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VOL 9, NO 35 ■ SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 / 24 ELUL 5770 WWW.THEJEWISHSTAR.COM Fire hero Rabbi Yitzy Bald saves two from ﬂ ames By Elana Dure

On his way to shul in Bayswater last Shab- bos afternoon, Aug 29, Rabbi Yitzy Bald was focused on making the 1:37 p.m., minyan for Mincha. Suddenly, he was shocked to see a chimney smoking in the heat of summer. He stared for 30 seconds, then approached the smoking house on the corner of Bays Park Place and Coldspring Road. As Rabbi Bald neared the house, he realized the smoke was coming not only from the chimney but from other places as well. Once in front of the house, he saw and heard a A woman in chains woman and her 12-year-old daughter shout- ing for help from a second-story window. “Save us!” the woman yelled. They were Photo by Claudio Papapietro locked in the room without a phone and had Rabbi Jeremy Stern, executive director of the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot, led a rally to de- no way out. nounce a man who would not give his wife a get in Brooklyn on Aug. 18. “When you see someone in panic — and they were in panic — it is frightening,” said Rabbi Bald. Prenuptial By Michael Orbach Agunah, a “chained” woman, bound to her hus- Not knowing what to do without a cell band by Jewish law and unable to marry again. phone, he shouted for help but no one re- The rally was for an imprisoned woman who The Brooklyn house belonged to her hus- sponded. He offered to catch the woman and agreements, was not behind bars. band’s uncle, a rabbi who had advocated on her daughter as they jumped out the window, Two dozen or so college-age protesters, the husband’s behalf in beis din and supported but the victims were reluctant to do so. Out public pressure young Orthodox men and women, stood in his refusal to give Tamar a get. The protesters of ideas and desperate for help, Rabbi Bald front of an off-white stucco house in Brooklyn. chanted slogans mocking the uncle and handed began banging on the doors of neighboring and legal The Aug. 18 rally was called by the Organi- out fl iers bearing photographs of the husband homes. One neighbor gave him a ladder, but zation for the Resolution of Agunot, known as and uncle, along with a letter from Rabbi Shm- it was too short to reach the window. An- recourse. ORA, to protest the fate of a 27-year-old woman uel Kamenetzky, a Rosh Yeshiva in Philadelphia, other neighbor brought a double-extension named Tamar. Despite the fact that Tamar and that criticized the two men. The Jewish Star is ladder that was tall enough, and mother and Will anything her husband have been separated for two years withholding the name of the husband to avoid daughter climbed down as several men held and civilly divorced since April, her husband, potentially hindering the get process. the ladder in place. change for the 34, an attorney on the staff of a high-profi le Tamar and her husband were married in 911 was called and a half-dozen fi re congressional committee who lives in Silver 2006, when she was 22 and he was 29. The Spring, Md., is refusing to give her a get, a re- marriage was “rocky from the start,” she said, Agunot? ligious divorce. Without the get, Tamar is an Continued on page 5 Continued on page 3

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UL 5 By Michael Orbach Featuring a fascinating EL 4 video presentation of Long-time Five Towns and Long Beach Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg is facing

010 2 answers and hadracha from what might be his toughest challenge ever, in 2 , the upcoming Democratic primary. Former

r 3 Nassau County Legislator Jeff Toback, his HaGaon HaRav opponent, is waging a no-holds-barred cam-

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pt Aharon Leib “He’s done a bad job,” Toback said bluntly e Jeff Toback Harvey Weisenberg S on Friday. “Our message is resonating and Shteinman, shlita, we’re getting it out there. People are tired loophole, I don’t even know what the word on the difficult questions of raising and educating our children. of business as usual and they’re ready for change. They realize that my opponent has is... If he wants to collect retirement, let him been there for 20 years, and Albany has be- retire.” An absolute must-see for any parent or Mechanach. come a national disgrace, and they’re ready Weisenberg said that at 76 he’s been in for something new.” the system for 58 years and could have re- Howard Kopel, a Republican, unseated tired 15 years ago. He only began collecting Toback in 2009, denying him a sixth term in his pension last year when he received a call PARENTING LECTURE IN THE the Legislature. Weisenberg seems unfazed about it from the accounting department. by the challenge and said the primary on “What happens if I should suddenly drop FIVE TOWNS / FAR ROCKAWAY AREA GIVEN BY: September 14 would give him the “oppor- dead and die? Will my wife get a pension?” tunity to inform people who will best serve Weisenberg asked a reporter. “You have to them.” retire so your wife has a pension. I did what Weisenberg also pointed out that as a anybody would do to protect my family.” freshman assemblyman, Toback would not Toback has earned support from of one of Rabbi wield as much power as Weisenberg does in New York’s most popular Democrats, former his role as assistant speaker. New York City Mayor Edward I. Koch. “Anybody who attacks the institution that “Ed Koch says [Weisenberg] is an enemy people dedicate their lives to [will] have no of reform,” Toback maintained. Jonathan Koch is supporting Toback since he signed access to resources...” Weisenberg explained. “You have to have a voice heard. Albany is on to Koch’s pledge to reform Albany. A like a different planet. My voice will be heard spokesperson for New York Uprising, Koch’s Rietti because my voice speaks the loudest.” organization, said that Koch had not person- Toback has learned from his Election Day ally endorsed Toback. —TOPIC— defeat last year. “Jeff has signed the pledge and Assembly- “Property tax is the main issue and noth- man Weisenberg has not,” the spokesperson ing else is really close,” Toback said. explained. “Mayor Koch has pledged to de- Raising Our Children to be Toback faults Weisenberg for not bring- nounce incumbents around the state who ing enough federal aid to the local schools, have not signed the pledged and he is doing Ehrlicher Yidden which correspondingly drives up taxes. just that.” Schools around New York receive 38 percent Koch will speak out against Weisenberg of their funding from the state whereas lo- in a series of automated telephone calls to —DATE— cal schools, according to Toback, receive just registered voters. 16-percent of their funding from the state. If “If I was smarter politically I would have Wednesday, September 15th elected, increasing state aid to schools would taken the pledge,” Weisenberg said, “[but] be his fi rst priority, Toback pledged. I pledged to uphold the constitution of the “My fi rst thing is I’m writing a letter to the state of New York and do the best I can to Department of Education and hopefully bring the people that elected me. I don’t pledge to —LOCATION— with me the whole Long Island, Westchester, anyone for a political organization what I’m and Rockland County... and start a dialog on going to do. That’s unethical to me.” Congregation Shaaray Tefila how to change this,” Toback explained. “This Weisenberg said he knew that he would should have been done 20 years ago.” be attacked for not signing the pledge. In his 25 Central Avenue, Lawrence However, even Toback admits to being own defense, he pointed to a bevy of legisla- unsure of how to change the status quo. “It tion he put through Albany with Republican seems to be a mystery,” he said. and Democratic support including several —PROGRAM— “Weisenberg has been a good advocate bills against drunk driving and bills in sup- 718.377.4567 for the disabled and I can’t take that away port of mental health services. Weisenberg

oup was a prime supporter of Leandre’s Law, a

7:45 pm: Doors open • 8:20 pm: Lecture Gr from him; I applaud him for his efforts but the job is more than that,” Toback asserted. bill that makes driving drunk with a child “In bringing back state aid [to Long Island] in the vehicle a felony punishable by up to four years in jail. Weisenberg also sponsored Marketing he’s done a bad job. In government ethics, —Chairman— e n

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B disgrace while Harvey was in offi ce.” Toback is also attempting to ride a wave berg-sponsored bill placed defi brillators in of anger against what he calls Weisenberg’s schools. “50 people are alive today,” Weisen- $10 CONTRIBUTION • SEPARATE SEATING • NO RSVP REQUIRED “double-dipping,” where Weisenberg has berg said, as a result of that law. begun receiving a retirement pension of Weisenberg’s motivation for remaining in Acheinu, the Kiruv movement to develop B’nei Torah offi ce is simple, he said. has succeeded, with great Siyata d’Shmaya, in attaining $73,000 in addition to the $105,000 a year that he continues to earn as a sitting elected “I want the job because of the satisfaction an astonishing 93% success rate of ensuring that our offi cial. I get for the good things I do,” he explained. children become complete Shomrei Torah u’Mitzvos. “Harvey was the prime sponsor that made “Other people take a job because they need a job. If you’re doing it for power or money For dedication opportunities and more information, it illegal for someone to retire from the government job and collect their government you don’t belong there and that’s the prob- please contact Acheinu’s U.S. office at pension but he left himself a loophole,” To- lem with government today.” 877-5-ACHEINU or visit www.Acheinu.org back said. “Anytime it would be reprehen- The winner of the Weisenberg-Toback race 399887 sible, but in these economic times, to see will face the Republican candidate, tax attorney Josh Wanderer, in the general election. This event is sponsored by an anonymous donor. 100% of your contribution will go directly to Israel to help an Acheinu child. an elected offi cial write in to legislation a 7 THE JE

Earl a Shabbos guest? WISH S Hurricanes have hit Long Island before yet they can be held as scheduled. emergency ofﬁ cials say not enough people pre- Assume there is no Eruv. T pare. Hurricane Earl is not predicted to make Carrying permitted for life/limb threat- AR landfall in New York, as of this writing, but it ening situations.

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(JCRC) offers these suggestions: functionality is compromised, (even for a bed- e mbe First, be informed: pay attention to media ridden headache). In this case carrying should reports about the storm. Visit Nassau County or be done, if possible, in irregular fashion (i.e. car- r 3

NYC websites to familiarize yourself with evacu- rying medicine in belt or shoe). , SET A BEAUTIFUL TABLE 2 ation routes, learn to assemble a disaster kit for Carrying permitted to allow a baby, inﬁ rm 010 2 home and a Go-Bag for evacuation, and develop seniors or a child traumatized by the event to a family communication plan. function without compromise. In this case car- – S P E N D L E S S ! 4

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Remembering our Just last month I was in Cedarhurst and You ask “How can we talk about this with- met a very lovely couple who were shopping out fi ghting?” And I respond with, “You tell servicemen with the wife’s mother. They were friendly me.” How do you talk about any confl ict with- and we began chatting. I was soon privy to out fi ghting? And what’s so bad about fi ght- September THERE ARE YOUNG JEWISH MEN AND WOMEN ing anyway? As long as you allow yourself to serving our country in the various branches of cute cell phone pictures of the couple’s three young children. Being a marriage and family squirm, fi dget, cry, feel exasperated, while the American Armed Forces. It is now time that therapist, I can’t help but notice family dy- keeping in check any sarcasm, righteous in- 26 we recognize them and their lonliness and wish namics and interactions. 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T In Good Health

WISH S No stressing out this tiny pacemaker

THE JE By Malka Eisenberg patient’s chest and communicates with the completely mobile via cell phone technolo- doctor, having the pacemaker checking at

0 pacemaker via infra red,” explained Dr. Kan- gy,” Dr. Kanner explained. The doctor would home and notifying the doctor. The pace- 7

7 Science ﬁ ction is now fact on Long Is- ner. Another type of monitoring is “through have an account with Biotronik and the pacemaker self checks several times a day. If it land. the telephone but only battery and overall maker is usually monitored quarterly. The has a dead battery or broken wire it sends an

UL 5 The world’s smallest pacemaker, uniquely function” can be determined,” h e monitor sends a signal for the pacemaker to alert via the monitor through internet-based

EL able to respond to emotional stress and re- said. “It’s remote but check itself and the message is remote monitoring. In such a life threatening 4 motely alert the patient’s doctor to any ad- not wireless.” sent via phone to Biotronik to situation the doctor can be paged or faxed. verse events, was recently implanted into the With the Evia the doctor’s account and the The doctor can be found.”

010 2 chest of a 50-year-old man at South Nassau p a c e m a k e r doctor is alerted, Kanner Kanner said that Evia’s most “novel fea- 2 , Communities Hospital. “the home continued. He pointed out ture” is closed loop stimulation, linked to the

r 3 “The patient is doing great,” said Dr. Law- based moni- that all pacemaker com- autonomic nervous system. “It gets an idea of rence Kanner, director of electrophysiology tor interacts panies have the ability to what the blood pressure is by looking at elec- mbe

e and arrhythmia services there. “He hasn’t wirelessly monitor their pacemak- trical readings,” explained Kanner. “It does

pt passed out” since the implant. with the ers but Biotronik “put a pretty good job of restoring the autonomic e

S Biotronik’s Evia pacemaker is twenty per- pacemak- in the ability to get the nervous system.” Most pacemakers only con- cent smaller than current pacemakers in use er and is message to the trol the heart rate, he said. and has a longer battery life of ten years; “Some people pass out when the blood batteries in other units need replacement in pressure is dropping,” he continued. “It fi ve to seven years. The Food and Drug Ad- senses the drop before the problem (sets in) ministration approved its use in May. Shortly and starts pacing more rapidly to maintain thereafter it was implanted in a patient in To- blood pressure. It’s the only pacemaker that ledo, OH. Before the FDA approved the Evia responds to emotional stresses. All respond it was in use for a year in Europe. to motion such as walking faster. The Evia A pacemaker is a small appliance that is can respond to emotion. If someone is sitting generally inserted in a patient’s chest and has at an intense game of cards and not moving, small wires attached to the heart muscle. It [closed loop stimulation] responds to that.” uses mild electrical stimulation to assist the “There are all kinds of reasons for a pace- heart to maintain a normal rhythm in some- maker,” Kanner pointed out. “Most patients one who has an irregular heartbeat, or ar- have a routine pacemaker. The Evia is for rhythmia. Shortness of breath, fatigue, dizzi- specifi c issues.” ness, chest discomfort and fainting are some “It’s not normal to be dizzy and passing symptoms of arrhythmia. out and fatigued,” Kanner stressed. If some- A typical pacemaker is monitored at of- one has these symptoms, “the patient should fi ce visits and may interact with a device that see a cardiologist and be evaluated.” “looks like a remote control that sits on the

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he gabbai has just called up two men. ing they don’t miss the train! unappreciated by many, especially those who I recall speaking with a well known educa- e One will lift the Torah (hagbah) while Some shuls have eliminated the delay by do not contribute names to the list, because tor whose father was suffering from Alzheim- mbe

T the other will roll it, wrap it and close having the gabbai announce, “When I pause, it isn’t part of the davening and it stops the er’s: the disease took away his soul. He could r 3 it up (glilah). Before they strut their stuff, please insert the names of the ill for whom ﬂ ow for much longer than one second. barely communicate, and his body had only , however, there is a slight pause as the gabbai you wish to pray.” A ﬁ ve-to-ten second pause Which leads us to ask, what constitutes a physical needs. The person I know consulted 2 010 2 announces, “Mi sheberach. Please approach during which all assembled can think of their “choleh,” an ill person who belongs on the with a great posek who told him it is OK to the bimah.” ill loved ones is not too unbearable, even for list? I have been congested for two days as pray that the suffering end (ie, that his father 4

The slight pause becomes a longer pause. those who are blessed to have no one ill in I write this. Am I a “choleh?” I remember a should die). (See, for example, Tzitz Eliezer EL Sometimes ﬁ ve or even their family. friend of mine coming to shul one day when Vol. 5, 28:6, who provides a formulized text seven minutes go by On Shabbat, some shuls recite a collec- his 1-year-old son had a cold. He included for such a prayer.) While I am not suggesting UL 5 IN MY VIEW before hagbah-man active, universal Mi Sheberach which encour- his son in the mi sheberach. Considering that one go to such an extreme, I am conﬁ dent 7 7

tually lifts the Torah. ages the entire congregation to participate, children on average get sick at least three he did not include his father’s name in the 0 People are getting ant- to avoid the monotony of the gabbai’s recita- times a year (an important process to go regular mi sheberach because he believed, in sy. Some have already tion and the unbearable pause which accom- through to help build up their immunities), consonance with modern medicine, that the taken off their tefi llin in panies the reading of dozens of names. does every fever constitute a true “illness”? only improvement his father could achieve disgust. Many are talk- But for the shuls that still announce every What about a person who is terminally was the equalizing end of suffering called ing. And the gabbai is name, how do they deal with Misters Antsy, ill? Or a person at a later stage of parkinsons death. He may have had his own mixed feel- reading names, repeat- Disgust and Talking? or alzheimers (“lo aleinu”)? At this stage of ings when he thought of his father during ing names, messing-up First of all, those gentlemen need to relax medical research, these people do not get prayer, but they were private. names, correcting the and take the proverbial “chill pill.” better. There are better and worse days, but Do not take my comments thus far to sug- mess-ups, and saying Having said that, however, what of the there is no cure. As there is a private prayer gest the mi sheberach is meaningless and can more names. concept of “tircha d’tzibura” (burden on the for the ill which can be recited during the only be used in certain circumstances. Of To be sure, this is congregation, typically caused by a delay in Shmoneh esrei, is it proper to take up the course a terminally ill patient and a person very important stuff. the service)? Consider that in 139:17 the congregation’s time mentioning an ill person suffering from any affl iction can use prayers Avi Billet We pray that the One Mishneh Brurah suggests one who is called to who will not be cured? and mi sheberachs. The question is, when who blessed our fore- the Torah for an aliyah say the blessings with Before the good readers harangue my ap- does the mi sheberach have to come at the fathers please bless the Torah open so as not to delay the congre- parent “lack of faith,” two stories — one Tal- relative “expense” of the fl ow of the daven- all the ill among the Jewish people. “As the gation with rolling open the Torah when it mudic, the other contemporary: ing? congregation is praying on behalf of the sick is time to read! How much time does it take The Talmud recounts the relationship and The anonymity of the ill person, namely people, so should G-d please bless the people to roll open a Torah? One second! If that can fallout of Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lak- just the Hebrew name and no last name, we are mentioning, as well as all of the sick be considered “tircha d’tzibura,” certainly ish. After Reish Lakish died, Rabbi Yochanan makes it much easier for the general popu- in the people Israel. Amen.” the exhaustive list, which includes many dif- went into depression and lost his reason. The lace to care less and less. If they know who Are Misters Antsy, Disgust, and Talking re- fi cult to pronounce Yiddish names (Shprin- rabbis prayed for mercy, and Rabbi Yochanan ally praying for these people? They are pray- tze Mushke Baila bas Yeta Frima Zissel) goes died (see the very end of Bava Metia 84a). Continued on next page

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mbe What criteria e memorial for any battle ba’avuram” — that our community, for members of our individ- 28:6): pt

e or war to which most of prayers on behalf of the ual shuls (whom we all know) who are ___ _’ ______”_ __ S us have no connection. goes into ill should be listened to known to be affl icted with illness, be it ______We are blessed to live on account of the fact cancer, a coma, a serious car accident, ______”______in a time of increasing putting a that the entire congrega- recovering from a heart attack, etc. Per- Please, God, with the power of Your great mercy longevity. Many people tion is praying for them haps we can even announce, “We are and abundant kindness, may it be Your will to remove in their forties and some — is a lie every time the praying for Mr. X, Mr. Y and Mr. Z, and - from the prisons where chained souls are found - the even in their fi fties still person’s name entire congregation is not for Mrs. A, Mrs. B, and Ms. C who are soul of ______and remove him/her from his/her have living grandparents. reciting the mi sheberach in need of our prayers. Mi sheberach suffering speedily in our day, and let the spirit return In addition, our families on the list? in unison. avotaynu...” Let us recite our own per- to God who gave the spirit [in the fi rst place.] are much larger and our What is to be done? sonal list of friends, relatives, relatives social networks are much Perhaps people can truly of friends, etc in every shmoneh esrei From the Siddur of Rav Amram Gaon larger than they were thirty or forty refl ect on why they insist on placing we say individually. ______. ______years ago. We all know a lot of people, names into the mi sheberach. Some Those who need our personal ______and, sadly, we know many people who people get so hung up about it, they prayers will benefi t from them. Those ___. ___”______are not in the best of health. think the merit of mentioning a person’s who need communal prayers will ben- ____. ______. Aging is the way of the world. Health name in the mi sheberach on a regular efi t from them. No one will be a liar, The One who blessed Abraham, Isaac and Jacob issues that come with aging are also the basis will help cure the ill person. I tend no one will get upset, and everyone our forefathers, may he bless our brothers and sisters way of the world. It is certainly appro- to disagree, primarily because I think will have the opportunity to make the of the nation of Israel who come to the synagogue for priate for a person to personally pray there is a better formula for praying davening a more personal experience, prayer and to do righteousness (ie give charity). May on behalf of anyone who is in need of on someone’s behalf — namely adding an experience that is intuitively caring, the Holy One Blessed be He listen to the sound of their help. the person’s name, three times a day, one which allows all participants to feel prayers and fulfi ll their desires and all they ask for, for The question is — what criteria to one’s private shmoneh esrei in the pleased with the fl ow and pace and the good. Let us say Amen. should go into putting a person’s name supplication during the eighth blessing, sensitivity to avoid “tircha d’tzibura.” Speech therapy for children

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T Living history

WISH S The Prime Ministers by Yehuda Avner

THE JE Reviewed by Mayer Fertig became a naughty boy. I never destroyed my at, even after I’d written it,” Avner disclosed. On an earlier occasion, he recalled, “When

0 scribbles ... and I held on to them, so when I Avner held “tremendous affection” for Levi President Ford was hosting Prime Minis- 7

7 History books are usually boring and his- retired I realized that I had this treasure trove Eshkol, found Golda Meir a “daunting fi gure,” ter Rabin and everybody had been served torical fi gures are usually dead. “The Prime of unbelievable, authentic, fi rst-hand mate- “had a very close relationship” with Yitzhak their, whatever it was, luscious meaty stuff

UL 5 Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli rial.” Rabin, having worked with him for nearly a ... eventually I was served and it looked like

EL Leadership” and its author, Ambassador Ye- Avner’s book stands out for that reason. decade, and called Shimon Peres “an extraor- ﬁ reworks” compared to the non-kosher food 4 huda Avner, are neither. Avner, who was a Wherever he uses quotations he is offering dinary, extraordinary individual” and a work- served to the other guests. key aide and advisor to ﬁ ve Israeli premiers a direct quote based on his aholic. “I had this base of lettuce as thick as a bi-

010 2 — Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, notes rather than relying But Menachem Begin ble, on top of that was a mound of chopped, 2

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17 THE JEWISH STAR September 3, 2010 24 ELUL 5770 399883 18 September 3, 2010 24 ELUL 5770 THE JEWISH STAR 19 The Kosher Bookworm THE JE New and old takes on repentance WISH S T AR The classical rabbinic writings of teshu- efforts enabled this work to see the light of a discussion with the reader rather than lec- home-based ritual, time honored sacred vah, repentance, are found in great number day. This book will surely help many gain ture to the otherwise uninitiated. mitzvoth and other “old time” strictures. S e on the shelves of Jewish libraries worldwide. spiritual enhancement during the upcoming The concepts of sinfulness, and atone- Rather, Newman gives our faith and its pt e

Teshuvah has been the center of much Jew- holidays. The Ramchal’s spiritual legacy has ment as well as their psychological, moral quest for human spiritual progress a new mbe ish theological thought and discussion. been enhanced through this effort. Hopeful- and spiritual dimensions are dealt with in and reﬁ ned purpose, a new glow to make

However, for the most part, those interested ly the Parkoff example will inspire others to a non-adversarial manner. Each concept is any religious traditionalist proud. r 3 , in teshuvah were forced to content them- do likewise on behalf of other classical Jew- given its due, and supplemented with ex- “Repentance: The Meaning and Practice 2 selves with simple translations, mediocre ish works. amples and quotes from the familiar con- of Teshuva” represents a new genre of lit- 010 2 commentaries and numerous well-inten- This year also witnessed the publication temporary scene. The presentation gives erature in this ﬁ eld that will hopefully make

tioned rabbinic sermons that attempted to of “Repentance: The Meaning and Practice the reader the feeling that what is being the high holiday experience more meaning- 4 make teshuvah relevant to today’s world. of Teshuva”, [Jew- brought to them is of a ful to those of us who are unschooled in the EL

On the other hand, “Ascending the Path: ish Lights, 2010], relevance, worth both deeper meanings of Teshuva. UL 5 Insights Into Rabbi by Dr. Louis New- their immediate and se- Once again, The Sh’or Yoshuv Institute is

Moshe Hayyim Luzzat- man, a professor rious attention. to be complimented for publicizing another 7 7

to’s Mesillat Yesharim” of religious studies For the majority of liturgical commentary by Rabbi Yitzchok 0 is a successful and at Carlton College Jews today, the call to Sender of Chicago. This year’s brief 36-page practical classic. The in Minnesota. Dr. teshuvah, as garbed in study is titled, “An In Depth Study of the commentary by Rabbi Newman presents the tone of the old or- Rosh Hashanah Mussaf Prayer.” The work Yaakov Hillel, the rosh a modern rendi- der, rings hollow. This explains some of the concepts that went yeshiva of Yeshivat tion of the ancient does not mean that te- into the structure of the longest continuous Ahavat Shalom in Jeru- concept of teshu- shuvah is an irrelevant liturgical service of the Jewish year. Rabbi salem, goes into practi- vah, thus making concept, but rather that Sender describes the basic order of prayer, cal detail to explain the it understandable the methods employed the differences between Ashkenaz and Se- concepts of teshuvah and comprehensible to teach and explain it fard prayer services, the position of Rabbi Alan Jay Gerber and the value of its ef- to those for whom are in need of a new Yochanan ben Nuri concerning Kedushas fective and successful repentance, as a re- manner of presenta- Hashem and the attendant sections at the practice for contempo- ligious code of be- tion and vocabulary. In heart of the service. Rabbi Sender also gives rary Jewry today. The havior, is a foreign this regard, Newman a detailed explanation of the 10 verses of the book is helpful to both the uninitiated and mode of conduct. performs well. Un- three basic sections of Malchiyos, Zichronos, the learned. Rabbi Hillel’s success is appar- Admittedly, tes- der Newman’s care- and Shofros. This handsome little booklet is ent in his colloquial, yet eloquent, language huvah is a complex ful hands, old values a great supplement to your machzor and is which brings opens this once closed book to subject and New- and concepts are not available through the yeshiva by calling 516- the thousands of Jews who can beneﬁ t from man is the ﬁ rst to ac- compromised. There 239-9002. You will not regret the effort nor it. For that we are indebted to Debra and knowledge this. The is no debunking of the study of Rabbi Sender’s scholarship. Richard Parkoff of Lawrence whose untiring book is organized as religious synagogue,

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WISH S Q & A with Martin Lemelman THE JE

0 Michael Orbach: Why did you write “Two Cents Plain: 1996. 7

7 My Brooklyn Boyhood”? Martin Lemelman: My ﬁ rst book, a graphic memoir, MO: What is the story about?

UL 5 “Mendel’s daughter,” was the story of my mother surviving ML: The story is about parents who come to America with

EL the Holocaust: how she lived in the forest in a hole where she two different versions of what America is. They make a life 4 hid with her two brothers and sisters. That was just her voice. and through what happens to them, you not only ﬁ nd out I didn’t intend on continuing the story but about their lives, but about the immigrant

010 2 after I ﬁ nished it, I thought I really need experience. 2 , to continue. Initially it was my own story

r 3 — how I dealt with my parents who were MO: How did your parents differ in survivors — but it evolved into something their view of America?

mbe more: their memories and their experienc- e ML: My father wanted the idea of the

pt es in America as immigrants. golden land, [where] he could make it big e

S and my mother wanted to live a regular life. MO: What was the process of remem- In contrast, my mother was willing to in- bering these events like? tegrate into society — she learned English; ML One thing leads to another. It’s kinda my father felt he lost a lot, he was kinda funny how memory comes about. I smelled cheated out of his life in Europe. He wanted cardboard and I thought about the back of to be rich but he refused to learn the lan- the candy store where my father kept all guage. Up to the day he passed away, he the merchandise, where we lived. It’s kind was a stranger in a strange land. of a literal remembering, but sometimes it’s almost visceral. When I rub my thumb MO: What was your childhood like? and foreﬁ nger together I feel the tail of the ML: It was really interesting and very mouse that I killed. rich. It wasn’t great sleeping in the back of the candy store, but it was wonderful get- MO: The book has an organic feel to ting up in the middle of the night and get- it. ting ice cream. It was nice, but it was hard to live with two ML: I wanted it to be like that. I wanted it to have a feel parents who were damaged. I was lucky to have a brother of we’re all sitting around the table. My memory is contradic- whom I could rely on. tory to my mother’s and she tells me I don’t know what I’m talking about. MO: Is it a sad book? ML: No. Basically it sounds like a cliche, but it’s life: funny MO: When did your parents pass away? and sad. It has hope. Is it a sad book? It’s how you grow up ML: My father passed away in 1984 and my mother in and how people deal with life.

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THE JE MIbSb%LIMP%LXaT What Busher means

0 lmost everyone with an interest in the Mid- agreement with Nasrallah. Kuwait News Agency, 7

7 dle East has an opinion on the opening of KUNA, covered the opening of Busher by ex- ABusher, the Iranian nuclear plant. Newspa- plaining that their country is petriﬁ ed that a leak,

UL 5 pers, weeklies, radio and TV news are all editori- meltdown or attack will endanger their people, alizing, hypothesizing and predicting. But more their water and their natural resources. In an EL

4 interesting than the Western press is what the open and honest evaluation of the impact of regional press is saying. Busher on their country KUNA writes that “Ku- Wishing you Understanding the wait’s concern is based on fears of any leaks due 010 2

2 local press is critical to to natural causes that may have future conse-

, I’M THINKING understanding the re- quences.” r 3 gional impact Busher will SUNA, the Sudan News Agency, has weighed have. The ripple effect of in, too. Remember, Sudan is a thugocracy, re- mbe

e this nuclear plant will no sponsible for mass murders in Darfur. And Su- pt

e doubt be felt through- dan has declared that they, too, want to develop

S and your out the Middle East. The a nuclear power plant. Sudanese energy ofﬁ cials West will have to respond have already begun talking to the UN nuclear and the response that has watchdog about opening not one, but two nu- the best chance of success clear plants. In fact, SUNA reports that Sudan will understand what has already received permission for the plants; Busher means not only to construction on the ﬁ rst is set for 2020. family a Iran, but to Iran’s friends, For their part, the International Atomic En- enemies and neighbors. ergy Agency — the world’s watch dog for every- So what are Iran’s thing nuclear, is saying that the Sudanese plants Micah D. Halpern neighbors saying? are for research and research only. Hezbollah’s leader Jordan, Egypt and Saudi Arabia have already Nasrallah has made a very begun either investigating or planning their own powerful argument for building this plant. Ac- reactors. Syria’s, built by North Korea, has al- Happy and cording to Nasrallah, “Building the Busher nu- ready been blown up by Israel. clear power plant was cheaper than Lebanon’s Israel’s reaction to Busher is clear, obvious investment in its power grid. I call on the govern- and has been made very public. ment to build a nuclear power station to produce Regional tensions are high. Fear is palpable. electricity, which we can than sell to Syria, Cy- Busher has taken on a life of its own. The West prus and other countries in the region.” In other will have to tread forcefully, but carefully. Healthy words, Nasrallah wants Lebanon on board. He Micah D. Halpern is a columnist and a social wants it to emulate Iran and has begun to lobby and political commentator. Read his latest book Lebanon’s government to that end. THUGS. He maintains The Micah Report at The government of Kuwait is in complete dis- www.micahhalpern.com.

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That time of year e pt e mbe here are certain periods of time that one president that will be able to accomplish Torah. The sinner’s partner is his belief in result will be different. I don’t know why. I one can set their clock to. If you are a what no other president has been able to. redemption. just feel that Israel ﬁ nally has had enough r 3 , Yankee fan, the end of August means And no matter how many times we reset The cantor’s prayer book, the rabbi’s To- of compromising her future to gain favor in 2

T 010 2 you can begin planning for the post-season. the clock, the result is pretty much the same. rah and the returnee’s belief, all invite their others’ closed eyes. If you are a Met fan, you begin planning for Each year at this time, every 2-4 years, it’s counterpart to engage in efforts that will In that respect I see a silver lining in the the off-season. If you are of school age, you not so much that we pray for new things; sustain life. They do that by containing ex- present attitude of Washington’s treatment 4 can begin pestering your parents to buy you rather, we pray that those dreams which we pressions of hope and acknowledgment of of Israel. They have made it abundantly EL all of the school sup- have envisioned again and again will ﬁ nally the other’s right to exist and grow and de- clear that Israel and only Israel can secure UL 5 plies that you never come true. velop. Without that promise of “you carry its own future. I hope Bibi sees what I see.

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used last year. If you But there is a difference between dreams me and I’ll carry you,” they would indeed Intifada 7

SIDE OF THE 0 are a teacher, you and reality. Dreams are what occur when be embarking on a fool’s errand. Perhaps I am naïve but I see it ending BENCH count the days till the one’s eyes are closed. To affect reality one And so at this point, dream as I must, I differently this time. Either the Palestin- fi rst scheduled vaca- must have their eyes open. One must plan can’t place this week’s Middle East peace ini- ians will fi nally come to their senses or they tion. If you happen to ahead. One must have foresight and a strong tiative in the category of the cantor, the rab- won’t. In the past, Israel has had to endure be a cantor, you begin grip on reality. The Yankees win because bi, and the soul wishing to return. Absent is an intifada when the Arabs refused to see to clear your voice. If they build with their eyes open. The cantor the voice from the other side that proclaims reality. They acted with impunity because you are the rabbi, you chants with his voice box open. The rabbi “my sword is laid aside my eyes are open my Israel allowed them to. I feel times have begin to clear your speaks with his mouth open and the way- house is in order, my factions are united in changed. The people of Israel have changed schedule. And if you ward return with their hearts open. Each of wanting to make peace with Israel.” and perhaps even Bibi has changed. If so are a simple congre- the above also succeed because they refuse Who are we dealing with? Peace with then “never again” might really mean “never gant, you begin to clear to embark on a fool’s errand. Fatah only to have to endure the misery of again” your conscience. With open eyes the impossible becomes Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria and Iran? Peace Many a dream is launched in Washing- If you are the Presi- possible. With closed eyes even the possible with Fatah that will be rejected by the other ton. I prefer to keep my eyes open to the dent of the of the Unit- becomes impossible. parties? Concessions to Fatah the that will reality. Hopefully Bibi’s eyes are wide-open David Seidemann ed States and are two The cantor who can’t carry a tune can’t enable Hamas and Hezbollah to be within too. short months away inspire. The preacher who can’t carry the closer striking distance? Is it really any dif- from either the mid- message can’t deliver. The sinner who ferent this time? Are our eyes open or shut? David Seidemann is a partner with the term elections or the can’t refrain from his desires can’t return. For some strange reason I have faith in law fi rm of Seidemann & Mermelstein. He general elections, you begin your traditional The enemy who can’t lay down the sword Bibi that he will not sprint onto a fool’s er- can be reached at (718) 692-1013 and at foray into the Middle East peace process. can’t make peace. The cantor’s partner is rand. I somehow feel that this time, while ds@lawoffi cesm.com You convince yourself that you will be that his prayer book. The rabbi’s partner is his the plan from Washington is the same, the

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