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Avis Refuses to Rent Car Over fused to honor the reservation or recognize ly planned as an abduction, an indictment ed allotting plots of land Israel withdrew Businessman’s Israeli Identity Bergwerk’s documents. Both the reserva- fi led Thursday with a military court in from in 2005 to offi cials whose wages have (JNS.org) The Avis car rental agency re- tion agent and the branch manager refused Judea and Samaria revealed. been delayed. fused to provide an Israeli businessman with to provide their last names, according to According to the indictment, the four According to Palestinian sources, Ha- a rental vehicle because of his Israeli identi- the Observer. terrorists—Yahia Hajj Hamad, Ziad Amar, mas Finance Minister Ziad al-Zaza an- ty, the New York Observer reported Sunday. Bergwerk called the Avis main number, Karem Razek, and Samir Kusah—were nounced Sunday that offi cials who served Dov Bergwerk, a senior executive at Is- where a representative confi rmed that the members of a Hamas cell that had sought in the Gazan parliament before the forma- raeli pharmaceutical giant Teva, said that Israeli license was an acceptable form of ID to carry out shooting attacks against Is- tion of the 2014 Fatah-Hamas unity gov- on Friday he and his wife arrived at the Avis and also mentioned that he could show his raelis, but after their attempts to kill Jews ernment who are still waiting for wages or branch on West 76th Street and Broadway passport to ameliorate any ID concerns the failed, they decided to stage an abduction. severance pay will be given land as com- in New York City and were planning to join onsite employees had. The prosecution said that when the ter- pensation. friends for dinner in Westchester. Avis said in a statement, “Visitors to rorists spotted the Henkins’ vehicle and All the land included in Hamas’s remu- Bergwerk told the Observer he has rent- the U.S. from other countries must pro- caught up to it, Hamad fi red dozens of shots neration plan was once part of Gush Katif, ed from Avis dozens of times before—but vide both a valid driver’s license from their at the victims. Eitam Henkin was wounded the bloc of 21 Jewish communities in south- when he handed the agent his driver’s li- country of residence as well as either a and his car became stuck on the road’s shoul- ern Gaza that was home to 8,600 Israelis be- cense, reservation number and Wizard loy- valid International Driver’s License or pass- der. Hamad and Razek then approached the fore August 2005, when the communities alty card, the unforeseen trouble started. port in order to rent from Avis….So far, our vehicle to abduct the family. With Eitam us- were evacuated and the homes razed in Is- According to the Observer, a reservation ongoing investigation suggests that this ing the last of his strength to fi ght Razek’s rael’s unilateral disengagement from Gaza. agent named Angelline said it was com- customer is unfairly maligning us with un- attempts to steal his gun, Hamad shot him Hamas’s decision to divvy up the land pany policy not to recognize Israeli docu- founded allegations.” dead at point-blank range. Immediately af- enraged Fatah offi cials in Ramallah, who ments. Stunned, Bergwerk explained that terward, he shot and killed Naama. said the move constitutes “unparalleled he had rented from Avis on numerous occa- Indictment: Palestinian Terrorists corruption,” and urged the Palestinian peo- sions, including from that very offi ce only Planned to Abduct, Not Kill Henkins Hamas Officials to Be Paid ple “to come together and oppose the divi- two days earlier. (JNS.org) October’s Palestinian terrorist With Formerly Jewish Land sion of Gaza’s lands to [Hamas] cronies.” The branch manager, named Shamou- attack that killed Eitam and Naama Hen- (JNS.org) The Hamas terrorist govern- ra, sided with her reservation agent and re- kin in front of their children was original- ment in the Gaza Strip has reportedly start-  CONTINUED ON P. 6 JEWISH LINK OF NEW JERSEY TABLE OF CONTENTS

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 CONTINUED FROM P. 4 American Anthropological on Sunday, bringing the number of Jews Amnesty International Calls Association Members Back killed in the current wave of Palestinian Palestinian Terror Attacks Since the Fatah-Hamas unity govern- Measure to Boycott Israel terror to 20. ‘Reprehensible and Unjustified’ ment was formed in 2014, the Ramal- (JNS.org) Members of the American An- “We received a call from the ZAKA hot- (JNS.org) The human rights organiza- lah-based Fatah government has been pay- thropological Association (AAA) on Friday line about a woman seriously wounded tion Amnesty International—which is ing Gaza-based Hamas offi cials’ wages, but voted in favor of a resolution to boycott from a stabbing attack,” said Israel Klatch- known for its harsh criticism of Israel— Fatah has refused to dole out severance pay Israeli academic institutions. The meas- kin, a volunteer for the Israeli emergency strongly condemned the spate of Pales- for some 40,000 Hamas government offi - ure—backed in a vote of 1,040 for and 136 response organization ZAKA. “We arrived tinian terror attacks on Israeli civilians cials who were dismissed. against—will be submitted for a larger vote at the scene of the attack a few minutes over the past week, saying the attacks among the AAA’s entire membership in the later. The terrorist was killed by soldiers “displayed a clear contempt for human Palestinian Terrorists Stab Israeli spring season of 2016. at the junction. The young woman died life.” Men Near Jerusalem Market Jewish organizations panned the AAA of her wounds at the hospital, after being “Deliberately attacking civilians is con- (JNS.org) Two female Palestinian terror- resolution, including the Israel Action Net- evacuated by ambulance in a critical condi- trary to one of the most fundamental prin- ists armed with scissors tried to stab Israe- work initiative of The Jewish Federations tion. ZAKA volunteers from the Shai region ciples of international law and can never lis outside a bustling Jerusalem market on of North America, which said, “This meas- cleared the site of human remains.” be justifi ed,” said Philip Luther, director Monday. Two men, ages 27 and 70, were in- ure, which greatly undermines the ten- of the Middle East and North Africa Pro- jured in the attack. ets of academic freedom, hinders vital dis- Obama Offers Condolences gramme at Amnesty International. One of the terrorists was killed and the course and open dialogue on issues of to Schwartz Family On Thursday, Palestinian terrorists other was moderately wounded as security global concern, including the Israeli-Pales- (JNS.org) President Barack Obama called killed fi ve people—including three Israe- personnel rushed to subdue them. Accord- tinian confl ict, and restricts relationships the family of Ezra Schwartz on Monday to lis, an American yeshiva student, and a Pal- ing to Israel Police sources, the terrorists with Israel’s universities and scholars in a offer his “profound condolences” after the estinian—in attacks in Gush Etzion and were aged 14 and 16. punitive fashion.” Massachusetts teen was killed in a Palestin- Tel Aviv. The incident occurred around 11:30 a.m. “With this misguided vote, the Anthro- ian terror attack in Israel last week. Amnesty, however, also condemned Is- at a security checkpoint outside the Ma- pological Association has aligned itself The president “underscored that Ezra’s rael for its “pattern of unlawful killings, in- hane Yehuda market. The terrorists pulled with the global BDS (Boycott, Divestment studies in Israel strengthened the bonds cluding extrajudicial executions, by Israe- out their scissors and pounced on the el- and Sanctions) movement, whose effect is between Israel and the United States and, li forces against Palestinian civilians and a derly man, who turned out to be a Pales- the demonization of Israel. It places the en- as we mourn his death, those bonds only series of attacks by Israeli settlers on Pal- tinian from Bethlehem. They then tried to tire onus of the confl ict on one side: the Is- grow stronger,” a senior Obama administra- estinian civilians and homes over the past stab two more women, but security per- raelis. The BDS movement does not sup- tion offi cial said regarding the call, the Jeru- two months.” sonnel opened fi re at them, killing one and port a two-state solution and opposes the salem Post reported. neutralizing the other. continued existence of Israel as a Jewish Obama, the offi cial continued, “con- Palestinian Fatah Official The elderly man suffered stab wounds state,” said Jonathan A. Greenblatt, CEO of demned in the strongest terms the terror- Praises Toddler for Wanting to the head and back. The 26-year-old man, the Anti-Defamation League. ist attack that took his life.” to Shoot Israelis who had taken part in efforts to subdue the While a U.S. State Department offi cial (JNS.org) An offi cial from Palestinian terrorists, suffered light gunshot wounds As Terrorist Fatally Stabs swiftly condemned the terror attack that Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s after apparently being caught in crossfi re. Israeli Woman, Jewish Deaths killed Schwartz on Nov. 20, Obama came Fatah party, Tawfi q Tirawi, expressed Both victims and the wounded terrorist in Terror Wave Reach 20 under fi re from some in the Jewish com- pride in his 2-year-old son for wanting to received emergency care at the scene and (JNS.org) A Palestinian terrorist killed munity for not personally condemning shoot Israelis. were then transported to hospitals in Jeru- 21-year-old Israeli woman Hadar Bu- the attack and reaching out to the family salem. chris in a stabbing attack in Gush Etzion sooner.  CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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 CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE ily was sitting shiva and I talked to them stability, without that violence.” and heard their feelings, the feelings of any Netanyahu told Kerry before their meet- “Listen, my son is 2 years and 10 months parent for the loss of a child,” added Ker- ing, “You are a friend in our common ef- old. Yesterday, he sang to his mother, ‘Es- ry, a former U.S. senator representing Mas- fort to restore stability, security and peace. cort the martyr to his wedding.’ He doesn’t sachusetts. There can be no peace when we have an know the meaning of this song (i.e., the Is- Also on Tuesday, Kerry told Rivlin, “Is- onslaught of terror—not here or not an- lamic belief that martyrs marry 72 virgins rael not only has the right to defend itself ywhere else in the world, which is expe- in Paradise),” Tirawi said on Palestinian but has an obligation to do so. The United riencing this same assault by militant Is- Authority TV, Palestinian Media Watch re- States will continue to stand with Israel in lamists and the forces of terror. Israel is ported. support of your desire to live in peace and fi ghting these forces every hour.” “Today, his mother told me that he sang, ‘Daddy, buy me a machine gun and a rifl e, so that I will defeat Israel and the Zionists.’ A boy who is not yet three! A Palestinian grows up with a feeling of belonging to the land, the homeland, and the people,” added Tirawi, a Fatah Central Committee member. In Jerusalem, Kerry Condemns Palestinian Terror Wave YESHIVAT NOAM INVITES New Busing (JNS.org) U.S. Secretary of State John Information Kerry met with Israeli Prime Minister Ben- PROSPECTIVE PARENTS TO A for Fair Lawn jamin Netanyahu as well as President Reu- ven Rivlin on Tuesday in Jerusalem. The PARLOR MEETING Families! leaders discussed the ongoing wave of Pal- estinian terror in Israel, in addition to con- December 2, 2015 cerns over security issues related to Syria and Islamic State. “Clearly, no people anywhere should 8:15PM live with daily violence, with attacks in at the home of Carol & Jeff Cohen the streets, with knives or scissors or cars,” Kerry said prior to his meeting with Net- 21 Chittenden Road, Fair Lawn anyahu. “Regrettably, several Americans have For more info contact: also been killed in the course of these past Esther Feil, Director of Admissions weeks, and just yesterday I talked to the [email protected] family of Ezra Schwartz from Massachu- 201.261.1919 ext. 380 setts, a young man who came here out of Rabbi Chaim Hagler, Principal high school, ready to go to college, excit- ed about his future, and yesterday his fam- Yeshivat Noam | 70 West Century Road | Paramus | NJ 07621 | 201.261.1919 | YeshivatNoam.org

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In the Modern Ortho- for a Thanksgiving dinner, honoring an nections with Parisian Jews. dox community, we have a weekly blessing American tradition, be thankful for your Associate Editor The recent terror touches us all even called Shabbos, where we can be together freedoms that you and your families and Phil Jacobs closer, even if we aren’t related or if we’ve to share the warmth of meals, words of To- friends have. Find those grateful reasons Contributing Editor never met any of the victims. We all know rah and unity. So we know, as a communi- and share them at the table. Nina Glick an Ezra Schwartz, a young Sharon, Massa- ty, how important a warm meal is as a com- It’s not just the American way, it’s also Essex & Union Community Editor chusetts, man, learning in a yeshiva, mur- ponent of togetherness. the Jewish way. Jill Kirsch dered by a terrorist in Israel. We also know But as these perilous times are teach- From the staff of the Jewish Link, we a Hadar Buchris, a stabbing victim on Sun- ing us, there are those who would oppose offer a Happy Thanksgiving to our readers, Advertising Director day, just starting out her young adult life in the freedoms we have as American Jews liv- advertisers and, at this time, to the entire Yaakov Serle Israel. ing in a free society. The enemies of the Jew- free world. Production Editor Jennifer Hoff er LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Assistant Editor Avi Sheinfi l Rutgers President Orders Friday night, when 129 innocent peo- offensive. Unfortunately, we don’t always Offi ce Manager Flags at Half-Staff ple’s lives were lost and hundreds wound- know everything that is going on around Dena Kinderlehrer Today, I ordered that the Rutgers Uni- ed. My question is if it’s okay to call those us or even under our roof. We are not mind Bookkeeper versity fl ag be lowered to half-staff to rec- acts terrorism, why is it not okay—or PC— readers. Gila Negnewitzky ognize the tragic passing of two persons to call what has been happening in Isra- You say that kallah classes are a good Sales Development affi liated with the University who were el these past few months terrorism, too? place for a woman to learn “what a normal Ken Goff stein murdered by terrorists last week. What do you call stabbings, car rammings intimate relationship should be.” But how Anita Datar, a 1995 Rutgers College grad- and wanton shooting of innocent Israe- do you know what someone else’s intimate Sales Representatives uate, was killed by terrorists in the attack lis—and now an American, 18-year-old Ezra relationship is like? Maybe theirs was nor- Avi Koenig at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali, Schwartz from Boston, with family ties to mative, whatever that is. All relationships Risa Lefkowitz Simon Worman that took 21 lives on Friday. She was in the this area, who was gunned down in Gush are unique and at their very core, person- African nation on a mission funded by U.S. Etzion? al to that couple. More importantly, what Database Coordinator Agency for International Development (US- Is there a difference between when it’s you’re doing is blaming the victim, which Moishie Rosenberg AID) to expand and improve public health. Hamas or Al-Nusra doing the killing in or this wife is. You’re saying that a better in- Sports Editor Ezra Schwartz, an 18-year-old resident of near Israel, or ISIS in Paris, over the Sinai, formed wife would’ve known that some- Steve Gutlove Sharon, Massachusetts, who had accepted or in Beirut? Is there a difference between thing was wrong and from what we all Proofreader/Copy Editors admission to Rutgers Business School and ISIS, which wants to reinstate a 7th-centu- know, sometimes liars lie really well. Rivky Bergstein was taking a gap year in Israel, died in an ry caliphate governed by Sharia law, or Ha- Our job as a community is to educate Ruth Brody indiscriminate attack that took the lives mas and Hezbollah who want to push the our children and our adults about abuse so Rachel Wertentheil of three people when a gunman opened Jewish state into the sea? Are they all mili- they never have to endure that trauma. Our fi re on a line of traffi c in the West Bank on tant Islamic terrorists, or not? Is it okay to job as a community is also to support those Correspondents Thursday. use the name of their religion in a descrip- victims who have been abused, either di- Esther Hirsch Anita Datar had an enormously accom- tion of who they are? Or is it just not PC? rectly or indirectly, by so-called perpetra- Aviva Jacobs plished career and Ezra Schwartz had enor- We live in a diffi cult world. I wonder if tors. Our job is not to judge or cast blame— Amanda Leifer Oren Oppenheim mous potential. Their tragic deaths are a re- we have become too afraid to say what we leave that to the judicial system, but merely Tzvi Silver minder to us all of the fragility of life and think. I’m not suggesting anyone knows to protect and love. the urgent need for better understanding the answer. What I am suggesting is that Miriam Rosenfeld Contributors among us all. our society has become obsessed with be- Bergenfield Sarah Abenaim • Larry Bernstein Sincerely, ing politically correct. Many times, being Jenny Gans • Rabbi Dr. Mordechai Glick Robert Barchi PC is the right thing; I just wonder if it is Thanksgiving and Giving Thanks Sara Kosowsky Gross • Rachel Jager President, Rutgers University all the time. Recently, I heard someone say: “Thanks- Gamliel Kronemer • Lisa Matkowsky Jason M. Shames giving? It’s not my religion.” It isn’t? Since Rabbi Dr. Wallace Greene Gail Hochman • Banji Latkin • Sharon Mark Cohen Has the World Gone Too PC? Chief Executive Officer, Jewish when is “giving thanks” not part of every re- Joe Rotenberg • Bracha Schwartz Do you think the world has gone too Federation of Northern New Jersey ligion? Don’t we say Tov lehodot l’Hashem (It Rabbi Mark Staum • Gil Student PC? Do you think in our desire to appear is good to give thanks to God)? How much N. Aaron Troodler • Ellie Wolf • Temimah Zucker accepting and understanding of differ- thanks do we owe Him for giving us the Don’t Blame the Victim! The Jewish Link of New Jersey ing points of view, we’ve gone overboard United States of America, a land of freedom PO Box 3131 and are too careful if we think we might Last week in the Jewish Link’s Letters that has given shelter to the “huddled mass- Teaneck, NJ 07666 say something that offends someone? 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The Banality of Evil of self-interest but as something far scar- a caliphate and cleanse the world of in- in the human. The sociopathic perpetra-  CONTINUED FROM P. 1 ier since, to her, it transcends our moral fi dels (anyone who is not a Salafi st Mus- tor of these crimes is very human, just a concepts. The “banality of evil,” as Arendt lim, including other Muslims), ISIS is an different type of human than we are— Two German-born philosophers who described this phenomenon, is best per- expression of Kantian evil. It promotes and one who cannot be fi xed. The fuse were considered the foremost thinkers of sonifi ed by Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi lead- self-interest over morality and sees the that engenders empathy and kindness in their respective eras—Immanuel Kant in er who was the mastermind behind the end as justifying the means. This is a ter- most humans has been forever tripped, the 19th century and Hannah Arendt in murder of millions of Jews at Auschwitz rifying worldview, since humanity be- and no therapy or dialogue can rehabil- the 20th—offer very different secular ex- and other death camps. To Arendt, Eich- comes a bit player in an apocalyptic war itate it. planations of evil (in contradistinction to mann wasn’t necessarily acting in his that can only end in a genocidal outcome. The theological objective of radical Is- the religious view). self-interest; rather, he was a terrifyingly Still, Kant’s concept of evil does not lam is the defi nition of a Kantian self-in- For Kant, “radical evil” is an expres- normal human being who did not care to provide a suffi cient explanation for the terest, but it is the systemic banality of sion of self-interest, where the perpetra- refl ect on his behavior. Eichmann was a evil that was manifest in Paris last week, evil that strips the evildoers of their hu- tor subordinates the moral imperative in “desk murderer” who was able to see oth- or at Auschwitz. Kant cannot account for manity and the victims of their human- favor of naked self-interest. In whichever er human beings as superfl uous, or “liv- the human impulse (our soul?) that de- ness. It will be up to our civilization, the form evil is manifest, it is due to the part ing corpses” in Arendt’s words, and there- spite compelling self-interest will not in- one that is built upon a foundation of hu- of human nature consumed by selfi sh im- fore undeserving of freedom or life. The discriminately shoot into a crowd, herd man dignity and freedom, to fi ght this pulses, a lust to achieve personal rewards banality of evil is horrifying in its normal- masses of people into a gas chamber or evil, and fi ght it to the end. at the expense of everyone else. cy; it transforms evil from a demonic im- decapitate a baby. And it is this chasm, be- Arendt, who experienced her forma- pulse that potentially can be fi xed into a tween Kant’s self-interest and our spark A Bergenfi eld resident, Keith Zakheim is the CEO of PR tive years in Nazi Germany and as a result quotidian human impulse that cannot. of humanity, that Arendt bridges. fi rms Beckerman and Antenna Group, and serves as a devoted her scholarship to understand- The murder, brutality and misanthro- To murder fathers and mothers, ba- strategic advisor to political leaders, both domestical- ing the horrors of the Nazi death camps, py of radical Islam is a synthesis of Kant bies and the elderly, requires a dispas- ly and internationally. does not understand evil as an expression and Arendt. In its objective to establish sionate trigger that ignores the humanity

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 CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE poor, yearning to breathe free,” to the “sea- washed, sunset gates” of the “goldene medi- nah,” the United States of America. Happy Thanksgiving—every day of the year! (P.S. And thank you, Emma Lazarus) Chana Senter Teaneck Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is Biased Against Pollard Recently you published an article re- viewing a book which hails Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a civil rights legend, and consecrates her as a defender of constitutional liberties. Indeed, many le- gal scholars and Supreme Court followers admire Ginsburg with a bizarre reverence bordering on deifi ed worship. A more cal- AlL oF oUr cUsToMeRs rEcEiVe ibrated and tempered perspective of Gins- cReAtInG lAsTiNg burg’s record, though, can be gained by con- oUr uNdIvIdEd aTtEnTiOn aNd sidering Ginsburg’s actual performance on the bench. In particular, the case of Jona- uNpArAlLeLeD pRoFeSsIoNaLiSm, than Pollard refl ects a stain of unvarnished mEmOrIeS bias which tarnishes Ginsburg’s record as bEnEfItInG fRoM oUr cReAtIvItY an objective jurist, much less an acclaimed preserver of constitutional rights. oNe eVeNt aT a tImE aNd yEaRs oF eXpErIeNcE.  CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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By Shabbos Kestenbaum dination of women rabbis, nor am I in any challenges, surpasses that of most men in dressed, the repeated beliefs of our Modern position to debate such a topic. Rather, the my school, and their level of enthusiasm Orthodox leaders, rabbis and institutions Judaism is an inno- goal is to view this debate with a more so- for the future of Judaism should inspire us must be followed at the end of the day. I vative religion. For 3,000 ciological perspective from the standpoint all to better ourselves in leading the next heed the core principle that Judaism must years we have sustained of someone who has been part of both de- generation of Torah learners. Furthermore, not conform to the individual’s expecta- and thrived due to intui- nominational practices. any and all barriers or obstacles to a wom- tions of what their religion should be. I tion, commitment and a I am a teenager with a laptop. As a cur- an’s Jewish education need be removed, as ask my friends and classmates: Please do motivated spirit. We are rent student at SAR High School in River- it is every Jewish person’s right to obtain not push your agenda, as righteous as it a people who have survived pogroms, in- dale, a Modern Orthodox co-educational a yeshiva education regardless of obser- may be, to a community that has repeated- quisitions, blood libels, and more recent- yeshiva that made headlines last year for al- vance or religiousness. Given all that, the is- ly told you it’s against. Do not rebel against ly, the Shoah. We prosper not through luck, lowing two girls to don tefi llin, my premise sue still remains how far a woman’s rabbin- respected rabbis to prove a point to a de- nor intervention of foreign nations, but is based on observations and experience. It ic studies may actually go, along with any nomination that is not ready for such dras- due to our unwavering belief and convic- is not my right to have an opinion on such subsequent title that comes with it. tic changes. One day, the RCA might reverse tion in the Almighty. Recently, we in the Or- a contentious issue, as I am not in a posi- Currently, the main organization of or- its current positions, and if they welcome thodox community have been faced with a tion of religious authority. However, it is my thodox rabbis, the Rabbinical Council of women rabbis to our communities and different kind of test, one that challenges belief that by presenting a fresh viewpoint America, or RCA, has repeatedly maintained shuls, so be it. It is for them and our noble our acceptance of secular notions and abil- from an age group that will be most direct- their valued belief in which the title “Rabbi” institutions, as well as the gedolei hador to ity to cope with ever-growing demands of ly affected by these policy changes, or lack be reserved for a man. For Modern Ortho- make such a decision. But as for today, in greater inclusion. Modern Orthodoxy was thereof, a more clear dialogue can emerge. doxy, the RCA is the authoritative rabbinic the name of badly needed achdus, do not founded and staunchly committed to the In economics, the term perverse incen- body that, among other things, implements fracture our community’s long-held uni- ideals of my great-grandfather’s grandfa- tive denotes the process in which a good how halacha should be practiced in a mod- ty and togetherness. The gedolei hador do ther, Rav Shamshon Raphael Hirsch’s Torah intention ultimately leads to bad outcomes ern setting while keeping close to original re- not, in fact, approve of your requests, so I im Derech Eretz. This strictly Orthodox con- due to unforeseen incentives. It is my fi rm ligious source. Thus, their discourse should must insist you acknowledge the answers cept, maintaining a traditionalist Jewish belief as one who has been active in both not be seen as political ideology, but rath- that have been given to your movement. If approach to an increasingly pervasive sec- Modern and Open Orthodox shuls, schools er as religious declarations. For many hala- one so desperately feels rejection and ex- ular world, used to be ubiquitous in clas- and communities, that women who study chic objections to which this article will not clusion by the current refusal to amend sic Modern Orthodox settings. However, to be maharats or receive rabbinic ordina- get into, they have made it clear that they standard practices, the Conservative, Re- new movements within Orthodox circles, tion do so out of a sense of religious duty do not support this new movement. While form and Reconstructionist communities namely the Open Orthodox denomination, and purpose. I wholeheartedly believe that I cannot disagree with such a statement, for will welcome you with open arms, but as have brought radical religious reforms and the girls in my grade who openly talk about I am in no position to, I still empathize with for Orthodoxy, please acknowledge and re- ideologies to full view. They challenge spe- their aspirations to change the status quo so many close friends, classmates and fami- spect what tradition and rabbinical decree cifi cally the way synagogues, Jewish insti- of male-only rabbis in the Orthodox com- ly members who feel as though they are not tell you. tutions and individual communities deem munity are coming from the purest motiva- treated as equals under Jewish law in today’s Lastly, rabbinic ordination is not the women’s participation in religious services, tions, and their holy intentions should be modern world. only way in which women can become especially pertaining to the role of rabbi. To noted. In fact, their passion to Judaism, es- Western-feminist thought has reached important in a religious community. My be clear: This article seeks to present not pecially at a time when synagogue attend- the minds of bright, young Jewish wom- the halachic arguments concerning the or- ance and religious affi liation have been en and while their concerns must be ad-  CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

 CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE ferred by Pollard to the Israelis than Korb and former CIA Director James Woolsey—anoth- Pollard was paroled last Friday under the er outspoken supporter of Pollard. glare of considerable media scrutiny. Pol- Returning to the public’s enshrinement lard’s current “freedom,” essentially, subjects of Ruth Bader Ginsburg among the pan- him to nothing more than another term theon of American civil rights leaders, in of confi nement albeit on less-restrictive 1992 (then sitting on a lower federal appeals terms—complete with ankle-bracelet sur- court), Ginsburg joined fellow Jewish judge veillance and a variety of other demeaning Laurence Silberman in upholding Pollard’s & SOUL intrusions. While Pollard’s case continues to criminal sentence in an opinion which touch on a raw nerve among American Jews is notable for its dissent—authored by a JERUSALEM, ISRAEL ISRAEL SUMMER EXPERIENCEUNDER ORTHODOX SUPERVISION of perceived dual U.S.-Israeli loyalty, his 30- non-Jewish Judge Stephen Williams. Salient- | | year imprisonment tragically represents an ly, Judge Williams takes the government to The ultimate BODY Camp for Magen your is the unprecedented, grossly disproportionate task for blatantly violating the terms of Pol- and unjust punishment which has been op- lard’s plea agreement—Pollard never went first & only camp that focuses posed by a broad spectrum of current and to trial, but rather, agreed to plead guilty to BOYS & GIRLS SEPARATE CAMPUSES | on developing a healthier, fitter YOU former congressional representatives, top a single count of espionage in order to spare JULY 3 - AUGUSTwithin the2, 2016most beautiful setting - Jerusalem! White House advisers and other high-level his severely ill wife from imprisonment. MIND14-18 YEAR OLDS U.S. government offi cials. Judge Williams also excoriated the prosecu- IN PARTNERSHIP Lawrence Korb, the assistant secretary of tion and the trial judge for poisonously re- WITH: Exciting Programs Include defense to Caspar Weinberger at the time of ferring to Pollard as having committed “trea- the Pollard affair, has published a series of son,” when in fact, the sole count included Fitness, Exercise & Yoga Guided Israel Tours articles revealing the travesty of justice suf- in Pollard’s guilty plea involved espionage— with Top Trainers Twice a Week fered by Pollard as a result of government that is, passing aid to a friendly nation. Hadassah Medical Center incompetence (the bungling damage assess- Judge Williams concluded his dissent- Hadassah/Hebrew Univ. Inspirational Classes, Training at Wingate Sports Medicine Center ment of the CIA that wrongly attributed the ing opinion with a famous quote from Shabbatot & Lectures Olympic Center crimes of Aldrich Ames, Robert Hanssen and Shakespeare’s Macbeth that highlighted, in Marathon & Triathalon Swimming, Pilates, the other notoriously traitorous spies of that poetic terms, the severe miscarriage of jus- Expert Training Nutrition & Aerobics era to Pollard), public misinformation (even tice perpetrated against Pollard. Ruth Bader Israel Olympic Training Caspar Weinberger himself admitted years Ginsburg callously ignored such injustice later that, in retrospect, the Pollard matter when she dismissed Pollard’s case on tech- JOIN US FOR THE was comparatively minor) and outright false- nical grounds and disregarded the govern- hoods disseminated by Pollard’s detractors ment’s fl agrant violation of fundamental (Pollard, under compulsion from the Israelis, constitutional law. Ginsburg’s judicial con- Hebrew University Best Israel Summer Ever! Sports Medicine received a very insubstantial amount of mon- duct during the Pollard case indicates that ey, about $45,000, and never attempted to she should not be venerated among the civ- pass any information whatsoever to the Rus- il rights legends or esteemed as a defender CAMPMAGEN.com sians or Chinese). The fact is that no one alive of constitutional liberties. The Elite Sports Unit [email protected] today knows more about the so-called “intel- Jason I. Diener ligence” information, or lack thereof, trans- Englewood

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ter. Women should be proud of who they what limits you, focus on what attributes it’s possible, with or without the title “Rab- Women Rabbis: We Don’t Need are and what they stand for. The reality is, and obligations are incumbent upon you. bi.” Maybe one day the status quo will be a Gender Revolution (Yet) no one can perform all 613 mitzvot. Much If your passion for Orthodox Judaism is of distant memory, but for now, let all  CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE like my Kohen friend who can’t attend fu- as great as I know it is, this particular is- women and men come together and strive nerals, certain things apply to certain peo- sue should not be of such concern that for greater unity, learning and peace. Tanach, Gemara, Halacha, Chumash, Navi ple. I, as a man, will never be able to have would motivate you to leave the practice and Hebrew teachers are and have all been a child and say that he’s 100 percent a Jew. altogether! It is my hope to see an era of Shabbos Kestenbaum is an 11th grader at SAR High women. They have impacted my life and The mother is responsible for the affi rma- unprecedented learning and dialogue, fur- School in Riverdale. Currently serving his second term furthered my education in immeasurable tion of a child’s Jewishness, and continu- ther pushing spiritual prosperity and see- on student council, Shabbos hopes to become active ways, more so than any man, for that mat- ing Jewish lineage. Rather than focus on ing the passion in my friends’ eyes; I know in politics later on in life.

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land Patriots jersey with pride. Ezra was every kid many of us have sent to yeshiva or seminary, because of a love of Israel and, even at a young age, an understanding of the continuity of the Jewish people. There are Ezras living in Teaneck, Brook- The rabbi said that the entire Sharon lyn, Stamford, Philadelphia, Florida and all Jewish community knew Ezra and loved over the country. A photo posted on Face- him. Rabbi Sendor described Ezra as “a to- book shows Ezra playing a board game tally joyful human being. He had that joy with a bunch of kindergarteners. about life. He was all heart and joy with ir- It hurts so much because we didn’t have reverence and reverence at the same time. to know him personally to “know” him. “This is who he was; a delightful per- “It feels different,” said Rabbi Beni Kro- son,” continued Rabbi Sendor. “He was larg- CHAYAH & YOEL FULD hn, the rav of Young Israel of Teaneck, and er than life in this way. He was a complete- INVITE YOU FOR A himself a Maimonides graduate. “Every time ly accessible human being. His life was cut we see a story online or in the paper (about short, but his life was whole. He lived every a terrorist victim), it’s often about someone day with total commitment and total joy.” we have a harder time relating to, a soldier Yeshivat Ashreinu, where Ezra was stud- or a person who’s lived in Israel all of their ying this year, is headed by Rabbi Gotch Yu- Breakfast lives. Ezra Schwartz looks like all of our chil- din, son of Rabbi Benjamin Yudin of Fair dren. Many of us were that child. He is every Lawn, who shared Sendor’s view. “Ezra TO BENEFIT THE LIFESAVING WORK OF student from our yeshiva high schools.” came here to do kindness, Ezra came here What happened in Gush Etzion last to learn,” Yudin said tearfully in a eulogy. Thursday, according to the rabbi, is “every “That’s what we have to do in Ezra’s memo- parent’s worst nightmare.” ry. We have to make so much more kindness

SUNDAY, DECEMBER SIXTH AT 10 O'CLOCK AM The rabbi and other shul members trav- for the world here in the Land of Israel.” eled with many other Teaneck-area com- President Barack Obama and Vice Pres- AT OUR HOME munity members by bus to Sharon on ident John Kerry reportedly spoke to Ezra’s Tuesday to make a shiva call. He said he parents on Tuesday. Among those paying 1500 RIVER ROAD doesn’t know the Schwartz family person- shiva calls in person this week were Robert TEANECK, NEW JERSEY ally. He added “We will tell them that while Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, we can never understand their pain, we are as well as many Teaneck residents. also hurting.” Dena Levie, a Teaneck resident and HONORING THE Rabbi Dr. Meir Sendor, the spiritual daughter of Riverdale’s Rabbi Avi Weiss, LOCAL KIDNEY DONORS leader of Young Israel of Sharon and Ez- wanted the Schwartzes to know how much ra’s rav, spoke to the Jewish Link on Tues- they are in the thoughts of others, so she day morning. The pain that he and the Sha- started a letter-writing effort. What she GUEST SPEAKER ron community are experiencing reminded found was that people from all over Bergen RABBI LARRY ROTHWACHS him of another time of sorrow. County, Florida, Ohio and other parts of the He said that he and his wife were in Tz- country had words of care and support for RABBI, CONGREGATION BETH AARON fat last year when the three Israeli boys were Ezra’s family. Her plan was to gather letters KIDNEY DONOR kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists. emailed to her, place them in a binder and “The whole country was on absolute alert give them to the family. By this past Tues- for any shred of evidence of hope,” he said. day morning, she had collected more than “On one particular evening, in Tzfat, the en- 90 such letters. State Senator Loretta Wein- tire town went silent in an instant. Then we berg even had one hand-delivered to Levie. knew. We heard people whispering the news One letter that encompassed many of to each other. After the silence in the streets, the thoughts of the various letters read: you’d hear weeping from the houses.” “We are thinking of your family and FOUNDED IN 2006, RENEWAL IS AN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ASSISTING PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE AND When describing the pain being felt your loss of your precious son Ezra Hy”d. TO EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON THE LIFESAVING BENEFITS OF LIVING over Ezra’s murder, the rabbi said, “For him Please know our hearts are with you, and KIDNEY DONATIONS. RENEWAL FACILITATES AND COORDINATES LIVE to be cut down at age 18 is an emblem of your personal loss reverberates in the DONOR KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS WHILE PROVIDING GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. everything going on there, the destruction hearts of every Jewish family as we read we are facing. It is insane. Here’s a person more and more about the spirited, remark- 7184319831 | WWW.RENEWAL.ORG | [email protected] who hurts nobody and helps everybody, able young man that we lost as a people. 5904 13TH AVENUE ƶ BROOKLYN, NY 11219 and he’s cut down.” May your family know no more sorrows.”

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201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 15 WORLD NEWS Breaking Bad: The Stimulant Drugs That Link ISIS and the Nazis When an amphetamine called Captagon was discovered in the room of an ISIS suspect in Paris last week, it was just the latest in a long line of illegal drugs aiming to boost combatants. By Yaniv Kubovich/Ha’aretz Captagon (the trademark name for Islamic State also saw the potential and Middle East. For example, Adolf Hitler re- (printed with permission) fenethylline) is a synthetic stimulant that started its own production line. Syria has alized early on the value of giving soldiers is simple to manufacture and very cheap: now taken over from Lebanon’s Bekaa as stimulants—especially the drug Pervitin, When French special forces offi cers raid- one pill costs between $5 and $20. It was the main source of Captagon. ISIS fi ghters which was relatively common in prewar ed the hotel room of wanted ISIS terrorist used in the 1960s for the treatment of at- take it regularly, and those who have been German society. The German army soon Salah Abdelsalam in the Paris suburb of Al- tention defi cit disorder in children, but was captured or interviewed have talked about began testing the drug and making tactical fortville last week, they found pizza boxes, banned by most countries in the 1980s due its effects, stating that they take it before use of it during World War II. syringes, test tubes and an amphetamine to its high risk of addiction. The drug caus- battles and beheadings. The Nazis’ fi rst operational testing of known as Captagon—a favorite among jiha- es feelings of euphoria, extreme energy and Two ISIS fi ghters caught in Turkey told drugs on soldiers was during the 1939 con- di terrorists in the Middle East. The more Is- reduces the need for sleep and food. the local newspaper Rudaw, “When we quest of Poland. The pills were a metham- lamic State expands its actions, the more ev- Hezbollah discovered the strong ef- went into battle, we took the pills that phetamine better known today as crystal idence there is that its fi ghters are operating fect of the pill on its fi ghters and began made us euphoric.” Ali Daud, 23, told the meth, given to soldiers who then reported under the infl uence of stimulants that help to manufacture it commercially to bank- newspaper: “It makes us feel big, strong, that they were able to fi ght for days with- them overcome fear and fatigue. roll its operations. For years, Lebanon was as if looking at the battle from above. You out feeling tired. 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16 November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM SPOTLIGHT ISRAEL Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Future and the Spotlight Israel: Dani Hagler Abraham Arbesfeld Kollel Yom Rishon and Millie Arbesfeld Midreshet Yom Rishon By Tzvi Silver, JLNJ Israel Old City. Another highlight of being in Isra- invite you to join our upcoming programs el for the year is being able to visit anyone This month’s Spotlight Israel interview- that either I or a friend knows—everyone ee is Dani Hagler. Dani is studying at Lev here is so open and kind and they will take Hatorah. He initially grew up on the Lower you in for a Shabbat with a smile, no mat- East side, though moved to Teaneck at the ter how well they do or don’t know you. age of four, and attended RYNJ and TABC. What kind of challenges have you faced He davens at Congregation Beth Aaron, coming to Israel? and his family is very involved there. The biggest diffi culty so far has been His next stop? YU (Sy Syms Business not being able to understand everything School). because my Ivrit is not very fl uent. I can Chanukah Inspiration Why did you choose Lev Hatorah? speak enough to get by, but when an Israe- I chose Yeshivat Lev HaTorah because li responds in fl uent Hebrew it’s diffi cult to Sunday, December 6 Sunday, December 13 I want to grow spiritually, physically (I understand them. 9:30–11:30 a.m. 9:30–11:30 a.m.

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201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 17 COMMUNITY NEWS Shani Taragin Initiates Frisch’s Second Annual Speakers Series By Pearl Markovitz

Whether seated in a classroom over- looking Harei Yehuda or on a grassy knoll at Camp Moshava in the Pocono Mountains, listening to a shiur by Shani Taragin is both a pleasure and a privilege. The pleasure de- rives from her warm smile, welcoming de- meanor and ease and fl ow of expression. The privilege derives from her erudition, breadth of sources including wide-ranging texts and commentaries, and her mesmer- izing passion for the message she is con- veying to her audience. Without hesitation, Daniel and Miriam Michael with Shani Shani Taragin fi gures in the highest eche- Taragin. CREDIT THE FRISCH SCHOOL lons of contemporary female Torah schol- ars. It is therefore not surprising that the bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Bar she serves as a Ram as well as coordinator fi nd her at Camp Moshava in Pennsylvania Frisch School selected her as their initial Ilan University, where she studied Tanach of Torah studies. She also offers shiurim at where she directs the Women’s Beit Mid- lecturer at this year’s Distinguished Speak- and Talmud, and where she is pursuing her MaTan, Sha’alvim for Women, Migdal Oz, rash Program. ers Series which was hosted last week at Ph.D. Shani is also a graduate of Nishmat’s Midreshet Torah VeAvodah, as well as the Frisch’s Distinguished Speakers Se- the home of Naomi and Jason Greenblatt. Keren Ariel Program for certifi cation as a Womens’ Batei Midrash in Efrat and Ramat ries was established last year by Miriam Shani’s credentials are as extensive as yoetzet, a halachic adviser on issues of fam- Shilo. She is a sought-out speaker through- and Daniel Michael in keeping with the they are impressive. She completed her ily purity law. At Midreshet Lindenbaum, out Israel and North America. Summers school’s mission of enriching their stu- dents’ understanding and appreciation of Jewish thought. The program is intend- ed to provide “sophisticated discourse be- tween parents and children, enabling them to share meaningful learning and thought,” said Rabbi Eli Ciner, Frisch’s head of school, in his introduction. Teaneck’s Miriam and Daniel Michael’s daughter Michal graduated from Frisch last year and is currently enjoying a year in Isra- el at Migdal Oz. The Michaels endowed this series, to be presented three to four times a year, to express their gratitude for the ex- cellent education their daughter received during her four years at Frisch. “Our daugh- ter Michal was the recipient not only of a superior general education, but she was also imbued with a love and connection to Yiddishkeit which will accompany her throughout her four years at the Universi- ty of Pennsylvania and hopefully always,” they told the Jewish Link. In her fascinating shiur which she en- titled “Dudaim, Destiny and Parenthood,” Taragin recounted the Biblical story of Reuven, the oldest child of Yaakov, bring- ing his mother Leah a gift of mandrakes which she was persuaded to hand over to Rachel in exchange for a night with “their” husband. Through an intriguing analysis of the texts accompanied by a wide spec- trum of commentaries, Taragin shared a contemporary scenario for the dos and don’ts of parenting. Reuven’s motivation in this story is to show kindness to his mother Leah whom he feels is being neglected by his father Yaakov. However, in his determina- tion to please her at all costs, Reuven for- gets who is in charge and who will orches- 12/9/15 trate events. Rachel similarly is motivated by her desperate desire for a child, but does not focus on the ultimate decider and dis- penser of life. Leah, in contrast, is fully cog- nizant of Hashem’s guidance of the world and thus she is rewarded at the end of the episode with additional children. The mes- sage to parents, suggests Taragin, is that “our children have tremendous strengths and equally great determination. The role of the parent is to encourage these strides while tempering them with the realization that makes Yosef HaTzadik our model of behavior when he declares to his brothers ‘Am I in the place of G-d?’ We must encour- age our children’s capabilities, but at the same time remind them from whom they came,” she said.

18 November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 19 COMMUNITY NEWS Palisades Players Perform ‘Broadway: A Jewish Experience’

Tomer Ophir and Eitan Hiller, Julian Millstein, Steven Goff stein and Dan Ariel Abergel and Curt Buckler Nicole Murad Tim Connell, performer and Palisades Players instructor, Nemzer CREDIT: KAPLEN JCC ON THE PALISADES CREDIT: KAPLEN JCC ON THE PALISADES CREDIT: KAPLEN JCC ON THE PALISADES and Ariel Abergel. By Jill Kirsch Experience” was the inaugural production Jewish history in America. Roberts and Executive Chairman Julian and fundraiser for the Palisades Players, a “The production showed humor about Millstein established Palisades Players as a For those who fondly remember old- new theater group based out of the Kaplen our Jewish experience in a secular world,” way to assemble the best local talent and time musicals such as “South Pacifi c,” the JCC on the Palisades. The Palisades Players said Deb Roberts, artistic director. create a professional-type theater group music of Rodgers and Hammerstein and Ir- is intended to be “an inspirational home The show featured 44 cast members, ap- whose performances could equal anything ving Berlin, and weekends at Kutsher’s in for professional, pre-professional and high- proximately half being seasoned perform- that could be found on Broadway. The the Catskills, Palisades Players had a show ly experienced theater artists,” according to ers, including Broadway performer Tim theater group offi cially began in June of just for you. “Broadway: A Jewish Experi- the community theater’s own description. Connell and an opera singer from the Met. 2014 and was intended to serve talent from ence,” written and directed by local talent The production featured two sold-out There were close to 10 children in the cast, throughout northern New Jersey, NYC and Deborah Murad Nesser, was a musical pro- performances in early November which who sang and performed along with the Broadway. Palisades Players will showcase duction refl ective of the Jewish experience entertained visitors by musically illustrat- adults, four of whom have since been se- quality theatrical events, primarily featur- in America from the Lower East Side/Euro- ing Jewish traditions throughout the ages. lected by scouts at a local casting call. Most ing works that illustrate Jewish culture and pean immigrant days to the present. Interspersed with “news reports” intended of the cast members are from northern tradition and celebrate the work of Jewish Replete with songs that touched the to anchor the audience to a particular time New Jersey and include local talent such playwrights. hearts, minds and memories of audience period, the production provided audience as Steven Goffstein, Rebecca Lopkin, Alan For more information, visit www.jc- members of all ages, “Broadway: A Jewish members with a fun, musical glimpse into Schwartz and more. cotp.org or call 201-408-1493.

20 November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM COMMUNITY NEWS Fort Lee Community Raises $12k for JNF

By Marina Brodetsky members of Israeli society. General Almog said he learned a valuable lesson from his Jewish National Fund held its fi rst an- son that fuels his current work: society is nual Community Breakfast for Israel on measured by how it treats its most vulner- Centennial Culminating Event Sunday, Nov. 8, at Young Israel of Fort Lee, able members. NJ. This inaugural event was attended by “It was an honor for my congregation WEDNESDAY an excited group of Israel supporters who to host Jewish National Fund and General raised an impressive $12,000 towards the Almog during such a captivating and mov- DECEMBER 2, 2015 tremendous work of JNF. 6:00PM Buffet Dinner • 6:45PM Lecture Special guest speaker for (Dietary Laws) the event was Israel Defense The Future of Treating Memory Decline: Forces Major General (Res.) DEC Doron Almog, the found- Developing a Vaccine for er and chairman of Aleh Ne- gev-Nahalat Eran, a rehabili- Alzheimer’s Disease tative village in Israel’s Negev Eitan Okun, PhD desert that provides services Neuroscientist and International Lecturer to the country’s most severe special needs population. Co-sponsored by General Almog captivated American Friends of Bar-Ilan University and the audience with his address Joan Oppenheimer, Debbie Rogoff , Doron Almog, Didi Englewood Hospital and Medical Center Almog, Bob Oppenheimer, Rabbi Zev Goldberg about the personal connec- FREE Event — RSVP required: 201-784-1414, ext. 5538 tion he has to this remarkable place. ing event,” said Rabbi Zev Goldberg. “Gen- or [email protected] Aleh Negev was renamed to Aleh Ne- eral Almog’s story was inspirational and the Location: gev-Nahalat Eran after the passing of Gen- work he does on behalf of the special needs Englewood Hospital and Medical Center eral Almog’s son, Eran, who was born with population in Israel is extraordinary. Young 350 Engle Street, Englewood, NJ 07631 severe autism and developmental disa- Israel of Fort Lee looks forward to continu- bilities, and was the fi rst resident in this ing our support of Aleh Negev.” special community, living there until he JNF is dedicated to ensuring that no passed away in 2007 at the age of 23. De- member of Israeli society is left behind, signed specifi cally for the needs of people and is proud to partner with Aleh Negev. As with cognitive and physical impairments a part of its $1 Billion Roadmap for the Next over the age of 21, Aleh Negev and its mul- Decade, JNF is committed to raising $50 ti-faceted departments empower residents million for disabilities and special needs Members of the medical community, eldercare professionals and the community are invited. and outpatients to develop a greater degree programs. To learn more about JNF’s work, of independence and become productive visit jnf.org. Teaneck High School Holds Happy Chanukah Kristallnacht Event from Kristallnacht commemoration at Teaneck High School on Tuesday, November 10. Super Duper Bagels Shown are speaker Reni Hanau, witness to Kristallnacht, and husband Walter. In back- ground, Goldie Minkowitz, math faculty THS and Holocaust program coordinator; Pearl Celebrating 27 years of serving the community! Markovitz, Holocaust program volunteer, and THS students in attendance.

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22 November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM COMMUNITY NEWS A Young Woman’s Road From Fear to Success By JLNJ Staff

The attractive young woman who stood at the microphone at the Sher- aton New York was poised and articu- late. Speaking before a crowd of nearly 600 at the Emunah Circle of Life Dinner on November 14, 21-year-old Naomi Dan- iel shared her life story, one that took her from her formative years growing up at Emunah’s Bet Elazraki Children’s Home to the successful young woman of today. Naomi arrived at Bet Elazraki, one of Emunah’s fi ve children’s residential homes in Israel, when she was eight years old, accompanied by her two younger sis- ters. Her parents were Ethiopian immi- grants; her mother had just passed away and her father was incapable of caring for the children. Naomi’s brothers were scattered in different boarding schools. She remembers feeling anxious that she The Steins receiving their Presidential Leadership Award CREDIT: EMUNAH Naomi Daniel, featured speaker CREDIT: EMUNAH would not be accepted by the other chil- dren. She was afraid to fail at school, and afraid to get hurt again. She recalled how her fears soon melted away as a result of the care she received at the Emunah home. “Everything started to change af- ter the counselor woke me up every morn- ing with a smile and a hug—like a moth- er. The therapies I received made me open up and be comfortable with new people,” Naomi shared. “The delicious meals in the dining room; the after-school tutoring that helped me excel in school; the clean clothes that were ironed and waiting in my closet every day; my beautiful bed and being tucked in at night all helped me re- cover and fl ourish. I left the children’s home strong and resilient, with a high school diploma and with a full toolbox for my future.” Naomi went on to do national service, teaching music at the prestigious Demo- cratic School of Israel, the fi rst Ethiopian to do national service at the school. Cur- rently, she is a full-time student at IDC University in Herzliya studying govern- ment. “Now I have very different expecta- tions for my life and my future. I am full of optimism. Today I understand just how much the Emunah children’s home con- tributed to my life.” She then thanked the audience of Emunah supporters, saying “Thank you very much for believing in lit- tle Naomi; the big Naomi will never for- get this.” The Emunah Circle of Life Dinner served as an evening to pay tribute to hon- orees and to celebrate the accomplish- ments of the organization. The honorees included: Mindy & Muttie Stein, Presi- dential Leadership awardees; Maureen and Larry Eisenberg, Bonei Yerushalayim awardees; Eva Palgon Traub, Aishet Chayil awardee; and Sarah Struhl, Young Leader- ship awardee. Each honoree was featured in a personal video, and was then present- ed with a piece of artwork created by Noa Attias, a graduate of Emunah’s Florence and Joseph College of Art in Jerusalem. Karen Spitalnick, Emunah’s nation- al president, addressed the audience and thanked the dinner chairmen, Chanie Greif and Sheryl Schainker, for their role organizing the event. Funds raised from the dinner will benefi t the thousands of children and families in Israel who rely upon Emunah’s social and educational services every day, including children like Naomi.

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Project Ezrah Hosts Free The fi rst session will run from 8:15 to 9, Maggid of Bergenfi eld, Couponing Workshop featuring Dr. Adam Karp in the main sanc- Dr. Larry Stiefel, they dis- The Project Ezrah Employment De- tuary discussing “May One Use an Electric cussed “Rav Kook: Mys- partment hosted a free workshop at The Menorah?” and Zahava Stadler in the up- tic in a Time of Revolu- Teaneck General Store this week. Atara stairs Bet Medrash discussing “The Central- tion,” by Yehudah Mirsky. Mauskopf presented on the topic of Cou- ity of Pirsumei Nisa.” Refreshments included pon Craze: How to Save Money Without The second session will begin at 9:05 Rav Kookies. (What else Going Crazy. Participants learned about and will run until 9:50, and will feature would you serve?) CREDIT: CHANA STIEFEL couponing for both grocery shopping as Rabbi Dr. Wallace Green in the main sanc- well as retail shopping. They were intro- tuary, telling “Chanukah Stories You Never Beverages in the Bible duced to the best couponing apps and web- The program will feature celebratory songs Heard in School,” and Rabbi Michael Hoe- Dr. Jon Greenberg, noted Biblical and sites and were even shown how to best or- from the Jewish choral tradition in Hebrew, nig in the upstairs Bet Medrash discussing Talmudic botanist, will enlighten the Tean- ganize their coupons. The workshop was English and Yiddish. Shirah was created “Chanukah: New Beginnings.” eck community about the role of alcoholic very informative and was a great network- in 1994 by Matthew Lazar, who founded The fi nal session will begin at 10 and beverages in Tanach. Entitled “Noah’s wine ing opportunity for those who attended. and directs the Zamir Choral Foundation run until 10:45. This session will have only versus Pharaoh’s beer—the culture war that in New York. Lazar also created the ac- one presentation—in the main sanctu- shaped Jewish history,” Dr. Greenberg will claimed North American Jewish Choral Fes- ary—Leo Brandstatter and Rachel and Dan- be speaking for the Adult Education Com- tival, now in its 25th year, as well as HaZ- iel Krich will discuss “The Great Latke/Ha- mittee of Congregation Rinat Yisrael on Sat- amir the International High School Jewish mentaschen Debate.” urday night, December 5, at 8:30. Admission Choir Movement, with chapters through- There will be a collation in the ball- to the event, which is open to adults 21 and out the United States and Israel. SHIRAH, a room following the fi nal session. over, is $15. Please reserve by November 30 project of the JCC Thurnauer School of Mu- All presentations are free and open to by emailing [email protected]. sic, brings together singers from across the men, women and teens. Jewish denominational spectrum to per- Shomrei Torah is located at 19-10 Morlot Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller to form the great choral works of the Jewish Ave. in Fair Lawn. Speak at Beth Abraham CREDIT: PROJECT EZRAH experience. The sisterhoods of Beth Abraham and For more information on future work- Tickets to the Chanukah concert are Young Israel Forms Jewish Bnai Yeshurun are once again co-sponsoring shops and the Project Ezrah Employment $20/$16 for JCC members. To purchase tick- Biography Book Club a presentation to the Teaneck Jewish commu- Department, please call 201-569-9047 or ets, go to jccotp.org/Thurnauer, call 201-408- nity by Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller. A consum- email [email protected]. 1465 or visit the JCC’s front desk. mate educator and internationally acclaimed speaker, Rebbetzin Heller has been a full-time Shirah Community Choir to Perform Shomrei Torah to Hold lecturer at Neve Yerushalayim since 1980. She Chanukah Concert at JCC on Dec. 6 Second Annual Evening of has impacted the lives of thousands of wom- The Shirah Community Chorus on the Learning and Sharing en worldwide through her classes, public lec- Palisades, led by the acclaimed Matthew On Saturday night, December 5, starting tures and six books, including “Here You Are,” Lazar, founding director, and Marsha Bry- promptly at 8:15, Shomrei Torah will hold “Battle Plans” and “This Way Up.” The pres- an Edelman, associate conductor, will per- its second annual Evening of Learning and Members of the Young Israel of Tean- entation will be at Beth Abraham on Tuesday, form its 22nd annual Chanukah Concert on Sharing. Synagogue members will present eck met on Sunday night, November 22, December 2, at 8:30pm. Admission is free. Sunday, December 6, at 2 p.m. in the Kaplen various topics of interest in different loca- for the inauguration of their new Jewish JCC on the Palisades’ Eric Brown Theater. tions throughout the building. Biography Book Club. Led by the famed  CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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 CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Soviet Jews. Notably, he was the fi rst dem- ocratic senator to publicly declare opposi- Water Shortage Author to tion to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Ac- Speak at Bnai Jeshurun tion (JCPOA) with Iran. Seth Siegel, author of the bestseller “Let At the NORPAC event, Senator Schum- There be Water,” will address the Teaneck er explained his opposition on the JCPOA Sit back community on Saturday night, November and where he sees the United States going 28, at 8 p.m. at Bnai Yeshurun. Sub-titled “Is- forward. About the deal, Chuck expressed rael’s Solution for a Water-Starved World,” his deep concern that the billions of dol- IRUDXQLTXHVKRSSLQJH[SHULHQFH Siegel will discuss his book, which out- lars Iran will receive through this agree- lines Israel’s role in stemming the loom- ment will be used to fund terrorist groups ing worldwide water shortage not only in like Hezbollah and Hamas. Furthermore, the Middle East but in key states through- he expressed worry that the JCPOA would 7DEOHV &KDLUVDOOVL]HVDOOVW\OHV out the U.S. Learn how Israel exports water legitimize Iran’s nuclear program by allow- technology to the tune of $2.2 billion. Ad- ing them to approach the threshold of be- mission is free. ing a nuclear power in 10 years. Film Night at Beth Aaron The Men’s Club of Congregation Beth Aaron will hold a fi lm night this Motzei Shabbat, November 28, at 7:30pm. Featured will be four fi lms from the Maale School of Filmmaking in Israel, which trains stu- dents from traditional backgrounds in the art of feature fi lmmaking. The fi lms often deal with issues relevant to the traditional Jewish community. Movies to be screened will be “A Rabbi’s Daughter,” “Daddy Bird,” From Left: Daniel Straus, Sen. Charles “Revival” and “Evacuation Order.” Admis- Schumer, Dr. Ben Chouake CREDIT: NORPAC sion is free. Congregation Beth Aaron is lo- cated at 950 Queen Anne Road in Teaneck. Participants asked Sen. Schumer what effective measures could be taken now to NORPAC Hosts Senator ensure Israel’s security. He responded that Charles Schumer in Fort Lee we must do more for Israel, including pro- Senator Charles “Chuck” Schumer (D- viding the country with the money and NY) was recently hosted at a NORPAC event weapons it needs to defend itself. In order by Daniel Straus in Fort Lee. Schumer, the to accomplish this, support for Israel must senior US Senator of New York, has served remain a bipartisan effort. In addition, Sen- as an elected offi cial for over 40 years and ator Schumer assured the attendees that is on track to assume responsibility as the Congress is now working on multiple piec- Democratic Leader of the Senate. Senator es of legislation, both to clarify ambiguous Schumer has been a consistent defender of areas of the JCPOA, and to construct more both Israel and Jews worldwide, voting in non-nuclear sanctions against Iran. favor of aid to Israel, sanctions on Iran, and Charles Schumer is running for reelec- even playing a role in the movement to free tion in 2016. Areyvut Publishes ‘A Kindness a Day’ 2016 Calendar By JLNJ Staff that will motivate readers to play an active role in their families and communities. Bergenfi eld—Areyvut, a New Jer- “Charity, kindness and social justice must sey-based non-profi t organization whose be an integral part of everyone’s day,” ex- mission is to infuse the lives of Jew- plains Daniel Rothner, Areyvut’s founder and ish youth and teens with the values of director. “The 2016 calendar allows for these chesed (kindness), tzedakah (charity) and core Jewish values to become more aligned Traditional. Modern. Contemporary. tikkun olam (social action), announces to the context of people’s daily lives. “A Kind- the release of its 2016 “A Kindness a Day” ness a Day” is a great educational tool for chil- calendar. dren and adults alike, as well This fl ip calendar of- as homes, schools and oth- fers 366 suggestions (it’s a er organizations, both as a leap year!) for people of all guide to help instill Jewish ages to better themselves, values into one’s life and as their communities and the a springboard for discussion world at large. For example, and study.” January 1’s entry suggests, The 2016 calendar in- “Make a New Year’s resolu- cludes 366 suggestions as tion that will positively im- to how you can incorporate pact someone else’s life.” the values of chesed, tzeda-  Other entries remind readers to “call and kah and tikkun olam into your daily life, 366 wish Shabbat Shalom to an out-of-town rel- sources from traditional Jewish texts, a the- )Y\UZ^PJR(]LU\L ative” or to “assist someone who is unem- matic index that categorizes the acts of kind- ployed with writing a resume and fi nding a ness by theme (ex: loving your neighbor, )SKN/3PUKLU51 job.” Beneath each act of kindness is a tra- tzedakah, tending to the sick, volunteering, ^^^\UPX\LLSLNHU[ZLH[PUNJVT ditional Jewish text that explains what in- prayer, etc.), and a glossary of terms. spired that particular act of kindness. “A Kindness a Day” has become a na- \UPX\LLSLNHU[ZLH[PUN Areyvut debuted “A Kindness a Day” in tional phenomenon, being sold to individu- 2005 and continued to create calendars als, synagogues and schools throughout the through 2009, the last year that the fl ip- country. Calendars can be purchased on Ar- book was published. After a six-year hia- eyvut’s website at www.areyvut.org/shop. tus, the “A Kindness a Day” calendar is back For sample pages and additional informa- 'HFRUDWRUV 'HVLJQHUV:HOFRPH with suggestions, sources and inspiration tion, please email [email protected].

201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 25 COMMUNITY NEWS MK Michael Oren Lectures in Teaneck Jewish Memory of Ruth Wildes Center Holds Lev Tov Breakfast In honor of the 20th an- MJE, the organization that niversary of the passing of sponsored the event, is a cut- Ruth Wildes, late wife of ting-edge program for young Jew- Wildes & Weinberg Sen- ish professionals in their 20s and ior Partner Leon Wildes, 30s, with little or no background and mother of former Eng- in Judaism, who are interested in lewood mayor and manag- connecting more to each other, ing partner Michael Wildes, to their community and to Juda- the community was invited ism. MJE is a place where young to hear words of inspiration men and women can explore from MK Michael Oren. The Jewish life and meet new people event was held on Novem- in a wide range of inclusive, en- Honoree Yitzchok Cohen, speaking at ber 14 at the Ramaz School gaging and innovative programs the Lev Tov (good heart) breakfast of the and was sponsored by Man- for thousands of young Jewish Jewish Center of Teaneck which was held on hattan Jewish Experience professionals, including parties, November 8. CREDIT: MICHAEL LAVES (MJE), a non-profi t organiza- an annual ski trip, classes, be- tion founded by Rabbi Mark ginner prayer services, marching N. Wildes in 1998. Rabbi Wil- in the Israel Day Parade, Friday des is Leon Wildes’ son and night dinners and much, much Michael Wildes’ brother. more. MJE was founded in mem- MK Michael Oren is a cur- ory of Ruth B. Wildes z”l. For rent member of the Israeli more information about MJE, Knesset, a Former Israeli Am- go to http://www.jewishexperi- bassador to the United States, ence.org. a historian and a best-selling Each year, MJE is honored author of “Ally” and “Six Days to host another major person- of War.” More than 450 people ality in the Jewish world. Previ- attended the sold-out event ous speakers have included Lord and heard words of wisdom Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Dr. Nor- At the Lev Tov (good heart) breakfast of the from MK Oren, who also dis- man Lamm, Rabbi Adin Stein- Jewish Center of Teaneck held on November cussed the status of U.S. and saltz, Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Solovei- 8; the honoree, Yitzchok Cohen (left), holding Israeli relations: a past, pres- chik, Dr. Jacob J. Schacter, Rabbi the Lev Tov award and being given the gift ent and future outlook of the Shlomo Riskin, Professor Alan of a megillah holder (scroll of the Book of bond between the two coun- Dershowitz, among many other Esther) by synagogue president Isaac Student tries. notables. (right). CREDIT: MICHAEL LAVES

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201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 27 COMMUNITY NEWS NORPAC Hosts Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) in Teaneck By JLNJ Staff these movements are incredibly hypocrit- ical in boycotting the only democracy in Miriam and Allen Pfeiffer hosted Con- the region. In addition, Rep. Engel called gressman Eliot Engel (D-NY) in their home the European Union’s decision to label for a NORPAC event last Sunday. Since be- products exported from the West Bank a ing fi rst elected in 1989, Rep. Engel has re- disgrace. peatedly demonstrated his commitment Lastly, Engel expressed his deep sad- to the US-Israel relationship. As the rank- ness over the current violence in Israel and ing member of the House Foreign Affairs emphasized his solidarity with the country committee, Rep. Engel is a key player in Rep. Eliot Engel (left) speaking with Allen From Left: Rep. Eliot Engel, David Aaronson, and and those affected by terrorist attacks. ensuring that the US-Israel relationship Pfeiff er (right) and Miriam Pfeiff er (center) NORPAC Westchester President Dr. Marc Berger Rep. Engel underscored the impor- remains secure and strong. At the NOR- tance of reaching out to our congressmen PAC event, Rep. Engel assured the audi- Rep. Engel addressed many current that the billions of dollars that Iran will re- and expressing our opinions and con- ence that support for Israel is complete- issues at the NORPAC event, including ceive will be used to sponsor terrorism and cerns about the US-Israel relationship, ly bipartisan in both the House Foreign the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action harm both Americans and Israelis. as it truly makes a difference on Capitol Affairs Committee, and in Congress as a (JCPOA) with Iran. Engel explained that he Regarding movements to boycott Israe- Hill. Rep. Engel will be running for reelec- whole. opposed the deal because he is concerned li products, like BDS, Rep. Engel said that tion in 2016. Chabad of Binghamton Hosts Joyful, Emotional Dinner

Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger (center), and At the 30th Anniversary Gala for Chabad of Binghamton, Vice President for Student Aff airs Brian Rose, pose with Rabbi Rabbi Aaron Slonim, fl anked by his grandson Mendel Slonim Levi Slonim, programming and development director at the (age seven), holds the quill as the fi rst word is inscribed in Rohr Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life at Binghamton the “Binghamton Legacy Torah.” Each letter in this Torah University and the student executive board. scroll will be written to honor an individual who is part of (l-r) Rabbi Levi Slonim, Brian Rose, Haim Engelman, Rebecca Hundreds of students, alumni, parents and friends came the larger Chabad of Binghamton “family.” Current students, Tanzer, President Stenger, Jason Cutler, Rachel Spiro, Talia together in New York to celebrate 30 years of service of alumni, parents and friends whose lives have been touched Schwartz, Gabrielle Alexander, Tara Hanau and Zachary Rohr Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life at Binghamton by Chabad in Binghamton over the past three decades will be Alexander. The members of the student executive board each University on November 1. The evening was full of joy, united through this project. Mendel Slonim is the fi rst third- received a “Lamplighter” award, recognizing their worthy emotion and lots of laughter as those in attendance caught up generation Chabad-Lubavitch emissary of the Lubavitcher eff orts in illuminating the lives of their peers on campus. with old friends and made new ones. The evening concluded Rebbe, of righteous memory, to Binghamton where his parents “Chabad is a mainstay of campus life and has a phenomenal with writing the fi rst few words of a new Torah scroll, the and grandparents work together to share the wisdom and facility that refl ects the important role it plays for our students “Binghamton Legacy Torah,” which will be written in honor joy of Judaism with every Jewish student on campus. Also both Jewish and non-Jewish. Mazal Tov,” remarked President of all of the students, alumni, parents and friends whose lives on stage were the evening’s guests of honor, the student Stenger during his greetings from the University. CREDIT: B. SASSON have been touched by Chabad of Binghamton. CREDIT: B. SASSON executive board and other dignitaries. CREDIT: B. SASSON

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28 November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM BERGEN COMMUNITY NEWS Senator Ted Young Israel of Fort Lee Lunch and Cruz to Join Learn Features Artist Caryl Herzfeld VIP Reception By JLNJ Staff Herzfeld’s work has been previously shown in the Staten Island Museum. The Young Israel of Fort Lee will host Artist Caryl Herzfeld graduated City Col- in Englewood a special Lunch and Learn on Wednesday, lege Phi Beta Kappa, received a fellowship December 2, at noon. Staten Island art- from Columbia University, and attended By JLNJ Staff ist Caryl Herzfeld will unveil and discuss the Art Students League, Parsons, and the each of her recent sculptures included in School of Visual Arts. Herzfeld has been On Thursday, December 3, Senator Ted “Chesed,” 10 scenes that each reveal what called upon by communities to use her art Cruz will be hosted for a dessert reception life is like in the Jewish community. The for the beautifi cation of synagogues and at the home of Ben and Batya Klein in Engle- sculptures were all created with recycled institutions. Those projects have includ- wood, NJ. Proceeds will benefi t the Cruz pres- paper and other recyclables. ed etched and stained glass windows and idential campaign. In “Chesed in 3-D,” Herzfeld pays hom- doors as well as paintings and illustrations This event comes age to her community which, over a half Sculptures in the “Chesed in 3-D” collection using oil, watercolor or acrylic paints. The by artist Caryl Herzfeld CREDIT: YOUNG ISRAEL OF FORT LEE as Senator Cruz is century, established self-help groups as the scope of her work includes book illustra- surging in the polls need arose, informal groups, institutions with the story associated with each. tions, presentation certifi cates, aliyah post- in early voting states and organizations that embody “chesed” This project is made possible with funds ers, ketubot, and the like. and nationwide. A (acts of kindness). from the Decentralization Program, a re- A Q&A with the artist and light lunch Quinnipiac poll pub- The universal appeal of this work is that grant program of the New York State Coun- will follow the presentation. lished Tuesday shows its scenes accurately mirror what is found cil on the Arts, with the support of Gover- The Young Israel of Fort Lee (program to Cruz at 23 percent in most Jewish communities. Each piece nor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State be held in the second fl oor Social Hall) is lo- in Iowa, in a virtu- represents an aspect of Jewish community Legislature, and is administered by Staten cated at 1610 Parker Avenue in Fort Lee (op- al tie with Donald life, and Herzfeld will acquaint attendees Island Arts. posite Monument Park). CREDIT: HOWIECARRSHOW.COM Trump. Ben Carson has dropped to 18 percent with Marco Ru- bio at 13 percent, and all other candidates at fi ve percent or below. Since the Paris at- tacks, Ben Carson has seen huge erosion in his support, as voters question his foreign policy experience and readiness to be Com- mander in Chief. The majority of the vot- ers leaving Carson are now supporting Sen- ator Cruz. The Cruz campaign has also surprised many observers with its fundraising prow- ess, second only to Jeb Bush, and boasting more cash on hand heading into the pri- maries than any other campaign. Senator Cruz’s senior advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff is Nick Muzin, a graduate of Yeshiva Kraft Heinz Company

University. © Senator Cruz has established himself as the top defender of Israel in Washington. When the FAA banned fl ights into Israel in July 2014, Senator Cruz took to the Sen- ate fl oor to question whether such a ban amounted to an economic boycott of Israel at a time it was fi ghting a war with Hamas. The Senator placed an immediate hold on all state department nominees until the FAA answered this and other questions, and the next day the fl ight ban was lifted. When three Israeli teens were kid- napped in the summer of 2014, Senator Cruz gave an impassioned speech on the Senate fl oor and demanded that Hamas return them to their families. When they were subsequently found murdered, Sen- ator Cruz passed legislation calling for a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of the murderer of Naftali Fraenkel, an American citizen. In September 2015, Cruz sought an Chanukah, one creamy amendment to a government funding bill which would ban the implementation of the Iran Nuclear Deal. Senator Cruz has bite at a time. since placed a hold on political confi rma- tions and authorization for the State De- partment until President Obama discloses the side agreements which are part of the Light up your Chanukah, with the Deal. Senator Cruz voted against John Kerry’s delicious creamy taste of Breakstone’s. confi rmation as Secretary of State, and has called twice for his resignation. The most re- Get yours today! cent occurrence was in October 2015, when Secretary Kerry blamed “settlement growth” for the recent Palestinian terror attacks against Israelis and, through his spokesman,  CONTINUED ON P. 38

201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 29 COMMUNITY NEWS Yachad Israel Brings Joy (and Pizza) to Army Bases Across Israel

By Yael Weiner mitted by the pizza’s donors. As the stereo played again, the soldiers danced with the Last week, members of an Israeli army participants. base came face-to-face with people they The Israeli soldiers were delighted with were protecting in Israel. And their grateful the food, but even more so with the com- visitors even brought them pizza. pany. The visit was organized and planned Omer, one of the soldiers serving on the by Yachad Israel, the Israeli arm of Yachad, base, explained that he and his unit had the National Jewish Council for Disabili- just recently arrived on the base. ties. Yachad is an agency of the Orthodox “Coming to a new place and seeing peo- Union. Twenty members of Yachad Isra- ple who come all the way here just to do Yachad Israel and Magshimim Chalom pose A group photo of Yachad Israel members, el—individuals with special needs—met this thing for us makes us all very happy,” for a picture while making pizza. CREDIT: NA Magshimim Chalom and IDF soldiers. CREDIT: NA at Haim’s Pizza in Rishon L’Tzion to bake he said. pizza for IDF soldiers stationed at the Pal- Lisa Galinsky, program director of He has been participating in Yachad Isra- Yuval, another soldier at the base, add- machim army base. The pizzas and the Yachad Israel, explained that the partner- el activities for the past three years, and ed, “It’s beautiful.” “We are supposed to be transportation were sponsored by donors ship was a natural fi t. works providing food for people in need. the ones giving to our nation, and here our to Yachad’s Pizza4Soldiers program. “We always wanted to do something to- “I like coming to Yachad Israel activities,” nation is doing all this for us.” “Everyone in our greater community gether with the IDF, so we decided this piz- he said. “Even if I have a fl ight to New York The evening ended with a group picture appreciates and loves the IDF, but show- za idea might just work,” she explained. that day I would come and leave early.” featuring Yachad Israel, Magshimim Chalom ing support isn’t always the easiest thing Her intuition was proven right as soon as Meir is also part of Yachad Israel’s RBC and the soldiers of the base. As the photogra- to do,” said Eli Hagler, associate direc- groups arrived at the pizza store. Jewish mu- (relationship-building course), a social skills pher was getting ready to push the button, tor of Yachad. “Our Pizza4Soldiers cam- sic began blasting on the stereo and both development program which meets once a one of the soldiers, who was sitting with paign allows Yachad to give hundreds of Yachad Israel and Magshimim Chalom mem- week his friends away from the group, suddenly people across the world the opportunity bers began dancing with each other. If it wer- “The soldiers will be glad,” he predicted. ran across the yard, guitar in hand. Everyone to say thank you to soldiers through our en’t for the IDF uniforms, it would have been Once the pizzas were made, partic- waited for him to join the group picture be- program. Creating the pizzas in an inclu- diffi cult to tell the participants apart. ipants gathered on a bus provided by cause, in Yachad, everyone belongs. sive manner and delivering the fresh pies Many of the participants of Yachad Is- Yachad Israel and headed towards the Pal- “The outpouring of support for the IDF to an army base will help boost morale rael are native English speakers. Their fam- machim army base. As the bus got closer to was incredible to see,” said Yoel Sterman, among the soldiers. This will continue ilies either made aliyah or they grew up in the base they could already see the excite- director of Yachad Israel. “When we began to keep their morale high, knowing that English-speaking homes. However, most ment. As they departed from the bus, sol- this campaign, we didn’t know what to ex- there are Jews all across the globe who speak Hebrew fl uently and sang along with diers began asking questions and talking pect. Thanks to all of our supporters, we love them, appreciate them and support the music. to the group—and most importantly, given will bring more than 500 pizzas to a num- them.” Though Yachad Israel is relatively new, the relatively limited cuisine at army bases, ber of army bases over the coming months. Yachad Israel also partnered with Mag- the program has had an outsized effect on asking if there would be food. As a former IDF soldier, I know fi rsthand shimim Chalom—Realizing Our Dream— participants. Yachad Israel and Magshimim Chalom how important and meaningful something an IDF program that integrates individuals Meir Malak was born in New York, but gave out the pizzas they had made to the like this is to the soldiers. Yachad loves Isra- with special needs into the Israeli army. made aliyah at the age of eight, 17 years ago. soldiers, along with personal notes sub- el, its soldiers and the IDF.”

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201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 31 ESSEX & UNION COMMUNITY NEWS Bais Yitzchok Annual Gathering West Orange Hosts One to Be Held December 13 Israel Fund Security By Rabbi Moshe Abramowitz Also being honored that night Briefi ng and Fundraiser will be those shul members and Congregation Bais Yitzchok friends who kept the daily morn- By Natalie Sopinsky, Sussya, One Israel Fund people. The evening culminated with the Chevrah Thilim of Elizabeth, ing minyan viable and consist- participants donating $50,000 to One Israel NJ, will celebrate its 45th Annu- ent during last year’s challenging Today, while the world watches Isra- Fund to provide bulletproof vests and addi- al Gathering and Awards Din- winter. Despite severe weather, el under attack 24/7 by stabbings, car ram- tional emergency equipment for the com- ner on Sunday, December 13, the early-morning minyan con- mings, fi re-bombs, stonings, drive-by shoot- munities of Judea and Samaria. 2015, at the “Y” of Union Coun- tinued through their efforts. ings and more, it has ty. Recipient of the Kesser Shem Bais Yitzchok, as it is called somehow become “reg- Tov Award will be Dr. Eugene for short, was founded in 1923, as ular” and “accepted” to Steinhart of Elizabeth. Dr. Stein- the second orthodox shul in the many. Sadly, it is barely hart, a longtime board member Elmora neighborhood. Today, it newsworthy. of the congregation and active is affi liated with the Jewish Edu- Recently, the com- participant in all shul activi- cational Center’s body of schools munity of West Orange ties, is a school psychologist for and synagogues. Those interest- got involved in a huge Dr. Eugene Steinhart the Roselle Public Schools. Dr. ed in more information about way to help protect our Steinhart, his wife Esther Addison-Stein- the dinner are asked to check the shul web- brethren on the front- hart and their family have lived in Eliza- site at www.baisyitzchok.org for details lines. Bryan and Andrea beth since 1987. and to register a desire to participate. Bier and Ethan and Mady Kra bought special bullet- One Israel Fund Director of Security Projects Marc Provisor proof vests for the civilian addresses the crowd. CREDIT: ONE ISRAEL FUND Jewish Family Service of security chiefs in Samaria this past summer. Then, in October, the Biers host- MetroWest Opens Family ed over 60 people in their home for a security brief- Support Center in Florham Park ing by One Israel Fund Se- curity Projects Director By JFS MW Marc Provisor, and Direc- tor of Community Pro- JFS MetroWest is delighted to an- jects Natalie Sopinsky, nounce a new treatment space in its who both explained the Florham Park offi ces known as the JFS importance of the vest Family Support Center, made possi- project in Judea and Sa- ble by generous gifts from Thelma and maria. Provisor gave a talk Richard Florin and Audrey and Norbert on the facts regarding Op- Gaelen, both of West Orange. Private eration Protective Edge therapy sessions, play therapy, family and how One Israel Fund Hostess Andrea Bier, One Israel counseling as well as support groups are was instrumental in sup- Fund Director of Community all taking place in this new facility. The plying the local civilian Projects Natalie Sopinsky, and Presentation of plaques for Center provides a state-of-the-art ven- security personnel with Co-Chair Mady Kra vest dedications to Bryan Bier ue for both JFS and Rachel Coalition cli- equipment along the Gaza CREDIT: ONE ISRAEL FUND and Ethan Kra CREDIT: ONE ISRAEL FUND ents to receive a full range of treatment border. He discussed the current situation If you are interested in having a security services. throughout Israel, and focused on security briefi ng in your home or community, please In keeping with the agency’s vision challenges in the 150 communities of Judea contact One Israel Fund at 516.239.9202 or of providing a welcome and inclusive and Samaria. Incursions are being detected email [email protected]. There is still atmosphere for all members of the com- daily by the security teams using the equip- much work to do and we need your help. munity, artwork for the Family Support ment One Israel Fund supplies—surveil- One Israel Fund is a recognized 501(c) Center was specially chosen from artist lance cameras, tactical lighting, et al. Often, (3) not-for-profi t charity organization and is participants of the WAE Center, a pro- these are items NOT reported in the news the premier North American charity whose gram of Jewish Service for the Develop- headlines, for as Provisor remarked, “we are efforts are dedicated but not exclusive to mentally Disabled of West Orange. The saving lives by thwarting terror attacks, but the citizens and communities of Judea and WAE Center is a holistic, expressive arts it’s terrible PR.” Samaria as well as those communities im- learning center focusing on the abili- An intense Question and Answer ses- pacted by the disengagement from Gaza. ties and desires of members regardless sion followed the briefi ng and lots of con- The fund provides all forms of humanitari- of their starting point. The artists whose cerns were voiced, as parents with chil- an aid including medical, social, education- works decorate the walls of the JFS Fam- dren currently in Israel expressed their fear al, recreational and preventive security ser- ily Support Center include Kelly S., Marc of the stabbings, car rammings and other vices which are conspicuously lacking in CREDIT: JFS MW H., Patty M, Angel M. and Jen S. forms of violence being thrust upon our this important part of Israel. Paterson Shul to Hold Torah Rededication

Federation Apartments will where mincha services will hold a Torah rededication cer- be held at 4:15 p.m. emony on Sunday, November For more information, 29. The program will begin at please visit: www.paterson- 3 p.m. in the social hall with shul.com. Parking will be refreshments and words of available on East 27th Street as Torah, along with a short well as at the Rosa Parks School history of Jewish life in Pat- parking lot across the street. erson. This will be fol- Federation Apartments is lo- lowed by singing and cated at 510 East 27th Street in Pat- dancing with the Torahs erson. Children are welcome and down to the synagogue encouraged to attend this simcha!

32 November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM ESSEX & UNION COMMUNITY NEWS Jewish Community Foundation 100th Holds Legacy Shorashim Event Birthday Celebration at Union Y Harold Faye of Union celebrated his 100th birthday at the “Y” in Union with 100 friends on Wednesday, Nov 18. He is sitting with his buddy, David Newman, who he plays cards with daily in the Y health club. Harold still drives. The YM-YWHA of Union is lo- Donors who attended the Shorashim event were—from left to right—Carol Marcus, Bob Marcus, Barbara Drench, cated at 501 Green Lane in Union and Maxine Myers, Jayne Sayovitz, assistant executive director of JFS MW; Rabbi Steve Leder, keynote speaker; Barbara has many activities, classes, programs as well as kosher daily lunches Sebiri; Anita Millman, development director of JFS MW; Lois Kaisch; Karen Secular, coordinator of Create a Jewish for seniors. Legacy; Elizabeth Cohen. CREDIT: JFS MW CREDIT: UNION Y ESSEX & UNION NEWSBRIEFS

Daughters of Israel As associate professor of American tival. A light Chinese food brunch will be mation, to meet the camp directors and for Holds Pet Parade Studies and Jewish Studies at Rutgers served after the fi lm. The fee is $10 per per- special promos. University, Dr. Fishbein received her BA son ($7 for Y members).You must reserve in The Union Y is located at 501 Green Lane in history from Hunter College and her advance by calling (908) 289-8112. The fi lm in Union. For more information, please call Ph.D from Harvard. She is the author of begins at 11:30 a.m. 908-289-8112. several books, and has won awards for The Union Y is located at 501 Green her numerous articles on Women’s Stud- Lane in Union. JCC MetroWest to Hold ies, History & Film. In 1986-87, she served Tryouts for 2016 Mini and as Fulbright Senior Lecturer at the Uni- AABJ&D to Hold Junior Maccabi Games versity of Haifa. Besides teaching, Dr. Chanukah Chagigah West Orange—Jewish boys and girls Fishbein is currently on the faculty advi- Congregation AABJ&D will hold a Cha- ages 9-12 (as of 5/1/16) who are interested sory board of the Allen and Joan Bildner nukah Chagigah on Tuesday, December 8, in participating in the 2016 Mini Maccabi Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rut- at 6 p.m. There will be entertainment pro- Games or Junior Maccabi Games will have gers University. vided for the children and a dairy dinner an opportunity to participate in the follow- The “Y” brunch will feature a bagel buf- will be served. ing sports: boys’ baseball, boys’ basketball, Daughters of Israel’s ninth annual Pet fet at 11:30, followed by the program. The The cost is $15 per adult (12 and over) girls’ basketball, boys’ soccer, girls’ soccer, Parade took place on Sunday, November 15. fee is $7 ($5 for Y members). Reservation and $12 per child, with a family max of $75. and boys’ and girls’ swimming (Junior Mac- Volunteers and their pet pooches came out must be made in advance. The Y is located Sponsorships are available. Please RSVP to cabi only). to visit residents at DOI, who enjoyed the at 501 Green Lane in Union. RSVP to Jani Jo- the synagogue at offi [email protected] by 12/1. JCC MetroWest will take a delegation visit, including Doris Markowitz, pictured. nas at (908) 289-8112, x 19. to the Mini Maccabi Games (ages 9 and 10) CREDIT: DOI Kean University Presents hosted by the Rockland JCC in West Nyack, Holiday Senior Party ‘Trials of the Holocaust’ NY, on Sunday, May 22, and to the Junior Upcoming Union Y Events The Senior Adult Department at the Y is On December 8, the Kean University Maccabi Games (ages 11 and 12) hosted by Arts Brunch with Dr. Leslie Fishbein hosting its annual Chanukah luncheon on community will honor the memory of Dr. the Katz JCC in Cherry Hill, NJ, on Sunday, The second in a series of ‘arts brunch’ Wednesday, December 9, at 11:15 a.m. There Joseph Preil, founding director of the Hol- May 15. programs, partly funded by a HEART will be a traditional holiday meal: roast ocaust Resource Center, with a lecture en- Tryout information, including dates, Grant from the Union County Board of chicken, potato latkes and jelly doughnuts. titled “Trials of the Holocaust: Nuremberg times and locations, will be posted on Chosen Freeholders, will take place at Entertainment will be from Tuvia Zimbar. to Demjanjuk.” The commemoration will the JCC website (http://jccmetrowest.org/ the YM-YWHA of Union on Sunday, De- The cost is $7 per person ($5 for Y mem- take place as part of the annual Murray sports-recreation/) in December. Tryouts cember 20, at 11:30 a.m. The program will bers). Reservations are necessary; please Pantirer Distinguished Scholar Lecture Se- begin in January. There is no fee to try out feature Dr. Leslie Fishbein presenting a call the Y at 908-289-8112. ries. The program will begin at 7 p.m. in the and no advance registration is required. lecture, “From Shtetl to Ghetto; the Cul- Wilkins Theater at Kean University in Un- Athletes can try out for more than one ture of the Lower East Side.” Having fl ed What All Jews Do on December ion and is free and open to the public. For sport. persecution in the “Old World,” Eastern 25: Chinese Brunch and a Movie more information, contact [email protected]. The Maccabi Games programs are one- European Jews faced much oppression On Friday, December 25, the Y’s adult day events for Jewish athletes. The JCC in the New. After surviving the exploita- department will offer a special “Chinese Union Y Holds Camp teams will compete against other teams tion of the sweatshop and squalor of ten- Lunch and Movie.” The fi lm “The Get: The Chaverim Open House from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, ement life, this discussion examines how Trial of Viviane Amsalem” is the compel- The Union Y will hold a Camp Chaver- Maryland and Delaware. For more informa- Jews adapted and transitioned into the ling Israeli story of a Haredi divorce. It won im Open House on Thursday night, Decem- tion, contact Sherri Feldscher at (973)530- American culture. spectacular acclaim at the Cannes Film Fes- ber 3, at 7:15pm. Pleases join them for infor- 3425 or [email protected].

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201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 33 DVAR TORAH Jacob’s Strategy: A Model for Jewish Leadership?

By Rabbi Dr Tzvi Perhaps more than any other traditional At this point, Jacob humbles himself ex- toward us? Are we to also reject offers of Hersh Weinreb commentator, Ramban insists that we read tremely. “He himself went on ahead and equality and insist upon subsidiary status? these Torah portions closely enough to be bowed low to the ground seven times un- These questions call to mind the nu- Regular readers of able to discover patterns of events that til he was near his brother.” Esau greets merous occasions in our history when they this column on the occurred to the Jewish people centuries, him, embraces him, kisses him and weeps were very relevant to Jewish policy mak- weekly Torah portion and even millennia, after the accounts de- with him. But that does not bring the bow- ers. Even today there are those who, on re- are familiar with my scribed in these readings. ing to an end. The maids and their children ligious grounds, insist that we must not as- style. They know that It is, therefore, no wonder that Ramban bow low, as do Leah and her children, and sert ourselves in the international arena. I usually focus upon some early person- fi nds the opening drama of this week’s par- even Joseph and Rachel “came forward and We must avoid confrontation, even if it al memory and connect it to the parsha. sha, Parshat Vayishlach (Genesis 32:4-36:43), bowed low.” Jacob begs Esau to accept his means forgoing rights and privileges. We Within each parsha, I select a less-known especially signifi cant. By the time we begin gifts, and repeatedly refers to him as “my must follow Jacob’s example, they argue. incident, or relatively minor personality, this week’s Torah reading, we are already lord.” He does not merely humble himself; Others vehemently disagree. They see for refl ection and elaboration. I rarely deal thoroughly familiar with the enmity that he subjugates himself and demeans him- this passive behavior as surrender. For with the major issues of the Torah interpre- Esau bears toward Jacob. Just two weeks self before his brother. The fact that Esau them, this behavior was a nearly fatal fl aw tation, and I steer clear from both grand ago, in Parshat Toldot, we read: “Now Esau has apparently relinquished his enmity that has haunted us throughout the many philosophical themes and the upheavals of harbored a grudge against Jacob because and seems ready to restore brotherly rela- centuries of our galut. world history. of the blessing which his father had given tions does not convince Jacob to cease his It is here that we are advised to carefully This week’s column will be somewhat him, and Esau said to himself, ‘Let but the abject behavior. examine the words of those commentators different from my customary style. I intend mourning period of my father come, and I Eventually, Esau and Jacob take leave who have explored these issues in terms to go beyond my usual microcosmic inter- will kill my brother Jacob.’” Jacob’s moth- of one another. Esau offers, “Let us start of the story of Jacob and Esau’s confron- ests and will instead relate to a macrocos- er, Rebecca, knew of Esau’s hostility, and it on our journey, and I will proceed at your tation. Chief among them is Ramban him- mic phenomenon. I refer to the cyclical na- was at her urging that Jacob fl ed Beershe- pace.” Esau seems ready to offer Jacob self, who criticizes Jacob for humbling him- ture of history, a process epitomized in the ba and sojourned for many years in the equality. But Jacob refuses Esau’s offer and, self before Esau and referring to himself as old adage, “History repeats itself.” This phe- far-away land of Haran, where he married, consistently referring to him as “my lord,” “your servant Jacob.” In fact, Midrash Rabba nomenon is especially important to stu- raised a large family, and amassed signifi - he says, “Let my lord go on ahead of his goes even further and states: “The moment dents of the Book of Genesis, which is read cant wealth. servant, while I travel slowly.” Jacob seems that Jacob referred to Esau as ‘my lord,’ the in the synagogue every Shabbat during this This week, we read of Jacob’s return to to prefer a subsidiary status. Holy One, Blessed Be He, said to him, ‘You time of year. I say this because our Sages Canaan, but not before he must deal with What does all of this mean for future have lowered yourself and designated him have told us that the events of all of Jewish the unavoidable encounter with his hostile relationships between the descendants of as your master eight times. I swear that I history are “repeats” of the narratives we sibling. How does Jacob prepare for this Jacob and the descendants of Esau? If one will install eight kings from among his de- are currently reading and studying. They frightening encounter? The Torah tells us is to take the phrase “ma’aseh avot siman scendants before your descendants ascend have taught us that “ma’aseh avot siman that he prepares in several ways: he read- labanim” seriously, one must consider Ja- to positions of royalty.” labanim—the stories of the Patriarchs are ies himself for battle, he sends gifts ahead cob’s behavior as a blueprint for the Jews’ How telling is the passage in Midrash precursors for what will happen to their de- to try to mollify Esau, and he prays to the relationship with other nations for all fu- Rabba, not on the Book of Genesis, but on scendants.” Almighty. Additionally, we learn that he di- ture time. the Book of Esther, which teaches us that Rabbi Moses ben Nachman, known as vided the people with him into two camps, Is this the prescribed policy for the Jew- Mordecai was chosen to be the hero of the Ramban or Nachmanides, commits him- reasoning that “if Esau comes to one and at- ish nation’s dealings with other nations Purim story, because as a descendant of self, in his renowned commentary, to fi nd- tacks it, the other may yet escape.” We then throughout our history? Are we to bow Benjamin he could courageously and suc- ing predictions of future Jewish events in learn Esau approaches Jacob and his camp, and beg forever, ignoring the conciliatory the narratives of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. accompanied by a small army of 400 men. behaviors that other nations demonstrate  CONTINUED ON P. 39 MAGGID OF BERGENFIELD Vayishlach: Born to Run By Larry Stiefel like two matchsticks, and as for his arms, The week before the New York City fi nally found a way to serve Hashem with let’s just say he wasn’t called up to the To- Marathon came, and the rabbi rose before all of his strength. And for that he is bless- Once, in the town of rah to do hagbah too often. his congregants on Parshat Vayishlach, one ed. East Brunswick, a rab- Still, he knew he had to run the mara- day before he was to stand at the starting “And so, that is why tomorrow I will run bi had a vision. He was thon. Knowing he had a year to prepare, he line in Staten Island. In place of the sallow the New York City Marathon. I will run it to sitting in his little shtie- consulted his running congregant, took out man of a year before stood a small, robust serve Hashem, to serve God with all of my bel on Shabbat after- some books from the library on the marathon, rav, standing tall and proud. strength.” noon, learning Parshat watched Rocky a few times and went to work. “Nu,” said the rabbi. “It’s Parshat Vayish- The rabbi then pulled out a T-shirt from Vayishlach and nosh- He began with short runs—only a few lach. And in this week’s Torah portion, after under his shtender. It was light blue with ing on some egg kichel, when an image hundred yards—and found himself wind- Yaakov Avinu sends his brother Eisav gifts, pink tie dye, and on the back was written: kept appearing in his mind. In his vision, ed by even that small exertion. But over and divides his camp into two in case of ve’ahavta lereiacha kamocha, while on the he saw himself running through Brooklyn the fall and winter he began to build up his war, and prays for salvation, do you know front was: Love your neighbor as yourself. and Queens in athletic shoes, surrounded stamina. First half a mile, then a mile, and what happens?” The small congregation gasped. Some by a mass of other runners. Sometimes he soon the distances were adding up. “Let me tell you! He wrestles with a from shock at the audacity of the rabbi’s would go over a bridge. Sometimes some- By the spring his matchstick legs had malach, an angel. And when the angel and plan, and others from his poor fashion one would hand him a cup of water. But he muscle, and the running rabbi became a Jacob fi ght to a standstill, he doesn’t let the sense. Pink tie dye? In November? just kept running, and so did all the people staple on the neighborhood streets. At fi rst angel go until he gets a bracha, a blessing. “And my pulled hamstring muscle,” con- around him. Every time he looked back at he ran in black pants and a white dress And that’s when Yaakov becomes Yisrael, Is- tinued the rabbi, “it was just like when the his Chumash the vision came back to him. shirt, but his congregants bought him rael, the true father of the Jewish people. angel grabbed Yaakov’s gid hanasheh, Ja- He checked with one of his congregants sweat pants and a modest long-sleeved “My whole life I never understood this cob’s inner thigh, and caused him injury. who was a running enthusiast and discov- T-shirt so that he wouldn’t stand out while story. Why does he fi ght with this angel? It was just one more exertion to serve our ered that what he was describing greatly re- he was pounding the pavement. The rabbi And then last year, when I was learning the Creator.” sembled the New York City Marathon. He replaced his Converse high tops—which he parsha, I fi nally fi gured it out. And so, the rabbi ran the marathon. had his congregant check the calendar, and normally wore only on Yom Kippur—with In Tehillim, the Psalms, it is written: ‘Kol His congregation crossed into the city by sure enough, the next year Parshat Vayish- a pair of Sauconys, and he was on his way. atsmotai tomarna Hashem mi chamocha— bridge and tunnel to cheer him along the lach coincided with the marathon. To the By the summer he was running long With all my bones I will ask, “Who is like way. He fi nished in four hours and nine rabbi this was no mere coincidence. It was distances, but in July he pulled his left ham- You, Hashem?”’ minutes. He made the local TV news in his a sign. It was then that the rabbi decided he string and couldn’t run for three weeks. His “Yaakov had served Hashem every way tie-dyed mitzvah T-shirt. And though una- would run the marathon. congregants tried to console him, but he he could, but he never had the chance ble to walk straight for a week, he fi nished Now, nothing against rabbis. Certainly smiled and reassured them that the injury to serve Him physically. He learned. He with the fastest recorded time in the histo- many of them are in excellent physical con- was all part of Hashem’s plan. He was back prayed. He did whatever was asked of him. ry of the NYC Marathon for any rabbi from dition. Some may even be quite athletic. on the streets by August, and he just kept But up until that point he was more of a New Jersey. This rabbi, however, was not. Though only running. By October he was a lean, mean tent dweller, the biblical version of a couch in his 40s, he was quite frail. His legs were jogging machine. potato. When he fought with the angel, he Larry Stiefel is a pediatrician at Tenafl y Pediatrics.

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By Rabbi Michoel Zylberman (Bereishit 36:12), which the rabbis viewed as quest. At the same time, we inform the pro- had at least speculative grounds for reject- a punishment for not facilitating the con- spective convert of some easier command- ing Timna but were nonetheless punished There is a well- version of a sincere potential convert. Ac- ments and of the reward for proper obser- for doing so. If, however, a beit din were known Talmudic direc- cording to some authorities, facilitating the vance. This is due to the opposite concern: to accept a convert who, unbeknownst to tive to attempt to dis- conversion of a sincere, committed convert if the prospective convert is sincerely moti- them, had ulterior motivations that he or suade a prospective may be included either in the imperative of vated and we fail to inform him that there she deliberately withheld from the beit din, convert through in- ahavat hager, loving the convert, or sub- are also easier elements of observance and the conversion would still be valid post fac- forming him or her of sumed more generally under the mitzvah immense reward for proper observance, we to (Yevamot 24b) (assuming that the con- the vast obligations and of ahavat Hashem, loving God. will unjustifi ably discourage him from what vert sincerely accepted the yoke of obser- responsibilities of a Jew (see Yevamot 47) Bayit Chadash (R. Yoel Sirkus, 1561-1640, would be an appropriate conversion. vance) and the beit din would not be liable and ascertaining his or her sincerity. A mes- Yoreh Deah 268:5) views the detailed instruc- Rabbi Eliyahu Guttmacher (1796-1864; for any wrongdoing. sage derived from this week’s Torah por- tions of the above-referenced Gemara in Ye- Responsum 87) suggests that if a beit din While a beit din must strike an appropri- tion (Vayishlach) provides an important vamot as striking the appropriate balance has doubts about the sincerity of a poten- ate balance between discouraging and en- complementary perspective. The rabbis of between discouraging the insincere convert tial convert but has no credible evidence couraging a prospective convert, there are sit- the Talmud record (Sanhedrin 99b) that our and encouraging the sincere one. The Gema- of lack of sincerity, the orientation of the uations in which the general orientation to forefathers were punished for not allow- ra requires that we initially apprise the in- beit din should be to accept rather than re- push away may be minimized or dispensed ing Timna to convert despite her sincere in- terested party about a sample of complex ject the convert. In his calculation, the con- with entirely. In 1864, as the American Civil tentions. Timna came from royal stock, but mitzvot as well as a sample of simple mitz- sequences of rejecting a genuinely sincere War was raging, Rabbi Bernard Illowy (1814- wanted to embrace the faith of Avraham’s vot. We hope that upon hearing about the convert, as our forefathers did with Tim- 1875), a student of the Chatam Sofer who family. Our forefathers rejected her, and, as complexity of Jewish observance, evidenced na, are more severe than of accepting a can- served as the rabbi of New Orleans, Louisi- we fi nd in this week’s Torah portion, Timna by the selection of complex command- didate who appears sincere to the beit din ana, issued an edict prohibiting local mo- subsequently became a concubine of Elifaz ments and the punishment for noncompli- but may be masking ulterior motivations. halim from circumcising children born to a the son of Esav, and gave birth to Amalek ance, the insincere convert will abandon his He argues that our forefathers presumably union of a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother. 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By Mitchell First er hand, comes from the root ayin, bet, da- of the U.S. changing the name of its “De- It should be understood as if was mantzav. let. It has more of a connotation of toil and partment of War” to “Department of De- What the word really means is: “the situa- At the beginning of obedient work, rather than creative work. fense.” After World War II, the U.S. and oth- tion as it now stands.” (The “standing” im- this week’s parshah, the We now understand why melachah is used er nations made such a change so as not to age is present in English as well. For we word malachim is used. in the context of the creation chapters in appear aggressive anymore.) might say in responding a situation: “How The singular is malach Genesis. In creating the world, God was not The end of the parsha tells us that Yaak- do we stand?”) (mem, lamed, aleph, toiling in the manner of a slave. Rather, He ov built a matzevah (mem, tzade, bet, heh) The moral of both of my discussions is caf). But how precisely was creating and sending His creative ef- by the burial place of Rachel. A matzevah is the same. There is a lot of profundity in the should we translate this forts out. a pillar or monument. What is the root of Hebrew language. But sometimes one has word? Anyone with a basic knowledge of Rabbi S.R. Hirsch, writing in the late this word? to think creatively, e.g., go to a different Se- Hebrew can intuit that the root of this noun 19th century, before the discovery of Ugar- Here, the trick is to realize that the root mitic language, or restore an invisible lost is lamed, aleph, caf. (The initial mem is what itic, sensed all of this. He writes (comm. to of matzevah is nun-tzade-bet. In Hebrew, letter, to discover it. turns the verb into a noun.) But what does Gen. 2:2) “Melachah is not work looked on the letter nun often drops out when the the Hebrew verb L-A-C mean? Throughout as labor or toil… Melachah is a thing which initial mem is added to the verb. The root Mitchell First is an attorney and Jewish history scholar. Tanach, these letters are never used as a has become the bearer and executor of the nun-tzade-bet means “stand” (like parashat His recently published book, “Esther Unmasked: Solv- verb! How do we solve this problem? thought and intention of a mind.” Nitzavim). ing Eleven Mysteries of the Jewish Holidays and Lit- Fortunately, there are other languag- If it were up to me, I would change the Why is this root interesting and rele- urgy” (Kodesh Press, 2015) is available at the Judai- es that are related to Hebrew that can pro- name of Israel’s Misrad Ha-Avodah (Dept. of vant? In Israel today, people always talk ca House in Teaneck and at amazon.com. He can be vide us with clues. Aside from Aramaic, oth- Labor) to Misrad Ha-Melachah. (This all re- about the “matzav.” This word, too, should reached at [email protected]. er languages that are related to Hebrew minds me of the interesting phenomenon be understood as if it once had a nun in it. include: Arabic, Akkadian (the language of Assyria and Babylonia) and Ugaritic. Ugar- Senator Ted Cruz to Join VIP Jews, you are not fulfi lling the teachings of Encouraging Conversion Candidates itic is a language that was not discovered Reception in Englewood Christ. If you will not stand with Israel and  CONTINUED FROM P. 36 until the second quarter of the 20th centu-  CONTINUED FROM P. 29 the Jewish people, then I will not stand ry, when archaeology unearthed an ancient with you.” He then walked off the stage. if those multitudes had not seen the civilization in Syria that once spoke this suggested both Israel and the Palestinians Clearly, Israel has no greater friend in this sounds, the torches, the lightning, the language. After studying Ugaritic, scholars are equally guilty of terrorism. campaign than Senator Ted Cruz. trembling mountains and the shofar realized that it is very close to Hebrew. Many in the Jewish community re- The requested donation is $1000 to blasts, they would not have accepted the It turns out that in Ugaritic, L-A-C was member the video of Senator Cruz that attend. To join the host committee and yoke of heaven. This [convert] did not see used as a verb. It meant “to send.” So a M-L- went viral in September 2014. Senator Cruz participate in a VIP reception with the any of those [signs] and he came to com- A-C is simply “one who is sent.” spoke at a dinner for a group called “In De- Senator prior to the start of the general re- plete himself before Hashem and accept- Our analysis gets more interesting fense of Christians.” When the Senator ception, the cost is $5400 per person, or a ed upon himself the yoke of heaven. Is when we realize that the word melachah mentioned in his remarks that “Christians commitment to raise $10,000. there someone more precious than that? (“work) is related. But what is the precise in the Middle East have no greater ally The VIP reception will be held from relationship between “send” and “work”? than the State of Israel,” there were boos 8:30-9:30pm and will be followed by the Rabbi Michoel Zylberman serves as sgan menahel And what is the difference between mel- and catcalls from pro-Hezbollah audience general reception from 9:30-10:30. For (associate director) of the Beth Din of America and achah and avodah? Based on our analysis, members. The Senator put aside his pre- more information or to RSVP, please con- as geirut (conversion) coordinator of the Rabbinical it seems that melachah is called this be- pared remarks and told the crowd “Those tact Lila Ontiveros at [email protected] or Council of America. 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38 November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS) Suggestions For a Revised Yeshiva Curriculum

By Rabbi Dani Staum Truthfully, how is a former yeshiva bochur supposed to know what a pars- There is an ongoing nip looks like? The fi rst time my wife raging debate whether told me to bring home parsnip I brought our contemporary edu- home horseradish. [I was wondering cational system is ade- why she was putting fresh maror in the quately preparing our chicken soup…] She still loves to tell that children for life. Many story over. Now when I shop I often ask of the skills necessary a passing female shopper about certain for success in school are simply not so im- vegetables. When the woman invariably portant in life, and vice versa. The ques- laughs at the question, I reply that the tion thus becomes how we can best utilize Gemara doesn’t discuss what a scallion our children’s formative years to give them looks like. practical tools and knowledge that they “Flowers 103”—Before getting mar- will be able to use for the rest of their lives. ried, yeshiva guys have to realize that Personally, I have a few propositions for fl our is not only the stuff that goes into topics and classes that I believe our yeshi- cake and kugel. The fi rst time I walked vot should be adopting. I, for one, would into a fl orist after I got married (which in- have had an easier time if I was better cidentally was the fi rst time I walked into trained in these areas. Following are just a a fl orist in my life) and the fl orist asked few of my suggestions: me what I wanted, I replied that I wanted “Jewelry and Sheitels 101”—No, a little to buy fl owers. When she asked me what bracelet from the quarter machine outside kind, I told her the ones that go in a vase ShopRite is not a good-enough gift for your and die two days later. Boy, would it have wife (even as a joke). As ancient wisdom saved me some embarrassment if I knew teaches, if you want to remember your the difference between a rose, a hydran- anniversary, just forget it once! My moth- gea and a cactus. er once quipped to me that she could buy After our eldest was born, I went to my four women’s hats for the price of one of usual fl orist to purchase Shabbos fl owers. my hats. I responded that I could buy fi ve She asked me if I wanted baby’s breath as expensive hats for the price of her cheap- fi ller, but I replied that, thank God, we now est sheitel. Part of the class should include had our own source of baby’s breath (and a fi eld trip to a local jewelry store. The stu- crying) at home. dents should look at all of the various types If our yeshivot gave these three class- of jewelry and at the price tags. Then, when es it would tremendously help our young they get back from the store their rebbeim men prepare for life. But good luck fi nding should convince them that they still must male teachers to teach the classes. get married. “Vegetables and Grocery Shopping Rabbi Dani Staum, LMSW is the rabbi of Kehillat New 102”—Have you ever seen a man shopping Hempstead, as well as guidance counselor and fi fth without holding a cell phone? Yes, wom- grade rebbe in ASHAR, and principal at Mesivta Ohr en talk on their phones too while they are Naftoli of New Windsor, and a division head at Camp shopping, but their conversations are about Dora Golding. He also presents parenting classes based everything and anything under the sun. A on the acclaimed Love and Logic methods. His email man’s shopping conversation, however, is address is: [email protected]. His website is: centered around trying to fi gure out: which www.stamtorah.info. brand, which aisle and how many?

Intellectual honesty demands that I at Jacob’s Strategy: A Model least refer to other traditional commentar- for Jewish Leadership? ies which value Jacob’s behavior and do rec-  CONTINUED FROM P. 34 ommend it as a model for future confron- tations between Jews and their enemies. cessfully defy Haman. Benjamin was the Thus, the Midrash Lekach Tov suggests only one of Jacob’s children who did not that all Jewish leaders who fi nd themselves bow before Esau. Benjamin was not yet dealing with the leaders of other nations born at the time of the story of Jacob’s en- are to study this week’s Torah portion and counter with Esau. to learn from it strategies of appeasement These passages in the writings and and compromise. The 16th-century Jewish teachings of our Sages do not see Jacob’s Italian commentator, Rabbi Obadiah Sfor- behavior as the perfect model for future re- no, also adopts this position and lauds Ja- lationships between the Jews and their en- cob’s tactics. emies. They fi nd Jacob’s behavior weak and There are no easy answers to the dilem- ultimately ineffective. Instead, they glori- mas of leadership. But the leaders of today fy Mordecai and Matityahu, heroes of the are well advised to study this week’s parsha stories of Purim and Hanukkah. Can it be well, with all of its diverse interpretations, just a coincidence that in little more than a and decide for themselves which tactics to week we will recall and joyously celebrate choose at today’s crucial juncture of world the Hanukkah story and Matityahu’s coura- history. Personally, I am convinced that if geous leadership? they do study the parsha, they may fi nd The medieval commentary authored by that there were times when Jacob’s way Ba’al Haturim puts it this harshly: “Jacob’s was sadly necessary. But I wager that to- fear of Esau, addressing him as ‘my lord,’ day they will fi nd the strategies of Morde- caused his descendants to become exiles cai and Matityahu more compelling. I pray among the other nations.” Another com- that they will fi nd them effective. mentary reminds us of an ancient proverb: To read more articles and essays by Rab- “He who makes himself a sheep will be de- bi Weinreb, go to http://www.ou.org/torah/ voured by the wolves.” parsha-series/rabbi-weinreb-on-parsha.

201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 39 SMS RESPONSA Shu”t SMS—Cellular Responsa From Rav Aviner and Rav Eliyahu

Translated By Tzvi but is it more important to remain con- Rav Eliyahu: We cannot allow our ene- Silver, JLNJ Israel nected to Am Yisrael? mies to decide when we can travel to the Rav Aviner: You may stop. The Chafetz holy city Jerusalem. When have we ever giv- Rav Shlomo Chaim Chaim told his son, Rav Leib, to stop read- en up on Jerusalem? “I will not give sleep to Aviner is the French- ing the newspaper, summing up all of the my eyes... until I fi nd a place for God!” (Te- Rav Shlomo Aviner Rav Shmuel Eliyahu born head of Yeshivat news in one sentence: There are still prob- hilim 132) Specifi cally now, we must go to Ateret Yerushalayim in lems in the world. Jerusalem, and keep on going! we’ll be ready to fi ght for this place (the the Old City of Jerusa- The Wave of Terror: What are we sup- Hastening the Redemption: What can Temple Mount) with at least as much sacri- lem. Rav Shmuel Eliyahu, son of the famed posed to do to deal with this scary wave of we do in order to bring the redemption and fi ce as the Arabs. Rishon Lezion (Israeli Sefardi chief rabbi) attacks? the redeemer? Educating Tzniut: From what age Rav Mordechai Eliyahu zt”l, is the chief Se- Rav Aviner: We’ve been at war since the Rav Eliyahu: Learn the importance of should one be careful about a long skirt fardi rabbi of Tzefat. Together they answer establishment of the state, and our fi ght- the Bet Hamikdash (Holy Temple) to the and shirt for a young girl? Should this be about 400 questions every day about Juda- ers have won great wars; kal vachomer, this world. Learn about the spiritual and phys- done in stages? ism, halacha and philosophy, as well as the small wave of terror (in comparison, this is ical infl uence that its construction would Rav Eliyahu: It’s worthwhile to start at occasional gem of advice, via SMS messages. is nothing). bring to the world. Learn about how close age three to, slowly and surely, wear tzanua They publish their best ones every week in VeNishmartem L’Nafshoteichem: Is it we will be to G-d in the time of the Bet (modest) clothing. At gil chinuch (age of re- the Olam Katan Shabbat newsletter. Shu”t alright to avoid going around Jerusalem Hamikdash, of active hashra’at haShechi- ligious education, around six years old), to SMS questions can be sent to Rav Aviner at during these days to fulfi ll “venishmartem” na (Divine infl uence). Love of God will be be more on top of it. By the age of nine, +972 52-3653028. (“And you should keep yourself safe” lit.— open and obvious, and life will be abun- there is a complete obligation to dress in a Listening to the News: Is it okay to stop guard yourself, Devarim 4), or is this a sign dant. There will be no more wars in this tzanua manner. listening to the news? It stresses me out, of missing faith? What’s the boundary? world. At all. We must work on this until Dogs in the Shul: Is one allowed to bring a dog into a shul if it’s a service dog for someone who is handicapped? Rav Eliyahu: This is a debate between the Acharonim (later sages). It’s best to leave the dog outside of the building, or at least the shul itself. If he needs the dog with him, he should sit near an exit, or keep the hErE s dog next to him so that other congregants won’t see it. Prayer and Pronunciation: Does a Teim- ani (Yemenite Jew, known to have a notice- ably different pronunciation of ritual He- NEvEr brew) or Ashkenazi need to pray with a pronunciation that’s not his usual one? Rav Eliyahu: One is not obligated to pray or speak with a Teimani, Ashkenazi, etc. A NE pronunciation. He can pray with which- ever pronunciation he’s used to, which he speaks with. God understands prayer with the Jewish pronunciation. He doesn’t need to hear you specifi cally in a Teimani pro- N NE nunciation, or an Ashkenazi one, or any other for that matter. One who tries to pray with a pronunciation that he’s not used to will disturb his prayer and likely those around him as well. Even if you’re used to [this other pronunciation of prayers as well], and you’re in a place where they pray this way, you should nonetheless continue in the customs of your parents. Printed in Olam Katan on November 6, 2015, edited by Rav Mordechai Zion. Reprint- ed and translated with permission.

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40 November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM A TEEN’S PERSPECTIVE A Terrible Week in Review

By Oren Oppenheim ry out attacks like this. And I have friends care about what happens to innocent peo- people being hurt and killed. And as I write with connections to France (family, study ple in Lebanon.) this now on Saturday night, Belgium is on “...The evil man shall abroad)—I can’t imagine what they must’ve On Tuesday, my school hosted Israel edge because of the threat of a potential not be unpunished; but felt when all of this happened. Night, where representatives from many terror attack. I can’t bear to think of what the seed of the righteous That night, as I also began to hear more different yeshivot and seminaries through- could happen, God forbid... shall escape.” —Mishlei about what had happened in France, I also out Israel came to the Ramaz Upper School In the face of all of this, it’s hard to (Proverbs) 11:21 (translation began to hear about terrorism that had hap- to showcase their programs. I’m hoping to know what to do that’ll make me feel bet- from Mechon-Mamre) pened in Beirut, Lebanon. Forty-three peo- be able to do a gap year in Israel—I don’t ter. Excruciatingly hard. I can say Tehil- As I write this, I’m thinking back to ple were wounded and over 120 were killed know for sure if I’ll be able to, but my fam- lim and give speeches and raise awareness this past week. It was probably one of by suicide bombers—and just like in the ily and I are working on making it happen. and raise money and so on... and yet it still the tougher weeks I’ve had in a long time. France attacks, ISIS claimed to be respon- But Ramaz’s Israel Night ended up happen- doesn’t feel like it’ll help. Nothing can bring And it had nothing to do with schoolwork sible. I don’t want to go into the debate ing at a seemingly unfavorable time. Later back the victims of terror; nothing can ful- (there was the usual amount, nothing too right now over whether there’s been a dou- that week, as you may have heard, there was ly heal the scars left on France, Lebanon, Is- major) or tests (only one small history test) a spate of terror attacks in Israel carried out or college apps (this week marked the end by Palestinian extremists, killing fi ve peo- of my break from working on them, but ple, including Ezra Schwartz, an American that’s another story). It had to do with student at Yeshivat Ashreinu who was mur- events happening thousands of miles away dered as he was heading back to the yeshiva from me, yet still events that saddened me from a chesed outing. The horror of it all hit more than I expected. me on more than one level—a boy around Last week, on Shabbos morning, I came my age... someone who a decent amount of home from youth minyan and went up- my friends know... someone doing the very stairs to say hello to my mother, and that’s thing I hope to do next year... brutally mur- when I saw the headline on the front page ble standard, that the media has been cov- dered. It makes me nervous—whether that’s rael, Mali and Belgium. I mean, as cliche as of The Record. My heart began to pound. ering France more and that people have rational or not—for all of my friends and it sounds, I want to stay hopeful. I believe “This is bad,” I told my mom as I started to been caring less about the attack in Bei- family in Israel. And what will this mean for that there can be peace in the world, and read about what had happened in France. rut. I think that is a serious discussion that my year in Israel? Right now, I still want to that one day the world will stop hurting. That was certainly an understatement. One should be had, but I also think that right go for a year, but what are things going to be But, right now, it’s hard to think of that hundred and thirty people killed while at now we should all just try to keep Beirut like by the time I’m ready to get on the plane day. Because I can’t stop hurting. cafes, concerts and the like? Hundreds in- in mind and to know that it’s just as sig- to Ben-Gurion Airport? jured? The entire country paralyzed by nifi cant as everything else. (Also, when it On Friday, there was more terrible Oren Oppenheim, 18, is a senior at Ramaz Upper School fear? The scale of it all was hard for me comes to something like this, I fi nd it ir- news: a hostage crisis in Mali. Twenty-one in Manhattan and lives in Fair Lawn, NJ. He spends his to comprehend. And of course, the scari- relevant that Israel and Lebanon are tech- people were killed when gunmen (from an free time writing and reading, and hopes to become a est part—it was an attack that ISIS claimed nically enemies. Given that I’m not in the al-Qaeda affi liate, no less) took control of a published novelist and a journalist. You can email him to have carried out. Suddenly, the threat of governments of either one, I do have the Radisson hotel and took dozens of people at [email protected] and see his photogra- ISIS seemed more real than ever, if the or- power to speak up for each one, and while captive. I have no real connection to Mali, phy at facebook.com/orenphotography. ganization is now powerful enough to car- my loyalties do lie with Israel, I can still but still—that doesn’t matter; there are still

201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 41 HUMOR Don’t Be Scared

By Banji Latkin Ganchrow adults did, the kids took a little bit longer cause once you are dead, you are dead. But a little bit nuts. Denial is a powerful emo- because they needed concrete evidence your stuff still remains. And your family tion, one that keeps us from staying in What are you most that things like that don’t happen often. remains and then they are sad, unless, of bed all day with the shades closed and the afraid of? Some people But it was scary and very real. And taught course, your family doesn’t like you and lights off. are afraid of spiders; some a life lesson that sometimes bad things do then they throw a party. But seriously, if There are so many bad things that can people are afraid of the happen to good people for no reason at all. the point of these terrorists is to scare us, happen. Every single day we put ourselves dark. When I was little, my brother and So when we heard the news about the or more specifi cally, to scare me, it does; I out there and just pray that our families I would run upstairs from the basement horrible attacks in France, we could only know that I am going to die the way God and our friends will be safe; sometimes for fear that someone was chasing us. imagine how scared all of those people wants me to, and I have no idea how that that works and sometimes that doesn’t No one was ever chasing us, but we were were. The people who got dressed up to is; hit by a truck, poisoned by husband #1... work. Watching the news these past few convinced someone was down there with go out on a Friday night in one of the most The possibilities are endless, but we can- days has not been so helpful. Obama us. When sons #1 and 2 would want to tor- beautiful cities in the world, not know- not be afraid to leave our homes and go seems to have a serious case of denial, but ture son #3, they would turn the lights off ing that they would never return home spend the day in the city because whatev- I didn’t vote for him so even though it is while leaving him alone in the playroom. again. They have the pictures of the faces er is going to happen is going to happen my problem, it really isn’t. I just keep one This never ended well. of all those who were murdered. College and there isn’t anything I can do about it. foot in front of the other, tell my kids that After our neighbor’s house exploded, kids and older folks, people just like any- And being scared in front of your kids only I love them every single day, even if it an- we kept the shades closed facing the prop- one you or I would know. Because the big- makes them scared and that is just no fun noys the bejabbers out of them, and hope erty so we wouldn’t have to relive those gest fear about everything that is going on at all. that God is watching over all of us and pro- fears every day. That was a real fear. Some- is that it is an unknown. That is how the I think of Israel and how they must feel tecting us from the incredible evil that is one we knew and lived next door to for terrorists like it. Am I going to a Billy Joel every single day. I have always said that I all around us. May the people protecting over 10 years had died in that explosion. concert with my sister and then I am go- cannot really comment on what they go us know what they are doing and may God We were witness to the devastation. So, for ing to get shot by some crazy person? Am through for several reasons. The fi rst be- watch over all of us and keep us safe here, a while we would have bad dreams, and I afraid of that? Or, am I more scared that ing I haven’t even been to Israel in over 12 in Israel and wherever else we may be. when we would see the PSE&G truck that I will get shot by some crazy person and years, so who am I to be all “I know what said “worry free” on the side, we would then someone is going to go through all they are going though.” I have no idea. But Banji Ganchrow is not afraid of spiders, or camel crick- laugh and say, “Worry free? How about of my personal belongings and my jour- I do know that unless they put it in the ets for that matter, as she is the only one in the house not.” So with some time and much con- nals and fi nd out what I have been think- back of their minds and live their lives just who is in charge of pest control. versation, we got through those fears. The ing about people for all of these years. Be- as they want, they would probably go just Have you checked out our Facebook page? We now have over 5,000 likes! Come and see what you are missing: www.facebook.com/JLinkNJ

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201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 43 NEW IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD Giving Thanks Through Tears

By Rabbi Mordechai not someone we know closely it is about and Nina Glick someone that we know of indirectly, and we as Jews have the sensitivity and caring As we are drawn abilities to hurt with others even if they are into the excitement of not closely related to us. Scholars-in-Residence Thanksgiving, we re- We believe that, yes, we do absolutely RABBI ARYEH LEBOWITZ mind ourselves that this same holiday is go ahead and celebrate. We are more than Beis Haknesses of celebrated in Montreal on a Monday in Oc- fortunate and appreciative that we have a North Woodmere, NY tober. Frequently it would coincide with ei- homeland that we can consider our own. DR. MARC SHAPIRO ther Sukkot or Simchat Torah and if not, We should be celebrating the heroism of Noted Educator, Author, Lecturer other than giving people a free day, few everyday Israelis who are going on with FREE JET SKIING & SPA TREATMENTS would celebrate it. their lives. We should be applauding the ALL DAY BEACH BBQS This year, as we look forward to get- young adults who are protecting our coun- GLATT KOSHER ting together with our family to partake in try in the IDF. We should be more under- CHOLOV YISROEL the usual gluttonous feast, we are especial- standing of the complexities of being a ly aware of the atrocities facing our family member of the Israeli government. Instead in Eretz Yisrael. Each person living in Israel of criticizing them we should stand beside should be considered a relative. whatever decisions they are making. We should be celebrating the knowledge we have that there is a homeland waiting for us to return to. The Jews in Eastern Europe during the Holocaust did not have that lux- ury. We know that no matter when, if need- Scholar-in-Residence ed, we have a real home. RABBI ARI LAMM Each eulogy that was delivered at Ezra’s Jewish Center funeral spoke of the gratefulness that was Upper West Side, NY felt that he had time in Israel even if it was for a short period and so tragically ended. Do we go ahead and celebrate while There was no remorse and no bitterness. others are living through each day with Throughout was a tone of gratitude for the fear? Do we have a right to be joyful while life that he had; for what he had contribut- the Schwartz family in Sharon is sitting ed to the family, to the community and to shiva for their son Ezra? In fact, we all are his friends. faced each day with horrendous news con- Yes. Absolutely we should enjoy Thanks- fronting friends and family that we are giving and remember each day that we are close with. Illness and death are just two surrounded by wondrous blessings, and es- horrors that we hear about each day. If it is pecially a worldwide network of family.

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By Wallace Greene tion for Computer-Mediated Learning” the cost of instruction per pupil by an aver- vice when we overstate the ability of these fi lls in the gaps for the most recent years. age of around $1,000 annually. This is signif- tools and techniques to “transform” Jewish There has been Chana counters by quoting from the icant, but is probably not the difference in education. At this time, these approaches much discussion lately same study: “In recent experimental and a family being able to afford day school tu- can merely solve problems at the margins about blended learning quasi-experimental studies contrasting ition. With regards to potential variations of our educational institutions and ought and its potential prom- blends of online and face-to-face instruc- in the Jewish day school sector, a recent not to be models around which to build an ise for day schools. Cha- tion with conventional face-to-face classes, Avi Chai report on blended learning walks entire school. na German, who directs blended instruction has been more effec- back earlier promises of massive cost sav- Chana writes that her interest in pro- the Lookstein Center’s tive, providing a rationale for the ef- ings associated with the instructional moting online learning in Jewish day Virtual Jewish Academy fort required to design and im- technique, explicitly stating: “New in- schools arises from two separate issues: and Russel Neiss, director of educational plement blended approaches. cubated [blended learning] schools First, the pedagogy. Behind a well-designed technology at G-dcast, a website that dis- Even when used by itself, on- have not yet provided evidence online course—and she stresses the term seminates educational Torah materials, are line learning appears to offer of cost savings.” “well-designed”—is the premise that stu- at the forefront of this debate. Their ex- a modest advantage over con- The data on a fully online dents should be challenged both in terms of tended conversation on the Lookjed web- ventional classroom instruc- learning environment is some- content and skill. Of course, this should be site for educators is presented here in an tion.” The article then goes on what better (savings of rough- the foundation of any face-to-face course, edited and condensed format. to list several caveats, which ly $4,000 on average per stu- but unfortunately it is not always the case. Russel rejects the unproven argu- are relevant, although the bot- dent). There are a number of Good online courses are based in construc- ments negating the effi cacy of blended tom line is still the bottom line: (quite excellent) online cours- tivist theory, allow for ample personal re- learning, i.e., their alleged ability to im- online learning is more effective es, but they do not constitute fl ection and collaborative learning. They prove the learning of our students, and than face-to-face instruction. a full school curriculum and also promote the study of “twenty-fi rst cen- their effi ciency, i.e., their ability to alleg- She invites Russel to read her the majority of schools utilizing tury skill set” in a learning environment edly save money by putting teachers out article “What Jewish Educational these courses are rarely doing so in a that lends itself to those skills. of work. Regarding their effi cacy: Study af- Leaders Need to Know about On- fully online environment; they’re do- One of the Lookstein Center’s Virtual ter study continue to suggest that while line Education.” She is also wary ing it in a blended learning schooling Jewish Academy’s four strategic objectives there may be some promise to these ap- about any edtech trend that is structure, therefore mitigating the over the next fi ve years is to promote the proaches, they have not proven to be any going to “save” K-12 education. potential fi nancial gains. redesign/reimagining of Jewish schools for more effective at actually increasing stu- Russel writes that on cost To be sure, there are some fabu- this century. We are hopeful that schools dent achievement at a K-12 level than “tra- savings, the data is no better lous uses for this sort of technology. that undergo an internal assessment of ditional” learning. (See “Evaluation of Evi- (and in some cases signifi cantly worse) Blended and online learning have proven their instruction and implement changes dence-Based Practices in Online Learning: for the proponents of instruction via ICT. themselves to be quite effective at helping will emerge as more robust institutions. A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online There has not been one single large-scale at-risk students, or for offering Advanced Second, Jewish day schools have a Learning Studies” for a review on the rel- study showing any signifi cant cost savings Placement classes or other electives to in- unique instructional/fi nancial model. evant research from 1996-2008.) A recently of blended learning. The closest we have is dividual/small groups of students who it While they spend about 70-80 percent of released National Education Policy Center a single report by the Thomas B. Fordham would be otherwise impractical fi nancial- their budget on instruction, they are run- report, “New Interest, Old Rhetoric, Limit- Institute that suggests, given the right cir- ly to do so. However, we do ourselves, our ed Results and the Need for a New Direc- cumstances, blended learning can lower students and other constituents a disser-  CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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Blended Learning: A Solution to “There is more, but that is, in a nutshell, Russel agrees that this is the crux of the doesn’t come with all of the normal bag- the Day School Tuition Crisis? what we are trying to do. LVJA is a project of disagreement. In too many school environ- gage of a “normal (or even semi-normal)”  CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE The Lookstein Center, an organization that ments (particularly those that are not stu- classroom setting. has advocated for Jewish schools and Jew- dent-centered or based in constructivism) Chana agrees. ning at about 70 percent capacity (these are ish educators for thirty years. We did not en- students do learn how to communicate/ Russel writes that this brings us back the fi gures given by Jewish Funders Net- ter the online learning game lightly. We are collaborate, but in ways that are some- to how we each read differently the U.S. work on their report on Jewish day school not claiming to be offering a comprehen- what antithetical to what we as educators Dept. of Education’s meta-analysis we sustainability and affordability). Most Jew- sive solution to the day school tuition crisis. want them to do. As an example: They an- were talking about earlier. For him, those ish day schools boast low student-teacher But we do hope that we are mov- swer questions with the answer caveats are at the core of what makes ratios. In fact, while a maximum class size ing in the right direction— they think we want them “good” teaching good, and why he disre- may be 25, often classes are made up of 12- pushing schools to reim- to say rather than what gards the “bottom line” statement that 18 students. Many schools have even small- agine what education they believe. They comes before it—because, without good er classes. And schools—because they are looks like and pro- engage with each pedagogy it doesn’t matter if the model is in competition with other day schools or viding a high-qual- other in conver- fi nancially viable or not. independent schools, because they are lo- ity instruction- sation in ways “Perhaps I haven’t given enough cre- cated in small communities, or because al tool which that demonstrate dence to the power of this stuff being new they want to meet the needs of their stu- schools can im- they “know” how and the ability to sneak proper pedagogy in dents/parent body—often offer courses at plement respon- they’re supposed through the back... but at the same time, es- a fi nancial loss. That is, they will offer Ad- sibly when ap- to “communi- pecially in the nature of the work that I’m vanced Mandarin, Robotics, or Advanced propriate.” cate” in a class- frequently engaged in now, so many people Talmud or whatever the course in de- Russel re- room setting, but think that the mere presence of anything mand—to a group of 5 students, without turns to the ped- they don’t actual- digital has magical transformative power, grasping (or disregarding) the fi nancial im- agogic piece. He ly share what they and they could care less about the context plications. The math just does not add up: feels that many of actually believe. of the stuff (pedagogically or historically). reassigning a teacher to a course like this the so-called 21st-cen- They “collaborate” in I wish that I could say that these folks are or hiring a part-time instructor will cost the tury skills (creativity/in- group work to the ex- the minority—but there is so much more school more than the proportional tuition novation, research fl uency, tent that they get the work rubbish out there in this space than people that the school will receive in exchange for communication and collabora- done, but not to push them- actually doing it well.” teaching this course. tion, critical thinking/problem solving, etc.) selves above or beyond the minimum— Chana: “I agree. Thoughtful and pur- What if, in addition to not overspend- are actually better served offl ine—and of- put simply they have “learned” how to “do poseful educational technology projects ing on these courses, they were able to in- ten without computers. The tech can make school” and to hit all the right metrics on are few and far between. But maybe we crease their course offerings and increase things more effi cient, but how many times a teacher rubric, but they haven’t actually should focus in on your optimism there—a their ability to offer individualized atten- have you seen the limitations of a technical engaged in any serious thinking or wres- few dedicated and passionate people, new tion to students? Perhaps schools would tool or the limitations of a particular pro- tling with the content... “and here’s where and exciting learning tools, a fi eld that be able to retain their student enrollment, gram/website actually hinder those things? you may be right with a well-designed on- needs intervention. Could be a winning and probably, to increase it. Schools with Chana differs. She sees the package of line class.” combination.” low enrollment could grow because they skills in the context of the Internet. Kids Online learning is new to them. And as would have more course offerings for stu- have learned how to communicate and col- much as folks talk about “digital natives” Dr. Wallace Greene, a veteran educator, was the direc- dents. Schools with higher enrollments laborate in face-to-face environments since since none of us know how one is sup- tor of Jewish Educational Services at the Jewish Fed- would be able to keep students in one class preschool. But the online version of those posed to engage in an online course—you eration of Northern NJ for a decade, has served as a and differentiate instead of separate (e.g., skills, skills that students need for their ed- have an opportunity to start fresh. To make day school principal, most notably at the Joseph Kush- 25 students in one class, 26 students divid- ucational and professional skills, can’t be up the rules from the start. To engage with ner Hebrew Academy, and was the founder of the Si- ed into two classes of 13 each). learned in a face-to-face environment. them in a way that frankly, if set up well, nai Schools.

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Do something— Without question, goal setting is a re- centers on the sequence of the menorah comes to Chanukah, the issue of stringen- anything—that will get you moving in the ally important component of any growth lighting, as in whether it should be “top- cy does not appear to be at play. Rather, the right direction. From there, you can build process. We need to know where we want down” (light a full eight lights on the fi rst question centers on sequence and direc- slowly but surely until you have reached to go if we are to ever arrive at our destina- evening and then one fewer candle each tion. your goal. tion. Seek to develop a clear picture with successive night, the opinion of Bais Sham- I once heard an explanation for this de- In essence, this debate is one of style, rich detail, where you are able to describe mai) or “bottom-up” (the view of Bais Hillel, bate from Rabbi Akiva Tatz. He said that not substance. Everyone agrees that the our goal in actionable terms as well as in in which we begin with one candle and the argument here was about how we ap- purpose of lighting the menorah—besides how you would feel from achieving your continually add one candle until the last proach growth processes such as Chanu- for the need to publicize the miracle and objectives. night, when we light eight candles. This is kah. According to Bais Shammai, the fi rst express appreciation for it—is to engage in But, no goals, no matter how lofty and the opinion that we follow). step in achieving growth is to envision the our own light-fi lling process. exciting, can be advanced without an ac- The argument is also quite unusual. In fi nished product. 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But the viders were content to patiently let them Yossi Faber earned his MBA in healthcare magna cum ing a man who—not for the fi rst time— carrier’s contracts stated that valid claims sort it out. laude from the joint Mount Sinai School of Medicine— got medical bills that he couldn’t sort out. had to be submitted by the medical pro- But the outcome could have been bad Zicklin School of Business program at CUNY Baruch. He That’s not terribly unusual, as many medi- viders within 90 days from the date medi- for Anthony. He could have been sent is a member of two healthcare industry-focused net- cal bills are generated in a most confusing cal services were rendered, and it was now to collections by the providers, and they works of expert professionals, and is an invited lectur- manner, and can be diffi cult to make sense well past that, so it didn’t want to pay. Nev- would have had legitimate paperwork with er at major medical centers and state medical societies. of. 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By Renee Nussbaum “check-in” or “check-out” times at the Yud- signifi cant, meaningful and productive, Hashem at the center of their lives and Part I Inn; all are welcomed and no one is ever qualitatively and quantitatively. Thus, to defer their own needs to those of oth- made to feel they have overstayed their they enjoyed the wealth they accumu- ers. This consistency of character, in good The Rambam, in his visit. Like Avraham and Sara, the Rabbi lated, but also used their gifts for the no- times and bad, through peace and chaos, commentary on the To- and Shevi continue to prioritize the needs ble purposes of serving God, spreading joy and sadness, empowered them to stay rah, repeatedly refer- of others over their own. the message of monotheism and show- the course. In remaining true servants of ences the well-known There are many ways in which the ering their loving kindness, even onto God and an eizer k’negdo, to one another, truism, “Ma’aseh avot si- life of the Yudins parallels that of Avra- strangers; moreover, as Chazal explains, they always knew that someone had their man lebanim—The actions of our fore- ham and Sara, but it is the rich lessons their actions refl ected a remarkable de- back. There are so many examples of how fathers are signposts for their children offered in Parshat Chayei Sara that res- gree of consistency. Neither the passage they helped each other, or stepped out to follow.” Indeed, the lessons I learned onate most strongly for me. Rabbi Jona- of time, nor the physical alterations re- of their respective comfort zones in or- from our Avot and Imahot, trailblazers in than Sacks, among other commentators, fl ected in the aging process, resulted in der to advance the destiny of our nation; charting a pathway for transcending all notes the serenity refl ected in the word- the typical changes we experience over this was the true measure of their shared the challenges life throws one’s way, are ing of the pesukim, which sum up the sto- time. In the case of Sara, her innocence greatness. invaluable. Yet, it was raising our fami- ry of this fi rst couple; almost immediate- and beauty of youth, inside and out, re- Indeed, understanding and incorpo- ly and growing to maturity in Fair Lawn, ly, the striking resemblance between both mained stable throughout her life; she rating the ideals portrayed in the lives of exposed to the passion, love, simcha and couples in their ability to sustain the pas- was not bothered by age because she val- Avraham and Sara, and the true-to-life ex- kindness with which our dear Rabbi and sion and energy of their youth throughout ued and used the wisdom that accompa- amples of the Rabbi and Shevi, empower Shevi Yudin serve Hashem and mankind, their lives is visible. As a result, each seg- nied it over the beauty that may have di- us to believe that we, too, can reach for that also had a very signifi cant impact on ment of their lives is signifi cant, produc- minished. A novel twist, offered by Rabbi these same ideals. my life. tive and meaningful. Moreover, the peace Jonathan Sacks on the insights of the Reb- This past year, Shevi revealed an im- In the last article we discussed the no- of mind and serenity they experience has be, resonates most strongly for me, not pressive show of courage in staying the tion of a “Holding Environment; a thera- nothing to do with the anticipation many only because it also crops up in a mod- course in the face of acute pain and the peutic, healing tool, used when the ordi- have for spending their “Golden Years,” in ern-day theory of psychosocial develop- prospect of double knee surgery. She de- nary vicissitudes of life are overwhelming, “leisure”-oriented retirement villages, pop- ment, but also because it speaks to the layed the surgery because she felt she had or when pain, suffering and trauma ularly known as “camp for adults.” Just as similarities between our own Rabbi and obligations to complete before she could makes life too hard to bear. Under these we cannot imagine Avraham and Sara liv- Shevi, and the Patriarchal couple. allow herself the luxury of taking care of conditions, one’s life can come to a com- ing a dream retirement within the con- Typically, as a child moves through her own needs. As I sat next to Shevi in plete standstill; and it’s within the safe ha- fi nes of a “Century Village,” so, too, is the each psychosocial stage of development, shul, the Shabbat prior to her surgery, she ven of the “holding environment” that al- word “retirement” absent in the dictionary he or she achieves the character traits or was near tears; her concern and sadness, lows the healing process to begin. This of the Rabbi and Shevi. Moreover, through milestones intrinsic to that stage. Thus, however, was not prompted by the antic- need for meaningful connections and all the challenges Sara and Avraham faced, in the early phases of life, an infant and ipation of the pain she knew she would non-traumatic, reciprocal and supportive they continued to step out of themselves young child begins to place his faith in experience, or the “fun” activities or even relationships as prerequisite for growth and remained present with God and their the adults around him; if life goes well day-to-day routines she would have to and development, is fi rst found in the shared mission; that is why their lives are for him, his personality is formed with a temporarily defer, nor did she look for- Bereishit stories; and each year, as I read summed up in such a positive way: “And strong sense of trust that his needs will ward to the long-needed rest period that about the well-lived lives of Avraham and Sara’s lifetime was a hundred years, twen- be met by the signifi cant others in his life. she could come to enjoy during her conva- Sara, I am always reminded of the Rabbi ty years and seven years; the years of Sara’s Still, as the child matures, and life hap- lescence. Rather, her distress was brought and Shevi. From the day they moved into life (Bereishit: 23:1). And Avraham was old, pens, he realizes that trust can be com- on by the time she would miss in shul dur- town the two have been busy 24/7, look- advanced in days, and the Lord had bless- promised and his initial confi dence in ing her recovery period and the fact that ing for ways to make the world a better ed Abraham [and Sara] with everything others is diminished. In a similar fashion, she would now be a recipient of chesed, place. Since they are so passionate about (Ibid, 24: 1-12); “Now these are the days of young adults enter a stage whereby they rather than the one to shower others with their mission, it appears that Hashem has, the years of Avraham’s life which he lived: develop a sense of idealism and zealous- her generous measures of love and kind- baruch Hashem, blessed them with the “A hundred years, and seventy years and ness to make things better and change the ness. While I share the concern over the energy to do what they love best, with- fi ve years; “…. “a good old age,” an old man world. Once again, this level of idealism prospect of Shevi prematurely jumping in the heimish walls of the “Yud-Inn,” on and full of years….”(Ibid, 25:7- 8). is often compromised and diminishes as back into her role as busy matriarch of Morlot Avenue. There are no limits to the There are many explanations offered they become jaded through experienc- her household and community, I am also gifts they bestow because there are no set by Rashi and other commentators for the es of disappointment or betrayal. Finally, comforted by the certainty that Hakadosh unusual break- even though adults develop a greater de- Baruch Hu knows Shevi’s heart longs to down in the dig- gree of cognitive awareness and intellec- be home, within the walls of the beauti- its and the re- tual growth as they mature, this growth ful “Yud-Inn” and, as a result, He will bless dundancy in the is frequently gained at the expense of her with a refuah shleimah—a swift and wording used to losing even more of the innocence, ide- complete recovery, so that she can resume relate the num- alism and trust of past stages. According not only walking, but running, to shower ber of years the to the Rav, the loss of innocence, ideal- us with her generous measures of chesed, couple lived on ism and trust of youth did not occur for love and simcha once again. this earth; and Avraham and Sara. 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Now, Sam had met Indians often in life that we as- lived, for the wide-open spaces. Soon the buffalo herds that regularly migrated from of a less warlike nature previously at vari- sume they are an accurate description of call to try his fortunes out West became north to south across his path. The herds ous forts and trading posts over the years. reality. Readers of the Jewish Link in par- too great, so Sam gathered up the courage ticular, well informed as they are of world to leave Philadelphia and head to Missouri affairs and up to date on the latest and new- where he planned to open a trading post est developments, can attest to the truth of where he would sell all kinds of general King Solomon’s biblical observation. That’s goods to the new settlers arriving there. It why the story I’m about to tell you will sur- took him three months to get to St. Joseph prise, maybe even amaze, you. in Missouri, the jumping-off point for trips Back in the 1850s, Sam Bennett left across the continent. To Sam’s chagrin, St. his home in Lodz, Poland, for the distant Joe, as the town was called, had an abun- shores of the United States. Back in Europe dance of trading posts and general stores he was known as Shmuel Benovits, an as- and didn’t need Sam’s at all. What was re- piring rabbinical student, who somehow ally needed were brave and hardy individ- had also mastered the carpentry trade. Po- uals who could carry supplies out into the litical unrest in Lodz had led to attacks on wilderness to reach those distant, smaller the Jews of that city and since he had been settlements and army forts that relied on orphaned at a young age, Shmuel’s uncle these shipments for their very existence. and aunt arranged passage for him on a Sam decided to save his money and train leaving from Lodz to Warsaw and ul- he did so with a passion. In the next six timately onto a ship bound for Philadel- months, by taking on numerous odd jobs, phia from Germany. He arrived weeks lat- he accumulated a suffi cient amount of cap- er in America, speaking the language with ital to equip a sturdy wagon, four horses diffi culty and with just enough money to and a supply of sundries to begin his life sustain himself for two weeks. No one was across the Mississippi as an itinerant ped- Chief Bad Eagle, Comanche Chief 1839-1909 there to greet him, but after inquiry, he was dler. 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To paraphrase the Gemara in Masechet Be- students are aware of what is “Orthodox” An Open Letter to the RCA rachot, our students are as disparate in psy- and what is not. Our students need dedicat- che as in looks. Without a sense of adapt- ed teachers who love what they do above By Yair Daar Therefore, the Rabbinical Council of ability, this discrepancy could result in the all. Closing the door to those who do not America... resolves to educate and inform loss of a Torah lifestyle for many. As such, fi t the classic defi nition of Orthodox sends I honestly under- our community that RCA members with po- there exist greater concerns for chinuch the wrong message. While there must be a stand why members of sitions in Orthodox institutions may not...al- than defending the parameters of Ortho- distinction between what is ideal and what the Rabbinical Council low a title implying rabbinic ordination to doxy (itself a non-halachic construct) and is practical—what is l’chatchila and what is of America were com- be used by a teacher of Limudei Kodesh in reinforcing the policies of a specifi c rabbin- b’dieved—chinuch is not the place for that pelled to make another an Orthodox institution. ic organization. distinction. I would think that mechan- public statement on the This passage does not directly bar wom- But where to draw the line? The ulti- chim (educators) and practicing rabbanim, matter of female clergy. en with semicha from teaching in Ortho- mate decision should belong to school lead- confronted by the living nature of the To- Although I may not have done the same, I dox institutions, but has that effect; would ers. Every institution has a unique set of rah on a constant basis, would appreci- defi nitely get it. However, I feel compelled a woman with ordination apply for a job stakeholders, and what is best for one group ate this idea. I wonder what percentage of to write to you about one bothersome as- that requires delegitimizing something she may not be best for another. Schools should those voting in favor of the resolution were pect of the most recent resolution. worked so hard for? always be concerned with potential candi- professionals with semicha, as opposed to I personally lack the knowledge, erudi- As an experienced Jewish educator, dates communicating certain core values to teachers and rabbis. tion or authority to discuss the validity of please permit me to voice an opinion students. However, it should be left to each If I had any infl uence, I would urge the semicha for females. However, I have been about female rabbis teaching in Orthodox institution to ensure its hashkafot aren’t be- RCA to be transparent about the demo- a Jewish educator for a number of years institutions. ing compromised. If a particular Orthodox graphics of who voted in favor of the cur- and your resolution directly addresses the A career in Jewish education is not con- institution feels compelled to be maximally rent resolution. Not every member of the world of chinuch. As the resolution states: sidered the most prestigious or realistic cautious with their values, let them be clear RCA should have their opinions revered path for today’s Orthodox professionals, about what those values are with all poten- equally. For the sake of honesty, you owe both male and female. As a result, many tial candidates. Let each school determine it to the Orthodox community (yes, I do be- talented individuals avoid the world of its own comfort with hiring a maharat, yoet- lieve you owe it) to be clear here. Second, MUSIC chinuch, leaving a vacuum often fi lled by zet or female with another title. This is the I would urge the RCA to reconsider the those less fi tting for the job. These circum- place for signifi cant infl uence from local clause in the resolution that sends a mes- Classic Chazanut stances alone should encourage Orthodox rabbanim, locally, not in setting education- sage to the Orthodox community about pri- institutions to expand their pool of poten- al policies for Jews across the country. (Just orities in chinuch. I respect the work that and Classic tial hires. This alone should discourage ex- to reiterate, my qualm here is with the edu- each of you do on behalf of klal Yisrael, and cluding candidates due to title or training. cational policy, not with the RCA discourag- please take this letter as a respectful disa- Masterpieces: However, I’d like to add another consider- ing female ordination.) greement. ation. Barring RCA members from hiring fe- Rinat’s Cantorial Encountering the myriad ways my stu- males with ordination will not immediate- Yair Daar is a Bergenfi eld resident who teaches Gema- dents relate to religion has fostered within ly hurt the world of Jewish education. But ra and Tanach at SAR High School. He can be reached at Concert me a greater appreciation for religious fl ex- I do think it presents a message that is a [email protected]. Comments can also be left at chi- ibility. Our Torah is a Torat Chayim, resonat- bit out of touch. Our schools are fi ne with nuchadventures.blogspot.com. By I. Akiva Wulkan, M.D., FACR ing differently within each individual Jew. keeping to Orthodox tradition and most

On Saturday evening, November 14, a cantorial concert was held at Congre- gation Rinat Yisrael in Teaneck. The con- cert comprised cantorial classics per- formed by master chazanim. Cantor Yaakov Motzen and Cantor Yanky Lem- mer performed magnifi cently, accompa- nied by the acclaimed and world famous cantorial accompanist, Cantor Daniel Gildar. Both cantors performed individ- ually and in duets. Rabbi Yosef Adler, of Congregation Rinat Yisrael, introduced each composition with a history of the piece, its composer, when and where composed, and the cantor who made each composition famous and classic. Compositions were performed from cantorial greats such as Rosenblatt, Siro- ta, Schorr, Yardeni, Ganchoff, Roitman, Rumshinsky and Malovsky. It was tru- ly an evening of classic chazanut, classic masterpieces and a classy musical event. The music fi lled the synagogue with warmth, feeling, radiance, spiritual beau- ty and meaning for all in attendance. No microphones were used for the perfor- mance and the rich tenor voices colored the synagogue with tones of spirituality and religious warmth. The synagogue was fi lled with rabbis, cantors from many synagogues local and remote, cantorial afi cionados from near and far and patrons and sponsors for the event. The evening was well attended and magnifi cently arranged and presented.

I. Akiva Wulkan, MD, FACR, is a practicing physician and radiologist in New York and resides in Engle- wood, NJ. He is chairman of the Cantorial Commit- tee at Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood, and is an avid lover, student and performer of chaz- anut, song and voice in its classical and traditional style and mode, and a physician by profession and a chazzan by passion.

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201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 59 FOOD & WINE LINK KOSHER DINNER LADY All Things Cranberry By Rachel Berger That being said, Thanksgiving planning cranberries this time of year, so stock up! is prudent; some advanced shopping is ad- They freeze well, and you can use them all So what’s the deal vised. But, like I said, you’ve got this! year round for your recipes straight from with Thanksgiving? If, by any chance, you are still at a loss, the freezer. Try it. (Of course you can used Intimidated by plan- do not worry. You don’t have to make a canned and add the remaining ingredients ning a big meal for whole, giant intimidating turkey. You can to liven it up, but fresh is best, and only many people? Don’t buy a rolled turkey roast, or some turkey takes one extra step.) This can defi nitely be we do this every sin- legs, or even some turkey deli. But the best made in advance, so get going! My kids love gle weekend—host- thing about Thanksgiving to me is not the homemade cranberry sauce and will put it ing guests for elaborate meals, be it Fri- turkey, or even the pumpkin, which has on any meat or chicken dish, and will even day night or Shabbat day, or both? I fi nd been played to death since September. eat it plain! Use whatever amounts you it amusing watching the fl ur- like, my quantities are simply for ease…An- ry of blogs, online recipes, tips ything can be omitted, as per your likes and and advice. How to plan the dislikes. perfect Thanksgiving meal. As for me, I thought I would skip All those side dishes, desserts, Thanksgiving this year by going to visit my pies, soups. Seriously? Not daughter who is currently learning in Isra- Cranberry-Studded Bread Pudding so long ago we just planned el. But guess what? She asked me last week This is a great side dish—not too sweet. an entire month full of meals if it was possible to make a Thanksgiving • 1 medium challah, cut into cubes (use a like that. Sometimes prepar- dinner for her and a few friends. In my leftover one!) ing six meals in a row, cooking rented apartment. Oh sure. No problem. • 2 C. cranberries, picked over and rinsed everything in advance, with all (Wish me luck!) • 6 eggs the kids home, and a house- Enjoy your turkey, your family, your • 2 C. soy milk ful of guests and relatives who friends, and remember we all have much • ¾ C. pure maple syrup will sleep over. The only differ- to be thankful for! • 1 tsp. pure vanilla ence being that there appears • ½ tsp. ground cardamom (optional) to be a mandatory turkey on Tropical Cranberry Sauce • Zest of 1 orange the menu. On Shabbat, how- • 3 C. fresh cranberries, picked over and Grease an ovenproof ceramic 9 x 13 dish. ever, in addition to a turkey, rinsed Place cubed challah in the dish. Combine there would be meatballs, bris- • 1 C. water the remaining ingredients and pour on top ket, cholent, schnitzel, kugels, beautiful It’s the cranberries! Why are they so over- • 1 C. sugar of the challah, pressing down on the chal- salads and roasted vegetables, rice or pas- looked in the fall? Those succulent, tart, ru- • 2 11-oz. cans mandarin oranges lah with a large spoon to make sure it ab- ta dishes…need I go on? And don’t get me by-red berries can be transformed into a • 1 C. pineapple tidbits sorbs the liquid. Let the mixture stand for started on the desserts! Cookies, biscotti, multitude of recipe options. A simple cran- • ½ C. toasted walnuts pieces or pecans 15–20 minutes. While it is standing, preheat bars, pies, cakes, trifl es. You get the idea. berry sauce, dressing, chutney, salad or • ½ C. sweetened fl aked coconut the oven to 350. Bake for 45 minutes, and On Thanksgiving you can actually serve whatever you want to call it, can be pulled • 2 Tbsp. rum or bourbon (optional, but remove from oven when top is browned your food fresh! No need to reheat any- together in minutes, and is so much tast- good!) and toasty looking. If it is browning too thing. ier than canned. All the stores carry fresh Combine water and sugar in a 2-quart fast, cover loosely with foil. pot. Bring to a boil and add cranberries. Simmer for about 10 minutes until thick- Rachel is a real estate attorney, currently enjoying a ened. Remove mixture to a plastic contain- Thanksgiving dinner in the Holy Land. Follow her on er to cool. Add the fruit, nuts, coconut and Facebook and Instagram @The Kosher Dinner Lady. You rum. Use as much or as little of everything can contact her at [email protected]. as you like.

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By Nina Glick little ones. For the one- and two-year-old, Elmo, experiencing the “Bright Beats Smart Touch Play Space” a resurgence from a few Every year, the same as well as “Frankie the Frog and His Flying years back, actually won dilemma arises for many Machine” was suggested. “The Mega Blok the award this year for of us. What should we Block Scooping Wagon” was something the best toy. It is called buy our children that I would be happy to have in my house. “Play All Day Elmo.” and grand- The child is able to pull it and it scoops up “The Wonderball Fun children for the blocks. Looks like fun. House” as well as Chanukah? “Design and On the one hand, it’s such a pleasure, and on the oth- er hand, it’s a little bur- densome. As a grandpar- ent, I absolutely will not give my children or grand- children money as a gift. I want to give them some- thing that they know I took Drill Brightworks” for four- and fi ve- the time to choose for them year-olds also seemed to work wonders in (even though they might re- keeping children busy and entertained. turn it the next day). In researching this article, I read sugges- I listened carefully this tions that families can designate each day morning as the Today Show of Chanukah to be set aside for a different announced the top winners of toys for type of gift. One day would be books, one young children. For a baby beginning to day puzzles and, the most interesting and sit, up to one year, they suggest “Sitting Up Babies.” It looked like real fun for very  CONTINUED ON P. 62

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Bar Mitzvah Boy Teams Up har LaChayal provides the rest—whether With Yashar LaChayal winter weather gear like thermal pants and  CONTINUED FROM P. 1 shirts, gloves, fl eece jackets and more, or sum- mer items such as camelbacks (backpacks loved ones serving in the Israeli armed that store easily accessible drinking water). forces and ultimately decided that Yashar Said Blankrot, “Our focus is on meeting the LaChayal was the organization he wanted needs of combat soldiers, specifi cally those his mitzvah project to assist. not receiving donations from elsewhere, such Yashar LaChayal is an organization with as tank, border patrol and artillery.” “no overhead, so all donations go direct- Uriel is planning on working directly ly to purchasing needed items for the sol- with Blankrot so that he can deliver needed diers,” said Mordy Simpson, Uriel’s father. items directly to the soldiers on an upcom- “It provides necessary assistance to soldiers ing trip to Israel. He will coordinate with and their families that would not be pro- the organization to ascertain the greatest vided by the Israeli army.” need at that time, and will personally bring According to Leon Blankrot, Executive the requested items to that location. Director of Yashar LaChayal, “What makes Simpson commented, “This is a great us unique is that every single donation goes lesson to people, to make them aware of straight to purchasing tangible items for the this organization and to give them this soldiers. There is a wonderful, generous cou- great cause to donate to. Every small dona- ple in Miami Beach, Florida, that provides tion goes toward helping the soldiers out.” for all of our operating expenses, ensuring To make a donation, please visit Uriel’s all donations go directly to needy soldiers.” page at https://www.yasharlachayal.org/ The IDF covers most necessities and Yas- campaigns/uriels-bar-mitzvah-campaign/.

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201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 63 Former Egyptian Prisoner Teaneck Chabad Preschool Speaks at BCHSJS Meets Community Helpers oner. Mr. Aboubkar, brought to BCHSJS by StandWithUs (an international, non-prof- it organization dedicated to informing the public about Israel and to combating ex- tremism and anti-Semitism), survived tor- ture, his family disowning him and im- prisonment for studying Hebrew. Now an American political asylee, Aboubakr calls himself a Zionist and travels to campuses and schools across the country to tell his story, explain how the Muslim world has Students and parents at the Bergen become radicalized and to promote educa- A visit from a dentist, teaching the Nursery children, who wrote letters to their friends, County High School of Jewish Studies, and tion and tolerance. Aboubakr’s talk was fol- children how important it is to take take a trip to the mailbox to mail them. Along the other members from the community at lowed by a question and answer session. care of our teeth. way they meet a mailman. large, had the privilege of hearing speaker Students were mesmerized by Mr. Abou- Hussein Aboubakr share his connection to bakr’s personal story and impressed by his Israel as a former Muslim and Egyptian pris- message. RYNJ Math Students Fun in Show Moriah Their Nursery Thanks Moriah nursery children prepare for Thanksgiving by sorting and counting pumpkins, corn and turkeys. TABC Holocaust Studies Class Visits Museum

Solomon Schechter Students TABC’s 12th grade Holocaust studies others. The highlight of the afternoon was class visited the Holocaust Museum and the time that students spent hearing from Buy Turkeys For Needy Resource Center at Rockland Communi- and interacting with a survivor, Sonia Gold- ty College last week. The students had an stein, who truly inspired the boys. At TABC, Students at the Solomon Schechter opportunity to view a video presentation, the Holocaust Studies Program, run by Mrs. Day School of Bergen County raised funds collaborate on a group workshop about Cary Reichardt, makes every effort to have to buy 48 turkeys (that’s 96 turkey legs!) choices people had to make—whether to the students interact with survivors who in less than 48 hours. They responded to be a bystander or a rescuer—and examine wish to tell their stories so that they are the Center for Food Action’s pleas to help various artifacts donated by survivors and never forgotten. place a feathered fowl on the Thanksgiv- ing tables of 2,500 Bergen County-area needy families. MTA College Bowl Fares Well By Rami Nordlicht (‘16) give the Dandy Lions a hard-earned vic- tory over Heschel. The varsity team also Last Thursday, the Yeshiva University performed well, winning their match- High School for Boys (MTA) College Bowl es against Flatbush and Ramaz, though Dandy Lions traveled to Heschel for their losing a nail-biter to Westchester. Senior fi rst meet of the year. The junior varsity Mendel Weintraub nearly single-handedly team soundly took care of business, win- defeated Ramaz with his epic spree of cor- ning all four games they played against rect responses. Both JV and varsity look to Heschel, Ramaz, Flatbush and Magen Da- be contenders for the championship and vid. Sophomore Noam Putterman an- hope for another successful year of MTA swered clutch questions in overtime to college bowl.

64 November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM Ma’ayanot Students Enjoy School-Wide Annual Shabbaton

Ask a Ma’ayanot student about the pur- pose of the school’s annual Shabbaton, and you will hear that it is about many things— grade-wide bonding; bonding between grades; student-teacher bonding; school spirit; school pride; ruach; just plain fun, and the list goes on. And while the Shab- baton is about all of that, “it also has edu- cational goals,” explains Mrs. Dena Block, Director of Student Programming, and challenge of fi nding a correct balance be- Of course, there is no “one size fi ts all” the CoCo Key indoor water park; a Friday Ms. Sarah Gordon, Director of Student Ac- tween individual interests and communal answer to this question. As such, students night tisch; hilarious grade skits; a musical tivities; “it affords an opportunity for in- needs within the context of the complex is- were encouraged to decide on priorities for Havdalah; a lively melave malka, and a fi - depth exploration of a topic for which we sue of forming a Jewish response to the cur- personal growth, and, in the weeks follow- nal slow kumsitz. wouldn’t otherwise have suffi cient time.” rent Syrian refugee crisis. In truth, within the ing the Shabbaton, will be asked to partic- The act of coming together as a com- The educational theme chosen for this context of the tragic events that unfolded ipate in one of three follow-up activities: munity, on the heels of a diffi cult week year’s Shabbaton, which took place at the in Israel and Paris last week, this theme felt setting a self improvement goal and, work- for both Am Yisrael and the world, to cel- CoCo Key hotel in Waterbury, Connecticut, poignant and relevant in ways that the Shab- ing with Ma’ayanot guidance counselors, ebrate Shabbat, brought no small measure this past weekend, was Finding Balance. Be- baton planners could not have anticipated. developing strategies for achieving that of comfort to students and faculty alike. In ginning with the timeless words of Hillel In addition to this introduction, seniors goal; participating in a project aimed at im- summing up the weekend, Ma’ayanot prin- in Pirkei Avot, “If I am not for myself, who received additional Shabbaton preparation proving the Ma’ayanot community; or, par- cipal Mrs. Rivka Kahan commented, “This will be for me? If I am only for myself, who for the Friday night small-group sessions ticipating in a project aimed at helping peo- weekend was fi lled with bonding and ru- am I?” students were asked to ponder how that they led for the remainder of the stu- ple in the broader world community. ach and was suffused with religious sub- one best strikes a balance between helping dent body entitled #sheisforherself #sheisforo- In addition to developing this stance, inspiration, and meaning.” Best of themselves and helping others. thers #whoisshe. “A goal of these discussion over-arching theme, the three-day Shab- all, students have been challenged to think Students were introduced to this theme groups,” Mrs. Block explained, “was to get stu- baton was full of exciting activities, in- about how to best utilize their formidable on the Wednesday before Shabbaton, dents thinking about where they are now cluding the opportunity to “jump their talents to better themselves, the Ma’ayanot through a presentation by Rabbi Ari Hart, and where they would like to be with regard hearts out” at Rockin’ Jump in Trumbull, community, the broader Jewish communi- co-founder of UriL’Tzedek. He discussed the to fi nding appropriate balance in their lives.” CT; a morning of fun and relaxation at ty, and the world at large. Yavneh First- Noam Parents Association Graders Enjoy ‘80s Game Night Learn With On last Motzei Shabbat, the Yeshivat joyed a night full of Pac-man, costumes, Noam Elementary School gym was trans- ‘80s trivia, hoola hoop contests and inter- SumBlox formed by the Yeshivat Noam Parents As- active games. The master of ceremonies, sociation, under the leadership of the Ben Cohen, a Yeshivat Noam parent, in- Yavneh Academy fi rst grade students co-presidents, Paula Cohen and Jennie vested countless hours of time and energy using SumBlox to combine the power of Mohl, into an ‘80s themed game night. to create a memorable and super fun night play with the properties of math, forging New parents and veteran parents en- for everyone who attended. an exciting, multi-sensory learning expe- rience. Machon HaMikdash Visits BPY

Winners of the Best Costume Award: Chavie and Craig Acton. Yavneh Students Learn Ben Porat Yosef fourth graders learned the Beit HaMikdash. Fifth grade students About the Beit Hamikdash all about the structure of the Beit HaMik- delved even deeper, learning about the spe- dash on Tuesday, November 17, through a cial garments worn by the kohanim during Yavneh Academy lower school students en- program presented by a representative of their service, and about the sacred vessels gaged in an interactive activity to learn about Machon HaMikdash (The Temple Institute) that were used. Younger students from ear- the Beit HaMikdash with Mr. Steve Frankel of in Jerusalem. The representative guided the ly childhood through third grade were also the Mikdash Educational Center of The Tem- students on a virtual tour and then guided able to take a “tour” so they could see what ple Institute, Machon HaMikdash. After a dis- the students to build a full-scale model of the Beit HaMikdash actually looked like. cussion of the history of the Beit HaMikdash, the students learned how to prepare b’samim and worked together to construct an impres- Moriah Fourth Graders sive replica of the Beit HaMikdash. Study the Skeleton Fourth graders dis- sects owl pellets. The kids are classifying the bones they fi nd in con- junction with their study of the skeletal system.

201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 65 Ma’ayanot Hundreds Attend Dora Alumna Teaches Golding and Dina Grand Seniors About Winter Reunions Lobbying Who said camp is just about the summer and that memo- Alumna Ayalet Kahane (‘06), who cur- grade U.S. Government classes about the ries are suffi cient for the rest of rently serves as AIPAC Associate Area Di- role of a lobbyist in general, and about the year? This past Sunday, the rector, Bergen and Rockland Counties, the important work she does for AIPAC in Camp Dora Golding and Camp came to speak with students in the 12th particular. Dina spirit was more alive than ever, as hundreds of campers and staff members fi lled the Reporter Meets With Bnos Bais Yaacov Hall in Far Rockaway for their 2015 Win- Names Not Numbers ter Reunions. Campers came from near and far to relive the By David Schmidt (‘16) Names Not Numbers program met with journalist and reporter Catherine Prince On Thursday, November 5, 2015, Yeshi- from Columbia University to discuss differ- va University High School for Boys’ (MTA) ent techniques that the students would ap- ply to their interviews of Holocaust survi- vors. Ms. Prince delved into the matter of discussion by opening with a realistic sce- nario and questioned the group how they would respond. The discussion gradually evolved from a lecture into an actual inter- extraordinary memories from just a few were back in camp all over again. I’m al- view with Ms. Prince. The Names Not Num- months ago. ready counting the days until next sum- bers participants are grateful to Mrs. Tova There was laughter and excitement mer!” Rosenberg for organizing the event. in the air as Camp Dora Golding friends Earlier in the day, Camp Dina had held caught up with one another. A video pres- their Winter Reunion. Campers and staff entation brought camp back to life featur- reminisced over the busy happenings of BPY Eighth Grade Debates Post- ing all the fantastic camp activities, pro- this past summer, with memories of sports, grams and trips. The hall was buzzing from songs, dance, cooking, zip lining and trips, talk of the impressive sports program, all fi lling the Bnos Bais Yaacov Hall. The Civil War Future of the Union thrilling trips, new go-karting track, beauti- girls enjoyed an astonishing show of mag- ful camp grounds, color war and zip lining. ic and illusion by world-renown illusionist, It was reminiscing at its best. And what bet- Elliot Zimmet, who had everyone on the ter way to get a “taste” of camp than to have edge of their seats. the great and magnifi cent Chef Yo dish up a “Elliot’s tricks were amazing and it was delicious spread. even more fun watching it with all my A raffl e was also held for all present, camp friends,” said one third grader. with grand prize winner Eli Staum of Tea- A reminiscent video presentation was neck receiving the exciting hoverboard and shown with many smiling faces, proof of North versus South: Ben Porat Yosef gage in a period debate about the “future” Chaim Friedman from Far Rockaway, the the fabulous time had at Camp Dina. The eighth graders researched different Civ- of the union, allowing them to delve into runner up, receiving two NY Knicks tick- girls relived the wonderful experiences and il War era fi gures as part of their study of the topic more deeply and gain a more ets. The best proof of the reunion’s suc- beautiful friendships made, with many this period in American history. They then detailed understanding of this era in our cess was the conversations about plans for campers wishing next summer was already adopted the personas of the fi gures to en- country’s history. next summer, now less than seven months upon us. A raffl e was also held with Avigail away. In the end, there were many teary Zupnick from Teaneck winning the sea- goodbyes and promises to keep in touch. son’s must-have hoverboard. Noam Early Childhood Do “Thank you CDG for organizing such Camp Dora Golding and Camp Dina a great night,” said one eighth grader. “I’ve both provide campers with action-packed, Hands-On Turkey Day Prep been waiting to see my friends since the magic-fi lled summer experiences—aiming last day of camp, and tonight I felt as if I to be “The Place to Be” next summer. Yeshivat Noam Early Childhood Stu- wide range of multisensory experiences. dents prepare for their Thanksgiving feast A few of these experiential activities in- and learn about Native Americans with a clude: full body weaving, making dream- TABC Shines at History Bowl catchers, husking corn, writing picto- This past Sunday, TABC hosted the attended this year. TABC students Yosef rial stories, building Bergen County’s History Bowl Sunday Kahan and Nathanael Vinar came in fi rst and playing “tom- competition. Over 100 students from 14 and second place in the JV History Bee, toms” (handmade schools participated. Previously,TABC and now qualify for the Nationals. Aaron drums), prepar- was the fi rst yeshiva to take part in the Fishkind, Jeremy Rosenblatt and Orrin ing lentil soup and special Sunday competition and was at Kigner qualifi ed for the Varsity Nationals baking pumpkin the forefront of subsequently getting and both the JV and Varsity History Bowl muffi ns. Through- other yeshivot involved, four of whom teams qualifi ed for the Nationals. out this time they were called by their Native Ameri- can names such as “colorful butterfl y” and “wild turkey.” Additionally, in each class the students spent time discuss- ing and document- ing in fun and crea- tive ways what they are thankful for.

66 November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM Ma’ayanot Sweeps Torah Bowl ‘Mighty Mike’ Author The Ma’ayanot Torah Bowl team won Tells Story at BPY all four of its matches, defeating Frisch, Ramaz and SAR, at last week’s meet at As part of Ben Porat Yosef’s (BPY’s) Eng- Frisch. Torah Bowl team members in- lish language arts program and author’s clude Neti Linzer (‘17), Tehila Azar (‘17), Sara series, BPY third, fourth and fi fth grades Schapiro (‘17), Batsheva Leah Weinstein had a visit with children’s book author, (‘18) and Yael Bruk (‘19). Mrs. Gabrielle Berg- Robert Skead on Thursday, November er serves as faculty adviser. 19. Mr. Skead is author of “Mighty Mike Bounces Back” and “Patriots, Redcoats, and Spies.” He explained his writing pro- Names Not Numbers Hears From cess to the students, and shared the sto- ry of how he became a published author. Leading Holocaust Expert Mr. Skead also gave students some great tips they can use for their own creative about Kristallnacht, the 77th anniversary of writing projects, which they are sure to which was commemorated that day. Dr. incorporate. Berenbaum is a renowned professor, writer and fi lmmaker in the world of Jewish and Holocaust history, best known for his roles He’Atid Students Investigate and contributions to the United States Hol- ocaust Memorial Museum and Research In- Pilgrim Culture stitute. The session served both to teach the group about the era of Nazi anti-Sem- itism, and develop techniques that would later be applied to the documentaries which the students would make. As Dr. Ber- By Eli Kahn (‘16) enbaum put it, “It is our responsibility to document the words of the survivors, as we Last Monday, Yeshiva University High are the last generation that will be granted School for Boys’ (MTA) Names Not Num- this tremendous opportunity.” Dr. Beren- bers program and the entire senior class baum referenced numerous cases in which was privileged to meet with Dr. Michael he applied this premise to teach the story Berenbaum. He gave an informative pres- of the individual survivor and to move the entation about fi lming documentaries and crowd emotionally. Rav Judah Mischel Inspires Second grade students at Yeshivat He’Atid research Pilgrim and Wampanoag culture Yeshivat Noam Fifth Graders online and go on a virtual tour of Plymouth Plantation. RKYHS Presents Sixth Annual Rikudiah On Saturday night, December RKYHS gym. Participating schools 5, the Rae Kushner Yeshiva High include Flatbush, Frisch, Hillel, School will be hosting the Ilan, Ma’ayanot, Magen David, sixth annual Rikudiah, an in- Ramaz, RKYHS, SAR and West- ter-yeshiva high school dance chester. Admission is $5. For competition. This tzedakah more information, contact Yeshivat Noam fi fth graders were inspired by Rav Judah Mischel of Camp HASC, at fundraiser is for women only Sharon Weinstein at rikudiah@ their bi-weekly tisch. Throughout the year the fi fth grade students are introduced to and and will begin at 8:30 p.m. in the jkha.org. learn from special role models from around the community about what it means to be a Jewish leader. Frisch Hosts We Stand United Hoops for After the devastating events of this past week, The Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy / Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School is incredibly proud that the school participated in Feder- HASC ation’s Super Sunday this past Sunday in unprecedented numbers. JKHA / RKYHS was rep- resented by its grandparents, board members, parents and the indefatigable voices of its On Saturday night, Frisch hosted Hoops students, our future. In the for HASC, a 3-on-3 basketball tournament face of tragedy, the school to benefi t the wonderful Camp HASC. stood unifi ed with the entire community to support our brothers and sisters in Isra- el. This partnership with Fed- eration is a testament to the shared values that are fos- tered in school each day. At this time of offering thanks and appreciation JKHA / RKY- HS is grateful to Federation for all of its support of the school and community and are proud of the unyielding commitment to Israel that they share. CREDIT: RABBI SCHULMAN

201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 67 JKHA MS Debate RKYHS AIPAC Rabbi Moshe Speaker Takes Hears From Benovitz First Place CUFI Speaker Addresses RKYHS

JKHA MS Debate Team. The Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy Middle School debate team traveled to SAR Academy to debate the res- olution that states “all minors accused of violent crimes Christians United for Israel speaker Morgan Taylor, a Rabbi Moshe Benovitz, Managing Director of NCSY, Di- should be tried as adults.” The JKHA students debated junior at Montclair State University, speaks to the RKYHS rector of NCSY Kollel and a Rabbi at Yeshivat Reishit Ye- against Yavneh Academy, SAR Academy and Yeshivat Noam. AIPAC committee last week. Standing from left to right: Da- rushalayim, addressed the RKYHS Judaic Studies faculty, The presentations were excellent. JKHA seventh grader Ja- vid Needle, Ben Waldman, Morgan Taylor from CUFI and and then gave a meaningful Tanach shiur to the school’s cob Colchamiro won fi rst place speaker. Olivia Butler. juniors and seniors.

Yachad circle time was an activity that after Shabbat, I did. I really hope we stay point, we were true friends. My Yachad Shabbaton Experience everyone from JKHA loved. We all sat next in touch. The after-Shabbat ruach was my favorite  CONTINUED FROM P. 1 to each other and sang fun songs, and just I also made friends with another girl. part of all. We blasted wonderful Jewish swayed with one another. She was very shy, but warmed to me. She music throughout the shul and danced our ton included children from all over the tri- On Shabbat morning, my housing sat next to me and asked me to sing ‘The hearts out. I danced with the entire group state area and their ages ranged from about group was greeted by Hillel, a member of Itsy Bitsy Spider’ to her. Whenever I sang of girls and some close Kushner and Yachad 10 to 18. They defi nitely know what is go- Yachad. We were all talking and laughing. it, she squirmed with delight. At the af- friends. When we fi nally went home I only ing on around them, and once we realized As more groups arrived, they too gathered ter-Shabbat ruach we were in a dancing cir- wanted to be back. that, the rest was easy and friendships soon around him. The more people around him, cle together, but she jumped into my arms Throughout the entire Shabbaton, there formed. the happier he seemed to get. and only wanted to dance with me. I had was a smile on every person’s face. Wheth- We started chatting with them and hav- That morning, I befriended a really trouble saying goodbye to both girls be- er it was a JKHA member swaying with a ing fun. When we were at our group Fri- nice girl. We clicked immediately. She cause I had grown to love them so. Yachad member during circle time or just day night meal, we talked with them even asked me if I would give her my phone At kiddush, no one stopped talking and chatting together, we were always having a more. However, it was when we started number after Shabbat. I said I would love the fun never stopped. We talked like we great time. The bonding was defi nitely the singing that we made our truest connec- to. She said, “Are you sure because most were the best of friends, which we were. most special part. I will never forget the fun tions. We were all singing loud and proud of the time when I ask for a phone num- Kiddush was followed by another cir- times we had and all the friends we made, and having a good time together. No one ber, they say yes but never really do it.” cle time in which we sat next to our new and hopefully, we will see our friends from cared who was who, or where we were That hit home for me. I vowed to abso- friends from Yachad. We sang songs with Yachad again. The Yachad Shabbaton was from, we just had fun—as kids should. lutely give her my phone number which, them and we were not only peers at that one of the best Shabbats of my life. SSPORTSPORTS

squad of Moriah athletes at home. However, Moriah (3- Moriah Starts 3-0 0) did what they do best—win, as the fi nal scoreboard Noam Knights displayed, 58-35. By Zach Horowitz Prior to the tipoff, Moriah’s principal, Rabbi Alter, Continue Their recited several chapters of tehilim in memory of Ezra Last Monday night, RYNJ’s eighth grade boys bas- Schwartz. Then the game began. Winning Ways ketball team arrived at The Moriah School as they tried RYNJ (2-2) started out ahead thanks to Ohrel Bolour’s to be the fi rst team in the last three years to stun this free throw and Ikey Gutlove’s fastbreak layup. In the begin- By Eli Blumenfeld ning of the game, RYNJ was doing the unthinkable—they were beating Moriah. Midway through the opening quar- On Thursday night November 19, the Noam Knights and the ter, Moriah’s star point guard, Rafi Lewis, found his chem- Moriah Mighty Ducks faced off on what could be the preview of istry with the 6’3” center, Katz, for the start of many bas- this year’s championship. The Knights were coming off a domi- kets. When the buzzer sounded, Moriah was on top, 18-9. nant win versus Ramaz. Both squads were eager to score the fi rst The ‘dynamic duo’, Lewis and Katz, continued the mo- goal. As both teams settled down, the Knights’ Elliot Eisner de- mentum into the second quarter. However, RYNJ’s Shmu- posited the fi rst goal of the night off a wrap around on the side el Coates decided enough was enough and he led his team of the net. After recovering from the blow, the Mighty Ducks re- on a 10-0 run. Following this stretch, both teams headed gained their confi dence and scored off a ball dumped on net. towards their locker rooms with the score at 29-19. The Knights got their head back in the game when Eli Blu- When the second half began, Lewis’ name was menfeld quickly broke the tie with a great shot from the point. sealed in the record books; he became the only Mori- Jake Rothenberg scored to make it 3-1, but the Knights knew ah basketball player to ever hit a three-pointer in a sea- that the Ducks were not going to go down without a fi ght. Ear- son game. Lewis continued adding to this feat, by im- ly in the second period the Ducks went on the power play and pressing the crowd with his fantastic drives towards Ari Baruch put home a shot from the point to make it 4-2. With the hoop. In tandem, Katz and his incredibly high hook strong defense by Yonatan Noar, Jacob Hershenov and Eli Blu- shot completely shattered RYNJ’s defense. menfeld, the Knights shut down the Ducks’ offense. Elliot Ei- Katz led Moriah with a career-high 31 points and 15 sner cashed in two more times to close out the game with a rebounds, followed by Rafi Lewis’ 13 points and 7 as- hat-trick and a fi nal score of 5-2. Thanks to the incredible goal- sists. Coates led RYNJ with 12 points and 8 rebounds tending of Charles Gibber, the Knights prevailed, and improved along with Yonah Hook’s 6 points. to 3-0 on the season.

68 November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM SSPORTSPORTS Jerushalemy Buzzer Beater Gotham Burger Sportstar Leads Varsity Cobras of the Week Max Borger

By David Ptalis up from behind the three point arc. The The Jewish Link of New Jersey and What is your pregame routine? Stars took their largest lead of the game at Gotham Burger would like to recognize Warm ups in my basement against my The Kushner Cobras defeated the Stars 8, but the Cobras would not back down. Max Borger as this week’s Sportstar of the little brother Ami and playing with my of Shaare Torah in dramatic fashion last After layups from Arthur Greenfi eld (9), Week. The nine-year-old Yeshivat Noam neighbors on the Rutland Redwings. Monday night in Livingston 52-51. The Sam Raab (12) and JJ Jerushalemy (14) and fourth grader is new to Bergen County but What is your earliest sport memory? Cobras and Stars played a seesaw game a Greg Artman free throw, the Cobras tied has already left a mark as one of the shin- Going to my fi rst Giants game with throughout, until the beginning of the the game at 49 with a minute to play. Af- ing starts on the TABC jun- my dad and my best friend, fourth quarter when Shaare began to heat ter two Star free throws with:07 left on ior hockey Rutland Redwings Josh Zinkin, from Edison N.J. the clock, Greenfi eld raced down the court team. On Sunday Novem- The Giants beat the Bills (and and passed to Jerushalemy for a contest- ber 8th, the Redwings won 4-3 some drunk fans taught me ed 3-pointer that swished in as the buzzer to string together their sec- words I wasn’t allowed to re- sounded. Kushner received 10 points from ond consecutive win after a peat at home). Sam Bernstein and tough defense from 0-3 start to the season. Max What is your favorite sports Koby Stadtmauer, Avery Bell and Zach opened up the fi rst period memory? Tuchman. The Cobras next travel to Man- with 2 goals and an assist, and My fi rst goal playing ice hatten for a clash with the Ramaz Rams. combined with teammate Eli hockey in Princeton, N.J. Knapp for all four goals. This What is your favorite thing was the fi rst time Borgers and to do when you are not playing Ma’ayanot Finishes First Knapps played together in sports? 23 years (when their fathers I love watching football at Garret Mountain Meet played for Hillel together in on Sundays and bike-riding. I 1992). like to travel with my family to new and in- By Coach Marta Baez Max, welcome to Teaneck and congrats teresting places. on a great game. What is the best thing about being a This past Sunday, Frisch hosted a Who do you look to as a role model? Sportstar? cross country meet at Garret Mountain in My dad. He always fi nds time for me I’m really enjoying my rookie season in Woodland Park N.J. (5 K run). Over 38 ath- even though he works very hard. TABC junior hockey and being in Teaneck. letes participated in this event, and the Who is your favorite professional ath- The sports here are great. Rapids won fi rst place with 24 points. Sec- lete? Great job Max! ond place was for SAR with 30 points. Mir- N.Y. Giants wide receiver Odell Beck- The Gotham Burger Sportstar of the iam Hendler fi nished the race in fi rst place of effort into the race. The race took place ham Jr. He is super athletic, pretty new to Week will receive a $10 gift certifi cate to in 25:24 minutes and Shulamit Dashevsky with the backdrop of a beautiful moun- the NFL and has been able to make an im- Gotham Burger. Please send nominees for won third place and fi nished in 28:38 min- tain with its dazzling fall colors and un- pact from the very beginning. Odell is an ex- next week’s Gotham Burger Sportstar of utes. Everybody else on the team put a lot seasonably mild weather. plosive player who is always fun to watch. the Week to [email protected].

201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 69 SSPORTSPORTS Devils Honor Frisch’s Ice Hockey Team By Sushi Kaplan ning (or rather, skating). The team was for- “because leagues are allowing them to miss tunate that the rink had been recently reo- games on Saturday, even scheduling those In an exciting event, for the fi rst time pened after being shut down by Hurricane games to Saturday nights,” instead. Thanks ever, the New Jersey Devils honored Frisch’s Sandy, thanks to a group of Englewood res- to programs such as Englewood’s “Sunday ice hockey team by displaying the team’s jer- idents which included Coach Abecassis. Friendly” leagues, “there are more yeshiva sey in the lobby of the Prudential Center Frisch’s team was not expected to do kids playing now than ever before.” These in Newark. The Cougars’ jersey appeared much of anything in its fi rst year of exist- kids are laying the groundwork for an even- alongside established programs such as Ber- ence, but it surprised, winning its fi rst game, tual yeshiva ice hockey league, an exciting gen Catholic and Delbarton. Additionally, nine goals to one, against Kearny High proposition for Jewish communities de- in honor of the Devils’ 10th School. The streak of success prived of the sport for so long. annual “Captain’s Night,” continued in the team’s second The team does not only represent the an event that pays tribute contest, which it won six goals A hockey player enters the rink at Mackay yeshiva community on the ice; it also rep- to high school ice hock- to four against Riverbank. Park. CREDIT: NORTHJERSEY.COM resents its middot off of it. The team has ey teams, Frisch’s team cap- By the end of the winter in the state compete through this organ- volunteered its on-ice help with two Try tains were invited to come season, the team’s record stood ization and often decline to play against Hockey for Free events run by the New on-ice along with many oth- at a very respectable fi ve wins teams outside of it. Despite its fl aws, the York Rangers at Mackay Park, one last year er captains from New Jer- and two losses. The spring sea- NJSIAA is Frisch’s only avenue to compet- and another this past October. At the two sey schools. Unfortunately, son was almost as good, with ing in ice hockey as there is no yeshiva ice events, the players assisted children with the team was unable to at- a fi nal record of six wins and hockey league currently in existence. putting on equipment and skating. The tend because the game took four losses. The season end- Frisch is at a distinct disadvantage com- team has also participated in two Friend- place on a Shabbos. ed in dramatic fashion, in an pared to other high schools. Coach Abecas- ship Circle skating events, with another Frisch fi rst formed an overtime loss to Passaic Valley. sis says that other schools “usually have a one set to occur in March. The help was es- ice hockey team over a dec- Frisch’s jersey is displayed in Frisch’s spring league team good amount of ‘travel’ players making up pecially valuable in this case, as, without ade ago, but, unfortunate- the lobby of the Prudential did not just consist of Frisch stu- their teams,” compared to Frisch, which has the team, Friendship Circle wouldn’t have ly, it did not last. However, Center. dents. Coach Abecassis says that only two. Frisch has plenty of talent, but the been able to run the event. the team began playing again last season it “included several incoming freshmen and players “have not had over twenty games The new season of ice hockey is set to thanks to the hard work of Ralph Abec- some SAR imports and one Bergen Catholic and thirty practices this season like some of begin on November 29th, a Sunday, with a assis, the team’s coach, and the dedicated import and one Don Bosco import.” Adding, these travel kids,” he adds. Despite this defi - game against Edison starting at 5:15 p.m. at freshmen (and their families) who made up “How is that for diversity?” cit, “the prospect of playing real hockey for Mackay Park in Englewood. most of the team. The team plays in the NJSIAA, the New their school is a tremendous privilege,” and The fi rst problem was fi nding a place Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Associ- the players “are extremely excited about it.” Sushi Kaplan is a junior at West Orange High School. For and time to practice. The team managed ation, a league which Coach Abecassis says Luckily, help is on the way. Coach Abe- more of Sushi’s writing, check out his blog at sushions- to reserve time on Saturday nights at the is extremely competitive, although that cassis says that “there are many young kids ports.wordpress.com. Mackay Park ice rink and it was off and run- may be to its detriment. Almost all schools that are now choosing to play ice hockey Cougars Can’t Brave the Storm New CMEK Womens By Jonah Ganchrow ond goal of the game making the score 3-1. Shortly League Tips Off thereafter, Frisch defenseman Johnny Newman ri- Saturday night brought the highly anticipated fl ed a shot three quarters court to the back of the contest between the TABC Storm and the Frisch net as a Frisch player was coming out of the pen- Cougars varsity hockey teams. Fans from both alty box. However the goal was disallowed as the sides fi led in, and by the time the face off dropped player was still offside when the shot was taken. it was standing room only. TABC capitalized on Both teams came out the very next shift as it strong, but it was Daniel Levy was captain Ari Fuchs who wrapped it around and who was able to bat a shoved the ball in the net to ball down in the middle give the Storm the fi rst lead and score, to extend the of the game. After some more lead to three. Right af- back and forth play and pow- ter the six minute mark er plays for both teams, the it was three-year varsity period ended 1-0. senior Sam Eisenstadter In the second period, who scored his fi rst goal The First Season of the CMEK Women’s league will tip-off Monday night Frisch was able to put the pressure on and tie the of the season off the face off; this put the game at BPY. Twenty-four players were divided into four teams of six last night: game at 1, on a shot by Bryan Alter. After drawing a away with the score now 5-1. Frisch was able to put New York Liberty, Minnesota Lynx, Phoenix Mercury and Los Angelas Sparks. penalty, TABC was able to capitalize on the power up another one late, on a goal by Sammy Wietch- Players come from throughout the Bergen-Passaic area; there is representa- play as captain Shua Naor buried a shot on a pass ner. Tremendous goaltending was seen by TABC tion from each of the local yeshiva schools. The league offers a 6 game regu- from Daniel Levy to give the lead back to the Storm. senior Shua Beilin. TABC is now 5-0 and holds the lar season with a playoff single elimination round. The league will expand to TABC came out fl ying in the third period, start- top spot in the West. TABC travels to SAR Tuesday 6 or 8 teams starting in Season 2 which begins on February 1st. Stay tuned for ing with the fi rst shift, when Naor scored his sec- night to face a Sting team that’s 4-1. news on the inaugural CMEK Wednesday Night Men’s league.

built on the tenacity and sharpshooting of more buckets. Still, TABC further narrowed S. Shulman went 9-10 from the foul line JEC/RTMA Thunder Sweep senior captain PG Shmaryahu Shulman, the lead to a manageable 5 points, 35-30 in the fi nal period. Every time TABC seemed Doubleheader With TABC who scored 7 points. Aided by treys from JEC, going into the fi nal period. to have a bead on the win, S. Shulman was  CONTINUED FROM P. 1 senior PF Marc Shapiro and junior SG Ra- A comeback was in the air. TABC tried fouled, most of the time strategically. De- naan Kimmel, the Thunder seemed to be valiantly, led by senior PG Ty Gerszberg’s spite the pressure of the huge crowd eager scored time and again; he nailed crucial on their way. dazzling drives and body control layups. The to “WHOOSH” as he would nail the shots, S. free throws and lead the JV Thunder to a 49- In the second period senior PF Yoni Ap- back and forth was heart-stopping. After yet Shulman hit the FT’s and the Thunder was 44 upset win. They are now 4-2 in the tough san nailed a trey, and the Thunder gained another Feiler 3-bomb, TABC got the Thun- able to hold on to a 2-possession game for West Division. another 5 points from S. Shulman. Still, the der lead down to 4 points with 2:03 to play. the entire fi nal period. In the varsity game between JEC/RTMA Storm began to chip away, narrowing the The Thunder had possession. TABC had to With Shulman’s heroics, JEC/RTMA and TABC, the Thunder knew that defense gap to 22-16 at the half, and it was anyone’s foul in order to force JEC/RTMA to the foul matched TABC point for point, 17-17. The would allow the Thunder to stay in the game. line, in the hope the Thunder would miss JEC/RTMA Thunder closed out the game game, make their trademark 3’s and convert Out of the locker, TABC’s press was the front ends of 1-1’s, and the Storm could and beat TABC, 52-47. The crowd stormed foul shots to make it a contest. feared, but once again, the Thunder was de- regain possession. The problem with that the newly redesigned and rebuilt JEC/ As has been its practice for most of the cisively breaking the Storm press. Captain strategy was that the Thunder player han- RTMA court, and the game was in the season, JEC/RTMA started the game strong- PF Jacob Feiler bombed two of his trade- dling the ball was mostly PG S. Shulman, books. With the win, JEC/RTMA moved its ly and built a 14-7 lead. That early bulge was mark treys, and Apsan contributed two and fouling him proved to be fruitless. league record to 6-1, and 9-2 overall.

70 November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM SSPORTSPORTS Teaneck Baseball Organization Looks Ahead to ‘16 November is in full swing. With a New cusing our upgrades on New Field in Votee across the country have faced signifi cant with the town to make sure those fi elds are York team involved in the 2015 World Series, Park and Major Field in Phelps Park. The in- challenges in recent years. Enrollments well cared-for throughout the season,” says and with some unseasonably warm weath- fi elds are to be leveled and resurfaced with have declined, thanks in part to an increase Solomon. “From an offi ciating standpoint, er, people in the metropolitan area held on professional clay and sod. Fencing, includ- in the available recreation choices for to- we have well-trained umpires covering all to the last vestiges of summer a bit longer ing a new backstop, dugouts, and on-deck day’s grade-schoolers. That declining enroll- games from ages seven and up. But perhaps than usual this year. Now that the cold has batting areas will also be installed at New ment has led many local little leagues to one of the biggest benefi ts is the combina- fi nally crept in, however, the time for warm Field. In addition, we’re excited that after combine with neighboring programs, some- tion of competitive play and instruction, evenings at the ballpark are quickly fading the renovations, these fi elds will be adjust- times with mixed results. In addition, there which leads to exciting games as well as into memory. able to accommodate 50’-70’ confi gurations. has been an increased focus on highly com- great training for those players who want to Teaneck baseball enthusiasts should take This will give us the option to put our sen- petitive travel teams, which has often come continue playing baseball on travel teams, heart, however. While the children have ior-division boys on baseball at the expense of recreational high school and beyond.” hung up their baseball spikes in favor of soc- diamonds that are better-tai- leagues designed to give play- TBO board member David Greenberg cer cleats or basketball shoes, and pumpkin lored for their age, rather than ing opportunities to players of agrees. “It can be diffi cult to strike the right spice lattes are starting to pop up on your fa- moving directly from the little all skill levels. balance between instruction, competition, vorite coffee shop’s menu, plans for Teaneck league fi elds to major league- “It’s no secret that our kids and just plain fun,” Greenberg said. “In my Baseball Organization’s 2016 season are al- sized fi elds. This could be a tre- today have many more options opinion, TBO really gets that balance right. ready underway. By all accounts, next sum- mendous upgrade for that age than we did twenty years ago,” The kids are out there taking the games seri- mer will be one of the best seasons in the or- group.” noted TBO Vice President Sue ously and competing to win. But the coach- ganization’s more than 30-year history. League offi cials are hopeful that the ren- Feuerstein. “A generation ago, organized rec es make sure that they’re also learning the The league recently unveiled its new ovations will be complete in time for open- sports were largely limited to junior soccer right way to play their positions, so that logo, and launched a brand-new, state-of- ing day 2016. Regardless, they are excited for and little league baseball, and even those two they can continue to enjoy the game on all the-art website, all as part of a broader effort the benefi ts that Teaneck players will enjoy sports had limited overlap in their seasons. To- levels as they get older. And while TBO of- to reinvigorate an organization that has be- for years to come. day, our kids have a plethora of options, from fers excellent summer and fall travel teams come an institution in the southern Bergen “This is an exciting time for TBO,” said fl oor hockey to fl ag football, and the various for the most competitive players—three fall County Township. More importantly, league the league’s newly elected president, Yoni seasons often run one into the next. Even just teams made their championship games this offi cials also announced plans for wide- Lieber. “We expect the product we put on for baseball and softball, the kids today have month—the league does not allow those scale renovations to several of the league’s the fi eld in 2016 and beyond to be a great im- multiple choices available to them. Thankful- travel programs to come at the expense of fi elds. provement on an already vastly successful ly, TBO continues to be going strong.” the recreational league, where every player “We’re talking about important upgrades program. As a part of that, we are anticipat- TBO Director of Baseball Operations gets his chance to learn, play, and shine.” that will enable our kids to play on fi elds ing an increase in player registrations at all Moshie Solomon says he believes TBO re- Registration for TBO’s 2016 summer sea- that look fantastic and have the best expe- age levels, in both baseball and softball, so mains one of the best choices. “Our play- son opened on November 1, 2015, and will rience possible,” explained TBO board mem- we’re encouraging people to sign up early.” ers get access to a large collection of terrif- close on January 1, 2016. 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For more information or to donate to contribute, please visit their website, www. more information contact Avi and Ginnine Fried at Donate new, unopened gifts to needy couples. Accepted contact Sara Beth Fein at [email protected]. rinatchaimgemach.com, or contact Yehiel Levy, 718-753-6275, or by email in original boxes household, Judaica, engagement or [email protected]. at [email protected]. Tax donation wedding gifts that are not your taste or cannot be used. The Kallah Gemach collects donations for Kallahs letters are available for any fi nancial and/or item Drop off at Carrie Cooper, 1060 Windsor Road or email in need. They collect any unopened new items in CLOTHING donations. Carrie at [email protected]. their original boxes from people who have received Yad Leah collects gifts that they do not want and off er them to those modest and Preemie Clothing Hosting a Simcha in your home? The Teaneck Simcha less fortunate. All the items go to Passaic where the contemporary Yad Yocheved – 201 836 2071 Gemach has folding tables, cocktail tables, girls can come and see what they may be able to clothing, infant chairs and coat racks (w/ hangers) available for use. We collect things like Judaica, household items, through adult, Passaic Baby G’mach loan. Contact [email protected] small appliances, giftware, etc. For more information to be sent to Collects baby clothing in excellent condition up contact Carrie Cooper at 201-801-9028 or via email Israel. Donated to size 2T as well as other baby gear including Tablecloth Gemach at [email protected]. clothes must be high chairs, cribs, strollers, carriages, changing In memory of Chaim Yissachar ben Yechiel Zeidel Dov Z’l. in either excellent or like- new condition. For tables, diapers and formula. They pick up in NJ/ Specialty cloths in all colors and sizes for every type MEDICAL EQUIPMENT more information regarding drop off locations NY area. For more information contact Siggy of simcha. Donations will go to Project Yi’che and are Bikur Cholim West Englewood Medical contact Jessica Katz at 973-594-9118 or via Berger at 201-486-1492 or via email siggy@ tax deductible. Please contact [email protected] for Equipment Gemach email [email protected] aishdas.org. an appointment 201 836 4425. Wheelchairs, walkers, canes, shower chairs and commodes are available. Nursing home physician collects used clothing for MISCELLANEOUS Fairlawn Gown Gemach Text 917 748 2056 or email [email protected]. needy nursing home residents. Unfortunately many Bicycle Gemach Gowns (wedding gowns, mother of the bride, The gemach is located at 1477 Jeff erson Street in nursing home residents have only bare minimal Rivky Klar at [email protected] bridesmaids and fl ower girls) are loaned free of Teaneck. articles of clothing and lack funds to buy more. charge. Please call for appointments. The number is Clothes can be picked up and a receipt can be given Laptops and More “Gemach” 201 797-1770. For donations or any other inquiries The Bikkur Cholim of Passaic- Clifton’s Medical by the nursing home. Please contact Dr Sam Carr Seeking a refurbished laptop, tablet or smart phone? please contact [email protected]. Appts are Equipment Gemach [email protected] Have an old one, or any parts or accessories, to not made by email. The Fair Lawn Gemach is under Wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, canes, scooters and donate to needy individuals? Contact Mordechai the auspices of Anshei Lubavitch of Fair Lawn. other medical equipment to lend at no charge. For BABIES AND CHILDREN: Luchins at [email protected]. This is a more information or to schedule a pick up contact Teaneck Bris Gemach donation, NOT a loan. Congregation Ahavath Torah 240 Broad Yael Gotteib at 973-778-9320. Bris outfi ts, pillows, pillow cases, tefi los for Avenue, Englewood) collects flower centerpieces mothers to say. 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By Shmuel Shayowitz your real intentions. If you want to fully expense associated with homeownership. to cycle through the different seasons and pursue a house even with some minor is- It is important to ask for, and review, the stages of homeownership to truly know For many home buy- sues, be candid with your professional so seller’s current monthly housing expenses what updates and upgrades are needed. ers who are pursuing they know how to work for you. “Keep when considering what the most accurate At the same time, with interest rates still their fi rst home pur- your main objective in focus at all times,” payment will be for a certain house. What at historic lows, the cost of a slightly larger chase, countless hours adds Chapman. might look like a cheap “fi xer-upper” initial- home or a more suitable house might be will be spent research- ly may end up being a more budget friend- more affordable than most home buyers ing all the available Trading Short Term Gain ly home compared to a home that needs no actually realize. As an example, a $25,000 homes and statistics in their desired mar- for Long Term Pain immediate visual repairs now. larger mortgage with a rate of 3.75% will ket. They will go to great lengths trying to Many fi rst-time home buyers are over- From the start, buyers should factor in only add $115 more to a buyer’s month- educate themselves about a complex pro- whelmingly focused on obtaining the funds needed for improvements and up- ly mortgage payment. On a 30-year fi xed cess that they are highly unfamiliar with, smallest monthly mortgage payment that grades that they are not considering on day mortgage, that $25,000 increase will only and might not ever learn about until it’s they can get. While this is important, the one, or have not been exposed as of yet. It too late or too costly. Despite the vast avail- mortgage payment alone is not the only might sometimes take between 12-24 months  CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE ability of real estate and mortgage infor- mation online, most fi rst-time home buy- ers often make the same common mistakes when they actually fi nd the home to which they want to give serious consideration. By learning about some of these common blunders, novice home buyers can take steps to avoid them, which will often re- sult in a cheaper, quicker, or easier overall home-buying experience. Jumping in Without a Game Plan While for some it can be intimidating to get pre-qualifi ed for a home mortgage, and for others the premise might be tak- en completely for granted – the right pre- qualifi cation is more important than ever. The pre-qualifi cation process helps buyers learn about the maximum loan amounts, minimal down payments, and other fi nan- cial determining factors to be considered for their specifi c circumstances. Home buyers need to think about short- term and long-term fi nancial conditions before they commit to a payment amount that merely suits their present needs. The real estate market continually changes, as does the economics and fi nances of indi- viduals. Home buyers need to consider the fact that the payment they set now will be in place until the home is sold or the loan refi nanced. Every buyer is different, every home is unique, and every situation needs a custom-tailored approach. Not Fully Entrusting Their Real Estate Professional Sometimes new home buyers end up hurting themselves by withholding impor- tant information or plans. Whether it’s the fact that they are willing to buy a house as-is even with some noticeable issues, or whether they would really go higher on an offer, or even if it’s something as trivial as their willingness to compromise on bed- room or bathroom count—being open and honest with the trusted professionals will always reap its benefi ts. Trusting your real estate attorney throughout the transaction is critical. “Don’t get so emotional about a small problem that you end up walking away from a home that you really want,” advises Louis B. Chapman, Esq., a real estate attor- ney in Bergen County. Perhaps the seller is being unreasonable about something in- signifi cant – warranted or unwarranted— keep your professionals in the loop about

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78 November 26, 2015 • 14 Kislev, 5776 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKNJ.COM Ask the RRealtorealtor By Nicole Idler able to the bank when there are environ- mental issues, deterioration of the home Ask the Realtor: Auction, Short is too extensive for an average buyer to purchase or if a prolonged time period has passed without any deal. Sale and Fannie Mae Properties There are currently several opportuni- ties to invest in the Real Estate market. To What are the differences and what are the homes staying on the market or dete- ally, the bank will, at fi rst, only offer the begin with, it is easier to buy a home from the risks of properties being sold by Auc- riorating even further from neglect. It can property to a buyer that will occupy the an owner who lives in their home even if it tion, Short Sale or Fannie Mae? be very frustrating for all those involved in home which eliminates investors. They is neglected, represented by a Realtor. Gen- Auction properties are represented by the deal waiting around for the bank to ac- may decide to entertain several offers at erally, owners maintain their home. Other Real Estate agents who are representing a cept. Many times buyers will put in an of- a time before accepting or if they do not homes may be partially or completely ren- third party on a property generally below fer and after not hearing a response for like any of the offers they can choose of ovated. In either scenario, it is a good idea market value. However the risks can be months, withdraw their offer and move on their volition to keep the property on the to do a home inspection. costly. You are purchasing an “as is” prop- to another property. A short sale is not for market till a better offer comes along for There are so many great opportunities erty which may have an underground oil a buyer who needs a home within a specif- any time period they choose. Sometimes to purchase right now. Why rent when tank with environmental issues, lead paint, ic time frame which is another reason why they will even offer a buyer’s concession, you can own? Interest rates are still low. fl ooding, mold issues or violations with these sales end up in the hands of investors agree to put a new roof on the home or Speak to a mortgage broker fi nd out what the township. Many times the Realtor rep- coming in to rehab the property. After ren- give a credit for closing costs. However, you can really afford, then call Nicole Idler resenting the auction company is not even ovations, the homes are sold to buyers who this is not an obligation on their part, you of Friedberg Properties at 201-906-9338 to aware of the extent of the problems. So prefer to purchase an updated home. are still purchasing a home in ‘as is’ con- make home ownership a reality. If you do when I say buyer beware I mean it. Several Fannie Mae is when the bank has pur- dition, but generally the Realtor knows not have a mortgage broker I can give you buyers’ agents are not experienced with the chased the property usually through a more about the property and may have a many good referrals. Either way, with my rules involved in these sales and there is an Sheriff’s sale and then puts it on the mar- better idea of what the bank may consider. extensive knowledge as a Realtor, I will do additional buyer’s premium that is added ket with an approved listing agent. Gener- Generally, Investors only become accept- my best to negotiate a great deal for you. to your offer. Many times, investors or con- tractors take a gamble with these proper- ties because they have the funds and skills in construction to absorb the risks. Short Sale is when the homeowner owes more on the mortgage than what the house is worth. The homeowner remains in the home and puts the house up for sale with an agent. 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