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VOL. 12 NO. 42
פרשת דברים
8 AV 5772
Israeli Knesset Honors Camp Koby
JULY 27, 2012
FROM THE EDITOR BY LARRY GORDON
War Of Words
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Last week’s terror attack directed at Israelis who had just arrived on vacation in Bulgaria was tragically real. Lives were ended in an instant; families were impacted by sudden death in the flash of a moment. The lives of these families will
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Twelve teens from the 5 Towns who volunteered as counselors at Israel’s Camp Koby, where they helped children who lost loved ones enjoy a summer among friends, were honored at the Knesset. See Page 72
Jewish Unity And The Siyum HaShas BY SHMUEL SOIFERMAN
July 27 – 7:56 PM August 3 – 7:49 PM See Luach, Page 15
Features Index, See Page 12
By now a number of people are aware of a brewing controversy regarding the pullout of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe from the Agudath Israel-sponsored siyum haShas. His reason was their decision to allow Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau and Rabbi Yaakov Hillel to speak in an of-
ficial capacity. He had apparently characterized them as “Zionist rabbis.” Agudath Israel of America has been trying to present the daf yomi project and the siyum haShas as more than just an Agudah project, and this is true. Daf yomi has become an integral part of K’lal Yisrael. Continued on Page 14
OHEL KIDS MEET NBA STARS
HEARD IN THE BAGEL STORE BY LARRY GORDON
Some Notes On Tishah B’Av It is a curious time of year for us, the Jewish people, and for me as well, as an individual. Full disclosure requires that I reveal that the tenth of Av is my birthday and that the day prior to the historic communal fast, the eighth of Av, is my wife’s birthday. So go ahead and have fun planning birthday parties around those two days.
But I like Tishah B’Av and have always felt that way, perhaps because it is around my birthday, but also for a host of additional reasons. Let me put it this way: I believe in the temporariness of the mourning on the Ninth of Av, and that our generation is hopefully on the
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
TO SAVE A LIFE
Eating On A Tishah B’Av Nidcheh BY S.L. ZACHAROWICZ, MD
YU’s summer undergraduate research program. See Page 70
The Gesher kickoff event. See Page 22
Basketball players Bernard King and Nate Archibald visited Camp Kaylie. Above: Elly Kleinman, Chairman of the Board of Trustees at Camp Kaylie, and family with Bernard King. See Page 77
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Up Close With Liora Tedgi BY ROCHELLE MARUCH MILLER
This Sunday, barring a miracle, our community will observe the fast of Tishah B’Av not on Shabbos, July 28, which is actually the ninth of Av, but on Sunday, July 29, the tenth of
Liora Tedgi has been called an “angel” and “messenger from Above” by many of the victims of terror whose shattered lives she has helped rebuild. As one of several victims of terror within her own fam-
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