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Netanyahu Calls for “New Era” in Israel-Latin American Relations on Historic 9-Day Trip

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara participated in a wreath-laying ceremony in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, September 12. The ceremony included an honor guard and the playing of the Israeli and Argentinian national anthems and took place at the San Martin Palace, in memory of Argentinian national hero General Jose de San Martin. Photo Credit: Avi Ohayon (GPO)

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sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu departed on Sunday for a 9-day trip to South America, Mexico and the United States. The prime minister will hold meetings with the leaders of Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay and Mexico before continuing on to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly on September 19. Netanyahu is scheduled to return to Israel ahead of Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year), which begins on the night of September 20. Ahead of the trip, Netanyahu noted that he will become the first sitting prime minister to visit Latin America. He will be joined by about 30 Israeli business leaders in an effort to build bilateral trade and economic ties in a variety of areas, including water technology, agriculture, technology development and more. “We are doing here essentially what we are doing in Asia, Africa, Australia, eastern Europe, the eastern Mediterranean and the rest of the world,“ Netanyahu told the cabinet. ”This visit will strengthen economic, defense and technology ties between Israel and Latin America, and will serve as an additional prop to support Israel‘s standing on the international stage – a

process that we have been overseeing systematically and successfully.“ Netanyahu arrived in Buenos Aires on Monday and had talks with Argentinian President Mauricio Macri as well as with Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes, who traveled to Buenos Aires for the meeting. Netanyahu attended ceremonies at Embassy Square, site of the 1992 terrorist bombing at the Israeli embassy that killed 29 people, as well as the Jewish community building (AMIA),the site of a 1994 terrorist attack that killed 85. Argentina is the country that harbors Latin America’s largest Jewish community of approximately 230,000. According to a Ha’Aretz report, during this meeting Netanyahu will press for answers on the two unsolved terror attacks. On July 18, 1994, a suicide bomber drove a Renault Trafic van bomb loaded with about 275 kilograms (606 lb) of ammonium nitrate fertilizer and fuel oil explosive mixture into the Jewish Community Center building located in a densely constructed commercial area of Buenos Aires, according to a detailed report on Wikipedia. The explosive is thought to have been arranged to focus the blast on the building 3 to 5 metres (9.8 to 16.4 ft) away, exhibiting a shaped charge or explosively formed penetrator effect. The

exterior walls of this five story building were of brick masonry construction, which supported the floor slabs. The air blast from the bomb totally destroyed the exposed load-bearing walls which, in turn, led to progressive failure of the floor slabs and virtually total collapse of the building. Such bearing-wall buildings are notable for their tendency to be brought down in this manner by localized damage.

”This visit will strengthen economic, defense and technology ties between Israel and Latin America, and will serve as an additional prop to support Israel‘s standing on the international stage – a process that we have been overseeing systematically and successfully.“ - Benjamin Netanyahu In the days following the bombing, Israel sent Mossad agents to Argentina to investigate. The Israeli Police also sent a team of four forensic scientists to assist with the building of ante mortem files and victim identification; the IDF sent personnel to help the Argentines with body extrication. Argenti-

na closed its borders after the attack, fearing more terrorists could enter. It was thought possible that the bombers entered Argentina through the Triple Frontier, where the borders of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay meet. Argentina's intelligence agency, the Secretaría de Inteligencia (SIDE), is said to have set up a network of surveillance called "Centauro" in Paraguay. Over the years, the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) building case has been marked by incompetence and accusations of cover-ups. All suspects in the "local connection" (among them, many members of the Buenos Aires Provincial Police) were found to be "not guilty" in September 2004. In August 2005, federal judge Juan José Galeano, in charge of the case, was impeached and removed from his post on a charge of "serious" irregularities due to mishandling of the investigation. In 2005, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who would later become Pope Francis, was the first public personality to sign a petition for justice in the AMIA bombing case. He was one of the signatories on a document called “85 victims, 85 signatures” as part of the bombing’s 11th anniversary. On October 25, 2006, Argentine prosecutors Alberto Nisman (who was

later found murdered) and Marcelo Martínez Burgos formally accused the government of Iran of directing the bombing, and the Hezbollah militia of carrying it out. According to the prosecution's claims in 2006, Argentina had been targeted by Iran after Buenos Aires' decision to suspend a nuclear technology transfer contract to Tehran. This has been disputed because the contract was never terminated, and Iran and Argentina were negotiating on restoration of full cooperation on all agreements from early 1992 until 1994, when the bombing occurred. The thirteenth anniversary of the bombing was commemorated on 18 July 2007. In addition to nationwide exhibitions and ceremonies, radio and television stations and police cars all across Argentina sounded sirens at 9:53 am, the time of the bombing. Netanyahu’s visit to Argentina signals a significant change in relations between the two countries that has been underway since President Macri

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NYC Restaurateur Tied to DeBlasio & De Blasio Praised Bklyn Yeshiva Accused Rechnitz Sentenced in $12M Ponzi Scheme of Not Providing Secular Education By Rachel Shapiro

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n Friday, September 8, a former restaurateur was sentenced to five years in prison for his $12 million Ponzi scheme that involved two businessmen who allegedly bribed New York City law enforcement officers. Hamlet Peralta owned the Hudson River Cafe in Harlem that is now closed. Back in May, Peralta pled guilty using a pretend wholesale liquor business to scam investors out of over $12 million, which included one investor that gave him more than $5 million. The 38-year-old used the funds for personal expenses and to repay other investors, according to

“I have searched deep into my conscience to realize that what I have done is wrong. I’m deeply sorry.” prosecutors. In Manhattan’s Federal District Court, Judge Katherine B. Forrest also ordered that over $5 million must be paid in restitution by Peralta. Before the sentencing, Peralta said, “I have searched deep into my conscience to realize that what I have done is wrong. I’m deeply sorry.” He added, “I want to go back to society as a law-abiding cit-

T The Hudson River Cafe in Harlem, which is now closed, was owned by Hamlet Peralta who was just sentenced to five years in prison.

izen. I want to go back to my family.” Judge Forrest acknowledged the friends and family supporting Peralta in the courtroom and said he was “very eloquent.” However, she wanted to deter him from committing criminal acts in the future, which is why she imposed one of the harsher sentences in the guidelines. She said, “The moral compass that you had was not pointing due north.” The New York Times reports, “After the sentencing, Mr. Peralta turned and waved at his family and friends. They waved back; one woman blew a kiss. The initial investigation into Mr. Peralta, who was charged in April 2016, was relatively narrow; the authorities were suspicious of large sums of money flowing

he Gothamist has obtained a letter written by Mayor Bill de Blasio this past May, way after an investigation was announced by the Department of Education into dozens of yeshivas that were allegedly depriving their students of a secular education, in which the Mayor gives praise to one of the very yeshivas being investigated. In the letter, de Blasio congratulates Crown Heights yeshiva Oholei Torah for "giving its students the tools they need to build solid foundations for their futures," despite the fact that many of the ultra-Orthodox school’s graduates have said they were left unprepared for college and a career. No findings have been provided by the Department of Education pertaining to their investigation into the academic negligence of 39 New York yeshivas, even though the investigation began more than two

through a small Harlem liquor store owned by Mr. Peralta’s sister, who has not been charged with any wrongdoing. But the investigation gained attention for its overlap with subsequent inquiries into bribery among city law enforcement officials. In particular, two of the investors in Mr. Peralta’s fictitious business, Jona S. Rechnitz and Jeremiah Reichberg, were said to have showered high-ranking police officers with jewelry, "The vast majority of Brooklyn Nets tickets and hotel Hasidic boys' high schools rooms in Rome and Chicago, do not teach any secular in exchange for favors. The instudies, zero, not even vestigation into Mr. Peralta also English.” led investigators to Norman Seabrook, the former leader of the city’s correction officers’ years ago and has passed by sevunion, who investigators said eral promised deadlines. On Wednesday, September See NYC Restaurateur Gets , page 37 6, outside City Hall at a press

The lack of secular education given at yeshiva schools in New York had been an ongoing issue in recent years.

conference, de Blasio’s support for the school was criticized by advocates for secular education. The mayor and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña were also accused of not following up on the investigation out of fear of possibly offending the voters who are part of the Hasidic and ultra-Orthodox communities. The group that obtained the mayor’s letter, Young Adults For A Fair Education’s (Yaffed) executive director Naftuli Moster told Gothamist, "The politics behind this is obvious—the city is absolutely terrified of calling out the Hasidic yeshivas, because the findings would indicate that they're not even close to meeting state requirements [concerning education]." According to the group, the letter was included in a commemorative “journal” that was

given to guests that attended this year’s dinner for the yeshiva’s 60th anniversary. It is to be included in a soon to be released report by Yaffed that accuses Oholei Torah of not providing a sufficient secular education to it students from kindergarten through twelfth grade. The Gothamist reports, “In July of 2015, around 50 yeshiva parents, alumni and former teachers sent a letter to the DOE expressing their concern that the Orthodox schools were almost entirely focused on intensive religious studies, to the exclusion of math, English, science and social studies. According to a report put out earlier this month by Yaffed, the lack of instruction in secular education leaves ‘young men

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New Yorkers Cope With Changes Wrought by 9/11 By: Ramon Taylor

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here there is calm, there also is sometimes anxiety. Where there is strength, there, too, is vulnerability. Ask any New Yorkers if they feel safer today than 15 years ago, when the World Trade Center was targeted in the single largest terrorist attack on United States soil. Sometimes the answer is yes, sometimes no. Often, it’s yes and no. Since September 11, 2001, the United States has taken unprecedented measures to keep itself secure. But the world, as both Americans and tourists know it, will never be the same. “I don’t know that I feel safer as much as I think my paranoia makes me behave differently,” said Anthony Dixon, a former New York resident who was

standing in lower Manhattan in 2001, watching the north tower of the World Trade Center burning. Today, Dixon, like many other Americans, feels the days of attending large events without worry are generally over. “I think twice about going to the Halloween parade. I think twice about going to the gay pride parade — any event where there is going to be a lot of people,” Dixon said. “But I realize it can happen on a peaceful day like this.” Ryan Taylor, a personal stylist from Prospect Heights, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, doesn’t feel safer at all. The threat of large-scale destruction may be reduced, but he thinks the overall danger level is still high. “The subway is incredibly vulnerable. Stores and shops are incredibly vulnerable. What are you going to do?” said Taylor.

Ask any New Yorkers if they feel safer today than 15 years ago, when the World Trade Center was targeted in the single largest terrorist attack on United States soil. Sometimes the answer is yes, sometimes no.

“I actually feel more in danger from Mexico, but he calls New because of the provocation, be- York home today. He says New cause of separatism.” Yorkers are better off than much of the rest of the world's people, Extreme security particularly those who have fled Angel Corral is originally their homes in Syria.

“We enjoy a state of extreme security, safety, and there is someone responsible for that,” Corral said. “There is someone invisible taking care of us.” New Yorkers, as diverse as their concerns and opinions are, take a lot of pride in their hometown. Ruth Levine, a volunteer at Jefferson Market Garden in Greenwich Village, has called New York home for 95 years. “I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else,” she said. As a result of 9/11, Levine says she takes nothing for granted anymore. But even when she feels uneasy, she doesn’t let it change her lifestyle, thanks to “a nucleus of wonderful friends.” “I think it is a good thing that we don’t let events overpower us, overpower our thinking,” Levine said. “It shows a healthy mind, and a healthy approach to life.”

NY AG Schneiderman Leads 16 States in Suit Over DACA By Sam Stein

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n Wednesday, September 6, New York joined in a federal lawsuit with 14 other states and the District of Columbia, which will attempt to halt the President’s plan to disintegrate a program that protects young immigrants from being deported.

“Immigration is the lifeblood of New York State.” The suit was filed in Brooklyn federal court by a coalition of 16 Attorneys General led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) grantees. The lawsuit details how the Trump administration has violated the Equal Protection clause of the Constitution by discriminating against DREAMers of Mexican origin, who make up 78 percent of DACA recipients; violated

Due Process rights; and harmed States’ residents, institutions, and economies. In a statement, Schneiderman said, “Immigration is the lifeblood of New York State. The Trump administration’s decision to end DACA is cruel, inhumane, and devastating to the 42,000 New Yorkers who have been able to come out of the shadows and live a full life as a result of the program. These DREAMers play by the rules. They work hard and pay taxes. America is the only home they have ever known – and they deserve to stay here and keep contributing to our state and our nation.” He concluded, “That’s why we’re taking the Trump administration to court to protect DREAMers and the New York employers who rely on them. It’s clear that President Trump’s DACA repeal would cause huge economic harm to New York – and that it’s driven by President Trump’s personal anti-Mexican bias. Attorneys General have not hesitated to act to protect those

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman led a coalition of 16 Attorneys General in filing a suit to protect Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) grantees.

we serve, and I’m committed to continuing to use every tool to protect New Yorkers.” The lawsuit was led by New York Attorney General Schneiderman, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, and Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, and filed by a total of 16 Attorneys General: New York, Massachusetts, Washington, Connecticut,

Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia. New York is home to nearly 42,000 DACA grantees. There are approximately 800,000 DACA recipients across the country. According to the Center for American Progress, 97 percent of DACA grantees are

employed or go to school; they pay $140 million annually in state and local taxes in New York, as the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy has detailed. Governor Andrew Cuomo said, “This cruel move to rescind DACA feeds the beast of bigotry and undermines the values that built this state and this nation. Ending this policy will upend the lives of hundreds of thousands of young people who have only ever called America their home. This action is antithetical to everything we believe as New Yorkers and we cannot sit on the sidelines and watch the lives of these young people ruined. As we made clear before this decision, New York will sue to protect the 'dreamers' and the state's sovereign interest in the fair and equal application of the law” The lawsuit also includes a number of declarations from businesses, academic institutions, local governments, DACA grantees, and others impacted by the Trump administration’s decision to end DACA.

Trump Shows Support for NY/NJ Gateway Tunnel Project

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n Thursday September 7th, elected officials from New York and New Jersey met with President Trump at the White House to discuss the Gateway Program. The President seemed keen to come to an agreement for the multi-billion dollar plan to build a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River. He appeared willing to have the federal government to pay for half of the costs, as reported by the NY Daily News. Over a dozen elected officials from the two states were present, including Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Rep. Pete King (R-L.I.), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Governor Cuomo, and NJ Gov. Chris Christie. “Nothing was signed off officially but every question had a

positive answer. The impression I had was it was as close to being final as it could possibly be,” said King. Schumer agreed saying, “The meeting was positive. The President was receptive and wants to get back to us on Gateway." A White House official called it a “productive meeting.” “The expense of the program, which approaches $30 billion, will require a strong partnership to deliver these ... projects in a cost-effective manner by streamlining the permitting process, using innovative procurement techniques, and being creative in the funding and financing of the program,” said the White House official. “The President and his administration remain committed to creating a robust infrastructure package that will modernize and transform our nation's infrastructure.”

damaged by Hurricane Sandy. The bridge in New Jersey over the Hackensack River would be rebuilt. On Wednesday, the House defeated an attempt to stop the $900 million that had already been allotted for the Gateway project. "We confirmed our original agreement with the previous administration whereby the Port Authority would finance 50% with user fees and the federal government would contribute 50%,” said Gov. Cuomo The President seemed keen to come to an agreement for the multi- of the White House meeting. “I also affirmed that it was billion dollar plan to build a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson imperative the project would River. He appeared willing to have the federal government to pay have to be done using design for half of the costs, as reported by the NY Daily News. build like the replacement for Cuomo and Christie would Program would include build- the Tappan Zee Bridge, which like to fund half of the project ing two tubes under the Hud- the President agreed was a cost through the bi-state Port son River for Amtrak and New success." A source told the Daily News Authority, hoping the other Jersey Transit trains to allow half will be covered by the Fed- for repairs to be made on the See Trump Shows Support , page 37 eral government. The Gateway existing tunnels which were

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Poll Finds Less Than 50% of New Yorkers Support Gillibrand By Rebecca Gold

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ccording to a recent poll by Siena College, less than half of New Yorkers feel that Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has done a satisfactory job of fulfilling her duties and should be re-elected next year. During the Trump Administration, Gillibrand has gained notability across the country for speaking out against the Republican president and his cabinet. Her vocal opposition has brought rise to rumors that Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will Gillibrand might seek a presi- be up for re-election in 2018. dential position much like her (Photo via Twitter) predecessor Hilary Clinton. tered voters Siena surveyed the last week of August gave her only middling ratings. Just 49% Only 50% of registered said they viewed her favorably, voters in New York and only 47% said they would City said they viewed Gillibrand favorably, and cast a ballot for her if the eleconly 47% would vote for tion were today. Nearly a quarher to serve a second full ter reported an unfavorable opinion of the former upstate term. congresswoman, and almost a third said they would prefer an However, as her profile in unnamed ‘someone else’ in ofWashington rose, Gillibrand’s fice. Those numbers are similar popularity on the New York to President Donald Trump's home front has been sinking. statewide favorability rating. According to Crain’s, “Eight More than one in five voters years after Gillibrand's appoint- surveyed said they did not know ment to the Senate following whom they would vote for or Clinton's resignation and five held no opinion on the matter years after she overwhelmingly of Gillibrand serving a another won a full term, the 771 regis- six-year stint in Washington,

while 28% pleaded ignorance or indifference in regard to her performance in office.” Only 50% of registered voters in New York City said they viewed Gillibrand favorably, and only 47% would vote for her to serve a second full term. Her numbers are a bit higher among New York State’s registered Democrats; where 63% view her favorably and 61% would give her a second term. Latinos are the least supportive of Gillibrand, while her support among African-American voters is strongest. Although less than 60% of blacks view her favorably, and only 53% would actually vote for her again. This all aside, she is still likely to win re-election in New York, since the GOP does not yet have any candidates to challenger her, and the last time a Republican won a New York Senate seat was in 1992 with al D’Amato. Both Governor Andrew Cuomo and Senator Gillibrand are facing re-election next year in 2018, and neither have actual acknowledged any presidential contending plans. A spokesman for the senator said, "Senator Gillibrand is eager to continue to work hard on behalf of New Yorkers and earn their support, and looks forward to running a robust campaign next year.” Note that the overall margin of error for this poll is 4.2%.

Jewish Groups Receive $9M in NYC Council Funding for New Projects By: JV Staff

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ouncilman David G. Greenfield is pleased to announce with Councilman Mark Levine that New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage will receive $2.75 million from the City’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget, which Greenfield helped advocate for this summer. According to the Museum, these funds will initiate new high-impact exhibitions on anti-Semitism, revitalize public space, and introduce new technology for the benefit of 50,000 schoolchildren, their teachers, and other visitors. Described as “a living memorial to the Holocaust,” the Museum of Jewish Heritage features rotating exhibits as well as a permanent collection of more than 25,000 items, divided into chronological sections for before, during, and after the Shoah. It is this permanent collection that will be revitalized with the City Council's new funding. “We all know the words, that we must keep the memory of the Shoah alive,” Greenfield said. “The way we do that is by funding programs like these and making sure that future generations will learn about the horrors of the Holocaust.” "The City's generous and vital support is greatly appreciated by the entire Museum community," said Michael S. Glickman, the President and CEO of the Mu-

Described as “a living memorial to the Holocaust,” the Museum of Jewish Heritage features rotating exhibits as well as a permanent collection of more than 25,000 items, divided into chronological sections for before, during, and after the Shoah

seum of Jewish Heritage. "As the third largest Holocaust museum in the world, we represent New York City's commitment to Holocaust remembrance and education in an international arena, and we are especially proud to welcome more than 50,000 schoolchildren to our Battery Park City home each year." The Museum of Jewish Heritage is just one of the many Jewish organizations whose funding Greenfield advocated for in this year's budget. Greenfield supported the efforts of Council Member Laurie Cumbo to secure funds for the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights which will see $2 million to provide supplemental educational opportunities fo-

cused on Jewish history. Jewish social-service providers like the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services will receive new office space, equipment and new vehicles including for transportation to and from Boro Park's Mishkon. Councilman Mark Levine, who chairs the City Council's Jewish Caucus, said that the members of the Jewish Caucus were able to collectively secure more than $9 million for Jewish non-profits. "Without these groups, many of the most vulnerable New Yorkers would suffer," Levine said. "All of the members of the Jewish Caucus came together See Jewish Groups Receive $9M , page 36

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Russian Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov to Sell the Brooklyn Nets By: Benyamin Davidsons

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ikhail Prokhorov, the Russian billionaire who owns the Barclay Center as well as the Brooklyn Nets, has been on the lookout since November for an investor to take on a share in the arena as well as the NBA team. Now, after being unable to sell a minority stake, Prokhorov has decided to unload the team altogether, agreeing to relinquish his controlling stake. As per the NY Post, the 52-year-old is seeking roughly $2 billion for the Nets. The sale, as per Prokhorov’s plan should consist of two phases. He would still like to first sell a minority share, and then deliver full control in a few seasons. There is a catch, however. The sale will not include the Barclay Center, which he wishes to keep. Forbes valued the Nets at $1.8 billion in February. The Barclays Center accounts for over $551 million of that total. The actual Brooklyn Nets brand is valued at only at $186 million. Just being in the NBA in the New York area accounts for more than a $1 billion of the team’s value. This explains the irony of how the Nets are one of the most valuable NBA franchises, despite concurrently being one of the least profitable. The Barclay center is a money

Mikhail Prokhorov, the Russian billionaire who owns the Barclays Center as well as the Brooklyn Nets, has been on the lookout since November for an investor to take on a share in the arena as well as the NBA team

making arena. It is considered among the world’s top-grossing concert venues. This month Ed Sheeran and Paul McCartney have concerts scheduled which will fill to capacity and charge high ticket prices, unlike the Nets games. The Nets have recently renewed their lease at Barclays with a clause allowing the team to pay less rent. Last season, the Nets compiled the worst record in the NBA. Further, the Nets are expected to lose money next season. Prokhorov acquired the team in 2010, and took control of 100 percent stake in the team in 2015. When he first bought the team, he haughtily promised that within five years he would

bring them an NBA title. It was a promise he could not deliver, and he is clearly disappointed. The recent sale of the NBA’s Houston Rockets for $2.2 billion to Tilman Fertitta must be emboldening Prokhorov to believe he could sell the Nets for $2 billion. The Rockets were at least a profitable team. Potential investors, which will likely be Wall Street types, will await details of the new Nets Barclay lease, as well as info on revenue the team will receive from sponsorships and suite rentals. Time will tell if point guard D’Angelo Russell, who was traded in from the L.A. Lakers this June, will add value to the team.

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Developer Harry Macklowe Cries Broke as Divorce Proceeds By Rebecca Gold

“This is a case study in divorce accounting 101.” In Manhattan Supreme Court, during his opening statement, Teitler said, “This is a case study in divorce accounting 101.” He continued saying that the real estate tycoon has been “paying [a French girlfriend’s] expenses, providing her with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash as well as lavish gifts– and that’s just

Trump is Among Beneficiaries of the Sale of Brooklyn’s Starrett City By Mark Snyder

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he wealthy developer Harry Macklowe reports that he is now broke as he enters a fierce divorce battle with his soon-to-be ex-wife. According to The Post, “Linda is calling his bluff, saying at the opening day of their divorce trial that his debts are based on the fact that he hasn’t paid taxes since 1983. Macklowe, 80, has listed his personal net worth as negative $400 million, largely from deferred capital gains taxes related to the 2008 sale of the General Motors building in midtown Manhattan for $2.9 billion.” Linda’s attorney John Teitler said, “Mr. Macklowe himself knows these types of gains are never actually realized by real estate developers.”

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A From left to right: Harry Macklowe, his soon-to-be ex-wife Linda, and his son Billy.

what we know about.” The couple was married for over half a century, a remarkable 58 years. Macklowe has listed his marital assets as $1.3 billion in the divorce case. This number mainly accounts for the giant art collection and many homes that the couple shares, including a unit in the Plaza Hotel valued at $100 million. The 79-year-old Linda requested that this apartment and all the art work be awarded to her by the judge. Her lawyer Teitler said, “Mrs. Macklowe believed they would stay married for the rest of their lives. She did not expect this divorce let alone at age 80.” Teitler’s remarks were said to be “detached from reality,” by Peter Bronstein, Harry Macklowe’s

attorney. He said that the differed capital gains taxes of his client are “a real liability.” Bronstein stated, “There’s no reason why half the marital assets should be taken by the wife and the husband should be left with all the liabilities.” On Wednesday morning, September 6, Linda was the first to take the witness stand. She took the opportunity to tearfully explain why their art collection should go to her. She said, “Harry grew up in the suburbs and I met him through a friend and he really didn’t know that much about the art world and the New York art world.” She added, “What attracted him to me was the world I moved in with my friends and the interests we had.”

n agreement has been reached by the owners of the Brooklyn affordable-housing complex Starrett City to sell the property for around $850 million. Since President Donald Trump is among the co-owners, the sale is subject to the approval of his administration’s housing officials. According to a statement on Wednesday, September 6, from Brooksville and Starrett City Associates, the partnership that has owned the complex for more than four decades, the buyer of the property is a joint venture led by Brooksville Co. The companies also said that the deal is still subject to the approval of state and federal regulators. Trump appointed Ben Carson is the overseer of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that is in charge of administering mortgage and rent subsidy programs from which the complex benefits. The property which is located in East New York on the Belt Parkway, was originally invested in by Trump’s father. Trump and his siblings own approximately 16% of Star rett City all together. According to a financial disclosure-filing made in June by Trump with the U.S. Office of Government Ethics, the President is a limited partner with his personal stake being 4 percent via

Starrett City, which is now renamed Spring Creek Towers, has found a buyer. (Photo via springcreektowers.com)

a trust in Starrett City Associates. In the past year, Trump received over $5 million from the property in income. Bloomberg News reports, “Starrett City -- now renamed Spring Creek Towers -- is home to 15,000 residents living in 5,881 apartments in 46 buildings spanning Pennsylvania Avenue just north of the Belt Parkway. Every apartment is subsidized to maintain affordability. A 2009 refinancing of the development requires that the apartments remain affordable until 2039, according to the statement. Sixty percent of the apartments fall under HUD’s Section 8 rental-assistance program, and the rest are under the department’s Section 236 interest-rate reduction or New York State’s Mitchell-Lama

program.” Starrett City managing partner Carol Deane said, "This sale agreement provides stability for our residents, and guarantees their apartments will remain affordable for many years into the future.” For years, HUD has subsidized the middle- and lower-income tenants at the complex, amounting to over $491 million in federal dollars, from 2013 through May. The Office of Multifamily Housing and New York State will be reviewing the sale, according to a HUD spokesman, who stated that the review “will ensure that any potential buyer has the financial resources and necessary experience to competently manage the property, and to meet its future capital needs.”

George Soros Son’s Divorce May Lead to Loss of Art Collection By Rachel Shapiro

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f a value cannot be agreed on for the art collection belonging to billionaire George Soros’s son Robert and his estranged wife Melissa Schiff will end up having to lose it all, including works by famed artists Christopher Wool and Jeff Koons. On Wednesday, September 6, in Manhattan Supreme Court, the former couple’s $350 million divorce trial began. Alan Feigenbaum, Soros’ lawyer, said in the former couple’s prenuptial agreement, it says that if “the parties cannot agree on a value…property should be sold.” That interpretation is being disputed by however by Schiff ’s lawyer, Bernard Clair, who argued that in April, a ruling in an appeals court determined that “the prenup does not address the disposition of marital art.”

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Robert Soros is the eldest son of George Soros and is in the third year of a messy divorce.

Up until recently, Soros had been running his father’s investment management firm valued at $28 billion. His desire is to sell their entire art collection, while Schiff wants certain pieces to remain in her possession. A farm in Rhinebeck that is worth $5.85 million is also being

Billionaire George Soros is one of the most successful investors in the world. (Photo via georgesoros.com)

disputed over by the pair. Schiff says that the property is something that she “loves more than anything.” In 2014, after a fiery affair with a nude model, Soros filed for divorce. Soros and Schiff were married for 22 years.

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Real Estate Boom Takes Over Brooklyn’s Flatbush Avenue By Charles Bernstein

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ver the last decade, Brooklyn’s Flatbush Avenue has gone through major gentrification. Residents in the area were infuriated when the 24-story rental building was first proposed for 626 Flatbush Avenue. Now the controversially tall luxury building called Parkline, with rents starting at $2,012 and going up to $4,430, is just one among a trend of new buildings with stunning views and superb amenities to hit the area. Jessi Arrington and Creighton Mershon spoke to The Post about their decision to make the move this year from Dumbo to Prospect Lefferts Gardens. The couple weighed two major trade-offs. The Post reports, “They could rent a bigger, older

walkup in the townhouse-heavy neighborhood, or opt for a small pad in a brand-new building with stunning views and a play area for their 2-year-old daughter, Dottie Mae. The second, more weighty conundrum: Could they make peace with becoming gentrifiers?” The 38-year-old Arrington, who runs a co-working space in Gowanus called Small City, told The Post, “We made a life decision that we needed to take money off our rent, which meant moving further into Brooklyn. Somebody is going to move into that [Parkline] apartment. If it’s us, we can try to become a part of the neighborhood as much as anyone could.” The couple did end up deciding to move into a 500-squarefoot studio in the Parkline. If you continue down Flat-

The real estate boom of Downtown Brooklyn is making its way down Flatbush Avenue, gentrifying neighborhoods on the far side of Prospect Park. (Photo via Google Maps)

ring area development since its reopening in 2015. Across the street from City Point and next door to Junior’s iconic cheesecake outpost, construction began last month on 9 DeKalb Ave., which will be Brooklyn’s tallest building. With 73 stories rising 1,066 feet and housing 500 rentals, the SHoP Architects-designed tower will dwarf everything nearby. In a merging of old and new, developers JDS and the Chetrit Group are incorporating the landmarked Dime Savings Bank into the supertall tower’s base and will lease it to a retail tenant when the project is completed in 2020. About four blocks south, Alloy Development wants to redevelop an entire city block at 80 Flatbush Ave. with a 38-story building featuring residential, office and retail components, Photo courtesy of Alloy as well as a 74-story mixed-use Development building. The project will acIn a recent article, The Post commodate two schools for 700 outlined some of the new ma- students, plus 900 new housing jor developments to hit these units (both condos and rentals).” booming areas. The Post reports, “The contrast between northern and southern Flatbush Citi Habitats says that Avenue is striking, but paralmonthly rents for lel trends emerge. Downtown apartments in the area Brooklyn is booming with new now range from $2,715 to construction like mixed-use $7,578. City Point, which opened this year with an Alamo Drafthouse Like the many other new sumovie theater, Trader Joe’s, Target and more. Just a few miles per tall developments to hit the down the road, the historic area, residents of the neighborKings Theatre, sparkling after a hood protested Alloy as well, $95 million restoration, is spur- claiming it will draw more peobush Avenue from the Manhattan Bridge past the bustling insanity of Downtown Brooklyn, then as you pass Prospect Park it splits into two relatively quiet and quickly up-and-coming neighborhoods of Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Flatbush.

City Point is a mixed-use project along Flatbush Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn. (Photo Credit: Acadia Realty Trust)

ple to the already overcrowded Barclay area and overshadow the townhouses that make up the heart of the area. A petition was launched last month by the Boerum Hill Association with the slogan, “No Towers Over Brownstone Brooklyn.” In an email, Alloy president AJ Pires said that 80 Flatbush will be made even better by the “robust community feedback,” and that he has plans for “great architecture” that will “add to the vibrancy of the area.” This year the project is expected to begin the city’s public review process, and by 2022 the first phase is scheduled to be complete. No one argues that the landscape of the area was remarkably different a decade ago. Though the buildings aren’t as tall and dense as those in Manhattan, new construction seems to be

on par with Long Island City, as it fills with luxury condos and “glassy towers.” Two projects that will contribute to the transformation of the area are now being marketed by Citi Habitats. A 19-story rental building is planned to open in early-2018 at One Flatbush at the corner of Fulton Street corner. The building will have approximately 19,000 square feet of retail on the first and second floors, then apartments above that with an average square footage of 674. Though specific prices have not been announced for this project, Citi Habitats says that monthly rents for apartments in the area now range from $2,715 to $7,578. Also slated to open next year is 470 Dean Street, across from See Real Estate Boom Takes , page 36

May this New Year be filled with many sweet moments for you and your family.

L’Shana Tova

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St. John's Terminal in Manhattan Under Contract for $700M By Hadassa Kalatizadeh

The property is being purchased from owners Atlas Capital and Westbrook Partners. Westbrook replaced prior partner, Fortress in 2015. It was purchased from its longtime owner the Eugene Grant family in 2012 for $540.8 million.

The Upper West Side Home that Inspired Woody Allen By Ellen Cans

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t. John’s Terminal, the 1.1 million square-foot former warehouse, at 550 Washington Street is in contract to be acquired by Oxford Properties for about $700 million, or $443 per square foot. The West Village land can be redeveloped into a massive mixed-use complex with about 1.58 million square feet of residential, retail and office space. As reported by the NY Post, the three-block-long complex has been sought after for decades for its potential in redevelopment. Surrounded by Washington, Clarkson and Spring streets and the West Side Highway, it has a supplementary 280,000 square feet of air rights. In addition, 200,000 square feet of air rights will be transferred from Pier 40 for an extra $100 million, as approved by the City Council in December. The Pier, located

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St. John’s Terminal, the 1.1 million square-foot former warehouse, at 550 Washington Street is in contract to be acquired by Oxford Properties for about $700 million, or $443 per square foot.

just across the highway, can use the money to fix its piles and roof. The property is being purchased from owners Atlas Capital and Westbrook Partners. Westbrook replaced prior partner, Fortress in 2015. It was purchased from its longtime owner the Eugene Grant family in 2012 for $540.8 million. The developers attained permission to create five buildings with 1,586 apartments. Thirty percent of the apartments will be set aside for lower rents, and one of the buildings may specialize in senior residents. There will be a hotel, offices, and approximately 400,000 square feet of retail at the ground level. Vornado Realty Trust, Scott Rechler’s RXR and Brookfield

were all bidders, each hoping to purchase the complex. Douglas Harmon and Adam Spies from Cushman & Wakefield were the seller’s brokers. Oxford Properties Group, established in 1960, has over 2,000 employees and manages $40 billion of real assets. The Toronto-based buyer already owns 450 Park Avenue, the Olympic Tower in partnership with the Chera family, and the 28- acres of Hudson Yards with Related Companies. Oxford’s global real estate portfolio entails more than 150 properties spanning 56 million square feet, with over 9,500 residential units and 3,600 hotels rooms located primarily across Canada, Western Europe and select US markets.

oody Allen received plenty of inspiration from his producer, Jack Rollins. Among them, Allen got the impression of what an Upper West Side home is supposed to look like. Allen integrated the look and feel of Rollins’s pre-war co-op into his movies. Rollins passed away in 2015, at the age of 100. Birth named Jacob Rabinowitz, born in Brooklyn to Russian immigrants, he was a top producer Jack Rollins (pictured above) passed away in 2015, at the

age of 100. Birth named Jacob Rabinowitz, born in Brooklyn to Russian immigrants, he was a top producer for film and television. He had a gift for spotting talent and he managed famed actors and actresses including Mike Nichols, Dick Cavett, Elaine May, Joan Rivers, David Letterman, Robin Williams, and Billy Crystal to name a few.

Woody Allen received plenty of inspiration from his producer, Jack Rollins. Among them, Allen got the impression of what an Upper West Side home is supposed to look like. Allen integrated the look and feel of Rollins’s pre-war co-op into his movies.

for film and television. He had a gift for spotting talent and he managed famed actors and actresses including Mike Nichols, Dick Cavett, Elaine May, Joan Rivers, David Letterman, Robin Williams, and Billy Crystal to name a few. Now, Rollins’ three children are selling the iconic home where they grew up. Located at 110 Riverside Drive, across from Riverside Park, the 9th floor 3-bedroom boasts 2,415 square feet of space with open exposures, oversize windows, beamed ceilings, and views of the Hudson River. The home is listed by Julie Gans of Triple-

mint for $3,200,000. It is still furnished as it was, with the original art and piano, but the furnishings are not included in the sale. The white-glove 1929 building offers a full-time doorman, a gym, playroom, deeded storage, a live-in super, and bike storage. Jerry Stiller still lives in the building, and so does Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. As per the NY Post, Rollins was known for hosting legendary parties in the home, where people gathered around the grand piano, singing merrily See The Upper West Side , page 36

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Bklyn Councilman Introduces Bills Boro Park Rabbi ‘Traumatized’ By Vermont for Quality-Of-Life of New Yorkers State Trooper Holding Him at Gunpoint By: KCP Staff

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ouncil Member Alan Maisel (D-Canarsie, Flatlands, Mill Basin, Bergen Beach, Gerritsen Beach) announced the introduction of several pieces of new legislation that will significantly impact the lives of millions of New Yorkers last week. The first is Resolution 1640 calling upon the New York State Legislature to introduce and pass legislation that would provide a tax increase deferment for seniors 65 years and older. This legislation aims to reduce the pressure that many seniors experience when living in gentrifying neighborhoods where taxes are rising as property value increases. Another piece of legislation, Introduction 1702 would require officers responding to noise complaints to carry a decibel meter to measure loud noises. This introduction is in response to a recent court decision limiting the ability of police officers to issue violations leading to noise Complaints. The last two bills introduced by Maisel deal with problems regarding the NYC Department

A Council Member Alan Maisel (D-Canarsie, Flatlands, Mill Basin, Bergen Beach, Gerritsen Beach) announced the introduction of several pieces of new legislation that will significantly impact the lives of millions of New Yorkers last week

of Transportation (DOT). Introduction 1703 would require the DOT to provide warnings to motorists for new traffic regulations and to maintain such warnings for at least 30 days. It will also require that the DOT provide an option for email updates, enabling city residents to opt-in through the department’s website. In addition, the second piece of legislation will be subject of a hearing by the New York City Council’s Committee on Trans-

portation that would require the DOT to repair “ponding” problems within 60 days of a complaint being filed with the city. “The passage of these bills would significantly improve the quality of life of thousands of New Yorkers and would certainly make New York City a more livable place to reside in,” said Maisel. In another development, State Senator Martin Golden See Bklyn Councilman Introduces , page 36

Navy to Study Wreckage of WWI Ship that Sank Near LI Just weeks after the 99th anniversary of the sinking of the World War I USS San Diego, the Navy has announced that it will survey the wreckage By Ilana Siyance

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ust weeks after the 99th anniversary of the sinking of the World War I USS San Diego, the Navy has announced that it will survey the wreckage. The study, which is scheduled for Sept. 11-15, is timed to enable researchers to conduct an exhaustive examination of the site and prepare to release their findings on time for the 100th anniversary of the U.S.’s entry into WWI. The 15,000-ton armored cruiser lies only a few miles south of Long Island, southeast of Fire Island, N.Y., 110 feet below the surface. On July 19, 1918, leaving from Portsmouth, N.H. heading for New York, USS San Diego is thought to have been sunk by a torpedo fired by the German submarine, U-156. The US ship sank in 28 minutes leading to the loss of six lives. It was the only major warship lost by the United States in WWI. The 503-foot-long cruiser’s guns and distinguishing features are largely intact, due to its armored exterior. It is one of the most popular sites for recreational divers on Long Island, despite being upside down. The site is a protected area, under the Sunken Military Craft Act of 2004. Especially since it is an underwater war grave, unauthorized salvaging of artifacts or disturbance is illegal. As reported by the NY Times, underwater robotics and sen-

The 15,000-ton armored cruiser lies only a few miles south of Long Island, southeast of Fire Island, N.Y., 110 feet below the surface. On July 19, 1918, leaving from Portsmouth, N.H. heading for New York, USS San Diego is thought to have been sunk by a torpedo fired by the German submarine, U-156.

sors along with an autonomous underwater vehicle will be used to explore the battle damage to the ship to determine what type of weapon caused the explosion at 11:05 a.m. The San Diego was zigzagging at 15 knots through submarine-infested waters, on its way to escort a convoy from France. The explosion on the port side warped the bulkhead, severely damaged both engines and crippled radio communication, preventing a distress call. Under the direction of Capt. Harley H. Christy, nearly 1,200 survivors abandoned the ship, entering lifeboats and were seen two hours later by a gunnery officer, who called for rescue ships. The survey led by the Naval

History and Heritage Command will be performed in collaboration with the University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, the Naval Surface Warfare Center, the office of Naval Intelligence, and the Fire Island station of the U.S. Coast Guard. “Although ships and weapons are much different now than they were 100 years ago, studying the wreck may still teach us something we didn’t know about anti-submarine warfare,” said Paul Taylor, the head of the communications at the Naval History and Heritage Command. “This information may prove useful to See Navy to Study Wreckage , page 37

Vermont state trooper held a rabbi from Borough Park at gunpoint and treated like a common “criminal,” according to a report in the New York Post. The rabbi’s upset wife is demanding the trooper be removed from duty for this heinous act. Rabbi Berl Fink’s wife, Sarah, told The Post, that their horror story started on August 7 near Fairlee, Vermont, along I-91 North. The Post reports, “Berl, who was driving, was ordered out of their 2004 Toyota Camry at gunpoint by Trooper Justin Thompson around 11:30 p.m., as their two teen kids looked on, she said. Thompson then allegedly pushed Berl to the ground, handcuffed him and frisked him for weapons, while the rest of the kin — including the couple’s 16-year-old daughter and 19-year-old son — were also told to get out of the vehicle and handcuffed. Sarah claimed four other cops ‘tackled’ her son to the ground, ‘repeatedly’ frisked them and searched their car.” Sarah told the paper, “I tell you, there was brutality. He was pointing guns. I can’t tell you how traumatizing it was.” The day following the incident, the family was informed

The Fink family is threatening to sue the Vermont State Police for civil rights violation.

by officers that they were pulled over for speeding, and trooper arrested Berl because he thought he was drunk because he was weaving between lanes. However, a Breathalyzer test to determine Berl’s blood alcohol level was never administered. According to the family, the first time they drove past the trooper, who was on the side of the rode with his lights on, they were only moving somewhere between 55 and 60 mph through the 65-mph speed zone. After they went passed the trooper, he pulled out and began tailing the family’s Toyota. Sarah told The Post, “We were frustrated. We were helpless. There was nothing to do. When someone starts up with you, you

call the police. But what if it is the police?” The trooper eventually issued Berl a summons for eluding an officer of the law, as he had to respond to a more urgent call. The family is now threatening to sue the Vermont State Police for violating their civil rights. Vermont Governor Phil Scott was called on by Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind to investigate the family’s allegations over this “appalling” incident. Hikind said, “My constituents’ dress made it clear that they were Hasidic Jews, a sight that may be uncommon in Vermont but one that is hardly a crime. While it would be difficult to mistake the See Boro Park Rabbi , page 37

The historic Meseritz Synagogue is proud to have re-opened after nearly four years of renovations. We are anticipating the upcoming High Holiday season. Services will be led by renowned Lower East Side cantor Mendel Kaplan And Rabbi Kalman Nochlin If you are interested in attending our services, please contact us at: Phone: 212-505-5264, Email: thenewmeseritz@gmail.com Facebook: Meseritz Synagogue (@meseritz.org). There is a suggested donation of $50

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Hundreds Protest Immigration Order Outside Trump Hotel By Hellen Zaboulani

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undreds of people rallied outside of Trump International Hotel and Tower near Central Park on Saturday, to protest the Trump administration’s decision to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation. Protesters waved signs that read “No human is illegal” and “Immigrants welcome”. They chanted “No hate, no fear, immigrants are welcome here” and even “Deport Donald Trump”. On Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the end of an administrative order which allowed some immigrants who were illegally brought to the United States as children to stay legally, as reported by VIN News. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA as it is called, was initiated by former President Barack Obama in 2012. It gave “temporary protected status” to those who illegally immigrated before 2007, being under 16 when they arrived and continuously resided in the US since. The beneficiaries must be in school, have completed high school or a GED, or have completed military service. The recipients, half of whom came to the U.S. with their parents when they were under the age of 6, are probably

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New 9/11 Memorial on LI Will Name Sickened Responders By: Hadassa Kalatizadeh

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n Monday, September 11, the 16th anniversary of the terror attacks on the World Trade Center, the Town of Hempstead has officially dedicated a memorial that it has built. The monument is in Point Lookout, on Long Island’s south shore, which has a view of the famed Towers and their heartbreaking devastation. The $1.3 million dedication features a twisted, 30-foot-tall beam of steel from the Trade Center planted like a flag. It includes an Protesters rally outside the Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York to protest the Trump administration's decision to end elevated walkway and granite a program protecting young immigrants from deportation, Sept. plaques engraved with the names of the almost 3,000 people who 9, 2017. Many people attending the rally said the program has perished in the terror attacks. helped them. In addition, a separate plaque will honor the names of 582 police officers, firefighters, cleanup volunteers, construction workers, and others who volunteered at the rubble of the World Trade Center in the aftermath of the attacks and, years later, died from causes thought to be linked to smoke and toxic dust at the site. Supplementary space will be reserved to add more names. The memorial also includes a plaque pointing in the direction of the visibly rebuilt Freedom Towers. “I think what the town of Hempstead is doing is nothing short of honorable,” said John Malcolm McCluskey, right, pumps his fist in the air as he joins in a chant with supporters of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival Feal, a longtime advocate for 9/11 responders who now suffer program (DACA) during a demonstration on Pennsylvania from health ailments. “People Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Sept. 9, 2017.

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ity Council Candidate Liam McCabe, the leading Republican in the race to represent the 43rd Council District that includes Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst and Dyker Heights, recently announced a plan to use Fort Hamilton Army Base as a command center for disaster and emergency response, and counterterrorism through strategies that better connect federal and city resources. As a City Councilmember, McCabe, because of his experience working in the federal government sector, will be the “missing link” to connect New Yorkers with federal resources for emergency management and response, using the base, located in the 43rd Council District. Fort Hamilton is poised to serve as a staging ground for air rescue, to provide services, and to partner with city and local organizations like CERT, Bravo, and volunteer organizations according to McCabe. “The Fort Hamilton Army Base is a vibrant and important part of our community,” says McCabe. As a City Councilmember, McCabe plans to create a “network and database of volunteers that could be activated in case of emergency” with central communications and response through Fort Hamilton.

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A plan was announced to use Fort Hamilton Army Base in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn as a command center for disaster and emergency response, and counterterrorism through strategies that better connect federal and city resources.

“We have a great federal resource right here in Brooklyn for counterterrorism and disaster response for the entire City of New York,” says McCabe. “I will push the city toward cooperating better with the federal government to make use of this powerful resource.” McCabe says, “I will make sure that the City Council partners with the city, state and federal government to create a fully functioning command center out of Fort Hamilton using existing federal resources.” According to McCabe, this partnership will go into action in response to emergencies in the coastal region of Brooklyn, Staten Island, New Jersey, New York City. McCabe says that “while federal resources currently exist,” his plan is to “strengthen the partnership,” to connect with Congressman Donovan, who endorsed

McCabe’s run for City Council, and to make sure that the safety of the City of New York and its residents is a priority for receiving federal resources and that those resources are “activated and maximized for the good of New Yorkers.” Liam will use his federal experience to partner the City of New York with the federal government to better respond in times of natural disasters like hurricanes and to support counterterrorism efforts that keep the city safe. “I have been working with multiple federal agencies for close to a decade,” says Liam, “and between my on the ground experience during Hurricane Sandy and the relationships I have built within the federal government, I am uniquely able to connect Brooklyn with the scope of federal resources that can best serve us during emergencies.”

On Monday, September 11, the 16th anniversary of the terror attacks on the World Trade Center, the Town of Hempstead has officially dedicated a memorial that it has built. The monument is in Point Lookout, on Long Island’s south shore, which has a view of the famed Towers and their heartbreaking devastation

who lost a loved one to illness suffer just like someone lost on that day. Hopefully this will offer some ease and comfort to them.” As reported by Associated Press, the memorial joins the recent effort to recognize also the people who fell ill after partaking in the rescue and recovery operation. In May, officials at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum similarly announced plans to allot commemorative space at the WTC to give due honor to rescue and recovery workers. Staten Island has recently added a plaque with names of their residents who died from related illnesses. NY’s police and fire departments have also made memorials.

The long-term health impact of the sooty air at the Trade Center site is an ongoing study. Pinpointing how many people’s serious illnesses are directly linked to the exposure is a challenge. Approximately 30,000 people have applied for the government compensation fund set up for 9/11 related illnesses. So far, $3 billion has been granted. Officials are still reviewing claims. Roughly 2,700 of the 17,400 people with approved claims have cancer. Through the end of August, 144 of the approved claims were granted to people who died of a linked illness. See New 9/11 Memorial , page 37

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Irma Devastates Florida; Millions Still Without Power & Water By: Ken Bredemeier

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Trump Remembers September 11th Attack Victims By: Walter Metuth

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urricane Irma weakened into a tropical storm Monday as it moved over northern Florida and into southern Georgia, even as its torrential rains and dangerous storm surges remained a threat to produce coastal flooding. The National Hurricane Center warned that swells generated by Irma along the southeastern U.S. coast could still cause "life-threatening surf and rip current conditions." In addition, the hurricane center says tornadoes are possible across northeastern Florida, southeastern Georgia and South Carolina through Monday night. By Monday, Irma's sustained winds diminished to 110 kilometers an hour, the hurricane center said, but tropical storm force gales extended over a wide region, up to 665 kilometers outward from the Irma's center.

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sonville on the east coast along the Atlantic. Nearly 6 million people were left without power throughout the state. Before hitting the U.S., Irma created a path of destruction through the Caribbean, devastating islands that depend on tourism as the keystone of their economies. Meanwhile, weather forecasters are keeping an eye on HurNearly 6 million ricane Jose, now with maximum without power sustained winds of 165 kilomeMuch of Florida began to as- ters per hour. Jose is expected sess the damage left in the hur- to gradually weaken as it travels ricane's aftermath. There was in a near-circular pattern in the significant flooding in many Atlantic through the middle of cities and towns bordering the the week, posing no immediate peninsula state's Gulf of Mexi- threat to populated areas. Irma devastated parts of Florco shoreline, as well as in Jack-

ida, the third most populous U.S. state, although early reports Monday seemed to indicate that damage left behind may not have been as much as originally feared. The storm slammed into the Florida Keys early Sunday, when it was near its greatest strength. By evening it closed in on Tampa and St. Petersburg, the two largest cities around Tampa Bay, where a storm surge pushed waves of water deep into streets, yards and homes. President Donald Trump Sunday declared Florida a major disaster area, a step that will release federal aid funds for storm See After Slamming Florida , page 37

onald Trump has, for the first time as president, led the nation in remembering the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington in 2001. Trump marked the 16th anniversary of the worst act of terrorism on U.S. soil in a ceremony at the White House, with a moment of silence at 8:40 a.m., the time when a first airliner hijacked by al-Qaida terrorists crashed into the World Trade Center in New York. A second jet hit the second WTC tower 23 minutes later, and the huge skyscrapers collapsed in flames and smoke soon afterwards. In New York, names of the victims were being read out after a moment of silence was held. Trump also attended a remembrance ceremony at the Pentagon, which was hit and badly damaged by another of the four commercial jets seized on that fateful day. "The horror and anguish of that dark day were seared into our memory forever," Trump said in remarks in front of the Pentagon. Speaking about the victims, Trump said "We mourn them, we honor them and we pledge to never, ever forget them." Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said after the attacks of 2001,

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump stand for a moment of silence to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 11, 2017, in Washington.

"Our nation rallied together as one." "Heroism and compassion were boundless," he said. Vice President Mike Pence traveled to Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where another hijacked plane crashed into a field. It is believed passengers tried to regain control of the aircraft once they realized their knife-wielding captors intended to steer it toward Washington for another attack, aiming for either the Capitol or the White House, and that the hijackers crashed the plane rather than surrender. Everyone aboard all four hijacked aircraft died on September 11, 2001. Including mass ca-

sualties in New York City and a heavy loss of life at the Pentagon, the attacks killed a total of about 3,000 people. The Islamist militant named by U.S. investigators as "the principal architect" of the 2001 attacks," Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, was captured in Pakistan early in 2003 and is held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The September 11 plot had been approved in advance by al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, who was shot to death by U.S. commandos in May 2011, during a raid on a walled compound in Pakistan where he was hiding.

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INTERNATIONAL

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Former Al-Qaida Operatives Launch Mexico Rushes Aid to Millions After New Terror Group in Pakistan Huge Quake; Death Toll at 96 By: Noor Zahid

By: Walter Metuth

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new al-Qaida-inspired militant group, which has recently emerged in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi claims to act as a platform for militants who have grown disaffected with the Islamic State militant group (IS) in the country. The group, Ansar al-Sharia Pakistan, was reportedly formed by two former al-Qaida members who had severed ties with the organization in early 2017. Since then, the group has been involved in several attacks in Karachi, according to Pakistani counterterrorism authorities. “The Ansar al-Sharia group started killings in Karachi since the beginning of this year and claimed responsibility for killing an army officer on Faisal Highway [in Karachi],” Major General Mohammad Saeed, the head of Rangers paramilitary security force in Karachi, told local media. He added the group has been focusing attacks on “the police only.” The group was allegedly created to operate as a platform for militants who have parted ways with IS in the country, it said in an online statement. It claimed to be active in several parts of the country. “We give glad tidings to Muslim Ummah that a large number of Mujahideen from Karachi, Punjab and tribal areas are leav-

A A Pakistani militant holds a rocket-propelled grenade in Shawal, in Pakistan's tribal region of Waziristan, Aug. 5, 2012. Two former al-Qaida members have reportedly formed a new militant group, calling it Ansar al-Sharia Pakistan

ing ranks of IS and announce disassociation with [it],” the group said in an announcement through a Twitter account, adding that IS has “spread differences” and “secession instead of unity.” The group has vowed to continue its struggle through “jihad” against “infidel and apostates.” Though the newly-emerged group asserts no official affiliation with al-Qaida and other foreign militant organizations, the group said its ideology is inspired by Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida’s slain founder. VOA was unable to independently verify the authenticity of the Twitter account. According to the counterter-

rorism department of Karachi police, Ansar al-Sharia has a presence in areas between Sindh and Baluchistan provinces. "Unfortunately, according to the names that have come up in the investigation, their kill team has three young men who have masters [degrees] in applied physics,” Maj. Gen. Saeed said. Pakistani media reported the terror outfit also has female members. Police have reportedly arrested four women, including a doctor, suspected of membership in the group. Pakistani authorities have vowed action to seize members of the group in the country, including in Karachi. See Former Al-Qaida Operatives , page 37

powerful earthquake that struck Mexico last week has left some 2.5 million people in need of aid and killed 96 others, authorities said on Monday, as officials rushed to get food and water to afflicted communities in the poor south. The earthquake triggered a 1-meter-high tsunami, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, but there were no reports of tsunami damage. The quake was felt as far away as Mexico City and Guatemala City. Residents of the Mexican capital fled into the streets, many in their pajamas, for fear buildings would collapse. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has said the earthquake was bigger than a 1985 earthquake in the country that killed thousands. In a televised address Friday evening, he declared three days of national mourning and promised that the government will help rebuild. Teams of soldiers and federal police armed with shovels and sledgehammers fanned out across neighborhoods to help demolish damaged buildings. Other groups distributed boxes of food. "The power of this earthquake was devastating," Pena Nieto said, but added that Mexico's response "will be greater."

Humberto Cruz stands inside his house destroyed by the earthquake that struck the southern coast of Mexico late on Thursday, in Ixtaltepec, Mexico, Sept. 10, 2017.

Slow-moving funeral processions converged on Juchitan's cemeteries from all directions on Saturday, so many that they sometimes caused temporary gridlock when they met at intersections. The graveyard swelled with mourners and blaring serenades for the dead — the sounds of snare drums, saxophones and sobbing. Pallbearers carried the caskets around rubble the quake had knocked from the simple concrete crypts. Jittery amid continued aftershocks, friends and relatives of the deceased had hushed conversations in the Zapotec language as they stood under umbrellas for shade from the beating sun. Paulo Cesar Escamilla Matus and his family held a memorial

service for his mother, Reynalda Matus Martinez, in the living room of her home, where relatives quietly wept beside her body. The 64-year-old woman was working the night shift at a neighborhood pharmacy when the quake struck Thursday night, collapsing the building. "All the weight of the second floor fell on top of her," said her son, who rushed to the building and found her under rubble. He and neighbors tried to dig her out, but weren't able to recover her body until the next morning when civil defense workers brought a backhoe that could lift what had trapped her. Rescuers searched for surviSee Mexico Rushes Aid , page 37

The Jewish Voice

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Israel, China Sign $300 Million Cleantech Protocol

By: TPS

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Israel and China signed a $300 million extension of a financial protocol between the two countries in Beijing Monday aimed at increasing Israeli exports of cleantech and agricultural technologies to China.

istry statement said in a statement that the deal “allows the two sides to expand bilateral economic activity into other environmental-friendly technologies, including advanced agriculture technologies and smart and green energy technologies, which the Chinese government wants to implement using Israeli experience and expertise.” Accountant General Roni Hezkiyahu added: “The signing of a new financial agreement in the field of cleantech technologies further strengthens the important economic relationship between the two countries, which began more than 20 years ago, and the joint desire to expand economic activity in the

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Israeli Rescue Teams Depart for South Florida

By: Mara Vigevani

srael and China signed a $300 million extension of a financial protocol between the two countries in Beijing Monday aimed at increasing Israeli exports of cleantech and agricultural technologies to China. The deal, signed by Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and his Chinese counterpart Xiao Jie, is an intergovernmental agreement that provides state guarantees for Israeli banks to provide long-term credit to Chinese importers to make purchases from Israeli exporters. Since the original financial protocol was signed in 1995 some 320 transactions worth some $1.75 billion have been signed in various fields including health, agriculture and education. “The visit to China follows the implementation of significant export transactions from Israel to China in recent years, which demonstrates the strength of Israeli industry and its reputation in the world,” Kahlon said. “We see economic cooperation with the Chinese government as a strategic goal that will enable Israeli exporters to expand their activities and are acting to further strengthen the financial protocol to additional fields for the benefit of the Israeli economy.” In addition, the finance min-

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future will encourage cooperation between the parties in other areas of activity as well.” Environmental Protection Minister Zeev Elkin was also in China last week in an effort to bring together Israeli firms that specialize in greentech and Chinese companies looking to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the growing industry. The delegation, organized by the Environmental Protection Ministry, the Economy and Industry Ministry Foreign Trade Administration and the Israel Innovation Authority, included representatives from Israeli cleantech companies and folSee Israel, China Sign $300 , page 37

sraeli rescue teams departed Saturday night for Miami ahead of Hurricane Irma, which began ravaging south Florida on Sunday morning (local time). The mission, organized by the Israel Rescue Coalition (IRC), an umbrella group of rescue groups that includes United Hatzalah. The Coalition, which sent a psycho trauma crisis and response unit to Houston, Texas last month, said in a release that volunteers would administer first aid and assist Jewish communities in the aftermath of the storm. “Our job as volunteers will be to help the community and to deal with the situation as best we can in the absence of American officials, until they arrive, said Moti Elmaliah, a spokesman for the IRC. “We will take care to organize residents’ committees to deal with the issues that arise from Hurricane Irma, which has been classified as the most powerful storm ever to hit the Atlantic Ocean.” Some 650,000 Jews live in Florida, the third largest Jewish community in the United States. But ahead of the storm, many had left town as South Florida became a virtual ghost town. Drone footage of the city’s downtown area and Miami Beach tourist Mecca showed empty streets and beaches. In total, nearly 7 million people were ordered

Israeli rescue teams departed Saturday night for Miami ahead of Hurricane Irma, which began ravaging south Florida on Sunday morning (local time).

to evacuate, and local and federal officials warned that residents who refused to leave their homes would “be on their own” in what the National Hurricane Center called a “life-threatening situation.” “This is a deadly storm, and our state has never seen anything like it,” said Governor Rick Scott Saturday. “It’s going to be very difficult to survive this if you’re in the Keys. I’m begging you to get out.” FEMA chief Brock Long added that the damage expected by the storm would prevent rescue teams from reaching affected areas. “You’re on your own until we can actually get in there, and it’s safe for our teams to support local and state efforts,” FEMA said in a statement reported by the Miami Herald. “The message has been clear — the Keys are going to be impacted, there is no safe area

within the Keys, and you put your life in your own hands by not evacuating. To deal with the situation, synagogues out of the expected path of the hurricane prepared to host individuals and families fleeing the storm: In Atlanta, a nine-hour drive north of Miami, As promised, the storm arrived overnight between Saturday and Sunday. As of this writing, Florida Governor Rick Scott said that more than 65,000 people had already lost power, and local media reported that police fire and emergency services in some counties in the southern reaches of the state had been suspended. By Friday, locals had reported that gas stations and supermarket shelves had been emptied of essentials such as bottled water and canned food. (TPS)

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Rivlin in Germany: Iran 'Subverting' Shia Youth in Syria By: TPS

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Sara Netanyahu to be Indicted for Misuse of Public Funds By: TPS

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resident Reuven (Ruby) Rivlin concluded a state visit to Germany last Thursday, thanking Chancellor Angela Merkel for her country’s commitment to Israel’s security but also calling on Germany to take concrete steps to counter the growing Iranian threat in the Middle East. The President noted that Iran was leading the “subversion” of Shi’ite youth in Syria and across the Middle East, threatening not only Israel, but the stability of the entire region. Iran could “sink the whole region into war,” Rivlin said. Hours after Israeli Air Force jets reportedly attack a chemical weapons factory in Syria, Rivlin also spoke about Hezbollah’s activities in south Lebanon, backed by Iran, which, he said, endangered the local population and violated UN Security Council resolutions. He also said Israel could be forced to respond to the terror-group’s infrastructure buildup. Rivlin and Merkel also discussed the ongoing civil war in Syria, including Israel’s efforts to treat Syrian fighters and civilians wounded in the fighting, including global Islamic terrorism and the global threat of ISIS. “The goal that has been set by the world to overcome it is important and correct,” Rivlin said.

A President Reuven (Ruby) Rivlin concluded a state visit to Germany last Thursday, thanking Chancellor Angela Merkel for her country’s commitment to Israel’s security but also calling on Germany to take concrete steps to counter the growing Iranian threat in the Middle East.

German shipbuilder Thyssenkrupp sold five dolphin-class submarines to the Israeli Navy.

“Israel will help in any efforts to mon goals and cooperate “in realize this goal.” every field according to the comRivlin also said that Israel and See Rivlin in Germany , page 37 Germany share a wealth of com-

ttorney General Avichai Mandelblit will file an indictment against Sara Netanyahu and Ezra Saidoff, a former deputy director general of the Prime Minister’s Office, for fraudulent use of public funds. Netanyahu is alleged to have spent approximately NIS 360,000 of taxpayer money for personal expenses, including up to NIS 25,000 shekels a month to have food delivered from A-list restaurants in Jerusalem. The report also said that three other cases against Mrs. Netanyahu involving violating government hiring regulations would be closed. Police had investigated the prime minister’s wife for hiring a family friend to work at their private residence in Caesarea home on Shabbat and holidays, waiters at the official Jerusalem residence and caretakers for her late father. Police had suspected that Netanyahu had both hired the workers in violation of government regulations and paid them in excess of market value. The Attorney General said the latter investigations had not unearthed sufficient evidence to warrant pressing charges. The indictment spells out thousands of shekels in monthly expenditures for food deliveries – over 18,000 shekels in April

An indictment was filed against Sara Netanyahu and Ezra Saidoff, a former deputy director general of the Prime Minister’s Office, for fraudulent use of public funds. Netanyahu is alleged to have spent approximately NIS 360,000 of taxpayer money for personal expenses, including up to NIS 25,000 shekels a month to have food delivered from A-list restaurants in Jerusalem. Photo Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO

2011, 17,000 shekels in May 2011, 22,000 shekels in November 2011 and over 24,000 shekels in December 2011. Hebrew-language Channel 2 said the meals were not intended to entertain foreign leaders. The indictment alleges that Sara Netanyahu and Saidoff deliberately created the false impression that there was no official chef working at the residence when in fact there was a full-time employee in the position. This was done in order to allow the suspects to “sidestep the guidelines” by which, when there is no chef employed, the

prime minister and his family are entitled to charge the state for food ordered to the residence. Sara Netanyahu ordered staff at the residence not to tell outsiders that there were cooks employed in the residence, the draft indictment charges. “In this manner, they fraudulently received hundreds of meals from restaurants and outside chefs worth some NIS 359,000 ($102,000),” the state prosecution said in a statement earlier Friday, adding that the See Sara Netanyahu to be Indicted , page 37

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EDITORIAL

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What’s Wrong with the GOP??

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s New Yorkers gear up for yet another the trash heap but have lost sight of the fact that its primary and general election season their pages are read by prominent opinion makers who voting choices for mayor, city council, hold tremendous sway within the political hierachy public advocate, borough president, dis- of the city. In the last New York City mayoral race that saw trict attorney and comptroller remain overwhelming on the Democratic side of the proverbial aisle. public advocate Bill deBlasio sail to victory in a While this should come as no surprise to any died- contentious race, the Jewish Voice had vocally enin-the-wool New Yorker who understands that their dorsed and regularly publicized the candidacy of city has gained a reputation for maintaining a solid former MTA chairman Joe Lhota. Due to the inblue presence since its cisive coverage given governmental formato Lhota, he won the Republican nomination tion; it is also clear that and beat supermarket not everyone residing in magnate John Catsithe Big Apple has signed on to the progressive, matidis. While Lhota liberal agenda that has did not win the mayordominated the political al race, pundits across stratosphere. the political divide have It appears that well acknowledged the fact intentioned Republican/ that the exposure Lhota Conservative candiwas given in the Jewish and Conservative media, dates vying for elected office often hit a dead While Joe Lhota did not win the last NYC mayoral helped catapult him to end when it pertains to race, pundits across the political divide have the GOP nomination. Congressman Migetting their message acknowledged the fact that the exposure Lhota agenda across to vot- was given in the Jewish and Conservative media, chael Grimm (R-SI) is a name that we may all be ers. Speculation has run helped catapult him to the GOP nomination. familiar with but not for rampant on the abysmal failure of the Republican party to provide succor to the reasons that we would hope. Prior to the revelatheir candidates with sufficient financial and com- tion of the charges leveled against him, Mr. Grimm munications support. One thing however is for cer- was not only a pillar of the community but a contain. Republican candidates, their donors and the gressman who truly cared about his constituents in party they represent have consistently spurned the Staten Island and Brooklyn. He labored assiduousassistance of one their natural allies in the battle for ly to ensure that legislation was passed to help the liberty and individual freedoms. The right-wing and communities that he served. Mr. Grimm’s campaign conservative Jewish media for one is not convinced was given the “wind beneath its wings” by the maxithat that the alleged inability of Republican candi- mum visibility provided by the Jewish Voice. After repeated attempts to elicit a concrete reply dates to achieve victory at the polls is a fait accompli. For well over a decade, the Jewish Voice and oth- from the GOP movers and shakers in the New York er Jewish publications whose readers have a clear City area as to why they have displayed recalcitrance comprehension that the Democratic agenda runs as it pertains to creating working partnerships with counter to their belief system and often stands in friendly press, no such answer has been forthcomopposition to the welfare of their communities have ing. This leads one to believe that the reasons for striven to publicize Republican candidates and their this significant communications impediment may message. In return, not only have the candidates vir- run far deeper and more cryptic than any one of us tually relegated the influence of the Jewish media to originally thought

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Preparing for War: Israel Back in Southern Lebanon

ince the crisis in Syria emerged on the world buffer zone, held with the aid of proxy militants in scene several years ago, talk has been heard the South Lebanon Army (SLA). among Middle East political pundits about In 1985, Hezbollah called for armed struggle to what precise role Israel would be in defending end the Israeli occupation of Lebanese territory. herself against hostile aggression from her perennial When the Lebanese civil war ended and other warenemy Hezbollah who makes its home in Lebanon. ring factions agreed to disarm, Hezbollah and the According to a report in the Jerusalem Post, ”in SLA refused. Combat with Hezbollah weakened the event of another war with Hezbollah, the IDF’s Israeli resolve and led to a collapse of the SLA and objective would be to an Israeli withdrawal in occupy parts of south2000 to their side of the UN designated border. ern Lebanon where the Citing Israeli control group has support and of the Shebaa farms terinfrastructure, in order to force a UN resoluritory, Hezbollah contintion that improves the ued cross border attacks security situation on the intermittently over the northern border.” next six years. Hezbollah While the report now sought the release went on to say that “Isof Lebanese citizens in Israeli prisons and sucrael would not aim to occupy Lebanese ter- Hezbollah’s war on Israel continues after decades. cessfully used the tacritory for a significant This time the Iranian proxy is arming itself to the teeth tic of capturing Israeli period, rather it would soldiers as leverage for be with the aim to end the conflict with Hezbollah a prisoner exchange in 2004. The capturing of two as quickly as possible by destroying the Lebanese Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah ignited the 2006 LebaShit’ite group’s capabilities and infrastructure” we non War. Its ceasefire called for the disarmament of know from past experience with terror organiza- Hezbollah and the respecting of the territorial integtion (who has set its sights on destroying Israel) rity and sovereignty of Lebanon by Israel. that a temporary occupation might be next to So, in essence, Hezbollah never disarmed as per impossible. the ceasefire agreement, but rather the Iranian proxy In retrospect, there is no doubt that Hezbollah began significantly multiplying their arsenal for the declared a major victory when Israel withdrew the express purpose of using it in its next bloody battle last of its troops from southern Lebanon after being with Israel. there, however reluctantly for 22 years. For those with eyes to see and ears that hear, it Here’s a brief abstract of the events leading up to has become abundantly clear that in order to protect Israel’s withdrawal: Israel's 1978 invasion of Leba- its citizenry and its territorial integrity Israel must non pushed the PLO north of the Litani River, but maintain its forces in Lebanon for the undetermined the PLO continued their campaign against Israel. duration, for no other reason than to physically repel Israel invaded Lebanon again in 1982 and forcibly Hezbollah. And this could mean the re-establishexpelled the PLO. Israel withdrew from most of Leb- ment of the kind of tenacious resolve that is required anon in 1985, but kept control of a 12-mile security when confronting this deadly terror organization.

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Letters to the Editor Raising the Debt Ceiling & Hurricane Irma Dear Editor: There are always two sides to every story concerning President Trump and Congress agreeing to raise the debt ceiling as a method to fund $15 billion in Hurricane Harvey & Irma relief and to keep the federal government open until December 15th. President Trump and Congress, on a bipartisan basis, are in denial by not acknowledging the relationship between funding the relief effort and the ongoing financial budget crises. Everyone agrees that there is justification for appropriating a down payment of $8 billion toward Hurricane Harvey relief effort. It was a question of finding $8 billion within a $3.7 trillion dollar budget. It has been a 100 year tradition to authorize and appropriate emergency funding under extraordinary circumstances without looking for set asides from existing funding to pay for it. Both President Trump and Congress continue to ignore our national debt, which is now $20 trillion. This averages $61,325 per citizen or $165,805 per taxpayer. (Source: National Debt Clock). Our legal debt limit of $20 trillion will officially run out at the end of September, due to our excessive current rate of spending. There are thousands of employees who are familiar with the details of our federal budget. How difficult can it be to find $8 billion in savings? This represents a fraction of 1% in the overall 3.7 trillion dollar budget which could have provided funding today without raising the debt ceiling. Millions of Americans cut far more out of their household budgets monthly to make ends meet. Our national unemployment rate still averages 5%. This does not count the 5% more who have given up looking and the millions more who are working part time. Many working at minimum wage or slightly above or part time desire a better paying full time job. There is clearly less disposable income for residents of Nassau County and other neighbors to spend.

Many former two incomes households have to live on one pay check. Some face both wage earners out of work. Don't forget those who have exhausted their unemployment insurance and savings. All of the above has resulted in far tighter family budgets. This translates to eating out less frequently or dining at less expensive restaurants. Repairing and making due with existing clothing, appliances, furniture, household items and automobiles rather than buying new has become a regular part of life. People are postponing major house renovations such as painting, siding, roof shingles, bathroom and other major upgrades. People are foregoing nonessential pampering. This has a ripple effect, as people who provide these services have less work. Isn't it time for Washington to live within its available existing revenues without excessive borrowing, just like millions of ordinary citizens?. The President and Congress have forgotten the old saying - a penny saved is a penny earned. Perhaps Americans should send both a penny to remind them that it is not a sin to save. There was a time when Congress held budget hearings for each department during the Summer. A real balanced budget was adopted during an open process. The public, watchdog groups and media were afforded sufficient time to understand the full contents prior to adoption. Full federal budgets were adopted on time prior to the start of any new Federal Fiscal year on October 1. We need new incentives for the President and Congress to do their jobs on time. Let us propose we dock them a day’s pay for each day a complete balanced budget for Federal Fiscal Year 2018 is not adopted by September 30th. The results will be different when any delay comes out of their pockets instead of taxpayers. Sincerely, Larry Penner

In the Aftermath of Charlottesville & Extremism Dear Editor: After the fallout of the Lakewood public assistance crisis the VAAD decided to reinvent themselves. They hired a public relations agency to polish their image. On a daily basis magazine articles were now being published making the VAAD seem relevant and caring. VAAD members on Hatzola were interviewed. The benefits of VAAD related businesses such as CHEMED were mentioned. The historical significance of the leaders of the VAAD and their integral bond with Lakewood history was discussed. These articles were meant to be read by all local residents as well as the orthodox community to remind everyone of the benefits and accomplishments of the VAAD. A few weeks later the country became obsessed with the events of an Alt Right wing march in Charlottesville to protest the removal of confederate statues . Many of the participants chanted old Nazi slogans such as "Blood and Soil" and "Jews will not replace us". The response from Donald Trump was tepid and seemed to defend some of those marching with the Neo Nazis. Alternate speeches were given, only to once again be wiped away with the next days questionable speech. Jewish media responded

by either condemning or defending the President's response. Pundits squared off all over social media, and the overall orthodox response was still supportive of the President. The Lakewood VAAD felt that they should speak up as well and decided to condemn the Presidential response to the Charlottesville protest. They were obviously trying to seem relevant as leaders of the Lakewood community. Their PR firm must have told them that showing concern about Anti Semitism would put them in a positive light. As leaders they should show their outrage . Many people in the Lakewood Orthodox community guffawed at the statement. They never saw a VAAD statement about any presidential actions before. Some people in the Orthodox community were outraged that the VAAD would antagonize the President. Many are still very supportive of Trump and feel we need to show our support . Whatever one may think of the VAAD position on Donald Trump's reaction to Charlottesville, one thing is abundantly clear. This statement is the most disingenuous, hypocritical statement the VAAD ever made. Sincerely Hershel Hershkowitz

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16 Years Later: Lessons Put into Practice? By: John R. Bolton

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n Monday we marked the 16th anniversary of al-Qaida's 9/11 attacks. We learned much that tragic day, at enormous human and material cost. Perilously, however, America has already forgotten many of Sept. 11's lessons. The radical Islamicist ideology manifested that day has neither receded nor "moderated" as many naive Westerners predicted. Neither has the ideology's hatred for America or its inclination to conduct terrorist attacks. Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution brought radical Islam to the contemporary world's attention, and it is no less malevolent today than when it seized our Tehran embassy, holding U.S. diplomats hostage for 444 days.

The terrorist threat is compounded by nuclear proliferation. Pakistan has scores of nuclear weapons, and Iran's program continues unhindered The Taliban, which provided al-Qaida sanctuary to prepare the 9/11 attacks, threaten to retake control in Afghanistan. Al-Qaida persists and may even be growing worldwide. While ISIS's caliphate in

Syria and Iraq will not survive much longer, countries across North Africa and the Middle East ("MENA") have destabilized or fractured entirely. Syria and Iraq have ceased to exist functionally, and Libya, Somalia and Yemen have descended into chaos. Pakistan, an unstable nuclear-weapons state, could fall to radicals under many easily predictable scenarios. The terrorist threat is compounded by nuclear proliferation. Pakistan has scores of nuclear weapons, and Iran's program continues unhindered. North Korea has now conducted its sixth, and likely thermonuclear, nuclear test, and its ballistic missiles are near to being able to hit targets across the continental United States. Pyongyang leads the rogue's gallery of would-be nuclear powers, and is perfectly capable of selling its technologies and weapons to anyone with hard currency. During Barack Obama's presidency, he ignored these growing threats and disparaged those who warned against them. His legacy is terrorist attacks throughout Europe and America, and a blindness to the threat that encouraged Europe to accept a huge influx of economic migrants from the MENA region, whose numbers included potentially thousands of already-committed terrorists.

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Obama also ignored North Korea, affording it one of an aspiring proliferator's most precious assets: time. Time is what a would-be nuclear state needs to master the complex scientific and technological problems it must overcome to create nuclear weapons.

ence in the Middle East as ISIS had receded, to the point where it now has tens of thousands of troops in Syria and is building missile factories there and in Lebanon. Before 2009, publishers would have immediately dismissed novelists who brought them such a plainly unrealistic plot. Today,

The names of passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93, who lost their lives in the September 11 attacks, as displayed at the National 9/11 Memorial in New York. (Image source: Luigi Novi/Wikimedia Commons)

And, in a dangerous unforced error that could be considered perfidious if it weren't so foolish, Obama entered the 2015 Vienna nuclear and missile deal that has legitimized Tehran's terrorist government, released well over a hundred billion dollars of frozen assets, and dissolved international economic sanctions. Iran has responded by extending its pres-

however, it qualifies as history, not fantasy. This is the agonizing legacy the Trump administration inherited, compounded by widespread feelings among the American people that we have once again sacrificed American lives and treasure overseas for precious little in return. These feelings are understandable, but it would be dangerous

to succumb to them. We didn't ask for the responsibility of stopping nuclear proliferation or terrorism, but we are nonetheless ultimately the most at risk from both these threats. And as we knew during the Cold War, but seem to have forgotten since it ended, our surrounding oceans do not insulate us from the risk of long-distance nuclear attacks. We face the choice of fighting the terrorists on our borders or inside America itself, or fighting them where they seek to plot our demise, in the barren mountains of Afghanistan, in the MENA deserts, and elsewhere. Nor can we shelter behind a robust national missile-defense capability, hoping simply to shoot down missiles from the likes of North Korea and Iran before they hit their targets. We do not have a robust national missile defense capability, thanks yet again to Barack Obama's drastic budget cuts. President Trump appreciates that nuclear proliferation and radical Islamic terrorism are existential threats for the United States and its allies. During the 2016 campaign, he repeatedly stressed his view that others should play a larger role in defeating these dangerous forces, bearing their fair share of the burden. But candidate Trump also unambiguously (and entirely correctly) called for restoring our depleted military capabilities

We face the choice of fighting the terrorists on our borders or inside America itself, or fighting them where they seek to plot our demise, in the barren mountains of Afghanistan, in the MENA deserts, and elsewhere. because he saw that American safety depended fundamentally on American strength. Sept. 11 should be more than just a few moments of silence to remember the Twin Towers falling, the burning Pentagon and the inspiring heroism of regular Americans in bringing down United Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa. We should also seriously consider today's global threats. Those who made America an exceptional country did so by confronting reality and overcoming it, not by ignoring it. (GATESTONE INSTITUTE) John R. Bolton, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, is Chairman of Gatestone Institute, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and author of "Surrender Is Not an Option: Defending America at the United Nations and Abroad". This article first appeared in The Pittsburgh Tribune Review and is reprinted here with the kind permission of the author.

How the Mainstream Media Operates – A Case Study – Part 3 By: Dennis Prager

ery column the legendary New New York Times. But it had the usual media York Times classical music critic Harold C. Schonberg wrote. I do defect: It gave away its politi(CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK) not recall him ever writing a po- cal bent. The second paragraph oes Swed provide an litical column. To this day, I have read: "Dennis Prager's day job, example of my militant no idea whether Schonberg was however, has members of the orpolarizing? Yes, just a liberal, a leftist, a conservative chestra up in arms — and laying one: my "calling liber- or a Buddhist. He knew his role down their instruments. He is a was to write about music. Swed, conservative talk show host who alism a cancer." often targets multiculturalism, Like The New York Times arti- a man of the left, does not. cle, Swed did not place the words he attributed to me in quotation marks, and for good reason. I have never in my life written or said that "liberalism is a cancer." What I did write recently is that "leftism is a terminal cancer in the American bloodstream." But I always distinguish between leftism and liberalism because the two have almost nothing in common. Leftism is as anti-liberal as it is anti-conservative. But Swed knows that writing "liberalism is a cancer" renders me far more extreme-sounding than writing "leftism is a cancer." However, what is most dis- Dennis Prager writes: “When I was a young man living in New turbing about Swed is not that he York City, I read every column the legendary New York Times wrote a column against the San- classical music critic Harold C. Schonberg wrote. I do not recall ta Monica Symphony inviting him ever writing a political column. To this day, I have no idea me to conduct. Hiltzik wrote a whether Schonberg was a liberal, a leftist, a conservative or a similar piece, after all. But as ir- Buddhist. He knew his role was to write about music” responsible as Hiltizk's piece was, Finally, we come to NPR. It Muslims and LGBTQ people." Hiltzik is a political columnist. The writer gave an example in Swed is not. He is a classical mu- published a piece on Aug. 13 tisic critic. What he did was one tled "Santa Monica Symphony each case. For multiculturalism, of the reasons I wrote that left- Orchestra Confronts Contro- she cited a column I wrote titled ism is a cancer in the American versy Over Right-Wing Guest "1,400 Girls Raped by Multiculturalism." In it I described the bloodstream: The left damages Conductor." Putting the title aside — kidnapping and sexual enslavevirtually everything it touches — the arts, education, religion, the again, it communicates a nega- ment of over 1,400 English girls economy, the news media and tive story when a positive take by young Muslim men over the the military, among other areas would have been just as valid — course of more than a decade — the piece was considerably more while the police and the media of life. When I was a young man liv- balanced than those of the Los conspired never to divulge that ing in New York City, I read ev- Angeles Times or that of The the rapists were Muslim. The

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reason, as British authorities later admitted, was their commitment to multiculturalism. But for a writer at NPR — even one who did not go out of her way to portray me as a mean-spirited bigot, as The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times did — the mere fact that I wrote a column against multiculturalism explains why members of the orchestra were "up in arms." As for "targeting" Muslims, she cited my column titled "Yes, Muslims Should Be Asked to Condemn Islamic Terror." In NPR's moral universe, asking Muslims to condemn Islamic terror is equivalent to "targeting" Muslims. When the left demands that our white president condemn white-supremacist violence, is it targeting whites? And the example the she

supplied for my "targeting" LGBTQ people is my 2014 critique of judges who, I argued, overreached their authority when they overturned popular votes to keep marriage defined as the union of a man and a woman. The whole article was a critique of judges, not LGBTQ people. But on the left, merely disagreeing with judges about an LGBTQ issue is "targeting" LGBTQ people. In summary, all mainstream media coverage of this one story was tainted, biased, often false and predicated solely on left-wing presumptions. Magnify what they did to me a thousand fold and you will begin to understand media behavior over the last two generations, and especially behavior today, when hysteria and advocacy have completely replaced news

Wishing You All, A Happy and Healthy New Year

reporting. The media pay little or no price among those who still believe them. But I will pay a price. The New York Times lied when it wrote that I "suggested that same-sex marriage would lead to polygamy and incest." Yet that will be cited forever as if it were true. It's already begun. On the night of the concert, the Fox TV station in Los Angeles reported: "A left wing attempt to boycott a performance of the Santa Monica Symphony due to a guest appearance by conservative radio host Dennis Prager backfired on Wednesday night; the event was a sellout. ... Prager has made controversial comments in the past, saying that he believes gay marriage would lead to incest."

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When Great Institutions Lie – Part I So long as institutions pay no price for the exploitation of their name by agenda-driven members, they will not rein in their members By: Caroline Glick

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ver the past week, two major US institutions have produced studies that discredit their names and reputations as credible organizations. Their actions are important in and of themselves. But they also point to a disturbing trend in the US in which the credibility of important American institutions is being undermined from within by their members who pursue narrow partisan or ideological agendas in the name of their institutions. The political implications of this larger trend were clearly in evidence in the 2016 presidential election. From a larger, longterm sociological perspective, if the current trend is not reversed the implications for American society will likely be long lasting and deeply destructive. The first study was produced by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. It dealt with the Obama administration’s policies regarding the war in Syria and specifically the acts of mass murder undertaken by the Assad regime. Authored by Cameron Hudson, a former Obama administration national security official who now serves as the director of the museum’s Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, the report absolved the Obama

administration of all responsibility of the bloodbath in Syria. As reported by Tablet magazine, the paper argued that “a variety of factors, which were more or less fixed, made it very difficult from the beginning for the US government to take effective action to prevent atrocities in Syria.” The paper’s claim was based on “computational modeling and game theory methods, as well as interviews with experts and policy-makers.” It argued that had then-president Barack Obama not ignored his own redline and actually responded with force to the regime’s 2013 chemical weapons attack at Ghouta, it wouldn’t have made a difference. In the last months of the Obama administration, Obama appointed several of his loyalists, including his deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes, to positions on the board of the Holocaust Memorial Museum. Rhodes was one of the architects of Obama’s Syria policy. After sections of the report were released to Tablet and the report was posted on the museum’s website, its findings were angrily rejected by prominent Jewish communal leaders and human rights activists. For instance, literary critic Leon Wieseltier told Tablet, “The first thing I have to say is: Shame on the Holocaust Museum.”

In the wake of the firestorm the report provoked, the museum pulled the study from its He added, “If I had the time I website and canceled its schedwould gin up a parody version of uled formal presentation on Septhis that will give us the compu- tember 11. But the damage that the Holotational- modeling algorithmic counterfactual analysis of [then- caust Memorial Museum did to US assistant secretary of war] its reputation by producing and

Caroline Glick writes: “But the damage that the Holocaust Memorial Museum (pictured above) did to its reputation by producing and publishing a transparently false, politically motivated report is not something that can be mitigated by pulling it from its website”

John J. McCloy’s decision not to bomb the Auschwitz ovens in 1944. I’m sure we could concoct the f***ing algorithm for that, too.” Wieseltier was exactly right. A mathematical model is based on inputs and outputs. If you input specific data, you will get specific consequences. From an academic perspective, the study’s findings are worthless.

publishing a transparently false, politically motivated report is not something that can be mitigated by pulling it from its website. As some of the Jewish communal leaders who spoke to Tablet suggested, the Holocaust Memorial Museum diminished its moral authority as an institution by publishing a report clearly produced to rewrite recent history in a manner that absolved

the Obama administration of all responsibility for the mass murder in Syria. While distressing, the impact of the Holocaust Memorial Museum’s action is limited to a historical falsehood. The goal of the second study published this week by an esteemed institution is to distort and indeed block discussion about a problem that is ongoing. This week, Stanford University’s Research Group in Education and Jewish Studies published a report which purports to show that there is no significant antisemitism on US college campuses and that Jewish students do not feel threatened by antisemitism. The Stanford’s conclusions fly in the face of a massive body of data, collected by researchers over the past decade, which all show the opposite to be the case. If the Stanford study is believed, it will discredit the work of hundreds of professional researchers and academics, journalists and Jewish and academic leaders throughout the US. But that’s the thing of it. The Stanford study is utter nonsense. As the researchers, led by Associate Professor of Education of Jewish Studies Ari Kelman, made clear in their report, their study is the product of interviews with a deliberately chosen, non-representative group of 66 Jewish students from five California campuses who are not involved in Jewish life.

The researchers said that they deliberately chose only Jews who aren’t involved in Jewish life on campus, since they make up the majority of Jewish students on campuses. The researchers claimed that reports on campus anti-Semitism are generally distorted, because they generally highlight the views of the minority of students who deeply involved in Jewish life at their universities. Their views, the researchers said, are different from the views of Jews who aren’t involved. There is certainly a valid argument to be made for researching the views of uninvolved Jewish students about anti-Semitism on campus. But the researchers didn’t do that. They didn’t survey a random, and therefore statistically meaningful sample of uninvolved Jews. They went to great length to ensure that the “uninvolved” Jewish students were their sort of “uninvolved” Jewish students. As they wrote, “We screened students with respect to their activities in order to determine whether or not they fit our general criteria so as to minimize those with vastly different definitions of ‘involvement’ than ours.” Armed with their painstakingly selected, nonrepresentative 66 Jewish students, Kelman and his team concluded that all the researchers who have conductSee When Great Institutions , page 36

New CEO of Center for Jewish History Holds Radical Viewpoints By: Ronn Torossian, Hank Sheinkopf & George Birnbaum

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he new CEO of the Center for Jewish History (CJH), David N. Myers, is a leader of the New Israel Fund, and holds leadership positions at IfNotNow and J Street. Myers also has extreme viewpoints — including supporting “some forms” of boycotts against Israel. CJH, which serves as the biggest repository of Jewish history in the United States, has made an unfit choice in Mr. Myers. Myers’ writings (which are available for perusal at Nakbaeducation.com) include claiming “that the deep wound of the Nakba must finally be exposed to the light of day.” He has also written of “…the essential step of acknowledging Israel’s role in the dispossession of Palestinian Arabs,” and quotes Uri Avinery’s wartime memoir, which alleges “cruelty, indifference and violence by Israeli soldiers towards Palestinian Arabs.” IfNotNow — a group that Myers made an impassioned December 2016 fundraising appeal for — is an organization dedicated to “stopping the occupation,” and “wants mainstream American Jewish organizations to publicly oppose Israel’s occupation of the West Bank.” According to Haaretz, the organization holds “…sitins in the lobbies of buildings housing Jewish groups” to pro-

test them for not condemning Israel’s West Bank “occupation.” The group’s members have been arrested while holding sit-ins at the Anti-Defamation League, Hillel International, AIPAC and the Jewish Federation — and they refuse to meet with the leaders of these organizations. Myers — who was honored by Peace Now in 2014 — has regularly cowritten op-eds with the head of the New Israel Fund, where he calls for Arabs in the settlements to be made Israeli citizens (which would end the Jewish character of Israel). And while Myers writes of mostly opposing the “boycott of Israel,” he also says that the BDS movement should not be “demonized.” In a May 2016 op-ed in The Forward, Myers observed that “…Israeli democracy is under threat. Incitement against human rights organizations proceeds with little trace of official censure; cabinet ministers aim to impose new ideological litmus tests in the realm of education and culture; government-sponsored bills place Jews on a higher plane than other citizens, and the State’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi declares that ‘Israel is first and foremost Jewish, and only then democratic.'” Myers also recently described himself as a “fierce critic of Netanyahu and the immoral and destructive policies of his government.” Is a fierce critic of Israel’s leader an appropriate choice to head such an institution as the

CJH? According to Campus Watch, Myers “employed all the usual clichés — ‘cycle of violence,” ‘disproportionately harsh’ — to single Israel out as ‘the most responsible party’ for the ‘escalating violence’ in a July 2006 Los Angeles Times op-ed. In a piece titled ‘Rethinking the Jewish Nation,‘ which was published in the Winter 2011 edition of the Havruta Journal, Myers argued that ‘Statist Zionism’ should give way to a ‘global Jewish collective.'”

UPDATE: 9/10/17

Not only is Mr. Myers a leader of If Not Now When, J Street & New Israel Fund, Myers is also an Academic Advisory Board Member for Jewish Voices for Peace (JVP) which the Anti-Defamation League has named one of the ten most influential and active Anti-Israel organizations. Myers condemned a report issued by UC Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Culture and Inclusion about Jewish students coming under siege on campus by Anti-Israel forces, claiming

The new CEO of the Center for Jewish History (CJH), David N. Myers, is a leader of the New Israel Fund, and holds leadership positions at IfNotNow and J Street. Myers also has extreme viewpoints — including supporting “some forms” of boycotts against Israel.

Individuals who hold views such as Myers’ should not hold positions of leadership in the Jewish community. David Myers must be terminated as CEO of the Center for Jewish History.

rather in an open letter that the ADL was a “well-known rightwing group”, which “..has become known for accusing critics of Israel of being anti-Semitic and denouncing Palestinian rights supporters, including Students

for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace.” The incoming head of “…the biggest repository of Jewish history in the United States is part of an organization that opposed efforts to adopt the State Department definition of anti-Semitism. Jewish Voices for Peace today feature in the media urging “young Jews not to take part in Birthright Israel trips.” He may be a great historian, but the fact that David Myers is actively involved in leadership positions with these organizations should preclude him from holding any communal Jewish leadership position. It goes on - Myers made a December 2016 fundraising appeal for If Not Now When – a radical activist organization which according to Haaretz holds “… sit-ins in the lobbies of buildings housing Jewish groups” to protest their not loud enough condemnation of Israel’s West Bank “occupation.” Their members have been arrested while holding sit-ins at the Hillel International, AIPAC, the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations and the Jewish Federation, and they refuse to meet with those Jewish leaders as they claim there’s nothing to dialogue about. Simone Zimmerman, the founder of If Not Now was fired by Bernie Sanders during his Presidential campaign for posting a profanity-laced rant on Facebook, “Bibi Netanyahu is an arrogant, deceptive, cynical, manipulative asshole. F— you, Bibi,

for daring to insist that you legitimately represent even a fraction of the Jews in this world, for your consistent fear-mongering, for pushing Israel in word and deed, farther and farther away from the international community, and most importantly, for trying to derail a potentially historic diplomatic deal with Iran and thus trying to distract the world from the fact that you sanctioned the murder of over 2,000 people this summer.” Myers responded with an impassioned defense of Ms. Zimmerman, detailing her as “the future of American Jewry”, a “beneficiary of the best Jewish education our community offers” someone with a “deep and abiding connection to Judaism and Israel.” If Not Now When is the future of American Jewry? Opposing organizations that oppose the entire the spectrum of mainstream American Jewry, including ADL, AIPAC, Hillel and more is the choice of The Center for Jewish History which encompasses the American Jewish Historical Society, the American Sephardic Federation, the Leo Baeck Institute, YIVO and the Yeshiva University Museum? As Harvard professor Ruth Wisse said “the rapid demoralization of Jews in the face of anti-Zionism… shows the depth of the influence of the past, for many have yet to achieve the simple self-respect that has been eluding the Jews collectively since the dawn of modernity.” See New CEO of Center , page 36

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Captivating Book Takes an Insightful Look at Henry Chadwick; the “Father of Baseball” Reviewed by: Robert Carver Written by: Andrew J. Schiff

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ong before billion-dollar stadium projects and performance enhancing substances, the mid-nineteenth century game of “Base Ball” was a speedier but lesser known alternative to cricket, populated by amateur players from the burgeoning professional and mercantile class of greater New York. This nascent game, in all its permutations – the teams had differences in the number of

Chadwick’s promoting and reporting of baseball, writing guidebooks, and his development of the box score and player statistics, ushered in the national pastime and earned Chadwick the title of “father of baseball” in his day.

players and innings, the distance between bases, and what was considered fair or foul, among other things – was an unwieldy enterprise. Enter Henry Chadwick, originally a New York Times cricket reporter, who was invited to attend the rules committee of the players’ convention to establish the official rules of baseball, many of which survive to this day. “The Father of Baseball”: A Biography of Henry Chadwick is historian Andrew J. Schiff ’s resurrection of Henry Chadwick from the margins of baseball history to his rightful place at its leading edge. Although neither a player nor a team owner, Chadwick was America’s first modern sports journalist, who turned sports reporting into daily news. Chadwick’s promoting and reporting of baseball, writing guidebooks, and his development of the box score and player statistics, ushered in the national pastime and earned Chadwick the title of “father of baseball” in his day. Schiff ’s book traces Chadwick’s involvement in baseball, from his observation of the game played in Hoboken in the 1850’s as a reporter, to his death in 1908 after attending a frigid opening day with 20,000 fans at the Polo Grounds. The evolution of baseball in the Gilded Age into leagues and teams manned by professional players is put into historical context, and Chadwick’s harnessing of

baseball’s historic first contact with the White House in 1865, when the players of the Brooklyn Atlantics, on tour along with Chadwick, who was traveling with them, were introduced to President Johnson. Thirty four years later, in 1899, Chadwick would meet with President McKinley to lobby him to supply baseball equipment to the army at government expense. And in 1904, on Chadwick’s Historian Andrew J. Schiff is eightieth birthday, President the author of “The Father of Roosevelt penned Chadwick a Baseball”: A Biography of congratulatory note. That the Henry Chadwick managing partner of a baseball club – George W. Bush – would been beyond Chadwick’s imagibecome president of the Unit- nation, but he surely would have ed States would probably have approved of it.

“The Father of Baseball”: A Biography of Henry Chadwick is historian Andrew J. Schiff’s resurrection of Henry Chadwick from the margins of baseball history to his rightful place at its leading edge

historical forces, and his victimization by them as well, are am-

ply covered. The author notes organized

The author notes organized baseball’s historic first contact with the White House in 1865, when the players of the Brooklyn Atlantics (pictured above) on tour along with Chadwick, who was traveling with them, were introduced to President Johnson

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Classical Pianist Shai Wosner in NYC Recital at Symphony Concert Opener Recital program based on repertoire from Mr. Wosner’s 2017 solo recording, Impromptu Edited by: JV Staff

Wosner has explored subtle connections between works of ianist Shai Wosner contrasting styles and time pebrings music from his riods, and this recital features critically acclaimed Im- an eclectic program of improvipromptu recording to sationally inspired works by an the concert hall, performing unlikely grouping of composers. works by Schubert, Chopin, Reflecting on the recital’s theme Dvořák, Gershwin, and Ives on of improvisation, he says: Saturday, October 14, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. at Washington Irving High School. The program, Throughout his career, which launches the Peoples’ Mr. Wosner has explored Symphony Concerts season as subtle connections part of its Mann Series, includes between works of Schubert’s Four Impromptus, contrasting styles D935; Chopin’s Impromptus, and time periods, and Op. 29 and 36; Dvořák’s Imthis recital features promptu in D minor, B129; an eclectic program Gershwin’s Impromptu in Two of improvisationally Keys; and Ives’s Improvisations inspired works by an for piano, I and III. In addition unlikely grouping of to these selections from the recomposers cording, he performs Schubert’s Sonata in D Major, D. 850, There is a rush that comes Op. 53, “Gasteiner,” in a look ahead to his new recital series, with losing yourself in an imliberating Schubert: The Great Sonatas, provisation—the performed at the 92nd Street Y feeling you get when that thing you are making up on the spot in the spring. Single tickets ($13; general seems to take on a life of its own admission) will be available on while you are just tagging along September 15 via phone: (212) (there is also the thrill in the risk 586-4680; web: http://pscny. that the whole thing might fall org/; or the box office on con- flat at any moment). … Improvising implies a certain state of cert night. Throughout his career, Mr. mind—it is informal though not

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necessarily formless. And that is captured by the impromptu, which is otherwise a fully written-out piece. It can be many things to many composers but its lack of formality sets it up as an intimate, immediate and very personal musical gesture towards the listener. Described as a “Schubertian of unfaltering authority and character” by Gramophone, Mr. Wosner opens the recital with the first of Schubert’s Four Impromptus, D935—a set he describes as the “prime example” of the genre. The impromptus by Chopin, Dvořák, and Gershwin build on this example, with intimations of the salon (Chopin), the mazurka (Dvořák), and jazz (Gershwin). In contrast, Ives’s Improvisations appear to be truly improvised, having been transcribed from a 1938 recording of the composer at the piano. The recital ends with Schubert’s “Gasteiner” Sonata, one of the composer’s last six piano sonatas. Mr. Wosner describes these works as “six thick novels, rich with insight about the human condition,” and they form the basis of his new recital series, Schubert: The Great Sonatas, to be performed in April

Described as a “Schubertian of unfaltering authority and character” by Gramophone, Mr. Wosner opens the recital with the first of Schubert’s Four Impromptus, D935—a set he describes as the “prime example” of the genre. The impromptus by Chopin, Dvořák, and Gershwin build on this example, with intimations of the salon (Chopin), the mazurka (Dvořák), and jazz (Gershwin).

to commission Michael Hersch’s concerto Along the Ravines, which he then performed with the Seattle Symphony and Deutsche Radio Philharmonie. In addition to this Peoples’ Symphony Concerts performance and the Schubert recital series, highlights of his season include performances with the Alabama, Princeton, and Singapore symphony orchestras; the continuation of his Bridge to Beethoven chamber series with violinist Jennifer Koh; and a tour to Japan with violinist Veronika Eberle. He records for Onyx Classics.

Shai Wosner, piano

SCHUBERT Impromptu in F minor, D. 935, No. 1 IVES Improvisation III DVOŘÁK Impromptu in D and May at the 92nd Street Y, as tracted international recogni- minor, B. 129 well as earlier in the season in tion for his exceptional artistry, GERSHWIN Impromptu in Washington, D.C. and Durham, musical integrity, and insightful Two Keys performances of a broad repNC. CHOPIN Impromptu in Released in spring 2017, Mr. ertoire—from Beethoven and A-flat Major, Op. 29 Wosner’s Impromptu recording Schubert to the music of today. SCHUBERT Impromptu in marked his fourth solo recit- A frequent recitalist, concer- A-flat Major, D. 935, No. 2 al recording for Onyx Classics to soloist, and chamber muCHOPIN Impromptu in and his sixth recording for the sician, Mr. Wosner is known F-sharp Major, Op. 36 label overall. In addition to the for imaginative programming SCHUBERT Impromptu in works on the concert program, that links music of the past and G-flat Major, D. 899, No. 3 the album includes Chopin’s present. He is a recipient of LinIVES Improvisation I Impromptu, Op. 51; Beethoven’s coln Center’s Martin E. Segal SCHUBERT Impromptu in F Fantasy in G, Op. 77; and Liszt’s Award, an Avery Fisher Career minor, D. 935, No. 4 Grant, and a Borletti-Buitoni Impromptu (Nocturne). SCHUBERT Sonata in D MaPianist Shai Wosner has at- Trust Award—a prize he used jor, D. 850, Op. 53, “Gasteiner”

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Pro-Islam Indoctrination in Public Schools?

By: Meira Svirsky

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arents across the U.S. have objected to a Department of Education program called “Access Islam.” The federally-funded program is directed at children from grades 5-12 and is also featured on various websites, including PBS Learning Media. The Smithsonian also promotes the course as does the Indiana Department of Education and the United Nations. Parents charge that the course amounts to nothing less than proselytizing about Islam in public schools. In addition, they note that the Department of Education provides no comparable study or promotion of any other religion. A video from the course prominently features a Christian convert to Islam, who declares emotionally how he has found the true religion without any “intermediaries.” In addition to videos, students are given worksheets to learn the Five Pillars of Islam and how to pray. Children are also expected to memorize verses from the Quran and know the meaning of those verses.

Maryland

As part of the school’s “World History” curriculum, high school students in Maryland were taught extensively about Islam — without any context of current events — and required to list the benefits of the religion. In one homework assignment obtained by a news outlet, the question was asked: “How did Muslim conquerors treat those they conquered?” The correct answer was, “With tolerance, kindness and respect.” One parent, John Kevin Wood, who objected to the mandatory class said, “I don’t force my religious views on them, so don’t force your religious views on me.” His wife, Melissa, noted, “We cannot discuss our Ten Commandments in school but they can discuss Islam’s Five Pillars?” The couple asked that their daughter be excused from this part of the curriculum and given an alternative assignment, a request which was refused. The father was told that the assignment must be done or his daughter would receive a zero. Students are allowed to opt out of other modules in the high school, for example, sex education.

New Jersey

Two mothers who spoke up about the courses on Islam that they charge amounted to indoctrination about Islam were smeared with the label of “Islamophobes” after bringing up the issue at a school board meeting.

Judaism. One of the mother’s also noted that her son her was previously censored for proselytizing when he was in fourth grade for a presentation he made about giving to the poor which cited a line from the Bible.

The following are two examples of the course materials the mothers objected to:

Massachusetts

Charges that teaching materials about the Middle East are biased and funded by Saudi, Palestinian, and other Arab states were levied against Newton high schools. One of the books the schools recommend as reading material included extremist writings by Muslim Brotherhood leaders Sayyid Qutb and Yusuf Qaradawi, who is known for his sermons calling for the murder of Jews and homosexuals. Newton schools officials have continuously refused to make school curricula and teaching materials available to residents. Public pressure previously forced the high schools to discontinue using the Saudi-funded Arab World Studies Notebook, which makes spurious charges against Israel. The book has been From a cartoon depicting the ‘Five Pillars of Islam’ (Photo: video rejected by a number of other screenshot) school districts as well. School officials claimed the An op-ed written against them The mothers objected that their children were required to for a local newspaper generated a book helped to develop the stulearn intricacies of Islam but considerable amount of hate mail dents’ “critical thinking skills.” A number of anti-Semitic inno similar courses were being on social media sites and even cidents were reported in Newton taught about Christianity or animosity at the grocery store.

high schools during use of the book. School officials, in violation of mandatory reporting procedures, failed to inform parents and police of the escalating incidents.

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Concern about a course in Islam, which parents charged amounted to religious indoctrination, reached all the way to the Tennessee state legislature where a bill was passed allowing local school boards to decide how they want to teach about religion. Parents were concerned about a course teaching about the Five Pillars of Islam that they charge was giving false information to children. As a result, in many locations in Tennessee, the curriculum was streamlined and in some cases, the course was been cut out entirely.

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In 2015, parents and students protested after a teacher asked students to copy the shahada, the Islamic declaration of faith, as an example of Arabic calligraphy. The shahada states: “There is no God but Allah, and MohamSee Pro-Islam Indoctrination , page 36

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Attendees at the New York City Pizza Festival are furious that they paid $75 each to eat cold pizza in a parking lot in Brooklyn on Saturday.

Complaints about festival's cold pizza prompt state inquiry

(VIN) Some New York City foodies say a neighborhood pizza festival has left them with a bad taste in their mouths. Prosecutors are looking into the New York City Pizza Festival after attendees fumed they paid $75 each to eat cold slivers of pizza in a parking lot in Brooklyn on Saturday. The festival was promoted as a celebration of pizza. Attendees say on Facebook they instead got cold slices of pizza “smaller than a sample size,” served with glasses of warm wine. WNBC-TV reports Democratic State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (SHNEYE’dur-muhn) is urging attendees to file complaints on his website. A spokesman says prosecutors opened an investigation Monday. Festival organizer Ishmael Osekre says event producer Hangry Garden delayed the event. The event producer contends it was misled by the organizer and wasn’t paid.

Man with cuffed wrist jokingly told neighbor he shot trooper

(VIN) Authorities say a New York man was joking when he showed up at a neighbor’s house with handcuffs attached to his wrist and claimed to have just shot a state trooper. The neighbor fell for the joke and called 911. Now, 59-yearold Leonard Graumenz faces charges of reckless endangerment and falsely reporting a crime. Police say the incident occurred Saturday when Graumenz attached handcuffs to one of his wrists and told his neighbor he had crashed his

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9/11's "Tribute in Light" beams in NYC

(VIN) Two giant towers of light have lit up the lower Manhattan skyline as a visual memorial to those who lost their lives on 9/11. The September 11 Memorial & Museum’s “Tribute in Light” art installation switched on just after sundown Monday. The light beams reach up to four miles into the sky and are comprised of 88 searchlights positioned into two squares that represent the twin towers. The Memorial Plaza will be open to the public until midnight Monday to view the lights, which were first installed six months after the attack and are now a yearly tradition. They’ll stay lit until dawn.

On the left is Murray Huberfeld, a longtime associate of Platinum Partners, exiting the Manhattan District court house last month.

Ex-Platinum Executive, NYC Union Chief must face fraud charges

(VIN) A federal judge in Manhattan on Monday refused to dismiss fraud charges against a former Platinum Partners hedge fund executive and a former union leader for New York City prison guards, who claimed their indictment was based on illegal wiretaps. The defendants, Murray Huberfeld and Norman Seabrook, said the indictment was based improperly on phone calls involving Huberfeld that were overheard by law enforcement officers probing a separate fraud, involving high-level New York City police officials

in an illegal liquor distribution scheme. But the judge, Andrew Carter, said those officers were not required to ignore evidence of another crime in “plain view,” even if it were unrelated to the fraud targeted by the wiretaps. Prosecutors in June 2016 accused Seabrook, the former president of the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association, of investing $20 million of union money with Platinum in exchange for kickbacks from Huberfeld. Both men have pleaded not guilty to charges of honest services fraud and conspiracy. Huberfeld had initially sought to dismiss the indictment, and Seabrook later joined him. Henry Mazurek, a lawyer for Huberfeld, said in an email: “While we respect the court’s decision, the issues we presented in the pretrial motions will continue to be litigated at trial.” Last December, seven people affiliated with Platinum, including founding partner Mark Nordlicht, were charged with running a $1 billion fraud that prosecutors said was “like a Ponzi scheme.” Nordlicht has pleaded not guilty. The case is U.S. v. Seabrook et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 16-cr-00467.

President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Trump's 2016 election in New York. Credit: GPO.

Netanyahu slated to meet Trump in New York before addressing U.N.

(JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he will meet with President Donald Trump in late September during his visit to New York to address the U.N. General Assembly. Netanyahu is slated to address the world body Sept. 26. He commented on his planned meeting with Trump before departing on his historic visit to

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NATIONAL Israeli rescue teams deployed to South Florida

(JNS.org) Israeli emergency rescue teams departed Saturday night for Miami ahead of Hurricane Irma’s arrival in Florida this weekend. The delegation, coordinated by the umbrella organization Israel Rescue Coalition (IRC), includes Israel’s United Hatzalah emergency response group. They will deploy searchand-rescue teams, as well as EMS and psychotrauma units in South Florida where the hurricane hit hard. “Our job as volunteers will be to help the community and deal with the situation as best we can in the absence of American officials, until they arrive," said Moti Elmaliah, a spokesman for the IRC, reported Yediot Ahronot. Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida Sunday as a Category 3 storm near Naples. It was downgraded to tropical storm as of Monday morning and has left millions without power. It comes on the heels of Hurricane Harvey, which wreaked havoc in Texas, including severe flooding for Jewish families and institutions in Houston. Florida is home to the third-largest Jewish community—an estimated 655,000 people—in the U.S. Many Jewish residents evacuated in advance of the storm.

hills of Israel’s capital city. “We are very pleased to recognize our brave first-responders for their contributions and sacrifices to our nation and to our local communities, and to share our mutual respect while we honor those who fell during the attacks,” Blank said. JNF will also host public tributes to first-responders in Baltimore; Beverly Hills, Calif.; Long Island, N.Y.; Los Angeles; Miami; and Westchester, N.Y.

Volunteers at Houston's Evelyn Rubenstein JCC distribute supplies to those in need in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Credit: Jacob Kamaras.

Israel approves $1M in aid to rebuild Jewish community infrastructure in Houston

(JNS.org) Israel’s Diaspora Affairs Ministry has approved Sunday a plan to send $1 million in emergency aid to Houston’s Jewish community following the extensive flood damage caused by Hurricane Harvey. The aid approval follows reports last week that the ministry was “advancing” an initiative to help rebuild critical infrastructure for Houston’s Jewish community including synagogues, the Jewish Community Center and schools, which were all badly damaged during the deadly hurricane — the strongest to hit Texas in decades. “This is a time for the Jewish state to help our Diaspora brothers at their time of need,” said Education and Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett. “They helped us when we needed it, it is our turn to help them.” The forthcoming funds will be transferred through the local Israeli Consulate in Houston. Additionally, Israel has also sent emergency aid to other communities affected by natural disasters during the past week. Israeli emergency rescue teams departed Saturday night for Miami ahead of Hurricane Irma’s arrival in Florida this weekend. Jewish National Also, Israel’s Foreign MinFund holds 9/11 istry said Sunday it would memorial ceremonies send aid to Mexico, after an in Israel and U.S. 8.2-magnitude earthquake— (JNS.org) As the world the strongest to hit Mexico in marks the 16th anniversary of a century—struck 75 miles off the 9/11 terror attacks Monday, the country’s Pacific coast last the Jewish National Fund (JNF) Thursday, causing tremendous is hosting and participating in damage and killing at least 90 various memorial events in the people. U.S. and Israel to honor American first-responders. INTERNATIONAL Thousands of Israeli citizens, 15,000 people Israeli officials and U.S. combat attended largest veterans will join U.S. AmbasIsraeli cultural sador to Israel David Friedman festival in Europe at the 9/11 Living Memorial in Jerusalem to express gratitude (JNS.org) The largest Israeli to first-responders for their cultural event in Europe, TLV contributions and sacrifices. in LDN, attracted some 15,000 The memorial, donated by people to the four-day event to JNF World Chairman Council celebrate Israeli culture and dimember Edward Blank, was versity in London. constructed in 2009 in the footThe Israeli Ministry of Stra-

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 tegic Affairs and Public Diplomacy, the British Jewish community and the British Embassy in Israel hosted the event Sept. 8 – 11. Some of Israel’s top female singers, including Ethiopian-Israeli Ester Rada, performed for hundreds of locals during Sunday’s celebration, under the theme “Woman in Power,” at the historic Roundhouse Music Hall in London. "We came from Tel Aviv to bring you love," said Rada, as she opened the evening before a soul music performance from Maximilian Blumin. Israeli-Arab singer Mira Awad also performed and sang in English, Hebrew and Arabic, with Yemenite-Israeli trio A-WA concluding the threehour show with their performance. The festival saw some 15,000 Londoners revel in Israeli culture, fashion and cuisine. Locals enjoyed culinary workshops provided by Israeli master chefs, as well as performances from an eclectic group of 120 Israeli vocalists, and an LGBT party over the weekend. The festival encountered some opposition, and saw some anti-Israel BDS protestors demonstrate at the event. An unusual scene unfolded when Israeli Chef Shaul Ben Aderet handed out sweets to the protestors, which had originally been prepared for festival attendees.

A wreath left outside the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in Paris in Jan. 2015, to pay homage to the Jewish victims of that Islamist terror attack. Credit: U.S. State Dept.

European Jewish group calls on French authorities for stronger action on anti-Semitism

(JNS.org) The European Jewish Congress (EJC) is calling on French authorities to take strong action against anti-Semitism in the wake of a recent attack on a Jewish leader. Last week, three attackers entered the home of Roger Pinto, president of Siona, a group that represents French Sephardic Jews, in the Paris suburb of Livry-Gargan. The attackers cut the electricity and confined three members of the family Pinto, his wife and son - beating them and threatening to kill them, until one of them managed to escape and alert the police, said anti-Semitism watchdog BNVCA. The attackers eventually fled after they were told police were on their way. Following the Pinto attack, French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said the French government is determined “to do everything to combat every form of racism and anti-Semitism, which have no place in the French Republic.” Prior to the attack, a former principal at a Marseille preparatory school, Bernard Ravet, told France’s L’Express newspa-

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 per, that he actively encouraged Jews not to apply to his school out of fear they would “get beat to a pulp.” “Unfortunately, we see these two incidents, and many others, as intertwined, where parts of French society are becoming increasingly anti-Semitic on the one hand, and this hate towards Jews is being accepted and tolerated by other parts,” Dr. Moshe Kantor, president of the EJC, said in a statement. “We call on French authorities to firmly root out societal anti-Semitism and its passive acceptance."

Israeli movie ‘Foxtrot’ wins second place prize at Venice Film Festival

(JNS.org) The Israeli film “Foxtrot” won the second-place Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival Saturday and drew strong criticism from Israel’s Minister of Culture Miri Regev for its purported negative portrayal of the IDF. “It’s outrageous that Israeli artists contribute to the incitement of the young generation against the most moral army in the world by spreading lies in the guise of art,” Regev said in a statement Saturday night. The minister also accused the film of giving the anti-Israel BDS movement and “haters of a Israel around the world” a “tailwind.” The film is partially influenced by director Samuel Maoz’s own military experience in the IDF. It details the story of an affluent Tel Aviv couple informed that their young son, a soldier, has been killed in the line of duty at an isolated roadblock in Israel’s Negev desert. “If I criticize the place I live, I do it because I worry. I do it because I want to protect it. I do it from love,” Moaz told reporters. Foxtrot’s second-place prize comes eight years after Maoz’s debut feature film, the critically acclaimed “Lebanon,” won the festival’s Golden Lion prize, the highest award at the event.

Palestinians attempt to gain full membership in second UN agency

(JNS.org) The Palestinians are reportedly preparing to gain full membership in the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), a U.N. agency, at the group’s upcoming meeting. According to The Jerusalem Post, the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Tourism applied for membership for “Palestine” into the organization last year, and the item is on the agenda for UNWTO’s general assembly in China next week. A final Palestinian decision on whether to go ahead with the bid or withdraw is expected soon. To gain membership, the Palestinians must secure twothirds approval in a vote at the UNWTO assembly. “Israel has taken all diplomatic measures to block the

The Jewish Voice request,” an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman told The Jerusalem Post. “We are not expecting any negative impact on Israel or its continued activity in the organization—the expected damage will be to the organization itself.” If the Palestinian bid is successful, UNWTO would be the second U.N. organization in which the Palestinians have gained membership; the first was UNESCO. During the last year, UNESCO has passed several anti-Israel resolutions that have denied Israeli sovereignty and Jewish ties to Jerusalem and Hebron, two of Judaism’s holiest cities.

Berlin’s Mayor Michael Muller. Credit: Sebaso via Wikimedia Commons.

Berlin’s mayor denounces antiIsrael BDS movement after outcry

(JNS.org) Berlin’s Mayor Michael Muller, who had come under fire from Jewish organizations for not publicly condemning the BDS movement, has pledged his commitment to working against organizations that promote boycotts of Israel. Muller said that the Berlin Municipality would continue to use all legal means necessary to fight the spread of anti-Semitic incitement in demonstrations held across the city, and to combat anti-Semitism in schools. “BDS activists stand with anti-Semitic signs in front of Berlin businesses [that sell Israeli products],” Muller said Thursday. “These are unacceptable practices from the Nazi era. We will do everything in our power to prevent BDS from obtaining halls and funds for its anti-Israel incitement.” Muller’s statement was applauded by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, which had threatened to include the mayor’s actions on its list of this year’s 10 most anti-Semitic and anti-Israel incidents around the world. In June, Muller permitted nearly 600 Hezbollah supporters and members to march in the German capital as part of a rally calling for Israel’s destruction. Jewish groups have noted the high incidence of BDS and anti-Semitism in Berlin this summer, including the disruption of a program at Humboldt University featuring an Israeli Knesset member and a Holocaust survivor. “The mayor showed true leadership in denouncing BDS for what it is: an anti-Semitic, anti-peace campaign,” said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the Wiesenthal Center’s associate

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MIDDLE EAST Israel’s intelligence minister urges Netanyahu to lobby Trump on new Iran deal

(JNS.org) Israel’s Intelligence Minister Yisrael Katz urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to lobby President Donald Trump to change or cancel the Iran nuclear deal at his upcoming meeting with the U.S. leader in late September. “Iran needs to be forced to sign a new agreement, one that will never let it advance to nuclear weapons, as President Trump promised, and which will also include the issues of missiles and Iran’s support of terror,” Katz said in a speech at a IDC Herzliya’s annual Counter-Terrorism conference. Katz, who also serves as transportation minister, said the deal “protects Iran’s ability to get nuclear capabilities in the future.” Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with Trump during his Sept. 26 visit to New York to address the United Nations General Assembly. Netanyahu has been an outspoken critic of the Iran nuclear deal and had pressed former President Barack Obama against it. During the 2016 campaign, Trump repeatedly called the deal “disastrous” and promised to “rip it up.” While Trump has yet to make any changes to the deal, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley suggested recently that Trump may not certify the Iran deal and let Congress decide its fate.

Side-by-side images show the Syrian facility before and after last week's airstrike. Credit: ImageSat International.

Satellite images show damage from alleged Israeli strike in Syria

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of the site," the Syrian statement said. Israel has refrained from commenting on the strike. A military spokeswoman declined to discuss Syrian media reports, saying the IDF does not comment on operational matters. The images, taken by a satellite operated by the Israeli company ImageSat International, show the strike, which took place overnight Sept. 6. The pictures also show the proximity of last week's target to the Russian S-400 missile defense battery, as well as its proximity to an Iranian factory under construction. The images show heavy damage to the structures targeted, including buildings used for manufacturing and storage.

Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right), present certificates of excellence to the officers of the Shin Bet security agency in July 2017. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu lauds Shin Bet for foiling 70 terror operations in July and August

(JNS.org) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday praised Israel’s Shin Bet (ISA) security agency for thwarting

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more than 70 planned terror operations against soldiers and civilians in the Jewish state during the months of July and August. Netanyahu expressed “deep gratitude” to the Shin Bet’s personnel “and to all those involved in this important work on behalf of the security of Israel.” The prime minister’s comments follow mid-August reports that the Shin Bet had exposed a complex money-transferring scheme run by the Gaza-ruling Palestinian terror group Hamas, whose operatives in Gaza used the network to send funds to families of Palestinian terrorists residing in eastern Jerusalem. Earlier that month, the Shin Bet also announced that it had uncovered an intricate money-laundering scheme run by Hamas, in which some $200,000 was illegally transferred to the terror group from Turkey. Further, the IDF and Shin Bet together arrested 29 Hamas members in July after a Palestinian terrorist fatally stabbed an Israeli father and two of his adult children in the Samaria community of Halamish. Several of the arrests included some of the terror group’s senior officials based in the disputed territories.

JNS.org) Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced Friday that pending a hearing, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, will be indicted over alleged financial irregularities relating to the official prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem, Israel’s Channel 10 reported. Mandelblit also said a former deputy director general of the Prime Minister’s Office, Ezra Saidoff, would also be indicted pending a hearing. In May 2016, police recommended that Sara Netanyahu stand trial in four different cases in which the Israeli government was supposedly billed for items or services for which she should have paid out of pocket, including the cost of home care for her late father. In another case, the government was allegedly billed for providing meals for more guests than were invited to an official dinner, leading to a suspicion that expenses were artificially inflated for the sake of a larger reimbursement. The Netanyahu family said in a statement Friday, “The allegations against the prime minister’s wife are absurd and will be proven to be made up…The sharp rise in meal costs at the Prime Minister’s Residence was the result of a crime committed by problematic custodian Meni Naftali, a criminal state’s witIsraeli attorney ness and a serial liar.” general: Sara According to the statement, Netanyahu to be “Naftali is throwing false accuindicted in residence sations at the prime minister’s spending scandal wife to evade responsibility for (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to the crimes he committed.”

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im Guadagno and prominent Jewish leaders from across New Jersey today slammed Phil Murphy and Sheila Oliver for their ticket’s anti-Israel record. “Phil Murphy is resorting to desperate, negative and false attacks to divert attention from his plan for a billion dollar tax increase and from his deafening silence on how he will fix New Jersey's already highest in the nation property taxes,” said Kim Guadagno. “When it comes to supporting Israel and the Jewish-American community in New Jersey, it’s clear that Phil

Murphy and Sheila Oliver come up short. Sheila Oliver was one of only three legislators to vote against the landmark anti-BDS law last year which banned pension investments with companies that boycotted Israel. Phil Murphy is either anti-Israel or should demand his running mate disavow her vote.” The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement is an anti-Israel campaign seeking to undermine the country’s legitimacy as a Jewish state. New Jersey’s anti-BDS legislation was signed into law last summer. “I was really troubled that Phil Murphy’s running mate supports the virulently anti-Israel BDS movement and was

one of only three Assembly votes against the landmark Anti-BDS legislation that overwhelmingly passed the NJ Assembly and Senate last year," said Mark Levenson, a longtime Jewish community activist and a leader in the successful effort to pass New Jersey’s Anti-BDS legislation. “On this critical issue, you are either with us on the right side of the issue or you are against us. There is no middle ground. Jewish leaders are standing with Kim Guadagno and Carlos Rendo because they will always stand with Israel, oppose hypocritical double standard discrimination against the Jewish State and speak out against

Kim Guadagno, candidate for governor in New Jersey said, “When it comes to supporting Israel and the Jewish-American community in New Jersey, it’s clear that Phil Murphy and Sheila Oliver come up short. Sheila Oliver was one of only three legislators to vote against the landmark anti-BDS law last year which banned pension investments with companies that boycotted Israel. Phil Murphy is either anti-Israel or should demand his running mate disavow her vote.”

antisemitism.” "New Jersey cannot support the Murphy-Oliver anti-Israel ticket," said Senator Bob Singer, a co-sponsor of New Jersey’s anti-BDS legislation. "Israel is an ally and deserves our steadfast support from all levels of government. We need leaders with the moral clarity to stand against violence and the BDS

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movement, and that's why I support Kim Guadagno and Carlos Rendo.” “Phil Murphy and Sheila Oliver have again shown they don’t have our backs,” said Woodcliff Lake Mayor Carlos Rendo, Kim Guadagno’s running mate. “First, we find out that Sheila Oliver took an unsanctioned trip to Cuba while they were harboring the fugitive murderer of a New Jersey State Trooper. Now we find out she was one of the few legislators to vote against Israel. As an immigrant, I find it insulting that Phil Murphy would choose Sheila Oliver as a running mate.” “Instead of boycotting, divesting or sanctioning Israel, Kim Guadagno and Carlos Rendo understand we should be strengthening cultural and economic ties,” said Duvi Honig,

“Instead of boycotting, divesting or sanctioning Israel, Kim Guadagno and Carlos Rendo understand we should be strengthening cultural and economic ties,” said Duvi Honig, CEO & Founder of the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce. “From funding school choice programs to providing the necessary security to ensure the Jewish community can worship safely, Kim will help strengthen our community and improve the quality of life for all New Jerseyans.”

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Battered and Flooded, Florida Jewish Communities Assess Irma’s Toll ty is very tight-knit, and the Parkland. WhatsApp group is really helpHe noted that statewide, they ful for communication,” said the have already fielded several Fla., where he evacuated with don’t know if the trees fell down city commissioner. “I’ve actually hundred calls. his family. “There’s almost no around my house, if my roof is gotten some good information, Additionally, he says, more communications at all right still up. I’ve heard the flooding including some pictures of than 42 Chabad Houses with now. I know two families with hasn’t been as bad as Hurricane what’s going on down there.” electricity are opening their little kids in my community who stayed in their homes, and there were two guys in a house by the canal that almost flooded during Hurricane Wilma. “It’s frustrating not knowing what’s going on,” he said. “People are calling me and saying, ‘Rabbi, what should we do?’ Rosh Hashanah is next week, and I don’t know what to tell them. I’m trying to get back to the keys ASAP so I can assess the damage, check on the people who are still there, see what they need, come back here, and get the supplies to return and help them.” A storm surge from Hurricane Irma created a virtual river in downtown Miami and the financial A private individual has of- district, which has since started to recede. fered Zucker the use of a helicopter to take him and his wife Wilma, so that gives us some Coordinating doors to congregants and neighto Key West to assess the dam- hope that we didn’t get water in Relief Efforts bors, offering them a place to age and return with supplies our house, but that doesn’t mean Chabad emissaries through- cool off, charge their cell phones as soon as they get permission others didn’t get some in theirs.” out Florida have banded to- and get a fresh meal. Kaufman, whose home gether to help coordinate relief from the authorities to land. “There are 7 million people According to Sam Kaufman, a sits across the street from efforts to people without power still without power in this South city commissioner for Key West the Chabad House, credits a and to the homebound. Florida heat. Anyone with kids and a member of the Chabad WhatsApp group created by “First, we are trying to use all or elderly family members need Jewish Center, “like everybody, Rabbi Zucker with helping keep of our resources to create a sys- a safe, cool environment to go I am anxious to get back, but the Jewish community in touch, tem of communication, and be to,” said Gutnick, whose own there’s no water. There are many even though they’re not physi- helpful to people who are out home has power. He has been leaks in the water line from the cally in the same space—or even of town and who can’t reach a hosting more than 60 people mainland to Key West. There’s the same city, state or country. family member. They can call there this afternoon. no sewer, no hospitals, and no (A number of the people on the the local Chabad, and we’ll send For those who need a meal way we can safely return. We group are Israelis who come to someone to check on them,” ex- but cannot physically get out, a know there is a lot of damage Key West for work.) plained Rabbi Mendy Gutnick, number of Chabad emissaries “Our Jewish communi- co-director of Chabad of West will be delivering food. They in the area, and I’m worried. I

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s first light dawned across Florida on Monday, people began venturing out to evaluate the damage left in the wake of Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record. Large swaths of Florida have been battered by Hurricane Irma’s 120-plus-mph winds, which pounded the state for hours on end, and rainfall totals that could be measured in feet. More than two dozen people were killed in the storm when it roared through the Caribbean before setting its sights on Miami and cities northwards, and then surprisingly turning west towards Naples and up that coast. The storm made landfall around 9 a.m. on Sunday morning in the Florida Keys, and as of Monday morning, Rabbi Yaakov Zucker, co-director of Chabad Jewish Center of the Florida Keys with his wife, Chanie, still wasn’t able to reach those members of his community in Key West who hadn’t evacuated. “I was in touch with my guys in Key West until the middle of the storm—I guess it was until about 10 a.m.—and then the back side of it came through, and everything went down,” he said from Coconut Creek,

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The Pain of the Contemporary Orthodox Jew The groundbreaking Pew survey of American Jews found four years ago that, in a few short decades, Orthodox Jews will comprise the majority of Jews in New York. But media reports typically ignore them, painting almost all Jews as liberal. By: Rabbi Prof Dov Fischer to Paradise since the church

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am an Orthodox Jew and, besides also being an adjunct professor of law and having practiced complex business litigation for two decades at three of America’s most prominent national law firms, I also am an Orthodox rabbi of 35 years. More about that last one later. Five years ago, my synagogue needed access to extra parking space. There was an expansive parking lot adjacent to us, part of a large church campus. I approached the pastor to discuss our request for access, and we began with the usual exchanges of warm phatic language. In time, I asked which denomination of Protestantism his church followed, and he replied that his congregation is Lutheran. He then said a few more words, something about a “synod.”

thankfully had put up a parking lot, I learned further that there even are Protestant denominations within denominations. The pastor shared with me that there are several types of Baptists, even several types of Lutherans. The more radical-left Lutherans seem to be organized among the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA). And then there are others, more traditional, in the Missouri Synod. And others in the Wisconsin Synod (even thought the last two are comprised of Lutherans who, for the most part, never have been to Missouri or Wisconsin, nor ever signed on to a synod). Who knew? Go figure. So I then explained to the pastor about us Jews. We also have three main denominations: the Orthodox Jews, the Conservative Jews (misnomered be-

We Orthodox believe that we then proceeded, in our millions, to Mount Sinai where, our tradition teaches, every Jewish soul for all-time-to-come stood during the Divine Revelation as G-d spoke the first two of the Ten Commandments, and Moses then spoke the Decalogue’s remaining eight commands.

The Bishop was welcoming and, again after the mandatory exchange of phatic niceties, we got down to stuff. The atmosphere was congenial and friendly – what college snowflakes would call a “safe space,” only with a mutual agreement that no trigger warnings would be needed and no microaggre-

And what about the life of the unborn fetus? “But we do.” “You do?” “Yes, we do.” It turned out that we Orthodox Jews adhere to views on abortion, birth control, assisted suicide, and other controversial social issues that strongly parallel, though differ a bit in nuance and application from those believed by many traditionalist and fundamentalist Christians and by the Catholic Church. The Bishop honestly, sincerely

The more radical-left Lutherans seem to be organized among the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA).

sions would be perceived as we learned about each other. As such, the Bishop sincerely asked me, “Why is it that the Jews, who received the Word, do not seem to believe in the literal truth of the Old Testament?” A fair question. I answered: “Oh, but we Orthodox Jews do. We Orthodox Jews believe in the truth of every word of the Torah – what you would call the Pentateuch or the Five Books of Moses.” “You do?” he asked, a bit surprised.

never had met one of me before, an Orthodox Jew. Was I a ringer? Nope. Just as I had not known about ELCA and different Lutheran synods, the Bishop had thought that virtually all Jews are doctrinnaire liberal, theologically and politically. Condoms for Sandra Fluke. Historical revisionism for Dr. Kevorkian. I guess (looking back with deference to Exodus 19 and 20) our meeting proved quite a revelation. Orthodox Jews believe in the literal truth of the Torah. Unlike

cause they are extremely liberal), and the Reform Jews (to the left of the “Conservatives”). As I explained to him, my thoughts went back to a fascinating meeting I had requested a few years earlier when I met privately with the Catholic Bishop of Orange County, California. As one of the very few Orthodox rabbis in my neck of the woods, in a community of the most wonderful rabbinic colleagues but almost all of whom are non-Orthodox, David Weprin, a liberal Democrat (pictured above) ran against I thought it important to intro- Bob Turner, a non-Jewish Republican conservative for the duce myself to the Bishop and Congressional seat that was vacated by Rep Anthony Weiner to explore areas of common most non-Orthodox rabbis from “Yes, we do.” interest. And so it went. Then why today’s liberal rabbinic seminot strictly observe the Bible’s naries, even Orthodox Jewish kosher dietary laws? “Oh, but laity believe that Abraham and we do.” Well, what about the Sarah really existed, that Jews strict observance of the Lord’s really were slaves to Pharaoh Day. “Oh, but we do – and we in Egypt, and that G-d took us observe that Day of Rest literally out of there with a strong hand, on the seventh day of the week, an outstretched arm, with signs from Friday sunset to Saturday and wonders including ten of nightfall, exactly as in Genesis 1 the most amazing plagues, even through the third verse of Chap- more intense than the four years ter 2. Just as the Torah tells us of the Jimmy Carter presidency. that G-d rested from six days of No denial about egressing da Nile. We Orthodox believe that Creation on the seventh day.” we then proceeded, in our mil“You do?” lions, to Mount Sinai where, our “Yes, we do.” Now it got fun: Then what tradition teaches, every Jewish about respecting the Lord’s soul for all-time-to-come stood Says Rabbi Fischer: “And several of us Orthodox rabbis even commandment in Leviticus 18 during the Divine Revelation as file amicus curae briefs in the United States Supreme Court G-d spoke the first two of the supporting religious positions taken by groups like the Little Sisters about marriages between . . . “But we do.” “You do?” “Yes, Ten Commandments, and Moof the Poor.” ses then spoke the Decalogue’s we do.”

As an Orthodox Jew who used some of my undergraduate time at Columbia University to study religions, when I was not taking radical-left courses in Frantz Fanon, Samuel Melville, Malcolm X, and Marx and Engels to meet the requirements for my basic Ivy League political science major, I knew about Protestant denominations. Baptists, Methodists, Episcopalians, Unitarians, Adventists, Witnesses, Presbyterians, Lutherans, others. But on the day when I visited the Lutheran pastor to explore whether our Jewish synagogue could pave our way

remaining eight commands. Indeed, whenever I newly meet a Jewish person, I always greet him or her with the words: “Didn’t I see you at Sinai? Weren’t you the guy/lady back in the fourth row to the right with the Brooklyn Dodgers cap?” Here is why all this random theology matters so much to the informed American conservative political observer: The mainstream media will not tell you so, but Orthodox Jews, whom every demographic study confirms are the only growing population group in American Jewish life – and doing so rapidly – are rock-ribbed Republican conservatives. When more compelling passions impelled the Hon. Carlos Danger (aka Anthony Weiner) to give up his seat in New York’s 9th Congressional District – a district including parts of Brooklyn and Queens that previously had elected Chuck Schumer and, before him, nearly a century of other liberal Democrats including Geraldine Ferraro – the special election to replace him pitted a liberal Democrat who claimed Orthodox Jewish attachments against Bob Turner, a non-Jewish Republican conservative.

Rabbi Dov Fischer writes: “We are socially conservative and economically capitalist because we take the Torah laws seriously. We give charity without the Government teaching us about morality because we are commanded to give.”

servative Republican Orthodox Jews. Every serious study of Orthodox Jewish voting patterns reflects that, in precincts where Orthodox Jews live, Republican candidates win, and they win yuge. This political conservatism reflects the Orthodox Jewish community’s more traditional religious and social values. Orthodox Jews believe in the Tanakh, the 24-volume “Bible” that non-Jews call the “Old Testament.” (For us, it’s still as

Former cable TV executive Bob Turner was the first Republican to hold the seat from New York’s 9th Congressional district in 80 years. He succeeded disgraced Congressman Anthony Weiner. Rabbi Fischer says: “The Democrats of New York responded by eradicating the district from the face of earth during the subsequent redistricting that compelled New York to eliminate two districts anyway, as that state continues losing population to warmer and more Republican climates. In other words, you may not gerrymander African Americans or Latinos out of the franchise, but you may wipe out the voting representation of conservative Republican Orthodox Jews.”

Over the years, the District’s population had attracted growing numbers of Orthodox Jews. To the shock of everyone except for those who understand this stuff, that District’s newly expanded Orthodox Jewish voting bloc elected Turner to be the first Republican representing that district in nearly a century. Stunned by the political development – Jews going Republican conservative in a district that had been a Democrat lock for more than 80 years – the Democrats of New York responded by eradicating the district from the face of earth during the subsequent redistricting that compelled New York to eliminate two districts anyway, as that state continues losing population to warmer and more Republican climates. In other words, you may not gerrymander African Americans or Latinos out of the franchise, but you may wipe out the voting representation of con-

new as today.) Thus, we strictly eat kosher, as commanded in Leviticus and Deuteronomy. We do not drive on the Sabbath, nor engage in any transactions nor even discuss business on the Lord’s Day of Rest, and that Sabbath runs from Friday sunset until Saturday nightfall because the Bible says: “And it was evening, and it was morning [marking the] Sixth Day” – and all of Creation was completed. Thus, we are socially conservative and economically capitalist because we take the Torah laws seriously. We give charity without the Government teaching us about morality because we are commanded to give. Contrary to stereotypes, we are brutally honest in business at great personal economic loss. We set aside a tenth of our earnings for charity. Our marriages are heterosexual. And several of us Orthodox rabbis even See page 29

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Continued from page 28 file amicus curae briefs in the United States Supreme Court supporting religious positions taken by groups like the Little Sisters of the Poor. This matters for American conservatives of all religions, ethnicities, races, and nationalities because, with non-Orthodox Jews reflecting the surrounding American culture of delaying marriage (if they marry at all) until very late into their mid- and later thirties, then having no children or perhaps merely one, most typically marrying non-Jews, and not rearing that child with Torah values, the only Jewish demographic who are growing in the United States are Orthodox Jews. We marry earlier, have more children than our replacement rate, and imbue our children with our Torah values. As a result, the groundbreaking Pew survey of American Jews found four years ago that, in a few short decades, Orthodox Jews will comprise the majority of Jews in New York. Beyond even that,“There is a trend afoot, and in the next big population survey like this, we will see the beginning of a switch, whereby Orthodox Jews will eventually likely be the majority of American Jews,” according to Prof. Sarah Bunin Benor of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, a non-Orthodox seminary. And this is why it is so painful today for contemporary American Orthodox Jews to read daily media reports that typically ig-

“There is a trend afoot, and in the next big population survey like this, we will see the beginning of a switch, whereby Orthodox Jews will eventually likely be the majority of American Jews,” according to Prof. Sarah Bunin Benor of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, a non-Orthodox seminary.

nore us, in an attempt to paint almost all Jews as liberal. We Orthodox Jews – the ones who wear yarmulkas, who are at the core of the kosher-food industry that attracts more millions of non-Jewish consumers than we comprise because they trust rabbinic food oversight more than they do the Government, the ones you perhaps see walking to synagogue on Saturday morning or greeting you helpfully at the Western Wall in Jerusalem when you visit – are excluded from media coverage. As easy as we are to spot, the media do all they can to keep us invisible. Thus, the media will not invite our statements nor quote us when we send them our press releases – except if we say something to advance their liberal agenda. Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama named Jews to the Supreme

Court, carefully selecting doctrinnaire Jewish liberals like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elana Kagan, and Stephen Breyer. By selectively highlighting Jewish liberals for every vehicle, Democrats cruelly promote a stereotype that ignores Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jewish conservatives. Just as Democrats hounded the Hon. Clarence Thomas when he, a proud African-American, was nominated for the Supreme Court – because Blacks like Dr. Ben Carson, Herman Cain, Col. Allen West, Larry Elder, Michael Steele, Stacey Dash, and Justice Thomas are not allowed to be conservatives and Republicans – so it is that they have shut out Orthodox Jewish conservatives, barring us and our national organizations and spokespersons from the table and eliminating us from public discourse.

In New York City, the Orthodox Jewish birthright is significantly increasing. It is expected that in the next few decades, Orthodox Jews will become the majority of Jews living in New York and its suburbs

Writes Rabbi Fischer: “Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama named Jews to the Supreme Court, carefully selecting doctrinnaire Jewish liberals like Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elana Kagan, and Stephen Breyer. By selectively highlighting Jewish liberals for every vehicle, Democrats cruelly promote a stereotype that ignores Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jewish conservatives.”

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rabbis – announce that they will not participate in a phone call with the President of the United States, the media splash the news. But why is “Dog Bites Man” news? These are the same Democrat liberal rabbis who fell over themselves to hail Obama, even as Obama allowed the United Nations to proclaim that Jews have no historical bond to any part of Jerusalem, even as Obama brushed off an anti-Jewish Radical Islamist terror attack at a kosher grocery in France as a case of “random violence,” even as Obama proceeded with the Iran deal. The bigger news story that the media, except for Arutz Sheva, fail to report is that the one-thousand members of the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of America did not join in the boycott announcement. Nor did the Agudath Israel of America. Nor did the rabbinical body of the 140-synagogue National Council of Young Israel. Nor did the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, comprised of some 1,000 affiliated synagogues. Nor did the 200-plus rabbis of the Coalition for Jewish Values. The media blacked out the news that the majority of all seminary-ordained rabbis in the United States are Orthodox and that they gladly would participate in a phone call with the President of the United States. In the same way, several Jewish organizations that historically were associated with protecting Jewish rights in the past

Our organizations never get Thus, for example, when an agquoted. Our public affairs pol- glomeration of the most liberal icy positions never get reported. left rabbis – the non-Orthodox See The Pain of the Contemporary , page 38

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Netanyahu Calls for “New Era” in Israel-Latin American Relations on Historic 9-Day Trip Continued from page 1 replaced Cristina de Kirchner, who maintained a cold policy toward Israel while tightening relations with Iran. Netanyahu and Macri are also expected to sign a series of cooperative agreements in the realms of domestic security, customs, social insurance and Holocaust archives, according to a Ha’Aretz report. In Bogota, Colombia Netanyahu will meet with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for a short stop-over to sign a memorandum of understanding in science and a tourism cooperation agreement before

continuing on to Mexico. The trip takes place under the shadow of mounting legal and political troubles for Netanyahu at home. Friday, Sara Netanyahu was notified she would be indicted for misusing hundreds of thousands of shekels in public funds, and over the weekend their son Yair created a firestorm by posting a cartoon denigrating left-wing Jewish philanthropist George Soros. It also occurs in the aftermath of a rift between the prime minister and both the Mexican government and local Jewish community last January after Netanyahu Tweeted his support for President Donald

Trump‘s proposed border wall between Mexico and the United States. ”President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel’s southern border. It stopped all illegal immigration. Great success. Great idea,“ Netanyahu said.

we oppose the construction of a wall, but we support cooperation between the two countries [Mexico and the US].“ But Netanyahu refused to apologize, downplaying the tension as a minor spat between allies. President Reuven (Ruby)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara arrived in Argentina on Monday on the first leg of a groundbreaking diplomatic tour that will also include Colombia and Mexico.

Plaza Embajada de Israel in Buenos Aires, the site of Israel’s former embassy to Argentina (Ilan Ben Zion/Times of Israel staff)

Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray responded to the Tweet by noting Mexico’s supOn July 18, 1994, a suicide bomber drove a Renault Trafic van bomb port for Israel on the international stage and calling on Jeruloaded with about 275 kilograms (606 lb) of ammonium nitrate salem to apologize and “correct” fertilizer and fuel oil explosive mixture into the Jewish Community its position. Center building located in a densely constructed commercial area In addition, Rabbi Marcelo of Buenos Aires, according to a detailed report on Wikipedia. The Rittner of Comunidad Bet El explosive is thought to have been arranged to focus the blast on in Mexico City wrote in Spanthe building 3 to 5 metres (9.8 to 16.4 ft) away, exhibiting a shaped ish that “As Mexicans, as Jews, charge or explosively formed penetrator effect.

Rivlin said Israel was “sorry for any hurt” caused by the Tweet, but experts say the issue is far from forgotten. “The foreign ministry tried to whitewash the whole story at the time, but I can tell you that the Mexicans have not forgotten and not forgiven Netanyahu,” said Prof. Arie Kacowic, a native of Buenos Aires and a Latin

Bombing of the Israel Embassy in Buenos Aires, 1992

America expert at the department of International Relations at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. “Add into the fact that Bibi (Netanyahu) has aligned himself and allowed himself to

become closely identified with President Donald Trump. That doesn’t play well in the international community, and especially not in Latin America.” (WIKIPEDIA, HA’ARETZ & TPS)

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atWith, an Israeli social dining platform, has been acquired by France’s VizEat for an undisclosed sum, VizEat announced last Thursday. EatWith, founded in 2012 by Israelis Guy Michlin and Shemer Schwarz, is a social platform that connects people with cooks to provide local dining experiences in their homes. The company is today headquartered in San Francisco and has hosts in 50 countries around the world. The company’s investors include the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Greylock Partners; the travel website TripAdvisor, through which EatWith services can be booked; and the Israeli early stage venture capital firm Genesis Partners. Founded in Paris in 2014, VizEat is Europe’s largest social eating platform with some 25,000 hosts in 130 countries. “Both EatWith and VizEat

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O EatWith, founded in 2012 by Israelis Guy Michlin and Shemer Schwarz, is a social platform that connects people with cooks to provide local dining experiences in their homes. The company is today headquartered in San Francisco and has hosts in 50 countries around the world.

share the same values: we’re passionate about connecting travelers with local people around the dinner table, allowing travellers to discover the culture from the inside by meeting real people in their home setting. We’re thrilled that this acquisition will enable VizEat to bring greater variety of authentic local experiences to

Founded in Paris in 2014, VizEat is Europe’s largest social eating platform with some 25,000 hosts in 130 countries.

more people across the globe, alongside welcoming additional hosts from all over the world into our community,” said Jean-Michel Petit, Co-Founder and CEO at VizEat. “At EatWith, our vision has always been to bring people together, one meal at a time – and our mission to facilitate this has been to build a technology platform that enables talented food entrepreneurs to be able to share their passion and love of food with a global community. We are beyond excited that EatWith will now be a part of VizEat, making this combined entity, far and away, the largest social dining platform in the world,” said EatWith CEO, Susan Kim. (TPS)

n Thursday, September 7, Amazon made an announcement that it wants to open up a second location outside of Seattle. With the promise of bringing thousands of high-paying jobs where ever it opens, a fierce bidding fight using tax breaks and other benefits is sure to result as areas try to attract Amazon. According to The New York Times, “By the end of the day, cities including Chicago, Dallas and San Diego, along with states like Michigan, were vocal about their interest, the first of many places expected to consider submitting proposals. Amazon has laid out in meticulous detail what it is looking for, even acknowledging that new laws may be required to get the high level of incentives necessary to hold the company’s attention.” Forbes summarized Amazon’s preferences for the purpose of speculating on the eventual winning location. The most important requirements are: “A metro area with one million or more residents; A stable and business-friendly environment; An urban or suburban location with the potential to attract and retain strong technical talent; Communities that "think big" when considering locations and real estate

Amazon is looking for the perfect city to open up their second corporate headquarters in.

options; Close proximity to a major international airport; Access to mass transit.” Economic tracking research group Good Jobs First’s executive director Greg LeRoy told The Times, “This is the trophy deal of the decade as far as I can tell. What governor or mayor doesn’t want to stand on a stage with Jeff Bezos to announce a deal like this?” Seattle has been reshaped by Amazon since it was founded over 20 years ago the city’s biggest corporate employer, occupying 19 percent of its prime office space, more than any other employer in any major city in the United States. Now the race for what is said to be the biggest economic de-

velopment attraction job in decades has started. The request for proposals released by Amazon for its second corporate headquarters in North America, has some spectacularly attractive figures for any city. Over the next 10 to 15 years, Amazon would hire as many as 50,000 new employees at its new headquarters with an average salary greater than $100,000 a year. Also, by 2027, the company would construct up to eight million square feet of building space. Forbes puts it into perspective, “HQ2 would make Amazon one of the top five to 10 employers in any of the cities in the running and See Amazon Announces Plans , page 37

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Chosen Eats: Rosh Hashanah Challah Bites with Honey Butter

Sweet challah for a sweet new year!

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Soft, fluffy challah for Rosh HaShana

dough are all fun tasks that can 4¼ cups bread flour easily be accomplished by any Toppings child eager to help. Poppy seeds I prefer serving this challah Sesame seeds with honey butter, which adds Sprinkles some welcome sweetness to the Cinnamon-sugar mixture bread. But the fun in this reciConfectioners’ sugar glaze pe is decorating and garnishing (recipe here) them however you’d like: with Honey Butter poppy or sesame seeds, blue 2 tablespoons unsalted butter sprinkles, a quick confectioners’ 2 teaspoons honey sugar-and-milk glaze, some cinPinch salt namon-sugar, or some of each! 1. Whisk together yeast, sugar

love baked goods, but I don’t always love baking. That’s because I’m impatient; I hate the long but necessary wait times while dough proofs and rises and just sits there, taunting me. I much prefer the instant—or at least, quicker—gratification of cooking. So when it came to a challah recipe, I wanted to minimize the waiting time. I got it down to about 90 minutes, which is long Challah Bites enough for the yeast to work its Makes about 40 challah bites magic and short enough to keep Challah my attention (and hopefully 1 tablespoon instant-dry yours!). yeast And while large loaves of soft, 2½ tablespoons sugar fluffy challah appeal to every1 cup warm water one, I thought making two-bite 4 large eggs plus 1 yolk miniatures would be a fun way ⅓ cup vegetable oil to appeal to kids. Portioning, 1 tablespoon honey forming and decorating the 1 tablespoon salt

After 1 hour, uncover dough and gently punch down with fingertips. Replace kitchen towel on top of bowl and return to warm place to sit for 30 more minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 375 degrees.

and water in bowl of stand mixer. Let stand 5 minutes. 2. Add 3 eggs plus 1 yolk, vegetable oil, honey and salt to bowl. Whisk until combined. Add dough hook attachment and, with stand mixer on low, slowly add bread flour. Once flour is incorporated, let rest in bowl for 5 minutes. 3. Turn dough out onto lightly floured counter. Dust with flour, then knead for about 3 minutes, until dough is supple and tacky, adding more flour if dough gets too sticky. Shape into ball. Transfer to large, lightly oiled bowl. Rub top of dough with oil, cover with dish towel, and let rise in warm place for 1 hour. 4. After 1 hour, uncover dough and gently punch down with fingertips. Replace kitchen towel on top of bowl and return

Challah bites with honey

each dough half into even-sized, 3-inch pieces. Roll each piece into a 6-inch rope and tie it in a knot. Pinch the edges underneath the knot. 6. Place challah twists 2 inches apart on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. In small bowl, whisk 1 remaining egg. Brush tops of challah with egg, then sprinkle with toppings Place challah twists of your choice. Bake on mid2 inches apart on a parchment paper-lined dle rack for 15 to 20 minutes, turning baking sheet halfway baking sheet. In small bowl, whisk 1 remaining through. Bake one sheet at a egg. Brush tops of challah time. Do not over-bake. 7. As challah bakes, stir towith egg, then sprinkle gether butter, honey and salt in with toppings of your small bowl. choice. Bake on middle 8. Once challah is baked, rack for 15 to 20 minutes, transfer to cooling rack. Once turning baking sheet challah is cool enough to hanhalfway through. Bake dle, serve alongside honey one sheet at a time. Do butter. not over-bake.

to warm place to sit for 30 more minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 375 degrees. 5. After 30 minutes, turn dough out onto very lightly floured counter. Using a pizza cutter, cut dough into two equal pieces. From there, cut

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Chazaq Celebrates the Crown of Sephardic Jewry - "Hillulah of the Ben Ish Hai" By: Adam Suionov

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he righteous, even in death are called living … for [they] gather many workers for the sake of the Torah” (Talmud Berakhot 18a-b). On September 3rd, Chazaq celebrated the life and times of the 19th century scholar from Baghdad, Rabbi Yosef Haim (often called by the title of his treatise, Ben Ish Hai). Chazaq’s very own Rabbi Ilan Meirov, author of the commentary Pri Ilan on the sefer (book) Ben Ish Hai, was given the honor of opening up the event. He presented the following to an audience gathered to hear about the spiritual giant. Who was the Ben Ish chai? Simply put, he was a man

out of place; someone belonging in a hoarier era. He was a 19th century leader with a comprehension of the Torah closely matching our illustrious earlier commentators from 800 years ago. He was a noted genius even amongst the mightiest men of his time, yet he would attune his teachings to the ‘sheep of his flock’. The night was to celebrate a man past whose teachings resonate until even the present. When the rabbi was a young boy, he was found face down in a well. His sister’s screams attracted the local townspeople who feared the worst for the little child. But against all odds and with clear miracles, he survived. In response, the young Yosef who was a mere seven years old at the time decided to dedicate his life to G-d. With

Partial view of the crowd who gathered to celebrate the life and times of the 19th century scholar from Baghdad, Rabbi Yosef Haim (often called by the title of his treatise, Ben Ish Hai)

Rabbi Nir Shalom, shlita

hard work and effort, he eventually became known as the Ben Ish Hai, a peerless leader of the Sephardic generation. His experience teaches us that greatness isn't born, but rather starts

with a decision. In commemoration of the Ben Ish Hai’s life, Rabbi Ilan asked the crowd to make a decision to improve our ways as we approach the great days of Judgment. If we absorb

Rabbi Ya’aqob Menashe, shlita

Chazaq’s very own Rabbi Ilan Meirov, author of the commentary Pri Ilan on the sefer (book) Ben Ish Hai, was given the honor of opening up the event.

the right lessons from the life of this great man, then we become eternally bound up with his soul and share in his Purpose. The Talmud teaches us that the righteous are not diminished even in death, rather their accomplishments are amplified beyond their life (Chulin 7b). Yosef Haim was promptly asked to become the leader of the great community and shoulder his late father’s burden. However the young scholar turned down this along with all other positions throughout his life because he knew that with every position includes a boss. In the Ben Ish Hai’s life there was only room for One Boss. Yet the Ben Ish Hai did not allow the lack of an official position to get in the way of his responsibility to lead the people. Like his great

halachic (legal) works, he was a man capable of resolving seemingly irreconcilable contradictions. In fact, one of his greatest legacies was demonstrating that the practical laws codified by the Shulhan Arukh and the esoteric teachings of the holy Ari are actually complimentary Stories abound and eyewitnesses abide to the greatness of character, humility and scholarship of the Ben Ish Hai. He dedicated his life to the greatest cause and changed the course of history with the strokes of his pen. His life is no less than a testimony to the wonderful accomplishments possible for the one who sets out with determination to serve G-d for an Ultimate purpose. May we merit see him once more and drink from the wellsprings of sweet water.

Recalling the Rosh Hashanah 1943 Holocaust Escape of Danish Jews – “It Can Be Done” By: Rafael Medoff

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s the final minutes of Rosh Hashanah ticked away, 13-yearold Leo Goldberger was hiding, along with his parents and three brothers, in the thick brush along the shore of Dragor, a small fishing village south of Copenhagen. The year was 1943, and the Goldbergers like thousands of other Danish Jews, were desperately trying to escape an imminent Nazi roundup. “Finally, after what seemed like an excruciatingly long wait, we saw our signal offshore,” Goldberger later recalled. His family “strode straight into the ocean and waded through three or four feet of icy water until we were hauled aboard a fishing boat” and covered themselves “with smelly canvases.” Shivering and frightened, but grateful, the Goldberger family soon found itself in the safety and freedom of neighboring Sweden. For years, the Allied leaders had insisted that nothing could be done to rescue Jews from the Nazis except to win the war. But in one extraordinary night, 70 years ago next month, the Danish people exploded that myth and changed history. When the Nazis occupied Denmark during the Holocaust in 1940, the Danes put up little resistance. As a result, the German authorities agreed to let the Danish government con-

tinue functioning with greater autonomy than other occupied countries. They also postponed taking steps against Denmark’s 8,000 Jewish citizens. In the late summer of 1943, amid rising tensions between the occupation regime and the Danish government, the Nazis declared martial law and decided the time had come to deport Danish Jews to the death camps. But Georg Duckwitz, a German diplomat in Denmark, leaked the information to Danish friends. Duckwitz was later honored by Yad Vashem as one of the Righteous Among the Nations. As word of the Germans’ plans spread, the Danish public responded with a spontaneous nationwide grassroots effort to help the Jews. The Danes’ remarkable response gave rise to the legend that King Christian X himself rode through the streets of Copenhagen on horseback, wearing a yellow Star of David, and that the citizens of the city likewise donned the star in solidarity with the Jews. The story may have had its origins in a political cartoon that appeared in a Swedish newspaper in 1942. It showed King Christian pointing to a Star of David and declaring that if the Nazis imposed it upon the Jews of Demark, “then we must all wear the star.” Leon Uris’s novel Exodus, and the movie based on that book, helped spread the legend. But subsequent investigations by historians have con-

cluded that the story is a myth.

lywed, was hidden, together with her husband and their mothers, in a greenhouse. “At night, we saw the [German] searchlights sweeping back and forth throughout the neighborhood,” as the Nazis hunted for Jews, Esther later recalled. One evening, a member of the Danish Underground arrived and drove the four “through streets saturated with Nazi stormtroopers,” to a point near the shore. There they hid in an underground shelter, and then in the attic of a bakery, until finally they were brought to a beach, where they boarded a small fishing vessel together with other Jewish refugees. “There were nine of us, lying down on the deck or the floor,” Esther said. “The captain covered us with fishing nets. When everyone had been properly concealed, the fishermen started the boat, and as the motor started to run, so did my pent-up tears.” This cartoon by Arie Navon appeared in the Hebrew-language Then, suddenly, trouble. “The daily newspaper Davar on Oct. 13, 1943. Navon contrasted the captain began to sing and whisrescue of Denmark's Jews with the farcical refugee conference tle nonchalantly, which puzzled that the Allies staged earlier that year in Bermuda. The title of us. Soon we heard him shouting the cartoon is a Hebrew word that means both “lifeguards” in German toward a passing and “rescuers.” The lifeguards, one smoking a Churchill-style Nazi patrol boat: ‘Wollen sie pipe, and the other wearing Roosevelt-style glasses, are einen beer haben?’ (Would you standing next to an unused life preserver labeled “Bermuda.” like a beer?)—a clever gimmick The scrawny man diving into the swastika-infested ocean to designed to avoid the Germans’ rescue a drowning person is labeled “Sweden.” Credit: From suspicions. After three tense the forthcoming book “Cartoonists Against the Holocaust,” by hours at sea, we heard shouting: Rafael Medoff and Craig Yoe. ‘Get up! Get up! And welcome Holocaust persecution in their More than 7,000 Danish Jews to Sweden!’ It was hard to behomes or farms, and then smug- reached Sweden and were shel- lieve, but we were now safe. We gled them to the seashore late at tered there until the end of the cried and the Swedes cried with us as they escorted as ashore. night. From there, fishermen war. Esther Finkler, a young new- The nightmare was over,” Esther took them across the Kattegat Straits to neighboring Sweden. This three-week operation had A midnight escape the strong support of Danish On Rosh Hashanah—which church leaders, who used their fell on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 in pulpits to urge aid to the Jews, 1943—and the days that fol- as well as Danish universities, lowed, numerous Danish Chris- which shut down so that stutian families hid Jews from dents could assist the smugglers.

recalled.

‘It can be done’

The implications of the Danish rescue operation resonated strongly in the United States. The Roosevelt administration had long insisted that rescue of Jews from the Nazis was not possible. The refugee advocates known as the Bergson Group began citing the escape of Denmark’s Jews as evidence that if the Allies were sufficiently interested, ways could be found to save many European Jews. The Bergson Group sponsored a series of full-page newspaper advertisements about the Danish-Swedish effort, headlined “It Can Be Done!” On Oct. 31, thousands of New Yorkers jammed Carnegie Hall for the Bergson Group’s “Salute to Sweden and Denmark” rally. Keynote speakers included members of Congress, Danish and Swedish diplomats, and one of the biggest names in Hollywood—Orson Welles, director of “Citizen Kane” and “The War of the Worlds.” In another coup for the Bergson Group, one of the speakers was Leon Henderson, one of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s own former economic advisers (Henderson had headed the White House’s Office of Price Administration). In blunt language that summed up the tragedy—and the hope—Henderson declared: “The Allied Governments have See Recalling the Rosh , page 37

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Parshas Nitzavim-Vayelech – Make an Accounting of Your Life By: Rabbi Osher Jungreis

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he parsha always shows us the way to realize the challenges of the moment, and this week’s parsha Nitzavim is no exception; we learn how to prepare for the awesome days of Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur. The stirring opening words, “Atem Nitzavim HaYom” - “You are standing today” (Deuteronomy 29:9) - speaks volumes. In gematria - numerology - those words also mean “La’amod L’slichos” to stand in front of G-d and seek forgiveness. During the entire year we “run” from place to place, from activity to activity, and some of us run from relationship to relationship. But now, G-d’s day of judgment is upon us and we are commanded to stand still, probe our souls, examine our hearts, and give an accounting of our lives. The passage goes on to enumerate the various strata of the population: the leaders, the elders, the officers, the men, the women, the children, the proselytes, the hewer of wood, the drawer of water – and the question that arises is that since the Torah already mentioned that all of us are standing before G-d, what is

the purpose of this enumeration which at first glance appears to be redundant? The answer given is once again a prescription for this High Holiday season. We are all responsible one for the other. Our destiny is intertwined, so we must pray, not only for ourselves, but for K’lal Yisroel - all our people. This is especially relevant today when our brethren in Israel are in such a desperate state and people in general are beset by so many problems. We can make a difference by studying Torah and observing mitzvos. Thus we can elevate our entire nation. The Converse however, is also true. Our abandonment of Torah, our lack of observance diminishes our entire people. In these very critical times, we simply cannot afford to do that. There is a posuk - passage, in this week’s parsha that we repeat during the High Holiday services which truly teaches us our responsibilities: “The hidden matters are for G-d, but the revealed are for us” (Deut. 28:28), meaning that that which a person does privately and of which others have no knowledge, for that we cannot be held accountable - but that which is public and known, and is coun-

tenanced - for that we are held liable, and our silence testifies against us. We have a responsibility to remind one another of our G-d given destiny, of our Jewish heritage. So let’s approach Rosh HaShana with commitment to try to bring our

- THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR

and set them aside for the second night of Rosh HaShana. 1. We rise earlier than on oth- We also buy special foods called er Selichos days to recite special simanim which symbolize a blessed New Year. prayers. For example: honey for a 2. It is a tradition to fast on Erev Rosh HaShana until noon. sweet New Year, round challah Since this is the last day of the which represents the crown of HaShem and a complete year, carrots (tsimes) to increase our merit. In Yiddish, carrots are called meren, which literally means to increase.

THEMES OF THE ROSH HASHANA SERVICE

Malchiyos We praise G-d who is the King of the Universe and we crown Him as our King. Zichronos We recall the merits of our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and we beseech G-d to grant us a blessed year in their merit. Shofaros We remember the Let’s approach Rosh HaShana with commitment to try to bring sound of the shofar at Mt. Siour brethren closer to HaShem. Let us unite in love and genuine nai and we look forward to the concern, and in that merit, the Almighty will surely grant us a sound of the greatshofar which good, blessed New Year. will be sounded when Moshiach brethren closer to HaShem. Let year, we prepare ourselves for arrives. us unite in love and genuine the Day of judgment by miniASERES YIMEI concern, and in that merit, the mizing our physical needs. Almighty will surely grant us a 3. We devote this last day of TSHUVA good, blessed New Year. the year to Prayer, Charity and The days between Rosh HaTorah study. shana and Yom Kippur are CUSTOMS OF EREV 4. We purchase special fruits called the Ten Days of RepenROSH HASHANA for the Shecheyanu blessing tanace. During these ten days,

it is appropriate to adopt mitzvos, good deeds not ordinarily observed during the rest of the year. The Zodiac sign of Tishrei is a pair of scales. Every Jew must look at these scales as though they are balanced and attempt to tip them in his favor through increased Torah study, mitzvos, acts of loving kindness and tzedukah.For more detailed information on Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, please check our web site - www.hineni.org

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

Tshuva (Repentance), Tefilla (Prayer) and Tzedukah (Charity) cancel the evil decree. (Avos, 4:11) On behalf of the entire Hineni family, I would like to wish everyone a sweet, happy, and healthy New Year, 5772. We thank you for your many good wishes and we are looking forward to greeting you at our beautiful services at the Essex House, praying together, growing together, and celebrating together. Shabbat Shalom, Good Yom Tov, and a K’siva V’Chasima Tova. May G-d accept our prayers and grant peace for all our people. (WWW.HINENI.ORG)

“This Season's Leitmotif: Return!” By: Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

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e have all been brought up to believe in the importance of progress. For the past several centuries, the goal of philosophy, religion, culture, and certainly science has been to develop ideas and practices which advance humankind beyond its present state. Poets have acclaimed the superiority of progress; one of them, Robert Browning, put it this way: "Progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beasts': God is, they are; Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be." Browning is certainly not the only person who enthusiastically endorsed progress to the point of seeing it as the hallmark of humanity, and as that which sets him apart from and above the animal world, and even distinguishes him from the Almighty Himself. So forceful has been the emphasis upon progress that any attempt to return to past ideas and methods is almost universally criticized as backward and primitive, and, at the very least, old-fashioned. The antonym for progress, regress, is a word with strong negative connotations. No one wants to be seen as a regressive. At this time of the year, just before Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, the theme of progress is definitely in the air. We all hope to progress to a better year, to a year of growth and development. Indeed, many synagogues conclude the old year and begin a new one with the refrain, "May this year and its curses be gone, and may a new year with its blessings begin!"

Rabbi Weinreb writes that he is: “inspired by the book that I find so personally meaningful at this time of year. It is The Lights of Teshuvah, by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook.”

No one seems to wish that the coming year be one of status quo. Certainly, very few hope for a return to the past. And yet, it is precisely "return" that our Torah promulgates, especially at this time of year. This week's Torah portion, Parshat Nitzavim, contains the following passage (Deuteronomy 30:1-10). I provide a literal translation of some of

the verbs, in accordance with their Hebrew root: "When all these things befall you—the blessing and the curse…And you take them to heart [literally, and you return them to your heart]...And you will return to the Lord your God, and you and your children will heed His command...Then the Lord your God will return your captivity...He will return you from all the nations...You will return and again heed the voice of Lord...For the Lord will return to delight in your well-being...Once you return to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul." In the space of just several verses, the word "return" appears, in one form or another, at least seven times! It was in the writings of the great Nechama Leibowitz that I first learned the importance of a word that appears repetitiously in the course of a single text. We are to think, she wrote, of such a term as a leitvort, a leading word, a word which gives us a clue and leads us to the deeper meaning of the text at hand. Even my limited familiarity with the German language was sufficient for me to draw the comparison between leitvort, a word that identifies the theme of an entire passage, and the word leitmotif, which is a thought or melody that pervades a literary work or a musical composition. The ten days that begin on Rosh Hashanah and conclude on Yom Kippur are known as the Aseret Yemei Teshuvah, which is usually translated as The Ten Days of Repentance. But teshuvah does not really mean repentance, and it certainly does not mean penitence, as it is frequently rendered. Rather, it means return. The leitmotif of this entire season is the Torah's call for us to engage in profound introspection

and to return to a place which we have lost, forgotten, or abandoned. It is not progress that is demanded of us during the next several weeks; it is, oddly enough, regress. It can legitimately be asked, return to what? I would like to provide an answer or two to that question, inspired by the book that I find so personally meaningful at this time of year. It is The Lights of Teshuvah, by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook. Rav Kook emphasizes that over the course of time, we each develop as individuals, and in that process isolate and alienate ourselves from others, from our families, from the people of Israel. To return means to return from our self-centeredness to the collective, from the prat, or single unit, to the klal, or all-encompassing group. There can be no teshuvah unless the person reconnects with larger components of society. We all, in our heart of hearts, know the ways in which he has cut himself off from significant people in his life, and each of us knows how to reconnect to those individuals. My experience as a psychotherapist has taught me that there is another destination to which it would pay for us to return. I speak of our childhood. As we mature and develop in life, we grow in many positive directions. But we also move away from our innocence, from our childish enthusiasm, from the hope and sense of potential that characterizes the young, but which older individuals eschew cynically. People find it very rewarding to, if only in their imaginations, return to their youth and recapture See “This Season's Leitmotif , page 36

THIS TORAH PORTION OF THE WEEK IS DEDICATED IN THE MEMORY OF

Gabriel Chehebar A.H.

BY HIS WIFE MARCELLE AND THEIR CHILDREN A renowned philanthropist, a devoted husband, father and grandfather, a exceptionally generous community activist And an Amud Chesed (Pillar of Kindness). All the years of his life were dedicated to Kiddush Hashem, Giving honor to the Torah and helping his family, friends and the entire Jewish nation.

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Jewish Leaders Slam NJ Continued from page 26 New Jerseyans.” As Secretary of State, Kim Guadagno works closely with the New Jersey Israel Commission to promote stronger economic and cultural ties between the two states. As governor, Kim Guadagno will: 1. Support School Choice –

fully fund security requests by religious institutions to ensure that New Jerseyans can As governor, Kim Guadagno worship without fear for their believes that parents should be safety. 3. Enforce Anti-BDS Legable to provide their kids with a quality and affordable educa- islation Murphy-Oliver Option that best meets their aca- posed – New Jersey must demic and religious needs. As actively oppose the BDS governor, she will continue to movement and stand up for advocate for school choice, in- Israel. The Guadagno-Rendo ticket understands New Jersey cluding vouchers. 2. Fully Fund Security – As cannot engage in boycotts of governor, Kim Guadagno will Israel

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funding be cut to schools not meeting state benchmarks by lack[ing] the requisite skills to summer 2019. In response Yaffed's report, obtain employment with a decent income to support them- the pro-yeshiva group Parents selves and their (often large) for Educational and Religious families.’ The report recom- Liberty in Schools [PEARLS] mends that the DOE establish released a statement noting a task force to improve educa- that the purpose of the ultion in the schools, and that all tra-Orthodox schools was for

New CEO of Center Continued from page 20 Aside from the unsuitability of someone heading a central Jewish organization and being active in the above extremist associations, there is the fact that it is only natural that they cloud his views. Would a hunting meat lover be named head of PETA?

Would someone who can't stand baseball be named the head of Major League Baseball? Standing with anti-Zionists at Jewish Voices for Peace and If Not Now When clearly makes one unsuitable to head a Jewish institution with the longterm and widespread influence of The Center for Jewish History.

Pro-Islam Indoctrination Continued from page 23 med is his messenger.” Some students refused to complete the assignment and a number of parents protested to the school, calling the assignment “indoctrination.” As a result, the school district announced that “a different, non-religious sample of Arabic calligraphy will be used in the future.”

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A lesson plan developed in New York State and promoted by the New York State Education Department called “Dying to be a Martyr,” featured video interviews with Islamic terrorists who explain why their attacks on Israelis were justified. The lessons plan contains no instructions for teachers to denounce the views. In addition, the plan does not contain an Israeli response.

the organizations that need the most." “These organizations do wonto prioritize our funding needs, and Speaker Melissa Mark-Vi- derful work, not just for Jewish verito once again demonstrated citizens, but for everyone who her deep commitment to the lives in the communities they Jewish community by funding service,” Greenfield said. “All the

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campus. All the Jewish students the researchers spoke with felt ed statistically relevant studies of perfectly safe on their campuses Jewish students on US university as Jews. campuses are wrong. There isn’t (FRONT PAGE MAG) a problem with antisemitism on (TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)

Haifa Hospital Tests cacy of cardiac catheterization for placement of the CORolla cLachlan said he already feels implant. The potential market for the better and has noticed that his skin color looks healthy for the device is large. It is estimated that more than 23 million peofirst time in a long time. The Israel Ministry of Health ple worldwide suffer from heart has authorized up to 10 clinical failure, a condition in which the trials at Rambam to test the effi- heart fails to pump sufficient

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Hank Sheinkopf, CEO of Sheinkopf Communications, is a leading political strategist who has worked on campaigns in four continents. His clients have included former president Bill Clinton. Ronn Torossian is CEO of one of America’s largest privately held public relations firms, and the award-winning author of “For Immediate Release.” George Birnbaum is a former chief of staff to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

some of the positive qualities that they left behind as they made their adult choices. Finally, we all need to return the Almighty, to His Torah, and to His Land. No matter how intense our worship of Him during the past year was, we can return to Him for an even stronger connection. No matter how studiously we

The plan was offered to teachers for a decade through the taxpayer-funded Public Broadcasting Service’s “LearningMedia” website. After a request was made for a comment by state officials, NYSED’s website was changed and the lesson plan was dropped. However, the plan continued to be listed on another NYSED website as well the promotion of a video titled “Story of Islam: A History of the World’s Most Misunderstood Faith.” (CLARION PROJECT)

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to $5,907, is part of the ‘city within a city’ megadevelopment around Barclays Center called Continued from page 7 $2,136 and $4,382. It’ll be com- Pacific Park.” This shift also means good peting with 461 Dean, which Barclays Center. According to hugs the Barclays Center and, bye to small shops and bodeThe Post, “It’ll have 63 rentals, at 32 stories, opened in 2016 gas, who are being priced out of 6,000 square feet of retail and as the world’s tallest modular the area, making room for big a 110-car underground ga- building. That 363-unit rental, brands like Whole Foods and rage. Nearby rents run between where prices range from $2,311 Apple.

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and playing. “The table would be spread out with Zabar’s appetizers, piano music playing and lots of good-natured schmoozing would take place.

All these folks with their spouses or squeeze of the moment mingled with West Side neighbors, political activists, our childhood/adolescent friends and the odd relative from Brooklyn, like ‘crazy

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‘children to receive a religious education that is central to their cultural identity, and that teaches young men and women to become thriving, respected members of the community.’ The group rejected Yaffed's recommendations.” In response, Moster said, "The vast majority of Hasidic boys' high schools do not teach any secular studies, zero, not even English.”

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money we give to these organizations will be given back to the community many times over. I especially appreciate the leadership of Chair Mark Levine and Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito in working with us to make sure that the Jewish community get its fair share of government funding.”

Caroline Glick is the Director of the David Horowitz Freedom Center's Israel Security Project and the Senior Contributing Editor of The Jerusalem Post. For more information on Ms. Glick's work, visit carolineglick. com.

explored His Torah, we can return to even deeper levels of its impenetrable depth. No matter how loyal our faithfulness to the land of Israel was, we can return to even greater loyalty and more courageous faith. And no matter what our relationship was with others in our lives, we can draw upon our own inner sources of generosity and compassion and enhance

Bklyn Councilman Introduces (R-Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach) announced that Governor Andrew Cuomo signed his legislation to expand unlimited sick leave benefits for New Yorkers who responded in 9/11 response efforts. The legislation will expand unlimited sick leave benefits for public sector officers and employees who developed a qualifying health condition as a result of their heroic response to 9/11

rescue, recovery and clean-up efforts at World Trade Center sites. Under the bill (A. 7901/S. 6398), individuals would be eligible for unlimited paid leave at 100 percent of their regular salary dating back to the time of their diagnosis. Individuals would qualify for the benefit bill if they: currently work for a municipality, public authority or state employer outside of NYC, have filed a notice of participation in the World Trade Center clean-up and recovery efforts and have

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 Cousin Arthur.’ Dad would regale the crowd with his famous impressions such as ‘Gregory Peck’s father.’ This consisted of him in a heavy Yiddish accent kvetching, ‘So Gregory went to Hollywood … He doesn’t write, he doesn’t call,'” reminisces Rollins’ daughter, Francesca. oxygenated blood to meet the body’s needs. Approximately half of heart failure patients suffer from diastolic heart failure, in which the left ventricle fails to relax and adequately refill with blood, resulting in a high filling pressure, congestion and shortness of breath. This is the condition for which the CORolla device was invented. (ISRAEL 21C) those relationships in a spirit of genuine teshuvah, of returning to those others, and, in the process, to our truer selves. (OU.ORG) Rabbi Weinreb’s newly released Person in the Parasha: Discovering the Human Element In the Weekly Torah Portion, co-published by OU Press and Maggid Books, contains a compilation of Rabbi Weinreb’s weekly Person in the Parsha column. For more information about his book, go to https:// www.ou.org/oupress/product/ the-person-in-the-parasha/. qualifying World Trade Center health condition as defined by statute. “This legislation will help the thousands of brave men and women who put their lives on the line to save others during the tragic events that unfolded on September 11, 2001. The first responders who led recovery efforts on that day, and the weeks and months that followed, deserve the very best health care and assistance New York has to offer, and I commend the Governor for signing this legislation as we will continue to support these heroes,” said Golden. (KINGS COUNTY POLITICS)

The Jewish Voice Sara Netanyahu to be Indicted Trump Shows Support SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Continued from page 17 specific charges being considered were for “fraud under serious circumstances and breach of trust.” “The decision [to indict] was made after the attorney general examined the case material and after he heard the positions of the relevant sources, including the recommendations of

Friday, the prime minister listed on his Facebook page a formal response from his wife’s Continued from page 4 the state prosecution and the legal team stressing the investiJerusalem district prosecution gations that have been shelved. to consider pressing charges,” In addition, the Netanyahu that, "The President was very a statement from the attorney posted a video highlighting his complimentary of Andrew — activities over the past week, general’s office said. Responding to the com- including inaugurating a new ing indictment and to his own train route to Carmiel, a new mounting legal troubles, Net- traffic interchange in southern anyahu repeated his mantra that Jerusalem and promoted his upContinued from page 9 “the would be nothing because coming visit to South America. there was nothing.” (TPS) Fink family as people who might pose a danger to police officers, the rally, benefitted from the they were subjected to having DACA program, and are now guns pointed at them, being successful skilled workers plicants have been assessed for with college degrees. They any criminal record and were are determined to stay in the deemed not to present a threat United States. It is now up to to national security. Most of Congress to decide whether to Continued from page 13 them now live in the New York, approve the act or to protect California, Florida, and Texas. A the immigrants from potential majority came from Mexico and deportation. lows Prime Minister Benjamin Central America. Netanyahu visit to China in Many of those attending March, during which the two

Boro Park Rabbi

Hundreds Protest Immigration Continued from page 10 the immigrants most sympathized with. There are about 800,000 such immigrants, dubbed “Dreamers” in the United States, making up about 2.5 out of every 1,000 people in the country. These ap-

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his father, NYC Fire Department Lt. Ronnie Gies, perished “I truly believe that everyone in the south tower. “Whether there that day was a hero,” said they died on 9/11 or four years Robert Gies, who was 13 when later, every person is a hero.

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reported. Al-Qaida’s branch in South A police officer has reported- Asia, known as al-Qaida ly been arrested for links with an in the Indian Subcontinent alleged Ansar-al-Sharia mem- (AQIS), has been active in ber in Karachi, Pakistani media the region. Several militant

Battered and Flooded “we fared pretty well. Our power was out all day yesterday, and we are quite ready to venture out and check out our school property.” Kaller also planned on seeing to an elderly neighbor that she and her 10-year-old daughter, Nata, delivered food to on Thursday while in the midst of storm preparations. They have not talked to her since the hurricane began.

Storm Defied Forecasters’ Predictions

Irma, which remained a Category 5 storm for days while tearing a path of destruction throughout the Caribbean, defied forecasters’ predictions

modern ship designers, naval tactician, and people who develop shipboard damage control techniques.” “It’s an added

when it landed in Florida. After battering the Keys, it passed Miami, and shifted west and then slightly north, resulting in record flooding in Orlando and Jacksonville. “The winds are still blowing hard; they were howling all night, and massive trees were snapping like twigs,” said Rabbi Shmuel Novack, co-director of Chabad of the Southside in Jacksonville, in the northern part of the state, with his wife, Chana. “Much of the city is without power. We are constantly in touch with students and community members, but conditions are still unsafe to leave home or shelters.” He added that their focus now is “to make sure everyone is safe, and to help provide water, food and care to those in need

defense of the nation,” said Mr. Taylor. Additionally, the research bonus that solving this mys- will decide if the wreckage tery more fully accounts for presents any enduring envithe ship’s story, which is a way ronmental hazard or dangers to for us to honor the service marine life or navigation from and sacrifice of six American leaking fuel, live weaponries or sailors who lost their lives in the likes.

Amazon Announces Plans Continued from page 32 would build commercial space equivalent to 5-10% of most

tempted to pull over Berl for “a motor vehicle violation.” The release continued, “When signaled handcuffed, terrorized and hu- to stop with flashing emergency miliated. This entire incident has lights and sounding siren, [Berl] left the Fink family traumatized Fink failed to do so.” The Vermont State Police’s and fearful of travel.” On August 8, a press release spokesman said that it would was issued saying that police at- investigate the incident further.

it's big.” If you ask me, New York City seems like a really great candicities' current downtown scale. date that meets all of Amazon’s And that's not even taking into preferences and then some. account spinoff growth related So, let’s start freshening up our to Amazon's presence. So yes, resumes.

with industry officials that plan to invest around $520 million in green technologies. In addition, countries signed a series of bi- the possibility of establishing a lateral agreements, including an joint Israeli-Chinese center for agreement to bolster environ- the advancement of clean technology in China was also dismental cooperation. During his visit, Elkin met cussed. (TPS)

Mexico Rushes Aid

Those people who worked there in the aftermath in those hazardous conditions, those people Continued from page 12 touch my heart. They rushed there to save and find my father. They found him and he was able vors with sniffer dogs and used to be laid to rest. That’s huge heavy machinery at the main closure.” square to pull rubble away from city hall, where a missing police officer was believed to be inside. groups in Pakistan that had Oaxaca state governor Alejanan ideological association dro Murat told local television with bin Laden’s al-Qaida, have pledged allegiance to AQIS. Much of AQIS’s power is concentrated in Karachi and Continued from page 11 IS has also claimed presence in in Pakistan’s largest city. victims more quickly. More than 75,000 people as soon as the storm subsides.” checked into 400 emergency Also on hold is Rabbi Yosef shelters statewide, but overall, Konikov, director of Chabad of only three storm-related deaths South Orlando. His wife, Chani, were reported in Florida through runs the Hebrew school. late Sunday. At least 25 people “We are waiting to be able to were killed since Irma clobbered go to our Chabad center to see the Caribbean late last week. if there is power there, and if it can be a base for our relief and Caribbean hit hard recovery efforts,” he said. “We Prime Minister Gaston have volunteers who are ready Browne of Antigua and Barbuto go, so we can begin to help da says 95 percent of Barbuda's people the second we get out.” buildings were either destroyed He expects that volunteers or severely damaged. will be primarily involved in checking in on the elderly, delivering fresh kosher meals and helping people clear away fallen trees from driveways. Continued from page 3 “There are retirement communities where people are less tech-savvy,” said the rabbi. “We took plane trips to the Dominplan to drive over there with ican Republic paid for by Mr. teams of people ready to help Rechnitz. And both Mr. Rechthem clear out, as well as with nitz and Mr. Reichberg had warm food for anyone who needs it.” (CHABAD.ORG)

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to work with him on one of the airports in New York." King said, “The spirit of bihe called him 'the governor, the partisanship was there — the builder,' and kept saying how President and Chuck Schumimpressed he was by the Tappan er shaking hands three or four Zee Bridge — he said he wanted times.”

Israel, China Sign $300 Million

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that preliminary reports showed that at least 12,000 homes were damaged, and warned the number was likely to rise. Murat said 1 million people in Oaxaca needed food, water, electricity and help rebuilding damaged homes, while in neighboring Chiapas state, which was

After Slamming Florida The U.S. territory of Puerto Rico suffered losses in its electricity network that left more than one million people without power. Authorities said it could take up to six months to rebuild the island's power grid. Puerto Rico says it collaborated with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to evacuate more than 1,000 people, mainly U.S. citizens, from St. Thomas and St. Maarten. The Pentagon deployed Navy ships, aircraft and hundreds of Marines to help with recovery efforts in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The U.S. Air

NYC Restaurateur Gets raised money for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s campaign in 2013. Three police commanders were arrested on federal corruption charges as a result of the bribery investigation, and Mr. Seabrook

Rivlin in Germany Continued from page 17

minister’s inner circle who have been mentioned in connection with the Case 30000 scandal in mon needs of both countries. He also touched on the ongo- which sources close to the prime ing allegations of corruption in minister may have misused their Israel over members of the prime ties to Netanyahu on behalf of

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closest to the epicenter of the tremor, 1.5 million people were affected, according to officials. "We are united in facing this humanitarian crisis," Murat said. The 8.1-magnitude quake off the coast of Chiapas rattled Mexico City and sowed destruction across the narrowest portion of Mexico on the isthmus of Tehuantepec. Force flew evacuation flights to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and to the Dutch Caribbean island of St. Maarten, which also suffered severe damage. The Netherlands' king, Willem-Alexander, is reported to be headed to St. Maarten to assist in recovery efforts, and French President Emmanuel Macron said he would be arriving aboard an Airbus plane packed with aid supplies. France and the Netherlands share jurisdiction over the island that is home to St. Martin and St. Maarten. The smaller French island of St. Barthelemy, which is nearby, also was badly damaged. was indicted on a charge of honest services wire fraud and a charge of conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud. A related inquiry into Mr. de Blasio’s fund-raising operation was closed in March. No charges were brought against the mayor or his aides.” German shipbuilder Thyssenkrupp to sell five dolphin-class submarines to the Israeli Navy. Despite the allegations, however, Rivlin asked his hosts not to cancel the sale of the submarine, which he said would make a critical contribution to the security of the State of Israel. (TPS)

way… If this be a war for civilization, then most surely this is the time to be civilized!” (JNS.ORG) Continued from page 34 hushed up, resisted with all the Dr. Rafael Medoff is director forms of political force that are of The David S. Wyman Instibeen guilty of moral cowardice. available… Sweden and Den- tute for Holocaust Studies, in The issue of saving the Jewish mark have proved the tragedy of Washington, D.C. His latest book people of Europe has been avoid- Allied indecision… The Danes is “FDR and the Holocaust: A ed, submerged, played down, and Swedes have shown us the Breach of Faith.”

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Danish Anti-Israel Moralizers in Huge Corruption Scandal Danske Bank, which boycotted Bank Hapoalim, Elbit and other Israeli concerns for "ethical reasons," caught laundering over $1 billion

In 2016, Danske Bank with- involved in other major corrupdrew its boycott of Bank Hapoal- tion scandals. Then Berlingske im. No clear reasons were given. Tidende reported that investigathose receiving payments were Danske bank branch had failed." Nowadays one could assume that tions by the authorities in Latvia By: Dr. Manfred While being involved for sev- as the Danish bank was itself so and Moldova had shown that former members of the human Gerstenfeld rights body, the Council of Eu- eral years in these hugely unethi- unethical and had broken laws large amounts of money had ometimes important news rope’s Parliamentary Assembly, cal activities Danske Bank decid- in such a major way, accusing passed between 2011 and 2014 items which seeming- as well as a Board Member of the ed in 2014 to add Bank Hapoalim others of something incompa- through Danske Bank’s Estonian ly have no relevance for European Bank for Reconstruc- to a list of companies in which it rably smaller made it even more branch to tax havens in the SeyIsrael reveal significant tion and Development (EBRD). could not invest due to its corpo- vulnerable. This withdrawal of chelles and Panama. There were the boycott got little attention. claims that this money originalIsrael-related insights upon clos- It has not been proven that all rate accountability rules. er investigation. Danske Bank, the largest bank in Denmark, has recently admitted to having been a conduit for a giant corruption scheme by the leadership of Azerbaijan. Some of the documents covering this scandal became available to the Danish daily, Berlingske Tidende. According to the British Guardian, based on leaked data, Azerbaijan’s leadership used the bank to fund a secret $2.9 billion scheme to pay prominent Europeans through a network of British companies. The Guardian claims that between 2012 Danske Bank, the largest bank in Denmark, has recently Danske Bank decided in 2014 to add Bank Hapoalim to a list and 2014 more than 16,000 admitted to having been a conduit for a giant corruption of companies in which it could not invest due to its corporate covert payments were transact- scheme by the leadership of Azerbaijan. Some of the accountability rules. It published that the exclusion was based ed through the Danske Bank’s documents covering this scandal became available to the on “legal and ethical reasons.” Danske Bank also stated that branch in Estonia. Part of this Danish daily, Berlingske Tidende Bank Hapoalim was funding settlement activities and was money appears to have been “acting against the rules of international humanitarian law.” It published that the exclusion Earlier, Danske Bank withdrew its investments from Africa Israel passed on to politicians and jour- recipients knew the source of nalists in the framework of lobby- the money as it was disguised via was based on “legal and ethical Investments Ltd and from two other Israeli companies, Elbit reasons.” Danske Bank also stated Systems and Danya Cebus. intermediaries. ing operations. Danske Bank admits that via that Bank Hapoalim was funding At that time, Azerbaijan was under attack for arresting hu- its Estonian branch office “mon- settlement activities and was “act- The damage had already been ly came from Russian organized man rights activists, journalists ey laundering and other illegal ing against the rules of interna- done however. The BDS move- crime. The overall amount laundered and conducting rigged elections. practices took place.” The bank tional humanitarian law.” Earlier, ment knows that its activities are The leaders of this oil-rich coun- claims that it first noticed the ir- Danske Bank withdrew its invest- almost irrelevant to Israel’s econ- was estimated at over 1 billion try wanted to promote a positive regular payments in 2014. The ments from Africa Israel Invest- omy. Its main aim is to blacken dollars. Danske Bank's chief counsel admitted inadequate Estonian financial regulator was ments Ltd and from two other Israel’s image. image. Earlier in 2017, Danske Bank control of the matter. The scheme is nicknamed ‘the quoted as saying that "the systems Israeli companies, Elbit Systems Larse Krull of the Danish Aalhad already been found to be Azerbaijan Laundromat.’ Among to stop money laundering at the and Danya Cebus.

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The Pain of the Contemporary Continued from page 29 have been taken over by the Democrats, converting them into de facto arms of the Left. The Anti-Defamation League, for example, now is run by a former Obama staffer, and he has turned ADL into a virtual Democrat mouthpiece. Similarly, an organization bearing the name of the precious youthful innocent Holocaust victim and heroine, Anne Frank, now is run by a former New Jersey Gay Marriage activist, an extreme leftist, and he now leverages the Anne Frank name to attack conservatives and Republicans, and runs around to media all-too-willing to give him a megaphone, calling exceptional conservative allies of the Jewish community and of Israel “anti-Semites.” When every local street killing is called a “Holocaust,” then the term “Holocaust” loses all meaning. And when every Jewish ally and friend of Israel is called “anti-Semite" merely because he or she votes Republican or associates with values that were promoted by the Economics Nobel Laureate, Milton Friedman (yep, a Jew who pro-

vided intellectual heft to modern-day American capitalism) or Ayn Rand (née Alisa Rosenbaum – yep, another one), then true haters emerge undiminished when rightly tagged as such but slapped with a discredited execration. It is important for American conservatives, particularly Christians and Catholics, to know that there is a massive sea change unfolding in the American Jewish voting community. Nancy Pelosi, Stephen Colbert, Tim Kaine, and Joe Biden may be Catholic, but they do not necessarily reflect the values or teachings of the Pope. Jimmy Carter may be evangelical, but he does not necessarily represent with consistency the hierarchy of values cherished by the great broad American Christian community, even though he does engage in some acts of kindness, for some. And the panoply of Jewish-surnamed celebrities who show up in some segments of the entertainment and news industries, hardly reflect actual Jewish values because Jewish values are rooted not in the platform of the Democrats nor in a Bernie

Sanders speech attacking Israel’s rights to Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria – but in the Talmud, the Codes of Jewish Law arranged by Maimonides (Rambam) and Rabbi Yosef Karo, and in the accumulated responsa of the great rabbis like the venerated Rabbi Avraham Kook, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein,Rabbi Avraham Shapira and Rabbi Yosef Soloveitchik, the Ben Ish Chai, Rabbi Mordecahi Eliyahu and Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. In great measure, when observing the unfolding evolution of the American Jewish voter from Democrat to Republican, the parallel model to consider is the Southern Democrat vote. That electoral bloc, amazingly, took more than a full century to evolve, until those voters finally started casting ballots for the party actually aligning with the issues they truly believe in. In the 1860s, Southerners voted Democrat. Once they attached to the Democrat party, the South’s party allegiance thereupon adhered to the Democrats for a hundred years like cyanoacrylate (epoxy adhesive) with no nail-polish remover on the horizon. Long after the Democrats’ power brokers up north had laughed them off as “dumb crackers,” conservative Christian Southerners still incom-

prehensibly continued choosing Democrats to represent them for all elected offices locally and in Washington. Crazy! It took George McGovern of South Dakota, James Earl Carter, Jr. of Georgia and Barack Obama of Hawaii and Illinois finally to pry the Southern states, along with West Virginia and some other theretofore impenetrable Democrat redoubts, from the Democrats’ columns and finally to move them solidly to the Republicans for the next generation and more. That identical process now is underway within the American Jewish electorate, thanks also to Mr. Obama of Hawaii and Illinois – the transformative President under whom the earth healed and who permanently stopped the sea from rising. Slowly, slowly – but very surely – American Jews have noticed that the Republicans of the 1940s and 1950s – many of whose Gentleman’s Agreements kept us out of their Ivy League universities, and our attorneys out of their major law firms, and our doctors out of their medical practices, and all of us out of their country clubs – have moved from the James Baker stereotypes to a new generation of Israel’s best friends. And Jews likewise have been watching and increasingly

comprehending as the Democrat party that once stood by Israel as a strong ally, marked by such historical figures as Harry Truman, Hubert Humphrey, Sen.Henry Jackson, and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, now is the party of Al Sharpton, Keith Ellison, the John Kerry State Department , and the Kirsten Gillibrands who just take a pass on Israel. The American Jewish vote slowly is changing, following the same strangely lethargic path trekked by Southern Democrats who needed only a hundred and twenty years, or so, to figure the thing out. In the past forty years, since Menachem Begin first was elected Israel’s Prime Minister in 1977, we have seen the population of the Jewish State abandon their prior half-century infatuation with the now-dying Labor Party and move sharply to the Center-Right. In the United Kingdom, likewise, Jewish voters have completely adopted political conservatism, evolving overwhelmingly to align with the right, now completely dumping the left and identifying tightly as the strongest among voting blocs supporting British conservative candidates and their Conservative Party. Slowly emulating these models, led by the emerging Orthodox Jewish majority in the United States, the American

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borg University was quoted as saying: "It concerns transactions to such a degree that all the alarm bells should go off in the banks." Shortly before this it became known the Danish Financial Supervisory authority, Finanstilsynet, criticized Danish banks’ inadequate measures to counteract money laundering. Danske Bank was not the only Danish entity to boycott Israel. Already in 2002, the General Workers Union in Denmark was among the first European bodies to call for a boycott of Israeli goods. The union itself cancelled a preliminary order for products from the Israeli company, Radix. There has in the past years been frequent exposure of extreme and widespread Scandinavian hypocrisy toward Israel. This mainly focused on Norway and Sweden and in particular when the social democratic parties and their allies controlled the government. However, the huge Danske Bank corruption scandals show once again that in the exposure of extreme anti-Israeli hypocrites Denmark should not be forgotten. (INN) Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld has been a long-term adviser on strategy issues to the boards of several major multinational corporations in Europe and North America.He is board member and former chairman of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and recipient of the LIfetime Achievement Award (2012) of the Journal for the Study of Anti-Semitism. Jewish voter now is in the beginning phase of an historic evolution that will continue to take some time, but that is moving American Jewry toward the Republican party. And, meanwhile, there are plenty of American Orthodox rabbis who would love to be invited to participate in a Rosh Hashanah Season telephone conference with the current President of the United States. (INN) Rabbi Dov Fischer, an attorney and adjunct professor of law, is a Senior Rabbinic Fellow at the Coalition for Jewish Values, congregational rabbi of Young Israel of Orange County, California, and holds prominent leadership roles in several national rabbinic and other Jewish organizations. He has been Chief Articles Editor of UCLA Law Review, clerked for the Hon. Danny J. Boggs in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, and served for most of the past decade on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America. His writings have appeared in The Weekly Standard, National Review, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Jerusalem Post, American Thinker, Frontpage Magazine, and Israel National News. Other of his writings are collected at www. rabbidov.com.

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Sofitel New York: Parisian Chic in the City

By Merilee Kern

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ith so many hotel options in New York City it’s difficult to be distinctive. But the Sofitel New York hotel effectively sets itself apart from the pack by bringing the French style of luxury living to discerning guests taking a bite of the Big Apple.

Parisian Immersion

In a town where it can be difficult if not impossible to distinguish oneself, Balendra Nagesvaran, Vice President of Hotel Operations for North America and General Manager of Sofitel New York, is eager to point out precisely why he feels this hotel offers its guests a distinctly different level of hospitality. He explains, "The hotel is infused with the

spacious marble baths outfitted with a separate tub and rain shower, wood-framed beveled mirrors, and marble vanities stocked with imported French bath amenities by Lanvin or, if you're staying in a suite, by Hermès.

culinary achievements, serves up classic French cuisine with tons of personality." With such an endorsement, I eagerly visited Gaby for dinner service where I reveled in the restaurant’s creamy Eggplant and Porcini Soup, Mes-

The Sofitel New York hotel effectively sets itself apart from the pack by bringing the French style of luxury living to discerning guests taking a bite of the Big Apple.

Facilities for an elegant wedding at the Sofitel New York hotel

While boutique in its service sensibility, Sofitel New York encompasses a 30-story building overlooking 44th and 45th streets. The hotel offers a full 398 guest rooms and 52 suites—including a presidential suite—that exude a sophisticated, modern European ambience and a Paris-to-New York jet-set style. In fact, the hotel’s structural design is one of masterfully executed Parisian Art Deco melded with 1940s Manhattan glamour, courtesy of architect Brennan Beer Gorman who was awarded for the “best new skyscraper for design and functionality” upon the property’s 2000 opening.

French art de vivre and brings elements of French culture to the guest experience such as a 'bonjour' at check-in, Parisian Art Deco-inspired guestrooms, elegant floral displays, and exquisite Brasserie cuisine at Gaby." Nagesvaran continues, "The hotel’s location is also a differentiator. We’re in the heart of Manhattan’s bustling theater district and just minutes away from Fifth Avenue, the center of Manhattan’s business, art and cultural scenes." Nagesvaran also commented on Sofitel New York's commitment to impeccable internationally-oriented service. "The passion and attention to

The focal point of each guest room is a custom maple or rosewood three-paneled, full-wall headboard with a recessed, spot-lit niche—the perfect display for the large colorful painting above each bed. And, speaking of beds, New York may be the "city that never sleeps" but with Sofitel’s signature feather-top and duvet “SoBeds,” catching a few winks to recharge for a night on the town is wonderfully indulgent.

The focal point of each guest room is a custom maple or rosewood three-paneled, full-wall headboard with a recessed, spot-lit niche—the perfect display for the large colorful painting above each bed. And, speaking of beds, New York may be the "city that never sleeps" but with Sofitel’s signature feather-top and duvet “SoBeds,” catching a few winks to recharge for a night on the town is wonderfully indulgent. To further evoke a sense of geography, the walls in the rooms are like an art gallery, showcasing both vintage and current black-andwhite photography from Paris and New York. Of course, windows provide various Manhattan vistas that range from 44th Street to the Chrysler Building. All rooms are bathed in natural light, and if you're looking for something extra, two of the rooms feature private balconies. On the practical side, each guest room includes a built-in or standing desk with integrated data port and multiple phone lines, flat-screen television, BOSE music system, wireless internet access and a fully stocked mini bar. Relative to hotel services, The gym at the Sofitel Hotel includes state of the art exercise Sofitel New York include evequipment erything you would expect Throughout the interior, detail that is generated by our from an AAA Four Diamond the property’s Art Deco yet hotel staff is a stand out for luxury hotel brand such as 24contemporary interior décor, me. Our hotel is staffed with hour room service, concierge ambassa- service, nightly turn-down designed by renowned Pa- French-speaking risian designer Pierre-Yves dors in each department, and service with Evian water Rochon, is reminiscent of an our staff speaks a combined and international newspaper delivery. upscale, formal private club total of 52 languages." but also radiates the warmth French Fare of a gracious home. Perched Distinctive Digs majestically near the lobTrue to Nagesvaran's word, No visit to Sofitel New York by staircase is l’Oiseau–the I myself was greeted by multi- is complete without a visit to Bird–a sculpture by Jean-Mi- ple hotel staff with a friendly, Gaby, the hotel's acclaimed chel Foulon, which is said to "Bonjour" making me feel like on-site restaurant that is anbe soaring upward to convey I was actually in the City of other source of pride for a feeling of flying in silent Light. Even once settled into Nagesvaran, who remarked, tribute to the bicentennial of my room, which incidentally "Fine French cuisine served the French Revolution. Over- had a direct view of the Em- at Gaby Brasserie Française is all, the sensory effect is quite pire State Building off to the another differentiator for us. transportive as Sofitel New left, the feeling that I was in a Executive Chef Sylvain HarriYork emanates a sophisticated Paris flat remained. All rooms bey, who won Food Network’s Parisian-chic countenance. at Sofitel New York feature Chopped among many other

clun Salad topped with exquisite shaved parmesan; and a classic Duck Confit all capped off with a seductive Tahitian vanilla crème brûlée topped with fresh berries. Gaby is also known for fusion fare, with a range of international dishes with Asian, Latin or African influences. The bar at Gaby is a great spot for happy

hour, where patrons can partake in 40 different wines by the glass that can be perfectly paired with artisanal cheeses that the restaurant rotates monthly.

at room renovations." Sofitel New York has it all with world class service, well-appointed accommodations and an array of on-site amenities, but what truly sets this hotel apart is the A Look Ahead authentic cultural character When asked about the ho- expressed in art, style, food, tel's plans for the future, Nag- drink, and that certain je ne esvaran is excited about a bevy sais quoi only the French can of upcoming changes that will deliver. continue to position the hotel "The Luxe List" Executive as a premier reference point for the Sofitel brand in New Editor Merilee Kern scours York and globally. "Renova- the luxury marketplace for tions to the hotel are definite- exemplary travel experiencly top of mind for long and es, extraordinary events, and short term, she said. “We have notable products and services. plans to renovate the lobby, Submissions are accepted at bringing a modern and con- www.LuxeListReviews.com. temporary feel to the space. Follow her on Twitter here: Updates will also be made to http://twitter.com/LuxeListEGaby Brasserie and Gaby Bar. ditor and Facebook here: www. In the long term we're looking Facebook.com/TheLuxeList.

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New App Orients Visually Impaired in Malls, Schools, Hospitals Free text-to-speech smartphone app mimics the function of a venue’s directory board, orienting a visitor toward the proper direction By: Brian Blum

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dan Meir thought he was building a technology to help stores sell more goods. He wound up with a product that allows blind and visually impaired people to navigate malls, universities and hospitals. “It happened almost by accident,” Meir says, explaining the genesis for RightHear, the pioneering accessibility app he built with cofounder and CTO Gil Elgrably. The two had created a technology to offer virtual on-thespot coupons to shoppers based on Apple’s iBeacon technology. iBeacons are small self-powered Bluetooth transmitters that can be placed on walls and roofs in a retail location. But the business model wasn’t making sense. “We needed to build a very large user base for this to work,” Meir tells ISRAEL21c, and that was turning into a very large

Here’s how it works: RightHear mimics the function of a venue’s directory board, whether that’s a sign reading “Macy’s this way, restrooms that way” in a mall, or orienting a visitor inside a university’s administration building

challenge. Then, during a 24-hour hackathon sponsored by the Ra’anana municipality, the Tel Aviv suburb in which RightHear is based, Meir and Elgrably had an insight. Rather than marketing the app to end users, what if they pitched it to the venues as a way of making their space accessible to people with visual impairment?

“They were blown away,” Meir says. “They were so excited about it, even though we didn’t have a product yet.” In the last two years, though, not only did RightHear develop a product, but it has made some 200 venues accessible. RightHear charges the venues a fee based on the number of access spots deployed (they’ve installed about 1,500 so far in Israel and

RightHear’s app orients people with vision impairment. Photo: courtesy

It was just a hunch. “We didn’t even know if blind people used smartphones or apps since they’re so visual,” Meir said. But they put together a prototype in the hackathon and, the next day, the Ra’anana municipality connected Meir with several blind people in the city.

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this way, restrooms that way” in a mall, or orienting a visitor inside a university’s administration building. Israel’s Open University was RightHear’s first client. When users with the RightHear app on their phone approach the virtual sign, the app speaks to them about what’s nearby. For example: “The admissions office is 100 feet ahead to the right. Scholarships is 50 feet to the left. Hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday through

doesn’t need that level of accuracy,” Meir said. That also keeps the costs for the venue down. “We call it ‘indoor orientation,’ not ‘indoor navigation.’” The RightHear app also includes a call button so users can get a person on the line quickly, from the mall office or a hotel front desk. And it’s integrated with ride sharing and taxi apps like Gett, Uber and Lyft. The driver receives a note prior to pick-up indicating that he or she should look for the passenger

RightHear cofounders Idan Meir, left, and Gil Elgrably. Photo: courtesy

Friday.” You can also point your phone in a particular direction and RightHear will indicate what’s in front of you. Because RightHear acts like a virtual directory, the company doesn’t have to install iBeacons on every office door or store. “It

rather than waiting for a visually impaired passenger to identify the vehicle. Meir and Elgrably also developed an interface to make it easy for venues to input and update their data, although most venues have paid RightHear to do it for them.

Right-Hear is still small, with a staff of five. Until earlier this year, they were operating out of Hubanana, a coworking space in Ra’anana founded by Meir. To date, 90 percent of the venues RightHear has made accessible are in Israel. The goal for 2017 is to expand further into the US. They received a boost when they provided accessibility at this year’s M-Enabling Summit in Washington, DC, a conference covering technology innovations aimed at seniors and persons with disabilities. RightHear may have started by thinking about malls, but really any type of public venue can be made accessible, including museums and sports stadiums. In Israel, RightHear has relationships with mall operators such as the Azrieli Group, schools including the Weizmann Institute and Tel Aviv University, Assuta hospitals and the Globus cinema chain. Meir is already thinking of uses for the RightHear system beyond the blind and visually impaired community. “Because this is basically a text-to-speech engine, we can translate the data into other languages,” he explains. Imagine visiting an airport or hotel in Spain but you don’t speak Spanish. Just fire up the RightHear app and you’ll understand everything right here, right now. (ISRAEL 21C)

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Haifa Hospital Tests First Implant for Heart Failure Canadian patient flew to Israel for the procedure after his wife read about the experimental implant online and his cardiologist encouraged him By: Israel 21C Staff

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72-year old Canadian man has become the world’s first recipient of an Israeli-developed implant to treat diastolic heart failure – a fairly common condition for which there is no effective long-term treatment. The minimally invasive surgery was performed on July 26th at Rambam Health Care Campus, a medical center in Haifa, by a multidisciplinary team led by cardiologists Gil Bolotin, director of cardiac surgery, and Arthur Kerner, senior physician in the Interventional Cardiology Unit. The implant, called CORolla, was developed by Israeli startup CorAssist Cardiovascular of Haifa. The elastic device is implanted inside the left ventricle of the heart and can improve cardiac diastolic function by

The elastic device is implanted inside the left ventricle of the heart and can improve cardiac diastolic function by applying direct expansion force on the ventricle wall to help the heart fill with blood.

There are more than 1,000 Orthodox students at Queens College. Cardiologist Gil Bolotin checking patient Robert MacLachlan, the first in the world to receive the CORolla implant, at Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa. Photo by Pioter Fliter/RHCC

applying direct expansion force on the ventricle wall to help the heart fill with blood. The CorAssist technology was invented by Dr. Yair Feld, a Rambam cardiologist, with doctors Yotam Reisner and Shay Dubi. The patient, Robert MacLachlan, explained that he had run out of treatment options in Canada for his diastolic heart failure. His wife had read about the CORolla implant on the Internet and contacted Dr. Karen Bitton Worms, head of research in the department of cardiac surgery at Rambam. MacLachlan’s cardiologist encouraged

him to apply to have the experimental procedure in Israel. Bolotin said that while many potential applicants were interested in the procedure, no one wanted to be first until MacLachlan came along. “I am proud that Rambam offers treatments to patients not available anywhere else in the world,” commented Dr. Rafi Beyar, director and CEO of Rambam. The hospital did not comment on the condition of the patient, but in a video released a month after the procedure Ma-

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Notice of Qualification of NORTHWOOD LIQUID MANAGEMENT LP. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/27/17. Office location: New York Co. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/21/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 575 5th Ave, FL. 23, NY, NY 10017. DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [9/15-10/20]

Notice of Qualification of BSCH Parallel (MLG) L.P. App. for Auth. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/31/17. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/17/17. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LP, c/o The Blackstone Group L.P., 345 Park Ave., NY, NY 10154. DE address of LP: c/o Intertrust Corporate Services Delaware Ltd., 200 Bellevue Parkway, Ste. 210, Bellevue Park Corporate Center, Wilmington, DE 19809. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Cert. of LP filed DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [9/15-10/20]

Notice of Qualification of POWELL ANDERSON CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/20/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 02/28/17. Princ. office of LLC: 33 W. 60th St., 11th Fl., NY, NY 10023. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, Attn: R. Adam Lindsay at the princ. office of the LLC. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., Federal & Duke of York Sts., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [9/8-10/13]

Notice of Qualification of ALPHA SQUARE GROUP S LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/25/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/18/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 85 Broad St, Fl. 18, NY, NY 10004. DE address of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is Xin Szeto, Controller, Alpha Square Fund I LLC, 85 Broad St, Fl. 18, NY, NY 10004. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/25-9/29]

Notice of Qualification of NORTHWOOD LIQUID OPPORTUNITIES LP. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/27/17. Office location: New York Co. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/21/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 575 5th Ave, FL. 23, NY, NY 10017. DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [9/15-10/20]

Notice of Qualification of NAVO CAPITAL, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/22/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/25/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. [9/8-10/13]

Notice of Qualification of POWELL ANDERSON CAPITAL LP. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/23/17. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/21/17. Princ. office of LP: 33 W. 60th St., 11th Fl., NY, NY 10023. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the Partnership, Attn: R. Adam Lindsay at the princ. office of the LP. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP filed with Secy. of State of the State of DE, Div. of Corps., John G. Townsend Bldg., Federal & Duke of York Sts., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [9/8-10/13]

Notice of Formation of Scrap Yard Holdings, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/9/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP, 156 W 56th St, NY, NY 10019, Attn: Bruce Bronster, Esq. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/25-9/29]

Notice of Qualification of NORTHWOOD LIQUID OPPORTUNITIES GP LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/27/17. Office location: New York Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/21/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 575 5th Ave, Fl. 23, NY, NY 10017. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [9/15-10/20]

Notice of Qualification of NORTHWOOD LIQUID MANAGEMENT GP LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 4/27/17. Office location: New York Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 4/21/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 575 5th Ave, Fl. 23, NY, NY 10017. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [9/15-10/20]

Notice of Qualification of Blackstone Infrastructure Partners L.P. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/29/17. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/14/17. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the DE address of LP: c/o Intertrust Corporate Services Delaware, Ltd., 200 Bellevue Parkway, Ste. 210, Wilmington, DE 19809. Name/address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Cert. of LP filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [9/15-10/20]

Notice of Qualification of BSCH Parallel (MLG) I L.P. App. for Auth. filed Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/29/17. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/25/17. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LP, c/o The Blackstone Group L.P., 345 Park Ave., NY, NY 10154. DE address of LP: c/o Intertrust Corporate Services Delaware Ltd., 200 Bellevue Parkway, Ste. 210, Bellevue Park Corporate Center, Wilmington, DE 19809. Name/ address of each genl. ptr. available from SSNY. Cert. of LP filed DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [9/15-10/20]

Notice of Qualification of QUALITY HUTS EAST LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/28/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/30/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 477 Madison Ave, Ste 520, NY, NY 10022. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [9/8-10/13] Notice of Qualification of ECC Insurance Brokers, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/31/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Illinois (IL) on 1/1/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. IL address of LLC: 1 Tower Ln., Ste 2850, Oakbrook Terr, IL 60181. Cert. of Formation filed with IL Secy of State, 501 S 2nd St, Rm 350, Springfield, IL 62756. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. [9/8-10/13] Notice of Formation of TFinn & Co. JPM LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/18/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. [9/8-10/13] Notice of Qualification of STONEPEAK CLAREMONT (CO-INVEST) HOLDINGS LP. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/25/17. Office location: New York Co. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 3/8/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. [9/8-10/13] 45-57 DAVIS STREET LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 03/17/17. Office: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, c/o The Vorea Group LLC, 184 North 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [9/8-10/13]

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE OF MART LEGAL TITLE TRUST 2015-NPL1, Plaintiff AGAINST MICHAEL SINGH A/K/A MICHAEL J. SINGH, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated June 17, 2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Room 224 of Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on October 12, 2017 at 2:30PM, premises known as 83 COOPER STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 11207. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK 3433, LOT 51. Approximate amount of judgment $514,368.24 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 5137/2013. Robert A. Abrams, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 48041. [9/8-9/29] Notice of formation of VILUCI LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/03/2017. Office location: Kings County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Viluci LLC, 2609 East 14th Street, Suite #360, Brooklyn, NY 11235. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [8/25-9/29]

Notice of Formation of JA 2040 White Plains LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/6/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is National Registered Agents, Inc., 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/25-9/29] Notice of formation of MARIAS MUFFINS & DESSERTS LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/22/2016. Office location: Richmond County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Maria Dellavalle, 40 Anaconda St, Staten Island, NY 10312. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [8/25-9/29] Notice of Qualification of BROOKFIELD FAIRFIELD U.S. MULTIFAMILY VALUE ADD FUND II DEV PF, L.P. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/19/17. Office location: NY County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/21/17. Duration of LP is Perpetual. SSNY designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. Name and addr. of each general partner are available from SSNY. DE addr. of LP: CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of LP filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., John B. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [8/259/29]

Notice of Qualification of ALPHA SQUARE GROUP FUND I LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/25/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/18/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 85 Broad St, Fl. 18, NY, NY 10004. DE address of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is Xin Szeto, Controller, Alpha Group Square S LLC, 85 Broad St, Fl. 18, NY, NY 10004. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/25-9/29]

Notice of Application for Authority of KD CONNECTICUT ADJUSTERS LLC, a foreign limited liability company (LLC). Application for Authority filed with Secy. of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/30/2016.LLC organized in Connecticut on 04/07/04. NY office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: The LLC, 38 Hill Top Rd, East Haddam, CT 06472. Office address in jurisdiction of organization: 70 Woodvale Dr., Northford, CT 06424. Copy of Articles of Organization on file with Secy. of State of CT, 30 Trinity St. Hartford, CT 06115-0470. Purpose of LLC: Any lawful activity. [8/25-9/29]

Notice of Qualification of Intren, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/16/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Illinois (IL) on 12/27/16. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. IL address of LLC: 18202 W Union Rd, Union, IL 60180. Cert. of Formation filed with IL Secy of State, 501 S 2nd St, Springfield, IL 62756. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/25-9/29]

Notice of Qualification: Bonchon Group LLC Auth. filed with Sec of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/9/17. Office loc: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/3/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 575 8th Ave, #502, NY, NY 10018. DE addr. of LLC: 919 N Market St, #950, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec of State, 401 Federal St, #4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: General. [8/259/29]

PAGE 46 Notice of formation of SUSU MOVEMENT, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 09/07/2016. Office location: NY County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [8/25-9/29] Notice of Qualification of Hunt CMT Finance, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/11/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/6/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Capitol Services, Inc., 1218 Central Ave., Ste. 100, Albany, NY 12205. DE address of LLC: 1675 South State St., Ste. B, Dover, DE 19901. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful act or activity.[8/25-9/29] Notice of Qualification of CCV CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/28/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 06/13/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 959 1st Ave., Apt. 6P, NY, NY 10022. DE addr. of LLC: Corporation Service Co., 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [8/25-9/29] Notice of Qualification of Zirrus, LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/10/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Florida (FL) on 6/30/14. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Cogency Global Inc., 10 E. 40th St., 10th Fl., NY, NY 10016. FL of LLC: 4171 W. Hillsboro Blvd., Ste. 3, Coconut Creek, FL 33073. Arts. of Org. filed with FL Secy. of State, 2661 Executive Center Cir., Tallahassee, FL 32301. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/259/29] Notice of Qualification of Denim Lab LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/11/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in California (CA) on 9/26/13. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Attn: Rocco Vienhage, 3578 Hayden Ave., Ste. N-1, Culver City, CA 90232-2445. Principal office of LLC: FRAME, 51 Greene St., NY, NY 10013. Arts. of Org. filed with CA Dept. of State, 1500 11th St., Sacramento, CA 95814. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/25-9/29] PRETTY THINGS, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 8/2/2017. Office in Kings Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 502 Franklin Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11238, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [8/18-9/22] Notice of Formation of IMAGINE & ATTAIN LIFE COACHING, LLC. Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 06/07/2017. Off. Loc.: NY County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 4142 24th St. Apt. 631, Long Island City. NY 11101. Purpose: any lawful act. [8/18-9/22] NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Kings U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for SG Mortgage Securities, Asset Backed Certificates, Series 2006-FRE2, Plaintiff AGAINST Tetiana Berriors a/k/a Tatyana Onischenko, et al, Defendant Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 2/29/2016and entered on 3/17/2016, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY on September 28, 2017 at 02:30 PM premises known as 1810 Avenue Y Brooklyn, NY 11235. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough and County of Kings, City and State of New York, BLOCK: 7439, LOT: 5. Approximate amount of judgment is $842,354.54 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 28287/2008. Sean R. Smith, Referee FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706

The Jewish Voice Notice of Qualification of Yahoo Fantasy Sports Player Funds LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/4/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/31/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/18-9/22] Notice of formation of NERE LIC BUILDING ENTERPRISES LLC. Articles of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 03/28/2017. Office located in Kings county. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: Bentley Zhao, 4918 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11220. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [8/18-9/22]. Notice of Qualification of MERIT HILL GP LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/31/17. Office location: New York Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 2/6/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 594 Dean St, Ste 26, Brooklyn, NY 11238. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/18-9/22] Notice of Formation of NYC FAMILY THERAPY PSYCHOLOGY PLLC. Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 07/07/2017. Off. Loc.: NY County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 603 W 115th Street, Suite 170, New York, NY 10025. Purpose: any lawful act. [8/18-9/22] Notice of Qualification of Macquarie Nufang US LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/11/16. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/5/16. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 80 State St, Albany, NY 12207. DE address of LLC: 2711 Centerville Rd, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/18-9/22] Notice of Qualification of KALAN LP. The fictitious name is: KALAN SERVICES L.P. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/7/17. Office location: New York County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 12/9/97. SSNY is designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/18-9/22] Notice of Qualification of MERIT HILL CAPITAL, LP. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/31/17. Office location: New York County. LP formed in Delaware (DE) on 2/6/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 594 Dean St, Ste 26, Brooklyn, NY 11238. DE address of LP: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. List of names and addresses of all general partners available from SSNY. Cert. of Limited Partnership filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/18-9/22] Notice of formation of 44 4th Ave Realty Group LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the Sect'y of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/14/2017. Office location, County of Kings. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 98 Kean St., West Babylon NY 11704. Purpose: any lawful act. [8/11-9/15] 4412 4TH AVE., LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 6/9/2017. Office in Kings Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 4412 4th Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11220, which is also the principal business location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [8/11-9/15]

Notice of Formation of Egger & Co. JPM LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/18/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of Hudson & Marshall, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/18/17. Office location: New York Co. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/18/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of L.D. Pickering & Co. LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/19/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Qualification of DXC TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/1/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/18/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of J.C. Orr & Co. LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/18/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Formation of RESEARCH ACTION, LLC. Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 07/06/2017. Off. Loc.: Kings County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: Abby Scher,40 Ocean Pkwy, Apt 5G, Brooklyn, NY 11218. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act. [8/11-9/15] Notice of Formation of Inno Promos LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/27/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 325 N End Ave, 6L, NY, NY 10282. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is Lin Zeng, 325 N End Ave, 6L, NY, NY 10282. Purpose: any lawful activity. Notice of Application for Authority of Cathedral Consulting, LLC a foreign limited liability company (LLC). Application for Authority filed with Secy. of State of New York on 07/24/2017. LLC organized in Oregon on 03/15/2017. NY office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to: C/O Rathbone Barton Olsen PC, 4949 Meadows Road Suite 600, Lake Oswego, OR 97035. Office address in jurisdiction of organization: 4949 Meadows Road Suite 600, Lake Oswego, OR 97035. Copy of Articles of Organization on file with Secy. of State of OR, 255 Capitol Street NE, Suite 151, Salem, OR 97310. Purpose of LLC: Any lawful activity. [8/11-9/15] Notice of Qualification of HFZ Bryant Park Owner LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/27/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/13/13. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity.

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 Notice of Qualification of AdGenesis Holdings LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/29/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/20/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 49 W. 27th St., Mezzanine West, NY, NY 10001. DE address of LLC: United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/11-9/15]

Francis Ying NYC, LLC, Arts of Org filed with SSNY on 03/23/2017. Off. Loc.: New York County, SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: The LLC, 150 Nassau St., New York, NY 10038. Purpose: to engage in any lawful act. [8/11-9/15]

Notice of Formation of BENENSON TECH, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/10/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: Frederick C. Benenson, c/o Benenson Capital Partners, 708 Third Ave., 28th Fl., NY, NY 10017. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [8/11-9/15]

Notice of Qualification of Full Node Capital LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/31/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 7/27/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Bryan Reyhani, 200 Park Ave., 17th Fl., NY, NY 10166. DE address of LLC: 1675 South State St., Ste. B, Dover, DE 19901. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful act or activity. [8/119/15]

Notice of Qualification of Leyton 93 LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/26/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/2/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o 152 W. 57th St., 19th Fl., NY, NY 10019, Attn: Scott Leyton. DE address of LLC: c/o United Corporate Services, Inc., 874 Walker Road, Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/11-9/15]

Notice of Formation of STANDARD POLYCLINIC MANAGER LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/07/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: c/o Standard Property Company, Inc., 126 E. 56th St., 19th Fl., Ste. 1910, NY, NY 10022. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [8/11-9/15]

Notice of Qualification of NORTHSTAR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/27/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 04/27/16. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: c/o CSC, 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with Secy. of State, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [8/11-9/15]

Notice of Formation of Westbound Kyd, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/10/17. Office location: NY County. Princ. office of LLC: 205 Hudson St., Ste. #1002, NY, NY 10013. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Caroyln Rossip Malcolm, CRM Management, LLC at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Music publishing and recording. [8/4-9/8]

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017 Notice of Qualification of TV ONE, LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 07/19/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 07/29/04. Princ. office of LLC: 4 New York Plaza, Ste. #500, NY, NY 10004. NYS fictitious name: TVONEMEDIA, LLC. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co. (CSC), 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: CSC, 2711 Centerville Rd., Ste. 400, Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with The Secy. of State of the State of DE, Corp. Dept., 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [8/4-9/8]

Notice of Formation of S3 550 4TH AVE FUNDING LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/24/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 444 Madison Ave, Fl. 41, NY, NY 10022. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/4-9/8]

Notice of Formation of Throgs Neck Debt LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/17/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 225 Broadway, Fl. 32, NY, NY 10007. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/4-9/8]

Notice of Formation of BRP HEMPSTEAD, LLC. Arts of Org. filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 7/25/17. Office location: New York County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/4-9/8]

Notice of Qualification of R&B BUILDING MAINTENANCE, LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 5/30/17. Office location: New York County. LLCformed in Tennessee (TN) on 3/28/12. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. TN address of LLC: 14665 Lebanon Rd, Ste C, Old Hickory, TN 37138. Cert. of Formation filed with TN Secy of State, 312 Rosa L. Parks Ave, FL. 6, Snodgrass Tower, Nashville, TN 37243. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/4-9/8]

Notice of Formation of East 182 Street Associates, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 7/24/17. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 902 Broadway, 13th Fl., NY, NY 10010. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/4-9/8]

Notice of Qualification of Ridgewood Briarcliff Owner, L.L.C. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 6/15/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 6/13/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [8/4-9/8]

Notice of Formation of Nineties News LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/16/17. Office location: NY County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Nineties News LLC, 26 Broadway, Ste. 1301, NY, NY 10004. Purpose: any lawful activities. [9/1-10/6]

Notice of formation of collective please llc filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 6/28/17. Office loc.: Kings County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail copy of process to is M. Burr Keim Company, 2021 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA 19103. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [8/18-9/22]

The Jewish Voice Notice of Qualification of MMAS AVIATION LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/17/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 1/19/12. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 160 Greentree Dr., Dover, DE 19904. DE address of LLC: 160 Greentree Dr., Dover, DE 19904. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [9/1-10/6] Notice of Qualification of Graduate Roosevelt Island Lessee LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/9/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 8/2/17. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. [9/1-10/6] Notice of Qualification of Graduate Roosevelt Island Owner LLC. Authority filed with NY Secy of State (SSNY) on 8/4/17. Office location: New York County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 9/22/16. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St, Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Formation filed with DE Secy of State, 401 Federal St. Ste 4, Dover, DE 19901. The name and address of the Reg. Agent is CT Corporation System, 111 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011. Purpose: any lawful activity. [9/1-10/6] Notice of formation of BERNA & MANUK LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/09/2017. Office location: NY County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 780 Madison Avenue, Apt #8A, New York, NY 10065. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [9/1-10/6] JUICERIE IV LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 7/7/2017. Office in Kings Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to Pampalone Law, 15 Dunham Place, Ste. 10E, Brooklyn, NY 11249. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. Principal business location: 271 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11211. [9/1-10/6] Notice of formation of PRDVCE, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 05/11/2016. Office location: Kings County. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. [9/1-10/6] Notice of Formation of Schuster 44th Street LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/14/17. Office location: NY County. Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: c/o Josh Schuster, 265 E. 66th St., Apt. 22E, NY, NY 10065, principal business address. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [9/1-10/6] Notice of Qualification of REDFITZ PRODUCTIONS, LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/18/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Nevada (NV) on 10/18/10. Princ. office of LLC: 181 Conover St. #2, Brooklyn, NY 11231. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. NV addr. of LLC: 2360 Corporate Circle, Ste. 400, Henderson, NV 89074-7739. Cert. of Form. filed with Barbara K. Cegavske, NV Secy. of State, 101 N. Carson St., Ste. 3, Carson City, NV 89701. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [9/1-10/6] Notice of Qualification of Roman Health Medical LLC. App. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 8/14/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 5/11/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: Saman Rahmanian, 221 Canal St., 3rd Fl., NY, NY 10013. DE address of LLC: 874 Walker Road, Ste. C, Dover, DE 19904. Arts. of Org. filed with DE Secy. of State, 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activity. [9/1-10/6]

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Notice of Qualification of HARK CAPITAL II GP, LLC. Authority filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 05/23/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 05/08/17. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o CT Corporation System, 111 Eight Ave. - 13th Fl., NY, NY 10011. Address to be maintained in DE: Corporation Trust Center - 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Arts of Org. filed with the Secy. of State, Division of Corporations, John G. Townsend Bldg., 401 Federal St., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: any lawful activities. [9/1-10/6]

Notice of Qualification of KeyMe Operating LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/10/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 08/08/17. Princ. office of LLC: 5 Pennsylvania Plaza, 10th Fl., NY, NY 10001. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC at the addr. of its princ. office. DE addr. of LLC: c/o Corporation Service Co., 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State., Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [9/1-10/6]

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF KINGS HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR NOMURA HOME EQUITY LOAN, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FM2, Plaintiff, Against Index No.: 7756/2012 ROGER WILLIAMS, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered in the Kings County Clerk’s Office on 7/31/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, in Room 224 of Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on 10/5/2017 at 2:30 pm, premises known as 2043 E 60th St, Brooklyn, NY 11234, and described as follows: ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York, and designated on the tax maps of the Kings County Treasurer as Block 08403 and Lot 0016. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $607,283.56 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 7756/2012. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Robert Washington, Esq., Referee. Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 110, Armonk, NY 10504 Dated: 8/9/2017 PB [9/1-9/29]

Notice of Qualification of JT1, LLC. Appl. for Auth. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 08/22/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in Delaware (DE) on 08/14/17. NYS fictitious name: JT1 DE, LLC. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o Corporation Service Co., 80 State St., Albany, NY 12207-2543. DE addr. of LLC: 251 Little Falls Dr., Wilmington, DE 19808. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Secy. of State, Div. of Corps., 401 Federal St., Ste. 4, Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [9/1-10/6]

Notice of formation of 3015 RICHMOND TERRACE LLC. Articles of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 08/14/2017. Office located in Richmond county. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to: The LLC, 3015 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY 10303. Purpose: Any lawful activity. [8/18-9/22].

Notice of Qualification of 550 Vanderbilt 917 LLC. Authority filed with NY Dept. of State on 8/9/17. Office location: NY County. LLC formed in DE on 8/8/17. NY Sec. of State designated agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and shall mail process to: 111 8th Ave., NY, NY 10011, Attn: CT Corporation System, registered agent upon whom process may be served. DE address of LLC: 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801. Cert. of Form. filed with DE Sec. of State, Townsend Bldg., Dover, DE 19901. Purpose: all lawful purposes. [8/18-9/22]

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THRIVING CLOTHING BOUTIQUE IN GREENPORT ON LONG ISLAND’S NORTH FORK. Busy & Profitable All Year Round Since 1992. Good Price & Terms. Call Patrick 631-744-9100 LM0901

WELLS IN WEST TEXAS. Each well produced approx 1 million barrels of oil. 30-40% annual return is realistic. More information at www.MincOil.com or Call Mark at 915-921-7255

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AIRCRAFT SERVICES

HARD MONEY LOANS

Private jet services-Pesach. NY-Israel.$26K.RT per seat.NYFL $5700RT per seat. Limited seats. 388-784-1221

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY

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Invest small, with a minimum investment of $7,500 for a big return!! With a Legal Legitimate Investment company. For more information or appointment call: 212-256-1158 extension 103 This offering is only for accredited investors under Regulation D under Rule 506 (c) of the Securities Act Of 1993. The Company shall take reasonable steps to verify the accredited investor status before making Any offer and sale. Any accredited investor that does not provide the information necessary to the company To satisfy the verification requirement will not be deemed an accredited investor and may not participate in the offering.

AVAILABLE FOR INVESTORS. 60% LTV. Call 718-825-4086

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RESTAURANTS FOR SALE (2). RIDGEFIELD, CT. Gorgeous restaurant, turn-key operation on Main St. $300K. Also, PIZZERIA in BROOKFIELD, CT in very busy shopping center. Next to Raymour Flanagan. $150K. Call Owner 914-906-1084

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WE PROVIDE FRESH CUT BG, SBLC AND LOAN. WE HAVE A GENUINE PROVIDER FOR FRESH CUT BG AND SBLC AND 3% APR LOAN WHICH ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR LEASE. OUR BANK INSTRUMENT CAN BE ENGAGED IN PPP TRADING, DISCOUNTING, AND SIGNATURE PROJECT(S) SUCH AS AVIATION, AGRICULTURE, PETROLEUM, REAL ESTATE AND E.T.C. OUR LEASING PRICE IS 6+2 AND OUR ISSUING BANKS ARE HSBC LONDON OR BARCLAYS BANK LONDON. OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE REASONABLE AS OUR PROVIDER IS READY TO SEND RWA OR SWIFT M799 BEFORE WE PROCEED. KINDLY CONTACT ME FOR FURTHER INFORMATION VIA EMAIL: BGCONSULTANT@OUTLOOK.COM

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JOBS & SERVICES D & H CLEANING SERVICES AND REPAIRS LLC. Our services include repairs, renovations,

BROADWAY COMPUTERS. 516-654-9210 We do it all from training to repairs. Learn to use PC’s & Gadgets. Our location or yours. Desktop, Laptop/

maid service, interior cleaning,

PC/ Mac Services, Repairs, Upgrades, Virus Removal,

event clean up, and commercial

Screens Repairs, New & Refurbished PC’s & Laptops.

cleaning. Phone: 914-227-0058 Email: ezardclarke@aol.com

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NURSING ASSISTANT. Days, Evenings or Overnights. Speaks English. Car Available. Excellent References. Hollywood, Florida only. Call 215-840-0346

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Experienced & Certified Home Health Aide available 5-6 days per week, live-in or live-out. Full time. Over 16 years experience in elder care. Excellent references. English speaking. Call 347-619-9290

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JB CARPENTRY, ELECTRIC, PLUMBING, PAINTING, FLOORING, DECKS & KITCHEN/ BATHROOM REMODELING. RESPONSIBLE & REASONABLE. ALL JOBS WELCOME! JOE: 347-215-1960

Maintenance & Control Wireless Networking Laptop Starting at $199. We Repairs TV’s.

Call Us @ 516-259-1810 Visit Us At 588 Broadway, Massapequa LM1117 HELP WANTED

9020

NURSES LPN’s, RN’s & CNA’s. PUTNAM NURSING & REHAB CENTER. Come join our team, 1199 union benefit packages, SIGN-ON BONUS PAID OUT MONTHLY. LTC facility, seeking RN’s/ LPN’s on our 7AM-3PM & 3-11PM shifts & CNA’s- all shifts. Call 845-878-3241 or Fax Resume Attn: Brenda or Patricia to 845-878-7318 LM1006 HOME HEALTH AIDES. Calling all NYS Certified Home Health Aides to attend Osborn Home Care’s Walk-in Day!! Walk-in Day is every Tuesday from 9:00AM-3:00PM. Fill out an application and interview same day! Please stop by or call for more details. 101 Theall Rd, Rye, NY. 914-925-8320 LM1006 LIVE-IN 7 DAYS. Must drive. Care for elderly, light cleaning & shopping. 732-620-4546 LM0901 Job Opportunity $13.20 per hour! If you currently care for your relatives or friends who have Medicaid, you may be eligible to start working for them as a Personal Assistant. No Certificates needed. Phone: 347-462-2610 or 347-5656200 LM1006 VALET PARKING ATTENDANTS NEEDED- MONTAUK. *Applicants should be clean cut, outgoing personality, need to be able to drive stick shift and have clean drivers license. Compensation $8.00/ hour plus excellent gratuities.* Contact Nick 516-770- 1873 or email nvitanza1@optonline. net LM0818

MANAGER FOR LEGAL NOTICE DEPARTMENT WANTED! To work at The Jewish Voice newspaper. Brooklyn location. Call Stuart Katz 718-998-7600 Ext. 19 SALESPEOPLE WANTED. To work at The Jewish Voice newspaper. Brooklyn location. Call Stuart Katz 718998-7600 Ext. 19 AREA CLAIMS WRITER AND PROPERTY INSPECTORS. Interviewing now. Excellent income, pt/ ft flexible hours. Training provided. 732-801-1532 acwinspector@gmail.com

CLEANING SERVICES 9910 JULIA’S HOUSECLEANING. Houses, Condos, Offices. Reasonable Prices. Very Reliable. Excellent References. Call 914-373-1880 LM1020 IMPERIAL FAMILY CLEANING SERVICE, INC. Move in & move out house cleaning, office cleaning, residential, commercial & more. Free estimates. Licensed & insured. 845-670-9853 imperialfamilycleaningsvc. com LM1006 I WILL CLEAN YOUR HOUSE OR OFFICE. I have 18 years experience. I am reliable & dependable. Own Transportation. I will make your house/ office shine. References available. Call 516-776-0021 LM0929

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HEALTH / SOCIAL SERVICES 9930 FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS HOME CARE. Providing high quality home care to seniors in Westchester & Putnam County. To ensure your safety and security our caregivers are nationally background checked, reference checked, drug tested, insured and bonded. Hourly, live-in or liveout. Transport available. 914860-5312/ 845-490-3325 LM1006 CNA POSITION WANTED. I have over 10 years experience. Live-in or liveout. Day or evening hours. I am hard-working. Excellent references. Florida only. Call 305-697-1196 LM0929 I am looking for Live-In or Live-Out CNA position. I’m available 5 days per week. Excellent references from hospital, nursing home & private. Call 516-466-3923 LM0922

AIDE/ COMPANION. PT/ FT. Experienced Aide in all aspects of care seeks job caring for the elderly. Excellent references and NYS driver’s license. 914-751-5972 LM0728 DAMEN COMPANION CARE. Homecare that you can trust for the care of your loved ones. 10 years experience. Hourly, live-in or live-out. Also, Hiring Caregivers. Call Us Today 631-747-6167 or 1-888-612-1822 LM0721

PETS

9043

LOST 3 YEAR OLD GRAY SIAMESE CAT. Vicinity of Ridgebury Rd./ Shadow Lake Rd, Ridgefield, Connecticut. Missing since 6/5. His name is Mr. Kai. Reward $1,000. Call 203-743-9434 LM0804

NUTRITIONIST

9965

Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor Bonnie Budman LCSW Winter Special, 3 one hour sessions for $127. Call 516-967-0675

TUTORING

9970

**ALL Subjects 1-on-1 Tutor** Grades K-12, Specialize in Math & Essay writing. Intensive Prep for Specialized Science High School Entrance Exam, SAT, & HS Regents Exam available. Email: ALL. As.Tutor.NYC@gmail.com

HANDYMAN SERVICES 9960 HANDYMAN SERVICES, OWNER OPERATOR. Licensed & insured. Power washing, painting, carpentry, builtins, decks, kitchens & baths, doors & windows, tiling, sheetrock & taping, organizing & cleanups. Westchester only. Call Chris 914-337-8249 LM0922

HOME IMPROVEMENT

9950

Professional Experienced Electrician, will take care of any of your electric needs. Call 347-255-7151 JP1020 ALL BORO TILE & BRICK. Kitchens & Bathrooms. All Ceramic Floors Installed. ALL BRICK WORK. Steps. Stoops. Retain Walls. Stucco. PVC Fences. Iron Railings. ALL Repairs Big & Small. Call Harold 347-416-4377 JP1006

SALON FOR SALE OR LOOKING FOR PARTNER Full service salon with 2 Nails spa Brand New location fully furnished 5 rooms, 8 stations 1732 Sheepshead Bay Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11235 Call - 917-771-8762 or 949-235-4785

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JOBS & SERVICES CONSUMERS FULL CLEAN OUT SERVICE. Basements. Attics. Garages. Houses. Swept & Vacuumed. RUBBISH REMOVAL 24/7. Antiques Bought & Sold. Professional Moving & Storage. 5 BorosNassau- 30 Yr. Exp. Affiliated with Santini Moving Storage. Senior Discount. www. cleanouts.xyz 516-322-1158 & 800-834-1394 JP0929 TREE OF LIFE. ALLEN THE TREE SURGEON. Removals. Pruning. Planting. Storm Damage. Chipper Service. Landscaping. Strap Metal. Snow Removal. 845-401-8411 LM0929

FALLSBURG CONSTRUCTION, CORP. Roofing, Decking, Siding, Renovations, Flooring & Ceramic Tiles. Fully Insured. Free Estimates. 845-866-4643 LM0922 2 MARIO’S. Stoops, Blue Stone, Brickwork, Pavers & Repairs. Commercial & Residential. CALL ME LAST! 516-984-9943 LM0922 ANNIHILATOR EXTERMINATION INC. GOT BUGS/ "Place Your Trust With Us, We'll Treat You Like Family!" Professional Pest Management Services For a Healthy, Safer and Pest Free Environment. Fully Licensed & Insured. Commercial & Residential. License: NYS DEC 13915 NJ Business Lic. 99201A. 43 Allen Place, Staten Island, NY 10312. Scott Fox- Owner/ Operator 718-227-5001 Email: scott@ yougotbugscom Website: www.yougotbugs.com

HELP OFFERED

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PRIVATE CHEF/ SHIATSU. 25 years experience specializing in natural wellness cuisine and fine dining. Available immediately. Need livein position. Excellent references. Hamptons & Greenwich, CT only. 781856-0359 robertpdonahue@ icloud.com LM0707

PERSONALS

9025

White Male, 5’10”, healthy, non-smoker, never married, nice guy, living in Brooklyn, seeks non-smoking woman, 37-47, who likes bowling & dogs, who is willing to relocate to NJ. Looking for possible marriage and family. Serious inquiries only. Call 347-856-1937 LM1020 ATTRACTIVE JEWISH FEMALE, 70, Widowed, Retired Math Teacher, Seeks Jewish Male, Widower, 67-75, College-Educated, for a Long Term Relationship. Call 718-763-8919 LM0915

FOR SALE

9040

PIANO FOR SALE. Baldwin Walnut Finish. Mint Condition. Table Top Piano with Seat. $1,250 or best offer. 914-243-0620 LM0901 New Guinea and African Art, selling personal collection, all prices considered. 917-374-4038 LM0825 PLAYER PIANO, 1 octave short of being full piano with 23 rolls, $850. Also, LARGE PILLOW SECTIONAL, brown velour, $500. You are responsible for shipping if you are outside of Long Island. 631-665-7255 LM0728

ENTERTAINMENT 9044 Serious Singers, Groups needed for Record Deal and Possible Tour. Call Jack 516-897-9706 LM0825

AUTOMOTIVE

9050

ISUZU 18FT NQR. Pull Out Walk Board, 190K Miles. 914-403-7142 LM1020

BUYING

9045

WE BUY AND SELL GOLD, SILVER, STERLING PIECES, BULLION AND COLLECTIBLE COINS. We even buy old and broken pieces. Highest CA$H Prices Paid. CALL 646-379-3566 Eli@USCoinSpot.com *Meetings by Appointment Only. JP1006

LAGRANGE TOWN OF, $350,000

RANCH ON .66 ACRES, BUILT 1957, 1983 SQ FT, 7 RMS 2 BATH, 4 BED RMS, LIV RM, DIN/SUN RM 14 X 24, FAM/ TV RM, KITCHEN, LAUNDRY RM OFF KITCH, BASEMENT 250 SQ FT BEDROOM WITH BATH + 2 CLOSETS, 2 CAR GARAGE. IN GND POOL,16 X 32, 12 X 12 SHED. HOT WATER BB HEAT, 200 AMP ELEC SVC, CENTRAL AIR, KITCHEN REMAKE 2010, 3 OVENS, HARD WOOD FLRS THRUOUT, RECENTLY FINISHED PATIO AND WALKWAYS, NEW LANDSCAPING, MANY EXTRAS, ARLINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, COMBINED TAXES 2015 $5278, 12 MINUTES FROM METRO NORTH OR TSP. 845-471-6874 OR JJD414GC@AOL.COM (APPOINTMENT ONLY) SWIMMING POOLS

OPEN HOUSES BROOKLYN

1638

MIDWOOD OPEN HOUSE. EVERY SUN, 1-4PM. 1773 Ocean Ave & Ave M. One store + 1 family house for sale. Totally renovated, semidetached garage. Asking $1.38 million. Galaxy Fortune Realty. Call Agent Betty Yee 917-337-3336 LM0901

COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES FOR RENT QUEENS

3050

RICHMOND HILL OFFICE FOR RENT. Corner space. Near courthouse, JFK Airport & hospital. Suit to fit. $1,600 per month includes all except for electric. Leave message 9AM5PM at 917-446-1658 LM0819

BRONX

4050

3060 EAST TREMONT AVE: STORE FOR RENT. Top retail location, high pedestrian traffic, 3000sf, can be divided. For details: Rafi- 718-3641400 or 347-495-0614

STATEN ISLAND

5050

DONGAN HILLS. Perfect for Psychologist, Accountant, Attorney, Financial Planner. Cozy 2 rooms with waiting area. $600 + utilities. Call Owner at 718-979-7458 LM0812

NEW YORK STATE 7050 PEEKSKILL LAWYER’S OFFICE FOR RENT. Busy intersection, Artist District. No smoking, no pets. 914-739-2600 LM0922 PEEKSKILL COMMERCIAL PARKING SPACE AVAILABLE. Located at 1814 Crompond Rd, Route 202. For more information, Call 914-469-9178 LM0902

COMMERCIAL / PROPERTIES FOR SALE NEW YORK STATE 7060 MALONE, NY. 103 Acres for Sale in the Country. 10 Miles West on 11B, Property is on Spalding Road. Power on the property. Just outside the Adirondack Park. $110,000 Or Best Offer. Call 802-767-3311 LM1006

OUT OF STATE

8060

TOMS RIVER/ OCEAN CTY, NJ. For Sale, user/ investor opportunity, 9,000 sq ft Commercial building on 1.74 acres with 2,700 sq ft leased to national tenant. Multipurpose building, drive-in doors, great for all type contractors. Traffic counts over 44,000 cars per day. REMCO REALTY 732-253-0888 x 11 LM0916

APARTMENTS FOR RENT BROOKLYN

1010

SEAGATE. 5 Room Apt, 2nd Floor, Renovated 1 year ago, new appliances. $1,900. Call Owner 718-946-2856 LM1006

STATEN ISLAND 5010 MARINERS HARBOR. 2BR apt. Completely Renovated with Waterview. 7 Minutes from the Ferry. $1,550/ Month. 1 Month Sec. + 1 Month Rent + 1 Month Broker Fee. Contact Agent Marisol Ortiz 347-678-3386 LM0922

LONG ISLAND

6010

EAST QUOGUE. One bedroom cottage with chef’s kitchen on gated 10 acre estate. $1,300 monthly. Also, Studio apt available. Access to tennis available. 631-466-0578 LM0929

FRANKLIN LAKES. GATED RETREAT ON 3 PRIVATE ACRES, ELEVATOR, LAVISH GOURMET KITCHEN, EXTRAORDINARY FEATURES, $1,899,999.

DEBBIE 201-925-7667 OR WWW.811COLONIAL ROADFRANKLINLAKES.COM LM0113

Well-Established Allstate Agency For Sale. Marine Park area. Agent wants to retire. Must be able to obtain your own financing & currently be .in the insurance business Call 917-301-2477 LM0703

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REAL ESTATE WOODBURY/ Green's Assoc. Condo for Sale or Rent. Huge MBR, plenty of WIC's, spacious 3BR, 2.5 baths/ updated granite, new appliances/ water heater, deck, full fin basement, 2 car garage. $760k's. 609-339-1253

THROGS NECK TRANQUILITY. Steps from City Island Sound & Pelham Park. 2 family (2,100 sq ft total.) Patio, backyard, shed. Great investment property. $475,000. By appt only. Call Joanne at Hidalgo & Sons R.E. 917-232-8616 LM0915

8030

DEAL, NJ. Outstanding Townhouse in the Heart of Deal. Living room, dining room, designer kitchen, 4BR, 3 ½ baths, full fin bsmt with BR & bath. Garage. $3,800/ month. Credit check. Call Dot Schulze Agency 732-229-2600 LM0902

HOUSES FOR SALE BROOKLYN

1040

BUSHWICK. 4 Family Box Apt, Building Size 20 x 75, Lot 25 x 100, Zoning R6, Brick SemiDetached, 1 Apt Vacant. Lazar 917-553-4553 lazarnyc@gmail. com JP0915

E 14/ AVE O. 30x100, set 6BR’s, fin bsmt with separate entrance. Back deck & large yard. Parking. Asking $1.399M. Call Agent Lorraine Cohen 917576-2203 JP0908 PARK SLOPE. 13 St/ 6th Ave. 3 fam brownstone + bsmt. 2BR each apt. Over $9,200 income/month. Broker Lazar 917-553-4553 lazarnyc@ gmail.com JP0929

BRONX

4040

BRONX. DREAM LOCATION! Throgs Neck Tranquility. Steps from City Island Sound and Pelham Park. Minutes from shopping, transportation and I-95. 2 family (2100 square feet total); patio, backyard & shed. Great investment property! Buyer/ Brokers Welcome. Contact: Joanne 917-232-8616 LM0804

East 34th St./ I & J

Gut renovated 1 family semi-det triplex, 6BR's, 4.5 baths, kosher kitchen, fin bsmt w/2BR apt. Solar panels, C/AC, pvt drv/ gar. $959K. Call (917)774-5554

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CALL MOR 347-419-7334 6040

SOUND BEACH. Soon to be discovered North Shore Hamlet 2BR Cottage, ½ acre, 1 block to beach. $259K. 631-509-0484 LM1013

NY STATE HOUSE FOR RENT 7030 YONKERS EAST- Large sunny 1BR with office, dining room, large kitchen, wood & ceramic floors, ceiling fans, dishwasher, microwave oven, a/c, huge walk-in closet. Quiet area, no pets or washer please. Heat included. Near train. $1,750 neg. + ½ month fee. Available now. Call 914776-0337 or 914-954-1102 LM1020

NEW YORK STATE 7040 SCARSDALE, NY. New Rochelle School & Taxes. Cozy Ranch, 4 bedrooms, 2 full bath home with fireplace & finished basement. $650K. Contact Melissa 914-527-7866 or mmontes222@aol.com LM1006 CENTRAL NYACK. High Ranch, 7 rooms + 2.5 baths, fireplace, central a/c, screened-in deck, 2 car garage. $475,000. 845358-3965 LM0929 OLIVE-BRIDGE, NY. 2BR Cottage, ¼ acre. Near ski area. $90,000 or best offer. 845-897-9555 LM0915

FOR SALE BY OWNER

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Youngsville, NY (Catskills) Charming large farm house on 16 acres w barn & detached 2 car garage, 3-4 bedrooms, 2 baths, large attic and basement. Close to Delaware water activities and Bethelwoods Art Center. Asking $225.000. Call owner at 201-681-7980

BETHEL NY Area, 2Br, Lrg Kitch, wash/dry, no smok/pets, in pvt house, pvt prkg. Refs, $675/mo + util's + 1 mo sec 516-747-7710 LM1020 CHESTNUT RIDGE. 3BR Home for Rent. Month to Month on private road. $3,500/ month. Includes utilities. Available September 1st. Call 914-906-1761 LM0922

Fishkill, Townhouse, Deer Crossing 1br, 2b 1,365sqft, built 1992, 50-unit dev, end unit, on cul de sac, c/a, gas ht, LR, DR, Den, Laundry Rm, Gar, refrig, d/w, range. New roof, eff. hvac (2009), cath ceil in LR, Den dbls as gst BR next to full BR,lLoft w/skylt and adj strg. rm, lg Mstr BR - 2 (1 walk-in) CA closets, access to clubhse & pool. Beautifully landscaped-woods behind All-glass sunroom. $279,900. See Zillow for addl pics.914.841.3237

2 Family Attached BRICK.

Mill Basin Exclusive:

Owner has 6.5 rooms duplex.

Semi attached 1 family

3 bedrroms, 3 baths, private parking for 2 cars, yard and deck. 4 room. 2 bedrooms Rental JS510......................$889,000 BEST SELLER #1 Properties 718.646-6900

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PARADISE IN PEEKSKILL! FOR SALE BY OWNER. 2 Family Duplex Home with Decks Overlooking Waterfall. District 3 Schools. Dead-end Street. Large Parking Area. Low Taxes. No Brokers. $550,000 or best offer. 914-414-2848

Beautiful single family home. Fully detached 3BR, full basement, large backyard. Turnkey home located in the best part of the community. Walking distance to the Q train. Shared driveway, garage, parking for 2 cars, and so much more! Asking $1.3 Million. For sale by owner.

LONG ISLAND

845-623-2224/ 845-598-5345

Catskill Mt./Hudson Valley Home for Sale 4 bedroom Home In-Law Apart. Office Suite 2 1/2 hrs from NYC Flexible Space add. land avail suitable for Family Compound www.24joelmaustin.com 518 622-9647 LM1002

FOR SALE • ORLANDO VICINITY

Spacious Lakefront With Water Views Single Family 5 Bdrms – 2 Master Bdrms w/Sep Bths, 4.5 Bths All, LR, DR, Gourmet Kit, 3 Car Gar, Huge Lake w/Endless Boating & Fishing, Private Boat Dock Can Be Built

782145

OUT OF STATE

NANUET. Unfurnished Home. 3 bedrooms, 2baths, Just Painted. Family Room, deck, shed, appliances. $2,950/ month. Call Owner

ASKING $625K BY OWNER 443-875-9204 EAST QUOGUE. 5BR, 3.5 baths. Large pool, hot-tub, A/C, secluded, gated. 8/28-9/4, $8,000. 917-9418117 Jsmitheq@aol.com

6.5 room 3 Bedrooms, 2 Bath duplex. Full finished basement. Parking..ASKING $569,000

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MONROE, CT. Privacy, Breathtaking Lake Views from Floor to Ceiling Windows. 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths. 3 Acres. Lake Rights. $419,000. For appointment or additional information, Call Michael Porzio 203-858-1914

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POCONO MOUNTAINS COZY LOG CABIN FOR SALE IN MASTHOPE COMMUNITY

PINELAWN GARDEN OF PSALMS. 1 Plot/2, Bronze Plaques. $6,000. 631-834-8800

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MOUNT ARARAT. East Farmingdale. Section 68, Range D, Plot 1, 2, 3 & 4. Great location. Photos available. $24,000 for all 4 graves. Call 516-241-0915

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9080

Looking for a fantastic, fully upgraded 2BR/ 2 bath condo in Pompano Beach? What are you waiting for? Your South Florida oasis awaits! Call Rob Yacovone @ 561-777- 4225

POMPANO BEACH FL - Atlantic Blvd, Briny Ave.

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Normandie. 1 Plot for 2. $5,600. 631-220-4887

FLORIDA

AVENTURA. Mint condition 2BR, 2 bath condo, split-plan, gorgeous, unobstructed marina view, spa- separate bldg, newer 3 ton a/c, 24 hr sec & valet, charter school, pets. BONUS: Deeded 2 covered parking spots. Priced to sell! By Owner. Leave Message for Appt. 786-252-4400 LM0901

2BR, 2BA, 2nd flr, corner unit. Sm bldg, balcony remodeled, newly painted & low maint fee. Brokers protected. S659,000. Rent min 4 mos; $18,000 + sec. 203-610-1868 LM0929

3 Bedrooms 1.5 Bath Stone Fireplace Attached Spa Room, Rap Around Deck & Finished Basement - and much more a must see. $258,000.00 By appointment only call Richard Mansfield 772-220-8339 LM0901

ROSEHILL CEMETERY. Outdoor Crypt. In Garden of Peace. Section C, Level 6, Crypt 23F. Room for 2 coffins & urn. Valued at $11,500. Asking $10,000 or best offer. Call 914-548-4470

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ROSEHILL PARK. Putnam Valley. 2 Crypts in Heritage Gardens. Level 1. Value $9,980 each. Asking $7,000 each or best offer. Florida # 561-706-0567

PLOTS FOR SALE 9065 WELLWOOD. 16 Plots. $3,500 each negotiable. 631-246-9240 LM0922 WASHINGTON MEMORIAL PARK. Middle Island. Jewish Section. 5 plots, $1,500 each. Call 516-902-9530 LM0825

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