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By Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org A day after meeting with Pres- Second, mirroring JFNA Pres- Sunday, December 6th, ident Barack Obama at the White ident and CEO Jerry Silverman’s 2015 Despite their disagreement House, Netanyahu told the JFNA call for post-Iran deal unity a day over the Iran nuclear deal, the delegates, “You work tirelessly to earlier, Netanyahu said, “No mat- U.S. and Israel “can and should strengthen Jewish identity…you ter what disagreements there have See ad on page 5 work together now” to ensure are my partners in building the been within the Jewish commu- and article on page 7 that Iran complies with the agree- Jewish future.” He said the Jew- nity, maintaining the unity of our ment and to curb Iranian ag- ish community should “always re- people is of paramount impor- gression throughout the Middle member two simple truths.” First, tance…we must work together to East, Israeli Prime Minister Ben- that regardless of any disagree- unite the Jewish people and secure jamin Netanyahu said Tuesday at ments between Israel and the U.S., the Jewish state.” from $3 billion to $5 billion, the the General Assembly of The Jew- “Israel has no better friend than Regarding U.S. military aid to prime minister said that he had a ish Federations of North America America and America has no better Israel, amid reports that Israel is (JFNA) in Washington, DC. friend than Israel.” seeking an increase in annual aid  CONTINUED ON P. 6 ‘The Bayit’ to Install Construction Begins See ad on page 36 Steven Exler as Senior at Riverdale Mikvah

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Netanyahu to Jewish Federations: Speaking on the convergence of an- meeting marked the latest chapter “in a right, but the obligation to protect itself.” U.S., Israel ‘Should Work ti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, Netanyahu relationship that obviously goes through Netanyahu assured Obama that he re- Together Now’ on Iran said that the lies once leveled at the Jew- certain phases and certain cycles, the fun- mains committed to see “two states for  CONTINUED FROM P. 1 ish people–such as that Jews are “poison- damentals of which, the bedrock and the two peoples, a demilitarized Palestinian ers of wells, spreaders of plagues, killers basis of which, really has never changed, state that recognizes a Jewish state.” “wonderful discussion with President Oba- of children”–are “now leveled at the Jew- and that’s a positive thing.” Amb. Shapiro told JNS.org regarding ma [at the White House] on how to secure ish state.” “It has never changed in the sense of U.S.-Israel disagreements on the Iranian that assistance for the coming decade.” “Today we have a voice, and we must a very strong, deeply felt commitment nuclear issue, “We can’t deny that over the “Thank you America,” he said. ensure that our voice is heard loud and and policy in terms of our own interests last year we had a very diffi cult, very pub- Netanyahu noted the importance of clear. We must speak out against the slan- of having the closest possible relation- lic disagreement, and one never likes to Obama’s commitment to bolstering Isra- der of the Jewish people and the Jewish ship with Israel, in helping Israel achieve have a public disagreement with a friend el’s qualitative military edge, so that Isra- state….The only way we fi ght lies is telling its goals of security, its qualitative mili- or someone close to you. Imagine argu- el can defend itself–by itself–against any the truth,” he said. tary edge, its ability to defend itself, par- ing in public with a spouse or a sibling threat. While the Palestinians refuse to recog- ticularly in a very chaotic and dangerous or a close friend, it’s not pleasant. Particu- Commenting on Israel’s values, the nize a Jewish state of any boundaries, Is- region, and its goals of achieving peace larly on something so important. It was prime minister said, “I know that all of rael seeks peace, said Netanyahu–noting with its neighbors, including a two-state an honest disagreement about a shared you are proud of Israel’s outstanding tech- that when it came to Arab leaders such solution with the Palestinians,” Shap- strategic goal of ensuring that Iran never nological achievements, but I think we as Egypt’s Anwar Sadat and Jordan’s King iro said. “Those have always been bed- achieves a nuclear weapon, but a disagree- should no less be proud of Israel’s values”– Hussein, Israel indeed made peace. rock principles and nothing about them ment about the best way to achieve it. I citing the passionate speeches in the Is- On Monday at the White House, Net- has changed, even though we have been think maybe we could have made differ- raeli Knesset, spirited debate in the Israe- anyahu and Obama met for the fi rst time through complicated periods in this rela- ent decisions about how it was expressed, li media, the presence of an Arab justice in more than a year in a bid to put aside tionship, even though particularly in the but, it’s over. The [Iran nuclear] deal has on the Israeli Supreme Court, and the fact past differences over Iran’s nuclear pro- last year, we’ve been through very public been signed, it’s been implemented, it’s that Israel has the only Christian popula- gram and advance peace in the region. disagreements in this relationship. So one passed its Congressional review, and it’s tion in the Middle East that is growing and “This is going to be an opportunity for of things I think we’re looking for tomor- the very clear intention of both sides go- thriving, the prime minister and myself to engage row (Monday) is a sense of a chapter having into this meeting that we’re not going “This is democracy. This is intense, ro- in a wide-ranging discussion on some ing closed.” to rehash that disagreement, it would be bust democracy,” Netanyahu said, adding, of the most pressing security issues that According to the White House, the pointless to do so.” “What is truly remarkable is that Israel up- both our countries face,” Obama said be- two leaders tackled regional security is- The Obama administration, said Shap- holds these values in the darkest and most fore the meeting. “It’s no secret that the sues, including the implementation of iro, has “no illusions, never have, that Iran oppressive region on Earth.” security environment in the Middle East the Iran nuclear deal, how to prevent continues to be a very dangerous actor in Netanyahu expressed hope that the has deteriorated in many areas, and as Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, the region, that sponsors terrorist organ- JFNA crowd would get to share his expe- I’ve said repeatedly, the security of Isra- and countering Tehran’s destabilizing ac- izations, that provides weapons to Ha- rience of visiting Israel Defense Forces sol- el is one of my top foreign policy priori- tivities. mas, Hezbollah, and others that destabi- diers, who are “inspired by their deep faith ties. And that’s expressed itself not only in In his public comments, Obama ref- lizes other regimes, and that we [at the in the justice of Israel’s cause.” words, but in deeds.” erenced the differences over the Iran nu- U.S. Embassy] in Israel have already been “These are the new Maccabees,” he A day before the White House meeting, clear deal with Netanyahu, but said that working–by sharing intelligence, and in- said. “They have such fortitude, such cour- U.S. Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro both leaders are committed to preventing terdicting weapons shipments, and other age…Israel’s future is in very, very good told JNS.org in an interview on the JFNA Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Ne- means–to counter those threats, but we’re hands.” General Assembly’s “Press Stage” that the tanyahu thanked Obama for his commit- going to need to intensify that effort in ment to Israel’s security. the years ahead. 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Self-worth, Jewish Approach to 9268 over the Sinai Peninsula. The crash in the Sinai area” just prior to the Oct. 31 compassion, gratitude, grace Human Dignity and Value and generosity are just some killed all 224 passengers and crew. crash. December 10, 7:30–9:00 p.m. of the themes Rabbi Shai Held A diplomatic source quoted by CNN UK intelligence offi cials said last week Sunday said the assessment is based on that they suspect Wilayat Sinai leader will delve into as part of this combined military, intelligence and se- Osama al-Masri was the mastermind be- interactive lecture series. The Spiritual Life Begins With Gratitude and curity information gathered from sever- hind the bombing. 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6 November 12, 2015 • 30 Cheshvan, 5776 718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM NATIONAL/WORLD NEWS American Friends of Bet El to Host Mike Huckabee and WAZE Creator Honorees Rabbi Moshe Plutchok, Rabbi Yosef Bitton, Steve Adelsberg, Stanley By JLNJ Staff ingful country, but it’s time for the United sionate values of and Judith Rosenberg, William and Mark Langfan and Marc and Davida Yehaskel States to do the same,” he adds. which we can all CREDIT: BET EL American Friends of Bet El invites the The second speaker at the dinner will be proud. community to enjoy an educational and in- be Modi Rosen, who founded Magma Ven- Bet El’s extraordinary story began 4,000 match. Bet El is not just a learning center, it formative evening with two remarkable he- ture Partners and has served as managing years ago, when the patriarch Abraham es- is a way of life. roes of Israel–presidential candidate Mike partner of the fund since 1999. Magma Ven- tablished it as camp along his divinely in- On December 6, at the Marriott Marquis Huckabee and Modi Rosen, Israel’s leading ture Partners is one of Israel’s leading Ven- spired trek through the land of Canaan. Ballroom in Manhattan, American Friends venture capitalist responsible for the suc- ture Capital fi rms, focused on investing in Two generations later, Bet El became the of Bet El will honor the residents and sup- cess of the WAZE app. early stage information technology start- site of Jacob’s famous dream and dramat- porters of the northern Samarian town who Many refer to Gov. ups. To date, the fund has raised close to ic wrestling match with an angel–the site have toiled selfl essly for the survival and Huckabee as one of the $500 million and was the seed investor in where the name “Israel” was coined. growth of their community and the State most important support- WAZE (acquired by Google). Today, Bet El has trans- of Israel. Now in its 33nd year, ers and allies of Israel in Modi Rosen enthusiastically promotes formed from a tiny communi- the American Friends of Bet El American politics today. the great potential and genius of Israeli high ty of eight families in 1977 to dinner has become one of New Unlike most politicians tech industry at every opportunity. He is a strong Jewish center, which York City’s largest and most who say what people also a great supporter of Bet El and is a very houses an ethnically diverse prestigious Jewish events, with want to hear, Huckabee close friend of Ketzaleh, Bet El’s founder. Jewish population of over last year’s dinner attracting an Presidential says exactly what he be- 10,000. Boasting yeshivot, astounding 1,500 attendees. candidate Mike lieves, often in dramatic the national media network In addition to hearing guest Huckabee terms. He recently blast- Arutz Sheva, and Besheva speaker Governor Mike Hucka- ed the Iran deal, there- newspaper, this vibrant com- Modi Rosen, Israel’s bee and keynote speaker Modi by affi rming his kinship with Israel, declar- munity is one of the corner- leading venture Rosen, The American Friends of ing that the deal “is marching Israelis to the stones of Israel and the world. capitalist who is Bet El will be honoring a num- door of the oven. How was this spiritual oa- responsible for the ber of its supporters.The Shom- “It’s time for all in the United States to sis created? What makes it success of the WAZE app er Yisrael Honorees are Stanley join together and support Israel,” he said. thrive? Those answers date and Judith Rosenberg. The Keter “I have been to the promised land over 30 Jean and Eugen Gluck, staunch supporters of back over 30 years ago when Yom Kippur Torah Awardees are Rabbi Moshe Plutchok, times in the past 41 years and have never Bet El for over 30 years War hero Yaakov “Ketzaleh” Katz, along Rabbi Yosef Bitton and Steven Adelsberg. seen the nation under such dire threat. Isra- CREDIT: BET EL with a few families and yeshiva students, The Shomer Bet El Awardees are William el is our closest ally and friend and they are had a vision of what Bet El could be. With and Mark Langfan. The Young Leadership suffering due to evil people and evil coun- The Bet El story is truly a modern-day three decades of tireless help from Jean and Awardees are Marc and Davida Yehaskel. tries throughout the world. We as a country miracle. Spearheaded by visionaries like Jean Eugen Gluck and the American Friends of The event will begin with a 6 p.m. buf- must do more to protect Israel and relish and Eugen Gluck, this community is doing Bet El, the town is now a vibrant center fet dinner. Tickets are $500 per couple. To in its survival. God has protected this very everything to bring light and warmth to the of Jewish life that nurtures all of Israel in make reservations, contact Baruch Gordon small, beautiful and increasingly mean- world, promoting social justice and compas- a way that no other center of learning can at (917)595-0435.

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718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM November 12, 2015 • 30 Cheshvan, 5776 7 EDITORIAL JEWISH LINK feel excluded because of it. Federation BRONX, WESTCHESTER & CONNECTICUT Is the Federation Tent Really needs to be an open house where Jews can say “our disagreement isn’t fi nished” Co-Founders/Co-Publishers Open for Disagreement? just because the JFNA president delivered a David Winter Kumbuya speech at the GA. Moshe Kinderlehrer Jerry Silverman said it’s time to make up among our very biggest donors or if you We are aware that Prime Minister Ne- Mark (Mendy) Schwartz and move ahead. give little or nothing at all. " tanyahu acknowledged Monday to Presi- Managing Editor On Monday, Silverman, the president We agree with Silverman that the fed- dent Obama that the nuclear deal is on its Adam Negnewitzky and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North erations must do a better job of opening way to implementation. Associate Publisher/Editor America (JFNA) told some 3,000 attendees that big tent, like our patriarch Abraham The president even acknowledged that Elizabeth Kratz at his organization’s General Assembly (GA) opened his, to more members of our Jew- he won’t seek a two-state solution in the that the language between Jews on last ish community. spirit of peace before his term is up. But Senior Editor summer’s Iran nuclear debate “was vicious Mr. Silverman: There was still some- the two leaders agreed to work together as Tamar Weinberg and beyond the pale.” thing missing, unsaid. That big tent needs nations to stop ISIL, Hezbollah and other Associate Editor This year’s GA, held in Washington, D.C., to be expanded to also include Jews who terrorist groups from reigning in the Mid- Phil Jacobs was occurring on the same day that Israe- still feel their voices were ignored dur- dle East. Advertising Director li Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ing the Iran nuclear deal process. The tent Both leaders deserve the full support of Yaakov Serle and President Barack Obama, just minutes needs to be open to Jews who aren’t just JFNA. We wish you would have mentioned away from the GA, met with a demeanor of “straight,” but who also seriously have chal- that perhaps more forcefully. Because if the Assistant Editor vi Sheinfi cordiality instead of coldness. lenges even with the Supreme Court’s le- tent is truly open, then those views that A l Silverman told the group that “politics galization of marriage equality. Those Jews aren’t politically correct or unpopular need Production Editor need to be put aside,” and that the ener- who do believe in the Second Amendment to be part of this transparency. We agree Jennifer Hoff er gy of the Jewish community needs to be right to own a fi rearm should not be afraid that we’d hope the vicious language would Offi ce Manager focused on “building bridges through dia- to be part of the Federation conversation tone itself down. Dena Kinderlehrer logue, civil debate–and I emphasize civil– as well. For that tent to be truly for everyone, Bookkeeper focusing on shared goals and mutual re- And, Mr. Silverman, as knife-wielding we must be able to include voices that Gila Negnewitzky sponsibilities toward one another.” Arabs terrorize Israeli Jews, shouldn’t your don’t necessarily fl ow with the prevailing He went on to tell the crowd that di- message have been strong support of Is- legislative, judicial, social or Federation Sales Development versity is welcomed in federations. He said rael to end the violence from your “tent- tide. Sometimes it’s that lone voice in the Ken Goff stein it doesn’t matter if you go to “synagogue mates”? tent that speaks the truth. No matter how Sales Representatives weekly or hardly ever; if you’re affi liated And there is a difference when compar- big or open the tent, Mr. Silverman, we Risa Lefkowitz with J Street or with ZOA; if you’re supporting J Street to ZOA. J Street supported the have to hear that voice. Now that voice is Avi Koenig ing Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, Ste- Iranian nuclear deal, ZOA did not. Mr. Sil- the scream of an Israeli mother stabbed Simon Worman phen Harper or Justin Trudeau; if you’re verman, we would hope that Federations by a terrorist or a 13-year-old boy maimed Database Coordinator married or single, partnered or it’s compli- across the nation would be sensitive that while riding his bike. Moishie Rosenberg cated; if you’re gay, straight, bi- or question- there are many Jews who are still simmer- In what part of the tent do we fi nd ing; if you have children or don’t; if you’re ing over the president’s actions and who them? Sports Editor Steve Gutlove Proofreader/Copy Editor Rivky Bergstein #BDSfail: American BDS Advocates Visit Ruth Brody Israel, Take Selfi es, Use Amenities Contributors Rachel Berger • Shneur Garb • Josh Warhit Rabbi Gidon Rothstein • Rabbi David Walk (israellycool) Anti-Israel nincompoops of The Jewish Link of Bronx, Westchester the day: On Tuesday, November 10, at 11:30 & Connecticut am, Jewish Americans CODEPINK activists, PO Box 1027 Ariel Gold, of Ithaca, NY, and Ariel Vegosen, Bronx, NY 10471 of Oakland, CA, unfurled a banner near the Phone: 718-564-6710 Kotel (Western Wall) reading, “American Email: [email protected] Jews support BDS.” Representing the wom- Advertising: [email protected] en’s peace organization Code Pink, the ac- Subscriptions/Home Delivery: tivists’ goal was to express Jewish opposi- [email protected] The Jewish Link of Bronx, Westchester & Connecticut, an independent tion to the Israeli occupation of Palestine publication, promotes honest and rigorous conversations about Juda- and endorse the Boycott, Divestment, and ism,Israel and issues aff ecting our community. The opinions refl ect- ed in articles from our contributors do not necessarily refl ect JLBWC’s Sanctions movement as a nonviolent strat- positions, and publishing them does not constitute an endorsement egy to bring about a just peace in Palestine from JLBWC. We simply off er food for thought. We reserve the right and Israel. Because nothing says “boycott Is- to accept or refuse submissions and edit for content and length. We also reserve the right to refuse advertising that in our opinion does not rael” like getting on a plane and traveling to refl ect the standards of the newspaper. We are not responsible for the Israel. And we suppose while in Israel, they kashrus of any product advertised in the Jewish Link of Bronx, West- boycotted Israeli food and accommodation. chester & Connecticut.

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and inspire. There are also hundreds if not The Value of Orthodox Women Leaders thousands of outstanding Orthodox female educators who are not rebbetzins. The cur- By Rabbi Ephraim Epstein, The Jewish world has always had fe- cellence who taught men and women her rent cry for parity and equality in religious Congregation Sons of male leaders: from Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, breadth, knowledge and insights into To- title is just the latest echo from our host Israel, Cherry Hill Leah and Devorah the prophetess until torah. Finally, Rebbetzin Jungreis is a current culture seeping into the less-fortifi ed souls day. Three outstanding representatives of modern-day Orthodox female leader (may of our people. I wonder what will be next? “You’ve come a long true Orthodox Jewish Leadership in mod- she have a refuah shleimah). She mothered Not too many women are smoking Vir- way, baby” is the slogan ern times have been Sarah Schenirer z”l, the outreach organization Hineni in 1973 ginia Slims cigarettes these days. Herzl’s coined by the Leo Bur- Nechama Leibowitz z”l and Y”LT Rebbetz- that has brought thousands closer to To- Der Judenstaat is rarely, if ever, quoted on nett Agency in 1968 for in Esther Jungreis. Long before modern-day rah Judaism. She has spoken and written the Knesset fl oor. History has always and a thinner, more feminine smoke produced clerical feminist aspirations took root, Sa- on Torah and Judaism for decades, infl u- will certainly fi lter out untruths. Our Torah by the Phillip Morris Company for the Vir- rah Schenirer established a girls school in encing Jews and non-Jews worldwide. The and its teachings are eternal and transcend ginia Slims brand cigarette. The campaign 1917 for 25 children that by the eve of WWII common denominator between all three is any and all isms throughout the ages. was unusually successful in marketing cig- blossomed into 250 schools with over that they studied, taught, lectured and led Who needs Orthodox women leaders? arettes by tickling a soft spot on the Ameri- 40,000 students. Today her legacy contin- our nation as proud Orthodox Jewish wom- We do–like Sarah Schenirer z”l, Nechama can psyche that was celebrating the advent ues with over 125 Beis Yaakov schools and en without great controversy or riding the Leibowitz z”l and Rebbetzin Esther Jungre- of feminism. seminaries that are producing the whole- isms of the day. is who proudly and prominently taught in- The Jewish world in general and the Or- some and dedicated future mothers of Is- Orthodox Jews crave true Jewish lead- spiring Torah and Orthodox Judaism cre- thodox Jewish world in particular often fol- rael. In 1930, Professor Liebowitz attained ership, male and female. Everyone knows atively, but have carefully maintained low the leads of its host society albeit at a her doctorate, in 1956 she was awarded the that alongside any successful rabbi is a the Mesorah bequeathed unto them by much slower pace. It is not by accident that Israel Prize for furthering our understand- smart, pleasant and powerful rebbetzin. their fathers and mothers, and have done 300 years later and 380 kilometers away ing of Tanach, and in 1983 she received the In America today there are hundreds and everything in their power to inspire us to from Martin Luther’s Reformation came Bialik Prize for Jewish Thought. She was a hundreds of outstanding Orthodox reb- carry the true torch of Torah forward. Let’s forth Israel Jacobson’s Reform Judaism. It is trailblazing yet soft-spoken scholar par ex- betzins that already lead, counsel, teach learn from our true leaders. also not surprising that 100 years after the French Revolution that paved the way for Nationalism to sweep through Europe The- odor Herzl published Der Judenstaat, ex- claiming that Jews should return to their national homeland, Israel. In our time, taking the lead from the Episcopal Church, Je- hovah’s Witnesses and the liberal streams of Judaism, a fringe element of the Ortho- dox community has announced the longtime coming and arrival of female Ortho- dox clergy. This is the latest example of absorbing the ways of our surroundings.

POLITICS & PARSHA Toldos 5776: Solutions for All cReAtInG lAsTiNg AlL oF oUr cUsToMeRs rEcEiVe By Howie Beigelman oUr uNdIvIdEd aTtEnTiOn aNd Praying for chil- uNpArAlLeLeD pRoFeSsIoNaLiSm, dren, Isaac, we are told, does the be- mEmOrIeS bEnEfItInG fRoM oUr cReAtIvItY seeching on his wife’s behalf, or with her in oNe eVeNt aT a tImE aNd yEaRs oF eXpErIeNcE. mind. The Bible’s major lesson is how the prayers of the righteous are heard. But there’s a lesson here as well, politically. Whenever we do anything to fi x a so- cietal issue, it’s critical we remember those affected by it. It’s not enough to try and fi x an issue to our satisfaction. It must be, as with Isaac, l’nochach–for the other’s benefi t. Government faces complicated issues. Sometimes what could be a solution adversely affects all (or a portion) of them. Rules and regulations exist for good reason. But we must ensure that those in need are getting help. We must commit to keeping them in mind as we go about advocating for a true fi x. Words to consider. Ideas to ponder. Politics and the parsha. office: 718.256.7200 cell: 917.335.4144 email: [email protected] Howie Beigelman, formerly of Springfi eld, NJ, is ex- www.aaronteitelbaumproductions.com ecutive director of Ohio Jewish Communities. He ORCHESTRA & PRODUCTIONS works at the intersection of Jewish communal service and nonprofi t advocacy. Follow him on Twitter t Tweet Us @teitelbaumaaron ` facebook.com/aarontproductions ™Follow us on Instagram @aaronteitelbaum @howielb. 718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM November 12, 2015 • 30 Cheshvan, 5776 9 ANALYSIS RCA Reiterates Objection to Maharats: Calls for New Leadership Roles For Women

By Elizabeth Kratz rahMusings.com, a popular 24/6 website plex. I was fearful that what has hap- than constantly note what we are not,” that regularly publishes articles of interest pened, would happen,” he said. Blau said. In a resolution passed two Fridays ago, to the rabbinic world–and a relative new- Rabbi Blau, who heads Cleveland’s the membership of the Rabbinical Coun- comer to the RCA’s executive committee. Green Road Synagogue and is rosh yeshi- cil of America (RCA) reiterated its opposi- This resolution was unique in that it was va of Fuchs Mizrachi School, echoed com- tion to “women rabbis” being employed as not put forward by the resolution drafting ments made by Rabbi Mark Dratch, exec- clergy in Orthodox synagogues and insti- committee, as is the norm. Last year, the utive vice president of the RCA, who told tutions. Rabbi Shalom Baum, RCA’s presi- RCA changed its bylaws so that any mem- the Jewish Link that the RCA’s research dent since August, who also serves as mara ber who could get a minimum of 50 signa- of meaningful executive leadership roles d’asra of Teaneck’s Congregation Keter To- tures on a resolution could put it up for a might include a process of approval of rah, told the Jewish Link that while the vote of the full membership. Such was the the role of toanot rabaniyot, women who resolution sought to maintain its earli- case with this resolution, which was in- serve as lawyers within Israel’s rabbinic er-stated view against those serving in ma- troduced last June, passing late last week. court system, and yoatzot, female halach- harat-type roles, it went two steps further Votes against the resolution were said to ic advisors for taharat hamishpacha (fam- Rabbi Mark Dratch Rabbi Shalom Baum than past RCA statements, by fi rst advis- largely not have been cast by those favor- ily purity). Blau, a student of the Rav, Rab- ing against the hiring of such individuals ing women serving in clergy-like roles, but Rabbi Dratch added that roles includ- by Orthodox institutions, and second, by for other reasons. ing but not limited to toanot rabaniyot broadly committing to exploring substan- One such RCA member who opposed and yoatzot represent “what we see is a tive and meaningful leadership opportuni- the resolution without supporting maha- continuing experiment; an experiment ties for women within the Orthodox com- rat-style roles is Rabbi Binyamin Blau, of with new and creative roles to harness the munity. Cleveland, a recently elected member of gifts that women can bring to our commu- Many in the Jewish media immedi- the RCA board, though he shared com- nity, while at the same time being true to ately took the opportunity to call out the ments with the Jewish Link representing the traditional nature and slow conserva- RCA, arguing that the resolution was just himself only. He was opposed to the body tive evolution of our community,” he told “more of the same” in terms of an attack bringing up the resolution at all, noting the Jewish Link. on the activities of Open Orthodoxy and that versions of the same statement were Rabbi Binyamin Blau Rabbi Gil Student Rabbi Blau also noted that Nishmat Rabbi Avi Weiss’ Yeshivat Chovevei Torah offered in 2010 and 2013, and he feared (the Israeli seminary that certifi es most and Yeshivat Maharat. Still others indicat- its passage would open the RCA to criti- bi Joseph D. Soloveitchik, and his brother yoatzot), is a “wonderful institution doing ed that the RCA is simply intent on keep- cism that they have come out “once again” Rav Aharon Soloveitchik, explained that tremendous work. It brings people closing women away from meaningful leader- against women rabbis. “It was a lose-lose these are roles of tremendous value to the er to religiosity,” he said. Rabbanit Chana ship roles in Orthodox Jewish life. Those proposition: To vote against it was to ap- community that have proven successful, Henkin, Nishmat’s founder and dean, has from within the ranks, however, said just pear to support maharats, but voting in fa- and that work within prescribed guide- been particularly attuned to making sure the opposite. vor of the resolution would yield the sim- lines, without altering the historic struc- the work of yoatzot were acceptable to The sponsor of the resolution was Rab- ple message that the ‘RCA bans women ture of the mesorah. “We need to positive- bi Gil Student–the editor-in-chief of To- rabbis,’ while the issue is far more com- ly defi ne ourselves by who we are rather  CONTINUED ON P. 12

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718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM November 12, 2015 • 30 Cheshvan, 5776 11 ANALYSIS 2015 Resolution: RCA Policy Concerning Women Rabbis Oct 30, 2015 – Formally adopted by a 3. In light of the opportunity created lous observance of commandments). 1. Ordain women into the Orthodox direct vote of the RCA membership, the by advanced women’s learning, the Rab- • And whereas on May 7, 2013, the RCA rabbinate, regardless of the title used; or full text of “RCA Policy Concerning Wom- binical Council of America encourages announced: 2. Hire or ratify the hiring of a woman en Rabbis” states: a diversity of halakhically and commu- • In light of the recent announcement into a rabbinic position at an Orthodox • Whereas, after much deliberation and nally appropriate professional opportu- that Yeshivat Maharat will celebrate institution; or discussion among its membership and nities for learned, committed women, the “ordination as clergy” of its fi rst 3. Allow a title implying rabbinic ordi- after consultation with poskim, the in the service of our collective mission three graduates, and in response to the nation to be used by a teacher of Limudei Rabbinical Council of America unani- to preserve and transmit our heritage. institution’s claim that it “is changing Kodesh in an Orthodox institution; and, mously passed the following conven- Due to our aforesaid commitment to sa- the communal landscape by actualiz- • Commits to an educational effort to tion resolution at its April 2010 con- cred continuity, however, we cannot ac- ing the potential of Orthodox wom- publicize its policy by: vention: cept either the ordination of women or en as rabbinic leaders,” the Rabbinical 1. Republishing its policies on this 1. The fl owering of Torah study and the recognition of women as members Council of America reasserts its po- matter; and, teaching by God-fearing Orthodox wom- of the Orthodox rabbinate, regardless of sition as articulated in its resolution 2. Clearly communicating and dissem- en in recent decades stands as a sig- the title. of April 27, 2010... The RCA views this inating these policies to its members and nifi cant achievement. The Rabbinical 4. Young Orthodox women are now event as a violation of our mesorah the community. Council of America is gratifi ed that our being reared, educated, and inspired by (tradition) and regrets that the leader- This resolution does not concern or members have played a prominent role mothers, teachers and mentors who are ship of the school has chosen a path address non-rabbinic positions such as in facilitating these accomplishments. themselves benefi ciaries of advanced that contradicts the norms of our com- Yoatzot Halacha, community scholars, 2. We members of the Rabbinical women’s Torah education. As members munity. Yeshiva University’s GPATS, and non-rab- Council of America see as our sacred and of the new generation rise to positions of Therefore, the Rabbinical Council of binic school teachers. So long as no rab- joyful duty the practice and transmission infl uence and stature, we pray that they America binic or ordained title such as “Maharat” of Judaism in all of its extraordinary, mul- will contribute to an ever-broadening and • Resolves to educate and inform our is used in these positions, and so long as tifaceted depth and richness–halakhah ever-deepening wellspring of talmud To- community that RCA members with there is no implication of ordination or (Jewish law), hashkafah (Jewish thought), rah (Torah study), yir’at Shamayim (fear positions in Orthodox institutions a rabbinic status, this resolution is inap- tradition and historical memory. of Heaven), and dikduk b’mitzvot (scrupu- may not plicable.

IRF Resolution on Women in Communal Leadership Roles The International Rabbinic Fellowship years to come. guidelines that we believe our commu- ples work through relationship diffi cul- is thankful and grateful to the Almighty We express our support for the sin- nities should consider–recognizing that ties, taking care of the arrangements for and to a cadre of visionary educators, rab- cere desire of the graduates of these learn- each community and its rabbinic lead- burial, speaking at life-cycle events and bis and communal leaders of the Modern ing programs to contribute their spiritual ership retain the authority to determine giving counsel to individuals and families Orthodox community for the amazing talents to the Jewish people as teachers, what is appropriate for their communal in distress. growth of Torah learning for women, in spiritual guides and mentors. We also af- context–we affi rm that: 4. As spiritual preachers and guides all its forms, which has transformed the fi rm the dedication and sacrifi ce of so Observant and committed Orthodox who teach classes and deliver divrei Torah face of the Orthodox community for the many women in our community, and women who are learned, trained and and derashot, in the synagogue and out, better in the last fi fty years. their desire to serve their congregations competent should have every opportuni- both during the week and on Shabbatot We strongly support the work and ef- and their people in formal leadership ca- ty to fully serve the Jewish community: and holidays. forts of the myriad of Torah learning pro- pacities, while affi rming the specifi c areas 1. As teachers of Torah, in all its breadth 5. As spiritual guides and mentors, grams and institutions for women, both that Halakha delimits. and depth–Shebikhtav, Shebe‘al Peh and helping arrange and managing life-cy- long-established and new, both in the Di- We strongly encourage communi- Practical Halakha–to both men and wom- cle events such as weddings, bar- and aspora and in Israel. We hope that these ties and their rabbinic leaders to create en. bat-mitzvah celebrations and funerals, institutions continue to grow and that opportunities to discuss this important 2. As persons who can answer ques- while refraining from engaging in those even more opportunities for talented phenomenon in an open and refl ective tions and provide guidance to both men aspects of these events that Halakha does women who would like to continue on manner, in order to enable continuing and women in all areas of Jewish law in not allow for women to take part in. to the next level of Torah scholarship, in- progress in a spirit of shalom and commu- which they are well-versed. 6. As presidents and full members of volving multi-year opportunities for se- nal harmony. 3. As clergy who function as pastoral the boards of synagogues and other Torah rious Torah learning, will emerge in the In an effort to outline some practical counselors–visiting the sick, helping cou- institutions.

RCA Reiterates Objection to leading poskim regarding the question place everywhere, that takes place in the ly that has led to bad results. Let’s instead to Maharats: Calls for New of appropriate professional opportunities home, in the workplace, on the streets,” try to change the community and fi nd new Leadership Roles For Women for women, and that HaRav Schwartz has said Student. roles for women as opposed to sharing pri-  CONTINUED FROM P. 10 begun the effort to prepare a special edi- “Why are we focusing our efforts on or religious roles. Let’s build new roles, tion of HaDarom to address this, that will shuls, when if someone really wants to in- new positions–a way of infl uencing with- the Modern Orthodox rabbinic commu- appear later this year. fl uence a community, there are so many out, in any way, stepping on sensitively tra- nity. “She was very concerned about the Rabbi Student indicated that this is other non-shul ways to go about it?” he ditional areas,” suggested Student. tension, and made sure that things moved not a token attempt. “What I hope will asked. The resolution itself, which heralded incrementally in a way that it was accept- happen is the community will refocus its “As the role of women in society ad- the “fl owering of Torah study and teachable to all,” said Blau. Rabbi Blau indicat- efforts on women’s leadership and think vances, we must consider and encourage ing by God-fearing Orthodox women,” as ed that while he understands the Teaneck more creatively about how women can appropriate professional opportunities an impetus for moving the conversation rabbinic community is not unifi ed in their contribute even more,” said Student, in open to learned women in our commu- away from labels in the rabbinate and into support of yoatzot and their work, he said an interview. “Because there are so many nity, while we simultaneously fi nd posi- the realm of collective infl uence, indicat- he believes the large majority of RCA rab- needs and so many ways that women can tive ways to express the beauty of Torah ed that the RCA encourages “a diversity of bis do support them. infl uence the community, we need to ex- and the importance of its values that have halachically and communally appropri- In light of such positive views, “We cer- ercise our imaginations, and think beyond been extant for millennia,” said Baum. ate professional opportunities for learned, tainly appreciate the strengths and possi- the roles that have historically been held “Just as we did with the issue of partner- committed women, in the service of our bilities that increasing roles for women in by men,” he said. ship minyanim, we must explain our posi- collective mission to preserve and trans- the larger society creates for the Orthodox Rabbi Student added that since we tions and then, together with our poskim, mit our heritage.” community as well,” Dratch added. live in the “Internet era” where informa- draw lines when necessary. At the same The resolution specifi cally noted that Rabbi Baum, who indicated to the tion comes from so many places, forcing time, we must ensure that women’s voic- it was not addressing the topics of exist- membership his opinion on the resolution men and women to share religious roles es are heard and respected,” Baum added. ing non-rabbinic positions such as yoatzot only after its passage, told the Jewish Link in the synagogue is a recipe for disaster. “We should not be wasting half the tal- halacha, or other types of community edu- that, in a subsequent meeting with the RCA “It’s a classic mistake of the non-Ortho- ent in the community by shutting women cators. According to numerous RCA mem- executive committee, he had asked HaRav dox movement to focus on the synagogue out of religious life,” said Student. “Let’s try bers, the organization, as yet, does not hold Gedalia Dov Schwartz, shlit”a, to reach out when Judaism is a 24/7 religion that takes not to change our shuls, because historical- any public position on yoatzot halacha. 12 November 12, 2015 • 30 Cheshvan, 5776 718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM OUR 20TH TRIP! Hurry! ALL PREVIOUS TRIPS SOLD OUT! POLANDJOIN PROJECT MESORAH ON A TRIP TO: s”xcs””xc

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White Plains–The fourth West- chester-Wide Night of Jewish Learn- ing and Celebration, co-sponsored by the Westchester Jewish Council and the Westchester Board of Rab- bis, with support from UJA-Federa- tion of New York, is scheduled for Saturday, December 5 at Beth El Synagogue Center in New Rochelle. Beginning at 6:45 p.m., the event allows participants to attend two 45-minute workshops chosen from more than 30 topics covering Jew- ish thought, text, philosophy, spirituality, sports, culture, life and love. Following the workshop, participants will socialize at a grand celebration, including a delicious dairy dessert and musical entertainment by Rabbi Andrew Bossov. Attend- ance is expected to be over 500. “The rabbis have put together a truly wonderful and varied range of topics, so everyone should be able to fi nd something of interest,” said Elliot Forchheimer, Exec- utive Director of the Westchester Jewish Council. “All adult learners are welcome and encouraged to attend. Everyone, regardless of background, practice, affi liation or age, is welcome. Workshops include “Super Jews, From the X-Men to the Fantastic Four: How Judaism, Jew- ish values and Jewish Texts Have Infl uenced the Comic Book Industry,” “The For more information about the Night Chosen People Stand for Choice,” “Israel, of Jewish Learning and Celebration, con- Iran, and Holocaust Denial” and more. tact Donna Bartell, at donna@wjcouncil. Tickets are available online at www. org or 914-328-7001. Information about the wjcouncil.org for $20/person through No- event is also available on the Westchester vember 25 after which the price will in- Jewish Council website at www.wjcouncil. crease to $25/person. Tickets will be avail- org. Sign language interpretation is availa- able at the door if space allows. ble upon request. Neighbors Helping Neighbors

Pre-K students at the Temple Sholom Selma Maisel Nursery School helped to stock the shelves at the Neighbor to Neighbor food pantry in Greenwich, CT. 14 November 12, 2015 • 30 Cheshvan, 5776 718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM COMMUNITY NEWS

CREDIT: NORPAC NORPAC Hosts Senator Marco Rubio in Riverdale Howard and Debbie Jonas, together dle East. Therefore, it is in America’s na- with NORPAC, hosted an event in Riverdale tional security interest to protect Israel. In for Senator Marco Rubio’s presidential cam- addition, Rubio explained that he feels a paign last week. Marco Rubio has served as moral obligation to Israel, as its existence a US Senator representing the State of Flor- ensures that Jews will never again have to ida since 2011. During his time in Congress, face the threat of extermination. he has been a staunch supporter of Israel, Regarding the Joint Comprehensive consistently showing his dedication to the Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran, Rubio ex- US-Israel relationship. Now running for the pressed his strong opposition to the deal. He Republican nomination for president, Ru- stated that Iran’s nuclear program is an exis- bio has promised to take multiple steps to tential threat to both the US and Israel, and strengthen this relationship, including in- the JCPOA will not prevent Iran from ob- creasing joint military cooperation and al- taining nuclear weapons. Rubio is also con- locating further defense funds for Israel. cerned that the money Iran will receive now At the event, Rubio told the crowd of from foreign reserves will be used to fund over 100 supporters that Israel is incredibly terrorism to kill Americans and Jews. Rubio important to him as it is the only pro-Amer- promised that, if elected president, he will The future is ican and free-enterprise country in the Mid- cancel the JCPOA on his fi rst day in offi ce. Riverdale Kids Bring in your hands. Musical Theater to the Eyes and Ears of the Hebrew Home at Riverdale Meet Ariel Ancer from Johannesburg, South Africa. A Computer Science major at Yeshiva University, Ariel is As a fi fth grader at SAR Acade- a Google Student Ambassador and the vice president of my, 11-year old Hannah Winter had the opportunity to visit and inter- the International Student Committee. Last year he was act with the residents of the neigh- instrumental in creating YU’s inaugural Hackathon, a boring Hebrew Home at Riverdale as part of an ongoing community competition that engaged computer programmers for 24 hours volunteer program that the school of creative collaboration and innovative engineering. had developed. This program left such an impression on her that Whether Ariel’s coding on his laptop or decoding Gemara, she continued to visit one of the residents she was paired with after he is committed to deepening his Torah knowledge while the program concluded. preparing for his career. This is the essence of Torah Umadda As her bat mitzvah approached, Hannah decided that she wanted to em- songs from Broadway shows from the last and what sets YU apart. bark on a community project that could 50 years. On Tuesday, November 3, Hannah have an impact on the lives of the residents and seven of her fellow performers put on Picture yourself at YU. #NowhereButHere of the Hebrew Home. As a member of The a show for about 40 residents featuring mu- Riverdale Children’s theater program for sic from classic shows including Oklaho- the last fi ve years, Hannah saw an opportu- ma, Oliver and Fiddler on the Roof. nity to combine her passion and participa- The show was very well received and tion in musical theater with her communi- since that time, Josephine Catalono, the ty project. “I saw how much the residents Hebrew Home’s Director of Volunteer Ser- loved when my friends and I would sing vices, invited the group back for a special songs with them so I thought it would be Chanukah program in December. This is great to do a whole musical showcase with exactly the result that Hannah was hoping my musical theater group,” she said. for. “Although I wanted to put on a show- www.yu.edu | 212.960.5277 | [email protected] Hannah, with the help of her parents, case, my real goal was to start a regular pro- enlisted the help of some of her fellow gram where kids could come and perform Riverdale Children’s Theater friends to put on a regular basis so I am really excited that www.yu.edu/apply on a special showcase featuring popular we get to come back,” she said. 718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM November 12, 2015 • 30 Cheshvan, 5776 15 COMMUNITY NEWS Standing Together, United for Israel

By JLBWC Staff heard remarks from local elected offi cials ter community shlichim, and co-spon- Kevin Plunkett, Deputy County Execu- sored by AJC Westchester-Fairfi eld, Hillels Scarsdale–Over 600 people joined to- tive, and New York State Assemblywom- of Westchester, The Jewish Education gether at Westchester Reform Temple on an Amy Paulin; interreligious commu- Project, Kol Hazzanim–The Cantors of Monday night, November 2, to show their nity leaders Bishop Martin Nelson of Westchester, Rosenthal JCC, UJA-Feder- support for Israel and to pray for peace at Bezer Holiness Church and Father Bri- ation of New York and the Westchester “An Evening of Unity With the People of an McWeeney, Director of Ecumenical Board of Rabbis. In addition, over 60 syn- Israel.” and Interreligious Affairs at the Catholic agogues and organizations were support- The evening, organized in the wake of Archdioceses of New York and Hon. Nick ing partners of the program. ongoing acts of terror in Israel, kicked off Minchin, Australian Consul General. The “The ongoing news reports from Isra- with a parade of representatives march- keynote address was delivered by Amir el have left me–no doubt, all of us–feel- ing into the sanctuary carrying banners Sagie, the Israeli Deputy Consul General. ing many things: frightened, sad, heart- from 41 synagogues and organizations to “It is essential for the Jewish community sick. We may feel despair or bitterness. display their unity with Israel. “Our com- to remain engaged with Israel. Tonight’s But one thing an event like tonight’s con- munity has gathered alongside many oth- event sent a clear message to our elect- fi rms is that we are not powerless…and ers around the world to send a message ed offi cials, the Israeli people, and our we are not alone. We stand together, unit- of strength and unity to the people of Is- children that Israel does matter and that ed in our support,” said Michael Foreman Students and staff from Westchester Torah rael, and to the security forces of Israel. I the Westchester Jewish community does of Rye Brook, who chairs UJA-Federation’s Academy (WTA), one of 60 partnering know that they all hear us,” said Yoav Co- care,” said Paul Warhit, President, West- Jewish Peoplehood in New York Com- organizations for “An Evening of Unity With hen, Westchester community Shaliach chester Jewish Council. mittee, which works to strengthen ties the People of Israel,” march proudly in (Israel emissary) and the lead organizer of The program, presented by the West- among the diverse elements of the Jew- support of Israel. the event. chester Jewish Council, was organized by ish community in the greater metro area. Following the parade, the audience Yoav Cohen and Yael Lewis, the Westches- The Westchester Jewish Council, a benefi ciary of UJA-Federation of New York, connects Westchester’s Jewish communities and strengthens relationships among Jewish organizations and other eaders in Luxury Kosher Travel for More Than a Quarter Century ethnic and faith-based groups, elected of- > fi cials and the community at large. For more information, visit www.wjcouncil. • Spacious Guestrooms & Suites org, or call 914-328-7001. – All with Private Terraces • Ashkenaz & Sephardic Minyanim • Two Magnificent Pools – Lazy River & Water Slide • Award-Winning Wellness Spa, Salon & Fitness Center • Two Championship Golf Courses & Tennis Center • Three Gourmet Meals, Scrumptious Tea Room & Daily Poolside BBQ PASSOVER 2016 • Incomparable Complimentary Day Camp & Infant Care Programs AT THE CLASSIC • Exclusive “Step It Up” Teen Program TURNBERRY ISLE MIAMI & Expanded Adult Activities • Inspiring Scholars-in-Residence • Fully Accredited CME Program Pictured l-r, Yoav Cohen, Westchester community shaliach; Yael Lewis, Westchester community shlicha; Paul Warhit, President, ENTIRE RESORT RESERVED FOR LASKO GETAWAYS PASSOVER GUESTS Westchester Jewish Council

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Over 400 people showed up to learn more about community safety at the fi rst-ever RJC Safety Awareness Day, including State Senator Jeffrey Klein. The recent four-hour event gave children the opportunity to see and tour fi re trucks, ambulanc- es and police vehicles, and instilled a sense of awareness within parents and children alike about general safety. Volunteers from Engine Ladder 62 ar- Organizer Aaryn Rubin with Senator Jeff rey rived on site with a fi re truck. The FDNY Klein, Nathan Rubin and fi ancee Arielle. community safety team brought a safety house, which was a truck with windows representing rooms throughout the home with signs featuring general safety instruc- tion. The NYPD came with a van and their own safety mascot. Hatzolah had its ambulance available and gave informational sessions inside. The larger vehicles remained outside on 237th Street between Independ- ence Avenue and the Henry Hudson Park- way service road, which was shut down for Fire Trucks Outdoors at the the event. As Aaryn Rubin, the event organ- Safety Awareness Day. izer said, the city was very happy to accommodate the closure and was very excited the fi rst event, a second event is already be- about the initiative. ing discussed. “I’m so excited that we had such a great turnout,” Rubin said. She was also delighted to fulfi ll the mission of the event, which was to educate. “Hearing stories about how the event made people more aware was meaningful. These little changes really can save lives.” White Plains resident Miriam Rubin at- tended the event with her two children, aged 6 and 3. The children loved going on The future is the trucks and eating Cafeccino pizza. They also sat through the informative Aquabili- Aquabilities presentation. ties presentation, where they learned about in your hands. water safety with dozens of other families. Inside, presentations were made by the “They had a great time while receiving very water safety company Aquabilities; The Saf- necessary information,” Rubin said. est Seat, which addresses carseat safety and Michelle Goldberg, of New Rochelle, at- CSS, Community Security Service. A room tended the event with her 8-day-old daugh- was designated for projects, where children ter, Gila, and 2-year-old son, Jack. Jack “had Meet Nicole Bock from Teaneck, New Jersey. A Mathematics could color pictures of children wearing the best time ‘driving’ the ambulance,” she seatbelts and bicycle helmets. Children also said, and added, “Best of all, it was what major and Art History minor at Yeshiva University, Nicole is glued translucent bingo chips on a keypad he was supposed to be doing,” as the chil- a YU Honors student whose summer internship at Citigroup printout, teaching them the important num- dren were encouraged to “drive” the emer- resulted in a job offer in its Capital Markets Origination bers when 911 needs to be called, and prac- gency vehicle. For the children to have such ticing tactile sensory input. They also were hands-on experience was memorable. division. A yearbook editor and member of the Finance, able to make fi re hats out of paper plates. Next year’s event plans to incorporate Investment, Math and Physics Clubs, Nicole has taken a Families received bags with safety gear more safety topics. If you are interested in and cookies, and cotton candy was availa- participating, please contact Aaryn Rubin at comprehensive approach to her college career. ble free for the taking. With the success of [email protected]. While YU prepares Nicole to meet the challenges of young women pursuing STEM career paths, her minor in Art 2S]^Y\c P_V VV] KXY^RO\ ZK]]SYX 8SMYVOt] MYWWS^WOX^ ^Y broaden the scope of her education centers around her Judaic studies at YU. This is the essence of Torah Umadda and what sets YU apart.

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www.yu.edu | 212.960.5277 | [email protected] www.yu.edu/apply The Aquabilities team. NYPD Booth with their mascot, McGruff . 718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM November 12, 2015 • 30 Cheshvan, 5776 17 COMMUNITY NEWS Sifrei Torah Moving Art & Soul Course Takes Day at CSAIR Women on Jewish Journey By JLBWC Staff Through the Arts The Conservative Syn- agogue Adath Israel of By JLBWC Staff purposeful,” says Rebbetzin Sorah Shem- Riverdale, currently un- tov, facilitator for the Society. “This course der construction, had a Beginning Shabbat November 14, the will challenge us to think deeply about “moving day” for its Sifrei Riverdale Chabad’s Rosh Chodesh Socie- the way we see ourselves and the world, Torah on November 1. The ty launches its newest course, Art & Soul, teaching us how to ‘live creatively.’” Torah scrolls were moved a new seven-session series for women. The Rosh Chodesh Society is an in- out of the Beit Midrash Art & Soul draws upon Jewish wisdom ternational Jewish sisterhood that aims and into the Taub Room, on seven art forms–painting, music, lit- to connect, empower and inspire Jewish which will be its tempo- erature, dance, architecture, clothing de- women through monthly Jewish learn- rary space for minyanim sign and culinary arts–allowing students ing and cultural experiences. For more during construction. The to gain a deeper appreciation of the inner information on Art & Soul, visit www. morning minyan will be dynamics of these seven art forms and chabadriverdale.org. at 7 a.m. and the evening how they can be applied to enhance our Rebbetzin Sorah Shemtov, co-director minyan will be at 7:30. daily lives. of Chabad of Riverdale, will be teaching Much singing and The course will be taught once per Art & Soul at Chabad of Riverdale on Shab- dancing was held as the month, on Shabbat, at Chabad of Riverd- bat November 14, 12:30 p.m., at Chabad of Torahs were moved. ale, for seven consecutive months and is Riverdale, 535 West 246th Street. Please While the act of moving the Torahs did community.” The shul’s construction im- designed for women at all levels of Jewish visit www.ChabadRiverdale.org for a full not take very long, a community-wide provements aim to give it signiﬁ cantly knowledge. “We are fascinated by artists. schedule of classes. Anyone interested mailer explained that the change was improved accessibility and functionality Their work embodies what we all want is welcome to call 718-549-1100 ext. 10 for “a much longer and deeper journey as a with a new ramp and elevator. our lives to be: beautiful, meaningful and more information.

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Bowl for Shaare Zedek Medical ford. Learn CPR, healthy habits and more. Museum of Modern Art ation’s initiatives to build a stronger and Center in Jerusalem Separate programming for parents and (MoMA) Event more inclusive approach to Judaism in Enjoy a fun night of bowling while kids will be available, with kids participat- MoMA is hosting a book event for Israel. He founded and leads the Tzohar raising money for the NICU and Triage ing in yoga, gymnastics and hula hooping, Serge Berdugo, President of the Council Rabbinical Organization, which is com- Unit at the new Shaare Zedek Medical and parents learning CPR, nutrition and of Jewish communities of Morocco, on mitted to making religious protocol in Is- Center in Jerusalem, the medical facility Mommy and Me gymnastics. Tours of the Thursday, November 19 at 5 p.m. The book rael more welcoming to Jews of all back- helping countless terror victims in Israel. 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The afternoon how to build their own menorahs and get ($18 couvert), contact Susan Scharf Glick, Are you doing any unique chesed pro- will kick off at 1 p.m. with crafts, activ- to take home a free worker’s apron. The [email protected] or 914-761-5100 x120. jects? Donating pizza to Israeli soldiers? ities and games. The concert will begin fi rst shift begins at 1:30 p.m. and the sec- This cross-denominational event is in Raising Bar Mitzvah funds for Leket? at 3 p.m. Tickets start at $13. Visit http:// ond shift will be at 3 p.m. The event is free collaboration with all six New Rochelle Please share your stories with us! Email www.chabadstamford.org/templates/ar- of charge and no RSVP is required. Learn synagogues and other partners. 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Doors open 7:30 p.m. followed by mu- CAS on Sunday, December 13 from 9 a.m. chester and Riverdale kehillot to an im- nival on Sunday, November 15, 2015 from sic at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 pre-purchase until 12 p.m. with Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky, portant Israel Forum on “Building Bridg- 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be free admis- or $25 at the door. The event will happen Rosh Yeshiva of RIETS and spiritual leader es Across Religious Divides in Israel” with sion, free Magic Show at 12 noon, free at the Riverdale Grill House, 5693 River- of Congregation Ohr Hatorah in Bergen- Rabbi David Stav on Monday, November giveaways to all children, silent auction, dale Avenue, Bronx, NY 10471. For more fi eld, NJ. Following the 8:30 a.m. shacha- 16, at 7:30 p.m. at Beth El Synagogue in food for sale, carnival games with priz- info and to purchase advance tickets, vis- rit, join Rabbi Sobolofsky for jelly donuts New Rochelle. es, vendors raffl e and more. 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‘The Bayit’ to Install Steven Yeshivat Maharat. Rabbi Exler, who grew Construction Begins Exler as Senior Rabbi up in Baltimore, lives in Riverdale with at Riverdale Mikvah  CONTINUED FROM P. 1 his wife Shira and their son Ilan.  CONTINUED FROM P. 1 The synagogue he now leads, often mony. Installing Rabbi Exler will be Rab- affectionately referred to by congregants rection of Isaac Hakimi, began the pursuit bi Avi Weiss, the founding rabbi of HIR and staff as “The Bayit” (A Home), is of building a better mikvah. Many com- and its spiritual leader since 1971, who known nationally for combining spirit- munity members, including Spira, Rina now serves as its rabbi in residence. uality and learning with activism, a pro- Karol and interior designer Suffy Rudman, The program, which begins promptly gressive attitude towards the role of participated as well. These members con- at 7:30 p.m. at the synagogue, 3700 Henry women in Judaism, youth and teen en- tinue to play a signiﬁ cant part in ensuring Hudson Parkway, Riverdale, will include gagement and a spirit of inclusiveness. the mikvah, which is planned to be com- a Dvar Torah given by Torah scholar Judy Rabbi Weiss has lauded Rabbi Ex- pleted in approximately 12 months, is the Klitsner and a musical performance by ler’s contributions to HIR since he joined best that Riverdale has ever seen. “Elli Kranzler and Friends.” If you would its rabbinic staff in 2008 and describes The project began approximately 18 like to attend, please RSVP by Nov. 10, on- him as a man “immensely talented as he months ago when members of the com- line at www.thebayit.org/install or by uniquely combines brilliance of mind munity recognized the need to create a calling 718-796-4730, ext. 101. with sensitivity of heart. He is a speak- better mikvah. Together, many members feel like more people are owning this pro- er, a soul counselor and a lead- of the community began the rigorous vol- ject,” Spira said. So far, it has been a “very er extraordinaire.” In short, says unteer task of planning, with two initial big initiative involving a nice cross section Rabbi Weiss, “Rav Steven is al- kick-off events to start raising awareness. of the community who are part of this ready one of the truly great mod- A dinner serving the entire community, larger whole,” and it’s not too late for oth- ern and open Orthodox rabbis in men and women, was held, and a bake sale ers to join and help be part of this big vi- America today–and his best years was held as well. These fundraising events sion of the future. are yet to come. He will make a help cover the maintenance costs of the There are also donation and dedica- great senior rabbi.” mikvah, and involve the entire communi- tion opportunities available with accessi- That is a view clearly shared ty. “This is a project the entire community bility to people who “aren’t necessarily big by HIR congregants, notes Ari can join together for and support togeth- donors,” Spira explained. A “Wall of Water” Hait, a former HIR president and er,” Spira said. “That’s another aspect that dedication opportunity starts at $1,800, chair of the installation plan- is really beautiful because a mikvah holds which is a beautiful inscribed droplet that ning committee. “This may be that place in the community.” will be placed on the wall. Rabbi Exler received his ordination the ﬁ rst time in history that the mem- Currently, the community is seeking In the meantime, the current Riverd- from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical bers of a major modern Orthodox syna- out volunteers who can assist with help- ale Mikvah continues to be accessible and School, where he was a Wexner Gradu- gogue have voted unanimously to retain ing run the men and women’s event and is functioning and will be as long as pos- ate Fellow. He holds a BA in Biology from a particular rabbi. It demonstrates the ex- bake sales, which the planning committee sible during construction. If the mikvah Brandeis University and an MA in Bible tent to which Rav Steven is both highly hopes to have community-wide attend- becomes inaccessible during the peri- from Bernard Revel Graduate School, respected and universally adored at HIR.” ance for. Volunteers are being sought for od of construction, the Mikvah website and has studied at Yeshiva Har Etzion, in And adds Hait, “When you also con- administrative work, mailers and general at riverdalemikvah.com will be updated. the Yeshiva University Beit Midrash and sider that Rav Steven is succeeding a rab- volunteer coordination. “The more partic- The mikvah is located at 3708 Henry Hud- at Yeshivat Maale Gilboa. He sits on the binic giant, Rabbi Avi Weiss, the achieve- ipation there is from the different shuls– son Parkway, Bronx, NY 10463 and can be Rabbinic Advisory Boards of Eshel and ment is all the more impressive.” strength in numbers–the more it makes it reached directly at 718-549-8336.

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Rabbis interpreted this struggling as an ex- exchange should not be confused with ic vision of the end of days. In so many Jack vs. Red pression of running. When she passed by the later clash over the blessings. The con- ways we are the reincarnation of Avra- the entrances of the Torah academies of fl ict over the blessings was signifi cant to ham through our historical conscious- By Rabbi David Walk Shem and Eber, Jacob would run and strug- Esav, because the blessings were about the ness. The Rav asserts that this is not a met- gle to come out; when she passed the en- family assets as well as the clan’s heritage. aphysical reincarnation or a psychological Many of you have trance of a temple of idolatry, Esau would Now we must understand Esav’s response continuity; rather, this phenomenon car- probably already fi g- run and struggle to come out (Gen. Rabbah to Ya’akov’s demand of the bechora in pay- ries a historical duty to continue the cov- ured out that I’m going 63:6). This is characteristic of our great Sag- ment for the meal. enantal community. Ya’akov bought into to discuss the diffi cult es. They explained many textual diffi cul- Esav replies, “Behold, I am going to die; it and Esav rejected it totally. This is what relationship between ties in the context of a spiritual dilemma so why do I need this birthright?” What he meant when he said that he was going Ya’akov and Esav. How- confronting their generation. In later cen- does he mean by that? Perhaps, the sim- to die. He would die and his life would no ever, for me the title contains a very poign- turies when the main competition to Ju- plest explanation is that he literally feels longer make any difference. We proclaim ant irony. My father OB”M was named Ja- daism was Christianity, Esav or Edom be- near death from hunger and exhaustion as that our lives matter because we pass on cob or Jack, but far and away his most came the embodiment of that challenge to a result of his escapades in the wild, and this covenantal responsibility to our prog- popular nickname was Red for the small our religion. Edom could represent Com- that he assumes that this meal will save eny. Again, to quote the Rav, the twins amount of bright hair encircling his bald munism or promiscuity or drug addiction. his life. It is therefore a worthy exchange. “represent the eternal confl ict between a pate. He was an amalgam of those dueling Take your pick; they all work. Rashi, on the other hand, quotes a Midrash historical natural reality and a covenantal twins. His high school yearbook (Chelsea, Rabbi Joseph Dov Soloveitchik (1903– that explains that many of the services that charismatic mission” (p. 179). MA, 1927) entry read, “Beneath this rough 1993, the Rav) takes another approach. He are the responsibility of the birthright car- This point of view informs so many of exterior beats a heart of gold.” There was explains in the posthumously published ry a death penalty if incorrectly performed. our traditions and practices. We are try- much truth in that pithy quote. My dad was work The Emergence of Ethical Man that So, Esav would rather excuse himself from ing so hard to capture the essence of long- an athlete and a truck driver with a tough the confl ict between them was an eternal these activities, which he would fulfi ll in a gone events so that we can share our belov- veneer, but there was a lot of warmth, care philosophic one. They were very wise fe- cavalier manner. But the explanation that ed forebears’ vision of an ethical existence and concern welling up inside. But my pur- tuses. No, the embryo thing was just em- brings us to the opinion of Rabbi Soloveit- anticipating a glorious future. Avraham pose this week isn’t to eulogize my father, blematic of the eventual debate. However, chik is that he’s not interested in the birth- got it when God told him that all the great but to analyze the eternal struggle between although the Rav doesn’t say this explicitly, right because its rewards come in heaven events of his destiny, the exodus and con- the twins born to Yitzchak and Rivka, who I believe that the true source of the dispute and he doesn’t expect to get there. quest of Israel, would be experienced by seemed to be pure embodiments of the op- is a later incident. When Ya’akov is cooking Now we’re ready for the Rav’s take on his descendants after he goes to his fathers posite traits of tough versus soft. his red pottage (I just want to mention that this last idea. Avraham and Yitzchak have in peace at a ripe old age (Genesis 15:15). He The Torah informs us that the struggle I also love to make my own soup), Esav re- pioneered a revolution in human think- was proud to pass on that legacy to unborn and competition between Ya’akov and Esav turns from the fi eld famished. Their inter- ing. This grand idea is that of covenantal generations. So was Ya’akov, and so, too, was essential to their very being. That’s change at that moment is crucial to under- eternity. Our great covenant with God, al- should we. why their rivalry began in the womb. The standing their world views. Esav demands though renewed many times, was given verse says that they in some way struggled some soup. Ya’akov sees this as an oppor- only once, to Avraham. As the Rav says, Rabbi David Walk is a teacher at the Bi-Cultural Day (also rendered: jostled, wrestled, kicked, tunity to acquire the bechora or birthright. “Our historicity is expressed in covenant school as well as Congregation Agudath Sholom’s Ed- shoved, fought or tumbled, Genesis 25:22) The birthright was a privilege of the fi rst constancy and identity. Not only do we re- ucation Director. He is a tireless teacher and educator. within Rivka, and she was very worried. I born male to lead religious ceremonies member our past but we relive and re-ex- For over 30 years he has taught students from third understand her concern because this is ad- for the family. Ya’akov believed that Esav perience it” (p. 172). This concept is so real grade and up and conducted many classes for teens olescent male behavior, not fetal conduct. wasn’t a worthy spiritual representative for to us that we share not only Avraham’s and adults. Prior to joining CAS, he served as director Rashi reports to us a famous Midrash: Our the family of Avraham and Yitzchak. This historical experiences but his prophet- and teacher at Yeshivot Hamivtar in Efrat, Israel.

from the state of the corpse, not a physi- Transferring Impurity or Identity cal element coming from it), and these ex- tensions of the body don’t count as actual By Rabbi Gidon Rothstein week will be an idea (or small group of ide- physical touch, R. Lichtenstein sees that as physical contact. as) presented in the volume that felt to me a good example where the defi nition as an Creating an Identity Blogging R. Lichten- particularly insightful or particularly famil- act of touch, without any physical contact, That whole discussion actually comes stein, Taharot Week 1: iar and representative of R. Lichtenstein’s creates impurity. later in the shiur, which starts off with the I really don’t have style, approach and ideas. Another example is tumah retzutzah, interesting possibility that some impurity is enough stories to start For this time, we’ll see his idea of two of an impure item in a tightly enclosed space. transferred by creating an identity. For ex- with one each week, the ways to transfer ritual impurity. Halachically, that impurity rises and de- ample, the impurity that can be created by a but this time I still do. Simple Transfer scends limitlessly, in a direct line (so that an- zav sitting or lying on an item requires only I heard it several times, possibly once from The most well-known way for ritual pu- ything directly above or below it, no matter that that be an item whose purpose is to be R. Lichtenstein himself. One year in the rity to pass from a person or item that is im- how far, takes on that impurity). Here, too, sat or lain upon. It does not require that it mid-to-late 1960s, R. Soloveitchik was learn- pure to another person or item is through R. Lichtenstein understands the Talmudic be a keli, one of those items whose materi- ing Baba Kama with his shiur; a student of contact, in one of three ways (depending discussion to treat it as an act of touch, hav- als and construction make it susceptible to his encountered a Rosh Yeshiva from the on the situation): touch, carrying the im- ing nothing to do with physical reality. impurity in general. Why would that be? more haredi world, who expressed his sur- pure item/person (tumat masa, carrying), Those are the easier of the possibilities For R. Lichtenstein, the answer is that in prise that a man of that age would be tak- the impure item/person carrying someone/ R. Lichtenstein offers. He also discusses an those cases, the item isn’t having ritual im- ing on such a diffi cult project. thing else (tumat heset). Here I am only tak- anomaly in how Rambam treated the sit- purity transferred to it (for which it would I think of that here because much of our ing room to discuss the fi rst of those. uation where contact with impurity came need to be susceptible to impurity), it is be- time in these little essays will be spent on R. Lichtenstein notes that ritual impu- through fi ngernails, teeth or hair. In Laws ing redefi ned, in this case as the seat or bed the eight volumes of R. Lichtenstein’s shi- rity of touch is certainly sometimes a func- of Corpse Impurity 1;3, Rambam said that of a zav. Once it acquires that status, it is im- urim that were written up and published tion of a physical reality. He wonders–be- teeth and nails count as part of one’s body, pure, regardless of whether it’s an item or- by his students. The fi rst of those volumes, cause one characteristic element of his so if those are what came into contact with dinarily susceptible to impurity. published in 5757 (1997), are the notes from approach is to try to anticipate all the the- the item of impurity, the person is impure. He also suggests that that might be shiurim that R. Lichtenstein gave in kay- oretical constructs that could explain that On the other hand, in Laws of Items That what happens with a bo’el niddah, a man itz zeman (the time from after Pesach un- idea, and then see which of them are found Create Impurity by Lying or Sitting 5;11, who has sexual intercourse with a woman til Rosh Chodesh Av) of 5756 (1996), when in the discussion of the issue–whether Rambam says that the impurity created by whose menstruation has rendered her rit- he was turning 63. And what he took on for there might also be a transfer of impuri- the fi ngernails, teeth or hair of a zav, a man ually impure. While the Gemara raises the a summer session–which one could eas- ty created by the fact that there was an act whose impurity is created by certain emis- possibility that such a man will only ac- ily treat more lightly than the other two that is categorized as an act of touch. sions, is rabbinic, not Biblical. quire as many days of impurity as she her- zemanim of the year–was the essential ide- Defi ning an Act of Touch, Without Phys- Why the distinction? R. Lichtenstein self has left–which R. Lichtenstein sees as as and concepts of ritual purity and impuri- ical Contact suggests that these parts of the body are clearly tilting in the direction of her trans- ty, part of whose diffi culty stems from how It’s not easy to distinguish between considered connected to the body but not ferring her impurity to him–that is rejected. long it has been since most of those issues those, since an act of touch generally also actually directly part of the body itself. For Since this man becomes an av hatum’ah have applied in practice. involves physical touch. One easy exam- corpse impurity, where all we need is an (despite transfer usually involving a dimi- Since I am taking only two weeks for ple is tumat ohel, where an item of corpse act that can be defi ned as touch, these con- nution of impurity, a lowering of stage), it each of the volumes (there are also four vol- impurity–a whole or parts of a corpse–is nected parts count. With a zav, however, makes some sense that his impurity comes umes of English essays), I want to be clear under the same covering (or one is cover- the impurity is created by physical contact from his becoming a man who had this that I make no claim or attempt to summa- ing the other). The general tendency is to (because the whole impurity of the zav is kind of forbidden sexual intercourse, not rize the volume or even to offer the most see that as an example of maga, impurity created by the physical reality of the emis- striking or salient ideas he shares. Each passed by touch. Since there’s clearly no sions, whereas the corpse impurity stems  CONTINUED ON P. 29 20 November 12, 2015 • 30 Cheshvan, 5776 718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM RABBI'S MUSINGS 'Hooked Up'

By Rabbi Dani Staum a spiritual intravenous. In our daily lives we are exposed to many spiritual poi- The following was sons. Each morning we connect ourselves written in Cheshvan to receive a spiritual antibiotic to ward off 5771/October 2010. those pernicious forces, as we monitor our It is with utmost grat- spiritual heart rate. itude to Hashem Yisbo- In our technologically advanced world rach that we announce we busy ourselves with many electron- and celebrate the birth of our daughter this ic devices including phones, bluetooths, past Monday, 17 Cheshvan 5771. blackberries, cameras and laptops. All those When we were discussing the baby with devices have a limited amount of available our children a few weeks ago, our fi ve-year- energy, and need to be charged periodical- old-daughter Aviva Rochel–paraphrasing ly. So every night we connect our contrap- the well-known refrain with an addition of tions to long black cords that plug into the her own–declared that, “it doesn’t matter wall. And metaphorically, every morning what it is, as long as it’s a healthy girl!” we connect our soul to “black cords” that More recently, when we asked our plug us into our spiritual source to bolster three-year-old-son Avi what he would do our spirit. when he sees the baby, he emphatical- As a side point, when going to the hos- ly announced that he was going to give it pital it’s a good idea to remember to take a potch. When we asked him why he ex- those black cords so that phones, camer- plained, “Because it kicks Mommy.” as and laptops don’t die during the day. I The gemara relates that during the learned that lesson this week… months before a soul descends into the [Interestingly enough, in the October world an angel teaches it the entire Torah. 2002 edition of Journal of Chinese Medi- Then, just before the baby is born, the angel cine there was an article entitled “Tefi llin: taps the baby on its lip, causing it to forget An ancient acupuncture point prescription all it learned. When we arrived in the hos- for mental clarity.” The article makes the pital prior to the birth of each of our chil- case that the parts of the body on which dren, I told Chani that in heaven they were the tefi llin rest create an outline much like reciting the hadran (the declaration recited an acupuncture pattern that would en- at the completion of a tractate of Gemara hance mental clarity. The article adds that or an order of Mishnayos) at the celestial it is surprising that such a pattern can be seudas preida (farewell meal) for our soon- found in a non-Chinese procedure dating to-be-born child. back thousands of years.] This past Monday morning we drove As we thank God for the past kindness through a dense fog and arrived at the hos- He has bestowed upon us, we add a prayer pital at about 6 a.m. The baby was born at that He will continue to shower us with 8:46 a.m. However, as we did not know in blessings and help our newborn daughter– The future is now. advance how long the delivery would take, and her siblings–always feel connected to I felt that I should daven Shacharis outside her true source. the room. May we always share Simchos! Visit today. I left the room where Chani was hooked up to the monitors recording her and the Rabbi Dani Staum, LMSW is the rabbi of Kehillat New baby’s heartbeat and the intravenous. I Hempstead, as well as guidance counselor and fi fth went to a secluded corner and donned my grade Rebbe in ASHAR, and principal at Mesivta Ohr tallis and tefi llin. Naftoli of New Windsor, and a division head at Camp Standing there clad in my “prayer uni- Dora Golding. He also presents parenting classes based form” it struck me. I, too, was “hooked up,” on the acclaimed Love and Logic methods. For speak- Women’s Open House and Israel Fair receiving an injection through an intra- ing engagements, his email address is: stamtorah@ Sunday, November 15, 2015 venous, i.e. a spiritual injection through gmail.com. His website is: www.stamtorah.info. Stern College for Women LETTER FROM ISRAEL Sy Syms School of Business Notes From the Volcano’s Edge Beren Campus

By Teddy Weinberger out the State of Israel. Realistically, as I go about my daily business, the odds are heav- Men’s Open House and Israel Fair We seem to be in one ily in my favor that I am not going to en- of those times again in counter a terrorist. Sunday, November 22, 2015 Israel where everyone is 2) CONTROL YOUR IMAGINATION: As I speaking about “the sit- ride my bike on the trail toward Mt. Scopus, Yeshiva College uation” and where peo- as I exit my car in a Jerusalem parking lot to ple from abroad, espe- go to a meeting, as I reach for the door to a Sy Syms School of Business cially those thinking about a trip here, keep restaurant, a knife-wielding terrorist could asking: “Is it safe?” My friend Michael, an at- try to skewer me. Such an event is within Wilf Campus torney in Boston, likens our situation here the realm of possibility, and by focusing on to people living near a volcano. With the ev- it, I can succeed in immobilizing myself. er-present possibility of a lava eruption, such Yes, it’s possible to imagine all sorts of dan- people develop coping mechanisms in order gers lurking somewhere out there just wait- to carry on with their daily lives. What fol- ing for me, but it is also possible to control lows are some of my guidelines for living on my imagination. It also would not hurt at the edge of a volcano. this point to recall rule #1. 1) BE REALISTIC: Every day, millions of 3) BE ALERT: Just because I, like most Is- www.yu.edu | 212.960.5277 | [email protected] people in Israel go to work, go to school, raelis, get on with my life even during difﬁ - walk in the streets, attend concerts, have cult times does not mean that I need to be fun. Over the last few months there have www.yu.edu/openhouse been several terror incidents through-  CONTINUED ON P. 23 718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM November 12, 2015 • 30 Cheshvan, 5776 21 HUMOR

calm now.” No, they yell, “Throw it back on there are fewer lions, so it’s more impor- Tickled Pink the fi re! Kill whatever’s on it!” tant that the guards be able to spot them. Why pink? Isn’t it a girls’ color? Hence orange. By Mordechai Schmutter decorators are always using those effects in Well, it wasn’t always. In the old days, So orange is embarrassing enough. But specifi c rooms. For example, red is a bold boys wore pink and girls wore blue. If you the jail in Texas made their inmates wear As a man, I don’t color that inspires action, energy and high need proof, just look at any black and white pink to embarrass them even more and dis- know a whole lot of blood pressure. It also draws people togeth- picture. Do you see how they’re not smil- courage them from committing crimes in colors. I know what er and stimulates conversation. This is why ing? Now you know why. All of the boys the future. Pink is the color of embarrass- ROY G. BIV stands for, people tend to gather around red lights and look like their mothers washed their whites ment. That’s why your face turns pink. though I have no idea exchange constructive ideas in the form of in the colored load. And that takes talent, what indigo is, and I honking. because they used to do laundry in a river. even know a few colors besides those– Blue, meanwhile, lowers blood pressure “Don’t worry; the water’s cold.” black, white, grey, pink, brown and a large and inspires trust, loyalty, creativity, intelli- Originally, boys and girls actually wore number of colors that I classify as “beige.” gence and, for some reason, decreased ap- the same color, but then manufacturers re- And that’s about it. petite. This is why very few foods are blue, alized they can get parents to buy an entire Yes, I’m always trying to learn new and very few foods come in blue packaging. second wardrobe of baby clothes if they things, but those things are not new colors. Besides milchigs. said each gender had to wear their own My wife and I have an arrangement where Scientists say that this psychological color. In fact, before that, both genders each of us has our own departments that color spectrum is how each of us picks a fa- wore skirts until they were six. Like in the we worry about, and worrying about the vorite color–it’s the one that we most like famous picture of FDR where he has long other 890 colors is her department. I fi nd how it makes us feel. Though that’s not en- hair and is wearing a dress. that my not caring about colors leads to tirely true. When I was a kid, my favorite So maybe the Swiss did it for the same fewer arguments. color was purple, because it represent- reason as a prison in Texas, which, in 2006, So as you can imagine, I was pretty sur- ed grape. I went mostly by fl avor. Where- decided to dress all their prisoners in pink prised when I read a recent UK Telegraph ar- as now, as a parent, I pick colors mostly jumpsuits. ticle that said that several men’s prisons in around which ones are least likely to stain. In most prisons, inmates don’t wear Switzerland are painting their jail cells pink. So purple is out. pink jumpsuits. They do wear jumpsuits, Now I don’t think this is on request. It Personally, I think decorators might be because it decreases their movement, be- What happened next was even more turns out, according to offi cials, that the taking it too far. It’s great that colors affect cause every time they raise their arms, their embarrassing. Someone put the jumpsuits government actually did this as part of a moods, but it’s not like you’re coming into pants legs go up and also because it’s hard in the laundry, and the color bled all over project called “Cool Down Pink.” Because rooms and staring at the walls. You have to hide contraband in a onesie. But the the prisoners’ underwear and their bed sometimes prisoners misbehave. They fi g- things to do. Unless you’re in prison. colors they wear are generally more along sheets, and before long, everything was ure, “What are the cops gonna do to me? But my question is that according to the lines of orange, which represents being pink. This is what happens when laundry I’m already in jail! They can’t put me fur- my research, several colors would work to visible from space. is being done in a men’s prison. ther into jail!” But the truth is they can. calm inmates down–blue is relaxing, yel- And no–no one wears black and white They put the prisoners in solitary confi ne- low is happy and green is restful. So that stripes anymore, despite what the Purim Mordechai Schmutter is a freelance writer and a humor ment in one of these pink rooms, and ap- can’t be the whole reason they picked pink. costume store will have you believe. In the columnist for Hamodia, The Jewish Press and Aish.com, parently it calms them down. And pink has negative aspects too. If old days, prisoners wore black and white among others. He also has four books out and does As it turns out, different colors have dif- you offer someone a piece of chicken, and stripes, like zebras, so that if they escaped, stand-up comedy. You can contact him at MSchmut- ferent psychological effects, and interior it’s pink inside, they don’t go, “Oh, I’m all they would be eaten by lions. Nowadays, [email protected].

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By JLBWC Staff Intrator Urman has exhibited her work internationally, at museums and galleries. Sheryl Intrator Urman, an Englewood She is the creator of Art for Learning, LLC, artist, curator, art historian lecturer and art an art business located in Englewood for the teacher, has been selected by the Katonah past 18 years. She is also a member of Salute Musuem Artists’ Association to present her to Women in the Arts, Womens’ Caucus of work and speak about her ideas and pro- the Arts and the Jewish Art Salon. She is the cess for her paintings. Art Exchange Program Chair for the Partner- Intrator Urman is drawn to the Jewish ship2gether Program for the Jewish Federa- narrative and often focuses on tradition- tion of Northern New Jersey, a co-founder of al Jewish themes. Her artwork is an out- Art League Defending Israel and the Artist in let for her voice on social issues as well as Residence at Ahavath Torah in Englewood. Adam and Eve a means to capture the world around her. The event will take place at the Katonah CREDIT: KATONAH MUSEUM ARTISTS’ ASSOCIATION Most of her work is on wood; she uses a va- Museum of Art, located at 134 Jay Street– riety of paints, glazes and gold leaf to bring Route 22 in Katonah, NY, on Thursday, No- Artists’ Association at http://www.kato- tact her at [email protected]. her work to life. She will discuss 10 of her vember 12, at 7:30 p.m. nahmuseum.org. For more information on Art for Learn- works from Adam and Eve, and the NYC– For more information about the pres- For additional information about her ing, LLC, please contact http://www.art- George Washington Bridge series. entation contact the Katonah Museum art, visit www.Sherylintrator.com or con- forlearning.com/.

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By Tamar Weinberg

If you’ve lived in Riverdale with young children within the last few years, chances are you’ve heard of Shir Fun, the musical creation of mompreneur Dafna Isra- el-Kotok catered to children ages 5 years old and younger. Shir Fun has been offered in Riverdale and all over NYC, West- chester and New Jersey for seven years, and has been a tremendous success. Fami- lies fall in love with Shir Fun, and often after moving to a new neighborhood such as New Rochelle, request Shir Fun classes to open up in their new communities, which has resulted in the rapid growth of Dafna’s program. Dafna grew up on a moshav on Israel’s Performing the Hatikvah at the Barclay’s Center for the Brooklyn Nets coast. She learned how to play the guitar Dafna bringing the sounds of Israel to children everywhere. vs. Maccabi Tel Aviv game. by watching her father. His endless reper- toire of Israeli and Jewish music was al- procedural support, emotional outlets and which would lead to sudden memory rec- As the momentum grew, so did the de- ways shared in the home with family as recovering motor skills, and even worked ollections that were thought to be com- mand. Dafna has been booked for con- well as with neighbors and friends who with children who were dealing with end- pletely gone. I was always moved to see certs in communities all over the United would often stop by to sing along. of-life issues, helping them through these how children who are suffering so much States, Europe and Israel. She currently For a short while during her teenage tough times using music. At the same or isolated due to their illness, can still fi nd performs in solo shows and also has a full years, Dafna came to America with her time, she worked with adult patients who so much joy and have a sense of presence band, which includes eclectic instruments parents, but relocated to Israel to serve were suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, in the moment when the music would such as the mandolin, bouzouki, slide gui- in the Israeli Defense Forces not long af- traumatic brain injuries or other medi- start. The music would really bring it out tar and percussion instruments, while she terward. She later headed back to Ameri- cal issues. “It was amazing to see that no of them, no matter what they were facing.” plays her guitar. “I get fan emails from ca and worked as a music therapist in NYC matter the background or the age of the After the birth of her daughter, Dafna people all over the world who relate to hospitals, accompanying hospitalized chil- person, music could relate to and move decided to shift gears in her career. A few the music, including people from South dren to procedures and working on cop- people emotionally, and help with physi- weeks after she returned to work, she en- America, Australia and Europe,” she said, ing tools for both kids and their parents cal and medical issues in such a powerful countered a terminal patient, a baby only and noted that letters arrive from Jews as they were dealing with challenges such and profound way. I worked with patients a month older than her daughter. Nearing and non-Jews of all ages and backgrounds. as cancer, transplant issues or visits to the who could not remember their children’s the end of his life, the parents asked Dafna “I think what they relate to is something ICU. Through music therapy, Dafna would names, but could remember every word to play some of the lullabies they had sung authentic in the music. The sound is not help patients with speech rehabilitation, to a song from their childhood or youth, to him in his short life as he was taking geared for kids per se. In the beginning, I his last breaths. While it was something she had done countless times before, now that she had her own child, it was becoming too emotionally diffi cult. This became a turning point for her professionally. Combining her love of mu- We, the student leaders of American Jewish High Schools, are dedicated to a sic, Israel and Hebrew songs, on her day strong American-Israeli alliance. We are extremely concerned about the growth of the off, she began a music class at the Hebrew Boycott Divest and Sanctions movement on American college campuses, and as future Institute of Riverdale. “I wrote most of the campus leaders, we declare our adamant opposition to the campaign to financially songs, all of which are in Hebrew, which relate to a child’s world as well as give im- isolate and weaken our democratic ally Israel. We are determined believers in the portant messages of Jewish pride, Israel, power of bilateral diplomatic negotiation as the path to peaceful resolution. Built upon acceptance of others and more.” And just double standards and hate, this movement attacks Israel’s legitimacy more than its like that, Shir Fun was born. What start- products and financially depresses Palestinians and Israelis alike. In this light, the BDS ed as a once-a-week class grew into a full- Some of Dafna’s youngest students. campaign is an impediment to peace, and we urge you to take a public and active fl edged venture. As word spread, people stance against it. started coming to participate in Dafna’s started recording with kids in mind. It is Tamar David Jacob Katz Micah Gill classes from all adjacent neighborhoods a very folky, rootsy, even country sound. President of Israel Club Student Co-President Agenda Chair and areas. But I never wanted to dumb down the mu- SAR High School Yeshiva High School Shalhevet High School NY-16 FL-21 CA-37 Dafna decided to leave her music ther- sic. I never want children to feel like be- apy position at the hospital and focused ing Jewish or listening to Hebrew music is Shira Wald Eitan Aryeh Ariella Kohansieh on Shir Fun full time. As the demand for something they did when they were little, Student Co-President Student President President of Israel Club Maimonides High School DRS Yeshiva High School North Shore Hebrew Academy the classes grew, she added professional and that one day they will outgrow. I want MA-4 NY-15 NY-3 Israeli musicians to her team who were them to have pride and remain with that Jonathan Gross Lizzie Wallach Jonah Waldman all trained in the Shir Fun method. Par- love of who they are all of their lives. And Student President Student President Student Council President ents attending Shir Fun were thrilled at that’s what I think they feel in my music. Robert M. Beren Academy HAFTR High School The Frisch School how much their kids loved the music in That not only comes from my work as a TX-7 NY-4 NJ-5 class, which led to the release of some of music therapist and relating to the core of Jessica Hecht Noa Barta Zev Jarashow the most loved new Hebrew albums, now each person, but it comes from the music Student Co-President Student President Student President sold internationally. Dafna has released of my childhood in the Moshav,” she said. SAR High School Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High Torah Academy Bergen County NY-16 School NJ-5 four albums, which are available on the Ilana Sheinberg of Riverdale began tak- NJ-5 Shir Fun website (www.shirfun.com) and ing her oldest daughter, Tovah, to Shir Fun on cdbaby.com, Amazon and iTunes, in- in 2010, followed by her younger son, Yoni. Justin Welfeld Shayan Kohanteb Tiferet Schafler Student President Student President Student President cluding a highly acclaimed Chanukah al- She enrolled season after season, and thor- Beth Tfiloh High School YULA High School SKA High School bum called “Eight. Chanukah with Dafna!” oughly enjoyed Dafna’s music. “She’s en- MD-7 CA-37 NY-4 While keeping a focus on her music being gaging and energetic,” she said. “She teach- Danny Bister Roni Kahan Jake Brzowsky not just for kids, she also released a fi fth al- es kids at their level. [My] kids loved going Student President Student President Student Co-President bum based on familiar Jewish songs called and playing her music.” RASG Hebrew Academy Ida Crown Jewish Academy SAR High School Roots Revisited. She posts videos of her FL-23 IL-9 NY-16 For more information on Shir Fun, songs to YouTube as well (https://www. visit www.shirfun.com. For more on Daf- youtube.com/user/DafnaShirFun) and is na and her concerts, visit www.dafnamu- constantly working on new material and sic.com. To book Dafna for a concert, pri- expanding her audiences of both adults vate event or class, email contact@shirfun.

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By Eitan Arom/JNS.org is unhelpful to tourism, but it is inevita- Israelis face,’” he said. rest exists only in headlines and television ble,” he said. “After all, survival has to come On both fronts, the threat is a potential- broadcasts. The Vista Club at Tel Aviv Hilton sits 17 fi rst.” ly existential one. The Jewish state’s tour- “It’s frightening when you see it on TV, stories above the Mediterranean shoreline. It’s a conundrum Israel has long faced, ism industry accounted for $4.4 billion in but in real life it’s like nothing is happen- As Hilton’s Israel chief, Ronnie Fortis, spoke said Dexter Van Zile, Christian media an- 2012, according to the Israeli Central Bu- ing,” said Ben-Zion David, an artisan who to reporters over breakfast late last month, alyst for the Committee for Accuracy in reau of Statistics, not insignifi cant in an crafts custom jewelry in the back of his stu- storm clouds began to roll in and obscure Middle East Reporting in America (CAM- economy whose Gross Domestic Product dio in historic Jaffa. the panoramic view. ERA). is barely more than $300 billion. David concedes that old Jaffa is sheltered Arguably Israel’s top hotelier, Fortis is “Israel is in a propaganda war and it has Also important are the impressions vis- from the recent violence just as it has been attuned to the tremors rippling through Is- a double message,” he told JNS.org. “On itors bring home with them, which give Is- protected from the march of history that rael’s hospitality industry as a wave of Pal- one hand it wants to prove that it is a place rael a human face. turned Tel Aviv into a modern metropolis. estinian stabbing attacks generates bloody where Jews can live a normal life…[but] it At the same time, it’s in Israel’s inter- “People don’t go to Jerusalem, so they headlines and spooks tourists. also faces an adversary that wants to de- est to illustrate the plight of its residents in go to [Jaffa],” he said, noting that his busi- “I’d be stupid to tell you there’s no ef- stroy or exercise a veto over Jewish nor- order to cull international sympathy, Van ness has not suffered due to the ongoing fects,” he said. “But we don’t really feel it.” malcy.” Zile said. violence. As he spoke, the storm began in earnest, Van Zile, a Roman Catholic who has vis- “You have to basically somehow convey The message from hoteliers and ven- and the three walls of windows began to ited Israel seven times, recalls consulting to people what it’s like for people to live dors about what they call “the situation” is shake loudly. But inside, breakfast went on with Israeli offi cials in 2007 hoping to ad- in the Jewish state and then force people that it could either devolve or resolve itself. without a hitch. dress its messaging paradox. to think what it would be like to face the For now, the directive is wait, watch and The analogy is hard to miss: Even as vio- “They were saying, ‘Look, we want to same threats,” he said. hope for the best. lence rages in full view, Israeli society refus- maintain tourism but at the same time we The fact remains that for some resi- es to miss a beat. want people to understand the threat that dents of the Jewish state, the recent un-  CONTINUED ON P. 29 When it comes to the international community, Israel’s messaging strategy seems paradoxical. Yes, the country faces an ideological enemy intent on destroying its way of life with all available means, including knives and cars. But is it safe to visit? Absolutely. The strategy appears to be working. At key tourists sites like Masada and Caesar- ia, the tour busses are parked half a dozen deep. In an Oct. 11 press release, the Israeli Tourism Ministry noted that the 225,000 tourists that entered the country in Sep- tember is 25 percent more than last year’s fi gure, and 6 percent more than the year before. And in the middle of a tumultuous Oc- tober, the Ministry announced it would be partnering with Groupon to offer a trip to Israel, including accommodation and plane tickets, starting at a remarkable $990, Yedi- oth Ahronoth reported. “When you shout, ‘Crisis, crisis,’ it only intensifi es the external crisis and makes people hesitate whether to come to Israel,” Israeli Tourism Minister Yariv Levin told Ye- dioth Ahronoth. “When they see that we keep marketing Israel as usual, it projects business as usual.” Indeed, Israel is not as dangerous as some prospective tourists may think, a ministry offi cial said. “We’d be really dumb to encourage you to come if we thought you’d be in danger,” Uri Steinberg, Israel’s tourism commission- er for North America, wrote in an email to JNS.org. But the “business-as-usual” message is not echoed at the top ranks of the government. In public addresses and often in Eng- lish-language remarks, Prime Minister Ben- jamin Netanyahu has described a country under threat of nuclear annihilation by Iran, a seasonal rain of rockets from the Gaza Strip and now, a frightening new wave of vigilante terror. “We’re now in the midst of a campaign, an assault, not the fi rst one, that seeks to murder Israelis wherever they are,” Netan- yahu told the World Zionist Congress in October. Steinberg views Netanyahu’s alarmist notes as an unfortunate, if necessary, hin- drance to the Tourism Ministry’s mission of convincing the world that Israel is a safe destination. “The desperation of some messaging 718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM November 12, 2015 • 30 Cheshvan, 5776 25 TECHNOLOGY A Different Kind of Matchmaker

By Jill Kirsch rently cannot fi x, some because they need light video, web browsing or word process- parts and others that will ultimately be used ing. That’s easy. It’s the people looking for As the song goes, “Matchmaker, match- as “donors” and harvested for their working image or audio editing that take a bit more maker, make me a match.” In “Fiddler on parts. The majority of the parts used for re- time,” he said. the Roof,” Tzeitel may have been singing pairs come from donated machines. Luchins also does not ask for proof of about marriage, but today one could also Luchins also takes donations of laptop need, believing that if someone is asking, be speaking about computers. Mordechai batteries or even just chargers. If he gets a they must be sincere. If that turns out not Luchins, a Teaneck resident, has made machine that needs a small part, Luchins to be the case, “that’s between them and “matching” restored laptops and other ma- will solicit a donation for it, but avoids so- Hakadosh Baruch Hu,” he said. chines with needy recipients his personal liciting cash. However, he has dealt with As far as recipients go, not all are from mission. people who have been “very generous and the Jewish community. In fact, “several of Mordechai Luchins Many people speak about chesed– donated for shipping, etc.” the laptops for Houston [went] to non-Jew- CREDIT: FLICKR.COM chesed opportunities, chesed projects, Luchins is seeking older tablets. “There ish families who had reached out to JFS chesed hours–but fewer actually make are some scenarios where a tablet works there…Rav Ahron Soloveichik z’l once said for donors, who may have been stuck with chesed part of their daily lives. Luchins is, better for someone than a laptop, and I can ‘A Perfect Being created an imperfect world their fi les trapped on a broken machine, fortunately, one of those individuals. He take some older Android models and put a and tasked an imperfect creature with the with no way to access them. not only makes the match, so to speak, but custom, updated OS on them,” he said. mission of perfecting it.’ [This applies not With “a budget of zero,” Luchins avoids he personally refurbishes and donates the He is also frequently asked about iPads just to] Jews, [but] for all His creations. If shipping whenever possible. “People tend machines as well. for special needs children, and is actively someone asks me for a laptop, I don’t care to be great about delivering [machines] Luchins has been building his own ma- seeking those donations as well. what faith they are,” commented Luchins. when asked. During the Memorial Day chines since 1997, around the time he un- One group he assists quite frequently Almost all of Luchins’ donations come fl ooding in Houston, someone was amaz- successfully attempted to fi x his own bro- is divorced women who, for one reason or from individuals in the New York/New Jer- ing and made a large donation specifi cally ken laptop. He quickly learned from his another, no longer have a home comput- sey area. In two cases, small companies for shipping. That paid for over a dozen ma- mistakes, and this endeavor was, to him, a er. Generally, their requests are for laptops sent him reject machines, but “that’s a rar- chines,” stated Luchins gratefully. logical extension of his expanding knowl- that provide basic online and word pro- ity,” he said. His limited budget also causes him edge base. cessing services, making them fairly easy to “We have had machines mailed in from to do minimal advertising, relying main- Luchins repairs broken laptops, tablets accommodate. places like LA, Florida and Georgia. In one ly on word of mouth to publicize his ser- and even smartphones–and takes them all Prioritizing his machine recipients is case, someone drove a box of machines up vices. A recent article in Mishpacha maga- in any condition, working or not. a diffi cult task. Luchins tries to do it on a” from Maryland. Recently my parents were zine helped somewhat, and he also has a “I’ve taken laptops with shattered fi rst come, fi rst served” basis, while also bal- in Israel and someone donated a machine small social media presence. There are fel- screens, laptops missing 90 percent of their ancing their individual needs. For example, for them. We’ve actually sent a couple of low tech support people who help him body, and one laptop that has fi re damage. if someone can use a laptop that only works tablets to Israel,” Luchins added. out, providing a “chevra” of sorts, with As long as it’s 2007 or newer, I’ll at least give plugged in, that may come more quickly. In all cases, the fi rst step is to wipe the whom he can interface regarding tech it a look,” Luchins explained. “We occasionally get a request for some- hard drive, erasing all data, thus preserving work, parts sourcing, laptop transporta- Even if a machine isn’t fi xable, it is val- thing very specifi c. Generally, though, I ask the privacy of the donor. For a small donation, identifying clients in need and even uable to Luchins because it can be used for what they need and see what I have. Gen- tion, he will copy the donor’s fi les off their parts. He has a large pile of laptops he cur- erally, people want a machine for e-mail, machine for them. 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By Avraham Bronstein young radicals, but long-established and re- The incredible resonance of #Notorious- banit Esti Rosenberg, and so many others, spected personalities in the same age brack- RGB and Ginsburg’s ascendance as a liber- are reaping the generational benefi ts of Left-wing activ- et as Ginsburg and Sanders. For example, al icon demonstrated that this time she was their success. A generation of young wom- ist Jewish grandpar- Rabbi Avi Weiss, founding president of Ye- not fi ghting alone. Perhaps the greatest suc- en is growing up with the expectation of ents are having a mo- shivat Chovevei Torah and Yeshivat Maha- cess of her generation was raising a young- the same Torah education, and opportuni- ment. Appointed to rat, is 71, and Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, founder generation to enjoy the benefi ts of her ty to use it, as their male peers. In addition, the Supreme Court in ing chancellor of Ohr Torah Stone and its victories, and then a generation that takes they have the added benefi t of a generation 1993, the 82-year-old Institute for Women’s Halachic Leadership, them as givens. It is those grandchildren of women who came before them to serve Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 75. Like Ginsburg and Sanders, both had who are, today, most passionately resist- as role models. is no stranger to the public eye, and neither long-standing reputations as liberal activ- ing conservative efforts to roll them back, As the grandparents of their own move- is the 74-year-old Bernie Sanders, fi rst elect- ists, but neither was widely seen as truly and who are most inspired by Ginsburg’s in- ment respond to the latest conservative sal- ed to Congress in 1991. Seemingly out of the revolutionary until fairly recently. creasingly energetic resistance. Perhaps, for vo against them, these young people may blue, though, raucous fi ve-fi gure audienc- In her NY Times bestseller “Notorious them, rallying around Ginsburg is their way respond by rallying just as their peers are es pack rallies for Sanders’ presidential cam- RBG: The Life And Times of Ruth Bader Gins- of tapping into the history of a struggle they doing in the national political arena. They paign and the soft-spoken, reserved Gins- burg,” Irin Carmon notes that Ginsburg’s ca- feel called to join. are not fi ghting for their own victories, but burg is celebrated on everything from t-shirts reer is a master class in incrementalist strug- This dynamic also partially explains the to preserve the achievements of those who and coffee mugs to Internet memes and Hal- gle for women’s rights. In many ways, she popularity of Bernie Sanders among mil- preceded them from those who would take loween costumes. The #NotoriousRBG and explains, Ginsburg’s most radical act was lennials. The generation of Sanders’ chil- them away. The liberal advances of the past #FeelTheBern hashtags continue to trend, simply “being herself–a woman who beat dren reaped the immediate benefi ts of his decades may yet be rolled back, as lead- refl ecting public excitement and enthusi- the odds to make her mark” in the upper activism for social and economic justice, ers such as Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Mor- asm, especially among younger Americans, echelons of a world that had no place for but their children cannot imagine life with- dechai Willig have already called for “recon- for these long-standing liberal warriors who her. However, as the Supreme Court tilt- out them. Faced with conservative pressure sidering” the value of including Talmud in have emerged as totemic, generational icons. ed towards a new conservative majority, on protections they may otherwise have women’s high school curricula. However, it The rise of Sanders and Ginsburg paral- she raised her profi le, pointedly defending taken for granted, they have rallied around will not happen without a war waged not lels the growing confl ict over women’s rab- the social progress she spent her life and Sanders, whose strident campaign for pres- only against Willig’s counterparts, but the binic ordination and communal religious career carefully modeling and shepherd- ident may represent a way for them to con- entirely new generation they have come to authority most recently triggered by an RCA ing forward. Since 2007, she has made his- nect to the generations of struggle they represent. resolution that explicitly excluded both tory with an unprecedented series of blis- now feel part of. from its constituent community, most of tering dissents, often read from the bench In a similar way, Rabbis Weiss and Risk- Avraham Bronstein writes frequently on topics of Jew- American Modern Orthodoxy. 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Blogging R. Lichtenstein For this time, it established the categories  CONTINUED FROM P. 20 of transfer of ritual impurity by conveying a new status on an item, by directly touching that something from the woman (who was an item or by having an act occur that is hala- also prohibited from having such relations) chically deﬁ ned as an act of touch, even if it has passed along to the man. does not involve any literal physical contact. We today don’t deal all that often with most of these laws, so they can seem for- Rabbi Dr. Gidon Rothstein has served in the communi- eign and hard to resonate with. That ele- ty rabbinate and in educational roles at the high school ment itself struck me, the relative seamless- and adult level. He is an author of Jewish fi ction and ness between R. Lichtenstein’s approach to non-fi ction, most recently We’re Missing the Point: this topic and to others–he gathers the rel- What’s Wrong with the Orthodox Jewish Communi- evant material, surveys the ﬁ eld and sees ty and How to Fix It. He lives in the Bronx, NY with his what categories that establishes. wife and three children.

Projecting Normalcy in As waiters distributed appetizers, Omer Terror-Stricken Israel Lang, the business director at the Hilton  CONTINUED FROM P. 25 Tel Aviv, sounded a note of cautious opti- mism. No cancellations yet, he said, but The night before the storm rolled in to some groups had demurred from ﬁ nalizing Tel Aviv, Hilton celebrated its 50th anniver- their bookings. sary in Israel with a gala featuring a per- “There are some worrying signs,” he formance by the Israeli Philharmonic. The said, rapping the table with his knuckles to chain’s top Israeli executives were in at- symbolize knocking on wood. “But mostly, tendance. everything looks good.” Join us at the incomparable

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G.O. Kosher: ’Gourmet Kosher, G.O. Kosher was founded by Marc Weis- ern Westchester,” Sia said. They met with cluding classic sides such as health salad, Organic and Outrageous’ Grub enfreund and inspired by Chef Sia, who has the Chabad of Bedford, Rabbi Arik Wolf, kasha varnishkes, chopped liver and stuffed in Upper Westchester been involved in the kosher food industry also Weisenfreund’s rabbi, and discussed if cabbage. Deli is served “New York style,”  CONTINUED FROM P. 1 for 45 years. Sia started working at Epstein’s “there was enough of a calling.” It turned with coleslaw and a pickle. There are also in the Bronx and was a former chef at the out that yes, there were “a dozen Chabads specialty sandwiches, such as the Reuben, a nd latkes, chili, poached salmon croquettes, Mt. Kisco kosher deli in the early ’80s. In in a 20-mile radius and a large Jewish com- corned beef sandwich with pareve cheese; deli roll as well as eggplant salad, cookies 1986, Sia went on his own, working in Ard- munity in Mt. Kisco.” After reaching out all the PLT, a roast beef or turkey sandwich and cakes. The meatballs, inspired by Chef sley, NY, and eventually, opened the largest over the county and confi rming with previ- with grilled pastrami and lettuce and to- Paul Sia’s mother-in-law, were sweet and glatt kosher shop on Mamaroneck Avenue, ous connections from his other career con- mato; the Sloppy Joe, any four meats with succulent. The deli roll was delicious and called The Lexington. Six years later, he was nections, the concept of creating a kosher Russian dressing, cole slaw, lettuce and to- wasn’t a typical Yiddish deli roll either. In ready to take a breather from the industry– establishment in Mt. Kisco was validated. mato; and the GOKO favorite, a hot brisket addition to meat, it contained vegetables; until he met Weisenfreund. With Weisenfreund as the founder and sandwich with fried onions piled onto two they called it stromboli. motivator to get Sia back in the business, potato latkes with horseradish on the side. The latkes looked like mini knishes and the store came to life. Weisenfreund sought Available entrees include a pot roast paired well with a sweet applesauce. The investors, the location, brokered the lease dinner, potted meatballs, a Hungarian gou- salmon croquettes were balls of goodness, agreement, brought in the hashgacha, and lash, roasted chicken and fl anken in a pot, served with a delicious white sauce with “all [Sia] needed to do was cook,” Weisen- among others. Breakfast choices are of- dill. The chili was tasty with just a little bit freund said. Sia proudly recounted the story fered as well (eggs with pastrami, lox, ome- of a kick. On the dessert table, chocolate about how some investors were bought on. lets and hash browns). Mediterranean spe- and blueberry crumb cakes were served as One of them was dining at Weisenfreund’s cials such as falafel and the fi xin’s, a burger well as rugelach, pumpkin spice mini cup- home for Pesach and enjoyed everything. bar including turkey, salmon, beef, chicken cakes and spritz cookies. “He decided on that performance alone that and much more. In attendance of Monday’s grand open- In 2014, Weisenfreund and Sia connect- it was worthwhile to invest.” G.O. Kosher will be catering for Thanks- ing were Rabbi Chaim Schwartz of the Vaad ed over their mutual love of food. Weisen- Sia beamed when talking about the giving and has a full spread catering menu Harabonim of Queens, which has given the freund enjoyed Sia’s delicious dishes, and team behind G.O. Kosher. “I put togeth- as well. store’s hashgacha; New York State Assembly- realized there’s a potential partnership, espe- er the fi nest collection of chefs in my 45- G.O. Kosher Catering, under the kosher man David Buchwald; Kevin Kane of the Mt. cially since Weisenfreund, in living in north- year history,” he said. “I will put my staff supervision of the Vaad of Queens, is on Kisco Chamber of Commerce; Jean Farber of ern Westchester county, recognized the ab- up against any chef in the state. My food is the web at gokoshercatering.com or call the Mt. Kisco Village Board of Trustees; Rabbi sence of any type of kosher establishment gourmet, kosher, organic and outrageous.” (914)242-GOOD. The address is 41 South Aaron Brusso of Rabbi Bet Torah Synagogue, in the nearby vicinity. In a nutshell, “no ko- In addition to the tasting menu, the Moger Avenue, Mt. Kisco, right around the and Mt. Kisco Mayor Michael Cindrich. sher clientele were being served in north- takeout menu has many other options, in- corner from Starbucks. Kosherfest 2015 held November 10-11 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center Grand Opening!

Josh Massin, Executive Chef of Nobo Wine and Grill with a plate of salmon and vegetables. Barry Nash, Mashgiach at The Moriah School in CREDIT: BRACHA SCHWARTZ Englewood for 25 years, receiving an award from Kashrus Magazine for Mashgiach of the Year. By Bracha Schwartz Credit: Bracha Schwartz

The 27th annual Kosherfest food trade their wares and let visitors sample their show was held at the Meadowlands Expo- tasty products. Attendance was for the trade sition Center in Secaucus on November only, including representatives from chain 10th and 11th. While we will have full cov- supermarkets, specialty grocery stores and erage and new products reports from the caterers. A kosher kitchen was constructed show next week, here is a taste of the ex- where chefs demonstrated their culinary citement. prowess and leading kosher cookbook au- Over 300 manufacturers and distrib- thors signed copies of their books. Exec- utors of food, wine and supplies showed utive chef Josh Massin of Teaneck’s Wine and Grill demonstrated how to use salt to Mordy Dicker, increase the taste and nutritional value of Executive vegetables and salmon. Vice President Kosher food is now a billion dollar in- of Business dustry, according to Menachem Lubinsky, Development Kosherfest organizer. Mordy Dicker of Eng- 15% OFF and Marketing lewood, Executive Vice President of Busi- Valid with coupon only for KEDEM/Kayco, ness Development for KEDEM/Kayco, said Not valid on Sundays world’s largest non-Jewish customers make up a large per- kosher distributor. Expires 11/26/15 CONTINUED ON P. 32 CREDIT: BRACHA SCHWARTZ  718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM November 12, 2015 • 30 Cheshvan, 5776 31 FOOD & WINE LINK THE KOSHER DINNER LADY

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By Brian M. Kalb, DDS up, and a chipped tooth from a fast pass. In the sticks, bats, gloves, pads etc. (I should baseball, there have been collisions in the know, with two goalies in my house), but Now that the kids outfi eld as well as thrown bats hitting on- many forget the mouthguard. Not only are back to school, hol- deck batters. Of course, in hockey the fa- can this save your teeth for the rest of your idays over and sports mous “we were just shooting around,” be- life, it can also prevent concussions. This team colors and logos. But most important- season well under way, fore helmets are worn, and concussions are is one of the main reasons all profession- ly, they fi t you, and your teeth and jaw will my offi ce phone be- caused (this one I see mostly in summer al athletes have to wear them. A proper- have maximum protection. There are even gins to ring with those camp and the local neighborhood drive- ly fi tted mouthguard provides a shock-ab- custom guards that can be performance-en- sports-injury emergency calls. Varsity bas- ways). Even yesterday, I had a patient who sorber between your jaw and the base of hancing as well. They are not that pricey; ketball games, hockey intramurals, neigh- I was restoring with implants. She tells the your skull at your TMJ area. This buffer will just consider them part of your equipment borhood baseball and basketball leagues, story of when her front teeth were knocked keep you from a concussive event at im- expense. You’re worth it. football games or just “shooting around in out when she was younger, getting hit in pact. Yes, something so simple can prevent So, when packing up for your next the driveway,” you would be amazed at how the face with a tennis racket! Who would’ve so much damage. However, it seems to be game, or going out to watch your kids play many innocent dental accidents occur. The guessed. After 18 years of practice, I can write the last piece of equipment on the list in on their team, stop and think. Are you tak- outcomes range from cut lips, to broken a book. So, what can you do to protect your your sports bag. ing all your protective gear, or is it time to teeth, to avulsed (knocked-out) teeth, to con- face and your pearly whites? Where do you get one? And what type get that mouthguard? Remember, you only cussions. And age does not discriminate– Well, to quote Ben Franklin, “an ounce should you use? There are store-bought get one set of teeth, so protect them! from pee wee leagues to adults, all are not of prevention is worth a pound of cure!” and custom-made guards. The store bought Please feel free to email me with any truly thinking about potential risks of their Maybe cliche, but true. Prevention is al- are the boil-n-bite type. They are ok for the questions about this, or any, topic. I truly respective sports, and how to protect them- ways the correct choice. We just think of it casual athlete, but not for the competitive enjoy all my readers’ feedback. selves. Yes, accidents do happen; however, after the fact. So let’s change our mindset, one. The custom-made sportsguards are did we do our best to protect from them? and make a prevention plan from simple made by your dentist from impressions of Look forward to next month’s issue of “Ask the Den- The most common misconception to more specialized. First, be aware of your your mouth. These can be fabricated for a tist.” Please send your questions to kalbdds@gmail. about dento-facial injuries and sports is that surroundings in any sport. Realize what the specifi c sport, depending on the impact po- com. Dr. Brian Kalb practices dentistry in New Rochelle serious injury only occurs during games hazards are from the equipment as well as tential. They are made in different thick- and Long Island. He can be reached at 914-262-1399 or and activities in which heavy contact takes the fi elds/court/rink around you. Then pro- nesses, and can even be customized with www.drbriankalb.com. place. Well, true and false. People think that tect yourself. Helmets, if appropriate, are a only “the hockey players” lose their teeth. priority. Concussions are nothing to laugh Also true and false. When I worked with the about. Falling on the back of your head or New York Rangers hockey team, they had getting a blow to your chin can put you their fair share of missing teeth. But they down for the count. Then, what I think is are not alone. Basketball, baseball, football, one of the most important protective piec- wrestling and volleyball are just a few that es of equipment, and the most forgotten in contribute as well. For example, in basket- most of the sports I mentioned, is a mouth- ball I have seen “elbows to the face” on a lay- guard! We spend hundreds of dollars on Can’t Sleep? Change Your Understanding of Insomnia

(BPT) – If you are struggling with insomnia, it can seem like you have many questions that are often hard to answer: “Will I ever get enough sleep? What am I doing wrong? What can I do to help get more rest?” Scientiﬁ c discoveries have shown that there are two systems in the brain that each play a role in helping us stay awake and fall asleep. The wake system sends out signals that put your brain into an alert, or awake, state. This helps you stay awake during the plain why you aren’t getting as much sleep day. The sleep system sends signals that as you want.” help you fall asleep and stay asleep at night. In addition, it’s important to know your When your two systems function as behaviors could be playing a role. Certain they should, they complement each other, activities and habits – such as what you are taking turns being in charge and sending eating or drinking before bedtime, when signals at the right times. But that may not you turn off electronic devices at night, how always be the case for some people. you have your bedroom set up for sleep – “What we’re beginning to understand could be affecting your wake system. You is there are many factors that can con- might not even know that this is happen- tribute to insomnia,” explained Prakash ing. You might be unintentionally send- Masand, MD, CEO of Global Medical Edu- ing mixed signals and telling your brain to cation. “What science suggests is when in- ramp up when it’s time to wind down. somnia occurs, your sleep signals may be Whether you’re new to insomnia or telling your brain to sleep, but your wake have been dealing with it for years, staying signals in your brain may not be turning informed can help when you talk to your down like they should. This could help ex- health care professional. 718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM November 12, 2015 • 30 Cheshvan, 5776 33 THE HEALTH LINK When Children Tell Their Parents What to Do

By Shoval Gur-Aryeh, PhD Sometimes, it’s our own issues that get in the way of proper parenting. Perhaps, Some of my biggest fans live right at deep down, it scares us to be assertive and home. I’m blessed to have a loving wife who authoritative with our children. Are we encourages my writing and two adorable afraid we’ll lose their love if we’re authorita- children who excitedly ask about the topic tive? If we enforce rules in the home, are we of my next article every other week when I concerned we’ll scar our children emotion- appear in the Jewish Link. ally and they’ll grow up to have low self-es- Tonight, my 7-year-old daughter asked teem and poor self-confi dence? for the title of my next article and, when I The fi eld of developmental psycholo- said I hadn’t decided yet, she generously of- gy has shed a lot of light on the emotional fered, “I can help you.” needs of children and one thing is clear: chil- to have input into decisions. Children of au- plants would be like if we didn’t tie them to “I bet you can,” I replied. “What should it dren need to be able to be children, which thoritative parents tend to grow up to be in- sticks for support. The sticks enable them to be?” “You should call it ‘Children Tell Their requires that parents behave as parents. dependent, confi dent, self-motivated and grow upright. Without them, plants would Parents What to Do,’” she proclaimed with Children often behave like they want follow rules appropriately. fall over. The same is true for our children; self-satisfaction. to make the rules and they resist being told Children require us to create and en- proper parenting is the support stick that Just then, the responsible parental voice what to do. But, while they may not go force structure and boundaries. The mistake enables them to develop healthily (if I start inside my head whispered into my ear, “This around asking their parents to act like in- we sometimes make as parents is that we seeing children walking around with sticks might be a teachable moment.” So, I quizzed charge parental fi gures, this is exactly what expect our children to naturally have good tied to their backs, I’ll know who my liter- my precocious little girl, “Is it okay for chil- they need to develop healthy self-esteem boundaries and to police themselves. Or, we al readers are). dren to tell their parents what to do?” and self-confi dence. may expect them to always unquestioning- Ironically, I suppose my daughter DID Thankfully, my daughter knew the answer Diana Baumrind, an infl uential research ly do everything we tell them to do. Unfor- tell me what to write about in my column (or else I would have had to seriously ques- psychologist, categorized parenting styles tunately, this is a fantasy. Children are hard- this week. Perhaps as a consequence, I tion my heretofore parenting) and replied, into 4 broad types: Authoritarian, Authori- wired to be hedonists, to test limits, and to should tie a stick to her back. Or, maybe I’ll “No, it isn’t.” tative, Permissive, and Uninvolved (I’ll skip reject authority. This isn’t a criticism of chil- just give her an extra hug. I’ll have to do something special for my this last type for lack of space and because dren; it’s simply an acknowledgement of daughter (maybe buy her a new car or give being too uninvolved isn’t exactly a com- what it means to be a child. It’s our job as Dr. Gur-Aryeh is a clinical psychologist with a private her an extra hug) because she unknowingly mon problem among Jewish parents). parents to be fi rm, yet not infl exible; to be practice in Saddle Brook, NJ. He works with a wide va- provided me with a wonderful topic for my Authoritarian parents are overly con- loving, yet to enforce the rules. This will al- riety of clients seeking mental health treatment and column this week. trolling. They demand of their children un- low our children to grow up emotionally specializes in mood disorders and addiction in particu- Sometimes, what seems like com- questioning obedience and do not tolerate healthy. lar. If you would like to contact him, you can do so at mon-sense parenting breaks down when questions. There is little fl exibility in their For my horticultural readers out there [email protected], at 201-406-9710 or through it comes to actually doing the stuff of par- parenting. Children of authoritarian parents (you know who you are), imagine what his website at www.shovalguraryehphd.com. enting (or “parenting in motion” as I call it). often are insecure, timid and unhappy. They It’s one thing to read a book or to listen to may grow up to be overly dependent and one’s great-aunt tell us about how to prop- lack self-confi dence. erly raise our children, but when the rubber Permissive parents are emotionally nur- hits the road it can be a real challenge to “do turing, but don’t assert their authority. In- the right thing.” stead, they allow their children to dictate Many of the parenting challenges we face the rules. Children of permissive parents arise from our children’s attempt to assert may choose when they eat and what they their will over us. Simply put, in the words eat for dinner. They might decide how much of my daughter, they want to tell us what to television they get to watch or when they go do. Sometimes we remain fi rm, while oth- to bed. These children grow up with diffi cul- er times, we may fi nd ourselves caving in ty controlling their impulses, they have dif- and allowing them to do what they want. fi culty accepting rules, and they have poor This can be anything from not sticking to self-discipline. bedtimes and letting our children play “just The healthiest parenting style is an Au- one minute longer” to not enforcing proper thoritative one. These parents are loving and 611 West 239th Street | riverdalesmiles.com | 718.725.8997 mealtime and allowing our children to eat a nurturing. They set high standards for their cheese stick for dinner while they watch tel- children and expect compliance with their evision. Perhaps we’ve had an exhausting day rules, while retaining a degree of fl exibility. at work and don’t have the energy to be fi rm. When their children disobey the rules, they Warm, Friendly Atmosphere Tailored for Children Or, maybe we want to avoid a temper tan- receive a consequence. 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Carmel Academy Announces New dar education fellows have visited Car- Partnership With Mechon Hadar mel Academy to enhance and enrich their  CONTINUED FROM P. 1 own learning, and Carmel students have been inspired by their visits to Yeshivat we can help ourselves and our children Hadar’s beit midrash in New York City. truly identify and live a good life. “We are both mission-driven, vibrant “At Carmel Academy we strive to instill educational institutions that are com- in our students the joy of lifelong learn- mitted to inspiring Jews of all denomina- ing. Our parents, faculty and expanded tions to learn, love Torah, give back to our community model this; which is why we world, explore and live Jewish values ” An- are extremely excited about this partner- derson said. ship with Mechon Hadar Rabbi Held is co-found- and our ability to bring this er, Dean and Chair in Jew- level of inspirational learn- ish Thought at Mechon ing to our community,” said Hadar. He also directs the Carmel Academy Head of organization’s Center for School Nora Anderson. Jewish Leadership and Ide- “We are delighted and as. He will launch the lec- honored to be in partner- ture series on December 10 Mira Rosovsky, Jason Busch, Ori Divon, Ben Cohen, P.J. Jelen and Daniel Janush hold up their ship with the Carmel Acade- with, “Flipping Self-Worth newly-received Tanachim. my,” said Rabbi Ethan Tuck- on its Head: A Revolution- CREDIT MICHELLE GORDON er, Rosh Yeshiva at Mechon ary Jewish Approach to Hu- Hadar. “Both Mechon Ha- Rabbi Held is co-founder, man Dignity and Value.” dar and Carmel Academy Dean and Chair in Jewish The lecture will delve Bi-Cultural Presents Sixth work daily to strengthen a Thought at Mechon into how relationships vision of Torah that tran- Hadar. He also directs the with ourselves and others Grade Chag scends denominational organization’s Center for can be enhanced by taking boundaries and connects Jewish Leadership and Ideas. ultimate worth seriously. HaTanach all Jews to their birthright. By exploring texts on hu- In the 21st century, we need institutions man value, Rabbi Held will construct a On Thursday, October 29, Bi-Cultural that put Jewish content and communi- Jewish approach to self-worth–and ask Day School presented each student of the ty building at the center of the commu- how parents can make this approach real sixth grade class with their own Tanach nal agenda. Carmel is helping to train the in their children’s lives. (Bible) in a celebration that included song, next generation of Jews who will lead The series continues on December 17 refl ection and special readings from the that charge and make that vision a reality with, “The Spiritual Life Begins With Grat- Tanach. Students shared stories and val- Daniel Janush, Leeba Zucker and Aaron on the ground.” itude and Culminates in Generosity” and ues that they have learned from charac- Liebskind (Wendy Lichtenberg and The lecture series, which will be one of concludes on January 14 with, “Compas- ters in each of the Tanach’s three tradition- Julianne Katz in the background) read several partnered learning initiatives with sion and the Heart of Jewish Spirituality.” al subdivisions, Torah, Nevi’im (Prophets), a special passage during Bi-Cultural’s Mechon Hadar, builds on a strong founda- All lectures are free of charge and will and Ketuvim (Writings). The students will sixth grade Chag HaTanach on Thursday, tion constructed by the two institutions. take place at Carmel Academy’s Green- be using their Tanachim in their Jewish October, 29. Over the past several years Mechon Ha- wich campus, 270 Lake Avenue. Studies coursework and studies. CREDIT MICHELLE GORDON Students Have a Desk to Ma’ayanot Students Learn About Stand on at Bi-Cultural Constructive Disagreement In commemoration of haredim who live in Isra- By Dora Salm the assassination of Prime el should be required to Minister Yitzhak Rabin, join the army. After the Rather than going to class and taking a Ma’ayanot’s Yamim Com- debates, students were seat, many middle schoolers at Bi-Cultural mittee planned a program asked to write their opin- Day School will now be able to go to class aimed at teaching their ions on post-its and to and take a stand. fellow students about the place the post-its on a di- As part of the recent grant from the life and political assassina- agram of an Israeli fl ag– JEIC (Jewish Education Innovation Chal- tion of Rabin, and about to visually bring home lenge) for the award-winning Jewish Stud- techniques of constructive disagreement. that point that, although we may hold dif- ies Masora program, Bi-Cultural has been The program started with two short fering opinions, we are one people joined able to acquire more than 30 state of the Wendy Lichtenberg, who has a math videos–the fi rst about Rabin’s life, and the in one nation. art, ergonomically designed standing desk Seventh-grade students Ben Meyers and second, produced by the Pardes Institute, Members of the Yamim Committee units. Modern in style with bold and bright Zev Pinker are able to do much of their math on the topic “Judaism and Confl ict Res- who created this program included com- colors, the classroom-friendly adjustable coursework in a comfortable position at the olution.” After the videos, students were mittee heads Shalva Faber ‘18, Avigayil desks and chairs modify to the individual new standing desk units at Bi-Cultural. asked to utilize techniques of construc- Gottlieb ‘17 and Corine Dahan ‘16; commit- student’s physical needs or in-class project CREDIT DORA SALM tive disagreement in mini debates, with tee members Mira Simantov ‘17, Racheli or lesson. those sitting closest to them, on one of Herzfeld ‘18, Miri Cohen ‘18, Davi Zlotnick Designed by furniture manufacturer, class and a Masora Jewish Studies class three debate topics, including: every Jew ‘18, Simi Glicksman ‘18, Sandra Kaplan ‘18, HON, the standing desks include detacha- twice a day with the new desks, has also has an obligation to make Aliyah; one Naomi Sanft ‘17, Atara Neugroschl ‘18 and ble worktables that can be put into small found success with the new desk struc- should only vote for the presidential can- Dafna Levine ‘18; and faculty advisor Ms. clusters or pulled apart, allowing for stu- tures. “I like how the desks allow you to didate who is the most pro-Israel; and all Sarah Gordon. dents to work in small groups or inde- actually stand up during class, and if the pendently. They also allow students to teacher is moving around the room, you physically stand at their desk, which can can turn with them and be able to follow ish studies department, has found that the “I have found that the Masora students help with many students’ concentration. them around the room.... Before the new standing desks add an additional dimen- really love their new standing desks. My Sixth-grade student Ben Wiener, who desks, the desks felt too small and cramped, sion to student engagement and focus. students are able to focus and more active- has his math class in the classroom with but now you can adjust the seat height and (The Masora program is a customized, in- ly engage in lessons when they stand; it the new desks, is really enjoying the new be able to move without distracting the teractive and experiential method of edu- gets their blood rushing and their thoughts desk design so far. “I like the chairs a lot; teacher or anyone else in the class,” said Li- cation that Bi-Cultural created to meet stu- moving. We are so grateful to the JEIC and they can adjust to exactly my height and chtenberg. dents’ needs for an interactive, experiential the Mayburg Foundation for helping us seem to fi t me perfectly. I like to sometimes Associate Principal Rabbi Yehuda Jeiger Jewish Studies program. Last spring, the bring this innovation to our BCDS Masora sit on a slant, and can do that without dis- who, along with Associate Principal of Ju- JEIC awarded and recognized Bi-Cultural as Program and to the school,” said Jeiger. “We turbing anyone. I can really concentrate a daic Studies Michal Smart, developed the a thought-leader and visionary for this spe- are so excited to be able to move the school lot more with the new setup.” Masora path within the middle school Jew- cialized program.) forward in such an exciting way.” 718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM November 12, 2015 • 30 Cheshvan, 5776 35 SCHOOLS Math Gets High Marks at Bi-Cultural

By Dora Salm needed for solving math expressions are Like their middle school counterparts, similar to those necessary to perform sur- teachers at the early childhood and ele- Going beyond the basics of traditional gery. Robinson then created a simulated mentary school levels are also taking in- math lessons, Bi-Cultural Day School teach- operating room, complete with paper pa- teresting and experiential approaches to ers have reached into their toolkits of crea- tient outlines with math equations writ- teaching math concepts. Pre-K teacher Al- tivity and ingenuity to teach their students ten on them and operating tables (standard ice Andersen taught her students the con- that math can be creative and fun as well cafeteria tables); students got to even dress cepts of pairs, in tandem with the Noah To- as challenging. From Pre-K to eighth grade, the part of a surgeon with disposable surgi- rah portion. Children looked for common from coding in computer literacy to build- cal scrubs while they solved the math equa- objects that come in pairs, learned poetry ing a giant, life-sized number line, math tions on surgical charts (clipboards). about pairs and then drew their own pair concepts have come out of the textbook in “The students were excited about this of socks. Kindergarten teacher Debbie Mor- meaningful and innovative ways. project–and I was too. They really took genthaler taught her students the concept Middle school math teacher Adrianne their task seriously and focused on solv- of patterning and sorting in a hands-on Robinson was looking for a way to make the ing the problem with precision, just as a way using math manipulatives, objects de- theory of order of operations come alive for surgeon would,” said Robinson, who was signed so that a learner can understand a her fi fth grade math students. “I was really a featured speaker at the most recent Asso- mathematical concept by physically touch- looking for a new and exciting way to teach ciation for Middle Level Education confer- ing them. this concept, which is so important and fun- ence. First grade teacher Sally Olson taught Fifth-grader Taylor Newman-White solves damental, but can be an abstract concept Fifth-grader Eli Ben-David who partici- her students counting skills and how to math equations in an order of operation/ for some,” Robinson said. (Order of opera- pated in the order of operations lesson took use a number line, with the help of a giant math surgery lesson created by math teacher tions refers to a collection of rules that de- the job of math surgeon seriously. “The pro- number line so that students could physi- Adrianne Robinson. fi ne which procedures to perform fi rst in or- ject was a lot of fun. We had to check and cally walk the addition problems out. “The der to evaluate a given math equation.) re-check our answers, because it was like whole lesson was extremely kinesthet- and to physically work out problems on Robinson soon made a connection that we were performing surgery, except with ic and has really helped the kids learn to their own is so meaningful in math and the same skills of precision and accuracy numbers–and we got to wear scrubs!” count. Giving kids the freedom to move helps so much long-term,” said Olson. Westchester Torah Academy Brings Appreciation to Music

By Tamar Weinberg

At Westchester Torah Academy, music is cool. Children are always singing, whether it’s on the school bus, in the classrooms, on the playground or in the hallways. And there are no surprises there. Head of school Rabbi Rami Strosberg is also its musical director, and he has instilled a sense of love for music within all the students from the Singing at the WTA PJ Melava Malka. day he set foot into the school. WTA students during music class. CREDIT: DEB GREENE As Rabbi Strosberg explained, music starts with the younger aged classes “as a on the board and learning to perform the ten-aged daughter, Jordy, “always break out way to cultivate joy, spirituality, and service rhythm on the percussion instruments. Stu- into songs they learned at school, and even of God. But music is also an end, also a gift, dents also stomp out the rhythms or speak [use] hand movements” to show their un- also a craft.” The three, four, and fi ve-year- them out. They seek to understand rhythm derstanding of rhythm. old children begin by learning about music and fi nd them in tempo. “We turn them Whatever it is, students love music and and its unique features through activities into little percussion ensembles during mu- song, and the education instilled in the stu- Children singing during the WTA Melava that promote understanding of how music sic class,” Rabbi Strosberg said. dents by their educators plays a big role in Malka Pajama Party, November 7, 2015. is created and its various components. The Another component of the music class that. CREDIT: DAVEDA LIPMAN younger children are learning “a sensitivi- entails the study of the great composers ty and awareness of melody and rhythm,” and their history. From Kindergarten, stu- Rabbi Strosberg said. Their singing habits dents learn about Mozart, from his life to Names Not Numbers are developed from the early age. Are chil- his work, from the perspective of his son dren able to “sing in a group and be well bal- Karl, using a series called Classical Kids. This past Friday, Westchester Day produce their own Holocaust Documen- anced? Can they sing with proper posture They also analyze the instruments of the School eighth graders began their par- tary fi lm about the real lives of survivors and proper intonations?” With 125 students orchestra using Sergei Prokofi ev’s Peter and ticipation in the Holocaust education- they will encounter. at the school, Rabbi Strosberg can tell you the Wolf. Later in the year, there will be a al program “Names Not Numbers,” in Over the course of the program, stu- which students can actually sing in tune. unit on jazz music. which they will be involved throughout dents will be trained in all aspects of cre- At WTA, the teachers also love going to Third graders at WTA are learning to the school year. The students were intro- ating their own documentary. After learn- music class because they love to hear the play the recorder. They also study classi- duced to the Holocaust Oral History Film ing about the Holocaust, students will sounds of the children when they sing in cal literature and learn more about the or- Documentary and watched a screening of research the lives and hometowns of the unison. “It’s like a children’s choir,” Rabbi chestra. One of the most exciting projects the Academy Award winning documenta- survivors they will meet. They will be Strosberg explained. The children are ex- at WTA is participation in a program called ry, “One Survivor Remembers,” conduct- trained to conduct interviews and will posed to songs about Israel, songs that have Link Up, in partnership with Carnegie Hall. ed by Tova Rosenberg, MSTA, YUHS and learn to utilize the high tech equipment been sung for generations, songs of the cha- The Link Up program involves hundreds of founder of the program. needed to fi lm and edit their interviews. lutzim/pioneers, songs from Naomi Shem- students across New York State who learn After coordinating the fi rst program, The fi nal product will be a documentary er of the Kinneret and Jerusalem. “There’s to sing and play several pieces of famous Rabbi Stephen Knapp, Assistant Princi- fi lm, representing the students’ own work a cultural component that relates to our classical work. In May, a performance will pal of the Middle School, commented, about the Holocaust. pride of the state of Israel, the songs of our be held at Carnegie Hall. This year’s theme “I am very excited that our students will One highlight of the program includes a heritage, the songs of chasidim, the songs is “The Orchestra Rocks.” have the opportunity to participate in trip to the Jewish Heritage Museum in Bat- of tefi llot, the songs that people sing at Eventually, Rabbi Strosberg said, as the this unique Holocaust program. I am so tery Park, where students will take a tour of weddings and at the Shabbat table.” school grows and the kids age up, a band impressed with the maturity and sensitiv- the permanent Holocaust exhibit and par- In older grades, starting with Kindergar- program will likely start on the campus. ity our students displayed during the doc- ticipate in a workshop led by the museum ten, there is additional exposure to rhythm There are already lots of piano players, umentary. They hope to produce a fi lm staff relating to the topic of the spiritual re- and melody. Children learn how to com- making it a natural fi t to add brass, wood- equally as moving and inspiring.” sistance of Rabbi Ephraim Oshry. pose and read rhythm. They also learn about wind and percussion to the mix. “Names Not Numbers” will provide This program, funded in part by the melody, how to write melody, how to tran- It’s very evident that music permeates students with the opportunity to learn Claims Conference, is an amazing oppor- scribe melody and how to identify a melo- the students’ culture, and it doesn’t end at about the Holocaust through an interac- tunity for Westchester Day School study. To do this, they use rhythm percussion school. Daniella Stadtmauer reported that tive and hands-on approach. Students will dents to explore their Jewish identity. equipment, putting measures of rhythm her second grade son, Zach, and kindergar- 36 November 12, 2015 • 30 Cheshvan, 5776 718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM SPORTS New Frisch Cross-Country Team Hoops for HASC 2015 Frisch’s brand-new cross country team had a meet this past Sunday at Van Cort- Camp HASC is thrilled to welcome the landt Park in the Bronx. This is the fi rst community to the second annual 3-on-3 year Yeshiva League counts cross country tournament at the Frisch School on Satur- among its sports. Frisch is proud of their day night November 21, 7:45-10:45 p.m. An team members and recognize, in particular, inaugural year participant told the JLNJ Leora Moskowitz, Serena Bane, Max Muss “last year’s tournament was a huge suc- and Yoni Safi er for their top Frisch team cess and a great time was had by all.” The performances. Frisch School is a longtime supporter of The team will compete again this com- Camp HASC, once again Rabbi Josh Schul- ing Sunday at 11 a.m. at Garret Mountain man of Frisch and the Camp HASC young Reservation in Woodland Park. leadership committee have an impressive night planned. grams that are tailor made to meet the The 2014 Hoops for HASC tournament needs of each camper, HASC has created Women’s Soccer featured about 35 teams and raised a few a world of smiles for over 350 individu- thousand dollars. Based on the success als with intellectual and physical disabil- Scores 12 Goals in and feedback from last year’s event, larg- ities; an unparalleled summer program er numbers are expected. Registration is that they like to call the happiest place Senior Night Win open to everyone. To sign up and partic- on earth. Camp HASC is a summer pro- ipate go to hoops.camphasc.org. Every gram for individuals with intellectual and Last week the Yeshiva University wom- player receives a jersey and swag, there physical disabilities, they focus on what en’s soccer team won 12-0 against visiting YUMACS.COM are pro referees, food and refreshments our campers can do instead of what they Berkeley College on Wednesday night at and of course prizes. can’t. Riverside County Park South in North Ar- shiva senior goalkeeper Annie Jaffe record- Camp HASC believes that everyone The community’s ongoing support and lington, New Jersey. ed three saves in goal, while Berkeley (0-6) deserves to smile. With a unique combi- involvement will allow Camp HASC to Yeshiva (2-11) was led by senior forward freshman goalkeeper Emilia Ohrberg re- nation of a caring and professional staff, continue to provide an unforgettable sum- Merav Saden Barach, who had a hat trick corded eight stops. As a team, Yeshiva out- completely accessible facilities and pro- mer program for our its special campers with three goals and an assist. Saden Ba- shot Berkeley, 36-7. rach struck for the fi rst two goals of the Prior to the game, the Maccabees hon- game, including the game winner. Sopho- ored their departing senior class for all of more midfi elder Temima Kanarfogel came their accomplishments. Barach, Bassalian, Varsity Storm, Still Perfect off the bench to score twice and assist on Gordon, Jaffe, Jennifer Shamsian and Mi- another score. Senior midfi elder Nata- chelle Shamsian were joined by defend- By Jonah Ganchrow sha Bassalian had two goals. Senior mid- er and team captain Devora Braun with defi elder Jennifer Shamsian recorded three fenders Eden Gellman Debbie Sedaghtzandi On Thursday night it was the Ramaz assists and a goal while senior midfi eld- and Eliana Levy as they were recognized by Rams who traveled across the bridge to er Erin Potasnick and sophomore forward head coach Gabe Haber and the athletics de- take on the 2-0 varsity hockey TABC Storm. Sophia Blumen both tallied a goal and partment, not only for their contributions to TABC knew this game would not be an an assist. Both senior defender Rita Gor- the women’s soccer program, but to the Ye- easy one, playing against a tough Ramaz don and sophomore midfi elder Kinneret shiva community as a whole. Although their team. Early into the game the chances Braun scored goals, and senior forward Mi- playing careers are coming to an end, they were piling up for both teams. It remained chelle Shamsian dished out two assists. Ye- will always be part of the Maccabee family. a tie until a little past the halfway point of the fi rst period, Yair Knoller was able to capitalize on a mess in front of the net and On the very next shift, Eitan Schneier Cougars Begin With Roar, score the fi rst goal of the game. got a nice shot to the front of the net and Heading into the second period, the TABC senior Josh Deschino was able to Get Burned by Heat game had really heated up and it was a knock the ball into the back of the net ex- 3-on-2 power play for Ramaz because of tending the lead to two. In the third peri- By Juda Engelmayer In the fi nal quarter, the heat was on. multiple penalties called before the end od, TABC was back on the power play and Ramaz was working hard and fast to get the of the fi rst period. Both teams contin- Daniel Levy found Yair Knoller crosscourt The Frisch Cougars opened the season lead back, but Frisch maintained its drive ued to play aggressively and passionately. who had a beautiful fi nish, giving him his of play with a roar as they took down the and played to win. Engelmayer opened up In the middle of the period, Ramaz was second goal of the game. A few minutes Ramaz Rams on Monday night in Manhat- with the fi rst layup a and went on to score called for having a non-goalie cover the later TABC junior Zach Rothenberg was tan, the team that last year gave Scott “The two more and then made a free-throw. Lev- ball in the crease and that led to a penalty able to rap the ball in from behind the Shot” Levine his nickname–when Levine ine made two free-throws and then hit a shot. This was the fi rst penalty shot ever net to make the score 4-0 and that’s how famously sunk a buzzer beater three-point- three-pointer. Fishman added another bas- for TABC varsity hockey. Unfortunately it ended. er that gave Frisch the single point victory ket and team captain Schechter hit four the Ramaz goaltender was able to get his Shua Beilin played spectacularly in the last season. Ramaz played hard and dom- free-throws for a fi nal of 64-50. stick on the ball and knock it away from a net for the Storm, shutting out Ramaz for inated the fi rst half of the game under Prior to this opener, Frisch played in swift Daniel Levy. two and a half periods. the guidance of Yogev Berdugo, their new the Magen David pre-season basketball coach. Berdugo is the founder of Step It Up tournament. Sixteen schools were entered.

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For example, let’s say that you so that you can instantly take advantage of on housing, but some lenders will allow as inspections, bank appraiser, title insurance, are seriously considering a house in Town A a home purchase–especially in times of vol- much as 33 percent. The loan application a survey, moving expenses, mortgage re- but are enticed by another home in Town atile stock markets where intended down will cover such items as recent income tax cording tax, a loan rate lock-in fee (option- payment money could vanish overnight. returns, proof of employment, recent pay al), attorney’s fee and real estate brokerage  CONTINUES ON NEXT PAGE

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 CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE research about any legal or environmental problems that may exist in each town. And Fall: The Best Season B. As you compare the two, think about so on. Think about how much living in each your individual needs. Town A, a bedroom town will cost you each year and then de- for Home Improvement community, has many lovely homes and cide which house is truly better for you, in fi rst-rate schools, but few commercial and terms of money and lifestyle. (BPT) – The rituals of fall include send- temperatures and humidity create a much industrial taxpayers, and therefore has high- In selecting an attorney to handle your ing kids back to school, raking leaves more comfortable environment for get- er school and property taxes than Town B. transaction, make certain that the attorney and cheering on the hometown football ting things done. Town B has a great residential area but also of your choice has had experience in han- team. In addition, a new fall tradition has The holiday entertaining wow factor- has commercial and industrial taxpayers dling real estate closings and in other situ- emerged – home improvement. Everyone wants their home to sparkle to lighten the tax load; the schools are al- ations that may arise prior to closing. Your Like many trends, there isn’t one par- when they welcome family and friends most as good as those in Town A, and the cousin, the criminal defense attorney, is not ticular reason fall has emerged as a pop- during the holidays. school taxes are a bit lower. Your children suitable! Nor will he or she be thrilled to ular time for home improvement, several Falling prices – Fall is an excellent are in high school so you’d rather put what handle your case without cost as a favor to factors play a role. time to save money by fi nding great deals you would pay in Town A’s higher school the family. You want your attorney to treat Energy effi ciency is top of mind- With on home improvement supplies and ser- taxes toward your kids’ college tuitions. On with alacrity any problems that may arise colder weather on the horizon, home- vice. Year-end sales begin and discounts the other hand, thinking ahead to the re- and to devote as much time as is necessary, owners shudder at the thought of higher can be steep. Also, contractors are busiest sale of your house, you do want your new especially if an unusual or unforeseen situ- heating costs. They upgrade windows, lay- during the warmer months – their busi- home to be in a town with good schools so ation arises. Unfortunately, over the years, er in more insulation, service or replace ness cools as the weather does. that families with children will want to buy I have been involved in several purchases old furnaces and, in some cases, do all of No matter what a homeowner choos- your home. Consider the time and expense where the relative or family friend did not the above. es to do during the fall home improve- of commuting to your job from each town. perform well in such situations. The weather is nice- Home improvement season, it will help reduce cabin fe- Compare the recreational and shopping One other consideration about hiring an ment projects can be hard work. Lower ver during the winter months. facilities that each town provides. Think attorney is the manner in which he or she about your religious needs and if there are will be paid: fl at fee or by the hour. Most your bill. If an unforeseen problem arises in whom you rely for guidance are trustwor- houses of worship within walking distance. of the attorneys with whom my custom- your deal then you will pay the hourly rate thy, honest, knowledgeable and available to Evaluate public transportation, proximi- ers and clients work are happy to negoti- for your attorney’s additional unexpected you when you need them. These people in- ty to good medical care and whatever else ate a fl at fee. If you pay by the hour then work. The end result could add up to more clude your attorney, your real estate agent, is important to you or will be important you may be reluctant to consult your attor- than you would pay via a fl at fee. your loan offi cer and mortgage broker and in the future, depending upon how long ney whenever you really need his or her as- As you evaluate your individual hous- anyone whom you hire such as your engi- you intend to stay in your new home. Do sistance and advice, for fear of running up ing needs, be certain that the people upon neering inspector. FEATURED HOME See 100% of Area Listings

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