-2849 2010 Georgetown: 1 BR apt, new kitchen, new windows. Parquet floors. $1200 Call owner. 917-412-5184 or 718-306-2582
Georgetown: 1 BR for rent, newly renovated and furnished excellent condition. Good location near transportation shopping and more short/long term avail. Call 917-696-0000 2010
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
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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. 2010
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
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
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.
Brooklyn Room Furn: TEMPORARY LODGING MOSSAIC SUITES. Fully serviced – Internet. As low as $65 Daily, $385 Weekly 718-972-4377 2010
2010 Ave M/ Ocean Pkwy: 1 fam detached 4 BR, 1.5 bth, LR, DR, EIK, MIC, near shopping, transportation and all. Asking 800K-neg. Ask for Connie 917-674-7136
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
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
3000
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
Retail space for rent/Queens Laurelton Merrick Blvd, 2000 sq ft for rent, 6000 sq ft air space available. Call owner 917-750-0966 LIC Warehouse Bldg for sale. 4100sf, overhead door, hi ceilings. Additional development rights. $1.3M MSparks@ergpa.com 646-253-0904 3060
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QUEENS/BRONX Kew Garden Hills: 3BR co-op with attic. Prime location, Motivated seller. $250,000 908-998-4992
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QUEENS/BRONX NEW BRONX BAKERY FOR SALE. Close to precinct, 3 schls in immediate area. Fully optional, most equip new. Asking $110K 646-496-7885
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 2080 NEW LISTING $1100-$1400 NORWOOD: 3133 Rochambea Ave Revenue, new kitchen and bathrooms, clean building, 24 security, near botanical garden, Montifore Hospital, forham University and shopping. 1 Bdrm, 2 Bdrm. Call Property Manager. PAUL 646-319-2373
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East 68th Street: 3 BR duplex apt $1800/mo includes parking, heat and gas. Call 947-412-5184 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 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 3000
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 1060
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 2060
Riverdale, 1 BR Apt: Private entrance, patio, wooded area, close to trans, renovated, dishwasher, eat-in kitchen. $1190 1st/Last/ 1 mo sec. Credit check required. NO FEE 646-269-0587 1060
KEW GARDEN HILLS: Hyde Park Gdns, spacious 1st fl, 1 BR coop, wd flrs, 24 hrs security, near all. $1200/mon utils incl. 1 mon sec. Call OWNER 718-481-7752 2060
Apartment For Rent 2080
QUEENS/BRONX 2080 Rockaway Park: Furnished rooms, 1 block from beach. Kitchenette, close to A train. All utilities $750/Mo Call Agent 516-297-1534
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
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QUEENS/BRONX *HUNTS POINT WAREHOUSES FOR RENT* 3200 sq ft 15,000sq ft multiple options/Owner 917-662-2425 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
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E 7/ Bet 18th & Ditmas, sound – proofed, large 1 BR BSMT w/washer, dryer. $875 util incl. 718-972-5058 2010
Continental Ave, Forest Hills: 2nd flr walk up, 1500sqft, currently insurance co. Debre Rosenfeld. 212-604-4744 3060
2080 WOODLAWN Studio Co-op Apt in elevator secure building $725 / month 516-633-3368 2080 122nd Street/ Rockaway Park: Airy Sunny room for rent. Room for a kitchenette, shared bath, looks like studio, utilities included. Fully furnished, clean, quiet house, great location. Half a block to the beach. Asking $750/mo. Call owner 917-287-6876
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
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
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QUEENS/BRONX 3020 Far Rockaway 239 Beach 3rd Street For Sale 20,200 Sq ft waterfront development site 200 plus ft fronting canal marina Ideal for luxury 1 and 2 family homes all suitable for temple, school, etc asking $525K or best offer – broker protected Foreclosure agent 718-478-5858
Ridgewood Queens: 6 family building FOR SALE. Brick 12 Bdrms, 6 BA. New plumbing, windows, roof, sidewalk, Walk to subway. Asking $879K. Call owner 917-714-0779 3020
Belle Harbor 2nd from ocean 60x100 Views galore! 5800sf 4 Brs, WB frpic, cust ElK 3.5 bths call for details & appt…$1.9m L.Keating Realty 718-945-9267 3020 Far Rockaway: 239 Beach 3rd Street. FOR SALE. 20,200sq ft WATERFRONT. DEVELOPMENT SITE. 200+ FT, fronting canal – marina. Ideal for luxury 1+2 family homes. Also suitable for temple, school, etc. Asking $525K or best offer – Broker protected. Foreclosure. Agent 718-748-5858
House For Rent
5065 Far Rockaway: 2BR, 1st FL, porch & patio, own thermostat, near shuls & schools. Avail Nov 15th. 516-643-9204 5065 Central Islip/ Hauppange: Large, 1BR, grand floor, no pets/cats. W/D, A/C near trans, exit57 LIE, 1200/mo + security deposit includes gas/ heat/ water. Quiet building, retirees. Serious inquiries only. Call owner 631-757-6959
Amagensett Dunes 400 feet to ocean beach Access. 5 bedrooms, 2 baths. AC. Labor Day. $50, 000 or avail monthly. Call: 631-655-9319 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/ 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
Melville Condo For Sale by Owner (62 and older). 2-Bedroom/2- Full Baths unit is big & bright with walk-in closets. Totally up-graded with granite, tile & more. VERY LOW TAXES & Maintance costs. Gated community has Private parking. Clubhouse has pool, fitness, kitchens & more. Five minutes from restaurants, parkways, shopping, golf course, Republic Airport. Forty-five minutes to N.Y.C. or The Hamptons $469,000. Call 516-456-6445 or lindaann919@yahoo.com 5000
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
Atlantic Beach 2BR, 1.5 bth Condo, Patio CAC Walk to Private Beach, Boardwalk + Temple Private parking, Low Main. $399K 516-596-7305
Oakdale/55+ Condos. New construction on Oakdale Bohemia Rd. 2 BR, 2 ba, models now open from $385,000. 631-472-2242
Hewlett 4BR cape beautiful wood floors EIK large finished basement, 1 block from yeshiva Walk to trash and town Sale $299K or for rent 347-539-1332 or 718-938-4517
LONG ISLAND CO-OP FOR SALE L.I. Cedarhurst: FALL IN LOVE, beautiful large 2 Bd, 2 bth, co-op. All new kitch+baths. W/D in Apt. locked storage, balc, gar. Just reduced moving $369K Call: 516-812-9160 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
Central Ave, Lawrence: 3000sf good condition, busy corner. Parking attached. Approved for food establishment. Call 917-975-7062
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5080 WESTBURY – Commercial space 241 Post Ave. 2 story building. $350K 917-301-1625 5080VALLEY STREAM: Office building, 4300 sq ft, 1 block to LIRR and Sunrise Highway. Potential rent roll $81K. Ideal for Prof’l or medical 516-695-7222
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SUSHI RESTAURANT TURNKEY - Already Set-up. Just needs Sushi Bar. Very Busy Port Jeff area. Low Down-payment. Required. Pete 631-944-2067
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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
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5070 GREAT NECK land for sale, 3 res lots on wooded pvt cul-de-sac. Builders/ principals only. 516-443-2700
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
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LONG ISLAND 5080 CANDY / ICE CREAM/ COFFEE SHOP: Eastern Long Island, Busy, Great Buy. $139,900 516-523-4678
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LONG ISLAND 5040 Hewlett: 4 BR cape, beautiful wood floors, EIK, large finished basement. 1 block from Yeshiva. Walk to train and town. Sale $299K or for rent. 347-539-7332 or 718-938-4517.
Lynbrook, NY: House for sale, 4 BR, 2bth, LR, DR, EIK, great location. Reasonably priced, call owner. 516-945-5268
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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
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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
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North Woodmere: All new 2 BR apt heat & electric included. Shomer shabbot. Close to Shuls and shops. 917-642-7879 Shay 5065
5065 Central Islip/ 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
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REAL ESTATE Hewlett 2 family house, $529K visit www.monicamohanst udio.com/1792Broad way/ or call 917-6487682 By owner SD14 5040
5040 SOUTHAMPTON: 3BR/2BA: Cottage By The Sea. Across the street from pvt beach, contemp, fplc, 2 car gar. Large 2nd story deck on treed ½ acre. Low taxes, 3 zone heat. Ask $769,000 Pete 631-283-5499
Hewlett: 4BR cape, beautiful wood flrs, EIK, large finished basement, 1 block from yeshiva. Walk to train and town . Sale $299K or for rent. 347-539-1332 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 5040
5060 Cedarhurst: 4BR, duplex apt, private laundry, kitchen, closets galore plus LR, DR. Unlimited parking. Garage/ backyard. Avail Jan 1st. Call 516-996-1955
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
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STATEN ISLAND 4020 Staten Island/ Willowbrook: Detached 6 BR, 3 bth all brick, 1 block from young Israel. Near express bus city. My owner 718-698-8425 or 917-576-6312
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
Woodridge Sullivan County Summer rental Apt in private home on 2 acres 2BR/ 1 bath/ large living room/ modern kitchen/ Private entrance walking distance to worship. Minimum one month. Call Harriet. 212-284-5262 6080
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
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STAPLETON Applications for the waiting list for rental units in Staten Island will be available to families with limited income, based on section 8 qualifications, beginning on April 19th 2010, call between 10am & 3pm 516-466-6527 Ext15&/26 1000-
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STATEN ISLAND Staten Island-Condo for sale 2 bedroom, 1 bth condo, Rossville, bottom Floor, corner unit, central air, eat-in kitchen, living room, washer, dryer, pool, tennis court, parking space, $189k 917-693-8239
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
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STATEN ISLAND (New Dorp) 2000 sq ft office space. Near train.Convenient to all. Pat 646-369-9457 Port Richmond-3 office suites w/reception area. All brand new, fully renovated C/A. full bsmt 2,700ft w/dual bthrms, new carpet. Please call: 347-424-7809
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4020 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
NY STATE COMMERICAL PROPERTY FOR LEASING OR SALE ULSTER COUNTY KINGSTON NY – REPUTABLE HISTORIC PROPERTY Perfect for Corporate Relocation. Great Location, near all Highways. Previously Operated by IBM, 212,000 SQFT. Extremely Low Operating Cost. Willing to Neg. For Leasing/ Sale for more info. Contact RESIDENCE (917) 892-1090 Ali
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NY STATE Montefiore Cemetery: 1 Grave, lot 187. Section H. Asking $900 or best offer. Call 310-246-9666
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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
BUSINESS FOR SALE UPSTATE “KOSHER IN THE CATSKILLS” Country Comfortable Restaurant, Fireplace and Bar, Beautiful older building-On 2 acres—on major road 500’ plus road frontage possible to subdivide an additional lot or two— Seats over 50— Fully equipt, TERMS AVAILABLE— NEGOTIABLE. CALL, Art 845 807-8267
Monsey: Assisted living for elderly includes personal, home care. 3 meals/day, etc. 718-924-8067
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VACATION HOMES FOR RENT MONTICELLO: HIDDEN RIDGE HOMES AT KUTSHERS DESIGNER DELUXE HOMES. SALE/ RENT, 2 BR, 2 BTH, BEAUTIFUL, FURNISHED. CALL BROKER OSCAR PAVLOFF. WE HAVE KEYS. 845-794-3720 OR
845-434-7792
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NY STATE Kew Garden Hills: One of a kind. West of Main Street. Semi-detached. 23x100 lot 4BRs, LR with fireplace, charm circle. Call Vera. Coldwell Banker 917-853-5455 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
COMMERICAL PROPERTY FOR SALE, UPSTATE NY MOBILE HOME PARK FOR SALE IN ULSTER COUNTY, NY 9 UNIT, 2FAMILY BRICK HOUSE, 2CAR GARAGE, 4.70 AC, NICE AREA, ASKING $525.K HOLD MORTGAGE BANK RATE. CONTACT (347) 672-0989 6060
Sackett Lake: Waterfront, magnificent views. Private road. 6BR, 4bth, fireplace. Near shul. 917-434-0349 or 845-406-4564 6060
NY STATE 6080 Monsey: Assisted living for elderly includes personal home care, 3 meals, day etc. 718-924-8067
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
MONTICELLO: Morning acres. 5BR, 4bth house. Avail for July. Excellent location. Friendly colony. Heated pool and day camp. Call 718-377-6662 6080
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
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6090 Monticello, NY: 23 acres, 5 ranch houses on property + one main house with 6 apartments, swimming pool, underground pool and electric cables, well water, walking distance to walmart and shul. 718-848-6974 cell: 917-601-3002
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 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.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY: BEDFORD CENTER NEW LUXURY HOME IN BEDFORD-7500SQ FT-TASTEFULLY FINISHED-SPRING OCCUPANCY-FAVORABLE BUILDER-FINANCINGBROKERS. PROTECED. 914-245-9000 See WebID NS110220832 6060
6060 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 NEW ROCHELLE. OWNER FINANCING. Renovated 3 BR/ 2 BTH w/new bright. 1 BR/ 1 BTH in-law $724,000. 914-715-3494
FOR SALE RETAIL CENTERS
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
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
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
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
Property/House
For Sale
7030
OUT OF STATE 7030 HOUSE FOR SALE CONNECTICUT DANBURY, CT CONTEMPORARY HOME Westside, Danbury, Low Taxes. A MUST SEE! ViewWWW.FORSALEBYOWNER.COM Search “06811” 9 Hall Street $559,000. Contact (914) 656-7563 or (914) 948-4664
PROPERTY FOR SALEVERMONT VERMONT –WORCHESTER, 5 Acres with Beautiful Mountain Views, Logging Load, near Power, $37,900.00. More Land Available Also. Contact Roger (603) 685-3396
7030
7030 Out of State Property for Sale – Rhode Island 36 acre estate & horse farm. Less than 3 hours to Times Square. Magnificient, View property @ WWW.PILOTPOINTFARMCOM $1,350,000.00 Contact Tim (413) 237-5140 For photos & more info
PROPERTY FOR SALE PENNSYLVANIA 76 Acres in the Heart of the Poconos, Great Hunting Retreat or Estate. Property only 1.5 hours escape from NYC. $950.K Please call: (570) 269-5067
7030
Available For Rent
7065
OUT OF STATE 7060 Office Space for Rent, Philadelphia, PA PHILADELPHIA NE, Executive office space on US 1, FULLY FURNISHED, Furniture & Office Equipment incl. Ideal for Lawyers or a Call Center. Contact (215) 669-4001 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 For Sale Retail centers Metro Memphis TN 47,290 SF Metro Nashville, TN 78,105 SF Lewis K. McKee, Jr. McKee and McFarland, Inc. 901-680-7700 maem@mckeeandmcfarland.com 7060
Maine Property for Sale- MAINE, HARTLAND – Lakefront 600 ft-Morrill Pond, Wooded 8 acres. Divided into 5 bldg lots, Beautiful Beach $495K FOR ALL! Call 631-929-4587 7030
METRO MEMPHIS, TN 47,290 SF
METRO NASHVILLE, TN 78,105 SF Lewis K. McKee, Jr. McKee and McFarland, Inc.
901-680-7700 macm@mckeeandmcfarland.com
6060
Kimball & Yonkers Ave:
Houses for sale $359,000 – FOR SALE COFFEE SHOP 1 Family. 2 BR’s, living room, dining room & kitchen on RESTAURANT KOSHER DAIRY 75 x 100 lot in 2 family RESTAURANT KOSHER DAIRY/ UPPER WEST SIDE VERY GOOD TERMS
ASKING $70k
CALL OWNER 917-660-6005
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY • FINANCIAL SERVICES • LEGAL SERVICES Business Opportunity
7070
7070 CAPITAL WANTED NEWPORT, R.I. DEVELOPER CONDO CONVERSION PROJECT. Seeking Equity Partners, Returns in Excess of 20%. Proof of Funds Required. Contact (908) 635-2602
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY BUSINESS FOR SALE ATHLETIC TRAINING FRANCHISE IN CLIFTON PARK, UPSTATE NEW YORK. Seeking Doctors, Chiropractors, Phyiscal Therapist. Day Hours Unused & Still Profitable. PROTECTED CAPITAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. $750K Contact Jack (518) 879-4002 Website:WWW.ATHLETICREPUBLICCP.COM 7070
US PATENT for Sale #6526612 for Unique travel pillow w/speaker for MP3’s, I-Pods, etc. 917-968-1048 or email uspatinfo@cs.com
7070
7070 South Shore only glatt kosher take-out & butcher shop in town for sale. 15 yrs in Busn. No competition. Best Loc. Low rent. Excel income. Grt Oppty. Priced for quick sale. 347-517-8818
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY CAPITAL WANTED – INVESTORS NEEDED FOR MUSICAL SHOW. ESTABLISHED LAS VEGAS MUSICAL SHOW IS EXPANDING. EXCELLENT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY. YOU WILL DOUBLE YOUR INVESTMENT IN ONE (1) YEAR. CONTACT (212) 537-9205 EMAIL: INFO@AMERICASSOULM USIC.COM 7070
Business Opportunity INVESTOR WANTED – $500K, Guarantees. Well established Automotive Rebuildable Business. Invest your Money in a most Liquid Commodity in the World. Contact (646) 287-1402 7070
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY 100,000 RX Cards Placed in 80 Pharmacy Locations @ .03 each. You Earn $1.50 for each new & $.75 for Refills. Compounding Residual Income. Contact (877) 308-7959 X 231 Website: WWW.FREERXADVANTAGE. COM 7070
7070 For sale coffee shop/ restaurant kosher dairy/ upper west side very good terms asking $70k call owner 917-660-6005
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY “WONDERFLOWERS” – UNIQUE BULBS, TURN A $500. CASE INTO $3,000. – SELL AT FARMERS AND OR/ FLEA MARKETS, HARDWARE STORES, PRODUCE STANDS & MORE. CONTACT AL (317) 408-4118 AND EMAIL FLOWERBULBKING@YAHOO.COM
7070
7070 KOSHER MARKET ESTABLISHED, 45 yrs, lower Westchester, seeks working partner to expand in new direction. Experienced, talented + Computer savvy. Call Mr. Cohen 914-373-1802
VENTNOR: Singles 40-50 Block from beach Long Season All amenities Laurel 215-219-9358
7020
7070 8% on Very Safe $170K Mortgage, House sold for $335K, 51% Loan to sales price, 3200 sq ft home in gated comm. All due in 4 yrs. Why earn only 2% on CD’s? OWNER 817-579-5222
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY OIL AND GAS LEASES Producing Oil & Gas Leases with Semi Proven Development. Drilling Acreage Locations. All Leases Bears 100% W.I. 75% Revenue. Two 2 Million to Sixteen Million . Call (325) 668-6000 7070
7070 SEEKING FUNDING Attractive Interest Return Seeking Working Capital Boston Subcontractor seeking short term funding or 10% more on return tomsloane2003@yahoo.com Thomas P. Sloane 617-799-2404
6% - 7% INTEREST ONLY 7070
Paid Monthly Lend on an interest only apartment building note/ mortgage, 1st lien position. Properties located in AAA area's in Miami-Dade. Loan to Value below 70% and DSCR greater than 1.5. Yields Paid Monthly via ACH to your bank account. Inspect properties, rent roll, and profit statements. Call for more details:
305-858-4058 Investors Only
PIZZA SHOP: For sale in Midwood, BKLYN. By owner. Call 718-2531896 or 347-522-8896 7070
Excellent Business Opportunity Property is excellent for Multiple Business. Owner retiring. 2+ Million in sales yearly, Full Service Liquor license and business operating for 43 years. 7,000 +/sq ft bldg, 2 ac of land. May include 3 bedroom house, also zoned Commercial. $1,500,000. Nino Trujillo 505-456-8179 Mike Liguori 505-620-7166 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
Own your own business. County Resource Guide Licenses Available Nationwide. $35,000 complete. Financing available to qualified persons. Training provided. 877-826-1515 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
BELIZE – Ambergus Caye – N San Pedro. Thirty American condo owners want you to own their resort. We will let you rent them out! Tom 406-580-5568 or Email: STC1006@QWESTOFFICE.NET
7070 Online Auction Alabama I-65 Building *Freeway Access* Sells to highest bid TheRealEstateClearingHouse.com 800-499-9378
7070
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
8.5% Return European Microfinance Geocapital Secured – Short Term Investment $5K - $60K Accounts Available invest@geocapital.ge 800-276-1468 www.geocapital.ge 7070
7070 Need additional income? Learn to operate a mini-office outlet from home, free online training, flexible hrs, great income. www.ziporasnolimits.com Call 416-785-0206
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
Great Opportunity! Home phone, business phone services for only $39. Tax included. Unlimited USA/Canada. All features included. Call 845-637-7352
7070
7070 For sale: Commercial Maintenance and Repair Company serving businesses in Manhattan. For details Call 646-438-9186 or 917-797-0360
7020 Absecon 4 Plex 2 commercial and residential with parking lot. Three already rented $330,000 609-377-7109
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
Fund Any Project 10 million to 1 billion Call Bill 334-435-6013
7070
WANT TO EARN A 6FIGURE INCOME FROM YOUR HOME? I CAN SHOW YOU HOW. 1-800-676-1264 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
Uri! Uri! AWAKEN! AWAKEN! Prana Mandir Yoga Studio 4 West 43 rd Street, 501
Meditation Class: every Monday at 6PM
Shabbat Service: every First Friday at 8PM
Psychotherapy: Rabbi Robert Teixeira, L.C.S.W.
212-961-1745 Info@AwakenAwaken.org
10% DOWN GOOD NEWS TO INVESTORS. YOU CAN GET YOUR PROJECTS FUNDED NOW WITH JUST 10% DOWN – REAL ESTATE, ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY, MINES AND MORE. PRELIMINARY REQUIREMENTS 1) BUSINESS PLAN 2) PROOF OF DOWN-PAYMENT FUNDS.
Contact Lester Phillip for detail. lester@sikamangroup.com Office: 212-695-1716 www.sikamangroup.com
Financial Services
7080
POWER FINANCE Fully Insured Structured Business Loans for Qualified Ventures. $25M Minimum. Closing in UK, 60-90 Days. Agents Needed/ By Contract . Contact (850) 259-1162 7080
7080 FUND ANY PROJECT 10 Million to 1 Billion Call Bill 334-435-6013
Tutors
3005
Retired university professor, math, chemistry, physics “My motto is: Basics come first” Manhattan, Upper West Side. Please all: 212-662-2324 Tutoring for all levels! 3005
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JOBS WANTED & SERVICES OFFERED HELP OFFERRED NURSE, MALE – Seeking Job in Priv Residence to Care for Adult or Child Highly Qualified. Available NY, NJ, CT & LI. Contact (954)588-3139 8010
Music
8000
Help Offered
8010
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
MATURE SINGLE LADY seeks room $450-$500 per month in Bensonhurst, Bath Beach or Gravesend area. Also SEEKING EMPLOYMENT as: Caregiver / Housekeeper / Babysitter 718-266-7295 8010
HOME HEALTH AIDE – (Private) Hardworking, reliable, personable, licensed, many years of experience, excellent refs. Call BARBARA 347-383-5462. Exp in kosher homes. 8010
8000
Music Instruction Berkeley College of music professor available for private drum lessons. Conatct: 617-835-6404
Health
7090
SUSAN TEEMAN: Life coach, help one find Oneself. Em Body both Work & pleasure. Call 212-744-7837 7090
Life Coach SUSAN TEEMAN LIFECOACH. Free one hour Phone Consultation •Find balance in work & life •Set & Execute goals to overcome obstacles •Improve business & personal relationships •Discover what you should be doing •Become your BEST self susanteeman.com 646-481-2520 7090
7090 MELT 2-5 LBS PER WEEK. Try it for $4.95 For 2 weeks. For details call ANN 347-561-6030
8010 HELP OFFERRED COMPANION/ELDERLY CARE – Look no Further, we Highly Recommend this Honest and Kind Caregiver for your Elderly. Refs. Upon Request. Contact (917)968-0112.
Experienced Lady Seeking to care of the Elderly / Housekeeper 718-703-1730 8010
Educated lady with 8yrs experience with elderly seeks companion job. Experienced in medical/ non medical area of care. Excellent references From employ. Call 347-998-1170
8010
HELP OFFERRED NURSING ASSISTANT – (Private) Hardworking, Reliable, Personable, Licensed, Many Years of Experience in Kosher Homes. . Excellent Refs. Contact Barbara (347) 383-5462 8010
I am looking for a job: Those who are struggling to get a honest (110%), smart, responsible and respectful employee. Yes I am here! I can help & handle any business owner to bust their business. Pl call 212-470-9611 mdlitonkhan@gmail.com 8010
A nanny – Experienced NANNY sks FT, live out position. Loving & caring. Certified infant care. Checkable references. Please call Clair: 347-721-4056 or 718-221-4419
8010
8010 Health – HHA & CNA w/ good references & 16yrs in field. Take care of your loved ones, w/dementia & or other illnesses. Avail ASAP! Call 917-807-4766
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
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
8010 Companion Aide. Live in, Good references. Kosher experience. 17 years, experience. 973-592-6081 8010 Goldstein Home Care Service. Live in/ Live out or hourly. Companion Aide 732-788-1974
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
8010 Nurse LPN. Medicaid provider seeks private duty or Medicaid case. Good references available. 718-581-9786
I am a LPN – private provider w/8 yrs of hospital & home care exp. Seeking a private duty or Medicad homecare case – pediatric or adult. Days/ Nights, Any boro. Have car, Will travel. Call 718-581-8570 8010
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
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
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. 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
8010
SALES New York Life Insurance Co is looking for isurance and financial services sales representatives. Sales experience helpful but not necessary. Comprehensive training program management oppty for qualified candidates. Equal oppty employeer. M/F/D/V. For Information, please call George at 646-227-8171 8010
CERTIFIED, RELABLE CNA/HHA seeks job to care for the elderly. Many years exp Excellent References. Available immediately. (917)741-3583 Seeking job to take care of the elderly. Home health aid, 16 years experience. Please call 718-882-5244 8010
Position Wanted: Experience in banking compliance research administration. Oral + written. Communication skills. 718-968-3213 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 CHAUFFER: Driver, courteous, reliable with a clean driving record. Solid Refs. Seeking a position. (Amazingly Talented Person) Contact 917-771-3405
Chauffer: Have my own gorgeous super luxury JAGUAR SEDAN, looking for an exclusive contract with a family. Solid refs + I speak many languages (amazingly talented person) 917-771-3405 8010
Help Wanted
8015
Real Estate agents make extra money astor brokerage Real Estate center serving the Kew Garden Hills community is seeking new local agents We will train you Call Chanita 718-263-4500 8015
8015
HOME HEALTH CARE AIDE: Experienced CNA Eldercare / Baby care Available ASAP 347-469-2767
Real Estate Sales Agents Make Extra Money! Astor Brokerage (bold) Real Estate Center serving the Kew Garden Hills community is seeking new local agents. We will train you Call Chanita for info (718)263-4500 8015
8015 Experienced certified HHA seeks position to care for elderly with Alzheimer’s, stroke etc… Live-in 7 days/WK. Good references. Call 862-218-3880
Expert on Israeli Politics + Policy w/ Rich editorial exp. Seeks employment mobile: 917-225-7665
8015
8015 Warm responsible woman looking to be a shadow for your child in Boro Park/ Flatbush/Manhattan. Call 718-437-9152 or cell 917-627-3542 Many years exp. Avail for summer or winter
8015 A CNA experienced in elder care IRISH woman. Prefer Mahattan, lv-in/out. References and information. 914-272-9590
A Certified Nurses Aide/ HHA available to care for the sick or elderly or childcare. Kind, caring people person. Lv-in/ out, day or night. Also cleaning, cooking & laundry. Recent Checkable refs. Call Joyce 516-334-7859 or 516-236-2833
8015
An extraordinary loving companion Great skills and dependable. FT/PT 212-579-9692
8015
8015 EXPERIENCED Lady Lifeguard available for the summer. LTI and WSI certified. Call 347-782-7714 8015 A loving nanny with excellent reference seeks full-time/part time position in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Riverdale. Call 917-674-2445
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
8015 Successful busy PIZZA SHOP Located in UPPER EAST SIDE is looking for experienced. Mashgiach to start immediately. Call 212-987-9130
Professional Nasdaq / futures day trader seeking serious investor to make huge profits averaging 300%+ Low risk. Call Mark 917-825-0053
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 8015
TEACHER DIRECTOR with NYS teacher’s certificate in edu. For small Brooklyn daycare center. Call 718-385-0571
8015
8015 DOMESTIC HELP WANTED. HOME HEALTH AIDE NEEDED. Certified experienced 5 days/week, must have car. 516-3794283 Merrick, NY
8015 Buyer/ Managing partner wanted for newly renovated. Fully equipped. Turnkey Glatt Kosher, LI catering hall. Seats 300, long lease reasonable rent. Attractive terms. Call 516-450-7323 8015 Buyer/ managing partner wanted for newly renovated fully equipped Turn-Key. Glatt Kosher, LI catering hall. Seats 300 long lease, reasonable rent. Attractive terms. Call 516-450-7323
AARP FOUNDATION WORKSEARCH Are you…age 55 and older? Unemployed? Low income? Unemployed? Low income? Resident of Queens? Looking for permanent? AARP Foundation WorkSearch, Senior training Program can help! Please call 718-433-0010 Ask to speak with an employment specialist. 8015
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 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
Cleaning Services
8045
9015 Brooklyn Sanitation Rubbish Removal Backyard cleanouts apartment specializing in both commercial and residential same day service shomer shabbos Call owner:718-243-2525
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
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
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Improvement 8081
9050 We meet or beat any price interior demolition one stop backyard basement clean out stop violations. Same day 24/6 licensed insured call 718-243-2525
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
I AM A PLUMBER (Boiler & Heating) LOOKING FOR WORK. Henry 718-809-6150 Reasonable rates! 24HR Service 8080
Painting, sheetrocking 20 years experience Insured No job too big or small. For quality Call John Today at 718-898-7560 917-359-4579
9050
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
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
8081 One source Home Inspection serving the NY area. From foundations to the roof. Anthony 917-577-8464
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
Exterminators 8075
BED BUG SPECIALIST Professionally Dry Clean: Clothing – Linens – Drapes. Discreet and reliable. Pick up and delivery/ Unmarked van. Call toll free! 1-888-241-2199 8075
8075 M + K Pest control: Special price for bedbugs, senior discount. Reasonable + reliable services. Licensed and insured. Call 917-304-8777
BROOKLYN’S BEST BED BUGS, RATS. MONTHLY PEST CONTROL. RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE. FRANK 718-415-6920 8075-
Electricians Top Security! Alarm and camera system phone and intercom system. computer working and all electrical needs. new line fixtures call now for free estimate Reuben 718-431-4408 Free Estimates & Low Prices! 9050
ALFA CONTRACTING -Custom Cabinetry -Kitchen remodeling -Home offices -Home Entertainment -Space Efficiency -Free Estimates -We’re in the neighborhood “NO JOB TOO SMALL” $100 off WITH THIS AD www.alfacontractingny.com 212-234-5878 rosstfrench@aol.com 8081
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
D.L.M CONSTRUCTION Licensed and Insured New Construction, Extension and Complete Renovation, 25 Years Experience Free Estimate 917-968-6809
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
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 9000
HANDYMAN AVAILABLE!!! Carpentry, Tile, Plumbing, Landscaping, Painting, Furniture, Asembly. Reasonable rates, Friendly service Call Orrin 646- 671- 3906 ingramo@earthlink.net
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.
9030 MUST SELL! 2009 BMW 335d Like new condition. More pictures at robertbrown201@yahoo.com Robert Brown: 361-237-4612
2010 Lincoln Town Car dark blue, light tan interior. 5 months old, low mileage, one owner. Perfect condition $38K. Contact Alex 203-746-0181. Lv Msg. 9030
20 PASSENGER MINI-BUS YEAR 2000. PLUS ELECTRONIC HANDICAP DOOR. EXCELLENT CONDITION. GREAT PRICE 917-482-5580 9030
9030 2003 Toyota Forara, fully loaded interior immaculate silver bodied. 45,000 miles routine maintenance. Price negotiable – 8,500 CD changer, leather heated seats, premium JBL sound system. Call owner 516-297-4583 or email bnespola@gmail.com
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
Autos 9030
9030 AUTO FOR SALE FORD FUSION 2010 4 Door Sedan, 7,000 Mi, Original Owner, Asking $17.K Contact (516) 242-5833
Bala Cymoyd: 3 BR, 2 BA brick colonial, full bsmt, attached garage. Asking $430,000. Call 973-985-8789 9030
AUTO FOR SALE – 2008 Toyota Sienna, good condition, one owner. 56K miles 347-965-4842 Asking $13,000 9030
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.
9040 COLLECTIBLES AMERICANA COLLECTION – American Mechanical Muscle:1850-2000. 140 + Die Cast Models, 200 + Plastic Kits. 98% NIB; 290+ItemDescriptive & Historical Books. $20K/OBO Contact Eric @ (860) 683-2140 Lv name, phone # & best times for callback.
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
Pets 9035
TOY POODLES AKC 2 Male 1 Female ready to go Tails docked, 1st shots, 1st heart guard, 1st front line. Champion sire, Dam on sight 203-881-0072 www.shamerspoodles.com 9035
PETS FOR SALE – DOGS AKC STANDARD POODLE PUPPIES HYPOALLERGENIC READY 6/15, TAKING DEPOSITS, EXCELLENT REFS. $1500. EACH. LOCATED IN SOUTHERN CT www.abbaspoodles.com (203) 937-6937 9035
9040 MOVING, MUST SELL ALL! FURN, APPLIANCES, HOUSEWARES, SACRIFICE! CALL 718-450-4879 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 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 BETH ISRAEL MEMORIAL PARK: Woodbridge, NJ . 4 graves with perpetual care $1250 each or best offer. 941-320-0945 Cell or 941-535-7886
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 9040
PETS FOR SALE – DOGSAKC Labrador Retrievers: Pups ready for pick-up CH. Bloodlines bred for temperament, up to date on shots. Call and visit, BiGi’s Labradors. 973-993-9006 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
Selling 9040
9040 COLLECTIBLESGreat Deal! From 99% proof silver US dollars to 90% Silver Morgan and Peace dollars, half dollars pre 1967. Also very rare reprint editions of The Greatest Baseball Players of All Time including Ty Cobb & Lou Gehring. Call for details 718-474-6188 9040 MERCHANDISE FOR SALE-COLLECTABLES: ROSEVILLE COLLECTION 60 Pieces, All Patterns, Shapes & Sizes, Beautiful $8,000.00 + ARMOIRE – 1875 Italian, Perfect Condition, Breaks Down in (5) Sections, Elegant $8,000.00 . Contact (212) 741-3887 or (646) 267-7391
Furniture Kew Garden Hills: Italian and French DR, BR, breakfront, Hi-riser, chandelier and Paintings. Call 917-836-0146
9040
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
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
9030
8065
Electrician All electrical needs. New lines Trouble shouting fixtures. Call Yahuda: 347-631-0481
Americana Collection American Mechanical Muscle 1850-2000 140+ Diecast Models, 200 + Plastic kits 98% NIB 290+itemdescriptive & historical books$24K/OBO Eric @ 860-683-2140 Leave name, phone # & Best times for callback 9040
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
Machpelah Cemetary, Ridgewood, Queens NY. Two cemetery plots. Price $1000 each including Perpetual care. Call 732-657-7120
ANTIQUES FOR SALE - Morgan Silver Dollars 1878, 1882, 1889, 1895 & 1897 609-494-0900 9040
AIRLINE TICKETS / VOUCHERS 50% DISCOUNT OFF FLIGHTS TO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION 646-464-8747 OR 828-246-2388 9040
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
9040 DRY CLEANERS for sale in Boro Park. Asking $95K. Please call 347-585-6943
9050 Licensed engineer working for government 28 years Iranian (Sephardic) 5”3 age 67 160 seeks modern orthodox attractive lady 45 years plus reply with photo Pls call 516-849-4359
9050 Fig trees purple, white and giant black Call owner: 732-663-0918
9050 On Long Branch boardwalk or in Broadway area. Desperate disabled man Lost black fanny pack containing cell phone & glassescommissioned for the Blind. Please call 732 222-5721
9050 Couturier Seamstress Will create custom designs for your unique style or recreate pieces from famous designers. Alterations also. Call Jasmin (646) 645-7069 Jasminfashion@gmail.com
9040
9050 Reputable moving excellent prices quality service DOT #2104954 Eli’s Moving Service 718-338-MOVE
Old Watches clocks wanted. By collector Regardless of condition Highest paid (212) 517-8725 9050
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!!
Buying
9045
US Coins Wanted Especially interested in Govt proof/ mint sets. Orig boxes. Rare coins / Estate Jewelry 212-642-4324 Midtown 9045
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
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
Glatt Kosher Restaurant International Fine Dining Cuisine Palace Royale Call 215-677-3323 9050
9080 Ventor: Furnished Ranch A/C 3BD 1 ½ BTH 3 blocks beach. July $7900 Aug $7900 or yearly $1875 No pets 610-517-4284
9050 Shlomo Hamelech’ s Tour of The United States and Beyond (bold) Motor home RV trips for free on condition of purchase of electronics, batteries and groceries starting price of $6,000 over a period of time on condition you acquire entire RV for additional $194,000 Call 917-216-8379
Shlomo Hamelech’s Tour of the United States and Beyond. Motor Home RV strips for free on condition of purchase of electronics, batteries and groceries starting price of $6,000 over a period of time on condition that you acquire entire RV for additional $194,000. High bread car. Plus groceries for 10 years provided I am the driver. Minimum 30 day tour. Call 917-216-8379
9050 MOVING: Custom handmade pool table, handcrafted, wall units, oak finish, fits up to 52” TV. Technics stereo w/JBL speakers. Apt size washer. Best offer 215-338-5301
Roosevelt Memorial Park 2 adjoining single plots in very desirable section, across from Mausoleum. Sec B 10, LOT 157 Single plot only $2800 will sacrifice both only $4900. 561-479-0790 9050
9050 New Mercedes Sprinter van bought 11/10. 15K Many extras. Mint condition Priced for quick sale. 718-387-6571
$50,000 REWARD for evidence leading to the conviction of the person or persons who used my identity to create an account in my name at the Bank of America leading to credit card charges over $48,000. Eugene Bivins, 3475 S. Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach, FL. 33480 561-493-4875
9050
MASSIVE VINTAGE BASEBALL CARD COLLECTION From 1900 – 201 HUGE DISCOUNTS Call JACK at 203-557-0856 9050
HEADSHOT 2 GO…$150 Super 8X10 print & CD in one session Agent-Mgr-Casting Dir.APPROVED Fully guaranteed. Midtown-See web for details, samples: www.headshot2go.com Also-Artistic & Executive Portraiture 212-564-4005 9050 Mt Ararat: Farmingdale, 8 burial plots for sale $12,000. Best offer. 516-466-4432 or 631-466-1635 9050 Beth David Cemetery Elmont, NY One Plot asking $1750 negotiable. 540-846-6380
9050
9050 Ask the expert. Harav shlomo Fogel. Any problems with social security, SSI + medicare. Call 718-252-0336
SEAGATE: Hotel services avail for weekend get togethers (ie, shabbatonim, simchas, events, meetings, etc) Reasonably priced. Avail immediately. Call owner 718-714-0028
9050
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9050 Ask the expert Mr. Shlomie Fogel, any problems with Social Security, Disability, SSI and Medicare 718-252-0336 Satisfaction Guaranteed
9050 Roosevelt Memorial Park single plot section T lot 168 $2600 OBO 831-915-9731 (California time)
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Apartment For Rent
9055 Passaic Park 358 Brook Avenue MIC 5BR 2.5 BTH very large LR DR Hardwood floors Huge kosher EIK opens to deck. Large backyard 2C garage finished basement/attic $649K. Near shuls/ Transportation. FSBO No agents owner has RE referral lic 973-773-2103
Red Bank Downtown office space available 1350sqft. Vaulted ceilings, fios Internet. Parking available. Call Art 732-222-3553
9055
9055 AC Berkley: Luxury condobuilding on boardwalk. 1BR furnished. Parking yearly. $1050/mo, pool, fitness center, WID. Call 609-335-7855
Margate Rancher (bold) Large lot. 2 Bedroom large seperate garage. Fenced dog run. large driveway upgrades. near boards and beach. Block and half from dog park $285,000 609-377-7109 9055
Passaic Park: Open hse, Sun 5/15 11-4; 358 Brook Ave. MIC, 5BR, 2.5bth, very lg LR/DR, H/W fls. Huge kshr EIK opens to deck. Lg bkyd, 2c gar. fin bsmt/attic $649K. Nr shuls/trans. For sale by owner. No agents, Owner has RE referral lic 973-773-2103 9055
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
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 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
9055
9055 Manalapan: True mother/daughter colonial, 2 kitchens, 2 LR, total 6 BR, 3 bths, many upgrades, lg pool, C/Vac, large lot 732-792-1143
Condos/Co ops/NJ Hoboken-$1.15 m secluded carriage house, 3 firplaces, luxury, appliance package, patio +w/trellis+hot tub, terrace 3 flrs 201-400-3986 FOR SALE, LAKEWOOD 4 CONDOS AVAILABLE 2,000-2,400 sq. ft. $335,000- $345,000 1st St. & Madison Ave. Please call for info/appt. 718-974-5550
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
Proper ty
For Rent
9065
9070 New Jersey JACKSON- Prof. 2 rm ofc approx. 500sf $650/mo+ elect. Private entrance 732-995-3271
New Jersey FREEHOLD TWP Class “A” Office Space 400 W. Main St. 1500 s.f. (5 rms incl. kit. & recep). Elev., marble lobbies, 24-hr. access, Daily janitorial, Immed occ. 732-780-0900 9075
9050 AC Boardwalk: Ocean Club Beautiful Decorated 1 BR 1 ½ BA 2 TVs Cable kit w/d Sleeps 6 All amenities. Monthly or Season. Call owner: 201-670-9015
Proper ty
For Sale
9065
9070 New Jersey MIDDLETOWN – Rt. 36, Join CVS & P.O. in high traffic location, 1400 – 4200 S.F. 732-996-4354
Beth Israel Cemetery Wood bridge, NJ Burial plots. With grave sites $2,000 Must be sold together. Call 917-371-4871. 9050
9065 Clifton Patricia Loop: Move in condition! 3BR ranch, EIK, updated full bath. $329,900 FSBO 973-220-9116 www.zillow.com
Rockaway Township, NJ: New construction New Jersey. ( 2) story colonial. Lakefront property. Walking distance to temple. Contact 973-983-9527 9065
TOWNHOUSE FOR SALE WOODLAND PARK, N.J. 3 LEVEL RENOVATED TOWNHOUSE 3BDRMS/2 FULL BATHS AND 2 HALF BATHS. NEW CUSTOM KITCHEN WITH NEW GRANITE COUNTER TOPS/ S.S. APPLIANCES. FIRE PLACE/ L.R. MOVE IN CONDITION. NR HIGHWAYS & NYC TRAINS. $500.K CONTACT (973) 417-9638 FOR PHOTOS PLS EMAIL ROBERTVARGAS@OPTONLINE.NET 9065
9065 Ringwood: 1 acre wooded lot, 280’ of frontage. Beautiful area. 180 Magee Rd $229K 406-522-0325
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
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
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
9075 Lakewood: Corner store for rent, good location. Call 732-513-9470
Alpine Treetops: 9 miles from GWB. 4bd/4bth amazing updated modernist on 2 private ac. Views, pool, 13K taxes, best schools. $2,974,000. See WebID NS110210769 Alpine 9 mi to GWB. 4bd/5.5 bth, 1.5 private acres. Best site, architecture, finishes, appliances. Energy efficient. Taxes 15k. $3.85M 201-750-0372 See Web ID NS1102091197 9065
9065 CEMETARY PLOTS. 2 ppairs of cemetery plots at MT. Lebanon Cemetary, Iselin NJ. 1 pair with prepaid pre-needed internment. hannabe@juno.com 732-545-6373 or 732-896-6230
Philadelphia, PA 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 Spring Lake Heights: Builders/developers, Land for sale: Zoned Residential 908-482-0528 Are you looking for a clean remodeled 3BR, 2 ba shore house colonial 2.5 blocks from the beach. New roof, kitchen & bath, parks 5 cars. Asking $339,900. Call 973-464-5561
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
9070
Available For Rent
7065
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
Apartment For Sale 9055
Help Offered
8010
8010 Loving Caring couple, both certified and licensed, wife is practical nurse and husband is seeking jobs as companion for the elderly. Handyman w/HHA Certifications. Excellent, many years experience. References available. Call 516-330-3429 Have own car.
Other 9050
PHILADELPHIA FOR SALE Kosher MidEastern Restaurant (due to owner’s retirement) Over 20 yrs in business Great location in Center City (downtown Philadelphia) 856-524-3384 7060
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 9055
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
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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Israel
9000
9000 Jerusalem/ Lev Yerushalayim: 2 BR, furnishes, sleeps 6. Available 6/27 – 7/25. Reasonable, Jack 561-414-7998 jm@erspec.com
Ramat Beit: Charming spacious 6T rooms, cottage spectacular view. Garden, patio, Quiet lane in amazing Anglo-Saxon modern Orthodox community 050-873-2442 or 02-586-3242 9000
Israel Lev Yerushalayim renovated 1 BR furnished apt sleeps 4 all amenities available 8/22-09/26, Part of all call 937 304-4026 054-689-7803 9000
9000 Israel Ramat Beit Shemesh Ramat Shilo (bold) 2BR fully furnished A/C Washer dryer groud floor no steps 2 min walk to mercaz short/long term call owner 248-214-9573
9000 Lev Yerushalayim Hotel 2BRs 2 BTHs kosher kitchen terrace 011-972-673-7330 email arusi_ez@zahav.net.il
Talbieh: Exclusive Bartenura St. Very big 210sqm, 5 room completely renov apartment. Private garden,parking etc… $1,950,000. Serious seller. DWELL Jerusalem. 02-567-0607 Reuven 050-523-1478 We have many more properties! 9000
9000 Lev Yerushaky: Hotel, 2 BRs, 2 bths, kosher kitchen, terrace 972-3-673-7330 Email: arusi-ez@zahav.net.il
Lev Yerushalayim: Hotel. 2 BRs 2BTHS, Kosher kitchen, terrace. 972-3-673-7330 e-mail: arusi-ez@zahav.net.il
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
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
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
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
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 Beautiful apartment for sale in the old city of Jerusalem with unique view. Call 011-972-52-462-8913
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 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
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
Jerusalem: Private suite in 5 Star Ramada, sleeps up to 8. In/out pools $250/nite Albert 514-803-8838
9000
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
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
9000 Jerusalem: Lux 3 BR hotel apt, 20 min walk to kotel, kit, DR, LR, pool. Avail for Pesach 347-721-7722
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 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 Lev Jerusalem hotel apt suite. Best location. All amenities included. Daily maid, sleeps 4. Reduced $120/Day (5 day minimum). Private owner. Tel/fax 011-972-8-633-4758 zerwand@yahoo.com
9000 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
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
Ramat Bet Shemesh: Ramat shilo, 2 BR, fully furnished, A/C, w/d ground floor, no steps, 2 min walk to mercaz. Short /long term 248-214-9573 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 9000 REAL ESTATE IN ISRAEL. INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT. MORTGAGES FROM 7096 AND UP. Simcha Teitelhaum 917-474-7440 simchatb@gmail.com
9000 DESIGNER LIVING IN JERUSALEM: Beautiful 1-family house with a view to die for. You’ll never leave home. High ceilings. Amazing gardens/ patio for entertaining and huge succah. Spacious living room and master bdrm suite. Big dining rm. Full kitchen, book-lined den, five bdrms. Ctrl AC, oil heat and advanced solar heating. Private covered parking. Contact Owners – Michael and Sara at mikewid@netviosion.net.il or 011-972-2-5322-868
9000
9000 Jerusalem: Private suite in 5 Star Ramada sleeps up to 8. In/out pools $250/nite. Albert 514-803-8838
9000 SPECIAL DEALS 1. King Solomon: Jerusalem & Tiberias 2. Prima Kings: Jerusalem 3.Selection of hotels throughout Israel & abroad 4.Early bird specials Grossman Tours Tel: 052-624-4733 or 052-624-8189
9000 Talbeih: Exclusive Bartenura St: Very big 210 sqm, 5 rms completely renovated apartment. Private garden, parking etc. $1,950,000. Serious seller. DWELL, JERUSALEM. 02-567-0607 Reuven 050-523-1478. We have many more properties.
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
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
New villa. Very high quality. Stunning 210 sqm corner center of Omer, 2 floors. 052-758-8102
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Designer living in JERUSALEM: Beautiful 1 family house with a view to die for. You’ll never leave home, high ceilings, amazing gardens/ patio for entertaining and huge succah. Spacious LR and master bdrm suite. Big DR, full kitch, book lined den. 5 BRS, CAC, oil heat and advanced solar heating and advanced solar heating. Private covered parking. Contact owners. Michael and Sara at MikeWid@netvision.net.il or 011-972-2532-23868
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9080 Margate/Ventnor Beautiful home 3 houses off beach 4BR 3 full baths magnificent view. Elegant furnishings, no pets no smoking. Great location. Close to restaurants. July 6 – August 5th Available September – May 2012 9 month lease. Asking $990/mo Call 856-663-0671
MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP: 1000 to 2150sqft Close to Oxford Valley Mall, Across from supermarket, Walgreens, Bank. Imm Occupancy. Rent Reduced. Must be seen. DAVID FIORI, INC. REALTORS 215-757-1000 9080
David Fisher Loves Naples, Florida and thanks you will too! Condos – Villas – Homes southwest Florida Had it ALL! Call Now! David Fisher Residential Real Estate Cell 215-740-4745 Office 239-732-7837 millindale@aol.com 9080
9080 Central Florida. Very private Estate Site 240 acres. Mile from paved road surrounded by Gov’t property, one well/ 2 barns / 3 stocked fishing ponds. 24x24ft, sleeping quarters. Abundant Wildlife. Contact 407886-4922 Email: Kenggn@hotmail.com
Main Line Valley Forge Reduced from 2.5 million to 1.9million 6400 sf 3.91ac 4/3.5 Private Gated Driveway 2000 sf Decks and Stone Patios, 4 fireplace, wine cellar, kitchen, DR, LR Great Room, exercise, library, billiard rooms, 3 car garage. 215-783-3122 www.huffequities.com
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Main Line Valley Forge Reduced from 2.5 million to 1.9million 6400 sf 3.91ac 4/3.5 Private Gated Driveway 2000 sf Decks and Stone Patios, 4 fireplace, wine cellar, kitchen, DR, LR Great Room, exercise, library, billiard rooms, 3 car garage. 215-783-3122 www.huffequities.com
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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
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
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
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. 9080
RESTAURANT FOR SALE
Very successful restaurant in Hollywood, Florida. Asking 500K Call owner 954-809-5998
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 9080
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 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 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
Hollywood Beach Florida: Oceanfront Trump Condo, 3 BR/ 3.5 BA, new ad beautiful $1,350,000 786-390-7340 9080
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
INVESTMENT PROPERTY. Temple Triple Net Lease quicklube, 649K, Cap 8.25% strong tenant, 13+ yr left, 10% incrs 813-546-2766 9080
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
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
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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
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
2 luxury condos each with 2 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms, one in Boca Raton for $79,900 one in Boynton Beach $119K 802-782-0721
Boca Raton: Century Village, 5 BR, mins to Miami Beach, beaut 2 BRs, 1.5bths. Excel kept facilities, extras incl pool, gym, tennis etc. 305-308-8517
Real Estate
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Miami, FL: A luxurios apt avail for rent in tower 41 for Passover or Monthly or weekly 514-991-3964
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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
9085 Boca Raton/ Century Village: Beautiful 1 BR, 1.5 bth, new appliances, enclosed porch. Great location. Call 917-749-7135
9085 Miami Beach: Collins Ave/ 36th St, beautiful 3.5 room condo ready for pesach, 2 bath, Porch facing ocean. 305-534-6706
Miami, FL: Tower 41 Luxury Apt. Monthly or weekly. 514-991-3964 9085
Excellent Oppt: Fountainbleau Hotel, Miami Beach, magnificent 850sq ft studio, sleeps 4-6 renting daily/weekly. Avail short/long term. Call 347-804-4666 9080
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 9085 For sale: One of the largest Glatt kosher supermarkets in southeast FL. Catering, butcher, deli, produce dept. huge potential. 561-317-0274
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 9085
9085 Boyton, FL: Direct Intercoastal million $$ views 2BDRMS/ 2BTHs, 55+ close to beach + shopping. 3 month rental @ $2600 a month. Contact 203-453-3164
Miami Beach: 41st, 1BR, 1.5bth furnished, cond o for rent or sale. Large LR and porch. Beautiful view. 914-522-4636
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9085 Delray Beach: (Palm Beach County) VACATION CONDO in a beautiful well established community. 1 & 2 BDRMS available-Fully Equipped- Jan. Feb or March 2011. www.ALRFLORIDA.COM Info@alrflorida.com 800-336-6925 Aspen Leaf Realty, INC.
Boca Raton, Yarmouth: For rent seasonal or yearly 2 BR, 2bth, beautifully furnished. Bedding & mute. Lakeview near pool. Walk to temple and clubhouse. Call 561-883-1168 or 845-807-7468
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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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North Myrtle Beach for sale1 bdrm, 1 bth, pool. Asking $85,000 Call: 718-661-1286 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
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