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Kerry Generates Controversy Ignoring Threats of Impeachment, the subject of war crimes and violence and that the administration “[does] not on His Iran Statements Livni Meets with PA Officials against women in confl ict zones. A dip- have illusions about how diffi cult it will TIP—An interview between Yahoo! Walla! News revealed last week that lomatic source who was present even re- be to close those gaps” in order to reach News and Secretary of State John Kerry Justice Minister Tzipi Livni ignored back- vealed to Walla! photo evidence proving a comprehensive deal by the time that generated a fi restorm of controversy, along lash from last month’s meeting with Pal- Livni spoke to the PA offi cial. Palestini- the July 20 deadline set by the interim with a series of retractions and clarifi ca- estinian Authority (PA) offi cials and has an Arab sources stated that it was highly Joint Plan of Action (JPA) passes. Negoti- tions from various Obama administration again met with Hamas-Fatah “unity gov- probably that the Justice Minister would ations have in recent weeks reportedly offi cials after Kerry seemed to imply to in- ernment” representatives in London. meet with PA Chairman Mahmoud Ab- stumbled over issues ranging from ura- terviewer Katie Couric that he was open to Several senior PA offi cials told the Israeli bas at some point over the next several nium enrichment capacity to Tehran’s re- cooperating militarily with Iran to halt an daily that Livni has, in fact, been in con- weeks. Livni’s offi ce has not responded fusal to come clean over past military di- ongoing Iraqi offensive by the Islamic State stant contact with government minis- to requests for comment. mensions (PMDs) of its nuclear program. in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS). Asked wheth- ters, mainly by telephone. Over the past Among the sticking points facing ne- er he could see the U.S. “cooperating with several weeks, the Minister has alleged- Hitting the P5+1 Goals for July gotiators this week will be the amount Iran militarily” against the Al Qaeda off- ly spoken to “intelligence chief” Majed 20 Is Tougher Than Thought of centrifuges and the stockpile of en- shoot, Kerry responded “I wouldn’t rule Faraj, head of the negotiating team Saeb TIP—As talks between Iran and the riched uranium that the Iranians will be out anything that would be constructive Erekat and high-ranking Fatah offi cial Ji- P5+1 global powers resumed this week allowed to maintain, as well as the fate to” a range of possibilities and conditions. bril Rajoub. In her latest meeting, Livni in Vienna, the Los Angeles Times pub- of the Islamic republic’s heavy water pro- A number of think tanks in DC, commen- spoke with PA “Foreign Minister” Riyad lished comments from one senior State duction facility at Arak. tators and editorials reacted negatively to al-Maliki on the sidelines of an interna- Department offi cial stating that ”signif- the idea. tional conference held in London on icant gaps” remain between the parties Klinghoffer Will Not Be Broadcast By the Met The New York Times reported earlier in the week that The Metropolitan Op- era has cancelled plans to simulcast John Adams’s “The Death of Klinghoffer” this fall to cinemas around the world, “drawing praise from some Jewish groups who object to the opera, but laments from the work’s fans and a warning from its composer that the decision promotes ‘intolerance.’” The opera is a musical reen- actment of the hijacking of the Achille Lauro, a cruise ship, and Leon Klinghof- fer, who was in a wheelchair, was murdered by members of the Palestinian Liberation Front. The Met canceled its planned Nov. 15 transmission of “Kling- hoffer” to movie theaters and a radio broadcast after discussions with the An- ti-Defamation League. The league praised the Met’s decision, saying that “while the The Top Musicians opera itself is not antisemitic, there is a concern the opera could be used in foreign countries to stir up anti-Israel sen- timents or as a vehicle to promote anti-Semitism.” Adams denounced the The Utmost Professionalism decision. In a statement he said, “My opera accords great dignity to the memory of Leon and Marilyn Klinghoffer, and it roundly condemns his brutal murder. It The Most Satisfied Customers acknowledges the dreams and the grievances of not only the Israeli but also the Palestinian people, and in no form con- dones or promotes violence, terrorism or anti-Semitism.” Adams said the can- cellation was “a deeply regrettable decision and goes far beyond issues of ‘artistic freedom,’ and ends in promoting the same kind of intolerance that the opera’s detractors claim to be preventing.” AARON Fyvush Finkel Documentary TEITELBAUM in the Works Because the music Broadway house manager and musi- ORCHESTRA & cian Joe Traina will produce a full-length feature documentary on the life and PRODUCTIONS times of stage, screen and TV actor Fy- makes the event... vush Finkel. Cory Green will direct. Fin- 718.256.7200 kel, who just performed in the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s 100th Gala, 917.335.4144 a tribute to Fiddler on the Roof, was a 50-year veteran of the Yiddish theatre whose career received a shot in the arm in his early 70s when he became a regular on CBS’ “Picket Fences.” In 2000 he landed a role on the series “Boston Pub- lic.” Finkel later stepped into the role of Mr. Mushnik in the Off-Broadway musical Little Shop of Horrors. Those to be interviewed for the fi lm include Theodore Bikel, Yiddish National Theatre artistic director Zalmen Mlotek, lyricist Sheldon &&&" " $$" "$" À Harnick and actor/director Austin Pend- leton.

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U.S. Captures Benghazi ditional friends in the Middle East. For For the Saudis, Iran already represents an an egalitarian utopia and vowed to root Suspect in Secret Raid the Arabs, the fear is that the deal with existential threat even without nuclear out the modern Westernized lifestyles of Al-Monitor.com—U.S. Special Op- come at their expense, with the United weapons. The Saudis, Emiratis, and oth- Iran’s cosmopolitans So how have some erations forces have captured the al- States increasingly seeing Iran as a part- ers see an aggressive Iranian pursuit of people become so rich? Hard-line clerical leged ringleader of the terrorist attacks ner. For the Israelis, the worry is that we regional hegemony. From a Saudi stand- leaders, together with the Islamic Revo- in Benghazi in a secret raid in Libya, the will conclude a deal that leaves the Ira- point, the Iranians are encircling them— lutionary Guards Corps, have engineered fi rst time one of the accused perpetra- nians as a threshold nuclear state, capa- seeking to gain dominance in, and the a system where it is largely they, their tors of the 2012 assault has been appre- ble of breaking out to nuclear weapons ability to threaten them overtly and cov- family members and their loyal cronies hended, according to U.S. offi cials. The at a time when we might be distracted ertly from, Bahrain, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, who prosper. The corps runs large parts offi cials said Ahmed Abu Khattala was by another international crisis. I still be- and Yemen.” of the economy. Since 2006, it has been captured over the weekend by American lieve the prospects of an agreement are awarded at least 11,000 development pro- troops working alongside the FBI and is probably less than the 50% fi gure Pres- In Iran, Clerical Rule, jects, from construction and aerospace now in U.S. custody “in a secure location ident Obama cited late last year. Basic Luxury Lifestyle to oil and gas. In addition, according to outside Libya.” Khattala was apprehend- conceptual gaps remain, with the Irani- The New York Times reports that the the Heritage Foundation, “The hard-line ed near Benghazi. ans still believing that their limited of- nouveaux-riches in Tehran drive Por- clerical establishment has gained great fers of transparency should be suffi cient sches, Ferraris and Maseratis and live in wealth through control of tax-exempt Pope Francis Takes a Break to satisfy our concerns about the peace- multimillion-dollar luxury apartments. foundations that dominate many eco- The Daily Beast reports that the Pon- ful character of their nuclear program. 35 years after a revolution that promised nomic sectors.” tiff has not been feeling 100% since his return from the Middle East. “No one can argue that Pope Francis deserves a little break. Since taking offi ce in March 2013, the 77-year-old Argentinian has been on the move almost non-stop greeting his adoring public and reforming the Vati- can’s many troubled institutions. But an announcement by the Vatican’s news service on Monday that the pope will be drastically curtailing his schedule by sus- SALE pending his popular Wednesday audi- ences in July and skipping his daily Mass at the Casa Santa Marta, where he lives, has many in Rome wondering if the pope is really OK.” The Beast noted that the Buy 1 Get 1 Pontiff has but one long, has been pushing hard, and has the attitude that however things work out, so be it. German Study to Determine if Anti-Zionism is Antisemitism 50% OFF TheTower.org reports that the German government plans to conduct a study on the relationship between anti-Zionism and antisemitism. The Jerusalem Post obtained a copy of letter sent from an adviser of German’s President Joachim Gauck 50% off equal or lesser value to the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The letter, by Gauck’s senior diplomatic and foreign policy adviser, Ambassador Heinz- on select stock Peter Behr, came in response to a request sent last month by Wiesenthal Center associate dean Rabbi Abraham Cooper, who has been demanding such studies in correspondence with several Europe- an leaders. Jim Keegstra, Canadian Mishelyne’s Fashions Holocaust Denier, Dead at 80 The Canadian Press reports that Jim Keegstra, 80, a Holocaust denying high school teacher, mechanic, and mayor of Eckville, Alta., whose prosecution for the willful promotion of hatred went all the way to the Supreme Court of Cana- da, is dead. Keegstra was obsessed with 885 Teaneck Road The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, but learned the hard way that the controver- Teaneck, NJ sial Holocaust Denial law was upheld as a fair limit on free speech. His lawyer 201-862-9595 said the conviction ruined Keegstra’s life. He spent the years before his death as the custodian of an apartment building. The cause of death was an enlarged heart after a prolonged illness, according to his Sun & Mon: Closed son, Darren Keegstra. Tues to Thurs: 9:30-6 Regional Implications of a Nuclear Deal with Iran Fri: 9:30-5 Washington—Amb. Dennis Ross told the Senate Foreign Relations Commit- Sat: 9:30-6 tee on June 12, 2014, “America’s readi- ness to negotiate a deal with the Islam- ic Republic on its nuclear program is a www.m-fashions.com source of deep concern among our tra-

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he had taken refuge. According to him, over other parts of Mosul. They didn’t join ri groups.’ I don’t think they will be work- “Sunni Project” the way to confront ISIS should not be ISIS, but ISIS is the largest [group] among ing together.’’ through yet another sectarian interven- them. The lead actor on the fi rst day was In that case, should we dismiss sugges- Needed to fi ght tion, but with a Sunni approach. The an- ISIS, but on Thursday [June 12] ISIS issued tions that Duri and the Baathist are play- tidote to ISIS is not Shiism, but Sunnism, a declaration it called the Medina docu- ing roles? Many people believe Baathists ISIS, Says Mosul he believes. Nujaifi has given up any hope ment. This document said no group oth- are using ISIS. According to Nujaifi , “No, of Baghdad restoring order to the country er than ISIS will be allowed to operate and they [ISIS and Baathists] both had roles. Governor and is now counting on the Kurdistan Re- that they will fi ght [those who do].” When soldiers deserted, these groups took gional Government (KRG). I heard a great deal of speculation from over their turf, but that doesn’t mean they  CONTINUED FROM P. 1 I began the interview with the most the people I spoke with on the way to Mo- have joined ranks with ISIS. ISIS and the critical questions: Who captured Mosul — sul. One soldier said, “Behind ISIS is Izzed Baathists are on different tracks. They are other even without the end of Nouri al- ISIS or local tribes? Can we say ISIS is the Ibrahim al-Duri, Saddam Hussein’s num- not the same and can’t be.” Maliki’s rule over Iraq. This is the view of leading actor? Nujaifi replied, “First, ISIS ber two man, Baathists and Saddam’s sol- About the support ISIS has received Atheel Nujaifi , the governor of Mosul, who captured some districts of Mosul. When diers.” Nujaifi dismissed this assertion. “I from tribes and Islamic groups, Nujaifi fl ed the ISIS takeover. He told Al-Monitor the Iraqi soldiers abandoned their posts don’t think so. I read a statement by Izzed said, “They can get money and manpow- that a re-enactment of the Syrian scenar- and ran off, some tribes and various real-Duri when he said they will fi ght all Sa- er support from some tribal members, but io is not far off. sistance groups that had fought against favi [Iranian] and takfi ri groups. We know not from tribal leaders. I have no informa- I spoke with Nujaifi in Erbil, where the American occupation after 2003 took he is referring to ISIS when he says ‘takfi - tion about tribes cooperating with ISIS.” The question I ask most these days is how was it possible for an organization like ISIS to put down such strong roots SUITS in a city with a rich diversity of religious sects and ethnicities that had peaceful- ly coexisted. 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we pray and learn.” MTA and Central (Yeshiva University’s chaperones, or teachers I am allowing Kidnapped “My shul have been saying tehillim High School for Girls). She explained to accompany them. They don’t go an- every day and everyone still at school that since the boys stay late at yeshiva ywhere—are not allowed to go any- Boys: Our Local is saying tehillim as soon as they fi nish on Thursday night, they sleep there and where—without supervision. They have their fi nals,” Burg said. go home in the morning on Friday to one free Shabbat to go to their own Connections Rabbi Taubes shared that the Rab- their families. family, but have to be picked up and binical Council of Bergen County spon- Rosenberg said that security at the dropped off by family. Adults sign them  CONTINUED FROM P. 1 sored a number of tehillim sessions in school is very tight. Makor Chaim is in and out,” Rosenberg said. shuls all around Bergen County this past physically located on Kibbutz Kfar Etzi- “I felt very safe when I was there,” “I wasn’t close with them but I recog- Sunday, and most shuls continue to say on. There is security around the kibbutz, said Burg. “We did have our share of nized who it was when I saw the pictures,” tehillim after each minyan. They will a security guard at the entrance and lockdown drills. Sometime they said, said Aryeh Burg, 17, an MTA rising senior continue to do so, he said. fences around the yeshiva and codes ‘We’re just going to stay inside, someone from Bergenfi eld who exchanged at Ma- In regard to the safety situation at to get in and out of the dormitory area. may have come too close to the gate.’” kor Chaim last year. Burg shared that he the yeshiva, “All the boys going to that There are more guards at night, she said. but I always felt very safe. “We knew we has spoken with many of his friends at the yeshiva live in the dorms,” said Tova “All the boys who participate in our were surrounded by Arab villages, but school in recent days. “Makor Chaim itself Rosenberg, director of exchange pro- program—in Gush Etzion and in New no one there feels really threatened by is a close knit family and they feel like they grams and Hebrew language at both York—don’t go anywhere without staff anything,” he said. have lost brothers. It’s someone who they have spent their entire high school career with, who they spend their entire day with. Part of their family unit is missing,” he said. “They have that warm kind of yeshiva, where everybody knows everyone. Even though there are a few hundred students Weddings, and it’s an elite school, it’s a heimish place,” said Rabbi Michael Taubes, Rosh Yeshiva of MTA. Taubes has visited Makor Chaim a number of times, and said that while there are not currently any Bergen Bar/Bat Mitzvahs County rabbeim on the faculty, a son- in-law of YU Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Moshe Tendler is a rebbe there. Makor Chaim and MTA have been Our solid operating their elite exchange program for the past six years. Between ten and twelve MTA students are selected on a INVENTORY competitive basis each year to exchange at Makor Chaim. Szafranski shared that and years of he has been organizing numerous learning events and tehillim groups around Teaneck and has been in touch with his EXPERIENCE friends at Makor Chaim. “They appreciate the support immensely and encour- guarantee your aged me (and everyone) to keep up and advance our efforts. One I Skyped with said: “Amidst all of the tears, Yeshiva has EVENT'S been fi lled with an avira of hope, we feel all of your prayer and Torah coming through the doors of the beit midrash as SUCCESS! Community Rallies to 10% OFF #BringBackOurBoys over 3 bttls of By JLBC Staff Yeshiva students Gilad Shaar, 16; Nafta- Scotch or Bourbon li Frenkel, 16; and Eyal Yifrach, 19, have Excluding sale items been missing since late Thursday or Friday, With coupon only. Expires 8/01/14 and were last seen around Gush Etzion, according to the Israel Defense Forces. They are feared kidnapped by Hamas terrorists. The IDF has launched Operation Brother’s Keeper to fi nd them and bring them home. At presstime, we continue to daven for their swift rescue. Please join us. Their He- brew names are Gilad Michoel ben Bat Galim, Yaakov Naftali ben Rachel Devorah, and Eyal ben Iris Teshura. The Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey announced a Bring Back Our Boys Solidarity Rally, which took place at Yeshi- vat Noam on Thursday, June 19th, at 8pm. A Facebook page, https://www.face- (NEXT TO DOUGIE’S AND CHOPSTIX) book.com/BringBackOurBoysNow, and Twitter campaign, https://twitter.com/ BringBackIL, is available for more news, and people are asked to use the following Open Sunday 12 PM till 9PM hashtags in their social media interactions: #EyalGiladNaftali, #BringBackOurBoys, Mon. - Thurs. 10 AM till 9 PM #OperationBrothersKeeper, and #Virtu- Friday 9 AM till 6 PM  CONTINUED ON P. 14

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IP—The New York Times last Thursday sional moves to block aid to the Fatah-Ha- evidence continued to emerge—acknowl- Veteran Arab affairs reporter Avi Issacharoff Tconveyed remarks from Palestinian Au- mas government. The 1998 Wye Accords edged by the Americans, by the Israelis, and has since that condemnation published a thority (PA) Prime Minister Rami Hamdal- obligate the PA to “establish and vigorous- by Fatah offi cials themselves —that the ter- series of articles quoting Abbas’s allies con- lah—who sits atop the newly formed cabi- ly and continuously implement a systemat- ror group was linked to last Thursday’s ab- veying open anger and promises of retribu- net agreed to by the rival Hamas and Fatah ic program for the collection and appropri- duction of three Israeli teenagers traveling tion. factions—admitting that his unity govern- ate handling” of any weapons in the Gaza through the West Bank. The crisis comes A Monday afternoon article contained ment has functionally zero control over Strip except those permitted by the earli- just a few weeks after Abbas inked a uni- accusations that ‘Hamas was trying to un- the Hamas-dominated Gaza Strip, part of er 1995 Oslo II agreements [PDF]. That treaty pact with Hamas leaders under which dermine the relative peace in the West Bank an interview that was published on the ty in turn sharply limits the kinds of arms they agreed to the formation of a consen- and foment unrest against both Israel and same day that 88 senators dispatched a let- that government security forces are al- sus government that would have jurisdic- the Palestinian Authority’ and that ‘Hamas ter to President Barack Obama demand- lowed to possess, and Hamas’s forces and tion over both the Hamas-dominated Gaza will pay a steep price for the kidnapping... ing that the PA be monitored for compli- missile arsenal fall far beyond that scope. Strip and over Fatah-controlled portions in the form of punitive steps with which ance with among other things its treaty The Thursday New York Times article de- of the West Bank. The subsequent forma- the PA plans to target Hamas in Gaza.’ A sto- obligations to Israel. The letter [PDF] refer- scribed Hamdallah as having “repeated potion of the new cabinet generated substan- ry published by Issacharoff a few hours lat- enced black-letter U.S. legislation banning litical platitudes about Palestinian unity, tial controversy and cost Abbas and his er confi rmed Hamas’s involvement in the assistance to any government over which but offered no practical program to deliver international supporters signifi cant polit- abductions and quoted a Fatah source in- Hamas exercises an undue infl uence, and it.” The language in the Wye Accords obli- ical and diplomatic capital, but eventual- sisting that Hamas had promised not to en- blasted the terror group for its “refusal to gating Ramallah to disarm Hamas and inte- ly Western governments—including the gage in violent operations as a condition meet recognized international demands: grate its forces, which is applicable in “are- Obama administration—had decided to for the unity pact. The same source em- recognition of Israel, renunciation of ter- as under Palestinian jurisdiction,” does not continue supporting Ramallah. Washing- phasized that “if it becomes clear that Ha- ror, and acceptance of previous Israel-PLO seem to allow the PA to ignore its obliga- ton had in particular worked closely with mas is responsible for the kidnapping and agreements.” tions in cases where implementing the re- PA offi cials to avoid running afoul of U.S. breached the agreement, that would mark The convergence of the two dynam- quired “systematic program” would be real- laws restricting aid to governments that in- the crossing of a red line from our point of ics—PA impotence in the Gaza Strip and ly inconvienent or challenging. clude Hamas. Fatah fi gures are now said to view, and we could not maintain the recon- deepening congressional calls for scruti- Offi cials from the Fatah faction of Pales- be seething over what they consider to be ciliation status quo.” A day later Issacharoff ny—may prove problematic for Hamdal- tinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud something between recklessness and be- published an article seemingly confi rming lah and for PA President Mahmoud Abbas Abbas have spent recent days openly lash- trayal on the part of Hamas. Abbas public- that Fatah had taken steps to roll back the as they scramble to circumvent congres- ing out against the rival Hamas faction as ly condemned the abductions on Monday. reconciliation.

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By Anne Phyllis Pinzow manized and murdered at the word of a ty- portant for it (the Memorial) to be in Te- Teaneck has a very large Jewish population rant. aneck. I’m hopeful we can fi nd common by percentage and many people have rel- eaneck—Clarence W. Brett Park is an The memorial of as yet undetermined ground to make this memorial happen… atives or are descendants of survivors. We Tundeveloped historic site where once proportions would be placed near the We’re open to ideas of where they want to wanted a place to go and meditate and sort stood the home of a slave owner and Tory north side of Brett Park’s parking lot on Riv- have it and if we can fi nd consensus we can of connect.” enemy of the American Revolution, Dr. er Road—away from the trees, the nature move forward.” Prince said a Tolerance Center muse- Abraham Van Buskirk. He lived and hid pathways and the Hackensack River—so Steve Fox, whose father, a survivor, um and study center had been the original there while waiting for the Americans to that people when passing by will remem- died two years ago, is co-chair of THCC, a plan, utilizing a boat house in disrepair that retreat from the British forces to whom he ber, or wonder, and through curiosity learn sub-committee of the Jewish Community sits on the previous site considered, Andre- rendered essential services, “being a loyal- of those who were murdered in concentra- Council. He said the group is focused now as Park, just a short distance north of Brett ist of greatest merit who served through- tion camps prior and during World War II. on where to place the memorial and is Park. However the deed to the Township re- out the whole war with zeal and fi delity,” Everyone interviewed by JLBC was unit- awaiting Teaneck Council approval before stricts that park for recreational purposes. according to testimony by British General ed in their desire to see a Holocaust Memo- coming up with designs and budgets. How- In an email, Robin Katz of Palisades Charles Cornwallis. rial in Teaneck though their differing issues ever it will be built only with private funds Park, said that while she supports a Hol- This place, where tyranny killed hun- concerning an appropriate location has and donations. ocaust Memorial, she believes the THCC dreds of Americans via treachery, coward- brought wide spread media attention. Co-chair, Bruce Prince, said the idea of a should be wary of what can come later, ice and the need to dehumanize another Teaneck Mayor, Mohammed Ha- memorial came about because of the pass- with more memorials being proposed as people, is the site where the Teaneck Holo- meeduddin, said a presentation is being ing of so many of the survivors of the Hol- other groups equate the suffering of their caust Commemoration Committee (THCC), made to the Township Council on June 24 ocaust. “We want to do this while some of people with those who were the subject is proposing to place a memorial to mil- to see if it’s feasible to place the Memori- them are still alive to help us create a me- lions of people who were betrayed, dehu- al on the site of Brett Park. “I think it’s im- morial that would be fi tting and suitable.  CONTINUED ON P. 14 Palestinian Offi cial: Hamas is Behind Kidnappings

By TheTower.org Staff ings between Fatah and Hamas, and would possibility of the Hamas-Abbas deal gain- party-affi liated personalities,” Faaborg-An- render their unity agreement null and void. ing international respectability, EU Ambas- dersen said. “We consider Hamas a terrorist alestinian Authority intelligence has as- The offi cial, who spoke on condition of sador to Israel Lars Faaborg-Andersen dis- organization and we have no dealings with Psessed that Hamas is behind the kidnap- anonymity, also said that the assessment in tanced himself from a call for the breakup it. But Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other ter- ping of three Israeli teens, The Times of Is- Palestinian intelligence is that Hamas, or a of the new Palestinian government the Eu- rorist groups do not have representatives rael reported, citing a Palestinian offi cial. faction within Hamas, was responsible for ropeans gave their backing to only weeks sitting in this government.” This assessment is in line with both the the kidnappings Thursday night of Eyal Yi- ago. Israel maintains Hamas’ terror activities conclusions reached by Israel and a state- frach, Gil-ad Shaar and Naftali Frankel. “We don’t think this unacceptable kid- of late were not merely restricted to the ab- ment by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Despite the growing consensus on Ha- napping is something that the technocrat- duction. Terrorists fi red numerous rock- The offi cial said that the kidnapping mas’ involvement, as well as the possibility ic government can be held responsible for, ets from Hamas-controlled Gaza over the would mark a breach of the understand- that this will signifi cantly undermine the because [the government] consists of non- last couple of days.

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um, memorial and educational center can to get away from the world, and enjoy na- Holocaust be created.” ture. “You want your kids to ask questions. Another reason said Karp is that the That’s why we have memorials, as constant Memorial Project Friends of the Hackensack River Greenway reminders.” don’t want to see anything built, regardless As someone who himself enjoys, what to be Presented of its size and purpose along the River be- he said are the incredible parks and walk- cause of the run-off and pollution caused ways throughout the state of New Jersey, to Council by impermeable surfaces. Burg said memorials have to be where peo- Fox said in answer that in designing the ple will see them, not tucked away. “I don’t This Week sudden interest in public memorials.” memorial and possible walkways to it, the think it’s going to be the type of thing that’s Richard Karp, President of Friends of environment will be of major concern. over the top. It will be a conversation top-  CONTINUED FROM P. 13 the Hackensack River Greenway has other Rabbi Steven Burg, the eastern director ic.” concerns. Jewish himself, he also wants to of the Simon Wiesenthal Center & Muse- Burg said, “We’re reaching the tail end of a planned genocide and systematically see a Holocaust Memorial but not in Brett um of Tolerance in New York City, favors of lifespan of survivors of the Holocaust… murdered. She pointed to the controver- Park primarily because it’s an historic site. a memorial over a museum. A resident of It’s important to put these things in place sy surrounding the memorials to the Kore- “It’s where the largest battle of the Revo- Bergenﬁ eld, he has been advising the THCC before they all leave us and be there for the an Comfort Women—who were sexually lutionary War was fought,” where Wash- on the Memorial and was invited to aid in dedication to see that people can carry on enslaved during World War II by the Jap- ington’s army escaped to Morristown and the presentation to the Township to put their message.” anese—that sit on public property in Pal- there prevailed. the memorial in a broader context. To do this, part of the memorial will be isades Park and Fort Lee. There is also a A second objection is that he sees this “Chances are if you go to a museum bricks or stones, inscribed with the names Holocaust Memorial at the County Court memorial as addressing only a single group once a year, that’s a lot. Many times people of Holocaust victims which can be dedicat- House in Hackensack. while “of the 17 million killed in the con- go to a museum once in their life. A memo- ed in exchange for donations, “so people Neither Fox nor Prince deemed this as centration camps, six million were Jews rial is really there as a constant reminder can take their children or grandchildren,” a concern. “Using public land for memori- but there were Slavs, Polish, homosexuals, of things that occurred and a constant re- said Burg. als is a time honored tradition all over the Catholics, Protestant dissidents, socialists minder that we should not repeat the horri- Fox and Prince urge residents to come world,” said Fox and spoke of a memorial and Communists.” ble things that happened in our past.” make their voices heard at the meeting to Martin Luther King going up on Bergen He wants a memorial but said it should He said when asked if it was appropri- next Thursday at the Teaneck Municipal County property. “We are not sparking a be on private land, “where a proper muse- ate to put it in a park where people want Building. It is called for 7:30 p.m.

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201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 15 LOCAL NEWS Schaer, Johnson & Vainieri Huttle Bill to Protect Holocaust Reparations Advances in Assembly

RENTON—An Assembly panel on Thurs- restitution, protecting these reparations is committed against humanity by the Na- included the establishment of an $800 mil- Tday advanced legislation sponsored by the least we can do.” zis,” said Johnson (D-Bergen). “But for many lion settlement fund designed to provide Assembly Democrats Gary Schaer, Gordon Specifi cally, the bill (A-1041) stipulates surviving families, this is all they have and restitution to Holocaust victims and their Johnson and Valerie Vainieri Huttle to pro- that, except for child support payment or- should be protected at all costs.” survivors for money illegally obtained from tect monetary reparations received by Hol- ders, monetary reparations designated for “As the dust has settled on this sorrow- Swiss banks by the Nazi regime. The Claims ocaust survivors from being seized. or received by a Holocaust survivor of Nazi ful chapter in history, certain things must Resolution Tribunal has received over “The physical and moral atrocities com- persecution from any governmental source be treated as sacred and this is one of 32,000 claims from Nazi victims or their mitted during World War II were com- or victim assistance source shall be exempt them,” said Vainieri Huttle (D-Bergen). “This heirs to assets deposited in Swiss banks in pounded by monetary grievances that from all claims of creditors and from levy, is the right thing to do for the many fam- the period before and after World War II. stretched on for decades,” said Schaer (D- execution, attachment, or other legal pro- ilies who only have monetary reparations At about the same time, the Internation- Bergen/Passaic). “Given the extraordinary cesses. to serve as justice in the end.” al Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance lengths many Holocaust victims or surviv- “Monetary reparations are a relative- In 2000, a global settlement agreement Claims established a program to settle in- ing relatives have gone through to receive ly small pittance for the enormous crimes and plan of distribution was ratifi ed which surance claims never paid to Holocaust victims or their heirs. Recently, Holocaust survivors or their heirs have begun to receive reparations payments from the funds established for this purpose. It is estimated that approximately 4,500 Holocaust survivors live in New Jersey. Because these funds represent reparations for money improperly seized or withheld, the sponsors hope to ensure that they are not further diminished by remaining subject to creditor or other claims. The bill also exempts these funds from estate recoveries under the Medicaid program. Under State and federal Medicaid law, a state must seek recovery from the estate of the deceased Medicaid recipient for all services received when the recipient was 55 years of age or older, such as nursing home services, home and community- based services and related hospital and pre- scription drug services. Federal law exempts Holocaust reparations payments as assets/resources for the purposes of determining eligibility for Med- icaid as long as the payments are “separately identifi able,” that is, maintained in a separate account. Any interest or dividends earned on the reparation payments, however, are not exempt from Medicaid’s calcu- lation of income and assets/resources. This bill would continue the exempt status of the reparations payments upon the death of the Medicaid recipient by providing that they are not part of the Medicaid recipient’s estate and, therefore, not subject to recovery in an estate proceeding of a Medicaid recipient. The measure was approved by the As- sembly Judiciary Committee and now awaits consideration by the full Assembly. “Celebrate Israel Parade” Winners azel tov to all of our participants in Mthe 2014 marching group contest. The independent judges and committee members had a hard time deciding as so many groups looked great on 5th Ave. Winners were chosen from those who also adhered to all the contest rules as well. And here they are: our 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners for 2014: First Place: Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey Prize: Free Registration for 2015 Pa- rade Second Place: Tie between Yeshivat Noam and Jewish Foundation School Prize: $500 credit for both groups towards 2015 Parade Registration Third Place: Bi-Cultural Day School Prize: $250 credit towards 2015 Pa- rade

16 June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM LOCAL NEWS Zahal Shalom, Disabled IDF Vets Hosted by Bergen Families

By Stephen Tencer ner/fundraiser at Temple Beth Rishon in trip there. They can expect to be welcomed tively new to the program. Others have Wyckoff. Sunday is devoted to a Farewell as whole-heartedly by their Israeli veterans done it for several years. One hostess qvells sraeli veterans being hosted by Zahal Sha- Brunch at the Glen Rock Jewish Center, fol- as they did the vets in Bergen County. in all the veterans calling her Ma. Ilom of Bergen County this week had a lowed by departure from Newark Airport. During these two weeks, both the Israe- The Israelis are hosted all-expenses- wonderful time. Zahal Shalom is an interna- After that, the veterans, from all over Is- lis and their hosts and buddies leave every- paid. These expenses are funded by indi- tional program started by a group of Jewish rael, will be able to go home and tell family day life and concerns behind. Many host vidual contributions. Saturday night, June families from Geneva, Switzerland shortly and friends about their adventure, and may- families make the period a kind of vaca- 21st at 7:30 is the Zahal Shalom fundraiser after the Six-Day War. It has run for 23 years be have a chance to rest. If they are like pre- tion, taking time off of work, and taking and farewell dinner at Temple Beth Rishon, in Bergen County. Working with Beit Halo- vious delegations, at least some will make the kids out of school at the end of the year 585 Russell Avenue, Wyckoff. Admission is chem, it brings groups of Israeli disabled vet- a point of getting together in Israel. And to enjoy a group trip to an interesting sight. $65 for a buffet dinner that includes beer erans to spend two weeks with local host some of the hosts will travel to Israel some- Everyone wants to hug everyone else all and wine. If you can’t make the dinner, families, go sightseeing together, and party. time during the year to perhaps celebrate an the time. There are many circles of bonds; you can make a donation by sending your Each vet is also assigned a local bud- occasion and to visit with their new mish- those among the Israelis, those among the check to Scott Krim, 527 Old Post Road, dy family, and other volunteers help out pacha members. These vets may be their Americans, and most of all among mem- Wyckoff, NJ 07481. Volunteer hosts are al- in a variety of ways. All trips start at Tem- only family in Israel, and inspire their fi rst bers of both groups. Some hosts are rela- ways welcome to join. ple Israel in Ridgewood. They include all the Israelis and at least as many hosts and buddies, and some of their children. After a couple of days everyone feels like they are one big happy family. The vets, of all ages, both male and female, are all mobile, welcoming, and enjoying the camaraderie among themselves and with their hosts. JLBC fi rst joined them last Wednes- day on their tour of the Museum of Nat- ural History and their cruise on the Circle Line. The highlight of the former was the Israeli picnic lunch enjoyed in an arbore- al nook in Central Park. The highlight of the latter was getting group pictures with Lady Liberty behind you, preferably with her face forward. The veterans and their hosts and buddies were having too much fun schmoozing to pay much attention to the ship’s guide. With that atmosphere and the roar of the engines, JLBC had diffi culty engaging the veterans in lengthy conversations, but was made to feel very welcome by all of them. The ten veterans had started their visit on Sunday, June 8, being picked up at Newark Airport by the Executive Com- mittee. This organization has a committee for everything, so the hectic two-week program runs quite smoothly all the time. That night each moved into their host family’s home and shared dinner with them. The fi rst Monday’s all-day tour of Manhat- tan included the 9/11 Memorial, Rockefel- ler Center, the Top of the Rock, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and walking along 5th Avenue. Tuesday was spent at the Metropolitan Mu- seum and the Central Park Zoo. On Thurs- day, they toured Strawberry Fields and Times Square, where they saw “Mamma Mia” at the Wintergarden. Friday was set aside for carpooling to the Paramus malls until 4 p.m.. Saturday afternoon was spent at the home of one of the host families. Sunday was left open, so they could recu- perate from all the activities of week one. On Monday, June 16, the IDF vets were bussed to Washington, DC to tour the Lin- coln, Vietnam, and Korean Memorials. Overnight they stayed at the Savoy Hotel and were treated to dinner at an Italian restaurant. The next morning they made a brief stop at the White House and then toured the Capitol, including lunch in the Senate Dining Room with a representative of Sen. Ben Cardin of Maryland. Dinner was at a French bistro. Wednesday morning was spent at Mount Vernon, and the afternoon was spent riding back to Bergen County. Thursday was spent luxuriating on the beach in Long Branch. Friday they are scheduled to tour Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum and then walk around the High Line. Shabbat will be another free day spent with hosts and/or buddies. Saturday evening there will be a gala celebration din-

201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 17 RESTITUTION ISSUES Austria Is About to Send This Jew to Jail for Making a Restitution Claim. Why?

By Peter S. Green/www.tabletmag.com clung to the idea that they, too, had been “and thus unlawfully enrich himself.” victims of Nazi aggression, and the govern- Templ says he never made any asser- n April 4, Stephan Templ, a Jewish, ment was slow to begin the process of resti- tions that his mother had no siblings and O53-year-old architectural historian, was tution. While some property was returned in any event had no responsibility to name supposed to report to an Austrian prison to or compensated for in the aftermath of the other heirs but rather only to show Aus- spend the next three years in jail. His crime: war, it wasn’t until 2000—55 years after the tria’s restitution panel that his mother’s helping his mother, a Holocaust survivor, re- end of the Third Reich—that Austria for- claim was legitimate. “This scandalous claim her share of a 19th-century hospital mally agreed to set up a system to manage court rules that they should get the Fürth off Vienna’s Ringstrasse that was seized by the return of Nazi-looted property still held building back again,” Templ told me in a tel- the Nazis from a relative in 1938. According by the state to Holocaust survivors and the ephone interview last week. “That’s just Ar- to the three-judge panel that convicted him heirs of those who had perished and to yanizing it all over again.” last April, Templ—who has written exten- compensate slave laborers. Even those who disagree with Templ’s sively about Austria’s poor record of provid- The Fürths had no children, so under belief that the court held special animus ing restitution for Nazi-looted art and prop- Austrian law their property went to the rel- for him because of his earlier work high- erty—himself deliberately defrauded the atives of his parents and their descendants. lighting Austria’s poor record on restitution state of what one judge insisted was Aus- Stephan Templ in front of the Fürth In 2003, a claim to return the building to say something went amiss in Templ’s case. tria’s right to recover a piece of the proceeds. Sanatorium in Vienna. (Tina Walzer) the Fürths’ heirs was rejected by the Aus- “I don’t share the view that it’s something Last month, Austria’s Supreme Court up- trian government, which argued that a 1966 personal against Stephan,” said Blimlinger, held Templ’s conviction. Now Templ’s last protect Austrian bureaucrats who’ve made payment to a government restitution fund who is now rector of Vienna’s Academy of recourse is an appeal of his sentence to the a deal with what he calls “the private Hol- had settled the matter. Fine Arts. “He’s caught in the wheels of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. ocaust business” of lawyers, bankers, nota- In 2005, Templ learned that his moth- bureaucracy of the courts.” The decision, which came three years after ries, and genealogists who take generous er was a potential heir to the Fürth proper- The Austrian restitution system is de- a state restitution panel returned the hos- commissions for brokering the return of ty after a Vienna lawyer retained by Hoern- signed to trip up the heirs who seek belat- pital property to 39 heirs, including Tem- looted property to generations of heirs. (I er Bank, a German institution that fi nances ed justice, says E. Randol Schoenberg, a Los pl’s mother Helene, has left observers per- met Templ more than 20 years ago, while searches for missing heirs in exchange for Angeles-based attorney who went to the plexed and underscores Austria’s stumbling working as a correspondent in Central and a share of restituted property, announced U.S. Supreme Court to force the Austrian effort to face its Nazi past. Eastern Europe, and he has been a source a claim was being made on behalf of nine government to return a group of paintings, The verdict upended the usual order of of information over the years on a range other heirs. Templ, whose family’s proper- including a gold-leafed portrait by Gustav business surrounding Holocaust restitu- of subjects from the history of 20th-centu- ty in pre-War Czechoslovakia was seized Klimt, to the heirs of Holocaust victims. “If tion proceedings, making a claimant—in ry architecture to the ownership of Holo- fi rst by the Nazis and again by the coun- your car is stolen you go to the police to get this case, Templ—responsible for fi nding caust-looted artworks.) try’s Communist regime, is a descendent of it back,” Schoenberg said in an interview. heirs and criminally liable for failing to do “The main problem is the misunder- Fürth’s grandparents on his maternal side. “There was never any offi cial agency desig- so. What makes Templ’s case even more cu- standing that the Republic of Austria is He fi led a claim on behalf of his mother, nated to help Jews get their property back.” rious is that it hinges on the idea that Aus- some kind of victim in this whole affair,” Helene Templ, whose share turned out to be Templ also notes the original claim tria has a legitimate ownership claim in a said Eva Blimlinger, the former director of worth more than a million euros, or about fi led in 2003 by a group of attorneys, nota- property everyone agrees was stolen from the Austrian Republic’s Historical Commis- $1.5 million. In his paperwork, Templ didn’t ries, and a genealogist hired by the Hoern- Jews, despite a landmark treaty signed with sion, which handled the search for looted mention his mother’s estranged sister, Elis- er Bank left out not just Templ’s aunt and the United States in 2000 that compelled property still in government hands. “There abeth Kretschmer, was also an heir to the mother but several dozen other relatives, the state to return any looted property still is no damage to the Republic of Austria.” estate. Prosecutor Kurt Hankiewicz argued some of whom Templ has since tracked in government hands to its legitimate own- The private hospital at Schmidgasse 14 in charging Templ that by failing to name down in Berlin and New York. Ultimately, ers or their heirs. was known as the Sanatorium Fürth, after Kretschmer as a potential heir, Templ cheat- the bank fi led a list of 38 heirs, which did Templ believes he is being singled its owner, Dr. Lothar Fürth, a Jew who con- ed not his aunt, but rather the Republic of not include either of the sisters. Yet none out for political reasons. In 2001, he and verted to Christianity. In 1938, the building Austria. The argument is Kafkaesque: Had of those claimants, nor the bank’s genealo- his partner, Tina Walzer, wrote a book was seized by the Nazis, who forced both Kretschmer been awarded a share in the es- gist, notary, or attorney were charged with called Unser Wien—Our Vienna—that de- Fürth and his wife to scrub the sidewalks tate, Hankiewicz reasoned, and chosen not fraud as Templ was. tailed the history and ownership of some in front of the building. Unable to bear the to claim it, the share would have reverted to “I don’t see how it’s his responsibili- 350 prominent buildings, landmarks, and humiliation, they committed suicide a few the state. But the state, under the American ty,” said one attorney reviewing the case. businesses that had been Aryanized after weeks later, injecting themselves with poi- agreement, isn’t allowed to own any prop- “The burden shouldn’t be on the claim- the Anschluss. The book put many Austri- son in an operating room. “We have had erty confi scated from Jews. Furthermore, ant, it should be on the state.” And even if ans on notice that Nazi-era theft and post- enough,” Fürth wrote in a suicide note. Kretschmer said in a deposition that she somehow Templ did have a responsibility war re-appropriation of looted Jewish prop- The building served as the U.S. Consu- never would have renounced her claim to to name his aunt, it “isn’t something that erty was not a buried issue and earned the late in Vienna from 1945 until 2007, when the property in favor of the state in any case. should be a criminal matter against him. It pair the front-page headline “A New Cam- the building was vacated in preparation The ruling in Templ’s case, written by a ought to be resolved in the family or in a paign Against Austria” in the mass-circula- for returning it to the heirs. While Ger- judge named Sonja Weis, said Templ should civil court proceeding in Austria.” tion tabloid Kronen Zeitung. many paid reparations to Holocaust vic- have known his aunt was an heir and that Visit www.tabletmag.com “Now I believe this is a vendetta against tims as early as the 1950s, and the neigh- he’d illegally left her out of his claim. Tem- me,” Templ said in an interview with the boring Czech Republic by the mid-1990s pl, Weis wrote in her ruling, “consistent- Peter S. Green covered Central and Eastern Europe for German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine had returned much of the property loot- ly concealed” his aunt’s existence in order more than a decade. He now lives and works in New Zeitung. He claims the court is trying to ed by Communists and Nazis, Austrians to increase his mother’s share of the estate York City. His Twitter feed is @PeterGreenNews. NEWS Jewish Women’s Archive Announces Revamped Website

ounded in 1995, The Jewish Wom- Intuitive design and updated con- tory of material about Jewish wom- JWA offers knowledge, inspiration, Fen’s Archive (JWA.org) has just invit- tent, from our thought-provoking blog en in North America and beyond. And role models, connection, communi- ed everyone to take their first look at to online programs now you can easily access that materi- ty, and a treasure trove of resources. the fully revamped, wholly redesigned Mobile access so you’ll have jwa. al on any mobile device and navigate Search JWA’s online Encyclopedia of jwa.org website. Over a year in the org at hand on your phone or tablet through it more smoothly than ever. Jewish women, download lesson plans making, and designed in partnership Eighteen years ago, the Jewish It is the world’s largest repository and other educational materials, visit with Navigation Arts, the new website Women’s Archive launched with a rad- of material about and gives voice to online exhibits on topics as diverse as offers: ical idea: to give Jewish women their Jewish women, both celebrated and “Jewish Women and the Feminist Rev- A bold look that reflects the spirit rightful place in history and make unheralded, and allows visitors to ex- olution” and “Katrina’s Jewish Voices,” of the women showcased on jwa.org their stories and achievements acces- plore “their bravery and legacies. Hon- discover book and film guides, view New navigation for easier browsing sible to anyone. At jwa.org, you (along or and learn from their lives. And ig- the growing collection of reminiscenc- and exploration of JWA’s collections with 1.2 million visitors each year) nite your own capacity to change the and profiles will find the world’s largest reposi- world.”  CONTINUED ON P. 21

18 June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM NEWS Green Hevra Releases Study NORPAC Hosted Senator on Jewish Environmental Field Mark Udall (D-CO) in NYC he Green Hevra, a network of Jewish ORPAC Board Member Jack Rosen re- and missile attacks period.” Tenvironmental initiatives, has released Ncently hosted Senator Mark Udall at a In NYC, Udall reiterated his support the Green Hevra Report 2014, a study ex- pro-Israel event in Manhattan. After fi ve for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense sys- ploring the growth, scale, focus, and chal- terms representing lenges facing today’s Jewish environmen- Colorado’s 2nd Con- tal fi eld. gressional District, This report, created by the Jewish en- Mark Udall was vironmental movement, assesses 124 Jew- elected to the U.S. ish environmental initiatives to clarify Senate in 2008. In and communicate the state of the fi eld. the Senate, Udall How has the Jewish environmental fi eld serves on three grown in the last decade? In what regions committees, in- are Jewish environmental initiatives most cluding Armed Ser- active? How many individuals do they vices, Energy and reach? What is the average budget of Jew- Natural Resourc- ish environmental initiatives in North es, and the Select (l-r) Jack Rosen (host), Senator Mark Udall, Jacob Chen, and Shang America, and how are they staffed? What Committee on In- Dai. challenges are faced by this young and telligence. Through growing new movement in Jewish life? his different positions, Udall has worked to tem, and pointed to the Iron Dome’s suc- For example, the report fi nds that: strengthen the U.S.-Israel relationship. cessful interception of over 400 incoming • Almost three-quarters of Jewish envi- As a member of the Select Committee Hamas and Hezbollah missiles as a testa- ronmental initiatives are focusing on on Intelligence, Udall was one of four sen- ment to its signifi cance. Udall also advo- education, while signifi cantly fewer Opportunity: A National Study on Immer- ators in a bipartisan delegation that trave- cated the importance of the U.S.-Israel organizations focus their attention on sive Jewish Outdoor, Food, and Environ- led to Israel. In Israel, the senators got a Strategic Partnership Act (S.462), a bill he environmental improvements in Jew- mental Education (JOFEE), which assessed fi rst-hand look at the country’s Iron Dome cosponsors, which expands U.S.-Israel co- ish institutions, grant-making, or advo- the impact on Jewish education outcomes missile defense system. After returning, operation and designates Israel as a Major cacy. from a specifi c set of immersive programs Udall said, “I visited an iron dome barri- Strategic Partner of the U.S. • The Jewish environmental fi eld in- taking place within the Jewish outdoor, er and I can tell you that iron dome works Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) was cludes over 200,000 participants each food, and environmental education fi elds. and it saves lives. I’m going to keep us- also in attendance at the event for Udall year, and reaches nearly 700,000 read- The new report takes a more comprehen- ing my [Strategic Forces Subcommittee] in NYC. Schumer confi dently endorsed ers with its communications materials. sive view of Jewish environmental organi- chairmanship to make sure that those Senator Udall as an important supporter • The total budget reported for the fi eld zations, assessing the nature of this grow- programs hold strong…and as long as I’m of a strong U.S.-Israel relationship. was approximately $24 million. ing fi eld, and providing a new set of data the chair of that subcommittee, Israel will Senator Mark Udall is running for ree- This report complements and adds to for practitioners, funders, and researchers not be held hostage to terrorist, rocket, lection in the upcoming 2014 election. the information base created by Seeds of to understand the fi eld as a whole.

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201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 19 LOCAL NEWS Sports Restaurant/Grill to Open in Teaneck

By JLBC Staff Said Gellis, “This is a family restaurant. fi gure out what might be kosher enough We are looking to create a family friend- to eat without feeling socially awkward.” eaneck—A kosher sports restaurant/ ly kosher and safe environment for any- At the Doghouse, “Observant Jews can get Tgrill called the Teaneck Doghouse is set one who wants a place to go.” In response the Manhattan business/bonding experi- to open on Palisade Avenue near Teaneck’s to the complaints, Gellis said, “None of the ence in a kosher format. And lots of locals restaurant row in early July, next door to half dozen complaints or concerns were who work from home, or work for fi rms ETC Steakhouse. One of the Doghouse’s brought up to the management to be dis- in Hackensack and around the area, need four managing partners, Jonathan Gellis, cussed, and these people were relying on a place where they can feel comfortable in- said he’s excited to offer county residents blog posts and rumors with inaccurate inviting people from all walks of life to talk a sports-oriented family eatery, featuring 28 formation.” business. Now they can bring them to us,” TV’s where families can enjoy typical gas- Gellis is confi dent the restaurant will Gellis said. tro-pub fare: a variety of specialty hot dogs, succeed. He told JLBC that the time of day Gellis notes a number of West Coast- pulled BBQ brisket, hamburgers, grilled and will determine the atmosphere. The restau- ers and Jews from all over the country have fried chicken, as well as steak entrees and rant will open for business/shopper lunch- settled in the area and want to watch Cen- meatball sandwiches—a perfect place for a es, alcohol-free, from about 11:30 to 3 p.m., tral and West Coast games, which air late sports fan’s birthday party. when they will start serving beer, wine night on this coast. He says, they want to As JLBC went to press, the Doghouse tion because he disapproves of the entire and cocktails. It goes without saying that cheer and watch with friends without was set to be certifi ed by the Orthodox concept, especially when it is located with- no one underage will be served, customers waking the family. For that convenience, Union. The Rabbinical Council of Bergen in walking distance of a number of yeshiva will be carded, and all of New Jersey’s strin- Doghouse will be open through 1:00 a.m. County invited the OU to give the hashga- day schools and high schools. Others also gent liquor licensing laws will be upheld. Sunday through Thursday, will have ab- cha, because it has more experience with said they believe alcohol should only be “In today’s business world, people like breviated hours on Fridays, and on Motzei places that serve food and alcohol. The pro- consumed when performing a mitzvah. An- to do business while enjoying the infor- Shabbos will be open from one hour after cess was approved, but a member of the other issue raised was the potential of caus- mal atmosphere of a sports eatery. Often, Shabbos until 1 a.m. community petitioned the OU, and sent ing problems with Shalom Bayis, because many of our neighbors have to go out with At press time, the Orthodox Union was out an eblast to motivate people to de- the men would have a hangout to go to in- business friends and co-workers, and wor- set to meet and reconsider the granting of mand that the OU remove their certifi ca- stead of staying home. ry about the kashrut of the place, trying to a hashgacha and the protestors complaints. “Keeping Kids Safe” • Project S.A.R.A.H. Has Solutions

By Elyse Hansford light on the silent abuse and help bring cy is presently working aggressively with clarity to the many daily challenges, is- area day camps. Project S.A.R.A.H teaches, eaneck—In an age of decadence, immor- sues and risks facing some in our com- builds awareness and fundamental train- Tal behavior and instant communication, munity. “We encourage open dialogue. ing emphasizing the various types of do- are you armed with the knowledge neces- Prevention is key,” said Elke Stein, LCSW, mestic abuse. “We provide basic skills and sary to identify a predatory situation? Do Director of Violence and Domestic Abuse offer training to sensitize camp counse- you have the basic skills to identify the nu- at Project S.A.R.A.H., which services Ber- lors, becoming part an integral part of a ances of abuse, molestation and bullying? gen and Passaic counties and is located in camp’s staff orientation at the beginning “There is a heighted awareness. Parents are Clifton. of and sometimes even in the middle of much more anxious, about something in- Supporting children and families facing the summer,” says East. “whatever they appropriate happening. They have higher extraordinary diffi culties is what they do, need.” expectations. They are expecting camps to but that support manifests in many ways They are also active in many yeshivot be more accountable about the measures and takes many forms. “In our fi reside under the alienu program, which is anoth- they have put in place to keep their kids chats we speak to parents directly in a par- er variation of the dedicated service offered safe,” says Esther East LCSW, Director of and elsewhere. The workshops are free of lor setting, we share solutions and give tips. to prevent, make strides, educate and em- Jewish Family Services. charge designed to educate parents, kids, We empower parents, giving them skills, a power every member of the community. Project S.A.R.A.H. a state wide domes- schools and camps. The project leads in- tool a way to begin speaking to their chil- Available as a resource to anyone, anytime tic violence and sexual abuse project for formative, interactive workshops tailored dren,” says Stein. simply call Project S.A.R.A.H at 972-777-7638 Jewish families, is facilitating workshops specifi cally to each audience. They share A resource for several area yeshivot, x154 for more information or go online to to educate and keep children safe at camp age appropriate information that sheds both for students and teachers, the agen- http://projectsarah.org . NEWSBRIEFS

Syria’s Oldest Synagogue, ants of the Jewish owners of a depart- resolutions based on national origin be- cus, the border with Lebanon, the Syri- Destroyed by Assad ment store chain that was seized by Na- cause of the “tensions between students an coast, and communication lines in be- The Daily Beast reports that the Syrian zis with an additional 50 million euros related to foreign confl icts should be tween—through the city and province of Army forces fl attened the over 400-year- ($68 million), The Associated Press re- managed in a healthy and collaborative Homs. Unable to impose its allies’ con- old Eliyahu Hanabi Synagogue in Damas- ported. The Schocken’s chain of stores manner rather than be exacerbated.” Ad- trol over large swathes of Sunni-domi- cus last month. Shlomo Bolts, an offi - in the Saxony region was seized by the ditionally, the resolution noted that BDS nated areas in Syria and Iraq, a hegem- cial at the Syrian American Council and a Nazis in the 1930s. The descendants, who campaigns could result in students being onic Tehran may prefer fragmentation, Jew of Syrian ancestry, said: “This is hard- reside in Israel and the U.S., were al- targeted based on their nationality and allowing it to dominate digestible com- ly the only place of worship to be de- ready paid 15 million euros for one of the lead to “disrespectful bias, hostility, hate, ponents of disintegrating Arab states. stroyed by the Assad regime. The Umm seized buildings in the 1990s. One of the or harassment.” al-Zinar Church [in Homs, that locals say buildings that held one of the family’s Yair Lapid: Birthright “Saved A dates back to the fi rst centuries of Chris- stores, built in the city of Chemnitz by Dysfunction of Arab States Puts Generation” of Young Jews tianity], the [1,400-year-old] Khalid Ibn architect Erich Mendelsohn in 1930, now Stress on Colonial Borders JNS.org—Israeli Finance Minister Yair Walid Mosque, and countless other irre- houses the German State Museum of Ar- UAE-The National reports that in the Lapid said that the Taglit-Birthright Israel placeable cultural sites are now lost.” Ac- chaeology. past week, two prominent Arab fi gures program, which provides free 10-day trips tivists estimate that at least 33 church- expressed doubt that Syria would remain to Israel for Jews ages 18-26, “saved a genes and hundreds of mosques have been Anti-BDS Student Resolution as it was, with its war into its fourth year. eration” of young Jews. “We were on our destroyed by the Assad regime since the Passes at Western Washington U. Lebanese politician Walid Jumblatt told way to losing a generation of young Jews start of the Syrian civil war, as well as six JNS.org—Associated Students of AP: “We are still at the beginning of the around on the world,” Lapid said at a fare- UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Western Washington University (ASW- war in Syria. In the long term, the map of well ceremony for Birthright co-founder WU) became the fi rst North American the Middle East will be redrawn.” Mean- Michael Steinhardt, held at Hebrew Uni- Nazi Seizure of Stores university student government to pass a while, the former UN envoy to Syria, versity in Jerusalem, Israel Hayom report- Garners Jewish Family proactive resolution against the anti-Is- Lakhdar Brahimi, declared to Der Spiegel ed. Steinhardt is stepping down from his $68 Million Judgment rael Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions that Syria would “become another Soma- position as co-chairman of Birthright, 15 JNS.org—A court in Berlin ordered (BDS) movement. In a 7-0 vote, ASWWU lia. Iran wants to consolidate the Syrian years after founding the organization to- Germany to compensate the descend- resolved that it would not consider BDS regime’s hold over “vital Syria”—Damas- gether with Charles Bronfman.

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have only kosher items for sale. However, and Rosenfeld have also discussed putting station in New Jersey (the station sells die- Kosher 2 Go! On there will still be some pre-packaged non- up a tent on the side of the station during sel) before hitting the New York State Thru- kosher items for sale that will be in a clear- the summer to accommodate a daily Min- way. In addition to the made-to-order food Rte. 17 North ly marked section of the mini mart. cha minyan. offerings and the pre-packaged foods, we’ll Ebbie Ashabi, the owner of the Ramsey Rosenfeld visited the Lakewood Exxon also be selling fresh pizzas-to-go that travel-  CONTINUED FROM P. 1 Exxon, knows the owner of a Lakewood as well as a gas station in Monsey known ers can take home and heat up in the oven.” Exxon that offers kosher food and he de- for its Thursday night chulent and kugel Rosenfeld recommends that people food with the ease that other travelers ex- cided to do the same in Ramsey. He has before beginning work on the Ramsey Ko- planning their tips to the country keep in perience at virtually any other gas station agreed to change over all of the milk for the sher 2 Go. Rosenfeld admits, “I know Ram- mind that Ramsey Kosher 2 Go is an ideal along the highway. Visitors will be able to coffee to cholov yisroel and he’s now carry- sey is not Lakewood or Monsey, but there place to stop to ﬁ ll up on gas, use the facil- purchase fresh kosher items made to order ing Kleins Natural, Mehadrin, and other ko- are enough people traveling on Route 17 ities, and stock up on kosher food. He can’t such as personalized pizza pies, sandwich- sher brands in the freezer cases. In fact, all to make this work. Certainly we’re going vouch for the math, but he does say that it’s es, and make your own salads. If they don’t of the dairy products in Kosher 2 Go will to attract those people going to the coun- about the midpoint between Flatbush and have the time to wait, they can pick some- be cholov yisroel and all breads will be pas try for the weekend, and those who drive South Fallsburg. thing up from the (also freshly made) pre- yisroel. Ashabi also plans on stocking the to Woodbury Commons and those who Down the road Rosenfeld may also sell packaged kosher sandwiches, salads, and periodicals rack with Jewish publications make the drive every day, but we’ll also get food for Shabbos, but for now you can def- sushi. such as the Jewish Link of Bergen County those drivers, especially truck drivers, who initely stop in for chulent and kugel on Teaneck resident Elliot Rosenfeld will and other newspapers and magazines. He want to take advantage of the last Exxon Thursday nights. be operating Kosher 2 Go. Rosenfeld is no stranger to food prep or running food es- tablishments. He’s been in the pizza business in Teaneck and Elizabeth for 14 years. He is also the food services provider for several school lunch programs and camps, is a caterer, and operates a café inside the Scotch Plains JCC. Rosenfeld told the JLBC, “I think the increase in food establish- ments being in gas stations has clearly increased. Gas stations are no longer just a place to get gas. The beauty of this gas station mini-mart is that I have a full kosher kitchen where I will be able to make fresh food to order every day.” SALE! All food sold at Kosher 2 Go will be pareve or dairy. Food prepared on site will be under the rabbinical supervision of Rab- bi Zushe Yosef Blech from Monsey. All the QUALITY BRANDS GREAT PRICES grab and go snacks will be under various ko- & SELECTION sher certiﬁ cations. The goal is to ultimately

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ew York, NY—Marsha Stern Talmudical the Heartsaver CPR AED course, through Legislation to make CPR training a re- NAcademy (MTA)/Yeshiva University High the Arista National Honor Society. He is co- quirement for a high school diploma is School for Boys student Philip Meyer, of Te- president of the MTA Arista Chapter. Meyer pending in the New York State Legislature; aneck, New Jersey, led a training in CPR, au- is also a certifi ed and licensed Emergency 16 states already have such a requirement. tomated external defi brillator (AED) use Medical Technician, a facilitator of Family “It’s reasonable to argue that failure to and the Heimlich maneuver for more than and Friends, and Heartsaver – Bloodborn be prepared for a life-threatening situation 100 MTA students and faculty this May. Pathogens as well as basic life support in- would, if one occurs, cause the unprepared The course covered chest compressions, structor with the American Heart Asso- person to violate the mitzvah of lo taamod breathing through mouth-to-mouth and in- ciation (AHA). In addition, he is an active al dam re’echa [don’t stand idly by your termediary devices, and AED use. Working member of the Bogota First Aid squad. neighbor’s blood],” said Murray Sragow, di- in small groups, Meyer taught the course “As my senior year in high school came rector of college guidance at MTA. “Thanks repeatedly throughout the month of May to an end, I saw how much I have gained to Philip Meyer, a large group of MTA stu- so that he could closely monitor each in- from MTA and I felt like I needed to give dents and faculty can now be confi dent dividual to help them gain skills and confi - back somehow,” said Meyer. “I am very in- that they will not violate this mitzvah if the dence in their ability to make a difference terested in medicine and this felt like the case arises.” in a life-threatening situation. Participants perfect way to continue on that road while After studying in Israel next year, Mey- received AHA certifi cation after passing a giving back to the school. The need for CPR er will attend the Jay and Jeannie Schotten- test at the course’s conclusion. can happen anytime so it is very important stein Honors Program at Yeshiva Universi- Philip Meyer (r) teaching a fellow MTA Meyer offered the course, a module of that people know what to do.” ty. student CPR Moriah Presents Names, Not Numbers

By Bracha Schwartz camps, and liberation. Interspersed with the interviews are photos and maps to give eaneck—In 1942, Sol Goldstein, a Jew- context. A soundtrack of music, with some Tish kid from Baltimore, enlisted in the original compositions, added another layer army. He had experienced his share of anti- of professionalism. The fi lm includes visu- semitism growing up, like kids calling him als of the students behind the camera and “a dirty Jew.” But he was totally unprepared some audio of their questions, reinforcing for what he saw when his unit entered the the premise that students are doing the Buchenwald concentration camp. Seventy work and not simply observing. years later, as he tells his story on fi lm to In an interview prior to the event, Abby a group of 8th-grade students from the Mo- Herschmann, sponsor, parent coordinator, riah School of Englewood who are inter- mentor, and the initiator of “Names, Not viewing him, his voice trembles with rage, Numbers” at Moriah, said that as they were his expression shows his incredulity, and planning this year’s fi lm they wondered his words only hint at the devastation he Dr. Robert Alter and Judith Kallman.Libby and Israel Lulinsky, Karen and Judah Strulowitz. how they could top last year’s amazing sto- witnessed. ries. “All the survivors are incredible,” Her- It is the race to put the memories of viewing with the help of a parent mentor. For the survivors, participating in schmann said. “The stories are all differ- Holocaust survivors into a permanent re- Jeannette Friedman, editor of The Jewish “Names, Not Numbers” was bittersweet. “It ent.” cord before time runs out that is fueling Link, gave the students a workshop on in- was diffi cult to relive the experience,” said An unusual aspect of this year’s fi lm programs like “Names, Not Numbers.” Now terview techniques and fi lmmaker Sandra Ira (Israel) Lulinski, who was interviewed was the meeting of participants Sol Gold- in its second year at Moriah, “Names, Not Stacic taught them camera work and edit- by his grandson Judah Strulowitz. He had stein, who liberated Buchenwald, and Dr. Numbers,” is a yearlong, extra-curricular ing. Dr. Prager motivated the students by talked before about his experience as a par- Moshe Avital, who survived the camp. In activity for 8th-grade students that teaches stressing the importance of what they were tisan during the Holocaust to family and the fi lm, Dr. Avital reads a letter to Gold- them about the Holocaust and then coach- doing. “I said to them, you have the pow- friends and in an interview by Yad Vashem, stein that he composed on behalf of all the es them to interview survivors and pro- er to bring forth the stories,” he told the au- but not publicly. I realized that I knew of survivors, thanking him and the United duce a fi lm under the direction of educa- dience. him from a book, Falling Leaves by Isaac States for liberating them. In a further con- tional and industry specialists. Names, Not The dinner was a beautiful counter- Aron, the father of a friend of mine, who nection, Rabbi J.J. Schacter of Yeshiva Uni- Numbers 2014 had its premiere Monday, point to the fi lm’s sadness. The survivors was with him in the partisans’ brigade. versity, whose father was a chaplain and June 9, for over 800 people at Keter Torah basked in the love and admiration of fam- Lulinski shared this story with me: As a conducted the fi rst Rosh Hashana service in Teaneck. Before the fi lm was shown, Mo- ily and community, soaking up honor in- little boy, he and his father, and a few other in Buchenwald after liberation, attended riah hosted a dinner for 250 including the stead of degradation, being feted instead partisans, including Aron and his sister Jen- the fi lm and met the men. students who participated and their fami- of starved. The affection the students had nie Simpkin, were allowed into a Christian Other survivors interviewed in the fi lm lies, the parent mentors who assisted the for the men and women they interviewed home for an hour to warm up from the bit- are: Helen Kugelmas, a member of the Biel- students, survivors and their families, sur- showed in hugs and smiles—some stu- ter cold outside. They were hiding on top ski partisans; Sara Wolinsky, who survived vivors who participated last year, and invit- dents were interviewing their grandpar- of the oven, which was very hot, and he by being hidden in a barn by the Banetka ed guests from the community. ents. was crying. They heard Germans passing by family, recognized as Righteous Gentiles by In his introductory remarks at the event, While many of the students have fam- and had to be completely silent. Jennie put Yad Vashem; Helga Stern, who was arrested Dr. Elliot Prager, Principal of the Moriah ily members who were in the Holocaust, her hand over his mouth to keep him qui- with her parents trying to cross the French School, quoted Rabbi Jonathan Sacks who others had no knowledge but wanted to et. “It saved my life,” he said. When I told border from Belgium, and ultimately sent to said that “history is a story; memory is my learn more. Hyatt Aranoff told me, “We this story to my friend she was very happy. concentration camps until liberated by the story.” Memories are what the survivors have no Holocaust survivors in our family Her aunt Jennie, who passed away last year, American army; Judith Kallman, who wrote shared with the students, giving them a per- and I was excited to learn. Dr Prager made always thought he never believed her that her autobiography, A Candle in the Heart; Jo- sonal and meaningful connection to the it easy, showing us the many steps, many she did it to save him. seph Orbach, who was in a part of Poland history of the Holocaust. Dr. Prager told the parts to the learning.” Hannah Wechsler, who was in last under Soviet rule and sent to Siberia; Sonia audience that in the opening meeting at the Gabe Mehler said he wasn’t sure about year’s fi lm, enthusiastically told me how Kaner, protected by Father Celis, a Righteous beginning of the year, he told the students joining at fi rst. “I knew there would be dis- much “Names, Not Numbers” meant to her. Gentile, and then placed with another fam- they would be learning an “unsanitized, no turbing things, but it was amazing,” he “This project is important for future gener- ily so she didn’t know she was Jewish until holds barred” version of the Holocaust with said. “I came home and told my parents the ations,” she said. “The kids really care and her brother and sisters came for her; and Eli a large time commitment—every Wednes- whole story.” want to learn. They have respect for the Stern, a survivor of several camps until he day after school—and they shouldn’t partic- Sarah Lieberman said the project helped people they interview. And Dr. Prager is re- was liberated by the British at Bergen-Belson. ipate if they thought it would be too diffi - her learn more about her great-grandmoth- ally in touch with the children.” Dr. Prager hopes Moriah will be able to cult. He spends three months teaching the er. “She didn’t tell us too much before she The fi lm presents the interviews to tell continue “Names, Not Numbers,” although history of the Holocaust and the students died,” Sarah said. “I thought hearing other a chronology of events: life before the war, funding is always a challenge. He said, “Our break into groups to research the biogra- people’s stories would shed light on hers. how the Nazis created and then liquidat- goal is to do this until the very last survi- phies of the survivors they will be inter- And it did.” ed the ghettos, life—and death—in the vor.”

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Rabbi Menachem Leibtag at YU’s Summer Learning Netivot Shalom and Beth Aaron Returns to Rinat ongregation Netivot Sha- gation Beth Aaron, 950 Queen By Elizabeth Kratz of the Ten Martyrs in order to connect Clom will be hosting world- Anne Road, Teaneck. with and reenact the theme of the day on renowned scholar, Rabbi Rabbi Leibtag, founder eaneck—Yeshiva University’s popu- which it is being recited. Menachem Leibtag, on Shab- of The Tanach Study Center Tlar annual summer learning program The second speaker is Mrs. Nechama bat, on June 28th. His ﬁ rst shi- [www.tanach.org], is one of in Bergen County will take place at Con- Price, a local Yoetzet Halacha who is a not- ur will follow the Torah read- the pioneers of Jewish edu- gregation Rinat Yisrael on three succes- ed Tanach lecturer as a member of the facing during shachrit and is cation on the Internet. He sive Mondays: July 14, 21, and 28, 2014. The ulty at Stern College for Women. Her lec- entitled: The Number Seven is known for his weekly es- event, which last year garnered an im- ture series is called “Heroes and Villains in in Chumash, and its Connec- says on Parshat ha’Shavua pressive 90 community participants, wel- Tanach,” and will occur from 10:45 to 11:45 tion to the Laws of Tumah. and audio podcasts on the Shachrit begins at 8:45 am. books of Neviim. Rabbi His second lesson is im- Leibtag has been a “rebbe” at mediately following service (after Kiddu- Yeshivat Har Etzion for over 30 years. He sh) and is entitled: The Tragedies in Sefer also teaches at Yeshivat Shaalavim and Bamidbar: Punishment or Consequence? Midreshet Lindenbaum. He also routine- The entire community is invited to attend. ly lectures around the globe, primarily as On Shabbat evening, Rabbi Leibtag will a Scholar-in-Residence in communities speak at 7:10 p.m. on “Moshe and the Rock: in North America, and is a regular guest A Sin or a Sign?” and at 8:30 p.m. on “How lecturer for Jewish students on universi- Chumash Explains the Siddur,” at Congre- ty campuses. Touro and OU Announce Lander Scholarships

even outstanding high school gradu- College,” noting that NCSY also offers schol- Rabbi Jeremy Wieder Yoetzet Halacha Nechama Price Sates from across the nation were select- arship assistance that enables these excep- ed to receive the prestigious Sarah Rivkah tional future leaders to attend school in Is- comes both men and women, as well as a.m. following Rabbi Wieder’s presenta- and Dr. Bernard Lander Scholarship given rael prior to enrolling in one of the Lander mature high school students, said Neha- tions. jointly by Touro College and NCSY, the in- Colleges. ma Cohen, the event’s organizer. Mrs. Price’s series will analyze many ternational youth program of the Orthodox Marion Stoltz-Loike, Dean of LCW/The Following last year’s exciting scholars of the heroes and villains of Tanach, in- Union. The recipients are: Emma O’Quin of Anna Ruth and Mark Hasten School, com- Rabbi Allen Schwartz and Mrs. C.B. Ne- cluding the sins of famous heroes like the Tacoma, WA; Caitlyn Franks of Baltimore; mented on the meaningful bond that exists ugroschl, the fi rst of this summer’s two Avot, Imahot, David, Shlomo, and others. Jamie Epstein of Memphis; Mariah Barber between OU’s NCSY and Touro College. “Year lecturers is Rabbi Jeremy Wieder, a rosh Participants will discover important les- of Eugene, OR; Nicki Feerst of Long Beach, after year, it is hardly a surprise that a large yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan The- sons by analyzing the difference between NY; Sara Lederer of Bergenfi eld, NJ, and portion of our student leadership comes ological Seminary and the Joseph and peshuto shel mikra and Chazal’s interpre- Natasha Zucker of Minneapolis, MN. from the ranks of NCSY. This well refl ects Gwendolyn Straus Chair in Talmud. His tation of the deeds of famous villains, Touro College, which has long enjoyed the unmatched emphasis that NCSY places lecture series is called “The Ten Martyrs in such as Yishmael, Esav, and Lavan. Mrs. a close working relationship with the Or- on empowering and inspiring the next gen- Liturgy,” and will occur from 9:30 to 10:30 Price will discuss how Chazal understood thodox Union, offers scholarships to out- eration of Jewish communal leadership.” a.m. on each of the three Mondays. Rab- neutral personalities against the backdrop standing NCSY graduates who choose to NCSY International Director Rabbi Mi- bi Wieder holds a Ph.D. in Judaic Studies of the abstract text. attend one of Touro’s Lander Colleges in cah Greenland said that each scholarship from New York University. Registration is required. Both classes New York City – Lander College for Men recipient’s “commitment to continued per- The stories of the Ten Martyrs are are offered for a fee of $90. Register on- in Queens, Lander College for Women/ sonal growth and pursuit of academic ex- found in a number of places in the liter- line at yu.edu/bergenlearn The Anna Ruth and Mark Hasten School in cellence is refl ected in her welcome deci- ature of Chazal and memorialized in Jew- For more information about the pro- Manhattan, and Lander College of Arts and sion to attend Touro’s Lander College for ish liturgy on both Tisha B’av (Arzei HaLe- gram and sponsorship opportunities, Sciences in Flatbush. Women.” vanon) and Yom Kippur (Eileh Ezkerah). please contact Nehama Cohen, Assistant The scholarships, in memory of Touro’s Dr. Bernard Lander served as president Rabbi Wieder will share how each of Director, Community Partnerships at Founding President Dr. Bernard Lander, of Touro for almost 40 years, until his pass- these two piyyutim recounts the stories [email protected] (212-960-5400 x6350). zt”l, and his wife Sarah Rivkah, were an- ing on February 8, 2010 at the age of 94. He nounced by Touro President and CEO Dr. built Touro from a fl edgling institution Alan Kadish and Orthodox Union President with only 35 students in 1971 to an educa- Martin Nachimson. tional powerhouse with more than 18,000 Rabbi Yitz chak Etshalom to Speak “Dr. Lander always insisted that Touro undergraduate and graduate students offer scholarship opportunities to out- across the United States, Israel, Germany, at Congregation Shomrei Emunah standing NCSY leaders,” Dr. Kadish said. France, and Russia, making Touro the larg- “We have presented over $2 million in such est not-for-profi t independent institution nglewood— Rabbi Merivah” on Parashat Chu- scholarships over the years, and it is only of higher and professional education un- EYitzchak Etshalom, a mas- kat; “Bilam’s Wild Ride” on appropriate that these scholarships bear der Jewish auspices. Touro and its affi liates ter teacher and popular lec- Parashat Ballak; and “Intro- Dr. Lander’s name and the name of his be- offer superior yeshiva and other Torah ed- turer worldwide, will be the ducing the ‘New School of loved wife, Sarah Rivkah.” ucational opportunities, along with a myr- scholar-in-residence at Con- Orthodox Tanach Study’— Mr. Nachimson added, “These scholar- iad of undergraduate, graduate, and pro- gregation Shomrei Emunah or is it?” ships represent yet another signifi cant link fessional degree programs for the general in Englewood on Shabbos, Rabbi Etshalom serves between the Orthodox Union and Touro population. June 28, 2014. Rabbi Etsh- on the faculties of the Ye- alom will be speaking be- shiva of Los Angeles, the fore Mussaf, during a special Simon Wiesenthal Center, Rabbi Aharon Dovid Gancz to paid luncheon, and during and chairs the Bible Depart- seudat shlishit (approx. 8:15 ment at Yeshiva University Commemorate Rebbe’s Yahrzeit p.m.). The luncheon is $36 High Schools of Los Ange- per person for adults and Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom les. He is the author of two n Monday, June 30th, Lubavitch on the Pal- Topic: “The Rebbe as a Father.” $25 per child. A $180 spon- volumes of Between the Oisades hosts Rabbi Aharon Dovid Gancz, Dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m. at 11 sorship includes two meals. Reserve on the Lines of the Bible, which incorporates a tra- nationally renowned educator and mentor, Harold Street in Tenafl y. Shomrei Emunah website, www.shomreie- ditional approach to the Torah text and in- in commemoration of the Lubavitcher Reb- The suggested donation is $18, Chai; $54 munahnj.org or mailto:chanieshomrei@ sights from a variety of academic fi elds such be’s 20th Yahrzeit (Memorial). Rabbi Gancz Patron; and $180 High Sponsorship. gmail.com. Babysitting will be available. as anthropology, archeology, philology, and currently serves on the staff of Yeshivas Tom- For more information, contact 201-871- Rabbi Etshalom will speak on: “Coax- literary analysis, to yield greater depth and chei Tmimim in Morristown, NJ. 1152. www.chabadlubavitch.org. ing Waters from the Rock: Re-examining Mei insight.

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Sam Heller of Teaneck Joins Temple Mount Advocate Daughters of Miriam Center Board Visits Englewood lifton—The Board of Trustees of Daugh- By Elizabeth Kratz Cters of Miriam Center/The Gallen Insti- tute announced the appointment of Sam nglewood—Aharon Pulver, executive di- Heller to the Board at their recent annual Erector of the Israel Independence Fund, trustees dinner. came to Englewood last week to discuss Heller brings valuable expertise to the the message of Haliba, one of the initiatives Board as a result of his position at the Vis- the fund supports. Pulver shared that Hali- iting Nurse Service of New York where he ba was begun about a year ago with a goal serves as the Senior Vice President and CFO. to make the Temple Mount, the Har HaBay- In his position, Heller is responsible for the it, a shared sacred space between Jews, Mus- fi nancial operations, materials manage- lims, and Christians. Haliba is an acronym ment, endowment, and real estate of this for L’Hofesh Yehudi Har Habayit (Freedom $2 billion home health care, long-term care, for Jews on the Temple Mount). and managed care company—the largest The site of the binding of Isaac, the fi rst non-profi t home health care company in and second Temples, and the place where the country. He provides overall direction God chose the divine presence to rest (Isai- and guidance for fi nancial operations, con- ah 8:18), is considered the most holy of all Aharon Pulver tract negotiations, third-party reimburse- Jewish sites. The Mount is widely consid- ment, cash management, mergers & acqui- ered the third holiest site in Islam. The Jews themselves should today not ascend sitions, portfolio management, budget and Sam Heller Dome of the Rock, completed in 629 CE, is to the Temple Mount at all, because today general accounting, and corporate risk. one of the oldest Islamic structures in the we don’t know the exact location where the Sam Heller has an MBA from Baruch A resident of Teaneck, Heller is married world. The Dome sits in the center of the Holy of Holies stood. He said that is a very College. He also serves on the board and to the former Shonnie Rothken. They have Temple Mount, where the Holy of Holies is Haredi viewpoint, and that most sources to- fi nance committee of the National Associ- fi ve children and two grandchildren. He is said to rest, where the Torah says the Tem- day feel confi dent that the perimeter of the ation for Home Care and Hospice, a non- a member of Congregation Netivot Shalom ple will be rebuilt. Dome of the Rock, where Jews customarily profi t organization that represents those in Teaneck, where he also serves on their According to Pulver, Jews are limited in visit, is not part of this area. who need or provide home health and board of trustees. their visits to the Temple Mount because Addressing the fact that this topic is con- hospice services. Heller regularly speaks at Learn more about Daughters of Miriam of the explosive nature of the Muslim ac- sidered one of Israel’s most polarizing is- conferences on fi nance, investment, and at www.daughtersofmiriamcenter.org or tivists there, who contest any Jewish pres- sues, Pulver discussed the concept that Hali- health care issues. call (973) 772-3700 ence at the site at all. Jews are allowed to ba’s goals are simple and direct. “A lot of the visit the Temple Mount through the Mu- people who have addressed the issue before grabi Gate, Sunday through Friday between have been considered insane. They kind of 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. and between 1:30 and 3:30 facilitated that opinion because they de- 20th Year Commemoration p.m. Jews are not allowed to pray and are manded things when it was not the right not allowed to bring religious articles. They time to demand. They didn’t really state the of the Rebbe’s Passing are, in fact, not allowed to stop moving as case as it is, and this is clearly a case of Jew- they walk the perimeter, or move their lips ish violation of civil and religious rights. ore than 500 Jews from across the Gar- er in unity is the best tribute to the Rebbe’s in prayer, Pulver said. Muslims, on the oth- Nothing more, nothing less,” he said. “We Mden State are expected to turn out on legacy.” er hand, may enter through one of 10 gates, want to make this a shared sacred space,” Monday, June 23, to commemorate the life The seventh leader of the Chabad- and are allowed to walk, sit, and pray freely, Pulver said. of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Sch- Lubavitch movement, the Rebbe was born with religious articles. Religious Christians “Israel is a country, I am proud to say, neerson of righteous memory, who passed in 1902 in Nikolaev, Russia. He took over may enter through only two gates, and, like where umpteen times a day, if you’re driv- away 20 years ago this month. as the group’s spiritual leader in 1950 after Jews, are also not allowed to bring religious ing on the roads, you will see Muslim driv- articles. The area has been guarded by the ers pulling over to the side of the road, pull- Jerusalem Islamic Waqf police (Jordanians) ing out a prayer mat, and engaging in prayer. since 1967, in addition to a presence from Is- Gas stations, bus stops, in public parks—no raeli border guards. one’s heard of a Muslim being accosted in Is- Because the site is a focal point of the rael for being on his prayer mat in a public Arab-Israeli confl ict, the Israeli government place. Never! enforces the ban on prayer by non-Muslim “Muslim civil and religious rights in the visitors. Still, the Temple Mount frequently state of Israel are more protected than Jew- erupts in violence, including recently when ish civil and religious rights. I am proud to police used stun guns to subdue a group of live in a country where Muslim civil rights rioting Palestinians. Five arrests were made. are protected, but, as we respect their rights, The event’s host in Englewood, Elliot we are obligated to respect our own. You Auerbacher, told JLBC that he got involved can’t really respect someone else’s rights with the Haliba cause because he was hor- without respecting your own. You have to rifi ed by his own treatment upon visiting say, ‘I am a human being. I deserve the right the Temple Mount last erev Tisha B’av. “We to pray.’” got chased off by the police,” he said, be- Haliba’s funder, the Israel Independence cause his group asked to walk to the right, Fund, is a strategic philanthropic group not left, on Derech Aveilus (the path of the started in 2007 to support grass roots, solu- mourners). “The police started fi ghting with tion-oriented organizations that strengthen our group. The Arabs then saw that the cops the Jewish and Zionist core of Israel. Other The community-wide event will be held the passing of his father-in-law, the sixth were fi ghting with the Jews, and all of a sud- programs the funds supports are Regavim, at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in West Or- Lubavitch rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Sch- den they came in massive numbers and a land resources inspection monitoring ange at 7:30 p.m., and is being sponsored by neerson. The Rebbe suffered a severe stroke were screaming and throwing stuff at us,” group, Adir Ba’Maron, an IDF cooperative the Rabbinical College of America and the in 1992 and he passed away two years lat- Auerbacher said. organization that provides post-high school Chabad shluchim (emissaries) of New Jer- er, in 1994, on the Hebrew date of Gimmel “We are actually building on a consen- education and placement into the Israeli Air sey. Yeshiva University President Richard Tammuz, which this year falls out on Tues- sus that already exists,” said Pulver. “When Force for new immigrants, a yeshiva in Up- M. Joel, who has led the Modern Orthodox day, July 1. we fi rst started this, about a year ago, we per Nazareth, the Tavor Pre-Military Acade- institution for more than 10 years, will de- Throughout his life, the Rebbe focused paid for Israel’s fi rst professional public rela- my for Social Leadership and a scholarship liver the evening’s keynote address. on reaching out to Jews throughout the tions survey about the public’s position on program for Druze IDF veterans, among oth- “The Rebbe’s 20th yahrzeit is a time that world, regardless of their background or re- the Temple Mount. A whopping 69% of all ers. we can, and should, draw a lot of inspira- ligious practice. He stressed that every Jew Jews in Israel believe in the right of Jews to Haliba uses funds to subsidize buses of tion as we continue to carry out his teach- had a spark in his soul that was waiting to pray on the Temple Mount,” he said. visitors to the Temple Mount, as well as to ings and visions for a better world, “ says be rekindled. Pulver was asked about the interne- Rabbi Moshe Herson, dean of the Rabbin- For more information about the event, cine opinion of those who believe that  CONTINUED ON P. 26 ical College of America. “Gathering togeth- call 973-267-9404 or email [email protected].

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and quiz us,” said Stavsky. Farewell: The Winklers to Make Aliyah “Over the years I’ve had an extremely close relationship with my By Elizabeth Kratz to be serious about learning and students. I am teaching my ‘grands- I will make demands, but I want tudents’ now. It’s such a wonderful ort Lee—“I’m not going to teach them to remember the class as a feeling to have people run across Fand preach about aliyah any- pleasant time of the day. I want the street to see me; I used to run more. I’m actually going to do it,” them to have positive experienc- away from my teachers,” Winkler said Rabbi Neil Winkler, who has es in the classroom and remember said. been mara d’asra of Young Isra- the warmth of the relationship be- “I was profoundly fortunate to el of Fort Lee and a beloved Tan- cause I truly love these children,” have had Rabbi Winkler as a reb- ach teacher at the Moriah School he said. be during a formative time in my for almost four decades. He also Over his many years of teach- Torah education,” said Rabbi Dan- is currently serving as president of ing, Rabbi Winkler is proud to have iel Feldman, rabbi at Congrega- the Rabbinical Council of Bergen taught many excellent students, tion Ohr Saadya in Teaneck. “His County. some of whom have gone into the unique blend of humor, warmth, As he and Rebbetzin Andrea rabbinate, including several, like and broad knowledge made a tre- Winkler make plans for their de- Stavsky, who are community rab- mendous impact on all of us in the parture, they described to JLBC the love for Israel is passionate and ap- connection to the land, its people, beim today. class that endures as an inspiration emotional and bittersweet feelings parent to all,” said Rabbi Moshe and its destiny,” said Stavsky. “His students literally number decades later. Serving under him that are associated with leaving a Stavsky, a former student of Rab- As part of his work as coordina- in the thousands. I myself was for- this year as a member of the RCBC community they built, while mov- bi Winkler who now serves as rab- tor of Tanach studies at the Moriah tunate to be his student there and during his presidency, brings the ing on to the next chapter of their bi at the Beis Midrash of Bergen- School in Englewood, Rabbi Win- remember his classes well, which experience full circle and I wish lives: fulfi lling a lifelong dream of fi eld. “When we lived in Fort Lee, kler described how his major goal were full of excitement, warmth, him and his wonderful rebbetz- living in Jerusalem. my daughter would identify their with teaching his young students humor and his famous Rashi in only continued success in their The Winklers shared that ali- home by the Israeli fl ag outside. was to give them a positive experi- sheets. He made learning Torah en- new chapter in Eretz Yisrael,” said yah had been on their agenda for She would say, ‘Wow! They must ence with Tanach. joyable to us,” said Stavsky. Feldman. a long time. They’ve spent a month really love Israel.’ And how! Yet, “One of my many goals was “I credit Rabbi Winkler for Reminiscing about Rabbi Win- each summer in Jerusalem for the much more than the fl ags and the to share my passion for the beau- fueling my desire to compete in kler as a former paddleball partner past 19 years, and they spent a sab- unforgettable “Ha’am im Hagolan” ty of our culture and our tradition. the Chidon HaTanach and support- as well as a fellow RCBC rabbi, Rab- batical there in 2009, where Rab- banner outside their home, their More than the text, it’s the student- ing me throughout. I remember bi Yosef Adler said of his friend: “He bi Winkler took the opportunity speeches, shiurim, and conver- teacher relationship that young enjoying the Chidon club meet- is fi ercely devoted to Medinat Yis- to write most of his book, Bringing sations about Israel were always people remember. Some might say ings after school, either in his class- rael, having spent the last 15 sum- the Prophets to Life. glowing and inspirational, com- it’s foolish to have that goal, but it’s room or in the playground, where “Rabbi and Rebbetzin Winkler’s municating their strong emotional important. Certainly, I want them Rabbi Winkler would both teach  CONTINUED ON P. 26 Yeshivat Maharat Ordains New Class

By Aliza Chasan York Presbyterian Hospital, and has done a variety of interfaith work. Sutton also n June 15, the second-ever class of works at Ohav Sholom in Merrick, NY. OManhigei Hilchatit Ruchanit Toranit, “It was exactly one year ago that I was were ordained in the Kraft Center, giving sitting, surrounded by hundreds of peo- women a greater representation among ple in Ramaz, eagerly awaiting the gradu- Orthodox leadership in the Jewish com- ation of my colleagues,” Sutton said. “At munity. Victoria Sutton and Rori Pick- that moment, I knew in my heart that I er Neiss joined Ruth Balinsky Friedman, was in the right place,” she added. Rachel Kohl Finegold, and Abby Brown Picker Neiss has spent the past year as Scheier as the fourth and fi fth Maharat Director of Programming, Education and ever ordained. After the ordinations of Engagement at Bnai Abraham in St. Lou- Sutton and Picker Neiss, in which they is, MO. In the past, she has worked with were each told that they had “been found Religions for Peace-USA, the Jewish Or- worthy and granted the authority to thodox Feminist Alliance, the American teach and determine halachic rulings for Jewish Committee, and the Internation- the Jewish community and [had] been al Jewish Committee for Interreligious ordained as a spiritual leader” by Rabbi Consultations. She is also currently on Jeffrey Fox and Rabbi Daniel Sperber, R’ the board of the Leadership Council of Sperber, a professor of Talmud at Bar-Ilan the International Council of Christians University, assured everyone that the ti- and Jews, a member of the Religions for tles were deserved. All currently ordained Maharat stood together alongside Rabba Sara Hurwitz through a Peace Global Youth Network, a CLAL Rab- “I want to assert very clearly, that rendition of Tov l’Hodot. (From l-r) Rori Picker Neiss, Victoria Brelow, Abby Brown Scheier, Ruth bis Without Borders student fellow, and I examined these women very rigor- Balinsky Friedman, Rachel Kohl Feingold, Rabba Sara Hurwitz. a co-editor of InterActive Faith: The Es- ously and found them highly motivat- sential Interreligious Community-Build- ed, extremely intelligent, very discern- two new Maharat, one of their teachers, leaders and yet we are here and here to ing Handbook. ing, and with a very capable knowledge Devorah Zlochower, was conferred with stay,” “It is because of you that our voice of of the sort of material that they need to the honorary title of Chachama. Eleven Zlochower said before addressing the Torah is coming to into the world. And have in order to fi ll the role as halach- years ago, Zlochower spoke at the Drisha two graduates directly. “The three of us not only our Torah, but the Torah of all ic and spiritual leaders,” he said. “Of late, graduation of Rabba Sara Hurwitz, Dean have in common that our seats in the the people who we teach, all of the people there’s been a resurgence of criticism on of Yeshivat Maharat; she then spoke beit midrash are not something any of us who see us and recognize that there are no the part of many renowned and respect- again at Hurwitz’s ordination six years take for granted. You have indeed earned barriers to Torah,” Picker Neiss said after able talmidei chachamim both in Israel, ago, just before Hurwitz founded the your spots in the beit midrash.” her ordination. England, and here in the United States… school with Rabbi Avraham Weiss. Prior to their studies at Yeshivat Ma- As per her address, everyone received The main argument was that these in- In accepting her honor, Zlochow- harat, Sutton attended Mechon Hadar a portion of Torah at Sinai and it is only novative directions constitute a breach er spoke of the challenges women who and Barnard while Picker Neiss attend- with the acceptance of women into the with tradition. I wish to state very clear- want to learn have faced and continue to ed the Macaulay Honors College at Hunt- world of learning that all those portions ly, that quite the contrary is true. Inno- face. er College and the Drisha Institute. Sut- of Torah can be revealed. vation is the hallmark of Jewish halachic “We still face signifi cant obstacles. ton has worked as an educational intern “The fi rst is the breakthrough; the 2nd tradition...Halacha comes from the route Many Batei Midrash are not open to at SAR high school and taught at the Dri- gives permanence to the breakthrough…,” halach, to move, to step forward, to pro- women. It is not a simple matter to fi nd sha High School and Women’s Collegiate Rabbi Weiss said in his closing remarks. gress. That is how halacha has to func- superb teachers of Torah and it is even Programs. In addition, she has worked as “Our second Smicha ceremony sends a tion.” harder to fi nd our own place as recog- co-chair of the BJ/SPSA homeless shelter, message that smicha for women, b’ezrat In addition to the ordination of the nized teachers of torah and religious as a Victim Intervention Advocate at New Hashem, is here to stay.”

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Winkler stressed that the job of a com- also shared how much time she and her hus- ty where she is so integral, “This is the right Farewell: The munity rabbi, especially when there is a band spent working to build the Fort Lee time for us to fulfi ll our lifelong dream and kashrus-certifying organization involved, re- community. be able to live in Jerusalem—when we can Winklers to quires an investment of much time and en- Rebbetzin Winkler explained that she enjoy it, when we can give a little of our- ergy. “What many people fail to understand established the synagogue’s sisterhood and selves to Jerusalem and enjoy what Jerusa- Make Aliyah is that this is all done voluntarily. The com- that many of its projects were developed un- lem has to offer us,” Rebbetzin Winkler said. munity rabbis are not paid for their work der her leadership. Bikur cholim, comforting “We had a wonderful taste of it when we  CONTINUED FROM P. 25 with the RCBC. We do this for the commu- mourners, programming, holiday kiddushes, were there on sabbatical,” she said. nity,” he said. and special fund-raising events such as the During their sabbatical in 2009, Rebbetz- mers in Israel, and is a rav whose decisions The Winklers are not only leaving the Purim project, are only some of her many in Winkler volunteered in the Emunah Col- and leadership refl ect his sensitivity for the community, but also their children and contributions over the years. “I also creat- lege preparing young women for high school broader Jewish community,” Adler said. grandchildren, all of whom live nearby. Both ed the women’s Tehillim group in Fort Lee equivalency exams, something she hopes to Rabbi Benjamin Yudin also said that Rab- Rabbi and Rebbetzin Winkler discussed the which met for many years,” she said. do again. Rabbi Winkler, who was busy writ- bi and Rebbetzin Winkler are two of his and diffi culty of leaving all of their children and Furthermore, as Rabbi and Rebbitzin, ing his book and teaching during that sab- his wife’s closest friends. “There is no gener- grandchildren here in America. “We are try- their house has always been open, ready to batical, will be lecturing and developing cur- ation gap between himself and his students. ing not to think about what we are leaving, host people for Shabbos lunch and Yom Tov riculum in the fi eld of prophets, building on They adore him because of his sense of hu- but what we are going to,” Winkler said. meals. “We did everything as a team here to the work he presented in his book, he said. mor, his sincerity. He is genuine. This is how “My wife and I have been dreaming of al- make the community grow and to make it The Young Israel of Fort Lee is hosting he presents himself in everything. He has iyah for many years. It has been on the agen- the wonderful place to live in that it is to- a dinner in honor of the Winklers on June taught about the importance of the land of da. We didn’t do it earlier, when my children day,” Rebbetzin Winkler said. 22. For more information, please visit http:// Israel. It is an integral part of who he is. This were at crucial phases of their lives. But the While it is diffi cult to leave a communi- www.yiftlee.org/. is a life’s dream being fulfi lled, and these are idea of aliyah was always very clear. We have two very special people who we will miss very strong feelings about the state of Israel. very much,” said Yudin. It was a dream we hoped would come soon,” Temple Mount Folksbeine. He is also a trustee of CUNY. Rabbi and Rebbetzin Winkler are thor- he said. “The Temple Mount is not a religious is- oughly beloved and respected by the entire Rebbetzin Winkler also has strong feel- Advocate Visits sue,” Wiesenfeld told JLBC. “Some would Fort Lee community, which has grown from ings about leaving an organization she like to portray it as tzitzit-wagging settlers 20 families in 1978 when they arrived, to a helped found: Project S.A.R.A.H, an organiza- Englewood going up there and making a scene. but that thriving community today with three Ortho- tion that fi ghts domestic violence in the ob- is a caricature. This is simply the failure to dox synagogues, an eruv and a mikvah. servant community. “The Project S.A.R.A.H.  CONTINUED FROM P. 25 provide equal access to Jews on the Tem- The rabbi, who currently serves as pres- work is important to me. It will be very dif- ple Mount. Jews have to have an appoint- ident of the RCBC for the second time, has fi cult to leave that. I hope to be able to con- raise awareness and other logistics of the ment to go to Har Habayit in groups of ten. been involved in the organization since its tinue involvement with that on some lev- campaign. If Muslims riot, the area is immediately inception. He described its growth over the el even though I won’t be able to attend Israel Independence Fund’s board of di- closed to Jews,” he said. “The Har Habayit is years: “We started it with four or fi ve rabbis, monthly meetings anymore,” she said. rectors include Stanley Rosenberg of En- the heart and soul of the Jewish people. It’s Rabbis Swift, Gordon, Yudin, Adler, and Fass, She also has worked at Ma’ayanot High glewood, and the organization’s founding a Vatican that Jews can’t even visit,” Wiesen- and only one store under supervision. Now, School for Girls as an administrative assis- president and current board chair Jeffrey S. feld added. we have about 25 rabbis and some 60-65 ca- tant, since before its offi cial founding in 1995. Wiesenfeld, a well-known philanthropist Those wishing to learn more about Hali- terers, stores, and restaurants under supervi- In addition to a full time day job and a who also serves as board chairman of the ba may visit http://www.fundisrael.org. sion.” full time volunteer job, Rebbetzin Winkler Referrals By: 201-791-1230 We Refer LLC [email protected] Gail Hochman • Nannies • Housekeepers • Babysitters • House Cleaners • Baby Nurses • Elder Care

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By Reva Bhalla/www.Stratfor.com prevent a jihadist mini-emirate from form- ready to fuel Kurdish secessionist tenden- under a central authority in Baghdad. Tehran ing, and beneath that common purpose lies cies. Much to Turkey’s dismay, Kurdish mili- was never wedded to al-Maliki in particular, vents in Iraq over the past week were ample room for intrigue. tants from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party and but it did need to maintain a strong enough Eperhaps best crystallized in a series of the People’s Protection Units are already re- foothold in Baghdad to manage Iraq’s nat- photos produced by the jihadist group Turkey Searches for a Strategy inforcing peshmerga positions in northern urally fractious Shiite landscape. Employ- the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. With the jihadist threat fanning out Iraq. At the same time, the Islamic State in ing Shiite militias enables Iran to reinforce Sensationally called The Destruction of Sykes- from Syria to Iraq, Turkey is struggling to in- Iraq and the Levant and its jihadist affi liates the Iraqi army in a time of urgent need but Picot, the pictures confi rmed the group’s in- sulate itself from the violence and to follow are holding 80 Turkish citizens hostage. risks undermining Iran’s long-term strategy tent to upend nearly a century of history in a strategic agenda in Iraqi Kurdistan. Turkey Turkey will thus enlarge its footprint to manage Iraq through a fi rm hand in Bagh- the Middle East. has forged an alliance with the Iraqi Kurd- in Mesopotamia, but not necessarily on its dad. The more empowered the militias and In a series of pictures set to a purring ji- ish leadership in a direct challenge to Bagh- own terms. Some 1,500 to 2,000 Turkish forc- the weaker Baghdad becomes, the harder hadist chant, the mouth of a bulldozer is dad’s authority. With the consent of Turkey’s es have maintained a quiet presence in Iraqi Iran will have to work to keep a lid on sepa- shown bursting through an earthen berm energy minister and to the outrage of Iraqi Kurdistan. That force will likely expand now ratist moves in Iraq’s Shiite south. forming Iraq’s northern border with Syr- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, two tank- that Turkey has an array of threats to justify The militants rampaging through Iraq’s ia. Keffi yeh-wrapped rebels, drained by the ers carrying a few million barrels of Kurd- such a presence and a growing need to tem- core Sunni territories will embrace deeper hot sun, peer around the edges of the barri- ish crude left the Turkish port of Ceyhan in per Kurdish ambitions. Iraq’s Kurdish leader- Iranian involvement in the confl ict. There is er to observe the results of their work. The search of a buyer just as the Islamic State in ship will be reminded of their deep distrust no better motivation for Arab Sunni fi ghters breach they carved was just wide enough for Iraq and the Levant was ratcheting up its for Turkey but will also be overwhelmed by of various ideological stripes than a call to the U.S.-made, Iraqi army-owned and now ji- offensive. Upping the ante, Turkish Energy its own challenges, not least of which is Tur- arms against their historical Persian foes and hadist-purloined Humvees to pass through Minister Taner Yildiz announced June 16 key’s main regional competitor, Iran. their Arab Shiite allies. An outpouring of sec- in single fi le. While a charter outlining an that a third tanker would be loaded with- tarian blood feuds will also make it all the antiquated interpretation of Sharia was be- in the week. With al-Maliki now relying on Iran on the Defensive more diffi cult for Iraq’s Shiite government ing disseminated in Mosul, #SykesPicotOver Kurdish peshmerga support to fend off ji- Unnerved by Turkey’s increasingly as- to recruit enough allies among Iraq’s Sunni trended on jihadist Twitter feeds. From the hadists in the north, Ankara and Arbil have sertive Kurdish policy and possibly in an- population to fi ght against the jihadists. In- point of view of Iraq’s jihadist celebrities, the gained some leverage in their ongoing dis- ticipation of the expanding jihadist threat deed, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant 1916 borders drawn in secret by British and pute with Baghdad over the distribution of sweeping Iraq’s Sunni belt, Iran over the would not have been able to mount its light- French imperialists represented by Sir Mark energy revenue. But Turkey’s support for Ira- past several months has been expanding its ning surge across Iraq had it not been for the Sykes and Francois Georges-Picot to divide qi Kurds also has limits. military presence along its northern border substantial support it has received from lo- up Mesopotamia are not only irrelevant, Ankara had planned to use a tighter re- with Iraq. Tehran now fi nds itself in the un- cal Sunni tribes who in turn receive substan- they are destructible. lationship with the Kurdistan Regional Gov- comfortable position of having to reinforce tial support and guidance from sponsors in Today, the most ardent defenders of ernment to exploit northern Iraq’s energy re- its Shiite allies in Iraq militarily. Though Iran the Persian Gulf. Our attention thus turns to those colonial borders sit in Baghdad, Da- serves and to manage Kurdish unrest within has perhaps the most sophisticated and ex- the Saudi royals sitting quietly in Riyadh. mascus, Ankara, Tehran and Riyadh while its own boundaries. However, Turkey nev- tensive militant proxy network in the region the Europeans and Americans, already fa- er intended to underwrite Kurdish inde- to do the job, this strategy carries enormous Saudi Arabia Stirs the Pot tigued by a decade of war in this part of the pendence. And with Kirkuk now in Kurd- risks. This has not been a good year for the Sau- world, are desperately trying to sit this crisis ish hands as a result of the jihadist surge, Iran has spent recent years painstakingly out. The burden is on the regional players to the largest oil fi eld in northern Iraq stands trying to consolidate Shiite infl uence in Iraq  CONTINUED ON P. 32

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201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 27 EDITORIAL THE JEWISH LINK OF BERGEN COUNTY Yellow Ribbon Round An Old Oak Tree so The Silence is Deafening Co-Founders/Co-Publishers that we wouldn’t forget the Vietnam POWs Moshe Kinderlehrer Millions of prayers have been uttered; mil- boys, condemning Hamas for their heinous and MIAs as well as the hostages being held Mark (Mendy) Schwartz lions of kapitlach of Tehillim have been terrorist act and asking the U.S. administra- in Iran. He happened to have been in Israel Editor-in-Chief recited since last Erev Shabbos, when three tion to do everything in its power to help the when the kidnapping happened, and some- Jeanette Friedman innocent boys were snatched out of their nor- Israelis fi nd those boys. He said more than how managed to meet the boys’ parents. In a Managing Editor mal, yeshiva lives and turned into pawns for did Senator Menendez, who as of Wednesday video that went viral, he gave an impromptu Adam Negnewitzky Hamas terrorists—whose hatred of the Jew- night, had yet to post a statement to his web- press conference and said he was going to ask Senior Editor ish people was nurtured within them from site; ditto Senator Cory Booker and Congress- everyone he meets to tie three yellow ribbons Elizabeth Kratz the moment they took their fi rst breaths on man Scott Garrett. But then, President and around their trees. That is very sweet, and Contributing Editors this earth. And once again, as our communi- Mrs. Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden, kind, and empathetic, but it doesn’t really do Nina Glick Phil Sieradski ty has done too many times before, we come also have not made any public statements re- anything….Unless, of course, it inspires eve- together to seek comfort in each other when garding the captured boys, although Secre- ry single one of us to sit down and compose Advertising Director Yaakov Serle our children become targets of political in- tary of State John Kerry did make strong state- an email, make a phone call, or send a letter, Assistant Editor sanity. We have lost too many to terrorism. ments during the course of the week. Still, it to the President of the United States and tell Aliza Chasan What is most interesting is the silence doesn’t feel quite right when our represent- him, “Enough! You have the technology, the Offi ce Manager of our representatives in Washington as we atives and our President are so quiet about know-how, the weapons and the equipment Jennifer Hoff er were going to press. On Monday, only Con- something that is so obviously wrong. to fi nd those boys, along with Humint on the Sales Development gressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. stepped up to the One of the most interesting reactions ground. Twist a few arms, lay on some sanc- Ken Goff stein plate, and without any prompting, sent JLBC came from none other than the fellow who tions, cut off aid, and bring those boys home. Sales Representative an email, expressing his feelings about the wrote the song, back in the 70’s called Tie A Now!” Risa Lefkowitz Simon Worman LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Technical Editor/ Database Coordinator Moishie Rosenberg To the Editor: education and other critical topics rele- the Jews and other anti-Nazi party voters in Sports Editor I just wanted to thank you for the arti- vant to the Jewish community. Germany were subjected to voter suppres- Steve Gutlove cle in the Jewish Link (Cover article – May Sincerely, sion by the Brown Shirts, who made enor- Interns 15 “Team Zeidel Rallies Community for ALS Robert Evans and mous gains in seats in the Reichstag by do- Ilan Itzkowitz Zach Kfare Research”) about our family’s efforts to the Evans Consulting Group ing so, and were then able to elect Hitler raise money for the ALS Association. The in 1933 from inside the Riechstag. 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Peace, democracy and everything 37:16 “I am looking for my brothers, tell me er countries as they possess dual citizen- This just as easily could have been a Te- sacred to our society is being attacked al- please, where are they “ ship. Hundreds of these Teaneck citizens aneck resident, with many Teaneck chil- most daily in many corners of the world. Please help me and my residents fi nd are students. As is customary post Ortho- dren learning in schools not far from the It now appears as if kidnapping stu- this answer

28 June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM DVAR TORAH Two Jews, Three Opinions: Parshat Korach

Rabbi Dr. Tzvi fate of the aforementioned values? Have heaven,” then debate is not only tolerated An objection has been raised to the Hersh Weinreb people begun to believe that contentious- but it is considered valuable. If the motive criterion “for the sake of heaven” as a le- ness and argumentativeness, if not out- is ignoble, and certainly if it is merely con- gitimate motive for dispute. Surely men e all nod our right strife, are to be extolled? tentious, it is strongly condemned. have been motivated to commit horrible Wheads in agree- This week’s Torah portion, Parshat Ko- An example of such a harsh condemna- evil because they believed they were actment when we hear rach (Numbers 16:1-18:32), provides the oc- tion is to be found in the Midrash on this ing “for the sake of heaven.” One of the the phrase, “Two Jews, casion to refl ect on just such questions. week’s Torah portion. The Midrash points strongest arguments raised by freethink- three opinions.” We Korach is the biblical paradigm of the con- out how each of the letters comprising ers against religion is the fact that so much similarly chuckle when we hear the an- tentious individual. He is, to say the least, the word machloket represents a different blood has been spilled over the millennia ecdote about the Jew who was discov- dissatisfi ed with Moses’ leadership style vile trait. Thus, the fi rst letter, mem, stands by people who were convinced that they ered after years of living alone on a de- and calls into question the entire social for makkah, wound. The letter chet stands were performing God’s will. sert island. His rescuers noticed that he hierarchy with which he was confront- for charon, wrath. The letter lamed begins It is to counter such an objection that had built two huts aside from the one ed. According to the rabbis, he was even the word lakui, smitten. The letter kuf rep- the rabbis gave as an example of an ap- he lived in. He told the puzzled people skeptical of various rituals, not being able resents klala, curse. The fi nal letter tav propriate dispute: the machloket between who saved him that they were shuls, or to accept that a house full of holy books stands for tachlit, which is often translat- Hillel and Shammai. The disagreements synagogues. When asked why he need- required a mezuzah, or that a tallit made ed as goal or objective, but in this context between these two sages, and their disci- ed two shuls, he retorted, “One is the one entirely of blue colored wool required tz- means a fi nal tragic ending. ples down through the generations, were in which I pray, and the other is the one itzit with the blue colored fringe. He had But just as much as improperly motivat- characterized by tolerance and friend- into which I would never set foot.” no diffi culty fi nding contentious compan- ed disputes were condemned by our sag- ship, so much so that the Talmud records We have no trouble believing that ions, and he eventually organized them es, so did they fi nd value in disputes which more than one incident when Hillel came Jews tend to be contentious and have to into a band of rebels and fomented a full- had a constructive purpose. They particu- around to Shammai’s way of thinking, and express their disagreements with others, fl edged revolt against the authority of Mo- larly appreciated disputes which were mo- when Shammai conceded to Hillel. even when stranded alone on a desert is- ses and Aaron. tivated by the search for truth. Hence, hard- The disputes between Hillel and Sham- land. The question that must be asked is For the rabbis of the Talmud, Ko- ly a page in the thousands of pages of the mai endure to this very day. Although we whether or not this contentiousness is a rach epitomizes the negative trait of ma- Talmud does not record strong differences generally rule in accordance with the opin- good thing. chloket, strife and discord. A famous pas- of opinion between the rabbis. ion of the former, we carefully attended to Long ago, one could fi nd unanimi- sage in Ethics of the Fathers distinguishes It is noteworthy in this regard that eve- the arguments of the latter. I for one am ty among wise men about certain values. between legitimate disputes, those which ry single chapter of the work known as the convinced that we do so to perpetuate the Everyone consented that wisdom, dili- are “for the sake of heaven,” and those Mishnah, which is the core around which attitudes of attentiveness and harmony gence, and harmony were values worthy which are not so motivated. They add: the Talmud developed, contains a dispute which both Hillel and Shammai advocated of acclaim. Then a great philosopher, Er- “What is an example of a dispute for the between the rabbis on one point or anoth- and enacted. asmus, came along and wrote a book enti- sake of heaven? The dispute between Hil- er. The only exception to this is the fi fth Students of Torah must not only study tled In Praise of Folly. No longer could pro- lel and Shammai. What is an example of chapter of the tractate Zevachim, “Ayzahu the content of these ancient disputes, they ponents of wisdom pretend that everyone one not for the sake of heaven? The dis- mekoman,” which begins with the ques- must also learn to re-create the atmosphere agreed with them. pute of Korach and all his company.” The tion, “What is the location for the Temple which prevailed among the disputants, an More recently, the philosopher and former type of dispute has enduring value, sacrifi ces?” No dispute at all is recorded in atmosphere of civility and mutual respect mathematician Bertrand Russell wrote an the latter does not. this unique chapter. Yet this is the chap- and a willingness to concede one’s original essay entitled “In Praise of Idleness.” Gone From this passage it is apparent that ter chosen for inclusion in the daily prayer position in order to achieve the truth. from the list of universally held virtues our sages do not categorically oppose dis- book. It has been argued that it is precisely were diligence and hard work. pute, debate, and argument. Rather, eve- this chapter, devoid of even a trace of con- Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb is the Executive Vice Presi- What about concepts such as peace rything depends upon the motive. If the tentiousness, which merited its inclusion dent Emeritus of the Orthodox Union. and harmony? Have they also suffered the motive is a noble one, “for the sake of in our sacred liturgy. “RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Darwinian Evolution Quality, Not Quantity By Dr. Josh Backon

By R’ Dani Staum time with each of his children peri- here are many who object to what is odically. During that time, there is Tcalled “Darwinian Evolution.” itch Albom is a best-selling author, nothing else except for the child with Why object? Mjournalist, and broadcaster. His books him. Many parents spend much more R. Yitzchak of Akko, a disciple of the have sold 30 million copies worldwide. His physical time with their children but, Ramban, wrote 750 years ago that the breakthrough book, Tuesdays with Morrie, because their attention is so divided, world was created 15 BILLION years ago propelled him into stardom, remaining on the child hardly gains from the expe- (to be exact: 15,340,500,000). The Mid- the New York Times Bestseller List for 205 rience. rash states that God created universes weeks, and selling 14 million copies. During the last few months in our and destroyed them. Albom had heard about an interview family we have established “Tues- The gemara in Chagiga 13b states with a sociology professor named Mor- day’s with Abba.” Each Tuesday, I have that there were 974 generations BEFORE rie Schwartz that had aired on The Today breakfast with one of our children. Adam. Show, in which Morrie spoke about living During that time, it’s just me and the There are many midrashim not- with ALS, a terminal disease he knew was child. S/he chooses the menu, we eat ing that the fi rst week of Creation last- killing him. Albom had been a student of and schmooze, and then I drive them ed eons (see: Anafi m, a commentary on Morrie during his years at Brandeis Univer- to school. It’s been a wonderful expe- Rabbi Yosef Albo’s Sefer Ikkarim 2:18, ex- sity and had been close with him. When Al- rience, and something each of them plaining Rabbenu Bachya’s comment on bom heard about the interview and about look forward to. For example, when the use of YOM ECHAD instead of YOM Morrie’s situation, he felt guilty for not hav- I once asked Rabbi Mordechai Finkelman I went to eat with Avi, our 4-year-old, the RISHON in Genesis 1:5; Breshit Rabba 9). ing stayed in touch. He decided to rekin- how he has time for his own family. Rabbi fi rst time, and I asked him about school, The biblical day is 1000 Divine years, dle their connection, and he began to visit Finkelman, whom I consider one of my fore- he shrugged, gave me a sly smile and said, which is equivalent to 365,200 earth Morrie every Tuesday. In 1997, Albom pub- most rabbeim and mentors in life, is not only “I’m not telling,” and continued to eat in si- years, and the Midrash indicates that the lished Tuesdays with Morrie in which he the Mashgiach of Ohr HaChaim in Queens, lence. I felt a bit funny, but he was very hap- world is 42,000 Divine years old. documented many of the poignant conver- but his sagacious advice is sought out con- py with that. The Midrash in Breshit Rabba 14 sations they had about life and death. stantly by myriads of people. He is invited to We can’t slow life down, but we can do mentions in the name of Rabbi Yehu- Almost any adult will agree that life the weddings and simchas of students and our best to create memories and enjoy the da that man was born with a tail. The seems to pass so quickly. Parents will agree friends on a nightly basis, and also gives many experience. Of course there is also the ben- Midrash Tanchuma Genesis 6 states that even more. “It seems like it was just yester- different lectures throughout the week. efi t that I have learned many important people born before the time of Noah day that…” is a common refrain. But our Rabbi Finkelman replied that when it things about my children and about what’s had webbed fi ngers. Breshit Rabba 23 daily schedules are so demanding and tir- comes to one’s children, quality is more going on in their lives. Most importantly, states that in the days of Enosh, the facing that we just don’t know how to slow important than quantity. He said that he I learned that Shalom absolutely abhors es of men became APE LIKE. down the whirring daily merry-go-round. makes sure to set aside a certain chunk of when they put vegetables on his Hobo!

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By Larry Stiefel Doris Shapiro raised her hand in an in- nah, the priesthood, from Aharon and his stant (teachers always raise their hands descendants. As a test, Moshe Rabeinu has he blue bins and when they want to be called on—would them take their machtot, their fi re pans, Tbuckets appeared you expect anything less?). She was a and offer incense to Hashem to see if God in the Nachmanides fourth grade English teacher at Nachma- accepts their sacrifi ce more than Aharon’s. School one June morn- nides and had been for ten years. Her per- Of course, the story goes badly, and the 250 ing as if they material- sonal authority both in the classroom and men offering the ketoret, the incense, were ized, well, out of the out made everyone consider Doris the un- consumed by a divine fl ame. blue. One day the students were throwing offi cial dean of the teaching staff. “After it’s all over, Hashem commands their garbage into the regular trash cans, “Yes Doris, what can I help you with?” Moshe to have Aharon’s son Elazar take the and the next day, there were recycling con- “Rabbi, where did this come from?” Do- fi re pans ve’asu otam riku’ei pachim tsipuy tainers everywhere. The lunchroom had ris asked in her deep, stentorian school lamizbeyach, let them be made into beaten separate containers for plastic, glass, and teacher voice. “Who created this recycling plates for a covering for the altar. aluminum. The library had bins for com- program? That’s what I’d like to know.” noff, the seventh grade limudei kodesh “At fi rst, the whole issue seems strange. puter paper and newspaper. The hallways “It was me,” Rabbi Rosenthal said. “I’m teacher said. “And we go back a long way.” As the Ramban points out, why should were lined with large, blue plastic buckets. responsible.” “Face it, Rabbi,” Doris said. “Al Gore those copper fi re pans be holy? They were It was a recycling revolution. Everyone gasped. you’re not.” used to offer up strange incense, foreign to Everyone thought it was an excellent “What’s the big deal?” Rabbi Rosenthal “Nu? Nobody’s perfect.” the Mishkan. In the end, the Ramban ex- idea. The main question was: Who did it? asked. “O.K., Reuven Rabinowitz said, “what plains, Hashem made the fi re pans holy to There had been no school board of direc- “First of all,” Doris said, “what you gives?” serve as a sign for the Jewish people to re- tors meeting to discuss a proposition for meant to say was ‘it was I.’” “I’m a new man,” Rabbi Rosenthal said. spect the validity of the kohanim.” creating an amendment to form a subcom- The groan was as loud as the former “You might say I’m—” “I don’t get it,” Doris said. “How does mittee in favor of the potential for a recy- gasp. “Renewed? Rejuvenated? Recycled?” that support a recycling program?” cling initiative. No staff meeting had oc- “Second of all,” Doris continued, “Rabbi, Doris Shapiro speculated. “God took an object of sin from an in- curred where analysis was recommended you’re not exactly the poster child for envi- “Doris, can’t I just fi nish my own sen- appropriate sacrifi ce and changed it into for the process to better augment an atmos- ronmental consciousness.” tences occasionally? I was going to say I’m something kadosh, holy, for all time. That phere for the educational objective of the “Why do you say that?” turning over a new leaf.” has to be the ultimate demonstration of re- ecological awareness for a greener school. “Well, you drive a 1997 Lincoln Con- Doris smiled sheepishly and stopped cycling. So if He can change something so It just happened. tinental,” Rabbi Reuven Rabinowitz, the talking. bad into something good, surely we can Rabbi Rosenthal, the principal of the sixth grade social studies teacher said, “Actually, I was inspired to recycle by change our plastic and our paper into a re- Nachmanides School, called an emergen- “which gets, what, ten gallons to the mile?” this week’s parsha,” Rabbi Rosenthal said. newable resource.” cy staff meeting to bring the educators up “You use styrofoam cups like they’re a All the teachers stared at Rabbi “I like it,” Adelle Barishansky said. “That to speed. All the teachers brought brown dime a dozen,” Adelle Barishansky, the jun- Rosenthal in anticipation of his explana- works for me.’ bag lunches to the staff lounge, preferably ior high school science teacher said. tion. But the Rabbi paused for a long time The staff murmured in general agreement. without styrofoam. “You run the air conditioning in your of- before he began speaking. Silence at one of “So Rabbi, does this mean you’ll be trad- “I’m glad you could all make it on such fi ce like you live on a glacier,” Mark Morri- his staff meetings was so rare, and he wanting in your Lincoln for a hybrid car?” Mark short notice,” Rabbi Rosenthal said. “I real- son, the gym teacher said. ed to savor it. Finally, he began. Morrison asked. ize this is a bit sudden, but I think the recy- “I’ve never seen you shut off a light as “In this week’s parsha, Korach and his “One step at a time, Mark. One step at a cling program is a good idea for the school.” long as I’ve known you,” Rabbi Baruch Ara- rebellious group try to take over the kehu- time,” the Rabbi answered. FEATURE

That very afternoon Rebecca panicked derstands it. We all know that.” She tried to Read Carefully Before Using when she was summoned to her principal’s make her case. But it seemed that the student offi ce. with the highest grades in Judaic studies was By Estelle Glass tem and although Rebecca was to be Class At fi rst, she was relieved to discover that not as fl uent in Hebrew as Rebecca. Valedictorian, she was not on her teacher’s the visit wasn’t about her “creative” paper, but Mrs. Weiner, the principal, was adamant. ebecca was incensed. Every time Mrs. list of favorites. her relief quickly turned to dismay. It was “I’m sorry Rebecca, and I’m sure you’re mis- RKlein returned her students’ essays the Before she handed in her fi nal essay of much worse. taken. Certainly the audience listens to both grades were the same. A’s for the girls the the semester, Rebecca decided to test her the- “Rebecca, we would love it if you would speeches. In any case, I’ve already made my teacher liked and B’s and C’s for the others. ory. She opened her paper with the correct present your valedictory speech in Hebrew. decision.” There were never any comments or explana- information and then inserted several para- We realize that you were chosen to be Eng- Graduation day turned out to be sun- tions for the marks other than an excellent graphs of nonsense in the middle. Rebecca lish Valedictorian, but your command of the ny and bright. The excited crowd of parents scrawled in red near the A or a needs work then closed her essay with a strong ending. language is so wonderful that we are going to and relatives streamed into the school audi- with two strong lines underscoring the low- Sure enough, her work came back with the switch things around a bit. We know you will torium exchanging mazal-tov’s. They then er grades. Rebecca was certain that Mrs. Klein usual red-circled B emblazoned across the do an excellent job!” clapped in enthusiasm as their children fi led never bothered to read any of the papers. In- heading. She was right! Mrs. Klein never even Rebecca swallowed hard. “But no one lis- stead she had her own personal grading sys- looked at their papers, just at their names. tens to the Hebrew speech…No one really un-  CONTINUED ON P. 40

30 June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM POLITICAL PONDERINGS

the delivery of fi nancial aid to the Pales- Giving The Palestinians Yet Another Pass tinian Authority in the event that there is a power-sharing government between the By N. Aaron Troodler, Esq. ernment, and then did an abrupt about-face, they continually get a pass from the United Palestinian Authority and Hamas, seems to thereby paving the way for the European Un- States after repeatedly taking steps that run inherently preclude the United States from iplomacy is a complex ion and the United Nations to also indicate a counter to Israel’s best interests? continuing to fund them with hundreds of Dexercise. Decisions willingness to accept the unity government. The decision by Abbas to embrace Ha- millions of dollars each year. made in the context of a How is it that the United States was mas is an affront not just to Israel, but to the And let us not forget for a moment diplomatic situation are fooled so easily? Although Palestinian Au- entire diplomatic community, and I believe where some of the American dollars fl ow- often fraught with challenges and the im- thority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and that there must be consequences for having ing into the Palestinian Authority ultimate- plications of a determination that eventu- the Fatah leadership are quick to note made that choice. Once again, Mahmoud ly end up. It is inconceivable that the Unit- ally proves to be erroneous could be dire. that none of the initial members of the Abbas has thumbed his nose at the United ed States would keep sending hundreds One such diplomatic decision that very new government are part of Hamas, we all States and at the peace process, but the ram- of millions of dollars each year to the Pal- well may have lasting repercussions is the know who is pulling the strings in this pup- ifi cations do not appear to be forthcoming. estinian Authority so that it can continue United States’ perplexing pronouncement pet show. Moreover, when there are elec- It is time for Abbas to face the music perpetuating incitement through its hate- that it is willing to work with the new uni- tions for the new unity government, who for his actions. Even after Abbas defi ed based educational curriculum and provid- ty government that has been formed by the is to say that Hamas won’t step in and as- the United States’ wishes and unilaterally ing a safe haven for terrorists who it cele- Palestinian Authority and Hamas. sert its power in order to secure the govern- went to the United Nations in an effort to brates as heroes. Hamas and its terrorist tendencies are mental seats that it covets? achieve statehood, there was no diminu- The United States should reconsider its well known to the United States and to the Just as the world would certainly not tion in U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authori- decision to take a “wait and see” approach world. As a terrorist organization that open- recognize nor collaborate with a govern- ty. Following Abbas’ decision to walk away with the unity government, and instead is- ly calls for the obliteration of the State of ment that was established and openly sup- from the peace process, there were no con- sue a swift condemnation of this deadly Israel and relishes the opportunity to per- ported by a terrorist group such as Al Qae- sequences. Although Abbas has funneled union with a dangerous terrorist organiza- petrate deadly acts of terror against inno- da, so too the international community money received from the United States tion. With its track record of murder and cent civilians, Hamas’ involvement in a uni- should not accept a government in which and intended for foreign aid to the families mayhem, Hamas is not worthy of the Unit- ty government with Fatah is particularly Hamas plays a vital role. of terrorists who murdered Israelis, there ed States’ trust, nor does any government troubling. With its violent background and It is important to recognize that a ter- have been no penalties imposed on him. with which Hamas is associated deserve detestable views towards the Sate of Isra- rorist in a business suit is still a terrorist. Now that Abbas has embraced Ha- the United States’ backing. el and the Jewish nation, any government Members of Hamas will continue to harbor mas and empowered them, it is incom- I hope that the United States will see that includes Hamas as a partner should be extreme animosity towards Israel, regard- prehensible that the United States would through the façade that has been created shunned by the international community. less of whether they are part of a governing once again proceed without duly castigat- by Hamas and take the necessary steps to Yet, the United States somehow concluded body or building bombs in an explosives ing him. It is time for the United States to protect the people of Israel, and not the that it makes diplomatic sense to give Ha- factory. These are the same people that cel- stand up to Mahmoud Abbas and penalize people who want to destroy Israel. mas a chance. As Israel’s leaders rushed to ebrated the recent abduction of three Is- him accordingly. For example, if Congress decry the new unity government, the Unit- raeli students in a tasteless and appalling was to immediately defund the Palestin- N. Aaron Troodler is an attorney and principal of Paul ed States rushed to embrace it. display of callous indifference as the boys’ ian Authority, it would send a clear mes- Revere Public Relations, a public relations and political What makes the United States’ decision families and an entire nation were forced sage that embracing Hamas and endorsing consulting fi rm. Visit him on the Web at TroodlersTake. so much more disconcerting is that it re- to endure indescribable pain and anguish. their terrorist ways has grave ramifi cations. blogspot.com, www.PaulReverePR.com, or www.Jew- portedly informed Israel that it would take a And what about Mahmoud Abbas and In fact, the language in the United States’ ishWorldPR.com. You can also follow him on Twitter: @ “wait and see” approach with the unity gov- the Palestinian Authority? 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By Lee Fang (On Twitter, Brat has praised the conservative “Many lobbyists on K Street whose clients author Peter Schweizer, whose work on con- include major fi nancial institutions consid- “All of the investment banks, up in New gressional corruption forced lawmakers into er Cantor a go-to member in leadership on York and D.C., they should have gone to action on the STOCK Act.) policy debates, including overhauling the jail.” The STOCK Act, a bill to crack down mortgage fi nance market, extending the on insider trading, was signifi cantly wa- government backstop for terrorism insur- hat isn’t a quote from an Occupy Wall tered down by Cantor in early 2012. The ance, how Wall Street should be taxed, and TStreet protester or Senator Elizabeth lawmaker took out provisions that would fl ood insurance,” noted Politico following Warren. That’s a common campaign slogan have forced Wall Street “political intelli- Cantor’s loss… In 2011, Cantor was caught repeated by Dave Brat, the Virginia college gence” fi rms to register as traditional lob- on video promising a group of commodity professor who scored one of the biggest po- Primary Winner Dave Brat byists would, and removed a section of speculators that he would roll back regula- litical upsets in over a century by defeating the bill to empower prosecutors to go af- tions on their industry. Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the [recent] government: corruption and cronyism. ter public offi cials who illegally trade on in- There are many lessons to be learned Republican primary. Brat told Internet radio host Flint Engel- sider knowledge. And Brat may be right to from the Cantor-Brat race. For one, it’s The national media is buzzing about man that the “number one plank” in his charge that Cantor’s moves on the STOCK worth refl ecting on the fact that not only Brat’s victory, but for all of the wrong rea- campaign is “free markets.” Brat went on Act were motivated by self-interest. Cantor did Cantor easily outraise and outspend sons. Did the Tea Party swoop in and help to explain, “Eric Cantor and the Republican played a leading role in blocking legislation Brat by over $5 million to around $200,000 Brat, as many in the Democratic Party are leadership do not know what a free market to fi x the foreclosure crisis while his wife in campaign funds, but burned through a suggesting? Actually, the Wall Street Jour- is at all, and the clearest evidence of that and his stock portfolio were deeply invest- signifi cant amount on lavish travel and nal reports no major Tea Party or anti-estab- is the fi nancial crisis…When I say free mar- ed in mortgage banks. entertainment instead of election advoca- lishment GOP group spent funds to defeat kets, I mean no favoritism to K Street lob- Most self-described Tea Party Re- cy. Federal Election Commission records Cantor. Did Cantor, the only Jewish Repub- byists.” Banks like Goldman Sachs were not publicans, including Rand Paul and Ted show Cantor’s PAC spent at least $168,637 lican in Congress, lose because of his reli- fi ned for their role in the fi nancial crisis— Cruz, have railed against Washington in a on steakhouses, $116,668 on luxury hotels gion, as some have suggested? There’s no rather, they were rewarded with bailouts, general sense without calling out the pow- (including a $17,903 charge to the Beverly evidence so far of antisemitism during the Brat has said. erful—often Republican-leaning—groups Hills Hotel & Bungalows) and nearly a quar- campaign. Was Cantor caught fl atfooted? Brat, who has identifi ed with maver- that wield the most power. Not Brat. ter million on airfare (with about $140,000 Nope; Cantor’s campaign spent close to $1 ick GOP lawmakers like Representative Jus- “Eric is running on Chamber of Com- in chartered fl ights)—just in the last year million on the race and several outside ad- tin Amash of Michigan, spent much of the merce and Business Roundtable princi- and a half! vocacy groups, including the National Rifl e campaign slamming both parties for being ples,” Brat told a town hall audience, later But on the policy issues and political Association, the National Realtors Associa- in the pocket of “Wall Street crooks” and clarifying that he meant the U.S. Chamber ramifi cations of this race, it’s not easy to tion, and the American Chemistry Council D.C. insiders. The folks who caused the fi - of Commerce, the largest lobbying trade box Brat into a neat caricature of an anti-im- (a chemical industry lobbying association) nancial crisis, Brat says, “went onto Oba- group in the country. He also called out the migration zealot or Tea Party demagogue, came in and poured money into the district ma’s rolodex, the Republican leadership, American Chemistry Council for funding or, in TIME’s hasty reporting, a “shopworn to defeat Brat. The New York Times claims Eric’s rolodex.” ads in his race with Cantor, telling a radio conservative boilerplate.” If Brat ascends to that Brat focused his campaign primari- During several campaign appearances, host that his opponent had asked his “cro- Congress, which is quite likely given the Re- ly on immigration reform. Brat certain- Brat says what upset him the most about Can- ny capitalist friends to run more ads.” Brat publican-leaning district that he’ll run in as ly made immigration a visible topic in his tor was his role in gutting the last attempt at repeats his mantra: “I’m not against busi- the GOP nominee, he may actually contin- race, but Republic Report listened to several congressional ethics reform. “If you want to ness. I’m against big business in bed with ue taking on powerful elites in Washington. hours of Brat stump speeches and radio ap- fi nd out the smoking gun in this campaign,” big government.” See more at: http://www.republicre- pearances, and that issue came up far less Brat told Engelman, “just go Google and type Indeed, Cantor has been a close ally to port.org/2014/dave-brat-cantor/#sthash. than what Brat called the main problem in the STOCK Act and CNN and Eric Cantor.” top lobbyists and the fi nancial industry. syaL5V7j.dpuf

The Intrigue Saudis and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Revisiting a Mysterious time it has been anxiously trying to prove Levant. In fact, the Saudis have branded it a Meeting in Sochi to itself and everyone else that the United Lying Behind terrorist organization and have even uncov- Just days before the Islamic State in Iraq States has bigger issues to deal with in other ered cells of the group on Saudi soil plotting and the Levant-led offensive in Iraq, a qui- parts of the world, namely, in Russia’s back- Iraq’s Jihadist against the kingdom. et meeting took place at Russian President yard. Moreover, the United States and Tur- But the Islamic State in Iraq and the Le- Vladimir Putin’s vacation spot in Sochi on key are not of one mind on how to man- Uprising vant is also not the only group participat- June 3. Putin invited Saudi Foreign Minister age Iraq at a time when Washington needs ing in the current offensive. Former Ba- Saud al-Faisal to see him and Russian For- Ankara’s cooperation against Russia. If an  CONTINUED FROM P. 27 athist fi ghters from the Naqshabandiyya eign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who cut short Iraq-sized distraction buys Moscow time to Way along with Jaish al-Mujahideen and an engagement in Moscow to get there on manage its own periphery with limited U.S. dis. A Persian-American rapprochement is a Jaish Ansar al-Sunnah are also playing a time. Details on the meeting are scarce. Our interference, all the better for Putin. Mean- living nightmare for the Sunni kingdom, substantial role in the fi ghting. Most of the attempt to obtain information about the while, if Saudi Arabia can weaken Iran and as is the prospect of the United States be- Sunni militias and the growing number of gathering from Russian and Saudi contacts test U.S.-Iranian cooperation, it might well coming more self-suffi cient in energy pro- Awakening Council (Sunni fi ghters recruit- resulted in scripted and strangely identical be worth the risk for Riyadh to try -- at least duction. Saudi Arabia has little means to died by the United States to battle al Qaeda responses that claimed that Saudi Arabia for the time being. rectly sabotage U.S.-Iranian negotiations. In in Iraq) defectors joining these militias co- and Russia were discussing a power-sharing fact, as we anticipated, the Saudis have had ordinate directly with the Majlis Thuwar al resolution for Syria. The state-owned Sau- A Lesson from History to swallow a bitter pill and open up their Anbar (Anbar insurgents’ council), which in di Press Agency then reported June 10 that Whether by mere coincidence, strate- own dialogue with Iran. But the Saudis are turn coordinates with the Islamic State in Lavrov and al-Faisal had a follow-up phone gic design or a blend of the two, there are also not without options to make life more Iraq and the Levant on a selective basis. Sau- conversation to discuss a Syrian settlement. as many winners as there are losers in the diffi cult for Iran, and if Riyadh is going to di Arabia’s acting intelligence chief, Yousef Syria may well have been on the agenda, Iraq game. Russia knows this game well. be forced into a negotiation with Tehran, it bin Ali al Idrisis, is believed to be in direct and Russia has an interest in protecting its The United States, the heir to the Sykes-Pi- will try to enter talks on its own terms. communication with the Majlis Thuwar al infl uence in Damascus through a deal that cot map, will be forced to learn it fast. Syria and Lebanon always make for use- Anbar, affording Riyadh the opportunity to keeps Syrian President Bashar al Assad in When the French and British were col- ful proxy battlegrounds, though a Sunni infl uence the shape of the battlefi eld -- and power, but we suspect there was more to luding over the post-Ottoman map in 1916, rebellion has little chance of actually top- thereby to aggravate Iran in a highly sensi- these engagements. czarist Russia quietly acquiesced as Par- pling the Iranian-backed regime in Damas- tive spot. Both Saudi Arabia and Russia share two is and London divided up the territories. cus, and Lebanon is too fragmented for any As a bonus for Saudi Arabia, even as the key interests: undermining the U.S.-Iranian Just a year later, in 1917, the Soviets threw one regional player to claim a decisive ad- Sunni uprising is largely confi ned to Iraq’s negotiating track and ensuring oil prices re- a strategic spanner into the Western agen- vantage. The contest has thus shifted back Sunni belt and thus unlikely to seriously main at a comfortable level, i.e., above $100 da by publishing the Sykes-Picot agreement, to Mesopotamia, where Iran cannot afford upset Iraq’s production and exports from a barrel. There is little either can do to keep planting the seeds for Arab insurrection and to see its Shiite gains slip and where Saudi the Shiite south, the price of Brent crude Iran and the United States from negotiat- thus ensuring that Europe’s imperialist rule Arabia -- both the government and private has climbed to $113 a barrel for the fi rst time ing a settlement. In fact, the jihadist threat over the Middle East would be anything but citizens -- has maintained strong ties with this year. Saudi Arabia is not the only one in Iraq creates another layer of cooperation easy. The U.S. administration recognizes the many of the Sunni tribes in Anbar and Mo- that welcomes this bump in the price of oil; between Iran and the United States. That trap that has been laid. But more mindful of sul provinces that have facilitated the Sunni Russia is quite pleased with the outcome in said, Washington is now facing another ma- uprising. There is no love lost between the Iraq as well. jor Middle Eastern maelstrom at the same  CONTINUED ON P. 51

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201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 33 TEEN PERSPECTIVES The School Year Takes Its Final Bow

By Oren Oppenheim Monday morning schedule at Ramaz Up- It’s exhausting just to write this all out, Take a deep breath; I know that was a per School, starting at 8:50 when the fi rst so I’m hoping you get a sense or can relate lot. It’s been, as I said, quite a whirlwind s I write this, I’m period begins. (I’ll leave out my whole to the whirlwind that is the school day. school year. But now it’s nearly over. So, Acurrently in the wakeup and commute routine for now, (Remember, that was only the fi rst half looking back at it, was it worth it? Do I middle of my fi nal ex- although that could be a whole story in of a Monday!) Still, that’s not everything. feel like I’ve gained from it? Was packing ams, which are just as itself.) The day starts with history, a class Throughout the year I’ve had to work on in so many classes and assignments and much fun as you can I enjoy—a great venue for practicing my a long historiography paper—instead of tests and clubs worth the struggle? Have I imagine. After being speed-typing skills, since I do my best to just talking about history, I got to study grown from all of it? tortured throughout the whole year year take notes on my laptop (and occasionally how other people talk about history and Ask almost anyone from ages 10 to 17, by sine graphs, obscure Tanach sourc- type out jokes to my sister, who sits next why. Quite a shift. And there are always at least, and they’ll probably tell you that es, enough Spanish vocabulary to fi ll a to me). Then there’s math, which I have essays, nightly math and chemistry home- they hate school. I wonder if I should feel dictionary, novels for English class (fi ne, a love-hate relationship with. On one work, tests every week to study/cram for, the same way. Wouldn’t I rather just hang I’ll admit that I like those, except when hand, I enjoy working out problems as if and the like. But wait. I’m not fi nished with friends all day and not be subject- the author goes on a tangent about fab- they’re little jigsaw puzzles; on the other just yet. I like telling people that tenth ed to a ton of schoolwork misery? May- rics and jewels—I’m looking at you, Os- hand… they’re problems, not puzzles, and grade has been one big scheduling con- be, but when I think about how busy the car Wilde), and chemistry formulas that all the fun gets sucked out of them once fl ict. In the beginning of the year, I was a school year can get, I fi nd myself relish- might stymie Isaac Newton, now I get to I get stuck. The day continues with Eng- part of the school musicals, which met on ing it in a way. The challenge of staying be tortured by those things in the space lish (get ye olde and new literature here, Sundays, Mondays, and Thursdays for a on top of everything, getting everything of just two weeks! I’m exaggerating, but if thou wishest); Tanach (which, interest- few months. Then I also studied hard for done, putting in as much effort as I can fi nals defi nitely are not a fun time. But ingly, often delves into the psychology of the Chidon HaTanach, which met week- into both clubs and classes… and then enough about fi nals—by the time this people; it’s never just dry text), and health ly at lunch. I joined the fi lm club, which looking back at it all and seeing how gets published, I’ll be fi nished and fi nal- (which sadly does not cover sleep depri- worked on a few shorts and met on Thurs- much I’ve done. It’s a crazy feeling. Just a ly beginning summer break, which is the vation, a chronic misfortune I often suf- days. I tested out my new camera in pho- year ago, could I have risen to this task? quintessential teenager light at the end of fer). At least there are elevators you can tography club on Tuesdays, did a writing I don’t think so—which means that I’ve the tunnel. (I can predict now that read- use to travel through the building… if they program on Wednesdays, and wrote for changed. I can feel like I’ve gained some- ing this once I’m on break will make me come on time. (Offi cial slogan of Ramaz a few school publications some nights. thing, the personal strength to perse- laugh hysterically.) elevators: So crowded that you might suf- There sometimes seemed to be no time vere. And that’s a great way to cap off the Looking back at my school year over- focate, but at least you might get to class left in the day, and I often found myself school year. all, I feel that the best word that I would quicker!) having a hard time fi tting everything in. (For the record, I never said I liked use to defi ne it would be… busy. Not a At this point, mercifully (12:50 p.m.), The natural solution, of course, was to cre- school too much. Just in case the NSA or particularly exciting word, I know, but it’s it’s time for lunch. Then comes the after- ate another day of the week. I’ve named it some of my friends are reading this.) the one I would choose nonetheless. This noon, with classes like Hebrew language Orenday, and submitted a thousand-word year has been packed with a thousand dif- and Talmud (I love working through the proposal to the governor’s offi ce to have Oren Oppenheim, age 16, lives in Fair Lawn, New Jer- ferent classes, assignments, essays, tests, arguments, but wish Rava could get along him review it. Just kidding. (The gover- sey and attends Ramaz Upper School in Manhattan. He events, clubs, and 45 different varieties of with everyone sometimes) and Spanish nor would be too busy dealing with the spends his free time writing and reading, and hopes joy and stress. and all of my other secular and Judaic bridge scandal to read any of my propos- to become a published novelist. You can email him at Let me take you through my typical classes… but I think you get my point. als anyway.) 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34 June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM CHESED United Hatzalah Races To Save Lives

li Beer, founder of United Hatzalah of Is- Erael, has been racing to help people and save others his whole life. Now, on a muggy early summer day in June on Manhattan’s Roosevelt Island he was racing for the same reason. Only this time, instead of racing to save heart attack or car accident victims, he was doing it with a 5K fi nish line in mind. This was the annual Race to Save Lives charity run United Hatzalah has been holding each of the last four years. This year, some 425 people participated and raised more than $1 million for what is Israel’s largest not-for-profi t, volunteer EMS organization. The money will go toward buying some 60 “ambucycles,” adding to the 300 the organization already fi elds, The start of the 5K on Roosevelt Island. Arielle, 3 ½ years old, and her sister Keira Fleischman, 6 years old, from which are used to treat 211,000 people in Bergenfi eld, N.J. sitting atop the ambucycle that was on site. 2013, 47,000 of whom had life-threatening injuries. Jerusalem ambulance squads as a teen, unteers. They could be grocers, tailors, fi - Along with pal Alex Goldberg of Riverdale, If Beer can get that number to 600— but soon found he was losing patients be- nanciers, but they all have made a pledge the Bronx, the pair discovered United Hat- each “ambucycle” costs about $26,000—he cause of traffi c. The tipping point came to carry the app and drive an “ambucycle” zalah and the Race to Save Lives, held in Je- says he can reduce the organization’s aver- one afternoon when he was summoned everywhere they go. rusalem its fi rst two years. age response time from an already unprec- to the scene of a little boy choking on a An ambucycle is a souped-up motorcy- In 2013, Watson brought the race with edented three minutes to under 90 sec- hotdog. cle that includes everything that an ambu- Goldberg to Manhattan. About 400 people onds. And seconds—as he’ll tell you—may “When I arrived, the lights and sirens of lance has besides a stretcher. The volun- ran, raising $1 million. make for personal bests in 5Ks, but when my ambulance prompted a doctor to come teers hop on their bikes, navigate traffi c, “The thing that attracted me to United United Hatzalah is involved, they can also out of a nearby house,” says Beer. “He came and respond in an average of three minutes Hatzalah wasn’t just the great work they do make the difference in someone seeing his over as we were doing CPR on the boy and or less. They stabilize the patient and await and people whose lives they change,” said or her child again, or a child living to fulfi ll he told us it was too late. And I thought to traditional EMS. United Hatzalah charges Watson, “it was the return-on-investment. the promise of a young life. myself, ‘There has to be a better way. If only nothing for its services. The organization When I fi rst learned of U.H. the entire “This is a tremendous organization and that doctor had known a boy was choking sustains itself entirely with donations. budget was around $3.5 million and they it does more good work than you or I will such a short distance away, he could have The model has been implemented in had responded to 220,000 emergencies the ever know,” said Yoel Fuld, a 45-year-old Te- helped. If only my ambulance had gotten São Paolo, Brazil and Panama City, Panama. prior year. So, if you do the math, that’s $16 aneck man as he did some mild stretching there sooner…that little boy would still be Training is under way in the Ukraine. Fund- for every response call. That’s an astound- ahead of the race at the 5K start line. “I’m alive, today. He might have children. Who ing is in place in Lithuania. Areas in India ing fi gure showing how a small donation here because I want to save lives.” knows what he would have lived to do?’” are interested. It’s gaining traction, slowly. of less than $20 can do incredible good for Beer, 40, has been acting on the same Today, all of United Hatzalah 2,300-plus Aharon Watson, 22, is a Yeshiva Univer- society. The way I thought of it was that for motivation for much of his life, or since volunteers have a GPS app loaded onto sity fi nance major from Teaneck. But in the same cost as a movie ticket, I could po- witnessing on a Friday afternoon at the their smart phones. When a call comes 2011 he had recently graduated from Yeshi- tentially save someone’s life.” age of 5 a bus explode on a Jerusalem into the emergency system, GPS is used to va University High School for Boys in Man- To learn more about United Hatzalah of street during the Intifada. Beer joined the locate the nearest fi ve United Hatzalah vol- hattan and was taking a “gap year” in Israel. Israel, please visit www.israelrescue.org. Senior Volunteers Mobilize to Help Community and Each Other

By Maayan Jaffe/JNS.org said that seeing the volunteers in action, she is often unsure who gets more out of ge can be just a number. “Just because it, “the folks we are helping or our folks Asomeone is older or has limitations themselves…They often forget their own does not mean that [he or she] cannot con- concerns as they focus on someone else’s tinue to be valuable and make a difference needs.” for others,” said Carol Silver Elliott, presi- In the spring, Chesed Corps received dent and CEO of Cedar Village Retirement two national awards for its work, one from Community in Mason, Ohio. the Association of Jewish Aging Services It was with this in mind that Cedar Vil- and another from Partners in Senior Life. lage’s Chesed Corps was established in In northwest Baltimore, older residents 2009. Elliot said the group, the brainchild of of an entire neighborhood are giving back a former director of resident programming, through a supported community network, came when staffers realized that many of which was launched by Comprehensive the center’s 300 residents had been success- Housing Assistance, Inc. in March 2013. ful business people and engaged communi- According to program director Risyl ty volunteers before moving to Cedar Vil- Edelman, Northwest Neighbors Connect- lage, and that there was an opportunity to ing (NNC) is a grassroots, membership- harness their drive. “We felt there was no based model in which services are provid- reason for them to stop contributing to our “Chesed Corps” volunteers of the Cedar Village Retirement Community in Mason, Ohio, create ed to seniors by other senior members, general community just because they lived paper snowfl akes in January 2013 to send to Sandy Hook Elementary School students volunteers, and vetted vendors. It gives the in a retirement community,” Elliott said. in Connecticut. The snowfl akes helped to welcome the students back to school after the area’s aging population the practical means Since then, a sizeable cohort of resi- shootings. Credit: Cedar Village Retirement Community. and conﬁ dence to live independently and dents has been making Shabbat baskets remain in their homes and community. each week, which are delivered to Jewish ship cookies for American troops. “It is just But I fought my way back down and had NNC was created after a 2010 Jewish patients at area hospitals. Monthly, they absolutely amazing,” said Elaine Dumes, an amazing and quick recovery—in part, it community study revealed the 85-years- participate in larger projects, such as serv- 88, who has been active with the Chesed was due to this, to wanting to get back to and-older population increased by 166% ing lunch at the Ronald McDonald House Corps since its inception. She said it makes the Chesed Corps.” since 1999, and that 40% of Baltimore Jew- or offering music and a meal to the res- her feel good to give back to the communi- Elliot said Cedar Village is careful to ish seniors over 65 who are living alone are idents of the Center for Respite Care, a ty, and that she tries not to miss a program. staff each volunteer opportunity appropri- in poor or fair health. shelter for homeless men with short-term “I fell in the beginning of Decem- ately to ensure the safety of the residents. Edelman said NNC members are inter- medical needs. Participants serve at soup ber in my apartment and I broke my fe- Not every person can take part in every pro- viewed to learn what skills they can “eas- kitchens, collect and sort school supplies mur,” Dumes explained. “I had to go up- ject; some volunteer in the building, while for underprivileged children, and bake and stairs to the healthcare unit for a month. others are more comfortable going out. She  CONTINUED ON P. 37

201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 35 NEWS FEATURE 20 Years After the Rebbe’s Death, Jewish Movements Increasingly Emulate Chabad

By Maayan Jaffe/JNS.org than most the importance of building rela- thodox Union. “As the rabbi of a tionships,” Wernick said. city he can have much greater im- any questions surrounded the future Schneerson also understood the impor- pact than just being the rabbi for Mof the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Ha- tance of sending his shlichim, emissaries, to those who pay dues,” Weil said. sidism after the death of its seventh and fi - where the people were—even the most re- Weil noted that an additional nal leader—“the Rebbe,” Rabbi Menachem mote of locations—and of teaching those upside presented by Chabad emis- Mendel Schneerson—on June 12, 1994. Sch- people Torah. Today, according to most re- saries is that when a Chabad cou- neerson had no children, and no succes- ports, there are more than 4,000 Chabad ple is sent to a community, the sor was named. But 20 years later, Chabad emissaries around the world. couple is “there for life.” is not only alive and well, but increasingly “We all have what to learn from their… “When you look at a lot of receiving the so-called highest form of fl at- going out into the trenches to bring people communities—Reform, Conserva- tery: imitation. in,” said Rabbi Pesach Lerner, executive vice tive, Orthodox—the rabbis come Against the backdrop of last fall’s president emeritus of the National Council for a period of time and their goal much-discussed Pew Research Center of Young Israel. “If you want to accomplish is to get a good job and then get a survey of American Jews, many Jewish stuff, you’ve got to leave the building …That bigger pulpit in a bigger city,” said leaders across the denominational spec- is something [about Chabad] that has to be Weil, explaining if over a 30- or 40- trum are turning to Chabad for ideas to respected and emulated.” year period, there are six or sev- strengthen their own movements. Those This concept of outreach is now also en community rabbis, one never Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson in Brooklyn who spoke to JNS.org to refl ect on the being exercised by the Conservative move- really becomes a part of the peo- in May 1987. Credit: Mordecai Baron via Wikimedia Rebbe’s 20th yahrzeit may not agree with ment, said Wernick, who explained that ple’s extended lives. Chabad emis- Commons. Chabad’s religious outlook or practices, there is a push to engage, train, and deploy saries “become a part of the fam- and a number of them cited internal chal- rabbis, cantors, and master educators to ily, there at every stage,” Weil explained. become heads of major yeshivas. In the lenges within the movement, but all said population centers where there are young “There much longer, they have a more sig- Chabad movement, the best men become that when it comes to outreach, engage- Jewish adults as a fi rst step in re-defi ning a nifi cant and deeper relationship,” he said. emissaries. And those emissaries make life ment, and Jewish leadership, Chabad is to sense of kehila (community) for the move- “If we (the Orthodox community) could set easier for all Jews. Since Chabad shlichim be emulated. ment. While outreach may not seem like a structure where one can be a rabbi in a are positioned across the world, Jews know Ron Wolfson, the Fingerhut Profes- a unique concept today, “at the time in smaller Jewish community and we can fa- they can travel anywhere and still get a sor of Education at American University which Chabad did it, this was a great chidu- cilitate that he doesn’t have to feel isolat- kosher meal or a place to pray, said Lern- in Washington, D.C., recently coined the sh (new idea),” Wernick said. ed, that he can feel respected and that he er. Chabad also feeds the Jewish future, term “relational Judaism”—using the pow- Creating communities without walls has impact nationally by staying there 30, according to Lerner, who said most Jews er of relationships to transform the Jewish has been a secret to Chabad’s success. The 40, or 50 years, then we could have a much that become Orthodox later in life “some- community. But such an idea is not new, Chabad emissary “does not view himself bigger impact.” where along the line had involvement said Rabbi Steven C. Wernick, executive as a rabbi of a congregation, as serving As Weil put it, in the Modern Ortho- with Chabad.” Those Jews likely stayed the vice president and CEO of the United Syna- members of a synagogue,” but rather as a dox community, the best and brightest in- course because of a combination of persis- gogue of Conservative Judaism. community rabbi, said Rabbi Steven Weil, dividuals become hedge fund managers. In “The Rebbe understood much earlier former executive vice president of the Or- the haredi community, those same men  CONTINUED ON P. 37 THE OBSERVANT JEW You Have Much Keys

By Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz my memory, as if it just hap- linked to parnasah, but you can pened. Perhaps he was look- try to help someone who needs e’ve probably all ing for a larger donation and a job. Maybe you can write ré- Wseen little tod- wanted to get on my good sumés and can give them some dlers playing with keys. side by mentioning that as pointers, or simply have them They could be real, jin- I took my keys out of my in mind in your prayers. gly metal keys, or large, pocket to open my door, I There are other keys, too, clackety, plastic keys, looked like an important with which we have been en- but they seem to like keys. As they grow up, fellow. Personally, I felt the trusted. These are the talents, some children still like keys. Often, boys of whole idea of having keys abilities, and gifts that HaShem a certain age, perhaps 10 or 11 years old, look making you important was has bestowed upon us to be at keys as a sign of greatness. Whether it’s a ridiculous and preposter- used for a purpose. We are not power, importance, control, responsibili- ous one. given greatness for personal ty, or trust, some kids love to walk around On a deeper level, gain, but to fulfi ll the Torah and with bunches of keys, often clipped onto though, it’s absolutely cor- mitzvos and be a productive their belts, and they have a key for every- rect. What does a key sym- member of society. thing from their house to their bike to the bolize? It declares that the The fellow was right. I have suitcase they used last summer when they holder of it is trustworthy “much” keys. I am important went to visit Zaydie. They feel very con- enough to guard something because only I can use the keys nected to their keys as if the keys were a that is so precious it needs entrusted to me. This is the piece of their identities. to be locked away. The more keys one has, ing children, rain, and reviving the dead. same importance that each of us has. We’ve I never realized just how much a part the more places he is trusted. If a person Though certain prophets had some of these each been given keys, and doors and locks of our culture this was until a Hasidic fel- is so trusted, he must be important to the “keys” at specifi c times, none were entrust- to which they go, in order to fulfi ll some low from Israel who was visiting to col- people who rely on him to keep their valued with all of them all the time. However, mission in God’s Creation. lect money asked me, “Are you very impor- able items safe. when they WERE given these keys, they You are important, and you, too, have tant?” Seeing that I was taken aback by this Forget the aspect of having physical were to use them wisely, properly, and for “much” keys. So go out and see just how unusual question, he clarifi ed in his halt- keys. I recall some kids who would pick up the good of mankind. many doors you can open when you use ing, limited English, “You have much keys.” keys from the street or add multiple copies You may not be able to revive the dead the gifts HaShem has given you. My initial reaction was to respond that of the same key just to have more keys on (though getting your kids up for school I didn’t have many keys at all! I have my their ring. But we all have been entrusted some days may seem like it), but you can Jonathan Gewirtz is an inspirational writer and speaker house key and a car key on my ring, plus a with keys by God, and that’s what we need revive someone’s spirit by offering him/her whose work has appeared in publications around the few supermarket loyalty cards. Did I really to think about. a smile and a kind word. Maybe saying, “It’s world. For more information, or to sign up for or spon- have “much” keys? I assured him I wasn’t The Gemara in Taanis 2a-b relates that so nice to see you again!” to a fellow who sor the Migdal Ohr, his weekly PDF Dvar Torah in Eng- really important, gave him a donation, and there are three keys that HaShem does looks lonely qualifi es as your Techiyas Ha- lish, e-mail [email protected] and put that was that. Awkward situation avoided. not give to human beings for long, or at Maisim. Subscribe or Sponsor in the subject. © 2014 by Jona- This event has remained with me, in the same time. Those are the keys to bear- You may not control the rain, which is than Gewirtz. All rights reserved.

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Senior 20 Years After “We have to reach out to our fellow vision and he implemented it,” he added. Jews with unconditional love,” said Rab- “This is what Jewish leaders today need; Volunteers the Rebbe’s bi Lord Jonathan Sacks, the former chief they need to have a clearer sense of ulti- rabbi of the United Kingdom. “We don’t mately what they want to achieve.” Mobilize to Help Death, Jewish do enough of that and Chabad has taught A leader is known by his followers, us how.” according to Rabbi Mark S. Miller, rabbi Community and Movements Yet even with Chabad’s open arms, the emeritus of the Reform-afﬁ liated Temple emissaries never compromise their Jewish Bat Yam in Newport Beach, Calif. Each Other Increasingly values. “The fact that the Rebbe has galva- “You’ll never see a Chabad guy doing nized and inspired countless followers to CONTINUED FROM P. 35  Emulate Chabad something wrong to accommodate some- bring to millions a greater level of obser- one else,” said Lerner, noting that the vance and a passion for Judaism…speaks ily and happily” share with others, and  CONTINUED FROM P. 36 movement proudly promotes traditional volumes about his leadership,” Miller said. to determine any needs they have. “After Jewish culture in the public square. Members of the Chabad movement they sign up, we plug them in,” said Edel- tence, said Lerner, and the lack of judg- Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice “see that even if it is just a little spark, man. “While our vision is to assist peo- ment or pressure placed on them, said chairman of the Conference of Presidents there is something that unites us all,” ex- ple to remain in their homes for as long Wernick. They may have been brought in of Major American Jewish Organizations, plained Miller. “We have seen what divi- as possible, our work is to get them out to the fold of religious life because the bar- knew Schneerson personally and recalled sions have done,” he said. “Unity—I think of their house as much as possible.” rier was low and accessible, perhaps even that while he and the Rebbe did not al- that is what the Rebbe taught us.” Currently, there are more than 170 through the Internet or social media, both ways agree, the Rebbe always treated him NNC members and another 70 people tools that many believe Chabad used earli- with respect and love. Maayan Jaff e is a freelance writer in Overland Park, involved with the initiative in some er—and better—than other Jewish move- “He took bold positions, he inspired,” Kan. Reach her maayanjaff [email protected] or follow way. The oldest volunteer is 92. Trans- ments. said Hoenlein. “The Rebbe clearly had a her on Twitter at @MaayanJaff e. portation and technology assistance are among the top volunteer services provided. In Florida, older adults and baby boomer volunteers are trained to function as liaisons, resource specialists, peer counselors, and agency envoys in their own gated communities through the Ferd and Gladys Alpert Jewish Fam- ily and Children Services (JFCS) agency. Called “Ambassadors,” the program creates a trained network of seniors who can solve problems and support their frail neighbors. Create Some 13,000 elderly people live in West Palm Beach retirement communities, and as many as 70% of the area’s over-65 community is Jewish. The Smile “This is civic engagement at the basic level,” said Jenni Frumer, the incoming JFCS CEO. You’ve Always Frumer explained that ambassadors are trained by JFCS to identify neglect, listen and offer empathy in times of crisis, and offer personal planning advice to Wanted their peers. The volunteers created their own end-of-life planning guide, which they distribute throughout their retirement communities. They also write and act out skits at area synagogues, mah- Providing a comfortable and caring environment in a state of the art facility. jong tournaments, and other venues, ed- Complimentary cosmetic and implant consultations. Mention this ad ucating seniors about matters such as and receive the need to wear their hearing aids, to remember to put their emergency alert 50% off buttons on in the morning, and to improve dialogue with their adult children. Zoom Whitening “Our older adults can still teach us or 50% off first how to make the world a better place,” Ȉ Ȉ Ȉ new patient said Cedar Village’s Elliot. “Their exam- cleaning ple of commitment and volunteerism Ȉ Ȉ Ȉ speaks volumes about Jewish values and our obligation to help others.” Ȉ Ȉ Ȉ

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By Jon Emont/www.tabletmag.com operated effi ciently during plained to Haaretz about (edited for brevity. See full story at http:// Egypt’s recent turmoil, trade relying on a Chinese company www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and- strategists see advantages in to build the rail line. …“Katz’s politics/175373/red-med-link-china-israel) developing alternatives to the plan to put the railway-to- Egyptian sea route. Eilat project into the hands n 2003, when Benjamin Netanyahu was fi - In order for goods to be of the Chinese while bypass- Inance minister, he unveiled a bold propos- transited to Eilat, the governing proper tender processes al to build a high-speed rail line connecting ment will have to develop an and importing thousands of Eilat, Israel’s Red Sea port, to Ashdod, Is- effi cient means of delivering Chinese workers.” She con- rael’s largest Mediterranean port. The rail products from Eilat to Isra- tinued, “There’s no question line, he said, would form an alternative to el’s center. …goods that arrive the Chinese would be deep- the Suez Canal, enabling Israel to leverage in Eilat are currently trans- ly grateful to Yisrael Katz, but its status as the most stable country in the ited by truck to central Isra- the government’s fi rst duty Middle East and host cargo traveling from el. For most products this is is toward its own citizens.” the Far East to Europe. Ultimately, howev- expensive and ineffi cient. … This May, Yachimovich wor- er, the plan to supplant age-old trade routes Israel’s semi-privatized Port ried that “Israel is selling it- came to nothing. Israel’s economy was reel- Authority has developed a self off” to China as more Chi- ing from the Second Intifada, and there corollary plan to develop the nese companies buy Israeli was little appetite for grand infrastructure Port of Eilat to accommodate companies. projects. Netanyahu resigned from the gov- [the] increased demand…. The Yediot Aharanot quot- ernment over Ariel Sharon’s pull-out from same memorandum of un- ed [Former Mossad Director Gaza, and the vision for a high-speed rail derstanding that had Beijing Efraim] Halevy’s strong oppo- line went with him. agreeing to build and help fi - sition to China’s involvement Almost a decade later, with Egypt unsta- nance the line also had the in the rail project. “China is ble and trade with Asia increasing, Netan- Chinese agreeing to further promoting major projects in yahu has revived the idea of the “Red-Med” develop Eilat’s port. our area intended to establish rail line. In May of 2012, Netanyahu’s cabi- …In a January speech delivered to Israel’s vice to Europe, so that Europe will value points of infl uence, via the sea and via the net unanimously approved the project. That Institute of Security Studies [Netanyahu] more its friendship to Israel.” Despite these ports, that could assist the enemies of Isra- July, Yisrael Katz, Israel’s minister of trans- spoke about developing Israel into an en- exaggerations, …the rail line would have el, among other things, to greatly increase portation, signed a memorandum of un- trepot—a stable country that would host a “very important impact on Israel’s econ- their capabilities against Israel.” … [And] derstanding with his Chinese counterpart trade traveling from Asia to Europe. In a dif- omy” because it will speed trade between that Chinese involvement in the rail pro- announcing China’s involvement in the ferent speech he suggested that the route Europe and Israel and … provide a modest ject could damage Israeli-U.S. relations. The rail line’s construction. Earlier this year the Ministry of Transport responded to these government voted to fast-track the project, charges by denying that the United States overruling an appeal by the environmental “China is promoting major projects in our area would be bothered. protection minister. The Transport intended to establish points of influence, via Oded Eran disagreed …that Chinese in- Ministry estimates that construction will fl uence on the line would be detrimental take fi ve years. The aggressiveness with the sea and via the ports, that could assist the to Israeli security, telling me, “My interpre- which the Netanyahu Administration is enemies of Israel, among other things, to greatly tation is the Chinese are looking for eco- pursuing the rail project highlights the pri- nomic ventures, they are not looking for ority the administration places on develop- increase their capabilities against Israel.” political adventures. And I think the gov- ing trade ties with East Asia, even as critics ernment of Israel is capable of stopping the of the plan worry that Israel is becoming Chinese from taking advantage of [what is] too dependent on China. would be a gift to Israel’s Asian and Euro- but growing benefi t for Israel’s East Asian purely an infrastructure project.” According to Israel’s Economy Ministry, pean allies. …In an interview with Mainichi and European trade partners. …[Will] Jordan … be involved in the 2014 is the first year that trade to Asia will Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper, he capped [How will the Egyptians react?] Egyptian project or not[?] Jordan’s Aqaba Port, sit- exceed trade to the United States. Export an answer to a question about Israel’s set- GDP is dependent on Suez Canal fares, and uated directly across the Red Sea from growth to Asia is increasing at three times tlement activity by mentioning the advan- so far reports have varied about whether or Eilat, has access to deeper waters than the rate that it is to the United States tages the Red-Med line would offer East not Egyptian officials are concerned that Eilat and has recently undergone reno- and Europe. While Israel’s largest trading Asian countries that trade with Europe. the rail line will divert trade from Egypt. Is- vation. Haaretz reported on a developing partner remains the European Union, Still, outside experts are skeptical that— raeli government ministers … also stress… partnership between the Ports of Eilat and tension between European governments barring calamity in Egypt—the rail line will that the project is not designed to compete Aqaba that began in May, with Port Au- and Israel has led Israel’s Finance Minister actually provide a substantial alternative to with Suez. …There is little reason to think thorities in Aqaba agreeing to accept Israel- Naftali Bennett, as well as other prominent the Suez Canal for Far East-Europe trade. Ac- that Suez Canal traffi c, or Egypt-Israel rela- bound cargo manufactured in the United ministers, to advocate quickly transition- cording to Peter Sand, BIMCO’s chief ship- tions, will be much affected. Arab Emirates, which does not trade with ing to an Asia-oriented economic program. ping analyst, [it] will prove an expensive al- Israel. If the rail line were extended to Aqa- ternative for freight destined for Europe. he rail line will represent the largest ba—which has a larger and better-devel- primary hurdle to Israel’s “Asia pivot” According to Sand, “The trend is for larger …Tjoint infrastructure project in Israe- oped port than Eilat—the amount of cargo Ais that Israel’s infrastructure is orient- and larger vessels to be deployed on the FE li-China history. For China, the rail project traveling the line from the Red Sea to the ed westward; it is designed to handle Med- [Far East]-Europe trade, limiting the trans- represents a small supplemental route for Mediterranean could increase dramatical- iterranean, not Red Sea, trade. Even though shipment to a minimum in order to opti- Europe-destined goods and would make ly. Jordan and Israel’s governments enjoy there are major advantages to shipping mize your network and cut cost.” (Trans- trade more effi cient between China and Is- good relations, and in May Netanyahu ac- goods from Asia to Eilat, underdeveloped shipment refers to the cost of transferring rael. Because the Red-Med line would di- knowledged the possibility that Jordan Red Sea infrastructure means that, aside containers from ships and back. Transship- versify China’s trade routes, it can be seen could be involved in the project. from a few niche products, shipping be- ment costs would increase for goods on the in the same light as China’s recently com- The rail line’s forward progress offers a tween Israel and Asia goes via Israel’s Medi- Asia-Europe line because they would have pleted Eurasian Land Bridge, a rail line that picture of the complex ways China’s involve- terranean ports. to be unloaded at Eilat, loaded into train freights goods from central China all the ment in the region will transform Israel’s In an interview, Oded Eron—a former cars and reloaded onto a ship before go- way to Germany, China’s recent upgrading trade, infrastructure, and regional relation- Israeli diplomat who has studied the rail ing to their port of destination.) He estimat- of Athen’s Piraeus Port, or any of the other ships, as well as provide new security chal- line at the Institute for National Securi- ed that a fully operational rail line, in 2025, infrastructure projects that China is devel- lenges and domestic debates. What seems ty Studies, a Tel Aviv think tank—said that would at most attract 3 percent to 4 percent oping in East Africa and elsewhere. …Chi- clear is that as Israel adapts its infrastruc- there would be numerous advantages to of Asia-Europe trade, assuming there are no nese government offi cials even suggested ture to increasing trade with a rising Asia, making the transition between ports. Ship- diffi culties with the Suez route. that fi nancing for the rail line might come the country’s landscape—political, econom- ping to Eilat would reduce the length of …Israel’s Port Authority, …stressed… from the China Industrial Development ic, and actual—will also be transformed. the shipping route to Asia and therefore re- that the Red-Med line “is not intended to Bank, a state-owned bank that fi nances Like this article? Sign up for our Daily Di- duce shipping costs. It would allow freight compete with the Suez Canal.” Uriel Lynn, Chinese infrastructure projects in East Af- gest to get Tablet Magazine’s new content in destined for Israel to avoid the Suez Canal, of the Federations of Israeli Chambers of rica and elsewhere. your inbox each morning. Jon Emont is the which exacts substantial toll and demur- Commerce, who is a staunch backer of the …Israel’s China skeptics have worried co-director of Extend, an NGO that provides rage fees. Ships are often delayed as they plan, acknowledged in an interview that that it will be bad for Israel’s economy young American Jews with free tours of the wait for convoys to make the crossing, add- Netanyahu, …“glorifi ed it a little”…because and security. In 2012, Shelly Yachimovich, West Bank. He splits his time between New ing to costs. And while the Suez Canal has he “sees it as being more of a strategic ser- then Israel’s leader of the opposition, com- York and Tel Aviv.

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If your child frequently comes home is best equipped to objectively convey what Does My Child Have Friends? from school reporting that s/he has no is going on in school. Although the school friends and doesn’t want to go to school an- year has come to an end, and the teacher By Sariva Sklar and said, “No one in particular; I played ymore, ask open-ended questions leading has given you progress reports throughout with a bunch of kids today.” These possi- to a clearer picture of his/her day, as s/he the year, s/he will certainly be willing to ere’s a pretty common scenario: Your bilities would have put a whole new spin sees it. “What are your favorite centers and answer any question you may have. After Hchild comes home from school. You on the situation. Without taking a breath activities in your classroom? Who are the learning about how your child functions ask him, “Who did you play with today?” and considering this, you may have freaked children you would like to play with? Did socially in school, ask the teacher what s/ The answer you often get is, “Nobody.” Be- out (just a little bit) from the news that you ask some friends if you may play with he would suggest. Often, the next step may fore you panic, thinking your child has no your child has no friends, and called your them? Did you ask a friend to join in what be planning a play date after school or on friends, and that the answer always seems parents, spouse, and friends to ask what you were doing? Did you ask your teacher the weekend. to be the same, take a step back, and think should be done about this awful situation. to help you?” Play dates are great opportunities to ob- about the following: Your child may need In retrospect, after evaluation the situation, As you know, your child’s teacher serve your child in a social setting. Involve a while to unwind after a long school day you would be comfortable in the knowl- spends more waking hours with your child your child in planning the play date. Get and may only be ready to have a conversa- edge that your child navigated socially, during the school week than you do, so some suggestions from your child about tion a little later. Another thought: If your through calm waters, happily playing with your next step would be to ask the teacher child were older, he may have clariﬁ ed, several friends, in pairs or groups. what s/he observes in the classroom. S/he  CONTINUED ON P. 50

Uri Moche, father of Victor and Rosie, was BPY Walkathon the winner of the father’s race; Tova Kaplan and Sam Lehrer were the winners of the HUGE Success girl’s and boy’s races, respectively. BPY families view the Annual Scholar-  CONTINUED FROM P. 1 ship Walkathon as more than a fund rais- er and morning of fun. It is a celebration challah and boureka sales, cupcake decorat- of the culmination of another successful ing—a donor contributed $25 to the school school year and a time when BPY families for each photo submitted by BPY parents can come together as a community one ﬁ - of a child doing an act of chesed. The BPY nal time before they disperse for the sum- community rallied and parents posted over mer. 400 photos on the BPY Facebook page. This Sarit Perry, BPY parent comments, project brought the concept to life for the “The Walkathon is one of my favorite children, and to the forefront of the Walk- events because it brings our school com- athon. munity together to accomplish some- Naomi Nussbaum, BPY parent and kin- thrilled that the children are learning about only them, but the entire community to thing good for our fellow families. Eve- dergarten teacher, had her class participate chesed by actually doing acts of chesed, not perform acts of chesed.” ryone is motivated for the good of our in the photo submission project by post- just reading or hearing about chesed. The As part of the fun of the day, fathers and school. It is a win-win event that families ing photos of her students packing boxes experiences and photos will last a lifetime, students participated in running races with enjoy, mixing tzedaka, chesed, fun, and for Tomchei Shabbat of Fair Lawn. “I am and hopefully will continue to inspire not the cheering encouragement of the crowd. community.”

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at times you were not always able to speak without letting it all out.” And if you would ways remember those words because they Stepping In verbally with me, we often communicated have broken down and cried , I would have made a lasting impression on me. in other ways. thought you were merely just being hu- I stepped into your life, but you stepped By Debby Pfeiffer You had so very much to complain man. You could have told me that your life into mine more. I don’t know that I could about. As a young man of only 33, eating was unfair, that you did not deserve what ever be on your level. To look adversity Dear D, became diffi cult for you, speaking became was dealt to you and that you were angry face to face every day and continue to be I, Debby, a Chaplain- Intern, stepped painstaking, going to the bathroom on with God. I know you felt comfortable talk- as grateful as you were was truly extraordi- into your room on a Monday morning back your own eventually became impossible, ing to me. You knew you could have said nary for me to see. All I can say is that you in September of 2013. You didn’t know me walking became laborious, and using your those things and I never would have judged were a role model to me of an individual and I didn’t know the fi rst thing about you fi ngers for grasping, emailing, and texting you. The fact that you never did showed who possessed courage, determination, ac- or your condition. Little did I know that I became something of the past. You became me that you were on a different level—a ceptance of a situation with grace and un- would have the honor of being able to ac- familiar with too many fl oors in the hospi- completely different plane. When I would derstanding and, more importantly, one company you and your dedicated parents tal and met way to many doctors and nurs- ask you how you were feeling, you would who taught appreciation of life by exam- on your very long journey and be there es. You had procedure upon procedure ac- quickly respond with “I am alive.” I specifi - ple. Your memory will forever be etched in with you until you took your last breaths companied by many sleepless nights. And cally remembered one time when I entered my heart. of life. yet, over the eight months since I knew your room, when you were able to speak D, may your special soul fi nd the rest The cancer you had put you through you, never once did I hear you ever com- clearly, and you greeted me with a big that it deserves and fi nd its place right next so much. The days when you were not in plain about your problems. smile. I said to you, “Wow, D, such a nice to God. the hospital you were in rehab. But most Sometimes, I would enter your room smile from you.” Your response to me was, Yours truly, of your days over the past eight months and I would think, “Today is the day. Today “What’s there not to smile about?” I will al- Debby since I have known you have been in the he will let out all of his anger and frustra- hospital. I visited with you two to three tions and describe to me of how he is suf- times a week and I think that I got to know fering. Today he will break because there is Read Carefully to look around in bewilderment. They then you fairly well during this time. Although just so much that one person can handle darted nervous glances at the parents seat- Before Using ed behind them. No one else seemed con- fused or upset. The audience was fully fo-  CONTINUED FROM P. 30 cused on a self-assured Rebecca. What no one else seemed to realize was in to “Pomp and Circumstance” and the fes- that the Class Valedictorian was now recit- tivities began: “The Star-Spangled Banner.” ing “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” in perfect, “Hatikvah.” The inevitable greetings from fl owing Hebrew and with great dramatic the principal after which came the wel- fl air. At the same time, her classmates were come from the school president. To lighten poking at each other in delight and giggling the mood, the girls performed a beautiful helplessly. Once again, Rebecca had success- choral rendition. Finally it was time…time fully proved her point. for the class stars. It goes without saying, that Rebecca’s Rebecca strolled confi dently to the valediction was a graduation speech that stage. In fl owing Hebrew she effortless- would be long remembered by her class- ly delivered her speech. The fi rst two rows mates and often spoken about at her high of the auditorium were fi lled with smiling school. Rebecca went on to become a suc- teachers and administrators. Proudly, they cessful lawyer. Mrs. Klein, on the other nodded along with beaming faces to Rebec- hand, switched schools. ca’s opening words on the parsha. Suddenly the nodding stopped and the smiles froze, Estelle Glass, a Teaneck resident, is a retired educator as the educators in the front seats started who is now happily writing her own essays.

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By Rabbi Dr. General guidelines: ER talk about your spouse in a derogatory from each other and help our marriages Mordechai Glick In these sessions, we raised some issues fashion, especially, never, ever, in front of grow and fl ourish. that many couples sometime struggle with others. Therefore, try to phrase the issue as Please write to me about things that ina and I have fre- and asked for ideas of what might be help- “our problem” rather than his or her prob- you have found helpful in solving prob- Nquently facilitated ful in dealing with those situations. Particu- lem. It is especially helpful for the one lems (possibly, even very painful problems) sessions in marriage larly helpful were things that have worked talking to take responsibility for the prob- in your marriage, even if the solution still enhancement for cou- even if the same problems came up again, lem, e.g., “I am very sensitive to criticism, leaves a lot of diffi culty. You don’t have ples with great or av- or many times. Life is, after all, an endless so when my husband/wife tries to make to identify yourself, and can be perfectly erage marriages who would benefi t from series of problems, and our job is to try to suggestions about improving my driving, open. In cases where anonymity is utmost sharing ideas with others. At one, an OU understand them (often VERY diffi cult), ac- I get very upset and just don’t talk. I (we) and you are more comfortable, please mail Marriage Enhancement Retreat, we en- cept and admit that we likely share at least have found that……...can help us get past them to me at 437 New Bridge Road, Ber- countered many couples who, at night or a little part of the cause (even MORE dif- the problem.” genfi eld 07621. I will look over the respons- during free time, spontaneously congregat- fi cult), admit to our part of the problem Nina and I have learned (and are still es and report back to the readers about ed to discuss some of the issues that had without saying “if you hadn’t done this, I learning) many things over our many years what people have come up with. Hopefully come up during sessions. Much of the dis- wouldn’t react that way” (EXTREMELY dif- of marriage that have helped us to general- it will be as good in written form as it has cussions centered around some of the strat- fi cult), and then try to come up with things ly overcome the obstacles that are a part of been live. egies that they found helpful in their mar- that might help. every marriage and have enabled us often riages. After one of those informal sessions, Since the purpose of this session was to avoid problems, delay problems, reduce Please feel free to contact me regarding this (or any) we realized how benefi cial it is for couples to help one another better deal with the problems, and solve problems in a way topic. You can do so anonymously by writing to morde- to do this. We therefore decided to facili- kinds of problems that virtually all cou- that has allowed us to build a close to fairy [email protected] Dr. Glick was a clinical psycholo- tate such a session and found that it was ples sometimes struggle with, the focus tale marriage, a marriage that many people gist in private practice for 35 years as well as the rab- very useful. After that OU retreat, we used was on what works or is helpful. This was only dream about. We are sure that every bi of Congregation Ahavat Yisrael in Montreal. If you that concept at many other marriage shab- NOT a gripe session. Obviously, you can’t one of you has likewise learned things that would like to submit a question, or contact him for an batonim and retreats that we participated discuss the solution without describing can really make a difference, and invite you appointment, he can be reached at mordechaiglick@ in, all producing many good ideas. the problem. However you should NEV- to share those things so that we can learn gmail.com or by calling him at 201-983-1532. The 21st-Century Bystander Effect Happens Every Day Online

By Vincent F. Hendricks

f you’re going to fall, injure yourself, and The 21st-century bystander Ineed help, where is a good place to do it? The simulation is a work in progress Should you choose a busy thoroughfare or but how the phenomenon plays out in a deserted backstreet? Statistics and exper- this context could have interesting impli- iments in social psychology will tell you cations for how we look at our online be- that if you need help, you should avoid havior. The bystander effect occurs because dropping on a busy street, even if hundreds people observe each other before assisting. of people are passing through. This is be- And the more people observing each oth- cause of a phenomenon known as the by- er, the stronger [is] the signal that help is stander effect. The more individuals gath- neither required nor appropriate. Once you ered in one place, the less chance there is take such public signals to social media in of one of them coming to the aid of a per- terms of, say, aggregated likes, you may just son in need. When an emergency situation reinforce bystander behavior even more. occurs, it’s more likely that someone will In the case of cyberbullying, by inno- come to the rescue if there are fewer or al- cently “liking” you may be part of move- most no witnesses. ment to establish a strong public signal And in the 21st century, when our thor- about what the correct collective response oughfares are online and on social net- is. You register your “like” with no obliga- works, millions of people are effectively tion to actually intervene and non-inter- passing each other by every minute. The Watch your step in Copenhagen – no one else will. vention may just become the norm. Thou- presence of other people has long been Photo credit: jacobchristensen, CC BY-NC-SA sands and even millions of people witness shown to give rise to confusion about re- terrible human behavior online every day, sponsibility. Since there are other peo- central Copenhagen—a young woman, a from intervening. If a young man falls hold- but how many of us actually do anything ple around, each individual is less pressed young man, and an elderly man. Each actor ing a can of beer, a clear public signal for about it? We may have a serious problem to take action, given that the responsibili- had two different outfi ts—a business suit others to walk on by might be sent because about the meaning and power of public sig- ty for taking action is assumed to be even- and a shabby-looking costume. It turns out of the social stigma attached to humans nals. These could severely infl uence ration- ly distributed amongst those present. One that the clothing alone elicited strong pub- with beer cans. If the beer can is removed, al deliberation, decision, and action, both may be tempted to think that when a sin- lic signals. help is offered much more quickly. online and offl ine. gle person realizes that the others aren’t If the young woman or man or the el- The information we gathered will now DISCLOSURE STATEMENT: acting on their responsibility, then the en- derly gentlemen were wearing business be fed into a computer simulation to test Vincent F. Hendricks does not work for, con- tire burden of responsibility falls to them. suits and fell, the time it took for someone out whether the bystander phenomenon sult to, own shares in, or receive funding from But if a situation is ambiguous and it’s not to intervene could be as short as a few sec- is robust over, say, thousands of runs. We any company or organization that would ben- clear whether help is needed or not, observ- onds. For the actors wearing shabby outfi ts, have isolated simple features like aware- efi t from this article, and has no relevant affi l- ers may take the inaction of other people as it could take up to around four minutes for ness vicinity, attention time, the passerby’s iations. The Conversation is funded by the fol- a sign that there is no reason to intervene. anyone to intervene, even though plenty of line of vision, and other characteristics lowing universities: Aberdeen, Birmingham, people witnessed the accident. More sur- enough to generate the bystander effect in Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, City, Durham, Updating the research prising is that the presence of certain peo- virtual environments. Glasgow Caledonian, Goldsmiths, Lancaster, The bystander effect has been well re- ple transmitted such a powerful public sig- When an accident appears in the virtu- Leeds, Liverpool, Nottingham, The Open searched over the past 50 years, but most nal that entire groups would refrain from al environment, passersby have a “radar” University, Queen’s University Belfast, Sal- experiments have taken place in controlled intervening even though they all witnessed screen of awareness, an angle of vision, and ford, Sheffi eld, Surrey, UCL, and Warwick. situations and focused on small popula- the accident. When a tour guide passed by the option to devote a certain amount of It also receives funding from: Hefce, Hefcw, tions. My group at the University of Copen- without acting, for example, none of his time to the incident. Whether they choose SAGE, SFC, RCUK, The Nuffi eld Foundation, hagen has run a number of experiments in group did either. He sent a strong public to observe, intervene, or walk on turns out The Wellcome Trust, Esmée Fairbairn Foun- the center of the city to kick off a new ap- signal that there was no need to intervene to be acutely sensitive not only to the way dation, and The Alliance for Useful Evidence. proach to the problem. The experiments and his group followed like lemmings. in which the parameters are set, but also to involved getting three actors to take a tum- What’s more, objects can be used to whether or not others are in the immedi- Vincent F Hendricks is Professor of Formal Philosophy ble on one of the main thoroughfares in transmit public signals that deter people ate vicinity. at University of Copenhagen.

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My rules are actually quite logical, and I don’t make it up It Wasn’t Just the Parking as I go along. As a public service, I publish them here in the Link. They follow the secular calendar unless other- By George H. Friedman ing to Teaneck. As I wrote previously, they confi rmed to wise noted. Note that, as a general rule, I will not take the us that Teaneck had great parking and was an up-and- Bridge the afternoon before any Jewish holiday (well, may- n a previous column I related how coming Jewish community. But I now recall what real- be Tu b’Shvat): IEllen and I settled in Teaneck nearly sold me on Teaneck. Ellen and I had this conversation: Event ...... Take the Bridge? ly 40 years ago because of the ample, ELLEN: Eddie and Barb think we would like Teaneck. Martin Luther King Day ...... Sure. Also includes any Sunday of a 3-day week- easy, and free parking here as com- It has a really nice Jewish community, a bus that goes to end pared to Queens. Actually, that was the City, and there’s a kosher pizza place. Presidents Day ...... Nope not the whole story. The recent dis- ME: What about the parking? Easter ...... Toss-up. Check the traffi c reports astrous traffi c nightmare on the George Washington ELLEN: They say there’s plenty of free street parking, Mother’s Day ...... Are you insane? Not happening Bridge (“the Bridge”) reminded me that there was an- and no meters. And they think they can get us into their Memorial Day ...... Yes. other motivating factor for our move to Teaneck: the apartment complex. Father’s Day...... Probably. Unless the Yankees are home Bridge. ME: What’s the town’s name again? July 4th ...... No, sir How so? Many, many years ago, probably in the ear- ELLEN: Teaneck. Puerto Rico Day Parade...... No, señor ly 1970s about six years B.C.* and two years B.M.** when ME: Isn’t that the place with the sign that says “If You Israel Day Parade ...... (sigh) Yes Ellen and I were dating, we visited friends at a bunga- Lived Here, You’d Be Home”? Labor Day ...... No, unless it’s an early in-and-out, hit-and-run low colony in the Catskills one fi ne summer Sunday. ELLEN: Yes. I think that’s the place. drive-by visit On the way back to our homes in Douglaston, Queens ME: Oh, then let’s settle there! I hate Bridge traffi c. Thanksgiving ...... What?? I would sooner host 25 people (which we and New Hyde Park, LI late that afternoon, we encoun- do every year) tered a monumental traffi c jam on Route 4 heading to- George’s Bridge Rules Christmas ...... Not eve; yes day ward the Bridge; I mean a total standstill backed up to Having lived in Teaneck for almost four decades, I Within 3 hours of a Yankee game...... No way. And I hope they lose Teaneck, just like what happened at Bridge-gate. Ellen am still obsessed by the Bridge. My life in many ways is Within 3 hours of a Mets game ...... Sure. What’s another 24 cars? and my kids will attest that I am impatient and easily structured around the Bridge and anticipated Bridge traf- Any of those bike tour events ...... Nope irritated in general, and with traffi c jams in particular. fi c. For example, for the last 15 years of my career, I com- So, there you have it, some simple rules to preserve Even my grandkids know. For example, just this week muted to work on Wall Street by ferry from Weehawken. your sanity. Maybe I’ll turn this into an app. Just enter my six-year-old granddaughter graduated kindergarten. I typically took Route 4 East toward the Bridge, exiting when you plan to travel and the app advises you what to After she ascertained that I would be showing up, she at the last exit before the Bridge in Fort Lee and then do, kind of like GPS with ESP…ESGPS anyone? And, keep asked “Will you be patient?” Really….I’m not making this taking local roads to Weehawken. I quickly learned that this in mind: if my rules don’t work because there is an un- up. Anyway, back to the story. As I munched on the leaving Teaneck after 6:30 in the morning was fraught expected traffi c mess, if you live in Teaneck you can turn steering wheel and fumed about the traffi c, I noticed a with potential Bridge traffi c peril. So I starting leaving around and be home! sign on the side of the road near Belle Avenue that said by 6, and usually arrived at work very early. One of my ------“If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home.” (By the way, I think new colleagues asked my executive assistant this ques- * Before Children ** Before Marriage the Township leadership should resurrect that sign after tion: “Why does Mr. Friedman get to work so early?” To the traffi c mess). which she responded “The Bridge.” George Friedman and his wife Ellen are members of Congregation Beth Aar- The sign didn’t register at the time, but a few years Over the years, I have developed rules on when I will on, and have lived in Teaneck for 37 years. He sits on the Board of Arbitration later when we were apartment hunting and were frus- head to the Bridge, and when I won’t. Ellen thinks I just Resolution Services, the world’s fi rst completely online dispute resolution fo- trated with the bad parking in Forest Hills, Ellen’s broth- invoke the “No Bridge Today” rules whenever I don’t rum, and has taught arbitration at Fordham Law School since 1996. 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called Hans Beauty Salon taller, smarter, funnier (un- Becoming Cinderella in Leonia. You can make an fortunately, still the same appointment, or you can be weight), but feeling great… By Banji Latkin Ganchrow ing picture perfect, as it always did. This, really obnoxious and walk like Cinderella (during the I would think to myself, might be some- in and cut the whole line (I ball). Then, of course, you hen I go on Facebook thing I could get used to. have only seen one specifi c get to where you are go- Wand see pictures of For those of you who know me, I am person do this, most of the ing and someone half your adorable little girls get- most comfortable in glasses and a TBO women are pretty friendly). size is wearing the same ting manicures, sever- sweatshirt, so when I have to go out in The women who work at dress. But it doesn’t mat- al thoughts go through my head. Many public where a different uniform is re- this magical place greet you ter because you are having of them cannot be written down, but the quired, one that requires makeup (yuck), as if you are a long lost friend and then, one great hair day and that makes you the one that is “column appropriate” is that stockings (double yuck), and some form the most amazing thing happens. You sit queen of the castle. my mom never went for manicures (she of shoe that doesn’t have a Nike symbol in a chair and 15–20 minutes later, and I So ladies, or random gentleman, treat always does her nails herself), her mom on it (yuck, yuck, yuck), oh, and a dress— don’t know how they do it, they transform yourself to what makes you feel beautiful never went for manicures, and her mom… we must not forget the dress, that would you into a princess. You hair looks radiant because you deserve it! (And I have yet to well, it’s not listed in the Ellis Island reg- be really bad—basically the whole thing and perfect…like you are about to star in hear the urban legend about the woman istry if my great-grandmother got off the makes me anxious. But about a year ago, a shampoo commercial. Your confi dence who went for a blow out and walked out boat from Poland with her nails done in someone told me about a magical place is at a new high. You rise from the chair with only half of her hair…) some trendy color, but I am assuming the answer is no. Due to the history of the no-manicure policy, my mom never took my sister or myself to have our nails done (unless she did and I just didn’t know about it, adding to all of the material that will be Bead, Stone, and Trim Wholesaler in my “neglected middle child” article). In fact, the fi rst and only manicure I ever received was the night before my wedding in the house of some woman, who came “highly recommended.” (How did that information not make the New York Times?) New York City Bead & Trim Wholesaler moves to Englewood! You hear one urban myth about the woman whose fi ngers got so infected that they fell off and you never want to walk into a nail salon (yet, they are always crowded Supplying beaders, jewelry designers, costumers, and yes, my mom actually did develop an and craft lovers for over 90 years! infection from the one fateful manicure that we got together on August 19, 1995). Basically, I am the 1%—the 1% of women who don’t get their nails done on a weekly basis and don’t have a smart phone. I am surprised that I haven’t been kicked off the island. The fact that I have all boys has not really changed this situation. The fact that I have all boys and I am a terrible mom and don’t make them wash dishes (or do anything else, for that matter) just means that I no longer take the time to wear nail polish at all, because it comes off after washing all of the pots and pans and dishes and glasses, milking the cows and getting fresh eggs from our chicken coop (cue theatrical violin music here.) If I had three girls instead, would things be different? I doubt it, because I would probably still have the same husband who would ask me why I have to pay someone to do their nails when I could do them myself (again, material for another article). sSimulated PearlssDruzysFindingssRhinestone Bandings Now my paternal grandmother, the sPressed Glass BeadssRhinestone Rondelless one who kindly gave me her penchant sVintage BeadssResin BeadssCrystal Beadss for saying almost anything that is on my sHot Fix MotifssChainsCompression Moulded Stoness mind. 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By Lisa Reitman Dobi And we all know that as it cooks, the strong rative staple. Hippocrates hailed it as a su- taste mellows. But the manner in which dorifi c medicine. From Roman favorite to autéed kale is versa- garlic is cut has a great deal of impact on European panacea, garlic has earned its Stile, the perfect side the resulting fl avors. Often, a recipe will place in history and in your kitchen. So stop dish, dressed up with call for chopped or minced garlic when, in mincing around and get to know your gar- some crumbled feta, fact, the thinnest slices would be infi nitely lic; it’s more adaptable than you thought! toasted pine nuts or al- better. The garlic press’s popularity has cer- What You Need : mond slices, or served tainly made the crush far more ubiquitous 2 bunches of fresh kale, total about 20 with an over-easy egg for a quick lunch or than it ought to be. leaves light dinner. It’s the quintessential dark, Many home-cooks know the rich sweet- 4 large cloves garlic green vegetable, loaded with vitamins K, ness that whole cloves of garlic impart ¾ C. chicken stock (vegetable stock if A, and C, and is known for its anti-oxidant when slow cooked with a cut of meat such serving alongside dairy) remove the skins. Slice the cloves as thinly as well as anti-infl ammatory benefi ts. Two as brisket, or a long-simmering sauce. To ¼ to ½ tsp. red pepper flakes as possible. Aim for paper-thin. bunches of kale will render four side dish draw out the same buttery sweetness while 3 T. olive oil Heat the olive oil in the pan and before portions. Like many of its leafy cousins, it retaining garlic’s beautifully adjustable pun- Sharp paring knife it gets hot, add the red pepper fl akes, then does cook down. gency, slice the cloves as thinly as possible Large, high-sided (2 inches) sauté pan garlic slices. Keep the garlic moving, reduc- The recipe for sautéed kale is simplici- and let them practically dissolve as they are with lid or heavy bottomed pot with lid ing the heat as necessary to render them ty itself. But the complexity of one key in- sautéed in hot—but not too hot—olive oil. Serving options: crumbled feta with translucent. The thinnest slices will practi- gredient deserves fuller examination. Once Adding other ingredients just at that trans- squirt of fresh lemon; over-easy eggs; toast- cally melt. Do not let them brown. When you know more, you’ll never see garlic in lucent, melting stage will heighten the gar- ed nuts; hot side dish, cool salad. Have it they’ve reached that translucent point, add quite the same way, no matter how you lic’s warm fl avor while subduing its trade- your way! the chopped kale and stock. Raise heat to slice it. mark pungency. In dishes such as this one What to Do: allow stock to bubble, then immediate- Garlic’s use in savory dishes is often, for kale, the 15-minute simmer with stock Wash each kale leaf. Carefully remove ly reduce to medium and cover. The kale and unfairly, divided into two categories: allows the fl avor to infuse the vegetable the fi rm, center stem. Cut the tender leaves leaves should be done in 15 minutes. They raw and cooked. We all know the pungent without overpowering it. into 1-2 inch pieces. ought to be tender and green. Dress it up, kick of crushed, raw garlic in a dressing. Garlic is a centuries-old culinary and cu- Crushing the cloves as little as possible, sit down and enjoy! NEW IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD Positive Changes

By Rabbi Mordechai that would be living there. He called Mor- Yom Tov meals and attitudes began to take great pride in their accomplishments and Nina Glick dechai one day to have a “rabbi to rabbi” change. and were so happy to see that one of them, chat, warning us that the opening of the This evening we had the pleasure of at- Pinny Rapp, received an award for Excel- t the time that we home would “spoil the neighborhood.” He tending the TABC graduation. With pride lence and Devotion to Tefi llah and Jewish Awere working dil- told us that there would be traffi c tie ups we watched our grandson Ezra receive both Values. igently to establish on the street as a result of the home being his diploma and the Rabbi Israel Poleyoff The road ahead for these young men Maison Shalom, the group home that our there. He suggested that the home should Excellence Award in Torah Sh’Baal Peh. We might be slightly more uncertain than daughter Naama lives in, we received amaz- be opened in an industrial area instead of a derived much pleasure from being able to those of their classmates, but we wish their ingly unsettling telephone calls. There residential one. attend this occasion and it was especially parents and their families much hatzlacha were those in the community surrounding The fi rst complaint from the frum peo- meaningful to us as Mordechai was a Tal- in planning their futures. For us, though, the prospective new home that called and ple concerned about their property being mud of the late Rav Poleyoff at YU. Yet it we are overly grateful to TABC and Sinai complained that they were worried that devaluated made us cry and the second was something else which really moved us for allowing such a beautiful event to take the real estate value of their own homes complaint from a rav made us laugh. Oh at the graduation. It was barely noted, but place and for sharing in the future lives of would go down. Their concern, supposedly, yes, there would be oodles of traffi c—from it made a great impression on us. Three Si- these young men. Gone are the days, we was that the residents of the home would what? nai bochurim graduated together with this hope and pray, that telephone calls are be disturbing the neighborhood. As an aside, within a short period of year’s 12th year class. We are aware of the made to worry about the “effect on the There was a well-known Rav in the area time after the home opened its doors, fact that we are probably much more sen- neighborhood.” who knew that we were involved with neighbors were welcoming the young sitive to these kinds of special scenarios. Kol Hakavod to all that allowed this to the inception of Maison Shalom, but did special needs residents into their homes. We have no idea who these boys are, but- happen; we are honored to be a part of this not know that we actually had a daughter They were being invited for Shabbat and we need for their families to know that we neighborhood. HEIMISHE HOMEMAKER Popcycle Your W ay to Coolness

By Gail Hochman 1-2 tablespoons of sugar PEANUT BUTTER ½ teaspoon of vanilla BANANA POPSICLES t’s ofﬁ cial! Summer is Pour all ingredients in a blender and Ingredients: Ihere! As lovely as sum- blend until smooth. Pour into popsicle ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips mertime is with its end- molds and freeze overnight. ½ cup peanut butter less sunshine and lazy 1 tablespoon wheat germ poolside days, summer brings heat waves CHOCOLATE COVERED 2 bananas and long bouts of hot weather. But, you STRAWBERRY POPS 1 cup soy milk can be ready! Prepare yourself now with Ingredients: Melt the chips in a double boiler. Put all these four easy popsicle recipes that you 2-3 cups of fresh strawberries (I used fro- the ingredients into a food processor and can keep in your freezer not only for you, zen) blend until smooth. but for your kiddies when they need to Pour watermelon mixture into popsicle ½ cup of cold water Put into popsicle molds or paper cups. cool off. molds and freeze overnight. 1 tablespoon of sugar (or more to taste) Freeze for a few hours and enjoy. 1 bottle of magic shell If you have any popsicle recipes to WATERMELON POPS PEACHES N’ CREAM POPS Pour the strawberries, water, and sug- share, please send them in to heimish- Ingredients: Ingredients: ar into a blender and blend until smooth. [email protected] 3 cups of chopped, seeded watermelon 2-3 peaches, cut into chunks (you can Pour into popsicle molds and freeze over- 1/3 cup of sugar peel them if desiredw) night. Gail Hochman has been a resident of Bergen County for 2 tablespoons of orange juice ¾ cup of Greek yogurt (regular yogurt Dip your pops into the magic shell. Al- over 30 years and has been blessed with many grand- Combine watermelon, sugar, and or- works just as well) low time for the magic shell to harden. En- children. ange juice in blender. Blend until smooth. ¾ cup of whipping cream joy!

44 June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM CAMPS Four New Jewish Specialty Camps Open Their Doors

ew York—Science & technology, health them just wasn’t the right fi t. Then we read to Reality,” in their fi rst four years of oper- being Jewish,” says a camper from one of N& wellness, sports, and entrepreneur- about Camp Zeke and its focus on healthy ation, over 2,700 unique campers attended the first specialty camps. “After camp all I ship – these are the fresh themes that at- living and fi tness with electives that we these camps, 38% of whom had never at- ever wanted to be was Jewish.” tracted almost 500 young people from over didn’t fi nd elsewhere, we met Isaac the di- tended a Jewish camp before. They also at- “During summer vacation many young 31 states, Canada, and Israel this summer rector, and it felt like home for us - the per- tracted campers who, if not for the specifi c people want to hone a skill instead of, or for a unique Jewish experience of a life- fect choice.” specialty, reported that they were not likely in addition to, attending a traditional style time. The Specialty Camps Incubator II is to attend any camp, not just a Jewish camp. camp,” says Jeremy J. Fingerman, CEO, FJC. This week, the fi rst of four new Jewish based on the success of the fi rst Specialty In fact, 76% of the campers from summer “The Specialty Camps Incubator camps al- specialty camps will open its doors for its Camps Incubator that opened fi ve camps 2012 said that their camp’s specialty was the low them to pursue an interest while ben- inaugural summer as a result of the Foun- in summer 2010 specializing in organic reason they attended. FJC expects the four efi ting from transformative summers at dation for Jewish Camp (FJC) Specialty farming, outdoor adventure, creative arts, new camps to have the same, or higher suc- Jewish camp. We are excited to welcome Camps Incubator II. Thanks to a grant of and sports and have been incredibly success rate, resulting in more young people many more campers this summer, and in $8.6 million jointly funded by The Jim Jo- cessful. As reported in an evaluation com- with stronger Jewish identities and connec- summers to come, to experience joyous Ju- seph Foundation and The AVI CHAI Foun- missioned by the Jim Joseph Foundation, tions to their communities. daism as a result of these exceptional new dation, visionary camp directors have “New Jewish Specialty Camps: From Idea “Before camp I didn’t really care about camps.” spent the previous 18 months creating distinctive new camps that blend a specifi c skill or area of interest with Jewish culture and values. The result: more campers who may otherwise have chosen non-Jewish summertime activities are attending Jew- ish summer camp. The distinctive new camps welcoming their fi rst campers in summer 2014 are: · Camp Inc.: housed in the mountains near Boulder, CO, Camp Inc. is a Boulder JCC camp that will provide an environment for 7th-12th graders to explore what it The Jewish Link of Bergen County has an affiliate paper means to be an entrepreneur, gaining skills to become innovators and leaders, and serving Queens, NY -The Queens Jewish Link - learning about Jewish values. · Camp Zeke: focusing on health and serving Kew Gardens Hills, Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, wellness in the Poconos, Camp Zeke offers campers electives to enhance skills and cre- Rego Park, Hillcrest, Fresh Meadows, Holliswood, ate healthy lives. From Krav Maga to yoga and culinary arts, 7-17 year olds will work Great Neck, & West Hempstead. and live as a community based on Jewish principles in this pluralistic, egalitarian environment. · JCC Maccabi Sports Camp: a Jewish sports camp for campers in grades 4th- 10th, JCC Maccabi Sports Camp provides a The QJL is delivering unique environment that focuses on hon- ing athletic skills while improving as team- for free to nearly 8,000 households, mates. Housed at Menlo College, 30 minutes south of San Francisco, campers at this area stores and shuls. JCC Association of North America camp learn about Jewish values, ritual, and community building while playing baseball, basketball, soccer, and tennis. · URJ 6 Points Sci-Tech Academy: campers in grades 5-9 will explore robotics, video game design, environmental science, and more at URJ 6 Points Sci-Tech Academy on the campus of The Governor’s Academy near Boston. Exploring their Jewish identity and how it relates to their interests is a large focus of this Union for Reform Juda- ism camp. “We wanted to send our son to a Jewish camp with Jewish values,” explains Leslie Gurland, parent of Ariel, age 11. “We looked at two other camps, but something about WANT TO BE THE

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201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 45 FOOD FOR THOUGHT The Language of the Jewish Future: Israelish, Americanish, Yeshivish

By Rabbi Mishael Zion ing the language of our fl at world. Contain- our tradition, in its wisdom and in its rit- ing only 1,000 words, it is just enough to be uals. Americanish challenges us to trans- This talk was delivered as part of the Jew- able to say anything in the most basic vo- late Jewish concepts into the wider world. ish Education Project’s Jewish Futures Con- cabulary. Which explains its other name: Israelish challenges us to take political reference 2014. Speakers were asked to respond Simplish. For every one person who speaks sponsibility for ourselves in our own an- to the question: What is your vision for the English, there are four who speak Simplish. cestral land. Jewish Future in 2040? Websites such as Simplish.com allow one A Jewish people that speaks three dis- to translate any text into this internation- tinct languages might sound terrible to own language, but skilled at traveling back hat is the language of the Jewish Fu- al language. some, but I’d argue that our different and and forth between the other Jewish lan- Wture? The world is increasingly speak- Some might see this as the perfect op- diverse languages are the key to our suc- guages. Such modern day nehotei require ing one thin language. Jews are increasing- portunity to defi ne the Simplish of Juda- cess—as long as each one of them is spo- three characteristics: They must be travel ly speaking three distinct depth languages. ism. Seeking a single and accessible Jew- ken ethically, vibrantly, and deeply. Inde- ready, committed to going beyond them- What is the role of Judaism in a thin, fl at ish language they would work to defi ne pendently and in tension with the other, selves, and engage Jewish othernesses. world, and what kind of leadership will the 1,000 words that allow fl uency in “Jew- these Jewish languages present a foun- They must be idea driven, both recognizing bring it to fruition? ish.” Yet joining the trend of accessibili- dation to stand on in a world of Globish. a good idea for its value, without bias or When the people of Israel arrived at ty and thinness would be a grave mistake. The crisis occurs when these three languag- prejudice, and using those new ideas as fer- Mount Sinai, they arrived “as one person, Simplish was created for fi nancial transac- es stop being in tension with each oth- menting agents of change. And they must with one heart,” as a midrash describes. It tions, a world of consumers. It might be er, stop being challenged by the other. As be translators, skilled at taking an idea from was the quintessential moment of Jewish good enough to buy stuff with, but Sim- we seek to stand at Sinai again, the ques- one context and make it meaningful in an- unity—and perhaps the only one. Since Si- plish remains mute and insuffi cient when tion becomes: How do we keep the conver- other context; transferring knowledge and nai, Jews have been in search of a unifying faced with the emotional and ethical com- sation going between these three distinct practice across cultures and languages. A vi- language, mostly in vain. In the modern plexities of life. languages? brant Jewish future that speaks three differ- world this has become even more chal- In a thin world restricted to 1,000 The Talmud offers us a useful leader- ent languages requires not superfi cial uni- lenging. Two hundred years ago one could words, people seeking to live with depth— ship model. Split between Bavel and the ty, but rather vibrant connectors, people still claim that the joint Jewish language emotional and ethical—will seek a rich land of Israel, the two Talmudic Jewish fl uent not only in their own language, but was the language of Halakha, a supposedly language that helps them make mean- communities were rife with rivalry and al- traveling back and forth between the vari- unifi ed Jewish practice and authority. One ing of their lives and communities. This ienation, yet they kept the conversation ous Jewish languages. As we stand at Sinai hundred years ago Modern Hebrew was re- is where the future of Judaism—and oth- between them going thanks to the leader- in the 21st century, these three depth lan- vived in order to serve as a secular language er depth traditions—lies. The need to fi nd ship of intellectual connectors. Known as guages and the connectors between them for all Jews, replacing common practice the depth languages of Judaism forces us the Nehotei, those who “went down,” these offer an increasingly thin world a deep al- with vocabulary. But today neither of those to face the fact that the Jewish people are cultural agents would bring ideas back and ternative for modern life. cast a wide enough net over the diversity of increasingly split between three distinct forth between the two centers. Open any the Jewish people. depth languages: Hebrew, English, and page of Talmud and you’ll fi nd that when- Rabbi Mishael Zion is the co-Director of the Bronf- Well, fi rst, what is the language of the Yiddish—or rather, Israelish, Americanish, ever Ulla, Rav Dimi, or Rabin—or any of the man Fellowships, a diverse community of 1,000 young global future? Futurists talk about a world and Yeshivish. Each of these languages pre- other nehotei—show up, they always revo- Jewish leaders from North America and Israel. He is where local depth languages are being for- sents a very different Jewish response to lutionize the conversation. the author of A Night to Remember: The Haggadah saken in favor of a single language. Glo- the modern world. At their best, they each A vibrant Jewish future that speaks of Contemporary Voices in English and Halaila HaZeh: bish, a watered-down, internetized, and present a rich challenge to the Jewish peo- three different languages requires such Haggadah Yisraelit in Hebrew. Mishael blogs regular- simplifi ed version of English, is fast becom- ple: Yeshivish challenges us to be fl uent in connectors, people fl uent not only in their ly at “Text and the City.”

THE ENVIRONMENT How the Outdoors, Food, and Environment Lead to Increased Jewish Life

By Lisa Farber Miller companion New York and Colorado case leadership through a JOFEE portal. These signifi cant long-term outcomes? A list of studies—show the growth, creativity, and experiences, such as Jewish farming pro- considerations for funders at the end of y phone rings. “All my life,” the caller potential for this young but clearly thriv- grams, wilderness celebrations of Jewish the study provides tangible suggestions, Msays, “I’ve been waiting for someone ing fi eld. holidays, and multi-day Jewish bike rides, including: to connect my love of organic farming and This is why I am excited: The study are a re-entry point for Jewish life. They • Support the development of profes- my love of Judaism. And you just did it.” makes clear what Ilan taught me: connect- then become a path for ongoing Jewish sionals in the JOFEE space to build the ca- This is the conversation I had with Ilan ing Jewish tradition with contemporary is- engagement. pacity needed for JOFEE to reach its poten- Salzberg, who later founded Ekar Farm, a sues, the outdoors, food, environment, in Twenty-somethings and thirty-some- tial communal urban farm inspired by Jew- ways that are pedagogically serious has a things in particular fi t this third profi le. • Consider ways to promote JOFEE con- ish values. His call was prompted by an profound impact on JOFEE (Jewish Out- While many do not affi liate with tradition- cepts and approaches with existing grant- invitation to attend the Hazon Food Con- door, Food & Environmental Education) al denominations or synagogues, the study ee portfolios ference. Together with the Oreg Founda- participants, and is a key reason many opt confi rms they have a high engagement in • Support market research to better tion, Rose Community Foundation offered back in to Jewish life after years of disen- the actualities of Jewish life—observance, understand the needs, interest, and con- scholarships to attract emerging leaders to gagement. friends, commitment, etc. straints of JOFEE participants. the Conference. Seeds of Opportunity demonstrates that JOFEE programs also have a signifi cant This study makes clear that, for those Our hope was that the Conference immersive JOFEE programs are having a viral impact on this age group, as last year’s of us who care about and fund the future would inspire a new Jewish food move- significant impact on people’s individual program participants become next year’s of Jewish life in this country, the emerging ment in Denver and Boulder. It worked: Jewish identity and commitment, and program founders. Once people choose to JOFEE strategies hold high promise for re- one small grant led to a burgeoning aron leadership development within their participate in a JOFEE program, there is of- newing Jewish life—and creating a more ray of grassroots and institutional efforts Jewish life. JOFEE programs and new ten a “ripple effect” for Jewish communal sustainable world for all. to promote healthier and more sustaina- methodologies are breathing new energy life: 87% of participants in immersive JO- [eJP note: this post is the fi rst in a series ble Jewish communities here (see details and commitment into the modern Jewish FEE programs say they have helped organ- written by panel participants at the 2014 in Building a Jewish Food Movement in Col- community. In fact, too often the Jewish ize a Jewish communal event or gathering; Jewish Funders Network Conference.] orado, A Case Study). community draws a distinction between two-thirds say their JOFEE experience in- Amid the concerned voices about affi liated and unaffi liated Jews. But many fl uenced this. Lisa Farber Miller is Senior Program Offi cer at Rose the future of Jewish engagement, I am JOFEE participants appear to fi t a third Thanks to this study, funders now have Community Foundation, which joined Jim Joseph excited. A new report—Seeds of Op- profi le: people who had to some degree a initial answers to the big-picture questions Foundation, Leichtag Foundation, The Morningstar portunity: A National Study of Immer- traditional Jewish upbringing, who subse- important to all of us who care about in- Foundation, Schusterman Family Foundation, and sive Jewish Outdoor, Food, and Envi- quently became alienated from Jewish life creased Jewish engagement: What should UJA-Federation of New York to fund the JOFEE study. ronmental Education (JOFEE) and the and then stepped back into Jewish life and we be doing? How can we achieve the most She can be reached at [email protected].

46 June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM SCIENCE The Neurochemistry of Power Has Implications for Political Change

By Nayef Al-Rodhan and life-threatening, such as substance abuse or gambling. Either way, dopamine ower, especially absolute and un- release is what makes people want to re-en- required to act with restraint or to seek a Pchecked power, is in toxicating. Its ef- gage in these activities. consensual form of decision making. Dicta- fects occur at the cellular and neurochemi- Dopamine activates a reward sys- tors are, therefore, more likely to appear in cal level. They are manifested behaviorally tem that has been essential to our survival situations where checks and balances are in a variety of ways, ranging from height- as a species, encouraging us to return to be- not present or consolidated. Brutality and a ened cognitive functions to lack of inhibi- havior that is essential for life. This process lack of regard for citizens of countries gov- tion, poor judgment, extreme narcissism, is what I have previously called the “neu- erned by leaders with absolute power will perverted behavior, and gruesome cruelty. rochemical gratifi cation principle” (NGP), tend to be the rule, regardless of the psy- The primary neurochemical involved in where even the expectation of a reward is chological state of the ruler. the reward of power that is known today is believed to function in a similar way to re- Since sudden withdrawal of power like dopamine, the same chemical transmitter ward itself. Yet, just as healthy behavior is the abrupt withdrawal from drugs pro- responsible for producing a sense of pleas- repeatedly induced by our reward systems, duces uncontrollable cravings, those who ure. Power activates the very same reward so too is unhealthy behavior. Drugs, such as possess power, especially absolute power, circuitry in the brain and creates an addic- cocaine, nicotine, and amphetamines, also are highly unlikely to give it up willingly, tive “high” in much the same way as drug lead to an increase of dopamine in the re- smoothly, and without human and mate- addiction. Like addicts, most people in po- ward system of the brain. Addiction is an rial loss. It is important to remember that sitions of power will seek to maintain the extreme form of behavior that employs Brain power. Pixaby, CC BY-SA power, like all human emotions, is neuro- high they get from power, sometimes at existing neuronal networks that produce chemically mediated and that unchecked all costs. When withheld, power—like any manic behavior, manifested as elation, in- sions of cognitive function, but may also power can create irrational, addicted, and highly addictive agent—produces cravings creased cognition, and grandiose self-per- make people impulsive, less risk-averse, destructive impulses. at the cellular level that generate strong be- ceptions. Hitler, Stalin, and Napoleon, for and less empathetic. High levels of dopa- This article originally appeared in Pol- havioral opposition to giving it up. example, all appeared incapable of empa- mine are associated with a sense of person- itics in Spires, a collaborative blog that In accountable societies checks and bal- thy and of comprehending the value of hu- al destiny, risk-taking, preoccupation with shares thoughts on politics and internation- ances exist to avoid the inevitable conse- man life, condemning thousands to death the cosmic or religion, and emotional deal relations from scholars at the universities quences of power. Yet, in cases where lead- in suicidal military campaigns. Yet, it is like- tachment that can lead to ruthlessness, and of Oxford and Cambridge. ers possess absolute and unchecked power, ly that power itself (rather than any specif- an obsession with achieving goals and con- changes in leadership and transitions to ic behavioral aberration), may have been quests. Absolute power can also lead people more consensus-based rule are unlikely to responsible for exaggerating certain behav- to believe that a spiritual force is guiding Nayef Al-Rodhan is Senior Associate Member at Uni- be smooth. Gradual withdrawal of absolute ioral traits that each individual exhibited. them even within established democracies. versity of Oxford. power is the only way to ensure that some- For example, former U.S. president George one will be able to accept relinquishing it. Dopamine and power Bush told people that God wanted him to DISCLOSURE STATEMENT The brain is neurochemically pre-pro- wage war against Iraq and his ally in the Nayef Al-Rodhan is Senior Fellow and Dopamine and addiction grammed to seek pleasure, regardless of its Iraq War, and former British prime minis- Centre Director of the Centre for the Geo- Human beings are characterized social acceptability or how it is derived. We ter Tony Blair is also thought to have be- politics of Globalisation and Transnational by “emotional amoral egoism.” Humans are are therefore all addicts, of one sort or an- lieved that God wanted him to take the Security at the Geneva Centre for Security emotionally driven and (for most of us, most other, to the extent that we are all engaged country into war to combat evil. The cer- Policy, Geneva, Switzerland. Author of Emo- of the time), our moral compass is mallea- in pursuits that ensure dopamine and other tainty that such leaders seem to possess is tional Amoral Egoism: A Neurophilosophi- ble and heavily infl uenced by circumstanc- neurochemicals fl ow. As such, we all avoid a symptom of extremely high levels of do- cal Theory of Human Nature and its Uni- es, survival value, and our perceived “emo- doing things that would result in dopa- pamine. Not only are powerful individuals versal Security Implications. He also writes tional self-interest.” Emotions, however, are mine withdrawal. In a similar way to drug likely to be egocentric, but also paranoid. for the blog Politics in Spires. The Conver- not immaterial: they are neurochemically addicts and alcoholics, people fi nd it hard The latter may be a consequence of self- sation is funded by the following univer- mediated and physical insofar as they have to admit that they are addicts of accept- deception in the face of confl icting advice sities: Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bradford, neurochemical correspondents. ance/ esteem/power because of dopamine from close associates. Bristol, Cardiff, City, Durham, Glasgow Dopamine is responsible for producing withdrawals that would result in doing so. Caledonian, Goldsmiths, Lancaster, a sense of pleasure and helps us to retain Moreover, stopping addictive behavior that Neuro-politics and political change Leeds, Liverpool, Nottingham, The Open information and engage in reward-driven is harmful to self or others is not simply a The neurochemistry of power has impli- University, Queen›s University Belfast, Sal- learning. It is released in certain parts of question of will power. cations for politics and for political change. ford, Sheffi eld, Surrey, UCL and Warwick. the brain by rewarding experiences, such as Much like addictive drugs, power uses Since power activates our neuronal reward It also receives funding from: Hefce, Hefcw, achievement, food consumption, and oth- these ready-made reward circuitries, pro- systems in the brain and, as such, is ad- SAGE, SFC, RCUK, The Nuffi eld Foundation, er pleasures of life. However, it is also producing extreme pleasure. In moderate dictive, people in positions of unchecked The Wellcome Trust, Esmée Fairbairn Foun- duced in behaviors that may be unhealthy amounts, dopamine can enhance dimen- power are likely to lack the self-awareness dation and The Alliance for Useful Evidence. AN OPEN LETTER

the Presbyterian Church to join in a cam- An Open Letter to the Presbyterians paign of boycott, divestment and sanctions in which legitimate business with the Is- This article appeared first on JCPA.org in the West, Catholic and Protestant alike, suffered deeply that these two communi- rael Defense Forces (protecting the Jewish determined to end 2000 years of Christi- ties either persecuted or rejected each oth- state against terrorism and military threat) Rabbi Irving Greenberg, known to many anity claiming to have replaced Judaism. er, ﬁ ghting instead of partnering for two is deemed ipso facto illegitimate. There are as Yitz Greenberg, is one of the seminal trans- They disowned demonizing Jews as dei- millennia. All the more, we have treasured calls to sanction such businesses—and by formative Jewish thinkers and teachers be- cides. They rejected depicting Judaism as our new era of cooperation. implication the state of Israel—as an illegal ginning in the 1960’s through today. Like mandating evil, murderous actions against However, some recent actions of the state with no right to exist or to defend it- many in the Jewish community who value Christian children. They put a stop to por- leadership of the Presbyterian Church are self. To criticize or disagree with any of Isra- our interfaith relationships, Rabbi Greenberg traying Judaism as a soulless, legalistic reli- eroding this friendship. This letter is writ- el’s policies is legitimate. To join the delegit- is deeply concerned by some of the proposed gion of no spiritual value. The ensuing dia- ten with anxiety that confronting the issue imation campaign which seeks to end it, is actions by the Presbyterian Church (USA) in logue, mutual learning and cooperation has may lead to a rupture and an end to our era not. It is a reversion to the worst policies of their upcoming General Assembly. Below is warmed our hearts and lifted our souls. of good faith. But we have no choice. Your the past 2000 years—policies which decent a letter to members of the PCUSA. Reprinted We believe that the new spirit has giv- actions are assaulting our very being as a Christians everywhere now regret and ex- with permission of the author. en great comfort to God who sent two cov- people. We pray that for the sake of heaven press repentance To Our Presbyterian Brothers and Sis- enantal communities, with children from and earth, you will reconsider and change Israel is the only democracy in the Mid- ters the same family, side-by-side, to reach out this path. dle East. Half of world Jewry lives in that This letter is written with pain and re- to the world with love, and with the mes- In recent years, the Presbyterian Church state. It is the only country in the world gret—and hope. sage of God’s presence and care. The Lord has explored and partially joined in a pro- where Jews are guaranteed admission and In recent decades, we have been the hoped that we would, singly and together, cess that seeks to delegitimate the state of haven from persecution or death. Any elim- beneﬁ ciaries of an historic turn to love proclaim a call to a life of tikkun olam—to Israel and that strengthens those who seek ination of Israel would inexorably doom its and respect between Jews and Christians. bring a world full of life, upheld in all its to end its existence. The Presbyterian Mis- After the Holocaust, Christianity’s leaders dignities, into being. We believe that God sion Agency Board has sought to recruit  CONTINUED ON P. 53

201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 47 HEALTH AND MEDICINE Do Men Have A Higher Threshold For Pain, Or Are They Just A Bit Emotionally Repressed?

By Edmund Keogh physician more often with pain-related struction based on gender stereotypes. complaints. Interestingly, there may also There is evidence that there are biologi- t’s a commonly held belief that women be gender differences in responses to some cal mechanisms at work, especially hor- Steps are being made to change this in- Iare better able to tolerate pain than men. analgesics, including possible side effects. monal factors. For example, gender dif- difference to gender, but unfortunately this The reasoning behind this is often that However, lab-based studies also find ferences in the incidence of some painful is being done more by stick than by car- women are built to withstand pain because men demonstrate a higher pain threshold conditions, such as temporomandibular rot. Some national funding agencies stipu- of how frequently they experience pain in (the point at which you first detect pain) disorder, which affects the jaw joint, and late that studies need to consider possible their lives from events such as periods and and higher tolerance to pain, compared to headache, are more pronounced during male-female differences, and some leading childbirth. On the other hand, when a typi- women. This doesn’t mean that men are the reproductive years. Research has also academic journals require authors to re- cal man gets a cold he’s often laughed at for immune from pain and pain-related suf- shown that pain sensitivity, the disruptive port relevant analysis. suffering a bout of “man-fl u.” fering—of course not—but they do point effects of pain, as well as symptoms asso- It’s also equally important that when There are clear and consistent gender to women being particularly vulnerable to ciated with certain pain conditions, can all we fi nd similarities as well as differences differences in the perception and experi- pain. However, there is still a lot we don’t vary across the menstrual cycle. Explana- between men and women these are report- ence of pain. But are such views really a know around the impact this has and how tions are therefore going to be multifacet- ed as well. There is, after all, going to be var- helpful way of thinking about men and this may affect pain treatment. ed, and will refl ect both biological and psy- iability within the sexes, which point to women’s pain? After all, men will never ex- chosocial infl uences. other moderators of pain, such as age. perience period pain or childbirth, so why Subjective and biological We also need to go beyond mere de- are we speculating how they would cope in Pain is subjective—and diagnosis re- Scientific inertia scription—we not only need to know such a situation? Why do we dismiss male quires you to say how much pain you are Despite these gender differences being when differences occur, but why they oc- pain responses as exaggerated and trivial, in, where it is located and so on. So the consistently reported in research, there is cur, and what the implications might be. and what effect does the normalization of gender differences reported in some stud- still considerable inertia in the wider sci- Pain affects all our lives, with the stagger- women’s pain have on treatment? ies, like the ones above, could therefore entifi c community around the issue. His- ing costs associated with pain and its treat- If we’re really to understand the differ- be down to a reporting bias—in that men torically, females have been excluded from ment predicted to rise. Knowing more ences, we need to move beyond simplistic simply don’t like to admit to being in pain clinical trials and even today, few studies about how we all experience pain and the generalizations—science fact not fi ction. and only turn to their physician when it are actually designed with gender differ- different types of pain we have, needs to be Surveys and clinical studies have con- gets really bad. Men are still often expected ences in mind. “Female pain” is often seen fully considered, rather than trivialized, ig- fi rmed that women actually experience to suppress certain emotions and action, as normal, and ironically this could be why nored, or left to stereotypical preconcep- more pain, with greater frequency and in- such as crying for example, and these beit has not been taken more seriously. Wor- tions to defi ne. tensity. They take more painkillers, suf- liefs may also affect how pain is expressed, ryingly, many studies that do acknowledge fer more from common pain-related con- viewed and responded to. gender differences statistically control for Edmund Keogh is a Reader in Psychology at the Uni- ditions such as migraine headache and But explanations for such gender differ- them, rather than look at them as an im- versity of Bath. musculoskeletal disorders, and visit their ences in pain are more than a social con- portant outcome in their own right. CAMPS Packing Tips From www.SummerCampHandbook.com

Don’t leave it all to the last minute item will be stolen, although theft at camp able at most offi ce supply stores. Whatever few new items of clothing to complete But by now it’s too late, and we don’t is generally a minor problem. Still, you the brand, be sure to use a “laundry-proof” their camp packing list. Whether socks, think you will be calling those camp pack- should label everything, not just clothes. marking pen, not a simple “waterproof” shoes, or a T-shirt, we recommend that ers everyone is talking about who will Label your child’s soap case, cassette tapes, pen. There is a difference. kids wash and wear all new items of cloth- charge you big bucks to made this head- sports equipment, hats, and shoes. Label * Iron-On / Sew-On Labels. These labels ing before packing them. Washing and dry- ache go away. But here are some tips that everything! You have several options for la- are strips of fabric with your child’s name ing clothes causes them to shrink. Even if should make the dreary job just a little easi- beling. None of the methods is perfect, but printed on them. Iron-on labels are fast- the shrinkage is minimal, kids should still er. This text has been edited for brevity. For some are easier to use than others. Most er to apply than sew-on labels, but they make sure that all their clothes fi t before more tips, visit www.summercamphand- families combine methods to suit their tend to peel off if not applied correctly, packing them. It’s upsetting to realize, after book.com needs. or if ironed on an item that is frequent- you get to camp, that all your socks are too Start with the camp’s list * Indelible Ink Stamps. This is the best ly stretched or abraded. Therefore, we rec- small or that your new T-shirt comes up to Start your packing preparation with the all-around method of labeling. Indelible ommend iron-on labels for shirts, shorts, your belly button. camp’s own list. If you have not received a ink stamps are metal or rubber stamps with and pants, but not for socks. Use a laundry For items that are not normally washed, clothing and equipment list from the camp your child’s name, usually in capital letters, marker or stamp for socks. Sew-on labels such as shoes, boots, and rain coats, we rec- you and your child chose, call now and ask such as “J.T.HUTT” or “G.M.TARKIN.” When are usually permanent, but take a long time ommend that kids wear them around be- for one. This list is important because it’s you order an indelible ink stamp, ask for to apply. The average camper needs more fore opening day to break them in and spot been developed and refi ned over several both fi rst and last names, or at least fi rst in- than 60 different items of clothing, which any defects. Getting blisters from a stiff seasons. It’s custom tailored to fi t the re- itial and last name. Otherwise, two children would take hours to label with sew-ons. pair of new shoes, or realizing during the gional weather and the unique program of with the same last name might get their Therefore, if you use sew-on labels, we rec- fi rst thunderstorm that your new rain coat activities at your particular camp. At a min- stuff mixed up. Indelible ink stamps work ommend you reserve them for expensive doesn’t have a hood, can ruin a otherwise imum, you’ll want to make sure that your especially well on clothes. Stamp shirts in- items, such as jackets, or for clothing made fun day at camp. child packs what the camp requires. In ad- side the collar, pants and underwear inside out of artifi cial fabrics, such as Gore-Tex®, Camp can be brutal on clothing and oth- dition to the standard items, your child the waistband, and socks on the top of the that don’t take iron-ons well or that may be er gear. Therefore, we recommend that kids may wish to supplement the camp’s list. toes. Stamp other items in a logical but in- damaged by the heat of an iron. don’t bring expensive clothing and gear to Read through the camp’s entire list once, conspicuous place. Don’t stamp an item in Sock Labeling Tips For some reason, overnight camp unless they are mentally so that you know what items campers re- an obscure spot or no one will be able to many families forget to label socks, or do prepared for the possibility of never again quire. There may also be a list of “optional” fi nd the name. so poorly. Also, white cotton socks tend to seeing it. This is not meant to worry you. items that you and your child should eval- * Laundry Marking Pens. Laundry mark- get stretched and fuzzy, turning D’s into Most kids don’t lose much, and theft is rare, uate. Once you have an idea about what to ing pens are made especially for labeling O’s and M’s into blobs. Use a laundry mark- but it does happen. If a shirt gets put in the pack, set aside the camp’s list and follow clothes, but you can also use them to label ing pen and invent a simple but distinctive wrong laundry bag and winds up in a differ- the fi ve basic principles of packing for over- plastic, metal, leather, graphite, and wood- code or design for the socks, such as two ent part of camp, it may never fi nd its way night camp. en items, such as soap boxes, canteens, circles (oo), or a double dagger (‡) or a big S home, even if it’s labeled. So Shabbos cloth- 1. Label everything. If you haven’t la- baseball gloves, tennis racquets, and la- and little t (“St”) if your last name is some- ing should be pretty, washable and should beled it, there’s no hope of getting it back. crosse sticks. Laundry marking pens have thing like Smith. Such distinctive marks be permanent press where possible. Shab- That’s why the fi rst principle of packing is: the advantage of being quick and easy to can be identifi ed and matched up quick- bos shoes for girls should be fl ats, so as to label everything! use, but they can fade and distort with rely. Put the label near the toe so the symbol be more comfortable, and make sure that If a towel is labeled, it may fi nd its way peated washing or use. Therefore, it’s a doesn’t show when your child wears his one pair of shoes is wearable on Tisha b’Av. back to its owner before meeting a fate in- good idea to actually pack one to use for re- shoes. The clothing your child brings has to be volving a dose of mold and mildew. Labe- labeling at camp. The Sanford “Rub-a-Dub”® 2. Wash and wear before camp. ling might also reduce the chances that an is a good laundry marking pen and is avail- Almost all families will need to buy a  CONTINUED ON P. 50

48 June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM HEALTH & FITNESS Exercise For Pregnancy: Could I? Should I?

By Chemmie Sokolic medical conditions such as hypertension, all fi tness levels. to the mother or fetus— should be avoid- gestational diabetes, and morbid obesity The recommended frequency for aero- ed. But it’s not all bad news… hile it’s true that, as a to see their physician prior to beginning bic exercise is a minimum of three times Yay! You get to eat more… Wman, I’ll never experi- an exercise program; exercise intensity and per week, and can be daily for those already The increased metabolic demand of ence the intense discom- programming will need to be adjusted ac- participating in a program when they be- pregnancy requires the ingestion of an ad- fort and pain of the miracle cording to functional capacity, fi tness level, come pregnant. Previously sedentary in- ditional 300 calories per day. Therefore, that is pregnancy, my wife symptoms, and daily energy fl uctuations. dividuals should begin with a shorter du- make sure to eat a snack before exercising did not for one minute shirk from sharing Also, don’t forget, you turn into Super Elas- ration (between 5 and 15 minutes) three to ensure that adequate fuel is available. hers with me during all three pregnancies tic Woman… days per week and gradually lengthen their But with great calories increase come of our children. I therefore have some ink- Super-human powers? workouts (building up to 30 minutes) four great responsibilities… ling as to how the prospect of exercise can The hormone relaxin greatly increases to fi ve days per week as they become more …and an extra 25–35 lbs. too, primarily feel to a woman who is with child ; not over the course of pregnancy, with up to accustomed to regular exercise. Usually, during the third trimester. This weight gain good, to say the least. There are others who, 10 times pre-pregnancy concentration lev- women will feel the need to decrease in- alters the center of gravity, and affects bal- while willing to be as healthy as possible els occurring within the fi rst trimester. This tensity, duration, or frequency as pregnan- ance. The distribution of this excess weight during this challenging time, are unsure of hormone allows the ligaments and connec- cy progresses, especially in the second and is mainly in the front, which can make it what exercises are safe, or even whether tive tissue to stretch, which is vital during third trimesters. diffi cult to see your feet; therefore, activi- any should be done at all. the delivery process. However, all connec- How about “pumping iron”? ties that challenge balance should be avoid- Should I exercise if I’m pregnant? tive tissues surrounding joints will have The goal of resistance training is to ed. The many benefi ts of regular exercise the ability to stretch beyond their normal maintain one’s strength throughout preg- Also, the thermoregulatory system is that apply to other healthy individuals also length, thereby compromising joint integ- nancy and prevent some of the common- compromised during pregnancy, increas- apply to pregnant women who do not have rity and overall stability. Therefore, cer- ly associated aches and pains. It’s extremely ing the risk of overheating, so be sure to any complications that would limit their tain movements need to be performed important to build the stabilizing muscles exercise in a cool and well-ventilated en- activity. Additional benefi ts for pregnant with caution, such as turns, quick chang- of the upper back and shoulder to (a) coun- vironment, wear loose-fi tting clothes, and women who exercise consistently include es of direction, high-impact exercises, exer- terbalance the increased weight (see be- stay hydrated. a lower risk of developing pregnancy-spe- cises that place weight on the wrist while low), and (b) to be able to hold the newborn What about after the birth? cifi c conditions such as gestational dia- in extension, and exercises that work the for extended periods of time without expe- During the postpartum period, exercise betes, as well as some of the fun but very lower back. End ranges should be avoided riencing neck and shoulder pain. can be resumed gradually, usually within normal associated symptoms such as back- during stretching so as to not permanently While exercises such as squats and lung- four to six weeks after delivery, provided aches, constipation, and bloating. Most stretch out the supporting structures of the es (not forgetting Kegel exercises) are bene- there are no complications. However, it’s healthy women can continue to exercise involved joints. fi cial, deep knee bends should be avoided. crucial to resume exercise only when it is throughout their pregnancy with minor So I can still do my aerobics? Maintaining lower body strength and fl ex- physically and medically safe to do so, and modifi cations as their pregnancy progress- Aerobic activity is important for keep- ibility is important for being able to move after you’ve been given the all clear from es and physiological changes occur. ing the heart and lungs strong, increasing the newborn both into and out of the bassi- your doctor(s). Gradual progressions are What physiological changes? circulation, and otherwise enhancing a net. Be sure to walk around between resist- recommended to enhance the new moth- Pregnancy temporarily alters a woman’s woman’s overall energy level. However, the ance sets and after exercise; it’ll enhance er’s physical and mental well-being. physiology, anatomy, kinesiology, and bio- increased blood volume and decreased ve- circulation and venous return, mitigating A healthy mother is more likely to give mechanics; these changes may be hormo- nous return associated with pregnancy can the effect of a hypotensive response. Also, birth to a healthy baby, so be safe, be smart, nal, physiologic, and/or musculoskeletal. compromise the cardiovascular system, so be careful transitioning from a lying to a be strong, and be well; you only get to do Each trimester brings various challenges some precautions need to be followed in standing position; move slowly and in stag- it once per child, so look after yourself and that may interfere with consistent physi- relation to intensity and volume of aerobic es rather than in one quick movement. cherish this astounding miracle. cal activity, and each pregnancy (even of activity. That being said, moderate intensi- So wrestling matches and football the same woman) is different. Therefore, ty should be safe for most participants, es- games are out? Chemmie Sokolic is an ACSM-certifi ed Personal Trainer, close communication with healthcare pro- pecially in the early stages of pregnancy. Ac- Yes, sorry. Contact sports and activities and owner of Frum & Fit LLC. Chemmie can be reached viders is always encouraged before, during, tivities such as low-impact aerobics, water that may increase the risk of trauma to the at chemmie.sokolic@frumandfi t.com. Visit www.Fru- and after the pregnancy. It’s especially im- aerobics, swimming, walking, and cycling abdominal area or present a high risk of mandFit.com or www.Facebook.com/FrumandFit for portant for pregnant women with specifi c are recommended for pregnant women of falling—either of which may cause harm more information. Openly Embracing the Next Chapter: Graduation and Transitions

By Temimah Zucker this graduation was a signifi cant turning rent situation although this may be diffi - many negative life events had taken their point in their lives. cult and riddled with doubts. And fi nally, toll on my self-esteem. Rather than ap- he school year is Most of senior year can feel like being we move forward into the future. Getting proach the transition with honesty and Tover and for many in a limbo phase in preparation for the stuck in one of these steps does not allow use the resources that I had, I retreated, it is not only the end following year at a new institution with us to move forward in a healthy manner. isolated, and eventually developed a dis- of another academ- a new set of people, rules, and an entire- Moving forward does not necessari- order that robbed me of the possibilities ic year, but the end of ly unfamiliar environment. Therefore, ly mean planning too far ahead or blind- of a bright future. their time at a particu- while graduation is exciting and wonder- ly entering the next chapter of our lives. Transitions are not inherently nega- lar school. Before I continue, congrats to ful, it can also trigger a reality check: sen- Rather, we can employ mindfulness (an tive, but as the graduating class of 2014 all the grads out there and to their fami- ior year is over and now something new aspect of the Dialectical Behavior Ther- moves forward—whether they be kinder- lies and friends! You have completed an- is right around the corner. apy approach) to make plans for our fu- garten, elementary, high school, or col- other milestone in your journey and you Times of transition can bring on not ture but focus on and live in the current lege students—my hope is that this next should feel proud! only feelings of wonder and exploration, moment. Additionally, a healthy ap- chapter can be approached with open- Earlier this month I gave a talk to but anxieties and doubt: Will this next proach to moving forward includes re- ness and honesty. Life is exciting and high school seniors at one of the Jewish phase be good? Will I be happy? Did I fl ecting on coping mechanisms. When each chapter brings on new opportuni- day schools in Long Island. This seminar make the right decision? These questions confronted with the unknown, it is es- ties and growth. The best we can do is be was intended to discuss fears and con- can feel overwhelming for some as the sential to know how one can properly open and real with ourselves and be pre- cerns about moving forward after having future looms over their minds. manage fears and anxieties without turn- pared for the changes ahead. been in the same school for four years, One strategy that I often employ and ing toward maladaptive coping mecha- Graduation from school symbolizes and why this time may be diffi cult. Once that I encourage clients to use in dif- nisms. Managing one’s fears may include the many endings that individuals face a student enters his senior year, or the fi cult situations is the three-step mod- talking about hesitations, using energy in a lifetime. It is a privilege and honor to 8th grade in elementary school, s/he is el I created for myself: Refl ect, Accept, for something productive, or getting out complete something as meaningful and often bombarded with questions about Move Forward. Ideally, we can smooth- one’s feelings through art, work, or lei- important as education, and to then con- next year: Do you know where you’ll be ly go through all three of these phas- sure activities. tinue on with the next stage in life. going? What’s your plan? Many of the es and move forward with excitement When I graduated from high school My heartfelt congratulations to the students voiced this fear about the un- and a healthy amount of nerves. We re- I remember feeling excited and hopeful graduating class of 2014; I hope you are known, stating that they were unsure fl ect on the past and what brought us to but also terrifi ed of what was to come able to completely embrace the next of what was ahead and that they knew where we stand today. We accept the cur- next. This was a time in my life when too chapter of your lives.

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change outfi ts more than once a day, be- probably won’t last very long at overnight Packing Tips From www. cause of certain activities or because they camp, where it will be bumped, stepped sweat a lot, should pack even more extra on, stacked, and dropped. SummerCampHandbook.com clothes. If your camp offers a choice of what 5. Pack in the recommended container. to pack clothes and gear in, consider what  CONTINUED FROM P. 48 Campers need to pack all their clothes your child will do with that container. If and gear in some type of container. This he’s taking an airplane to camp, it’s easi- good enough to survive hiking up a moun- forms, such as blue shorts and T-shirts. For could be a footlocker or trunk, a suitcase, er to bring a suitcase (especially one with tain, sliding into second base, falling in a other camps, you should pack fashionable, a duffel bag, or a large backpack. The camp wheels!) than it is to haul around a trunk. football game, and stretching during cap- functional clothing, but not if that requires information packet should specify the pre- If he’ll be doing a lot of hiking, a large back- ture-the fl ag. Nevertheless, you shouldn’t you to bring a $250 cashmere sweater. Re- ferred container. If not, call the camp and pack is best. Be sure to select a frame pack go overboard on quality. Whatever your member, this is overnight camp. Prepare ask. You should follow the camp directors’ that fi ts his body and feels comfortable ful- child brings will probably get dirty, maybe for a few losses. recommendation because they know the ly loaded. (Almost any backpack feels com- permanently. 4. Consider laundry frequency. space limitations of the living quarters and fy in the store when it’s empty.) If your All kids want to fi t in with their fellow You can determine how many of each whether closets, drawers, or lockers are child will be doing only day-long hikes, campers, and fashionable clothing can be clothing item to pack based on the fre- available on site. it’s best to pack everything in a trunk, but a big part or a small part of fi tting in, de- quency of the laundry service. If the camp’s Trunks or “footlockers” are favorite con- bring a separate day pack. If the living quar- pending on the camp. But this is camp, not information packet doesn’t say, call and tainers at camp because they are tough, ters are like a dorm room, with closets and a fashion show. Your child can be fashion- ask. For camps that last a week or less, compact, and easy to organize. Like eve- drawers, then a duffel bag may be the best able without having to be a supermodel. there probably isn’t any laundry service, so rything else, trunks range in quality. The container. Once unpacked, duffel bags can Steer clear of camps where brand names your child should pack enough clothes to worst ones are no better than a fl imsy card- be folded and stuffed under his bed or in seem essential. That kind of superfi ciality last 1½ times the number of days she’ll be board box. Newer versions are made of a drawer. If the living quarters don’t have is the opposite of what overnight camp is at camp. For example, if it’s a six-day camp, plastic, but some are less sturdy than par- drawers, trunks keep clothes and gear neat- supposed to be about. In response to this pack nine days’ worth of clothes, just to be ticle board, plywood, or metal. If a trunk er than suitcases, backpacks, and duffel issue, some camps require simple union the safe side. Kids who think they will sags when your child stands on it, then it bags.

ful, mix it up a little by inviting different needs to ease him/her out of a momen- tant that you see your child in different so- Does My Child friends, or adding a friend to an already tary slump, and s/he will probably look cial settings, having new experiences, and successful social grouping. Asking for ide- forward to playing with friends in his/her making and keeping friends. We will ex- Have Friends? as about the play date will empower and own home. plore ideas on making and keeping friends encourage your child. “Would you like If the idea of play dates does not seem in upcoming articles.  CONTINUED FROM P. 39 to invite a friend or two for a play date? comfortable for your child, or if a play What activity would you like to do with date does not go particularly well, then Sariva Sklar is a Certifi ed Family Coach, educator, and it. Do not invite too many friends at once, your friends? What healthy snacks do you going somewhere with a friend and hav- artist. She coaches adults, couples, and children, in a since it may be too overwhelming for you think your friends would like to have?” ing an experience together outside the creative and relaxed setting. You may reach Sariva at and/or your child. If play dates are success- This conversation may be all your child home may be a fun adventure. It is impor- 201-836-4227, or [email protected]

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50 June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM ASK THE DOCTOR

tions caused by coxsackie virus are menin- quire hospitalization with aggressive man- Coxsackie Virus Infections gitis, encephalitis, and myocarditis. Menin- agement. Luckily they are very rare. gitis is an infection of the membranes that Coxsackie viral infections are highly By Dr. Giuseppina ly resolve in a few days. No antibiotics are surround the brain and spinal column. The contagious. Children less than 5 are more at Benincasa-Feingold required. Pain management is indicated ei- symptoms are irritability or lethargy, neck high risk for being infected. The virus sur- ther with Tylenol (acetaminophen) or ibu- pain or stiffness, headaches, high fever, and vives on surfaces for several days. Any sur- his week marks the profen. Sometimes drinking is diffi cult and malaise. Encephalitis is an infection of the face which may contain saliva, mucous, or Tbeginning of sum- a numbing solution is indicated. Very rare- brain. In this case the child may have high feces—such as changing tables and shared mer. Children are home ly will a child become dehydrated and need fever, headaches, and altered mental status. toys—may spread the virus to whole day from school and the intravenous fl uids. Extreme lethargy is usually present. My- care classrooms. Prevention is always the hot weather is upon Hemorrhagic conjuctivitis is an infec- ocarditis is an infection of the heart mus- same: hand washing, hand washing, hand us. A frequent complaint for visits to an ur- tion of the white part of the eyes which be- cle which can produce abnormal rhythm of washing! This is one of those pearls learned gent care facility during the fi rst hot sum- come red, painful, and itchy. Although viral the heart and, in severe cases, heart failure. from my grandmother that I did not appre- mer weeks is an irritable child who will not in nature and generally not responsive to Unfortunately the virus can be spread ciate when I was young. She would obsess eat. The cause of these symptoms may be antibiotics, antibiotic drops are frequent- from mother to newborn during or imme- about hand washing, even when we came enteroviruses, which are a group of virus- ly prescribed. If blurry vision is present, the diately after birth. Newborns and infants out of our neighbor’s pool! And we had es that live in the gastrointestinal tract and child needs to see an eye specialist. are at greater risk for more serious infec- to shower immediately after a swim. She are spread through contact with saliva, mu- Other, less frequent, more serious infections. These more serious infections re- wasn’t a doctor, she was just wise! cous, and feces. As much as we mothers hate to admit it, children sneeze, spit, and yes, even pee in pools. All bodily fl uids can have virus- es which are easily picked up by other chil- Finally, you’ve got an alternative to dren who are enjoying the same body of water to cool themselves off. One such virus, coxsackie, can infect children and pro- the ER when your pediatrician’s duce a variety of symptoms. More often than not, children come into contact with the virus and, thankful- office is closed. ly, the immune system is working well and nothing happens. The second more common event is the child has non-specif- ic symptoms, such as low grade fever, malaise, muscle aches, and headaches. These AFTERHOURS can last 3-5 days, and then resolve without any consequences. URGENT CARE Coxsackie virus infections, which are Ages Infants thru 21 well known and frequently talked about in schools and day care centers, are hand-foot and mouth disease, herpangina, and hemorrhagic conjunctivitus. Hand, foot, and mouth disease should actually be called OPEN 365 DAYS AYEAR hand-foot-mouth-and-butt disease. This Monday thru Friday: 5pm-Midnight presents by the presence of red blisters which are generally painful in the throat, Weekends/Holidays: Noon - Midnight gums, palms, and soles, and yes, in the rec- tal area. While the skin lesions are usually not painful, the oral lesions are very pain- H Large New Space H On-Site Digital X-Ray and ful. Fever may or may not be present. The H Staffed By Physicians Lab for Immediate Results child may be less active and have general H Treatment of Illnesses and H Rapid Tests For: Strep, malaise. Herpangina is the presence of red, Injuries such as Asthma, RSV, Mono, Flu and More painful blisters and ulcers in the soft palate, Fever, Stomach Distress, H Child-Friendly Environment tonsils, and posterior roof of the mouth. Infections, Fractures, H One way to distinguish Herpangina Short Waits from the oral lesions of Hand, Foot and Stitches and more H Most Insurances Accepted Mouth Disease is that Herpangina affects the back of the mouth (tonsils and soft pal- Moonlight Pediatrics is owned and operated by ate), while Hand, Foot and Mouth affects Dr. Giuseppina Benincasa-Feingold. Dr. Fein- the anterior portion of the mouth, such as gold has specialized training in pediatrics and anterior gums and inside of lips. pediatric emergency care. For 12 years she ran Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease and a busy inner city ER and was also the Assistant Herpangina are self-limiting and usual- Director of Pediatrics in Nyack Hospital. Being the mother of 5 children with a hectic schedule, Dr. Feingold recognized Rockland County’s The Intrigue need for an after hours care facility and is proud to be able to offer it. Moonlight Pediatrics is open 365 days a Lying Behind year until midnight, treating a broad array of illnesses and injuries in a Iraq’s Jihadist comfortable setting. Uprising  CONTINUED FROM P. 51 Moonlight Pediatrics the region’s history this time around, Wash- ington will likely leave it to the regional players to absorb most of the risk. 845-357-KIDS (5437) Editor’s Note: Writing in George Fried- 27 INDIAN ROCK • SUFFERN (now in Brooklyn and the Bronx) man’s stead this week is Reva Bhalla, vice www.moonlightpediatrics.com president of Global Analysis. Read more: The Intrigue Lying Behind Iraq’s Jihadist Uprising | Stratfor Follow us: @stratfor on Twitter | Stratfor on Facebook

201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 51 WOMEN OF VALOR An Appreciation of Two Very Special Women: The Rosenbaums: Rosalind and Belle

It is fascinating that two women responsible for seeding, cultivating and bringing to fruition Jewish day schools in Northern New Jersey were two sisters-in-law who passed away exactly one year apart. They were Rosalind Poleyeff Rosenbaum and Belle Hymowitz Rosenbaum, the women who stood behind Aaron and Jacob, movers and shakers who, with their wives, for Klal Yisroel and the State of Israel. This founding family of Yeshiva Hudson County, the Union City Mikveh and the shtiebl in Union City, brought Holocaust survivors into their homes from the Vaad Hatzolah back in the day, to providing yeshiva educations for Russian children who want to continue their studies. These two women were pioneers who led the way, and their legacy is the rich Contemporary Orthodox community of Bergen County, as nurtured through generations of children who passed through their hands. There are a few people in Ber- gen County who remember well the school on New York Avenue in Union City, and even the school in Jersey City before that, who marvel at what is now RYNJ, with more than 1,000 students from our community.

Dr. Belle Rosenbaum, z’l She taught us how to drive – no driving Here is the eulogy for Belle Rosen- school, mother school. baum, z’l, from her daughter Simmi Br- She taught us everything! odie of Monsey, followed by the zikaron She was also an important member of her sister-in-law, Rosalind, z’l, by her of and contributor to the community. daughter, Esther Scharf of Teaneck, both She was the president of the North Hud- delivered on the same day. son Women’s Group of the Yeshiva (of I am not used to speaking publicly, Hudson County), and volunteered at the but my mother insisted once, when she Jersey City Hebrew Home and the Un- was being honored by one of her organ- ion City Mikva, and helped Congrega- izations, that I introduce her. tion Zemach Dovid in North Bergen to When Chanie (Levine, the Rosh Ye- start, grow, and prosper. shiva’s wife in Philadelphia) found this There were countless fundraising ba- speech in my mother’s desk a few weeks zaars, rummage sales, and bingo nights. ago, she brought it to my house, and She even worked as a volunteer trans- read it to my mother. When I saw her lator of Yiddish for the New York City face, I realized that I would soon have to court system in Williamsburg. read it one more time. You don’t live 98 years without being When I was asked to speak about my Dr. Belle Haymowitz Rosenbaum, z’l Rosalind Poleyeff Rosenbaum, z’l a strong, tough lady. She was honest and mother, I hesitated, because to speak about trustworthy, smart and modest, quiet my mother is to speak about myself. tifi ed, and her fascination with business To start at the end, she lived 98+ years and kind, soft spoken yet independent, Where does the river end and the ocean and her success …. No! I think that to me, and left many descendants, although respectful and principled yet not afraid begin? They ebb and fl ow forever, together. fi rst and foremost, she was my mother. she never would count them. She was to express her opinion. Her approach to You all know Dr. Belle Rosenbaum, My other siblings and our children will sharp to the end, even serving as a re- life imparted many lessons. She worked the public persona; her mezuzot, her testify with me that she has always been source for spelling corrections as late as for everything she got, and appreciated tzedaka, and her chesed. Her involve- there when we needed her, to teach us, her last two weeks. She always accepted everything she had. She taught us that ment in every Jewish organization that to guide us, to love us. whatever Hashem planned for her. it was more important to give than to is and was—and since there could nev- She is dressed in strength and majes- She was born in Russia in 1914 and take. er be enough, she started a new one, ty. came to America at the age of four or We were always encouraged to invite The Education Center for Jewish Val- She opens her mouth with wisdom fi ve and grew up with not a penny to her friends over for shabbos. There were ues. and kindness in her speech. name. With little opportunity for a ye- often baalei teshuva and singles at the She was treasurer of the mikvah, Her children praise her; her husband shiva education in those days, especially shabbos table, where a few shidduch- President of the North Hudson chap- adores her. for girls, she attended public school. She im were made. For many people, attend- ter of Mizrachi Women, and the Yeshiva Many daughters have accomplished had fi rst class math skills and excellent ing the Yeshiva or visiting their home of Hudson County [now RYNJ]. She was much, but you surpass them all. limudei kodesh skills for a women edu- changed their religious orientation pos- on the boards of Yeshiva University-Al- Love of the Torah and fear of Heaven cated in the 1920s and 30s. itively. bert Einstein College of Medicine, Isra- are her center. Afterward, she worked during the day Most of all, she loved and was el Bonds, Bris Avraham USA, Hadassah I pray Hashem will reward her with as a bookkeeper and attended Baruch devoted to every member of the family Hospital, Shaarei Tzedek Hospital, the the fruits of her golden hands. She is College at night. Education was always unconditionally. YU Museum and the Great Synagogue praised in the gates by her very own important to her. One idea that kept coming up in all in Jerusalem. She was a life member of deeds. It has been my greatest honor to She was strong, young, vibrant, active of our recollections was that everyone AMIT, Hadassah, Bnai Brith and ORT. be her daughter. and beautiful. With Daddy, she raised felt that being in her presence was like She was active in the Community Syn- fi ve children. Mommy was not only a sitting with royalty. Mommy (Bubby) agogue Holocaust Center-Beis Torah— Rosalind Poleyeff wonderful wife to Daddy but a fantastic remained always the daughter of a Rosh Shaarei Torah and OHR REuven Riverd- Rosenbaum , z’l mother. She worked hard and gave her Yeshiva. She was a tzenua, most comfort- ale Home for the Aged. She founded the An Appreciation of Mommy on Her all in everything she did. able behind the scenes, but nevertheless American Friends of Migdal Ohr with First Yahrzeit Mommy was an outdoors woman. a full partner to her melech, Daddy (Zei- my father and they were active until The reason I asked to speak today She was the one who taught us to ride da), in all their endeavors. their last moments. was that many of you remember Bub- bikes, play basketball, jump rope and I know that I speak for all my siblings They have dedicated the corner- bie differently than her children do. Our double dutch, swim, row a boat, skim when I wish that our children and stones on buildings from Monsey to Is- memories of her later years tend to ob- rocks over the water, and carve wood- grandchildren can experience the love rael to Tashkent. And these are just a few scure her earlier, formative years, when en sticks. We spent time blueberry pick- that our parents gave to us. It was their of the big things! she was a major force of life. ing, peeling potatoes or apples, digging efforts that helped us grow up into what Her private acts of chesed: the shid- We recently fi nished our period of in the garden, and planting. we are today, and that we try to pass on duchim she arranged; help given to fam- aveilus. Rav Moshe Chaim Luzatto, au- We kids had such fun with our moth- to our families. For this we are eternally ily and friends and strangers to start thor of Mesilas Yesharim, notes in his er. She could stand on her head and grateful to them. Thank you Mommy their lives or business or to get them sefer Ha’ksav v’ha’kaballah, regarding once dressed up as Mahatma Gandhi at and Daddy. back on track; advice freely given, and the death of Moshe Rabbenu, that the a costume party. She was a riot. Mommy was fond of quoting the pas- time and a listening ear and heart; the word avel stems from the root bal, to no- And, of course, she helped us with suk from Mishlei (17:6): Ateres zekaynim hachnosas orchim—her home was tice something is not there. When some- homework and school projects. Mommy bnai banim, v’siferes banim avosam, The a way station, for a day, a month or a one passes away and you have a sense helped Yitzchak, Heshy, and Yudi with crown of elders is grandchildren and the year—for countless people; the dignity that it’s a piece of you that is missing, their bar mitzvah divrei torah, always glory of children is their parents. She and love with which she cared for my that’s the aveilus. And that sense contin- trying to make sure (not always success- remains the glory of her children and grandparents… ues the bond with the niftar. fully) that they spoke slowly and clearly. grandchildren because we are fortunate Each one of these things would be a I would like to supplement the mem- She read to us before we went to sleep, a to follow in her footsteps. central theme for another life. ories of her later years, which were the chapter each night. How proud and fortunate we are to But keh ain ayin horah, I fi nd it diffi - only ones that her younger grandchil- Having mastered driving a stick-shift, have been blessed with a mother (and cult to pick a pet project for my mother. dren and great-grandchildren were privi- she was a careful, but slow, driver. You grandmother) like Shoshana Reizil bas Perhaps her quest for hidur mitzvah— leged to experience. With contributions could tell when Mommy drove the car haRav Moshe Aharon, aleha hashalom. the artists she’s helped and encouraged from my siblings, I would like to fi ll in last because it was inevitably parked Tehei nafsha tzerura betzror hachaim. and sustained, the homes she has beau- some of the gaps. about two feet away from the curb. Esther Scharf

52 June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM AN OPEN LETTER

Here they wrote most of the Bible. Here state. The United Nations recognized that the handicap of being immigrants, they An Open Lett er to Judaism grew into its own right and gave the only resolution that could do justice to have risen to be the largest sector of Israel’s birth to Christianity as well. The Jewish the needs of the two peoples in the Holy population and are represented or leaders the Presbyterians state was destroyed when the land was mil- Land was to partition the land. The Jewish in every area of society. itarily conquered by the Roman Empire; population accepted this humane compro- 5. In 1967, the Arab nations, unreconciled  CONTINUED FROM P. 47 subsequently most of the Jews were ex- mise solution (while promising “complete to Israel’s existence, went to war against iled. Yet Jews never stopped living in Israel. equality of social and political rights to all the state, starting with expelling United Jewish citizens—and undermine the exist- The Romans were succeeded by Byzantine, inhabitants, irrespective of religion, race or Nations peacekeeping troops and blockad- ence of the rest of the Jews in the world. then Islamic, later Ottomanic conquerors sex.” [Declaration of Independence of the ing Israel’s shipping lifelines. Again, leaders Aiding or abetting an attempted destruc- who ruled over the land, while persecuting State of Israel]) The Arab nations and the such as Abdul Gamal Nasser of Egypt and tion of a people is not compatible with the Jews who lived there. Yet the entire Jew- Palestinians did not accept. The armies of Ahmed Shukairy of the nascent PLO an- love. For the sake of our friendship, we ish people, wherever it lived, never broke six nations invaded Israel in 1948, proclaim- nounced that the goal was to wipe out the must speak out. its daily spiritual connection to the land or ing their intention to destroy the state and/ Jews and their state. Israel won the war of The recent climax of the delegitimation stopped its yearning and prayers to go back. or drive the Jewish inhabitants into the sea. self-defense which is how it came to occu- campaign has been the issuance by the Is- 2. Zionism is the national liberation Israel barely survived and lost 1% of its to- py the West Bank and Gaza. Israel offered rael/Palestine Mission Network of the Pres- movement of the Jewish people. Zion- tal Jewish population in the war. The net re- to return the territories in exchange for a byterian Church (USA) of a congregation- ism grew out of millennia-old Jewish cul- sult was a Naqba (catastrophe) for the Pales- negotiated peace. The Arab nations replied: al study guide called “Zionism Unsettled.” ture, memory, and prayers. It became a tinians—but it was self-infl icted. no negotiations, no recognition, no peace. This publication presents itself as a fair- political movement, functioning along- During 1948—1967 when the West 6. Since 1970, the Palestinians have tak- minded exploration of the issues between side numerous other national liberation Bank was under Arab control, a Palestini- en charge of their own destiny. Unfortu- the state of Israel and the Palestinian peo- movements—including Arab, Asian and Eu- an state was not established. Nor was the nately, they have used terrorism in Israel ple. It is in fact a publication totally devot- ropean hitherto suppressed national mi- Jewish state recognized. Arab leadership and against Jews abroad as a central policy. ed to bearing false witness against Israel norities. Most of them won their nation- determined to keep the Palestinians eve- There have been negotiations on and off. In and the Jewish people. It adopts and pre- hood, as did Israel, in the 20th century. The rywhere as refugees, segregated in refugee 1993, Israel recognized the Palestinians. Is- sents in a fl attering light an extremist, one- Zionist cause developed particular reso- camps. They were not allowed to relocate rael’s Prime Ministers since then, including sided narrative of the issue that leaves no nance due to the growth of anti-Semitism or to become citizens in the Arab countries Benjamin Netanyahu today, have affi rmed room for the existence of the Jewish state. in modern Europe. The urgency of imme- where they were. This was a cruel policy, the principle of two states for two peoples. It actually is calling for a one state solution, diate sovereignty was confi rmed by the un- designed to use the refugees has an infl am- They insisted only on a secure peace for Is- i.e., an Arab Palestine which (unacknowl- precedentedly brutal, total annihilation of matory factor to prevent making peace. In rael. The Palestinians have never given up edged, nay covered up, in this publication) the Jewish people attempted in the Holo- a burst of ethnic cleansing, the Arab states the terrorism tactic. would have no room for its Jewish inhab- caust. This genocide in the making was es- overwhelmingly expelled their Jewish pop- Hamas, the group which governs Gaza, itants. sentially unchecked by the Allies and des- ulations (This is sanitized in Zionism Un- proclaims, as its unchanged goal, the de- This narrative is so mendacious that perately needed haven for the Jews was settled as “escape [by Jews] from the actu- struction of the state of Israel. it cannot allow itself to utter the central widely refused. To now deny only this peo- al violent blowback or fear of blowback. 7. The vast majority of the procedures truths of this whole matter. We list only the ple its right to exist as a nation is blatantly As the region became infl amed at the per- which disturb the Palestinians and supply most blatant omissions (and some gross discriminatory. It is recrudescent anti-Sem- ceived injustice of the enforced partition the basis for the criticism and delegitima- distortions). itism, cosmetically covered up by the claim of Palestine.”) Most of the Jewish refugees tion of Israel—checkpoints, some separate 1. The land of Israel was the birthplace that it is ‘only’ anti-Zionism. came to Israel where they were given full roads on the West Bank, the separation bar- of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, 3. The Arab population of Palestine has citizenship and enabled to make new, dig- religious and political identity was formed. every right to want to live in their own nifi ed lives for themselves. Starting with  CONTINUED ON P. 56

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201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 53 PROFILES Karen Shawn: The Holocaust Prism

By Anne Phyllis Pinzow Berenbaum has said that Kristallnacht was the end of the beginning and the beginning look at the sixth issue of PRISM and of the end.” The Holocaust is dated by his- Aone is struck by its cover art and its pa- torians as ending in 1945. thos. Symbols of the Jewish faith, a me- In 1989, Shawn won a fellowship to norah, a kiddush cup, are strewn together spend seven months in Israel. with remnants of a life—a violin, sheet mu- “I devoted myself at that time to cours- sic, a shoe, and torn pictures. In a framed es at Hebrew University, at Yad Vashem, photo to the right, a young boy, dressed for and again at the Ghetto Fighters’ Muse- the cold, carries a violin case and appears um…At the end of that time, one of the Yad to look forlornly at the scattered artifacts, Vashem historians asked what I thought of including a yellow star with the word Juif the classes and summer institutes that they on it. offered.” She said the classes were phenom- Karen Shawn, Ph.D., a resident of Te- enal as far as the history was concerned, aneck, is the founding creator and editor but there was no pedagogy being taught of PRISM: An Interdisciplinary Journal for dents’ coping strategies as they learn about and, as a result, when American teachers Holocaust Educators, an outgrowth of her the Holocaust. go back home, they’re often the only teach- life’s work: teaching teachers how to teach For most people, just a small glance at ers in their school teaching the subject. about the Holocaust. that horror from archives, books, muse- They alone have to make sense of all of this Born in Albany, Shawn’s father, Bernard, ums, pictures or fi lm presentations takes history and try to translate what they’ve was an Associate in the New York State De- more than a strong stomach; it also takes sistance Summer Study Fellowship. learned into something that an eighth or partment of Education in the fi eld of Spe- a large box of tissues. But to teach teachers For a month, she and the other fel- ninth grader in a small town in the middle cial Education and her mother, Rosalie, how to teach about this takes strength as lows learned at Yad Vashem, Haifa Uni- of the country can understand. “They asked was the principal stenographer and secre- well as resilience. Shawn said, “I absolute- versity, and the Ghetto Fighters’ Museum. me if I could come back and teach, to be tary for the Assistant Commissioner for the ly understand how diffi cult this learning is. “We learned not only from the best histori- their educational instructor for their sum- New York State Department of Health. Her I know when I talk to my students—that’s ans in the world, but we learned and were mer program.” home was steeped in Yiddishkeit, but she one of the things I say—that nobody leaves taught by survivors as well. We were led by She did this for 10 years, continuing to had no traditional religious education or the Holocaust Museum in Washington say- two of the most important survivors in the learn the history while teaching, in a 22- observance, says Shawn. ing ‘Wow, let’s go get some ice cream and fi eld of education, Vladka and Ben Meed, hour seminar, the elements of teaching the Shawn was educated at Adelphi Uni- come right back, I can’t wait.’” founders of WAGRO, the landsmanschaft Holocaust, brainstorming with the partic- versity, where she received her B.A. in Eng- “I came to it from a different perspec- for ghetto fi ghters and Warsaw survivors, ipants how they could make this history lish. She also has an M.A. in English Educa- tive and that was in 1985 on a trip to Israel who were also responsible, in great part, into an effective unit of study, given their tion from New York University, went for a when I visited the Ghetto Fighters’ House for the World Gathering of Holocaust Sur- time constraints. “The more I learned, the Fellowship in Holocaust and Jewish Resist- Museum in the Western Galilee…It was ac- vivors in 1981, who founded the American more I knew how little I know. This is a life- ance at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem, another Fel- tually the fi rst Holocaust museum, and pre- Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors time of study. As teachers, our goal can nev- lowship in Jewish Education in the Diaspo- dates Yad Vashem. It was built on a kibbutz and who supported the American Friends er be to teach the defi nitive course on the ra at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and a called Beit Lohamei HaGeta’ot,” the home of the Ghetto Fighters House, the Educa- Holocaust because such a thing is not pos- Ph.D. in English Education from New York of fi ghters who survived the Warsaw Ghet- tors’ Chapter of the Jewish Labor Commit- sible…Our goal should be having our stu- University. to uprising.” tee, and the American Federation of Teach- dents leaving our room wanting to learn Presently, aside from her duties as edi- Shawn says that when the survivors ers.” more.” tor of PRISM, Shawn is a Senior Fellow and came to Israel, they wanted to live togeth- They learned about the Holocaust and This is what she’s devoted her life to: Visiting Associate Professor of Jewish Ed- er and decided to build the museum on the how to teach it. Shawn said that every day to teaching the understanding that Jewish ucation at the Azrieli Graduate School of grounds of their kibbutz. “Their little col- they met with, spoke with, and got to learn people had hopes and dreams and goals, Jewish Education and Administration of lection of artifacts grew into a world-class from survivors. “Every single survivor with all the while they lived. We know how the Yeshiva University, and Director of Educa- museum…I was just completely taken by whom we spoke said to us, ‘This has to be Jews died, but very few people know how tional Programming at the Jerome Riker Re- the presentation and the whole concept of your mission. You are our memorial candle. they lived, how they actively responded to search Foundation for the Study of the Per- resistance, which is their focus.” When we are no longer here, it will be your their ever-changing situation, how they de- secuted Child in New York City. She is also The next year, Shawn came across a no- obligation to tell the story.’ That’s why I do fi ed the Nazis in whatever ways they could. a board member and director of teacher ed- tice that the Jewish Labor Committee was this work.” She said we have to learn what the Jews ucation for the International Study of Or- offering fellowships for teachers to go to Is- Shawn went back for four more sum- understood of what was happening at that ganized Persecution of Children of Child rael for a month to learn about the Holo- mers and learned as much as she could. Af- time. Development Research. caust. terwards, she started her Ph.D. dissertation Shawn says PRISM, published by the Shawn’s teaching and research inter- Shawn said she knew she had to go be- in curriculum development and knew that Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Educa- ests have centered on Holocaust education cause she was, at the time, teaching the Di- she had to focus specifi cally on Holocaust tion and Administration of Yeshiva Uni- with a focus on literature and fi lm; teach- ary of Anne Frank. “I knew that I wasn’t do- education. “That was what I was going to versity, began in 2009, four years after she er education and mentoring; curriculum ing a good job. I needed to know more; I devote my life to.” came to Yeshiva University. Her dean, Dr. development; the role of online classroom needed to really understand the Holocaust, Asked what she considers the most im- David Schnall, asked if there was anything communities in building resilience and re- not just Anne Frank.” And so, she applied portant thing about the Holocaust that she wanted to do in addition to teaching fl ection in pre-service teachers; and stu- for and won the Jewish Holocaust and Re- must be taught, Shawn says, “For me, the her classes. “He’s an incredibly supportive most important thing is to understand the man.” Holocaust from a personal perspective, There she met Dr. Jeffrey Glanz, who was from the individual perspective. This is not new to Azrieli. Both had worked for a mag- new information. Now we understand the azine called Dimensions, a Holocaust his- importance of personal narrative, but that’s tory magazine put out by the Braun Cent- why I do what I do, because I learned from er of the Anti-Defamation League. Shawn survivors.” had written teachers’ guides for the issues. This does not diminish from the neces- Unfortunately, it had gone out of business. sity of learning from historians and contex- Now these two professors decided to pub- tualizing every survivor story but, “histo- lish a journal that refl ected its high stand- ry alone simply cannot do what we need ards. It would be written to the highest ac- to do to help people understand both the ademic scholarly standards but it also had enormity of this event and the intimacy of to be accessible to students. Shawn wanted the event. We have to help students under- the journal to also include art, poetry, and stand what happened to Jewish people eve- short stories, to be interdisciplinary. ry day of the 4,400 or so days of the Holo- “We decided that we’d solicit contribu- caust.” tions from writers of every fi eld on one cen- While some have been taught that tral topic about the Holocaust. That’s how I Kristallnacht on November 9, 1938, marked came up with the name “PRISM”…to indicate the beginning of the Holocaust, Shawn says, that the journal examines the Holocaust “We date the beginning of the Holocaust through a variety of lenses.” And Shawn con- from 1933 with the rise of Hitler…Michael tinues to look through those lenses.

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By Chris Edwards in which inherited wealth dominates and they are supposed to be more equal. Ac- a world in which the economy is charac- cording to Piketty, the opposite is happen- he economic and political focus is in- terized, not by talented individuals, but by ing with Europe and the U.S., heading back Tcreasingly on the inequality of income family dynasties making up only 1% of the towards a Dickensian world of inequality. and wealth as they both rise in Europe population. To join this exclusive club it is To avoid this, corrective steps are need- and the U.S. At a conference on Inclusive more sensible to marry into wealth than to ed. Piketty favors a graduated wealth tax, Capitalism held near the end of May at work for it. It might be said that shirking imposed globally; an income tax of 80% on London’s Guildhall, Christine Lagarde, the and seducing are now better than striving those with the highest salaries; and an en- head of the International Monetary Fund (whatever Britain’s prime minister might forced transparency for all bank transac- (IMF), claimed that rising inequality posed say). tions. a threat to growth and fi nancial stability Piketty’s contribution has been to look and that governments need to narrow the at the pattern of wealth and income ine- The controversy gaps through imposing more progressive quality in capitalist economies over at Piketty’s book has been broadly sup- taxes. least the past 100 years. He, with the aid of ported by economists in the center of When even the right-wing IMF criticiz- a number of colleagues, has assembled a the political spectrum. Paul Krugman (the es rising inequality, then perhaps it is no huge collection of statistics on income and Nobel Prize-winning U.S. economist based Capital idea. Seth Anderson, CC BY surprise that the publishing world should wealth distribution in some 20 countries. at Princeton University and op-ed column- witness the huge success of a book on ine- What comes out of this is his claim ist for the New York Times) has praised it U.S. Statistics on income and wealth distri- quality written by Thomas Piketty, profes- that over the past century in Europe and profusely. There have been attacks from bution are problematic. But, in my experi- sor at the Paris School of Economics. What more particularly in the U.S., the share of both the political left and the right but par- ence, income and wealth equality is gener- might be more surprising is that one cru- income going to the richest 1% has fol- ticularly from the right. The Wall Street ally overstated rather than understated in cial effect of his work might be nothing to lowed a U-shaped arc. In 1910 the richest Journal has been apoplectic and the Lon- rich countries—and this is true of the UK. do with inequality or capital whatsoever, 1% received around a fi fth of total income don-based Financial Times has been none It is to Piketty’s credit that he has shown all but could instead help to refocus how we in both Britain and the United States. By too pleased. the statistics that he has used and he has study economics and arrive at less biased 1950 that share had been cut by at least In these circles of the political right, ar- said that: “I have no doubt that my histori- conclusions. half, but since 1980 the share of this 1% has guments about the distribution of income cal data series can be improved and will be Piketty’s basic argument is simple. He surged so much in the U.S. that it’s back to and wealth invariably follow two routes. improved in the future.” argues that over the past four decades the where it was a century ago. The same pat- One is to deny that the rich are doing ex- In the meantime, the general conclu- growth of incomes in the rich countries tern has been followed by the distribution ceptionally well. The other is to claim that sion about the attack on Piketty by the of Europe and the U.S. has averaged 1% or of wealth. the rich deserve their soaring incomes and FT seems to be summed up by the cent- 2% a year, whereas the return on wealth or This U-shaped arc is the opposite of wealth and are really job creators not pred- er-right Economist magazine, namely, that capital has been running at more than 4% what was supposed to happen according ators. “the analysis does not seem to support a year. Under such conditions, wealth con- to Simon Kuznets, a Belarusian-American The fi rst of these counterattacks many of the allegations made by the FT or centration grows as does political tension. economist who, in the 1950s, forecast an was launched by Chris Giles, the FT’s eco- the conclusion that the book’s argument is We are, he says, returning to a sort of Down- inverted U-curve for income distribution nomics editor. He argued that Piketty was wrong.” ton Abbey world of the late 19th and ear- as an economy grows. In other words, ac- wrong to claim that inequality has grown ly 20th century, a “patrimonial” capitalism cording to Kuznets, as economies mature over the past 40 years in Europe and the  CONTINUED ON P. 57 “Rabbi Abraham” Book Documents How Lincoln Was a Jewish Role Model

By Robert Gluck/JNS.org cal name. alerted Lincoln about rumors started by “The soldiers referred to him as ‘Father Democrats that he was an anti-immigrant ews have held many U.S. leaders in Abraham,’” Zola said. “He had the beard, “know-nothing.” Jhigh esteem over the course of Ameri- and also Lincoln assumes this role as an “Lincoln quickly wrote back [to Jo- can history, but they maintain a particu- emancipator of the slaves. He is in so many nas] to deny [the rumors],” said Cor- larly emotional bond with Abraham Lin- ways reminiscent of this part of our reli- nelius. Zola said Jonas was Lincoln’s most coln. Dr. Gary Zola’s recently released gious heritage that seems to work for both valued friend. book, We Called Him Rabbi Abraham: Lin- the Jews and the Americans. Lincoln had “Lincoln proves, through this relation- coln and American Jewry, a Documentary numerous signifi cant encounters with the ship with Jonas, that he is capable of be- History, sheds new light on that storied Jewish community during his day, and they ing a friend and an ally to like-minded 19th-century relationship. From the time were dramatic.” people. It doesn’t matter to Lincoln that of Lincoln’s presidency to the present day, The most prominent of those encoun- Jonas was a Jew,” said Zola. American Jews have persistently viewed ters, said Zola, was Lincoln’s revocation of In three chapters in Zola’s book— “Honest Abe” as one of their own—cast- General Grant’s Orders #11, which had or- “Lincoln & the Chaplaincy Controversy,” ing him as a Jewish sojourner and, in cer- dered the expulsion of all Jews in his mil- “Lincoln & the Revocation of General Or- tain respects, a Jewish role model. itary district— including areas of Tennes- ders No. 11,” and “Lincoln & the Movement “Everybody venerates Lincoln,” Zola, see, Mississippi, and Kentucky—as part of to Christianize the U.S. Constitution”— who is executive director of The Jacob a Union campaign against a black market Zola provides documentation that shows Rader Marcus Center of the American Jew- in southern cotton, which Grant believed Lincoln handled controversies with not ish Archives and a professor of the Amer- was run “mostly by Jews and other un- only deference to Jewish people, but to all We Called Him Rabbi Abraham: Lincoln and ican Jewish experience at Hebrew Union principled traders.” people. American Jewry, a Documentary History. College in Cincinnati, Ohio, told JNS.org. Dr. James Cornelius, curator of the Lin- Had Lincoln not been assassinat- Credit: Southern Illinois University Press. “He is beatifi ed and becomes an icon all coln Collection at the Abraham Lincoln ed, Cornelius suggested, he likely would over the world. But I challenge anyone to Presidential Library & Museum in Spring- have extended to smaller minorities all lowing Lincoln’s assassination, many Jew- identify an American hero, not a Jewish fi eld, Ill., said Zola’s book “clearly assem- the rights he had fought to win for Af- ish leaders pointedly described Lincoln hero, who has been taken into the Jew- bles more material, in a more intelligible rican Americans. Everything about Lin- as a man who was always ready to recog- ish experience as if he were really one of way, than any other book on the topic.” coln’s thought and character suggests that nize “in full” American Jewry’s “claims to us. There’s a difference between admiring Cornelius told JNS.org that Lincoln’s he saw no differences between citizens of an equality before the law.” an American hero and considering that positive connections with Jews were “not the U.S. or aspirants to citizenship, said “In eulogizing Lincoln, Philadelphia American hero to be a Jewish role model.” surprising, since Lincoln is known to have Cornelius. newspaper editor and Jewish commu- Published in March, Zola’s book is the treated nearly everyone he met with kind- “Thus, votes for blacks once the war nal leader Alfred T. Jones (1822–88) main- fi rst volume of annotated documents to ness and fairness.” One of Lincoln’s well- was won,” he said. “Perhaps eventually tained that whenever the minority rights focus on the history of Lincoln’s image, in- known Jewish connections, Cornelius votes for women, though he had not ad- of American Jewry had been impugned, fl uence, and reputation among American noted, was his political and personal dressed that topic since 1837.” Lincoln ‘promptly recognized our claims Jews. What exactly is behind the former friendship with Abraham Jonas, a Whig/ In the chapter titled “Lincoln & the as a religious body to national protection, president’s special relationship with the Republican organizer who in July 1860, Movement to Christianize the U.S. Consti- Jewish community? For starters, his bibli- during Lincoln’s presidential campaign, tution,” Zola writes that in the weeks fol-  CONTINUED ON P. 57

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By Jordan Gaines Lewis ly appear after age 2 and continue into the ear- Perhaps it had something to ly teenage years, include levels of cortisol) also tend to have short do with living in a dark cupboard, short stature, immature stature and lower bone density compared but Harry had always been small skeletal age, and improp- to their healthy peers. and skinny for his age…[he] had a er body weight for the Several studies on PSS have shown that thin face, knobbly knees…and wore child’s height. when a child leaves an abusive home en- round glasses held together with a A persistently stress- vironment, growth hormone insuffi ciency lot of Scotch tape because of all the ful environment ensures can be reversed. In fact, kids and teens seem times Dudley had punched him on that the body is con- to undergo rapid “catch-up growth” to what the nose. stantly in “fi ght-or-fl ight” is likely their genetically predetermined And so we are introduced to our mode. In the short-term, height. protagonist, The Boy Who Lived, the adrenal glands re- Harry’s growth is noted over the course the Chosen One: Harry Potter. The spond to stress by re- of the series. During the Battle of Hogwarts seven books about the young wiz- leasing epinephrine (also in the last book, Harry recalls the spirits ard and his time at the Hogwarts known as adrenaline) of his parents and his father James is de- School of Witchcraft and Wizard- and norepinephrine. scribed as being “exactly the same height as ry have been translated into 73 These hormones cause Harry.” It seems he caught up after all. different languages and sold over dilation of muscle vascu- Harry Potter was emotionally and psy- 450 million copies worldwide. And readers blazing July heat (on his 12th birthday, no lature and increased heart and lung func- chologically deprived when he entered wouldn’t guess, after author J.K. Rowling’s less), Aunt Petunia prepares for Harry “two tion, but inhibit unimportant processes Hogwarts. To be fair, he was probably still introduction of Harry, that the orphaned slices of bread and a lump of cheese” before like digestion. the most stressed bloke in the series, what boy would be the one to defeat the power- sending him off to hide during their dinner But with long-term physical or psy- with Voldemort, death eaters, basilisks, ful and devastating Dark Lord Voldemort. party with the Masons. It’s no wonder he chological stress, the outer portion of dementors, Triwizard tournaments, and Harry’s home life wasn’t as exciting as was so small for his age. the adrenal glands releases another hor- countless deaths of beloved friends. But at his rising wizardry: He was snubbed by his But perhaps something other than the mone called cortisol. Rat pups deprived Hogwarts, he also experienced, for the fi rst only remaining family, bullied by his cous- physical abuse stunted his growth, too. Be- of their mother show signifi cantly high- time ever, trusting friendships, being part in and classmates, and resided in that dark yond the malnourishment, it’s possible for er cortisol levels than pups that haven’t of a sports team, the strong bond of fami- cupboard under the stairs. His Uncle Ver- children who go through experiences like been. Cortisol inhibits the secretion of ly, and discovered true love. And with that non, Aunt Petunia, and cousin Dudley Durs- Harry Potter to suffer from what is known growth hormone from the pituitary gland he fl ourished— not just emotionally, but ley—to whom he was passed as an infant as psychosocial short stature. in the brain, which we attribute widely to physically. The unlimited food available in after the death of his parents—ensure that Psychosocial short stature (PSS) is a increasing height and bone mineralization the Great Hall probably helped, too. he’s properly malnourished at all times. Af- growth disorder caused by extreme stress as children develop into teens and adults. ter spending a day cleaning the Dursley’s and emotional deprivation endured dur- Interestingly, kids with Cushing’s syn- Jordan Gaines Lewis is a Neuroscience Doctoral Candi- entire house and working outside in the ing childhood. Symptoms, which typical- drome (characterized by abnormally high date at Penn State College of Medicine AN OPEN LETTER

this offer has not been implemented is that in the future Palestinian state. And Chris- ing that Zionism Unsettled is not a formal An Open Lett er to the majority of Israelis—including the major- tians on the West Bank, in such places as declaration of the General Assembly. This ity which would halt settlements or would Bethlehem, are drawing their own conclu- evasion is disingenuous. The Presbyteri- the Presbyterians give them up—does not believe that the Pal- sions and leaving. Again, Zionism Unset- an Church would not tolerate a Jewish re- estinians are ready to give a secure peace to tled bears false witness by blaming Israel ligious organization circulating a scurrilous  CONTINUED FROM P. 53 Israel. for the phenomenon of Christian fl ight. pamphlet (taken from the medieval polem- 9. Far from being an apartheid racist 10. Israel is not faultless and one may ic) by an extremist group, stigmatizing Jesus rier—constitute security protections to pre- state, Israel remains the only democracy in criticize or totally disagree with any of its as an illegitimate child and Virgin Mary as vent terrorism and block the unrelenting the Middle East. Its Arab population enjoys policies. Contrary to the lies in Zionism Un- a slut. Then the church or its boards should infi ltration attempts to assault life inside the highest standard of democracy, educa- settled, there is a robust debate on Israel/ not be distributing a publication demoniz- Israel. The separation barrier was built after tion, health and religious freedom in the en- Palestinian issues inside Israel and in the ing Zionists/Jews as ‘crucifying’ Palestini- a fl ood of terrorist attacks killed hundreds tire area. Like all democracies, Israel is im- American Jewish community. The critics an children or poisoning the wells of civic of Israelis and threatened to make life un- perfect. Its Arab population lags the Jewish of Israel are neither silenced nor suffering. society in Palestine. “Do unto others what livable in the country. population in many areas—but it is catch- Nor are we asking Presbyterians to silence you would have others do unto you.” Zion- In fact, terrorist attacks dropped over ing up, aided by government investment their consciences or stop criticism of Isra- ism Unsettled and the Sabeel Center with 90% after its construction. This was a re- and affi rmative action. Furthermore, as Jus- el. We are asking that they stop abetting in- whose larger publication this guide is co- markable life-saving tactic; the purpose tice William Brennan said decades ago, Isra- tended destruction. ordinated—has revived tropes of anti-Sem- was to avoid attacking the terrorists in their el is the only country in the world (includ- The ultimate injustice in Zionism Un- itism and anti-Judaism from the darkest home base amidst the citizen population ing the United States) in which, despite settled is that by disseminating this extrem- days of medieval persecution. They have which sustains them, in order to prevent ci- being under siege for 60 years, civil liberties ist, one-sided narrative, it encourages the repeatedly evoked these tropes to discred- vilian casualties. Zionism Unsettled inverts for all—including minorities—have been worst tendencies among the Palestinians. it the state of Israel. Such false witness and this truth and alleges that the Israelis prac- expanded throughout the period. Thus it undermines the chances of peace suborning of hatred should be repudiated tice apartheid and segregation. Yet all these This also explains another essential sta- with a resulting dignity and sovereignty for not circulated. practices would be removed were the Pales- tistic, totally omitted in Zionism Unsettled. Palestinians. By covering up the existence We close with a plea to our Presbyteri- tinians to genuinely embark on a policy of Israel is the only country in the Middle East of profound, long-term, legitimate roots for an brothers and sisters. Turn from the path nonviolence. Again, their suffering is real— whose Christian population has swelled, Jews in the land of Israel, by demonizing Zi- of delegitimation and abetting elimination. but self-infl icted. doubled more than once, in the past six onism and implying that the Jewish state is Join us in working for a just peace, based on 8. The Israeli settlements on the West decades. In all the Arab neighboring coun- illegitimate and so evil that it is unworthy dignity, equality and security for two peo- Bank are supported by many Jews as a return tries—including the Palestinian Authori- of existence, it encourages Palestinians and ples in two nations (with full rights for all to biblical lands. Many—perhaps most— ty—Christian populations are shrinking others who are unreconciled to Jewish sov- minorities). Help us strengthen the better Jews are critical of this enterprise. But the signifi cantly, due to restrictions on reli- ereignty in an area once ruled by Islam. The angels of our nature in both our religions, settlements are not a permanent obstacle to gious expression (or outright persecution). Palestinians would have long ago given up rather than fortify a new ‘teaching of con- peace settlement. In the most recent peace These hostile conditions are frequently ideas of revenge. Their radicals would have tempt.’ The last era when such tropes dom- offer by an Israeli government, Israel asked driven by aggressively Islamicizing govern- given up on a policy of eliminating Isra- inated ended catastrophically for the body to keep 6% of the West Bank land on which ments or groups el, if their allies had not given them hope of Jesus’ family, the Jewish people—as well more than 80% of the settlers live. In return, The only state in danger of becoming that the elimination narrative could be san- as for the moral health of Christianity and Israel would give an equivalent area of land ethnically cleansed in Palestine/Israel is itized and then adopted by Christians of the West. We are determined not to let it from within the present borders of Israel to the Palestinian Authority’s projected state. goodwill and by the nations of the world. happen again. Let us work together for tik- the Palestinian state—as well as evacuate all President Mahmoud Abbas has already de- NOTE: Some Presbyterian leaders have kun olam, with justice and dignity for all in the other settlements. The only reason that clared that there is no room for any Jews sought to avoid responsibility by suggest- the Middle East and throughout the world.

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“Everyone wants Lincoln on their “Rabbi Abraham” Book Documents team,” he said. “For Jews, as a religious Pikett y’s Focus group, he is perhaps more attractive as How Lincoln Was a Jewish Role Model one of our most interesting religious on Inequality thinkers or personalities to occupy the  CONTINUED FROM P. 55 White House: a natural humanist and  CONTINUED FROM P. 55 egalitarian, whose utterances were not and acceded unhesitatingly to all our just ple’s messiah.’ Einhorn literally described the dishwater that more often emerges Thus, the counterattack seems to fail. demands,’” Zola writes. Lincoln’s death as a form of ’Kiddush Ha- from those ideological positions.” Inequality does seem to have increased In his sixth chapter, Zola describes Shem’—a technical expression in Judaism Zola said that over the course of the over the past 40 years in Europe and the how David Einhorn (1809–79), a distin- that refers specifi cally to the act of forfeit- last 150 years, “as Lincoln has helped U.S. What about the second defense? Do guished reformer and probably the na- ing one’s life for a sacred cause,” writes Americanize Jews, Jews have consistently the rich deserve their soaring incomes tion’s most outspoken rabbinic opponent Zola. persistently Judaized Lincoln.” and wealth? Piketty argues “no” because to slavery, elevated Lincoln to an almost Cornelius told JNS.org that he hears “This is a unique phenomenon for any the marginal productivity of managers saintly status. on a weekly basis “from people—many American fi gure, even to the degree that is unmeasurable and economic perfor- “The ‘High Priest of Freedom’ had been of them with religious interests—who try he appears in Jewish religious textbooks mance has not improved since the 1960s murdered, Einhorn lamented. Lincoln, he to embrace Lincoln more tightly than the as a role model for how to be a good Jew,” while the pay of top managers has ex- euphuistically proclaimed, was ‘his peo- next group.” he said. ploded. A critical assessment from the left BS”D has come from David Harvey, a Marx- ist professor at the City University of Plaza CALL 718-975-9000 New York. Harvey criticizes the book 2750 Nostrand Ave Corner of Ave N Brooklyn NY 11210 on a number of grounds. 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Michael Freund, Founder of Shavei Bnei Menashe Israel, Awarded Moskowitz Prize in Israel erusalem—Michael Freund, clude 250 more of the “Lost By Rebecca (Langer) Modell Jfounder and chairman of the Tribe.” Shavei Israel organization, re- The Bnei Menashe are con- far Hasidim—Children from the Bnei ceived the Lion of Zion Award sidered to be descendants of KMenashe community of Northeast by the Moskowitz Prize for Zi- the tribe of Menashe (or Ma- India, who just made aliyah with their onism in a special ceremony nasseh), one of the Ten Lost families, are already celebrating their that took place at the National Tribes of Israel exiled by the As- fi rst Shavuot in Israel at the Shavei Israel Park at Emek Tzurim in Jerusa- syrian Empire after King Solo- immigrant absorption center in Kfar Ha- lem. Other prize recipients in- mon’s death more than 2,700 sidim, near Haifa. cluded Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Rimon, years ago. founder of the NGO “Job Katif,” and Dr. Gabi Barkay, an Israe- About Shavei Israel: li archeologist who has led the Shavei Israel is a non-prof- Council against Destruction of it organization founded by Mi- the Antiquities of the Temple chael Freund, who immigrat- Mount. ed to Israel from the United The annual prize, totaling Michael Freund with Ruth Haokip of the Bnei Menashe community, States, with the aim of strength- $100,000, was established by who made aliyah from Manipur, India last year. ening the ties between the Jew- Dr. Irving and Cherna Moskow- Photos courtesy to Gali Tibbon. ish people, the State of Israel, itz as an “expression of sup- and the descendants of Jews port for people who put Zi- Michael Freund founded an state of Manipur, were around the world. The organ- onism into action” in modern the Shavei Israel organization brought to Israel by Shavei Is- ization is currently active in Israeli society. Hundreds of can- in 2002 to strengthen the ties of rael, which received permis- nine countries and provides as- didates were fi elded for this the Jewish people with groups sion from the Israeli govern- sistance to a variety of different Bnei Menashe children preparing for year’s prize, and the winners of Jewish origin and others ment last October to bring communities such as the Bnei Shavuot. (l-r) Brother and sister Leah were selected after an in-depth who wish to become part of 900 Bnei Menashe to the Jew- Menashe of India; the Bnei Singson, 6, and Asher Singson, 5, and process by a prize committee. the Jewish people. Shavei Isra- ish state by 2015. Anousim (referred to as the de- Daniel Haokip, 7. Photo credit to Gali The committee included Prof. el has been reaching out to the Earlier this year, Shavei Isra- rogatory “Marranos” by histo- Tibbon. Moshe Arens, Rabbi Yedidya At- Bnei Menashe of India, “hidden el brought the fi rst group of 160 rians) in Spain, Portugal, and las, Amb. Yoram Ettinger, Reb- Jews” of Poland and of Italy, the Bnei Menashe on aliyah from South America; the Subbotnik The new Olim, who hail from the betzin Esther Jungreis, Brig. Bnei Anousim of Portugal, and the Indian state of Mizoram. To- Jews of Russia; the Jewish com- northeastern Indian state of Manipur, Gen. Avigdor Kahalani, Rabbi others. day’s arrivals, some 40 individu- munity of Kaifeng in China; de- were brought to Israel by the Jerusalem- Pesach Lerner, and Rabbi Dan- The immigrants, who hail als, are part of a second group scendants of Jews living in Po- based Shavei Israel organization, which iel Moskowitz. from the northeastern Indi- that by the end of June will in- land; and others. received permission from the Israeli government last October to bring 900 Bnei Menashe to the Jewish State by 2015. The Bnei Menashe are considered to YU’s Fiscal Challenge: Shrinking Budget Pains be descendants of the tribe of Menashe (or Manasseh), one of the Ten Lost Tribes By Anne Phyllis Pinzow variable rate which YU extended to Sept 1. with the University experiencing a 16% in- of Israel exiled by the Assyrian Empire There are also operating defi cits of $107.5 crease in fi rst-time undergraduate student after King Solomon’s death more than (NOTE: Due to technical diffi culties, million from 2010, $46.7 million from 2011, enrollment over the past two years and 2,700 years ago. corrections that should have been inserted $105.9 million from 2012, and $63.6 million overall enrollment holding steady. “After 2,700 years, we are bringing into the YU Budget Crisis story on the front as of the end of 2013. It would have reached In a move that will benefi t both insti- members of the Lost Tribe of Bnei Me- page of Issue #37 in the printed paper edi- $155 million if not for “an unusually large tutions greatly, playing to each of their nashe home to Israel. Their arrival here tion were not inserted. We regret the error.) net assets release of $92 million” from the strengths, Yeshiva and Montefi ore Health on the eve of Shavuot is particularly for- sale of three offi ce buildings bestowed to System made recent headlines with their tuitous, since they will now be able to ashington Heights—Yeshiva Universi- Einstein. joint announcement of a new expanded celebrate the festival of the giving of the Wty stands as one of the fi nest univer- Other factors listed by Moody’s were partnership for the future of Albert Ein- Torah for the fi rst time here in the Jew- sities in the United States as well as Israel. weak fi nancial management and the stein College of Medicine. A new entity ish state,” said Michael Freund, founder Its graduates have excelled in nearly every board’s unwillingness or inability to act, will be jointly formed by Montefi ore and and chairman of Shavei Israel. fi eld of endeavor, and compared to some ineffective internal controls, and limited Yeshiva, with Montefi ore assuming greater universities of equal standing, its tuition transparency. Specifi c mention is made responsibility for the day-to-day operations is signifi cantly less according to U.S. News of the university’s high-cost education- and fi nancial management of Einstein and The buildings were sold last week for $72.5 and World Report’s 2013-2014 ranking of col- al model with multiple New York City lo- with Yeshiva remaining the degree-grant- million to Rubin Schron, the founder of leges (YU is ranked #47 in top 50 universi- cations and two distinct undergraduate ing institution with a key role in the educa- Cammeby’s International Group, a co-own- ties). Full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment campuses for men and women. Many arti- tional aspects of the entity. In the current er of the Woolworth Building, who prom- is 6,704 students as of Fall 2013, up 16% in cles have blamed the downward spiral on healthcare and research environment, both ised not to raise the rents for the students fi rst-time undergraduate student enroll- the losses YU experienced due to the Ma- YU and Montefi ore should only benefi t and expressed a commitment to uphold- ment in the past two years, with less than doff Ponzi scandal in which YU was report- from a closer association. The new agreeing a strong relationship with the student 10% of freshmen leaving after one year ed to have lost $110M, but school offi cials ment realigns the relationship to where it population. Faculty housing also remains for other than academic reasons. It has a and Moody’s deny the extent of the losses should be, which is a powerful and impor- intact. low student-to-faculty ratio, an 85% grad- and limit it to approximately $17M. YU also tant development for Montefi ore, YU, and In recapping the stories of the fi nan- uation rate and high student rating, and spent a considerable—and undisclosed— Einstein. cial predicament YU fi nds itself in, JLBC more than 90% of its 2013 graduating class amount of money defending the class ac- Separately, there have been $250 mil- learned that YU’s operating margin exclud- was employed, in graduate school, or both tion lawsuit for $680M. Although the case lion in real estate assets approved for sale ing gifts dropped from minus 9% seven within six months. And 25% of its students, was dismissed based on the statute of lim- by the board of YU. The university entered years ago to minus 41% in 2013. Only 14% of huge numbers of its faculty and alum- itations, many investors were prompted to into an agreement “to sell 10 residential the university’s $1.2 billion of cash and in- ni, and some service providers call Bergen liquidate the school’s bonds. properties in close proximity to the Wilf vestments for 2013 fi scal year is free from County home. Moody’s also reported that YU depends Campus in Washington Heights.” Accord- donor restriction and could be liquidated Yet there’s another report on YU which a great deal on bank loans for its cash ing to university president, Richard Joel, within a month to cover operating expens- has dimmed this rosy picture for the ad- fl ow. Other fi ngers are pointing at operat- the sale delivers a tremendous return on es or other needs. ministration, instructors, students and paring costs at the Albert Einstein College of the university’s original investment and In 2008 YU’s credit quality with Moody’s ents. It has to do with money, and a seri- Medicine. YU increased expenses by up- provides an infusion of cash that will be was Aa2, which is among the highest. Just ous lack of it. grading their equipment and opening the used to strengthen the school’s fi nancial six years later, though it maintains an en- According to Moody’s Investors Service, Price Center/Block Pavilion, and spending position. The buildings were bought sev- dowment of $1 billion, a steady enroll- YU is $567 million in direct debt. This in- to strengthen the academics and research en years ago to preserve the nature of the ment and more than $500 million in con- cludes a $75 million line of credit that ex- at the Manhattan and Bronx campuses. community, and are home to thousands of pires in March of 2015 and a $60 million But Enrollment has remained strong, university students in Washington Heights.  CONTINUED ON P. 60

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By Karen Levi side curls, hat, maybe yarmulke and tzitzit. ent of two children in their twenties, I have So Isabel and I received our registra- heard it all. So, this is a compliment of the e embarked on our trip to Connecti- tion materials and started in on our week- highest order. Wcut with trepidation. Not being an Or- end. First, we went swimming, women I was most impressed by the profes- thodox Jew, I was afraid of being shunned, only. I explained everything to Isabel, and sionalism, empathy, and knowledge of the stared at, and not accepted. I was going she seemed fi ne with the new experiences, presenters. Of course, there are differenc- to a Shabbaton for my 21-year-old daugh- including women and men’s swim times. es between me and most of the other par- ter Isabel, who has special needs. I had Then, it was Friday night Shabbat servic- ents. I live my life by different values and found some great programs for her, run es and meeting Isabel’s “advisor,” a mentor, “rules.” However, the commonality among by Yachad. After many phone calls to indi- of sorts, with typical skills. The two young all of the adults was far stronger and impor- viduals in Baltimore and New York, we ap- women hit it off, both a bit shy. Isabel takes tant. We are all parents of children, young plied for a vocational program in a sum- a while to warm up and does better with- adults, and adults with special needs. We mer camp for typical kids and a Birthright out me in sight, so I stepped back. Then all feel similar stress, worry, anxiety, fear, trip to Israel. She was accepted into both Shabbat dinner, and by this time Isabel was regret, and grief. We all deal with similar programs, but the professionals wanted to exhausted and somewhat overwhelmed by disappointments with friends and family Karen Levi and her daughter Isabel, 21, see Isabel “in action,” as it were. So, after the crowds and noise. So the Yachad staff, regarding the acceptance of our children. attended their fi rst Yachad Family Shabbaton. much thought and a deep breath, I made eager to make us feel at home, found a qui- We all want the best for our children, and These are Karen’s refl ections on the weekend. the arrangements to attend the Yachad et table. Isabel had challah rolls for dinner we will fi ght to our last breath for them. Shabbaton in Stamford, Connecticut, in and excused herself to go upstairs to our On Saturday afternoon, Isabel and I experienced an event that changed my May 2014. room. She is on the autism spectrum and took a walk and rejoined the activities in opinions and pre-conceived notions. When When we walked into the hotel, there needs quiet time. She had had enough, and the evening. I was astounded when Isabel I left the hotel on Sunday, I felt that the in- was a cheerful atmosphere, much like any I know to respect her needs. In the mean- asked to go to a magic show at 10 p.m. She dividuals I met—parents, siblings, volun- other reunion or special weekend for an or- time, I enjoyed speaking to several profes- volunteered to be a helper for the magician teers, and professionals—are people who ganization. There were excited teenagers sionals who work for Yachad. and was on stage. What more could a par- really care. Isabel gave the Shabbaton an and young children running about, some- The next day, Shabbat, we each went ent ask for in that situation? I was beam- accolade, of sorts. She said, “That wasn’t so times chased by their parents. I knew I was our separate ways—I to adult sessions and ing. bad. I’ll miss the challah rolls, Shani, and in the right place when I saw a boy with she to Yachad Senior activities with her We left Sunday morning to catch a train, the magician.” Not that we don’t have chal- Down Syndrome, dressed in traditional mentor, Shani. I was thrilled to fi nd out taking our foil-wrapped snacks with us. I lah in Maryland. I got some looks when I garb, i.e., dark pants, white shirt, prominent that Isabel went through the entire day, un- laughed when I saw the foil wrap at break- wore pants. But, no one shunned me or black hat, side curls. Now, the reader needs til about 3 p.m., with her peers, in various fast. It is so sensible to encourage people to screamed at me. And I probably stared as to bear with me here. I only use a few Yid- activities. I enjoyed the sessions I attend- take snacks, instead of clandestinely wrap- much as the others looked at me. We are all dish words, such as schlepp, schvitz, etc. And ed, and each one was too short, which is a ping food in napkins for the journey home. curious about differences. In that way, we I use Hebrew when talking about our holi- good sign. I was not bored; I was fascinated. My daughter and I left the hotel, smil- never grow up. days and rituals, but that’s it. Therefore, it’s As a retired speech pathologist and the paring, self-confi dent, and pleased. I felt I had Sarah Cohen: A Bat Mitzvah Chesed

By Kellita Weber are proud of Sarah’s desire to support a Sam Fishman, Managing Director for the worthwhile cause,” said Sarah’s mom, Paula SINAI Schools. “She recognized that there n honor of her bat mitzvah, Sarah Cohen Cohen. are some in the community who have disa- Iis utilizing her art talent along with her Since 1982, SINAI Schools have provided bilities which prevent them from learning passion for helping others to benefi t the unappalled excellence in special education in a regular school environment, and that SINAI schools. Sarah, a Teaneck resident, for children whose needs cannot be met SINAI plays an important role serving those created greeting cards featuring her origi- in a regular classroom. There is a miscon- children.” nal artwork. The greeting cards can be used ception that SINAI schools are for a certain Sarah sold her cards at The SINAI bou- for weddings, engagements, birthdays and type of child with a specifi c type of disabil- tique at the Glenpointe Hotel in Teaneck. Sarah at the boutique and a picture of some baby gifts. ity; however, in truth, SINAI offers servic- “It was fun, and people complimented me of her art. Recently, Sarah had the opportunity to es to children with a wide range of disa- on my art and congratulated me for what I visit a Sinai classroom and saw fi rsthand bilities. Each of the fi ve SINAI schools is was doing to help,” said Sarah. All her pro- the children of SINAI Schools,” Fishman how signifi cant and needed these types of housed in a partner regular education Jew- ceeds went directly to the organization. said. services are for our children and commu- ish school. “The administration at SINAI is tremen- To order cards from Sara’s Support SI- nity. She decided she wanted to help raise “We were quite moved when Sarah in- dously proud of Sarah, and grateful that NAI collection, please visit www.sinais- money and awareness for the school. “We itially approached us with her idea,” said she has chosen to direct her talents to help chools.org/greetingcards.

agency Standard & Poor’s has, after review Despite rumors, YU is not cutting to the Albert Einstein College of Med- YU’s Fiscal of YU plans, given the university an ‘A’ sta- the women’s graduate program though icine. ble rating, and the University has taken im- there will be changes. The program is be- A university spokesman said, “Healthy Challenge: portant steps to address its challenges. YU ing sponsored by a donation directed revenue diversity, the undergraduate en- appointed Toby Winer as interim CFO in for women’s leadership and by addition- rollment increase, and the arrival of a new Shrinking 2013 and brought on leading advisors to al supporters. In addition to the free Mas- Provost and a new Vice President for In- assist leadership in identifying and imple- ter’s degree and paid internships, there are stitutional Advancement, all point to the Budget Pains menting a strategic plan that will move the stipends of $15,000 for students that will uniqueness and attractiveness of the insti- university towards long-term sustainability. be decreased, but the amount is still be- tution. Recent developments demonstrate  CONTINUED FROM P. 59 By the end of 2013 announcements were ing determined. Stipend changes will take a dedication to overcome challenges and made that freezes on senior administrators’ effect with the 2015/16 incoming class. YU to emerge stronger and more sustainable.” tributions and grants and gets nearly $250 salaries were implemented, and Joel cut is also getting signifi cant help from sup- In a statement to the YU communi- million in tuitions, YU was given a nega- his salary. Freezes were also placed on hir- porters and government grants. Research ty, President Joel wrote: “There is much tive bond rating and has quickly dropped ing. Some non-academic departments that grants and contracts represented about more work to do and we will still encoun- in the past three years to B3, assigned a are currently split between multiple cam- 31.9% of the total operating revenue in fi s- ter diffi cult times along the way. But let negative outlook—well into the specula- puses may be united. Also being consid- cal year 2013 and the revenue stream con- us keep our sights on the many strengths tive grade category. Moody’s analysis re- ered is increasing class sizes, though YU’s tinues to be strong. and achievements that defi ne our Univer- ports that YU’s defi cit looks like it is going student/faculty ratio would still be small- According to YU’s 990 forms, govern- sity and inspire us to confront the chal- to grow. They wrote: “Until there is a clear er than most other top universities. Low- ment grants and funding has been ris- lenges of the 21st century and emerge bet- turnaround plan in place, the university ering the allocation of merit-based scholar- ing steadily from $165,426,724 in 2009 ter than before.” In the end, he said, there will continue to face challenges to restore ships is also being considered. In 2011, YU to $189,331,604 in 2010 and $207,969,462 is just one mission: to “enhance our ability fi scal stability and further deplete already paid out $97,160,843 in grants according to in 2011. Another boost came from Mu- to invest in our core objective: delivering minimal liquidity levels.” its 990 form, but between 2011 and 2012 it riel L. Block who bequeathed $150 mil- an unmatched educational experience for However, at the same time, the rating was cut by $7 million. lion to be used for medical research our students.”

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Yavneh Graduation Class of 2014 Kindergarten Sophers Mazal tov to the Yavneh Academy class of 2014. Graduation was held Wednesday n preparation for Shavuot, the Pre-K and K classes at Lubavitch on the Palisades enjoyed evening, June 11, at Teaneck High School. Ia visit from the Living Legacy’s Torah Factory. The students learned all about the process of making a Torah Scroll and were able to write with their own goose feather on a piece of parchment.

BPY’s Kindergarten Tomchei Shabbat Project en Porat Yosef Kindergartners went to BTomchei Shabbat of Fair Lawn on June 10th to help pack food packages. The students took turns putting potatoes, onions, assorted vegetables, and fruit into the boxes, which will also contain grape juice, challah, eggs, and chicken that will be delivered to families in need before Shab- bat. The children also decorated cards saying “Shabbat Shalom” that were included in the packages. Afterward, to complete their work, they carried the garbage out to RYNJ’s The Chesed Connection the dumpsters before returning to school, where they had a snack and viewed the Al Hamichya video, that inspired them to do By Aviva Markowitz Bergen County and how the girls can be- ple juice were provided by Kenny Yager of this act of chesed. Photos by Nina Eizikovitz come more involved with the packaging Five Star Caterers, who was instrumental and distributing of food to people in need. in coordinating the event for the girls. n June 9, 40 2nd-grade girls from RYNJ The discussion then continued with Orite At the end of each event, each student Ogathered at Keter Torah for their third Rubenstein and Meital Teitelman explain- is presented with a special heart charm TCC event this year. TCC, which stands for ing to the girls the different aspects of the engraved with the name of the organiza- The Chesed Connection, is a new program mitzvah of hafrashas challah, along with tion she worked with, that is added to a formed this past winter by a group of RYNJ its meaning and signiﬁ cance. necklace that was given to each partici- parents to introduce the young students After saying the bracha on the challah, pant at the program’s inception. At this to various organizations and chesed pro- and taking off a piece to burn, Alisa Wein- time the girls have one for Yad Leah and jects both locally and beyond. The goal of berg showed the girls a demonstration of one for Tomchei Shabbos. The girls tru- TCC is to get the girls involved in chesed different braiding techniques using three ly walk away with a great feeling of pride projects at a young age with the hope of and four pieces of dough. Each girl was and accomplishment along with a beauti- it becoming a natural and regular part of then given a portion of dough, made by ful keepsake reminding them of their ef- their routine and lives. Lisa Mincis, and then given the opportuni- forts and hard work. The girls are looking The most recent project that the girls ty to create her own challah masterpiece. forward to adding many more charms to took on was baking challah, which will be Once the challah was all prepared for bak- their necklaces as they hope to continue included in the Tomchei Shabbos packaging, the girls were each handed a frame to TCC when they move up to 3rd grade at es this week. The evening began with Sara decorate along with a copy of the bracha RYNJ this fall. Walzman telling the girls about the won- and teﬁ llos of hafrashas challah to place For more information email: tccathe- derful work Tomchei Shabbos does for inside the frame. Delicious cookies and ap- [email protected].

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RYNJ Graduates Keep Learning

any of the 8th grade graduates of RYNJ continued to attend post-graduation learn- Ming with their rebbeim for the week following graduation. The highlight of the week was a siyyum at Dougie’s where all the graduates were invited to celebrate their completion of two Perakim in Gemarah Makkot and Sefer Shmuel.

Rachel Teigman a RYNJ 4th grade student presents her state, Kansas, at the annual RYNJ State Fair!

RYNJ 6th grade girls distributed handmade, everlasting colorful (top l-r) Ezra Brauner, Shlomo Meisels, Joey Yudelson, Ben Lasher, Zachary Kohn, and fl owers to the residents (bottom l-r) Sandra Kaplan, Julia Kohen, Elianna Benhamu, and Odelia Fried. of Daughters of Miriam. The RYNJ students BPY Marks First Graduating Class shmoozed, sang, played bingo and en Porat Yosef celebrated its inaugural graduating class on June 11th. Several of the brought such joy to the Bgraduates attended BPY from the school’s inception in 2001, as part of the school’s residents! Smiles were 2½-year-old toddler class. The nine graduates were addressed by a founder of the school, everywhere on the Steven Sarao, as well as by Rav Tomer Ronen, Rosh HaYeshiva; Stanley Fischman, Direc- faces of the residents tor of General Studies; Jessica Kohn, Early Childhood Director and founding educator and our RYNJ talmidot! of the school. Student speakers representing the class were Odelia Fried and Joey Yu- delson.

Frisch Students Highlight Science and Engineering Research By Debra Paul and Shira Levie ing things that the students were the highlights included a robot- each student to individually study standing of the impact of each showcasing in a cafeteria trans- ic hand that could be used to as- a specifi c gene from a unique protein on an organism, and the aramus—The students at the formed with all of the projects sist doctors in surgery, a lie de- plant known as duckweed. Stu- project exposed them to scientif- PFrisch School recently host- that the students had created. tector that used many sensors to dents spend time in the lab pick- ic subjects they had not previous- ed its fi rst annual Science Re- Engineering is a two-year determine whether one was telling individual genes from a CDNA ly seen. search and Engineering Sympo- course offered to freshmen and ing the truth, and a closet organ- library, and amplifying that DNA Both of these classes give stu- sium night, an event dedicated sophomores in which they learn izer to benefi t the color-blind. using a process called PCR (poly- dents real-life skills that are easily to showcasing some of the phe- basic engineering skills and cre- These projects, as well as several merase chain reaction) in order to helping to shape their capabilities nomenal projects Frisch students ate projects that display their tal- more, were a culmination of what then estimate the size of the in- and are sure to impact their inter- have created and researched in ents. The course taught a basic the students had learned in their serts. Once determined, that in- ests in life. The hands-on environ- the school’s engineering and bi- understanding of how circuits class. They utilized their new formation was sent to Rutgers ment allows each student to learn ology research classes. These work and included a detailed unit knowledge in order to apply it to and sequenced. Each student had by doing and everyone gains so classes, taught by Mrs. Rifkie Sil- on how to code an Arduino, an a current societal issue and create the opportunity to study multiple much out of his/her work. Over- verman and Dr. Mindy Furman, open-source electronic prototyp- a solution, which led to many cre- proteins and gain an understand- all, the night was successful in respectively, allow students to ex- ing platform based on fl exible ative and impressive inventions. ing of how each protein works. showing the incredible engineer- plore the sciences and math in a and easy-to-use software. The stu- The other displays were those This gave each student a deeper ing and biological accomplish- way that is not available in most dents in the class were thus able created as a product of the biolo- understanding of how these pro- ments of the students, while at schools. Parents of students, as to gain the basic skills needed to gy research class. Working collab- teins impact the way duckweed the same time inspiring them to well as alumni and community create their own distinct projects oratively with the Waksman pro- behaves in the environment. The continue their studies in these members, came to see the amaz- that can benefi t society. Some of gram at Rutgers, this class allows students gained a fuller under- fi elds of innovation.

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eaneck— I t Twas a spillo- ver crowd at Con- gregation B’nai Yeshurun’s ban- quet hall June 8 as close to 250 people came to celebrate the fi rst year of Heichal Ha- Torah, Teaneck’s newest yeshiva. Parents and students were joined by family members, yeshiva supporters, and rab- Group shot of current ninth-grade class with Rabbi Pesach Skulnick on bis from an array the left and Rabbi Aryeh Stechler, Dean and Rosh Yeshiva at the right. (L to R) Dalia Lieberman, Yael Schild, Reina Goldberg, Gabi Goldberg, Devorah Leah of communities, Greenblatt, Jennifer Gerstle, Naomi Kolb, Ava Weitz, Doria Meiseles, Ariel Ezra, Leah Weiss, who were curious about the excitement ic and Ari and Betti Jacobson of Teaneck, Mrs. Greenwald the yeshiva has been generating since its who were instrumental in assisting the ad- inception last fall. ministration in getting the yeshiva off the Heichal HaTorah is a yeshiva high ground, as well with an array of volunteer Happy Trails at Bruriah school for boys geared for students who activities throughout the year. desire a serious and classic yeshiva atmos- Guests enjoyed a festive BBQ in a tent n June 6th, Bruriah Junior High Coordinator Mrs. Zehava Greenwald took the Bru- phere while never compromising on the cleverly set up in the shul’s parking lot, fol- Oriah 8th graders to the Elizabeth River Trail to do volunteer work with Groundwork level of general studies. The school has at- lowed by a delectable sweet table at the Elizabeth. It was a wonderful opportunity to integrate classroom learning with daily liv- tracted fi rst-year ninth-grade students from conclusion of the boys’ siyyum ceremony. ing as well a chance to give back to our community and environment. The experience Teaneck, Bergenfi eld, Paramus, Passaic, and Yael Jacoby and Gail Stechler co-chaired was very valuable! Hillside in New Jersey and from Washing- the dinner committee and Yehuda Jacoby, After learning Parshas Kedoshim which contains many mitzvos, the students vot- ton Heights, Riverdale, and Monsey in New chairman of the board, emceed the evening ed on suggestions for a class project that they could undertake in connection with a York. with good humor and an eye on the clock, .The top one came to Ava Weitz’s suggestion of beautifying a Throughout the course of the evening, keeping the program concise and on time .לושכמ ןתת אל רוע ינפל mitzva park. Mrs. Greenwald was in touch with Jonathan Philips from the Elizabeth Park Sys- attendees were treated to a series of vide- For further information, contact Rab- tem and arranged to help cleanup at the running trail. os depicting the students at study, prayer, bi Aryeh Stechler, Heichal HaTorah at 201- and play, and also paid tribute to two sets 335-0633 or [email protected] or visit of parents, Avi and Anya Giloni of Passa- www.heichalhatorah.org. Moriah 4th Graders Grand Prize Winner in Ivrit Competititon MTA’s Liora Haibi Receives

nder the direction of our Safah teach- Subscriptions Grinspoon Award Uer, Morah Judy Buchnik, our students Currently, Ivrit Publications offers competed against fourth graders from two separate magazines. Dubon is typi- ew York—Ms. Liora Haibi, Hebrew lan- schools across the world in a Hebrew lan- cally for students in grades K-2 and Ezbeo- Nguage instructor at the Marsha Stern guage contest run by Ivrit publications. ni is typically recommended for students Talmudical Academy (MTA)/Yeshiva Univer- Students were asked to create submis- in grades 2-4. (Zav-Zav for preschool stu- sity High School for Boys, has been select- sions depicting a hero from modern Jew- dents and Pilpel for middle school stu- ed as a regional recipient of the Grinspoon ish history and enumerating their contri- dents will be released next, and are on Award for Excellence in Jewish Education. butions to the Jewish people and to the the horizon.) Presented by the Harold Grinspoon State of Israel. Our students’ submissions In addition to the above, all partici- Foundation (HGF), the award is designed to depicting the life and times of Theodore pating schools will receive a plaque that recognize, honor, and support outstanding Herzl, earned them the grand prize in the can be proudly displayed in the school classroom Jewish educators worthy of na- personalities category of the contest. Kol hallway or in a classroom. All partici- tional recognition. Regional winners will hakavod to our fourth graders. pating students will receive an award receive a stipend and honorarium, oppor- in recognition of their participation in tunities to publish in Engaging Practices in Letter from Ivrit our Ivrit Publications classroom con- Jewish Education, and fi nancial assistance Shalom, once again to all Ivrit Publica- test; these will be mailed to your school to attend the New CAJE Conference in Los tions contest participants! We would like shortly. Angeles, California. to begin by, once again, thanking all of our Last but not least, a special, signed, In addition to being named a region- Liora Haibi contest participants for investing so much contest edition of Ezbeoni is being pub- al recipient of the award, Haibi is a fi nal- time and heart into this competition. lished and will depict contest submis- ist for one of six North American Awar- cessfully implemented a number of unique The enthusiasm was palpable and sions. This edition will be mailed to dees of 2014. If selected, Haibi will receive Hebrew language instruction programs in shared, and your participation was deep- your schools over the summer and will a $3,600 HGF Grant for professional devel- our school, such as the Ulpan class and our ly appreciated! be visible on our website and Facebook opment and/or the design and implemen- innovative ‘Meet the Israeli Author’ elective We look forward to seeing your page, so that your students and their tation of student education enrichment in which students regularly communicate schools participate in future events and families can view the special edition programming with mentor support from via Skype with a noted Israeli writer whose competitions, and we welcome your stu- over the summer break. We will notify HGF/Resource Center for Jewish Education works they study with Ms. Haibi. She is dents’ letters to the editor always via our you when the online edition becomes over 18 months, three stipends for mentor- an excellent example of the high-quality website!! available. ing peer-to-peer training and webinars, and teachers who make up our faculty.” All entries were truly fantastic and inspi- Thank you for providing us with the full funding to attend the New CAJE Con- “Besides being a great personal honor, rational. We salute each and every class and opportunity to connect with your schools ference. the Grinspoon Award is a confi rmation of -We look for- “Ms. Haibi is an outstanding educa- the importance of Hebrew Language in .תירבעב send you sincere congratulations on your and your students participation and your incredible effort. ward to hearing from you, and to part- tor from whom students learn a tremen- struction for the American Jewish commu- All participating schools will receive nering with you in order to connect stu- dous amount and who is both well respect- nity,” said Haibi. “My lifelong quest in my special pricing on subscriptions pur- dents to one another and to the Hebrew ed and well liked as a master teacher,” said profession is to fi nd innovative and 21st- chased beyond awarded language. Rabbi Michael Taubes, Rosh Yeshiva at MTA. century ways to motivate and improve He- “We are especially proud that she has suc- brew language instruction.”

201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 63 SPORTS Yavneh Youth League Championship Sunday

avneh Youth League (YYL) concluded Yits season with Championship Sunday on June 15, with three upsets in four divi- sions, and an ice-cream party for its youngest group. This year, the league enjoyed its largest registration in history, with 26 teams, all focused on sportsmanship, skill improvement, and fun. *Junior Boys* In the Junior Boys division championship, the Noodle.org Giants were underdogs to the highly touted Lippe Gas- troenterology Nationals. It was a back and forth game the entire way. The Gi- Shoshana and Talia Distenfeld, YYL ants went up 13-12 in the top of the champions. 6th and thanks to some stellar defense from Noah Beckoff, were able to hold *Junior Girls* off a game ending rally by the Nation- In the Junior Girls division champi- als. First year coach David Whitehead onship, the Marcel Studio Mariners faced and co-coaches Josh Gelernter and Rab- off against favored 8th Day Caterer Royals The YYL Marcel Studios Mariners bi Yehoshua Gold were extremely proud coached by Rabbi Josh Kahn and Zvi Pearl- of how the Giants battled the entire sea- man. The Royals built an early 7-1 lead with inning, thanks to some fantastic defensive *Senior Boys* son, making a remarkable run to win an some very timely hitting, but the Mariners play from Rachel Teigman, Adira Schreiber, With an 8 a.m. start to accommodate 8-team Junior Boy division in upset fash- never lost faith and came back to make it and Aliza Poloner, the Mariners set the side bar and bat mitzvahs and graduations, the ion. 10-8 at the end of the 5th. In the top of the 6th down in order. Going into the bottom of the Gotham Burger Diamondbacks hosted the 6th down by 2, Adira Shreiber hit a game ty- Zadies Bake Shop Brewers in the Senior ing triple with one out to score Rachel Boys (SB) championship game in front of Teigman and Esti Lebovic. Gabriel- a great Father’s Day turnout. The Brewers la Morris, struggling earlier in the season, were tied for the best record in Senior Boys, came to the plate and after fouling a few while the Diamondbacks needed to defeat off, lined a single to right fi eld to knock in the Tenafl y Pediatric White Sox to even get the winning run. to the semi-fi nals. Rookie coach Asher Teigman told the Both teams entered the game without girls after the game that he hoped the girls their starting pitchers Yonah Hook and learned to always believe in themselves Shmuel Ross. In their place, Brewers 8th and to never lose faith; you can always grade slugger Devin Berman faced off on come back. the hill against 8th grade Diamondback star Noam Putterman. The game was a prize- *Senior Girls* fi ght, with the lead changing hands sever- The Senior Girl championship match- al times, highlighted by strategic coaching up was a battle of the underdogs. Two by Brewers coaches Michael Berman and teams, the County Draperies Yankees Steve Teicher, effectively snatching the go- and the Approved Funding Blue Jays, ahead run in the 5th before Eitan Danz- who combined for three wins in the reg- er made a sparkling play on a line drive at ular season, both pulled major upsets in 1st to keeping the game in reach. The Dia- the semi-fi nals to get to the champion- mondbacks fought back to take the lead in ship game. The pitching matchup was be- the bottom of the 5th and managed to shut tween two long-time standout 8th grade down the Brewers in the last inning, claim- girls, Talya Markowitz and Hannah Lev- ing their second consecutive SB Champion- ine. Despite strong efforts by the Yankees ship for Gotham Burger. In addition, this to close the gap, the Blue Jays managed to team was the fi rst team in SB history to win hold off the Yankees, securing them the the championship needing three playoff The YYL Approved Funding Blue Jays. championship. wins—all accomplished within seven days.

the form of Alex Scharf, who had a frus- Glatt Express Wins TBO 9/10 Championship trating day at the plate until that at bat, but saved his best baseball for when it was he TBO 9-10 championship game fea- cutting the lead to 8-5 heading into the fi - needed most. Alex launched the ball into Tturing Glatt Express and Lakeland Bank nal inning. right fi eld to bring home the winning run was a classic! Expectations for a great duel The Bank tacked on an additional in- and complete Glatt Express’s mission to be- were high as this was the second time surance run in the top of the 6th to extend come champions. these two teams would face each other. its lead to 9-5. But a nice throw from Alex All and all, it was an outstanding day for Their regular season match-up ended with to Noam Kornwasser caught the Lakeland baseball and a well contested game by both a dramatic Glatt Express walk-off win. But runner at 3rd and gave team Glatt Express teams. Congratulations to Lakeland Bank, no one could have expected what was to a real boost. Glatt Express, and all of TBO for an out- follow: a game that featured great pitch- What followed next might be one of standing season! ing, strategic coaching (on both sides), dra- the most dramatic fi nishes in TBO histo- C ongratulations to the TBO 9-10 Cham- matic and clutch hitting, and unlikely he- ry. Down to their last out, with the bas- pions, Glatt Express roes. es loaded, trailing by 4, Glatt Express sent Lakeland Bank took the early lead with clean-up hitter Tani Rosenfeld to the plate T eam Members: strong pitching and clutch hitting by Yehu- for what would amount to being his only the top of the 7th. In the bottom of the in- I lan Davidovsky, Coby Goldblatt, Da- da Teitleman. After some aggressive base offi cial at bat of the game. And he made ning, utility player David London success- vid London, Eli Knapp, Noam Kornwas- running by the Bank and some shoddy de- that at bat count! Tani drove the ball over fully reached base with a solid base hit to ser, Eliezer Kravitz, Alex Mcguire, Tani Ros- fense from Glatt Express, Lakeland extend- the centerfi elder’s head for a game tying the opposite fi eld. After successfully steal- nefeld, Alex Scharf, Yakir Scharf, Rafi Weil ed its lead to 8-1 after 4½ innings. grand slam to send the game into extra ing both 2nd and 3rd bases, David stood (not shown). In the bottom of the 5th, Glatt Express innings. just one base from securing the come-from- used an intentional walk to its clean-up hit- Eli Knapp completed his third effective behind win for Glatt Express. But he need- T eam Coaches: ter, Tani Rosenfeld, to ignite a 4-run inning, inning of pitching by retiring the Bank in ed help from his teammates. Help came in Stephen Knapp and Laizer Kornwasser

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TBO Senior Girls Champs By Steven Gronowitz

he Premier Endoscopy team Tin Senior Girls Softball won the Teaneck Baseball Organiza- tion championship last week. The team played tremendous defense in its back-to-back playoff wins. Pitchers Sarah Ber- man and Yonina Reichman gave up only 2 runs in the two games. The fi elders protected the lead turning four double plays in the fi nal game. Timely hitting by Jessie Gronowitz and Rebecca Bock helped overcome dominant pitching by Kayla Forman in the championship game. Premier Endoscopy Coaches Eli Berman and Steven Gronowitz would like to thank all TBO and Teaneck Southern the boys and girls they coached in TBO over more than a decade as they both are graduating their youngest child from the league. Combined All-Star Game n June 12th 2014, TBO and Teaneck Southern joined together to play an All-Star Mid- Odle Girls softball game. Each team consisted of players from both Southern and TBO. Both teams made very few errors and the hitting was solid. The most amazing hits came off of Ariella Vogel’s bat, one of which fl ew over the centerfi elder’s head. The girls were really excited to play together and were treated to pizza and ice cream after the game.

Tcats TBO Junior Girls Champions he Chopstix Tcats used some excellent defense and timely hitting to capture the TBO TJunior Girls championship over team Pizza Crave 12-4. The game started off slowly for Chopstix, and the Pizza Crave team jumped out to an early lead. Down 4-3, Chopstix rallied to score 4 runs in the 5th and then 5 more in the 6th to Coolkippahs TBO 11/12 Champs clinch the victory. Terrifi c defensive plays by Ayala Mandelbaum, Kayla Antosofsky, and Shifra Prager highlighted the victory for Chopstix. n the 11/12 division Coolkippahs (the number 3 seed) coached by Ronnie Aranoff, Ellie IKinches, and Dani Bendheim defeated Generator Plus (number 1 seed) coached by Jon- athan Gellis and Ofer Naor by a score of 10-2. Teaneck Podiatry TBO Sam Bendheim pitched four innings of 2-run ball and Eli Zaretzky pitched two scoreless innings to close out the game. Every player on Coolkippahs reached base safe- Softball Champs ly in the game led by clutch hits by Jason Aranoff, Evan Kinches, Andrew Cohen, Joel Varnai, Jeremy Simhon, and Aaron Teitelbaum. There were also some stellar defensive hat a season! Te- plays in the fi eld, including a backhand stab at shortstop by Adam Nayowitz, a diving Waneck Podiatry stop at second base by Rami Berman, and a critical catch in centerfi eld in the bottom of went undefeated in the 5th inning by Yosef Goldstein. league play to win the In the aftermath of the game, Ronnie Aranoff remarked, “This was a very fun team championship in con- to coach. We had a great bunch of kids and a great bunch of parents. I am happy for vincing fashion 8-2. them that we were able to pull this out.” Led by the star pitching of Ella Buchs- bayew and Ariella Vo- TBO 13/14 Champions gel, the team limited the opposition to only n a fi tting end to a great season, the 13/14 two runs, surely a re- Ichampionship game showcased terrifi c cord in Middle Girls talent, stellar pitching (by Binyamin Senter Softball. The cham- and Yechiel Keiser) and solid defense. pionship game also It was a tight 1-1 game through 6, and the showcased excellent game went into extra innings. In the top of fi elding from Anna Margolin, Nurit Schlosberg, and Zoe Gottesman, and relentless hit- the 7th Genesis Pain Management exploded ting from Julia Fried, Devorah Rand, Liat Polinsky, Maya Krause, Abby Langer, Emily for fi ve runs giving them a 6-1 lead. A key Grunstein, and Daphna Schlosberg. contributor was Jacob Nayawitz, who drove The runners-up Golden Mountain Investments featured star players Gabriella For- in three with a bases clearing triple. The Kof- man, Arianna Chesner, Yakira Keiser, and Leebee Bendheim, who all played exception- K Tigers came up in the bottom of the 7th ally well. ready to get those runs back. Nayawitz kept Through the coaching efforts of Josh Buchsbayew, Adam Fried, and Chanan Vogel, his cool on the mound and struck out the fi - the season was a great experience for all. nal Tiger batter

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JLBC Sport Stars of the Week welve Teaneck residents are recipients needs for its 70 teams in the recreational Tof Teaneck Junior Soccer League’s (TJSL) soccer program. college scholarships that recognize vol- The TJSL college scholarship program unteers for their work as Youth Coaches is funded by families that do not volun- Yavneh Soccer: A Perfect Season in TJSL’s recreational, travel and TOP soc- teer as a coach or team parent. Recipients cer programs. Each Youth Coach complet- are awarded scholarships based on the to- By Barbara Rubin fi lled with family and fans at the June ed a national soccer coaching program and tal number of years of service to the organ- 10th playoff game, as Yavneh Acad- spent at least 30 hours a year coordinating ization. oach Shamir Einhorn led the undefeat- emy’s soccer team proudly joins its team activities including practices, training The 2014 TJSL College Scholarship recip- Ced Yavneh Academy Soccer Team to a basketball and hockey teams and the sessions, and weekly games. In total, the ients are: Aneeka Ayyar, Gabi Baron, Jared resounding 9-5 victory against a talented school’s commitment to nourishing 12 awardees volunteered more than 700 Breen, Erin Burke, Ariana Cannonier, Erik SAR team. The victory earned Yavneh the the minds, bodies, and souls of its stu- hours to the league. Cruz, Rebecca Epstein, Dana-Marie Laloo, championship title in the inaugural sea- dents. The Youth Coaching program is open Claudia Samad, Rachel Schudrich, Tim Sh- son of YMSSA soccer. to Teaneck residents in grades 9 to 12. More ater, and Kayla Silow-Carroll The bleachers of the Torah Acade- Barbara Rubin is Associate Principal, General Stud- than 30 high school students volunteer Visit TeaneckSoccer.com for more infor- my of Bergen County’s new gym were ies Grades 3-8 each year helping TJSL meet the coaching mation. ELLKAY Basketball Team in a Five OT Thriller Frisch Cougars Win nyone who followed Bergen Thomas on his heels. Justin Hod, ELL- Baseball Championship ACounty Yeshiva League Basket- KAY’s leading scorer, caught fi re in the ball this season knows that the Frisch second half and back and forth the  CONTINUED FROM P. 1 Cougars and the TABC Storm varsi- score seesawed, until seven seconds ty teams had great battles between in regulation. Then, off some good drought. They came onto the Rockland Boulders Stadium them, leading up to the Saracheck ball movement on the heels of two determined to defeat the Kushner Cobras in a rematch Tournament. In that tournament, rebounds, Tyler Hod drilled a long of the last game of the regular season which the Cougars both teams excelled, with Frisch ad- jumper to force overtime. won. vancing to the championship and The fi rst three-minute overtime In the top of the 1st inning Frisch came out fi erce scor- pushing the YULA Panthers (who had looked like it would be the last as ing one run and taking the lead early on with a beautiful dispatched the Storm) within one HCA was up by three as the ball squirt- hit from Michael Reinhart. The game then stayed close quarter of taking it all. ed free on the ELLKAY’s last posses- because of Isaac Seelenfreund’s fl awless pitching. Then, Of course, the Yeshiva League sea- sion. But, showing the hustle and de- in the 5th inning, after multiple missed opportunities, the son and that tournament were lim- ELLKAY was matched against Haw- termination which made him a top Cougars scored one more run increasing their lead to 2-0. ited to Yeshiva Day School Teams. thorne Christian Academy (HCA), the fi ve player in Jewish Hoops America, It seemed that the game was in the bag for Frisch, but What would happen if the Cougars New Jersey Private School champi- Zirman dove on the fl oor for a loose a strong pitching performance, solid defense, and a pres- and the Storm went up against other ons. Standing between ELLKAY and ball and in one motion dribbled as he suring offense deceived them. Kushner came back and private school varsity teams? Could the championship game were two stood and sank a long three to tie the scored two runs on a combination of hits, errors, and they compete? And what if, just for big men, both dunking with ease game at the buzzer. fl uke plays. They got out of the inning with the game tied fun, players from both teams com- in warm ups. One of those big men Three more overtimes saw the 2-2 with two innings left to play. bined —and added a JV player—to turned out to be 6’8” Division 1 recruit teams rock each other like tired heav- The very next inning the Cobras had the bases load- take on teams outside the Yeshiva Alex Thomas, who is reported to have yweights until Tyler Hod and Zirman ed with one out. They tried to utilize their perfectly prac- League? How would they fare? offers from the likes of Fairleigh Dick- executed a perfect pick and roll to ticed suicide squeeze, but to no avail. Their batter missed Over the last nine weeks, this ex- inson, Rider, and New Hampshire, tie the game at 71-71 at the end of the the bunt and the runner from third base was caught in periment played out in gyms through- among others. fourth overtime. a rundown. With a perfect read from the catcher, Mark out Bergen County. Team ELLKAY, Thomas led HCA to a quick 8-0 The fi fth extra period left both Abramovitz, he and Michael Reinhart were able to tag the this year comprised of varsity starters lead before ELLKAY knew what hit teams dragging to the fi nish line, runner out. They left the inning unscathed. Justin Hod (Frisch), Yehoshua Zirman them. Undaunted, Zirman drained with Thomas plowing through Zir- In the top of the 7th, Raphe Shankman led off and (TABC), Eli Scharlat (Frisch), and Ty- a three and then Zirman, Tyler Hod, man on what looked to all like a clear ripped a single into centerfi eld. Alex Kershenbaum came ler Hod (Frisch), TABC Varsity big man and Mayer Scharlat found each oth- charge to seal the game, 75-73. Though up to bat next, hit a little squibbler down the third base Jared Breen, Frisch seniors Tal Platt er for layups and just like that ELL- short two points this time after a Jus- line, and busted down the line to fi rst. Man on fi rst and and Raime Stein, along with Frisch KAY lead 9-8. As the teams pound- tin Hod desperation three ball just second, no outs. Seelenfreund came up to bat and decid- JV guard Mayer Scharlat (and a cam- ed on each other in the fi rst half for rimmed out, the Bergen County boys ed to help himself and drive in Raphe from second. The eo appearance by Hillel Fuld) took on early dominance, Eli Scharlat caught left no doubt about their ability to next batter was Reinhart with one out and Kershenbaum all comers in the Wayne, New Jersey- Thomas’ knee in his hip and went play against top competition in the sitting on second waiting to be driven home as an insur- based IYB High School League. down for the rest of the game with area. Zirman tallied 33 points, along ance run. Yet again, Michael gets an RBI and gets Kershen- Following up on last year’s run to a hip pointer. Two 3-balls by Mayer with 22 rebounds, giving Thomas, a baum home to make it a 4-2 game going into the bottom the IYB championship that saw this Scharlat and another by Tyler Hod one-man show who had 44 points, all of the last inning. team (which also then had Binyamin paced ELLKAY from the outside. A he could handle on both ends of the The Frisch Cougars held on to their 4-2 lead and fi n- Zirman (TABC) and a lot more Fuld man down and outsized, ELLKAY nev- court. Tyler Hod added 15 points, Jus- ished off the game doing what they know how to do best: (MTA)) drop a heart-breaker to Suffern ertheless hung tough, trailing only 30- tin Hod 13, and Mayer Scharlat closed WIN. A huge congratulations to the entire Frisch team on High School in the 2013 Final, the ELL- 26 at the half. the scoring for ELLKAY with 12. its accomplishment nobody saw coming from the young- KAY boys ran through the 2014 regular Zirman and Thomas went head ELLKAY next plays in the Ramapo est team in the league. The team thanked Captain Ayal season—including avenging the loss to head in the second half like war- College Team Camp, which pits 22 Pessar on leading it through the season, pulling the team the Suffern—with hardly a blink, go- riors. Giving away three inches and of the best High School teams in the together, and making it one amazing experience for them ing 7-1 (their only loss being a forfeit thirty pounds to Thomas, Big Z wore area against each other in eight games all. because of a confl ict with Shavuot). the larger man down with a variety of played over four days from June 22-25, Earning a bye into the semi-fi nal, slashing and driving moves that kept 2014.

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By Elizabeth Kratz parents, “kids should feel empowered to person who is making him/her feel un- Developed by Project Y.E.S. as part of its tell staff they have to contact their par- comfortable is very popular, that could Karasick Child Safety Initiative, the book ergenfi eld—When a child goes to an ents immediately if they feel the need,” present pressure on the child to not say presents essential lessons in safe and un- Bovernight camp for the fi rst, second, she said. “It’s less the content of the con- anything. It’s the conversation before- safe behavior, including staying away or even the fourth time, they are excit- versation that’s important, but the fact hand with the parent that prevents the from strangers, personal safety, and safe- ed and prepped for an array of new ex- that the parents have initiated it, so the child from becoming the victim.” ty in the home and neighborhood. periences. Camping, for many observant child knows what to do if s/he are faced “Pranks at camp are common. But Let’s Stay Safe is available at http:// children, provides an exhilarating oppor- with an uncomfortable situation,” she the child should know that sometimes www.artscroll.com/Books/safeh.html. Di- tunity to learn, study, and recreate in an said. they’re not okay. If you’re showering or ament’s book is available at http://www. entirely unique environment, with dif- Peer pressure often presents in a clas- getting dressed and people are teasing amazon.com/Talking-Your-Children- ferent inspirations, different friends, and sic scenario, Diament added. “If a child you or being invasive, it’s not funny,” Di- About Intimacy/dp/1494245477/ ref=sr_1_ different social structures from the rest of does not have a voice in his/her head that ament said. 1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1402880494&sr the year. there’s someone they can always come to, Diament added that, for younger chil- =11&keywords=talking+to+your+children Camping, also, is often the fi rst time a then they’re at risk. If a child is made to dren, a valuable picture book to read to- +about+intimacy+a+guide+for+orthodox child is away from his/her parents for any feel uncomfortable in some way, and the gether on these topics is Let’s Stay Safe. +jewish+parents length of time, and the fi rst time having to share space with people outside the immediate family. Therefore, it’s important for parents to have plans in place to discuss appropriate and inappropriate behavior with their children, including peer pressure, bullying, and abuse risks, before they get on the bus and depart for their summer adventure. “I think the most important thing is that parents have a conversation with their kids about what they can and should expect in terms of privacy, personal space, and appropriate touch,” said Sara …it’s important for parents to have plans in place to discuss appropriate and inappropriate behavior with their children, including peer pressure, bullying, and abuse risks, before they get on the bus and depart for their summer adventure.

Diament, who published a book last year called, Talking to Your Children About In- timacy: A Guide for Orthodox Jewish Par- ents. As part of this conversation, Diament stressed, it is important to offer a specif- ic person that the child can and should always go to if a problem develops. Diament, who works in the ﬁ eld of education and professional development, said her book is a starting point for people to understand how to talk to children about intimacy, before problems develop. Much of the book discusses how to broach broader intimacy topics. Abuse prevention and treatment is a ﬁ eld of its own, she said. “Conversations don’t always prevent an initial incident, but the most important part of the conversation is to have the child identify a person they can go to, whether it is a trusted adult at camp or a parent to call. The child needs to know that if, at any point, any person makes you feel uncomfortable in any way, you should go to that person and discuss the problem,” she said. “You should identify that trusted adult, with a name. Make sure your child knows who it is.” Diament added that while different camps have different rules about calling

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By Eli Garfinkel for a particular house is usually due to it It pays to ask your mortgage broker or being in close proximity to a certain shul realtor about the appraised value of the s discussed in pre- or because of a certain crowd that is liv- houses you look at, as they usually know Avious articles, the ing in the area. As desirable as that may which nearby comparable properties re- appraised value of a make it for the buyers, it is still not sufﬁ - cently closed. This is especially important home is dependent cient proof of collateral for the bank, as if your funds for the down payment are on a variety of fac- it looks at comparable sales in the gener- limited, as this can sometimes “make it or tors. Often, a home- al area, which gives a more solid estimate break it.” owner will not “agree” with the value at of the home’s value. which his home was appraised. As much Many times we come across situations Eli Garfi nkel of Funding Resources Mortgage Compa- as homeowners would like appraisals to where the appraisal comes in much low- ny is an experienced and reputable loan offi cer. With a be based on the amount they know they er than the purchase price. When this hap- list of extremely satisfi ed clients, Eli specializes in great can get in the current market, it’s not pens, the borrower has to come up with sometimes ask for a letter of explanation customer service and dealing with complex cases. Eli as simple as that. It is especially impor- a substantial amount of additional funds, from the borrower stating why they want is available to answer any mortgage questions, with- tant to keep this in mind when buying a and on top of that has to show proof of to purchase this house despite the fact that out any obligation.Eli can be reached by phone or text house in a “hot” area in town, as the rea- those funds (which might be a challenge, the appraised value is much lower than the at 732.278.6526 or via email egarfi nkel@fundingrmc. son why so many people will pay a lot especially at that point in time). Lenders purchase price. com or in the offi ce at 732.364.7373 ext 22. Playing “Now” and “Later” With Life Insurance

By Elozor M. Preil means paying higher premiums right now cash value insurance; the premiums for for the same amount of coverage. term simply become prohibitive in old age. f you Google the phrase Besides the now-and-later philosophi- But immediate fi nancial obligations can- I“life insurance is a bad cal differences on life insurance, there are not be neglected either, so short-term life idea,” you won’t get any three other now-and-later factors impact- insurance can be better than no insurance. true matches. What you ing your life insurance decisions: Given these considerations, here is a will get is “term life insurance is a bad idea” Your need for insurance. A breadwinner simple now-and-later strategy for life insur- or “whole life insurance is a bad idea.” Peo- with a spouse and children has some com- ance: ple don’t disagree with the concept of life pelling reasons to secure a large amount of Obtain as much coverage as possible insurance; there’s just a lot of discussion coverage now, because it represents their while in good health, even if the coverage over what type of coverage to obtain, and long-term economic value to the family. is term. how to use it. To sort through the chatter, of savings. This “get-only-what’s-needed- Your insurability. Obtaining coverage is Systematically convert the term cover- most of the issues can be distilled to a dis- and-get-rid-of-it” approach to life insur- dependent on one’s health. In general, we age to permanent coverage over time as fi - cussion of “now” and “later.” ance has some strong adherents in the fi - are healthier now than we will be in the fu- nancial circumstances allow. One approach to life insurance is to nancial community. ture. Waiting to secure coverage at a later A life insurance professional who un- view it as a costly, but often necessary In another perspective on life insurance, date runs the risk of not being able to get it. derstands the now-and-later issues of both “evil.” For those with current fi nancial the paradigm is reversed. At some point in Your ability to pay for it. The arc of a typ- insurance and your unique circumstances obligations (spouses, children, mortgag- the future, death is a certainty—for every- ical fi nancial life features peak obligations should be able to tailor a program to your es, etc.) greater than our assets, life in- one. This makes life insurance unique, be- (student loans, dependents, car payments, specifi c situation. Done right, life insur- surance is a necessary purchase. The cause if the policy is kept in force, there mortgages, etc.) at the beginning, with peak ance can be a great fi nancial asset—both cost cannot be avoided, only minimized. will be a benefi t distributed to benefi ciar- earnings in later years. Some items may not now and later. From this perspective, the best strategy ies; the premiums will result in a long-term be affordable until later in life. in the present is to fi nd the lowest pre- fi nancial gain. Even if some of the origi- Elozor Preil is Managing Director at Wealth Adviso- miums. For the future, the goal is to ac- nal reasons for obtaining life insurance Balancing now and later ry Group and Registered Representative and Finan- cumulate enough other assets as fast as are no longer relevant, the guaranteed dis- The challenge for consumers is decid- cial Advisor of Park Avenue Securities LLC (PAS). He can possible so that the insurance can be tribution at death can provide some valua- ing how to balance their fi nancial alloca- be reached at [email protected]. See www.wa- dropped as soon as possible. The only ble benefi ts, perhaps in retirement or part tions between using them today or com- groupllc.com/epreil for full disclosures and disclaimers. way to stop the ongoing cost of life in- of a larger inheritance and estate planning mitting them to tomorrow. If you want a Guardian, its subsidiaries, agents or employees do not surance is to eliminate the need for it, by strategy. However, having an insurance pol- life insurance program that will deliver in give tax or legal advice. You should consult your tax or “self-insuring” through the accumulation icy that will deliver benefi ts later usually the future, this almost inevitably requires legal advisor regarding your individual situation. CAMPS Camp Puts Jewish Values to the Test: That’s Why Camp Friendships Endure

By Marjorie Ingall|/www.tabletmag.com felt personally responsible for every point that weren’t available in my day, when we Camp makes my kids feel great about won or lost. I adored the melancholy of had to use carrier pigeons and teletype ma- being Jewish. (Even folks who loathed go- y summer-camp days ended (gulp) holding hands and singing “Rad HaYom” at chines); she loves seeing how other Jews ing to Jewish camp agree that Jewish camp Mnearly 30 years ago. But I’m still in the end of the day, knowing that there was worship and celebrate. She’s been to fancy has this effect.) Me, I went to Jewish day touch with a ton of camp friends—thank one fewer day of camp left, knowing that extravaganzas and haimish little get-togeth- school, so I didn’t learn much new He- you, Facebook—and have drinks with and time was passing and was gone forever. ers. She’s getting to decide what she wants brew or Jewish history at camp. But for exchange email with a number of them. I Now my kids are in the thick of the her own bat mitzvah to feel like by seeing Josie and Maxie (age 9), who go to public wouldn’t say I adored camp; I was too self- camp experience. Camp is ever-present in so many other kids’ in so many other syn- school, camp has been where they really conscious and aware of my own dorkiness. their lives, even when the season hasn’t yet agogues and settings. (Josie and Maxie’s learned tefi lot and learned to pray with ka- But a lot of identity formation happened begun. Josie, 12, is on the bat mitzvah cir- camp offers bar and bat mitzvah lessons, so vannah—passion and intention. They both there. … I learned responsibility through ni- cuit. It’s proved to be a great source of in- kids don’t forget what they’ve been learn- love to sing; today I watch them belting kayon (daily clean-up). I learned Torah dependence building—last week she took ing during the school year, but Josie is es- out Adon Olam and feel as if I’m time-trave- and tefi lah while sitting in the woods. I a New Jersey Transit bus to the Port Author- pecially excited because one of her friends, ling to Camp Ramah in the 1980s. Camp, in made a friend who shared my oddball love ity by herself. At Thanksgiving, she fl ew who became a bat mitzvah earlier this year short, is a kid-centered, kid-powered, out- of Ellery Queen mystery novels. I, who nev- alone from California (where we were vis- and is an amazing Torah reader, offered to doorsy dunk in the agam (lake) of positive er identifi ed as a girly-girl, sat still while iting Jonathan’s family) to Newark and got give Josie tutoring in the bunk, too. How Jewish identifi cation. other girls used a curling iron on my hair picked up by a camp friend’s mom for an- fabulous to have the chance to learn from I asked Zachary Lasker, the director of and dabbed Kissing Potion rollerball lip other friend’s ceremony. Not only does a peer rather than a guy in a suit!) (No of- Melton & Davidson Education Projects at gloss on my lips. I loved and hated the in- she love seeing her friends, between their fense to Cantor Mike, our guy in a suit, who tensity of Maccabiah (color war), when I bouts of emailing and texting (luxuries is ALSO fabulous.)  CONTINUED ON P. 71

68 June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM TRAVEL Haifa’s Transformation

By Gedaliah Borvick

aifa is a beautiful city Hlocated in northern Is- rael which offers its residents a rich quality of life. The third largest city in Is- rael, Haifa is on the comeback trail after having fallen into a 60-year decline following Israel’s independence in 1948. The Early Years During the British Mandate in pre- state Palestine from 1922 until 1948, Haifa View toward the Bay from atop the Bahai Gardens A cable car descending from Mount Carmel to Bat Galim was the country’s economic capital: It had the largest seaport in the country, plus research and development center for many Demographics Culture many related businesses servicing Brit- top international companies such as Intel, Haifa has an eclectic population: 82% Haifa is a great family-friendly city, of- ish military requirements. However, after IBM, Microsoft, Motorola, Google, and Ya- of the population is Jewish, 4% is Mus- fering many cultural attractions to its res- Israel claimed its independence in 1948, hoo! lim and 14% is Christian. Most of the idents, including exceptional museums Haifa’s role diminished greatly and Tel Jewish population is secular, but the 25% such as the Hecht Museum, which houses Aviv quickly became the country’s main Upgrades of the population that is religious cov- an impressive archaeology and art collec- business center. Haifa fell into an eco- The city’s recently completed an infra- ers a wide religious spectrum ranging tion; the Haifa Museum of Art; the Nation- nomic and housing slump, notwithstand- structure upgrade, including the opening from Hasidic sects through Dati Leumi al Maritime Museum, and Israel’s Nation- ing that it is home to leading academic in- of the Carmel Tunnels highway, which has (national religious), Mesorati (Conserv- al Museum of Science, to name just a few. stitutions such as the Technion and Haifa generated economic growth and helped ative), and Reform. One pocket of reli- It also has wonderful outdoor attractions, University. make the city more user-friendly. In addi- gious residents is located in Kiryat Shm- including the Haifa Educational Zoo, the tion, the city has a large new residential uel, which is located in the Haifa Bay Carmel Beach Promenade, the Hai-Bar Na- From Blue Collar to High Tech project called Ramat Hanassi. It is a new 60 suburb commonly known as the Kray- ture Reserve, and the famous Baha’i Gar- Haifa has always been recognized as a dunam (15 acre) neighborhood that will ac- ot. With a population of 6,000 people, dens. blue collar city due to its housing one of Is- commodate 18 residential towers ranging Kiryat Shmuel provides a religious infra- On your next trip to Israel, try some- rael’s two oil reﬁ neries and its port, which from nine to 22 stories. Most of the staff structure complete with shuls, schools, thing different and spend a few days dis- remains the country’s busiest passenger at the academic institutions and the high- mikvahs and kosher shopping. It also of- covering the charming city of Haifa. port and an active cargo harbor. Howev- tech business parks currently don’t live in fers proximity to Haifa’s employment er, Haifa has undergone a transformation Haifa, as the housing stock has generally opportunities, municipal services, and Gedaliah Borvick is the founder of My Israel Home from being primarily a manual labor city been rundown. By offering modern luxu- retail opportunities. In step with the (www.myisraelhome.com), a real estate agency fo- to being a hub of high-tech activities. It has rious housing in an upscale community, city’s general renewal, Kiryat Shmuel is cused on helping people from abroad buy and sell several business parks, including the Sci- Haifa is presenting the upwardly mobile undergoing a renaissance, and numer- homes in Israel. To sign up for his monthly market up- entiﬁ c Industries Center which is the old- workers opportunities to move back to the ous residential projects are being devel- dates, contact him at [email protected]. est business park in Israel, and is a major city. oped in this neighborhood. The Hebrews of Hong Kong

By Maxine Dovere a Community Center, Jewish day school, gogue of Hong Kong, Hechal Ezra-Kehilat meat and dairy restaurants, a kosher su- Zion, is on an upper fl oor of a shopping he Jewish presence in Hong Kong is al- permarket, a swimming pool, community mall. Founded 18 years ago to serve the Jew- Tmost 200 years old. The community be- meeting rooms and offi ces—all incorporat- ish community on the Kowloon Peninsu- gan during the mid-19th century when trad- ed into one of the towers built on former la, the congregation follows the Sephardic ers from Iraq and India came to the island synagogue grounds. minhag. Direction to found this congrega- after the Opium Wars of 1839-42. As the 20th 70 Robinson Road is the listed address, tion was given to its current spiritual lead- century approached, the growing commu- but, there was no synagogue in sight. An- er, Rabbi Meoded, by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, nity recognized the need for a permanent nouncing to no one in particular that Israel’s former Chief Sephardic Rabbi. The synagogue. A generous donation of land in “we’re looking for the synagogue,” led to di- congregation “welcomes all Jews “whether an area then high above the city center was rections to the security gate. A uniformed Sephardim, Ashkenazim, or Hasidim,” says donated and funds for a synagogue build- offi cer motioned each visitor through the its fundraising literature. “Everyone can ex- ing were made available by the Sasson fam- metal detectors and initiated a thorough, perience the beauty of unity while cele- ily. The synagogue is named in memory of Israeli style security check. Passports had brating the unique individuality of fellow the family matriarch, Leah Gubbay. to be presented and a series of questions Jews.” In 1905, the Kadoorie family, a pre-em- answered. Every item was inspected and x- Hechal Ezra-Kehilat Zion provides a inent Hong Kong Jewish family, added to rayed before entry was allowed. Then you spiritual home away from home for more the community’s facilities by providing a are directed through a doorway to the Ohel than 5,000 Jewish travelers passing through building for a “Jewish Recreation Club,” Leah courtyard. The hi-rises act as a for- Hong Kong. Its sanctuary is a world out of constructed on the synagogue grounds. tress and the only connection to the out- time, with traditional wood paneling that During the next four decades, the Jewish side world is through a gated staircase in creates a warm and welcoming atmos- population of Hong Kong— largely Ashke- the back, leading to Robinson Road. phere. This mid-morning, only the chaz- nazi Jews escaping Russia and Eastern Eu- Ohel Leah serves the Hong Kong Jew- ney and a M.A. from McGill University. Pri- zan, a young Israeli from Jerusalem, was in rope—continued to grow. ish community in an exquisite 110-year- or to coming to Hong Kong in 2010, he had the congregation. He extended warm greet- In the decades since Ohel Leah syna- old structure. A restoration and renovation interned at the Park East Synagogue in New ings and welcome. He had come to Hong gogue was dedicated in 1902, Hong Kong project, initiated in 1997, took a full year to York City and served congregations in Nor- Kong, he said “to study and, of course, to be has expanded, and the once distant from complete. The result was cited by UNESCO wich, Connecticut, and Providence, Rhode the chazzan (cantor).” We talked about sev- the center city property surrounding the as an “Outstanding Project for Cultural Her- Island. The rabbi and his wife, Rachel, an eral New York City based chazzanim he ad- synagogue became prime residential prop- itage Conservation.” It is an active, Mod- experienced educator, have three children. mired. Clearly the world of Jewish music is erty. As it approached its centennial, Ohel ern Orthodox Jewish community with a Oser is assisted by Rabbi Ariel Zamir, a for- quite closely connected. Leah found itself facing serious structur- membership of some 200 families from 17 mer tank commander in the IDF. He and Hong Kong is an international city of al and economic challenges. The decision countries. The congregation leads a vibrant his wife, Dr. Ayelet Zamir, are graduates of color and movement—a fascinating, cos- was made to preserve the synagogue, but to Jewish life, maintains a day school, and the Amiel Institute of Advanced training mopolitan, business-focused, hub of histo- develop the land surrounding it. The result welcomes travelers. for Rabbis, Educators, and Spiritual Lead- ry and commerce with just enough Jewish is a beautifully restored sanctuary now en- Rabbi Asher Oser is the Senior Rabbi. Or- ers, a program specifi cally dedicated to the content to feel at ease. circled by residential towers. The complex dained at Yeshiva University in New York, needs of the Diaspora communities. Imagine Shabbat in Hong Kong—kre- centered around the synagogue includes he holds a B.A. from the University of Syd- The Sephardic International Syna- plach, kibi, and chopsticks!

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SHABBAT JUNE 21 At 9:00AM. For reservations and information call Bruce Revesz - [email protected] – #973-239- SUNDAY, JUNE 29TH Prof. Daniel Rynhold, Yeshiva University addressing Varda 201-791-0327, Jean 201 791 5213 or Sheila 7230 Teaneck Community Collaborative Conference “Halakhic Man or Superman? A Jewish Response to 201 791 0446 Congregation Bnai Jeshurun, 641 West Englewood Nietzsche” 6:55PM Congregation Rinat Yisrael, 389 THURSDAY, JUNE 26TH Yeshivat Hakotel, The Moriah School and Israel West Englewood. HADASSAH ASSOCIATES SPONSORED FAMILY BIKE OU Job Networking for Accountants 5:30 – 7:30PM Yeshivot and seminaries in conjunction with Teaneck Prof. Rynhold is an associate professor in modern RIDE 10:00AM – 2:00PM 11 Broadway. 14th fl oor shuls and schools invite you to a community wide Jewish philosophy at the Bernard Revel Graduate HELMETS REQUIRED Ridgewood-Wild Duck Pond Networking with accountant/employers and others. collaborative morning Yom Iyun focused on how to School of Jewish Studies, Yeshiva University. Donations $20 per person before June 9th $25 per Register at http://bit.ly/1m0CvRX educate and inspire our children. person after the 9th Children under 10 are free Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps 75th SUNDAY, JUNE 22 Proceeds benefi t the Men’s Health Initiative at Anniversary 7:00PM – 9:00PM World of Wings MONDAY, JULY 7TH Fair Lawn Hadassah - trip to the Show Boat Casino Hadassah Medical Organization. Butterfl y Museum, 1775 Windsor Road. Honoring YESHIVAT NOAM 9th Annual Golf and Tennis Outing, Atlantic City For more information and reservations contact: residents of Five Star Premier Residences of Teaneck. White Beeches Golf and Country Club, Haworth Bus leaving from the Fairlawn Jewish Center, 10-10 Neal Lipschitz – [email protected] – #201- For further information contact Angelae Wilkerson, Men and Women Welcome. Contact information Norma Avenue 248-0517 201-926 9833, [email protected], [email protected] CHESED OPPORTUNITIES

Permanent Storage Space Needed Weinberger at [email protected], Ari Wartelsky Bikur Cholim of Teaneck is looking for volunteers to those that can benefi t in a respectful way that helps The Rinat Chayim Gemach, a nonprofi t organization at [email protected] or Alana Green at green. visit the Jewish patients at Holy Name Hospital on ensure the recipient’s privacy and self-esteem. lending medical equipment, is seeking permanent [email protected] for further information. a daily basis and Shabbosim. Volunteers must be storage space in the Teaneck area. Anyone who 16 years or older to visit the hospital on their own. To Become a Recipient: If you or someone you know can donate or off er storage space for minimal rent, Jewish Family Service of North Jersey, located in Fair For more information or to volunteer please call the would like to be notifi ed when food is available, please send an e-mail to one of the following e-mail Lawn, is in need of volunteers who can deliver kosher Bikur Cholim at 201-836-4950. please respond to this email. The information will addresses: [email protected]. - kahnclan01@ meals to homebound and disabled people living be kept confi dential within the organization, and no gmail.com - [email protected] in Fair Lawn. Meal deliveries are made Mondays Shearit HaPlate of Bergen County, Inc. is our area’s qualifying questions are asked. Care One – desperately needs help in forming thru Fridays, between 11:30 am and 12:00 noon. only kosher food rescue organization that collects -EMAIL [email protected]_ _fernamper@ a minyan. Substitute drivers for any weekday are needed, as prepared food leftover from local caterers and aol.com_ A kosher rehabilitation and nursing center located well as volunteers who can commit to driving once a restaurants, and then repackages and distributes it to at 544 Teaneck Road, 4 blocks south of Holy Name week on a regular basis. Hospital, is in need of volunteers to maintain Please call Francine Cuff @ 201-796-5151 if you are continuity of its Shabbos and weekday minyanim, interested in volunteering. COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS which its residents look forward to each week. This is a wonderful chesed opportunity that can be Bikkur Cholim of Passaic- Clifton helps provide combined with the mitzva of Bikur Cholim. rides for Cholim and frail residents to medical BOYS CHOIR appointments. Rides are available to local Passaic Congregation Bnai Yeshurun announces the beginning of a boys’ choir for 6 – 9 year old boys. The choir Sharona Nagler Care One visitation program is a and Clifton destinations as well as to Hackensack, will be led by Chaim Kiss. Bnai Yeshurun program reaching out to volunteers to Englewood, Manhattan and other medical canters Anyone interested in joining please contact Chaim at 201- 970- 7687 or at [email protected]. commit at least once a month (or more if preferred) as necessary. For more information or to volunteer Bergenfi eld library to visit people staying in Care One. Contact Arianne contact the Bikkur Cholim at 973-249-8811.

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70 June 19, 2014 • 21 Sivan 5774 201-371-3212 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBC.COM ANAYLSIS Iraq Presents Opportunity for U.S. & Iran to Rewrite the Rulebook

By Simon Reich US divided on Iran ican public is in no mood for a large-scale sanctions against Iran will be irreparably Professor Division of Global Affairs and The Department A Pew opinion poll survey of the foreign military intervention anywhere, damaged. of Political Science at Rutgers University American public at the end of last year let alone in Iraq. Having spent the fi rst six If President Obama engages with Iran, reflected this broad concern. A plurality years of his presidency extricating America he will be taking a grave political risk. Yet harles Dudley Warner’s oft-quoted sug- of 42% disagreed with the multilateral from two wars, President Obama is not in- if the mullahs reward Obama’s political Cgestion that “politics makes strange bed- agreement reached with Iran. Interestingly clined to dive back into that morass. bravery and set aside their historic antipa- fellows” is never better illustrated than the almost exactly the same percentage of the All presidents in their second term look thy towards America, there is the tantaliz- prospect of a rapprochement between Iran American public—43%—holds a very unfa- towards their legacy, and he wants to pre- ing prospect of another course of action and the United States. Stimulated by the Is- vorable view of Iran. In other words, there serve his own as a president who ended that could change the future of the Mid- lamic State in Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) rapid is a solid bloc in the US who will oppose wars, not one that initiated them. The pur- dle East. If they back Rouhani, if they use military advances in Iraq, both sides fi nd working with Iran on any issue. Most of pose of the small troop deployment that this moment as a platform for a policy of themselves on the same side—albeit for them, however, cannot be counted among will be sent to Baghdad, he therefore made reassurance towards America and Europe vastly different reasons. the president’s supporters. And in Wash- clear, is to protect America’s embassy—and rather than one of confrontation, then it Iran wants to preserve the Shia gov- ington’s partisan climate, his record sug- more importantly American lives—should could spark a virtuous circle of improved ernment and, with it, Iran’s new infl uence gests Obama is unlikely to take their views they be needed. relations. That co-operation could extend there as part of a broader regional strategy. into account when it comes to deciding on There will be no large-scale deployment across several key policy issues. Both Iran The Obama administration’s goal is to sus- American foreign policy. of American “boots on the ground” in Iraq. and the West would benefi t from this de- tain Iraq as a country, thereby avoiding the The clear exception to this generaliza- Yet this does not preclude the use of drones velopment. Even Israel might be convinced creation of yet another “ungovernable ter- tion is America’s Jewish community. They or fi ghter jets to repel ISIS, signaled by the of its value if—and only if—Iran would ritory” in which jihadists can be trained as are traditionally stalwart supporters of movement of the George H W Bush aircraft subsequently abandon its long-held sup- terrorists and organize attacks on American the Democratic Party. As a whole, they are carrier into the Persian Gulf. The fact that port for Hezbollah. interests both at home and abroad. deeply distrustful of Iran. Yet they fragment their use against ISIS could effectively rein- Iraq and Syria are in crisis, a crisis that is The irony is evident. Tehran and Wash- on the issue of whether and how to engage force Bashir Al-Assad’s position in Syria will quickly engulfi ng the region. But never was ington, have fought a proxy war for more its new leaders. A minority, for example, only add pressure on President Obama to the adage that “out of crisis comes oppor- than three decades by supporting Hezbol- lined up solidly behind Benjamin Netanya- then turn his attention again towards Syr- tunity” more evident. Middle Eastern and lah and Israel. But facing a common ene- hu’s view that the nuclear agreement with ia, as that humanitarian crisis mounts. As American leaders have always been quick my, they now contemplate having to co-op- Iran was an “historic mistake.” Reluctantly usual, complications in the Middle East to reject such opportunities. Maybe this erate out of necessity. Doing so will not be at times, they sided with the president’s Re- abound. time they will surprise us. easy. The leadership on both sides will have publican critics. DISCLOSURE to overcome signifi cant domestic and—to The majority of American Jews, howev- View from Tehran STATEMENT:Simon Reich does not no small extent—international opposition er, supported the nuclear agreement, none- The clear and abiding question con- work for, consult to, own shares in or receive in order to do so. theless invoking the adage that the U.S. cerns what the Iranians will do with that funding from any company or organization Barack Obama has already faced signifi - should “trust but verify.” Meanwhile, Is- newfound infl uence if they do work with that would benefi t from this article, and cant opposition from Republicans at home raelis are understandably worried by the the Americans? If, as a result, the mul- has no relevant affi liations. The Conversa- over the multilateral agreement with Ira- prospect of Tehran’s further engagement lahs feel emboldened and become more tion is funded by the following universities: nians over their nuclear program. Repub- with the US. To them, it is another sign of demanding, then any expedient accord Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, licans have a widespread lack of trust Iran’s growing regional importance. will be short lived. In that case a tempo- Cardiff, City, Durham, Glasgow Caledonian, of Iran’s mullahs and the Revolutionary rary respite to the generally hostile trend Goldsmiths, Lancaster, Leeds, Liverpool, Guard. They believe that Iran’s president, No appetite for war of the last three decades could actually Nottingham, The Open University, Queen›s Hassan Rouhani, is not in charge: that his So how can we evaluate the prospects be followed to a worsening of the state University Belfast, Salford, Sheffi eld, Surrey, reformist agenda is too fragile and that he for further U.S.-Iranian engagement against of affairs. Critics of the president’s policy UCL and Warwick. It also receives funding is not a reliable negotiating partner. He is a this backdrop? President Obama has clearly of engagement will predictably—and per- from: Hefce, Hefcw, SAGE, SFC, RCUK, The more amenable face than his predecessor, repudiated the idea that the United States haps justifi ably—accuse him of naivety. Nuffi eld Foundation, The Wellcome Trust, the widely despised Mahmoud Ahmadine- will return troops to Iraq in large num- The prospect of further nuclear program Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and The Alli- jad, but little more. bers. Poll after poll suggests that the Amer- agreements and an easing of multilateral ance for Useful Evidence

the Jewish world. I showed with someone to being co-workers, if you Camp Puts Jewish up at my camp friends’ bar return to camp as staff. It’s yet another rich and bat mitzvahs and wed- way of relating. You problem-solve togeth- Values to the dings and brit milahs and er and work as colleagues as co-counselors baby namings. We did par- or unit heads.” Test: That’s Why ticipatory stuff like bikur Camp is all of Judaism’s mitzvot pertain- cholim [visiting the sick] and ing to community in one setting. All our Camp Friendships doing acts of tzedakah to- rules about how to live with others, how to gether. In times of sorrow as be kind, how to treat others—all are put to Endure well as joy, we showed up for the test. At school or shul, you go home and each other. I can’t think of an- you can be someone else. Camp is home.  CONTINUED FROM P. 68 other environment that fos- You shower with these people. They see ters such deep roots.” your Snoopy pajamas. They see how you re- the William Davidson Graduate School of When you return to the act when you’re hit in the head with a vol- Education at the Jewish Theological Semi- nitely. “An hour in camp is like a month in same camp over and over, you see the leyball. nary (and former director of Camp Ramah the outside world,” Lasker said. “Everything changes your friends have undergone dur- A caveat: I’d urge parents to make sure in California), what makes camp the incred- cycles so quickly.” ing the school year. Bodies change. Cloth- their kids’ camp is truly menschy, as op- ibly potent experience it is. He answered, And in Jewish summer camp, Jewish ing taste changes. Interests and passions posed to paying lip service to menschiness “Studies have shown us that the more im- values and identity-builders are integrat- change. You don’t notice these minute dif- while tolerating bullying or disrespect. I’ve mersive an experience is, the more ‘sticky’ ed into everything. There are Israeli pop ferences in your school friends, because heard plenty of horror stories about bad beit is, in a good way. That goes for learning songs and Jewish folk dances, everyday you see them every day. With your camp havior at Jewish camps, and I’m sure you anything: language, music, culture.” objects are called by their Hebrew names, friends, it’s as if you can time-travel, seeing have, too. Do your homework before send- Because overnight camp is an immer- kids play fi erce games of ga-ga (aka “Israe- who they were last summer at the same ing your kid. I knew Josie was in the right sive, shared experience, it feels hyper-real li dodge ball”) and discuss the week’s Torah time as you see who they are now. And that place when she sent me a postcard saying and intense. You’re with your friends 24/ portion. Kids with different levels of Jewish helps you appreciate the fact that you’re al- she fell during the Apache Relay (my night- seven. You see them in multiple contexts: education and cluefulness and levels of ob- ways changing, too. Passing through dif- mare—like something out of Meatballs!) You see what they’re good at and what they servance live together and respect each oth- ferent developmental phases with some- and another kid on another team, a girl she struggle with; you gain insight into your er’s differences. one—Josie started sleepaway camp at 8 didn’t even know, stopped to help her up own accomplishments and struggles. You Lasker pointed out another special as- and has known many of her friends since and brush her off and make sure she was and your bunkmates fi ght and you make pect to camp friendships: “In the secu- then—gives you a shared vocabulary, OK. Good camp values! And good Jewish up, because the intimacy of camp means lar world, you don’t always have future shared experiences. “In some cases,” Lask- values. you can’t (and don’t want to) fi ght indefi - touch-points to fall back on naturally, as in er pointed out, “you go from being peers Read more at www.tabletmag.com.

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By Shneur Garb The top four for sav- go to the Processes tab. This ing power are the graph- shows you what processes are complaint that I ics card, the optical drive, currently running on your ma- Aget from clients Ethernet, and Wi-Fi adapt- chine. Cloud storage services is, “My laptop is only ers. Find the device you like Dropbox or Google Drive two years old and the want to shut down. Right can be disabled without caus- battery is dying after click on the device name, ing any problems. less than an hour.” and select “Disable” from For MacBooks, the process Something to note: Pay attention not the drop down menu. Just is a little different. Power Nap to how long the battery life is stated, but like an extension cord left is an Apple OS X feature that the time it will last when unplugged, plugged into an outlet, checks your email and twit- meaning that if your computer is rated as these unused plugs still ter feeds for activity while the having a three-hour battery life, the time have power going through system is asleep. If you are try- starts when you unplug it. When you turn them. The actual impact The battery on the left is bloated. ing to maximize battery life, it on your laptop, it is still under those three on battery life will be min- would be wise to turn that fea- hours. Thus, if extended battery life is a imal, but if you need to extend another ning to use the laptop, you don’t neces- ture off. concern, when buying a PC I would spend minute or two of life, this will help. sarily need it running at 100% brightness 5. Simplify the money on a system with a longer bat- 1. Activate Your Laptop’s Battery Saver or full resolution. Many laptops will have Multitasking is nice when you have full tery life. Mode hotkeys for increasing and decreasing the power, but running several programs at Use your laptop like a cell phone. This saved profi le will adjust your lap- screen brightness. once puts a greater load on the processor Charge the laptop till it’s at 100% then UN- top’s settings and shift components into Here is one people don’t think of: turn and draws more power. Adjust your com- PLUG it! Use the laptop till the warning low-power states to help you ration your off or turn down the sound. If you need to puter use by sticking to one application light says it is at its lowest point and then remaining juice a bit longer. This is done hear, drop the sound down as low as you at a time and avoiding resource-intensive recharge to 100%. Unfortunately, most us- by turning off unnecessary devices, adjust- can or use a headset. Whenever possible, programs. Start by single-tasking—if you ers leave the laptop plugged in constantly. ing settings to reduce power consump- just mute the laptop altogether. That way need to type up a Word document, close This isn’t how batteries were designed. It tion, shutting down unwanted apps and the speakers won’t be getting any power, any additional programs. You’ll get long- actually will harm the battery. If your bat- processes, and adjusting your activities to and you’ll buy yourself some more pre- er battery life by not running any stream tery dies, do not run to EBay and buy an use less power. cious time. sites like Pandora. You might also want aftermarket battery. These batteries have 2. Disable Unused Devices and Ports 4. Turn off Apps and Processes to use Notepad for a simple text fi le in- been known to cause damage to the lap- The best way to reduce power is turn- It’s not just the hardware that’s steal- stead of Word. Some activities you’ll want top. 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You’re in a meeting, or on a vacation, open up your system’s Control Panel and the System Tray, select the icon to display Today there are many cheap temp bat- and your laptop is nearly dead. Of course fi nd the Device Manager. hidden icons. Take note of which apps are tery solutions that might buy you an hour. you grabbed your son’s charger and, as 3. Adjust Your Settings running in the background. Open up the These devices should be run by standard luck would have it, the airport has no While you’ll still have to use the display Task Manager by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Esc, AAA or AA batteries. Keep a pack of these spare outlets. There are some things you and the keyboard, you can adjust the set- or use Ctrl+Alt+Del and select Task Manag- batteries in your bag for a long trip can do to buy more time on that almost- tings for each to reduce power consump- er from the menu. Once in the Task Man- FYI. On a great website called Woot. dead battery so you can meet a dead- tion. One often overlooked power drain is ager, look at the open apps; you may fi nd com I was able to purchase a briefcase line or respond to an important email. keyboard backlighting. that a program or two have been left run- that has an internal battery with a USB Below are fi ve tips to extend your bat- The next power drain is your screen. ning simply because you forgot to close charger that can charge cell phones or lap- tery life. While you need to keep them up and run- a window instead of minimizing it. Next, tops. CommonSensor: Offering Plants a Drink

srael is not exclusively a phenomenon of life. This is something you can do only Iyouth culture. Consider the 79-year-old when you go to retirement. Before that, farmer Moshe Tzori, founder of Common- you are in a framework that doesn’t really Sensor, a watering sensor company based in let you start new things, or which allows Lachish. you to do the things that you really enjoy. Born in 1935, Tzori studied farming like But one of the things that a farmer asks the pioneer Zionists before him. His alma himself is, ‘How much should I water?’ mater, the Kaduri School in the Lower Gal- This is a big question in intensive agricul- ilee, is the same ﬁ eld school that educated ture, and you can’t get around it.” Israel’s late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. The CommonSensor wireless device “My age can give hope to people who registers how much water is in the soil, want to start startups,” he tells ISRAEL21c. rather than measuring pressure or hu- Familiar with cloud technology and midity. According to Tzori, this basic pa- wireless capabilities, Tzori used his practi- rameter can be crunched in such a way to cal experience to create a technology that generally use educated guesses to maintain vice has been transformed and updated. understand many things about plant be- senses the thirst of all kinds of fruit trees the proper balance. CommonSensor allows Tzori is seeking distributors for his latest havior. For a farm about the same size as and vegetables that a farmer might grow. farmers to use less water while enlarging model. He also plans to meet with univer- his, one unit might be enough to support His wireless devices can be placed in var- their planting region. Doing more with less sities and research institutions that might the smart watering system, says Tzori. ious parts of the orchard to determine is the key, especially in drought-prone are- be willing to use it in research. Each unit costs in the ballpark of $1,000 when the trees need watering. They work as like California. The device also offers the For many years, Tzori’s farm of 60 and can be ordered directly through in coordination with the automatic irriga- farmer handy graphs and outputs to reveal dunams (approximately 15 acres) has yield- Tzori’s website. tion system so that the plants essentially conditions such as plant stress, says Tzori. ed peaches, grapes, and even turkeys, and The patented device can even work on choose when to drink. doubled as a living laboratory for Israe- rooftop urban gardens. “Of course plants don’t really drink like A living lab li researchers from the Weizmann Insti- The Hebrew version of the children’s people do,” says Tzori. “We can drink a cof- CommonSensor was ofﬁ cially founded tute and the Volcani Center-Agricultural song “Old MacDonald” is “Dod Moshe” or fee or a soda even when we are not thirsty. in 2001 by Tzori with three of his sons, all Research Organization run by the Israeli Uncle Moses. This Moshe is more than an Plants don’t behave like this. They take in graduates of the Technion-Israel Institute Ministry of Agriculture. uncle. He’s a grandfather to 14. And age in Is- water only when they need it.” of Technology. A fourth son went on to be- The idea for CommonSensor came up rael is really relative. He explains that there is harm in both come a lawyer. around the time Tzori retired at age 65. To learn more about CommonSensor, overwatering and under-watering. Farmers Over the years, the CommonSensor de- “I wanted to start a new circle in my see http://www.common-sensor.com/.

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