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A Hand in Need See Page 5 $1.00 WWW.5TJT.COM VOL. 9 NO. 47 15 ELUL 5769 tuc, hf ,arp SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 INSIDE FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK CLERGY SECURITY COALITION Private Pathways BY LARRY GORDON Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow 20 Fattening Friends Missing Ehud Olmert Rachael Schindler, MS 24 Former Prime Minister Ehud had Palestinian leader The Noachide Laws Olmert is starring in the latest Mahmoud Abbas eating out of Rabbi Yair Hoffman 28 international version of Court the former prime minister’s MindBiz TV. The former top dog of Israel hands every two weeks at a Esther Mann, LMSW 32 is some piece of work, a cool meeting in his government cucumber, and quite an opera- office in Jerusalem? Why was Even After tor. The question is whether Olmert able to continue to Hannah Reich Berman 37 Israelis will see another such expand and build settlements, octopus-like politician—one leave so-called illegal outposts with many hands in just about intact, watch communities nat- everyone’s pockets—anytime urally grow, and still Mr. Abbas soon. And even more so, can did not object to carrying on contemporary Israel survive negotiations over peace some- A group of New York clergy have formed a coalition to provide security without the likes of Mr. Olmert? training for synagogue members and leaders in the New York area in What was it about him that Continued on Page 8 advance of the upcoming holidays. See Page 73 ELUL IN HASHEM’S GARDEN HEARD IN THE BAGEL STORE BY RAV ARYEH Z. is an extremely difficult task. School Opens For All Rabbi Weinreb GINZBERG More than 20 years ago, as a at Young Israel of Woodmere. CHOFETZ CHAIM TORAH CENTER young rav of wonderful ba’alei B Y LARRY GORDON sacks, interestingly covered See Page 63 batim in Hillcrest, Queens, I notebooks, pen-and-pencil sets, I’ve always felt that the most once shared my frustration with This week marks the tradi- and so on. difficult challenge facing a rav my great rebbi, the rosh hayeshi- tional time of year when once For many others, the new in relation to inspiring his flock va of Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim, again school is open. It’s been a school year is fraught with a comes in the month of Elul. Rav Henoch Leibowitz, zt’l. long time for everyone anxious combination of important and Most people become motivated I told him that while I felt to get back into the swing of sometimes conflicting deci- and inspired during the Yomim somewhat accomplished in things—including, of course, sions. Rarely in the past has Nora’im, Sukkos, or Pesach. being able to capture the inten- the students and teachers. As there been such an assortment To inspire a large or small sity of a Yom Kippur davening as usual, for many the beginning of specialized schools or yeshiv- group in the middle of the lazy, was done in our yeshiva and of the school year means new as that can effectively address hazy days of summer—to make outfits, crisp white shirts, fresh- them realize that Elul is here— Continued on Page 10 ly pressed slacks, new knap- Continued on Page 13 Israel Building Boom Huckabee in Jerusalem. Jimmy A HAND See Page 77 Buffett Comes To IN NEED Rebuilding Shattered Lives Key Tavo B Y ROCHELLE MARUCH MILLER BY THE LEGENDARY D ANNY O’DOUL Above all else, Avigdor Glaser, P h o z’l, was the essence of a true ben t o B y T z The reading of this week’s Torah. Adored by his wife, v i B e n parashah, Ki Tavo, is one of Frumi, and their three children G e d a l y a those weighty life events like and beloved by his parents and h u the Tishah B’Av fast, Yom Kippur siblings, he was a devoted fami- Rabbi Dr. Ephraim Isaac Nofit Damri (left) and Ranana Meir, of Otniel, unfurl flags at the dedication for the new headquarters of the Southern Hebron Regional prayers, or a law-school educa- ly man. Blessed with the ability in Long Beach. Council this week. Despite the supposed construction freeze in Judea and See Page 60 Samaria, when it comes to business, building is booming. See Page 31 Continued on Page 16 Continued on Page 12 CANDLE LIGHTING Sept. 4 – 7:03 PM Sept. 11 – 6:52 PM 2 September 4, 2009 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES September 4, 2009 3 P.O. BOX 690 LAWRENCE, NY 11559 516-984-0079 [email protected] [email protected] LARRY GORDON ESTA J. 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We are not responsible for the kashrus or hashgachah of any product or establishment advertised in the Five Towns Jewish Times. FEATURES Around The Five Towns 53 Ask The Sensei Warren Levi 26 Book Review Ari Sher 45 Classified Ads 70 Cooking Concepts Naomi Ross 25 Daf Yomi Insights Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow 20 The Dish Elke Probkevitz 42 Five Towns Simcha Jeff Neckonoff 74 Halachic Musings Rabbi Yair Hoffman 28 Insights On The Torah R’ Ben Tzion Shafier 38 Letters To The Editor 51 Luach 8 MindBiz Esther Mann, LMSW 32 Mother’s Musings Phyllis J. Lubin 18 Real Estate Anessa V. Cohen 46 That’s The Way It Is! Hannah Reich Berman 37 Travel 48 4 September 4, 2009 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES September 4, 2009 5 6 September 4, 2009 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES September 4, 2009 7 FROM THE EDITOR Continued from Front Cover time in the imminent but very distant future? It has to be that Olmert was just plain good, and even though he hasn’t been convicted of anything yet or carted off to prison (which is unlikely anyway), Israel misses him already. Certainly Bibi Netanyahu is much more eloquent and CALENDAR LUACH Sept. 4 – Sept. 13 ZIP Code: 11516 15 Elul Friday, September 4 Daf yomi: Bava Basra 14 Z’manim*: Earliest tallis/tefillin: 5:30 am Sunrise: 6:26 am Latest Shema: M. Av. 9:03 am Gr’a 9:39 am P’lag ha’minchah: 6:00 pm Candle Lighting: 7:03 pm 16 Elul – Shabbos Saturday, September 5 Shabbos Parashas Ki Savo Avos: Ch. 3–4 Shabbos ends**: 8:04 pm 72 min. 8:34 pm 22 Elul Friday, September 11 Daf yomi: Bava Basra 21 Earliest tallis/tefillin: 5:38 am Sunrise: 6:32 am Latest Shema: M. Av. 9:05 am Gr’a 9:41 am P’lag ha’minchah: 5:51 pm Candle Lighting: 6:52 pm 23 Elul – Shabbos Saturday, September 12 Shabbos Parashas Nitzavim-Vayeilech Avos: Ch. 5–6 Shabbos ends**: 7:50 pm 72 min. 8:21 pm 24 Elul – Motzaei Shabbos Saturday night–Sunday, September 13 Selichos begins (Ashkenazim) * from MyZmanim.com ** add a few minutes for tosefos Shabbos according to your minhag Municipal Calendar For 5 Towns and NYC Friday, September 4 Holiday weekend: Extra LIRR Far Rockaway train from Penn Station at 3:48 p.m. Monday, September 7 Labor Day: NYS banking holiday; local post offices closed; no regular mail delivery; no garbage collection; public transit on Sunday schedule; NYC park- ing regulations suspended except where normally in effect seven days a week. Tuesday, September 8 Classes begin at Lawrence and Hewlett- Woodmere public schools. Wednesday, September 9 Classes begin at NYC public schools. 8 September 4, 2009 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES glib. He’s American-educated and a deep, he could have dreamed of. wisdom and get those envelopes as with Barrack Obama. Both share this abil- analytical thinker, but somehow he just Then there’s Olmert looking at how stuffed as a turkey on Thanksgiving. ity to express themselves in complete cannot play political poker with the hand Jewish charity organizations are falling As wild and crazy as this all is, one has earnestness but then doing a deft soft that Mr. Olmert was able to play the over themselves trying to get his attention to wonder whether or not we would have shoe, rearranging the words of a state- game. as well as his attaching his name and very been better off having Ehud Olmert han- ment and saying that they really meant Someday we will probably be studying person to their cause. Olmert, who appar- dle Barrack Obama and his tilted demands the exact opposite of what you thought how it was that Olmert became the Prime ently couldn’t care less about these causes that are reserved exclusively for Israel. The they originally intended to mean. Minister of Israel rather than a mayor in or organizations, took them for all he U.S. wants a freeze; Olmert would have So Olmert got his political brains New Jersey. It seems almost unfair to the could get.
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