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PAGE 21 PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU GREETING VICE PRESIDENT JOE 33 BIDEN ON HIS VISIT TO ISRAEL THIS WEEK.

RAV SHIMON COHEN k’’mz 38 Iran Test Fired Two Missiles In Order To Wipe Out Israel This week saw Iran firing two Kirby said that if the Iranian test is found Jerusalem. additional long-range ballistic missiles to violate United Nations Security Council U.S. State Department spokesman with each said to carry the Hebrew words resolutions, then the U.S. will raise the Mark Toner said Tuesday that for “Israel must be wiped out” on the matter in the council. Firing of ballistic Washington would review the reported CHARLIE HARARY AT LAST rocket bodies. missiles capable of delivering nuclear tests and raise them in the U.N. Security YEAR’S “BIG EVENT” The state-run Tasnum news agency weapons would be a violation. Council to seek an “appropriate reported that the two missiles successfully The tests came as Vice President response” if they are confirmed. struck targets 1,400 kilometers (870 Joe Biden visited Israeli Prime Minister “We also continue to aggressively ISSUE miles) away. Iran also tested ballistic Benjamin Netanyahu, who was strongly apply our unilateral tools to counter missiles fired from silo-based launchers in opposed to the nuke deal. threats from Iran’s missile program,” he SHMUZ: Amalek: Breakdown of Aura various locations nationwide on Tuesday, “I want to reiterate because I know added. Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier...... 9 according to Press TV. people still doubt: If in fact they break Things are happening so quickly From Pesach to Purim State Department spokesman John the deal, we will act,” Biden said in with Iran and the world is sleeping. Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz...... 15 California Rasin Couscous with Vegetables Canada’s Trudeau backs anti-BDS bill, For Israelis, Donald Trump is Jamie Geller...... 22 Pintrest Beauty Hacks - but leaves people ‘guessing’ on Israel U.S. history’s most ‘Israeli’ Do They Really Work? SEAN SAVAGE presidential candidate Racheli Fried...... 22 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose election ARIK PUDER JNS NEWS...... 30 victory over Stephen Harper last year ended nearly a decade This presidential election season is nothing if not fascinating, of Conservative party rule in Canada, recently made a and the media coverage itself is driving considerable debate. significant pro-Israel policy move. But questions on Israel What’s also interesting, but has so fa r gone unexplored, is linger for the Canadian leader. how Israeli media are covering the American elections. Israeli During the election, many questions arose regarding election coverage offers insights into how the press in the U.S. CONT. ON P4 CONT. ON P3 ,urb ,eksv 1 Adar 2 c rst "t 5 Ways to Accept Rejection Exercise Helps Shrink Tumors and Parashat ALEEZA BEN SHALOM Combats Cancer in Many Ways Pekudei “I don’t want to continue, I’m not interested. It’s over.” 5:40 P.M. FIVE TOWNS DR. JOSEPH MERCOLA 5:41 P.M. STATEN ISLAND Ouch! Your ego may be bruised and your heart broken, 5:41 P.M. BROOKLYN but rejection is an unavoidable part of life. Coping strate- Compelling evidence suggests 5:41 P.M. TEANECK, NJ gies will help you move through breakups with greater ease exercise is an important compo- 6:10 P.M. MIAMI BEACH, FLA. and be more prepared for the right person waiting for you nent of cancer prevention and care; 5:05 P.M. JERUSALEM down the road. slashing your risk of developing CONT. ON P5 CONT. ON P6 3/11/16

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PUDER American) or if they remain wary the right and hardly a Trump back- the U.S. press. While many abhor CONT. FROM P1 of his pledge to remain objective in er, has written extensively about his message and feel that frequent and Israel stack up against each Mideast negotiations. The fact that him, including a recent piece warn- coverage only encourages the dem- other in treating both this election he reminds them of themselves and ing that “Trump has unleashed agogue, they recognize that Trump cycle and politicians in general— is the polar opposite of Obama in America’s monsters.” means big headlines and better TV and how Israelis themselves view every way makes him an attractive ratings. the elections. candidate, or at least a compelling Meanwhile, the American media one. They believe that whatever coverage of Trump’s presiden- That media debate is unlikely to As someone who worked for happens, he will be a better pres- tial campaign reveals a lot about ever take place in Israel, though. many years as a media advisor for ident for Israel than Obama has how the U.S. press operates. Even While Americans generally respect leading Israeli politicians, and who been. Further, they remember that though most of the media, in- and even idealize the rich, Israelis has run a PR agency in New York Trump has an Orthodox Jewish cluding Fox News, fear a Trump harbor a deep dislike for billion- for the last six years, I’ve had the daughter who is raising her chil- presidency and make fun of his aires, and they would likely never chance to explore up-close how dren in a kosher home. style and arrogance, they cannot support a wealthy political candi- American politics operate, how ignore him. He’s led in the polls for date. The Israeli media, therefore, American media work, and how Israeli press coverage of Trump months, dominated Super Tuesday, would certainly go after such a American media differ from Israeli echoes this sentiment. Israeli media and is bottom line the best show candidate. media. are closely following the elections, in town. Cable TV stations like sending reporters to cover the pri- CNN are seeing YUGE (in Trump Generally, there is a big differ- What really stands out this year maries and interview voters, and lingo) ratings spikes. Everybody ence between how the American is that this U.S. election has gener- paying unusually close attention to wants to know what Trump will and Israeli media handle politi- ated much more interest than past Trump. Even Israel’s widely read have to say—whether they agree or cians. As a rule, the American me- American elections in the Israeli liberal daily newspaper, Haaretz, not. Further, Trump’s candidacy dia accords much greater respect media—and, by association, in the while not naturally a supporter of has generated an internal debate in CONT.ON P25 Israeli public—for two main rea- sons: Donald Trump and Sen. Ber- nie Sanders (I-Vt.).

With Sanders, Israeli media are excited about the fact that there is a serious presidential candidate who is Jewish. Even though Sanders is shying away from his Jewish roots and has avoided detailed discus- sions about Israel, this isn’t dampe- ning Israelis’ Jewish pride. For or- dinary Israelis, it is practically un- imaginable that a Jew whose family lost members in the Holocaust stands a real chance of occupying the world’s most powerful role. It’s about Jewish DNA and Jewish his- tory, and the sense that centuries of persecution could symbolically end with Sanders reaching this exalted office.

Trump, on the other hand, is seen by many Israelis as the most “Israeli” presidential candidate America has ever had. All of the things that many observers in America criticize him for—being aggressive, arrogant, blunt, loud, stubborn, argumentative, confron- tational, and so on—are all attri- butes many Israelis admire and see in themselves.

In short, Trump’s personality is 180 degrees from President Barack Obama’s, who is known for being cerebral and deliberative. Trump talks tough and appears unafraid to deal with the rough-and-tumble Middle East.

Ultimately, Israelis relate to Trump, even if they wouldn’t nec- essarily vote for him (if they were

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SAVAGE abroad.” resolution. 18. CONT. FROM P1 “We must fight anti-Semitism “The motion was brought In particular, Dion took issue Trudeau’s limited foreign policy in all its forms,” Canadian Foreign to the House by the popular with the resolution’s rhetoric, experience. Under Harper, Canada Minister Stephane Dion said Conservative MP Michelle Rempel which he said “elicits mistrust.” became one of Israel’s top allies, in a statement supporting the and her caucus colleague Tony “Yes, some supporters of the regularly defending the Jewish legislation. “We must oppose the Clement, a powerful cabinet boycott have bad intentions, do state in international forums as boycott, divest, sanctions campaign minister in Stephen Harper’s not want peace, and are working well as boosting bilateral trade and in our communities and continue to Conservative government, which against Israel,” Dion said, adding cultural ties. Concern arose in some speak out forcefully against them.” went down in defeat in last that some BDS supporters are pro-Israel circles that Trudeau, who The bipartisan rejection of BDS October’s polls,” Terry Glavin, “mistaken in good faith.” as a center-left Liberal party leader was roundly praised by Canadian a columnist for Canada’s Ottawa “Many organizations and promised a new and more nuanced Jewish organizations. Citizen newspaper, told JNS.org. individuals in Canada and abroad approach to foreign policy, would “We applaud our elected “The opposition motion support the BDS movement out erode Canadian support for Israel representatives for speaking follows on a similar but harder-line of the belief that it will somehow at a critical time. out against BDS in the House approach to the BDS movement accelerate the peace process and be Trudeau seemingly put such of Commons today. There is adopted earlier by the British a non-violent initiative that leads to concern to rest by supporting a bill clear agreement: BDS is hateful, House of Commons,” he said. a lasting resolution of the Israeli- introduced by the Conservatives, divisive, and counter-productive,” “The anti-BDS motion is also Palestinian conflict,” he said. who are now in the Canadian the Centre for Israel and Jewish consistent with the Conservative Glavin believes Dion’s opposition, that condemned the Affairs, the non-partisan advocacy strategy at the moment of trying to comments reflect bitter resentment anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and arm of the Jewish Federations of dominate the House agenda from towards the Conservatives, who Sanctions (BDS) movement. Canada, said at the time. the Opposition benches.” championed support for Israel The measure, which passed Michael Mostyn, CEO of B’nai Trudeau’s foreign minister, during their term in power. Feb. 22 in a 229-51 vote, rejects Brith Canada, said the House of Dion, accused the opposition “It is certainly true that “the Boycott, Divestment and Commons vote “is a great first Conservative party of using the Canada’s Jews were traditionally Sanctions (BDS) movement, step in recognizing the anti-Israeli resolution—and Israel in general— Liberal voters before Stephen which promotes the demonization Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions as a wedge issue. Harper’s Conservatives came and delegitimization of the State movement for what it is, another “We will support it (the anti- along, and the Conservatives of Israel, and calls upon the form of anti-Semitism.” BDS bill) because we agree with have persisted in demonstrating government to condemn any Yet despite the overwhelming the substance of it, although we do their pro-Israel bona fides to the and all attempts by Canadian bipartisan approval, some questions have some reservations about its Liberals’ disadvantage. But Dion’s organizations, groups or remain over whether or not form and about the Conservative complaints did ring a bit hollow,” individuals to promote the BDS Trudeau’s government genuinely party’s real intentions,” Dion said Glavin told JNS.org. movement, both here at home and supported the Conservative-led during a parliament debate on Feb. CONT.ON P7

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BEN SHALOM Sometimes it’s a relief when the relationship and build your bond. and give you the time and space CONT. FROM P1 other person breaks up with you. While it won’t always produce a to change it up. Growth can be 1. Recognize Mr. or Mrs. It saves you from having to be happy couple, it will allow you uncomfortable, but it’s also good Wrong. Have you ever known the one to do the breaking up. to pursue what you want, even if and will often lead to higher quali- someone isn’t right for you but However, be careful not to drag a you’re afraid. And when it does ty matches in the future. stayed with them anyway? We relationship out in order to force work out, it allows a couple to be 5. Time heals all wounds. all have reasons for staying with your partner to be the one calling more open, vulnerable and emo- If you’re hurting, give yourself someone who is Mr. or Mrs. it quits. If you really feel some- tionally connected going forward. enough time to reflect on the wrong. It’s a blessing in disguise thing should end, face the music 4. Get ready to make a relationship and the breakup. when the other side has the com- and end it yourself. change. Relationships often hold A rule of thumb that I like is to mon sense and determination to 3. Fight or flight. “I don’t us back from making overdue give yourself one week for every suggest a breakup. Having clarity think this is going to work.” This changes. Rejection can be a great month you were together, but ev- and moving on in a reasonable is a weak breakup line. But this opportunity to reflect and perhaps eryone heals at a different pace, so amount of time can save you from type of rejection forces you to make those changes. Maybe it’s don’t rush to meet any timeline. even bigger heartache later on. A make a decision: Will I reject the time to move, change your job or Even if you were only together a strong “no” may hurt, especially rejection and fight for the rela- make new friends. Maybe you’ve short while, you should still take if you’re still interested. But with tionship, or am I also thinking it wanted to exercise more or start time to let your wounds heal be- a strong no, it’s likely there’s may not work and willing to em- eating better. (Exercise is also a fore moving on. Give your head a clear deal-breaker. While the brace the rejection? If you decide great way to take charge of your and heart space to be on the same sting of the breakup may last to fight for the relationship, you life, subdue feelings of anger and page and prepare for your next ad- a while, it’s better to end these will need to provide reasons you frustration, and release good en- venture in dating. types of relationships quickly. think the relationship deserves an- dorphins which will help you feel May your breakups be for the You’re likely to look back and be other chance. These reasons have more at ease.) A breakup can help right reasons, and may a new love grateful. the potential to strengthen the you take a fresh look at your life relationship come your way soon. 2. Time to face the music.

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markable occurrence is thought to ercise. Dr. Joseph Mercola be related to the rush of adrenaline What surprised the researchers that occurs during high intensity was that adrenaline specifically Exercise Helps Shrink Tumors and exercise. called for IL-6 sensitive NK cells, The adrenaline helps circulate and that the IL-6 molecules help Combats Cancer in Many Ways natural killer (NK) immune cells to guide the immune cells to the CONT. FROM P1 into tumors in the lung, liver, and tumors.” [Emphasis mine] skin, where they go to work to kill cancer, improving your chances “The data are clear in show- off and eliminate the cancerous Exercise Is Potent Cancer of successful recuperation, and ing that physically active men cells. Prevention diminishing your risk of cancer and women have about a 30 to 40 To test this theory, the re- While the exact risk reduction recurrence. percent reduction in the risk of de- searchers injected mice with varies from study to study, the A pattern revealed in these veloping colon cancer, compared adrenaline. As predicted, they literature consistently show that studies is that the longer you ex- with inactive persons … found that this caused NK cells to exercise helps reduce your risk of ercise, the more pronounced the With regard to breast cancer, move into the bloodstream, and a variety of different cancers, and benefits. Studies show that both there is reasonably clear evidence when a tumor was present, the NK often to a significant degree. men and women who exercise that physically active women have cells would infiltrate it. Exercise Improves Cancer Sur- during their early years have a about a 20 to 30 percent reduction Then, to confirm the link be- vival Rates and Cuts Recurrence lower risk of cancer later in life. in risk, compared with inactive tween NK cells and tumor shrink- Should you end up with can- But like most things in life, ex- women. age, they used specially bred mice cer, don’t fall for the old myth that ercise must also be done in mod- It also appears that 30 to 60 that do not have NK cells. In these rest is the best medicine. On the eration and be balanced. There is a min.· of moderate- to vigorous-in- mice, exercise had no effect on the contrary, exercise has been shown sweet spot and excessive exercise tensity physical activity is need- tumors. to significantly boost your chances can cause its own set of issues, but ed to decrease the risk of breast Blocking the flow of adren- of recovery and survival. most in the U.S. are far from being cancer, and that there is likely a aline had the same effect — the For example, a 2005 Harvard at risk for this problem. dose-response relation.” tumors remained, even when the study found that breast cancer According to a 2003 paper Adrenaline-Dependent Im- mice exercised. As reported by patients who exercised moderate- published in the journal Medicine mune Cells Shrink Tumors Medical News Today: ly for three to five hours a week & Science in Sports & Exer- Most recently, research pub- “The link between adrena- lowered their odds of dying from cise,”more than 100 epidemiologic lished in Cell Metabolism showed line-dependent mobilization of NK cancer by about half, compared studies on the role of physical ac- that active mice experienced a 50 cells and tumor infiltration was to sedentary patients. In fact, any tivity and cancer prevention have percent reduction in tumor growth identified as the immune signaling amount of weekly exercise in- been published.” compared to inactive mice. The molecule, IL-6. Muscle tissue is creased a patient’s odds of surviv- The authors note that: mechanism behind this rather re- known to release IL-6 during ex- CONT.ON P10

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SAVAGE Representative Office of Canada CONT. FROM P4 in Ramallah rather than via the Although Trudeau has general budget of UNRWA,” continued Canada’s strong support Shimon Fogel, CEO of the Centre for Israel, he has come under for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the microscope for his handling recently said. of radical Islam, including with Additionally, Trudeau took regard to Canada’s involvement in heat from some Jewish leaders the U.S.-led coalition against the in January for omitting any Islamic State terror group. mention of the Jewish victims of Last December, Trudeau was the Holocaust or anti-Semitism criticized for his appointment of from his International Holocaust Omar Alghabra as parliamentary Remembrance Day statement. secretary to the Canadian foreign Trudeau “has cultivated a minister. Alghabra, who was born very bad habit of inarticulacy and in Saudi Arabia, formerly headed equivocation in his statements on the Canadian Arab Federation the Israelis and Palestinians, Iran, in 2004 and 2005, which had Islamist terrorism, and issues of its funding cut by the Canadian concern to friends of Israel,” said government in 2009 because it Glavin. reportedly expressed support for “When he’s pressed on these the Hamas and Hezbollah terror matters, he usually calms anxieties, groups. sometimes quite forcefully, but it is Trudeau also drew opposition worrisome,” he said. from leading Canadian Jewish In a controversial move, groups for a proposal to give $15 Trudeau recently decided to end million to the United Nations Canada’s participation in the Relief and Works Agency U.S.-led coalition’s airstrikes (UNRWA), which provides aid to against Islamic State. Trudeau Palestinian refugees. UNRWA has had promised to do so during his come under fire for anti-Semitism election campaign. Instead, Canada among its staff and for abetting will beef up its presence of special- terrorism. operations soldiers in Iraq. “Canada’s commitment to “I am extremely confident helping the Palestinian people with that this mission not only is better humanitarian aid and development than our last mission, but is the assistance can have far greater right thing to do and the right impact if it is directed through the CONT.ON P8

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same mistake. violent one?” “THE SHMUZ” The answer to this question The idea of murder is so far seems to be that there are many removed from our realm of thought Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier factors that control a person’s that it wouldn’t even cross our behavior. One of them is that mind, no matter how angry we Amalek: Breaking people only consider what is in the were. To us, murder is in the realm the Aura realm of the possible. of the unthinkable. Parshas Zachor Murder isn’t in the realm of the Breaking the aura possible The Rosh Ha’Yeshiva explained To illustrate, imagine that “Remember that which Amalek immediately burned, he cooled off that when the Jewish people left you walk out of your house one did to you…” — Devarim 25:17 the bath for others. So too, even Mitzraim, they were in the realm morning and find your driveway HASHEM’s People though the Amalekim were beaten, of the untouchable. The concept of blocked by another car. You When HASHEM took the Jewish they cooled off the bath and made any nation attacking the Jews was quickly conclude that person people out of Mitzrayim, He did it easier for others to attack. unthinkable. It wasn’t a thought who parked that car is rude and it in a highly visible manner. The How did Amalek cook the bath? that would be considered and inconsiderate. Because he had word spread quickly that these The Rosh Ha’Yeshiva (Rav quickly rejected; it just wasn’t a somewhere to go, he didn’t care were HASHEM’s people under His Henoch Leibowitz), ZT’L, observed possibility. The Jews had an air about the consequences of his direct guidance and protection, and that this Rashi seems to be of being so far above any other actions, and he blocked you in. the world stood in awe of the Klal counterintuitive. When HASHEM nation that no one would attack You might even get angry. “The Yisroel. Shortly after this point, brought the Jewish people into the them – not because they would chutzpah of that guy! Not at all Amalek attacked and was severely desert, it was to be assumed that He be beaten back, but because it was concerned with my needs, only beaten, its powerful warriors would defend them. However, up CONT.ON P11 with his own!” dismembered and laid helpless in until Amalek attacked, it was only a Your sense of righteous front of the victorious Jews. theory. What Amalek did was take indignation might even take you so While we won the war, Rashi this concept from the theoretical far as to consider taking revenge. explains that it was still a tragedy to the actual. It was now a reality; Letting the air out of his tires might for us because now other nations Amalek tried and was badly The Chazal cross your mind or maybe even were able to fight against the Jews. defeated. Anyone hearing of this damaging the car. But it would be Rashi says that by attacking the Jews, Amalek To clarify the point, Rashi offers a battle understood that G-d fights hard to imagine that you would “cooled off the bath,” making it easier for other moshol. the Jews’ wars. begin fantasizing about murdering nations to attack them. There was once a scalding hot In what sense, then, did Amelek the driver. “Let me see, would I bath that no one could enter. cool off the bath? If anything, their rather choke him or stab him? Along came one foolish individual attack should have made it more The Question A slow painful death or a quick who jumped in. Although he was difficult for others to make the Amalek was beaten badly in that war. How did they cool the bath? If anything, they proved to the world that HASHEM fights the Jewish wars.

The Answer Amalek broke the aura. Before they attacked no one would have thought of going after HASHEM’s Chosen People. They took the impossible and put it into the realm of the possible.

The life lesson The world we live in today has taken a fast pace down the slippery slope of morality. What was unthinkable forty years ago is now the norm. We have to protect our homes and ourselves from the affects of society.

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why a high-fat diet tends to dis- book, “Tripping Over the Truth: courage cancer. A key point to re- The Return of the Metabolic The- member is that while normal cells ory of Cancer Illuminates a New can use either glucose or ketones and Hopeful Path to a Cure” goes derived from fat as fuel, cancerous into all of this in great detail, and cells lack this metabolic flexibility is a must-read for anyone inter- and need glucose to survive and ested in preventing or recovering multiply. Cut off their supply of from cancer. fuel, and you effectively starve the Exercise stimulates AMPK cancer cells to death. and SIRT1, which secondarily Exercise, by lowering your inhibits mTOR, which then stim- blood sugar levels and normaliz- ulates mitochondrial biogenesis ing your insulin sensitivity, has and mitophagy, both of which are a similar effect — it essentially deadly to cancer. In essence, can- creates an environment that is less cer can be viewed as a metabolic conducive to cancer growth. disorder, and the key to prevention and recovery lies in restoring mi- Exercise also helps you shed tochondrial function and increas- excess fat and maintain a healthy ing mitochondrial numbers. Exer- weight (this is particularly true for cise helps you do both. high-intensity interval training). Also, besides creating an en- Excess weight is a significant risk vironment that discourages can- factor, and obesity is responsible cer growth, another reason why for an estimated 500,000 cancer nutritional ketosis works so well cases worldwide each year. The for cancer is because it too boosts link between obesity and cancer is mitochondrial function and drives primarily hormone-driven, as fat down inflammation. cells produce excess estrogen. Exercise Improves Your Odds This also helps explain why of a Long and Healthy Life exercise during childhood reduces If you want to prevent disease, your lifetime cancer risk, and why exercise! Cancer is just one of a obese children are at a significant- very long list of health problems ly heightened risk of cancer in that can arise as a result of chronic their adult years. inactivity. Your metabolic and car- Physical activity also improves diovascular health is also largely circulation, driving more oxygen dependent on exercise. In fact, one MERCOLA exercise for 2.5 hours per week. CONT. FROM P6 into your tissues, and circulating of the Exercise also lowers your odds immune cells in your blood. By primary benefits of exercise ing breast cancer to some degree, of cancer recurrence once you’ve improving blood flow to your liv- is that it improves your insulin and this benefit remained constant successfully recuperated. A study er, and leptin sensitivity and boosts regardless of whether women were published in 2012 found that it also helps your body detoxi- your mitochondrial health, both of diagnosed early on or after their breast and colon cancer patients fy potentially harmful substances, which play decisive roles in cancer cancer had spread. who exercised regularly had half including excess estrogen that may and other chronic diseases. Exercise has also been shown the recurrence rate compared to spur estrogen-sensitive cancers. Ideally you’ll want to establish to minimize the side effects of non-exercisers. a comprehensive exercise program conventional cancer therapy, and The Metabolic Theory of Cancer that includes high-intensity exer- improve cancer patients’ quality Exercise Combats Cancer in Perhaps most importantly, cises and strength training — both of life. Many Ways exercise promotes mitochondrial of which have been shown to be A recent analysis of 16 stud- Exploring the relationship health. Mitochondrial damage can of particular benefit for cancer ies found that across the board, between exercise and cancer, a trigger genetic mutations that can prevention. I also urge you to con- cancer patients assigned to an ex- study in the British Medical Jour- contribute to cancer, so optimizing sider walking more, in addition ercise program consistently report nal found that exercise affects the health of your mitochondria to your regular workout regimen. significantly better quality of life several biological functions that is a key component of cancer Aim for about 7,000 to 10,000 compared to those in the non-ex- may directly influence your cancer prevention. In fact, mitochondrial steps (or about an hour-long walk) ercising control groups, including risk, including changes in energy dysfunction is at the core of virtu- per day. higher self-esteem and physical balance, immune function, anti- ally all diseases. Also, avoid sitting as much functioning, less fatigue, reduced oxidant defense, DNA repair, and By forcing your mitochondria as possible. If you can, limit your length of hospital stays, and fewer hormone levels. — those little power stations that sitting to three hours a day or less, doctor’s visits. Indeed, there’s not just one produce ATP in your cells — to as the mere act of standing triggers Some cancer organizations mechanism responsible for its work harder, your mitochondria beneficial changes in your biology. now promote exercise as part of cancer-fighting effects. There are start making reactive oxygen spe- Naturally, if you have cancer standard cancer care, although many, starting with the fact that cies (ROS), which act as signaling or any other chronic disease, you this information has yet to fully exercise decreases your insulin molecules. One of the functions will need to tailor your exercise filter down into general oncology. resistance, which is a profoundly they signal is to make more mito- routine to your individual circum- Two examples of organizations effective strategy to reduce your chondria. stances, taking into account your that promote exercise for cancer cancer risk. By creating a low So, when you exercise, your fitness level and current health. patients are the Macmillan Cancer sugar environment, you strongly body will respond by creating If at times you find you need to Support organization in the U.K. discourage the growth and spread more mitochondria to keep up exercise at a lower intensity, or and Johns Hopkins in the U.S. of cancer cells. with the heightened energy re- for shorter durations, don’t be dis- Both encourage cancer patients to This is also one of the reasons quirement. Travis Christofferson’s CONT.ON P11 10 To advertise in THE JEWISH CONNECTION call: 718.761.2626 • [email protected] 3/11/16

SHMUZ and given a brief tour of the broad are certainly Torah-based, And so we must do everything CONT. FROM P9 Internet. They would likely fall in these times of clouded sense that we can to keep this culture unthinkable. What Amalek did down in humble submission. “We of right and wrong, for our sakes out of homes. Any of the media was break the aura. Although they thought we led the vanguard of and the purity of our children, that propagates these values are were beaten, they now brought the indecency and depravity. We now we have to insulate ourselves dangerous forces that will seduce idea of fighting the Jews into the see that we were pygmies compared against influences that sell evil as our children into perceptions realm of a question. Should we or to giants. Such decadence, acceptable and deviance as normal. that are far from the Torah’s shouldn’t we? Do we think we will corruption and evil – we didn’t As strange as it sounds, we understanding. win or not? Some people would begin to scratch the surface of what are at war. A clash of cultures is It is times like these that and some wouldn’t, but it was now you’ve brought into the world, and being waged every day on the air try man’s understanding: his a question. And in that sense, it not just the world, into every living waves, billboards and front pages understanding of that which opened the door for others. room and workplace. We respect of newspapers – and we are losing is right, good and proper; his This seems to be the answer to you as true giants. How small we it. That which twenty years ago understanding that HASHEM this Rashi. Amalek “cooled the are compared to you!” was unthinkable is now the norm. created us to lead a proper bath.” Even though they were That which forty years ago was wholesome, happy life; and mostly burned they broke the sensation of The dangers of our times understood to be a psychological his understanding that certain the Jews being untouchable. In recent times there has been a disorder is now labeled an “lifestyles” aren’t lifestyle choices, This concept has great application destruction of all sense of decency, alternative lifestyle, and at risk is but are deviant, defiant evil actions. in our lives. The stark difference morality and common sense. the very fabric of the society. The unthinkable must remain between the Torah’s view of Western society has become so unthinkable. materialistic, corrupt, and immoral Especially in our role as acceptable behavior and that which For more on this topic please listen is propagated in the world at large that it is bares little comparison to parents and mentors, we have to Shmuz # 135 – Imagination – the Devil’s Playground is so far apart that it would almost that which the founding fathers of to be sensitive to the dizzying this country envisioned. Effectively, downward spiral of acceptable Rabbi Shafier is the founder of seem that we are experiencing a the Shmuz.com – The Shmuz is an culture war. we have witnessed the death of behaviors. While we were brought engaging, motivating shiur that deals The leaders of S’dom would be right and wrong. up in different times and may still with real life issues. humbled And so, we find ourselves in a recognize the truth for what it is, All of the Shmuzin are available free of charge at the www.theShmuz.com As an illustration, imagine if the very difficult predicament. While our children are brought in these or on the Shmuz App for iphone or leaders of S’dom were reincarnated the idea of being open-minded and times, and to them this is the norm. Android.

MERCOLA CONT. FROM P10 Gifts Given by Orthodox Jews — Why and When Less is More When Gifts of Secular People Are Larger Than Gifts of Religious People couraged. Always listen to your body and if you feel you need a RON A. Y. RICH break, take time to rest. It has come to my attention larger, so there are many more participants. Bar mitzvahs also Just know that exercising for that when wedding guests include circumcision ceremonies, bar often are 2-tier events, including even just a few minutes a day is Orthodox Jewish people as well mitzvas, bat mitzvas, graduation one group of people on a Saturday, better than not exercising at all, as secular people, the gifts by the celebrations, ordinations, and again often sharing 3 meals with and you’ll likely find that your secularists are often -- though by marriages per family. various friends and relatives, and stamina increases over time, al- no means always -- larger or in Not only does virtually every another, often larger, group, at a lowing you to complete more chal- higher denominations, if one only Orthodox Jewish family sponsor banquet, on a weekday evening, lenging workouts. If your immune looks at the bottom line, making many of the events enumerated with only partial overlap. system is severely compromised, it seem, superficially, that the above, but family members attend Orthodox Jewish men generally you may want to exercise at home Orthodox Jewish donors are cheap similar events of other Orthodox pray together, and then study instead of visiting a public gym. or parsimonious. Jews in many of these categories, together and/or socialize to a But, remember that exercise Upon analysis, the opposite is multiplying the events to attend degree daily in a quorum of at least will ultimately help to boost your true, when all the relevant factors exponentially. 10 people, and entire Orthodox immune system, so it’s very im- are considered. Orthodox Jews Furthermore, each Orthodox families often pray together in portant to continue with your tend to marry young, do not use marriage is accompanied by related the same synagogue or more than program even if you suffer from birth control (though some avail events before and after, some taking one additional synagogue, often chronic illness or cancer. themselves of some loopholes at place on a Saturday, before and with dozens or hundreds of other Dr. Mercola is the founder of the some point), and do not sanction after, when additional celebrations world’s most visited natural health web people who then socialize and have site, Mercola.com or perform abortions. As a result, take place, at three additional Kiddush together, becoming a large Orthodox families tend to be meals, often drawing in additional CONT.ON P13

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beyond emunah (faith) and into himself physically in anticipation bitachon (trust). The difference is of being hit, so, too, do we brace profound. We can have faith that ourselves emotionally when we things will work out, but may still feel vulnerable. If the thief had not Mind over Matters: be plagued by worry and fleeting stolen the bread, such anxiety would The Secret to Bitachon moments of doubt. When we have not exist. trust, however, negative thoughts Those who are in control of do not fill our mind. We do not themselves recognize that they are While a person with perspective behavior. When we make a poor dwell on, or worry about, the not in control of the world, and are will see the irrelevance in a choice, we are not acknowledging outcome. Trust is an intellectual therefore free of worry. Moreover, circumstance that might easily Hashem; and to the degree that He process which is the natural exercising self-control offers solace, consume his egocentric counterpart, is not in our lives, we cannot have outgrowth of our positive choices, since we are cognizant of the fact the question we are faced with a relationship with Him, let alone and exists independent of our mood that we have done as much as is, “How do we manage what is trust in Him. The chasm widens or emotional state. we can, and trust that Hashem relevant?” To answer this, we will afterward when we justify our We intuit that with each action, will take care of the rest. Those turn our discussion to the subject of actions, which continues to engage there is a natural consequence. who lack self-control mistakenly trust, and explore how self-esteem the ego, and pushes Hashem still When we engage in conduct that believe that they are in control of gives us access to a whole new level further away. we know to be wrong, no matter their circumstances, and therefore of calm. Trust, which is essential to how masterfully we justify it, the become neurotic, angry, and Difficult times and tragic events every relationship, exists when we unconscious voice of our soul cries frustrated. challenge our coping skills. As do what is asked of us, regardless out. While it is often muffled by According to research, humans, our perspective is finite, of whether or not it makes sense the ego, we wait unconsciously individuals with high life change making it difficult for us to see the intellectually. Avraham Avinu for the universe to drop the other scores (indicating that a person is bigger picture. Still, we can gain (Abraham) was told by Hashem proverbial shoe. By doing what is experiencing multiple changes in his peace of mind and derive comfort to sacrifice his only son. This right, we are no longer consumed life at one time) are more likely to during difficult times when we command made no sense, as with guilt and torn by impulse. fall ill, but most surprisingly, studies develop the capacity to trust, which Hashem had promised him that his Imagine the following scenario: reveal that the illness correlates then serves as a surrogate to our offspring would multiply like the a thief walks into a grocery store, with any type of change. Whether sight. In that way, we become stars in the sky. Yet, Abraham did steals a loaf of bread, and then the event is positive or negative immune to distress, because we do as Hashem commanded, because he flees, probably looking over his bears no consequence on the stress not have to see something with our trusted Him. shoulder nervously for the negative experienced; the circumstances are two eyes in order to accept that the consequences of his actions. For largely irrelevant, but the ability to outcome is for our ultimate benefit. Beyond Faith a while after the adventure, he feel in control is imperative. This is We cannot trust in Hashem, The ability exercise self-control will be consumed with what may exactly why we may find ourselves however, beyond the scope of our eliminates anxiety as it moves us happen. Just as a person braces CONT.ON P13

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LIEBERMAN RICH noticeably expands the waistline, degrees developed in gyms and CONT. FROM P12 CONT. FROM P11 so the gifts of people in this clubs where mutual interests are category tend to be more modest, shared. engaging in self-destructive extended family, and sometimes and sometimes are pooled or Clearly, in such families, behavior even when things in our more than one. nonexistent, though not necessarily. the “pie” must be divided and life are going well; it is not about the At weddings, because of the Many Orthodox people somehow subdivided many more times than circumstances, it’s about whether or larger circle of multiple relatives manage to give very generous other pies. And there are also many not we feel the need to control the and friends Orthodox people gifts even if they do not attend the more pies to be split up. However, situation. often have, and the additional wedding at all. This article merely when the gifts are all added up, In direct proportion to the events each celebrates, on top of discusses general patterns, and the the probability is that the total quality of our choices is our ability the extra religious requirements reasons for them. monetary outlays by Orthodox to free ourselves from worry and they observe throughout each day, All of this is in addition to families associated with Jewish rites to trust in the outcome. The path including time set aside for daily many if not most Orthodox Jewish of passage far exceed the totals of to peace of mind is paved not by Torah study, Orthodox people people carrying on as full a life as non-Orthodox people for rites of circumstance, but by choice. disproportionately attend only the everyone else, with co-workers of passage, though in some cases only ceremony, not the wedding dinner For in-depth psychological insights and Torah- all working members of the family, cumulatively. and party afterward, focusing based tools and strategies for better living, as well as friends and neighbors and It is also well known that pick up a copy of my newest book “How Free on what is most meaningful and Will Works” available now in paperback for personal relationships of varying religious people in general, and only $9.99 at Jewish bookstores everywhere drawing the line at what most and at Feldheim.com. Orthodox Jews in particular, are known to support a disproportionate number and variety of charities with their own money. Many secular very well-meaning people tend to be big advocates of spending other people’s money through taxation to fund government programs in their vain attempts to solve all of the world’s problems. Also, Orthodox people pay their own way for the basic religious and secular educations of their children, in schools that often have higher standards than public schools, while secular people compel all taxpayers to pay toward the basic public school educations of people who do not provide their children with a religious education, including their own children, even if the secular people are independently wealthy. It may also be noted that at an Orthodox Jewish wedding, the “outsiders,” the non-observant, are more often than not invited because of a reason that is neither based on family or close friendship. Hence the tendency on their part, in some instances, to leave a proper mark or a favorable impression. Sometimes the gift may even be treated as a business expense. Also, even some secular family members may be inclined to “show off” or overcompensate, literally as well as figuratively, in this way, to offset their lack of traditional observance. At any rate, gifts can be quantified. Joy cannot be. Camaraderie is greater than what can be captured on a camera. There are some things that money cannot buy, and the ties that bind the members of the Jewish community together, in good times and bad, are based on Jewish values, reinforced by Jewish laws and customs, representing G-d’s gift to the people who follow his guidance, and CONT.ON P33

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mind in the Lubavitch community Chabad Center was known. REVIEWS that most other frum Jews just But if you think that chased | Daniel Keren can’t fathom and can only stand Chabad from Mumbai, you don’t back in stunned admiration. know what Lubavitcher shluchim Shaliach’s Book Reveals In his book, Rabbi Eliezrie are made of. Just last month, the Secret of explains how from the time they Rabbi Yisroel Kozlovsky and his are raised as little boys and girls, wife Chaya who came to Mumbai Chabad’s Success Chabad members grow up with in 1912 to reestablish a Chabad the inspiration of travelling to presence in that community distant spots around the world to celebrated the birth of a son and at (“The Secret of CHABAD: Inside the Rabbi Eliezrie explains open Chabad Houses or Centers the bris milah held in the repaired World’s Most Successful Movement” in his interesting book on how and serve as beacons of spiritual Nariman House, they named their by David Eliezrie, The Toby Press, Chabad shaluchim and shaluchos light to fellow Jews who are in child Gavriel Noach after the slain 432 pages, 2015) (their wives) manage to establish increasingly greater danger of Rabbi Holtzberg. Rabbi Kozlovsky themselves in the most unlikely of assimilation such as intermarriage remarked that a “Gabi will once Rabbi David Eliezrie, a all places. In many cases not only or other forms of religious again be walking in Nariman veteran Chabad shaliach (emissary do they sacrifice material luxuries, assimilation. As a shaliach, the House.” of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe) but also perhaps more importantly emissary feels as though he or she One of the chapters in “The in Yorba Linda, California has the comfort of enjoying chevra, the Secret of CHABAD” is titled The recently published a must-read companionship of like- minded Great Escape and it reveals how book for anyone who has an religiously observant Jews in places many Chabad families utilized a interest in contemporary Jewish such as Boro Park, Williamsburg, diplomatic agreement between history and culture – “The Secret of Crown Heights, Monsey, the Soviet Union, which had spent CHABAD: Inside the world’s most Lakewood, Golders Greens, Bnei almost 30 years trying to destroy successful Jewish movement.” Brak, Har Nof, etc. Imagine kids Torah Judaism in Russia and It started out as a joke, of those shaluchim growing up Poland to allow Polish refugees the saying that wherever you go without access to kosher pizza or to return to Poland to make their around the world, you are sure chalav Yisroel ice cream. own escape by utilizing forged to find two things – Coca Cola More than 200 centuries of documents that declared them and Chabad; but it has become Chabad indoctrination regarding Polish citizens. increasingly a reality that even in the importance of ahavas Yisroel, Up to a thousand Chabad places where it is not profitable for to mitzvah to help another Jew Jews escaped from Russia via Coca Cola to establish a bottling in both gashmius (material) and those forged documents allowing factory, you most probably will ruchnius (spiritual) matters has them onto trains travelling to the bump into a Chabad shaliach. contributed to a current frame of Polish border town of Lemberg. Today Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Kfar Chabad, Israel the two is a partner with the Lubavitcher major Lubavitch communities in MAZE Rebbe who in turn as a great and the world are dominated by the holy tzaddik is himself intimately descendants of those families that connected to Hashem, G-d. So no escaped Russia during that brief matter how much of a spiritual window of opportunity from 1946- wilderness they are assigned to, 1947. the shaliach and his family are Without that miracle, not alone. They are connected to Chabad would probably never have Hashem and the legacy of their developed as an important Jewish Rebbe. community outside of the Soviet In “The Secret of Union and it is hard to imagine, CHABAD”, the author tells the what today’s Jewish life would look impressive and tragic story of like. without the contribution of Gabi and Rivkie Holtzberg who Chabad and its emissaries. established a Chabad outpost in Many of those who Mumbai (formerly Bombay, India) escaped Russia on forged Polish home to more than 12 ½ million documents were shortly afterwards people and just a few thousand sent by the Previous Lubavitcher local Jews in great danger of losing Rebbe (Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok all traces of their Jewish heritage. Schneersohn) as his emissaries to In addition the Holtzbergs served locations in Eretz Yisroel, parts of as a haven for religious Jewish Europe, North America, Australia businessmen, tourists and non- and North Africa where many religious Israeli back-packers had despaired to reestablishing a in search of a kosher meal or a flourishing Jewish life. That set up warm Shabbos experience. On the system for his son-in-law and the night of November 26, 2008 successor to follow up with the their spiritual oasis was attacked dispatching of even more young by Islamic Jihadists from Pakistan Chabad shaluchim and their wives who not only brutally murdered to college campuses and other the Chabad couple but four other locations. Jews spending the night at the And in the more than 20

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success in Torah and Avodas or are we perhaps being trained Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz HaShem came from the joy that we should not feel satisfied with which he served G-d and until others are taken care of? “The Observant Jew performed mitzvos. It’s quite a difference. Just Now back to my concept. as most of us would not be From Pesach to Purim What if people took Purim as comfortable giving a room a A few weeks before Purim as you have folks planning menus seriously as Pesach? What if we casual sweep and say, “OK, it’s I saw a sign. No, G-d wasn’t and inviting Pesach guests months went to the same extremes for ready for Pesach,” we should not talking to me again, at least, in advance, there are those whose Purim that we do when cleaning be satisfied that we’ve fulfilled our not directly. It was an actual Mishloach Manos food has been for Pesach? need to fulfill the needs of others. paper sign written in Yiddish in the freezer since the kids were Let’s start with Matanos We should feel that as long as and it spoke to me. Forgive my in camp and costumes which L’evyonim, gifts of money to the some people don’t have, it’s like translation but it roughly said: were decided upon three years in poor. Giving tzadaka is how we leaving chametz in the house. “Attention: This entire building is advance. partner with HaShem. Here’s Maybe we start to shift some already Purim’dik. It is strongly Most of us, however, would how that works: of the dollars from Mishloach prohibited to bring in any sadness rate Pesach at a higher level of Imagine a woman sees a person Manos to Matanos L’Evyonim. or bitterness.” importance and need of focus collecting tzedaka. She might or But then again, maybe we start to It was clearly a play on the than Purim. Granted it is one of might not give, but if she has her understand the great importance commonly-seen sign when people the Shalosh Regalim, Judaism’s young son with her, she’s more of Mishloach Manos itself! have already cleaned their homes Big Three holidays (not to be likely to give the kid money to Is it about giving people a or offices for Pesach, and they confused the three cardinal sins, give to the poor person. She’s gift that says, “I’m talented and warn people not to bring any Judaism’s OTHER Big Three), but training him to give. HaShem creative,” or one that says, “You chametz or leavened items in. To let’s not be so quick to dismiss does the same thing. When there inspire me and I’m so glad to me, I found it brilliant and funny Purim. The Ari z”l among are people in need, He gives know you!”? We are supposed to at the same time. In the true others, for example, comments another of His children the dollar improve relationships on Purim, Purim spirit of taking one thing that Purim is greater than Yom or two or a hundred that He and that should be reflected in and turning it into another, they’d Kippur. The name Yom Ki’Purim wants to give to the other person our gift-giving. The punishment found a way to utilize this popular should be a tip off that it’s only so they get used to giving. for eating chametz on Pesach approach to Pesach in a Purim like Purim, but not quite there. On Purim, we have the specific (Shmos 12:15) is kareis, or being jest. What you can achieve on mitzvah of giving gifts to the Divinely cut off from Klal Yisrael. I wondered what the world Purim through joy is more than poor. But why do we do it? Are Shouldn’t that teach us the would be like if people really you can achieve on Yom Kippur we being trained to give like importance of staying connected treated Purim like Pesach. Now, through awe. In fact, the Ari that young boy, without really to them? I know some people do, and just z”l himself said that most of his understanding what we’re doing, CONT.ON 33

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“IT’S THE EFFORT THAT After the construction of all The directive to offer korbanos relationship goes beyond COUNTS” individual components of the ­­– the central theme of this week’s communion and even personal Usually, Parshiyot VaYakheil Mishkan, they brought the parts parasha – presented klal Yisrael communication. In describing and Pekudei go together, however, to Moshe (39:33). Rashi cites with a new, deeper way by which the mitzvah of ahavas Hashem this being a Hebrew Leap year the Midrash Tanchuma, that the to bond with their Maker. Past (Devarim 6:5), Rav Hirsch explains with an extra four weeks so we people brought all parts to Moshe demonstrations of nissim geluyim that to love Hashem is to focus all read each one separately. simply because they were unable (open miracles) found the people of our goals and energies towards Many believe that the two to assemble it. It was just too as passive players on the majestic serving Him. He notes that the parshiyot, being they are heavy for any, or all of them to stage of divine orchestration. Even Hebrew word for ‘love’, ahava, thematically close they are indeed lift. Since Moshe had not been the construction of the mishkan, comes from ‘hav’, a word that like one. I would like to point to personally involved in any part of which demonstrated atonement means either to give or to. a major difference between them. the construction, HaShem reserved and a divine willingness to dwell Similarly, Rav Eliyahu Dessler No less than eighteen times do that honor and privilege to him. more intimately amongst klal spoke about building loving we find the phrase of “Kaasher Moshe responded to HaShem, Yisrael, could not independently relationships through giving. He Tzivah yikok es Moshe in parashat “I appreciate the honor and effectuate a strong, enduring sense wrote that when we give to another, Pekudei, while in VaYakheil it privilege but if it’s too heavy of connection. While the people had we invest a portion of ourselves does not appear even once. The for all of them how can I myself contributed to its construction, the in that person. Doing so allows Gemara (Talmud) Yerushalmi, lift all this material?” HaShem structure ultimately represented the and encourages us to see them as (Berachot 4:3) notes this fact and responded, “Moshe, asuk ata basis for a special connection, not an extension of ourselves, which states that from here we derive be’yadecha, nireh ke’meikimo, the connection itself. invariably means that we will view the source of reciting eighteen vehu niskaf ve’kam mei’eilav. This bond was to be achieved them more favorably. Therefore, in Berachot in our Shemoneh Esrei. I (You make the effort, just go through the offering of korbanos. order for us to fulfill the mitzvah of would like to suggest a connection through the motions with your Korbanos were not merely ahavas Hashem properly we need to between the 18 phrases in our hands; and it will appear as if “sacrifices”, in which the owner devote ourselves wholeheartedly to parasha and the eighteen Berachot you are lifting it, but in truth, the would offer a material possession as Hashem and His mitzvos. in our Shemoneh Esrei. CONT.ON P25 the means of achieving atonement Of course, the need to or currying favor. Rather, they develop close relationships, presented each individual with the ones that are filled with open possibility to draw close to Hashem communication, respect, and even and develop a special relationship emotional connection, extends well with his Creator. beyond our spiritual endeavors. It is most regrettable that we have While relationship building no word which really reproduces the often does require some form of idea which lies in the expression of personal sacrifice, in the form of “korban”. The unfortunate use of the time, resources and the like, the term “sacrifice” implies giving up investment should be viewed in something that is of value to oneself terms of what we will gain by for the benefit of another, or having making the effort rather than what to do without something of value, we stand to lose. ideas not only entirely absent from In today’s busy society it can be the nature and idea of “korban”, difficult to find the time and energy but diametrically opposed to it… to invest in relationships. We spend (Korban) is used exclusively with much of our time cutting corners, reference to Man’s relationship to finding quick, easy ways to make G-d, and can only be understood good on our many responsibilities, from the meaning which lies in its both personal and professional. root, “k-r-v”, meaning to approach, Conversations are oftentimes kept to come near, and so get into a close short and impersonal, all in the relationship. (Rav Samson Raphael name of busyness (if not business). Hirsch, commentary to Vayikra 1:2) However, such relational Through the personal closeness dexterity comes with a price. that was created by the offering of While we may rationalize our korbanos, the mishkan became more superficial, distant relating as a than a place where the shechina necessary outgrowth of 21st century could reside. It became an “ohel living, we must be cognizant of the moed”, a tent of communion, fact that others most often don’t where Hashem and His people see it that way. When we offer could achieve the loftiest spiritual quick, impersonal responses, take connection. “And there (in the ohel our time to respond to messages or moed) I will meet with you, and I email, arrive late and leave early will talk with you.” (Shemos 25:22) Naturally, the goal in this CONT.ON P20 16 To advertise in THE JEWISH CONNECTION call: 718.761.2626 • [email protected] 3/11/16

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So you want to know how skeleton, and directly affect joint to turn up the fat-melting, flab- actions and movement. Lack fighting, cardio-boosting benefits of flexibility, muscle imbalance, of your usual walk? Follow this and overall core weakness may fun, simple plan to ensure you contribute to poor posture, and get everything your routine’s back pain. In other words, a weak been missing: An optimal calorie- back is a shortcut to big problems. burning pace, ab-firming In every Women especially need to stride and all-over toning without place resistive stress on the spine stops or props! So lace up now to reduce the risk of osteoporosis, and lose the jiggle, fast! help support their chest area, First perfect your form, manage varied height shoes, then perk up your pace and and to offset bigger bellies while posture. Here’s how: SCULPT , pregnant, carrying children, or by drawing your Shoulders back, heavy purses. positioning your Chin parallel to So, what should you the ground, Lift your ribs away do? “Back it up” with these easy from your hips, Pelvis should be exercises: The Row. To perform neutral, and finally suck in your a basic row, tip forward to about abs or Transverse muscles! 45 degrees, holding the weights Next, aim for a pace that’s down (You can use water bottles about 75% of your maximum instead of weights). Contract effort. Meaning, it is somewhat the back to pull the elbows to difficult for you to talk, but not your bellybutton. For Back impossible. Depending on your Extensions, lie down on the floor level, that may be a brisk 4.5 mph with hands behind the head and (403 cal/hr), but- here’s the golden lift the chest off the ground. For rule- try not to let it dip below more intensity, you can lift the 3.0 mph (211 cal/hr). That’s the legs as well. Start out doing 3 sets point where women drop below of 12 repetitions for each exercise. the moderate intensity, or cardio Use these easy exercise tips today benefitting zone. for healthier, better you! So go on and walk for at Rachael E. Schindler, PhD. is a multiple least 40 minutes after Shabbos or degree psychologist, founder of ”TheFiveTownsDiet” meals home Yom Tov lunch, but remember delivery(www.litenlow.com/ dietdelivery/), Smart N’ Lite takeout always try to keep one foot in meals at Season’s of Lawrence, noted front of the other, not side by side lecturer and author, certified pediatric and adult nutrition counselor and in- as much, to sculpt your thighs house nutrition expert of Life Clubs of Lawrence NY, certified personal trainer and keep your arms at a 90 degree and celebrated group fitness instructor angle to tone those biceps. You and Pilates master for over 20 years, practicing in Cedarhurst, Lawrence not only will look WOW but you and Manhattan. A veritable “one- stop-source”, Dr. Schindler specializes will feel it as well! in fitness, food, stomach problems, So here’s an exercise question for hormonal and behavioral issues for both children and adults. She can be you, Who’s Got Your Back? reached to order, for an appointment, The muscles of the back or for comments at Teichbergr@aol. com, or (917) 690 – 5097. Dr. Schindler are integral to a functioning will also be lecturing at Meisner’s Pesach program in CT.

HOFF active listener and a conscientious CONT. FROM P16 correspondent. When having to meetings and engagements, etc. conversation, make it your only we convey a clear message that item of business at that moment. the other person or event is not of Focus your eyes on the speaker and particular importance to us. recap what you have heard to ensure How can we meet our various clarity and convey genuine interest. interpersonal responsibilities and Do not attempt to multi-task, such objectives while making sure that as checking emails or other tasks, we do so the right way? How can even when you are on the phone and we connect with those that are most not visible to the listener. If your important to us in a manner that attention is fragmented, it will come demonstrates genuine respect while through. also deepening our relationships? One way is to become an CONT.ON P39

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Ingredients: • 1 c. California golden raisins Your guests will be surprised 4½- 5 cups all-purpose, un- • 1 box couscous, plain • 2 bunches Italian flat leaf parsley, when they pull apart this Pull- bleached flour • 1/4 c. extra virgin olive picked and chopped Apart Sweet Surprise Challah! ¼ cup vegetable oil oil, divided • 1/2 bunch cilantro, picked and Perfect for the Purim seudah, this ½ tablespoon salt • 1 pt. red pear or cherry chopped sticky challah is fun to make and ¾ cup sugar tomatoes, cut in half • Juice of 4 lemons to eat. 2 eggs 2 egg yolks + 1 teaspoon • 2 heads fennel, bulb only, • Salt and pepper Tip: We used chocolate chips water small dice Colored sprinkles (optional) • 1 English or hothouse cucumber, Preparation: Thick sea salt (optional) peeled, seeded and small dice 1 Place one box of couscous in a Preparation: • 1/2 red onion, peeled, small dice large bowl or shallow rectangle 1. In a small bowl, place yeast, 1 pan. teaspoon sugar, and lukewarm 2 Bring 2 cups water to a boil. water. Allow to sit around 10 Drizzle 2 tablespoons of olive oil minutes, until it becomes foamy over couscous along with salt and on top. pepper. 2. In a large bowl, or stand mixer 3 Then pour boiling water over fitted with the whisk attachment, couscous to cover. mix together 1½ cups flour, salt, 4 Mix with fork; cover with plastic and sugar. After the water-yeast wrap and set aside for 5 minutes. and halvah to fill the challah, mixture has become foamy, add to Remove plastic and fluff couscous but you can try different flavor flour mixture along with oil. Mix with a fork to avoid lumps and let combinations. thoroughly. cool. Ingredients: 3. Add another 1 cup of flour and 5 Once cool, add remainder of 1½ tablespoons active dry yeast eggs and mix until smooth. Switch ingredients and toss well. Reheat 1 teaspoon sugar to the dough hook attachment if to serve. 1 ¼ cups lukewarm water CONT.ON P23

the next and it looks totally off? and you will be able to use every It never seems to be at the same last drop. Pinterest Beauty Hacks- angle as the other side. I’ve gotten The last hack didn’t go as better at this over time but I well. Everyone loves lip stains must admit-this hack made it so these days. You know - that Do they really work? much simpler. Basically, you take “I just ate a cherry ice pop” RACHELI FRIED anything with a straight edge like lip color that always looks a credit card, a business card or so beautiful and natural. It’s It’s gorgeous out! Finally! that it is highly addictive-is an something similar and line the edge hard to recreate that without Spring really is in the air! Time understatement! Looking at pins up at the corner of your outer eye actually eating a pop, so many to think about Purim and Pesach leads to clicking on other pins and and angle it up so that the top off companies have come out with and all the excitement that those so on and so forth and before you the card hits the outer edge of your lip stains to get the same effect. holidays bring-not to mention the know it, it’s midnight. eyebrow. This is the best angle for Many of them are quite pricey HUGE to-do list that is glaring at applying eyeshadow and eyeliner so I have been seeing a lot pins me, vying for my attention. I’m for a smooth, sharp, professional dedicated to making them mostly done with Purim...and by looking edge. You can even use a yourself. Basically-you dip a wet mostly, I mean we finally decided piece of tape if this helps. Apply q-tip into a Kool-aid packet and what our theme will be and I’ve your eyeshadow or eyeliner or apply the powder to your lips. started ordering everything both using the card or tape as your At first I was amazed at the deep on Amazon. That’s always the guide. Remove the card or tape and rich color that it gave me, but hardest part, right? I like to voila! The perfect eye. then it started to really sting! reward myself after I do a bunch The next hack is for when you Probably from all of that citric of errands and work with some reach for your mascara and realize acid! I had to quickly wash it off down time either on my phone as you are applying it that it’s all to make the burning stop and I or the computer on the Pinterest dried out and it’s time to buy a applied Vaseline to cool things App. new tube. What about those times down. I will say, the stain it left For those of you that don’t when you can’t get to the store was really pretty, BUT...the pain know what Pinterest is, it’s a Lately, I’ve come across a ton and you need that mascara now! was NOT worth it. I’ll stick to social network that allows users of “beauty hacks” and I decided Don’t panic-Pinterest to the rescue! store bought stains, thank you! to visually share, and discover to test them out to see if they Simply put your mascara tube in a That one was a partial fail in my new interests by posting (known actually work. The first one tackles cup filled with hot water and leave book. as ‘pinning’ on Pinterest) images something that is always difficult it there for a minute. When you Do you have any beauty hacks that or videos to their own or others’ for even an experienced makeup you would like to share? Feel free pull it out, you will be amazed at to email one and I’ll share it in boards (i.e. a collection of artist-and that is making the how much mascara comes out. It’s an upcoming article. If yours gets ‘pins,’ usually with a common perfect winged liner. How often chosen, you will win a gift! Enjoy the like having a brand new tube of beautiful upcoming weather...back to theme) and browsing what other do you make an awesome wing fresh makeup! All that product that my to-do list :) You can email me at users have pinned. And to say on one eye and you try again on dried up on the sides will heat up [email protected].

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GELLER tablespoons filling of choice. Close CONT. FROM P22 dough up, pinching at the top to you are using a stand mixer. ensure filling doesn’t leak out. 4. Add another 1½-2 cups of Arrange on a baking sheet lined mixed flour, mixing thoroughly, with parchment paper or in a then remove from round cake pan. Fill each ball with bowl and place on a floured different filling. surface. Knead remaining ½ cup 8. In a small bowl beat 2 egg yolks flour into dough, continuing to with 1 teaspoon water. knead for around 5 minutes. 9. Brush egg wash liberally over 5. Place dough in a greased bowl challah. Allow to rise another and cover with damp towel. 45-60 minutes. This will ensure a Allow to rise 3 hours, punching fluffy texture inside. down at least once, if possible. 10. Sprinkle with colored sprinkles 6. Preheat oven to 350°F. and thick sea salt if desired. If 7. Cut dough into approximately adding sprinkles, do this right 7 balls, around 3.5-4 ounces in before baking to ensure the colors size. Roll each ball into flattened don’t run. circle. Stuff with around 2 11.Bake for 26-28 minutes.

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PUDER cable gabfests in which multiple and the press. U.S. and Israel, and will likely be- CONT. FROM P3 pundits are actually encouraged to While the Israeli and American come a case study for journalism create conflict. media differ on many fronts, they students for years to come. to its elected representatives (or to In Israel, the public generally do agree on one thing: the 2016 JNS.org candidates) than does the Israe- supports the media’s hard-line presidential elections continue to Arik Puder is a leading media strat- li press, which tends to be much tactics with politicians. Years of rock conventional wisdom and egist in North America and Israel, and more skeptical of its public figures. the founder of Puder PR in New York. In political scandals, a former prime bring new surprises every day. Israel, he served as a spokesperson and/ Many believe that Israeli media minister in jail for bribery, and Trump’s candidacy continues to or media advisor for the Knesset House are more aggressive and cynical Committee, former minorities minister others accused of sexual harass- challenge the media, in both the Saleh Tarif, and former immigrant ab- than the American press when it sorption ministers Yuli Edelstein (now ment and worse, have combined the Knesset speaker) and Tzipi Livni. comes to reporting on its politi- to topple the old Zionist icons and cians. Israeli reporters tend to leap ZIEGLER sachar (reward) and they toil and idealism. Meanwhile, it takes two CONT. FROM P16 at the first chance they get to attack do not receive sachar. What does to tango, and for years, many Israe- it mean, “they toil and do not get their subjects. Some accuse the Is- walls will miraculously rise by li prime ministers have shown an sachar? This does not seem true, raeli media of being outwardly dis- themselves. So although Moshe extreme lack of respect for Israeli for people do not work without respectful to Israeli politicians, who did not physically erect the journalists—to the point that they receiving payment! What it means are, after all, elected by the public Mishkan, nevertheless, the Torah will avoid them at all costs. is, that when we work for Torah through a democratic process. states (40:18) vayakem Moshe et This is in direct contrast with and Mitzvot, we are paid for the For example, it’s not unusual hamishkan (Moshe erected the the U.S., where the country’s geo- effort, regardless of whether or not to see an Israeli reporter answer Mishkan.) graphic size and complex media we succeed . But “they” are only a phone call during a press con- The lesson we glean from this market means presidents and pol- paid for the bottom line- results ference or in the prime minister’s is that effort counts. Whereas in iticians have no choice but to deal and success. office. Often, an Israeli TV host will the secular world the only thing with journalists. Presidents, even Now, turning to us. In our lack the proper etiquette and show that counts is final results; in if they are criticized for holding Shemoneh Esrei we ask HaShem little to no courtesy to an Israeli the Torah world HaShem is not fewer press conferences than their for many things (e.g. health, politician appearing on her show, necessarily interested in results- predecessors, still regularly rely on parnasah). Are we deserving of so much so that she will interrupt only: He is interested in the effort. briefings with the media. HaShem’s kindness? Did we fully him mid-sentence. This is different As noted in Pirkei Avot (5:26) ben Further, many mainstream media complete our tasks? If the answer from TV interviews in America, hai hai omer, lefum tza’ara agra personalities are criticized for being is, NO, then we ask HaShem to where, even if the host has tough (The reward is in proportion to the too cozy with politicians, creating judge us on our “efforts”, and questions and differing views, he effort) and “Inside-the-Beltway” mentality hopefully that will be sufficient to or she will try to be as polite and At the conclusion of a section and “punditocracy” that serves as a have our needs fulfilled. respectful as possible. The closest of the Talmud, we recite the feedback loop between politicians Shabbat Shalom American TV news shows come to Hadran and declare, “We toil Rabbi Aharon Ziegler their Israeli counterparts are the CONT.ON P28 and they toil. We toil and receive CROSSWORD ANSWER FROM PAGE 6

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Nevuchadnetzar was impressed had a somewhat lower standing in FRESH PERSPECTIVE | Breindy Reiss with the greatness of Daniel and Achashveirosh’s Court. He is called made him his closest advisor. Hasach because it connotes a slight DANIEL IN MEGILAS ESTHER Daniel retained his high position demoting of his original status. and used it to benefit the Jewish When Mordechai needs a people. Seven years after Daniel trustworthy messenger to tell Esther We do not usually associate his advisors. He wished to control was forced to come to Babylonia, about Haman’s plot against the Jews, Daniel with Megilas Esther. Daniel their diets and education. Daniel the next group of exiles came. he has Hasach deliver the message. is actually an important part of the fearlessly withstood the test. He They were called Galus Hachorosh His name is mentioned a few times maaseh of Purim. persuaded the officer in charge of VeHamasgair. Among them were in the fourth chapter of the Megilla. When Nevuchadnetzar began himself and his three friends to Mordechai, Yechezkel and some of According to the Targum, Haman is conquest against the Jewish allow them to eat ‘zaronim’ (most the greatest Talmidei Chachomim watched Hasach go back and forth people he did not hold that they at the time. They set up the shules from Esther and became enraged. destroy the Bais were various kinds and Yeshivas so that when the Bais He actually killed Daniel as he was Hamikdosh right of beans) for ten Hamikdosh was destroyed eleven about to give a crucial message away. Eighteen days. Should they years later in 3338, there were Torah from Esther to Mordechai. At this years before appear as healthy Centers in Babylonia ready for them. point Hashem dispatched the angels the Churban and strong as their Eventually, Belshazzar who Michel and Gavriel to Mordechai. he took several peers, the officer was Nevuchadnetzar ruled. He in turn sent them back to Esther children, mostly should allow them The Persians and the Medes urging her to act to save the Jewish descendants of to continue this captured Babylonia. Their capitol people. (Targum Esther 4: 11-14). King David into diet. The officer was in Shushan, Persia (Iran), Thus we see that Haman the Evil one exile. This was was petrified of so many Jews, among them killed Daniel in his sacred mission known as Galus being caught Daniel, Mordechai and Esther to help save the Jewish people by Hayilodim. by the tyrant moved to Shushan. Eventually, facilitating the communication Among those Nevuchadnetzar. Achashveirosh who had married between Mordechai and Esther. forced into the Babylonian exile Ultimately, the experiment worked. Vashti (Nevuchadnetzar Today in Iran, Jews have a were Daniel, Chanaya, Mishael and Many hold that this took place over granddaughter) moved there too. tradition of the whereabouts of Azaryah. The first major problem the time period of Aseres Yimei When Esther became Queen, Daniel’s burial site. It remains a that they faced was being forced Teshuva (of course they fasted on Mordechai was given a high special place where Jews gather to to eat ‘pas bag’ the food provided Yom Kippur) and Daniel and his advisory rank. Daniel, who had pray. by the king for them. Most hold friends appeared healthier than the highest rank in Babylonia, that these foods were not kosher. everyone else. They ate this diet for Nevuchadnetzar wanted to train several years. these talented youngsters to become As time continued, TUSK more digestible, which means CONT. FROM P23 that you will get more out of the it is actually quite easy to get food once it is lightly cooked. accustomed to the practice, as it Quick-steaming is a great way to is the body’s natural need. Many prepare vegetables. Steaming will people report, that once they make them more digestible while accustom themselves to room still retaining the bulk of their temperature beverages, iced drinks nutrients. lose their appeal (with the possible exception of the hottest summer Some people also do really days). well juicing fruits and vegetables. Food preparation Juicing breaks the food down There is a certain school into small enough parts to ease of thought in the West that digestion. Most of us can judge believes that a diet consisting of healthful food choices and the primarily raw foods is ideal. The ideal way to prepare foods by understanding is that the cooking paying attention to how our bodies process removes some of the respond to the different things we nutrients found in raw foods. A eat. A food that gives one person raw diet can be cleansing for energy may make another person overweight individuals and those weak and tired. I have seen time with a strong digestive system. It and again that no food is good is not recommended for those with for everyone, and different diets weak digestion. To put it simply, work for different people. Often, we are not cows, and our lack of if we pay attention to our body’s four stomachs makes it difficult responses, we can figure out which to process very large quantities of food choices are health promoting uncooked fibrous foods. for us. While most people can digest raw food within reason (especially Here are a couple of symptoms during the summer), many people to look for after eating, to judge need cooked food to receive whether a food is bad for you: proper nourishment. Although Bad taste in your mouth, or bad the cooking process may reduce breath Feeling lethargic and tired nutritional content to some Feeling gassy or bloated extent, it will make the nutrients CONT.ON P31

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3. There are no more Gedolei there will not be a third Exile, is a JUST A THOUGHT | A E Hador left! Sure, there are a myth! number of great rabbis and 4 Confessions of a Modern perhaps some of them will one And then there’s the problem day evolve into a Gadol Hador, with the Palestinians? How much Orthodox Rabbi but as of now, they are mostly longer can we continue to rule populists rabbis that fail to garner over a people that do not identify 1. I don’t like going to Minyan. 2. Why isn’t Torah more of any more than their sectorial with us and even despise us? And Love davening, don’t like a ‘thing’ in our lives? Yes, I support. I remember when Reb if you’re thinking, “Why not give minyan. On the one hand it goes get it. We keep kosher homes, Moshe died and when the Rav them their state already?” The too fast, giving you just enough daven three times a day, and was niftar. I attended the funerals Palestinians are not willing to time to fly through the words keep shabbat. So we think we of Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach accept a state that lives in peace without the ability to reflect are Yotzei! But we really aren’t. and Rav Aharon Lichtenstein. alongside Israel, nor recognize on what you are saying; on the We have failed to make Torah These men were walking Sifrei it as a Jewish state. They are other hand, who really has time the passion of “our lives and Torah. They had the weight of Am not willing to compromise. to actually meditate upon each the length of our days.” We are Yisrael on their shoulders. We felt They rejected the partition of and everyone one of the prayers more excited by the Super Bowl the vacuum of their loss. It was Palestine in 1947, rejected peace giving it the time and space in than by a Shiur and anticipate the tangible. I cannot think of even in 1948, rejected even talking your head that it really deserves? coming new season of TV more one rabbi today who would leave to us after 1967, and rejected a (Plus, I hate leaving the house.) than a new Sefer. It’s both sad such a hole in our lives if he were state offering 99% of Judea and I think we let the liturgy get and human. I have always taught to pass tomorrow. Samaria in 2000. For them, it is all out of hand. Two thousand my students that we are human 4. I doubt the future of Israel as or nothing. They are playing the years of traditions and customs even before we are Jewish. That a Jewish state. While I have lived long game, looking at Israel as have turned davening into it is through the prism of the here in Israel for over twenty a blip on the screen. History has an antiquated ‘ceremony’ of Torah that we understand our years, having made Aliyah all by taught us that popular uprisings rites and rituals and robbed it humanity. But Torah is supposed myself as a teenager; served in the almost always succeed. Barring of its essential component of to raise us up from being merely army, finished university degrees a brutal population transfer of communing with God. human. It should make us a ‘little here, married, bought a house and the Palestinians to Jordan, or a We congratulate our selves less than divine’, but it rarely brought children into this world; mass Aliyah from America, I that we even daven, and have does because we don’t allow it I don’t think Israel will be here in see no end in sight. The greatest turned attendance at minyan into to. We fail to appreciate how the future for them. existential threat to Israel isn’t a yardstick of frumkeit, but the much of a privilege it is to be in Herzl said: “If you will it, it Palestinian terrorism or a nuclear paradigm is wrong. Our Reform covenant with God. The sages tell is no dream!” But today, not Iran. It would be a truly non- and Conservative brothers and us that while the first Temple was enough Jews are willing it. Nefesh violent uprising of Palestinians sisters have picked up on these destroyed because of the three B’ Nefesh has quite literally put marching hand in hand into points, but their solution is worse cardinal sins of murder, adultery Aliyah on a silver platter and Jewish settlements refusing to than the problem. They have and idolatry, the second Temple American Jewry isn’t coming. I leave. Martin Luther King Jr. did rewritten and deleted prayers but was destroyed because they failed can scarcely think of a way for not achieve civil rights for blacks they barely have a minyan to say to say Birchat HaTorah. this organization to make Aliyah by blowing up busses and lunch them. Their changes did not bring If you look at the words of any easier and yet, American counters, but by sitting in them people into the synagogue. So Birchat HaTorah you find the Jewry is just not interested. and refusing to get up. no, I have no solution. I usually phrase “Who has chosen us from And for those already here, This is not a defeatist attitude. daven at home, with no rush, all the nations”. The second we have forgotten why we are I am staying here. I have tied my concentrating on the parts that Temple times were a golden age here. We have taken the existence lot with Zion and her inhabitants. are especially meaningful to me of Torah. It was the age of Hillel of Israel and Jerusalem for I educate my children that the and then rush through the rest and Shammai! But the Jews failed granted. We have let a messianic greatest privilege they have was literally paying lip service. On to comprehend how special Torah certitude invade our thinking. to be born in a sovereign Jewish Shabbat I go to shul to be with was and failed to allow it to raise We have too much confidence state. I believe Israel and the my people and face God as a them from being merely human that this is the beginning of Jewish people have never had it congregation, but God forbid and realize their destiny of the redemption and that the so good. And I have faith in God’s I forget to bring my book from being “Jews”. Torah study is not Messiah is on his way. Well, let covenant with us that somehow home. (On the occasions that I do meant to be informational, but me confess, that while I hope that it will all work out. But for that forget, I usually pick up a book of transformational. It is supposed this is indeed the beginning of to happen, we need a broad Rabbinic Responsa from the shelf to make us better people. the Final Redemption, we have introspection both as individuals and read through them.) no guarantees. The promise that and as a nation.

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Patriot missile test signals arthrogryposis. European Union, meanwhile, has of her father. “Seals that belonged finale of joint U.S.-Israel labeled only Hezbollah’s “military to women represent just a very Arab Knesset members wing” as a terror group. small proportion of all the seals military drill: criticize Gulf states that have been discovered to date. 2,500-year-old seal As the Juniper Cobra 16 joint for Hezbollah terror This is because of the generally military exercise between the designation: belonging to ‘exceptional’ inferior economic status of women, American and Israeli militaries woman unearthed in apart from extraordinary instances came to a close, the Israeli Air Two leading factions of the Israeli Jerusalem: such as this,” said Dr. Hagai Force’s Aerial Defense Network on Knesset’s Joint Arab List, an alliance Misgav of Jerusalem’s Hebrew Monday conducted a live-fire test of Arab political parties, have A 2,500-year-old seal dating back University, adding, “Indeed, the of a number of Patriot surface-to- criticized the Gulf Cooperation to the First Temple period was name Elihana does not appear in air missiles at the Palmahim Air Council (GCC) nations for their recently unearthed in Jerusalem. the bible, and there is no other Force Base in central Israel. The recent designation of Hezbollah as Archaeologists believe the seal may information regarding the identity airspace around Palmahim was a terrorist organization. Hadash, have belonged to an “exceptional” of the woman, but the fact that she closed during the test. According the party headed by Joint Arab woman. According to excavation possessed a seal demonstrates her to the Israel Defense Forces List leader Ayman Odeh, singled directors Dr. Doron Ben-Ami, high social status.” Archaeologists Spokesperson’s Unit, the goal of out Saudi Arabia’s involvement Yana Tchekhanovets, and Salome speculate that Elihana may have Juniper Cobra 16 was to “improve in the GCC designation. “After Cohen, “the owner of the seal maintained her right to property cooperation and coordination Saudi Arabia failed in its attempt was exceptional compared to and financial independence between the two militaries and to harness Lebanese society and other women of the First Temple even after her marriage, and that bolster ballistic missile defense political forces against Hezbollah period: she had legal status which therefore, the name of her father capabilities.” More than 1,700 U.S. by halting its military aid to allowed her to conduct business was retained. Yet archaeologists soldiers, civilians, and contractors Lebanon and after the Syrian people and possess property.” The seal admitted that they could not make a traveled to Israel to take part in the have succeeded in keeping Syria was found as part of a nine-year definitive assessment. Additionally, exercise. Juniper Cobra exercises united, comes the decision to label excavation being carried out by archaeologists believe Elihana have been held every two years since Hezbollah as a terrorist organization the Israel Antiquities Authority may have been of foreign origin, 2001. that proves that Gulf states are (IAA) in the Givati parking lot of coming from east of the Jordan totally loyal to neo-colonialist the City of David, which is part of River, since the script appearing Bernie Sanders mental and Zionist forces, the enemies of the Jerusalem Walls National Park. on the seal is remarkably similar to health joke slammed by Arabs,” Hadash said, the Jerusalem The IAA said the rare woman’s seal, script on Ammonite seals. Another seal bearing the inscription “to Jewish disability rights Post reported. The Balad party also which is made of semi-precious condemned the decision, adding stone, has the words “to Elihana bat Sa‘aryahu ben Shabenyahu” was group: that “no criticism of Hezbollah’s Gael” inscribed in ancient Hebrew, found in the excavation. The Ruderman Family Foundation, involvement in Syria justifies this with the female owner of the ring a Jewish organization that dangerous decision, which serves mentioned together with the name CONT.ON P31 prioritizes disability rights and Israel and her allies who do not hide their colonialist aspirations inclusion, called on Democratic DOVIE’S presidential candidate Sen. Bernie in Palestine, Lebanon, and the Sanders (I-Vt.) to apologize for rest of the Arabic homeland.” Last a joke directed at Republican week, the predominately Sunni Muslim GCC countries—Saudi EA candidates that questioned their COLORFULHow to solve a search and Find Puzzle Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, The words can be located in the diagram by reading forward, backward, up , mental health. During Sunday’s down and diagonally. All words will be found in a straight line with no letters Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and being skipped. As you find each word, circle it in the diagram and cross it o Democratic debate in Flint, Mich., the word list. Letters may be used more than once and words will often overlap. Sanders said, “You know, we Qatar—blacklisted the Iranian- All the letters in the diagram may not be used. are, if elected president, going to funded Shi’a Muslim terror group. invest a lot of money into mental Hezbollah has been heavily involved health. And when you watch these in fighting inside of Syria, in support Republican debates, you know why of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad we need to invest in that.” “When against Gulf-backed rebel groups millions of Americans deal with and Islamist terror organizations. issues of mental health, it was highly Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin inappropriate for Senator Bernie Netanyahu condemned the Israeli- Sanders to use a real disability as Arab parties. “Countries from the a joke in last night’s Democratic Arab world decided to recognize presidential debate,” Jay Ruderman, Hezbollah as a terror group. This is president of the Ruderman Family an important development. Even Foundation, said Monday. “He amazing. But what’s no less amazing should issue an immediate apology is that two parties here in the to Americans with mental health Knesset condemned the decision,” BEIGE GREEN ROSE disabilities.” Earlier in this election Netanyahu said. “Will you continue BLA CK IVOR Y SI LV ER season, Republican front-runner to condemn them when Hezbollah BLUEORANGE TURQUOISE Donald Trump was also criticized shoots missiles at your villages? BROW N PIN K VIOLET by disability rights advocates Have you gone mad?” In addition to GOLD PURPL E WHIT E for mocking New York Times the GCC, Israel, the United States, GRAY RE D YELLO W reporter Serge Kovaleski, who has a and Canada all designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. The congenital joint disorder known as ANSWERS ON PAGE 36

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JNS the PillCam disposable capsule that rejected an Israeli proposal to hold Okasha was removed from office CONT. FROM P30 films the gastrointestinal tract, a a friendly soccer match between on Wednesday in the aftermath of Hezbollah’s Nasrallah robot that helps with back pain, the the two countries in Israel.“The his hosting of Israeli Ambassador claims Israel assassinated Mobileye collision avoidance system main objective behind the request to Egypt Haim Koren for dinner for cars, and Intel chips that were is to break the barriers between at his home. Despite those two Palestinian fugitive in developed in Israel, among other the two countries and to spread a incidents, Israel-Egypt relations Bulgaria: innovations. peaceful atmosphere,” the Israeli have warmed in recent years under Football Association said when Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Israeli Knesset bill aims to announcing its invitation, Haaretz El-Sisi, with the two countries Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah, reported. Azmi Megahed, media quietly cooperating on fighting both on Sunday accused Israel and restrict election activities spokesman for the Egyptian Islamic State-affiliated terrorism its foreign intelligence agency, by NGOs: Football Association, said, “We in the Sinai Peninsula and the the Mossad, of killing fugitive Member of Knesset Yoav Kisch will not agree to any matches with Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group. terrorist Omar Nayef Zayed in the (Likud) on Sunday introduced the Israel national team or any Egypt’s new ambassador to Israel, Palestinian embassy in Bulgaria last a new bill aimed at reducing the Israeli clubs….The idea of facing Hazem Khairat, recently presented month. “The Mossad assassinated involvement of NGOs in Israeli Israel is unacceptable to us because his diplomatic credentials to Israeli him and the Arab regimes don’t Knesset elections. The bill would the Egyptian people would never President Reuven Rivlin, officially raise a finger,” Nasrallah said essentially apply Israel’s election agree to it.” Egypt’s rejection of the becoming Egypt’s first envoy to in a speech aired by Al-Manar, laws to advocacy groups such soccer match comes after Egyptian Israel since 2012. the Hezbollah-affiliated satellite as Victory 2015 (“V15”), which Member of Parliament Tawfik television station. Zayed, from the campaigned against the Likud-led Popular Front for the Liberation government in the March 2015 of Palestine terror group, was certain foods trigger one or more Israeli election, although it did not TUSK convicted for the murder of CONT. FROM P28 of the above symptoms, removing endorse a specific candidate or yeshiva student Eliyahu Amedi in those foods will be essential to party. Prime Minister Benjamin Diarrhea Jerusalem in 1986 and given a life improving health. It may even be Netanyahu said Sunday that he Constipation (though this is not sentence. He escaped in 1990 after all that is needed. would consider supporting the immediate and it may be difficult being admitted to the hospital for Yael Tusk, M.S.O.M. is a general measure. It is believed that V15 practitioner of Chinese Medicine in medical treatment, and lived in to pinpoint a specific food) received tens of millions of dollars Jerusalem. She has been treating both several Arab states before eventually Heartburn and indigestion adults and children for over a decade. to fund its campaign to unseat Stomach pain She is a medical researcher who takes settling in Bulgaria. Nasrallah pride in debunking pseudo-science and Netanyahu, but since it did not claimed that Israel is refraining Phlegm in the back of the throat empowering people to take control of explicitly back a specific party Diet may not be the only their health. Feel free to contact her from attacking Lebanon because it at [email protected] to schedule or candidate, it did not have to a phone consultation or to receive fears Hezbollah’s response. In his cause of the above symptoms. comply with Israel’s strict laws on her free newsletter. Look out for her speech, he addressed the muddied However, in the cases where upcoming myth-busting book on health. campaign finance and propaganda. relations between Hezbollah and V15 now operates as part of a Saudi Arabia, which along with larger movement called Darkenu other Persian Gulf states recently (“Our Way”). 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that will not be acceptable to the exchange for a lucrative subcontract Saul M. Berger CFE, CPA, CFF buyer. Such bids are not intended that divides the illegally obtained to secure the buyer’s acceptance, higher price between them. PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM FRAUD but are merely designed to give the Market Allocation: Think of a appearance of genuine competitive TV show, such as Breaking Bad, BID RIGGING-PART 1 bidding. Complementary bidding where a few drug dealers try to schemes are the most frequently “corner the market”, or do not I had been contemplating writing of Chesapeake Energy. Chesapeake occurring forms of bid rigging, and dare to cross into a rival’s territory. a “Ripped From the Headlines” became the second biggest natural they defraud purchasers by creating The fancy name for this is market column for this week, as we all gas producer in America under his the appearance of competition to allocation. Competing companies know that there’s plenty to write watch, which lasted twenty years, conceal secretly inflated prices. split up the market, and agree not about ; just with the election alone, until his ouster in 2013. He was one Bid Rotation: In bid rotation to compete in certain areas, or with you have this one calling that one of the most respected leaders of a schemes, all conspirators submit certain customers. Other times, to a “liar”, a “fake”, a “phony” and of U.S. energy boom that saw output bids but take turns being the low make things look legit, the “losing” course, a “fraud”. I thought that rise to the highest levels in years, bidder. The terms of the rotation bidder quotes intentionally high you are all sick and tired of all the which reduced reliance on foreign may vary; for example, competitors prices to customers in geographic accusations and nonsense, so I was oil. That would make him a hero may take turns on contracts areas allocated to the “winner”. This thinking of writing about something to many, who now find out that according to the size of the contract, results in less competition, which different. Well, a story appeared last he allegedly engaged in nefarious allocating equal amounts to each keeps prices of bids high. week that at first didn’t seem like a activities. Although he claimed his conspirator or allocating volumes In summary, bid rigging is an major story - a 56 year old man dies innocence, actions speak louder that correspond to the size of each agreement among some or all of after his car crashed into a concrete than words, ramming his car at a conspirator company. A strict bid the bidders which predetermines barrier. Upon reading the press high rate of speed on the morning rotation pattern defies the law of the winning bidder and limits or releases, I realized that there is much of the day that he was scheduled chance and suggests collusion is eliminates competition among the more to the story- the former CEO to make a court appearance on the taking place. conspiring vendors. of Chesapeake Energy, Aubrey charges. Subcontracting: Subcontracting Next column, you’ll learn how McClendon, was found dead last The question that begs to be arrangements are often part of a to spot this, as well as how to set Wednesday morning, after having asked is “what exactly is bid- bid-rigging scheme. Competitors up procedures to prevent it from sped his SUV into an embankment rigging?” After gaining a general who agree not to bid or to submit happening to you in the first place! along a remote two-lane road in idea of what this form of collusion a losing bid frequently receive Saul M. Berger, CFE, CPA, CFF is Pr Oklahoma City, which ended up is all about (there are others, such subcontracts or supply contracts esident and CEO of EPIC On-Point Consulting, LLC, which specializes in bursting into flames. The police at as price fixing) a natural follow up in exchange from the successful providing turnaround strategies, forensic accounting and fraud prevention & the scene claim that McClendon had question is “how can we detect it?” low bidder. In some schemes, a low detection for businesses and individuals “plenty of time” to avoid a crash, in order to not become victimized bidder will agree to withdraw its bid at very reasonable rates. Saul can be contacted at [email protected] or but for some reason didn’t. Well, I by this illegal and unethical in favor of the next low bidder in 516-225-6594. for one believe quite strongly, based behavior. That question we will on all the available factors, that this explore next time. For now, here is a was a suicide. This is because the general overview of bid-rigging. crash occurred less than 24 hours Bid rigging is the way that after the U.S. Department of Justice conspiring competetors effectively announced that McClendon had raise prices where purchasers been indicted for allegedly colluding — often federal, state, or local to rig bids for oil and gas acreage governments — acquire goods or while he was at Chesapeake. This services by soliciting competing indictment came after a federal bids. Essentially, competitors agree antitrust probe that began after a in advance who will submit the 2012 Reuters investigation found winning bid on a contract being let that Chesapeake had discussed through the competitive bidding with a rival how to suppress land process. As with price fixing, it is not lease prices in Michigan during necessary that all bidders participate a shale-drilling boom. Following in the conspiracy. Bid rigging also the investigation that lasted almost takes many forms, but bidrigging four years, evidence was uncovered conspiracies usually fall into one or indicated alleged bid-rigging in more of the following categories: Oklahoma. McClendon allegedly Bid Suppression: In bid led a conspiracy between 2007 and suppression schemes, one or more 2012 in which two companies, competitors who otherwise would Chesapeake Energy as well as be expected to bid, or who have SandRidge Energy agreed in secret previously bid, agree to refrain from to conceal the prices of oil and gas bidding or withdraw a previously leases, as well as to determine who submitted bid so that the designated would “win” the leases, with the winning competitor’s bid will be winner providing interest in those accepted. leases to their co-conspirator. Complementary Bidding: The reason why this was a Complementary bidding (also high profile indictment from a known as “cover” or “courtesy” federal grand jury, is the fact that bidding) occurs when some McClendon, who was a part-owner competitors agree to submit bids of the Oklahoma City Thunder NBA that either are too high to be basketball team, was the founder accepted or contain special terms

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is Gad Elbaz’s producer, told ensure the production’s success. Kosher Broadway Comes the Israeli superstar about the “This is such an emotional project, Gad was excited to story and it is told with a strong To Brooklyn come on board. “I knew if Zvika emphasis on unity within the was directing and producing community. It was only natural Most people who hear about costumes and sets that takes this show, then it had to be top that an organization like Kulanu, Yosef, The Musical think it’s going place on stage and throughout notch. It was something I had which translates to “all of us to be Joseph And The Amazing the theatre. This will be the first to be part of,” said Gad. So he together” would be the one to Technicolor Dreamcoat, Andrew show of its kind, created for men, and Zvika took some of Gad’s produce it,” Dr. Raskin said. Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice’s women and children to enjoy already familiar epic music and whimsical take on the biblical together. A timeless story told added some new and original “The story of Yosef is so story of Joseph. In fact, the only through contemporary music compositions, specifically for powerful” said Mr. Bornstein. “It similarity to that show will be the and dance with scenes that are this musical. The beautiful music deals with love, jealousy, pain, adjective “amazing” which will hysterically funny, as well as was enhanced by lyrics and a hope and faith. And the underlying describe this unprecedented event emotionally wrenching. This is script written by Bornstein and message that I wanted to focus in Jewish entertainment. “This truly family entertainment at its Rappaport, all based on the Torah on is family unity, which I believe will be the first ‘Broadway’ caliber best! and commentaries. was Yosef’s ultimate motivation. I musical written and performed As Bornstein and Rappaport Mr. Bornstein then approached want families to see this together with the frum community in developed the idea of creating a Yaakov Spadaro, an extremely and come out feeling uplifted.” “I mind,” said Zvika Bornstein, musical production that could talented musician and vocal believe that this will be a learning director, producer and co-writer be attended by all segments coach, who sings with the popular experience for many people,” said of this original retelling of the of the Jewish community and group “613,” and asked him to Dr. Rappaport. “There are aspects story of Yosef, Hatzadik. “I like highlighting a theme of “unity”, serve as musical director. “When to this story that I had never to think of it as ‘Yosef, without Kulanu, an organization for I listened to the score and lyrics, perceived until we studied each the dreamcoat,’” said Dr. Stuart children with special needs, I was blown away”, said Mr. character in depth. I know that Rappaport, co-writer and co- agreed to partner on the project. Spadaro. This was truly a work of most people will walk out of this producer of the show. The original thought was to art that I had to be a part of. I am play feeling that they had gained This show will certainly do “Joseph And The Amazing so excited to be involved in this new insights into the story of Yosef entertain. The cast of twenty-five Technicolor Dreamcoat.” But after project.” and his brothers.” men is comprised of professional careful consideration, Bornstein There will be three performances actors, dancers and singers. In and Rappaport realized that the Dr. Beth Raskin, executive of this spectacular show: Saturday addition, there is an angelic boys’ Andrew Lloyd Weber/Tim Rice director of Kulanu has been Night, March 26th at 9:30 PM, choir and the famous “Iconic version was not accurate to the working very closely with Sunday afternoon, March27th Boyz” dance group. This is a Torah story of Yosef. Bornstein and Rappaport to grand stage spectacle with colorful When Mr. Bornstein, who CONT.ON P39

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wars. Since 1948, when Australian community -- which is deeply Isi Leibler Labor Party leader Dr. H. V. Evatt embarrassed by the last-minute served as U.N. General Assembly Rivlin cancellation. president at the time the Jewish The genesis of the Jewish Rivlin’s regrettable state was created, with only two community dates from the end of cancellation of brief exceptions, a bipartisan the 18th century, when Jews were policy of friendship toward Israel among the first convicts deported Australian state visit has applied irrespective of which from England to Australia. It was a government was in office. declining and rapidly assimilating The timing of this slight could community until World War Israel today has few genuine President Vladimir Putin. not have been worse. Over the past II, when it was reinvigorated by friends willing to stand up and The Australian Broadcasting year, former Labor Party Foreign Jews fleeing Nazi persecution and defend the Jewish state and counter Corporation reported that, not Minister Bob Carr, who virtually survivors from the concentration the many nations that apply bias surprisingly, Australian government overnight became rabidly anti- camps. Indeed, Australia’s and double standards in ongoing officials were offended and Israeli in the previous government, Jewish community absorbed harassment. infuriated at the cancellation as a led a concerted drive to persuade proportionately more Holocaust Australia, an important large amount of effort was invested his party to reverse its even-handed survivors than any other Jewish Western middle power, has a track into organizing events and dates policy on Israel. At the annual community aside from Israel. record of friendship dating back to were rescheduled to accommodate Labor conference last month, Jewish cultural and religious the State of Israel’s birth that, with the president, only for Rivlin his efforts were overwhelmingly life developed dramatically. The the exception of a few minor blips, to cancel “for a better offer. … defeated. immigrants created an impressive would place it among the Jewish People feel angry and taken for Why is it that a country network of Jewish day schools, state’s most consistent and loyal granted. … The ABC understands so geographically distant has ranging from secular Zionist to friends. Australian officials were left maintained such a longstanding Chabad, from Reform to Modern Australian governments not wondering whether their efforts as warm relationship with Israel? Orthodox and even a Bundist only befriended Israel but played one of Israel’s closest allies were Although possibly biased by school, which catered for most important and, to a large extent, appreciated by Tel Aviv.” having served for many years as Jewish youngsters. unknown roles in other Jewish Rivlin deflected much of the the head of the Australian Jewish Since the 1980s, the Jewish issues. These included the struggle criticism by suggesting that the community, I feel confident in community has been augmented for Soviet Jewry, the campaign decision was taken only after asserting that much of the credit by Russians and large numbers of to rescind the infamous U.N. consultations with the Foreign for the supportive government South Africans, the latter financially “Zionism is racism” resolution Ministry and the Prime Minister’s and evenhanded opposition independent and rapidly assuming and discreet initiatives that helped Office. These government approach to Israel can be credited important communal leadership to pave the way for diplomatic offices purportedly decided that, to the passionately Zionist Jewish relations between Israel and India in consideration of sensitive CONT.ON P36 and China. developments in the region, The current government, Rivlin’s meeting with Putin had headed by Prime Minister Malcolm important defense implications that Turnbull, occupies a similar demanded priority over what was position of genuine friendship to be primarily a ceremonial visit to toward Israel as that held by Australia. Canada until recently, under I am not privy to the former Prime Minister Stephen background of Rivlin’s scheduled Harper. visit to Moscow and time may Last month, President Reuven well demonstrate that the meeting Rivlin announced a five-day state with Putin was critical. But I am visit to Canberra, Melbourne and dubious. Surely the meeting could Sydney scheduled to commence on have been postponed for a week. March 13. It was to have been the Had this been Prime Minister first visit to Australia by an Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu, it would president in over a decade. have made sense. But Rivlin is a Despite the short notice ceremonial figure, a head of state and the fact that requests from with no executive authority. And other foreign leaders had been I am not demeaning our president postponed, the Australians went when I suggest that his political out of their way to lay out the red sophistication is surely unlikely to carpet for the visit. The Australian make a great impact on a tough Governor General Peter Cosgrove leader like Putin. canceled an overseas trip in order Israel has undoubtedly offended to host Rivlin, and Turnbull not one of its closest allies. Rivlin only committed to hosting the has announced that his visit was president at a state dinner but also “postponed,” not canceled, but with organized a luncheon in Canberra impending elections, it is highly to which several hundred people unlikely that the Australians will be were invited, including all federal able or inclined to reschedule a visit parliamentarians. during the coming calendar year. Two weeks before the event, Australia must not be taken for Rivlin informed the Australians granted. Its longstanding friendship that he was obliged to cancel the with Israel dates back to troops trip in order to fly to Moscow to see serving in Palestine in both world

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“I want to say ‘Good Shabbos’ to me. So I decided on a different BEYOND CRITICISM you but you’re doing a weekday approach. “It pains me to hear activity. I could instead say ‘Good those words, “ I said. He looked at ALAN MAGILL morning,’ but I’d be ignoring the me for a few seconds as if he was Shabbos. It hurts me that I don’t trying to get the full measure of How do you change someone’s include being honest with how know what to say.” Many years what I was saying. Then he went behavior for the better? One their behavior is affecting you and later when this man passed away back to his conversation and I went approach is to be critical of what also being a good role model for and his wife was sitting shiva, this back to my meal. He didn’t use that person is doing wrong. whatever lifestyle you are espousing. woman he had that encounter another curse word for the rest of This is often fraught with the Here are three cases in point. with made a shiva call. She said his conversation. I hadn’t attacked danger of being rebelled against I heard a story from a family to the man’s wife, “When I saw him. I had only giving him a chance or ignored. In my teenage years a member of a Shomer Shabbos how much it pained him to not to lessen my pain. And he had friend of mine was criticized many man who lived on the Lower East know how to greet me, I stopped chosen to do so. times by his mother to try and Side around 70 years ago. One washing clothes on Shabbos.” No A number of years ago, a improve his personal habits. Once, Shabbos morning on the way to long, critical speech about how she woman from Williamsburg I when we were about to leave on a shul he saw a woman he knew from was violating the Sabbath led to a worked with told me about a vacation she warmed up to him and the neighborhood with a cart of change in her behavior. It was an Shabbos she spent in Borough Park said, “Have a good time,” and he clothes on her way to do laundry. honest expression of pain that had at her sister’s place. It was a late replied, “Don’t tell me what to do!” For this normally friendly man, he an impact. Friday afternoon in the middle of It didn’t appear that her messages had a dilemma and he dealt with Around a year ago, after a day the summer and she went out for were getting through to him. it by expressing it honestly to the of work I was looking forward a walk. A convertible, with its top Other approaches to making woman. With a pained face he said, to going to the local eatery I down, pulled over and there was a a positive impact on another frequented and unwinding for a young man and woman in the car relaxing dinner. I was doing just wearing secular, summer clothes. that as I had the whole place to “Excuse me,” said the man, in a LEIBLER Jewry would be far more secure. myself. Then two young men, French accent, with a map in his CONT. FROM P35 around 20, walked in, ordered, hand. “Can you tell me where the roles. The Jewish community is got their food and sat down a park is?” Since the late 1940s, Jewish united under the umbrella of the few tables from me. They were “What park?” asked the woman. leaders invested enormous efforts Executive Council of Australian involved in an animated, friendly “Borough Park,” he answered. toward promoting the case for Jewry. The Australia-Israel and conversation which soon turned in “We’re visiting from France and Israel at the political level, not Jewish Affairs Council, the a way that I strongly disliked. One we saw it on the map.” “Oh,” the hesitating to confront governments community’s Israel advocacy of the young men, in telling a story woman replied, “that’s just the they considered were displaying organization, the counterpart about something that happened name of the area. There’s no big bias or double standards. This all- of the American Israel Public to him that day, was using a lot of park here.” encompassing Jewish passion for Affairs Committee, operates at an improper words in a loud manner. The man thanked her and said Israel was the critical factor leading extraordinarily high professional I was appalled. that he didn’t know who to ask to the current bipartisan pro-Israel level and could serve as a model I usually don’t talk with as most of the stores were closed orientation of the mainstream for other Jewish communities strangers but this time I made an or were closing. “Why are they political parties. to emulate. The Australia-Israel exception. “Excuse me,” I said and all closing so early?” he asked. Today there is unfortunately Chamber of Commerce is the most when they didn’t hear me I said “Because the Sabbath is coming,” a discernible change beyond popular and efficient chamber in “excuse me” even louder. Now I she said. the parliamentary framework. the country. had their attention and I said to The man said, “We’re Jewish. Australian trade unions, But Israel cannot afford to the young man who was offending We’re visiting from France. We traditionally bastions of support take its few genuine friends for me, “Could you please not use such don’t know about what people do for Israel, now endorse anti- granted and irrespective of the language in here.” He looked at me on the Sabbath, Could you tell us?” Israeli boycotts. Anti-Israeli circumstances, Rivlin’s last minute like I was from another planet. To The woman said that her activity at universities is escalating cancellation of his state visit casts emphasize my point, I said, “This brother-in-law loves to explain and encouraged by the Green a blemish on Israel’s relationship is a Kosher restaurant.” To which these kinds of things about Judaism movement and a number of Jewish with Australia. Our government he instantly replied, with a smirk, to people and invited them in to academics. Anti-Zionist Jewish must bend over backward to “Well, I don’t keep Kosher.” There meet him. They accepted and they splinter groups have emerged, compensate for the insult. were many responses I could have came in the house and the brother- although in contrast to the U.S., Despite the massive pressures made as anger boiled up inside in-law was happy to stop everything they are marginalized from the facing Netanyahu, he would do me, including, “Well, maybe you he was doing and speak to them mainstream. well to commit himself to a visit should. It would make you a about the beauty of Shabbos and in Notwithstanding these Down Under after the Australian better person.” But I felt that any living a committed Jewish life. Not emerging challenges, if there were elections. attack on him would only entrench one word was about “You must more Jewish communities like him further in his position and do this,” or “You can’t do that.” Australia, the future of Diaspora Isi Leibler may be contacted at [email protected] perhaps have him heap scorn on CONT.ON P39

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ON SUNDAY NIGHT, APRIL 3RD, CHAZAQ WILL HOST Rabbi Ilan Meirov THEIR 4TH ANNUAL “BIG EVENT” WHICH WILL the CHAZAQ Direc- tor addressing the BE”H BE A NIGHT OF GREAT INSPIRATION AND Crowd ENTERTAINMENT. “ANY TIME YOU HAVE RABBI DR. AVRAHAM J. TWERSKI OR CHARLIE HARARY ON STAGE, YOU ARE SURE TO BE INSPIRED. HOW MUCH MORE SO IF THEY SHARE THE STAGE ON ONE NIGHT” SAYS YANIV MEIROV, OPERATIONS MANAGER OF CHAZAQ EXCITEDLY. “YOU TOP THAT OFF WITH THE WORLD RENOWNED “MACCABEATS” AND THIS PROMISES TO BE AN UNFORGETTABLE EVENING”.

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FIDF NY GALA DINNER

More than 1,300 prominent business and philanthropic leaders from across the country will come together to salute the brave soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) FIDF National New York Gala Dinner on March 15 at the Waldorf Astoria New York. The evening will feature a keynote address by Israel’s minister of defense and former vice prime minister, Moshe Yaalon, and will honor business magnates, philanthropists and steadfast supporters of Israel, Dr. Miriam and her husband Sheldon G. Adelson.

COSTUME GEMACH Pirchei Agudas Yisroel of Chicago Day of Tefilla, Learning and Fun OE’s 9th Annual Purim Costume Gemach kicked off on March 6th with great excitement. Over 600 infant to adult costumes were available to borrow. Inspiring Both kids and their Tefilla B’tzibur parents enjoyed trying Set the Tone on new costumes. The hit was a new 2 person camel which was grabbed up right away. All of the costumes have been donated over the last 9 years by great community members.

The Gemach continues Reading on Wednesday night, from the March 16th from Torah 7:30pm - 9:30pm and on Sunday March 20th from 10am-2pm. The cost is either a $5 donation or 1 donated costume per costume borrowed. The gemach is located at Congregation Ohav Emeth, 415 Raritan Ave., Highland Park, NJ. For more information Shteiging email costumegemach@ Away at yahoo.com or see Pirchei our facebook page at Agudas https://www.facebook. Yisroel of com/costumegemach Chicago’s Day of Tefilla, Photo Credits: Michael Learning Gordon and Fun

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MAGILL CONT. FROM P36 While criticism has its place at times, there are other ways of This wasn’t the right audience for relating that can yield very positive that kind of message. When he and soul-satisfying results. was finished speaking, the couple huddled for a minute and then Alan Magill is director of recreation at Scharf’s Ateret Avot came back to the brother-in-law. Senior Home in Midwood, Brooklyn. He The Frenchman said, “We’re offers customized writing, including picture/poems for a variety of getting married in a few months occasions. He is a humorist who gives audience interaction programs such in France. Up until now we were as “Still Laughing After 5776 Years.” going to serve whatever food He can provide one on one recreation for the elderly who live at home. He we wanted. After speaking with organizes shiurim for women. The next shiur is scheduled for Shabbos, you, we’ve decided to make the March 12 at 4:00 p.m. at Congregation wedding Kosher.” One could only Tomchei Torah, downstairs social hall, 1966 Ocean Avenue, between Avenues imagine the joy the brother-in-law N and O in Brooklyn. The shiur is about Purim and will be given by Rebbetzin felt upon hearing this. Libby Mitnick. Mr. Magill is a We all have opportunities to playwright and can customize a play for make a positive impact on people. a specific theme. [email protected]

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