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Palestinians Closing Arguments Cap Three-Year Trial German Court Threaten Grunwald verdict to be announced Monday Convicts, TRIAL OF BACHUR IN JAPAN judges presiding over closing Chiba, told Hamodia that Yoel Then Frees Intifada III arguments that he was brought Zev summarized his insular BY HAMODIA STAFF BY YOCHONON DONN up in a religious home and lifestyle growing up in the Demjanjuk would never transport an item Satmar community in Bnei YERUSHALAYIM – The Palestinian CHIBA, Japan – Yoel Zev that would cause harm to oth- Brak, where drugs are unknown Authority would not be able to Goldstein gave an impassioned ers. and spare time is dedicated to MUNICH (AP) – Retired U.S. prevent another intifada while speech in his own defense yes- Aron Nezri, one of the askan- helping the less fortunate. autoworker John Demjanjuk was peace talks with Israel remain terday, telling the three trial im who attended the trial in Continued on page 7 convicted yesterday of accessory indefinitely on hold, a senior Fatah to murder as a low-level Nazi official told Army Radio yesterday. death-camp guard, a ground- The comment was made as breaking decision setting a prece- both Israeli and Palestinian dent that could open the flood- Authority officials urged calm dur- gates to a new wave of prosecu- ing the three days, starting today, tions in Germany. of the Palestinian commemora- Demjanjuk was sentenced to tion of the Nakba, the five years in prison on 28,060 “Catastrophe” — the Palestinian counts of accessory to murder for epithet for the establishment of the number of people who were the state of Israel. killed in the Sobibor death camp Speaking with Army Radio yes- when the court said evidence terday, Abbas Zaki, a member of shows he stood guard there in the Fatah delegation to reconcilia- 1943. tion talks with Hamas, said that But the 91-year-old will spend faced with Mideast uprisings, the no immediate time behind bars Palestinian Authority would not after Presiding Judge Ralph Alt be able to suppress popular unrest. ordered him released from cus- “The Palestinian leadership tody pending his appeal — a facing a [diplomatic] impasse process that could take at least a could not quiet the Palestinian year. street [which] had watched the Though such a move is com- Continued on page 6 mon under the German system, it Tsemach Glenn Tsemach Glenn drew the immediate ire of some of Left: Rabbi Dovid Nojowitz, Menahel of Torah Umesorah, welcoming delegates at the Torah Umesorah Convention last those who had been pushing for night. Right: Hagaon Harav Malkiel Kotler, Rosh Yeshivah, Beis Medrash Govoha of Lakewood, delivering last night’s main Demjanjuk’s conviction. address. Continued on page 2 9 771568 258127 New York News 9 IYAR 5771 FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2011 HAMODIA 5 Tension Between Agencies Continued from page 1 The [U.S.] State Department Chassidic Scientist, a Solar Energy Eastern District of New York. has a strong fellowship with many Yesterday, Mr. Wildes shared Arab nations that can gum up the Pioneer, Passes Away with Hamodia his highly qualified works in a federal prosecution. perspective on the terror arrests in NEW YORK – Solar energy pioneer New York City and the law You are making quite a serious Yaacov (Jack) Hanoka, who held enforcement dynamics involved. charge. patents for 56 of his inventions Major terrorism cases in New I have been involved with a and was known for his passion York City are generally handled by Saudi diplomat who defected. It and optimism in finding alterna- the Joint Terrorism Task Force was only through [former tive energy sources to fossil fuels, made up of NYPD detectives and Manhattan] DA Robert passed away Sunday at the age of federal agents from the FBI, and Morgenthau’s personal interven- 75. are prosecuted by the United tion that his safety was assured. The Chabad chassid held a States Attorney’s office in federal So sometimes politics plays Ph.D. in solid state physics and court. itself better when the state gets was a pioneer in exploring the But according to a New York involved rather than the machi- interplay between Torah and sci- Times report, the Task Force chose nations of the federal govern- ence. He occupied a leading role Chabad.org not to be involved in the case ment and their relationships to in founding the Chabad- Yaacov (Jack) Hanoka, z”l. announced yesterday. As a result, other Arab nations. Lubavitch weekend study pro- the two arrests on Wednesday were grams that became popular ideas,” he wrote, “[and] science is Shabbat, I was searching for my made by the NYPD’s own Wasn’t the 9/11 Commission among Jewish college students not a monolithic activity in a place in Judaism. I decided that I Intelligence Division, which has a supposed to take care of turf and professors in the early 1960s. search for absolute truth of the wanted to remain and study with history of tense relations with the war hindrances? As chief technology officer of world that we inhabit.” the students in .” FBI. It takes a long time for a leop- Evergreen Solar, Inc., Hanoka He brought proof from the Hanoka’s defining characteris- The following are excerpts of ard to loose its spots. The headed a successful effort to 20th century revelations of rela- tic was his unfailing positive out- Mr. Wildes’ remarks during the Commission’s suggestions are reduce the cost of harnessing the tivity and quantum theory, which look on life; he viewed obstacles interview. merely suggestions and are obvi- sun’s light in the creation of elec- overturned the classical view of and difficulties as challenges to be The federal government has a ously not being heeded. tricity. the world. overcome, not problems to be lot on its plate and it could be that The men [in the alleged plot Hanoka “was very inventive “Physicists believed that they endured. the [maximum potential] sen- announced Wednesday] were [and exhibited an] extraordinary understood most of the basic “He had a sense of urgency, tencing was strong enough on the arrested immediately after level of energy,” said Emanuel principles that govern the physi- cherishing each moment to use it state level [for the feds to pass]. [allegedly] purchasing weapons Sachs, a professor of mechanical cal world and that there were just well,” recalled Rabbi Shmuel Lew I personally take greater com- from an undercover agent. engineering at the Massachusetts a few puzzling things to be of Lubavitch of the UK, a co- fort if the federal government is Obviously, the agent was a state Institute of Technology. explained,” he explained. And organizer of the Encounter With prosecuting this case, but I can’t level official. Everything from the While he authored more than along came new discoveries that Chabad program in the 1960s. comment on what happened Smith and Wesson handgun, the 70 publications on solar energy, challenged those principles. “He had a total dedication to what behind the doors ... ammunition, a lot of the forensic Hanoka devoted much of his time In the early 1950s, Chabad- he knew was right, with a consis- State prosecutors have less and local details on how they put to Torah study and writing papers Lubavitch rabbinical students tency that has stood the test of federal or international entangle- it together, will play heavily on addressing apparent contradic- began travelling to college cam- time over decades.” ments. The federal government is who should be bringing the prose- tions between Judaism and sci- puses throughout the United His co-workers agreed. also represented by the State cution. ence. Among his efforts was States to give Torah classes and “He had such energy, personal Department, which has relations explaining in scientific language organize weekend programs for drive, creativity, dedication and with a lot of Middle Eastern coun- Is there a chance the feds will the stance of the Lubavitcher Jewish students. At Pennsylvania love of life,” added Mark Farber, tries, which can slow down the take over this case? Rebbe, Harav Menachem M. State University in 1962, they “to the extent that [the] compa- work of a prosecution. If [the suspects] are said to be Schneerson, zt”l, on reading the encountered a free-thinking, ny’s energy stemmed from one You don’t have international ‘lone wolves’ not connected to account of creation in the spirited intellectual in Jack person. It was [him] who inspired intrigue and politics with a state any formal groups such as al- Chumash literally. Hanoka. Soon after, Hanoka visit- others.” prosecutor. There are always turf Qaeda, let a regional prosecutor Many of his papers appeared ed the Crown Heights Jewish Richard Chleboski, who wars that occur between federal bring the case because we don’t in the scientific journal B’or community and had a private worked with Hanoka at and state prosecutors. It’s impor- want to overreact, lest more tax Hatorah, including a critique of audience with the Rebbe. Evergreen Solar, said, “It was rare tant that ... no matter what, that payers dollars and more attention evolution and carbon dating. “I had no prior Jewish knowl- to find a man who can couple these [suspects] never see a day are given to these matters. The “There are varying degrees of edge,” Hanoka said in a 2006 faith, optimism and pragmatic outside of jail and that politics terrorists win every time we give certainty regarding scientific interview, and “since that abilities.” (Chabad.org) never enter into the equation. these insidious individuals It is my belief that priority greater attention and focus. should be given to the federal gov- If testimony comes out in a ernment, as our nation’s home- public setting showing the federal amid ongoing fiscal woes. his positive, long-standing rela- land security is imperiled — not government can do a better job, at NY Briefs More states are expected to tionship with the nonpublic just the synagogue they sought to some point they may claim juris- consider the idea as summer school community. Prior to destroy. diction. At this juncture we have LIRR: Regular Service Resumes approaches and as they join New becoming head of the public to trust that the feds have the best This Morning York, Alaska, California, school system last month, Mr. So why did the feds pass on the of intentions despite what we see NEW YORK (AP) – The Long Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois and Walcott was deputy mayor in opportunity to take on the politically. Island Rail Road says it expects to Washington, D.C. with $4-a-gal- charge of education for the case? have regular service restored by lon gas. Bloomberg Administration for this morning. Some states have already nine years. Previously, he was a Yesterday afternoon, the rejected a “gas tax holiday.” member of the City Board of LIRR said it will have a “signifi- Education. Top Imam: We’re With the Jews cantly reduced” rush-hour Walcott Meets With Religious Rabbi Zwiebel also comment- MANHATTAN – The leader of New following the City Hall press con- schedule for the afternoon rush School Committee ed on the diversity of the religious York City’s largest mosque yester- ference on the NYPD arrest of two hour. NEW YORK CITY – The City school community in New York, day conveyed regrets about the alleged local jihadists who author- Crews have been repairing a Committee of Religious and and how the committee mem- latest case of Muslims charged ities say had prepared to attack damaged track in an East River Independent School Officials bers work collaboratively. with plotting terrorism against synagogues with guns and a tunnel all week. The disruptions met with new Schools Chancellor synagogues — and acknowledged grenade. are the result of an empty Amtrak Dennis Walcott on Wednesday. Judge OKs Brooklyn Mosque an ongoing problem among his “I just want to say to our train derailment on Sunday. The committee, chaired by Project flock. Jewish brothers and sisters in the Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, NEW YORK (AP) – A judge has “This is really a concern for us. city that we are with you, and if Fuming Over Cost of Gas? executive vice president of denied a preliminary injunction I feel that I have even more home- such a thing happens we would be Don’t Expect Tax Break Agudath Israel of America, is to stop the construction of a work to do in our own community to your side, as you have been to ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – While politi- comprised of representatives Brooklyn mosque that had been because this kind of stupidity by our side in the past,” Ali contin- cians in New York, Indiana, New from faith-based groups with defaced with graffiti. some members of the community ued. Hampshire and Illinois are their own school systems in the An opposition group, Bay certainly cannot be tolerated any He painted a picture contrary among the first talking about eas- city. The schools represented by People, said they will appeal the more,” said Imam Shamsi Ali of to the one widely perceived—that ing gasoline taxes, the chances of the committee have a combined judge’s decision. the Islamic Cultural Center of Muslim culture offers a haven for actually seeing that kind of relief enrollment of approximately The Daily News reports that New York at 96th Street and 3rd terrorist ambitions. at the pump are remote. 250,000 children, a fifth of the the words “He is dead” and happy Avenue. “The [Muslim] community is Even as prices hover around City’s student population. faces had been spray-painted on Ali’s comments were made in very much working with the FBI,” $4 a gallon and states consider Rabbi Zwiebel congratulated the plywood walls of the con- an on-camera interview with free- Ali stated. “Our relationship with cuts in taxes up to 50 cents off Mr. Walcott on his recent struction site after news of lance journalist Shimon Gifter the NYPD is wonderful.” each gallon, there is resistance appointment and commented on Osama bin Laden’s death.