The Jewish Star Independent and original reporting from the Orthodox communities of Long Island VOL. 8, NO. 26 JUNE 26, 2009 | 4 TAMMUZ 5769 www.thejewishstar.com THANK YOU CREEPY COINCIDENCE? RED ONION RECIPES Letters to the Editor David Seidemann Slice of Life Page 4 Page 5 Page 8 I N M Y V I E W Summer camps set to combat swine flu Brandeis: B Y Y A F F I S P O D E K close, communal quarters, sharing Island — the directors and nurses Departments and in accordance with bunk beds, bathrooms, food and, are taking no chances as they gear the CDC (Centers for Disease Con- Forget bug bites and poison ivy inevitably, germs. As schools let out up for opening day, scheduled for trol) recommendations, our camp break laws to — this season, it’s the spread of the and summer camps prepare for an June 29. In a letter sent out last medical staff requires that any staff H1N1 ‘swine flu’ virus that many influx of campers and staff, precau- week, parents and staff were noti- member or camper who has been camps are trying to tackle. tionary measures are being taken to fied of a new, stricter protocol diagnosed with the flu, or has exhib- rescue Jews More so than the classroom, keep everyone as healthy as possible. regarding Morasha’s health policy ited flu-like symptoms within the 48 camp conditions may be a prime At Camp Morasha in Lakewood, for the summer. hours prior to coming to camp, must breeding ground for the spread of Pa — home to over 500 campers, “In coordination with the Penn- remain at home,” the letter said. including close to 300 from Long sylvania and Wayne County Health swine flu, as campers often live in See SWINE FLU, Page 7 B Y R A F A E L M E D O F F eventy years ago this week, David Ben-Gurion sat down to write a long letter to Louis D. Brandeis, Buy one, bin one S the recently-retired Supreme Court justice, elder statesman of Ameri- Eliezer Project partners with JCC to help food pantry can Zionism, and one of the most influ- B Y Y A F F I S P O D E K afford to pay for kosher food. ential Jews in America. That Ben-Guri- “We are instituting a pro- on was updating Brandeis on the latest On your next grocery run, gram in which we will be placing developments in British Mandatory be on the lookout for the newest receptacles past the checkout Palestine was routine. That Ben-Gurion item now on display at local counter of each of the main food was briefing Brandeis specifically on supermarkets — a bin to collect purveyors in the community, and recent efforts to smuggle European canned and boxed non-perishable patrons will be encouraged to Jews into the country, in defiance of food items for donation to a food donate food specifically pur- British immigration restrictions, was pantry. chased to be deposited into the more than a little unusual. The Eliezer Project has bin,” explained Sam Bergman, Since 1937, Ben-Gurion’s rivals, the teamed up with the Jewish Com- executive director of The Eliezer Revisionist Zionists and their Irgun Zvai munity Center of the greater Five Project. “We are hoping it will Leumi allies, had been engaged in Towns in an effort to replenish make a serious contribution to “aliya bet,” or the JCC food pantry, which has the needs of our clients and the unauthorized suffered from an increase in rest of the community.” immigration. demand and a decrease in dona- “The growing number of Irgun emissaries tions. By strategically placing bins families in crisis makes this an in Europe had in several local supermarkets, absolute necessity,” said Rina been sending both organizations hope to assist Shkolnik, executive director of boatloads of needy neighbors who cannot European Jews to See ELIEZER PROJECT, Page 9 Palestine, land- ”Brandeis, ing late at night at deserted after hearing a coastal locations, T H E K O S H E R B O O K W O R M report on the out of view of British patrols. aliyah bet Recently, the Labor-affiliated Image courtesy hatzalahofunioncounty.org effort, Mossad l’Aliya “The Accidental Zionist” Cover art of two-song disc professionally recorded as a fund-raising tool. remarked, ‘If I Bet had joined the effort and by Rabbi Ian Pear were a young organized its own ships. Let me start Jewish people, man like you, I By contrast, The new charity box: by saying that this are in deep trou- would be with most American is a very informal, ble. Surprise! Zionist leaders somewhat irrever- When aren’t we you.“ opposed taking no coins, just tunes ent book –– zany in trouble? In any steps that at times about good times we might upset B Y M A Y E R F E R T I G against the backdrop of an economy that is subjects that are have trouble and America’s ally, leaving many charities whistling in the dead serious. To in bad times we Great Britain. For as long as there has been modern wind, two organizations have released to put a smile on the have tzores. Veteran U.S. Jewish music, there have been Jewish the public brand new music, professionally face of an impend- Alan Jay Gerber What’s new about Zionist leader Rabbi Stephen Wise told music fundraising concerts. Then, in 1988, produced, recorded and distributed, in ing disaster takes that? Ben-Gurion that he (Wise) was urging the ante was upped when the first Lincoln order to raise funds not for the performers some doing, and Well, in American Jews “to march shoulder to Center benefit for HASC (Hebrew Academy but for the charity. in this Rabbi Ian Pear suc- this book we are presented shoulder with England in the war for Special Children) was professionally Several weeks ago a former member ceeds. with a series of challenges against fascism,” and he could not devi- recorded and later sold as an additional of Hatzalah of the Five Towns and the The basic premise of that reflect the views of a ate from this position even if the Zionist fundraiser. More than 20 years later, See CHARITY, Page 11 the book is that we, the See BOOKWORM, Page 10 cause suffered.” Wise’s Emergency Committee for Zionist Affairs claimed that the Irgun’s aliyah bet ships “resem- ble concentration camps.” 2009 was necessary due to Ben-Gurion, too, aimed his share of Streit's lack of a nationally barbs at the Revisionists. In his June Streit’s Matzo to sport Kof-K in 2010 known hashgacha. 1939 letter to Brandeis, he claimed that Rabbi Yosef Eisen, rab- the food and hygiene on the Irgun’s B Y M A Y E R F E R T I G the 1950s. The the Vaad Although Rabbi binic coordinator of the ships were unsatisfactory and that change is a HaKashrus Moshe Soloveichik Vaad of the Five Mossad l’Aliya Bet was doing a much The Kof-K logo will make result of the of the Five had been the sole Towns, pronounced See VIEW, Page 7 an encore appearance on the ban on Stre- T o w n s hashgacha on Streit's the news about the Streit's Matzo box for Passover it's matzo and Far matzo since 2007, the Kof-K and Streit's to be products enact- Rockaway two community orga- Dr. Medoff is director of The David S. 2010, alongside the Solove- “wonderful.” Would he ed by the Vaad just before last nizations claimed Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, ichik kashrus seal that has expect any problems HaRabonim of Queens and Pesach. their sudden action in www.WymanInstitute.org. been on Streit's products since See STREIT’S, Page 3 Y That’s Life............................................................................2 Calendar...............................................................................6 Candlelighting: 8:11 p.m. I Shabbat ends: 9:22 p.m. N AID 301 P Y Inside Shabbat T I Opinion.................................................................................4 Classified............................................................................10 Torah reading: Parshat Korach 0 GE STD C 3 NO A 5 N 1 E 1 D PRST R POST A PERMIT G US 11530 NY , City REQUESTED den VICE Gar SER Blvd., CHANGE Endo 2 287110 2 The Jewish Star June 26, 2009 Engagements A new little Kohen IEngagement of Yaakov Walden (Monsey, NY) & A new little Kohen, Rochel Segal (Brooklyn, Yosef Eliyahu ben Baruch NY) — June 16, 2009 HaCohen Caplan, was that yes: I went to the Chica- Green Day, The Stones, Billy IEngagement of Ary born on Monday morn- Dear That’s Life, go/Earth, Wind and Fire concert Joel, Eagles (too many times to Nudell (Baltimore, MD) ing, June 15, 2009 to I have a confession to at Madison Square Garden last admit), Styx, and Dave & Ahuva Rayman Ary Nudell & Baruch and Aliza Weiner make. week and yes: I had a blast. Matthews. The night in question (Monsey, NY) — June Ahuva Rayman Caplan of Far Rockaway. After printing a top 10 list No matter what the prob- was an aberration from my 15, 2009 His bris was on June 22 at of songs one should be embar- lem is, no one can help you until norm. But it felt very right, Scheff (Brooklyn, NY) Sh’or Yoshuv where the Yosef Eliyahu ben rassed to have on a play list, I you admit you have a problem. although I was worried that Bar Mitzvahs — June 15, 2009 sandek was Rabbi Naftali Baruch HaCohen Caplan have done something that goes But the truth is, there were someone would take away my IBar Mitzvah of Avromy Jaeger, the Rosh HaYeshi- 50,000 or so of us who had a daughter’s REM concert shirt as Streicher (Brooklyn, Graduation way beyond buying just one va.