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See Pages 49 & 79 See Pages 3, 4 & 5 $1.00 WWW.5TJT.COM VOL. 10 NO. 36 6 TAMMUZ 5770 ,ej ,arp JUNE 18, 2010 INSIDE FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK NEW CHAREIDI PROTESTS Promoting Peace BY LARRY GORDON Rabbi Dovid Weinberger 26 Gutsy Or Nutsy Living With The Rebbe Hannah Reich Berman 31 Who would have ever MindBiz thought back then that some- Esther Mann, LMSW 36 day the Lubavitch worldwide Fifth Of Tammuz community would have to live Larry Domnitch 41 without the personal presence of the Rebbe, Rav Menachem P h o Mendel Schneerson, zt’l? This t Right Of Return o B y A week, we marked 16 years since s s Rabbi Avi Shafran 47 o c i a t e his passing, and he was virtually d P r e s out of commission for quite a s while prior to that. So, it’s been The Israeli police are preparing for the possibility of nationwide a long time, but also the oddest disturbances by charedi protesters following a high court decision to of times for a movement that imprison parents who flouted a ruling in which the court declared that policies at an Orthodox elementary school in Emmanuel result in ethnic was supposed to dissipate as segregation. Officials are urging restraint, in an attempt to minimize violent clashes between police and civilians as are known to occur Continued on Page 6 Lubavitcher Rebbe during large protests. See Page 74 5TJT EDUCATION FORUM HEARD IN THE BAGEL STORE Guide To Local Keep A Garden(er) Party Oliner elected mayor of Boys’ Yeshivas BY LARRY GORDON challenged, are those otherwise Lawrence. See Page 53 Holding On innocuous flowers that pop out Weeds were everywhere of a usually unkempt lawn and B Y RENEE JERET The Year In Israel, Part 3 across an otherwise fairly nice are the type of growth that usu- BY TALMID X and sprawling lawn both in ally inhibits the ability of other Summer is approaching. front and back of the house. Not plant life in the area to flourish. Students are thinking about Ahhh . June! It’s the most knowing too much about gar- So what happened to my gar- final exams and summer camp, wonderful time of the year. The dening, I’d just been walking by dener? Was he okay? Did he hopefully in that order. Parents weather’s getting warmer, the and taking cursory glances over return for a visit to South are worrying a bit about both. days are getting longer, and these last few weeks and think- America and fail to come back Eighth-graders are looking for- school’s almost out. Normally, ing nothing of it. Silly me—little for some reason? I was at a loss. ward to graduation ceremonies these are all good things. did I know that this was my gar- I just did not know. Over the and the challenges of high But not for us. Not this year. dener’s way of expressing that last decade he has become a school. These boys and their For seniors graduating from he wasn’t happy with us, our silent member of my family. He house, or our garden. Continued on Page 15 Continued on Page 14 Weeds, for the horticulturally Continued on Page 12 White Shul BBQ. See Page 75 Great Cantorial Event Ladies, It’s A PAINFUL CRY Not Just Men! FOR KAVOD BY SHOSHANA KAHN, MD HATORAH B Y RAV ARYEH Z. When we hear about it, we GINZBERG think that it’s something just for CHOFETZ CHAIM TORAH CENTER men, like the announcement for z’man keriyas Shema that they As most of the readers of my make in shul in the morning. articles over the years surely Well, take it from me, it’s defi- know, the goal of my writings MAY softball champs. nitely not just for men. And it’s in general is to try to convey to See Page 56 definitely a problem. the best of my abilities the Heart disease is not just a thoughts and hashkafos of my The annual cantorial concert in memory of Moshe Ehrlich took place last man’s problem. Women get it great rebbeim and/or of the CANDLE LIGHTING week at Congregation Beth Sholom in Lawrence. Performing at the too. Heart disease is the lead- gedolei ha’dor in relation to concert were Chazzan Yitzchak Meir Helfgot and Beth Sholom’s own June 18 – 8:10 PM Chazzan Joel Kaplan. Above (L–R): Alan Bankhalter, concert chairman; ing cause of death for contemporary issues. June 25 – 8:11 PM Joel Wiener, co-sponsor; Lester Henner, past president of Beth Sholom; Chazzan Helfgot; and Ben Brafman, co-sponsor. See Page 56 Continued on Page 16 Continued on Page 20 2 June 18, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES June 18, 2010 3 4 June 18, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES FEATURES Around The Five Towns 53 P.O. 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It seems that as each I try to make it my business to visit the year passes, those overseeing this event Rebbe’s kever in Cambria Heights, Queens come up with new and more efficient several times each year and in particular approaches that enable them to accom- on the day of his yahrzeit, which was this modate such a large crowd in such a past Tuesday, the third of Tammuz. I small area over this relatively small win- reside nearby—maybe a 15-minute dow of time. Two single lines were drive—so I have, at times, felt uncomfort- formed for men and women that spilled able taking up space on line next to peo- out onto the sidewalk. Above the heads ple who’ve just flown in from Russia or of those waiting online were large-screen California and are returning directly after video monitors of some old weekday their few minutes of communing in the fahbrengens that were wisely recorded stone structure that houses the burial for posterity a long time ago. As the peo- grounds of the Rebbe and his father-in- ple inched along, they could either read law, the previous Rebbe, Rav Yosef or study some of the liturgy or literature Yitzchok Schneerson, zt’l. I could hop pertaining to the yahrzeit that was being over there anytime, at the spur of a distributed. P h o t o f r o m C O L L i v e P h o t o f r o m C O L L i v e moment. The yahrzeit, however, is differ- The tens of thousands who assembled ent and even unusual. there over the previous few days were At what point in that 24-hour period chassidim and/or admirers of the Rebbe is it best to go? Over the years I have for any combination of reasons. Many found the quietness and the solitude at felt close and were indeed intimates of the Ohel late at night to be the most the Rebbe. Many of these men and satisfying and fulfilling. This past women on line and milling around this Monday night, shortly after the sun large and expansive burial ground never had set and the scattered minyanim for met or even saw the Rebbe during his life- Maariv had begun, it quickly became time. Most likely there is no event like clear that this was going to be one very this that takes place at a cemetery outside busy yahrzeit for the Rebbe. The first of Eretz Yisrael. sign was the impossibility of finding a My memories of the Rebbe come from parking space unless it was a few various events and experiences I can blocks away from the entrance to the assign to different stations in life.