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L to R: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach and Jewish philanthropist Michael Steinhardt. Photo by HowardFritzPhotography.com By Fern Sidman Over 500 people gathered on Sunday evening at the West Side Institutional Synagogue in Manhattan for a lively panel discussion addressing the core beliefs of both American and Jewish values. Entitled "Are American Values in Decline and How Can They Be Fixed?”, the forum was moderated by renowned author and media commentator Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, and sponsored by "This World: The Values Network." The panel consisted of two stellar personalities in the Jewish world, each distinguished in his field of expertise.
ichael Steinhardt, former hedge fund manager turned major Jewish philanthropist, is best known as the chairman of the TaglitBirthright organization that is responsible for bringing over 300,000 American Jewish youngsters to Israel for a free 10day trip. He is also the founding chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council that was instrumental in the elevation of Bill Clinton to national prominence. Rep. Eric Cantor (R) of Virginia is currently the House Majority leader and highest ranking Jewish elected official in American history. Considered a rising star in the Republican Party, Cantor is a tireless and unyielding advocate for the State
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With the Occupy Wall St. Protests entering their fifth straight week and spawning a plethora of other “occupy” movements across the country, there is one question on the minds of our community that most media outlets will not address. Namely: Is it good for the Jews? hat makes the Occupied Wall Street movement so difficult for reporters to assess is what seems to be a lack of organization, leadership, specific objectives, or even a coherent message. Some demonstrators claim to draw their inspiration from the Arab Spring, a series of rebellions that has led to the overthrow of several Arab governments. Yet, to many onlookers, the Wall St. protest and its imitators seem little more than mobs of teen and collegeaged malcontents protesting for protest’s sake, seeking activist “street cred” by picking fights with local police. The aforementioned lack of organization among the demonstrators led Ginia Bellafante to write in The New York
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Netanyahu Spokesman: Peace Requires Recognizing Israel as Jewish State “In Any Borders” PM Spokesman Speaks of Jews’ Historic Connection to Land, Claims Palestinians are Boycotting Negotiations peaking about Israel’s pleas to the Palestinians to restart peace talks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Spokesman Mark Regev said: “We are ready for the immediate resumption of peace talks without preconditions. We were ready yesterday. We are ready today. We will be ready tomorrow.” Regev was addressing a group of German journalists at a briefing organized by The Israel Project. Regev mentioned that the Quartet on the Middle East – comprised of Russia, the United States, the European Union and the United Nations – agreed that Palestinians and Israelis should negotiate without any preconditions. He said Israel hopes the Palestinians will back off from their recent strategy of gaining diplomatic recognition of statehood via the UN and pursue direct talks instead.
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The Quartet on the Middle East representatives (above) have called for the resumption of direct peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians. The Quartet is still trying to jumpstart the process saying that there is "no substitute" for negotiations between the parties.
“We would show flexibility on issues that are important for [the Palestinians] if they can be flexible on issues important to us,” said Regev. He was referring to the idea that Netanyahu believes the 1967 lines are difficult for Israel to defend but that Israel is willing to show flexibility on this and other issues if the Palestinian leadership would also reconsider its policies towards Israel as a Jewish state. “We recognize the Palestinian peo-
ple have historic connection to the land and recognize their right to self-determination. Why can’t they say the same for us? Why do they talk about Christian and Muslim connections and no mention of our [Jewish] historic connection? If that’s their strategy, it raises doubts about their commitment to peace,” explained Regev. He also explained that “peace requires recognition of the other side’s existence,” meaning that Israel must be viewed as legitimate in order for there to be real peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. He said that if Israel is considered a “land-thief or a criminal” then any agreement would stem from Israel’s strength rather than its legitimacy. Hence, only a ceasefire—and not lasting peace—would be attainable. Regev explained that the Israeli government’s position is that there is no substitute for direct talks and that the core issues are not settlements or borders but about identity and acceptance.
Report: Secret U.S. Government Order Targets WikiLeaks Volunteer Jacob Appelbaum A U.S. news report says the U.S. government obtained a secret court order to force Google Inc. and a small Internet provider to hand over information from the e-mail accounts of a WikiLeaks volunteer.
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the order and lost, and was forced to turn over the information about Jacob Appelbaum. It says the request included the e-mail addresses of the people that Appelbaum had corresponded with over the last two years, but not the full e-mails. The 28-year-old Appelbaum, who is a developer at a nonprofit that helps people maintain anonymity online, has not been
charged with any wrongdoing. The newspaper says Google declined to comment. Debate has centered on whether the law, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, violates constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure. The act allows the government to secretly obtain information from people's e-mail and cell phones without a warrant.
The United States has said it is pursuing an active criminal investigation against WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy website that has published thousands of sensitive U.S. diplomatic cables and documents related to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. VOANEWS.COM
Arabs Attack Jews in Karnei Shomron; Jew Arrested By Chana Ya'ar A resident of the Samaria Jewish community of Karnei Shomron was arrested Monday afternoon in what appears to be another case of incitement by Palestinian Authority Arabs. he Arabs entered the security zone of the community ostensibly to harvest their olives, under the protection of the IDF, but reportedly used the opportunity instead to
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attack Karnei Shomron residents. In the melee that followed, local sources informed Arutz Sheva that police arrested a Jewish youth at the scene, rather than focusing on the Arab provocations. The youth was taken by police for questioning. An attorney from the Honenu legal rights organization immediately began working to secure the youth's release. On Sunday, Jewish hikers were also attacked by Palestinians hurling rocks. The Arabs were accompanied by
extreme leftists toting cameras to photograph any attempt by Jews to defend themselves or retaliate. Also on Sunday, Itamar residents were shocked to see local Arabs -including some from the Awad family that brutally murdered f ive members of the Fogel family earlier this year -entering the conf ines of the community's security zone, also under IDF protection, ostensibly to harvest their olives. It was precisely during such an
activity one year ago that two young terrorists, 19-year-old Amjad Awad and 17-year-old Hakim Awad, gathered their information enabling them to carry out the savage murders. Both murderers later expressed pride in having slaughtered the two parents, a 3-month-old baby, and two little boys, ages 4 and 11, orphaning a 12-year-old girl and her two remaining brothers, ages 2 and 8. ISRAELNATIONALNEWS.COM
Envoy: Iran Ready to Supply Arms to Lebanese Military Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi said Monday Tehran is ready to equip the Lebanese army and expand bilateral military cooperation without setting any preconditions, the English language satellite Press TV reported.
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EU Expands Sanctions against Iran The European Union has expanded sanctions against Iran because of what the EU says are continued human rights abuses. he EU on Monday added 29 people in Iran to the European bloc's list of those subject to asset freezes and travel bans. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said the sanctions were added to address, what he called, Iran's "appalling" human rights record. The EU, United States and United Nations have already hit Iran with several rounds of sanctions for human rights viola-
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tions and for pursuing nuclear weapons technology. Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. Also Monday, Iran's semi-official FARS news agency said two filmmakers arrested last month for alleged ties with the BBC's Farsi language service have been released. It said Naser Safarian and Mohsen Shahnazdar have been freed, but FARS did not report on the other four filmmakers arrested at the same time last month. Iran accused the filmmakers of working with the BBC on material damaging to Iran's image. VOANEWS.COM
U.S. Jewish Leaders Condemn Egypt Violence In a statement to the press, the American Jewish Committee condemned the “deadly assaults by Egyptian military forces on Christian Copts, who gathered in Cairo to protest attacks against their community.” The melee Sunday night left at least 24 people dead, most of them Coptic protesters. It was the worst violence since the uprising that brought down Hosni Mubarak in February. emonstrators accused Egypt’s interim rulers of brutally suppressing protests just as the Mubarak regime did, and called for a second rebellion after the one that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. The government accused rioters of being part of a foreign conspiracy, and threatened a delay in the return to civilian rule. “The profoundly troubling attacks against Coptic churches and worshippers in Egypt in recent months have now given way to another tragic loss of lives,” said AJC Executive Director David Harris. “The Egyptian military administration must act promptly to ensure the security of the country’s Christian churches and their worshippers.” Several Coptic churches have been burned since Mubarak’s ouster. Recently, in the city of Answar, angry Muslim crowds demanded the shutdown of a local Coptic church, even after its leaders agreed to remove a cross and bells from the building. In response, Coptic protesters took to the streets of Cairo to call on the Egyptian authorities to take assertive steps to protect their houses of worship. Some Muslims joined with the Copts in the call to protect the country’s minori-
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ties. Copts comprise about 10 percent of Egypt’s population. While a full investigation of the events Sunday night will be necessary to determine what provoked the melee, it does appear that the military overreacted to what is widely seen as opposition to the current transitional government. The military government’s State TV gave heavily pro-army reports of events, going so far as to call for “honorable Egyptians” to come fight with the army against demonstrators. Government officials later admitted that the coverage had been “emotional,” but denied media bias. Egypt’s current Prime Minister Essam Sharaf accused rioters of being part of a “dirty conspiracy,” and threatened that further violence would bring Egypt farther from civilian rule. “Instead of moving forward… we are back to seeking stability and searching for hidden hands – domestic and foreign – that meddle with the country’s security and safety,” he said. Taking Egypt’s transitional government to task for seemingly replacing one corrupt, oppressive regime for another, David Harris declared that “Egypt’s treatment of its Coptic minority is a harbinger of the course the country is going to take. “If Egypt is to see the democratic changes and dignity that many of the protesters who overthrew Mubarak have demanded, this violence and oppression of the Copts must end.” Some Information for this report was provided by the AJC and Arutz Sheva.
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Friends of the IDF NJ Chapter Sponsors Fun Days for 2200 Lone Soldiers in Israel IDF Lone Soldiers serving in combat and combat-support units participated in three Fun Days at Hof Dor beach in Israel last week, sponsored by funds raised from the Friends of the IDF New Jersey Chapter. The Fun Days enabled 2200 soldiers, all of whom are either new immigrants or estranged from their Israeli families, to be treated to a day of games, food, music, and fun. s they disembarked from the buses, the soldiers were greeted with a gift – an oversized beach towel – and a breakfast buffet. A DJ played music all day while the soldiers danced, played water sports and table games and, of course, ate! Orange, the Israeli telephone company, sponsored free calls to home, no matter where in the world, and Greet TV sponsored digital movies. In addition, Kobi Peretz, a well-known Mizrachi singer, performed a show at each of the three days, and different celebrities came out to show their support and schmooze with the soldiers. Mendham, New Jersey resident Paul Rothman spoke with his son as he left his FIDF Fun Day and headed back to his kibbutz for Yom Kippur. His son, a Paratrooper, “isn’t easily impressed” according to Rothman, especially by events run by organizations, but he told his father that the Fun Day was “balling.” The Fun Days, while intended to provide some much-need R&R for these hardworking soldiers who are so far from their families, also gives the soldiers an opportunity to receive
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This month, the Friends of the IDF’s New Jersey chapter sponsored three days of muchneeded R&R for thousands of Israel’s Lone Soldiers.
the day on the beach, the water was clear and jellyfish-free, and they played tug-of-war (his unit, Golani, won of course!) It really meant a lot to him. He’s in a stressful place so it was nice for him to have the day to unwind.” Elliot Horowitz, of Brooklyn, has a son who “currently serves in a combat unit in the Nahal Brigade. The FIDF has been there for him and the others with small gifts and many tokens of appreciation several times in the last 12 months. It's all so greatly appreciated and very meaningful to the soldiers and their families"
The FIDF New Jersey campaign is dedicated to supporting these Lone Soldiers in a number of ways, including Fun Days and flights home. Supporters have the opportunity to sponsor a Fun Day for a soldier for just $72. The FIDF invites members of the community to join them on Saturday evening, November 5, at the Sheraton Meadowlands in East Rutherford, where they will “pay tribute to this amazing group of brave soldiers and our New Jersey families.”
support from their IDF social workers. Also on hand were two New Jersey Dinner chairmen, Avi Oren and Mike Gross, who lend a listening ear and let the soldiers know how much they are loved. Claire Hirschhorn got a call immediately after the event from her son. The Fair Lawn, New Jersey mother knew her son had been feeling a little low and missing his family during the holidays. When she spoke with him, she could “immediately tell something had changed and his spirit was uplifted. He’d spent
For more information, please visit www.FIDF.org/NJ or call Margo Katz, 646274-9614.
Arabs Harvesting in Itamar Threaten Jewish Residents: We Will Turn You into Fogels By Chana Ya'ar Itamar residents were shocked to see local Arabs, some from the Awwad family that brutally murdered five members of the Fogel family, entering the confines of the community's security zone barely half a year after the Friday night massacre. he PA village of Awarta's residents were allowed in by the Israeli Civil Administration in order to harvest olives, but the Shomron (Samaria) Residents Committee reports that the "harvesters" threw rocks at Itamar residents, yelling “We will turn you into Fogels”, while drawing fin-
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Netanyahu: Israel Won’t Tolerate Religious Vandalism ARAB, JEWISH RESIDENTS OF JAFFA JOIN FORCES TO DENOUNCE HATE-GRAFFITI
A peace wall mosaic in Jaffa. (Avishai Teicher, PikiWiki) Vandals desecrated Christian, Muslim and Jewish religious sites in Israel and the West Bank over the weekend, causing residents and religious leaders to respond with resounding condemnations of such despicable acts. Molotov cocktail was hurled at a Jaffa synagogue after one of Judaism’s holiest days - Yom Kippur - finished at nightfall on Saturday (Oct. 8). The violence followed the desecration of Christian and Muslim cemeteries in Jaffa the prior evening. The vandalism - hateful slogans spray-painted on about 25 headstones - was discovered by local residents. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decried the acts: “We have recently witnessed attacks on Islamic sites, a Christian site and a Jewish site – a synagogue was attacked. We are not prepared to tolerate any vandalism, especially that directed against religious sensitivities. The State of Israel is both a tolerant state and a very intolerant state. “Our tolerance is toward religious sensitivities and our need to continue living together in coexistence and mutual respect, without violence, in tranquility and peace. Our intolerance is directed toward those who oppose these practices and this way of life. We will act with all vigor to find them. I have instructed the security forces to bring those responsible to justice. We will act against them to the fullest extent of the law,” added Netanyahu in a media statement. Tel Aviv’s Mayor Ron Huldai also denounced the acts. He called Sheikh Sattel, Jaffa’s spiritual leader, immediately after learning about the incidents to say he was “embarrassed” about such acts and that
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extremists must not ruin the lives of Israelis. “We believe that 99.9 percent of the citizens in Jaffa believe that we should all live in peace together. Let’s not let the ‘extremists’ on both ends ruin this for all of us,’ Arie Sheffer, the manager of Jaffa’s unofficial website for the past five years, told The Israel Project. Some 200 local Jewish and Arab residents held a solidarity march in Jaffa Saturday evening deploring the derogatory slogans. One resident told Israel Radio: “I have lived here since I finished my army service and Jaffa is my home. I work with local religious leaders to create an environment of tolerance. These acts have no place in our community.” Khamis Abulafia, one of the owners of Jaffa’s best known bakery, Abulafia, argued for people to show restraint while emotions are running high. “We must not resort to dangerous generalizations that could play into the hands of radicals. Despite the great pain, we must let our minds lead the way and as much as possible stay away from emotional conduct that will only cause damage,” wrote Abulafia in an op-ed in the Israeli news-site YNet. The Assembly of Catholic Bishops in the Holy Land also issued a press release condemning Friday’s attack and asking the Israeli government to bring the few radicals responsible for the attacks to justice, WAFA, Palestine News and Info Agency, reported. Last Thursday (Oct. 6), the Israel Defense Forces discovered swastikas painted on Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus, a major West Bank city that hosts Jewish and Muslim holy sites. The hate-signs were discovered as the IDF was preparing for the arrival of Jewish worshippers on Yom Kippur. Although the Palestinian Authority controls Nablus, Jewish worshippers are allowed to visit Joseph’s Tomb under a special arrangement that includes and IDF escort. Joseph’s Tomb is a pilgrimage site for religious Jews because it is believed to be the final resting place of Joseph, a Jewish biblical figure. Muslims also consider the site holy because an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Yussef (Joseph) Dawiqat, was buried there two centuries ago, AFP reported. Meanwhile, the IDF is planning to continue to take down illegal Jewish outposts in the West Bank. Such evacuations have been causing tensions between Jewish settlers and the IDF. ISRAELNATIONALNEWS.COM
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UNESCO COULD LOSE 22 PERCENT OF ITS TOTAL BUDGET Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the United States may cut off funding to UNESCO if it moves forward on its recommendation to admit the Palestinian Authority as a full member. The UN culture and science agency stands to lose $87 million a year, or 22 percent of the total budget, without U.S. funding. "I...would urge the governing body of UNESCO to think again before proceeding with that vote because the decision about status must be made in the United Nations and not in auxiliary groups that are subsidiary to the United Nations," Clinton said on Wednesday (Oct. 5) while on an official visit to the Dominican Republic. She said it was “inexplicable” for UNESCO to consider granting the Palestinians full membership at the same time the UN Security Council is considering their unilateral bid for entry as a memberstate in the United Nations. The executive board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on Wednesday voted 40-4, with 14 countries abstaining, to allow the United Nation’s 193 member-states to vote on the issue at UNESCO’s General Conference Oct. 25-Nov. 10. The four countries casting no-votes were the United States, Germany, Latvia and Romania. Allowing the Palestinians to become full
members of UNESCO would give them standing to try to interfere with cultural and archeological activities and religious sites in Israel. The Palestinians’ UNESCO application, several countries said, is part of its campaign to become a full member-state in the United Nations. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas submitted a bid for UN membership last month and the matter is pending before the Security Council. The Palestinians have not mobilized the nine votes necessary for passage and the United States has promised to veto the measure if necessary. The Mideast Quartet, comprising the United States, Russia, the European Union and the UN, issued a statement last month
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The Turkish government has criticized French President Nicolas Sarkozy for saying Ankara should recognize the deaths of Armenians under Turkish rule nearly 100 years ago as genocide. urkish European Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis was quoted by state media Friday as saying Sarkozy's comments were inappropriate. He said it is "not the duty of politicians to deal with history." The French president, who has been on a visit to Armenia, said all great countries - including Turkey - do the
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honorable thing by revisiting their history. He also said the French parliament could consider making genocide denial a crime in France, just like denying the Nazi Holocaust of Jews. In a reference to France, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Friday that any state with a colonial history did not have the right to "give a lesson to Turkey on confronting its history." Davutoglu said it would be benef icial if France confronts its own past particularly with African nations. Armenia says as many as 1.5 million Armenians were murdered by Ottoman Turks before and during World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Turkey denies this. It calls the death toll exaggerated and says the dead were victims of civil war and unrest. Turkey says any country recognizing an Armenian genocide faces a downgrade in relations. VOANEWS.COM
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‘Occupy Wall St.’ Protests Provide Sounding Board... CONTINUED FROM COVER Times that: "The group’s lack of cohesion and its apparent wish to pantomime progressivism rather than practice it knowledgeably is unsettling in the face of the challenges so many of its generation face – finding work, repaying student loans, figuring out ways to finish college when money has run out." Some Jewish observers may see in these protests a barometer for national sentiment, particularly as it pertains to Jews. Throughout history, Jewish communities have been the traditional scapegoats for populist and revolutionary movements around the world. So how, then, has the Occupied Wall Street Movement interacted with the Jewish community. The answer is far from simple.
________________________ GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain is calling the protests “un-American” and against capitalism. ________________________ It seems that some liberal Jewish groups have jumped on the “occupier” bandwagon. Blogger Lisa Goldman, covering some of the protests for +972 Magazine (972mag.com), reported on an impromptu egalitarian “minyan” (ten men and ten women) organized for a different kind of Kol Nidre service. “When new media activist Daniel Sieradski, a.k.a. the Orthodox Anarchist, a.k.a. @mobius1ski , suggested having an ad hoc Kol Nidre minyan on Wall Street, in solidarity with the Occupied Wall Street movement, he wondered if he would suc-
While Torah-observant Jews were experiencing a non-levitational, Twitter-free Day of Atonement, hundreds of young Jewish activists put their own spin on things. They approached Yom Kippur by engaging their sense of tikkun olam (lit. “repairing the world,” often understood as referring to social justice), albeit in a manner inconsistent with Jewish law. Most interesting of all, perhaps, were the “Al Cheits” written especially for the event. In the Jewish protesters’ reinterpretation of this traditional prayer, they seek atonement from “the force that makes forgiveness possible” for a litany of modern sins. [Editor’s note: We do find it curious that a prayer can simultaneously avoid reference to G-d, while at the same time seeking forgiveness from an anonymous “force.”] Among them: “not defending Israel” and “not defending Palestine.” So far, it seems that on Wall Street, Jewish activists are attempting to walk a tightrope between loySupplementary 'Al Cheit' for Occupy alty to their own people and devotion to liberal causes, even when the Wall Street Kol Nidre. Photo by latter may contradict the former. But @aimeeweiss off Twitter not all of the “occupiers” are equally accepting of Jewish support. In a video that has been circulatceed in attracting 20 participants,” Goldman ing throughout local media and posted to writes. “To his amazement, over 1,000 Jews of YouTube, a protestor who has been identiall ages and backgrounds, from secular to fied as Danny Cline is seen berating an eldobservant, showed up for an exhilarating erly Jewish man for expressing a divergent experience which, judging from the tweets opinion. Among other remarks in a profanihad many people feeling as though they ty-laced tirade, Cline tells the man to “go were practically levitating. Several friends back to Israel.” In another video, The Blaze reporter told me it was an incredibly moving experiJonathan Seidl interviews an activist who ence.”
was more than happy to repeat stereotypes about Jews controlling the mass media, money, and “other areas of production.” It would seem that this particular protester knows his “Protocols” by heart. While these individuals may not represent the Occupied Wall Street movement as a whole, some are concerned that the sentiments they express are more widely felt than other, more intelligent protesters, would let on. On the political front, the protests have already become a partisan issue, with Democrats expressing sympathy with the movement, and Republicans repudiating it. GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain is calling the protests “un-American” and against capitalism. “Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks,” said Cain. “If you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself!" "It is not a person's fault if they succeeded, it is a person's fault if they failed," he added. Candidate Mitt Romney took things even further. Arutz Sheva’s Amiel Ungar writes that Romney views President Obama's support for the protesters as “vindication for the Republican charges that the administration's political platform is based on nothing less than class warfare.” Whatever the case, the heated political exchanges the Occupied Wall Street movement has inspired have virtually guaranteed that the way America reacts to the protests will be a major point of contention in next year’s elections. And the Jews, torn between the social liberalism that has for so long tied the (non-orthodox) majority of them to the Democratic Party, and an affinity for Israel that has brought many into the GOP camp, will be right in the middle of it all.
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More Than 100 Charged in Massive NYC Theft Ring Authorities in New York say 111 people from five criminal enterprises have been indicted in a scheme described as the largest identity theft case in U.S. history. he District Attorney's office in Queens issued a statement Friday, saying the scheme involved five criminal enterprises based in the area and having ties to Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Eighty-six people have been arrested, while the others are being sought in the investigation, dubbed "Operation Swiper." Officials say 10 indictments charge the suspects with stealing the personal credit card information of thousands of unwitting American and European consumers. Authorities say the scheme cost individuals, financial institutions and retail businesses more than $13 million in losses over a 16month period. Investigators allege that many of the suspects used forged credit cards to go on nationwide shopping sprees or stay at fivestar hotels. Authorities say the defendants rented luxury automobiles and private jets and purchased high-end electronics as well as expensive handbags and jewelry. Additionally, some of the defendants involved in the identity theft operation are accused of taking part in burglaries and robberies throughout Queens County. It is alleged that people who worked in restaurants or bars, retail stores or financial institutions would steal credit card numbers by using a skimming device to steal customers' credit card information when the card was swiped for payment. The data was
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The office of Queens District Attorney Richard Brown announced the indictment of over 100 suspects in what is being called the largest identity theft case in American history. then programmed into the magnetic strips of blank cards. In some cases, artwork from financial institutions would be placed on the blank cards. The stolen data, officials say, was also used to make identification cards to match the name on the forged card. Investigators say authorities searched several homes and seized items such as computers, electronics, weapons, as well as $650,000 in cash. They also say the probe involved courtappointed eavesdropping on different telephones and that detectives with language skills spent hours translating conversations from languages such as Russian, Mandarin and Arabic. VOANEWS.COM
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WAR ON TERROR
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WAR ON TERROR Hamas and Fatah Continue to Glorify Terrorism, Deny Jewish History PALESTINIANS AIM TO BUILD HOUSING AROUND WESTERN WALL The Palestinian Authority and the terrorist group Hamas do not agree on many things – but they are united in the way they relate to Jews and Israelis. Both have been running campaigns recently aimed at denying Jewish roots in the Land of Israel and glorifying terrorist murders of Israeli civilians. he military wing of Hamas, the Iran-backed terror group that runs the Gaza strip - released a list on Monday lauding “heroic operations” carried out by “martyrs” against Israelis since the start of the second Intifada in 2001. The release also lists statistic of suicide bombings, sniper assaults and ambushes since 1967. The Hamas memorandum also mentions Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held hostage in Gaza since 2006 without access to the International Red Cross, saying that "his family is in a process of lost illusions."
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The Hamas Charter calls for the killing of Jews, saying that “The time will not come until Muslims will fight the Jews (and kill them); until the Jews hide behind rocks and trees, which will cry: O Muslim! there is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him!” The Palestinian Authority which con-
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'Islamophobia' Defense Succeeds for Shooter of Aussie Cop brought about his illness, his concern that he was going to be arrested, and the climate An Australian Muslim was acquitted of anti-Muslim feeling in the community at of attempting to kill or grievously injure the time, he believed that he might be a police officer, based in part on the harmed by the police.” The context makes her decision even judge's decision that a vague and unsubstantiated "anti-Muslim feeling in the more alarming: the officers had been sent to community" had helped make the perpe- arrest BUSB on terrorism charges. Judge trator skittish enough to open fire out of Flannery's ruling acknowledges that BUSB fear. The verdict in the non-jury trial "had with him … two loaded guns in concame in June, but a suppression order nection with the preparation for a terrorist act." Found to possess jihadist propaganda, kept it hidden until last month. weapons, acids, and instructions for explosives, BUSB pleaded guilty to terrorism counts in 2008 and is serving at least 14 years — facts pres u m a bly known to J u d g e Flannery. T h a t BUSB did not get off scotfree does not excuse the judge for ratify“I am not satisfied that he put the Browning [pistol] in ing the his pants because he was planning to shoot his arresting defense's assertion that the officers, rather he did so because he was concerned for shooting was mitigated by his safety.” –Judge Leonie Flannery "an environment of antiMuslim feeling, which engendered in the n November 8, 2005, four police- Muslim community a high sense of paramen were dispatched to arrest a man noia." Islamists often claim that bias against identified in publicly available Muslims motivates investigations and prosrecords only as BUSB. Upon being ecutions, but this may be the first criminal approached in a Sydney suburb, BUSB case in which "Islamophobia" was successspun around, pulled out a gun, and fired, fully employed to defend a Muslim's violent hitting a sergeant in the hand. Another offi- deeds. Columnist Gerard Henderson ponders, cer then shot and wounded BUSB, who was "Would a Jew be entitled to cite a climate of taken into custody. "The man maintained he did not fire at anti-Semitism in the community as affectpolice but at the horizon in what was ing the intention of an act which he/she had intended to be a warning shot so he could committed with respect to police? What flee," the Daily Telegraph reports. He "tes- about a Hindu?" To ask these questions is to tified he was sick at the time and jumpy answer them. Jews, Hindus, and others are about surveillance and possible police ques- treated like adults; Muslims frequently are tions." Laughable? Yes. But Judge Leonie viewed as children lacking self-control. "Islamophobia" is no longer just a tool Flannery accepted the argument, agreeing that BUSB may have fired a "warning shot to silence critics of Islamism. In at least one in panic." More disturbing is her malformed jurisdiction, it has morphed into a legal sentence explaining the purported cause of defense for terrorists who shoot cops. If there is any remaining doubt regarding the BUSB's anxiety: “I am not satisfied that he put the pernicious trajectory of the "Islamophobia" Browning [pistol] in his pants because he meme, the above case should dispel it. was planning to shoot his arresting officers, Report courtesy of IPT News, rather he did so because he was concerned for his safety, and the state he was in www.investigativeproject.org.
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Beauty Contest in the IDF: 350 Sukkahs to Compete IDF ADDS TO SUKKOT FUN WITH HOLIDAY COMPETITION, ENCOURAGING SOLDIERS TO BUILD BEAUTIFUL, KOSHER SUKKAHS By Maayana Miskin The IDF pushes its soldiers to do the best they can – including on Sukkot, when soldiers will be encouraged to build the best possible sukkah. To add some fun to the occasion, the sukkah-building will be made into a competition, with an award to the best sukkah in the military. he sukkot (the Hebrew plural form of sukkah, a temporary dwelling) will be judged according to several parameters, including their location, accessibility, appearance, size, and their adherence to the highest
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standards of Jewish law (halakha). The competition will be held in two stages: first, each of the roughly 350 sukkot will compete against others built by units in the same IDF regional command. The seven winners will then compete against each other in the final round. Sukkah-building in the IDF requires a combined effort from soldiers in various brigades. The commander of the base or unit is responsible for actual construction of the sukkah, while the IDF Rabbinate’s soldiers ensure that the sukkah is built according to halacha. Soldiers from the Education Corps complete the picture by providing decoration. The sukkah is a temporary structure in
________________________ the IDF Rabbinate’s soldiers ensure that the sukkah is built according to halacha... ________________________ which Jews eat and sleep during the Sukkot holiday. It serves as a reminder of the tabernacles (sukkot) in which the Jewish people dwelled as they journeyed from Egypt to the land of Israel. ISRAELNATIONALNEWS.COM
38 Years After Yom Kippur War: “Israel Still Seeks Security” ISRAEL HOLDS OFFICIAL ANNUAL MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR THE IDF SOLDIERS WHO FELL IN BATTLE DURING THE 1973 YOM KIPPUR WAR By Avihai Chiim On Sunday (October 9), Israel held the annual official memorial service to mark the anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. uring that conflict which took place 38 years ago, 2,689 IDF soldiers lost their lives. Living in Israel today are 1,226 orphans, 810 widows and 880 bereaved parents as a result of the Yom Kippur War. The memorial service was attended by government ministers, Knesset members and a number of IDF generals, including Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Benny Gantz. "Everyone remembers the moment that the war began," said Homefront Defense Minister Matan Vilnai, speaking on behalf of the government. "The
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Turkey Dumps Israeli UAVs for Local Drones Turkey has grounded UAVs it bought from Israel, replacing them with a homegrown version - which keeps crashing.
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). According to the publication, Turkey purchased 10 Heron UAVs from Israel Aircraft Industries in 2010. No more such purchases are likely.
n an attempt to bolster its leadership role in the Arab world, Turkey has recently done almost everything it can to alienate Israel, to the extent that neither currently has an ambassador in the other's country. Turkey also decided to cut off all government-based business deals with Israel – ending a formerly substantial trade in military equipment, including, according to Defense News,
As relations continued to worsen with Israel – and as Turkey decided that the time was ripe for it to take a regional leadership role – Ankara has decided to produce as many of its own weapons as possible, including UAVs. Therefore, Turkey, according to Defense News, made a strategic decision to ground its Israeli UAVs and produce its own version of the pilotless patrol planes.
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moment [the war broke out] became a moment that changed the state of Israel. For bereaved families, the siren remains in the air, marking the anxiety over the fate of their loved ones at the front." " U n f o r t u n a t e l y, the Yom Kippur War was not the last war," Vilnai continued. "The struggle for Israel's security has not ended. From a military perspective, the IDF gained the upper hand, and the victory of the people's army, its soldiers
and commanders, saved the state of Israel. This victory, from a historical perspective, paved the way for [future peace treaties] and the recognition that Israel cannot be defeated on the battlef ield."
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POLITICS
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Senator Joseph Lieberman Speaks About Religious Freedom at Gershon Jacobson Memorial Lecture By Tzvi Allen Fishman Park East Synagogue in Manhattan hosted Senator Joseph Lieberman on Monday at a touching memorial tribute to Gershon Jacobson, founder of the famed Algemeiner Journal newspaper. Senator Lieberman, who has just released his new book about Shabbat entitled “The Gift of Rest,” was introduced by Rabbi Arthur Schneier, Senior Rabbi of Park East Synagogue, Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Son of Gershon Jacobson and Chairman of the Gershon Jacobson Jewish Continuity Foundation, and Dovid Efune, Foundation Director. Rabbi Menachem Genack of the Orthodox Union was also present. n his remarks, Rabbi Schneier emphasized the admirable professional life that Senator Lieberman has lived as an Orthodox Jew in government service. He commented on Senator Lieberman’s first name, comparing him to the biblical Joseph. When Joseph worked for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, as his viceroy, he brought great honor to G-d, adhering to only the highest moral standards in his government service. Similarly, Rabbi Schneier said, Senator Lieberman has brought great honor to G-d and to Judaism with the publication of his book on the Shabbat, “The Gift of
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dignity and grace to the service of G-d. Next, Rabbi Simon Jacobson spoke about his father and how he devoted his life to the Jewish community not just as a famed journalist but also as a caring and involved Jew. The foundation in his memory was formed in order to create a conscience and a voice for the people, “allowing us to discern right from wrong, justice from prejudice, love from chauvinism and objectivity from bias…having the ability to speak out about matters of concern in clear and decisive terms.” Last, Dovid Efune, Director of the Foundation and the new on-line version of the Algemeiner Journal, invited everyone to read the publication that has become a source for events and unique articles for many others. The star of the evening was Senator Joseph Lieberman. Lieberman spoke about his new book “The Gift of Rest” and what inspired him to write it. He commented on religions freedom and tolerance in the United States, referring to Rabbi Arthur Schneier as a champion of religious freedom. He called Gershon Jacobson, Rabbi Simon Jacobson, and Rabbi Genack great transcendent figures in the Jewish community. Rabbi Genack, the head of the Kashrus division of the Orthodox Union, is also Lieberman’s weekly Torah learning partner. Lieberman mentioned that the founding
fathers of the United States were true believers in the Bible. They believed that everyone was created equal, and though they were mostly Christian, they believed that all had the right to practice their religion freely. He stated that 90% of Americans believe in G-d and over 50% attend a house of worship regularly. Lieberman recounted that when he was running for vice president, he would often be stopped by people who wanted to tell him “G-d bless you.” These people felt a religious kinship to him as an Orthodox Jew, even though they were not Jewish. “There is a high level of religious tolerance in our country today.” Lieberman does not feel any anxiety about the rising level of expression of the Christian faith by the Republican Party. He feels that this is all about religious tolerance and acceptance in America. He also feels that we are living in remarkable times in that we are on very good terms with. In particular the Christian Evangelical communities are great supporters of Israel and many call themselves Zionists. Lieberman does not buy into pessimism about America’s future. Because of their essential faith, many Americans generally believe that G-d will help them through the tough times. This is what makes America great and this was the dream of the founding fathers of our nation.
Steinhardt, Cantor Discuss Declining American Values... CONTINUED FROM COVER of Israel, a bold voice in Congress on the war on terror, and a staunch proponent of smaller government and lower taxes. The evening began with an admonition against heckling by Rabbi Boteach after an initial outburst by an audience member. On the question of the benefits of small government versus large government, Mr. Steinhardt extolled the virtues of liberal Democrats who he said possessed a stronger proclivity towards egalitarianism and sympathy for Americans struggling to extricate themselves from the economic morass they find themselves in. With great candor, Mr. Steinhardt revealed that as one immersed in the world of high finance, he "had more money than I knew what to do with" and therefore embarked on personal trajectory towards philanthropy. Mr. Steinhardt added that he favors government regulations to prevent corruption on Wall Street. "I want to take this opportunity to debunk a Jewish myth," declared Mr. Steinhardt when posed with a question about the long held belief of excessive largesse on the part of Jewish charitable donors. "Jews do not give charity any more than the average American." He lamented the current trends in Jewish giving, noting the fact that Mormons give 10% of their income to charity while 85% of Jewish philanthropy goes to museums, hospitals and cultural venues. Taking strong issue with the concept of both American and Jewish exceptionalism, Mr. Steinhardt clearly articulated his views, saying, "I don't believe either Jews or America are chosen people." Responding to question about protests against the perceived paradigm of avarice that some believe are embodied by Wall Street and the tumultuous repercussions
of the Arab Spring, Mr. Steinhardt chided the audience by saying, "We shouldn't be talking about the Arab Spring when there are great social protests taking place in Israel. Why doesn't this impact you all? What's going on in Israel is somewhat analogous to what's happening here and it's even worse. We must come to terms with the fact that Israel will not be an idyllic place." Speaking of the current trends which indicate that Jews are moving to the political right, Mr. Steinhardt expressed his concern over "the future of non-Orthodox diaspora Jewry,” saying that those movements catering to the non-Orthodox were fading. "Our Jewishness is not the same as that of our parents and grandparents,” he said. While opinionating that the staggering intermarriage rates amongst Jews in North American don’t necessarily spell the end of Judaism, he put forth some interesting statistics. "Among those American Jewish young people who attended the Birthright tour to Israel, 74% of them married Jews, while only 44% of those who remained on the waiting list and could not attend married Jews." "Our goal is to produce knowledgeable Jews," he said, addressing the "secular Jewish phenomenon" in Israel. "I greatly admire the values of the average Israeli: their spunk, courage and commitment, and a feeling they have that goes beyond religion." For the most part, Steinhardt's remarks were met with polite applause, but clearly the views that resonated with the audience came from Rep. Cantor, who delivered a powerful presentation of his positions. "Restoring optimism is what this country [America] is made of," Cantor stated. "It comes from the ability
to know that if you work hard and play by the rules you can succeed." Cantor directly confronted the economic policies of the Obama administration by critiquing the government for placing "increased taxes on those who are creating wealth" while taking aim at out of control government spending with monies borrowed from foreign sources. "Are we heading towards a European socialist welfare state where the government takes care of us or are we going to be the America that encourages self-sufficiency, creativity and ingenuity?," he asked. The Representative added his endorsement of a fair market place, the rule of law, and government and judicial transparency. Voicing his opposition to President Obama's recently proposed job plan, Cantor asserted that it was "just not feasible." Cantor explained that private philanthropy would be severely curtailed due to the increased centralization of government and the lack of incentives being offered to those who wish to contribute to the charities of their choice. "The government can't make decisions on where your tax dollars go," he said. When questioned by Rabbi Boteach on the Jewish concept of endorsing hatred of evil and the inherent responsibilities incumbent on Jews to fight "bad people," Rep. Cantor responded by saying, "there is a lack of clarity in our government and we must speak with moral clarity to banish hatred." Referencing the revolutions in Egypt, Libya, and Syria, he said that while they represented a "spark of hope in these very closed societies,” there were no institutions in place to support a democratic system of government.
Cantor suggested that a political vacuum of sorts was being created for the "bad guys" and not the freedom fighters. "We must challenge maniacal tyrants and make it clear that our only ally in the region that shares our values is Israel. Our allies must know that we consider Iranian president Ahmadinejad nothing but a thug who threatens not only the security of Israel but that of the U.S. and the entire Western world. We must speak out as a people, as a government, and as a political movement that we stand for peace, we stand for Israel and we stand for human rights. Israel is the pillar of our national security interests, as her freedom goes hand in hand with America's values," Cantor declared to rousing applause. Relating the true story of a Palestinian woman who was treated superlatively for health-related issues in a hospital in Be'er Sheva, Cantor said her reaction to this was "unbridled hatred." Soon thereafter, she strapped explosives on her body and headed for the very same hospital that saved her life in order to blow it up along with herself. “This kind of behavior distinguishes Israel from her neighbors,” he observed. Questioning President Obama's support of the America-Israel relationship, Cantor said that US security interests were being threatened by policies emanating from the White House. He specifically made mention of Obama's strident condemnation of Israel for building housing units in Jerusalem for its own citizens and for forcing Israel's hand in negotiations with "Palestinians who have refused to recognize a Jewish state." Cantor lauded the proliferation of CONTINUES ON PAGE 39
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Kiryat Yovel: An Affordable Alternative By Gedaliah Borvick People often ask me what the new ‘up and coming’ communities are in which to buy an apartment. I usually tell them to one need not always buy in new neighborhoods uncover investment opportunities. Case in point: Kiryat Yovel in southwestern Jerusalem. iryat Yovel (officially “Kiryat Hayovel”) was originally created to house thousands of Jewish immigrants who fled from Arab countries when the State of Israel was declared. Kiryat Yovel was a tent city until public housing projects, called shikunim, were built. These buildings, easily identifiable by their flat roofs and stucco facades, have been renovated over the years, are located throughout the community. Originally known as Beit Mazmil and renamed Kiryat Yovel (Jubilee Town) in 1951 to honor the Jewish National Fund’s fiftieth anniversary, the neighborhood is nestled between Bayit Vegan to the east, Ein Kerem to the west, the Jerusalem Forest (including Yad Vashem and Har Herzl) to the north and Malcha (as in “the mall”) to the south. In the 1960s, young couples started moving in, as the neighborhood offered inexpensive housing while providing excellent access (under a 15-minute bus ride) to downtown Jerusalem. Soon the character of the neighborhood changed further with the influx of teachers, aca-
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demics and health care professionals employed in nearby hospitals: Hadassah Ein Kerem, Shaare Zedek and ALYN. As the demographics shifted, a number of relatively upscale sections were developed, providing private homes and modern apartment buildings. In addition, a retail center, a community center, public swimming pools and a library were built to address the needs of its residents. One cannot write an article on Kiryat Yovel without mentioning the famous “Hamifletzet” (“The Monster”) sculpture/slide situated in Rabinovich Park. With over 25,000 residents, Kiryat Yovel - replete with Sephardic and Ashkenazic shuls plus a number of yeshivas - is a mixed community comprised of secular and religious (Da’ati Leumi as well as Yeshivish) families. As Bayit Vegan pricing continues to increase, many Kollel couples have discovered Kiryat Yovel, where apartment prices are 20% to 40% lower than Bayit Vegan. With the recent opening of the light rail system, which has a train stop just five minutes from Kiryat Yovel, I expect real estate prices in this neighborhood to continue to rise. Gedaliah Borvick’s company “My Israel Home” is a real estate agency focused on helping people from abroad buy and sell homes in Israel. You may contact Gedaliah at gborvick@myisraelhome.com. To read previous articles, please visit his blog at www.myisraelhome.com.
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Controversial Discovery Earns Nobel for Israeli Scientist AWARD MARKS TENTH NOBEL PRIZE FOR ISRAEL By Fern Sidman Despite facing widespread skepticism and ridicule by his contemporaries in the initial stages of his research, Israeli scientist Dan Shechtman was named the winner of the much lauded Nobel Prize in chemistry on October 5th. A professor at both the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, and Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, Schechtman, 70, will receive the award along with the other Nobel Prize winners at a December 10th ceremony in Stockholm. r. Shechtman discovered a new chemical structure called "quasicrystals" while conducting research in the United States in 1982. This discovery has now gained universal acceptance as a fundamental breakthrough. Researchers previously thought that a quasicrystal presented a pattern that was impossible due to the belief that the pattern of atoms within a material influences the material's physical properties. As a result, colleagues cast aspersions on Shechtman's findings which led to his expulsion from the U.S. research team. Shechtman was studying a mix of aluminum and manganese in an electron microscope when he found that the atoms were arranged in a pattern similar to one in some traditional Islamic mosaics. This pattern never repeated itself and appeared to be in direct contradiction to the laws of nature. He concluded that science was incorrect; it would take many arduous years for him and other scientists to prove that he was right. Despite the initial reluctance of the scientific community to accept Shechtman's discovery, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has said that "his battle eventually forced scientists to reconsider their conception of the very nature of matter," and that the discovery "fundamentally altered how chemists conceive of solid matter." The Academy also said that quasicrystals are being studied for use in new materials that convert heat to electricity. Since Shechtman's discovery, quasicrystals have been produced in
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laboratories. A Swedish company found them in one of the most durable kinds of steel, which is now used in products such as razor blades and thin needles made specifically for eye surgery. Staffan Normark, permanent secretary of the academy, said Shechtman's discovery was one of the few Nobel Prize-winning achievements that can be dated to a single day. On the morning of April 8, 1982, while on a sabbatical at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards and Technology in Washington, D.C., Shechtman first observed crystals with 10 points -- pentagonal symmetry, which stunned scientists the world over. Crystallographers always believed that all crystals have rotational symmetry, so that when they are rotated, they look the same. Aperiodic mosaics, such as those found in the medieval Islamic mosaics of the Alhambra Palace in Spain and the Darb-i Imam Shrine in Iran, have helped scientists understand what quasicrystals look like at the atomic level. In those mosaics, as in quasicrystals, the patterns are regular - they follow mathematical rules but they never repeat themselves. When scientists describe Shechtman's quasicrystals, they use a concept that comes from mathematics and art called “the golden ratio.” This number
had already caught the interest of mathematicians in ancient Greece, as it often appeared in geometry. In quasicrystals, for instance, the ratio of various distances between atoms is related to the golden mean. "I told everyone who was ready to listen that I had material with pentagonal symmetry. People just laughed at me," Shechtman said in a description of his work released by his university. For months he tried to persuade his colleagues of his find, but they refused to accept it. Finally he was asked to leave his research group, and moved to another one within the institute. Nancy B. Jackson, president of the American Chemical Society, called Shechtman's discovery "one of these great scientific discoveries that go against the rules." When Shechtman announced it, experts expressed severe reservations. "People didn't think that this kind of crystal existed," Jackson said. "They thought it was against the rules of nature." Only later did some scientists go back to some of their own inexplicable findings and realized they had seen quasicrystals but not realized what they had, she added. When Shechtman returned to Israel, he found one colleague prepared to work with him on an article describing the phenomenon.
The article was at first rejected, but finally published in November 1984 to uproar in the scientific world. Double Nobel winner Linus Pauling was among those who never accepted the findings."He would stand on those platforms and declare, 'Danny Shechtman is talking nonsense. There is no such thing as quasicrystals, only quasi-scientists," Shechtman said. In 1987, friends of Shechtman in France and Japan succeeded in growing crystals large enough for x-rays to repeat and verify what he had discovered with the electron microscope. "It borders on art," academy member Sara Snogerup Linse said of the quasicrystal patterns. "Humans have created similar patterns in macroscopic scale with the help of ceramic tiles, quilts, etc., but what was new was that it was found also in the world of molecules and atoms." Cesar Pay Gomez, a structural chemistry expert at Uppsala University in Sweden and an adviser to the prize committee, said research on quasicrystals is ongoing "in the field of thermal-electric applications, where waste heat can be converted to electrical currents or energy." "The main lesson that I have learned over time is that a good scientist is a humble and listening scientist and not one that is sure 100 percent in what he read in the textbooks," Shechtman told a news conference Wednesday at the Technion in Haifa, Israel. Israel has won 10 Nobel prizes, a source of great pride in the country of just 7.8 million people. Schechtman was congratulated by Israeli President Shimon Peres, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize as Israel's foreign minister in 1994, and by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "Every citizen of Israel is happy today and every Jew in the world is proud," Netanyahu said. The Nobel Prize in chemistry announcement capped this year's science awards. Immune system researchers Bruce Beutler of the U.S. and Frenchman Jules Hoffmann shared the medicine prize Monday with Canadian-born Ralph Steinman, who died three days before the announcement. U.S.born scientists Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess won the physics prize on Tuesday for discovering that the universe is expanding at an accelerating pace.
Ancient Jewish Texts Rescued in Covert Op Put on Display By JV Staff Writers During a symposium last Wednesday evening at Israel's national library, three ancient biblical manuscripts originating in the Jewish community of Damascus, Syria were brought out of the library's vaults and displayed for just several hours. Because of security and conservation concerns, the last time the partial collection of 11 books, including the oldest and most important one, was viewed by the public was more than a decade ago and that too was for a few brief hours. anging from 700 to 1,000 years old and written in the Middle East and Europe, the parchment manuscripts include meticulous Hebrew penmanship and illustrations in ink and gold leaf. Some boast intricate micrography, decorations made up of thousands of tiny Hebrew letters. The books were spirited to Israel in clandestine operations before the ancient community disappeared at the end of the 20th century. None were written in Damascus, but rather came to be held in synagogues in the city over the centuries. They are known collectively as the Damascus Crowns; "crown" being a Hebrew term some-
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times used to describe particularly important and venerable biblical manuscripts. The Jewish community in Syria's capital had been there for more than 2,000 years before its members were driven out by government persecution and mob violence linked to the rise of Arab nationalism and the establishment of Israel in 1948. A second ancient community in the country's business center, Aleppo, met the same fate, as did others across the Arab world. A trickle of Jewish emigrees managed to escape beginning at the time of Israel's creation, with the help of Israeli agents running smuggling routes through Lebanon and Turkey. Most of the rest of the community left in the 1990s after Syria's late dictator, Hafez Assad, bowed to international pressure and allowed them to emigrate. Most settled in Israel and the U.S. A handful, no more than several dozen, remain in Damascus. The oldest of the Damascus Crowns was written in the late 10th century A.D. in what is now Israel. It has provided modern researchers with important information on how the Biblical text evolved, as it shows the influence of two rival schools of textual scholars. It was purchased by a famed British collector of manuscripts, David Solomon
Sassoon, in 1914 and taken to Britain. The library purchased it in 1975. Beginning in the late 1970s, a Canadian Jewish woman, Judy Feld Carr, undertook an effort to smuggle Jews out of Syria, raising money from North American synagogues. She bribed Syrian officials, dispatched envoys and ran an independent immigration operation for more than 20 years from her living room in Toronto. All told, Feld Carr's endeavor facilitated the emigration of more than 3,000 Syrian Jews. Feld Carr learned of the manuscript, she said, from Jews who had already fled, and dispatched a contact to Damascus in 1993. She would identify the man only as a Western Christian who died last year. Feld Carr orchestrated a meeting in Damascus between her envoy and the community's rabbi. According to her recollections, the rabbi slipped him the book, and the man then smuggled it out of the country hidden under his raincoat in a black shopping bag. The book reached Feld Carr in Canada and came to Israel the next year. The eight books that were not put on display at the library Wednesday arrived in Israel in the 1990s in murkier circumstances; they were smuggled out of Syria via the West in an operation conducted by Israel's intelligence
services. Few details of that smuggling operation have been disclosed. Aviad Stollman, the library curator in charge of the collection, said the eight books were not displayed to avoid putting a spotlight on a story that remains largely classified. In Damascus, the manuscripts were guarded in some of the 24 synagogues that existed before the community's emigration. They were taken out only on special occasions or with permission from community leaders, according to Shlomo Baso, a Damascus-born rabbi. Baso escaped to Israel in 1985, at age 33, by hiking across Syria's mountainous border with Turkey with his wife and five young children. In the early 1990s, when the Jews fled en masse, they brought the Torah scrolls they had used for centuries. Some were dismantled into parchment segments that were then distributed among the emigrees and concealed in their luggage. When the pieces reached Israel, Baso sewed them back together and reconstituted the scrolls. Today, his synagogue in a Tel Aviv suburb houses four scrolls from Damascus, each about 300 years old. "Every community has riches of some kind. We were rich in books," he said.
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Turkey’s Folly
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I have to start this week’s editorial with a bit of confession. I, the editor of the Jewish Voice, am a Turcophile. As a university student, I majored in Middle Eastern—more specifically, Ottoman—History. This writer still believes that in its heyday, the Ottoman Empire was the very pinnacle of civilization. And although a shell of its former self, modern-day Turkey is still light years ahead of her neighbors in terms of social progress and democratic governance—or so I thought. pending my junior year in Istanbul, I even picked up a few of the local habits. Next to the entrance to my home, there sits a bottle of lemon-scented cologne, to be sprinkled onto the hands of guests (a timehonored Turkish custom, and one that I find refreshing when I come in off the street, be it the street in Istanbul, or the street in New York). On Friday night, my family sings “Shalom Aleichem” with five verses, in the manner of Turkish Jewry. What’s more, my love for stuffed grape leaves and rose-flavored confections knows no bounds. Therefore, I am all the more shocked and appalled to bear witness to the Turkish Republic’s gradual descent into madness. That once-stalwart ally of the United States and Israel is abandoning the political legacy of its founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Having spent nearly a century establishing itself as an island of rational, secular governance amidst a sea of Islamism, the Turks, it seems, are giving it all up. They let what could have been a minor diplomatic scrape (over the pro-Hamas flotilla organized by a Turkish NGO) fester into an open, weeping sore. Ambassadors have been recalled, and trade agreements have been canceled. In the September 16 issue of the Jewish Voice, we reported that the Turkish military was doing away with an American-made targeting system in favor of domestic technology. The reason given was that the American software automatically designates Israeli aircraft as friendly. By using their own equipment, the Turks could f inally label any Israeli craft on their radar as hostile. Sharing the story with my friends and colleagues, I posted the story to Facebook with these exact words: “So, the bad news is that this new Turkish military targeting system will allow them to designate Israeli craft as hostile. The good news is that it's designed by Turkey, so it will probably be less effective than the American and Israeli equipment currently in their possession.” At the time, I thought I was just making a glib observation. Little did I know that those words would be proven right less than one month later.
[Editor’s note: We received the following letter in response to our editorial dated Sept. 28, entitled “Whoever Saves One Life.” In it, we call for justice for Sholom Rubashkin, who is currently imprisoned, and has been deprived of the fair, impartial trial that is supposedly guaranteed for all by our nation’s criminal justice system. That is, unless the judge has a grudge against the defendant.]
hank you so much for your editorial piece. May you be blessed with a good, sweet new year! And may we be blessed with a year full of
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freedom together with Am Yisroel!
Sincerely, Leah Rubashkin
Editor: hat you are seeing is Obama's aides doing his bidding. The very things he wants but which he does not want to be too clearly seen doing. These emissaries of Obama are but pawns of his purposes. He has to put on hold his real intentions until he is re-
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elected as he does not want to offend more of his Jewish support, but his real agenda is a "liberal" one, which many American Jews support. The God of the Bible has no place in his life yet he will pretend to be a friend of Israel.
Sincerely, Mike F.
HA! (It’s okay to laugh at a plane crash when the plane itself is unmanned.) You see, in 2010 Turkey bought ten unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV’s, a very fancy term for military-grade remote-controlled airplanes) from the Israelis. In the current political climate, suffice it to say that Ankara is unlikely to place a follow-up order any time soon. In fact, Turkey grounded the Israeli planes (presumably in an effort to purify themselves of any filthy Jewish technology), and is developing their own. Turkish Aerospace Industries recently unveiled the prototype for its own UAV, the Anka. The Anka was designed to be a medium-altitude longendurance, or “MALE” aircraft (I could just fill the rest of this page with jokes about that, but I’ll spare you my puns and leave you to make your own once you’ve finished reading this incisive bit of commentary). Here’s the thing about the Anka though: It keeps crashing. Defense News is reporting that after three prototypes, the longest they’ve managed to keep the UAV aloft before crashing it was about two hours. It appears the Turkish military really is cutting of its nose to spite its face, ditching proven quality equipment just to snub the former allies from whom they bought it, and replacing it with inferior domestic technology. Here in America, it’s just understood that if you want a quality TV, you look for a Japanese label. There’s no shame in it. Every country has certain things they’re good at. Turkey happens to make some of the best pastries in the world. (Seriously, have you tried baklava?) On the other hand, advanced military weapons platforms just…aren’t their forte. Hopefully, once they waste enough money and crash enough prototypes, the Turks will finally “cry anka,” as it were. Maybe then, they’ll realize that they’re better off with Israel as an ally than as a rival.
Editor: hough I was very interested to read about Rick Perry and Mitt Romney who are all apparently jumping on the bandwagon to support Israel, I was confused to see your report in News in Review about how Perry is suffering a setback. Do you support the
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Editor: read your paper’s review of Lucette Lagnado’s latest book, “The Arrogant Years,” with great interest. Based on your review, I picked up a copy at my local bookstore. Being a member of Brooklyn’s Sephardi community and the child of immigrants myself, there was a lot in Mrs. Lagnado’s
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man or not? There are also other Republicans who support Israel-will you be covering any of them as well? Which candidate do you stand behind when it comes to the election?
Miri S. Deal, N.J.
book that I could relate to. Lagnado really does her community proud. Her story is one that needs to be shared, and I thank the Jewish Voice for bringing it to our attention. Wishing you and your colleagues a hag sameah!
Yair H., Brooklyn, NY
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October 7, 2011
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The Self-Defeating Statehood Gambit BY ASAF ROMIROWSKY Following the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the Palestinian Authority under Mahmoud Abbas has attempted to convince the world and the international community that their quest for statehood is just. Moreover, he would like us to believe that this "state" is responsible and accountable and deserves to be part of the community of nations. Yet it is puzzling, to say the least, that simultaneously we are witnessing a significant escalation of violence under the auspices of the Palestinian Authority such as the latest attacks in the southern parts of Israel. oreover, the recent attack on the Israeli Embassy in Cairo which forced the Ambassador and his family to flee is a clear indicator that the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliates, especially Hamas, are successful in overturning everything that was achieved under Sadat and Mubarak, specifically the 32-year Egyptian-Israeli peace. In the immediate aftermath of the attacks on the towers, which cost the lives of nearly 3,000 Americans, it was understood that Israel's War on Terror was America's War and that Hamas and alQaeda are one and the same. With the passing of time this understanding has been lost somewhere in the shuffle of spreading democracy and creating states in the Middle East. Yet today, Islamism in all its various forms still rejects the global status quo and is deeply hostile to most of the values and interests that are important to the U.S. and Israel. A closer look at the Palestinian scheme reveals a not-so-hidden agenda of Israel's destruction rather than co-existence. Abbas believes that declaring statehood at the United Nations General Assembly on behalf of the Palestinians of Gaza and the West Bank by unilateralism, a.k.a. Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI), will bring about the much-desired Palestinian state that all Palestinians have been taught to believe in. Consequently, this act will be welcomed by a voting majority, which includes all the dictatorships of the Muslim world and Africa. Washington has been clear that it will veto any effort in the Security Council, and as such the Palestinians will turn to
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the General Assembly (GA). The GA cannot admit a new state to the UN but can elevate the Palestinians' current status to non-member observer state, which will afford the Palestinians a voice on the Human Rights Council and the International Court of Justice—both bodies have been historically hostile to Israel and would be more so with PLO representation. Full membership in the UN requires the sanction of the Security Council, where the U.S. has veto power. That will almost certainly be implemented should Abbas gets nine out of the 15 votes, even by the Obama administration. But for all practical purposes, the PLO has been a member for quite some time and has been behaving as a state. It has the ultimate hallmark of a state, for it conducts its own foreign policy, freely. Geographically and demographically, the so-called Palestinian state, which includes Gaza and the West Bank, does not exist. It is divided between Fatah and Hamas, Gazans and West Bankers, so the dream of the contiguous Palestinian state is a farce. Pragmatically, Palestinian statehood would force Palestinians to give up the victimhood status they have been carrying as a "badge of honor" for over 60 years. Then, world public opinion would be forced to judge them as a state and not as the "underdog." It remains politically correct to call for a two-state solution, as the very concept sounds idyllic: Two states living side-byside in peace and harmony with free trade and a free market of ideas. However, in the real world, we are talking about an environment where on the part of one side there is no recognition of the other's right to exist in the region, period. The majority of Palestinian society remains unwilling to accept Israel's right and today openly call for a one-state solution, a de facto final solution for the state of Israel. In sum, for anyone interested in peace in the region and in a two-state outcome, first the two parties should be defined and second the Palestinian gambit should be opposed. The tactic is self-defeating and the sooner Palestinians and their sympathizers get the message, the more likely they are to reconsider. Middle East analyst Asaf Romirowsky is an adjunct scholar at the Middle East Forum, www.meforum.org.
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Abbas Could Be Next Domino to Fall IPT NEWS Since his United Nations speech last month demanding Palestinian statehood, Western media accounts have highlighted the hero's welcome received by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas when he returned to the West Bank. ften overlooked in press coverage of the issue Abbas seems to embody the very kind of leader is the problem of cor- that Arabs from Tunisia to Yemen are trying to ruption in Abbas' PA, including allegations of overthrow nepotism, possible theft of U.S. aid dollars, and a scheme that allows reports indicate that just 18,000 showed up, Hamas officials in Gaza to illicitly pocket many of them local schoolchildren bused in money from electricity ratepayers. Not to for "a Middle East rent-a-rally," Schanzer mention the fact that two U.S. government said. Many Palestinians he met during a visit agencies are helping support a Palestinian investment fund controlled in part by that to Ramallah last month are frustrated by corruption in the Palestinian Authority and terrorist organization. At a rally in Ramallah several days after believe that popular anger over Abbas' failthe U.N. ploy, Abbas (whose PA receives ure to act against it could bring down his close to $600 million a year in U.S. aid) government. In 2007, Hamas staged a coup in Gaza sought to link his demand for recognition of a unilateral declaration of independence that toppled the Fatah regime there in four (UDI) with those of the "Arab Spring" — days. Palestinian businessmen and former the wave of revolutions this year against government officials have privately autocratic regimes in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, expressed concern that the terrorist group could seize power in the West Bank as well. Syria and Yemen. In April, Abbas, seeking to protect him"We have told the world that there is the Arab Spring, but the Palestinian Spring is self against this possibility, signed a here," Abbas declared. "A popular spring, a Palestinian unity accord with Hamas. He populist spring, a spring of peaceful struggle signed a similar unity deal with Hamas in February 2007 – just four months before the that will reach its goal." The analogy can be charitably described Hamas coup toppled his government in as far-fetched. In countries like Egypt, Libya Gaza. "There is a lot of frustration over corrupt and Tunisia, the public complained bitterly about corrupt, despotic governments that government practices" in the PA, Schanzer rewarded political cronies and family mem- told the IPT. If West Bank Palestinians conbers and disregarded the concerns of most of clude that a unilateral declaration of independence by Abbas has not resulted in funtheir citizens. Far from addressing the grievances of the damental reforms, "then an intrafada scePalestinian "street," Abbas seems to embody nario (a revolt against Abbas' leadership) the very kind of leader that Arabs from could occur in the street." For Abbas, the Palestinian independence Tunisia to Yemen are trying to overthrow. "The 'Arab Spring' is the result of allowing issue serves to divert attention from a festercorrupt autocrats to remain in power," said ing corruption problem that could potentialJonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for ly destabilize his government and bring radical Islamists to power. But his anti-Israel Defense of Democracies. Washington has sought to prop up lead- brinksmanship masks some critical weakers like Abbas and deposed Egyptian strong- nesses including his economic and security man Hosni Mubarak in order to maintain dependence on the Jewish state. Palestinian officials and business leaders "stability," he said, because the alternatives (radical Islamist groups like Hamas, the told Schanzer last month that, were Israel to Muslim Brotherhood, and radical Salafists) withdraw its military and economic backing for Abbas, his government would collapse in were considered much worse. But during the past year, that stability three months. Tax revenues collected by has proven to be an illusion, with U.S.- Israel and transferred to the Palestinian backed autocrats being toppled in Tunisia Authority comprise almost half 50 percent and Egypt, and another, Yemeni strongman of the PA budget. Similar sentiments were expressed by Ali Abdullah Saleh, facing the prospect of Jerusalem Post correspondent Khaled Abu civil war as he clings to power. Washington finds itself caught in the Toameh. "Were it not for Israel's presence in middle, trying to facilitate peaceful transi- the West Bank and its massive crackdown on tions toward democracy without empower- Hamas there, it's likely that the Islamist movement would have taken over the West ing radical Islamists. Absent dramatic changes, Abbas (whom Bank a long time ago," he told the IPT in an Schanzer characterizes as "a mini-Mubarak" e-mail. "That assessment is shared even by in his leadership style) could become the senior Fatah leaders." One former member of Abbas' inner cirnext domino to fall in the region. One indication of his weakness was the rally noted cle who went public with these concerns is above in Ramallah, where the PA sought to Fahmi Shabaneh, a member of the PA mobilize one million people in the streets to leader's inner circle until late 2009. welcome Abbas. But Palestinian media
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Cyprus on the World Stage by Daniel Pipes Cyprus, an island of roughly 1.3 million inhabitants near Turkey and Syria, finds itself on the cusp of momentous change, with great opportunities and dangers. It belatedly makes a grand debut on the world stage after domestic Greek-Turkish communal issues have consumed its first 51 years of independence. hat communal problem originated in 1570, when the Ottoman Empire conquered the island and its almost entirely Greek-speaking Orthodox Christian population. Over the next three centuries, immigration from Anatolia created a Turkishspeaking Muslim minority. British rule between 1878 and 1960 left this situation basically unchanged. At the time of Cypriot independence in 1960, Turks constituted onesixth of the population. Cyprus was hardly the only territory rife with ethnic tensions that London eventually abandoned in frustration (think of India, Iraq, Palestine, and Sudan), but it was the only one where it retained a permanent role for itself and brought in patron states, namely Turkey and Greece, as guarantors of the newly-independent state. This mischievous arrangement heightened tensions between both the two island's two communities and their patron states. Those tensions boiled over in 1974 when Athens attempted to annex the whole of Cyprus and Ankara responded by invading the island, seizing the northern 37 percent of the island's territory. Greek annexation fizzled but the invasion led to the establishment of a nominal "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" (TRNC), which is maintained today by some 40,000 troops from the Republic of
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The "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" controls 37 percent of the island's land area. Turkey. Hundreds of thousands of settlers have since emigrated from Turkey, fundamentally altering the island's demography. Cyprus remained thus for 35 years, divided, deadlocked, and largely ignored by the outside world, until two recent developments upended the island's obscure if unhappy status quo. First, the AK Party came to power in Turkey in 2002 with an aggressive program of regional domination. It initially kept this ambition in check but with a heady electoral success in June 2011, followed immediately by its seizure of political control over the Turkish military, this intent emerged in full blossom. The drive to regional domination takes many forms – from escalating tensions with Israel to the prime minister's triumphal tour of North Africa – but with a specific focus on increasing Turkish power in the eastern Mediterranean. AKP ambitions have thus transformed the Turkish occupation of
Cyprus from a sui generis problem into one aspect of a larger issue. Second, the June 2010 discovery of gas and oil reserves ("Leviathan") in Israel's Mediterranean Sea exclusive economic zone, right near the Cypriot EEZ, suddenly made Cyprus a player in the world energy market. Cypriots talk of 300 trillion cubic feet worth US$4 trillion. Such numbers attract covetous gazes, especially from Ankara, which demands (via the TRNC) its share of future gas income. Further, the AKP's escalating anti-Zionism combined with Foreign Minister Ahmet Davuto lu's strategic ambitions suggest Turkish claims extending to Israeli-controlled waters. In conjunction, these two developments – growing Turkish ambitions and possible gas deposits in the trillions – link Cyprus and Israel in self-defense. Leading Greek Cypriot figures in the government, the media, and business told me during a just-concluded trip to the island about their urgent wish to build economic and security relations with Israel. In the economic realm, a ranking government official proposes five projects: a joint pipeline from the gas fields to Cyprus, followed by a liquidification plant, a methanol plant, a 1,000 megawatt electricity plan, and a strategic reserve, all located in Cyprus. A media tycoon suggests selling the gas reserves to Israel and letting its companies bear responsibility. In the security realm, several interlocutors proposed a full-on alliance with Israel. Cyprus would gain from Israel's much greater military, economic, and diplomatic prowess. Israel, which has already made protective efforts on behalf of Cyprus, would benefit from access to an airbase at Paphos, 185 miles (300 kilometers) from its shore, belonging to a European Union member.
The Noble Corporation's Homer Ferrington rig, built in 1985, has begun drilling in the Aphrodite gas field off Cyprus. Such an alliance would terminate the Cypriot legacy of non-alignment and low-key diplomacy designed to convince governments not to recognize the TRNC, though that strategy, arguably, has not brought it much benefit. In the face of an over-confident and possibly messianic Turkish leadership that increasingly betrays rogue attributes, Washington, Brussels, Athens, and Moscow have important roles to play in encouraging Cypriot-Israeli relations and thereby diminishing the likelihood of AKP-led Turkish aggression. Mr. Pipes (www.DanielPipes.org), president of the Middle East Forum and Taube distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, recently visited Cyprus to deliver the Thoukidides Think Tank's inaugural lecture. © 2011 by Daniel Pipes. All rights reserved.
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October 7, 2011
BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY
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BLOOMBERG OPENS TWITTER'S NEW EAST COAST HEADQUARTERS IN NYC City’s Tech Sector Continues to Grow and Create Jobs, As High-Tech Employment and Establishments in the City Have Increased by More than 30 Percent Since 2005 ayor Bloomberg joined Twitter last Thursday (Oct. 6) to announce the opening of the first-ever New York City Twitter office. Located at 340 Madison Avenue, the office will serve as the official East Coast headquarters for the company and will be home to 40 full-time employees, including engineers, designers and advertising executives, with plans to expand in the coming months. Twitter works with countless media companies in New York City and a growing number of start-ups that create useful business tools based on the Twitter platform and Twitter-related idea. The City of New York and @NYCMayorsOffice use Twitter to communicate with citizens, and City Twitter accounts have an aggregate following of more than 300,000. Mayor Bloomberg was joined at the Madison Avenue office by Twitter Chairman Jack Dorsey, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, NYC Chief Digital Officer Rachel Sterne, Mayor’s Media & Entertainment Commissioner Katherine Oliver, New York City Economic Development President Seth W. Pinsky, State Senator Liz Krueger and Assembly Member Dan Quart. “We are proud to welcome Twitter to New York City’s growing technology sector,” @MikeBloomberg said. “New York City has always been a place where big ideas are born, and we are working to ensure it’s the place where the next great tech success story is written – from incubating dozens of start-up ventures to bringing a new Applied Sciences school here. Companies like Twitter provide us with an important way to engage with citizens, informing and serving them in realtime.” “Twitter and New York share the same constant pulse of energy,” @jack said. “We’re looking forward to growing our presence in a city that has more Twitter users than any other city in the world and is led by innovators like Mayor Bloomberg who engage, inform and serve residents in realtime.” “It is an honor to welcome Twitter to New
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to working together to expand this critical sector of our economy.” “I'm pleased to extend a warm welcome to Twitter as they open their first office in New York,” @DanQuartNY said. “Twitter's innovative platform has transformed the landscape on the web and I look forward to partnering with them to jobs to the city.” Twitter is a real-time Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at the opening network that connects of Twitter’s New York City office users with the latest information that they find interesting through York City,” @RachelSterne said. “Not only is following public streams. Twitter’s messaging this innovative company creating jobs, but is unique – allowing short bursts of informaTwitter’s technology enables New York City tion called Tweets, which are a maximum of 140 characters in length. Tweets can include embedded content and media for additional information. Twitter has grown drastically since its launch in 2006, and currently has more than 230 million tweets daily. Currently, there are over 300,000 followers of City Twitter accounts, and over 65 City Twitter accounts are operated by the City of New York. Additionally, @NYCMayorsOffice answers questions with the hashtag #askmike, which allows individuals to pose questions to the Mayor. Twitter has partnered with the City Twitter’s site for mobile phones on a number of initiatives from Engage NYC to the release of the Mayor’s Digital Roadmap. During Hurricane Irene, Mayor Bloomberg government to serve hundreds of thousands of held nine press conferences over the course of five days, which were streamed online and to New Yorkers every day through crucial communication and engagement. We applaud their growth and appreciate their support of New York City’s Digital Roadmap.” “Today’s announcement is a major win for New York City, and is further proof of the City’s growing importance in the global innovation economy,” @SethPinsky said. “New York City’s technology sector has shown tremendous growth in recent years, and Twitter now joins the expanding roster of high-tech companies that have established a presence in the five boroughs. I would like to thank Twitter for their vote of confidence in the future of New York City, and look forward
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COMMUNITY
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October 7, 2011
Met Council Hosts Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Council Towers V Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with Congressman Joseph Crowley The demand for affordable senior housing continues to rapidly increase across New York City, as many frail elderly are living on low annual incomes and are finding it increasingly difficult to cover their monthly rent. Many affordable housing options for seniors have fallen by the wayside due to recent budget cuts and this vulnerable population is being left behind. n October 3, 2011 at 11 AM, Met Council and Congressman Joseph Crowley held a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Council Towers V affordable housing residence. The 11 story, 70 unit apartment building for low-income seniors is located at 789 Co-Op City Boulevard in the Bronx.
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_______________________ Met Council stands as a national leader in developing and managing affordable housing for low-income and vulnerable individuals and families throughout New York City. _______________________ “I am so pleased Met Council shares my commitment to making sure Co-op City remains a great place to live, raise a family and retire in,” said Congressman Joseph Crowley. “Their investment in creating affordable housing in the community will ensure local seniors can continue to live in their own homes while maintaining access to needed services. I thank the Met Council for their efforts to care for our nation’s greatest generation.” The land was previously owned by the City of New York and is immediately adjacent to Met Council’s Weinberg Council Towers I. Funding is provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, the Harry and Jeannette Weinberg Foundation, the Bronx Borough President, the Federal Home Loan Bank of
Celebratory Ribbon Cutting at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Council Towers V.
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New York, UJA-Federation of New York, The Helibrunn Foundation, and the New York State Energy Research Development Authority. “Providing a warm and welcoming home for our elders, embraced with the loving support of organizations such as the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, is a mainstay of my platform as Borough President. Wherever possible, I seek opportunities to partner in the development of housing for seniors,” said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. “In this case, I am proud to have provided funding to construct Council Towers VI and join the Met Council in celebrating another of their wonderful senior housing developments. This one in the heart of Co-op City, which is itself the largest Naturally Occurring Retirement Community in the country. “ Over the last ten years the Borough President’s Office has financially leveraged approximately $340 Million with $17 Million in capital allocations and over 1,800 units of housing developed specifically for senior. This represents 20 percent of our total housing budget”. Met Council stands as a national leader in developing and managing affordable housing for low-income and vulnerable individuals and families throughout New York City. Working with private developers and government agencies, Met Council has developed and currently operates nearly 1,400 affordable housing units, with another 700 units in the pipeline. “New Yorkers in need are still having a difficult time making ends meet. Families in crisis, the poor frail elderly, and children at risk all face hard times every day. Our menu of comprehensive services help thousands get back on their feet. Among our programs, affordable housing is needed more than ever across New York City. Thousands of applications are sent in for each housing project we build,” explains William E. Rapfogel, Met Council CEO and Executive Director. “By helping our clients find a stable place to live, we are able to empower them to get their lives back on track. We are so grateful to the builders, developers and government agencies that support our mission of bringing affordable housing to communities in need.”
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Brooklyn Councilmembers Announce: 13th Avenue to be Co-Named for Raoul Wallenberg Councilman Brad Lander, Councilman David G. Greenfield, and Councilwoman Sara González announced legislation last Friday that would rename the Boro Park portion of 13th Avenue after Raoul Wallenberg who saved thousands of lives during the Holocaust. allenberg, a Swedish diplomat, traveled to Hungary during the summer of 1944. By that time, over 400,000 Jews had been deported to concentration camps. About 200,000 remained in the ghettos of Budapest, the city where Wallenberg set to work protecting as many Jewish residents as he could. Wallenberg rented 32 buildings throughout the city, declaring them extraterritorial under Swedish diplomatic authority. Though the buildings were only suited for about 5,000 inhabitants, Wallenberg quickly issued Swedish passports to over 30,000 Hungarian Jews and moved them into the newly-established diplomatic posts, saving them from deportation to the concentration camps. Wallenberg was later detained by the Soviets and died in captivity shortly after the war. Thousands of the people saved by Wallenberg during the Holocaust immigrated to the United States after the war, and many of them settled in Boro Park. “Raoul Wallenberg’s selfless actions during the Holocaust have had such an important impact on our lives,” said Councilmember Lander. “If it weren’t for him, many of our friends and neighbors in Boro Park might not be here today. It is
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therefore vital that we gather as a community and pay tribute to this legendary individual so our future generations will never forget him.” "Mr. Wallenberg’s work has tremendous significance for my constituents,” explained Councilman Greenfield.” “If not for his sacrifice and his courage, thousands of them would not be here today.” “I am happy to join my colleagues in honoring a man who meant so much to so many,” said Councilwoman González. “Mr. Wallenberg’s actions saved thousands of lives and he deserves gratitude from the community and this great City. By co-naming this street we also maintain the memory of the sacrifices suffered during the Holocaust, which we must never forget,” the Councilwoman concluded. The co-naming will coincide with Wallenberg’s 100th birthday next year. The Raoul Wallenberg Centennial Celebration Commission, spearheaded by the Friedlander Group, will be organizing the effort to honor Wallenberg’s legacy. This street renaming will be one of many events during 2012 that will commemorate his achievements and heroism. “It’s all about building momentum” said Ezra Friedlander, CEO of the Friedlander Group and spokesman for the Commission. “As Jews, we have the most to be grateful for in regard to the heroism of Raoul Wallenberg and his life-saving actions. Indeed as 2012 approaches, we anticipate that it will be known as the 'Year of Wallenberg' and I commend leaders from both the local and federal level for taking this important issue to heart.”
The Boro Park section of 13th Avenue will be co-named in honor of the heroic Raoul Wallenberg, who saved thousands of lives during the Holocaust. The naming is scheduled to coincide with his 100th birthday next year.
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NEWS IN REVIEW
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NEWS IN REVIEW INTERNATIONAL Top Syrian Cleric Warns of Suicide Bombs if West Attacks yria's top Sunni Muslim cleric has warned Western countries against military intervention, threatening to retaliate with suicide bombings in the United States and Europe if his country comes under attack. Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun gave a speech and told the U.S. and Europe that “we will prepare suicide bombers who are already in your countries if you bomb Syria or Lebanon.” The state-appointed cleric and loyalist of Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad spoke to a delegation of Lebanese women who came to offer their condolences for his son's death earlier this month at the hands of unknown gunmen. Hassoun's comments follow another warning by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid alMoallem, who threatened “tough measures” against any country that recognizes the newly formed opposition Syrian National Council. Moallem called the group “illegitimate.” In Paris Monday, the European Union welcomed the creation of the council, calling it a “positive step forward.” French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe met the group's chairman but stopped short of granting the movement formal recognition, saying it was still being formed. Meanwhile, activists said Syrian troops cracked down on government opponents in the flashpoint city of Homs again Monday after at least 31 people were killed in clashes across the country the day before. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 14 of those killed Sunday were civilians, including seven people shot dead by government security forces in the Homs region. In Turkey Sunday, protesters held a small demonstration in Ankara against the death of Kurdish opposition leader Mashaal Tammo, who was killed Friday by unidentified gunmen at his home in Syria. Tammo was a member of the new Syrian opposition council. His funeral in the town of Qamishli Saturday turned into a mass rally against the Syrian government. Syrian troops killed five people when they fired into the crowd. The United Nations human rights office
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says more than 2,900 people have died in Syria's anti-government unrest, which is now in its seventh month.
Libya’s NTC: Gadhafi Loyalists Cornered in Sirte ibya's revolutionary forces say they have loyalist fighters cornered in former leader Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte, where desperate civilians are still trying to flee the fierce street fighting. Burned-out vehicles blocked roads Monday as provisional government tanks and artillery pounded pro-Gadhafi positions that NTC fighters said were squeezed into two neighborhoods. On Sunday, National Transitional Council fighters in Sirte took three important landmarks – the city's main hospital, the university and the Ouagadougou convention center that Gadhafi loyalists had used as their main base of operation. Most NTC forces attacking Sirte are from other towns, putting them at a distinct disadvantage against the remnants of Mr. Gadhafi's army who know the city well. Many civilians from Sirte also are fighting alongside loyalist fighters. In the southern city of Bani Walid, the other remaining pro-Gadhafi bastion, revolutionary fighters retreated from the town center after facing heavy sniper fire and boobytraps, but they still hold the airport and two nearby villages. NTC officials say the capture of Sirte will allow them to declare the country liberated, because it will mean the provisional government controls all of the country's ports and harbors. Sirte is 360 kilometers east of Libya's capital, Tripoli, and has served as a center of support for Mr. Gadhafi. Anti-Gadhafi fighters have been trying to move into the city for three weeks. Also Monday, an NTC official said he believes Mr. Gadhafi is hiding in the southwestern desert near the borders with Niger and Algeria. Moussa al-Kouni, a minority Tuareg representative on the council, provided no evidence for his claim. He also denied that ethnic Tuaregs are protecting the fugitive leader. Some military officials have alleged that members of the nomadic community are helping Mr. Gadhafi survive. The group inhabits the desert border of Niger, Mali, Libya, Algeria and Chad and has long been among the former leader's strongest supporters. Many Tuaregs fought for Mr. Gadhafi during the civil war.
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Kurdish Protest Canceled in Turkish Port Town Kurdish lawmaker in the Turkish parliament says a large Kurdish protest demonstration has been canceled at a port town in northwestern Turkey near a prison holding Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan. Lawmaker Aysel Tugluk said the cancelation was ordered after police in Gemlik blocked buses carrying protesters into the town. Turkish television said another convoy of some 1,000 protesters was blocked from leaving the Kurd-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir on Saturday. The planned protest was organized by activists who are demanding that Turkey's government recognize Ocalan — the imprisoned head of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party — as their legitimate representative in any forthcoming peace talks. Ocalan sent word through his lawyers earlier this year that he had agreed with Turkish officials to set up a “peace council” aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the 27-year-old conflict. Ocalan has been in prison since 1999, serving a life sentence for treason. His Kurdistan Workers Party, the PKK, has been fighting for Kurdish autonomy in southeastern Turkey. More than 40,000 have died in the rebellion launched in 1984.
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NATIONAL VP Biden Agrees to Meet with Jewish Leaders About Pollard .S. Vice President Joseph Biden has reportedly agreed to meet with a “small group” of American Jewish leaders about the case of Jonathan Pollard. Last month Biden met with a group of 15 rabbis in Florida, and told them that although President Barack Obama had considered the possibility of granting clemency to Pollard, he personally had nixed the idea.
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At his annual Rosh Hashana party, Biden said the remark was taken out of context, although he admitted the sentiment, and said he was willing to discuss it. Political analysts had speculated at the
time that Biden was taking the hit for his boss in a calculated pose designed to win more Jewish votes following a massive Republican win in a traditional Democratic region several weeks ago, New York's 9th Congressional district. But Biden, long considered a friend of the Jewish community, has stuck to his guns— even at his annual Rosh Hashana bash for Jewish VIPs. It was there that Jewish leaders from across the spectrum approached him, and made it clear that Pollard's fate is "an issue" for the Jewish community. The Israeli agent is serving a life sentence in a North Carolina prison on a single count of passing classified information to an ally, Israel, more than 26 years ago. The crime usually carries a maximum prison term of 2 to 4 years. Pollard recently suffered severe kidney disease and underwent surgery for the condition, the latest of numerous health problems he has suffered while incarcerated, often in solitary confinement.
USS Cole Bombing Suspect to be Arraigned November 9 .S. officials say a Saudi Arabian man accused of planning the 2000 bombing of the Navy warship USS Cole will make his first appearance at a Guantanamo Bay military tribunal November 9. Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri was supposed to appear in court October 26, but authorities say the arraignment was postponed at the request of his defense team, which cited a scheduling conflict. Authorities have accused Nashiri of the planning and preparation of the attack on the naval vessel in Yemen's Port of Aden. The bombing killed 17 sailors, wounded nearly 40 others and blew a hole in the side of the ship. Nashiri, who has been in U.S. custody since 2002, could be executed if convicted. The case sets into motion the military tribunal system set up during the administration of President George W. Bush. But in 2009, the military commission was blocked by President Barack Obama when he ordered all trials to be halted and the prison shut down. Mr. Obama reversed the order in March 2011, paving the way for the military tribunals to continue. Previous charges against Nashiri were withdrawn in 2009 to comply with the order. President Obama has said he is committed to shutting down the prison, but his efforts have been blocked by Congress.
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NEWS IN REVIEW US Economy Gains 103,000 Jobs he U.S. economy had a net gain of 103,000 jobs in September, but that was not enough to cut the unemployment rate from 9.1 percent. Fr i d ay ’s r e p o r t from t he L a bor Department said the job gains came largely in the private sector, particularly in health care. T h e mo n th ly job ga i ns we re stronger than most economists had predicted and include 45,000 employees returning to work after a strike at telecommunications giant Verizon in August. Local governments continued cutting employees because the sagging economy has cut their tax revenue. Fr i d ay ’s r e p o r t from t he L a bor Dep a r tme n t s ay s 14 m i l l i on Americans are out of work. Four out of 10 of the unemployed have been off the job for six months or more. President Barack Obama has urged Congress to approve his controversial $447 billion jobs bill, saying it would boost economic g rowth by putting people back to work. Experts and politicians have been puzzling and arguing over the best way to create jobs and bolster the global economy. Perhaps they will get some new insight from the work of the person who wins the Nobel prize in economics, which is scheduled to be announced on Monday.
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ISRAEL Officers and Soldiers Uninformed About Demolition DF pers onnel w ill only be i nfor med about demolitions in Jude a and S amaria at the las t moment, to prevent leaking the information to local residents. Last week a demolition at the Gal Yosef outpost was prevented by residents’ vehicles blocking access to the area.
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hurt but the train sustained broken glass. Citypass, the company which operates the Jer usalem Light Rail, responded on Monday to the incident. “We see this incident as very serious,” the company said in a statement. “The Light Rail is protected from rocks, yet we expect the police and state authorities to act f irmly to prevent such events from occur ring.” In a separate incident, rocks were thrown at a bus near the Yafo Gate in the city. As a result, the driver lost control and hit a wall. The driver was lightly wounded but the passengers were unhurt.
MK Gal’on: Form a “Racist Hate Crimes” Task Force
Ketzaleh to File Complaint against Radio Personalities
K Zehava G al’on (M eretz) C alls upon the Interior Defense Minister to form a special task force to handle the wave of racist hate crimes. She is also opposed to the term ‘Price Tag’ which implies racism. (Maariv)
hairman of the Ichud Leumi party, Ya’akov Katz (Ketzaleh) intends to f ile a police complaint against 2 radio personalities. “The organized blood libel against J ew s reached a new h i g h Su n d ay mor ning as 2 radio p e r so n a l i t i e s spent many minutes inciting against IDF off icers and soldiers attending the Jaff a Hesder Yeshiva, blaming them for the local grave vandalism,” said Ketzaleh.
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Light Rail: Stone Throwing a Serious Incident ocks were thrown on Monday evening at the Jerusalem Light Rail as it was passing near the Shuafat neighborhood. No one was
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Shas to Vote against Trajtenberg Report nterior Affairs Minister and Shas Chair man Rabbi Eli Yishai said that his party will vote against the Trajtenberg report unless it accommodates changes on the issues of public housing, pricing for individuals in rehabilitation, and many social aspect changes as well. Minister Yishai estimated that the report will not be legislated in the Knesset until the desired changes are incor porated.
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Students Side with Residents on Strike e p r e se n t a t ive s o f st u d e n t s i n Israeli universities on Monday night expressed their solidarity with striking residents, saying they may boycott classes if the government did not make concessions the residents were demanding. At a meeting o f r e si d e n t s a n d st u d e n t g r o i p s Monday night, a student group off icial proclaimed that the residents' demands were justif ied, and that “it is our obligation to show proper solidarity with their cause.” St u d i e s i n I sr a e l i u n ive r si t i e s begin on October 30. Student group off icials said said that a student boycott of classes was “one option that at least theoretically can be used by us, but we would only use it responsibly.”
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Shemspeed's CMJ Showcase 2011 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 7:00 PM VENUE: LITTLEFIELD 622 DEGRAW ST, BROOKLYN
The event bridges the worlds of electronic music, dancehall and hip hop from artists around the world. The line up includes a CD Release party for Shi 360 - a one night engagement only, Libyan MC, Khaled M, Kyle Rapps,and YLove. The show will also be the debut live performance of Hood Samaritan, the CD release party for indie folk artist Moshe Hecht, a special guest performer by dancehall champ, Tj Di Hitmaker and freestyle champ, Kosha Dillz. A front room will feature top DJs: Tes, DJ Teddy King, Geng Grizzly, DJ Mondee, DJ Lifeone, and Tron. For more information, visit www.shemspeed.com/cmj. _________________________________________
Jewish Speed Dating Event at Bamboo 52 for ages 28-38 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 7:30-9:30 PM LOCATION: 355 W. 52ND ST. BETWEEN 8TH AND 9TH, MANHATTAN COST: $35 WEBSITE: WWW.THESPEEDDATING.US FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONATACT: INFO@THESPEEDDATING.US
Jewish Speed Dating for professionals. Since 2003 we have been hosting Jewish speed dating events worldwide including London, UK, Tel Aviv, Israel and Paris, France with great success, over 50 couple married and many dating. This evening isn't just about finding your dream partner, it’s also about meeting new people and making new friends, you never know who knows who. Top venues, Quality crowd. ________________________________________________________
OU, LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE, AND CANTORIAL COUNCIL OF AMERICA PRESENT SIMCHAT BEIT HASHOEVA CELEBRATION MONDAY, OCTOBER 17 AT 7:00 PM VENUE: LINCOLN SQUARE SYNAGOGUE SUKKAH 200 AMSTERDAM AVENUE, MANHATTAN
The Orthodox Union Department of Community Services, Lincoln Square Synagogue, and the Cantorial Council of America present a Simchat Beit HaShoeva, a celebration during the holiday of Sukkot of music and dance, commemorating the joyous drawing of the water during Temple times. The program will feature Rav Hershel Schachter, Rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) of Yeshiva University. The evening, which includes a catered buffet dinner, will also feature music by Zev Muller, Chazzan at the West Side Institutional Synagogue in New York. Pre-paid online registration is $25 and $30 at the door. Reservations can be made by calling or by calling (212) 613-8300 or via the OU Community Services website, www.ou.org/community_services/simchat_bait_hashoeva. ________________________________________________
Gilded Age New York: Through the Eyes of Emma Lazarus HOSTED BY THE MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE SUNDAY OCT 30 2011, 2:00 PM LOCATION: UNION SQUARE, MANHATTAN
artistic social circles, her family, and what inspired her to write the famous poem that graces the Statue of Liberty. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Emma Lazarus: Poet of Exiles, opening October 26. Space is limited to 60. Pre-registration is required and is on a first-come, first-served basis. Walking tour begins in Union Square and ends at Madison Square Park. Bus transportation is not provided. For more information, visit www.mjhnyc.org, or call 646437-4200
_________________________________ Acclaimed Israeli Author Meir Shalev SUNDAY OCT 30 2011 3:00 PM VENUE: FOREST HILLS JEWISH CENTER 106-06 QUEENS BLVD. FOREST HILLS, NY 11375
An internationally best-selling and critically acclaimed author, Meir Shalev is one of Israel's best loved novelists. Shalev's "Blue Mountain" was one of Israel's five top bestsellers ever. In his hilarious new memoir, Shalev tells the story of his family and the generation of halutzim who gave his childhood on a moshav its spirit of wonder. He remembers the grit and humor of people rebuilding their lives in a harsh new land. This event is sponsored by the Central Queens YM & YMHA Cost: $18.00 - $23.00
_______________________________ THE DELEGITIMIZATION CHALLENGE: THE FORECAST FOR THE JEWISH STATE NOVEMBER 2, 2011, 7:30 PM VENUE: PARK EAST SYNAGOGUE, 163 EAST 67TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10065 COST: $15 IN ADVANCE, $25 AT THE DOOR CONTACT: MARILYN GOLDMAN, 617-428-0012 EXT. 1146 OR MG@DAVIDPROJECT.ORG
The David Project invites you to a lecture on Israel's current crisis and future prospects by the internationally renowned Israeli author, Yossi Klein Halevi, at Park East Synagogue in Manhattan. Lecture followed by dessert reception. Limited space available; reservations strongly recommended. To register, visit www.thedavidproject.org/events.
YACHAD DINNER AND AWARDS PRESENTATION WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2011 6PM RECEPTION; DINNER AND PROGRAM: 7:30 PM VENUE: BOHEMIAN NATIONAL HALL 321 EAST 73 STREET NEW YORK CITY, NY 10021
You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Yachad National Dinner & Awards Presentation, a gala evening of tribute. The event will be l’zecher nishmas Marilyn David a”h. The IVDU High School will be renamed in her memory by her family. Sarah Taub will receive the Professional Leadership Award, and Dr. Ron Hoffman will receive the Our Way Award. Invitation and online registration to follow! For more information, contact grossmane@ou.org _____________________________________________
Walk with us as we explore Emma Lazarus’ 19th century New York and learn more about her lively intellectual and
The Koren Mesorat HaRav Siddur Landmark Publishing Event MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH AT 8:00 PM VENUE: THE JEWISH CENTER 131 WEST 86TH STREET NEW YORK, NY 10024
OU Press and Koren Publishers cordially invite you to a celebration in honor of the publication of The Koren Mesorat HaRav Saiddur, The Berman Family Edition. With a Commentary based on the teachings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and an address by Rabbi Dr. Jacob J. Schacter. Long-awaited, this magnificent Siddur presents the Rav's brilliant and inspiring insights on tefillah, complemented by an elegant presentation of the tefillot in the renowned tradition of Koren Publishers Jerusalem, translation by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, and extensive introductions to the thought of the Rav by Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, Rabbi Sacks and others.
ONGOING EVENTS
For more info: (212) 294-8330.
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. _______________________________________________
TALMUD WITH REB JOSEPH WARREN EVERY MONDAY 9:00 PM VENUE: SIXTH STREET COMMUNITY SYNAGOGUE, 325 E. SIXTH STREET, NEW YORK, NY CONTACT WEBSITE: SIXTHSTREETSYNAGOGUE.ORG/CLASSES/
The Sixth Street Community Synagogue will be offering a Talmud class taught by Reb Joseph Warren, for men and women. Masechet (tractate) Megillah is a wonderful excursion through many fascinating topics. These include, of course, the background to the institution of the Purim holiday, but also the nature of sacred writing in general, torah reading, translation, the role of women, and even a classic rabbinic discussion on the use of alcohol… plus many side trips through the byways and backwaters of the stories and wisdom of our sages. No experience necessary, but all levels will enjoy this class. Don’t miss it!
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indicted El-Al, who is considered one of the world's major Esctasy dealers, on charges ranging from murder and embezzlement to money laundering, racketeering and running a large L.A.-based Ecstasy ring.
Weiner “hard” at work Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney Marries Jewish Woman
Wedding bells have rung once more for music icon Paul McCartney, who married Nancy Shevell on October 9th in London. Hundreds of well-wishers greeted the former Beatle and his bride as they arrived at the Old Marylebone Town Hall; the same place where McCartney said "I do" to his first wife, Linda, in 1969. McCartney and his bride were decked out in clothes designed by Stella McCartney, Paul's daughter, an ivory, knee-length wedding dress for her and a navy suit for him. Among those in attendance were Barbara Walters -Shevell's second cousin -- and drummer Ringo Starr, the only other surviving Beatle. Shevell is Jewish, and the pair prefaced Sunday's civil ceremony with a blessing on Yom Kippur at a local synagogue. McCartney began dating Shevell, a New York socialite and trucking heiress, four years ago. The rocker's second marriage ended in 2008, when he underwent a bitter divorce from
model Heather Mills, with whom he had a daughter. According to reports, 7-year-old Beatrice served as the flower girl, while McCartney’s brother was the best man. The wedding marked Shevell's second trip down the aisle and came on what would have been John Lennon's 71st birthday. After exchanging vows, the newlyweds headed to McCartney's nearby home in St. John's Wood, where the reception was thought to be taking place. According to CBS, he wrote his new wife a special love song, which he performed at the reception. "There was a lovely song that our kid did, and they had a lovely dance together," the former Beatle's brother, Mike McCartney, told reporters from People Magazine. "That was a nice little highlight of the evening." This is McCartney's third marriage, and Shevell's second.
Bar Rafaeli Rumors
Bar Rafaeli has sparked rumors that she is dating the son of French President Nicolas
Sarkozy, the Daily Mail reports. The Israeli supermodel has had an on/off relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio, who has since been linked to Gossip Girl star Blake Lively. Now it appears Rafaeli is moving on. She was photographed in an embrace with Sarkozy's 25-year-old son Pierre at Paris' Raspoutine nightclub on Friday night. The couple was spotted partying together and acting as though they were getting to know each other well. The two reportedly greeted each other with a kiss on the cheek before spending the evening together at Raspoutine – however, they left separately.
Mafioso Yoram El-Al Arrested in Brazil Channel 10 reported on Saturday that suspected Israeli mafia figure Yoram El-Al was arrested in Brazil over the weekend for alleged money laundering and illegal gambling operations. El-Al was arrested together with several associates who were believed to have been running a crime syndicate with the help of members of local police involved in the illegal activity. El-Al has been linked to members of the Abergil crime syndicate. This is not his first offense; far from it: JTA reported in January that a federal grand jury
The Daily Beast reported a while ago that, thanks to the “golden parachute” afforded to all members of Congress who leave public service, Anthony Weiner still has access to many of the perks available to him when he still worked on Capitol Hill. For example, Weiner will get free parking for life on the House side of the Capitol (on a space-available basis, the rules say). For 90 days, he’ll be able to send mail for free, so long as it relates to his congressional duties. He will also have access, for a small fee, to the congressional gym where he took photos of himself that he sent to women online. Though Weiner is not (yet) taking advantage of this, he has been spotted back in the gym, working on his unforgettable, much-photographed figure. The ex-congressman, who flaunted his pecs and other outstanding features in racy texts to female admirers, was seen lifting at New York Health & Racquet Club at 21st and Park Avenue. A female gymgoer told the New York Post, “I said, ‘Damn that guy has nice arms’ before he turned around and I saw who it was. I shuddered.”
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My Son, the Doctor-Murderer UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND THE HOLIDAY OF SUKKOT BY SARA YOHEVED RIGLER Nava’s doctor killed a woman. Not by malpractice. The woman was claiming that her baby was Dr. X’s child. He got fed up with her, went with a loaded gun to her apartment, and murdered her. Dr. X is now serving a life sentence in an Israeli jail for first degree murder. ava knew that people could make dramatic turn-arounds because in her own life she had transformed herself from non-religious Israeli to observant Jew. So she visited her former doctor in prison in order to encourage him to do teshuva [repent]. Dr. X was totally uninterested. All he wanted to talk about was how angry he was at his mother because she refused to visit him in prison. Nava related this story at our family Shabbat table. It led to a lively discussion. I took the mother’s side. A human being is, I contended, the aggregate of his actions. A person who does good is good, while a person who commits evil deeds is evil. Why should his mother, who had given him a high level of education and every opportunity to become a mensch and an asset to society, visit a son who had willfully chosen to murder someone in cold blood? Other guests at the Shabbos table disagreed. “What about unconditional love?” I never got the concept of “unconditional love.” It’s not true that “you are what you eat.” Rather, “you are what you do.” How can you love your son the murderer? Your son the rapist? What exactly are you loving in the miscreant?
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THE TOUCHSTONE I have only one son, who was born when I was 46 years old after five years of intensive fertility treatments. Of course, I adore him and lavish on him love and attention. Many months after the discussion about the doctor convicted for murder, my son, then 14 years old, got into trouble in school. We got a phone call from the rabbi in charge recounting my son’s offense. With my volatile nature, I ordinarily would have let into my son, but my husband calmed me down and coached me on what to say when he came home from school. “I thoroughly disapprove of what you did,” I told him, “but I still love you.” My son’s impassioned response almost knocked me off my chair: “But you wouldn’t visit me in prison!” "Your love has its limits. If I really misbehaved, if I did something terrible, you wouldn’t love me!" Apparently he had taken in more of that long-ago conversation than I had realized. Now he was saying loud and clear: Your love has its limits. If I really misbehaved, if I did something terrible, you wouldn’t love me. Your conditional love for me isn’t good enough. Since honesty had always characterized our relationship, I could offer no soothing platitudes. I shook my head and admitted, “No, if you murdered someone, I wouldn’t visit you in prison.” This “wouldn’t visit you in prison” touchstone became a pebble in the shoe of our relationship. At regular intervals he threw it up to
How can you love your son the murderer? Your son the rapist? What exactly are you loving in the miscreant? me. I realized that my profuse love for my son was like being allowed to live in a gorgeous home — complete with swimming pool and gym — but with the insecurity of knowing you could be evicted at any time. I would have to learn to love my child unconditionally, but how? G-D’S LOVE Rabbi Efim Svirsky once gave a classcum-meditation in my home. He guided the assembled women to induce a meditative state, then asked us to experience “G-d is here now.” Check. I did it easily. Next, he asked us to experience, “G-d loves you.” Check. I feel it all the time. Lastly, he asked us to experience, “G-d loves you unconditionally.” Gulp. I ran into a stone wall. My problem, I realized, is that I had no experience of unconditional love. My mother no doubt loved me unconditionally, but my father always loomed larger in my life. He was 44 years old when I, his only daughter, was born. He adored me and showered me with love. And I gave him good reason to. I brought home straight-A report cards, won a prestigious essay contest, got into the National Honor Society, was President of my synagogue youth group, was accepted at several top colleges, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude. My father was always, as my mother put it, “bursting his buttons” with pride at my accomplishments. But what if I had no accomplishments? Would he still love me as much? I never dared think about that frightening “what if.” A person is, in essence, his core, his Divine soul. When Rabbi Svirsky asked us to experience G-d’s unconditional love, however, I realized that I had to go deeper. Does G-d love me because of my accomplishments? No, G-d loves me because my soul is a spark of G-d’s own luminous Divinity. Just as a mother loves her newborn, sans accomplishments, because the baby is part of her, so Gd loves us because our soul essence is part of G-d. I was wrong in my contention that a person is the aggregate of his actions, like an onion that has no core. A person is, in essence, his core, his Divine soul. One’s
There are no admission criteria to the sukkah. You don’t have to have an “I-did -teshuvah ticket” to get in. actions are the layers of curtains that surround the soul, sometimes becoming so opaque and dark that they obscure the soul’s light entirely. But G-d made a covenant with our forefather Jacob that He would never allow a Jewish soul to fall below the point of irredeemability. That spiritual essence, what we call the pintele Yid, is always worthy of unconditional love. After working to make this concept real in my mind and heart, one day I sat my son down and announced, “I would visit you in prison even if you committed murder. I’m there.” He smiled broadly. Our relationship made a quantum leap up. SUKKOT By fulfilling the mitzvah of dwelling in a sukkah during the holiday of Sukkot, a Jew is literally surrounded by the Shechina, the feminine Presence of G-d. This is generally conceived as the “reward” for the repentance the person undertook during the Rosh HashanaYom Kippur period. Now that the soul is cleansed of its dross, the person can dwell in G-d’s presence in the sukkah. But what if a person fails to repent? We are taught that for a person to attain atone-
ment on Yom Kippur, the person must have passed through the stages of teshuvah: admitting, regretting, and resolving to change (plus, if he hurt another person, seeking that person’s forgiveness). What if a person did teshuvah on some misdeeds, but not others? Or didn’t do teshuvah at all? Then he enters the sukkah with his misdeeds still clinging to his soul, as if dressed in filthy, stinking rags. Is such a soul still visited by the Shechina when sitting in the sukkah? The answer is “Yes!” There are no admission criteria to the sukkah. You don’t have to have an “I-did -teshuvah ticket” to get in. The feminine Divine Presence descends and hovers over and around the sukkah, whether it is inhabited by saints or sinners. And since this gross physical dimension is often in Jewish parables considered a prison for the soul, that means that during Sukkot G-d’s “Mother aspect” visits Her child the sinner in prison. As you sit in the sukkah this week, think about that and feel G-d’s unconditional love. Sara Yoheved Rigler’s new website for married Jewish women www.kesherwife.com is up and running! To invite Sara Yoheved Rigler to give a workshop or lecture in your community in November, write to slewsi@aol.com.
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New Products Take Center Stage in Growth of Kosher Fest in 2011
Don’t feel like eating leftovers this Chol Hamoed? Here are some restaurants that will provide you with a meal and a Sukkah to enjoy it in. MANHATTAN Eighteen Restaurant 240 E 81st St, New York, NY 10028 Le Marais Succah seats 20. They do not take reservations for the Succah seating, first come first serve. 150 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036 Mr. Broadway 1372 Broadway #1, New York, NY 10018-6113 Meat Me 726 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025 Mike’s Bistro 228 W 72nd St, #1, New York, NY 10023 Milk n Honey 22 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036 Prime Grill 60 E 49th St, New York, NY 10017 Prime KO 217 W 85th St, New York, NY 10024 Talia's Steakhouse 668B 670A Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025 Village Crown 216 E 49th St, New York, NY 10017 Wolf and Lamb Has a beautiful full service Sukkah that seats approx 25 people. They do not take reservations in the Sukkah. 10 E 48th St, New York, NY 10017 BROOKLYN Alice’s Restaurant 434 Avenue U, New York, NY 11223 Basil Pizza & Wine Bar 270 Kingston Ave Brooklyn, NY 11213 Cafe Renaissace 802 Kings Highway Brooklyn, NY 11223 Cafe Venezia 1391 Coney Island Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11230 Carlos & Gabby's Brooklyn 1376 Coney Island Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11230 China Glatt 4413 13th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11219-2017
Dougies Brooklyn Largest succah in Brooklyn 4310 18th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11218 Essen NY Deli 1359 Coney Island Ave Brooklyn, NY 11230 Glatt ala Carte 5123 18th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11204 Nu Cafe 4709 New Utrecht Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11219 Orchidea 4815 12th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11219 Savor Cafe 2925 Avenue P, Brooklyn, NY 11229 Sophie's Bistro 1904 Coney Island Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11230 Subsational- all 3 locations 1- 992 E 15th St, Brooklyn, NY 2- 4011 13th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 3- 1928 Coney Island Ave, Bklyn, NY Tea for Two (East 4th) 547 Kings Highway, Brooklyn, NY 11223 Tea for Two Lite 2811 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11229 T Fusion Steakhouse 3223 Quentin Road, Brooklyn, NY 11234 QUEENS & LONG ISLAND Cho-Sen Garden (Queens) 6443 108th St, Flushing , NY 11375 Cho-Sen Island (5 Towns) 367 Central Ave, Long Island, NY 11559 Cho-Sen Village (Great Neck) 505 Middle Neck Rd, Great Neck, NY 11023 Kosher Corner (Queens) 7301 Main St, Queens, NY 11367 King David (5 Towns) Succah seats 70 people, and they will be selling lulavim and esrogim in front of their store. 550 Central Ave, Cedarhurst, NY 11516 Safa (Great Neck) Largest Sukkah in the area. 451 Middle Neck Rd, Great Neck, NY 11023
In less than two weeks (deadline for submission is October 24th), the best new kosher products in 2011 will be crowned with the awards being distributed at next month’s 23rd edition of Kosherfest at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey. Kosher food industry sources say that 2010-2011 was a time of significant new product introductions in almost every category of kosher. etailers reveal that some of the most successful new products were natural and gluten-free items, as customers of all ages opted for healthier ingredients in everything from iced coffee to matzah. The emphasis on healthier ingredients was also apparent at take-out counters as it was in the ingredient items for recipes in the rapidly growing list of new kosher cookbooks and magazine supplements. “Expect to see a new focus on accentuating the positives of what is in a product, rather than emphasizing what is not in it,” predicted the Mintel research group in advance of 2011. Indeed, say retailers many of the new products go out of their way to highlight ingredients that are in products rather than the customary “free” (i.e. sugar, sodium, fat, etc.). Calling many new products hybrid, Mintel also noted: “Beyond hybrid forms, we also see a blurring of how consumers use products – with beverages consumed as snacks, snacks as meals, and personal care and home care products that do more than one thing, as well.” Retailers say that they have been quite successful with prepared foods that do just that, combine many different categories. One retailer told KosherToday that he uses wraps in more than 25 items, particularly low calorie wraps such as whole wheat. Sodium, sugar and high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) are three well known ingredients that appear to be experiencing
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covert reductions in product formulations, says Mintel, which also points out that “kosher” appears on more new products than any other claim.
________________________ Sales have more than doubled since 2005 and are expected to hit $1.68 billion in the United States and $3.38 billion globally in 2015. ________________________ The sudden and dramatic surge of gluten-free has made inroads into kosher big time, with new matzah from Yehuda leading the way for kosher food products in almost every category. An estimated 18 million people in the U.S. are sensitive to gluten—a hard-to-digest protein found in wheat, rye and barley. Another 3 million-plus Americans are thought to have celiac disease, a potentially life-threatening autoimmune disorder that is treated by eliminating dietary gluten. Euromonitor International forecasts 2011 gluten-free sales of $1.31 billion in the United States and $2.67 billion worldwide. Sales have more than doubled since 2005 and are expected to hit $1.68 billion in the United States and $3.38 billion globally in 2015. Several retailers reached by KosherToday say that revenues from new items can be as high as 15% of their overall sales. Exhibitors in Kosherfest will have their chance to compete in the 2011 New Product Awards Competition on October 27th. This annual competition is judged by important influencers on the kosher market, including kosher supermarket buyers and opinion leaders. This article comes courtesy of KosherToday.com
October 12, 2011
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Recipe: Sweet and Spicy Butternut Squash Soup BY AYELELET R. We all know an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but there are other fruits out there that help keep us healthy. Butternut squash is actually a fruit; it is actually linked closely with the pumpkin! It is full of heart-healthy vitamins, a lot of fiber, and is a natural way to get folate. Folate is important for women in their child-bearing years, as it prevents birth defects. You will find it added to many baked goods in the supermarket, but natural accumulation of vitamins is always recommended. Luckily, this soup has butternut squash AND apples, so you can feel good about taking seconds (or thirds!) of this soup. ith immersion blenders a staple in everyone’s kitchen these days, it’s become really easy to whip up your favorite pureed vegetable soup. I got the idea to add apples to butternut squash soup from Ina Garten, but decided that her soup was too sweet and needed something to pack some extra punch. Halve the pepper if you are going to serve this soup to kids. Either way, this soup will take your taste buds for a ride! Ingredients: • 2 Tablespoons olive oil • 2 large spanish onions (or 4 smaller yellow onions) • 1 carrot • 2 celery sticks • 1 large butternut squash • 2 Macintosh apples • 1 cup vegetable stock • 1.5 cups water • 1/2 tsp salt • 1/4 tsp of freshly ground pepper
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• 1/8 tsp nutmeg • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper • 1/2 tsp dried thyme 1. Heat up a large stockpot on medium low flame with the olive oil. 2. Meanwhile coarsely chop the onion and add it to the stockpot. Let it sit and caramelize on a low flame for about twenty minutes. 3. Add the carrot and celery (both coarsely chopped) to the pot and let sit another ten minutes. meanwhile, peel the butternut squash and apples, remove all seeds, and cut up into chunks. 4. Add them to the pot and mix around with the other vegetables. 5. Add the stock, water, and spices. Bring to a boil and then cover, letting it simmer for about an hour. 6. At this point, all of the fruits and vegetables should be soft. Turn off the flame, let it cool for a little bit, and then immersion blend everything together. If you don’t have an immersion blender, you can pour the soup into a regular blender or food processor and puree in that. However, you must cool down the soup for a longer period of time if you are going to transfer to a blender otherwise you run the risk of burning yourself! 7. At this point, I return everything to the pot and taste it. I usually add salt, pepper and thyme until it tastes right to me. I usually add more cayenne pepper until there is enough heat to my liking. If you like your soup creamier, you can also add 1/2 cup skim milk or soy milk and gently reheat the soup. Recipe courtesy of TheJewishHostess.com.
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Just Like a Collector Vehicle, Every Major League Playoff Team Has its Own Unique Personality AMERICAN COLLECTORS INSURANCE MATCHES UP THIS YEAR’S PLAYOFF TEAMS October baseball is one of the most exciting times of the year. As the 2011 MLB playoffs are fiercely underway, American Collectors Insurance, provider of affordable agreed value insurance for collector vehicles and collectibles, believes that just like a collector vehicle, every team has its own personality. So what cool ride best describes the teams in the playoffs? Glad you asked. Here’s what we at American Collectors Insurance think.
Team: New York Yankees ith 27 World Series wins, the Yankees have a penchant for the pennant. That same fervor for winning has continued in to this season as they own the best record in the American League while easily staving off last year’s AL East division winner (the Rays) and this year’s preseason darlings (the Red Sox). Starting pitching is the main and possibly only concern. After CC Sabathia, the team is filled with unproven and questionable starters. With the chance of a 10-run lead on any given night, who needs starting pitching anyway? Cool Ride: 2004 Ferrari Enzo Classic, timeless, and obsessed with being the best are synonymous with Ferrari and the Yanks. Both represent some of the most unique brands in the world. Much like the Yankees roster, the Enzo costs a pretty penny but every dollar shows in its performance. Even those who could never justify the hefty price tag still respect the craftsmanship. Are the Yankees able to use that legendary handling to traverse the hazards of the road to glory brought on by pitching plights? Or is this team illfit for a deep playoff run like a Ferrari in a snow storm? Team: Arizona Diamondbacks This team seemed to have everything going against them to start the year, including how they ended the previous season at 32 games UNDER .500. And don’t forget the defending World Series champs are in their division. Yet, an old school manager in Kirk Gibson, a roster filled with youth and surprising pitching (if you predicted Ian Kennedy would win over 20 games, your name is probably Ian Kennedy), have all combined perfectly down the home stretch. Regardless of their postseason outcome, this season has been one magical ride. The Cool Ride: 2008 Challenger SRT8 The Diamondbacks come in as the challenger on all fronts. We believe the description “strong, youthful and on a promising run for the future” depict the re-launch of both the Diamondbacks and the Challenger. That classic HEMI V8 performance accompanied by modern amenities reminds us a lot of this team with a competitive coach and a young exterior. Will the 2011 version of
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Markowitz Urges Men to Visit Physician, Encourages Loved Ones to Get Them There On Thursday, October 6, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham kicked off his tenth annual “Take Your Man to the Doctor” campaign—a call to action for men of all ages, ethnicities, and economic levels to regularly visit a doctor, and for the women and men who love them to help make it happen. Participating Brooklyn hospitals, clinics and healthcare professionals offered free flu shots, HIV testing, exercise demonstrations, health screenings for asthma, blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, glucose, glaucoma and other conditions, and made important health information available in and around Borough Hall Plaza. P Markowitz was joined by Brooklyn newlyweds Alex and Tanesha Vedrine of Mill Basin, who were planning their wedding last year when Alex—just 24 years old at the time and a non-smoker—was diagnosed with Stage IV NSCLC lung cancer. The couple is spreading the word about the importance of routine doctor visits and health screenings, as well as raising awareness of lung cancer.
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______________________ The U.S Department of Health and Human Services recommends that men receive regular screenings. ______________________
(left to right): Alex Vedrine; Tanesha Vedrine; Dr. Wonnie Rhieu, Woodhull Medical Center; BP Markowitz; Deputy Borough President Yvonne Graham; Gail Smith, MetroPlus. Photo by Kathryn Kirk. “Take your man to the doctor—that means your husband, your father, your brother, your son, your uncle, your friend or your significant other,” said BP Markowitz. “We don’t care how you do it. Nag him, drag him, cajole him, entice him—just get him to go. Remember, if you do, he will live to love you longer,” • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
report Health, United States, 2010, men ages 18-44 years represented about 20 percent fewer visits to a primary care generalist than women. The report also indicates that men were twice as likely not to have a usual source of health care, as compared to women. • The U.S Department of Health and Human Services recommends that men receive regular screenings for such things as
blood cholesterol, blood pressure, colorectal cancer, diabetes, depression, sexually transmitted diseases and prostate cancer. In 2006, BP Markowitz learned firsthand the importance of regular checkups, early detection and preventative care when he experienced chest pains that resulted in an operation to insert a stent. He finally went to the hospital only after his wife Jamie insisted. BP Markowitz was joined at the kickoff event by participating “Take Your Man to the Doctor” partners: New York City Department of Health; MetroPlus Heath Plan, Inc.; The Brooklyn Hospital Center; Coney Island Hospital; SUNY Downstate Medical Center, University Hospital of Brooklyn at Long Island College Hospital; Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center; Kings County Hospital Center; Maimonides Medical Center; New York Methodist Hospital; Woodhull Medical Center; and Wyckoff Heights Medical Center.
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October 7, 2011
The Israeli Heavy Metal Band the Turks Adore By Jeffrey Heyman Israeli heavy metal band Orphaned Land is inspiring fans in the unlikeliest of places. Orphaned Land combines Hebrew lyrics with oriental instruments and elements of Judaism and Arabic music to create a highly original sound. hen Kobi Farhi formed the Israeli heavy-metal band Orphaned Land back in high school 20 years ago, he never imagined that his obsession with loud, aggressive music would one day transform him into a goodwill diplomat. But with the band's growing popularity among metal-heads throughout the Middle East -- including fans in places like Syria, Iran, Lebanon and especially Turkey, where diplomatic ties are fraying more every day -- Farhi and Orphaned Land are serving the roles of mending relations and forging bonds between the two countries. Earlier this month, the band performed before 5,000 fans at the Sonisphere Festival in Istanbul, and signed on to headline another metal festival in Ankara at the end of the month. "Our fans were declaring that we and they are not our governments," Farhi told ISRAEL21c in between the two festivals. "At the Istanbul show, it was a bizarre situation. We were onstage singing in Hebrew and there were fans from Iran, Tunisia, Lebanon, singing along with us while holding their countries' flags -countries that don't have relations with Israel. "This took place at the same time as the Israeli ambassador to Turkey was asked to leave and the Israeli Embassy in Cairo was attacked. We're the only Israelis getting along with them. We felt like messengers carrying a different voice, showing that there are other ways for
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Orphaned Land performing live at Wacken Open Air in August 2010
Orphaned Land's 2002 album, Sahara
people to get along." Arabic music, Hebrew lyrics Orphaned Land has been having that effect on people ever since Farhi, who writes and sings the band's songs, began to distance himself from the usual heavy-metal lyrical fare focusing on the darker aspects of society and began reflecting on the region he was living in and on the impact that religion has on its residents. "We started to combine elements of Judaism and Arabic music, including instruments. It was an outstanding moment in the metal scene. Here comes this band playing Oriental instruments and singing in Hebrew," says
Farhi. They knew they were onto something when Farhi received his first email from a Muslim fan in 2001 with a picture of him sporting a tattoo of the band. "I realized that we had something in our hands that was strong, and that even if it didn't change the world, it would show another voice to the world. Now we have thousands of Muslim fans from around the region," he says. The band began to perform in Turkey on a regular basis, gaining more disciples each time. The band's 2004 album, "Mabool" ("Flood") depicted three sons -- one for each Abrahamic religion -- who try to warn of a coming flood, and incorporates Yemenite chants and biblical verses. The latest album, last year's acclaimed "The Never Ending Way of ORWarriOR," features the Arab Orchestra of Nazareth, traditional Middle Eastern instru-
ments such as saz, santur, Arabian flutes, cumbus and bouzouki, and the keyboard and mixing talents of Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson. Breaking into Tel Aviv Orphaned Land's popularity outside of Israel belies the fact that within their borders, they're not quite mainstream. Their music isn't regularly played on the radio, and their performances are in clubs, not the Caesarea Amphitheater. However, the phenomenon surrounding their prominence in Turkey is raising a few eyebrows in Tel Aviv as well. On October 13, the band is performing at the Reading 3 Club coinciding with the release of a new live DVD. "It's a chance for Israelis who feel proud of what we've been doing but are not familiar with our music to come catch us and see what has caused this sensation," says Farhi. While enjoying the sudden prominence of his music, Farhi is hoping that his personal good fortune won't be the only positive outcome of the band's high profile. His diplomatic side coming to the forefront, Farhi says that he hopes it will be the spark that can create a new reality between Turkey and Israel. "We are small people, the band and its fans -- humble people who are coming together for the music. If we can succeed in making it work, we're setting an example for our leaders. Even though they're a lot smarter than us, we expect them to learn from us and do the same." "Just yesterday, we were all over the front page of the main Ankara newspaper, with a headline saying that we were coming there in the name of peace, playing songs of peace. We are just musicians; we won't change the world alone. But we do give another way and from that point on, [people] have to take it themselves. We are just the key to the door; they have to open it." www.israel21c.com
Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany carried out a campaign to cleanse German society of individuals viewed as threats to the nation’s health. Enlisting the help of physicians and medically trained geneticists, psychiatrists, and anthropologists, Nazis developed health policies that began with the mass sterilization of genetically diseased persons and ended with the near annihilation of European Jewry. These efforts to create a “master race” are being explored by Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race—an exhibition produced by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum—that opened at the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in September. Deadly Medicine, which the New York Times says “should be a part of every citizen‘s experience,” will be open through January 16, 2012 in the Museum’s Irving Schneider and Family Gallery. eadly Medicine explores the Holocaust’s roots in then-contemporary scientific and pseudo-scientific thought, explains U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum historian and exhibition curator Dr. Susan Bachrach. At the same time, it touches on complex ethical issues we face today,
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such as how societies acquire and use scientific knowledge and how they balance the rights of the individual with the needs of the larger community. Museum of Jewish Heritage Director Dr. David G. Marwell was Chief of Investigative Research for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Special Investigations. Dr. Marwell was involved in the investigation into the whereabouts of the notorious Nazi doctor, Dr. Josef Mengele, and the identification of his remains in 1985. Dr. Marwell says, “It is crucial that we study how the medical profession contributed to the crimes of Nazi Germany. The perspective we gain from this study will help us deal with the range of ethical challenges that face the medical profession today.” About the Exhibition Eugenics theory sprang from turn-of-the19th century scientific beliefs asserting that Charles Darwin‘s theories of survival of the fittest could be applied to humans. Supporters spanning the globe and political spectrum believed that through careful controls on marriage and reproduction, a nation‘s genetic health could be improved. By the late 1920s, two dozen states in the United States practiced sterilization for eugenic purposes. More than 16,000 opera-
tions were carried out in America between 1920 and 1933. The Nazi regime was founded upon the conviction that inferior races and individuals had to be eliminated from German society so that the fittest Aryans could thrive. The Nazi state committed itself to implementing a uniquely racist and anti-Semitic variation of eugenics to scientifically build what it considered to be a “superior race.” By the end of World War II, six million Jews had been murdered. Millions of others also were victims of persecution and murder through Nazi racial hygiene programs designed to cleanse Germany of biological threats to the nation‘s health, including foreign-blooded Roma and Sinti (Gypsies), persons diagnosed as hereditarily ill, and homosexuals. In German-occupied territories, Poles and others belonging to ethnic groups deemed inferior were also murdered. After the war, few of the biomedical experts who implemented and legitimized Nazi racial hygiene policies were indicted or brought to a moral accounting for their actions. The exhibition is told through startling and sometimes graphic photos, artifacts, and testimony. Artifact highlights include a replica of a glass woman from the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum in Dresden created to demonstrate the benefits of genetic health at the time. Figures such as this one were even on display in the United States in health and eugenics exhibitions. The exhibition also features a scarred wooden door from an isolation cell used at the Eichberg Psychiatric Clinic in Eltville, Germany; posters and pamphlets urging Germans to screen their lovers’ families for genetic flaws, to marry the right person, and to have multiple chil-
dren for the nation. Medical paraphernalia on display include calipers used by German anthropologists to take measurements for racial screening, and instruments of sterilization. Photos, testimony, and personal possessions, such as a brooch, a pocket watch, and rosary beads of victims of the Hartheim euthanasia center convey the story from the victims’ point of view. Companion Volume The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has published an exhibition catalogue for Deadly Medicine (hardcover, 199 pages, $45) that features many never-beforepublished photographs, images from rare Nazi publications, and historical artifacts. Seven internationally recognized authorities provide the wider contextual framework for this compelling visual and documentary record. About the Funders Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race is produced by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Deadly Medicine is sponsored in part by The Samberg Family Foundation, the Dorot Foundation, the Viterbi Family Foundation of the Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego, and the Rosenbluth Family. Additional support was provided by the Takiff Family Foundation and the David Berg Foundation. The New York presentation of Deadly Medicine is made possible, in part, through the generous support of the Pickman Exhibition Fund, Dr. Israel Jacobowitz, and Dr. Roger Sachs. For more information, visit www.ushmm.org.
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October 7, 2011
Sukkot (LEVITICUS 22:26-23:44) THE ACTIVE ATTACHMENT BY RABBI ABA WAGENSBERG AISH HATORAH OF JERUSALEM Greetings from the holy city of Jerusalem! he Torah says, "You shall make [literally, ‘make for yourself’] the holiday of Sukkot for seven days" (Deut. 16:13). The Talmud (Sukkah 11b) explains the phrase "make for yourself" to mean that every person must consciously, actively make their own sukkah, rather than having their sukkah accidentally come into being as a result of some other action. For example, the material that forms the roof of a sukkah ("schach") must fulfill two conditions in order to be kosher: it must have originally grown from the ground, and it must be currently detached from the ground. Imagine that I have four walls forming an enclosed space in my backyard. All summer long, I let the grass grow, until the weeds are so tall that they reach the top of the walls and droop over the edges. Obviously, these weeds are not kosher schach, because they are still rooted in the ground. But a week before Sukkot, I finally mow the lawn, and the tall weeds - which are now detached from the ground - fall over onto the walls. Now is my sukkah kosher? The answer is no! I did not make the sukkah in my backyard; it just came into being as an accidental result of my mowing the lawn. In order to transform my weed-covered hut into a sukkah, I would need to gather up the weeds
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and actively place them on top of the walls. The Vilna Gaon (cited in Sefer Kol HaTor 1:7) states that the entire body is involved in only two mitzvot: the mitzvah of sukkah and the mitzvah to dwell in the Land of Israel. (Mikvah is considered to be a preparation for other mitzvot.) He suggests that, just as we must consciously, actively make a sukkah, we must also be consciously involved in building the Land of Israel to the point where everything is ready for Moshiach to come. This is not a passive waiting - "I guess it will all work out in the end" - but an active involvement in positive change. The verse that we say every day in davening, "And a redeemer will come to Zion" (Isaiah 59:20), hints to this idea as well. Rashi explains this verse to mean that the redeemer - Moshiach - will come only to a built Zion. The Jerusalem Talmud (Yuma 3:2, 40b) elaborates further, saying that redemption will take place in small, gradual steps, like the sunrise. Our redemption is a process, and we must be active participants in making it come about. Today, when the Land of Israel seems to be diminishing in size, we are faced with what could be the ultimate test in maintaining our trust in God. We must not become despairing or distraught, but rather must do everything in our power to build and strengthen our attachment to the land. In this merit, may we be able to celebrate Sukkot not just in our individual sukkahs, but also with "Sukkat David haNofelet" - the Holy Temple in a rebuilt Jerusalem. WWW.AISH.COM
By Elad Benari Israel’s Chief Sephardic Rabbi, Rav Shlomo Amar, expressed his condolences last Tuesday for the death of former MK Rav Hanan Porat. peaking at the Machon Meir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, Rav Amar said: “It was with great regret that I heard this terrible news of the loss of Rabbi Hanan Porat. In addition to his love of Torah, Rabbi Hanan was well-known in all parts of the country and this is no trivial matter.” “When a person adopts a certain position and stays with it all his life, he usually ends up being an extremist who has many opponents,” Rav Amar added. “But in the case of Rabbi Hanan - even though he stayed unwaveringly true to his principles all the way – he knew how to appreciate others with differing opinions and cherished them. This is what I heard about him from many people of all sectors of society.” He said, “This is a very great loss. When such a gem is ripped from our lives it is a great loss. May his soul be bound up in the bond of everlasting life.” Rav Porat passed away Tuesday after a battle with a terminal illness. He was 67
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Haftarot for the First Days of Sukkot Day One: Zachariah 14:1-21. The prophet Zachariah prophesies about the world transformation that will occur in the end of days, when “the L-rd shall become King over all the earth; on that day shall the L-rd be one, and His name one.” But first he describes a great war that will center around Jerusalem immediately before the ultimate Redemption. G-d will gather the nations for war, and He will do battle with them, by visiting various diseases and ailments upon them. Zachariah then notes that those of the nations who will survive this cataclysmic war will be required to go to Jerusalem every year on the holiday of Sukkot to pay homage to G-d. Day Two: I Kings 8:2-21. Today's haftorah describes the dedication of Solomon's Temple, which occurred during the holiday of Sukkot. (The celebration of the completion of the Holy Temple began a few days earlier, on the 8th of Tishrei.) The construction of the Holy Temple was
completed. King Solomon assembled the leaders and elders of the tribes to Jerusalem, and amidst great fanfare the Levites transported the Ark from its temporary location in the City of David and installed it in the Holy of Holies chamber in the Holy Temple. Immediately, G d's presence appeared in the Temple, in the form of a smoky cloud. King Solomon then blessed G-d. He recalled the history of the sanctuary, how his father, King David, had wanted to build it-but was told by G d that it would be his son who would accomplish this feat. "And the Lrd has established His word that He spoke, and I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the L-rd spoke, and have built a house for the name of the L-rd, the G d of Israel. And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein (is) the covenant of the Lord, which He made with our fathers, when He brought them out of the land of Egypt." Haftarah Chabad.org
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Laws of the Four Species BY RABBI SHRAGA SIMMONS The Torah says: "You shall take ... the beautiful fruit (Etrog), a palm frond (Lulav), myrtle twigs and willow branches of the stream and rejoice for seven days before the L-rd your G-d." (Leviticus 23:40) n Sukkot, we bind all the branches together - two willows on the left, one palm branch in the center, and three myrtles on the right. We hold this bundle in our right hand, and then lift them together with the Etrog. We then shake them all together, three times in each direction: front, right, back, left, up and down. (Sefardim and Chassidim have a different custom for the order, and should consult with their rabbi.) This mitzvah should be performed during the daytime, each of the seven days of Sukkot (except for Shabbat). Before waving the four species, we say the following blessing: "Blessed are You, L-rd our G-d, King of the Universe, who sanctified us with His mitzvot, and instructed us to raise up the Lulav." To be valid for the mitzvah, the four species must meet certain requirements. Since the details are many and technical, it is not recommended to search through the forest on your own for these species! (Particularly the Etrog, which can easily be confused with a lemon.) A better idea is to purchase a complete set from a reliable distributor. Your local Jewish bookstore may have a "Four Species Set" with a rabbinical seal certifying their validity. To be an informed consumer, here are some basic requirements to look for: ETROG • Should preferably be turning yellow rather than green. • The peel cannot be punctured through in any spot, nor can it lack any of its inner skin. • The peel cannot be overly soft, cracked, dry or peeled. • Even a small black dot on the upper part invalidates it. • The shape should preferably be like a tower—wider at the bottom and narrow at
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the top. • If this particular Etrog grew with a protruding stem (called a pitom), then that stem cannot be broken off. (However, if the Etrog grew in the first place without a pitom, it is still kosher.) MYRTLE • You will need three myrtle branches. • A kosher myrtle has a pattern of three leaves coming out from the same point in the branch. This three-leaf pattern must be repeated over at least half the length of the branch. • Each branch should be at least 11 inches (29 cm.) long. • The branch cannot be dried out. WILLOW • You will need two willow branches. • The stem should preferably be red. • The stem should be at least 11 inches (29 cm.) long. • The leaves should be oblong, not round in shape. • The leaves should have a smooth edge, not serrated. LULAV • Look at the very top of the branch and make sure that the center-most leaf is not split, but rather is closed (at least half-way down). • The top cannot be cut off. • The branch cannot be dried out. • It should be at least 16 inches (39 cm.) long. • The straighter the branch, the better. WWW.AISH.COM
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Certified technicians help maintain home systems October is the right time to review a home's system efficiencies. To maintain the healthiest home interior possible, and to extend the life of important home systems, experts at A.W.E. launch the first Healthy Home Month initiative. ith increasing emphasis being placed on healthy lifestyles, many people are asking: how ‘healthy’ is our home? According to the EPA, most of us spend more than 90 percent of our lives indoors, so it is worth thinking more closely about air quality and energy efficiency, espe-
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For proper flow, dust control and energy saving, its important to replace furnace filters as needed throughout the cooling season. Photo by Collin Anderson tems that operate our homes when temperatures drop and furnaces start to rumble,” said Ray Grimm, CEO of Air. Water. Energy. Grimm and his team of HVAC, plumbing and energy specialists offer ten tips that can help homeowners save money when power is amped, improve air quality as doors and windows close tightly, and help extend the life of expensive home systems that operate plumbing, heating and electrical. 1. Replace Furnace Filters: For proper flow, dust control and energy saving, it’s important to replace furnace filters as needed throughout the cooling season. Follow the manufacture recommendations on the filters you use. Check them once per month. 2. Maintain your system: Properly maintain your heating system with regular service calls from a licensed technician. Like air filters, dirty coils and fans reduce airflow through your heating and cooling system. Annual or semi-annual check-ups can improve your system’s efficiency and prevent costly repairs. 3. Program your thermostat: You can save around 10 percent a year on your heating bills by simply turning your thermostat back 10 to 15 degrees for eight hours a day when you’re not at home. This doesn’t mean turn the heat to 40 degrees, but turning it down to 60 overnight or while you’re away can make a big difference. Think about installing a programmable thermostat as well. Programmable thermostats allow you to automatically set specific temperatures at different times of the day. 4. Use your fans: The ceiling fans in your home are a great way to stay warm in the winter. Simply set the fans to operate in a clockwise direction. This will push warm air, which collects near the ceiling, back down into the room. And don’t forget to shut off ceiling fans when you’re finished in a room. Doing so will just add to your energy savings. 5. Avoid condensation and wetness: During the winter, the temperature difference between the outside and inside air leads to
condensation forming. Dampness leads to mold and insect growth. The best way to avoid this is to control indoor humidity and temperature, increase ventilation with fans where water condenses, and wipe up around window frames. 6. Bundle up: Running around with shorts and a tank top in the middle of winter just doesn’t make much sense. Put on a sweater or sweatshirt, wear socks and fuzzy slippers. Put throw rugs on hardwood and tile floors to eliminate the shock of the ice cold surfaces. 7. Use space heaters: Use a space heater only in the current room you are hanging out in. This will take the nip out of the air to make you feel more comfortable without heating all of the other rooms in the house and wasting energy. Be sure to follow the operating instructions when using these devices. 8. Seal your home: Put weather stripping around windows and doors and use silicone to fill any cracks in doors, windows, etc., including the basement floor and walls. You can also cover up the attic entry with plastic, pieces of insulation, old blankets, Saran Wrap, painter drop cloth, or even a few old shirts. If the air gets too dry, try using indoor plants to add humidity for comfort and to increase indoor air quality. 9. Clean in the cold: 90 percent of the energy used by washing machines goes into heating the water. But most clothes don't require hot water to get a good cleaning, so think about using the cold water setting next time you do a load of laundry. Additionally, since as much as 80 percent of the energy your dishwasher uses goes to heat water, try turning off the “pre-rinse” option in favor of rinsing your dishes before you load them in the dishwasher. 10. Close the vents: Close any vents going to rooms that are not used regularly. Doing so can easily cut 100-200 square feet off of your energy footprint. Those that prefer a certified technician’s assistance with these steps can also call A.W.E. to ensure the home is ready for the chilly winter months. Arrange for a pre-season inspection, call 630-AWESOME. For more information, visit www.theAWEfactor.com. ABOUT A.W.E.: A.W.E. Air. Water. Energy. is a breath of fresh air for the homeowner. The Carol Stream, Illinois-based company provides one trusted source for all of a home’s vital systems. A.W.E.’s expert team works with homeowners to create the healthiest in-home environment and the most efficient levels of systems operation. With a 100% money-back guarantee, A.W.E. provides expert plumbing, geothermal, solar, air conditioning and heating service and installation. A.W.E.’s MVP Membership offers customers an ability to stay ahead of costly repairs, and many other value-added benefits. For more information, visit www.theAWEfactor.com or call 630AWESOME.
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New York will be Home to New State of the Art 4,000 Passenger Norwegian Cruise Ship... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 42 34 calls at Manhattan Cruise Terminal (MCT). In addition, Norwegian Gem will continue to call year-round at MCT, with an expected 47 calls, and Norwegian Pearl will make 15 calls in 2013 before being replaced. In total, Norwegian Cruise Line ships will bring approximately 285,000 embarking passengers into New York City in 2013, generating approximately $70 million in direct spending in the City - a $13.5 million increase due to the additional passengers on Norwegian Breakaway. The cruise ship industry continues to play an increasingly important role for New York City tourism and overall economy, contributing to the record-breaking 48.7 million visitors who visited New York City in 2010. New York City ranks among the nation’s top ten cruise ports due its dining, shopping, entertainment, cultural and lodging options.
Overall, tourism is the fifth-largest industry in New York City - supporting nearly 320,000 jobs across the City’s five boroughs and the City presently remains on track to meet the Mayor’s goal of attracting 50 million visitors annually by 2012. According to a 2010 Economic Impact Study of cruise passenger and crew spending in New York City, passengers and crew spent an estimated $144.6 million in New York City in 2010, far exceeding the $93.8 million spent in 2009. Embarking passengers were the largest spenders at $117.9 million, followed by crew spending at $21.5 million and transit passenger spending at $5.2 million. Passengers with pre-cruise or post-cruise overnight stays had the highest average spending per passenger at $437 during a twonight stay. The study found that only 21 percent of cruise passengers resided in the tri-
UNESCO Decision on Palestinians... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 calling on Israel and the Palestinians to return to negotiations without pre-conditions. Israel accepted the statement; the Palestinians rejected it. U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen on Wednesday backed cutting the United States’ funding for UNESCO. "Feeling that their efforts at the UN Security Council will fail, the Palestinian leadership is shopping around the UN system for recognition," Ros-Lehtinen said. "This attempt to rig the process needs to be stopped dead in its tracks. Our contributions are our strongest leverage at the UN, and should be used to stand up for our interests and allies and stop this dangerous Palestinian scheme." In France, headquarters for UNESCO, a foreign ministry spokesman also said UNESCO was not the right avenue for the Palestinian campaign. “We consider that UNESCO is not the
appropriate place and the General Conference is not the right moment,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said. Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement denouncing the Palestinian move at UNESCO: “The Palestinians' actions at UNESCO negate both the bilateral negotiations route and the Quartet's proposal for continuing the diplomatic process. Their actions are a negative response to Israel's and the international community's efforts to promote the peace process.” UNESCO’s mission is “to contribute to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information,” according to its website. Its motto is “Building peace in the minds of men and women.” But the Palestinian Authority’s actions
state area. Cruise passenger arrivals in New York City were also significantly higher in 2010 compared to 2009. In 2009, there were 445,718 combined embarking and transit passengers and 181 ship calls. These numbers jumped to 582,979 combined embarking and transit passengers and 241 ship calls in 2010. NYCEDC currently projects this upward trend to continue in 2011, with an expected 264 ship calls and 645,000 passengers. Currently under construction at Meyer Werft in Germany, Norwegian Breakaway will be 144,017 gross tons and is scheduled for delivery in April 2013Following inaugural events, the ship will sail a series of 22 seven-day cruises from New York to Bermuda beginning May 12, 2013 through Oct 6, 2013. Departing on Sundays, the ship
will spend three full days in Bermuda, along with three days at sea. Norwegian Breakaway’s New York to Bermuda cruises are scheduled to go on sale to Latitudes members, Norwegian’s frequent guests, on Friday, October 14, 2011 and to the public on Monday, October 17, 2011. Also, as part of its Partners First commitment, Norwegian will open Norwegian Breakaway’s sailings for group block bookings exclusively for travel partners on Monday, October 10, 2011. Travel partners wishing to block a group should call Norwegian at 800-327-7030. Information on Norwegian Breakaway’s accommodations and itineraries can be found at www.ncl.com/breakaway. To book a cruise on Norwegian Breakaway, contact a travel professional, call Norwegian at 800327-7030 or visit www.ncl.com.
over the years have been anything but peaceful toward cultural, historical and religious sites. In July, the Israel Lands Administration accused the Islamic Movement of placing 500 fake Muslim tombstones in an ancient Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem as part of a “land war” against Israel. The Lands Administration found there were no graves beneath the headstones. The sentiments of the Palestinian people
mirror those actions. According to a recent survey, 72 percent of Palestinians say it is “right” to deny “that Jews have a long history in Jerusalem going back thousands of years.” Also, 53 percent say it is “right” to teach “songs and chants in Palestinian schools that talk about hating the Jews.” The poll was conducted among 1,010 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, June 20-July 8, 2011, by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research for The Israel Project.
Arabs Harvesting in Itmar... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 has given in to radical left views, at the risk of endangering Jewish lives." Brigadier-General (res.) Rabbi Avichai Ronsky, head of the Itamar Hesder Yeshiva, former IDF Chief Rabbi and once head of the IDF Shomron Brigade, reacted sharply: “Half a year after the murder, with the blood still bubbling and the community still tending its bleeding wounds, allowing residents of Awarta, the home of the murderers of the Fogel and Shabo families, into our community – is an irresponsible travesty!" Gershon Mesika, Head of the Shomron Regional Council contacted the commanding ranks of the IDF and Knesset Members in order to stop the murderous clan's harvest: "It is an outrage that cries out to Heaven. A year ago, exactly, I warned the army Civil Administration that terrorists can use the olive harvest as an opportunity to collect intelligence before attacking. In spite of all my warnings, hundreds of Arabs from the village Awarta were allowed into Itamar to harvest the olives and we all know the tragic results. I would expect that this year there would be some logic employed." A PA Arab has been lightly injured after being hit by a rock. He was treated by an IDF soldier at the scene. The circum-
stances surrounding the attack are not yet clear, sources said. Last March, Tamar Fogel of Itamar, 12 years old at the time, arrived home at midnight after a Sabbath youth activity to discover that both her parents, her 3-monthold baby sister and two brothers, ages 11 and 4, had been stabbed to death and had their throats slashed. Court documents showed that one of the two Arab terrorists held down the children for slaughter, and shot the mother after the other terrorist stabbed her. The two cousins, Amjad Awad, 19 and Hakim Awad, 18 (17 at the time of the murder), were residents of the neighboring PA Arab village of Awarta. Both expressed pride and no remorse for the crime during the trial. They were sentenced to five consecutive life sentences plus five years in prison, a total of 130 years behind bars. The Israeli government has pointed out repeatedly that murders like the Fogel massacre in Itamar, while not known to have been directed by a specific terrorist organization, are incited by the Palestinian Authority's constant, incessant stream of media invective. ISRAELNATIONALNEWS.COM
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Abbas Could be Next Domino to Fall... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19 Shabaneh, who was forced to quit his job as anti-corruption chief in the PA's General Intelligence Service after exposing a sex scandal involving one of Abbas' top aides, stated last year that the PA boss has surrounded himself with many of the same corrupt officials who had worked for his predecessor Yasser Arafat. In an interview with the Jerusalem Post, Shabaneh predicted that Hamas will one day take control of the West Bank as it did in Gaza. "Had it not been for the presence of the Israeli authorities in the West Bank, Hamas would have done what they did in the Gaza Strip," he said. "It's hard to find people in the West Bank who support the Palestinian Authority. People are fed up with the financial corruption and mismanagement." Fatah personnel stole much of a $3.2 million donation from the United States to the group before the 2006 PA elections won by Hamas, Shabaneh said. The money was supposed to be used to bolster Fatah's image and improve its chances of winning the election. After going public with his allegations, PA security officials raided his home in Jericho, ransacking the house and confiscating many of his personal items. Shortly afterward, Shabaneh dropped out of sight. Today, he lives outside of PA jurisdiction in Jerusalem.
After his death in 2004, the world learned that Arafat had looted upwards of $1 billion to enrich his cronies. For a time after, there was a measure of financial accountability under PA Finance Minister Salam Fayyad. But more recently, Abbas moved to marginalize Fayyad, who is now serving as PA prime minister, by taking away his oversight responsibilities. Today, Fayyad "is a glorified accountant. He has no power, no oversight," Schanzer told the IPT. One example is the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF), founded in 2002 to manage PA commercial and financial interests. After Fayyad achieved some early success in "bringing hundreds of millions in commercial assets in the Palestinian budget into the light of day," Schanzer told the House Foreign Affairs Committee Sept. 14, "Abbas changed the charter, installed his own choices for board members, placed the PIF under his full control, and neglected to have PIF audited by outsiders. Today, Prime Minister Fayyad has zero oversight of the PIF, despite his celebrated mandate for transparency." More recently, Mohammed Dahlan, a former top PA security official, charged that $1.3 billion has disappeared from the PIF. Dahlan has been a target of corruption allegations from Abbas supporters. "You have a system created by Arafat. It's corrupt to its core. Some have been forced
Hamas and Fatah Continue to Glorify Terrorism... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 42 trols the West Bank has also drawn attention with recent incitement materials. On August 10, it broadcasted on the official television station a PA plan to construct Arab housing around the Western Wall “when they [Israelis] disappear from the picture, like a forgotten chapter in the pages of our city’s history.” This was reported on the Facebook page of U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal, the government point-person for tracking anti-Semitic incitement and actions worldwide.
The documentary apparently claims that the Jewish history of Jerusalem is “their false history” and that Jews praying at the Western Wall is “sin and filth.” The Palestinian ambassador to Brazil, Alzeben Ibrahim, was quoted by the Brazilian media as telling a group of students last week that “Israel should disappear.” The issue of Palestinian incitement is an issue that will likely be discussed future negotiations, though the PA is currently refusing to return to talks.
out, so the old corrupt people are alleging corruption from the new people," Schanzer said. There are also questions about the extraordinary wealth accumulated by Mahmoud Abbas' sons, Yasser and Tarek. Yasser Abbas owns Falcon Tobacco, which has a monopoly in the West Bank and Gaza over the marketing of popular U.S.made cigarette brands, including Kent and Lucky, gaining him millions of dollars. He owns two other companies which received more than $2 million from USAID in recent years. Falcon Electro Mechanical Company got $1.89 million from USAID to build a sewage system in the West Bank town of Hebron. His other firm, First Option Project Construction Management Company, received $300,000 from USAID. Tarek Abbas, Yasser's younger brother, is general manager of Sky Advertising, recipient of hundreds of thousands of dollars in USAID funding to improve public opinion of the United States in PA-controlled territories. Tarek's ad agency won a contract from Wataniya, a cell phone company where Yasser Abbas sat on the board. The firm was created with funds from the United States and other international donors. A former Palestinian Authority official estimated the total value of the property owned by Mahmoud Abbas and his sons at
$10 million, Schanzer told the House Foreign Affairs Committee last month. Despite the PA's bitter rivalry with Hamas, Abbas and the PA have "secretly allowed the jihadist group to raise funds through an electricity scam," according to Schanzer. In Gaza, electricity is produced by a power plant guaranteed by Abbas' Ramallah-based PA. Another former PA official told Schanzer that Hamas, which is responsible for collecting money from ratepayers, is supposed to forward the funds to the Palestinian Authority but has not done so. This breach means that U.S. taxpayers who subsidize Abbas' PA are in effect financing Hamas in violation of U.S. law. The PA government in Ramallah "is not elected. The legislature doesn't meet," Schanzer said. "It has no legitimacy now." Instead of treating Abbas as an ally, he said that Washington should work to "isolate" the PA chairman. The United States needs to conduct a full audit of the PIF; investigate the Hamas-controlled electric power plant in Gaza; take a close look at the PA leader's office budget; and carefully examine the business holdings of his sons, Schanzer said. INVESTIGATIVEPROJECT.ORG
Steinhardt, Cantor Discuss Declining American Values... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 12 faith in America and the religiosity of its citizens. "Faith was never an imposition in this country," he said, recalling the inspiration he drew from the statue of Thomas Jefferson representing religious freedom that stood in the Virginia legislature when he was a state representative. Making an oblique reference to the encroachment of Sharia law in the U.S., Cantor said there must be "a public discourse on faiths who would impose their belief systems on us." Challenging Mr. Steinhardt on the question of American exceptionalism, Cantor said, "I do believe in American exceptionalism without a doubt. The origin of our nation is about unabashedly empowering the government through the people and by that we mean the pursuit of happiness and our G-d given freedoms. Achievement is a good thing and
we want everyone to have a chance to have that. I believe we are chosen for achievement because of our exceptionalism." In his concluding remarks, Rabbi Boteach called for a "robust dialogue" between the political right and left and related a story from Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi (the former Lubavitcher Rebbe), who spoke of a bird using both their left and right wing to propel themselves forward. "We can only succeed when all voices are given a chance to be heard and we, as Jews, have flourished and prospered in the US as it is the most fair and compassionate country on earth." He exhorted his audience to impart Jewish values to our culture and to "get out there and be exponents of what we hold dear."
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Riets Annual Dinner Honors Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, Julius and Dorothy Berman at Jubilee Celebration Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), an aff iliate of Yeshiva University, will hold its Annual Dinner of Tribute on Sunday, November 13, 2011 at The Grand Hyatt in New York City. The dinner’s theme—“A Jubilee Celebration Honoring 50 Years of Torah and Community Leadership”—pays tribute to the guests of honor, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein and Julius and Dorothy Berman, who celebrate a half century of aff iliation with Yeshiva University and Jewish communal service. abbi Lichtenstein serves as the Rabbi Henoch and Sarah D. Berman Professor of Talmud of RIETS and Rosh Kollel and director of the RIETS Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Institute in Jerusalem. He embodies a lifetime of commitment to intensive and original Torah study that articulates a bold Jewish worldview, embracing elements of modernity within the framework of a Torah life, reflecting the tradition of his teacher and father-in-law, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the Rav zt”l. Rabbi Lichtenstein studied in Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin under Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner before earning a bachelor’s degree at Yeshiva College and semicha [rabbinic ordination] at
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Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein RIETS, followed by a PhD in English literature at Harvard University. After serving as a rosh yeshiva at RIETS for several years, Rabbi Lichtenstein moved to Israel with his wife, Dr. Tovah (née Soloveitchik), in 1971 to lead Yeshivat Har Etzion. They have six children and numerous grandchildren. Rabbi Julius Berman, and his wife, Dorothy, are long-standing board members and supporters of Yeshiva University. Rabbi Berman cur rently serves as chairman of the Board of Trustees of RIETS and executive com-
mittee of YU. He serves as the chairman of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany, Inc. and as honorary president of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America. He has headed many national Jewish organizations, including the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, and the American Zionist Youth Foundation. As a conf idant of Rabbi Soloveitchik, Rabbi Berman was, and is, instrumental in publishing the Rav’s works. A partner in the law f irm of Kaye Scholer LLP, he received his bachelor’s degree from YU in 1956, semichah from RIETS in 1959 and his JD from New York University. He received an honorary doctorate from
YU in 1995. Dorothy Berman graduated magna cum laude from Stern College for Women in 1959 and received her master’s degree in education from YU’s Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology in 1960. She is president of the Yeshivat Har Etzion Foundation and was national vice president of AMIT Women, among her many communal activities. She is a vice chair of the Board of Overseers of Stern College. The Bermans have three children and nine grandchildren. Founded in 1896, RIETS is the leading center for education and ordination of Orthodox Rabbis in North America. To learn more about the RIETS Annual Dinner of Tribute, make a reservation or to participate in the Scroll of Honor call 212-960-0852 or email rietsdinner@yu.edu. For over a century, RIETS has educated and trained the Rabbis who have shaped our Jewish world. Combining the highest levels of Torah learning in the legacy of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik zt"l, an unmatched program of professional preparation for the rabbinate, and an impassioned commitment to impact the Jewish community, RIETS continues to produce the finest rabbinic leadership for the next generation and beyond.
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NEW YORK CITY WILL BE HOME TO NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART 4,000 PASSENGER NORWEIGIAN CRUISE SHIP Manhattan Cruise Terminal Will Serve As Year-Round Home Port Beginning in 2013 for at Least 88 Calls, Generating an Additional $35 Million in Direct Spending in NYC. ayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Norwegian Cruise Line CEO Kevin Sheehan today announced that Norwegian Cruise Line’s new state-of-the-art 4,000 passenger ship, Norwegian Breakaway, will make New York City its year-round home port. Beginning in May 2013, Norwegian Breakaway – which will be the largest ship ever to home port in the City – will replace Norwegian Pearl, and embark on a minimum of 88 cruises from the Manhattan Cruise Terminal through March 31, 2015. The ship calls will bring an estimated 140,000 additional embarking passengers into New York City over two years, resulting in an estimated $35 million in additional direct spending. Mayor Bloomberg and Norwegian Cruise Line were joined at the announcement in the Manhattan Cruise Terminal by New York City Economic Development Corporation President Seth W. Pinsky and NYC & Co. CEO George Fertitta. “Out-of-town visitors spent $31 billion last year, supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs in our restaurants, shops, hotels, and cultural institutions,” said Mayor Bloomberg. “By making New York City home to its newest and largest ship, Norwegian Cruise
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“New York is not only one of our top markets, but also my hometown,” said Norwegian Cruise Line Chief Executive Officer Kevin Sheehan. “Therefore, I am thrilled to announce that New York will be the year-round home for our next generation Freestyle Cruising ship, Norwegian Breakaway.” Line is further confirming our standing as a top cruise destination and a place that tourists from around the world want to visit.” “New York is not only one of our top mar-
kets, but also my hometown,” said Norwegian Cruise Line Chief Executive Officer Kevin Sheehan. “Therefore, I am thrilled to announce that New York will be the year-round home for our next generation Freestyle Cruising ship, Norwegian Breakaway. In addition, we are offering an exciting inaugural summer itinerary cruising to the beautiful island of Bermuda, a much sought-after summer destination.” “Norwegian Breakaway will be the largest ship ever to homeport in New York City, bringing more passengers, generating more spending, and creating more jobs in our City,” said New York City Economic Development Corporation President Seth W. Pinsky. “Thank you to Norwegian Cruise Line for their commitment to New York City,
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Dear “Brother” Amare By Andy Gershman “Hey! Did you hear?” Ten to fifteen friends of mine asked today if I heard that Amare might come to play in Israel. For those of you who are not keeping a watchful eye on the movements of the New York Knicks’ Amare Stoudemire, he is considering playing overseas and may come back to the "Motherland.” With lockout rumors swirling and a potential no-season for the N.B.A. Season this year, Amare is considering his options. He could play in Hong Kong, France, Italy, or right here in Israel. We were glad to have him here last year and would love to have him again....in a basketball uniform. ith that said, I feel there are things I must clue “brother” Amare into if he chooses to play here in Israel. I should warn Amare of how crazy Jewish fans are and how different it will be playing in Israel as opposed to the N.B.A. First of all, Israelis tend to hype things and people. For example, one of the many people I spoke with today about Amare told me excitedly, “He is the greatest Jewish Athlete ever!” I know that last year Amare signed a 100 million dollar contract with the Knicks, but please don’t forget about Sandy Koufax, Hank Greenberg, Mark Spitz and in basketball, Dolph Schayes. But this is just how we react as a nation; we take one of our own who has some success and elevate them to a status like no one else. Just ask Maccabi TelAviv player Jordan Farmar. Secondly, Amare, you may have to start making appearances in your off time. This may cramp your off court style. Just as Jewish Men’s Clubs and B’nai Brith chapters all over America were sending out invitations last year, cafes and hooka houses will be calling your name. I am sure the Israeli Basketball Hall of Fame will be calling you just like Alan Freedman of the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in New York, who wants you as a new inductee for the class of 2012. I am also sure Prime Minister Bibi would love to have you over at the Prime Minister's house for Shabbat, as would millions of other Jews across the country. Lastly Amare, there is the food in Israel. I am not sure whether or not you are Sephardic or Ashkenazi, but you must figure it out so you can properly choose your pregame and off-court meals. If you are
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Sephardic, there are tasty flatbreads, pitas, baba ghanoush, and hibe. If you are Ashkenazi, welcome to the world of pickled herring, borscht and cholent. Like I said before, I (we) are here to help if you ever need anything, so when it comes to dealing with Israel and Israeli “fan”atics, let me know. I have a feeling that making 100 million dollars in New York will help you out if you choose to come to Israel. There may even be a couple of Jewish fans of the Knicks…who knows. In closing, I wish you, Mr. Stoudemire, a hearty Yasher Koach and welcome if you decide to come to play here. While I do think there have been many great Jewish athletes over the years, you are at the top. I wish you much success on your basketball journey, whether you choose to play for Israel or in Italy with Kobe Bryant. Who knows, maybe one day you'll celebrate your Bar Mitzvah at the Kotel. Israel Sports Radio would love to be right there with you to celebrate! L’ Chaim! Andy Gershman is CEO of IsraelSportsRadio.com. He was born and raised as a sports fan in Richmond, Virginia. Andy, his wife Aviva, and their two sons made aliyah in 2009 and currently live in Jerusalem.
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MANHATTAN 1090 Office for rent 8th Ave #555 NYC Midtown Manhattan Open 24/7 w/ security West 38th st.. Convenient to all trans 5-11-4150 RSF Will Divide, Reasonable Prices Very Bright, High Ceilings. Great for Showroom/ Offices Owner (212) 695-0005 (718) 387-0500
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MANHATTAN Financial District: Beaver St 2nd Floor, 2500 sq ft, avail imm. Debra Rosenfeld 212-604-4744 1090
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Morningside heights co-op for sale renov specialist . 1BR kosher EIK great light walk to shuls Columbia University modern fitness center, classes, health services, c losets security 24/7 Prices 458K Call owner 646-473-5545 1050
HARLEM CONDO for SALE 3 bed, 2 bath, backyard, $555K For more info and pics Call 646-246-7568 or email: sbarnes1231@yahoo.com
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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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CPW ( 100th St ) Condo Jr 4 Oversized 1 Bdrm with conv dining alcove, raised 1st fl, 6 CLOSETS, full service building, low monthly expenses, $745K Julie 917-453-5330 fenwickkeats.com 1050
APT FOR 187th St., Near Yeshiva University, Very large room, furnished. Dimitrios Please speak very clearly 212-740-8656 8-11 am / 4-10 pmmk
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1170 Ocean PKWY charming 1 BR in beautiful luxurious doorman building apt is in pristine condition & radiates with natural sunlight, Pool, laundry & Sabbath elevator 347-249-9302 2045
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
2048 Midwood: Coop for sale junior 4 apt renovated asking $295K studio apt renovated $149K 1171 Ocean Pkwy Robert Nicolleti 718-840-2033 PRUDENTIAL DOUGLAS ELLIMAN
Midwood: 2 spacious and modern co-ops, 1 BR, 1530 East 8th St, $165K maintenance, 545/mo. Please call David at 718-336-2021 2045
Financial/Legal ABANDON ALL BILLS Low fee Bankruptcy FREE Consultations Weissman Law Offices 732 925-6090 718 450-7200
2045 Ave I/ East 29th St: Large 1 BR, newly renovated, new kitchen ad bath. 2nd flr. Low maintenance. Asking $159K 347-850-4886
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
2045 Co-op Midwood 1680 Ocean Avenue 4BR, 1.5 bath. Totally renov $425,000 Prudential Douglas Elliman RE Robert Nicoletti 917-679-2685
2045 OCEAN PARKWAY AVENUE I AND FOSTER 1 BR 1BTH 4 ROOMS CO-OP BOARD APPROVAL WITH APPLICATION PLUS NON REFUNDABLE APPLICATION FEE MINIMUM 1 YEAR AVAILABLE NOW 1100/MO INCLUDING UTILITIES CALL MORRIS 917-804-3016 2045 2 spacious and modern co-ops 1BR 1530 East 8th Street Asking $165K 545/mo maintenance. ALSO 1170 Ocean Parkway Asking $195K 1,000/mo maintenance Please call David 718-336-2021
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BROOKLYN 2020 HOUSE FOR SALE BKLYN/ Marine Park. One Family, 3 bed, 2 bath, Pvt. Driveway garage backyard. Call Owner for appt, Leave message 718 376-5113 FA
East 23rd/ Avenue S Beautiful 1 family detached 3 bedroom near shul. By owner. No brokers. $675K OBO must sell! 305751-0412 stc
2020
Boro Park 59/19 brick 2 family new walls electric plumbing central heat and air conditioning hardwood floors and custom closets custom kitchen with granite counters and floors. 6 rooms/6 rooms. Full finished basement with separate entrance & stainless steal appliances Pullini Realt yCorp. 718-621-1446 stc 2020
2020 Kensington Parkville/Ocean Pkwy 2 fam brick. Needs renovation. Private drive. Lot 28 x 100 $500k 646-942-8825 stc
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BUYING, SELLING, OR REFINANCING YOUR HOUSE, COOP, OR CONDO? CALL NOAH D. COHEN ESQ. REAL ESTATE LAWYER “Reasonable Fees, Excellent Results Since 1982” 728 Avenue U – Brooklyn, NY 718-575-6248 917-575-6248 2020
2020 House for sale/ BKLYN, Marine Park. One Family. 3 bed, 2 bath, Pvt. Driveway garage backyard. Call owner for appt Leave message. 718 376-5113 2020 EAST 28TH / AVE N 2 FAMILY BRICK 30 X 100 PLUS RENTABLE BASEMENT CAN BE LARGE 1 FAMILY GOOD CONDITION. NO BROKERS. 917-757-7256
2020 GRAVESEND: East 2nd/ Ave S: Detached large 2 family brick,, basement, 2 car gar. Attached lot Owner 914-552-3126
House for sale 1320 Avenue N 2 Fam House, detached, 3 Bdrms, 4 baths, CAC. Prime Location, center of Flatbush. Call 718 998-2767 FA
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
2020 Kensington Open House Sun Sept 25 34:30pm 359 East 7th Street Btw (Beverly & C) unique huge 3 family detached brick(lot 20 X20 w 2 car garage on 20 x 120 lot 8 room operation dpb for owner with 3 brs 3 full bths fam rm, LR, custom EIK LR DR 2 good income rentals tenants pay heat, water & utilities Convenient to transportation Ocean Pkwy & shops Great property to owner user or investor 1.2m Robert Bryan & Lucielle Gribbin Brownstoone Real Estate 646-541-5016 stc
2020 Marine Park: 3807 Avenue R, East 38th, Ryder detached private driveway yard, 4 BR, 1 BTH 1800sf + 589K. 646-732-6620
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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
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 Ave N-O/ East 23rd St: Newly renovated, 1 fam semidetached brick, 3BR, 3 bath, LR with fireplace, finished basement w/full bath, private drive/garage. 917-596-6932 2020 Marine Park: 3807 Avenue R: East 38/ Ryder: Detached private driveway, yard, 4 BR, 1 bth, 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
Boro Park: 12th Ave + 42nd Street: Double garage for rent, for storage only. $300 per month. Call 917-593-0707 9050
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
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
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
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REAL ESTATE 2020 Midwood: 1325 East 29th St, Stylish, 3 BR colonial with both classical & Contemporary updates. Large rooms at a spacious interior. Accentuate this lovely home. Close to all shopping & houses of worship. Century 21 AMIABLE 718-479-5600
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
2020
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
2020
East 7th Street/ Ave T: Modern elevator building, 1 BR, windowed kitchen and bath, low floor, shabbot entrance, price $189K. Call owner 917-751-7974
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Midwood: OPEN HOUSE Sunday 10/17, 2-4:30pm, 1503 East 22nd St. Detached 1 family with office, 5 BR, 3 bth, kosher kitchen, parking broker 917-912-8669 2020
Ave L/ E.32: Excellent condition, 3 BR, 1 ¾ baths, modern kitchen, LR, DR, fin bsmt, gar, new vinyl siding, all Anderson windows. Asking $510K. Call James 718-938-3326 2020
2020 EAST NY, BROOKLYN: Large 2 Family Brick, semi quiet block, needs work. Asking low $3K 646-753-1400
CANARSIE, 1 FAMILY 30X100. EXCELLENT CONDITION. PERFECT FOR PROFESSIONALS, INVESTORS OR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, SEMI COMMERCIAL STREET. 347-260-7838
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
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BROOKLYN For sale or rent by owner 10,000 square feet warehouse plus 5,0000 square feet parking lot east 46th street between Farragut and glenwood in east Flatbush 20 foot ceilings move in condition. Offices and huge commercial kitchen with 2 drive in bays! Easy access by public transportation. Perfect for caterers. Next to large jewishoffice building! Sale Price - $1.6 million – rent $13,000 monthly. Can be divided Brokers protected call 646-423-4388 stc 2040
2040 Brooklyn Navy Yard best location 5,00 sq ft for rent. Can be divided. 18 Ft hi ceiling. Ready to move in. 917-697-5532 stc
Medical Office for Rent CROWN HEIGHTS STERLING PLACE CORNER TROY AVE. 3500 sq ft, willing to divide, 4-car parking, perfect for medical or other prof’l Offices, can also be used as storefront. Owner 718 238-6381 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
DITMAS PK, FISKE TERRACE
VERY LRG VICTORIAN HOME ON BEST STREET. WPAR-AROUND PORCH, EIK, 7BRS, 4 BTHS, PVT DRV. NEEDS SOME UPDATING. IT'S A WONDERFUL HOME. JUST RED $999K.
CALL JEANNE AT HOUSE-N-KEY REALTY
718-921-0500 718-7483741 2050 PRE-SCHOOL FOR SALE: Marine Park area. Amazing opportunity. Licensed, equipped, all set to go for this year. Call today 201-898-8977 2020:Midwood/ Marine Park. Ultra modern s/det brk, fin bsmt, 3BR duplex, $735K. Legal 2F. 917-748-7780 bkr 2020 Marine Park: Low East 30’s S/D, 1 farm, 3 BR duplex, master bath, full DR, full DR, Kosher EIK, finished bsmt w/full bath, C/A Mic, no brokers. 718-637-1386
Boro Park: 2305 12th Ave, open house, every Sun 3-5pm. Asking 1.369M or best offer. 5-2BR apts at $1250/mo + Store @ 1700/mo. Please Call: 347-554-8282 2020
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
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
2050 BORO PARK 17THAVE/55TH STREET modern dental medical office available part time or full time more than 2000 square feet operations. Fully computerized and equipped. Nice waiting area plus reception desk kitchen and storage room. Central air and heatExcellent opportuninity with no investmen. Rent negotiable security deposit required. Credit check. Lease. Available june1. 718-435-0045
2040 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
Ave J/ East 13th St. 2 BR apt, Avenue J/ 718-236-3199
Avenue U/East 4th St: Concession space available together with Love to Dress, behind Coquette Kids. Call owner: 917-913-0000
2040
2040 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
BORO PARK 42nd Streer/12th ave double car garage. rent for storage only. $300/mo. call owner 917-593-0707 2040
2040 Boro Park: 1000 – 3000sqft, beautiful space. Serious inquiries only. Please call management. 718-855-2000 or 845-270-1213
Warehouse for rent, near BROOKLYN COLLEGE. 4000sq ft with 20ft ceilings. 2nd flr office space. Currently has refrigerated storage. Call 718-258-0006 2040
2040 Williamsburg: Beautiful office for rent. 1,200sqft. Ready to move-in. Price Negotiate. Call 917-250-4899
2040 VIDEO CONFERENCE ROOM available for daily and/or weekly rentals. 26 Court St. Downtown Brooklyn. Joe Schacter 646-529-3632 2040 EAST, NY: Kid Kelly boxing gym space available for karate, yoga, aerobics or fitness class. Call 718-495-5710 or 917-589-6568
New cubicle space in the heart of Boro Park. 2nd floor officw with 4 cubicles, each comes with internet, telephone and all util incl. Fax & copier avail on per use basis. Bath & kitchenette available As well. $350/mo 212-400-7934 ext703 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
2040 Ave U/ East 7th: Renovated approxiametly 350 sf, storefront, prime location. Ideal for professional office or small store. 718-938-9899
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
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
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
Educational & profl space for rent. 4 Classrooms, 2 offices & use of gym. Corn Ave I / Coney Isl Ave. Bus stop on corn. For info call Alice 718-377-4400 or Mr. Weiss 917-301-2898
2040
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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BROOKLYN BORO PARK 58th Street New Utrecht Avenue 2 story frame plus basement and lot R% zone building 20 x 62 total 40X 62 asking 699K 4 Seasons RE 718-238-8222 2050
Boro Park: 18th Ave/ 54th St: WAREHOUSE / Retail space for lease / rent. 7,000 sq ft. Building For sale. Call owner: 917-440-7280
2050
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
2050
BUSINESS FOR SALE: TRENDY WOMEN’S BOUTIQUE. Brooklyn. Great location. Very busy. Near nail salon. Established clientele. Fully equipped. Must sell – Moving out of state. Great price! Call owner: 347-424-7460 or 718-513-6664
2050
GREENPOINT COMMERCIAL BUILDING – FOR SALE. Approved kitchen . 2 floors plus basement / Hi ceilings 14,000 sq ft, fully equipped. Everything in TOP CONDITION. 917-331-0671 2050
For sale or rent – Rstrnts, Bars & Clubs Kings Plaza – Brooklyn, NY – 6yr old bar / restaurant, 10 yr lease w/option , back yard, full kitch, 1400 sf + bsmt, open options, $200K/business, $4000/rent + 9500sqft, bar also avail. Contact Joe 917-862-5214 2050
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
Boro Park, 13th Ave: Top location, professional offices for rent. 2000sf and 1400sf for rent, elevator building and parking. 718-438-3736
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2050 Rare Oppty! Motel for sale, 40 large rooms with kitckens. Ideal for Yeshiva or institution. Call 917-365-2037
East Flatbush. 2 Family plus store. Store vacant. $70 OBO. Call 917-803-8702
WAREHOUSE FOR RENT/GARAGE Boro Park/ Bensonnhurst 4000 sq. ft. 23 ft high ceiling has office and two bathrooms. M-1 zone. Call (845) 932-7819 (718) 356-0900 2035
2035 Bergen Beach: 6.5 rooms, 3 BRS, 1.5 bths, good condition. $1600 utilities not included. 718-238-6381 or 917-968-5684 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
2050
Williamsburg: Heart of 111 Lee Avenue: Bts Keap and Hooper. ALSO doctor’s office wanted. Call 917-335-6001
2050
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
2035
House
For Rent
BROOKLYN Ocean Ave. Street level MEDICAL OFFICE. 718-236-3199 2035
2035 MIDWOOD OCEAN AVE OFF AVE M 1 FAMILY SEMI DETACHED HOUSE WALK TO ALL 3 BRS EIK DR LR 1.5 BTHS IDEAL FOR PROFESSIONAL FOR SALE OR RENT. NO BROKERS. CALL 917-445-5293
BROOKLYN East 17th/ Kings Hwy: $1800/mo 3 bdrms ground fl ½ block train, bus, school, shops, back garden parking (extra) credit check no smoking pets ok call Rich 718-627-0250 no feesc 2010
East 37th Street/ Ave J huge spacious 2 BR apt. private house, parquet floors EIK many windows balcony 2nd floor parking option $1650 Utilities included 347-702-9800 2010
Sheepshead Bay E 24th St, Av X Newly renovated 1 Bd Bsmt apt in quiet neighborhood. New Kit, New Bath, w/d, dishwasher. Credit check a must. $1100/month. 718-376-1833
2010 Kensington: 3 BR, 1.5bths heat incl, 2 flights up, balcony, 3rd flr, private brick house. Reasonable. Shomer shabbos. 718-972-3473
OCEAN PARKWAY / DITMAS AND 18TH AVE CO-OP BUILDING 5TH FLOOR LUXURY 1 BR APT WITH NEW FURNITIRE AND NEW KITCHEN 1400/MO CALL OWNER 917-723-7611 2010
2010 BENSONHURST 4 NEWLY RENOVATED LARGE ROOMS 2BRS CALL 718-259-1654. LV MESSAGE
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
2010 SUNSET PARK RENTALS Newly renov 1BR apt, $1150. 41st between 4th and 5th Ave. Must meet income & credit req. Heat & Hot water incl. Call Mgmt: 212-994-2246 or 212-994-2247
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
3000
QUEENS/BRONX RESTAURANT FOR SALE 4000 sq ft Main St., Flushing 646-302-1394 MK
3000
2010
AVE T AD WEST 4TH (BOLD) APARTMENT FOR RENT NEWLY RENOVATED 1BR, LR, EIK, CLOSE TO SUBWAY AND F TRAIN SHOPPING AND MORE $1300/MO AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY CALL OWNER 718-266-0496 COUPLE MATURE PREFFERED 2010
Bensonhurst 4 newly renovated large rooms 2BR call 718-259-1654 Leave message
2010
2010 CO-OP FOR SALE $175 2BR 1 BATH COOP 144 B. 121 ST BEACH BLOCK BY OWNER NO BOARD APPROVAL CAN BE IN BEFORE SUMMER ENDS 650 SQ FT 11 WINDOWS HIGH CEILINGS WOODEN FLOORS GALLERY KITCHEN WITH NEW APPLIANCES AND CABINETS $642 MAINT. INCLUDES PARKING TAXES HEAT AND WATER QUIET 7 UNIT BUILDING. STEPS FROM THE BEACH CALL DENISE 347-727-6994
Far Rockaway new to market legal 2 family semi detached on corn property 4/2 br, 3/2 bths, c/a, closets. Deck $650K chaya/ weismanre 516-506-3347 stc 3000
9050
Montefoire Cemetery 1 plot memorial lot A perpetual care. Call 941-488-2374
NEW BRONX BAKERY FOR SALE. Close to precinct, 3 schls in immediate area. Fully optional, most equip new. Asking $110K 646-496-7885 3000
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
3060
QUEENS/BRONX HUB Area of the BRONX4 stories Mixed Use Property Lg 1st fl Comm & 3 2 bdr apts. Asking $425K neg. Morrisania Sect. of the Bronx 47 Units 6 storey multiple dwelling Asking $32M neg. For further info contact: Broker 646-721-4736 3060
EAST TREMONT AVE: STORE FOR RENT. Top retail location, high pedestrian traffic, 3000sf, can be divided. For details: Rafi 718-364-1400 or 347-495-0614 3060
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REAL ESTATE Continental Ave, Forest Hills: 2nd flr walk up, 1500sqft, currently insurance co. Debre Rosenfeld. 212-604-4744 3060
Apartment For Sale 2060
QUEENS/BRONX Kew Garden Large sunny 2BR condo on 2nd floor EIK, modern bathroom, corner unit, low mainteneance, $348K. Call David EXPERT REALTY 718-344-5400 stc 2060
Kew Garden Hills: 3BR co-op with attic. Prime location, Motivated seller. $250,000 908-998-4992
2060
1060 MIDWOOD 2 spacious and modern coops. East 8th Street. 1 BR $165K. Maint $545. 1170 Ocean Pkwy 2BR, $215K Maint, $1,000. Dave owner 718-336-2021
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
2080 1 3 room apt – 1 BR both have 1 bedroom in a 2 room apt with 1 BR. Gas & electric included. 2 Rooms/ $850/ Mo. Call 718-350-5867 2080 Kew Garden Hills Beautiful sunny large 1 BR near queens, college and Q65. 24 hour security elevated $1375 602-717-0163 2080 Rockaway Park: Furnished rooms, 1 block from beach. Kitchenette, close to A train. All utilities $750/Mo Call Agent 516-297-1534
Washington Heights: Easy access to transportation, next to Ft. Truimph Park. Internet access, 6 months only, no couples, Women only. 1 BR room for rent. Call 646-305-7678
2080
Main St/ 70 Ave: 2 BR apt, good condition, EIK, 2nd flr, no smoking, no pets. Avail immediately. 718-757-4433 -After 5pm
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 2060 KEW GARDEN HILLS: Hyde Park Gdns, spacious 1st fl, 1 BR coop, wd flrs, 24 hrs security, near all. $1200/mon utils incl. 1 mon sec. Call OWNER 718-481-7752
Apartment For Rent 2080
QUEENS/BRONX FURNISHED APARTMENT FOR RENT, RIVERDALE SKYVIEW ON THE HUDSON FURNISHED. ONE (1) Bedroom Apt.Doorman –Internet-TelUtillities-$1300. A Month (843) 235-3434 – Email: jlmacary@gmail.com See Web ID NS110928735 of the NY Times RW 2080
Rockaway Park 2BR basement apt, fresh paint and carpet, EIK, parking available, coin operated laundry. $1150 includes utilities references required owner 347-415-6808 stc 2080
Belle Harbor basement available with spacious kitchen & LR. Private entrance, personal washer/dryer. Can be furnished. Call 718-474-2557 stc 2080
13 room apt 1BR both have 1 bedroom in a 2 room apt with 1BR gas and electric included 2 rooms/ 850/mo 3 rooms /1080/mo call 718-350-5867 2080
Far Rockaway: 239 Beach 3rd Street. FOR SALE. 20,200sq ft WATERFRONT. DEVELOPMENT SITE. 200+ FT, fronting canal – marina. Ideal for luxury 1+2 family homes. Also suitable for temple, school, etc. Asking $525K or best offer – Broker protected. Foreclosure. Agent 718-748-5858 3020
2080 WOODLAWN Studio Co-op Apt in elevator secure building $725 / month 516-633-3368
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 2080
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
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3020
For Sale
QUEENS/BRONX 3020 Kew Garden Hills 137-78 70th Rd beautiful attached 3 brs, renovated call for appointment, Linda SUMMIT RE 347-730-9907 stc
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 3020
Ridgewood Queens: 6 family building FOR SALE. Brick 12 Bdrms, 6 BA. New plumbing, windows, roof, sidewalk, Walk to subway. Asking $879K. Call owner 917-714-0779 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
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
Atlantic Beach 2BR, 1.5 bth Condo, Patio CAC Walk to Private Beach, Boardwalk + Temple Private parking, Low Main. $399K 516-596-7305
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
House For Rent
5065
LONG ISLAND
2080
2080
1060
5065 ROCKVILLE CENTRE new kitchen, new carpet, 2 BR, attic/storage area, walk LIRR, parking, $1850 plus electric. Call 516-250-8604
Cedarhurst Apartments for rent. No fee. Modern 1br, 2br and 3bbr, cac, w/d, storage, private entrance, indoor parking, near all starting at $1450 516-860-6889 or 516-852-5135 stc 5065
BLUEPOINT : 1 BR Spacious Bsmt Apt., Pvt entrance w/Patio, EIK, Lrg LR, DR, full bth, $1000 mo, all utils incld, 1.5 mo sec & 1 mo rent. 631-363-5095 5065
5065 FARMINGDALE MINT 2BR’s AC, W/D, Modern Kit. Balcony, Private yard, Garage, Parking, Available 9/15 $1800/mo 516-795-1810
FAR ROCKAWAY: 1 + 2 BR apts, some with balconies, new kichens, closets, 24 Hour doorman, security cameras. Walk to all trains. Call Sherr @ Weissman RE 516-791-6100 or 516-297-7995
5065
5065 Far Rockaway: 2BR, 1st FL, porch & patio, own thermostat, near shuls & schools. Avail Nov 15th. 516-643-9204
Amagensett Dunes 400 feet to ocean beach Access. 5 bedrooms, 2 baths. AC. Labor Day. $50, 000 or avail monthly. Call: 631-655-9319
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
Apartment For Rent
LONG ISLAND Oakdale/55+ Condos. New construction on Oakdale Bohemia Rd. 2 BR, 2 ba, models now open from $385,000. 631-472-2242
Apartment For Sale 5000
LONG ISLAND 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
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
5080
LONG ISLAND 5080 NORTHPORT FOR SALE BY OWNER Lot on Main Street, West of Church, NEAR ALL! 65’w x 153’d. Asking $190K/neg CALL OWNER 631-379-8987
5080 WESTBURY – Commercial space 241 Post Ave. 2 story building. $350K 917-301-1625
CANDY / ICE CREAM/ COFFEE SHOP: Eastern Long Island, Busy, Great Buy. $139,900 516-523-4678 5080
5080 Why rent, when you can own for less? 750sq ft liquidation sale. LYNBROOK office/ co-op for sale. Completely renovated, 2 offices, 1 conference roo,, waiting area, bathroom, pool, gym, walk to LIRR. $119K must sell. $749 monthly maint 70% tax deductable. 516-359-4489
Central Ave, Lawrence: 3000sf good condition, busy corner. Parking attached. Approved for food establishment. Call 917-975-7062 5080
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
5040
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
Property
For Sale
5070
LONG ISLAND CEMETERY PLOTS FOR SALE Desirable single plot at Mount Ararat, Long Island. Price Negotiable. Call 646 249-5612 8095 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
GREAT NECK land for sale, 3 res lots on wooded pvt cul-de-sac. Builders/ principals only. 516-443-2700 5070
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
5080
LONG ISLAND MASSAPEQUA for Rent 3 offices, Showroom, Storage, off street parking $1400/mo + electric 516-541-5656MK 5080
5080 MASSAPEQUA For Rent 3 Offices, Showroom, Storage, off street parking. $1400/mo plus electric 516-541-5656 MK
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For Sale
5040
LONG ISLAND 5040 Cedarhurst 3BR, 2.5 baths, new EIK, den, finished basement, central air, new roof. Near shuls, young frum crowd. Near Sephardic & Ashkenazi shuls Call owner 516-569-9243 stc
5040
CEDARHURST
Modern updated 3Br, 1.5Bth ,gourmet kitchen ,hardwood floors ,basement, large yard, Low Taxes $399K _____________________ Updated Brick SH Colonial 4Br, 2.5Bth ,jacuzzi, kitchen w/granite & SS appliances,hardwood floors, finished basement,detach garage $525K Owner 631-835-6077 L.I. HOMES FOR SALE HEMPSTEAD LEGAL 2 FAMILY $190K BAYSHORE 3BD HOME $175K DEER PARK 5 BD HOME $205K CALL FOR PRIVATE SHOWING, MORNING STAR REALTY ONE, ALEJANDRA, 631-484-1997 5040
House for rent Long island N WestHampton Summer Home Rental available from August 1-September 5 3 bedrooms= 2 bath Central AC and Pool Basketball court and Spacious grounds. Walk to House of Worship Asking $15,000. Call Donald (516) 652-9508 or Cindy (516) 641-7340 5060
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 (917) 892-1090 Ali
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
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For Sale
6090
NY STATE
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
4060
Beth David Cemetery Elmont , NY save 50% off cemetery list. Choice location. $2500 each (the 5 plots available are together) with discounts for multiple plots. Call 718-541-1251 or email:penguin@bway.net 9050
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
Apartment For Rent 3065
STATEN ISLAND 6000
ROCKAWAY BEACH: Beach 2 BR condo for sale in a 4yr old building. Eff kitchen, LR, DR area & terrace. Beautiful views of Manhattan & 1 block from the boardwalk. Asking price is $255K. Call Gisela of Century 21 Amiable 917-601-2489 5000
5070 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
5080 Buyer wanted for glatt kosher LI catering hall seats 300 long lease reasonable rent, attractive terms, 516-989-1979 c8tr62@gmail.com stc
WADING RIVER
RETAIL SPACE WADING RIVER DRY CLEANERS FOR RENT AVAILABLE AUG 1ST BUSY SHOPPING CENTER. BELINDA 631-929-8400
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
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For Sale
4020
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 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
Apartment For Sale 3080
1000-STAPLETON Applications for the waiting list for rental units in Staten Island will be available to families with limited income, based on section 8 qualifications, beginning on April 19th 2010, call between 10am & 3pm 516-466-6527 Ext15&/26
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
4060
NY STATE
6090 CLIFTON PARK, NY. Three Yr old Brick House w/3 adjacent approved building lots. Amenities Galore! Potential Family Compound. Open to reasonable offers – Owner’s cost $2.2 Million – Call 518-320-4960
BUSINESS FOR SALE RESTURANT & CATERING 16,000 SQ. FT. Restaurant , Catering & Night Club on 6.6 Acre Land for Lease, Fully Equipped, 400 Seat Restaurant & Catering in Operation. Mid Hudson Valley Area. $850,000 Contact (914) 204-0329
6090
Restaurant for Sale Well Established Full Service Restaurant on 1 Acre in Beautiful Catskill NY $800,000 Contact Jimmy 518 755-0810. See Full Ad on Craigslist: http://newyork.craigslist. org/mnh/bfs/25120144 11.html. View our website at: http://www.tatianasitali anrestaurant.com 6090
6090 DUTCHESS COUNTY DALTON FARM – 1400 SQ FT TOWNHOUSE Furnished, 2 BDRM / 1.5 BTH, Country Setting (2) Floors, Garage, A/C, Fire Place, Pool, Tennis. Equestrian Area on Site.One Hour North of White Plains. $160./Month Fee. Taxes $7K $258,000.00. Contact (914) 472-3651
6090 Bensonhurst/Boro Park Warehouse/garage for lease 4,000 sq ft 23in high ceiling m zone 845-216-4407
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
For Rent
6080
NY STATE 6080 Monsey: Assisted living for elderly includes personal home care, 3 meals, day etc. 718-924-8067
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REAL ESTATE 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
New Rochelle 3 Bd apt on 2nd & 3rd Fl in 2 Fam, 1.5 bths, Freshly painted, 2 car parking space, Nr Metro North Sta. H/HW incl., $1650/mo. Owner 212-518-1912/ 914-636-6716 6080
MONTICELLO: Morning acres. 5BR, 4bth house. Avail for July. Excellent location. Friendly colony. Heated pool and day camp. Call 718-377-6662 6080
Monsey: Assisted living for elderly includes personal, home care. 3 meals/day, etc. 718-924-8067
Catskills: Private New Country Cottage. Reduced to $159K. 1 BR, sleeping loft, nr Windhamm Ski Mtns. Min fr hiway. Owner 646-330-0927 or 914-235-1684 6060
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
6060 Sackett Lake: Waterfront, magnificent views. Private road. 6BR, 4bth, fireplace. Near shul. 917-434-0349 or 845-406-4564
6080
VACATION HOMES FOR RENT MONTICELLO: HIDDEN RIDGE HOMES AT KUTSHERS
6060 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
DESIGNER DELUXE HOMES.
SALE/
RENT,
2 BR, 2
BTH,
BEAUTIFUL, FURNISHED.
CALL
OSCAR PAVLOFF. WE HAVE KEYS. 845-794-3720 OR 845-434-7792 BROKER
House
For Sale
6060
NY STATE Woodridge, NY 4BR, 2.5 bath living room library, 4 acres, near ark, walk to worship, $210K 305603-8198 or 914-799-0108 stc
6060
HOUSE FOR SALE, UPSTATE NEW YORK SWAN LAKE – 1800s Colonial Home, 11 Rooms, 4 BDRMS/2.5 BA 1900 SF, on One (1) Acre, Full Basement, 1 Car Garage with Storage, Fenced Yard, Extra Lot & Bungalo Included $350,000.00 Contact (845) 701-5517 6060
6060 House for Sale/ Catskill NY : 3 family Income property on 4 and one half acres, highway commercial land w 700 ft. on a state road. 350 ft frontage on country road. Call Jimmy (518) 755-0810
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
6080
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 Kimball & Yonkers Ave: Houses for sale $359,000 – 1 Family. 2 BR’s, living room, dining room & kitchen on 75 x 100 lot in 2 family zone. Finished basement with separate entrance. Garage. CAPOBIANCO REALTY 914-963-5522 6060 Sullivan County: Monticello Country 4/bed 3bth home 4sale in the Catskills. 2 car gar, hrdwd flrs, all appl incl. Water View. COME TAKE A LOOK. 845-807-2486 See WEBID NS1104014930
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
PROVIDENCE, NC – Historic Andalusian Horse Ranch. 2 homes, 85 acres, 3 barns, 19 stalls, 8 horses, $595K. Ross Gregg: 904-608-0580 info@gregglifttrucks.com MK 7030
6060
7030
Longport Beachblock Just steps to
quiet point beach this home offers 5BRs, 3Bths, plenty of parking and great views!! Best availability location – easy to see – call today asking $2,199,000 Longport new construction – 2luxury homes offering 6BRs ocean and bay views and outstanding quality and design. Call today and you can be in it to enjoy our best timmme at the beach!!
6060 South Fallsburg: Bungalow Colony, 29 units, for lease to camp/ group with option to buy. Please call: 347-350-5208 or 718-854-3434 6060 NEW ROCHELLE. OWNER FINANCING. Renovated 3 BR/ 2 BTH w/new bright. 1 BR/ 1 BTH in-law $724,000. 914-715-3494
7030 Longport Beach Block with ocean and bay views 2BRs and 1 and ½ beach unit many possibilities! Call NED 609-432-0460 or ARGUS RE 609-8223700 ALSO Bayfront Lot in Ventnor 52 x 100 stc
Briar House/Elikins Park Doorman Building 1820 sf 2BR 2 euro bathrooms. Turnkey condition gourmet kitchen hardwood floors throughout must see to appreciate. Call owner 215-815-1034 stc 7030
Cape Cod 17 acre private island you can drive 4br residence, dock, huge boathouse, plus marine railway $995,000 Century 21 Bourne 800-439-2524
Call Denise Gibbons 609-335-6181 cell stc 7030 WATERFRONT PROPERTY Estate $429,000. Berkshire, MA Four (4) Season Home W/Beach 2 BDRM, Fire Place, Great Room, Most Furnishings. Motivated Seller! Contact (413) 329-8090 RW
Margate: 1BR beautiful updated unit 19th floor panoramic kitchen and views newer kitchen views asking 485K price negotiable call Libby Epstein 609-709-2606
7030
HOUSE FOR SALE, VIRGINIA FRANKLIN COUNTY, VA Gorgeous Custom Built Log Home Full Basement, Attached Garage, 6000 + SQ FT. Located 1.5 Mile from the Blueridge Parkway, 3BDRM/2.5BATH, 74 Acres W/Pond & Separate WorkShop/Garage Area. A Steal for just $430K! Contact (540) 3652004 or (540) 3520373 Email: hazelwortman@embarqmail.com 7030
N.CAROLINA – WATERFRONT PROPERTY 1.7A in Subdivision on Pamlico Sound Carteret County, Opposite Town of Oriental. Pay Mortgage Price $115,000.00 + 10% Comm. Contact (508)845-8011 Email jshirp@townisp.com
KOSHER BAKERY IN NORTH MIAMI BEACH FL for sale Excellent investment opportunity call for details 954-9597 7030
Available For Rent
7065
7030
Builder is ready to negotiate. REMAX Platinum Properties 609-822-3300
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
VACTION RENTAL OUT OF STATE MASSACHUSETTS RENTALS CAPE COD/CHATHAM Available Aug. 20th Aug. 27th , 4 BDRM/ 2 BTH, Large Deck, Walk to Town and Beach. Contact (781) 848-3754 7030
6080 POCONO CONDO 2BR, 3BA 1300 square foot furnished walk to lake for swimming and fishing, Delaware national Park and ski nearby. $75K. 631-398-1725
7030 Cape Cod Oceanfront 2 Deep Water Docks 4 acres two bedroom house. Idyllic beachfront privacy 6M Century 21 800-425-2524 7030 Longport Beachblock with ocean and bay views dulex with units 2brs, 1 and ½ baths each could be a condo rehabbed to single family or erect all new “McMansion” ALSO wntnor – Bay front lot ARGUS RE contact 609-432-0460
PROVIDENCE, NC – Historic Andalusian Horse Ranch, 2 homes, 85 acres, 3 barns, 19 stalls, 8 horses, $595K, Ross Gregg: 904-608-0580 info@gregglifttrucks.com
7030
Your BLOCK ISLAND project. Yes, there is a safe real estate market
7030
7030
Last year was the best year ever for Block Island real estate sales – ready to invest? Secluded pond frontage. Walking distance to ferry, village & two beautiful beaches. Five carefully-sited cottages built on this property will be the least expensive, most marketable new homes on the Island. Details: Peter H. Maxwell 860-202-0219
OUT OF STATE APARTMENT EXCHANGE SOUTH CAROLINA Spacious 1 BDRM 5th Fl. Furnished Apartment, Approx. 800 Sq.Ft. (Perfect for Two People) in Down Town Charleston, SC in Exchange For Your Manhattan Apartment. Exchange Period Flexible. Prefer One or Two Months At A Time. I Work as an Editor & Need to Make Several Trips to NYC Each Year. I Am a 70 Yr. Old Male Non Smoker & in Good Health. Mild Winters & Alluring Beaches Characterize the City of Charleston. Located in a Well Maintained 13 Story Condominium W/ Picture Window View, Nr. Resturants, Galleries & Historic Sites. Close to 2 Major Hospitals. Photos & Additional Info. On Request. Email: rwant@msn.com or (347) 804-6763 RW 7065
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
Office/Commercial/ Business For Sale
7060
7060 RESTURANT FOR SALE, LANCASTER PA VOTED TOP RESTURANT IN LANCASTER, #1 IN GOOGLE SPIRO GYRO. FANTASTIC MONEY MAKING RESTURANT FOR SALE, SUCCESSFULLY OPERATING IN DOWNTOWN LANCASTER, PA $150,000. FIRM. Contact Chris (717) 989-2873 RW
Property/House
For Sale
7030
OUT OF STATE 7030 Condo for Sale Lenox, MA CONDO 2 BR/ 2 Bath, Terrace Plus Large Studio, 10 Min to Tanglewood And 3 Houses of Worship. $175K. FA
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OUT OF STATE COMMERCIAL OFFICES 4356sf on 2.79 acres. Currently medical officescan easily be reconfigured into any usage. 11,100sf parking area w/room to expand. Great location, easily accessible to Rt. 17(I86)
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WATERFRONT PROPERTY
MONTANA
RESIDENCE WATERFRONT Fishing, Hunting, Surfing, Wake/Boarding
www.mybrm.org
Email: L.houck@bresnan.net 406-761-1851 or 9697
FOR SALE COFFEE SHOP RESTAURANT KOSHER DAIRY 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
GET $1K CHECKS …..YOUR FIRST 30 DAYS POT’L. FREE LEADS & FUNNEL SYSTEM. CALL NOW! (760) 5696707 EDU. OPP. RW 7070
7070 HUGE ROI Plus 10% Int. for 2 yrs Expansion Capital Fortune 500 Companies Possible IPO 3-5 yrs investhitech@gmail.com 561-995-9004 MK
Investor wanted for acquisition of apartment buildings, office buildings and strip centers with a preferred return of 8%-11% by owner/operator specializing in income producing properties looking for $100,0001m. Call Larry 732-491-5702 stc 7070
Four Seasons Resort and Spa in the heart of the Catskills. Perfect for Kosher services with great potential for immed operation. The 245 acres offers 36 guest rms plus 20 rooms for spa treatments/extra guests. 12buildings totaling over 5,000sqft feat 100 seat bsmt w full serv modern comm kitch 2 offices ind & outdr pools tennis courts, large gym 4 lounges theater room miles of trails for hiking biking skiing horseback riding. Complex on 33 acre & 212 enrolled in a conservation easement plenty of room for expansion asking 2.3m Call fred waring 845-464-5263 stc 7070
UNIQUE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY LOCAL BUSINESS SEEKS PARTNER/INVESTOR EMAIL: KJVENTURES1@GMAIL.COM OR CONTACT (347) 853-9047RW 7070
7070
7070 Vending company supply vending machine plus all merchandise. Everything strictly kosher we pay 25% commission. Call 917-697-5532
BUSINESS CONNECTIONS: NYC Licensed Electrician-Looking for Partnership or Affiliation with Electric Contractor Engaged in or Starting Business in NYC . Day (347) 992-1370 / Evening (718) 339-7652RW 7070
HOUSES FOR SALE IN PENNSYLVANIA LET’S MAKE A DEAL! Retired Owner: Seven (7) Single Family Homes. AS IS! Investment Package $115,000. Contact (484)332-0247RW
7070
7070 BUSINESS OPTY RESORTS 360#1 TEAM 40K Ad Campaign Just Launched. Lots of Leads. Make $1000. - $5000. Wk
INVESTORS NEEDED FOR BRIDGE LOAN A 13 yr old business seeks a $150,000 bridge loan to manufacture 1st shipment of patented product. Loan secured by product and patent assignment only. Send contact info and requirements to vcifunding@gmail.com
TIRED OF BIG OIL RIPPING YOU? Save 20% on Fuel – Really! Not a Gimmick, Gadget, Tablet or Card. Real Fuel Science that Really Works or $ Back. Contact (260) 637-5775 (DIST. WANTED)
ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY FOR SALE Located in Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania. 44 Beds on 3 Acres. For info Call 570-269-4060
7070 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
7070
SEEKING GOLD MINING JOINT VENTURE Asking $575 MM joint venture from serious investors to mine 530 Sq KM of high concentrated gold mining land in Ghana. Investors receive 55% equity, or lender takes 25% free equity on top of principal/interest payments. Principals only apply. Aurum.Celebrus@gmail.com 7070
7070
CAPITAL WANTED NEWPORT, R.I. DEVELOPER CONDO CONVERSION PROJECT. Seeking Equity Partners, Returns in Excess of 20%. Proof of Funds Required. (401) 619-4112 or (518) 878-9320 Tkupetez@gmail.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
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 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 OIL AND GAS LEASES Producing Oil & Gas Leases with Semi Proven Development. Drilling Acreage Locations. All Leases Bears 100% W.I. 75% Revenue. Call (325) 668-6000
WWW.WORKWITHRON.COM
7070
1-800-479-4876
7070 BUSINESS OPPTY FUNDING AVAILABLE – Use Our Equity to Fund Any Project 10M – 1B. QUICK CLOSING IN THE UK. Call World Business Ideas @ 1(800) 615-5994
Fund any project 10 million to 1 billion Call Bill 334-435-6013 7070
vcifunding@gmail.com.
VENTNOR: Singles 40-50 Block from beach Long Season All amenities Laurel 215-219-9358
7020
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
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
7020 Absecon 4 Plex 2 commercial and residential with parking lot. Three already rented $330,000 609-377-7109
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
8.5% Return European Microfinance Geocapital Secured – Short Term Investment $5K - $60K Accounts Available invest@geocapital.ge 800-276-1468 www.geocapital.ge 7070
6% - 7% INTEREST ONLY 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 7070
very good terms asking $70k call
305-858-4058
7070
INVESTOR(S) NEEDED
7070
kosher dairy/ upper west side
7070
INVESTOR(S) NEEDED FOR SHORT TERM BRIDGE LOAN A 13 yr old business seeks a $150,000 bridge loan to manufacture 1st shipment of a soon to be patented product. Loan secured by product only. Send contact info and requirements to
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
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:
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
BUSINESS OPPTY GOLD INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY PRINCIPAL SEEKS $1.0 MILLION PARTNER. FULLY SECURED. $1.7 Billion Plus Potential Request details @ dougcannday@hotmail.com or Contact Doug (303) 681-6920 7070
7070 BUSINESS OPTY Make $1,000.$5K/ MO. Doctors & Pharmacies Pay You! PHARMACY DISCOUNT PROGRAM CALL 1-866-233-4215
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
For sale coffee shop/ restaurant
Investors Only
owner 917-660-6005
Great Opportunity! Home phone, business phone services for only $39. Tax included. Unlimited USA/Canada. All features included. Call 845-637-7352
7070
ASK THE EXPERT RABBI SHLOMO FOGEL ANY PROBLEMS WITH SOCIAL SECURITY, DISABILITY, SSI AND MEDICARE
718-252-0336 First Consultation only $40 Satisfaction guaranteed
PIZZA SHOP: For sale in Midwood, BKLYN. By owner. Call 718-2531896 or 347-522-8896 7070
Fund Any Project 10 million to 1 billion Call Bill 334-435-6013
7070
DORE BARS $32,000 per kilo (92% - 22K) Hand delivered to NYC - FMI: gold@amefricaltd.com 7070 Online Auction Alabama I-65 Building *Freeway Access* Sells to highest bid TheRealEstateClearingHouse.com 800-499-9378
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
10% DOWN GOOD NEWS TO INVESTORS. YOU CAN GET YOUR PROJECTS FUNDED NOW WITH JUST 10% DOWN – REAL ESTATE, ENERGY, TECHNOLOGY, MINES AND MORE. PRELIMINARY REQUIREMENTS 1) BUSINESS PLAN 2) PROOF OF DOWN-PAYMENT FUNDS.
Contact Lester Phillip for detail. lester@sikamangroup.com Office: 212-695-1716 www.sikamangroup.com
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JOBS WANTED & SERVICES OFFERED Music
8000
8010
Musicians Available/ Wanted Exp R&B/POP DEMO SINGERS SOUGHT BY PRODUCERS Westchester Studio Loc. Call Allan (917) 647-2044 FA 8000
Individualized Guitar Lessons Geared for all skill levels by a professional musician in your home Philadelphia & South Jersey 201-723-2225 stc 8000
8000 JEWISH MUSIC LESSONS: Guitar, Piano, Bass & Drums. Individual or group lessons for all ages. In my Queens studio or I will travel to your home. Credentials include a BA in Music performance, a MS ED in Music Education, NYS Certification and 20+ yrs of performing & teaching music. Rates are $40 for 40 min lesson & $50 for a 1HR lesson. Excellent refs avail. Call Yerachmeil at 917-373-9613
MUSIC INSTRUCTION Piano lessons all levels + ages Professional musician + experienced teacher Call (917) 459-1228 8000
Music Instruction Berkeley College of music professor available for private drum lessons. Conatct: 617-835-6404
Health
Help Offered
7090
7090 HEALTH MASSAGE & REFLEXOLOGY TO Heal Back Pain, Sleeping Disorders, Digestive Problems & More or Simply for Relaxation. Call Chaya (347) 756-0205. Treatments for Women & Children Only. Home Visits & Gift Certificates Available.
Brazilian Bodywork Swedish, Deep Tissue, Full Bodywork, Done byMale Masseur. (917) 435-4418 9050
7090 THERAPUETIC MASSAGE Looking for relaxing stress free, therapeutic massage? You can drop into my place. For ½ hr $50, 1 hr $75. 8:30 am – 7:30 pm 917-544-7900
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 MELT 2-5 LBS PER WEEK. Try it for $4.95 For 2 weeks. For details call ANN 347-561-6030
8010 SEEKING POSITION Experienced Shomer Shabbos male seeking superintendant position. Call 347 607-9375 FA
AID COMPANION TO ELDERLY Caring, mature British woman seeks live out position, FT/PT to assist home bound or elderly person. call 718-928-6600 MK 8010
HOME HEALTH AIDE Certified Home Health Aide seeking a job to care for the elderly or sick. Honest, caring and easy to get along with. Available for Nights or Weekends. Excellent refs. PLEASE CONTACT 973-667-6815 or 862-220-1331 or Email: queenjeneva@1yahoo.com
8010 EUROPEAN LADY (American citizen), looking for a live-in Caregiving job, I am exp’d & have exc. Refs & drive my own car. Call 908 937-0768
Janitorial services family owned and operated over 15 years in NJ & PA Free estimate. Call 856-396-5915 9050
8010 Caregive, HHA. 5yrs USA experience. Live-in, looking for Position in Queens. 718-506-2548
8010
MK
Babysitter / Nanny / HHA / Housekeeper / Office Cleaner Available-ReliableTrustworthy Affordable rates 347-785-0181
8010
8010 Sales new York life insurance company is looking for insurance and financial services sales representatives. Sales experience helpful but not necessary. Comprehensive training program management opportunity for qualified candidates. Equal opportunity employer For further information call George at 646-227-8171stc 8010 ELDERCARE / COMPANION, Nurse’s Assistant, Live In/Out, EXPERIENCED, Lic. to drive, Good References, 732-313-6829 732-277-9271MK
24 Hr DAY CARE Mon – Fri Queens Village-centrally located. From 6 wks to 12 yrs. Licensed, CPR, First Aide Certified, Clean, Video Camera, Meals provided. In business for 10 yrs. Affordable prices. 718-217-7666 8010
CAREGIVER SERVICE 30 years experience with references & own transportation. Will live in or fit your schedule. BUCKS County area only. Call 215-674-3339
8010
8010 Tree Service, Gardening, SUKKAH Clearance, Free Estimates, 24/7 Emergency Service, Construction Clean outs. 347-889-8602 / 718-857-0549
8010 Marketing manager (bold) great working environment in Brooklyn Mill Basin Job position available for team leader, product uploads customer service of managing ebay and amazon account Please call Levi 917-855-7169 8010 SEEKING HOUSEHOLD POSITION HEALTH – LICENSED HOME CARE PROVIDER – Former Nurse, HCP Certified, Home Total Care, Geriatrics Specialty. 10 + Years Exp, Reliable. Best References. CONTACT: (718) 460-5272 or (917) 995-2404
MARKETING MANAGER GREAT WORKING ENVIRONMENT IN BROOKLYN MILL BASIN JOB POSITION AVAILABLE FOR TEAM LEADER PRODUCT UPLOADS CUSTOMER SERVICE OR MASNAGING EBAY AND AMAZON ACCOUNTS PLEASE CALL LEVI 917-855-7169 8010
SOURCE AGENCY Hiring RETAILSALES / HOST/ STOCK/ CASHIERS. Upscale retail client, temp openings. Must be reliable, dedicated friendly. Open interviews @ The Source Mon – Fri 10am to 1pm. 295 Madison Ave. 8th Fl. Resume & 2 IDs required 212-949-8287 8010
8010 BABYSITTING Very caring mother wants to take care of kids in her own home. Very clean environment & a loving atmosphere. Newborns to 2 yrs old. Available Mon – Fri & weekends too. 718-591-9164
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 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
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
HOME HEALTH AIDE Experienced CNA Eldercare / Baby care 347-469-2767 Available ASAP
8010
CERTIFIED, RELABLE CNA/HHA seeks job to care for the elderly. Many years exp Excellent References. Available immediately. (917)741-3583 8010 Seeking job to take care of the elderly. Home health aid, 16 years experience. Please call 718-882-5244
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 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
8010 Experienced CNA looking for full time employment licensed seeking to take care of elderly 7 days a week. Specializing in Alzheimers and bed ridden patients. Good references. Please call 862-218-3880
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
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
0 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
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
8010
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 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
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 SALES New Y ork 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
Position Wanted: Experience in banking compliance research administration. Oral + written. Communication skills. 718-968-3213 8010
Help Wanted
8015
JEWISH VOICE newspaper is hiring! Multiple Positions available. Email or fax resume to info@syny.com or 347-922-7366
8010 Goldstein Home Care Service. Live in/ Live out or hourly. Companion Aide 732-788-1974
Nurse LPN. Medicaid provider seeks private duty or Medicaid case. Good references available. 718-581-9786 8010
Physical therapy Office looking for Physical therapy Assistant (PT/FT) In Five Towns. If interested please Call (516) 650-5756 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 SIMPLY THE BEST EMPLOYMENT AGENCY we offer eldercare, companions, housekeepers, babysitters, all with excellent references and experience. Licensed and board agency live in/out 718-332-7606
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 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
Professional Nasdaq / futures day trader seeking serious investor to make huge profits averaging 300%+ Low risk. Call Mark 917-825-0053
8015
TEACHER DIRECTOR with NYS teacher’s certificate in edu. For small Brooklyn daycare center. Call 718-385-0571
8015
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
DOMESTIC HELP WANTED. HOME HEALTH AIDE NEEDED. Certified experienced 5 days/week, must have car. 516-3794283 Merrick, NY 8015
AARP FOUNDATION WORKSEARCH Are you…age 55 and older? Unemployed? Low income? Unemployed? Low income? Resident of Queens? Looking for permanent? AARP Foundation WorkSearch, Senior training Program can help! Please call 718-433-0010 Ask to speak with an employment specialist. 8015
Cleaning Services
8045
Work From Home Online 23 People Needed Immediately! No experience needed. Earn up to $3000 PT or up to $5000 FT. Earn as you learn. Work around your schedule. Serious people with a strong desire are now earning over 6 figures a year! Bonuses & Paid Vacation. For info visit: www.growth.theonlinebusin ess.com/goland10 MK 8015
WORK FROM HOME ONLINE 23 People Needed Immediately! No experience needed. Earn up to $3000 P/T or up to $5000 F/T. Earn as you learn. Work around your schedule. Serious people with a strong desire are now earning over 6 figures a year! Bonuses & Paid Vacation. For info visit: www.growth.theonlineb usiness.com/goland10 MK 8015
8010 Companion Aide. Live in, Good references. Kosher experience. 17 years, experience. 973-592-6081
8015 Experienced & Certified teachers for Yeshivah HS Science – Biology, Physical Sci, Earth Sci – Regents courses & Special Ed Substitute Teacher – Ivrit – Hebrew Lang & Lit (September – Mid October) Excellent terms & Salary Please send resume to: szeit1026@yahoo.com
An experienced young orthodox chazzan baal tefillah became available for the yomim noraim references. Available Call 347-645-1240 8015
8015 Caregiver kind and honest for sick/elderly live oout. Own car executive references call me 215-909-3222stc
A CNA experienced in elder care IRISH woman. Prefer Mahattan, lv-in/out. References and information. 914-272-9590 8015
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
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 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
ARI’S CLEANING MOLD REMOVAL AND INSPECTIONS COMPLETE WATER RESTORATION CERTIFICATION TECHNICIANS 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICES 347-743-3940 9050
9015 JANITORIAL SERVICES family owned and operated. Over 15 years in NJ and PA. Free estimate call 856-396-5915
S+S Rubbish Removal: All clean up. Yard / Basement/ garage. Free estimate. S+S Rubbish Removal, Demolition. Shomer Shabos. Call 347-404-1643
9015
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
8015 REGISTERED NURSE: 30 YRS experience seeking employment in community health facility, private practice, senior center or home care. Call 718-634-8029
8015
Expert on Israeli Politics + Policy w/ Rich editorial exp. Seeks employment mobile: 917-225-7665
8015
Ari’s Cleaning. Mold removal and inspections. Complete water restorations. Certified technicians. 24 hour emergency services. 347-743-3940 stc 8045
Serious keyboard player needed for gigs & showcases around the world. Youtube.com “Project 6 reunion” Call 973-207-2604
An extraordinary loving companion Great skills and dependable. FT/PT 212-579-9692
8015
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Improvement 8081
All types of rubbish removal basements, backyards, etc. Call shmaya 718-501-2419 stc
8081
GENERAL HOME REPAIR HONEST PLUMBING RELIABLE HEATING AIR CONDITION AFFORDABLE SHEETROCK/PLASTER/PA INT 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE ODDS AND ENDS ARYEH CALL 347-232-3700 8081
HANDYMAN AVAILABLE!!! Carpentry, Tile, Plumbing, Landscaping, Painting, Furniture, Asembly. Reasonable rates, Friendly service Call Orrin 646- 671- 3906 ingramo@earthlink.net
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
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
9030 AUTO REPAIRS BILLY’S AUTO REPAIR 3651 Danbury Rd., Brewster, NY 10509 Specializing in Complete Automotive Repairs & Service Front-End Brakes Tune –up Electrical Wheel Alignment, etc. Open Mon-Sat 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Call 845 278-2628 24 Hr. Towing
9030 TOYOTA SIENNA 2007 Tan color, auto start, DVD, CD, all pwr, good condition, 39K mi, All wheel, ask . 917-853-9023, 718-217-7666
AUTOS WANTED CASH CASH CASH Junk Cars & Trucks Wanted $600 & up FREE Pick-ups! 718 657-6900 9030
8080
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
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
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
Exterminators 8075
Handyman 8080
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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
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
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
snowbirds your car is waiting for you at the airport gently transported valid driver’s licensed/insured Linda’s Transport 215-244-2662
9030
CALL NOW ANYTIME, ANYWHERE Accepting cars, trucks, vans & farm Equip. Any condition. Cash Pd 7 days/wk. (732) 915-7989 9030
8035 M AND K PEST CONTROL SPECIAL PRICE FOR BED BUGS SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT REASONABLE AND RELIABLE SOURCES LICENSD AND INSURED CALL OWNER 917-304-8777
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
9030 AUTO FOR SALE FORD FUSION 2010 4 Door Sedan, 7,000 Mi, Original Owner, Asking $17.K Contact (516) 242-5833
CHEVY 1996 IMPALA SS Rare green Immac. 21k $28,500 516-383-6326
9030
BROOKLYN’S BEST BED BUGS, RATS. MONTHLY PEST CONTROL. RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AFFORDABLE, RELIABLE. FRANK 718-415-6920 8075-
Electricians TRACK BY JACK 917-748-7225 or 914-725-0785 TRACK Lighting specialists instruction, sales Update halogens with small efficient low voltage bulbs on sale delivered stc 8055
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!
9030 Bala Cymoyd: 3 BR, 2 BA brick colonial, full bsmt, attached garage. Asking $430,000. Call 973-985-8789
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. 9030
9030 MUST SELL! 2009 BMW 335d Like new condition. More pictures at robertbrown201@yahoo.com Robert Brown: 361-237-4612
9040 Beth Israel cemetery Woodbridge, NJ burial plots, 4 gravesites $2,000. Must be Sold together. Call 917-371-4871stc
Electrician All electrical needs. New lines Trouble shouting fixtures. Call Yahuda: 347-631-0481
Autos 9030
Pets 9035
Pets & Pet Services ADORABLE TEACUP YORKIES. Home Raised. NO KENNEL. Ch-Sire, Dam . Beautiful adorable Teacup yorkies, fully inoculated, well socialized. Call Rachelle. Bergen County area. (201) 819-7103 FA 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
FORD MODEL T Custom Built 1927 Recreation, 350 Chev Crate Engine, 350 3Spead Chev Auto Trans, Alum Stronge Rear End. All Wheel Disc Brakes. A Frame Coil Over Suspension, Ultra Leather Interior, Salt Flat Alum Rim, Weighs 2000 Lbs. 1500 Miles. Contact Cor @ (519) 861-7701 RW 9030
Ford Model T-Custom Built 1927 Recreation, 350 Chev Crate Engine, 350 3-Spead Chev Auto Trans, Alum Stronge Rear End. All Wheel Disc Brakes. A Frame Coil Over Suspension, Ultra Leather Interior, Salt Flat Alum Rim, Weighs 2000 Lbs 1500 Miles. Contact Cor @ (519) 861-7701 RW 9030
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
Americana Collection American Mechanical Muscle 1850-2000 140+ Diecast Models, 200 + Plastic kits 98% NIB 290+itemdescriptive & historical books$20K/OBO Eric @ 860-683-2140 Leave name, phone # & Best times for callback 9040 Kawai Baby Grand piano. Ebony satin finish, excellent condition. Contact 978-505-0971 9040
ESTATE SALE / HOME FURNISHINGS
HOME – TAG ALONG ESTATE SALESCOLLEGE ROAD,RIVERDALE, N.Y. Thursday Aug. 4th 4:00 to 8:00 PM Friday Aug. 5th 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Hudson River Oil Painting, Chickering Baby Grand Piano, Crystal Silver China, Books, Linens, Adams Style Gilt Mirror,
contents of shul for sale sefer torah, bimah, chairs, etc. call 917-397-0654 stc
9040
Old Watches Clocks wanted by collector regardless of condition Highest prices paid. 212-517-8725 stc 9040
Lots More. Contact (914) 261-0095
ISLAND PACKET 1987, 31’, 2nd owner, comfortable cruiser $54,900 631-283-6853 9040
9040 ESTATE SALE – WOODBURY Antique DR Table/6 chairs, other chairs, Lamps, etc. Costume Jewelry Call for appt. 646-734-3886
PIANO FOR SALE YAMAHA BABY GRAND Like New, Lightly Used $12,000.00 Contact (631)666-7439 or (516)972-6277 9040
PIANO 5ft upright/w bench, $750 Cherrywood-marble-mirror hall tree, $700, 5 pc office furniture $650, corner curio cabinet, $150 631-736-2195 9040
For Sale Hair Dryer, Punch Bowl, TV Cart, Set of dishes, Blender, Antique Chair, Dehumidifier, Washer and Dryer, Desk Fan Laundry Hamper, Complete Day Bed, Crock pot. 718-337-3867 stc
9040
9040 JUDAICA museum quality collection others silver, illuminated manuscripts, paintings, enamels Call 914-235-8300 stc 9040 13K 100% Cotton Men’s dress shirts, assorted cuffs, shipped from NJ. Regular, Big & Tall sizes. Close out prices. Call 917-497-5070 apparelgroupny@gmail.com
9040
I buy old paintings Call Art at 732-261-3269
ESTATE SALE /HOME FURNISHINGS HOME – TAG ALONG ESTATE SALE Old Greenwich Water Front Estate Rocky Point Road. August 12th & 13th From 10:0– 4:00 PM Steinway Grand Piano, Rugs, Furniture & Antiques + Lots of Books. Take I 95 N to Exit 5 Old Greenwich, Right on US1 1ST Right on to Sound Beach Ave. thru Town, Right on Shore Drive, 2nd Left Rocky Point Road. (914) 261-0095
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 9040
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.
9040
COLLECTIBLES – 1961 WORLD SERIES BALL – W/signatures incl. Roger Maris, Yogi Berra, Whitely ford, etc. in box; also NASCAR. Winston Cup Poster + vintage comic books. Antique hand embroided quilts. Rare record albums. Contact 205-670-9044 9040
9040 MOVING, MUST SELL ALL! FURN, APPLIANCES, HOUSEWARES, SACRIFICE! CALL 718-450-4879
Commercial gym equipment (4), hammer strength (2) nautilus (1) cybex – 2 yrs old original cost 18K asking 8K. Call owner 516-661-9639 9040
9040
Painted Chest, + 9040 Free Luxury motor Home tours on a condition of buying electronics, batteries and groceries starting price $7,000 and up plus gas and tolls. Also get a discount on the purchase of the ’85 MCI 47 passenger bus 917-216-8379 stc
9050
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
9030 SEEWALD USED CARS New! Preview over 4,000 vehichle odessy mini vans 12-6passanger vans 718-773-CARS 773CARS@gmail.com
9040 ITEMS FOR SALE Light/lamp, never used brand new, cordless portable flashlight with handle; exerciserHangs on door for chin-ups, push ups, sit ups; portable folding table; books-exercise, Weight lifting, medical, health remedies. Call for prices 718 235-7158 FA
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Machpelah Cemetary, Ridgewood, Queens NY. Two cemetery plots. Price $1000 each including Perpetual care. Call 732-657-7120
9040
Motorized Scooter. Lynx L3, bright red brand new, used once, battery operated, holds up to 300lbs. $800 215-499-6226
9040
Beautiful mahogany dining room set with breakfront, 8 chairs, 2 couches, set of coffee tables, 2 end tables and console, children’s new BR set. 917-771-6669 9040
9040 BETH ISRAEL MEMORIAL PARK: Woodbridge, NJ . 4 graves with perpetual care $1250 each or best offer. 941-320-0945 Cell or 941-535-7886
Whole House: Contents includes 4 BR sets, living room, dining room, den and more! Excel quality. 718-757-0975
9040
ANTIQUES FOR SALE - Morgan Silver Dollars 1878, 1882, 1889, 1895 & 1897 609-494-0900
9050 Cemetary Plot for sale BETH DAVID CEMETERY, ELMONT NY 5 plots appraised at $5,100 ea. Asking $1900 each. Plots avail individually or multiples. Discounts avail for Multiples. Call (718) 541-1251 or e-mail penguin@bway.net FA
9050 Got Mold? Licensed mold inspector same day service available. Contact 347-743-3940Stc
SERVICES PROVIDED Tree Trimming-Sukkah kosher? Tree trimming by Sender (347) 200-2098FA 9050
9050 DLM Construction licensed and Insured new construction, extension and complete renovation 25 year experience Free estimate 917-968-6809 stc
9040
Furniture Kew Garden Hills: Italian and French DR, BR, breakfront, Hi-riser, chandelier and Paintings. Call 917-836-0146
9040
9040 2011 Dimension one hot tub, brand new, 3 year warrantee, seats 6 (2 pumps) Stainless steel jets. The #1 rates hot tub for energy efficiency. Originally $8839. Sale $5997 631-681-4400
9040 DRY CLEANERS for sale in Boro Park. Asking $95K. Please call 347-585-6943 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
Buying
9045
9050 OLD WATCHES CLOCKS WANTED BY COLLECTOR REGARDLESS OF CONDITION HIGHEST PRICES PAID. 212-517-8725
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9050 GET 41K CHECKS…. …Your First 30 Days Pot’l. Free Leads & Funnel System CALL NOW: (760)569-6707 Edu. Opp. RW
9050 VAN FOR HIRE REASONABLE DISCOUNTED PRICES! CALL (917)696-0000 STC
Kaddish Services Kaddihsh Recited Religious Lifecycle and educational services. 888-RABBIIN or 888-722-2440 stc 9050
9050 crystal chandelier service rewiring refinance cleaning looks brand new when we are thru. Howard Serotta 215-423-2234 or 368-4056 stc 9050 Merchandise Wanted. Buying All Diabetic Test Strips. Cash paid. Nicotine Patches/Gum. Fast NY/NJ pickup 646-400-5270
HOUSE WATCHER/ N.J. I’am there when you are not. Weekly inspections of your house when you are away, Also for service calls, deliveries, installations and contractors. Experienced . retired realtor, references available. Monmouth county area. Lorraine. (609) 713-9926 Cell Lrbc73@gmail.com FA
9050
9050 Need either printer or fax diagnostic and repair(will gladly come to your location.) For immediate response at very reasonable rates. Call 908-444-2418 stc
9050 Baaal Tokeah, Baal Koreh and some tefilot for Yomom Noraim. Many years experience call David 718-853-4119 or 917-224-3303 stc
9050 CASH FOR FIGURINES We buy Hummels, LLadros, Royal Doultons, Wee Forest Folk, Anris, Toby Mugs & More 516-489-6004, 516-457-0130 MK
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ENGLEWOOD 3BR COL NEAR HOUSE OF WORSHIP $425K 3BR CAPE UPDATED WALK ALL 499K 5BR SPLIT LARGE PROPERTY WALK 725K 3BR TONHOUSE NEAR ALL 725K AARON RE 201-569-1606 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 9055
AC Berkley: Luxury condobuilding on boardwalk. 1BR furnished. Parking yearly. $1050/mo, pool, fitness center, WID. Call 609-335-7855 9055
9055 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 Manalapan: True mother/daughter colonial, 2 kitchens, 2 LR, total 6 BR, 3 bths, many upgrades, lg pool, C/Vac, large lot 732-792-1143
Condos/Co ops/NJ Hoboken-$1.15 m secluded carriage house, 3 firplaces, luxury, appliance package, patio +w/trellis+hot tub, terrace 3 flrs 201-400-3986
FOR SALE, LAKEWOOD 4 CONDOS AVAILABLE 2,000-2,400 sq. ft. $335,000- $345,000 1st St. & Madison Ave. Please call for info/appt. 718-974-5550
Apartment For Rent 9060
Red Bank Downtown office space available 1350sqft. Vaulted ceilings, fios Internet. Parking available. Call Art 732-222-3553 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
Apt for rent Oradel: Renov Victorian 3 BR/ LR/ DR/ EIK, 1.5 bth sun room/ 2 car gar + includes aupare apartment w/ EIK full bath/ mini kitchen/ LV Bdrm. Close to trains/ Bus. $3300.00 Contact 203-241-2243
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Middletown Township 1000 to 2150 sqft close to oxford valley mall, across from super market, Walgreens, bank immediate occupancy. Rent reduced. Must be seen. DAVID FIORI, INC. REALTORS 215-757-1000 9065
New Jersey MIDDLETOWN – Rt. 36, Join CVS & P.O. in high traffic location, 1400 – 4200 S.F. 732-996-4354 9070
New Jersey JACKSON- Prof. 2 rm ofc approx. 500sf $650/mo+ elect. Private entrance 732-995-3271 9070
9075 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
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
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9065
NEW LISTING LAKEWOOD INDIAN PEERS 51,977 SF 22-28 CEILING HEIGHT FORLEADING 1 DRIVE IN DOCKS $95 SF PRINCIPLES ONLY 732-905-5606 OR EMAIL AT MEHGH2011@YAHOO.COM 9050
Beth Israel Cemetery Wood bridge, NJ Burial plots. With grave sites $2,000 Must be sold together. Call 917-371-4871. 9050
Philadelphia, PA
9065 Clifton Patricia Loop: Move in condition! 3BR ranch, EIK, updated full bath. $329,900 FSBO 973-220-9116 www.zillow.com
9065 HOUSE FOR SALE , NEW JERSEY OCEAN/ DEAL / ALLENHURST AREA – Completely Renovated High End Six (6) Bedroom, Four (4) Bath Home Set on Almost One (1) acre, Shows Like New Construction! Quiet Neighborhood of High-End Homes with over 4,500 SF (+ 1,500 SF Walk Up Attic) Extensive Moldings, Amazing Floor Plan, Huge Chef Inspired Gourmet EIK W/ 12’ Vaulted Ceiling Overlooking F/R and Backyard. An Amazing Home for Entertaining both Inside & Out. Three (3) Fire Places, Two (2) Laundry Rooms, Three (3) Car Garage, 20’X 50’. Inground Pool & Maids Quarters!Around Corner from Hollywood Country Club, Beach & Numerous Houses of Worship.$995/K . Contact (732) 689-2517
LOTS FOR SALE LYNWOOD, NJ 2 beautiful lots on new private cul de sac street Kassina drive one huge lot 28,000 square feet and another lot 850 square feet all utilities available drastically reduced make offer call owner 609-926-0220
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
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
9050
Rockaway Township, NJ: New construction New Jersey. ( 2) story colonial. Lakefront property. Walking distance to temple. Contact 973-983-9527 9065
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
9075 Lakewood: Corner store for rent, good location. Call 732-513-9470
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
Office/Commercial/ Business For Rent
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
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
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9070
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9065 Ringwood: 1 acre wooded lot, 280’ of frontage. Beautiful area. 180 Magee Rd $229K 406-522-0325
HEWITT ESTATE FOR SALE Newly renov, new septic, 2 bldgs Occupied, 16X60’ gar, w/3br apt, 3BR, 2.5 bth, 2 LR, 2 kits on 1.3 acs, Circ dvwy, barn & 2 sheds. 10 mins ski resorts, 40 mins NYC $450K. Call owner 973-835-3916MK 9070
COMMERICAL PROPERTY FOR RENT , NEW JERSEY HOBOKEN, WASHINGTON STREET 1,200 Square Ft; Raw Space – Next to City Hall, Path Station & Cake Boss. Rent $19,500.00 Please Call (561)339-7567 9075
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9055 Spring Lake, rent/buy, A+ condo hotel, 2 units furn, new designer décor, quality details, marble bth, custom clsts, 1 BD + LR; 1BD + Porch lake view, pool, 3 blks Beach, Zagat rest. Amp/480Volt 215-990-1252
8010 Loving Caring couple, both certified and licensed, wife is practical nurse and husband is seeking jobs as companion for the elderly. Handyman w/HHA Certifications. Excellent, many years experience. References available. Call 516-330-3429 Have own car.
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9070
BUSINESS FOR SALE, NEW JERSEY OWNER RETIRING, Great (BHPH) Buy Here / Pay Here Store. Previous Franchise, Near Newest Hospital in USA. $2M. Required Including Real Estate. 24%/12% Net Return Absentee. Contract: carking301@verizon.net or (856) 840-9200 Leave Msg. 9070
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9000 Jerusalem/ Lev Yerushalayim: 2 BR, furnishes, sleeps 6. Available 6/27 – 7/25. Reasonable, Jack 561-414-7998 jm@erspec.com
ISRAEL GREAT OPPORTUNITY Lot for Sal! Villa in Kfar Shamryahu, rent long term/short term Apts marina in Herziliya Pituach. Call 408-340-1125 or 011-972-50-529-3777 or 011-972-77-575-1170 or irit0110@hotmail.com stc 9000
9000 Israel Apt in Talbiah Nr Inbal short walk to kotel. 2BR 2Bth kosher W/D, A/C, sleeps 6 + short term only. Parking. 718-544-7571 stc
Israel Lev: Yerushalayim hotel 2BRs 2BTHS kosher kitchen terrace 972-3-673-7330 Email: arusi_ez@zahav.net.il
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
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9000 Israel amazing professional medical masseuse reflexology deep tissue massage liberating and very relaxing treatment which will make your day call 052-325-6536 9000 Israel Rechavia, Jerusalem Beautiful new fully furnished 2BR 2BTH apt. Available short term. Washer/Dryer. Hadar 347-306-1552 9000 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 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!
Designer living in JERUSALEM: Beautiful 1 family house with a view to die for. You’ll never leave home, high ceilings, amazing gardens/ patio for entertaining and huge succah. Spacious LR and master bdrm suite. Big DR, full kitch, book lined den. 5 BRS, CAC, oil heat and advanced solar heating and advanced solar heating. Private covered parking. Contact owners. Michael and Sara at MikeWid@netvision.net.il or 011-972-2532-23868 9000 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
Jerusalem: Private suite in 5 Star Ramada, sleeps up to 8. In/out pools $250/nite Albert 514-803-8838
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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
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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 living room and master bdrm
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suite. Big dining rm. Full kitchen, booklined 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 011972-2-5322-868
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
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New villa. Very high quality. Stunning 210 sqm corner center of Omer, 2 floors. 052-758-8102
9000 Jerusalem: Lux 3 BR hotel apt, 20 min walk to kotel, kit, DR, LR, pool. Avail for Pesach 347-721-7722
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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
Beautiful apartment for sale in the old city of Jerusalem with unique view. Call 011-972-52-462-8913 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 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 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 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 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
ww.perfectvilla,info NUMBER ONE VILLA ISRAEL Herziliya Pituach Luxury unique villa prime location seaview 100/square meter built 8 million euro. 972-3-549-7810 9000
Jerusalem Center: 16 King George, furnished, 3BR penthouse duplex. 2.5 bth, 4 porches, Shabbat elevator, short term/ long term. 718-776-3882 http://dennydaniel.com/Israel/ 9000
9000 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
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 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
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
Lev Yerushalayim: Hotel. 2 BRs 2BTHS, Kosher kitchen, terrace. 972-3-673-7330 e-mail: arusi-ez@zahav.net.il 9000
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Florida 7070 Moving to Florida? Love high fashion jewelry and accessories? Turnkey business for sale. 10% buys stocks/fixtures/trainin g Inside too busy to leave Boca/ Delray Low rent high profit Be your own boss!! Call Francine 561-289-8186stc
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Apartment for rent Florida ENJOY A BETTER LIFE in Delray Beach, Florida, 2 Br, 2 Bth. Furn Apt in Kings Point, Normandy R Unit, nr clubhouse, pool, golf, $1300 mo/ util Incl. 3 mo. Min. Cell (845) 354-5203 FA
9080 FLORIDA PALM COAST, FL. FOR SALE : 2500 SQ FT 2BDRM / 2BATH (Possibly 3rd BR), Granite Counter Tops, New Appliances, on Wide Canal, Owner Retiring $334,000.00. Email dsenne5318@aol.com or (904) 591-3136
AS IS REAL ESTATE INC. WE ARE LOOKING TO BUY RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE 909 E29ST, UNIT #4K BROOKLYN, NY 11210 WWW.AS-IS-REALTY.COM Tel: 718-252-0141 Fax 347-713-4241
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Hunter’s Run/ Boynton Beach 45K motivated seller. Now is the time to buy! Mandatory membership community 3 golf courses 21 tennis courts. Fitness center. 5 restaurants. Furnished 2br, 2bth, 1st fl corner in 4 plex 609-636-2907 stc
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9080 Palm Coast, FL For sale by owner, asking $179K 14 Woodglen Pl, 4 Bd, 2 full baths, pool, cul de sac, golf, beach, shops, rests. 386-446-9032 https://sites.google.com/sit e/14woodglenplace/
9080 ADULT COMMUNITIES. FL, FORT MYERS 0.9%. 10year Fixed Rate (1.41% apr) NEW HOMES from the $160’s 55+ Active Adult CALL 239-6898790 or visit www.55PlusMyCascades.com
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
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
9080 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 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
Vacation condo/delray beach magnificent new 55+ community Beautifully furnished 1 BD Great location Beachfront shopping reasonable dec thru march or dec and jan or feb and mar 215-576-0559 9085
MIAMI BEACH (OLD) COLLINS AVENUE BEACHFRONT 2 LARGE BRS 7TH FLOOR, BALCONY 305-866-5581 9085
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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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
Tampa Triple Net Lease: Quick lube, 649K Cap 8.25% strong tenant, 13+yr left. 10% incrs 813-546-2766
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9080 Condo for sale Boca Raton: 55+ community with active clubhouse + theater, swimming, pools, gym, tennis courts + (2) synagogues. 2 BDRM/ 1 ½ Bth completely renovated, all tile, custom counter tops. New bathroom, $65K Contact Marty 914-953-8988 Will email pictures.
North Myrtle Beach for sale1 bdrm, 1 bth, pool. Asking $85,000 Call: 718-661-1286
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
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 Florida: 52ac Riverfront/Equestarian lot St. Johns County www.flriverfront.blogspot.com 904-860-4500 9080
Lot For Sale on Lake Forest, at West Colligan Lake, Poconos/PA. Private community where you can enjoy many activities ranging from indoor/outdoor pool, tennis court & much more. Financing available with down payment. 10% discount for members! Call 917-843-9068 9080
9080 Hollywood Beach Florida: Oceanfront Trump Condo, 3 BR/ 3.5 BA, new ad beautiful $1,350,000 786-390-7340
9080 8 acres for sale Levy County, FL. SR-24 – Approx 15 miles W of Gainsville. 1200ft of highway frontage. Power + water throughout the 8 acres. ½ grass/ ½ large oak trees. Very beautiful, must see to appreciate $180K OBO. Call 352-495-9810
9080 INVESTMENT PROPERTY. Temple Triple Net Lease quicklube, 649K, Cap 8.25% strong tenant, 13+ yr left, 10% incrs 813-546-2766
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 CONDO FOR SALE. Miami Beach, The Alexander, 5225 Collins. Newly renov all marble 2 BR, 2 bth. Spectacular south side Ocean Bay view. All new SS appliances, closets & wsh/dryr. 516-369-0419 9080
9080 Lauderhill, FL: Luxurious 3BR, 2 bth in gated community. Dbl car garage, 2000sf, newly renov. Ceramic tiles. $189K neg. owner 954-552-4520
2 luxury condos each with 2 bedrooms + 2 bathrooms, one in Boca Raton for $79,900 one in Boynton Beach $119K 802-782-0721
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Boca Raton Modern 5 bedroom 5.5 bath villa golf priv heated pool weekly/monthly kosher kitchen 416-830-0667 miaonline@rogers.com stc 9085
West Delray-Seasonal 2/2 plus beautiful House with garage. Car optional $2100/mo 561-499-9167 stc
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Miami Beach: Tower 41 Furnished 1BR apt available for high holidays and succot and year round. Call owner 305-333-5864 or 305-672-1770 stc
IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BUY IN SOUTH FLORIDA!!! BOCA, DELRAY, BOYNTON BEACH, HIGHLAND BEACH.
CALL KAREN JACOB FORMERLY OF HUNTINGDON VALLEY
PRUDENTIAL FLORIDA REALTY 561-350-0440
karenflrealtor@aol.com
RESTAURANT FOR SALE
Very successful restaurant in Hollywood, Florida. Asking 500K Call owner 954-809-5998 Not on Shabbat
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