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INSIDE FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK THE KISS OF HISTORY Salt Of The Earth BY LARRY GORDON Elke Probkevitz 26 The New Obama Agenda MindBiz Esther Mann, LCSW 28 We can call it something akin weeks and months unfold, it to a tennis match, but describ- will become abundantly clear Mezuzah Moves ing it as a game of ping-pong why there was such a rush to Rabbi Meir Orlian 32 might be more apt. It’s only hit the ground running shortly Getting Even been 18 months, but President after his inauguration and to Hannah Reich Berman 34 Obama has made his move on immediately turn up the heat Israel. He has been temporarily on Israeli leaders: so that an Tidbits From Israel but successfully rebuffed and agreement that shrinks and Ron Jager 45 will now lie in wait until after endangers Israel could be the midterm elections to make reached before reelection sea- P h o t his next move. son would roll around. o B y L i o

If all goes well, as predicted Leaders in both houses of r D a and anticipated, the Obama Congress understand that pro- r vision for America—and, hope- posals sought by Mr. Obama On March 11, Ephrat Greenwald (in green shirt) made the discovery of a lifetime. While on an archaeological dig in Jerusalem headed by Dr. Eilat fully, shortly thereafter for would endanger the Jewish Mazar of the Hebrew University, she discovered a tiny piece of clay, Israel—will become seriously believed to be from the 14th century BCE, with the cuneiform script of hamstrung. As the next few Continued on Page 10 ancient Akkadian. See Story, Page 36 ICRC HARBORS AGGRESSIVE HEARD IN THE BAGEL STORE HAMAS FUGITIVES MISSIONARIES In The Knesset Taitz–Paine wedding. B Y SAMUEL SOKOL IN NEW YORK See Page 64 ISRAEL CORRESPONDENT BY LARRY GORDON BY 5TJT STAFF The International Committee This is the seat of power and of the Red Cross (ICRC) stated Every summer, veteran mis- influence in Israel. And that fact Tuesday that it is knowingly sionary organizations such as is easily recognizable as you tra- sheltering three wanted fugi- Jews for J. and Chosen People verse the long hallways, ride the tives from the Israeli police in its Ministries conduct multi- elevators, and stop for a snack in East Jerusalem headquarters. pronged campaigns to influence the strictly kosher cafés. The Ahmad Atoun, Khaled Abu Arafa, New York–area Jews to embrace walkways and caucus areas are and Muhhamad Totach, all rep- “JC” as the messiah. Readers will populated with small disparate resentatives of Hamas’ Change recall the hubbub in 2006 when groups of people. They either and Reform list in the Pales- tens of thousands of Yiddish- work here or are meeting with tinian Legislative Council (PLC), language DVDs were mailed to the staff of Knesset members,

Continued on Page 16 Continued on Page 17 Continued on Page 14 Michael Ben-Ari Rav Yoshiahu Pinto. See Page 53 Up For The Count Coercion In DO YOUR The Name CHILDREN LIKE Of Liberty THEIR YESHIVA?

B Y RABBI AVI B Y RABBI YAIR SHAFRAN HOFFMAN

In an essay for the Jewish It may seem like a bizarre Telegraphic Agency, Reform question, but it has relevance to Rabbi David Ellenson issued a this past Tishah B’Av holiday. Do challenge to the Orthodox your children like to learn P h o

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See Page 67 e in an earlier such essay of his then they may possibly have n n y G l u own, criticized a Jewish phil- been permitted to learn Torah c k anthropist’s call for all Jewish on Tishah B’Av—at least accord- CANDLE LIGHTING Championship boxer Yuri Foreman was the featured speaker at the Colel organizations to adopt poli- ing to the TaZ (O.C. 554:1), as Chabad breakfast this past Sunday at the home of Morris and Paula July 23 – 8:00 PM Weinstein in Lawrence. Colel Chabad, a leading charitable organization, cies eschewing discrimination explained by the Biur Halachah. July 30 – 7:54 PM assists thousands of needy families, both in the U.S. and Israel. Pictured above, Mr. Foreman and Ryan Gluck. Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 18 2 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 3 Name Of Liberty Continued from Front Cover on grounds of sexual orienta- tion. Mr. Diament made the straightforward point that asking Orthodox groups to take a position contradictory to the Torah’s teachings and codified halachah—and implying, as the philanthropist did, that their refusal to do so renders them unworthy of Jewish communal funds—encroaches on Orthodox Jews’ religious liberty.

A Hindu who venerates cows cannot compel the government to include bovine- slaughter in the definition of murder.

Rabbi Ellenson doubts Mr. Diament’s sincerity in invoking that principle and challenges him to prove his commitment to religious liberty by supporting legislation that would permit those “whose religious beliefs mandate us to perform same-sex religious weddings sanctioned by the government . . . to exercise our own religious conscience.” The challenge is eloquent and passionate. Unfortunately, though, it is based on an erroneous notion of religious liberty. A Reform or Conservative rabbi can opt to convert a non- Jew in a non-halachic manner, or to join in matrimony two men or two women, without fear of interference from Orthodox Jews or others. Orthodox Jews have their own religious right, of course, to consider a conversion invalid or a couple unmarried (and to freely say so), but no one interferes with the choices of the other. That is religious liberty. Rabbi Ellenson, however, takes things a good deal farther, asserting that the religious rights of non-Orthodox Jewish clergy are violated because they are “proscribed from performing [same-sex] religious unions with state sanction.” Note well those last three words; they broadcast his error. The right to practice one’s religion is one thing; insisting that the government sanction one’s particular religious beliefs, quite another. No one is sug- gesting interference with any American clergyperson’s religious endorsement of whatever unions he or she sees fit to con-

Continued on Page 8 4 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 5 6 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 7 Name Of Liberty Continued from Page 4 secrate—two men, a three- some, or whatever else may lie down society’s “progressive” road. If such become newly discovered religious mandates—as performing same-sex marriages has apparently become for Rabbi Ellenson—well, as they say, it’s a free country. Americans’ definition of marriage for secular legal purposes, however, is expressed through the body politic’s col- lective will. The resultant definition may seem constraining or disconcerting to some, and, for their own religious purposes, they are welcome to a more expansive take. But marriage in the eyes of secular law—con- stitutionally removed from the dictates of any individual faith—need not honor any religious group’s particular choice of definition. Take an example far removed from marriage: A religious Hindu who venerates cows has every right to protect the animals in his possession from all harm. But he cannot compel the government to include bovine-slaughter in the definition of murder. And were he to suggest that a fellow citi- zen’s commitment to religious freedom requires him to support a Redefinition of Murder Act, most of us (even most Reform rabbis, I suspect) would politely disagree. Which is precisely what Orthodox groups like Agudath Israel and the Orthodox Union do with regard to contemporary efforts to redefine marriage. Orthodox opposition to changing the legal meaning of matrimony in order to suit the zeitgeist is not intended to, and does not, limit anyone’s religious rights. It is, moreover, a principled and deeply Jewish stance, based firmly on Judaism’s teachings since Sinai. And so, asking an Orthodox Jew to join an effort to redefine marriage in a way that offends his beliefs, and that places the state’s imprimatur on whatever union a nontraditional clergy- man may decide his religious beliefs mandate, is unfair. Seeking, similarly, to compel Jews who cherish Jewish teachings to do things like hire teachers—role models no less than information-imparters— who openly flout the Jewish religious tradition is, simply put, an attempt at religious coercion. And that is so whether the attempt takes the form of threatening to with- hold funds from Orthodox institutions, or the guise of an erroneous conception of “religious liberty.” O

© 2010 Am Echad Resources. Rabbi Shafran is director of public affairs for Agudath Israel of America. 8 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 9 FROM THE EDITOR and nuances of international diploma- FEATURES Continued from Front Cover cy. He knew that the Obama slight would not be repeated and that in fact Around The Five Towns 46 State and jeopardize the very lives of its his visit would feature treatment com- P.O. BOX 690 LAWRENCE, NY 11559 citizenry. The goal over the last 18 months pletely opposite of what he had to deal 516-984-0079 Classified Ads 60 has been to accomplish what no presi- with and endure previously. [email protected] dent could achieve before—a break- It’s quite possible that it can now be [email protected] The Dish through on the matter of peace between said about the Obama administration’s LARRY GORDON ESTA J. GORDON Israel and her Palestinian neighbors. It Middle East policy what the late UN Publisher/Editor Managing Editor Elke Probkevitz 26 mattered little whether the peace would Ambassador Abba Eban said of the YOSSI GORDON, YOCHANAN GORDON be just or secure or sustainable; all the Palestinian leadership. Eban said in an Sales Managers Five Towns Simcha president wanted was an agreement. open session of the UN, “They never CHANA ROCHEL ROSS Scott Dere / Art Photographers 64 Mr. Obama and his advisers under- miss an opportunity to miss an opportu- Editorial Assistant stood well that they would not have the nity.” There are indeed formulations SIDI BARON Insights On The Torah support of the majority of the Congress and agreements that can be reached YAKOV SERLE R’ Ben Tzion Shafier 31 for policies that could potentially hurt that bring a semblance of peace to the Sales Representatives Israel. The high point—or rather the Middle East. Resorting, however, to the SHMUEL GERBER MICHELE JUSTIC Letters To The Editor 20 low point—of this Obama plan came repeatedly tried and futile idea of Chief Copy Editor Copy Editor when Prime Minister Netanyahu was steamrolling and bamboozling Israel is CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Luach 21 left to stew in the White House while nothing but a recipe for failure. Hannah Reich Berman, Anessa V. Cohen, Mr. Obama returned to his living quar- The next few months will be a spe- Rabbi Aryeh Z. Ginzberg, Toby Klein Greenwald, ters to have dinner with his family. No cial time in the relationship between Rabbi Yair Hoffman, MindBiz head of state—friendly or otherwise— President Obama, his administration, Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky, Shmuel Katz, Esther Mann, LMSW 28 Phyllis J. Lubin, Esther Mann, Rochelle Miller, had been treated in such a fashion in and the State of Israel. Peace is nice Elke Probkevitz, Naomi Ross, Mother’s Musings recent memory. The miscalculations of and even important, but getting your Dr. Rachael Schindler, Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow, the president include the idea that people reelected is more vital than Rabbi Avi Shafran, Eli Shapiro, Ari Sher, Phyllis J. Lubin 30 Israel can be treated differently, sepa- anything else. And the ironic and Samuel Sokol rately, and in a way that is a departure troublesome thing for Mr. Obama is DOV GORDON, ELISHEVA ELEFANT NutriWorld from the way any other country is treat- coming to grips with the need for Staff Graphic Artists Eliezer Gruber, CN 57 ed, and that such a public snub was him to create the impression of being IVAN NORMAN, IRA THOMAS warranted or justified. pro-Israel—not because he is, but Staff Photographers Puzzle Many of us who are supporters of because Democrats around the coun- FRANKEL & CO. Yoni Glatt 58 Israel and whose hearts beat according try will have trouble getting reelected Design & Production to the rhythm of life in Israel would if they support a president who is TALIYE CORLEY Real Estate have probably preferred that Mr. hostile to Israel. Art Director Anessa V. Cohen 33 Netanyahu defer his recent meeting, This political reality is not only rele- which included dinner, a news confer- vant from the view of the Obama admin- The Five Towns Jewish Times is an independent weekly newspaper. Opinions expressed by writers and columnists are not That’s The Way It Is! ence, and a photo op with President istration. It’s just as true from the Arab necessarily those of the editor or publisher. We are not Obama. But Mr. Netanyahu is, more side as well. Arab leaders understand Hannah Reich Berman 34 responsible for the kashrus or hashgachah of any product or than anything else, a savvy statesman establishment advertised in the Five Towns Jewish Times. who understands well the intricacies Continued on Page 12

10 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 11 FROM THE EDITOR Israel, in all international forums, to to deliver. This would specifically the West Bank. Continued from Page 10 the maximum extent possible. They’ve include a commitment to continue the The good news is that there will be had some success and some support freeze on construction in the territo- a respite from the pressure and ten- that Barack Obama in the White House from Mr. Obama through his hard-line ries and an overall commitment that sion between the U.S. and Israel until is their best opportunity to deal a stag- position on Israel. The hopeful news is the talks will result in Israel’s conced- after the midterm elections. How sig- gering blow to the U.S.–Israel relation- that while that approach may not be at ing to the existence of a Palestinian nificant a loss in both houses Mr. ship. It appears that Mr. Obama and his its end, for the foreseeable future there state in all of the West Bank, with East Obama’s Democratic Party is dealt operatives are doing their level best to will be somewhat of a pause as all sides Jerusalem as its capital. will determine his future approach to play the role. The question for now is, decide on the next move. This is a formula that will accom- relations with Israel. And that’s can the administration get the Arab While the administration vocifer- plish almost nothing. The false premise because soon after the November of the entire process is the nearly exclu- elections, he will have to begin think- sive dependency on Israel’s making ing about his own reelection to a sec- dangerous concessions with nothing ond term in the White House. Of all more than verbal assurances from the the possible scenarios over the next It’s an odd and even silly approach Palestinians on important issues like few years, it is such a second term security. No one—not the U.S. or Jordan that would likely be the most danger- to insist on the outcome of talks or Egypt, and especially not Israel— ous for Israel. O wants to be responsible for building a Comments for Larry Gordon are welcome at before the talks even begin. Hamas base or a mini-Iran in any part of [email protected]. Editor’s Note world to play along? ously seeks to coax the Palestinian side So far it does not look promising, into direct talks with Israel as an indi- and that is the good news and the sav- cation of progress, there is great resist- A headline on last week’s front page tion of meat, which observant ing grace for Israel. A few weeks ago, ance to the effort. It is because mischaracterized the nature of an Ashkenazi Jews usually abstain from PA President Mahmoud Abbas tried to Netanyahu so badly wants to maneuver annual event that was held last week in during this entire period, is permitted. seem friendly and even conciliatory to the other side into direct talks that Brooklyn as a benefit for the Ohel The headline, which was featured Israel, but the entire charade only last- they see it as some kind of deceptive organization. The event, hosted by pop- above a photo of Mr. Dachs, read, ed a few hours. Earlier this summer, move that needs to be avoided. As a ular performer Shloime Dachs, features “Singing, Dancing, Cooking.” It was not Abbas released a statement saying that result, Mr. Abbas is seeking assurances a barbecue that coincides with a period our intent to communicate to the read- he thought that Israel could retain the on specific matters that can result from on our calendar—The Nine Days— ers that the event was a frivolous indul- Western Wall and the Jewish Quarter such talks prior to committing. which precedes the observance of gence that suspended all the customs in any final peace deal. The statement It’s an odd and even silly approach Tishah B’Av. A siyum, or the completion of the Nine Days because a siyum had was as surprising as it was uncharac- to insist on the outcome of talks of a full volume of Gemara, is usually been conducted. We regret that some teristic of the overall Arab position vis- before the talks even begin. But not conducted at this event, thereby render- readers interpreted it that way, as well à-vis negotiations and agreements only is that what the Arab side wants, ing it a seudas mitzvah. Because of the as any discomfort it may have caused with Israel. that is what Mr. Obama’s envoy to the nature of the celebration, the consump- for any of the participants in the event. The Arab goal here is to marginalize region, George Mitchell, is attempting

12 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 13 HEARD IN THE BAGEL STORE In a sense, he is at the other end of the nered as many as ten Knesset seats and speaking at the Marriott Hotel on the Continued from Front Cover political totem pole. He holds the fourth his party may have become one of the East Side of Manhattan. of four seats in the “rightist” National strongest and most influential in Israel. What were Kahane’s offenses that lobbying for various interests. Union party. At first Ben-Ari seems Dr. Ben-Ari is not Kach, and neither made him such an international pariah? With no specific interest to pursue on reserved, but even while speaking with is he Kahane, but rather considers him- One was his adamant insistence that the my part, and identifying myself as a jour- people he had never met previously, he self a student of Rabbi Kahane and only way for Israel to achieve peace was nalist from the U.S., I found that the MK’s soon warms up. As the Knesset was in ses- to transfer the Arab population to neigh- we encountered two weeks ago displayed sion on the day of our visit, Dr. Ben-Ari boring Arab countries, mainly Jordan, an openness on the issues. They had a apologized in advance for having to con- which is already over 70 percent focus on their connections beyond the stantly glance up at a TV monitor trans- “On the surface we Palestinian. The other was his extended borders of the Jewish State and with the mitting the proceedings in the Knesset campaign as founder of the Jewish extended Jewish community. chamber so that he could keep tabs on know what Netanyahu Defense League in the U.S. for Jews to Over a two-day period in the Knesset, I the proceedings. legally take up arms so as to defend them- met two fascinating and very different Among the things that distinguishes feels, but we do not selves if need be. personalities. First there was Deputy Michael Ben-Ari from his colleagues in Based on his support of Kahane ideol- Knesset Speaker and up-and-coming the Israeli parliament is that he is the first know what he is saying ogy, Dr. Ben-Ari says, he has been denied Likud party member Danny Danon. He is avowed follower of Rabbi Meir Kahane a travel visa and entry for a visit to the well spoken and shared with us his belief since Rabbi Kahane himself served in the or promising to United States. “Ambassador George in the future of his party, while highlight- Knesset, before his political party, Kach, Mitchell has personally interceded in my ing the differences that he maintains on was outlawed in 1988 as being a political Mr. Obama.” request for a visa and has made certain policy with the party’s leader, Prime party that incites racism. Some experts that it is not issued,” the Member of Minister Netanyahu. Danon, 37, is mar- on Kahane insist that this was only the Knesset said. ried and has three children. He wouldn’t superficial reason that the government at MK Danon is of course allowed entry talk about it, but you can see it in his that time thought it was so imperative believes in fighting for some of the into the U.S., as just about all other ambitious eyes—he has a sense of real that Kach and Kahane be banned from policies that Kahane never had the Israeli legislators are. Danon, who also future leadership, with the possibility of running for elected office. There was a opportunity to implement. Kahane was serves as the leader of the World Likud being the top man in Likud. fear in official Israel that if Kahane were murdered in New York in November Organization, takes issue with some of And then there is Dr. Michael Ben-Ari. allowed to run in 1988, he may have gar- 1995 by an Arab, El Sayid Nossair, while the policies of Mr. Netanyahu. He is outspoken about them and continues to work within the party and the Knesset faction so that the Likud can remain true to its platform and ideology, particularly when it comes to issues of peace and the Land of Israel. “I know that the Obama agenda is the division of the Land of Israel,” Danon says. He adds that he feels that first and foremost the Obama administration needs to respect Israel’s democracy and the fact that the majority of Israelis do not favor extreme concessions to the Palestinians. Danon concedes that Netanyahu has to walk a virtual diplo- matic tightrope when dealing with the U.S., in particular when it comes to the prime minister’s announced commitment to a two-state solution. Danon, who is in his first term in the Knesset, is certainly one of the Likud’s, and most likely one of the State of Israel’s, rising stars. He is young and energetic, and he is very much in demand to make appearances in front of American Jewish audiences, which seems to be a necessary ingredient in the formula of success for Israeli leaders. His presence on the Har HaBayit on Tishah B’Av (with a large security detail) and then at the Kotel to observe the national day of Jewish mourning is bound to enhance his status in parts of the Jewish world. On the other hand, although Michael Ben-Ari’s positions do not seem to differ that greatly from Mr. Danon’s, it seems that it is a matter of nuance and political branding that makes all the difference between them. While Danon looks like he is in a position for a long and illustrious political career, Ben-Ari’s may only be fleeting. When we met in Ben-Ari’s Knesset office, Prime Minister Netanyahu was in Washington and the Knesset member was plainly concerned. “The problem is that on the surface we know what Netanyahu feels, but we do not know what he is saying or promising to Mr. Obama,” he said. MK Ben-Ari complains that too much of the emphasis in the current fledgling peace process is on the needs of the Palestinians. “It’s like the entire process neglects the needs of the Jewish People as it pertains to the Land of Israel,” the MK says. He rhetorically asks why top 14 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES priority is not given to what the Jewish needs and requirements are in the Jewish State and why our leaders seem to be falling over themselves to somehow please the U.S. as it only relates to the needs of Palestinians. When talking with Michael Ben-Ari, the conversation inevitably seems to drift back to the direction of Rabbi Kahane. And Ben-Ari strongly feels that Kahane was seriously mistreated when he was in the Knesset and, overall, was dealt with by his colleagues with great injustice. “When Rabbi Kahane was in the Knesset, he was ignored by everyone; absolutely no one ever spoke to him,” he says. I asked him how he has been treated since joining the Knesset, to which he responded that it was a little better than the way his rabbi was treated, but not much better. Dr. Ben-Ari has petitioned Knesset Speaker Ruby Rivlin to allow him to commemorate the 15th yahrzeit of Rabbi Kahane this coming November with an address from the Knesset podi- um. So far Ben-Ari has not received a response to his request, but he is hopeful that after all these years, and considering the way in which he died, Rabbi Kahane will get a just and deserved memorial in the Knesset body that he did nevertheless serve in. The worst charge against Kahane throughout all those years was that he was a racist, that he detested Arabs and was bent on using violence to deal with them. The ironic aspect of all this is that if you realistically and objectively analyze the Arab side of even the current peace proposals that the Palestinians have placed on the table as their starting points for face-to-face negotiations, they sound very much like the positions that have in the past been projected as the Kahanist (and usually misunderstood) positions in order to achieve peace. First and foremost, the Palestinians continue to resort to violence, and very recently their President, Mahmoud Abbas, said at a conference of Arab leaders that if those countries want to go to war with Israel they would have the full support of the Palestinian people. When these so-called leaders are not talking about or indulging in war and other forms of violence, they are insistent that Jews wherever they live—Judea, Samaria, and East Jerusalem—must be evicted from their homes and moved elsewhere. Sounds like a piece of racist population transfer policy to me. Yet there is hardly a word of protest or objection from the UN or the Obama administration. If you will respond that Israel’s very existence is on land that is Palestinian land, then you are in the majority, of course, but also indulging in revisionist history. And that’s where Danny Danon and Michael Ben-Ari come together. That is, over the docu- mented history of the Jewish People and our relationship to the Land of Israel. If you are going to be honest and not indulge in diplomatically or politi- cally expedient positions, then there is no denying the connection between the Jews and biblical Israel. Both men are firm in their beliefs and convictions, committed to the truth and a safe and secure state in the eternal land of the Jewish People. O Comments for Larry Gordon are welcome at [email protected]. 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 15 Harboring Fugitives tion, and Foreign Ministry spokesman Continued from Front Cover Yigal Palmor recently stated that “distinguishing between a military branch and a have camped out in the Sheikh Jarrah ‘political’ or ‘charitable’ branch of a terror building since the June 30 rearrest of group is like distinguishing between the Hamas MP and former Al Qassam two hands of a convicted murderer.” The Brigades leader Muhhamad Abu Tir. ministry also had harsh words regarding Dorothea Krimitsas, a spokeswoman the Red Cross’s objections to its treat- for the ICRC, stated that the three men ment of Hamas’s Jerusalem leadership. requested Red Cross “protection” from “Hamas is a terror organization that is Israeli security forces and were informed responsible for the mass murder of hun- that “they could remain on ICRC premis- dreds of Israeli citizens and is considered a es, but also that the ICRC could not pre- terrorist organization, not only by Israel, vent the Israeli authorities from taking but by other countries as well,” said MFA action against them.” Deputy Spokesman Andy David, respond- All three are wanted by Israel for ille- ing to Krimitsas’s comments. “The three gally residing in Jerusalem after the people we are dealing with are senior recent revocation of their blue residency members [and] leaders of Hamas . . . and cards. The cards were confiscated follow- PhotoByGushShalom nobody can expect a country to allow peo- ing their refusal to renounce their affilia- ple of an organization that is calling open- tion with Hamas. Without a repudiation ly for its destruction to roam around freely of their membership, Israeli authorities in the territory of that country.” David fur- warned, the four men face deportation. Ahmad Atoun and Halid Abu Arafa relaxing in the courtyard of the Red Cross ther stated that the three fugitives “are ille- According to Hamas, Abu Tir was taken building in East Jerusalem. gally staying in East Jerusalem and they by security forces as he sat in a car with will have to leave to a PA-controlled area.” Hamas MP Atoun in their East Jerusalem When asked if the government of the neighborhood of Sur Baher. Israeli securi- “Israel, as the occupying power, has an does international humanitarian law.” State of Israel intended to censure the Red ty sources did not explain why Atoun was obligation to protect the Palestinian resi- She also explained that the Red Cross dif- Cross for its role in harboring wanted not apprehended at that time as well. dents of East Jerusalem and cannot lawful- ferentiates between the militant and members of a terrorist organization, the Prior to his rearrest, Abu Tir and the other ly undertake to forcibly transfer them political wings of terrorist organizations. Foreign Ministry replied that they are cur- members of the “Hamas Four,” as they from their homes,” Krimitsas stated. “In a recent study,” she said, “ICRC also rently in touch with the ICRC but declined have been dubbed, indicated a willing- “Under Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva interpreted that members of organized to comment on any specific moves being ness to renounce their affiliation with Convention, forcible transfers of protect- armed groups belonging to a party to the considered against the group. the Gaza-based Islamic movement in ed persons are explicitly prohibited regard- conflict lose protection against direct attack One senior administration official, order to have the expulsion order stayed, less of their motive.” for the duration of their membership (i.e., speaking on condition of anonymity, told but ultimately no action was taken. When asked if the ICRC recognizes for as long as they assume a continuous the Five Towns Jewish Times that while he The ICRC subsequently protested the Israel’s categorization of Hamas as a ter- combat function).” According to Krimitsas, did not think it likely that Israeli security Israeli decision to detain the PA lawmak- ror organization, Krimitsas replied that it this “principle of distinction is particularly forces would enter the Red Cross building, ers and called upon the state to “respect “is not up to the ICRC . . . to confer a par- relevant” and explains why Israel cannot all three men face arrest as soon as they [its] obligations under international ticular status on people or organizations move against Hamas political figures. humanitarian law.” or to recognize their legitimacy, neither Israel objects strongly to this distinc- Continued on Page 19

16 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES Missionaries featuring top missionary lecturer Dr. Continued from Front Cover Michael Brown, author of a five-part book series which purports to answer Jewish Orthodox neighborhoods throughout the objections to JC. Among the few Jews metro area. who attended were several countermis- The missionaries have a new gift this sionary experts, including Rabbi Moshe summer—a small book entitled They Shulman, executive director of Judaism’s Thought for Themselves: Ten Amazing Answer (www.judaismsanswer.com). Jews, authored by messianic Jewish Shulman engaged Brown in collegial broadcaster Sid Roth. The ten short chap- exchange and scored several points in ters feature the conversion stories of refuting Brown’s scholarly allegations mostly unaffiliated Jews, though there that Isaiah 53 definitively supports the are a couple of cases of conversion from messiahship of JC. Orthodox backgrounds, with Roth pro- Commenting afterwards, Rabbi viding concluding remarks at the end of Shulman noted, “Debates with Jews each account. Tens of thousands of about the messiah are not new. Over 500 copies have been mailed to Jewish homes years ago, the Spanish Jewish communi- in the New York area. The book title ties suffered such indignity as part of the reveals a not-so-subtle message: if more Inquisition. Today it’s more subtle, and Jews thought for themselves, they’d Jewish apathy is furthering missionary believe in JC, too! (Roth’s baseline theolo- inroads into Russian, Israeli, Bukharian, gy denies the unique perpetuity of the Persian, and American Jewish communi- Jewish people. He believes Jews and non- ties. The Orthodox can no longer claim to Jews should be fused into an assimilated be immune. And what’s happening here family of faith through faith in JC.) is equally unfolding in Israel with little Paralleling the book-mailing is a pub- resistance or outrage.” lic-relations campaign with posters, bill- Rabbi Shulman and several other top boards, and bus-stop advertisements urg- countermissionary professionals have ing Jews to read Isaiah 53. Missionaries formed a new Internet exchange group to have long believed that if a Jew were to help neutralize the missionary distor- read these 12 prophetic verses, he or she tions of the Jewish scriptures, particularly would suddenly realize JC as the subject the attempt to paint JC into the showcase of the chapter and convert to Chris- chapter of Isaiah 53. Shulman said the tianity—or at least to the messianic ver- group is setting up a new website— sion of such. One of the missionary www.jewishisaiah53.com—as a partial posters is conspicuously placed opposite response to the current campaign. Yeshiva Chaim Berlin on Coney Island Chosen People Ministries, the sponsor Avenue in Brooklyn. of the campaign, has been converting Last Thursday night, Chosen People Jews to Christianity since 1894, when it Ministries held a poorly attended public debate at Manhattan’s Marriott East Side, Continued on Page 19

5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 17 Do They Like Yeshiva? no child has joy learning Torah. We see about having solved a whole row or col- part of the rebbi’s preparation. Continued from Front Cover many children that obviously do enjoy it. umn, or even a box. The same is true with The teacher could also create some Rav Moshe Feinstein too (Igros Moshe Y.D. the crossword puzzles. change in the instruction. Sitting in However, a rebbi would not be permitted 1:224) understands the TaZ in such a man- This is not to suggest that we should the same spot the entire time may not to teach them, since the rebbi enjoys ner. It must be, therefore, that the intent change our time-tested methods of be so conducive to capturing the learning himself. of the TaZ is that, at least in his time and instruction to become more like Sudoku, child’s attention. Knowing when to Let’s backtrack a little bit. The Shulchan place, the majority of children did not chas v’shalom. This is merely an explo- stand up at key times may be an art Aruch (O.C. 554:1) rules that it is forbidden enjoy learning. In the Bach’s world, how- ration of what makes people want to form in and of itself. to study Torah on Tishah B’Av because of ever, the opposite seemed to be the case. learn. It is an attempt to isolate the fac- No one is immune from the lure of the verse in Tehillim (19:9) “The laws of What perhaps were those differences? tors that cause children to want to learn what exists in modern times, from Hashem are just; they gladden the heart.” Perhaps it can be suggested that the and the factors that cause them to dislike iPods to cell phones to an entire host of According to this Biur Halachah, how- differences were in the approach to learning. new technologies. There is no question ever, if a child does enjoy learning then teaching that existed in the particular One can suggest that when a rebbi is that the distractions take our children he would be forbidden to learn on Tishah times and places where each of these aware that a child needs mini-bite-size away from the love of learning that B’Av as well—even if he were to be learn- Acharonim lived. successes in his learning, the child will existed in the times of the Magen ing by himself. We know that there is a general yetzer like to think. When a rebbi just lectures Avraham and the Bach. Not everyone, of course, agrees with ha’ra that all people have against think- and does not have an interactive session What we must do, then, and what we this explanation. The Magen Avraham ing. However, when we do use our minds, with his students, they do not experience can learn from these halachos of Tishah and Bach both hold that all Jewish chil- and we do so with success, then we actu- the pleasurable part of thinking. They B’Av, is to figure out the factors that have dren like to learn, and that the prohibi- ally do enjoy it. When we do not meet will therefore hate learning. contributed to the love that the talmidim tion of learning Torah on this day applies with success, we generally continue to There are also other issues that con- of the past had for learning. There were equally to children. The Biur Halachah dislike the thinking process. tribute to whether a child likes learning clearly times in our history when we explains that even according to the TaZ’s Let’s take, for example, Sudoku puz- or dislikes it. One young man observed made mistakes and did not perfect these opinion, the permission would only zles and crossword puzzles. Airport that a rebbi would often call a student a teaching methods. But there were also apply to children younger than 12. The shops generally sell these puzzle books. negative nickname “Hobbit-bobbit” times when we did. We must look for it. Biur Halachah holds that all children 12 Yet we never find booklets for algebra or because he would also read secular Isolate it. And replicate it. We must do years old and up do have pleasure in geometry puzzles. Why is this so? These books. When a rebbi calls a student a this all for the sake of our children. O studying Torah. books would not be popular. They would nickname it creates a feeling of negativi- This halachic debate between the TaZ not sell. If they would sell, there is no ty. The student associates the negativity The author can be reached at (and the Eliyahu Rabbah) versus his question that the airport shops would be with the rebbi, and hence with the learn- [email protected]. father-in-law, the Bach (and Magen marketing them. So what is it about ing. This is not something that would Avraham) seems fascinating. How could it Sudoku and crossword puzzles that have a positive effect on the student or be that they approach the issue so differ- make them sell? the other students in the class either. ently? Also, what are the factors that Both these types of puzzles have mini- It would also behoove the rebbi to You can now upload would cause a child to like learning or successes built into them. These success- begin each lesson with some positive hate learning? And, perhaps more perti- es make people feel good about solving motivating device. This could be in the your display ad directly nent, is there something that we can do them—they make them feel good about form of an intriguing question or story, or about it? the thinking processes involved. Indeed, any association of the material to be pre- via our website at Let’s first analyze the TaZ’s position. they build on each success. In Sudoku, sented with something contemporary or www.5tjt.com Notwithstanding the wording of the TaZ once one number is solved it helps solve catchy. Often it may be difficult to come itself, it is clear that he cannot mean that the other numbers. Then one feels good up with something, but this should be

18 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES Missionaries Community Relations Council 124 ([email protected]). The Continued from Page 17 (JCRC) and a handful of con- JCRC offers a free download- cerned volunteers. Rabbi Miller able booklet on understand- was originally founded as notes, “It’s a sad sign of our col- ing missionary tactics, avail- Brownsville Mission to the Jews lective numbness that we can- able in English, French, by a Hungarian “rabbi,” Leopold not be more proactive at such a Spanish, Hebrew, Russian, Cohn. (According to Shulman, time. Proper funding would German, and Portuguese, at this Cohn had a questionable enable us to provide more of the www.nybr.org/missionaries.htm. O past, fled Hungary to America, educational inoculation that we and changed his name.) From all need when these missionary 1924 to 1984, the organization events arise.” was known as the American Rabbi Shulman points out Harboring Fugitives Board of Missions to the Jews. an irony of the Isaiah 53 cam- Continued from Page 16 In 1970, ABMJ’s Martin “Moshe” paign, saying, “Missionaries say Rosen (recently deceased) broke our Sages excised Isaiah 53 step outside. “I don’t think that off from the group to found from the haftarah readings, as there is a need or a call for a Jews for Jesus in San Francisco. we see 52 and 54 are included forceful entry or anything like Rosen was known for his radical in the shiva’ d’nechamta read- that, but these people have to be confrontational tactics, which ings leading up to Rosh moved to PA-controlled territo- included the use of verbal and Hashanah, but chapter 53 is ry,” he said. physical abuse to condition his not. What they fail to see is that Several members of Israel’s minions for street outreach. 53 deals with the suffering of extreme Left have paid visits to Mitch Glazer, the current direc- the Jewish people in exile and show solidarity with the three tor of Chosen People Ministries, offers none of the consolation fugitives. Controversial Israeli was originally one of “Moshe” that is mentioned in 52 and 54.” activist Uri Avnery came with a Rosen’s former chief disciples. If anyone is directly affect- delegation representing Gush While evangelical Christians ed by or has questions con- Shalom, Anarchists Against the invest millions of dollars a year cerning the missionary incur- Wall, and other similar organiza- to influence and convert Jews in sion into Jewish communities, tions. Avnery reported seeing metro New York, Jewish com- help is available from Rabbi several police cars passing the munal resources to counter this Moshe Shulman of Judaism’s building, reinforcing the admin- spiritual assault are paltry, with Answer at 718-436-7705 (out istration official’s contention much of the load falling on [email protected]) that security services are poised Rabbi Craig Miller and his or through the office of Rabbi to arrest the MPs should they underfunded staff at the Jewish Craig Miller 212-983-4800, ext. leave the premises. O

5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 19 guarding the civil and religious rights of acknowledges that every group of people all the inhabitants of Palestine, irrespec- claiming to be a nation has the right to a tive of race and religion.” state of its own.” Political rights to self-determination as Eli E. Hertz a polity for Arabs were guaranteed by the Myths And Facts Inc. League of Nations in four other man- www.MythsAndFacts.org dates—in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and later Trans-Jordan [today Jordan]. International Healthy And Happy In Israel An Open Letter To Haneen Zoabi referring to Jewish self-determination law expert Professor Eugene V. Rostow, Dear Editor, Dear MK Haneen Zoabi, as an emerging polity—and civil and examining the claim for Arab Palestinian As the fast of Tishah B’Av comes to a The Israeli parliament revoked some religious rights, referring to guarantees self-determination on the basis of law, close, I think this is a great opportunity to of your political privileges, citing your of equal personal freedoms to non- concluded: respond to “Upset,” the woman who consistent support of Israel’s worst ene- Jewish residents as individuals and “The mandate implicitly denies Arab wrote to Esther Mann in last week’s mies. You claim you are a “Palestinian”— within select communities. Not once claims to national political rights in the MindBiz column, upset that her parents you are not. You are an Israeli Arab living are Arabs as a people mentioned in the area in favor of the Jews; the mandated are moving to Israel after having talked in the geographical area known as Mandate for Palestine. At no point in territory was in effect reserved to the about it for many years. Palestine, a territory assigned in 1922 by the entire document is there any grant- Jewish people for their self-determina- My husband and I, both seniors, made the League of Nations as the Jewish ing of political rights to non-Jewish tion and political development, in aliyah in November, and it is the best National Home. entities (i.e., Arabs). acknowledgment of the historic connec- thing that could have happened to us and Furthermore, political rights in Article 2 of the Mandate for Palestine tion of the Jewish people to the land. our children. Instead of sitting around Palestine were granted to Jews only, explicitly states that the Mandatory Lord Curzon, who was then the British and waiting for something to happen or according to the Mandate for Palestine, a should: “Be responsible for placing the Foreign Minister, made this reading of someone to call us, we get up each morn- historical League of Nations document. country under such political, administra- the mandate explicit. There remains sim- ing in Yerushalayim, ir ha’kodesh, and go All other inhabitants of the Land of Israel, tive, and economic conditions as will ply the theory that the Arab inhabitants to ulpan, daf yomi, shiurim, lectures, vol- including you, are to enjoy religious and secure the establishment of the Jewish of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip have unteer activities, and cruises. All this plus civil rights only. National Home, as laid down in the pre- an inherent ‘natural law’ claim to the living in our homeland and aware every The Mandate for Palestine clearly dif- amble, and the development of self-gov- area. Neither customary international day that this is where Jews belong. ferentiates between political rights— erning institutions, and also for safe- law nor the United Nations Charter My children are delighted that we are healthy and happy in our new home. (A recent visit to the doctors here in the U.S. confirms that an active mind and body will keep you young and healthy.) We are delighted to be involved in activities with people our age and younger people who need us for the wisdom gained from life experience. “Upset” is rightfully upset at not having her parents nearby; however, she should be happy that her parents are happy, because they are doing what they want to do and what is good for them. Parents cannot tell their children whom to marry, what profession to follow, etc., and children should not expect their parents to do what is good only for them. We owe our children roots and wings, and our children owe us the freedom to follow our dreams. We live in an age of communication, and, in addition, I am sure the parents will come and visit, and the children will do the same.

And from there you will seek G-d your G-d, and you will find Him (Devarim 4:29) The Torah stresses that when you seek G-d from there, from your place of exile “among the nations,” you will find Him. For G-d is to be found everywhere, and every corner of His creation can serve as the vehicle to reach Him. If divine providence has dispatched you to a certain place and life, your surest path to Him is from there.

(Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov)

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5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 21 Shomron, the Jordan Valley and Moshav Commission of Inquiry on the Handling Avnei Eitan in the Golan Heights. The of the Gush Katif and Northern Samaria Nachamu, Nachamu Ami: government established the village of Evacuees by the Authorized Authorities) Nitzan as an evacuation camp and sup- explicitly states there have been “contin- plied basic trailers for living space and ued deficiencies in the treatment of the In The Footsteps Of Gush Katif an area designated for a small shopping rehabilitation of the evacuees by govern- center. Today, five years later, the sign for ment authorities.” With particular that shopping center is the only thing regards to employment, the govern- B Y YEHUDIT JESSICA nificantly: financially, maritally, and that stands in the empty lot. In addition, ment’s report states: SINGER emotionally. Many claim their health it has no access to public transportation, “No attention was paid to the issue of has deteriorated and their lives are more making it very difficult for the newly dis- unemployment stemming from the evac- Last Tuesday—five years after the uni- stressful. The children and teens have placed people to get around. uation. As a result of the evacuation, the lateral pullout from Gush Katif—a promi- discipline and learning issues in school. Fortunately, the industrious people of evacuees became unemployed. Those nent Jerusalem family hosted a benefit Once a tight-knit community that lived Gush Katif have been able to establish who were characterized as self-employed evening to help the families still strug- in plush homes next to the sea while small home businesses with the help of needed to physically rebuild their busi- gling to make ends meet. Two people they toiled the land of Israel, the popu- a non-profit called JobKatif. nesses, and the farmers needed to be from Gush Katif who were neighbors for rehabilitated as they were evacuated over 20 years were catching up with one from their farms.” (page 18) another. Discussing the lack of progress Homeless and jobless; evidently no and endless bureaucracy they’ve gone solution was planned. through to move into permanent homes Today, five years later, the sign for The day immediately after the and get approvals to reestablish their agri- Disengagement—two days after Tishah cultural businesses, they quipped to each B’Av 2005—the 9,000 Jews from Gush other, “Solution for every settler, eh? The that shopping center is the only Katif and Northern Shomron found only ‘solution’ was to throw us out of our themselves scattered at random in homes.” They both gave an exasperated thing that stands in the empty lot. hotels and youth hostels, with no idea of giggle and then sighed. what their next steps would be. No strat- Back in 2005, the government adopt- egy was planned to resettle or reinte- ed the phrase “a solution for every set- grate them. A young rabbi from Gush tler” as the flagship slogan used to pub- Etzion named Rabbi Yosef Zvi Rimon, licize the Disengagement. However, the lation is now scattered throughout the Eighty-five percent of the Gush Katif went to visit the newly displaced people, current situation in which the 9,000 for- country and still lives in temporary trail- population worked locally, so the need still raw from the trauma of being taken mer residents of Gush Katif find them- er homes similar to FEMA trailers in the for job transfers, placements, and out of their homes. He saw adults in selves proves that the extent of direct United States. retraining has been crucial for their eco- their prime, physically able to work, and indirect damage caused by the Immediately after the evacuation, a nomic and psychological well-being. In with experience in a wide range of pro- Disengagement is a palpable, frustrat- handful of established communities fact, the issue of employment is a funda- fessions such as education, administra- ing, and stress-laden reality. Removed opened their gates to the Gush Katif mental problem caused by the tion, agriculture, beauty, business, glass- from their small-town comfort zone population, mainly in the greater Disengagement, second only to the lack work, and home repair. that they literally built with their own Ashkelon region (Kibbutz Ein Tzurim of housing solutions. A report published After organizing convoys of cars to hands, a sweeping majority of families and Yad Binyamin), the Lachish region in by the government back in September take care of their laundry (they had not from Gush Katif are still struggling sig- the northern Negev, Ariel in the 2009 (The Interim Report of the State washed their laundry due to the Nine

22 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES Days), and arranging play groups for the dict these problems, so he created an ini- Gush Katif is not an easy one. However, in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s to settle and children, Rabbi Rimon realized the tiative which he called JobKatif. The there have been many success stories of develop Gush Katif, their ideology and importance of getting these people back organization created one-of-a-kind reha- rebuilding. To date, JobKatif has launched faith gave them the momentum to make in the workforce as quickly as possible. bilitative employment models, and cur- over 160 businesses, has made 1,300 job the region blossom. They were so con- After all, one’s material and psychological rently employs a staff of case workers placements, and has provided funding to nected to the land itself, that they simply well-being is directly related to one’s abil- who are themselves former residents of send over 400 people to professional re- couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. ity to be financially solvent. The need to Gush Katif. There the professional staff training courses. In addition, the organi- When their communities were get them back into the workforce was understands the mentality of the popula- zation helped establish an entirely new destroyed, completely crushed, and dis- unquestionable. tion, and in turn, the displaced job-seek- shopping center in Yad Binyamin, each mantled, they relied on that same ideolo- Five years later, the people of Gush ers feel a level of comfort and can identi- store owned or managed by former resi- gy and strength of character to persevere, Katif, albeit professionally experi- fy with the case workers. The organiza- dents of Gush Katif. The families who live rebuild, and still radiate a warmth that enced, still need significant support to tion provides services that empower job- in Moshav Avnei Eitan in the Golan only those from those small towns in get them back into the workforce. seekers from Gush Katif. These services Heights have launched a group of lodges Gush Katif can radiate. Former teachers no longer have the range from individualized skills-building and cabins that accommodate large fami- “Nachamu, nachamu ami,” says G-d. same spark in their eyes or emotional and resume writing sessions, job place- lies. Artists, photographers, and others Somewhere, in this story, the people of energy to deal with school children; ments, funding for professional training sell their products at fairs around the Gush Katif manage to find that spark of they were (and remain) emotionally courses, seed money for new businesses country, hosted in homes and syna- consolation. Each step towards progress exhausted. The business owners lost and individualized sessions with sea- gogues. Others have opened small home is a step towards rebuilding the lives of everything they had built up for years; soned business counselors who help pre- businesses such as manicurists, party these remarkable people. to start all over again in a new city at pare business proposals, budgets, and planners, graphic designers, and alterna- We all pray that with the help of G-d the age of 50+ seemed (and still seems) one-on-one guidance. In addition, there tive healing treatments. One man who and with action from the Jewish commu- daunting. Those who built up initia- are financial incentives offered to owned the bookstore in Gush Katif decid- nity, there really will be a viable and tives, but don’t have an academic employers who hire job seekers from ed to turn the family’s shipping container attainable “solution for every settler.” O degree . . . how do they find new jobs? Gush Katif. into a small bookstore. There were so many questions, but no JobKatif’s successful rehabilitative The government sponsored shopping immediate answers. employment models caught the atten- center in Nitzan still stands desolate, Shockingly, the issues that were tion of the government. As a result, the except for that one five-year-old sign obstacles five years ago remain obsta- Tnufa (“Sela”) Administration (a branch of announcing its “Grand Opening Soon!” A cles still to this day. Even those who the government that has the responsibili- block away is a tiny storefront owned by have gone back to work still struggle ty for overseeing the Disengagement and a locksmith. “When we got to the hotels, financially and emotionally. They are its aftermath) officially recognized we had no idea what we would do next, coined as “underemployed” and hardly JobKatif for providing the only employ- but when Rabbi Rimon came to talk to make ends meet. The low compensation ment solutions for the population, and me about how to restart my business, it packages significantly undervalued has deferred to JobKatif for updated was like drinking a glass of water in the their assets, and hardly covered basic information and insight into the Gush middle of the desert,” he says. living expenses during the lengthy peri- Katif population. Consequently the Tnufa Little by little, step by step, the people od of unemployment. Many had to use Administration agreed to match every of Gush Katif are rebuilding. The new the compensation monies to pay off donation to JobKatif, in an effort to inte- communities now being planned for their mortgages on their destroyed grate all Gush Katif job seekers back into them will contribute greatly to the Negev houses in Gush Katif! the job market. and the Jordan Valley. Rabbi Rimon had the foresight to pre- The current reality of the people of Encouraged by the government back

5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 23 24 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 25 Salt Of The Earth

In almost every savory, and even ral trace minerals. It is available in coarse, sweet, recipe you will find salt among the fine, and extra fine grain size or it can be ingredients. Until recently it was just an purchased in larger crystals and crushed ordinary, basic component that served as in a salt grinder. a staple for seasoning and bringing food Fleur de Sel is a sea salt that is consid- to life. However gourmet chefs and home ered the caviar of salts. It comes from a cooks have come to appreciate the many specific region in France and is only har- varieties now available on the market. vested once a year in the summer. It is Not only does salt enhance flavors and ideally used for salads, cooked fresh veg- bring the perfect finish to a dish, but it etables, and grilled meats. Among other also can serve to preserve food and even well-known sea salts are Celtic salt, make it look better. which is a naturally moist salt with a bal- All salt that comes to the table is pro- ance of minerals and trace elements and duced by evaporation. Table and kosher no additives, as well as grey salt, an unre- salts are mined, whereas sea salt varieties fined sea salt which many consider to be come directly from the sea. Table salt is a the best quality salt available. Both are fine-grained salt, while kosher salt is a available as a coarse-grain or finely stone- larger grain and more flaky. That is why ground. They can be used as a substitute it is preferred by some chefs because it for table salt in virtually any recipe, and melts easily and is less dense. Kosher salt are perfect especially for sprinkling over is used to kasher meats, but also goes nuts or popcorn. well on top of pretzels and on glass rims Salt has many uses. Freshen up fish for drinks. after bringing it home from the market Sea salt is a broad term that refers to by soaking in ice-cold saltwater for about unrefined salt derived directly from natu- 15 minutes. Remove it and dry it off rally evaporated ocean or sea water. Sea before preparing as desired. To get a good salt is thought to be healthier and more grip on a fish while trying to skin it for flavorful than traditional table salt cooking, sprinkle your hands with a little because it is not refined and retains natu- salt. After cutting hot chili peppers, be

26 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES sure to scrub your hands and nails with soapy water, then soak them in saltwater and rinse. This will prevent the stinging chili oil from getting in your eyes. Salt can help remove the gritty dirt that comes with some fresh vegetables. When washing arugula, leeks, or spinach, you should trim them first, then place them in a bowl of lukewarm water. Add a tablespoon of kosher salt, gently shake the bowl so the water swishes around a little, and let the vegetables soak for 20 to 30 minutes. Transfer the vegetables to a colander then rinse them thoroughly with water. Salt is great on sweets like fruits and chocolates to draw out their sweetness. For meat, salt will force juices out of the meat and prevent it from browning. Wait to salt the meat until midway through the cooking process, then salt it lightly. Another option is to wait until cooking is complete, then salt the meat to taste. Adding 2 tablespoons of salt per pound to cooking water for pasta is a good idea. If you salt the water prior to boiling, it will take longer to boil.

Macadamia Brittle With Fleur De Sel

Ingredients: Other nuts can be substituted for other nut brittles. 1 cup unsalted macadamia nuts, toasted, chopped, cooled 1 Tbsp. chilled butter substitute, diced 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. fleur de sel or other coarse sea salt 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup water 2 Tbsp. light corn syrup

Directions: Place a large sheet of foil on the work surface and butter the foil. Combine nuts, butter substitute, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Stir sugar, water, and corn syrup in a medium saucepan over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Boil without stirring until syrup turns a deep amber color, brushing down sides of the pan with a wet pastry brush and swirling the pan occasionally, about 10 minutes. Remove caramel from heat. Immediately stir in nut mixture (caramel will bubble up). Pour caramel onto prepared foil; spread thinly. Cool brittle until hard; chop and serve.

Eating quality, delicious meals is easy when all the work is done for you. Hire a personal chef to prepare your dinners, Shabbos meals, or small parties. For more information, contact Take Home Chef personal chef services by calling 516-858- 0215, writing to [email protected], or visiting www.TakeHomeChef.net. 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 27 Dear Esther, Harriet about my husband (of all people). One of my closest friends, Harriet, Maybe that was a stupid move. Maybe I recently got divorced. Divorce is always wanted to make her feel that we don’t sad, but even worse when it’s not your have a perfect marriage and she shouldn’t decision. Her husband apparently met envy us. Whatever the reason, it was someone else at work, fell in love, and something that I told to her in confi- decided to leave her behind. It was a dence, and she blurted it out at our din- tremendous blow to her and she’s been a ner table one Friday night. My husband wreck ever since. It happened about four was shocked and angry. I was left not months ago. knowing what to do. I didn’t know I believe I’ve been a very devoted whether I should first confront her or friend to her throughout this catastrophe. comfort my husband. I’ve been there for her, listened to her cry- Once Harriet offered to bake for me for ing, trying to give her answers even an event I was having in my home. I was though I really had no idea what the actually counting on her contributing a answers were. We invite her and her chil- few things for my table. She showed up dren over for Shabbos meals. I offer to empty handed. I was surprised and kind help out with her children now that she of left in a lurch, with a sparse dessert is working full time. Sometimes they table. When I questioned her about need a place to go after school or camp where the cake and cookies were, she until she gets home. looked at me as if she had no idea what I There is nothing that I don’t do for her. was talking about. I feel so much compassion toward her. This is not the Harriet I used to know. She really didn’t deserve this nor did she The pre-divorce Harriet would never see this coming. betray a secret I told her or let me down Anyway, here is my problem and ques- with a favor that she offered to do for me. tion. A weird thing has started happening Also, I find that she will now say things to a while ago. I feel as though she needs to me that are a bit biting, sarcastic, even release some of her anger and frustration insulting at times. Like she’s almost trying and she started taking it out on me. Not to hurt me. Before the divorce, Harriet outright yelling at me, but she’ll do some was always extremely sensitive to me and subtle things that I find hurtful. everyone else. For instance, I confided something to I sometimes wonder who this person

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is now. Why she suddenly feels entitled with day to day activities. Some people doubt, her ex-husband is the person she run for their lives, trying to avoid the to act out. So I waver between feeling fall apart. For some individuals, it’s not really wants to hurt, but probably is chaos. The few friends who stand by and sorry for her and taking it on the chin or unlike being in mourning since they are unable to do to him what she would like stand firm, through thick and thin, are becoming upset and thinking about mourning the loss of a spouse, a mar- to do. Sometimes, people turn on those truly special and often quite selfless pulling away. I’m just not sure what to riage, a way of life. people whom they feel most safe with, individuals. It seems as though you fit do. I know that she is still feeling very, It’s also a very frightening time. Some in order to unleash some of their pent up into that category. very sad over the divorce and also feeling women have good reason to worry about anger. Lucky you—you seem to have At some point sooner rather than very lost. I just don’t know why those how they will manage financially. How won that honor. later, Harriet will have to start getting it feelings would motivate her to act in a will they now “fit in,” now that they are None of us are made of steel and I’m together. Maybe with the help of a ther- mean-spirited way. no longer part of a couple? How will sure it feels hurtful when you are being apist, and/or supportive family and I worry that if I do pull away, it might they manage to raise their children attacked and you feel disappointed. It friends like yourself, she will be able to be the last straw for her and that she’ll alone, without the help of a spouse will help if you keep reminding your- move on and take responsibility for her totally fall apart. I don’t want to be around to pitch in? self that it’s not about you at all. It’s life and her behavior. I think you’ll responsible for that. The list of stressors, fears, and sad- about Harriet. Keeping that in mind sense when that time has arrived. In case you’re thinking of advising me Hopefully at that point, the former, to sit down with her and have a nice chat sweet Harriet you remember will about what I’m feeling, don’t bother. I’ve reemerge and you’ll be around to enjoy tried gently bringing things up to her a her fully once again. few times. She looks at me with a blank The few friends who stand by and Esther stare, as if I’m speaking some foreign language. At which point, I quickly change Esther Mann, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in stand firm, through thick and thin, Lawrence. Esther works with individuals and the subject. couples. She can be reached at So do you have any suggestions for me [email protected] or 516-314-2295. as to how I can continue being a support- are truly special. ive friend to her and yet not feel as though she wants to somehow hurt me? I think I’m nice, but maybe not that nice. Submit your photo to the Nice Enough 5 Towns Jewish Times! ness goes on and on. It probably feels might help you to weather her unpre- Dear Nice Enough, like a surreal time in Harriet’s life and dictable behavior and comments. Of Your friend Harriet has been going though she may appear to be carrying course, there is nothing wrong with let- through a terribly traumatic experience. on, she may only be going through the ting her know when her comments are You can upload your She is probably still going through it and motions. insulting or hurtful. Point it out, let her digital photos and see them will for some time. In terms of life events I think for now, you have to give it know that it’s not O.K. to say those that are considered most stressful, time, since you are a devoted friend and things to you, and quickly move on. printed in the weekly edition divorce rates way up there on this list. you do care about her immensely. Four Don’t turn it into a major rumble. She’s And when it’s not something you opted months isn’t a lot of time to recover from not ready to join in. of the 5 Towns Jewish Times for, all the worse. such a major blow. It sounds as though it If you can continue to be Harriet’s Trauma affects different people in dif- will take her a while to regroup and start rock during this tough time, you will ferent ways. In the worst cases, some- pulling herself together. Right now she is probably never regret remaining loyal to www.5tjt.com times people find it difficult to even cope in pain and wants to strike out. No her. During times like this, most friends

5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 29 more therapeutic at the same time. For ing a great time, I am told. He comes off the first week, Yussie was asking about the bus with a big smile on his face every Camp Anchor every morning, but he morning. That’s the beauty of Yussie—his finally knows that Hillel is his “place- resilience. Even if one day is difficult for ment” for the summer and he eagerly him in any way, the next day he is back dresses in his assortment of colored Hillel smiling and eager for a new day! The T-shirts every morning. head lifeguard has reported that Yussie is If only this transition were simple. If making steady but slow progress—some- only Jake didn’t have to work so hard to thing that is not foreign for me to hear. get Yussie to participate. If only his life Yussie takes his time learning something, If Only... were simpler. If only he could communi- but once he knows something he always cate with the other children on their level seems to retain the knowledge. If only life were simpler. If only things having an opportunity to become part of and have himself understood all of the Yussie, despite his extra chromosome, didn’t always have to be a battle. If only the community this summer, and we pray time. If only Yussie eagerly played the is a bright boy. He understands things I could snap my fingers and things that the community remembers him dur- sports with the other children and didn’t and picks up things very quickly if he is would happen the exact way I want ing the school year when he is not with need so much urging. interested in the task at hand. I just got a them to occur. them on a day-to-day basis. new touch-screen phone that I still have But life is not so easy. It seems espe- But it is not easy. Jake Cooper, his great difficulty understanding, and he cially difficult when it comes to the spe- amazing shadow at camp, is a tireless already knows how to operate it without cial-needs population. It seems that we worker who is trying to inculcate him If only Yussie could any input on my part (I prayed he would- are never satisfied with the status quo— into the bunk. Yussie is not an easy n’t figure it out, since he enjoys finding always searching for the ideal therapy, camper. He likes to do his own thing and learn how to read as my phone and calling almost everyone the miracle treatment. With a typical surely does not want to be told what to on my speed dial a few times before I dis- child, somehow we have the thought that do. He is a manipulator who often gets quickly as he has cover that the phone is missing). eventually “they all straighten out.” I his own way just with his innocent pout. If only Yussie could learn how to read remember my Mom discussing how so But Jake is holding his own against the picked up how to use as quickly as he has picked up how to use and so was such a trumbanik as a youth, master manipulator and got Yussie to join all our cell phones. If only Yussie could and look at how great he turned out. Our the bunk kickball game after a week of learn how to do addition and subtraction special children are different. Our special not joining. all our cell phones. as quickly as he has learned how to find children need our constant input to end The past three summers, Yussie had all his shows on the television (on up on the path to independence. been a participant in the Camp Anchor demand and otherwise). If only life were This summer Yussie is a camper (with a Program at Lido Beach. Yussie thrived at simpler. If only I could send Yussie to day shadow) at Hillel Day Camp in a typical this program specifically for children It is difficult for me that I don’t have camp without a shadow. If only this bunk. What a thrill it was for my older with special needs. (My heart goes out to the opportunity to observe Yussie at would be the year that someone out daughter to walk into Dunkin Donuts the the lovely souls and their families that camp. Lea gets to see me every day at the there would find a “cure” for trisomy 21. other day and have a group of boys wear- were lost this past week from the Camp pool at Avnet, while I can only hear sec- If only life were simpler . . . O ing Hillel T-shirts come over to chat with Anchor family in a terrible car accident . . . ondhand reports about Yussie’s activities Phyllis Joy Lubin is an attorney with Rosenfeld & Yussie. One proudly told my daughter that if only bad things didn’t happen to good at his own waterfront. But I have spies Maidenbaum, LLP, who resides in Cedarhurst he is in Yussie’s bunk and helped him turn people.) But this summer we wanted to whom I have specifically told to look out with her husband Leonard and six children: Naftali, Shoshana, Rivka, Rochel, Yosef, and Lea. the pages of his siddur that morning. Yussie try something different—something for Yussie at camp. Some have come to She welcomes your questions and comments at smiled at his friends, and they at him. He is surely more challenging, but perhaps me on their own with reports. He is hav- [email protected].

30 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES Why do we now loathe what many by Hashem and there is nothing in my societies once considered desirous? power to change that. Once I focus on Beauty is a function of perception. that reality, my desire for the object Young men are cultured, often from a begins to wane. It becomes in the realm very young age, into accepting a certain of the impossible. It will just never hap- standard as appealing, and they learn pen. Once that becomes my reality, I no that as the desired state. That is how longer desire it. Much like the villager their sisters look, that is how their moth- would never dream of sprouting wings ers rate attractiveness and beauty, and to fly, it’s insane. The Shmuz On their reality is shaped by what others Living the good life. This concept is rel- accept as the standard. evant to us as we live in times when the What is considered attractive is not media sells the image that not only can hard-wired at birth; it is learned, often you can have anything, but you “need” it. The Parsha shaped by what others consider desir- Only when you acquire the home on the able. By nature the human desires, but beach, the exotic vacation, the luxurious Cognitive Restructuring wealth and distinction. For that reason, the object of his desire is shaped by exter- car, will you be truly happy. The Even BY R’ BEN TZION SHAFIER in many cultures it was considered a nal factors and perceptions. Ezra is teaching us that the key to happi- sign of beauty for a woman to be heavy. This seems to be the point that the ness is understanding that Hashem is the “Do not covet the wife of your neighbor; A woman of distinction was large, and Even Ezra is sharing with us: that we one who metes out life situations: which do not desire the house of your neighbor, the larger, the more distinguished—the can shape our very reality. That which house, which wife, which field. It is all set his field, slave, maidservant, ox, donkey, fatter the better. Yet that isn’t our reali- we desire will only be within a specific by Hashem, and that reality is something and all that belongs to your neighbor.” ty today. Rather than utter those dread- range of things, and they must be possi- that is in my power to set. O —Devarim 5:18 ed words, “She is overweight,” a shad- ble to be had. If I were to focus on the The Even Ezra (Sh’mos 20:14) explains chan will use 15 euphemisms. “I mean fact that Hashem truly is in charge, I For more on this topic please listen to Shmuz #47. The Shmuz, an engaging and motivating Torah that many people are perplexed by this she is average.” “She has wonderful mid- would understand that it is literally lecture that deals with real-life issues, is available mitzvah. How is it possible not to desire dos, a special chen, great yichus . . . ” impossible for me to have the life situa- free at www.TheShmuz.com. The Shmuz on the Parsha book, a compilation on all of Chumash, is that which a person finds beautiful? Anything to avoid saying that the young tion that my friend has. His money, his now available for purchase in your local sefarim We can understand how the Torah can woman is heavy. job, his house, and his wife were all set store and at TheShmuz.com. forbid actions or particular types of speech. Even if I want to do it, I am able to control my behavior, so the Torah can demand that I do so. But desire is something that dwells deep within a person. It is a function of the inner condition. I didn’t ask for desires, but they are here. How can the Torah command me not to want? The Even Ezra answers with a mashal. Imagine, he says, that a simple villager were to see a princess passing in a proces- sion. He may find her very beautiful, but he would never fantasize about marrying her. She is so far removed from his social status that the idea of actually taking her as a wife is out of the realm of the possible. He wouldn’t even dream about it. If the idea would ever cross his mind, he would quickly rebuke himself, saying, “Am I insane? Do I dream about sprouting wings and flying?” So too, the Even Ezra explains, when a person understands that Hashem runs the world and sets forth the right woman for the right man, he will never desire that which isn’t his because he knows that it is impossible for him to have it. It is so impossible that it would be akin to a sane individual dreaming about growing wings and flying. I am not the villager. This Even Ezra is difficult to understand because it doesn’t seem that he has answered his question. It may well be that the peasant watching the parade fully understands that he can’t marry the princess, but that is because in his worldview, she is unattainable. My problem is that I don’t view the world that way. While perfect bitachon may be something that I aspire to, the reality is that I am just not there yet. I often forget that Hashem runs the world and that He controls everything in it. I live with the delusion that man determines the out- comes of situations. But that is who I am. Based on that reality, the mashal with the villager doesn’t seem to apply. The Even Ezra is teaching us a funda- mental concept in growth: that we can shape our very reality. Changing Standards of Beauty. There was a time in history when being overweight was considered a sign of dignity. For millennia, most people barely had enough to eat. In that setting, if a man was corpulent, it was a sign of great 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 31 Tzedek, who ruled: “High-quality Zion maintains that the owner who mezuzahs are not automatically included moves out is not entitled to additional Mezuzah Moves in the price of the house. Therefore, if the payment for the mezuzahs. Since they are Fines will paint the house before they attached to the house and are supposed move in, which is common, Saul may to be left there, they are included in the BY RABBI MEIR ORLIAN “But we’ll find good use for each room.” remove the mezuzahs when he leaves. sale price of the house. (Pischei Teshuva BUSINESS HALACHA INSTITUTE “By the way, you’re going to need a lot (Igros Moshe Y.D. IV:44) However, if the Y.D. 291:8; C.M. 214:4) of new mezuzahs,” Saul reminded him. house will not be painted, Saul should Shevet Halevi (II:129), however, refutes Parashas Va’eschanan contains the mitz- “All together there are 20 doorways and not remove the mezuzahs when he this position. Although the mezuzahs are vah of mezuzah. If a person sells his house, arches in this house.” leaves. Instead, Judah should either pay attached to the house, they are not part of are the mezuzahs included in the sale? The figure of $2,000 immediately to keep them, or affix his own mezuzahs the construction. Furthermore, mezuzah Judah and Rachel Fine had lived in the flashed through Judah’s mind. “I assumed and then return these to Saul. In any case, is a mitzvah incumbent upon the resi- city for almost 12 years. The old-style, two- you would leave the mezuzahs with the Saul can freely take the mezuzah cases.” dent, and the seller is leaving them prima- bedroom apartment seemed quite spa- house,” he said to Saul. rily for the benefit and protection of the cious when they first married. Only when “Are you kidding?” said Mr. Eisner. incoming resident. Therefore, the their third child was born did Mr. Fine “We replaced all the mezuzahs two years mezuzahs are not assumed to be included joke, “Two’s company; three’s a crowd.” ago, and bought top-quality ones from “The mezuzahs go in the price of the house, especially if Nonetheless, the convenience of nearby the sofer. Each one cost $150! Some also they are high-quality. work, the wonderful neighbors, and the have artistic cases that we received as with the house. If the incoming person refuses to pay, pressures of busy schedules kept the Fines special gifts.” most authorities maintain that the owner in their apartment even after their fourth “But I learned,” said Judah, “that when You sold me the still should not leave the house without child was born. When number five came you move out and another Jew is moving mezuzahs, but rather replace his expen- along and the oldest child had to be moved in, you’re not supposed to remove the house; the sive mezuzahs with simple, kosher ones into the living room, Mrs. Fine finally mezuzahs.” mezuzahs are shortly before leaving. declared, “It’s time to look for a house!” “I thought that I can take the mezuzahs Even if the incoming resident will affix After many months of house hunting, with me if I put them in my new house,” included in his own mezuzahs, it is preferable that the Fines found a house suitable for their said Saul. “But even if you’re right, you he—not the one moving out—should expanding family. It was not fancy and it still would have to pay for the mezuzahs. the price.” remove the existing ones and give them needed some repairs, but it had three Add $2,500 and I’ll get new ones.” to the owner.” (Pischei Teshuvah Y.D. 291:7; floors and a finished basement. It took “I don’t see why I should have to add,” Yabia Omer Y.D. III:18) O another month of intensive bargaining persisted Judah. “The mezuzahs go with until they negotiated a price they could the house. You sold me the house; the Rabbi Tzedek then explained: “The Rabbi Meir Orlian is a faculty member of the Business Halacha Institute, which is headed by handle. “Every thousand saved is another mezuzahs are included in the price.” Gemara (B.M. 102a) teaches that a ten- HaRav Chaim Kohn, shlita, a noted dayan. For month’s food,” was Judah’s motto. “Absolutely not,” said Saul. “The price ant who rents a house from a Jew questions regarding business halacha issues, or to bring a BHI lecturer to your business or shul, Finally, the deal was closed and a date was for the house, not the mezuzahs!” should not remove his mezuzahs when please call the confidential hotline at 877-845- was set for the move. A week beforehand, “Why not?” retorted Judah. “If they he leaves. Doing so revokes the mitzvah 8455 or e-mail [email protected]. To Judah met for the final time with Saul stay as part of the house, they’re included and removes the Divine protection receive BHI’s free newsletter, Business Weekly, send an e-mail to Eisner, the owner. “Enjoy the space,” Saul in the price!” from the house. However, he is entitled [email protected]. said. “You’ll be able to give each kid his “Look, there’s no point in arguing this,” to reimbursement for the mezuzahs. This article is intended for learning purposes and not to be relied upon halacha l’maaseh. There are own room!” Saul said. “Let’s ask Rabbi Tzedek.” (Rama Y.D. 291:2) also issues of dina d’malchusa to consider in “We don’t plan to do that,” said Judah. They arranged to meet with Rabbi When selling a house, though, Binyan actual cases.

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with the new rules as of April fied renovator. 22, 2010. According to this • If the property owners are new law, anyone in the mid- conducting the RRP work dle of a project by that date themselves. who had not been trained and These new regulations should certified cannot be “grandfa- be taken seriously by anyone thered in” but must stop planning or considering any working on that project and kind of renovation or update in all workers must be trained the future, especially homeown- New Lead-Paint Regulations and certified before the RRP ers with older homes which work can continue again. tend to have a higher tendency Anyone buying or selling real was done with the lead paint contractors and renovators to Exemptions: These rules may of containing lead paint. O estate since 1992 has been existing in their homes. The get trained and certified in EPA’s be waived under the following handed a lead paint disclosure buyer also signed the disclo- new lead-based paint work prac- conditions: Anessa Cohen lives in Cedarhurst and is a licensed real-estate broker and a to either sign or attest to prior sure which notified the buyer tices. Do-it-yourselfers will still • The home or child occupied licensed N.Y.S. mortgage broker with to completing the sales transac- of his or her rights to do further be able to do work on their own facility was built after 1978 over 20 years of experience, offering full-service residential and commercial tion of their home. Under the testing for lead paint at their without being trained or certi- • The repairs are minor, with real-estate services (Anessa V Cohen residential lead-based hazard choice prior to completing the fied and without getting fined, interior work disturbing less Realty) and mortgaging services (First than 6 sq. ft. or exteriors disturb- Meridian Mortgage) in the Five Towns and throughout the tri-state area. She ing less than 20 sq. ft. can be reached at 516-569-5007 or via • If the house or components her website, www.AVCrealty.com. test lead free by a certified risk Readers are encouraged to send Do-it-yourselfers will still be able to do work on questions or comments to assessor, lead inspector, or certi- [email protected]. their own without being trained or certified. Your Ad reduction act of 1992, Congress sales transaction. though it could be advanta- required the EPA (Environ- Congress has since required geous to check out the newest mental Protection Agency) to the EPA to develop stronger reg- guidelines if there is any possi- Could Be Here. develop regulations to address ulations addressing the renova- bility that your home contains the existence of lead paint in tion, repair, and painting (RRP) any lead paint. single and multi-family hous- activities in single and multi- All professional workers Call 516-569-0502 ing built before 1978. All buyers family housing built before 1978. must be trained to comply and sellers since that time have The purpose of the new rule is been required to sign lead paint to reduce children’s exposure to disclosures. The seller needed dust containing lead paint creat- to state what if any lead paint ed during the course of these exists or possibly existed and activities. These updated rules submit any documentation went into effect April 22, 2010. they may have detailing what These rules require licensed

5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 33 happening so consistently that slipped each one into its win- I’m beginning to think that he dowed envelope, and affixed a doesn’t bother to close it at all— stamp to each. much less close it properly. One check was made out to He does something else. Or my phone company. Another rather, he doesn’t do something was to my old friend, Donald X. else. Apparently he never looks Clavin who collects my taxes. I inside the mailbox, so if I leave truly hope there is a Donald X. a few envelopes for him to take, Clavin. He must exist, and he never sees them. Or possibly apparently he uses my money Getting Even he sees them but just feels for the correct purposes since they’re too heavy for him to I’ve never received a notice for If only I could remember the ly delivers mail to me seems to that, since this mailman comes take. After all, each envelope non-payment of taxes. following; “‘Vengeance Is have taken a powder. Either he here at all hours of the day, I and its contents must weigh at The third check I made out Mine,’ sayeth the Lord.” From voluntarily left the job, was haven’t seen him in weeks. If I least two ounces! was to something I had never Leviticus in the Old Testament fired, or is on an extended vaca- had seen him, I might have for- Last week was a disaster. heard of: Red Light Camera to Romans in the New, both tion. I’m praying it’s just a long gotten about that never seeking Work was being done in my Division of Nassau County! As Christians and Jews have been summer vacation and that he vengeance business. house and since I didn’t want to my father used to say, ah naiya told to never seek vengeance will be back. For weeks, this mailman has leave the workmen to their own mishugas! This Red Light against one another, “but you Now and then I forget that not been properly closing my devices, I was housebound. It Camera Division of Nassau shall love your neighbor as vengeance isn’t mine to take. mailbox. At first I thought that it was the perfect time to catch up County sent a notice claiming yourself: I am the Lord.” The bad news is that I forgot it probably pops open the minute on writing letters and bill pay- that their camera shows that I The lovely man who normal- just last week. The good news is he walks away but it has been ing. I made out three checks, had gone through a red light and, because I had failed to pay the $50 fine, I was being charged an additional fee. I never received the first notice and I now owed $75. Great! I am certain that I never went through a red light, but even I can’t argue with a camera. According to the notice, it happened in April. I don’t recall what I did this morning much less three months ago, so it occurred to me to ask for a picture as proof that I had failed to stop for the light. But I decided against that when a friend told me I would be charged for the picture and that if it did show what they claimed, I would face an even higher fine. I know when to quit! So I made out that check too to go out with the one to the phone company and the one to my buddy, Donny. I feel I know Donald X Clavin well enough to refer to him as Donny. In addition to the three envelopes containing the checks, I wrote letters to several of my grandchildren who are at summer camp. Note: a grand- mother who does not visit on visiting day must pay the penal- ty by frequently writing letters. E-mails, which the camp accepts for the campers, won’t do! Oh no, that would be too easy! The kids want real mail. I detest letter writing and since the advent of e-mail I don’t believe I’ve written a single letter, other than a short condo- lence note or thank you note. But I was cornered. I chose to handwrite the letters on child- friendly stationery. I knew the kids would like that. Everything was in its correct envelope. Each envelope was stamped. And all of it was left in the mailbox. And then it rained! My genius of a mailman obviously never looked to see if there was mail waiting to be sent. He simply shoved everything into the box and never closed it. Need I say more? There’s no way to describe the mess that awaited me when I 34 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES went out to get my mail. Every check had to be made out again. I needed all new stamps and all new envelopes. My envelopes don’t have windows so I had to address everything. On top of that, my letters to my grandchildren were destroyed and had to be rewritten. But this time I used the computer to do it. My grandchildren will have to make do with a computer typed letter on plain white paper. Well, hey I signed it in my own hand so they at least saw my signature.

I am certain that I never went through a red light, but even I can’t argue with a camera.

But, thinking back on it, slugging is too good for this mailman. If I ever catch him he’s going to get an earful. Of course, if I make him too angry he may stop delivering my mail altogether. But, so strong is my need to let him know what’s on my mind that I may just take my chances. The man is aggravating me almost as much as my garbage collec- tors—this duo also loves to leave covers and lids open. There is a surefire guaran- tee that the next time I toss a bag of refuse into the bin it will plop down into the accumulated dirty rainwater and make a disgusting splash. But I won’t go on too much about my feelings of ill will for my sanitation crew because I’ve kvetched about them in this column before. Still, the only thing worse than wet mail is wet garbage! Lucky me. Last week I had both! O

Hannah Berman lives in Woodmere and is a licensed real-estate broker associated with Marjorie Hausman Realty. She can be reached at [email protected] or 516-902-3733.

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5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 35 tiny piece of clay that contains the oldest known writing ever discovered in The Kiss Of History Jerusalem. From the late Bronze Age, it is considered a major discovery in Israel’s archaeological community. Discovering The Oldest Known the outback of Turkey and another And how she found it is part of the Writing In Jerusalem month shooting the rapids and climbing story. BY TOBY KLEIN mountains in Peru. She’s subsisted on Dr. Eilat Mazar, role model. Five years GREENWALD fruits and vegetables when there was no ago, Ephrat, who has a B.A. in behavioral kosher food at hand, and learned to make sciences from Ariel College, took a break One blessing I would offer any parent Shabbat in primitive circumstances. She from her job as a counselor in a home for is: May you never cease to be (positively) does these things as easily as others take troubled girls and decided to get her P h surprised and amazed by your children. a walk down the street. hands dirty—literally. “I was always inter- o t o B y

Our daughter, Ephrat, 27, is a quiet But her greatest adventure caught her ested in archaeology,” she says, “and I just S a s s o adventurer. She has hiked the Sinai unawares right here at home. wanted the chance to dig.” n T i r a Desert, explored Italy, spent a month in Ephrat was the one who found the Dr. Eilat Mazar, of the Hebrew m University Institute of Archaeology and Clay fragment containing the oldest the Shalem Center, was seeking the document found in Jerusalem. palace of David (today known as the “Large Stone Structure”) in the City of David, to the southeast of the Old City of important historical source.” Jerusalem. Ephrat was accepted as a sifter She is the author of The Complete in the project. After digging under Mazar’s Guide to the Temple Mount Excavations direction for two months, Ephrat was (2002), and among her recent finds is a promoted to be the head of the sifting 3,000-year-old wall from the time of crew, and the project continued four Solomon. In 2008 she discovered a 2,600- more months. year-old clay seal impression (“bulla”) We were excited to hear that Ephrat bearing the name Gedaliah ben Pashur. was working with Dr. Mazar, the grand- The name appears in the book of daughter of the late professor of Jeremiah (38:1). She has been outspoken archaeology Binyamin Mazar. She is about the Muslim Waqf’s destruction of referred to as a “biblical archaeologist,” archaeological evidence and artifacts as she uses the Bible as her blueprint. from the First and Second Temples. This is a source of controversy among When the “Stone Structure” dig ended, those archaeologists who do not accept Ephrat worked at other digs, including at the Bible as a scientific source. In 2008, Emek Tzurim, a location beneath the Mazar told the Jerusalem Post, which Mount of Olives which was set up with P h o

t had chosen her as one of their “people greenhouse-type structures to which the o B y L

i of the year,” “I work with the Bible in soil from the Temple Mount was brought o r D a

r one hand and the tools of excavation Ephrat Greenwald (in green shirt) and colleagues on the archaeological dig team. in the other. The Bible is the most Continued on Page 40

36 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 37 38 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 39 The Kiss Of History n’t know how to examine the pieces, Continued from Page 36 things can get lost.” On March 11, the morning that and where it was sifted in order to find Ephrat found the clay fragment, her artifacts from the Temple. regular work was slow, so she decided In November 2009, Ephrat began “to grab a bucket and sift.” In the first working with Mazar again, this time bucketful she noticed something. “It with the soil that was taken from the dig was different than anything I had ever at the Ophel area, located between the seen before. I saw that it had some southern wall of the Old City of kind of writing carved into it. We called Jerusalem and the City of David. Again Eilat, who was at Hebrew University, she was made head of the sifting crew. and she got there in ten minutes.” Her responsibilities included keeping When Mazar arrived, says Ephrat, “she P h o track of what was found and where. She hugged and kissed me and said that it t o B y L

also helped train the new sifters and was a very significant discovery.” i o r D a supervised their sifting and recording. On July 12, four months later, the r Ephrat was trained originally by archae- find was made public, after it had Sifting through age-old debris. ologist Yoav Farhi. been examined and assessed by all the Sifting through sacks, seeking treas- relevant experts. ure. “Sacks of dirt would arrive from the Two centimeters of history and pol- the fill excavated from beneath a 10th- the University of Leipzig, Germany. Ophel,” says Ephrat, “and they had to be itics. The tiny piece of clay, from the century-BCE tower dating from the According to Horowitz, the script is of a clearly marked so that if something of 14th century BCE, is 2 x 2.8 centimeters period of King Solomon. very high level, and was probably written significance is found, the archaeologists in size and one centimeter thick. It The script was deciphered by Prof. by a highly skilled scribe who prepared would know from exactly which loca- tablets for the royal household of the time. tion it came.” Some of the sifters are The clay tablet is 600 years older than archaeology students, and some are the most ancient known written record from other fields but have a desire, like previously found in Jerusalem. That was a her, to experience the past with their “I was always interested in tablet found in the Shiloah water tunnel own hands. in the City of David area, dating back to How does the sifting operation, so archaeology, and I just wanted the the 8th-century BCE reign of King critical for the preservation of the past, Hezekiah. Today that tablet is in a muse- work? “First the large soil is sifted with- um in Istanbul. out water, so the soil and sand will go chance to dig.” This latest fragment is believed to be through,” says Ephrat. “Then it goes to contemporary with the some 380 tablets the stage of ‘wet sifting,’ in which the discovered in the 19th century at Amarna soil is placed in large sieves and the in Egypt in the archives of Pharaoh sifters spray water through the soil so Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten). Those that what remains can be properly has letters carved in it in cuneiform Wayne Horowitz, a scholar of Assyriology tablets revealed complex relations that examined. “The wet sifting helps to find script, the earliest known form of at the Hebrew University Institute of existed between the Pharaoh and the the very small pieces that may have writing, in ancient Akkadian (the lin- Archaeology, along with his former gradu- kings who were subservient to him in great historical significance. If one does- gua franca of that era). It was found in ate student Dr. Takayoshi Oshima, now of Canaan and Syria.

40 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES Letter to Jerusalem. Mazar says that archaeology in the formal sense, but ever this tablet is most likely part of a message since I can remember, my husband has that would have been sent from the king hiked with the children all over Israel. His of Jerusalem, possibly Abdi-Heba, back to M.A. is in Jewish history. I write biblical Egypt. Prof. Yuval Goren of Tel Aviv plays. And Ephrat, today a Jerusalemite, University, who examined the fragment, grew up in our home in Efrat (different says that it is from the soil of the spelling), halfway between Bethlehem Jerusalem area, testifying to the likeli- and Hebron, among the hills that hood that it was part of a tablet from a Abraham walked. royal archive in Jerusalem containing Our lives are steeped in Israel’s past. copies of tablets sent by the king of We are blessed that Ephrat is an apple Jerusalem to Pharaoh Akhenaten in Egypt. who has fallen close to the tree. We are The digs have fans overseas. Daniel doubly blessed that she has role models Mintz and Meredith Berkman of New like Dr. Eilat Mazar, who does not hesi- York provided funds for this project and tate to follow her convictions, in spite for the completion of the excavations of those in the archaeological commu- and opening of the site to the public by nity who would trivialize the blueprint the Israel Antiquities Authority, in coop- of the Bible. eration with the Israel Nature and Parks I do not believe in coincidence. I Authority and the Company for the believe in the saying, Megalglim z’chut al Development of East Jerusalem. The sift- yedei zackai. This expression appears a ing work was led by Dr. Gabriel Barkay number of times in the Talmud. One of and Zachi Zweig. those instances refers to the daughters of Mazar says this new discovery acts as Tzlofhad, who demanded a portion in the a counterpoint to some who have used Land of Israel when their father died leav- the lack of substantial archaeological ing no male heirs. In Baba Batra, 119a–b, it findings from that period until now to says that this was the opportunity to argue that Jerusalem was not a major teach the laws of inheritance, because center during that period. It also lends “merit evolves [by the hand of G-d] weight to the importance that accrued through one who is meritorious.” to the city in later times, leading up to The importance of Jerusalem, even its conquest by King David in the 10th before King David, is validated by this century BCE, she said. little piece of clay. My daughter may Living history. “You have a wonderful, have grabbed the bucket on the spur of amazing daughter,” Mazar told me when the moment, but the grateful embrace I called to congratulate her. “She was of her employer was no less than the responsible for keeping track of every- kiss of history. O thing and was in charge of the entire sift- This article has appeared on Aish.com. Portions ing operation. We knew we could depend provided courtesy of Hebrew University and Israel’s Foreign Ministry. The author is the on her at the highest level.” director of the Raise Your Spirits educational Our daughter is not a student of theatre and editor-in-chief of WholeFamily.com.

5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 41 42 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES Don’t Forget About The Children

BY “MOSHE COHEN”

It is common knowledge that the impact of divorce is greatest on the children involved. Taking a family unit and dismantling it is traumatic. Many psychologists will tell you that children would prefer to have their parents unhappy and fighting than have them divorce. Recently it seems as if there have been more divorces in our community, both of couples married for a few years and those married for decades. In most cases there are children involved. There are certainly cases where one party is largely at fault, but in the majority of cases, both parties share the blame for the decline of the marriage to the point where one or both spouses want to end it.

One party perceives that agreeing to something equitable is tantamount to losing control.

Unfortunately, in the heat of battle, anger toward and hatred of one’s soon-to- be-ex-spouse blinds a person, and they do things that they would never want done to themselves. These are the very same people who, if not in the middle of divorce, would get up on a soapbox and lecture about this very topic. There is a reason that Chazal tell us that hatred makes that which is straight crooked, and anger is a most serious character flaw that causes one to sin. Chazal also teach us that Haman’s hatred for Mordechai totally consumed him and caused him to be completely irrational in his behavior. Is it rational that the man who was number two to the king of 127 countries would really care that one person like Mordechai didn’t bow down to him? Of course not, but his anger took over his life, causing him to be so focused on killing Mordechai and all his people, that, in the end, it was his undoing. Additionally, some individuals, who see their marriage ending, particularly if they were not the one to initiate it, feel the need to maintain whatever control they can. This need to control, combined with the aforementioned anger and hatred, results in such things as the custodial parent trying to keep the children away from the other parent or

Continued on Page 44 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 43 Children give to the other parent. Continued from Page 43 The rabbanim in the community need to set up a similar program, so that fighting in court to give them very limit- when a couple from the kehillah ed visitation. informs a rav that they are getting They lose sight of the fact that it is best divorced there should automatically be for the children to see both parents as some kind of counseling services, or the much as possible, which would some- rav himself should provide them, on what limit the impact the divorce has on how to deal with the children. It should them, both while the process is ongoing not have to wait to go to a beis din. By and in the long run. Obviously, I am not then the damage is already done and the referring to cases of abuse, which are anger just gets worse. beyond the scope of this article, but Some final thoughts: Whether the rather to situations in which both par- couple should have married, or whether ents are loving and interested in partici- they ever loved one another, is not the pating in their children’s lives. issue. They did marry and they had one For example, it makes sense that a or more children. Now that they are school vacation or yom tov be split equal- divorcing, they must think of the chilly and the children spend the same num- dren first and put their personal feelings ber of days with both parents. However, aside. How many parents would run out this can become a topic of debate, into the middle of the street and put because one party perceives that agreeing themselves in front of a car to save their to something equitable, or backing away child or jump into the ocean to do the from even a fraction of their (not-neces- same? All parents would sacrifice their sarily-rational) demands, is tantamount lives to save their children. This is no dif- to losing control. ferent. A child’s mental well-being is just Yasser Arafat and the PLO could have as important as their physical. had the entire Gaza and West Bank, and The Chofetz Chaim writes, in his half of Jerusalem, but their hatred caused book Loving Kindness, that to be closer them to be irrational and reject an offer to Hashem we have to emulate Him, that would have given them 99% of what and the way to do that is through midos they wanted. and chesed. How many Orthodox cou- Often, the parents/grandparents get ples, fully Torah educated and, in some involved and compound the harm. They cases, full-time learners, throw midos support their divorcing child as the and chesed out the window to keep the “wronged party” and do whatever they fight going and “win” in court or beis think is necessary, even if that means din? We know that Moshe, the epitome wasting thousands of dollars in legal fees, of humility, disregarded his own honor just to cause damage to their son-in-law and went to seek out Korach, Dasan, and or daughter-in-law. Clearly, prolonging Aviram to resolve a conflict. All divorc- the battle can only cause additional harm ing parties should do the same. to the children. Humility is one of the attributes that Professionals and laymen alike will say Hashem looks for in describing a G-d- that rule number one is (or should be): fearing person (Mishlei 22:4). never put the children in the middle; do If you (or people you know) are Your Event… Simply Spectacular not use them as pawns. Nassau County going through a divorce or separation, Family Court requires both parents to or are already divorced, take a step attend a multiweek course that has social back and think of the children and workers, psychologists, and even judges what is best for them, not what is best talk about the harm of putting the chil- for you. Golda Meir described the cir- dren between them. They discuss not cumstances that would lead to the elu- fighting in front of them, not asking sive peace with Palestinians as a time them to find out about the ex’s personal “when they love their children more life, and not even giving them a check to than they hate us.” O

With a great voice which was not again (Devarim 5:19)

The Hebrew phrase v’lo yasaf, which we have translated “‘which was not again,” can also mean “which did not cease.” Carefully selected ingredients, Thus there are various meanings to this verse. One meaning Immaculate presentation, Attention to all details. is that the revelation at Sinai was a one-time event, never to be repeated in history (Rashi; Ibn Ezra); other meanings are This is what separates us from the rest. that it was an extremely powerful voice that spoke without interruption (unlike a human voice, which must pause for

lk breath—Targum; Rashi); that it did not cease in the sense NEW STAR that all subsequent prophets prophesied from that voice, or ﬁne catered events in the sense that it did not confine itself to the Holy Tongue but reverberated in mankind’s seventy languages (Midrash lk T: 516 791.0100 T: 718 891.8100 Rabbah); that it did not “repeat”—i.e., it had no echo.

CERTIFIED AND ENDORSED BY THE KEHILAH KASHRUS (Midrash Rabbah)

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Jerusalem, the heart of the Jewish al pressure, constructing new Jewish People and its eternal capital, to a “nego- neighborhoods on Jerusalem’s 1949 Tidbits From Israel tiable item.” It is doubly relevant against cease-fire lines, settling tens of thou- the backdrop of a construction freeze in sands of Jewish olim (immigrants) in BY RON JAGER particularly pertinent at a time when eastern Jerusalem, which was initiated Jerusalem, upgrading transportation President Barack Obama entices illegal at the behest of President Obama and infrastructure to Jerusalem, and relocat- “All the news that’s fit to print.” The Arab construction in Jerusalem while has been reluctantly enforced by the ing government agencies from Tel Aviv New York Times “investigation” of pressuring Israel to refrain from legal Israeli government. to Jerusalem. Currently, the Jewish state American charitable groups that sup- Jewish construction in the capital city Against awesome odds—including a is under pressure by the Obama admin- port Jewish communities and neigh- of the Jewish people. U.S. military embargo and a UN resolu- istration to repartition Jerusalem, thus borhoods in Judea, Samaria, and rewarding terrorism and fueling further Jerusalem is a blatant attempt by a violence. major newspaper to hide the real issues Back in 1929, Ben-Gurion wrote, prolonging the Palestinian conflict The second law promulgated by the “Jerusalem is equal to the whole of the with Israel. One of the real issues is the Land of Israel. Jerusalem is not just a refusal of Arabs to allow Jews to pur- Palestinian Authority—just weeks after it central Jewish settlement. Jerusalem is chase or claim ownership of land in an invaluable global historical symbol. Judea and Samaria. Islamic judicial The Jewish People and the entire world panels have over the years threatened was established in 1994—made all Arab shall judge us in accordance with our death to Palestinians who sell property steadfastness on Jerusalem. O in the Judea and Samaria to Jews. The land sales to Jews a capital crime. Ron Jager is a 25-year veteran of the IDF, serving Palestinian Authority has gone even as a commander of mental-health field units further and initiated a blatant and pub- and as the commander of the central mental- lic policy of killing all Arabs who sell health psychiatric clinic at Tel-HaShomer. Since retiring from the IDF in 2005, he has been land to Jews. The second law promul- Ben-Gurion’s position on the unique tion to internationalize Jerusalem— working with Federation-supported NGOs in gated by the Palestinian Authority— role of Jerusalem is very relevant at a Ben-Gurion was determined to preserve Israel involved in community preparedness and trauma-related programs. Ron serves as a just weeks after it was established in time when the Oslo Process and its Jewish sovereignty over Jerusalem. He strategic advisor to David Ha’ivri, the director of 1994—made all Arab land sales to Jews more recent derivatives have demoted reacted constructively to U.S. and glob- the Shomron Liaison Office. a capital crime. Since 1994, scores of Arabs have been killed, in both judicial and extrajudicial executions, for selling land to Jews. Hiding the fact that since 1994 the PA has dispatched death squads to murder both Arab Palestinians and Israeli Arabs suspected of selling land to Jews is a shocking miscarriage of journalistic standards. They might be printing all the news that’s fit to print, but they are not printing the truth. Israel has only one capital. The views of David Ben-Gurion on Jerusalem are

And you shall bind them for a sign upon your arm, and they shall be as tefillin between your eyes (Devarim 6:8) While putting on the tefillin one should have in mind that G-d commanded us to inscribe [within the tefillin] the four passages [Sh’mos 13:10 and 11:16, and Devarim 6:4-9 and 11:13- 21] which speak of His unity and the Exodus from Egypt… And that He commanded us to place them on the arm opposite the heart, and on the head opposite the brain, so that we should submit the soul which is in the brain as well as the desires and thoughts of our hearts, to his service…

(Siddur HaRav)

5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 45 ber of typically developing campers with no disabilities and campers with developmental disabilities. A state-of-the-art camp offering unpar- alleled sporting and outdoor facilities, Camp Kaylie offers exhilarating programs and a unique camping environment that nurtures sensitivity and Large Turnout 2011 camp opening. Visitors came from the opportunities to develop self-awareness At Camp Kaylie Open House local Catskills area as well as from New and personal growth. This past Sunday, July 18, over 100 fami- York City, Long Island, and New Jersey. The next Camp Kaylie Open House will lies came to visit the beautiful facilities of Parents, campers, and prospective staff be held, iy’H, Sunday August 22, 11:00 a.m.– Camp Kaylie, the Dr. Joe Silver Campus, were personally met by Camp Kaylie 5:00 p.m. In addition to seeing the beauti- and hear about the dynamic, activity- director Rabbi Peretz Hochbaum and Ohel ful camp, there will also be a carnival on enriched programming for the Summer board president Moishe Hellman, and campgrounds for all to enjoy at 400 Mount Vernon Road, Wurtsboro, NY. While Camp Kaylie will open iy’H in Summer 2011, an abridged and free end-of- Yoni Yacoby, grandson of Gloria and summer program—two separate camps Harvey Kaylie, on the climbing wall. for boys and for girls—is taking place this August 2010. For more information, visit www.campkaylie.org. O senior camp staff and were provided with personalized tours of the 113-acre camp. Pastor John Hagee To Address It was a special privilege to have Camp The Hampton Synagogue, July 23 Kaylie benefactors Harvey and Gloria Westhampton Beach. On Friday Kaylie, their daughters Roberta and Alicia, evening, July 23, 8:00 p.m., Pastor John and grandchildren for the Open House. Hagee, founder and senior pastor of San Also at the Open House were Ohel board Antonio’s 19,000-member Cornerstone members Mel Zachter, chairman of the Church and the founder and national executive committee; Moshe Zakheim, chairman of Christians United for co-chairman of the board; Jay Kesten- Israel, will speak at The Hampton baum, chair of the development commit- Synagogue. It will be Pastor Hagee’s first tee, Dr. Tzvi and Mrs. Chaya Neuberger, appearance at a synagogue outside of and Dr. Frank Goldberg. San Antonio. Camp Kaylie fulfills the unique Shabbat evening services at The vision of the president and board of Hampton Synagogue on Friday, July 23, directors at Ohel Children’s Home and will begin at 7:00 p.m., conducted by Family Services and will provide an Rabbi Marc Schneier, cantor Netanel exceptional camping experience to Hershtik, and guest cantors Netanel Harvey and Gloria Kaylie, their daughters Roberta and Alicia, and grandchildren. campers of all abilities—an equal num- Baram (Beverly Hills, CA) and David Feuer

46 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES computer access to Holocaust databases First Class Of ‘Jerusalem Journey’ around the world. The success of events Ambassadors Inducted such as the golf outing is critical to the A new generation of “ambassadors” on center’s ability to offer these powerful behalf of Israel is being trained this sum- programs and facilities. mer as part of NCSY’s The Jerusalem Stuart S. Ball is the co-chairman of the Journey Ambassador program (TJJA). The real estate department at Westerman program has been designed to recruit and Ball Ederer Miller & Sharfstein, LLP. He is develop top teens from North America well known in the retail real estate who are leaders of their public high industry for his successful representa- schools and have promising potential to be tion of retail and restaurant companies leaders on their college campuses as well. and owners of shopping centers and NCSY is the international youth move- other commercial real estate. Stuart has ment of the Orthodox Union. been selected for inclusion in New York In a program lasting from June 30 to Super Lawyers, a list to which only 5% of August 3, 47 public-high-school students the attorneys in the New York metro area are meeting with prominent figures and were named. In addition to his responsi- visiting key locations in Israel to discuss bilities at the firm, he is a member of the current and ongoing struggles in the commercial leasing committee of the country in order that these emerging Pastor John Hagee New York State Bar Association, Stuart Ball leaders will be better prepared to articu- International Council of Shopping late the case for Israel. Centers, The Retail Network, and LIREG. “Israel’s most important battles are (Palm Beach, FL), accompanied by The He is also a member of the board of their 25th anniversary and have three currently being fought in the battlefield New York Synagogue Choir, Izchak trustees and co-chairman of the legal children, Lauren, Andrew, and Matthew. of public opinion, and today we are cur- Haimov, conductor. committee of the Old Westbury Hebrew For additional information and to rently outmanned and outarmed,” Following Pastor Hagee’s address, a Congregation and is active in other char- obtain an invitation please contact Silvana declared Rabbi Aryeh Lighstone, New congregational Shabbat dinner will be itable and civic organizations. Stuart and Gullo at silvanagullo@holocaust-nassau held in his honor. Reservations are his wife, Melinda, recently celebrated .org or 516-571-8040 ext. 107. O Continued on Page 48 required for Shabbat dinner. $75 per person. Limited seating. RSVP by calling 631- 288-0534, ext. 10 or visiting www.the hamptonsynagogue.org. Shabbat Nachamu services on Saturday, July 24, at 8:45 a.m., followed by a congregational Kiddush reception. Rabbi Marc Schneier will speak at 11:00 a.m. Over the years, John Hagee Ministries has given more than $60 million toward humanitarian causes in Israel. In 2006, Dr. Hagee founded, and is the National Chairman of Christians United For Israel, a grassroots national association through which every pro-Israel Christian ministry, para-church organization, or individual in America can speak and act with one voice in support of Israel in matters related to biblical issues. Dr. Hagee gains support for this worthy cause by conducting A Night to Honor Israel in every major city in America and by organizing an annual Washington D.C.–Israel Summit where CUFI delegates have the opportunity to meet the members of congress face to face on behalf of Israel. Christians United for Israel has nearly 400,000 participants. O

Stuart Ball, Honoree At Holocaust Center’s 2nd Annual Golf Outing More than 100 golfers will come together to create a truly magnificent event as the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center is set to honor Stuart S. Ball at its second annual golf outing on Monday, August 2, at the fabulous Sands Point Golf Club in Sands Point, NY. The golfers will not only take to the links, but also make it possible for the Holocaust Center to continue its indis- pensible work of promoting tolerance and compassion for all people through its Holocaust and Tolerance Workshops. These unique workshops use the lessons of the Holocaust to demonstrate graphi- cally the destructiveness of prejudice and racism, and provide techniques for changing these behaviors. More than 35,000 adults and middle and high school students participated in these workshops just in the past year. The middle and high school programs are available to schools free of charge. The center has opened its fabulous new museum and library complete with 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 47 AROUND THE FIVE TOWNS meeting with members of the Israeli Continued from Page 47 Knesset, chief rabbis, senior generals of the Israeli Defense Forces and members York regional director of NCSY and cre- of Hatzalah Israel, the ambulance serv- ator of the program. “We need to edu- ice. They are visiting the security fence, cate teens who will be influential on running a camp for kids from S’derot, influential campuses.” and visiting the borders as they tour TJJA is a first visit to Israel for many of each corner of the country. Additionally, the teens, all of whom come from public JAs are meeting with the parents of a high schools. Listening to the riveting navy commando who was involved in presentations and having the opportuni- the recent controversial flotilla from ty to hear about issues ranging from Turkey. They are receiving a briefing negotiating with terrorists to the current from engineers and officers on military relationship between Israel and America, equipment to better understand critical

TJJ Ambassadors learn at NCSY michlelet.

they are able to understand the critical pieces of infrastructure, explain their matters from the very people helping to importance and why they were designed set policy. in such a fashion. According to Rabbi Steven Burg, inter- “Surprisingly to me, I find myself mes- national director of NCSY, “Our Jewish merized by the barbed wire surrounding youth is on the frontlines of the battle for the minefields in the Golan. In the Israel. Not a day goes by that our teens are Golan Heights, a place that we love so not questioned about why Israel is so much and have fought so dearly for, a unfair to the Palestinians. We need to majority of land is uninhabitable— arm them with the historical facts of whether the mountain too steep, the Israel and the spiritual resolve to be com- ground too rocky, or the danger of spon- mitted to the land of Israel. TJJ taneous detonation too great,” declared Ambassadors achieves both goals while Judah Joseph of Cherry Hill, NJ. “The giving the teens an inspirational trip concept of minefields is something throughout Israel.” American boys deal with only in video The Jerusalem Ambassadors were games. Here in Israel, especially here in given audiences with a special presenta- the Golan Heights, this is real.” tion from Ari Harrow, former Chief of The “Ambassadors” will also have the Staff for Prime Minister Netanyahu, in privilege of participating in an immer- addition to philanthropist Phil Rosen, of sion program at NCSY’s own summer pro- Lawrence, NY. The meeting was a unique grams, kollel (for the boys) and michlelet opportunity for the teens to understand (for the girls) for a crash course in basic the major issues facing Israel today from Judaism, as well as hands-on training in an insider’s perspective and from the leadership by the world famous Dale point of view of an American who is pas- Carnegie leadership trainers. sionate about Israel. Hundreds of applications were sub- TJJ Ambassador Rebecca Wagner, of mitted for the desired positions, some Westlake Village, CA, declared, from students with no previous con- “Community is a concept that is often nections to NCSY. Students were select- overlooked. It only took a few hours in ed based upon their leadership poten- Israel to realize the power tzibbur (com- tial; demonstrated knowledge of Israel, munity) offers. Day one, our student car- its challenges and its opportunities; and avan went to Ammunition Hill where a sincere commitment towards advanc- we honored the soldiers that fought ing the cause of the Jewish people and then and continue fighting to keep the Jewish state. Israel safe. Each soldier is part of a com- When the JAs return to America, they munity just as each student in our group will be tasked with monthly responsibil- is part of the TJJA family. And as individ- ities to develop and implement effective uals in this environment we each have Israel Advocacy programs on their high an opportunity and a responsibility to school and college campuses through a make positive change.” combination of conference calls, video Led by program director Rabbi Ben conference group gathering, and brain- Zion Goldfischer of Modi’in, JAs are trust meetings. O 48 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES

TJJ Ambassadors learn at NCSY kollel. The healthy cooking workshop with Chabad of the Five Towns on July 13.

Something’s Cooking At Chabad ally enhances our diet rather than “adds be making a run for coconut products of Association of Drugless Practitioners in On Tuesday, July 13, Chabad of the Five points,” a girl’s gotta work a little! Sheva all forms after Sheva spoke about their accordance with Columbia University’s Towns held a healthy cooking workshop. also explained the importance of buying nutritional value. Teacher’s College, and their expert knowl- The summer cooking event—featuring organic for “dirty” items such as apples Both instructors had graduated from edge was much appreciated by the audi- halachic background from Rabbi and celery. Supermarket owners take the Institute for Integrative Nutrition Wolowik, an expert demonstration with heed: the cooking class’s attendees will all (IIN), accredited by the American Continued on Page 50 recipe handouts, and best of all, tast- ings—has become an annual tradition at Chabad with a full attendance of women from across the community. This year, Rebbetzin Chanie Wolowik, director of programming at Chabad, decided to focus on healthy eating. With even more women coming than in previous years and a full lineup of expert cooks, this proved to be a hot topic. Rabbi Wolowik began the night with a casual discussion of Jewish law regarding supervision in restaurants and at home. He gave some eye-opening anecdotes of incidents he had experienced regarding misleading supervision—or lack thereof. Then Fifi Milloul, an integrative health and wellness counselor, board certified holistic health practitioner, AADP, and certified raw food teacher, talked about glorious greens. Fifi demonstrated a few ways to easily get these vital resources into our diet, including adding parsley puree to soups and salad dressing. For a healthful Nine Days pasta alternative, Fifi offered a nutrition-packed quinoa tabouli salad and pistachio basil crusted wild salmon. Fifi also warned of the dangers of mercury and farm raised fish. The vegetables and herbs were not the only green in the room though: those in the back row were green with jealousy at those who got to sample the foods first! [Then they remembered the importance of ahavas Yisrael, and had their turn to eat as well]. What else could the attendees want after such an educational and tasty evening? Dessert, of course! Sheva Balkany has a certificate in health counseling, completed a four-year dietetics program in health and nutrition sciences at Brooklyn College, and studied alternative therapies at Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach, Florida. Measurements? Recipes? Don’t let all that stop you from preparing a nice, healthful drink in the morning. Sheva carelessly tossed in super-foods such as blueberries and strawberries, some dates and some water into the blender and voila—a mas- terpiece of color, nutrition, and taste. Sheva noted that you can add any fruit into smoothies and it will turn out well. Her final recipe was not so carefree. For a raw chocolate mousse cake with raspber- ry sauce and a side of ice cream that actu- 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 49

AROUND THE FIVE TOWNS the talks being presented by Rabbi yeshiva environment, whose sights were in the Monsey area. Experienced rabbeim Continued from Page 49 Sperber, who teaches Jewish History set on leading productive lives while provide the necessary warmth and guid- and Talmud at BIU. Rabbi Sperber is the keeping their yeshiva connection and ance for each talmid. Rabbi Benzion ence. To contact Fifi, e-mail author of over 40 books, including his being solid bnei Torah, didn’t have a place Shafier of “The Shmuz” fame gives a [email protected]; to contact Sheva, widely acclaimed The Path to Halacha to further their lofty goals. weekly shmuz at the yeshiva, and Rav visit www.shevabalkany.com. O and Minhagei Yisrael: Origins and Enter Yeshivas Ohel Dovid, located in Shraga Feivel Zimmerman, rav of History on the Character and Evolution Montvale, NJ just 10 minutes from Gateshead, England, gives a weekly par- Rabbi Daniel Sperber At of Jewish Customs. Monsey, under the direction and guid- shah shiur via webcam. Rabbi Ari Senter, Congregation Beth Sholom, July 31 American Friends of Bar-Ilan ance of Rabbi Yechiel Richard, rav of kashrus administrator of Kof-K kosher Rabbi Professor Daniel Sperber, an University (AFBIU) is co-sponsoring this Pomona, NY. Rabbi Richard is an alumnus supervision, gives weekly shiurim on a eminent Talmudist and winner of the event with Congregation Beth Sholom. of yeshivos Slonim, Brisk, and Lakewood, variety of contemporary kashrus issues. 1992 Israel Prize for distinguished scholar- For more information, please contact and a former rabbinic coordinator for the Various other renowned speakers are fea- ship in the field of Jewish Studies, is Gary Baskind of AFBIU at 212-906-3904 or Orthodox Union (OU). He has the right tured at regular intervals. Given all that is scheduled to be the special scholar-in-res- [email protected]. O combination of warmth, lomdus, and going on in the learning front, there is no idence on July 31 at Congregation Beth firsthand experience of being a rav in a time to waste, or willingness to waste Sholom, 390 Broadway in Lawrence. Yeshiva Ohel Dovid: community of hard-working balebatim. any time! Before Minchah services, at 7:00 p.m., An Innovative Approach Yeshiva Ohel Dovid is changing the yeshi- On the career front, the yeshiva offers he will explore the topic of “Torah, By Yanky Greenberger va landscape by combining solid sedarim two tracks—college or vocational. No mat- Women, and Innovation.” This will be fol- There is a silent revolution in the in Gemara and halachah with skills nec- ter which track a bachur chooses, he lowed by a talk after Minchah services, at yeshiva world. While we have witnessed essary for today’s work environment. receives experienced guidance with his 8:00 p.m., about “The Future of Modern the unprecedented growth bli ayin ha’ra The yeshiva’s learning seder consists of unique personality and qualifications in Orthodoxy.” Rabbi Sperber, president of of yeshivos the world over, in every seg- an iyun seder with chavrusos alongside mind, that will help him achieve his goal. the Jesselson Institute of Advanced Torah ment of the Orthodox society, there was our kollel yungerleit, as well as an in- The yeshiva then makes every effort to Studies at Bar-Ilan University (BIU), will a small, but growing population whose depth Gemara shiur given by the rosh place him in a job or internship during the deliver a d’var Torah at Shabbos-morning needs were not being addressed. Those yeshiva. There are shiurim in hashkafah course of the year. In many cases, talmidim services on “Choosing Between Man and 19-24-year-old (post high school/beis and halachah, with an emphasis on how have chosen to remain at their jobs, and His Maker.” medrash) bachurim who wanted to start to apply it in your everyday life. There is many have moved up within their fields. The public is welcome to attend all of planning for their future while still in a also night seder each night which is held To date, many of their alumni have successfully entered the workforce in the fields of accounting, financing, and nursing home administration, to name a few. For those who would like to pursue a college degree, the yeshiva has formed a relationship with Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU), a highly rated and respected university in NJ, whose degrees are recognized by most colleges and universities nationwide. Many of the yeshiva alumni have successfully used their bach- elor’s from FDU to go on to various master’s programs including accounting, medicine, law, etc. As a result of this unique partnership, Yeshiva Ohel Dovid is able to give up to 72 credits for their Judaic studies program. FDU offers a choice of courses on the yeshiva’s campus so that the afternoon can be spent successfully studying towards a college degree. The courses that are given are clearly subjects that are not in conflict with a Torah life. The professors are all male, and the students are all frum boys. With diligence, the degree can be completed in approximately one year! In summary, yeshiva Ohel Dovid aims to cater to the needs of the intelli- gent and competent young men who understand that in today’s world it is hardly possible to raise a family without a decent salary, and who are striv- ing to mesh the realities of today’s workforce with a strong connection to the Torah world. In the words of the rosh yeshiva: “Everyone can be productive and feel fulfilled.” Too many bachurim are wasting much of their day and feeling lousy about it. In this yeshiva, when you’re learning, you’re learning, when you’re working, you’re working, and when you’re studying, you’re preparing for your future parnassah. Time is not wasted! The yeshiva helps each bachur figure out a schedule where he can learn, study, and/or work to have a fulfilling day, as well as prepare him for a fulfilling life! The yeshiva and its committed staff will not rest until each talmid is well on his way to achieving his goal of making a parnassah, all the while remaining a ben Torah. For more information, contact the yeshiva at 201-326-3740. O

Continued on Page 52 50 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 51 AROUND THE FIVE TOWNS ments. Agudath Israel is a member- through the Urban Area Security ensuring their security.” Continued from Page 50 organization of a coalition, led by the Initiative (UASI) Nonprofit Security Grant “New York City remains terrorist target Jewish Federations of North America, Program, and will provide significant number one. The attempted Times Department Of Homeland Security committed to keeping the program well- funding for security measures at the very Square attack earlier this year was proof Allocates $19 Million For Nonprofit funded and viable. institutions being singled out as potential positive that terrorists are not just target- Security “This is a very welcome development,” targets including hospitals, synagogues, ing symbols of our financial power or The U.S. Department of Homeland said Rabbi Cohen, “one that will bring and universities. Since the program our infrastructure, but our tourist attrac- Security (DHS) announced that non-prof- needed improvement in security to, began in 2005, nearly 300 New York City tions and cultural centers, as well. That’s it organizations at high risk of terrorist among others, Jewish institutions in the area non-profits have received nearly $23 why the high-threat funding we are attack and located in DHS-designated Orthodox community.” million in funding. announcing is so important,” Rep. urban areas will receive $19 million in Weiner, Maloney announce Within the New York City area, a vari- Carolyn Maloney said. “I applaud the security grants to strengthen the physical Homeland Security grants for New York ety of institutions received funding, leaders who are with us today for their security of their facilities—through video Jewish Institutions; threatened yeshivas including 12 community centers, 6 hospi- efforts to protect their congregations and surveillance equipment, alarmed and get Federal help. Representative tals, 36 religious schools, 25 synagogues, students from those who would do reinforced doors and windows, security Anthony D. Weiner (D–Brooklyn and and one church. America harm, and I thank my good barriers, metal detectors, locks, gates, Queens), a member of the This year alone, 32 Brooklyn institu- friend and colleague Anthony Weiner for fences, personnel training, and other Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and tions, including yeshivas, synagogues, all his hard work and leadership to improvements. The allocation is part of a Homeland Security, Representative Jewish centers, hospitals, and schools obtain this vital funding.” more than $1.8 billion Federal Emergency Carolyn Maloney (D–Manhattan and received more than $2.3 million in secu- “The terrorist threat against schools, Management Agency (FEMA) Prepared- Queens), and Jewish leaders announced rity funding. In Queens, nine Jewish places of worship, and other ‘soft targets’ ness Grant for the current fiscal year. that 80 high-risk non-profit and religious institutions received nearly $700,000. is very real and we have an obligation to Numerous Jewish institutions, includ- groups in the New York City area will Eight Manhattan institutions received protect them,” said Representative Jerrold ing community centers, schools, places of receive more than $5.8 million in $600,000, while the grants will deliver Nadler. “Last year’s attempted bombing of worship, charitable organizations, social Department of Homeland Security (DHS) $600,000 to the eight institutions in the two synagogues in the Bronx is a clear service agencies, and other communal grants, a 40% increase over last year. Bronx, and $375,000 to five Staten Island example that we must do more to protect gathering places, will be receiving a share The city will receive approximately institutions. high risk institutions. I applaud the of the allocation. 31% of the national funding total. The Organizations that qualified for the awarding of these grants to high-risk non- “Threats, and actual incidents of vio- appropriation exceeds last year’s total by current grant program were eligible to profits institutions. This funding will lence, against Jewish targets in the United more than 40%, when 61 non-profits in receive up to $75,000 in funds that can be insure that they have the means and pro- States and around the world point to the New York City received a total of $4.1 mil- used to train security personnel and tections to safeguard themselves from particular vulnerability of our communi- lion. In total, New York State will receive install security measures. The average those who espouse hate and violence.” ty, and to the need for these funds, which just over $6 million. award for grant winners is more than “The Kehilath Jeshurun/Ramaz com- will help to better ensure Americans’ safe- Weiner has been a leading advocate to $73,000 and the funds are expected to be munity is grateful for all of Congressman ty and well-being,” said Rabbi Abba bring more Department of Homeland delivered within the next three months. Weiner’s efforts in helping keep our chil- Cohen, Washington Director and Counsel Security grants and federal anti-terror “Over the years, these grants have dren and families—together with all New of Agudath Israel of America. funding to New York City. In 2007, the proved to be vital resources in protect- Yorkers—safe,” said Ramaz Associate Rabbi Cohen was one of the original House of Representatives passed legisla- ing our religious and cultural institu- Rabbi Elie Weinstock. and leading voices in promoting the cre- tion authored by Weiner which requires tions,” Weiner said. “Worshipers, muse- “For Jewish institutions in my district ation of the Nonprofit Security Grant public disclosure of all anti-terror spend- um goers, and hospital visitors expect and throughout the country, the terror- Program in 2005 and in promoting sub- ing by cities and states. and deserve a safe environment, and this ist threat is real, ever-present, and an sequent appropriations and enhance- The grants are being made available funding will go a long way towards enormous financial burden in these dif-

52 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES ficult times,” said Assemblyman Rory “Our study is important because it’s the for developing chronic PTSD following a often—to a packed crowd at the educa- Lancman (D-Queens). “These grants first to show the effects of war-related traumatic event. tional center that the group maintains on which Congressman Weiner was instru- acute stress in real time.” It also has sig- Professor Bar Haim says this is the the east side of Manhattan. mental in securing are going where the nificant implications for the understand- first study in the scientific literature to Over the last several years, the 37-year- need is greatest, and will make a real dif- ing of other known PTSD triggers, such as describe real-time effects of war-relat- old rabbi has been in and out of the news, ference in the form of safer and more rape or motor vehicle accidents. ed stress on its victims. In the previous mostly because of the impressive array of secure synagogues, yeshivas, and com- Using fMRI and other imaging tech- literature, scientists assumed that peo- followers he has attracted in the world of munity centers that serve tens of thou- niques, Professor Bar Haim investigated ple under stress would become more high finance in New York City. A scion of sands of New Yorkers.” neural mechanisms related to anxiety vigilant to threats, rather than disen- two families of Sephardic chachamim and The UASI program was created after disorders and how people respond cog- gaging. “This calls for some revision of tzadikim, Rav Pinto has an impressive and Weiner offered legislation in the nitively to stress. He also studied how the foundations of the stress-PTSD illustrious lineage. He is a descendant of the Judiciary Committee in 2004. The people process threats when they are model,” he says. Chief Rabbi of Damascus, Rav Pinto, z’l, and Department of Homeland Security does under severe stress. His previous stud- Professor Bar Haim is now conduct- a great-grandson of the famed Moroccan not release the specific list of grant recip- ies, both at Tel Aviv University and ing a study involving Israeli soldiers rabbi and Kabbalist, Rabbi Yisrael ients due to security reasons. O through the U.S. National Institutes of that investigates the potential use of Abuhatzeria, also known as the Baba Sali. Health, looked at neural, genetic, and computer-based tasks to modify and “The rabbi delivers shiurim both here Battlefield Psychologists molecular factors related to threat pro- retrain the attention system of the in New York and in his yeshiva in Israel,” Investigate Combat Stress cessing in the brain, and these gave afflicted patient. Called “Attention Bias says Mr. Harrel. “The rest of the time he Psychologists aren’t usually called to Professor Bar Haim and his team a con- Modification Treatment,” the approach provides many of his followers with the battlefield, but the 2008-09 Gaza text to infer what happens in the brain has been successfully applied in several both business and personal advice on a War gave Tel Aviv University researchers when behavioral data on acute stress sit- clinical trials both in the U.S. and in variety of levels.” A diligent student and a unique picture of how anxiety mani- uations is collected. Israel. Soon it will be tested in IDF vet- ba’al middos, Rav Pinto proved himself at fests during stressful situations. In a In the most recent study, he looked at erans with PTSD. a very young age to be another signifi- new study in the American Journal of Israelis close to the firing zone, near the Professor Bar Haim emphasizes that cant link in the chain of learned leaders Psychiatry, Professor Yair Bar Haim of border with Gaza, where they had been the treatment of anxiety-related disor- with remarkable insight. Raised in a TAU’s department of psychology reports living with the daily stress of rocket ders is not an easy task. But he hopes home permeated by Torah study and that people confronted with acute threats for eight years. The threat became that his work in the field, coupled with holy behavior, Rav Pinto continued his stress—daily rocket attacks—tend to more severe during the war. While his imaging technologies and computer Talmudic studies under the influence of dissociate from threats instead of test subjects completed various computer software, will lead to more effective the renowned rabbi and rosh yeshiva Rav becoming more vigilant. This research tasks to test behavior, Dr. Bar Haim mon- ways of treating victims of anxiety and Shmuel Auerbach in Yeshiva Maalos overturns accepted convention and may itored processes at the deeper, unseen PTSD so they can lead normal and HaTorah in Jerusalem. lead to better understanding of the levels of the brain. healthy lives. O The Shuva Yisrael network of chesed mechanisms underlying acute stress He found that subjects under acute projects in Israel today spans well beyond reactions, he says. stress developed symptoms of post-trau- Meeting Rav Pinto the lectures and classes delivered by Rav Though conducted on the battlefields ma and most often manifested a dissocia- By Larry Gordon Pinto. Under the rabbi’s guidance and of the Middle East, Professor Bar Haim’s tive state rather than one of hypervigi- Daniel Harrel is an impressive and influence, the group is providing tangible research has immediate repercussions for lance. Most important for clinical applica- well-spoken young man who is involved benefits to thousands of Jewish families U.S. soldiers as well. “The American gov- tions, the researchers found that the in the inner circle of Shuva Yisrael—the in need. Amongst the great number of ernment is dealing with large numbers of symptoms produce a measurable effect— organization founded by Rav Yoshiahu programs are the following: soldiers coming home from Afghanistan a neuromarker—that may be used to pre- Yosef Pinto. Rav Pinto delivers shiurim and Iraq suffering from PTSD,” he says. dict who are the individuals most at risk when he is in New York—which is quite Continued on Page 55

5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 53 George Steinbrenner And The Art Of Teshuvah

BY CJ SRULLOWITZ publicly promising him a full season to lead the team. And he didn’t even have The news last week that George the courtesy to tell him himself; the deed Steinbrenner, principal owner of the New was done through another executive. York Yankees, had died unleashed a spec- Berra was humiliated and stayed away trum of commentary, ranging from the from the Yankees for over a decade. begrudgingly positive to the excessively fawning. For the average baseball fan growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, familiar with “The phone would ring the constant turmoil that surrounded the Boss and his beloved Bronx Bombers, the in the middle of the rehabilitation of Steinbrenner’s legacy is nothing short of miraculous. It’s a miracle night and you knew that he himself put together. This is really the tale of two Stein- it was either brenners. The first came along in 1973, when Mr. Steinbrenner or a he led a group of investors to buy the Yankees for $10 million. The Steinbrenner of death in the family. the middle of the night and you knew it Waldrep’s medical bills and for a specially the early days was crass, callous, and cruel. was either Mr. Steinbrenner or a death in equipped van. He also kept up with him, The Yankees quickly improved and won After a while you started the family. After a while you started to lending moral and financial support. two World Championships before the end root for a death in the family.” Ask Eddie Robinson, the famous foot- of the decade. Whether they won because to root for a death in Steinbrenner’s antics were tolerated ball coach of Grambling University. of or in spite of their owner’s behavior is the family.” for another decade, until he finally When Robinson’s Urban League Classic debatable. It’s also beside the point. crossed the line in 1990—paying $40,000 football game, which raised funds for George Steinbrenner excused his con- to a degenerate gambler to spy on his All- nearly 500 scholarships, was straining duct as necessary in order to win. He put Star outfielder, Dave Winfield—and was financially, Steinbrenner loaned them winning ahead of everything else. He famously fired a stadium electrician banned from the game by then-commis- Yankee Stadium to host the event. Winning was the ends that justified the for a malfunctioning loudspeaker, and a sec- sioner Fay Vincent. Ask Fay Vincent, the aforementioned means—and the meanness. “I sign the retary for ordering the wrong sandwiches. But it turns out that there was another baseball commissioner who banned paychecks,” was his reasoning for treating “You live up to his impossibly perfect image side to George Steinbrenner that was not as Steinbrenner from the game. Vincent employees as nothing more than dispos- of the New York Yankees or Steinbrenner well known. Just ask Ken Waldrep. In 1974, recalled the first conversation he ever had able puppets in the grandiloquent theater would exact retribution,” wrote Joe while playing football for TCU against with Steinbrenner. Steinbrenner phoned that was Yankees Baseball. Sixteen games Posnanski in Sports Illustrated. Alabama, Ken was hit on a play and became Vincent, asking to “help him raise money into the 1985 season, he fired the Yankees’ Harvey Greene, a former Yankees PR paralyzed. Steinbrenner was watching the for a former football coach at Williams greatest living legend, Yogi Berra, after director, said, “The phone would ring in game from the stands. He helped pay College (which we both attended) who

54 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES was ill in Florida with Alzheimer’s and late,” Steinbrenner tearfully responded. AROUND THE FIVE TOWNS Aufruf In Nikolsburg needed full-time nursing. George and I This split personality, which George Continued from Page 53 This Shabbos Nachamu shared enormous affection for this coach, Steinbrenner finally corrected late in life, The date of the grand wedding in the and for years we and several others helped is common to many of us. Too often, we • 3,100 daily food packages containing Nikolsburg court in Monsey is fast him and his wife in their old age.” can be very kind to guests, but not so nice chicken, fish, and other groceries delivered approaching, and the final preparations Ask Lorraine Blakely, who was almost to our own families. We can be the most directly to the doorstep of needy families. are being made to welcome the throngs killed at age seven in a freak accident that charming people in shul, but too tough • Before the chagim, 12,000 units of extra of guests who will be staying in Monsey left her with a crushed skull. Stein- on our own children. We can smile at provisions such as matzah, wine, meat, and for Shabbos Nachamu. The Rebbe’s son, brenner wrote a check to cover the brain strangers, but snap at our spouses. fish are distributed in order to ensure that Rabbi Chaim Dovid Dov, shlita, will be surgery of this young girl, after he learned On a national level, too, we are guilty of every family can enjoy the holidays. called to the Torah in honor of his from a newspaper that her father was this dichotomy. Rav Berel Wein, shlita, often • Shuva Yisrael runs five large soup upcoming chasunah, which will take between jobs and the doctor refused to spoke of people who “love Judaism but hate kitchens, providing hunger relief daily in place on Monday, the 15th of Av, July 26. operate until he was paid. Jews.” We criticize members of Klal Yisrael the form of warm meals to 7,000 people With the days of mourning behind us, One former employee reminisced who don’t measure up to our standards. We who experience difficulty affording food. Klal Yisrael is looking forward to the ulti- about the time his mother came to New may even belittle others for taking a differ- They are located in Ashkelon and Ashdod mate simcha of the final geulah. When York for a visit, and how Steinbrenner ent path toward avodas Hashem. in Israel, Miami Beach and Brooklyn in we are zocheh to experience a simchas treated her like a queen during her stay. And we tell ourselves that we do this the U.S., and Buenos Aires, Argentina. tzaddikim in galus, we may get a small But his behavior toward the employee for constructive purposes. It’s love of our • Today, 217 widows are fully supported inkling of what a true simcha is really himself remained cold. Lou Piniella, the families that makes us so hard on them. by the organization, which pays their liv- about, and our hearts begin to yearn even former Yankees player and manager, It’s our love of Torah and Yiddishkeit that ing expenses and the cost of yeshiva edu- more for the Redemption. summed it up: “George is a great guy, makes us so critical of others. The ends cation for their children. Shabbos Nachamu has always drawn unless you have to work for him.” justifies the means. Like George • A year-round hachnasas kallah fund chassidim to their Rebbes, even when But by the time Commissioner Bud Steinbrenner, we just want to win. is available for brides who need help such a trip involved long days of traveling Selig reinstated him in 1993, a new George Aharon HaKohein, whose yahrzeit just with wedding and related expenses. A by wagon. Every year, many chassidim Steinbrenner began to appear. By that passed on Rosh Chodesh Av, was known as simcha fund for b’rit milos and bar make sure to spend this especially elevat- point, the team (through general manager the “oheiv shalom v’rodeif shalom—lover of mitzvos is also available. ed Shabbos in Nikolsburg, where a deep Gene Michael) had done much to rebuild peace and pursuer of peace.” Aharon pur- Rav Pinto will be in New York yearning for the geulah is felt strongly all its depleted minor-league system—a sys- sued shalom relentlessly. As we conclude throughout the month of Elul, with year, and even more so on Shabbos tem Steinbrenner had helped deplete by Tishah B’Av, the anniversary of the destruc- Selichos and shiurim delivered at the Nachamu. Combined with the aufruf, this trading away future talent for aging stars. tion of the Beis Hamikdash because of Yeshiva Center at 122 East 58th Street in coming Shabbos will surely be a Shabbos Steinbrenner thus became the greatest sinas chinam, we are reminded to take a Manhattan every night. Prior to Elul will to remember by the thousands who will beneficiary of his own exile. Think Jeter, page from Aharon HaKohein’s playbook be the commemoration of the yahrzeit be present at the Grand Nikolsburg Shul Posada, Pettitte, and Rivera. Steinbrenner and not simply look for opportunities of of Rav Pinto’s mentor Rav Eliezer Papo, in Spring Valley. was still tough on his employees, but the ahavas Yisrael, but to pursue them. the Pele Yoetz, who is buried in Varna, At the start of Shabbos, the Rebbe will cruelty, for the most part, was gone. We, like Mr. Steinbrenner, already have Bulgaria. This year on the yahrzeit there place the new shtreimel on the chassan’s Fast-forward to 1999. A humbled it inside of us. We just have to shift a lit- will be six planeloads of people going to head, and then the entire gathering of Steinbrenner arrives at the Berra tle bit, like a batter adjusting his hitting Bulgaria and one plane leaving from chassidim will accompany them to shul. Museum and Learning Center in New stance, and let it out. O New York. Over the next few weeks, we Minchah will begin a half hour after can- Jersey to make amends. “You’re 15 min- hope to have the opportunity to meet dle lighting. At night, the hundreds of CJ Srullowitz, a financial advisor in New York utes late,” Yogi quipped, as Steinbrenner City, writes a blog at with Rav Pinto and to share some of his approached. “Yogi, I’m afraid I’m 14 years www.luleidemistafina.blogspot.com insights with our readers. O Continued on Page 56

5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 55 AROUND THE FIVE TOWNS with the presence of numerous rabban- Continued from Page 55 im. The reception and chuppah will be at the Nikolsburg Shul, and the meal and guests will be privileged to be a part of dancing will take place at the grand ball- the Rebbe’s tisch. rooms of the Atrium Plaza on Route 59. On Shabbos morning, the bagleiten of The well-known organizer, Mr. Ari Frankl the chassan will take place at 9:20 at the of A.F. Production, has arranged a group Rebbe’s home. A large kiddush will be of askanim who are working hard to served in shul after davening. accommodate the thousands of wedding The chasunah will take place on the guests coming from near and far to following Monday—a simcha that will be ensure they will be comfortably seated shared by many thousands and honored and well served. O

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56 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES from the inside out was, in fact, the cover by the liver in response to inflammation illustration for a 2004 Time magazine and has been well-studied in relation to NutriWorld story, entitled “The Silent Killer Within— cardiovascular disease, autoimmune dis- Inflammation!”). ease, and other chronic conditions. In my Many over-the-counter and prescrip- own practice, I recommend that patients Putting Out the Fires of the site of a cut, sprain, or other kind of tion non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs over 40 years of age test their CRP levels Inflammation, Part 1 injury. That kind of swelling is normal and (NSAIDs)—aspirin, Motrin, Advil, Vioxx by taking a “high-sensitive-CRP” test (bet- BY ELIEZER GRUBER, CN beneficial, a sure sign that one’s immune (no longer available), Celebrex, and the ter than a regular CRP test for picking up system is performing a basic function— stronger Prednisone—have been devel- low-grade inflammation)—the first step, Increasingly, research is opening the helping the body repair itself. oped to interrupt the inflammatory in my opinion and that of a well-known door to a better understanding of how A healthy immune response includes process by targeting a different inflamma- cardiologist with whom I consulted, in inflammation promotes diabetes, can- occasional periods of heightened inflam- tory mechanism. And while I never advo- the fight against chronic inflammation. cer, Alzheimer’s, and other serious mation that naturally regenerate cells and cate stopping medication prescribed by a And considering the many patients I health problems. ward off infection and disease. It’s a very doctor—many drugs are essential for alle- see these days with high levels of CRP, • Several months ago, the Annals of different story when that response mecha- viating symptoms—it is important to this is a fight we can’t afford to lose. Internal Medicine reported that a ran- nism never shuts down, keeping the body understand that pharmaceutical drugs do Next time: The link between nutrition domized clinical trial led by researchers in a perpetual state of inflammation. not address the underlying issues that and inflammation. O at the Joslin Diabetes Center showed that Chronic inflammation, as doctors have created the inflammation in the first patients who took the drug salsalate—a discovered in recent years, upsets the deli- place. Simply put, when a patient stops Eliezer Gruber, CN, educator, researcher, and founder/developer of the Nutri-Supreme Research generic anti-inflammatory drug from the cate balance among the body’s major sys- taking the drugs, the symptoms return. line of supplements, lectures widely on the role of aspirin family—had improved blood tems (endocrine, central-nervous, diges- So how do we know if we’re suffering nutrition in achieving and maintaining optimal health. Mr. Gruber’s recommendations are based sugar levels after three months. Patients tive, and cardiovascular/respiratory) and from chronic inflammation, and what on cutting-edge science and ongoing in the study also saw their triglyceride leads to serious health problems with one steps can we take to address its root cause? communication with leading medical experts. levels go down. or all of them. Think of it as the difference Though it’s accompanied by a plethora Nutri-Supreme acts as the official nutritional consultant for Kof-K Kosher Supervision. • A recent Journal of Clinical Oncology between a campfire that’s meant to proof symptoms, there is no specific test for Nutri-Supreme is pleased to introduce a new article reported the results of a long-run- vide warmth on a chilly night and an out- pinpointing the source of the inflamma- nutrition/vitamin hotline that will be answered by Mr. Gruber and an RN from a prestigious ning study showing that breast cancer sur- of-control forest fire that ravages every- tion. Blood levels of C-reactive protein cardiac center. Call 718-853-3133, vivors who took aspirin after completing thing in its path. (A human body on fire (CRP) can be measured. This is produced Monday/Tuesday/Thursday, 2:00-5:00 p.m. their course of treatment were half as likely to die or have their tumors spread as those who did not take aspirin. The study’s authors theorized that aspirin may help control cancer by fighting inflammation. • Yet another recent study found that aspirin offered a potential benefit against colon cancer. • Curcumin—the most important active ingredient in the spice known as turmeric—has, of late, been garnering much scientific interest as a treatment for, among other conditions, cardiovascular and liver disease, Alzheimer’s, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, multiple sclero- sis, cystic fibrosis, and cancer. The key to its effectiveness in the prevention and treatment of so vast a range of conditions? Curcumin appears to have significant anti-inflammatory and immune-system-influencing properties. What is inflammation? Several years ago, I received a call from a colleague, informing me that a certain professor from University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston) would be delivering a lecture at a New Jersey convention center—just a car ride away. Knowing well my commitment to bridg- ing the gap between nutrition and medicine, my colleague thought I might find this lecture by Dr. Bharat B. Aggarwal of particular interest. He was right. To this day, I can see in my mind’s eye the PowerPoint presentation that, slide by slide, built a strong case for the idea (just beginning to gain attention at the time) that illnesses such as Alzheimer’s, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, colitis, Crohn’s disease, and numerous cancers share a common link—inflammation. When most people hear the word “inflammation,” they think of the red, frequently painful, swelling that develops at

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5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 63 A Five Towns Simcha 5TJT Presents Photo By Scott Dere of Art Photographers

Mazel tov to Arielle Taitz and Aaron Paine on their wedding on June 20. Arielle is the daughter of Howard and Devorah Taitz of Cedarhurst and Rabbi Raphael Pelcovitz at the b’ris of his first great-great-grandson. Aaron is the son of Larry Paine and Debi and Max Rudmann of Silver Spring, Pictured above are five generations—Rabbi Pelcovitz, his daughter Ethel Maryland. The event was catered by Gabey Abikzer of Culinary Concepts, Gottlieb, granddaughter Debby Mendlowitz, great-grandaughter Tamar caterers at the Hewlett–East Rockaway Jewish Center. Entertainment was Beinhorn, and great-great-grandson Pinchos Dovid Beinhorn. provided by Harry Askenazi and Harmonia Orchestras.

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And you came near and stood under the mountain (Devarim 4:11) This teaches that G-d overturned the mountain upon them like an [inverted] cask, and said to them:“If you accept the Torah, fine; if not, there shall be your burial.” Rabbi Acha ben Yaakov observed: This resulted in a strong legal contest against the Torah (since it was a con- tract entered into under duress). Said Raba: But they re-accepted it (out of their own, uncompelled choice) in the days of Achashverosh, as it is written (Esther 9:27):“The Jews confirmed, and accepted”—on that occasion they confirmed what they had accepted long before.

(Talmud, Shabbos 88a)

And G-d commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and laws From here is derived that it is forbidden to receive payment for teaching Torah: just as I (Moshe) taught you the Torah free of charge, so, too, must you teach it for free.

(Talmud, Nedarim 37a)

5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 65 66 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES Under Construction

Menachem Edelman, a 6th-grader at Yeshiva Darchei Torah, received a personal tour of the state-of-the-art YDT campus now under construction on Beach 17th Street in Far Rockaway. Menachem was accompanied on the tour by his grandfather, Alex Edelman, who is overseeing the project. The new campus will be ready to accommodate the yeshiva’s 1,600 students in the very near future.

5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 67 Swinging For The Fences At Shaaray Tefila

This past season’s 2nd-Grade Little League champions, the Shaaray Tefilla “A” Team — Front row, L-R: Avi Schuss, Aharon Fox, Dovi Olshan, Meir 4th-Grade champions, the Shaaray Tefilla “B” Team — Front row, L–R: Hilel Greenblatt, Daniel Jonas, Yitzchok Sittner, Yitzchok Lowy, and Shimon Storch, Aryeh Leib Barkany, Yisroel Aryeh Pluchenik, Daniel Pinchas Fox, Berger. Middle, L-R: Simcha Spurn, Shmuel Rubin, Yehuda Aryeh, Shmuel Nachman Greenblatt, and Moshe Aryeh Groveman. Second row, L–R: Naftali Yakov Pluchenik, Yisroel Wolf, Shimi Krischer, Akiva David, Yakov Fishman, Bak, Shmuel Gewartin, Yosef Karmely, Shragy Olshan, Yehuda Leib Feiffer, and and Shimon Kopelowitz (not shown). Coaches: Baruch Aryeh and Motti Fox. Yaakov Clenman (not shown). Coaches: Motti Fox and Moshe Tusk.

There is none else beside Him (Devarim 4:35) Rabbi Binyamin Kletzker, a chassid of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, was a lum- ber merchant. One year, while he was adding up the annual accounts, he inadver- tently filled in under a column of figures:TOTAL: Ein od milvado (“There is none else beside Him”). A fellow chassid admonished him for his absent- mindedness. “Don’t you know, Reb Binyamin, that everything has its time and place?” he admonished. “There’s a time for Chassidic philosophizing, and a time to engage in worldly matters. A person’s business dealings are also an important part of his service of the Al-mighty and must be properly attended to.” Said Rabbi Binyamin:“We consider it perfectly natural if, during prayer, one’s mind wanders off to the fair in Leipzig. So what’s so terrible if, when involved in business, an ‘alien thought’ regarding the oneness of G-d infiltrates the mind?” (Told by the Lubavitcher Rebbe)

68 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES and get the proper legitimacy.” PA’s central election commission. The Palestinians Protest Despite its 2006 electoral victory and CEC cited Hamas’s opposition as the pri- currently rising popularity in areas con- mary cause for its position. “Holding an trolled by Fatah, Hamas is unsure of its election during a political separation will Local Elections Deferral prospects in the West Bank and deferring only increase the separation,” a Hamas elections serves its purposes while the spokesman said at the time. BY SAMUEL SOKOL malize the separation [between the West group trails in the polls. Hamas and Fatah regularly harass ISRAEL CORRESPONDENT Bank and Gaza] by altering the territorial Lerner pointed out that despite insti- each other’s members. On Tuesday, legitimacy of the PA governing bodies,” tuting what amounts to a police state Fatah officials protested that Hamas Palestinian lawmakers and political Lerner said, “because the constituency in Gaza, Hamas has been brutal enough was preventing Gaza based members of activists protested outside the Palestinian that elected them would be limited to that local residents were willing to the organization’s Revolutionary Legislative Council building in Ramallah Judea and Samaria.” respond in a door-to-door poll that Council from traveling to Ramallah for on Saturday in response to a decision by Ismail al-Ashqar, a senior Hamas fig- they had no confidence in the group’s a key meeting. Meanwhile, in the West the Palestinian Authority to defer local ure and a member of the PLC, indicat- leadership. “In Syria 99% of people Bank, Hamas members are closely elections. The elections, which were due ed that Abbas’s decision was “wel- would indicate support for the regime watched by security services under the to take place across Judea and Samaria on comed by [the] Hamas movement.” despite their true feelings. People are control of Mahmoud Abbas. Former PA July 17, were postponed by government “I believe that Abbas and Fatah fed up in Gaza,” he said. “This is highly finance minister and Hamas MP Omar fiat following a meeting of President understood that having the elections significant.” Hamas’s approval rating in Abdel Razeq, speaking to the Five Towns Mahmoud Abbas’s cabinet on the 10th. PA held only in the West Bank without Gaza is only 19.8%, indicating that, Jewish Times from his office in Prime Minister Salam Fayyad was report- the Gaza Strip won’t be recognized by interestingly enough, support for the Ramallah, said that his associates, assis- ed to have said that the hold on elections Hamas,” he said. Hamas has refused to group is strongest in areas where it tants, and family members were fre- is to be in place “indefinitely.” recognize the legitimacy of any elec- does not rule. quently harassed and even detained by MP Qais Abed Al-Karim, a representa- tions prior to an official reconciliation. The recent deferral is not the first time the police. A Palestinian committee tive of the Democratic Front for the Ismail Radwan, a Hamas spokesman, an election has been cancelled since seeking ways to end the split between Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), told Maan agreed, asserting that Hamas will only Hamas’s 2007 Gaza takeover. The Hamas and Fatah was dissolved last News that the deferral was “illegitimate approve of elections “after achieving the Palestinian Authority postponed parlia- month after deciding that there was no and contradicts Palestinian Basic Laws reconciliation and ending the internal rift mentary and presidential elections in practical way to affect reconciliation and the urgent need to put an end to the in order to create a better atmosphere 2009 following a recommendation by the between the parties. O deterioration of the pillars of Palestinian community caused by the West Bank- Gaza division.” According to reports in the Arab press, opponents of the measure have initiated legal action in PA courts aimed at forcing Abbas to hold the elections. However, despite opposition to the move, 46.8% of Palestinian Authority residents have indicated that they are for the postponement of elections until further notice. Hamas, which trounced Fatah in the 2006 parliamentary elections, has been growing more popular in the West Bank in recent months. In 2007, following Mahmoud Abbas’s refusal to acknowl- edge its newly formed cabinet, the group staged a coup, conquering the Gaza Strip and creating a split in the PA that continues to this day. A recent poll conducted by Dr. Nabil Kukali for the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion indicated that Hamas enjoys a 41.3% approval rating in the West Bank. Fatah currently leads Hamas with a rating of 48.2%, but the Gaza-based Islamic movement is gaining fast with Palestinian confidence in its leadership having increased 18.7% since April. The rise, which Kukali said came “unexpectedly from the West Bank,” stems from Palestinian sentiments of solidarity with Gaza following the deaths of nine Turks aboard the Mavi Marmara, which was attempting to break Israel’s blockade of the coastal enclave. Senior sources in the current Fatah administration said that the deferral rep- resents a desire on the part of Abbas to revive reconciliation talks with Hamas. A statement by the PA Ministry of Local Government explained the delay as the response to demands by certain Arab nations and “friends in the world.” The measure is intended to “pave the way for a successful end to the siege on Gaza and for continued efforts at unity,” the PA announced. Dr. Aaron Lerner, an Israeli political observer and the editor of the news and analysis website IMRA, commented that holding elections while Hamas maintains control of Gaza would undermine the Palestinian Authority’s legitimacy as the sole governing body of the 1967 territo- ries. An election at this time “would for- 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 69 70 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES July 23, 2010 71 72 July 23, 2010 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES