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Using the Holocaust to teach new cops Page 4 Mets versus Yankees: a love story Page 19 Q & A with David Remnick Page 7 Nightclub on Rockaway Turnpike to be evicted Page 5 THE JEWISH STAR VOL 9, NO 21 ■ MAY 28, 2010 / 15 SIVAN, 5770 WWW.THEJEWISHSTAR.COM Jewish Elvis = Jelvis? Kids and characters salute Israel at parade By Sergey Kadinsky In front of the fl agship Apple store on 59th Street in Manhattan, the day of the Sa- lute to Israel parade, an elderly Bronx resi- dent banged his spoon on a metal plate. “This came out perfect — it’s my birthday today,” said Freddy Schuman, 85, as some of the parade participants sidled up to hit the plate for luck. “But I can’t understand those idiots across the street,” he said, referring to the dozen Neturei Karta demonstrators pro- testing the existence of Israel. Known to Yankee fans as “Freddy Sez,” the octogenarian baseball fanatic also carried one of his trademark homemade signs, “I love America, I love Israel, I love Yankees.” Searching for a match On 53rd Street, a line of fl oats carried rep- resentatives of the organizations that spon- sored the parade. The Jewish Channel’s fl oat Photo by Claudio Papapietro carried an extra touch of character. Jon, left, and Eric Moerdler were among the volunteers at the Salute to Israel parade asking people to undergo “I’m Jelvis, the Jewish Elvis,” said imper- cheek swabs at Temple Emanu-El to see if they are bone marrow matches for four leukemia patients. sonator Will Morgan. Clad in a white jump- suit, Morgan wore several large stars of Da- ‘Cheeks and checks’ By Michael Orbach fed, and into the car in time for school to vid on his chest. “If everyone was Elvis, there a family fi ghting this potentially fatal dis- would be peace,” he said. this Sunday: bone An unprecedented effort is under way ease,” Fenster wrote in a letter to family On the same fl oat, Brooklynite Yitz Jor- in the Five Towns, in Riverdale, N.Y., and and friends. Efforts are also under way to dan, known by his stage name Y-Love, was marrow testing drives in Brookline, Mass., to fi nd bone marrow help a pregnant young mother in North preparing for a rap jam session with Kosha matches for four young people fi ghting Woodmere, and Sarah, a 9-year-old in Dillz, a New Jersey-raised rapper known to at HAFTR HS and leukemia. Brookline. his family as Rami Even Esh. In Woodmere, Zach Englander, a 20- In each community, friends and fam- “It’s like family for me,” said Jordan. “I re- Yeshiva Sh’or Yoshuv. year-old Yeshiva University student, was ily of the patients have organized bone member all the bands I’ve performed with. diagnosed six weeks ago with the form marrow testing drives and fundraising They’re here at the parade.” The test is a painless of cancer that attacks the blood. Over efforts to pay for the tests. Bone marrow His rap partner added, “Look, it’s a three- Pesach, Matt Fenster, a father of four in comprises the stem cells found inside star fl oat.” swab in the mouth; Riverdale, was found to have an acute large bones that produce the compo- Following Mayor Michael Bloomberg, version of the disease. nents of blood — red, white and platelet the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and each kit costs $54 “Overnight, we went from the normal cells. Transplants are an effective means Rockaway was the fi rst school to march, on family down the block whose biggest to process. concern was getting all the kids dressed, Continued on page 10 Continued on page 3 Shabbat Candlelighting: 7:58 p.m. Shabbat ends 9:07 p.m. 72 minute zman 9:30 p.m. Torah Reading Parshat Beha’alotcha Zman Kriat Shma 8:18 (Magen Avrohom) and 9:10 (GRA & Ba’al Tanya) Cheeks and Checks – this Sunday from 9-5 in the Five Towns Make a difference for Zack, a 20 year old with leukemia, or others in need of bone marrow transplants. In 30 seconds, get your cheek swabbed to see if you’re a match. • HAFTR High School 375927 To help cover costs donate 635 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst at giftofl ife.org. 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They are subject to editing for length and clarity. or email [email protected] 373619 3 THE JE Tentative settlement in Shulamith dispute WISH S Jewish Star staff Shulamith of Long Island would each become Under the proposed agreement, the buyer were announced to close the Brooklyn school academically and fi nancially independent. of the Brooklyn campus will allow Shulamith and transfer its assets to Long Island.The T The bitter dispute over the fate of Sh- Parents would vote on the fi nal outcome. School for Girls to remain rent-free for the Brooklyn school will have no ninth grade AR ulamith School for Girls in Brooklyn may The letter urged parents to support the settle- 2010-11 school year. Then the school would in the coming school year. The Long Island soon end in divorce and a division of assets ment, which would allow Bnot Shulamith to move to a new location. school has been strained by a lack of a central Ma with Bnot Shulamith of Long Island.