See Page 6 $1.00 WWW.5TJT.COM VOL. 11 NO. 16 24 TEVES 5771 trtu ,arp DECEMBER 31, 2010 INSIDE FROM THE UNITY AND THE SMR DEBATE EDITOR Elon For Ilan Rochelle Maruch Miller 36 BY LARRY GORDON Stuttering This was probably the reverse Uri Schneider, CCC-SLP 61 of one of those lavish testimoni- al gala dinners that laud the Baby Flat Head Syndrome accomplishments of their guests Rochelle B. Silberman 68 of honor until they cannot Rabbinate And Politics endure the praise and accolades. Nison Gordon, z’l 74 In this instance, the guest of honor sits in a medium-security Eating Disorders prison cell as the community on Tanya Berg, RD, CDN 75 the outside—that would be us— works vociferously to seek jus- tice while making certain that the jail cell key is not thrown away, leaving him stranded for Rabbi Yaakov Perlow, the Novominsker Rebbe, addresses the community rally in support of justice for Shalom Mordechai Rubashkin. The event filled Congregation Kneseth Israel in Far Rockaway last Wednesday evening. Continued on Page 4 WHAT WE THINK WE KNOW BUT DON’T HEARD IN THE BAGEL STORE BY RABBI AVI SHAFRAN name of Yoel Lorberbaum, apologizes for his “sharp tone” Kosher 911 At JFK Last week’s Five Towns which he laments is “a necessi- Jewish Times featured an opin- ty in light of the content” of BY LARRY GORDON Ohel at the Garment Center ion piece that judged a recent my article. Synagogue. See Page 50 essay of mine in Ami Magazine His apology is accepted—at Yanky Brach fiddled with the “mind-bogglingly deceptive” least with regard to his tone. tight plastic wrap on yet anoth- and that characterized me as He didn’t offer an apology for er stylishly-laid-out platter of assuming readers are “half-wit- misleading readers, though, cold cuts, this one on the floor ted” and accused me of inflict- and so forgiveness on that of Terminal 4 at JFK Airport in ing on them “slick propagan- front will have to remain in Queens. It was Monday evening, da” on behalf of President reserve for now. a day that the snowstorm, or Obama and of “abandon[ing] Rabbi Benzion Klatzko (L) and Israel.” The writer, going by the Continued on Page 13 Continued on Page 10 Yanky Brach at JFK. A Blizzard Barbecue Hamas And PERSPECTIVE The Holocaust REALLY COUNTS Boxer Dmitriy Salita in the B Y SAMUEL SOKOL Knesset. See Page 57 MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENT Our Aliyah Chronicle B Y SHMUEL KA T Z Hamas last week denounced a United Nations effort to edu- As the “holiday season” cate students from the Gaza approaches, we once again pre- P h Strip about the Holocaust, call- pare for the arrival of overseas o t o B y ing an UNRWA program in visitors who come to Israel over A v r a h which selected high-school the vacation. It is an exciting a m T z v students were brought abroad time for me personally, because i M a r k to tour Holocaust memorials I get to visit with some former The Braun brothers, students at Yeshiva Darchei Torah, enjoy a snack at the block’s barbecue on Seagirt Boulevard celebrating the blizzard of 2010. Continued on Page 23 Continued on Page 22 MK Tzipi Hotovely to speak at One Israel Fund dinner. See Page 24 CANDLE LIGHTING Dec. 31 – 4:19 PM Jan. 7 – 4:25 PM P.O. BOX 690 LAWRENCE, NY 11559 516-984-0079 [email protected] [email protected] LARRY GORDON ESTA J. 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This, as you have read here and the next two and a half decades. in countless other forums, is the story of a The event, long in the planning, drew first-time offender, where similar cases upward of 2,000 people on a blustery win- exposed to the justice system that ended ter night on the Far Rockaway–Five Towns in conviction resulted in sentences of border. The location was Congregation three and a half years on average. Kneseth Israel—the White Shul—a con- venient location with spacious rooms in addition to its main sanctuary, which was filled beyond capacity on this evening He wasn’t drawing a with both a multiplicity of supporters and a great deal of hope. specific parallel to the The announcement that our commu- nity would flex its economic muscle to case of Jonathan Pollard, do our part to supply the large sums of but stated clearly that money needed for the ongoing legal appeal of Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin’s the attorneys 27-year sentence was roundly supported and signed on to by 36 community rabbis representing Mr. Pollard and roshei yeshiva. Few if any of us were there to call for for years have never special treatment for Mr. Rubashkin taken any fees at all. because he is one of us—an Orthodox Jew. We would not suggest that a special brand of justice be reserved for one of our own, even someone who is well known for his charitable heart and profound acts of kind- Jews in communities around the coun- ness that reached into all communities. try that have rallied to Mr. Rubashkin’s Still there were, surprisingly, leaders case do so because they are particularly who were skeptical and chose not to sign shocked and even stunned at what looks on or participate in this very special like “special justice” that has been dis- evening. Call it rare or even impossible for pensed in this case. our Jewish community—or even any com- Amongst the speakers at last week’s munity, anywhere in the world—to Rubashkin rally was one of his attorneys, approach an issue with a united stance, Brad Tollman, a former U.S. Attorney from regardless of how heart-rending or emo- the state of Utah. He’s not a rabbi, not a tional the issue or case may be. member of the Orthodox Jewish commu- And that is the Rubashkin case. A 51- year-old man has been given a 27-year sen- Continued on Page 8 4 December 31, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES December 31, 2010 5 6 December 31, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES December 31, 2010 7 FROM THE EDITOR feeling is that this is not an issue for K’lal Continued from Page 4 Yisrael, the entire Jewish community, to rally behind. nity or any Jewish community. Tollman is Another rabbi, who asked not to be not Jewish, but is a longtime prosecutor identified, said, “Of course we are con- who has worked on some of this country’s cerned about the well-being of every Jew, most notorious criminal cases. He told but we also need to be concerned about the audience that he was astonished by the great chillul Hashem that was commit- the nature of the injustice delivered by ted here instead of calling for the commu- the court in the Rubashkin case and that nity to utilize all its resources to turn Mr. he is working with a legal team to have Rubashkin into a martyr.” that verdict overturned and hoping to win About the fact that Rubashkin received a Mr. Rubashkin the opportunity to proper- stiff 27-year sentence while his cellmate, ly defend himself at a new trial. who was convicted of murder, is serving a While the organizers of the rally in the sentence of 18 years, Rabbi Kalish says that Five Towns and Far Rockaway communi- he has spoken with criminal attorneys ties believed that this was one issue that who indicated to him that an oddity today had the ability to bring the entire diverse in American jurisprudence is that not infre- Orthodox community together, they quently crimes like bank fraud are dealt quickly found out otherwise. And it was- with more harshly than even murder.