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May 21, 2015 | Published Bi-Weekly | 3 Sivan, 5775 Issue #9 JEWISH LINK Shavuot - Candle Lighting May 22nd - 4 Sivan May 23 after 9:03 PM Parshat Bamidbar CANDLE May 24 after 9:04 PM BRONX, WESTCHESTER & CONNECTICUT Light Candles: 7:54 PM LIGHTING Yom Tov Ends: 9:03 PM The Shabbat Valedictorian: SAR’s Don Greenberg at Binghamton By Jill Kirsch often remains on their lists and a of Binghamton University, is one of good number ultimately applies to those students. He made headlines When Jewish high school jun- Binghamton in the fall of their sen- last week as a modern “Sandy Kou- iors start compiling their college ior year. With a Chabad that has fax,” who was thrilled and proud to lists, one of the schools that often been active since the 80s and a new- have been selected as a speaker at his See ad on Back Cover makes an appearance is Bingham- er, yet just as active, Hillel, there is a Watson School of Engineering gradu- ton Univer sity. Boasting a popula- place for everyone to feel comfort- ation this past Saturday, but was una- tion that many say is “30% Jewish” able, and yeshiva students and oth- ble to use the microphone at the cere- (high by college standards), it is con- ers are attending in ever-increasing mony because of the laws of Shabbat. sidered to be a solid choice for stu- numbers as college costs continue The Shabbat workaround, brain- dents from public schools, Jewish to rise. child of Ryan Yarosh, Director of day schools, and yeshivas alike. Af- Don Greenberg, Teaneck resident Media and Publications at Bing- Don Greenberg behind the podium ter lengthy research, followed by and alumnus of SAR High School in at the 2015 Binghamton University CONTINUED ON P. 34 college fairs and visits, the school Riverdale, now also a proud alum commencement (CREDIT: CHABAD.ORG) Rabbis’ Take on the Tuition Bronx and Westchester Crisis: How You Can Help Residents at NORPAC: By Rabbi Shmuel Marcus are parents squeezed by the pric- A Firsthand Account and Rabbi Jonathan Morgenstern es who somehow make it work but are always asking when it will By Marc J. Berger, MD Everyone asks us, what can be ever get better. And sometimes, it’s done about the cost of a day-school extremely generous and charita- On May 13, nearly 100 Bronx and education? ble individuals looking to quietly Westchester residents joined al- Week after week, the tuition cri- help the community at large in this most 1,500 tri-state participants in sis comes to our attention, front struggle. the 2015 NORPAC Mission to Wash- and center. Rabbis, couples and This problem has been given a ington, in support of the U.S.-Israel The NORPAC Mission to Washington concerned members of the com- name, “The Tuition Crisis,” and is relationship. This year’s registration munity call us, email us and ap- fueled by the issues we all know: increased 50 percent over recent an- ence. The annual program began, proach us after davening regarding • A slow economic recovery has nual missions of this organization. as always, with a plenary session, the fi nancial pressures threatening too many families still hurting For this single-day event, citizen once again held at the Washington our schools and squeezing our mid- advocates traveled to our nation’s dle-class families. Sometimes, they CONTINUED ON P. 27 capital for a very intense experi- CONTINUED ON P. 17 Westchester Day School Hosts White Plains Native SPORTS Invention Convention Rachel Mirsky Named to Westchester Day Academic All-District Team School recently hosted its biennial Invention By YUMACS See ad on page 5 Convention, in which middle school students Yeshiva University softball play- showed off their home- er Rachel Mirsky has made team made inventions. Stu- annals in 2015 by becoming the dents, in conjunction fi rst softball player in the program’s with their science class- young history to earn a spot on the es, identifi ed a prob- Capital One / College Sports Infor- lem and then designed mation Directors of America (CoSI- their solutions—the in- Meirav Grajower with her Sponge Gloves DA) Academic All-District team for ventions—as either dig- district three. Mirsky earned a spot ital apps or physical prototypes. of my students for what they have on this prestigious team for her ex- Ms. Michele Fishman, seventh and accomplished. They worked ex- cellence on the diamond as well as See ad on page 21 eighth grade science teacher, said of her students, “I am very, very proud CONTINUED ON P. 34 CONTINUED ON P. 35 Rachel Mirsky Mission to Washington 2015 We are grateful to the Members of Congress who received us this week to hear and discuss our issues about the safety and security of America and its greatest ally in the Middle East, Israel. We thank the approximately 1,500 attendees who took time from their busy schedules to come with us to Washington to speak from their hearts, and over 40 volunteers who made this day possible. There are few more effective ways of guiding our blessed America than personally making the case as citizen advocates. MISSION CHAIRS Laurie Baumel, PhD • Richard Schlussel, MD • David Steinberg MISSION LOGISTICS CHAIR MISSION TALKING POINTS CHAIR Jeff Schreiber Allen Friedman MISSION COMMITTEE Bergen: Alan Berger, Michael Blumenthal, Caren Eisenstadter, Reuven Escott, Mollie Fisch, Mort Fridman, Rabbi M Genack, Jerry & Anne Gontownik, Robert & Irene Gottesman, Miriam Hermann, Arthur Kook, Leon Kozak, Saul Levine, Galina Datskovsky Moerdler, Drew Parker, Zvi Plotzker, David Schlussel Bronx: David Frankel, Stanley & Ethel Scher, Leslie Tugetman Brooklyn: Murray Mizrachi Cherry Hill PAC: Gideon Evans, Rabbi Benjamin Sharfman Edison/Highland Park: Andrew Freedman, Marc Hanfling Five Towns/Long Island: Margie Glatt, Robert Margulies, Jason Muss, Avram Schrieber, Stanley & Trudy Stern Manhattan: Dan Feder, Charles Gross Monsey/Rockland: Richard Weinberger New Rochelle: Marc Berger West Hempstead: David Baratz West Orange/Livingston: Barbara Bortniker, Bernard & Eliane Levy, Roz Feder Lipsky, Susie Mendelsohn STAFF Bracha Berg • Mindy Berman • Sandi Dube • Avi Schranz NORPAC MISSION 2015 ENDORSEMENTS: Bergenfield: Rabbi Yaakov Neuburger, Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky, Rabbi Moshe Stavsky Brooklyn: Rabbi Kenneth Auman Cherry Hill: Rabbi Ephraim Epstein, Rabbi Yisroel Tzvi Serebrowski East Brunswick: Rabbi Joshua Finkelstein, Rabbi Jay Weinstein Englewood: Rabbi Akiva Block, Rabbi Menachem Genack, Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, Rabbi Chaim Poupko, Rabbi Zev Reichman Five Towns: Rabbi Hershel Billet, Rabbi Heshy Blumstein, Rabbi Eytan Feiner, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Glatt, Rabbi Kenneth Hain, Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz, Rabbi Simcha Lefkowitz, Rabbi Ariel Rackovsky, Rabbi Yehuda Septimus, Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, Rabbi Ya'akov Trump Fair Lawn: Rabbi Jeremy Donath, Rabbi Uri Goldstein, Rabbi Andrew Markowitz, Rabbi Levi Neubort, Rabbi Benjamin Yudin Fort Lee: Rabbi Zev Goldberg Frisch School: Rabbi Eli Ciner Highland Park: Rabbi Yaakov Luban Livingston: Rabbi Samuel Klibanoff, Rabbi Elie Mischel Manhattan: Rabbi Shaul Robinson, Rabbi Allen Schwartz Queens: Rabbi Shaul Arieli, Rabbi Shlomo Hochberg, Rabbi Shmuel Marcus, Yaniv Meirov, Rabbi Marc Penner, Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld, Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld, Rabbi Chaim Schwartz Passaic: Rabbi Steve Roth Riverdale: Rabbi Steven Exler, Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt, Rabbi Avi Weiss RYNJ: Rabbi Daniel Price TABC: Rabbi Yosef Adler, Rabbi Josh Kahn Teaneck: Rabbi Shalom Baum, Rabbi Daniel Feldman, Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot, Rabbi Howard Jachter, Rabbi Beni Krohn, Rabbi Steven Pruzansky, Rabbi Laurence Rothwachs, Rabbi Kenny Schiowitz, Rabbi Ephraim Simon, Rabbi Michael Taubes, Rabbi Steven Weil, Rabbi Ezra Wiener West Hempstead: Rabbi Josh Goller, Rabbi Yehuda Kelemer, Rabbi Efrem Schwalb, Rabbi Elon Soniker West Orange: Rabbi Eliezer Zwickler Westchester: Rabbi Reuven Fink Yavneh Academy: Rabbi Jonathan Knapp Yeshiva University: Rabbi Herschel Schachter PRESIDENT Ben Chouake, MD (Dr. Ben) Paid for by NORPAC 2 May 21, 2015 • 3 Sivan, 5775 718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM YOMNothing TOVsays family MEAL like a the family FIVE TOWNS • QUEENS • SCARSDALE • MANHATTAN • EXPRESS LAWRENCE NOW OPEN! [email protected] 718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM May 21, 2015 • 3 Sivan, 5775 3 WORLD NEWS 65 Year-Old Chassidic Woman position” that the Israeli government will parts back together,” he said. “This is not to combat units, with only 5 percent of Dru- Reportedly Gives Birth in Israel “build in Jerusalem.” say the unifi cation is perfect, but we will ze recruits expressing a preference for the (Arutz Sheva) A 65 year-old chassidic “I ordered the construction of the Har not go back to the past. Jerusalem is locat- Sword Battalion. woman gave birth to her fi rst child over- homa neighborhood, and today there are ed in the heart of Israel and we will not per- Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon night Monday, after 46 years of marriage. tens of thousands of residents there, mak- mit any enemy who seeks our destruction said the decision “refl ects the fact that the The new mother, named as Chaya Sarah ing it a city within a city,” Netanyahu said to be there.” IDF facilitates the integration of every sol- Shahar of Bnei Brak, gave birth to a healthy during a special Knesset session marking dier, regardless of their origin.” baby boy at a Kfar Saba hospital. Family Jerusalem Day, which was celebrated a Seeking Greater Integration, “The integration of Druze soldiers in and friends of Shahar, and her husband, 67 day earlier on May 17. “I ordered the con- IDF to Disband Druze-Only the ranks of the IDF is a stellar example of year-old Shmuel, say the couple are over- struction of the Maaleh Hazeitim neigh- Unit After 41 Years that,” said Ya’alon, Israel Hayom reported. joyed and grateful that the baby is healthy. borhood. We are building in Ramot, we are (JNS.org) Israel Defense Forces (IDF) The Shahars are Nadvorna chassidim.
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