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Vol. III No. 21 (#70) July 17, 2014 • 19 Tammuz 5774 Free Rocket Bombardment Continues Major Growth At Jewish Heritage Center Of Queens And Long Island New JHC initiatives unveiled at recent dinner

A fire breaks out after a Hamas rocket hits a gas station in Ashdod (R) Israel Strikes Back

New Programs Directors (L-R): R’ Eliyahu Turk, R’ Yaakov Vosoghi, R’ Rabbi Yaakov Gruenstein, Israeli air strikes in Gaza R’ Avraham Portnoy (not pictured: R’ Yoni Katz) SEE PAGES 54-55 SEE STORY ON P. 55

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By Shmuel Sackett By Sergey Kadinsky By Eytan Kobre (To Reload) By Daniel Perez veryone is talking about n the month since the Chinese philosopher Sun the amazing miracles kidnapping and murder Tzu, author of the 2,300-year- Ethat Hashem has per- Iof three Jewish teenag- Most old treatise The Art of War, or those of you who formed – and continues to per- ers by Hamas supporters, the Exhilarating warned sagely, “If you know might have missed it, form – for the Jews in Israel dur- tenuous sense of unity among yourself but not your enemy, Fthere’s some good news ing this recent war. Thousands Jews suffered a series of tests: Summer for every victory gained you from Washington on the Gaza of missiles and rockets have the revenge murder of an Arab Activities will also suffer a defeat.” front: It seems the Obama ad- CONTINUED ON P. 23 CONTINUED ON P. 21 SEE PAGE 29 CONTINUED ON P. 11 CONTINUED ON P. 49 See ad on p. 20 2 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 3 4 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 5 6 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 7

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8 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 Stories Of Greatness R’ Dovid Hoffman Unnecessary Chemo n 1927, a great chasidic lineage review. The Hornsteipel Rebbe be- kov Yisroel did not yet know he was end was near and his treatments lim- was transplanted from Ukraine came a legend in Milwaukee history. sick but was convinced that his time ited. He summoned his son, Rabbi Dr. Iin White Russia, to the unlikely In 1952, the Hornsteipel Shtiebel re- was approaching. Shortly thereafter, Abraham J. Twerski (who is a medical shores of Lake Michigan, in the Unit- located to the Sherman Park section he took ill, was taken to the hospital, doctor), to discuss his options. ed States. Rav Yaakov Yisroel Twerski of Milwaukee, where it is still located and was diagnosed with the cancer “The doctors suggest that I undergo zt”l, the Hornsteipel Rebbe, together today. that ultimately brought him to the chemotherapy,” the Rebbe said. “But I with his rebbetzin, the daughter of In the spring of 1963, Rav Yaakov Yis- next world. feel my weakness growing. It would the Bobover Rebbe (K’dushas Tzion), be nothing more than a blessing in arrived in America: fi rst in New York, vain, i.e., waste of time. Am I right?” then Chicago, eventually settling in Without a moment’s hesitation, the Rebbe replied, The son nodded in agreement; the mid-western metropolis of Mil- based on his medical knowledge, his waukee, Wisconsin. His intention “Yes, absolutely,” leaving his son standing there in open shock father had already suffered irrevers- was to establish a k’hilah there for ible damage. those who would recognize the illus- “Will I suffer terribly from the che- trious name of the Twerski dynasty. roel told his sons that he saw a strange Two months before his passing, Rav motherapy?” asked the Rebbe. His He became Rav of Congregation Anshe vision. One morning, when he woke Yaakov Yisroel was given the diagnosis son nodded again, sadly. Sfard in Milwaukee and, a number of up and while still lying in bed, he saw, of pancreatic cancer. From the Reb- “It is not worthwhile to go through years later, Rav Yaakov Yisroel opened standing at the foot of his bed, his fa- be’s fi fty years of experience visiting his own shtiebel, Congregation Beth ther Rav Leibele (Yehudah Leib) zt”l, sick patients, he understood that his CONTINUED ON P. 24 Yehudah. Immediately upon his ar- his grandfather Rav Mordechai Dov rival in town, he won the admiration (Emek Sha’alo) zt”l and another man Rabbi Dovid Hoffman is the author of the popular “Torah Tavlin” book series, fi lled of the local residents there. Religious whom he did not recognize. The three with stories, wit and hundreds of divrei Torah, including the brand new “Torah Tavlin and non-religious Jews alike: chasidic, men stood there for quite some time Yamim Noraim” in stores everywhere. You’ll love this popular series. Also look for his Lithuanian, and even non-Jews main- until fi nally, Rav Leibele looked at his book, “Heroes of Spirit,” containing one hundred fascinating stories on the Holocaust. tained tremendous reverence for the son and said, “Don’t worry. It will be They are fantastic gifts, available in all Judaica bookstores and online at http://israel- Grand Rabbi from Europe, and secular like going from one room to the next.” bookshoppublications.com. To receive Rabbi Hoffman’s weekly “Torah Tavlin” sheet judges even brought cases to him for With that they faded away. Rav Yaa- on the parsha, e-mail [email protected]

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CONTINUED FROM P. 1 If, as Sun Tzu advised, the fi rst rule of battle is to know your enemy, then the Spiritual matters are no different. greatest tactical blunder would be to fail The Evil Inclination responded, “R’ Nowhere is the Evil Inclination’s lack When the Jewish soldiers returned to understand the enemy. Avraham, have a safe journey. Even here, of identity more apparent than in the from waging war against Midyan, “Elazar Ironically, the Evil Inclination has no in impure lands, I could not defeat you. primordial fi ght between Yaakov and the Priest said to the men of war who re- identity. It has been compared to a fl y Surely I will be unable to do so in the the angel of Eisav (B’reishis 32:25-32). Yaa- turned home to the war, “This is the stat- and to a wheat kernel (B’rachos 61a). De- Holy Land. You go, I will stay. I promise kov inquires of the angel, “What is your ute of the law that Hashem commanded spite appearing as three different enti- not to follow you. I have no business in name?” and the angel replies, “What is Moses…” (BaMidbar 31:21). Elazar then ties, “the Evil Inclination, the Satan, and the Holy Land.” this that you ask after my name?” taught the soldiers the laws of purifi ca- the Angel of Death are one and the same” Confi dent that his Evil Inclination was Whereas most commentaries explain tion of vessels. (Bava Basra 16a; Zohar, B’reishis 255). “To a thing of the past, R’ Avraham bounded that the angel was simply stonewalling “Home to the war”? Shouldn’t that be the righteous, the Evil Inclination will up the dock to board his ship. Yaakov, R’ Leib Chasman zt”l explains “Home from the war”? appear as a tall mountain, and to the But much to R’ Avraham’s chagrin, that the angel in fact answered the ques- The Kotzker Rebbe and the Yetev Lev wicked it will appear as a hair’s thread” no sooner did he disembark in the Holy tion directly (see Ohr Yahel III). The an- (R’ Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum), and oth- (Sukkah 52a). The Evil Inclination is at Land than the Evil Inclination greeted gel – who was the conglomeration of the ers, explain that while the soldiers indeed once everyone and no one. It will take him with a warm, “Welcome!” Evil Inclination, the Satan, and the Angel returned from the physical fi ght against any shape necessary to accomplish its R’ Avraham was taken aback. “Didn’t of Death – was telling Yaakov that his the Midyanites, they were just entering task. It truly is the master of disguise. we make an agreement that I would name is “Why do you ask my name?” In the fracas against the Yeitzer HaRa, the About to board a ship bound for Eretz come here and you would remain be- other words, “Don’t try to ascertain my Evil Inclination. Elazar was warning the Yisrael, R’ Avraham of Kalisk (a disciple hind?” identity.” returning soldiers that, whatever their of the Baal Shem Tov) decided to have a “Oh, you are mistaken,” replied the This is the essence of the Evil Inclina- successes on the earthly battlefi elds, they frank conversation with his Evil Inclina- Evil Inclination. “The deal you made was tion. Its power consists of nothing more would do well not to forget the ever-con- tion. “You and I have been together for not with me, but with one of my hench- than illusions. This explains why the Evil tinuing spiritual fi ght ahead. And that is many years. It’s time to go our separate men. Here in the Holy Land, I oversee why Elazar immediately taught them the ways. I am going to the Holy Land. But matters myself.” CONTINUED ON P. 16 laws of purifi cation of vessels – symbolic since I am poor, I can buy only one ticket. of the fact that they must recommit to So you decide: Either I go and you stay, or Eytan Kobre is a lecturer, writer, and attorney, residing in Kew Gardens Hills with his the task of purifying themselves. you go and I stay.” wife and children. He can be contacted at [email protected].

19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 11 12 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 13 The Shmuz On The Parshah R’ Benzion Shafier Two Elements To A Sin “And if her father will revoke [the neder] whose husband annulled her vow. Even the day that he hears all of the vows and though she may not have been aware of prohibitions that she placed on herself, it, she didn’t violate her word, and she they [the vows] will not stand, and Hash- shouldn’t need forgiveness. em will forgive her because her father an- nulled them.” Two Elements To Every Sin — BaMidbar 30:6 The answer to this question is that there are two elements to every sin. The hile a neder is a halachically fi rst element is the damage that it does to binding vow, there are meth- me. Hashem gave the Torah as the ulti- Wods to annul it. For example, mate system of self-perfection. Each mitz- if a husband becomes aware of his wife’s vah is part of the program that helps me neder and feels it is inappropriate, he can grow and shapes me into who I will be refuse it, rendering it not binding. This for eternity. On the fl ip side, each aveirah refusal can be done with or without her damages me. Each sin has been singled knowledge. The Torah states that if a hus- out by the Creator as containing the in- band refuses his wife’s neder, Hashem will gredients to both impede my spiritual forgive her. growth as well as to directly damage me.

If a woman made a neder and her husband annulled it, there is nothing binding upon her. What does she need forgiveness for?

Rashi is bothered by the expression, We may not recognize the adverse ef- “Hashem will forgive her.” If a woman fect of eating forbidden foods, but they made a neder and her husband annulled leave an indelible imprint. The Gemara it, there is nothing binding upon her. tells us that treif foods deaden the heart. What does she need forgiveness for? When I consume them, it becomes more Rashi explains that this is speaking of a diffi cult for me to experience Hashem’s case in which a woman made a neder, her presence. Treif foods make it more diffi - husband overheard and annulled it, but cult for me to feel Shabbos. They make it she was unaware of it. In her mind, the harder for me to experience another Jew’s neder still stood. If she then went and vi- pain. For that reason, Hashem forbids us olated her neder, if she did that which she to eat them and warns us against them. vowed not to do, even though her neder That is the fi rst element to every sin – was absolved, she still needs forgiveness. the direct damage it has on me. But every This explanation seems diffi cult to un- sin has a second element to it: I was com- derstand. If, in fact, her husband success- manded by my Creator not to do it. fully undid the neder, then it wasn’t bind- Hashem created me, maintains my ing. If so, she did nothing wrong. The existence, provides my sustenance, and question remains: What does she need watches out for my best interests 24/7. forgiveness for? That alone is reason enough for me to obey Hashem. However, even if Hashem I Sat Down To Eat A Cheeseburger, wasn’t as involved in my life as He is, just And It Turned Out To Be Soy Cheese the fact that the great King of Kings, the This is equivalent to a situation in Master of the Universe, has command- which, for whatever reason, I decide to eat ed me in something obligates me in it. a cheeseburger. After fi nishing it, I fi nd Whether I am aware of the reason or not, out that it wasn’t really a cheeseburger. whether there is a reason or not, if the Unbeknownst to me, someone switched King has commanded me in a given ac- the cheese for an imitation cheese prod- tion, I am obligated to fulfi ll it. If I violate uct made of soybeans. The meat was the will of the King, that is considered an kosher, and the fake cheese wasn’t dairy. audacious act. The sandwich turns out to be kosher. In This seems to be the answer to the that case, I didn’t eat treif, and I shouldn’t need atonement. So too with the woman CONTINUED ON P. 22

Born and bred in Kew Gardens Hills, R’ Benzion Shafier joined the Choftez Chaim Ye- shiva after high school. Shortly thereafter he got married and moved with his new fam- ily to Rochester, where he remained in for 12 years. R’ Shafi er then moved to Monsey, NY, where he was a Rebbe in the new Chofetz Chaim branch there for three years. Upon the Rosh Yeshiva’s request, he stopped teaching to devote his time to running Tiferes Bnei Torah. R” Shafi er, a happily married father of six children, currently resides in Monsey.

14 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 15 Know Your Enemy CONTINUED FROM P. 11 lect money. Having the Rabbi with him would be all the more impressive, the Inclination also is compared to an ef- man thought, so people will give more. fete thief; he menaces but can produce The Rabbi agreed. no actual harm (B’reishis Rabah 22:6). People gave generously. The fi rst per- The Evil Inclination lacks substance. son gave $500, the second $360, and the And therein lies the rub – this ene- third $1,500. my has no true identity (D’varim 13:7 Before they continued to the next and Ohr HaChayim ad loc.; Sichos Mu- house, the Rabbi took the man to a se- sar 91). cluded alley. Grabbing him by the la- It is this identity – or lack thereof – pels, the Rabbi yelled, “Tell me the truth that gives the Evil Inclination the mon- right now! Who are you?” iker “the yeast in the dough” (B’rachos The man agreed to confess. 17a). Just as yeast makes dough rise and “I am an apostate. I became a priest puff up to appear larger than it is, so and was actually collecting for my too the power of the Evil Inclination church. But, Rabbi, where did I slip up? lies only in its ability to puff itself up How did you see through my ruse?” and appear larger and different than it The Rabbi chuckled. “You didn’t slip truly is. Perhaps this is what is meant up at all; in fact, you had me fooled com- by “the Evil Inclination renews itself pletely. But this is not the fi rst time I’ve upon [a person] every day” (Kiddushin collected money in this town. When- 30b). It’s really the same old Evil Incli- ever I collected for a worthy cause, I nation. It simply dons a new disguise had a tough time getting any money each day to give the impression that it from these people. Yet, when I went is a new entity. with you, they were literally throwing The Evil Inclination is no stranger their money at you. And I began to ask to assuming different identities. There myself, ‘If this is such a worthy cause, once was a Jew who came to a certain where is the Evil Inclination? Why town to collect charity. An eloquent isn’t it stopping the people as it always and dynamic speaker, he quickly gained does?’ popularity among the townspeople, “And that’s when it hit me. You are and even the Rabbi was impressed. Af- collecting for the Evil Inclination.” ter one rousing speech, he asked the And that, folks, is the identity of the Rabbi to escort him door-to-door to col- Evil Inclination.

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Italian Town sponded with fellow offi cers. “We share the concerns of the cus- “He said ‘I don’t think you under- tomers who brought this matter to our For Sale On eBay stand how big this is,’” Thompson said attention. We are committed to ensur- nyone who has ever wanted to of Harris’ warnings. ing the safety of bus operation and tak- have their own village and has “I said ‘OK.’ He said ‘I have a picture ing swift and appropriate action upon Aabout $300,000 now has the op- of it.’ I said ‘Well, by all means, let us the completion of our investigation,” tion, thanks to eBay... see. It was so much bigger in person.” an NJ Transit representative said in a The online auction site has the entire Rather than kill the dangerous an- statement. village in Italy listed for the low price of imal, Thompson concocted a plan to It is not clear what that “swift and ap- just $333,057. Better still, local pickup is the XXX Hot Chilli Burger. safely return it to the wild. propriate action” will be. offered on the “used” item. People who want to sample the burg- The National Union of Mountain er have to sign a waiver, and a Trip Ad- Communities is attempting to assist visor reviewer said the sandwich was, Louisiana Cook with the sale and says that it will help “the hottest thing I’ve attempted to eat to develop a restoration plan with the in the U.K.” Finds ‘G-D’ In Eggplant buyer of the village. The reporters had one bite each and At Restaurant “Calsazio would lend itself to being then dealt with the consequences. taken over by a private owner who According to the paper, Ruari “suf- could acquire all the buildings and re- fered severe stomach cramps minutes develop them,” UNCEM representative after taking a bite before he lost the “She had a baton, and she grabbed the Marco Bussone told said. feeling in his hands and his eyes rolled other guy’s baton. And she grabbed the The population of mountainous re- back in his head.” snake by the head,” Harris explained. gions in Italy is decreasing and sales He was taken to the hospital by am- “I was holding it actually on the cor- like this could theoretically help to re- bulance. ners of the mouth where the mouth vive smaller villages. “It was hard to walk. I needed to was actually open at the time,” Thomp- “The owners contacted us about a drink milk to neutralize the burning, son clarifi ed. “Which for me that was year ago when we opened up a process which was hard because I was hyper- actually the fi rst time I’d ever seen fangs to identify possible villages that could ventilating so much my hands had that were folded back in a snake.” egetarians should be happy... seized up,” Barratt said. Then, as her two male counterparts A Louisiana line cook claims Hendy followed Ruari to the hospital watched and Harris called her “crazy,” Vhe found “G-D” in an eggplant at after a few hours. Thompson carried the snake like a lone an Italian restaurant. “I was in so much pain I was telling noodle from chopsticks back to the When Jermarcus Brady was slicing people I felt like I was dying,” Hendy wild. veggies at Gino’s Restaurant recently, said. “It’s embarrassing but it felt that he cut into one particularly divine egg- bad. If you’re thinking of trying this plant and found a slice of heaven. burger for a dare, just don’t.” Commuter Catches The blessed vegetable was cut in such a manner that its seeds appeared Bus Driver to say “G-D” on the inside. Reading On The Job “I saw a miraculous image formed by the seeds,” Brady said. “When you commuter in New Jersey alleg- sliced into it, the pattern showed from edly caught a bus driver reading the seeds that were forming in the in- Abehind the wheel while driving side the letters G-O-D as G-d.” more than 40 passengers recently. Brady believes that the sanctifi ed The reading and driving allegedly oc- seeds are a miracle. curred for about 10 minutes while the “Through the road, he’s showing me bus driver negotiated stop-and-go traf- that ‘hey, I’m real’ and that’s the only fi c. thing I can depend on,” Brady said. “I According to the commuter, the driv- don’t know what it means. All I know er, who was operating the bus started is it tells me ‘hey, he’s real’ and there’s be revitalized throughout the entire off with a pamphlet and went from nothing that can change my mind Alpine area of Piedmont,” Bussone Man Finds there. about that.” said. “The buildings have distinctive “First, he took out a pamphlet, and architectural styles which need to be Venomous Snake he’s reading a pamphlet. And it looked preserved. We couldn’t allow sloppy Clogging Toilet like it was vacation pamphlet, may- Woman Learns restorations that don’t fi t in with the be planning a trip -- I’m like, ‘OK, it’s local traditions, especially as the village During Bathroom Break summer. This may be quick.’ He put From TV Show is close to the national park.” it down,” the unidentifi ed commuter She Lives In Serial worker at an Alabama construc- said. “Next thing, the driver takes out a tion offi ce found something hardcover book from off the dash.” Killer’s Old House Report Amuch worse than an unfl ushed The commuter said that once the toilet when he used the bathroom dur- traffi c cleared out, the driver ditched Missouri woman found out that About Spicy Burger ing a break and discovered a four-foot the book and focused on the road. her $810-a-month dream home Puts Two Journalists venomous snake. Awas actually a nightmare after see- “So when I was going to use the re- ing a documentary about serial killers on In The Hospital stroom, I see a snake around the com- the a TV program. mode and I’m thinking it was a joke,” After watching the show, Catrina wo reporters who tried to take on Willie Harris said. He realized the snake McGhaw discovered she was living in one of the spiciest burgers in Eng- was no fake when it began to fl ail and the home that serial killer Maury Travis Tland had to be taken to the hos- slither. used as a torture chamber. pital after the heat-packing hamburger “I pulled the door back a little bit and Authorities believe Travis killed be- proved too hot to handle. I said ‘wow!’” tween 12 and 20 women and that many A pair of journalists Arron Hendy and Harris’ boss immediately called po- Ruari Barratt, went to Burger Off to try lice and Offi cer Alice Thompson re- CONTINUED ON P. 18

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CONTINUED FROM P. 17 landlord agreed to rescind the lease,” up and attacked Olin, even though the Cheryl Lovell of the St Louis Housing animal outweighs him by about 1,000 of them died in the basement of the Authority said. “In this state, there is no pounds. home. duty to disclose. Other states there are, Police say Cruz “yelled out a battle McGhaw was freaked out by what but mostly that is for selling houses.” cry” and hit the horse “with a jumping, had happened in the basement and double kick to his right thigh.” she was even more rattled when she Neither Olin nor Cruz was hurt by realized the house’s dining room table Man Arrested the kick and it was unclear if the sus- was the same one seen in crime scene pect was impaired during the incident. photos. For ‘Karate-Kicking’ Cruz also had a warrant out for his Perhaps that shouldn’t have been a Police Horse arrest. surprise, because as is turns out, Mc- Ghaw’s landlord is the killer’s mother. n Oregon man didn’t look a police you don’t have money either.’” “When she showed us the house, horse in the mouth; he karate- 70-Year-Old Store Clerk The gun attack backfi red on the sus- she said you can have this table if you Akicked it in the thigh. pect. “I got mad and I grabbed an eight- want,” McGhaw said. “This whole base- Police arrested Joseph Cruz and Fends Off Gun-Toting pack of beer and throw it at her,” Nguy- ment was his torture chamber and it’s charged him with interfering with a Would-Be Robber en said. not okay.” law-enforcement animal after he al- The armed assailant fl ed from the After confronting her landlord about legedly attacked a police horse named With Case Of Beer store without getting any money and the house’s history, McGhaw will be Olin. she is still on the loose. “I throw at her breaking her lease thanks to some help Mounted Patrol Unit offi cers were 70-year-old convenience store and I think that’s why she run...I think I from the St. Louis Housing Authority. patrolling near a Greyhound bus ter- clerk was able to stop an attempt- get lucky,” Nguyen said. “Initially, the landlord was not will- minal when they stopped to speak to Aed robbery by a gun-toting suspect Nguyen was left with a bruise but ing to let her break her lease but we a group of people. While they were even though she was only armed with a she is otherwise all right. talked with her and eventually the chatting, the 29-year-old allegedly ran case of beer. Lein Nguyen was behind the counter when a woman entered the store with a Live Birds gun and threatened the elderly cashier. “A black female entered the business, Found In Elmo Doll demanded cash from the clerk,” Depart- At US-Mexico Border ment Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow said. After Nguyen turned her down, the ederal agents inspecting a cou- woman struck her with the gun. ple’s belongings at an Arizona en- “I told her, ‘Honey, I don’t have any Ftry port on the U.S.-Mexico bor- money,’” Nguyen said. “’If you kill me, der found two live parrots hidden inside

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showed up and the story suddenly be- world it is. There are a lot of meaning- came much less frightening and far ful pictures on it, so we were real glad more adorable. to get the phone back,” Whitney said. “Cool, I want to hold it!” Carlos re- acted to seeing the snake. “It was easy for me to just go in there, pick her up Frontier Airlines Pilot and hold onto her and let her feel the warmth of my hands and body. Buys Pizzas For After soothing the snake, Carlos Stranded Passengers called animal control services, which picked up the snake and brought it to he weather may have been an animal shelter. cloudy for a group of Frontier Air- Authorities say the snake is not dan- Tlines passengers, but there was a gerous and most likely a pet that es- chance of pizza. caped from its owner’s home. She’s also After Frontier fl ight from Washing- just a baby, only halfway toward her es- ton, D.C. to Denver was forced to divert In addition to allegedly posting timated adult length. They say it almost for several hours because of thunder threatening videos on Facebook, the certainly crawled on top of the car’s en- and lightning, the plane’s pilot decided feds allege that the 54-year-old suspect gine seeking warmth and shelter. to have some pizzas delivered. placed menacing calls to the Federal “We had a lot of fun with the stray Fifty of them. Protective Service. python today — everyone wanted to Captain Gerhard Bradner was hungry Pfeifer claimed he was “speaking for an Elmo doll. confront their phobias and handle the as he piloted his plane to the ground, so G-d” in a July video and said he was “go- The Customs and Border Protection snake,” reads a post on the animal shel- he decided to call Domino’s. Bradner or- ing to kill Obama for turning on him.” says agriculture specialists found the ter’s Facebook page. dered and paid for pizzas for the entire In a video where Pfeifer is seen with birds on July 1 after cutting open the Well, not everyone exactly. plane. “what appears to be a Glock pistol in his doll when an X-ray revealed something “I’m hesitant to pop my own hood lap,” he tells Obama that “I just let you unusual about the contents. even though that sounds ridiculous,” see that to let you know that I got it,” The seized birds were placed in quar- Ault said. according to a U.S. District Court crimi- antine and transferred to a Department nal complaint. of Agriculture holding facility, while During an interview after his ar- the couple was fi ned $300. Farmer Gets iPhone rest with Secret Service agent Marcus The border agency says birds entering Shumack, Pfeifer reportedly said, “G-d the country are regulated because they Back From Japan “If the need arises you need to take told him that G-d was going to destroy can carry viral and bacterial diseases. Months After care of your family; you need to take Obama and everything around him.” care of your passengers. They are my Losing It In Silo responsibility the moment they step After Car Stalls, on the aircraft until they get off the air- Thousands Of Gallons craft,” Captain Brandner said. Driver Finds When Bradner announced over the Of Red Bull Giant Snake loudspeaker that the pies were on their Spill On Highway way, the entire cabin burst into ap- Under The Hood plause. After Crash In Florida “The captain took his own initiative,” passenger Logan Marie Torres said. “He Red Bull truck that was hauling said ‘Ladies and gentleman, Frontier more than 30,000 pounds of the Airlines is known for being one of the Apopular energy drink through t took nine months, but an Oklaho- cheapest airlines in the US, but your Florida was involved in a crash recently. ma farmer who lost his iPhone in a captain is not cheap. I just ordered piz- During the crash, the driver of the Isilo containing 280,000 pounds of za for the entire plane.’” Red Bull truck attempted to avoid a dis- grain has been reunited with his favorite The pizzas arrived and everyone abled truck on the shoulder of the road. mobile device. chowed down while they waited for The vehicles collided and the trailer Kevin Whitney dropped his phone the storms to leave the area. When the on the Red Bull truck was torn open, into the silo in Chickasha back in Oc- weather was clear, the plane left Chey- dumping almost 3,000 gallons of ener- tober and fi gured it was gone for good. enne and arrived in Denver without in- gy drink onto the road. After taking trips down the Arkan- cident. No one was injured, but the driver of sas and Mississippi Rivers, the 53-year- the truck, 43-year-old Jesus Fernandez, old’s phone traveled to Japan where it was ticketed for failure to maintain a eventually ended up with the Zen-Noh ‘Uncle Sam’ Busted By single lane. woman in New Mexico had just Grain Corporation. “In 20 years I have seen a lot of stuff left her home when her car sud- Whitney, who though he had perma- Secret Service Agents spilled on the interstate,” Florida High- Adenly stalled. A good samaritan nently lost photos from his daughter’s For Threatening way Patrol Sgt. Kim Montes told said. pulled over to help, but when he opened wedding and family vacations which “This is a fi rst for me -- energy drinks. the hood of the car he didn’t fi nd a dead were stored on the phone, was shocked President Obama Usually it is some type of food.” battery. Instead, he found a very much when he got a call from someone at living 9-foot, 20-pound python. Zen-Noh. ecret Service agents arrested an “It was looking right at me. It fl icked “He said, ‘Is this Kevin Whitney?’ I Alabama man who allegedly post- its little tongue, and I kind of freaked said, ‘Yeah, this is Kevin.’ He said, ‘Did Sed videos on his Facebook page out a little bit,” Jackson Ault said of the you lose your cellphone?’ I said, ‘Yeah, where he wore an “Uncle Sam” hat and discovery. I lost my cellphone last fall,’” Whitney threatened President Obama’s life. So Ault and the woman, who wasn’t said. Deryke Pfeifer was arrested on a felo- identifi ed, called the local police to The phone was mailed back to Loui- ny complaint charge. He is currently be- help. The fi rst offi cer on the scene siana and then sent back to Oklahoma hind bars and prosecutors will attempt wasn’t anymore interested in dealing It’s crazy, I can’t believe it. What really to keep it that way by denying him bail with the snake than Ault. shocked me about it all was when I fi rst at a hearing prior to the start of a crim- But then police Lt. Louis Carlos got the phone call was what a small inal trial.

19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 19 As I See It Cynthia Zalisky The Worst President Since World War II

recent Quinnipiac University formation of the Islamic militant group per Haaretz, but had little good to say the senseless murder of the Palestin- survey found that American vot- ISIS that has been bulldozing its way all about Prime Minister Netanyahu. “In ian teenager, which many believe was Aers rate President Obama as the through Syria and Iraq, claiming to have President Abbas, Israel has a counter- revenge.” All parties must protect the country’s worst president since World created a new caliphate state and brag- part committed to a two-state solution innocent and act with reasonableness War II. (By the way, the best president ging that it is heading to take over Jordan and security cooperation with Isra- and restraint, not vengeance and retri- according to the poll was Ronald Rea- next, and no one has a clue as to how to el.” Obama’s remarks printed for the bution.” gan.) To add insult to injury, 45% of the stop them. The Americans are letting widest distribution in Hebrew, Arabic, Obama continued by saying that the voters now feel that former governor US was disappointed that the Ameri- Mitt Romney would have been the bet- can-backed peace talks fell apart, but ter president, while 38% say Obama re- How clueless can this man be? said that America won’t give up on mains the better choice. The general Doesn’t he know that Abbas was the one who created the impasse peace. “When the political will exists to consensus, according to Quinnipiac, is recommit to serious negotiations, the that 54% believe that the Obama admin- in the peace negotiations by unifying with Hamas? United States will be there, ready to do istration is incompetent and cannot run our part. For all that Israel has accom- the country properly. The public doesn’t plished, for all that Israel will achieve, trust his handling of the economy (40% these animals, who slaughtered thou- and English were his fi rst public com- Israel cannot be complete and it cannot approval) or foreign policy (37% approval sands of Shiite Muslims in their path ments on the events in the Middle East be secure without peace.” How clueless rating). It is no wonder, with the pleth- (they are Sunni), get away with it. It is since the murder of the three Israeli ba- can this man be? Doesn’t he know that ora of scandals surrounding the White shockingly similar to Hitler’s successful churim. The White House, trying to fi - Abbas was the one who created the im- House that includes the Fast and Furious march through Europe. We should be nesse this situation, told the Associated passe in the peace negotiations by uni- illegal gun-walking initiative to Mexican bombing these terrorists as they brazen- Press that the op-ed was written before fying with Hamas? Interestingly, there criminals, IRS targeting right-wing and ly travel in vehicles triumphantly fl ash- June 30 – the day the boys were found was no mention of Hamas in his op-ed. pro-Israel organizations, Benghazi tragic ing their weaponry. dead, but was later updated to refl ect I guess he doesn’t think they are very mismanagement, and the current immi- Despite all the mess that’s going on more recent events. Obama added that important. gration crisis at our border with Mexico, in the world and the lack of action on “he couldn’t imagine the pain suffered As of this writing, Israel is again fi ght- just to name some. Obama is unable to so many fronts, President Obama last by the parents of the murdered Israe- handle any of these situations. On the week had the time to show his true col- li teens, but was also heartbroken by CONTINUED ON P. 24 foreign policy end, the president seems ors by offering strong praise for Presi- “out to lunch.” He dithered on helping dent Mahmoud Abbas in an opinion Cynthia Zalisky is the Executive Director of the Queens Jewish Community. She can the Syrian rebels, which resulted in the piece published in the Israeli newspa- be contacted at [email protected]

20 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 Public Affairs Sergey Kadinsky Israel Under The Dome

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CONTINUED FROM P. 1 in photojournalism class. Per- To date, 291 people have ism, the bomb shelters are lis but Eisen is unapologetic. “I haps it is the fear of asking a joined this group, posting personalized with decorations recommend taking on Hamas teenager in Jerusalem, chants of stranger to take the picture. photos of their families. Te- and murals of life. Passaic oleh for embracing death before “death to Arabs” by some Jewish What if the person were to aneck oleh Akiva Korn offered Ari Billauer photographed his taking on Israelis for embrac- demonstrators, and the fracture run away with our iPhone? a close-up of his family with Beit Shemesh shelter’s collec- ing life,” Eisen writes in a mes- of the Likud-Beiteinu coalition. In the bomb shelters of Isra- facial expressions more ap- tion of action fi gures and mov- sage to critics of her group. At the same time, as Israel takes el, there is no room to run, as propriate for an amusement ie posters. Considering that This past Shabbos, my syn- cover under the force fi eld of families and neighbors hud- ride than a shelter. Florida most of the members of Bomb agogue, Kehillas Ishei Yisrael, the Iron Dome and beneath dle together. olah Miriam Marcus offered Shelter Selfi es are American held a kiddush honoring Daniel concrete bomb shelters, there One Beit Shemesh resident, a thumb-up shot in the dark olim, it is a testament to their and Alissa Chambre, who will are apparently two million Sara Eisen, started the Face- with her mother at their Beit ingenuity in framing a message soon be making aliyah. They smiles across the land of Israel book group Bomb Shelter Shemesh shelter. Outside the by making it relatable to the will be landing is a country be- in a spontaneous Facebook Selfi es. “There are those who shelter, Omer Kalderon cap- viewer through deeply person- set by physical and diplomatic campaign titled Bomb Shelter allege that the fact that we tured an Iron Dome rocket al accounts. Supporters of the hostility but more united than Selfi es. are smiling/not dead proves intercepting a rocket above Palestinian cause are incensed ever in their sense of purpose Having worked as a report- that Israelis are not suffering,” Ramat Hasharon, posting later at the images of smiling Israe- as a nation. er, I regard selfi es as unsightly Eisen wrote on July 12. “I will on his Facebook page: “For a and unattractive. The fram- not apologize for being alive, moment I forgot that there is Sergey Kadinsky is a former editor of The Jewish Star. His articles ing, outstretched arm and an- protecting my children. We a war.” have appeared in The Jewish Press, Daily News, New York Post, and gled heads seem to go against will not apologize for Iron Like the concrete wall that Queens Chronicle. He is a political consultant and adjunct profes- everything that I was taught Dome or bomb shelters.” protects Israelis from terror- sor of history at Touro College.

19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 21 Hooked On Healing Caroline Schumsky, LCSW, MS Daring And Determined, Oh My

elf-assurance. Positive self-image. Solve while you evolve. Devise some opportunities to challenge ents, teachers, or even friends as we grew. Self-confi dence. After all, it was Dr. Seuss who said: yourself and act confi dently even if you Time to buck up and challenge them. S Who couldn’t use a dose more You have brains in your head. don’t feel it just yet. Provided it is not a deep wound that of that, eh? You have feet in your shoes. Start simply, sweet friends. may need much more attention, we can Okay, fi rst off: “Why do we need all You can steer yourself in any direc- learn to contradict some of the messag- that positivity?” you may ask. tion you choose. Step 2: Pinpoint the joint. es we have internalized over the years. Bonus #1: For starters, faith in oneself You’re on your own. Identify and name your areas of inse- And fi nally… promotes your decision-making. And you know what you know. curity and self-doubt. Ouch. I know. Is Step 4: Act to make it a fact. Decide with pride. What actions can I take to strengthen Let faith be your guide. If you wear masks too often, one fine day you won’t be able that area of my life? You don’t think you You know those sorts who can never “got what it takes to enter the competi- seem to decide? Yup, you know who to rip them off without tearing your own skin tion?” Enter anyway. you are. J Regular or spicy fries? Vanilla You’re hesitant to attend a shul func- or chocolate cake? Part-time or full- tion because you don’t know what to time work? Black or brown couch? The You are the guy who’ll decide where it your appearance, your skills or your say to certain people? Be you. struggles are endless. to go.” perceived lack of? Your abilities in some If you wear masks too often, one fi ne A little sureness in yourself and your But, how? Ah, the ever-present “How area? Your social skills, especially at a day you won’t be able to rip them off ability to give rise to sound choices will to.” shul kiddush? without tearing your own skin. increase and amass before your very eyes. Let’s start, shall we? We’ve all been there, sweet friends. After all, what really is the worst that That’s right y’all. “I’ll have one regular, Some are just more adept at hiding it. could happen? one vanilla, that part-time job and black Step 1: Go for broke, bloke. So select one area you wish to target and As you gain confi dence, spotlight couch, please, and make that a double.” Are you in? Willing to set aside time, roll up them sleeves. another side of yourself that you wish Bonus #2: Self-worth improves prob- and practice? Outstanding. Homework to “touch up.” Be gentle with yourself, lem-solving skills, not to mention your assignment number one (Well, you did Step 3: Discover the “because clause.” please, and with your progress. overall mental health. sign on, didn’t you? J): I’m not comfortable with others be- Do not fret. It was once said:“If you cause ______. don’t get lost, there’s a chance you may I can’t enter this competition because never be found.” ______. Still looking for me, We all have some negative beliefs (es- Caroline pecially about ourselves) that may have Please don’t hesitate to share your been handed down by well-meaning par- journey with me.

Caroline is a licensed psychotherapist, crisis counselor, writer, and dance instructor. She has worked extensively with Jewish outreach and is as an individual psycho- therapist. She can be reached at 917-717-1775, at [email protected], or at facebook.com/pages/Safe-Haven-Healing. Two Elements To A Sin CONTINUED FROM P. 14 en’t suggestions, and they’re not recom- mended procedures. We are obligated. question on Rashi. In the case of the I don’t have that prerogative when it woman whose neder was annulled, she comes to mitzvos. Even though Hashem was unaware that her husband undid gave them to me for my growth and my it. In her mind, the vow still stood. So good, I didn’t choose the program, nor in her mind, what she was doing was was I given the right to opt out. Wheth- forbidden. She was violating the com- er I like it or not, Hashem has put me mand of the King. Granted, she got on this track of success. Whether I am lucky, and the actual damage of the sin pleased with it right now or not, the King wasn’t there, but that’s only because the has commanded me in the various activi- essence of the neder was gone. She still ties that are for my good. acted against what she understood to be Hashem commanded us in activities the King’s command. She showed disre- and a lifestyle that is for our benefi t, and gard for the King’s wishes, and for that, even if we don’t fully recognize their she requires kaparah. value and preciousness now, there will This concept has great relevance to come a time – whether in this life or us. Many times we take the attitude that perhaps only when we leave this earth – mitzvos are good things to do because that we will recognize the extraordinary they benefi t and help us. Much like eat- value and preciousness of every mitzvah. ing well and exercising, we see mitzvos Then, we will thank Hashem for putting as things that we really should do. And us on the track towards greatness. For while that is true, there is an entirely dif- that reason, Hashem commands us to ferent dimension to our fulfi lling mitz- keep the mitzvos – with the understand- vos, and that is that we are commanded ing that at some point we will be eter- in them. The word “mitzvah” comes nally grateful for the great opportunity from the root “command.” Mitzvos ar- called life.

22 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 Blue And White Shmuel Sackett Don’t Cancel Your Trip To Israel!

CONTINUED FROM P. 1 precautions and being “alert, aware, and ended. It ended in 1948 when, after 2,000 palace. What would their grandparents awake” (My wife always says that to the long and blood-drenched years, Hashem have done had they had that same oppor- landed in populated Israeli cities includ- kids!). The day we stop sending our kids returned us to our land – the one and only! tunity? The Jewish nation is calling but ing Tel Aviv, Rishon LeTzion, Ashdod, Ho- to schools because of the lunatics who No longer were we scattered across the Jews prefer to live in communities. The lon, Bet Shemesh, and many more, yet the shoot, stop fl ying to visit friends in Chica- globe. Jews could now return home, and only thing that happened in 1948 was that injuries have been few and far between. go because we’re afraid that the guy next with their return would come the revival the communities in Poland, Hungary, and While we defi nitely need to thank and to us has a bomb… the day that happens, of the Jewish Nation! Incredible indeed! Yemen ended, and the ones in Kew Gar- praise Hashem for His protective shield, dens Hills, Teaneck, and Skokie began. it has not been perfect. As I type these This is why I wrote that if you already words, one teenage boy from Ashkelon, … the day that happens, we lost. made plans to come to Israel, even for just Yarin Levi (16), is in serious condition and a few weeks in the summer, don’t cancel is currently in a coma, with injuries sus- We lost our freedom and we lost life itself them! This is what you have to do, and tained from a missile attack. just like other things that must be done I have told people many times that this such as work and school, you will not can- is the reason why we are not allowed to we lost. We lost everything. We lost our Yet, “Al eileh ani bochiyah” (Over this cel! You will live your life – your Jewish rely on miracles. Hashem protects us and freedom and we lost life itself. do I weep…), a direct quote from Eichah national life – and you will not let the guards us from harm, but we must not You may tell me that the reason you (chapter 1, pasuk 16). I weep over the fact thugs of Hamas stop you! Yes, take pre- rely on that alone. We must also do our don’t stop the things I listed above is be- that for the fi rst time in Jewish history, cautions such as going to places that have efforts to protect ourselves as well. This is cause that is who you are. Your job is in millions of Jews voluntarily live outside the proper protection and shelter, and lis- why when the siren is sounded, I take my Manhattan so, despite the craziness on the land. The gates of emigration are ten to the instructions given by security family and go directly into the bomb shel- the subway, you have no choice but to go open and it is not a ten-month journey by personnel, but no, do not stop living your ter. A Jew must not rely only on Hashem. to work. Your kids study in universities sea and camel, yet millions of princes and life as a Jew must. He must take all precautions necessary to so, despite the fact that there seems to princesses choose to remain outside the Come to Israel and enjoy your summer! protect himself and his family and listen be a shooting every week on some cam- to the instructions of the security person- pus, you have no choice but to continue Shmuel Sackett is a 100% product of Queens. He was born in Middle Village and nel. This has become our way of life for with their education. However, going to moved to KGH shortly before his bar-mitzvah. He graduated from YCQ (1975) and the past few weeks. Israel is not “a must.” It is a vacation and YHSQ (1979). He was Havurat Yisrael’s fi rst Youth Director (4 years) and started the Based on what I just wrote, you will be something that can be postponed. With a fi rst 2 NCSY chapters in Queens. Shmuel made aliyah in 1990 and co-founded Manhi- completely surprised to read the follow- few clicks on the computer you can easi- gut Yehudit, together with Moshe Feiglin. His website is www.JewishIsrael.org Sack- ing sentence: If you made plans to come ly change your reservations from August ett is married with 6 children and 4 grandchildren. He lives in Herziliya Pituach. to Israel this summer, do not cancel them! 2014 to April 2015, so what’s the big deal? Come to Israel and enjoy this beautiful Here is where I have a lot to say, but country, especially now! Wait a second, allow me to limit it to a few paragraphs. what happened to the line about not rely- Traveling to Israel is not a vacation – it ing on miracles and taking precautions to is your Jewish obligation! Actually, you protect the family? Sounds like a major really should be living here because that contradiction, right? Wrong – and please was the plan for every Jew. Life outside read why: the land is a punishment, and this is the Danger exists all around. When I lived main thing we will cry about on Tish’ah in Queens I took the subway every day to B’Av in less than three weeks. While the and from Manhattan. I don’t need to tell destruction of the Beis HaMikdash was you how dangerous the subway was back horrifi c, it was merely a building of bricks in the ‘80s. Yet, I went to school in Man- and mortar that can easily be rebuilt. The hattan (Touro College) and worked in mid- real tragedy of The Three Weeks is the fact town and then Wall Street until my aliyah that millions of Jews were expelled from in 1990. How about today? Do you know the land and now – thousands of years lat- the #1 most dangerous place in all of Amer- er – voluntarily remain outside the land! ica these days? Schools!! Since Jan 1, 2000, That is the biggest tragedy of all! there have been 143 school shootings in I hate to break it to you but the galus is the USA resulting in the tragic deaths of over… if we only choose to end it. America 193 innocent people. Yet, we go to school, served us well for many years and we owe send our kids to school, and get all excited that country a tremendous hakaras ha’tov, when our little ones reach the milestone but the party is over. For 2,000 years we of fi rst grade. Need I go into the dangers were not a nation; we were simply Jewish of shopping malls and movie theaters? communities scattered all over the world. Spend a few minutes surfi ng the Internet When the Beis HaMikdash went up in and you will be stunned as to how many fl ames, so did our national identity. We young people are gunned down in cold were exiled, and over the next 2,000 years blood doing everyday chores or activities. we ended up in Poland, Morocco, Russia, It is mind-boggling! Ethiopia, Turkey, France, Egypt, Spain, What about 9/11? Did you stop working Germany, and many more countries. Each in Manhattan after that day? Did you stop place had its own community, its own cus- air travel? I could go on and on, but I think toms, and its own rav. Those were very you get my point. Danger is all around us diffi cult times for Jews and, baruch Hash- but we continue living. We don’t hide em, we had those communities! They kept under our beds or lock ourselves in our the fl ame of Torah alive! They held us to- homes. We live our lives, being as happy gether during extreme times of pogroms, as possible while simultaneously taking inquisitions, and holocausts. But then it

19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 23 Op-Ed Our Summer In Israel By Anita Naider, Rehovot in the Jewish community who called for Jerusalem, Rishon LeZion, and Tel Aviv, ing in Israel. Is there a future for the revenge. The next day came the news just to name a few urban civilian centers, Jewish and Arab residents of this highly n June 30, as we boarded United of the brutal, animalistic murder of Mo- home to more than one million civilians contested region of the world? Students Flight 84, the fi rst omen that the hammed Abu Khdeir, a 16-year-old Pales- who were targeted. Only after nearly a of history will argue that the land of Ca- Osummer would not be easy ap- tinian boy. In contrast to Hamas, which week of increasing rocket fi re did Israel naan, of the Philistines, of Judah, of the peared. News came across the Internet applauded the kidnapping and murder of respond with force and now is mounting Hellenists, the Romans, the Caliphates, that the bodies of the kidnapped Israeli the three yeshivah students, the murder a major campaign to quell this continu- the Ottomans, the British, has been and yeshivah students, Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad of Khdeir was immediately called abom- ous terrorism. I am spending the sum- always will be one of continual strife and Shaar, and Eyal Yifrach, had been found. inable by Prime Minister Netanyahu and mer with my husband who is a visiting turmoil. One would hope that in the be- We landed in Israel to a day of national denounced by almost the entire Israeli professor at the Weizmann Institute of ginning of the 21st century mankind has mourning and the televised funerals of government. Quickly, six young Jewish Science located between Tel Aviv and Je- learned something from its history. A these three children. The next day we fanatics were arrested, three have con- rusalem. I have already made four hasty quick scan of what is happening in Syria/ paid a shiv’ah call to the Fraenkels. We fessed, and all are being brought to jus- trips to the bomb shelter, prompted by Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, Pakistan, Afghani- have known the grandparents, Profes- tice. The murderers of Naftali, Gilad, and the air raid sirens. Imagine sitting down stan, and other countries with strong and sor Aviezri and Shula Fraenkel, for many Eyal remain free, the cooperation of the for dinner on a lazy summer evening and violence-prone Muslim groups suggests years. In fact, Naftali’s uncle Amir used Palestinians in fi nding them is nil; they having 90 seconds to get to safety. We that such a vision is based more on fan- to babysit for our children in the 1970s. are involved in other “activities.” are fortunate – here 90 seconds is a long tasy than reality. Until the Muslims can Words could not convey our sadness at Rather than support the swift re- time; communities closer to Gaza have demonstrate by their actions, not words, this senseless act of violence that robbed sponse by the Israeli justice system to 15 seconds or less before the rocket falls. that they can live in peace with each oth- the Fraenkel family of a child and grand- Mohammed’s murder, Arabs throughout Our children and grandchildren are sleep- er (Shiite with Sunni, Sunni with Kurd, child. Israel rioted and Arab terrorists both ing in “safe rooms” because it is not possi- etc.), it is unlikely that they will fi nd any In general, the atmosphere among Jew- within Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank ble to move fi ve sleeping babies quickly commonality with the Judeo-Christian ish Israelis was one of grief and the desire responded with acts of violence. Hun- when the sirens sound in the middle of world. This is the unfortunate reality of to fi nd the heartless murderers and bring dreds of rockets have been fi red from the night. This is how we are spending the world in 2014, and it behooves West- them to justice. Unfortunately there Gaza into Israel, aimed at hurting as our “summer break” in Israel. ern policymakers to understand it and to were those in the Arab Israeli communi- many people as possible. Rockets were So where, do we go from here? This incorporate this reality into their geopo- ty who justifi ed the murders, and those fi red at Ashkelon, Ashdod, Beer Sheva, is the question that faces everyone liv- litical strategies. Unnecessary Chemo The Worst President Since World War II CONTINUED FROM P. 9 therapy?” CONTINUED FROM P. 20 south, within 25 miles of the Gaza bor- Without a moment’s hesitation, der, were advised to stay within 15 sec- with it,” concluded the Rebbe. “Es- the Rebbe replied, “Yes, absolutely,” ing for its very existence. Hundreds of onds of a shelter or protected room. pecially if it is not going to help, leaving his son standing there in rockets have been fi red into Southern Public bomb shelters have been and I will suffer. Do you agree that open shock. Israel with the IDF responding with opened in Ashkelon, Ashdod, Beershe- I should inform the doctors that I do Later that day, Rabbi Dr. Twerski targeted airstrikes in Gaza. This new ba, and Tel Aviv. To date, rockets were not wish to go through with the che- had an opportunity to privately ask action, dubbed Operation Protective fi red into Israel as far as Jerusalem. motherapy?” his father why he changed his mind Edge, is “aimed to stop the terror Israe- But all this seems too irrelevant to our Painful as it was to confi rm his fa- so quickly. li citizens face on a daily basis,” said president, who cannot see the forest ther’s analysis, Rabbi Dr. Twerski had “We both know that the chemo- Israeli defense ministry spokesman. for the trees and who cannot differen- to agree that it was the right move. therapy won’t help. We both know The Israeli Defense Forces are mobi- tiate between the good guys and the While this conversation was that I am going to suffer from it,” lizing 40,000 reservists in preparation bad ones. transpiring in the patient’s room, said the Rebbe. “If I don’t try the for the expanded operations near I have wondered for some time Rebbetzin Twerski was outside dis- treatment, however, your mother Gaza. now if Obama would top Carter as the cussing her husband’s condition will never forgive herself. She will al- Prime Minister Benyamin Netanya- worst president. Well, the verdict is with the attending physician. He ways think to herself, ‘I should have hu told the Israeli Military “to take off in: According to American voters, he told her that chemotherapy was an insisted that he have chemotherapy. the gloves” against Hamas, as Defense has achieved that dubious distinction. option that could give him time. I’m sure he would have lived longer Minister Moshe Yaalon prepared the But it is pretty frightening to know She walked into her husband’s room, if I had done so.’” public for a campaign in Gaza. Isra- that he still has two more years to and, unaware of the previous con- “I don’t want your mother to suf- el’s Interior Security Minister Yitzhak keep messing up. versation, she said, “I want you to fer from such guilt,” the Rebbe con- Aharonovich told reporters that “the May Hashem show His mercy and have chemotherapy.” cluded, “so I’ll do it for her sake.” situation in the south has become protect our beloved Israel and our A moment later the attending The Rebbe passed away on the insufferable. We cannot allow over Jewish brothers and sisters who live physician walked in, and asked, “So, 10th of Av 5733 (1963). Z’chuso yagein a million citizens to be held hostage in Eretz Yisrael. I fear that it is going are we going through with chemo- aleinu. in bomb shelters.” Residents in the to be a long, hot summer.

24 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 Financially Forward Gerald Harris How To Forecast The Market

verybody on Wall Street split. These proportions also ap- wants to beat the mar- pear when studying galaxies in Eket, and there is no the Milky Way, hurricanes, the shortage of theories about fi ngers on a human hand, fea- how to do so. Following are tures on a face, and much more. some. Which is the best? We’ll Since these proportions are let readers determine that for found almost everywhere, Fi- themselves. bonacci believed they represent Like other market analysts, the building blocks of nature. Arch Crawford uses the latest According to Investopedia, Fi- computer programs and stud- bonacci numbers “are useful for ies all sorts of charts to time estimating the areas of support the market. Crawford watches and resistance in stock charts.” the computers on his desk very Some technicians use Fibonacci carefully as they continuous- numbers in combination with ly blink the latest stock prices other technical tools. and the latest business news, and communicate a great deal The January Effect of other information. He also This theory is very simple: If studies the charts on his desk the market goes higher in the very intently; but those have last trading day of the ending nothing to do with the stock calendar year and the following market. Rather, they detail Market Innovator But several investment adviso- theory, they also say Kondratieff four trading days of January the planetary movements and as- Possibly the fi rst tool devel- ries are based exclusively on the Waves, part of his theory, are market will be higher for the trological signs. oped to forecast the market is Dow Theory and most equity one possible explanation for the year. Several very long term Crawford is not the only an- the Dow Theory. This theory analysts use it as part of their ar- economic crisis of 2008-2009 studies have shown that, what- alyst who studies the heavens is actually a compilation of ed- senal of market indicators. and the ongoing weakness in ever the explanation, there is to help predict the market, but itorials written by Charles Dow the economy. A small but ar- a January Effect, as the theory he’s probably the best known; for The Wall Street Journal back Back From The Dead dent group of enthusiasts use held up 86% of the time. How- he’s also the most successful. in 1901 and 1902. Essentially, Amazingly, one economic Kondratieff theory to predict ever, in very recent years, the Ef- The “Crawford Perspective,” Dow believed that by studying theory that was almost lost to the direction of the market. fect has not been as evident. his market advisory service, the performance of the Dow history is today winning friends has been named the num- Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and infl uencing a lot of people. Playing The Numbers And Also The Far Out ber one or number two stock and the Dow Jones Transporta- The theory was developed by There is an intriguing theo- There are other theories, too, market timer on numerous tion Average (DJTA) it’s possible Nikolai Kondratieff, a Russian ry that a series of numbers can some even more offbeat. One occasions by both “Timer Di- to predict the direction of the economist who believed that help investors make money in hinges on the length of women’s gest” and Hulbert Financial market. According to his theo- there was a long-term cycle in the market. Amazingly, these skirts. According to this theory, Digest.” He’s also been quoted ry, when one of these averages capitalist economies. During numbers were compiled hun- when skirts are short it’s time by many prominent fi nancial makes an intermediate high, the this cycle, there were periods dreds of years before there even to buy stocks; when they be- publications and has appeared other must confi rm the upward of long-term growth, followed was a stock market. come long, sell. Another looks on many business and general trend by following in step. If it by periods of slow or negative Around 800 years ago, Italian to sports to gauge the market: news shows. doesn’t, the market will reverse growth. In his view, the Great mathematician Leonardo Fibo- If a National Football Confer- Although Crawford believes direction. Depression, which began in nacci observed that everything ence team wins the Super Bowl, that knowledge of planetary Dow believed the “waves” in 1929, was nothing unusual; it in nature seemed to be in pro- stocks will rise; but if an Amer- infl uences often is very helpful the market are similar to the was simply part of a normal eco- portion to each other. ican Football Conference team in forecasting the market, he tides in the oceans. Someone nomic cycle and not a symptom And he developed a number wins, the market will head low- also takes a more convention- who wants to know the exact that the economy would col- series that refl ects those propor- er. And still others study lipstick al approach to his work. He spot of the high tide could mark lapse. tions. Each number in Fibonac- as an indicator and the nation- studied physics and math at the sand with a stick until it Although Kondratieff found ci’s series is approximately 1.618 ality of models on the cover of the University of North Caro- becomes clear that successive evidence to back his opinions, times the previous number; and Sports Illustrated magazine. lina and subsequently studied waves do not come up to the they did not sit well with Stalin each number is approximately Don’t like any of the above? fi nance and related subjects. A mark. “This method also holds and other ruling communists, 0.618 of the following number. No problem! You can always member of the Market Tech- well in watching and determin- who strongly objected to his The number series he developed study tea leaves and peer into a nicians Association and other ing the fl ood tide of the stock views that capitalist economies is: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, etc. crystal ball to fi gure out the mar- organizations, he uses dozens market,” said Dow. The Dow would not necessarily self-de- Following are just a few of ket. If it works, you’ll become of technical indicators to time Jones Industrial Average and the struct. As a result, Kondratieff the examples where these pro- rich and famous. the market, some of his own Dow Jones Transportation In- was arrested, sent to Siberia, portions appear in nature. By design. Moreover, he worked dex are the sticks that can mark and in 1938 executed at Stalin’s dividing the number of female Sources: answers.com; very closely for years with Wil- the incoming tides of the stock orders by a fi ring squad. bees in a hive by the number crawfordperspective.com; liam Farrell of Merrill Lynch, market; by studying them, inves- However, his views live on of male bees one gets 1.618. The dowtheory.com; one of the most respected tech- tors can determine which way and are probably better known same proportion can be found fi nancialsense.com; nical analysts. While some the market’s “tides” are moving. today than at any time in the in fl ower petals and seeds, on investinganswers.com; may believe that Crawford’s ap- The Dow Theory doesn’t have past. Economists praise Kon- pineapples, in apples, caulifl ow- investopedia.com; surreyac.uk; proach is controversial, no one the clout it once did, because so dratieff for his brilliant and er, and the way tree branches Wikipedia; yahoofi nance.com. can deny that over the years many additional indicators have original insights in identifying he’s made many market calls been developed in the 110 years economic cycles. And in what’s Gerald Harris is a fi nancial and feature writer. Gerald can be that were spot on. since Dow expressed his ideas. at least a partial validation of his reached at [email protected]

19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 25 For What It’s Worth Warren S. Hecht Leave The Driving To Us eople tend to believe that those in communal, governmental, situation, such as when the plaintiff consequences are so bad that he has when making a decision or other leadership positions are fre- or defendant in a civil case or a de- no choice. However, that does not Pthere is a good choice and a quently put in this position. It has fendant in a criminal case loses his change the fact that the person is bad choice. Unfortunately, many occurred more than once when dis- case. He has two choices: spend left with two bad choices. times it is not that way and people cussing an issue at a board meeting money for an appeal that might not The Israeli government is frequent- are faced with deciding which is the that the choice was between the less- be successful, or let the negative ly in this position. It would like to better of two bad choices. This hap- er of two evils. Moreover, as an ap- decision remain and be stuck with eliminate Hamas but understands pens not only in our personal lives; pellate lawyer, I frequently see this the consequences. Sometimes the the human and political cost in do- ing so. Even when the Israeli govern- ment tried restraint, as it did after the three yeshivah boys were murdered, Hamas and its fellow terrorists make it such that Israel must take action. Of course, once Israel takes the initia- tive, Hamas and its allies then blame Israel as the aggressor.

Not only does Israel have to deal with world condemnation, the Jewish state also has to listen to the “armchair quarterbacks” in America who think they know how Israel should deal with the situation

Not only does Israel have to deal with world condemnation, the Jew- ish state also has to listen to the “arm- chair quarterbacks” in America who think they know how Israel should deal with the situation. While it may be human nature to voice opin- ions (and Jews have many opinions!) especially about things that we feel strongly about, we should be cau- tious. The fact is that few of these “experts” were ever in the military and are halfway around the world. Furthermore, there are many facts that are not for public consumption and that are only known to those in leadership positions. Also, the ex- pression of an opinion that is con- trary to the Israeli government’s pol- icy could be perceived as indicating a lack of support for Israel. Instead of telling Israel what it should do, a better use of our energy would be to daven with more kava- nah (concentration and focus) and increase our learning. That is some- thing that everyone can do. You do not have to be a military or political expert. Leave the decisions to the de- cision-makers. We should do our part and let them do theirs.

Warren S. Hecht is President of the Queens Jewish Community Council and a local attorney. He can be reached at [email protected].

26 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 27 28 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 Fascinating 5 Most Exhilarating Summer Activities

1. Trekking to Everest’s South Base Camp in Nepal 2. Walking the Great Wall in China

Trekking to Everest’s South Base Camp in Nepal at 17,590 feet is the adven- ture of a lifetime. Start at Kathmandu before making your way to Lukla and up The world’s longest man-made structure stretches over 6,300 miles from Shan- the Khumbu Valley towards the South Base Camp. In addition to breathtaking haiguan in the east to Lop Nur in the west. It’s a great way to experience the coun- snow-capped mountain ranges, you’ll take in the Khumbu Icefall, Sherpa villag- try’s history, culture, and breathtaking scenery, but you’ll need physical strength es, the Namche Bazaar, and a number of remote Buddhist monasteries on route. and stamina to keep up, as this is not an activity for the weak.

3. Running with the bulls in Spain 4. Bungee jumping in Zimbabwe

Running away from a bull during the nine-day San Fermin festival in Pam- plona, Spain, is one of the most exhilarating activities an outsider can do. Six You could just appreciate the beauty of Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls with a or so raging bulls charge down the street, bucking and snorting, and the aim of walking tour – or, for those more daring, bungee-jump from a perch at the near- the game is to run as fast as you can and escape injury by ducking into alley- by Victoria Falls Bridge. Until recently, this was the highest legal bungee-jump ways or completing the run before the bulls. spot in the world, with a 364-foot drop towards the Zambezi River.

5. Cage diving in South Africa Bonus: Hiking the Inca trails in Peru

Forget the movie “Jaws.” You’ll be in a robust cage with an oxygen tank strapped to your back as the king of the deep approaches, with its gleaming Hiking 28 miles in the Peruvian Andes, you’ll come across the stunning ruins white teeth, dead black eyes, and its torpedo-like body. Diving with the Great of the long-forgotten Inca city of Machu Picchu. The Inca Trail leads through White Sharks in South Africa is one of the best adventure travel options Africa the mountains above the Urubamba River, following the course of an old Inca has to offer. It’s a bit like experiencing a shark attack without the scars. It is roadway. There is plenty of foliage in the subtropical jungle, deep ravines, certainly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the Great White Shark, since long fl ights of stairs, and the crumbling passageways constructed by the Incas there isn’t a single one in captivity. thousands of years ago.

19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 29 Community Snapshots Photo Credits: Aharon Katz Rabbi Yossi Mizrachi giving divrei chizuk on the three murdered teens at Beth Gavriel Center – Sunday, July 6, Forest Hills

Daf yomi siyum on completing maseches Jewish Teen Experience BBQ ta’anis at Cong. Ahavas Yisroel at Rabbi Moshe Turk’s house – Sunday morning, July 13, Kew Gardens Hills – Monday, July 7, Kew Gardens Hills

30 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 Community Snapshots Photo Credits: Aharon Katz Tehillim gathering for the situation in Israel at Yeshiva Ohel Simcha - Kew Gardens Hills, Saturday night, July 12

Aharon Katz is a Queens-based photographer who currently works for the Queens Jewish Link and is a photographer at Yaakov Katz Studios.

19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 31 Community Corner • Recent Happenings Queens Resident Participates In Cutting-Edge Summer Scientifi c Research Program At Einstein

From left- Natan Tracer, Liat Weinstock, Shira Kaye, Hadassa Holzapfel, Adi Cohen, Esther Jacqueline Benayoun Kazlow, Jacqueline Benayoun, Bracha Robinson and Tamar Ariella Lunzer

Jacqueline Benayoun of Queens is and Dr. Barry Potvin, professor of biol- life-changing for the students, because terns in immune function in people that one of nine Yeshiva University under- ogy at Yeshiva College and visiting pro- they have the opportunity to see how develop mild versus cerebral malaria as graduates who have been selected to fessor in the cell biology department science is actually done on a day-to-day well as the patterns in infected Western participate in the Summer Undergrad- at Einstein, the program has drawn 44 basis and how even the smallest discov- versus Eastern Africans. “My favorite as- uate Research Program (SURP), an ad- students in total from a variety of col- eries lead to bigger answers,” said Freed- pects of the program are being given the vanced biomedical research program at leges and universities to engage in cut- man. opportunity to learn new techniques YU’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine. ting-edge scientifi c studies. For Benayoun, a biochemistry ma- and to make this project my own,” she Directed by Dr. Victoria Freedman, “Full-time research in a laboratory at jor at Stern College for Women, the said. Benayoun plans to become an ob- Einstein’s associate dean for graduate a research-intensive institution is an ex- Roth program offered the opportunity stetrician or pediatrician. programs in the biomedical sciences, perience unlike any other and is often to learn not only different laboratory Eight of the YU undergraduates— techniques and protocol, but how to ask Benayoun, Adi Cohen, Hadassa Holzap- the right questions and independently fel, Shira Kaye, Esther Kazlow, Bracha structure ideas and experiments. “Being Robinson, Natan Tracer and Liat Wein- at a world-class institution is allowing stock—were awarded scholarships me to dip into the larger world of sci- through the Roth Institute Scholars Pro- ence and medicine and to bring what I gram, funded by the Ernst and Hedwig learn in the classroom to life,” she said. Roth Institute of Biomedical Science In Dr. Johanna Daily’s microbiolo- Education at YU. The program provides gy and immunology lab, Benayoun is studying the genetic and molecular pat- CONTINUED ON P. 37 BP Katz Holds Press Conference In Support Of Israel

ueens Borough President Melinda Katz spoke out in support of the State of Israel during a press conference that was held in front of City QHall on Monday, July 14, to allow elected offi cials and community leaders to express support for Israel’s efforts to defend itself against persistent rocket attacks. The Borough President said Israel has the right to defend itself against threats to the safety and security of its people. Among the Queens of- fi cials joining her at the press conference were Assembly member Phillip Gold- feder (l.) and City Councilmember Rory Lancman (second from r.).

32 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 Community Corner • Recent Happenings Major Growth At Jewish Heritage Center Of Queens And Long Island New JHC initiatives unveiled at recent dinner

Five new JHC Outreach Directors (L to R): R’ Ozer Babad, R’ Yaakov Gruenstein, R’ Yaakov Four new JHC Staff Couples (L to R): Rabbi & Mrs. Eliyahu Turk, Rabbi & Mrs. Yaakov Vo- Vosoghi, R’ Avraham Portnoy, R’ Eliyahu Turk soghi, Rabbi & Mrs. Yaakov Gruenstein, Rabbi & Mrs. Avraham Portnoy

By Susie Garber 1500 of those have become fully shomer at them, we can stem the tide of kids at created and run by the JHC at HANC Shabbos. Add to this the ripple effect risk. The year-round Inreach programs have attracted more than 250 local Jew- elcome to the beginning that Center students have had on their run by the JHC include teen Shabbos ish parents and their young children. of this new organiza- families and communities and the num- minyanim in Kew Gardens and Kew This month, the JHC has hired the dy- “Wtion.” ber of lives touched by the outreach of Gardens Hills, Motza’ei Shabbos activ- namic Rabbi Yaakov Gruenstein to take Dinner Chairman Moshe Schwerd’s the Center is immeasurable. The Rab- ities, trips, Wednesday night Learning charge of this newly expanded division, opening sentence at the Jewish Her- bis of the Center, however, were not & Cholent, various group and individu- increase its activities, and create a new itage Center of Queens and Long Is- content to rest with the satisfaction of al learning opportunities, and a brand social organization of young Jewish land’s 26th Anniversary Dinner, held an important job well done. They have new mentoring program. families who will, b’ezras Hashem, be on June 23, was puzzling. After all, the called for the beginning of a new era, a inspired to deepen their attachment to Jewish Heritage Center, directed by new phase of increased activities. This Jewish Family Initiative Torah Judaism. Rabbi Naftali Portnoy and Rabbi Moshe new beginning will not see a diminish- Another facet of the Center’s new Turk, now beginning its second quarter ing of previous efforts. In fact, current initiatives has been the reinvigoration century of outreach, is hardly a new programs are being strengthened and of its Long Island Division of Outreach. organization. Rabbi Schwerd clarifi ed. expanded to reach out to and attract Situated in one of the most assimilated Over the past year, the Jewish Heritage even more of our fellow Jews, many of counties in the United States, the Long Center has taken on a myriad of new whom have nowhere to turn for mean- Island Center, with its Sunday Hebrew initiatives that have galvanized and re- ingful knowledge of and guidance in School program and classes for parents invigorated the Center in its mission to Yiddishkeit. and other locals, has had remarkable provide guided growth in Torah to all success over the past 25 years. This past Jews regardless of background. This Inreach as Prevention year, the Center raised its kiruv efforts new beginning provides a priceless op- One year ago, the JHC expanded its to a whole new level through a critical portunity for the community to get in work to “inreach” as well. Over the past partnership with the Plainview-based on the ground fl oor of one of the coun- decade or so, a great deal of effort and Hebrew Academy of Nassau County. An try’s most all-encompassing and effec- attention has been rightfully focused Orthodox Jewish day school with a no- tive outreach organizations. on the “kids at risk” crisis. More and ticeable percentage of non-observant more of our youth are turning away families, HANC is the rare yeshivah that Rabbi Moshe Turk and Rabbi Naftali Portnoy, 25 Years of Success from their heritage and succumbing to will cater to growing Jews and would-be JHC Directors For the past quarter century, the Kew the signifi cant challenges presented by baalei t’shuvah. But, as Rabbi Kalman Gardens Hills-based Jewish Heritage the world around us. Eliyahu Turk and Fogel, principal of HANC put it, “We Iranian Torah Scholar Center has provided classes, retreats, Avraham Portnoy, directors of the JHC’s know how to run a good school, but Recognizing that a large segment of learning, and one-on-one Torah guid- year-old High School Inreach Division, the Rabbis of the JHC are the experts in Long Island Jewry is of Iranian descent ance to more than 15,000 Jews through- believe that when it comes to kids at kiruv. We look to them to help us iden- and still somewhat traditional, this year out the greater Metropolitan New York risk, prevention is a more signifi cant tify, inspire, and ultimately recruit from the JHC inaugurated a new Long Island area. Many thousands of Jews of all and effective approach than treatment. the thousands of local Jewish families Sephardic Outreach Division. The Cen- ages and backgrounds have taken tan- By providing meaningful programming, that need a school like this to maintain ter engaged a learned musmach of Ye- gible steps to increase their connection a healthy social environment, and guid- the Jewishness of their children.” Al- to Torah and mitzvos, and more than ance that speaks to our youth and not ready in the past year, the new events CONTINUED ON P. 35

Rabbi Moshe & Sheva Turk with JHC Founders Dinner Chairman Moshe Schwerd with JHC Director Rabbi Moshe Turk with Rabbi Bob Garber (JHC Beg. Service Rabbi) Dov & Marilyn Wolowitz Rabbi Moshe Turk and his wife Susie

19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 33 Community Corner • Recent Happenings Camp Keshet Girls Sing, Cheer, And Smile All Day Long

ith the second week of camp coming to a close, the girls of WCamp Keshet are all excited, as rehearsals for their production have begun. The cast is already working hard with their theater artist and having a great time learning the music and cho- reography. “Twin Day” was a blast and was capped off with their fi rst late night of the sum- mer. Camp Director Blimie Berkowitz graced the scene in her pajamas as she taught the girls how to make their very own s’mores. The girls played “twin games” and their counselors got in on the fun as they played a competitive game of machanayim. Mrs. Berkowitz explained, “The girls obviously love competing in sports themselves, but they also really get into watching and cheering for their counselors.” With years of camping expe- rience, Mrs. Berkowitz went on to say that she has never seen a summer start with so much enthusiasm and ruach. “This is promising to be an incredible summer!” The campers went on an extraordi- nary trip to the Greenburgh Nature Cen- ter. They met some animals up close went on a hike and enjoyed a scaven- ful grounds and played in the reserve’s ers will get to create some phenomenal and learned so much during the fun and ger hunt along the way. The younger unique playground. The week closed works of art that they and their families informative program. The older division division took advantage of the beauti- with a ceramics workshop. The camp- will enjoy for years to come.

34 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 Teachers needed Queens Yeshiva boys’ & girls’ divisions General Studies – Grades 3, 4, 6 Math Teacher- grades 7 & 8 Judaic Studies – grade 3 Teacher’s assistants needed (education students preferred) Certification and experience needed Send resumes to [email protected]

and profundity of Torah delivered by Major Growth At Jew Heritage Center Of Queens And Long Island teachers who strive to be role models is a proven formula for success, and al- CONTINUED FROM P. 33 and relevance of Yiddishkeit, college tional: the Jewish Heritage Center’s ways will be. With this proven model students can create a bond with their Brooklyn Division for Chasidic Youth. and with an abundance of siyata diSh- shiva Chofetz Chaim, Rabbi Yaakov Torah heritage that sets a completely What started as a seed planted through maya, we have accomplished so much Vosoghi, himself of Persian heritage, to different course for their lives and the a providential meeting has blossomed over the past quarter century, but there spearhead this effort, focusing on the lives of their future families. Rabbi into a full-fl edged initiative that has al- is more to do. There is much more to Persian Jewish communities in Great Yoni Katz, the Center’s Director of Cam- ready garnered over 200 participants. do. So we will continue expanding Neck, Roslyn, and Plainview. For the pus Outreach, successfully shows col- Situated in the heart of Boro Park, on our programs and continue spreading past two years, as the respected Rav of lege students the beauty and relevance McDonald and Ditmas Avenues, the Di- Torah until there is no one left to be the Iranian Shul in Plainview, Rabbi of authentic Judaism, providing an ex- vision’s new drop-in center, headed by found to spread it to.” Vosoghi has been providing popular ample of how successful careers can be Rabbi Ozer Babad, provides learning, shiurim and sought-after counselling synthesized with and enhanced by an socializing, job training, and chizuk to The next quarter century of out- to this community. The JHC has tasked authentic Jewish lifestyle. Rabbi Katz’s chasidic youth. reach is unfolding at the Jewish Heri- Rabbi Vosoghi with focusing his efforts success was recognized by Long Island tage Center of Queens and Long Island. on uncovering the potential growth of University through his appointment as A New Era of Outreach Directors Rabbi Naftali Portnoy and this community of Sephardic Jews that the offi cial representative in charge of Rabbi Naftali Portnoy, Co-Director of Rabbi Moshe Turk and their cadre of is not yet observant but less assimilat- Jewish life on their C.W. Post Campus, the JHC, dispels the notion that kiruv is six energetic and skilled rabbinic lead- ed, and hopefully more reachable than where he also directs the Hillel pro- dead. “While some kiruv programming ers are ensuring that Jews throughout many of their more distant American gram. Rabbi Katz’s weekly programs, may need changing, and the venues the Metropolitan New York area, be cousins. Shabbatonim, and trips have already and demographics are constantly shift- they Ashkenazic, Sephardic, or even become an integral part of Jewish life ing, kiruv r’chokim is very much alive. chasidic – pre-schooler, college student, Campus Outreach for many college students on this and In many ways, the approach to kiruv or adult – secular or already attached to As secular Jewish youth enter the other Long Island University campuses. has not changed at all: provide people the Jewish community – are provided ranks of our nation’s colleges, they are with access to programs with Torah with guided growth through Torah. often at their greatest risk of allowing Chasidic Division content, and teachers and rabbis who The Jewish Heritage Center of Queens their already tenuous connection to The last pillar of the Center’s innova- are accessible, sensitive, knowledge- and Long Island can be reached at www. the Jewish people slip away. Howev- tive approach to outreach is, perhaps, able, warm, and erudite.” Co-Director theJHC.org or by calling 888-4-Judaism er, with exposure to the depth, beauty, the most unexpected and unconven- Rabbi Moshe Turk adds: “The truth (888-458-3247).

19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 35 Community Corner • Recent Happenings Rebbetzin Nechama Karlinsky Speaks In Kew Gardens Hills On “Facing Adversity With Emunah”

By Susie Garber need tools to help us to handle these Hashem or introspect on how we can she saw a bus in fl ames and a girl in challenges and tests. We need to be change, then we are transgressing a white, who looked happy, emerged e ask Hashem not to bring us in touch with our inner feelings. The negative commandment; we are acting from the bus. The girl came to her and a nisayon. We do not want physical in this world refl ects the spir- as if we think something happened by asked her why she was crying? The Wto be tested with diffi culties itual; just as the physical heart has a chance and we forgot its source. mother explained about losing her and challenges. On Tuesday evening, few chambers, so too it is possible to There are two obligations in t’fi lah: baby and the girl said the baby is fi ne July 8, Rebbetzin Nechama Karlinsky, feel trouble and tzaar in one chamber davening every day and davening in a here. The girl told her in the dream a renowned seminary mechaneches and joy in another. Keeping this idea in time of trouble. If we do not cry out in that her name is Chava Nechama Rech- and senior lecturer at EYAHT (Aish Ha- mind, we have to ask ourselves where a time of trouble, we are being cruel to nitzer, a nineteen-year-old kallah who Torah’s College of Jewish Studies for we are focusing. We need to focus on ourselves. was killed in the #2 bus terrorist attack. Women in Jerusalem), spoke to a large the joy chamber. She shared Rabbi Avigdor Miller’s She told her she was happy where she group of women at Congregation Ahavas She then quoted another teaching of teaching that we should ask Hashem was. Yisroel in Kew Gardens Hills on the topic the M’silas Y’sharim that everything is a the following: Later, this mother who had the of Facing Adversity with Emunah. Her test. Even wealth or peace is a test, be- dream met the mother of Chava stories and Torah sources delivered a cause a person could come to think “I 1. Please do not to test us. 2. Please Nechama Rechnitzer at a wedding in message of strong emunah that uplifted did it” and he could forget that Hashem remove the test. 3. During the test, Antwerp, and she was able to give the everyone there. is behind everything. Every morning, we must realize that it was a gift from mother a message from her daughter. She began with a teaching from the after the morning blessings, we recite a Hashem. Rebbetzin Karlinsky noted that some- sefer M’silas Y’sharim (Path of the Just). request to Hashem: “Don’t test us and times Hashem gives us a tiny glimpse; Our job in this world is to keep mitzvos, we should not come to be ashamed.” She posed a question on the third He reveals Himself in such ways to us. to serve Hashem with joy, and to with- She explained this to mean that we are teaching above: How was suffering a Another important idea she shared is stand tests – to serve Him with simchah asking Hashem not to test us with tests gift? We have to live with the reality of that, in our challenges, Hashem sends us in the face of adversity. that will affect our serving Hashem Olam HaBa. Sometimes trouble comes a kiss. We have to look for that kiss – Rebbetzin Karlinsky declared that with joy. to give us atonement for sin and some- that help that He is sending so that we we must know that a test is from Hash- The Rebbetzin reminded us of the times it comes so we will receive more can continue to serve Him with joy. She em and He loves us. We don’t under- Ramban’s teaching, that if there is a merit for us to earn. It is impossible in shared a story about 60 girls in a death stand now how it is a chesed for us, but time of trouble for the klal or for an this world to see a full answer as to why camp during World War II, who had one day we will understand. We do individual and we do not call out to troubles come. We can only sometimes to sort through clothing of dead peo- see Hashem’s back; she alluded to Hash- ple. They worked 16-hour days in a be- em’s answer to Moshe Rabbeinu when low-freezing shed that had no wall and he asked to see Hashem. In hindsight it had a hole in the ceiling. They lacked we can sometimes see how a diffi culty warm clothing or gloves, yet miraculous- was a chesed for us from Hashem, while ly they all survived. None of the girls during the challenge we were not able suffered frostbite or even a cold. They to perceive this. She suggested remem- all recognized that this was a kiss from bering a story where we already experi- Hashem. They all felt that Hashem was enced a challenge, then saw that it was with them even in that dark gehinom, a chesed for us. She shared many mov- that He loved them. We need to look for ing stories that illustrated this concept. that kiss of Hashem in our challenges. One particularly moving story in- Rebbetzin Karlinsky concluded with a volved a young mother who lost her brachah that we should hear good news newborn. The mother was inconsol- from each other, from klal Yisrael, Eretz able. One night she had a dream where Yisrael, and all over the world.

36 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 Community Corner • Recent Happenings Motza’ei Shabbos T’hilim Gathering In Kew Gardens Hills On Behalf Of Eretz Yisrael

(See photos on 31) stand alone. No one in the world cares that the lives Mr. Newman stressed the importance of the power of By Susie Garber of Jews are under constant threat in every city in Isra- speech and guarding our speech. el. We must daven with that intensity and despera- At the end of the gathering, Mr. Elisha Hisiger read n Motza’ei Shabbos, Parshas Pinchas, July 12, tion to our Father. a sympathy letter written by Rabbi Daniel Glatstein many members of the community assembled Next, Rabbi Peretz Steinberg, Rav of the Young Isra- and addressed to the three families of Naftali, Eyal, Oat Yeshiva Ohel Simcha for a T’hilim gathering el of Queens Valley, led in the recitation of some chap- and Gilad. Everyone was asked to sign it. The moving and words of chizuk from Rabbi Shmuel Marcus, Rav ters of T’hilim. This was followed by a short speech letter ended with the closing: “From your friends in of Congregation Ishei Yisrael. The gathering was spon- by Mr. Robbie Newman from Chickens for Shabbos. Kew Gardens Hills.” sored by Chazaq and Chickens for Shabbos. Yaniv Meirov of Chazaq greeted the crowd. Next, Rabbi Marcus shared several incredible true stories that illustrated the power of t’fi lah. One story in- volved four Israeli pilots chosen for a very dangerous mission in 1982. They consulted the Steipler Rav for a brachah before they went. The Rav gave them a bra- chah, and in Bnei Brak signs were posted for bachurim to say t’hilim at the exact time of the mission. The four pilots returned safely and, after witnessing the power of prayer on their behalf, they decided to be- come more religious. Another story was from Rabbi Yitzchok Zilberstein’s sefer. It involved Yeshaya Barda- kai who came to Israel in 1821 and was a well-known fi gure during that time period. A widower, he came by ship with his two small children. Before reaching the shore, the boat capsized. He had to attempt to swim to shore with both children on his back. He swam un- til his strength gave out and he had to let one child go. He let her go and she screamed, “Father, How can you let go of me? How can you let me die?” The father heard this plea and found some reserve of adrenalin. Somehow he was able to save her and swim to shore with both of them. Later, he told his young daughter, “Always remember that whenever you are in a time of trouble, turn to our Heavenly Father and pray, “Tatty, how can you let go of me? How can you let me die?” Rabbi Marcus explained that a prayer with this in- tensity and desperation cannot be ignored by Hash- em. He shared other anecdotes that illustrated this im- portant idea. He pointed out the sad truth that we

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students with hands-on research experience in fi elds ranging from neuroscience to epidemiology to microbiology, as well as a stipend and on-campus housing at Einstein to give them a feel for life as part of a scientifi c community. In addition to their laboratory research, partici- pants gain a broad overview of the many types of research conducted at Einstein, as well as strategies to become better scientists, through group seminars and workshops over the course of the summer. In August, the students share their work as part of a poster session. An additional student, Tamar Ariella Lunzer, is participating in the program through the Stern Ein- stein Research Connection Fellowship, created and funded by Stern College alumnae attending Ein- stein, which provides a student between her sopho- more and junior years with an introductory summer research experience at the medical school.

19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 37 Community Corner • Recent Happenings Rep. Meng, Sen. Markey, And Rep. Capps Introduce Legislation To Ban BPA From Food And Beverage Containers S Senator Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Repre- and are exposed every day,” said Rep. Capps. “The Ban sentatives Grace Meng (D-NY) and Lois Capps Poisonous Additives Act will protect these and all Ameri- U(D-Calif.) introduced legislation to ban the dan- cans by banning BPA in all food and beverage containers gerous chemical bispenol-A, commonly referred to as and requiring a full safety review of all food and bever- BPA, from food and beverage containers. BPA, a toxic age containers going forward. I am proud to be working chemical used to harden plastics and found in such eve- with Rep. Grace Meng and Senator Edward Markey on ryday household products as Thermoses and canned this important legislation, and look forward to moving foods and beverages, has been linked to breast cancer, this bill forward so that we can fully protect our chil- infertility, early puberty, and other health conditions. It dren and our workforce from harmful exposure to BPA.” is so prevalent in household items that more than 90 The Ban Poisonous Additives Act (BPA Act), introduced percent of the US population has traces of it in their in the House and Senate, requires that: urine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and reusable food and beverage containers (such as Ther- Prevention. moses) that contain BPA cannot be sold, and “This legislation is a no-brainer,” said Rep. Meng. and workers,” said Senator Markey. “It’s time to take the other food and beverage containers (such as food or “Prohibiting the use of BPA chemicals in food packaging worry out of the workplace for our factory workers by beverage cans) containing BPA cannot be introduced and developing less dangerous alternatives is a smart, taking the BPA out of canned goods and other food and into commerce. common-sense approach to improving the safety of our beverage containers. The Ban Poisonous Additives Act The Food and Drug Administration must also peri- children and families. These improvements would also will help ensure that our factories and our entire food odically review the list of substances that have been go a long way towards protecting workers who produce supply are free from this damaging chemical. It’s time deemed safe for use in food and beverage containers products that contain BPA. I urge the House to swiftly to ban BPA and move to safer alternatives.” in order to determine whether new scientifi c evidence pass this critical piece of legislation.” “The health dangers of BPA exposure are well-doc- exists that the substance may pose adverse health risks, “Doctors, researchers, parents, and consumers all umented, and we must do all we can to protect those taking into consideration vulnerable populations, in- know that BPA is dangerous for our bodies, especially for who are most at risk, including children, pregnant wom- cluding children, pregnant women, workers, and dispro- vulnerable groups such as infants and young children en, and factory workers who assemble food packaging portionately exposed communities.

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38 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 Building A Better Marriage Rabbi Refael & Mrs. Adina Ribacoff Boys Vs. Girls

here are many stages of life that female is born, she brings nothing with complaining about the Creator of the ble. The Gemara in Kiddushin states that one has to go through. We start her. The word zachar can be viewed as World – Hashem. Hashem knows what’s there are certain mitzvos that a father is Toff as tiny infants and we grow the words zeh kar (This is a banquet), best for us and He also sees the future. commanded to do for his son: and blossom and bloom. We attain the and the word n’keivah can be viewed as How many mothers have raised boys – Bris Milah – After 8 days, the father is age of mitzvos (bar/bas mitzvah) and grad- n’kiyah baah (She comes clean – emp- only to receive pain and suffering as a commanded to make a bris milah (cir- ually mature as we continue to climb the ty-handed). result? How many boys have gone off cumcision) for his son. ladder of spirituality. Our soul yearns to The Maharsha (Talmud commenta- the right path and caused much anguish Pidyon HaBen – If the boy is a fi rst reconnect with its other half and we take tor) explains this verse referring to an- and heartache to their parents – G-d for- born (petter rechem), then a redemption the plunge into marriage. The next phase other Gemara found in Moed Katan 28a, bid! – whereas the girls turned out good from the Kohen is necessary. that we encounter is the fulfi llment of Torah – A father has an obligation to the fi rst mitzvah in the Torah: to be “fruit- teach his son Torah. When the son reach- ful and multiply.” We yearn to procreate Why is it that many people have an affinity for boys? es the age of bar mitzvah (13) he has to the world with other beings that will es- prepare for his obligations as a “man” ac- pouse the purpose of the world: To intro- Why is it that people say: cording to the Torah. duce and spread the glory of Hashem and “As long as there’s a bris?” Marriage – A father is commanded to to increase the study of Torah and the ob- marry off his son in order to begin his servance of mitzvos in this world. own family. Bringing life into this world seems which teaches that a person’s sustenance and fi ne, end up marrying distinguished Trade/Profession – a father is also ob- to be an easy and natural thing – yet so is predetermined at birth. Therefore, husbands, and their children were excep- ligated to teach his son a way to make a many couples struggle to be able to fulfi ll when one is born, he is born with his tional. living in order to be able to support his this commandment. For some it is easier sustenance with him. However, this re- No matter what, the Ben Ish Chai family. than others; yet the satisfaction and joy fers only to a male and his family. So a ends, a person should be happy with his The Gemara also adds an obligation to is well worth the time and effort. female’s sustenance is dependent on her lot and whatever Hashem gives him/her. teach your son to swim. Siman Tov and Mazal Tov – you are fi - husband, and she enters into this world Since we don’t know what is in store for There are other benefi ts: When the nally pregnant! The waiting and antici- empty-handed. Nevertheless, the Gema- us, we should trust in Hashem as know- son gets married he carries on your last pation slowly increases. The excitement ra in Nidah continues that a woman can ing what is truly best for us and that He name, and after 120 years (May we all live abounds. But the unknown takes hold. change her status and receive sustenance only wants to bless us with goodness and long and healthy lives), he will say Kad- What is it going to be? What are you on her own account (based on the pasuk kindness! dish for you. carrying in that body of yours? Is it the in B’reishis 30:28 and Rashi) when she To be a little more “medical”: The gen- But we have to remember that the next gadol ha’dor or maybe the mother of prays to Hashem for her needs, He will der of a baby is dependent on whether mitzvah of P’ru U’R’vu (to be fruitful and Mashiach? give it to her. the father provides a Y- or X-bearing multiply) requires having at least one We all take our “guess” as to what it’s The Ben Ish Chai (Rav Yosef Chaim sperm cell. The mother provides the X boy and 1 girl. So no matter what, the going to be. If you carry this way, it’s for of Baghdad) in Chukei Nashim (Laws of chromosome, which is present in her fulfi llment of this mitzvah properly en- sure a boy. If you crave this food, then Women) has a chapter (chapter 6) that egg. The father provides the gender-de- tails also having a girl. The main thing for sure it’s a girl. Nothing is foolproof. discusses the “unfortunate” situation of termining chromosome. If it is X, the to wish for today is for everyone, mother Even the sonograms are not 100% accu- when a woman gives birth to a girl. She baby will be a girl. If it is Y, the baby will and baby (and father too!), to be healthy rate! feels abandoned and made fun of by her be a boy. In other words, XX is female and well!! That is the most important But why is it that many people have family and friends. Her close relatives be- and XY is male. But there are times that thing! Everything else is beyond our an affi nity for boys? Why is it that peo- come angry at her as is she made a terri- the mother’s hormones can infl uence control. (Although there are many s’gulos ple say: “As long as there’s a bris?” Where ble “sin” – as if she was sent to the market the fetus to develop into a perfectly nor- (e.g., direction of beds, etc.) and prayers does this obsession with having boys to purchase a boy and she returned after mal male or female (despite the XX or XY (e.g., praying within 40 days of concep- originate from? (L’havdil, there are many buying a girl! This, of course, only causes chromosomes). So who is the cause? tion to have a boy, etc.) for having a boy countries today that still have a “dislike” anguish to the mother and places her in a There is nothing wrong with wanting – all they do is help tip the scales more in towards girls over boys – whether be- very serious and dangerous situation. to have a boy – as long as your motives that direction – but it’s never a foolproof cause of fi nancial, status, or religious is- We all know that the conceiving and are altruistic. You don’t just want boys method. Ultimately it remains in the sues). giving birth to a child is all the handiwork to mow your lawn, take out the garbage, hands of Hashem to decide! There is an interesting Baal HaTurim of Hashem! It’s not done by going to the or carry the heavy shopping bags. As Siman Tov and Mazal Tov!! on the pasuk in B’reishis (Genesis) 1:27 store or online shopping. The parents religious Jews we should want to fulfi ll We wish all our readers health and that states that Hashem created Man as are the creators of this child – together the Torah as much and as best as possi- happiness in everything!! zachar (male) u’n’keivah (and female). with a third partner: Hashem! Hashem The Baal HaTurim writes that the ge- determines the gender of the child! If Rabbi Refael & Mrs. Adina Ribacoff have been teaching chasan and kallah classes matria (numerology) of the word zachar Hashem chooses it to be a male – so be it. for over 18 years. They are available for lectures and workshops on various topics, (zayin = 7, chaf = 20, reish = 200) equals And if Hashem chooses it to be a female including relationships, dating, and parenting. Rabbi and Mrs. Ribacoff can be con- brachah (beis = 2, reish = 200, chaf = 20, – so be it! Why is the mother to blame? tacted at [email protected] or [email protected]. They can also be hei = 5). While the word u’n’keivah (vav = Especially after all the pain and suffering reached at (347) 680-9181 6, nun = 50, kuf = 100, beis = 2, hei = 5, plus associated with the pregnancy and birth, 5 letters and 1 word = 169) equals k’lalah she is made to feel like a failure and em- (Curse: kuf = 100, lamed = 30, lamed = 30, barrassed. hei = 5, plus the 4 letters = 169). The Ben Ish Chai adds that it’s very in- Now it would be ridiculous to think teresting and weird to see people poking that the Baal HaTurim would refer to fun and even cursing the females born – males as blessings and females as curses. when they are their own fl esh and blood! This should never enter into your minds They are, in effect, ridiculing themselves!! Check out or thoughts! Rather, it could be referring Of course we love it when a male is to the teaching in the Gemara (Nidah 31b) born. 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19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 39 Home Health Care Corner Tania Hammer at Caring Professionals Effects Sibling Rivalry Can Have On Home Care

hen we are children we are to a disastrous end and the sisters The following scenario is a true 54 and looking after ailing parents, part of a family dynamic that still aren’t talking to each other. story. Jane was the fourth and last and she was feeling undermined and Wwas not of our choosing. What happens when we are called child born to the “West” family. She unappreciated with all the decisions Furthermore, all families have their to care for our parents? How do we came ten years after number three, she needed to make, as the older own structure and personality. The overcome our differences so we can and she really was the baby of the three sibs told her what they thought trick of good parenting is to tap into be the best child and family for our family. The name “Baby Janey” she should do. Arguments ensued the strengths of each child and work parents who have aged and need our stuck well beyond her toddler years. and Jane could never get a strong with him or her so that each child feels help? There was nothing Jane did that was footing acting as primary care giver, valued. This is an ongoing challenge When it comes to caring for our inherently worth criticizing, but the as the older sibs challenged her, every that parents have to face, and with sin- parents, we need to come together as other three felt the pinch as Jane step of the way. It was only when the cere effort and divine help they can see loving children and decide how the was favored and coddled. In their oldest and bossiest sibling came for a the fruits of their labors. following things will be handled: mind, the West family worked well visit and saw fi rst-hand how Jane was One of the aspects of family de- coping that things changed. velopment is how siblings relate Her older sister set up a Skype to each other. It is almost inevita- How do we overcome our differences meeting with everyone, which lasted ble that there will be some rivalry well over an hour, and it was decid- amongst siblings, but the real issue is so we can be the best child and family for our parents ed that the parents would get outside not whether there is rivalry at some who have aged and need our help? help from an agency. The oldest sis- point but how does that rivalry play ter would stay to interview, and Jane out as the children grow up and ma- would oversee their care. It worked ture. Oftentimes, siblings who don’t Who is in charge? Is it the oldest without Jane, and now it was as if well for everyone. The oldest sister get along when they were younger sibling who will take the responsi- they weren’t good enough. The old- set up a family weekly Skype meeting get over it and get along when they bility, or the geographically closest, est child was a girl, and the boys so they could get feedback fi rst hand. are older. or the one who’s most available time were sandwiched in between. All Jane fi nally felt like she was a partner However, some people don’t over- wise? three oldest siblings got married and and they saw Jane as their hero, not come their feelings from youth and Day-to-day care. Whether your moved away to various locations. their baby sister. get to the point where they can for- parents need just a little help around Jane was the only one who stayed When our parents get older, it be- give and move on. They quarrel well the house or a permanent caregiver, in town. She never really “grew up” hooves us to have a conversation into their adult years, unable to see it is important to ascertain this to- and remained the baby. When Jane with everyone to get an idea of these past their notions of wrongs done to gether, so that you can all be on the was 54, her parents had a near fatal things before a crisis. I mentioned in them over the years, and by the time same page. car accident. Both suffered brain another article how to do that, and it they are able to realize what’s hap- Who will make the calls to differ- injuries and never fully recuperat- bears repeating. The sooner you have pened to the fabric of their family, ent agencies to hire outside help? ed. After their hospitalization, they “the conversation,” the better it will it can be too late. I’ve seen families Set up a rotation system so the came home with equipment and be for all parties: your parents, your lose focus completely. My friend check-ups are covered every week. Jane stayed with them, as she didn’t children, and your siblings. That way who is an estate lawyer told me that The rotation must include phone have any other family responsibili- there will be no misunderstandings. she just closed a case of two sisters calls from out-of-town children to ties. A nurse came weekly to check Sibling rivalry is common but has who were fi ghting for 25 years over both the parents and the sibling on them, but the care was up to Jane. no place in the care of elderly par- their parents’ estate. Neither of them in charge, so he/she feels like it’s a When she called her siblings to re- ents. Put your differences aside for would let up. The saddest thing was shared burden. port, she heard undertones of their the sake of your dear parents. It’s that through the nasty battle over the Very often, the care of parents is taunts growing up. Baby Janey was worthwhile. protracted period, they lost all the left to one particular child. Wheth- money they were fi ghting over. Even er it’s the unmarried one, or the one Tania Hammer is a community activist and a social networker for Caring Profession- worse, neither of them looked after who lives closest, there are no set als, a home care agency in Brooklyn and Queens. For more information on any home- their aging parents because they lived rules to the game, and most families care-related topic, please call Shabsi at 718-897-2273 (ext. 171). Tania can be reached at in different cities. This sad case came somehow make things work. [email protected].

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QJL Staff and leave a detailed message or email Program is open from 8-4 M-T and 8-2 F. 19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 41 Socially Savvy Esti Berkowitz Splish Splash Keeps The Heat Of Summer Away With Chills And Thrills For All ast summer, my family and I de- by the Lazy River. The Dippin’ Dots ice cided to spend the day at Splish cream is kosher and the Funnel Cakes are LSplash, located at 2549 Splish also kosher (OU-D). My very smart ko- Splash Drive, Calverton, NY. Just an hour sher-keeping mom friend brought a cool- away from Kew Gardens Hills, we felt er full of food, kept it in her car, and went like we were on a tropical island in the back there to have lunch. She was the Bahamas. We hope to return again this one who also advised me to arrive early year, especially since we are always look- and get a parking spot next to the picnic ing for ways to cool off as a family in the benches. We really enjoyed sitting by the New York area. Splish Splash was the per- Lazy River while the kids had ice cream fect water wonderland for us. My kids and funnel cakes. I was transported into had a blast, so much so that my eight- a complete place of vacationing. year-old daughter insisted on sharing her Since Splish Splash has the entire fam- thoughts in the following paragraph (She ily in mind, we went to a few different actually typed this): areas that families with young children “It’s full of water. There are so many would want to visit. We spent a lot of rides that you can’t go on all of them. time at Pirates’ Cove, which has an in- Splish Splash has the best rides ever. Lazy teractive pirate ship complete with wa- River was very relaxing; all you had to do your time there as enjoyable as possible. $12 per day for general parking and $20 ter cannons, climbing ropes, and slides. was sit on the fl oatie while it went down Arrive between 9:00 and 9:30 in the for a parking spot closer to the main en- There is a height requirement at Pirates’ the river. Dinosaur Falls was a twirly morning and get a parking space next to trance. The picnic benches are right next Cove of under 44” unless accompanied slide; it wasn’t that scary but it was really the picnic area. This was very important to the general parking. The walk to the by a child. The kids also really enjoyed fun. After that we went to eat ice cream.” to us, as we had to bring our own kosher entrance is not so bad, and besides, the the Octopus Pool, perfect for little kids Before you head out to Splish Splash, food and no outside food is allowed into kids get all excited upon seeing the water (height requirement of under 44” unless here are some hints and tips to make Splish Splash. The parking prices vary: rides awaiting them. accompanied by a child). Some of the Once you are in the park and you do other rides that we really enjoyed and not want to schlep a lot of gear around highly recommend that you try, as well, with you, lockers are available for rent. if you visit Splish Splash this summer are: We selected a small cubby-type locker for Max Trax–Extreme body slide – This under $3. Since you will be having a day was amazing. I felt my entire stomach full of memories that you will want to drop – such a thrill! With a drop of 50 capture with your iPhone and/or camera, feet straight down, I wouldn’t expect any- bring a waterproof fanny pack. As far as thing less! towels, sunscreen, and other water-sport Dragon’s Den – This is the only ride essentials are concerned, take them with my youngest was not able to go on you in a small beach bag or rolling back- during our visit. This tube slide does pack. have a height restriction of 48 and does I want to express how impressed both require 2 people in a tube. If you are an my husband and I were with the safety odd number of people, like we were, you at Splish Splash. There were lifeguards can defi nitely fi nd a nice person in line at the end of each water slide and the to join your group. height requirements were easily visible Lazy River – This was also an absolute at the beginning of each water slide and treasure, full of surprise sprays of water attraction. On the Splish Splash website, along the way. The heat was defeated splishsplash.com, they strongly recom- and I was transplanted to what felt like a mend that all guests under 48” or who tropical island, yet I had never left Long are weak or non-swimmers wear Coast Island. This is the most relaxing tube Guard approved lifejackets where appro- ride, set on the gentle current of a beauti- priate. In the wave pool, all guests under fully landscaped river. 48” are required to wear a lifejacket and Dinasour Falls – This tube slide was must be accompanied by an adult. Life- one of my daughter’s favorites. This fan- jackets are available in Guest Services. A tastic swirl of a ride had us giggling with $40 deposit or valid photo ID is required. excitement. There are height restrictions Since there are 98 acres of water fun of 42” (under 42” must go with an adult). at Splish Splash, a very smart and savvy The day went so fast and we would mom friend of mine suggested starting at have loved to stay longer, but it was time the back of the park fi rst. This way, the for us to go home. Splish Splash is a place lines are not as long. A day full of activ- I would visit again and again. Whether ities in the hot sun made us hungry and you are a mom with a toddler, or a fami- thirsty. Since we keep kosher, we did ly with teens, Splish Splash should be on fi nd some treats to enjoy as we sat down your agenda this summer.

Esti Berkowitz blogs about how she found kosher food, a husband, and had kids after 35 at www.primetimeparenting.com.

42 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 Frontlines Joseph M. Frager Israel’s Perennial PR Problem s a ground invasion of Gaza ap- realize that it was a fake until it was Although the Prime Minister of Isra- case for Israel and picked up the slack. pears imminent, it is imperative fully exposed in a French courtroom. el has been a sensational spokesman, He appeared on over 30 talk shows in a Athat Israel ramp up its usually In point of fact, although all the fi lm he cannot possibly do it alone. Some- very short span of time. He continues weak PR actions and policies. There are clips showed Muhammad Al Durrah times, I think that he feels that he can. to do so today, even though his time is signs that some of the younger ministers being shot at and killed, he was indeed One case in point was when he came to limited. Similarly, Danny Danon has and MKs understand this need and have been a superstar on Fox News and other begun to address the problem. The Arabs networks. live and breathe on public relations, even Although the Prime Minister of Israel Israel needs more spokesmen who are if lies, myths, and distortions are their has been a sensational spokesman, able to hit “home runs” with their sound modus operandi. Arabs using children bites, to cut through all the lies and dis- in schools, hospitals, and mosques as hu- he cannot possibly do it alone tortions being thrown at them. It takes man shields while fi ring rockets into Is- a very well-thought-out and concerted rael still has not sunk into the minds and effort. It is also an art form not easily psyche of the American public. very much alive, walking the streets of the States in March of 2012 and was try- achieved by most. If Israel masters the This point has not been hammered Gaza. Photoshop, false press releases, ing to convince the West of Iran’s true “art” of PR the way they have mastered home enough. The American public doctored videos, made-up and staged sinister intentions. He could not pos- almost everything else they have taken cannot fathom that anyone would place grotesque scenes fi lmed in other Arab sibly appear on every major talk show. on, they will have a much easier time rocket launchers in these locations and countries, some actual scenes of mur- Naftali Bennett got his start in poli- vanquishing their enemies, dealing with that Israel is forced to try to do every- der taken from the killing fi elds of Syr- tics by seeing the need to explain the their “friends,” and bringing true peace. thing in its power to prevent collateral ia, and infl ated numbers of fatalities are damage. The idea that Arabs might actu- the rule rather than the exception. Isra- Joseph M. Frager is a physician and lifelong activist. ally kill their own to make it look like Is- el has failed to point out these facts. It rael did it is also still not understood by has to be done instantaneously to have the West. It must be remembered that the most impact. The Internet should the apparent murder by Israeli troops of allow for a more level playing fi eld but Key Person Life Insurance the boy Muhammad Al Durrah, which also leads to much greater inaccuracies, started the Intifada of 2000, was a to- which get easily disseminated and get By Ariel Tavor salary required to pay someone else to tal hoax. The Western media failed to picked up by the major news agencies. perform the key person’s routine duties. The passing of a valuable key person The difference between the key per- within an organization, is unfortunate son’s compensation and the replace- but yet, not uncommon. A business ment person’s salary is then multiplied can suffer from a key employee’s death by the number of years required to through loss of the person’s manage- bring a replacement to the key em- ment skills, revenue generating ability ployee’s level of experience. Finally, the and experience. calculated replacement cost is added to When a key employee dies, the in- any search and hiring costs for the re- surance covers the life of an employee placement. who is critical to the success and profi t- Properly structured, the insurance ability of the business. has no tax impact on the key employee Key employee life insurance is not a unless the employee is also one of the specifi c type of policy, but a way to use business owners. In this case, the value life insurance to offset a business risk. of the deceased owner’s stock or other A key employee is generally highly business interest in his or her estate paid, responsible for management deci- may be increased when the business re- sions, has a signifi cant impact on sales, ceives the life insurance proceeds. and has a special rapport with custom- Key person life insurance has more ers and creditors. A key employee may advantages besides the discussed or may not be an owner. above; If the insured doesn’t die while The business gives the employee employed, the business can access the notice that it intends to buy life insur- policy’s cash value for other purposes. ance on the employee and obtains the Another major advantage is, the policy employee’s written consent. Afterwards, can demonstrate fi nancial stability to the business applies for and is the own- creditors, or be used as collateral for a er and benefi ciary of a policy on the key loan. employee’s life. For key employees who are owners, One method for determining the the policy could help fund a buy-out of amount of insurance is the contribu- the deceased person’s business interest. tion to earnings method. The business If the policy isn’t needed to protect estimates the employee’s annual contri- the business, it can be used to provide bution to earnings, multiplies it by the deferred compensation funds or retire- number of years the employee would ment income for the key employee. have worked, and discounts this earn- This educational third-party article ings stream to its present value. is provided as a courtesy by Ariel Tavor Another method is the cost to replace Agent, New York Life Insurance Compa- experience method. Here, the business ny. To learn more about the information takes the amount of compensation or topics discussed, please contact Ariel paid to the key person reduced by the Tavor at www.arieltavor.com

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46 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 Estee Kafra, author of three best-selling cookbooks, Dishes runs KosherScoop.com, an interactive website Delectable with all the latest and greatest in kosher cooking, featuring over 1,000 recipes. Estee Kafra, kosherscoop.com

Mango Avocado Salsa Ingredients: Mexican Tacos avocados - 2 ripe Ingredients: orange juice - ¼ cup, plus extra for dipping 1 clove garlic, minced mango - 1 3-4 Tbsp oil chives - 4 whole 1 lb. ground chicken or turkey cilantro - about 4 stems 1 jar store-bought salsa (approx. 15 oz.) pomegranate seeds - ½ cup 8 corn tortillas lime - juice of 1 2 cups shredded lettuce black pepper - salt and freshly ground to taste ½ large purple (red) onion, cut in rings endives - 1-2 bunches for serving Instructions: Instructions: In a large frying pan or shallow pot with Cut the avocado fl esh into ½-inch cubes cover, brown the garlic in about 1-2 tbsp. of and dip them into some extra orange juice 1oil. Add the ground chicken and let cook for 1to prevent them from turning brown. (You about 10 minutes on medium fl ame, stirring occa- can even soak them in the orange juice for up to 1 sionally. Add salsa and stir to combine; cover and hour before the avocado will turn soft, but if you cook for about ½ hour. will not be using them right away, it’s better just Meanwhile, heat about 2 tbsp. of oil in a sec- to brush them.) ond frying pan and fry tortillas on both sides Cut the mango fl esh into ½-inch cubes. 2for about 1 minute (for lower-fat version, use Chop both chives and cilantro into very oil spray, such as Pam). Remove from pan and dab 2fi ne pieces. with a paper towel to absorb excess oil. Fold in Combine all ingredients (except endives) half gently while still warm to create a taco shell. together in a large bowl. Separate endives Spoon in warm chicken sauce and add let- 3into individual leaves. Slice a thin sliver off tuce and onion rings. Serve immediately. the outer edge of each leaf to make it stand, and 3 Note: for lower-fat version, you can bake spoon salsa into each endive leaf. Arrange on a the tortillas at 375 for about 5 minutes, until they serving platter. Serve chilled. turn crispy.

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CONTINUED FROM P. 1 ceasefi re (sorry; that analogy kind of company. Therefore, as an American that information in order to provide a took on a life of its own), the term and as a Jew, I offer the following plea pretext for taking action against Hamas ministration is willing to broker a cease- “hudna” (“truce”), for those of you not to my Israeli brothers and sisters: For (for instance, rounding up some of the fi re between Israel and Hamas, just as familiar with Islamic doctrine, denotes your sake, for our sake, for the sake of impenitent convicted terrorists who it did back in 2012. What a relief! For a temporary cessation of combat until freedom lovers everywhere, do not give were released in exchange for Gilad a while there, I was worried that Israel such time as the Believers have accrued in! Shalit in 2011 and immediately reverted might just go ahead and neutralize the suffi cient resources to shift the balance An American pleading with Israel to their former occupations – because terrorist threat. of power in their favor, at which point to put its own national security fi rst that totally demands justifi cation). He But without Hamas to vent their righ- the fi ghting resumes. It follows, then, might seem like a rather superfl uous spoke of Israel as “stumbling” into “an teous fury at the Zionist Entity, what that a ceasefi re with an Islamist orga- theme for an opinion column, but I am unnecessary war” that no one wanted: would the Palestinians do then? Estab- nization like Hamas does nothing to writing in order to offer an alternative “not the army, not the government, not lish an actual, functioning state of their resolve hostilities – it only postpones to those American voices that would even the enemy, Hamas.” own? That question wasn’t rhetorical. them. shame Israel for taking an action that is As for whether Hamas considered I honestly don’t know what’s next on Since the start of the current military both justifi ed and, in the long term, nec- now an opportune time for war, my the to-do list if terrorism ceases to be campaign about a week ago, there has essary. Take, for example, the essay, dat- response, like that of any other sane a national pastime over there. It’s like been continuous pressure on the State ed July 10, by J.J. Goldberg of the Jewish person – and I cannot stress this baseball for those guys. Think about it: of Israel – not just from the Israeli left, Daily “Forward,” originally titled “For enough – is: Who the hell cares? To The actual terrorists are but a tiny frac- but from politicians and pundits in my No Good Reason.” While it works great Israel’s civil and military authorities, tion of the population (the “majors”), own country and around the world, to as a self-reference, the headline – which I would offer the more circumspect but there are a lot of hardcore fans. reach some sort of agreement with an has since been changed – was actually a suggestion that their job is to defend Plenty of kids dream of doing it profes- enemy that has at no point wavered in jab at Israel’s proactive defense in Gaza, the people of Israel and guarantee sionally when they grow up, and this its overarching goal of annihilating the and not the kidnappings, murders, and that the State of Israel will remain a is considered healthy for some reason. Jewish people. The Hamas Charter, you innumerable terror attacks that precipi- safe haven for future generations of (You should see their summer camps!) see, makes no meaningful distinction tated it. Among the (frankly, irrelevant) Jews. Whether the powers that be Of course, a real pro ends his career at between Israelis in particular or Jews allegations brought forth by the author truly wanted to undertake Operation its peak – going out with a bang – and in general. Personally, I think of it as a are that Israeli leaders knew about the Protective Edge or not is ultimately the best of the best get sports arenas (yellow) badge of honor. If a man can deaths of Jewish teens Gilad Shaar, Naf- beside the point, because the task laid named after them. be judged by the quality of his enemies, tali Fraenkel, and Eyal Yifrach shortly Getting back to the matter of the I consider myself to be in distinguished after their disappearance, but withheld CONTINUED ON P. 53

19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 49 50 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 The Informed Woman • Style Myths Debunked Meira E. Schneider-Atik

Myth: A suit is the only thing to wear for professional networking events. Truth: A suit is not necessarily the best option.

Q: I’m going to of a full-on suit, wear a structured top and coordinating skirt or dress. Note a networking event. the key word: coordinating. A match- What should I wear? ing jacket and skirt is a suit, which be- longs at your interviews. Coordinating means that the top and skirt look good A: You should look together, but do not match perfectly. Maybe the skirt is black or navy while professional the top is a secondary neutral like bur- and appropriate gundy or forest green. Or maybe one for your industry, has a print (keep that one subtle) while Make sure you add a pop of color the other is in a solid color taken from somewhere, like a scarf. but not overdone. the print. And notice that I also men- tioned a top with a dress. That can look he above myth wasn’t a myth not just a bit different and will help set you if your industry is not so long ago. Even as late as the apart. Notice also that I use the word strictly formal, you can T1980s, women had to wear power “top.” Yes, a jacket can look great, but so get away with wearing suits for work, even just for networking, can a crisp button-down shirt. a beret or even a mit- because they felt (rightly so) that they Make sure you add a pop of color pachat as long as your had to compete with men and assert somewhere. It’s best to go neutral and/ covering is simple and their own power. But today, there are so or secondary neutral with your top and subtle. Elaborate layered many options, and no woman has to sac- skirt, but you can add a scarf or under- wraps are beautiful, but rifi ce comfort or her personality for the pinning in a color. Make sure that your they’re not your best bet sake of looking professional. pop color fl atters you. unless your industry is From me, you get the truth. Unless your industry is casual, wear seriously creative and/or Networking events are not job in- pumps (clean and streamlined) with informal. While snoods terviews. You’re there to meet people heels. They look professional and at- and pre-tieds are obvious and possibly get an interview onto your tractive. If your industry is in fact ca- no-nos (too casual and schedule. Therefore, a full-on suit is not sual, you may wear pretty fl ats as long unfl attering), so are hats your best bet, even if your industry is as they are clean and streamlined. But – they can look too over- conservative and does call for a suit at otherwise, you must wear heels. There the-top. the interview. Save your business suits are comfortable heels out there, so shop Networking is for for those interviews. around. And you mustn’t go too high meeting people and Start with your general industry. with the heels, no matter what, because showing your talents and These days, different industries have that will look overdone. And don’t use skills. By looking profes- different corporate cultures, and it pays your shoes for your pop of color. Keep sional but not overdone, to do your research. Career coaches will them neutral. you’ll stand out just tell you to research your industry and Yes, carry a pocketbook or tote bag. enough to get noticed. A jacket can look great, the specifi c companies to which you’re But make sure it’s clean and stream- Don’t be afraid to show but so can a crisp button-down shirt. applying. And you absolutely should lined, like your shoes. And keep it neu- them what you’ve got. do that, because it’ll generate questions tral, like your shoes. It also has to fl at- and show real interest, which leaves ter you, so keep it in proportion to your Unless your industry is casual, employers impressed. While you’re do- size. Don’t forget to pack along several wear pumps (clean and streamlined) with heels, and keep them neutral. ing that research, make sure you take industry-appropriate copies of your re- note of the corporate culture and how sume and some business cards. people might be dressed. The best way to add your pop color is Be aware that while an industry with an accessory, like a scarf or jewel- might fall into one general category ry. But go with only one showstopper of corporate culture, different specifi c piece and no more. You want that visual workplaces might have their own spe- cue that will help get you noticed, but cifi c cultures. For example, education you do not want to look overdone. is considered semi-formal. But pre- If you’re wearing your own hair, school is informal, elementary school is make sure it looks neat, clean, and fl at- slightly more formal, high school even tering. You can pull back some or all of more formal, and private school (espe- it, if that will give you a cleaner look. cially those where the students wear Curly girls out there: You do not need to uniforms) is actually formal. straighten it. If you’re worried about it For networking events, you want to looking too wild, just pull it back into a dress appropriately for your industry. bun or twist (Remember that curly hair Ask yourself, “How do I want my em- holds updos easily). Meira E. Schneider-Atik is a wardrobe organizer and personal shopper. She helps ployers to see me?” If you cover your hair, yes, a sheitel women weed out their wardrobes, shop smartly, put together outfi ts, and save time, ef- If your industry is more formal, you is fail-safe as long as the style is simple fort, and money, all within tz’nius. 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id pull, and debride the wound prop- As long as you’re still reading this, Give Peace A Chance (To Reload) erly. Yes, it will hurt, but less so than there is one last thing I have to get prolonging the agony as per Israel’s off of my chest: “Operation Protective CONTINUED FROM P. 49 month in 2007, dropped to fi ve per current defense policy as viewed from Edge”? Am I the only one who thinks month in 2013.” the sidelines. In short: The only ac- this is more like the latest product from before the heroic men and women Is that all? Just fi ve missiles being ceptable endgame here is the total and Gillette (“Protective Edge – Now with of Tzahal isn’t that of starting a war; launched randomly into Israeli popula- unconditional surrender of Hamas six blades!”) than a serious military op- their burden, rather, is to fi nish one. tion centers each month? And the vast and its terrorist affi liates. No more eration? The original Hebrew, “Tzuk And who cares if Israel’s politicians majority of those don’t even kill any- hudnas. To draw an analogy to World Eitan” (“Mighty Cliff”) is no better, sug- are backing the war in a blatant effort body! Clearly the Israelis are getting all War II (surprisingly, one not involving gesting, as it does, the image of Israel to score political points, or because worked up over nothing. Nazis), the way the US ended the war as the Wile E. Coyote of counter-terror- they actually realize that it’s the right Hamas – along with its government with Japan was brutal, the hundreds ism. And don’t tell me they don’t get thing to do? The Sages of the Talmud partner Fatah, and any other Pales- of thousands of deaths in Hiroshima Looney Tunes in Israel – how else do taught that one who does a good deed tinian who thinks that fl ying a Nazi and Nagasaki a horrifi c tragedy. But you explain the now infamous “Bibi for the wrong reason will ultimately fl ag over his house should serve as it was far less horrifi c than the loss- Bomb” diagram PM Netanyahu used come to do good deeds for the right anything other than a target marker es that would have inevitably been to explain the Iranian nuclear threat to reason. Politicians will always be pol- for the Israeli Air Force – is a bloody, suffered on both sides had America the United Nations? Of course, even iticians, and I, for one, can’t be both- festering wound that was hastily cov- launched a land invasion and fought it after dumbing down the situation to ered to get angry about what ulterior ered with a Band-Aid. (I think you’ll out door-to-door. Again, this is merely the level of a children’s cartoon, it was motives might have driven them to- fi nd that what my metaphors lack in an analogy – I absolutely do not mean still, imagine my surprise, completely ward the correct course of action. It’s subtlety, they more than make up for to suggest that Israel resort to weap- lost on them. suffi ciently amazing to me when one in aptness.) Each time Israel launches ons of mass destruction. What I am So I tweeted the IDF Spokesperson’s actually does the right thing! a new counter-terrorism op – Protec- suggesting is that Israel take decisive Unit with my own suggestion: Opera- The present confl ict is pointless, tive Edge, Brother’s Keeper, Pillar of military action to eliminate Hamas as tion Charmin Ultra. I thought it fi ts, argues our friend at The Forward, be- Defense, etc. – it tugs at that bandage, a paramilitary entity, and to stop pull- since the military objective here ought cause “the last seven years have been painfully ripping out a few hairs while ing their punches, regardless of what to be to wipe up the remaining terror- the most tranquil in Israel’s history.” exposing a little more of the infec- their “friends” in the international ists and their military infrastructure. In fact, explains Goldberg, Hamas tion site. No one outside the political community “suggest.” It should go Plus it’s got that “Ultra” in there, so learned their lesson from 2012’s Oper- fringe seems willing to say it, so I will: without saying that the advice of one’s that’s pretty cool. ation Pillar of Defense. Case in point: The best thing to do in the long run antagonists is less than worthless and As of this writing, the IDF spokes- “Rocket fi rings, averaging 240 per is to take the Band-Aid off in one sol- can be dismissed out of hand. person has yet to get back to me.

19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 53 Rocket Bombardment Continues; Israel Strikes Back (With Social Media?) The IDF Utilizes Social Media And Infographics To Win Public Support The following appears on the IDF’s Facebook page (facebook.com/idfonline) and idfblog.com. Here is a report from IDF intelligence on Hamas’ rocket arsenal: Short range (15-20 km) Over 1,000 units of self-produced rockets (15 km) Over 2,500 units of smuggled rockets (15 km) Approx. 200 units of self-produced Grad rockets (20 km) Approx. 200 units of smuggled Grad rockets (20 km) Medium range (up to 45 km) Approx. 200 units of self-produced improved Grad rockets (45 km) Approx. 1,000 units of smuggled improved Grad rockets (45 km) Medium-Long range (up to 80 km) Over 400 units of self-produced medium range rockets Several dozens of rockets (80 km) Long range (100-200 km) Tens of long-range rockets (100-200 km) In Total: Approximately 6,000 rockets Palestinian Islamic Jihad Arsenal The other main terrorist group in the Gaza Strip is the Palestinian The Deadly Rocket Arsenal of Hamas Islamic Jihad, who also have a formidable weapons arsenal: Short range (15-20 km) In response to the continued rocket fi re into Israel by Hamas, the IDF has launched Operation Protective Edge. This is a report of the deadly weapons Hamas has in its Approx. 1,000 units of self-produced rockets (15 km) possession that are responsible for the unbearable situation in Israel. Approx. 1,000 units of smuggled rockets (15 km) Hamas, the ruling entity of the Gaza Strip, is responsible for most of the attacks Approx. 300 units of self-produced Grad rockets (20 km) on Israeli population centers. Since Operation Pillar of Defense in 2012, the terrorist Approx. 100 units of smuggled Grad rockets (20 km) organization has increased the size and strength of its rocket arsenal. It currently possesses 6,000 rockets (10,000 among all terror groups in the Gaza Strip), including Medium range (up to 45 km) long-range rockets such as the M-302. Approx. 200 units of self-produced improved Grad rockets (45 km) Approx. 600 units of smuggled improved Grad rockets (45 km) Medium-Long range (up to 80 km) Over 100 units of self-produced medium range rockets Several medium-long range rockets (80 km) In Total: Approximately 5,500 rockets Other Terror Organizations Short range (15-20 km) Hundreds of self-produced and smuggled rockets including Grad rockets (15 km) Medium range (up to 45 km) Dozens of self-produced and smuggled improved Grad rockets (45 km) Total number of rockets in the hands of Gaza terrorists: Approximately 10,000

54 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] July 17, 2014 Photo of the leaflets dropped over Gaza Translation of the leaflets dropped over northern Gaza

This is what a house looks like after Hamas takes control.

When houses are used for military purposes, they may become legitimate military targets under international law.

Declassified photo: Gaza terrorists used a mosque located near Palestinian homes as a place to hide rockets and gather militants. Our aircraft struck this mosque last night in order to disable Hamas from firing at Israel. Terrorist organizations systematically use mosques to conceal weapons and create underground tunnels within populated areas.

19 Tammuz 5774 QueensJewishLink.com • 917.549.6145 • [email protected] 55 Side-Splitting Stand-Up

“According to a new report from time it took me to say that, Ger- utes. Another guy said, ‘But I ate ised to give the Emmy to Rob Ford. BP, the earth will run out of oil in many scored fi ve more goals a hundred!’ Then the judges said, He wrote half our monologues.” 53 years. Luckily, thanks to BP, the against Brazil.” ‘You have to wait until we say ‘Go!’, - Jimmy Fallon ocean will still have plenty.” - Jimmy Fallon Governor Christie.’” - Seth Meyers - Jimmy Fallon “Target Field in Minnesota will “There was a huge blowout at the have self-serve beer machines at “An 81-year-old woman in the World Cup yesterday when Germa- “House Speaker John Boehner is the All-Star Game next week. Big U.K. went sky diving to help raise ny beat Brazil 7-1 in the semifi nals. threatening to sue President Obama deal. My dad had a self-serving beer money for a local hospital. They It got so bad that the refs told Bra- for using executive actions to create machine 30 years ago. It was called didn’t raise a lot of money, but zil, ‘You know what? Go ahead and laws, instead of going through Con- ‘Jimmy.’” they did get a new patient.” use your hands.’” gress fi rst. Then Obama shrugged - Jimmy Fallon - Seth Myers - Jimmy Fallon

“According to a new report, “Yesterday, Brazil lost to Germa- “Today was the annual millennials view smartphones as ny in the World Cup semifi nals more important than deodorant. by a score of 7 to 1. People in Bra- Running of the Bulls in Spain. That makes sense. Nobody ever zil were so upset that they partied So if you’re sick of all the fake injuries at the totals their car because they were only until 3 in the morning.” staring at their deodorant.” - Seth Meyers World Cup, get ready for some real ones.” - Seth Myers “Congrats to Joey Chestnut. On - Seth Myers “A Ugandan police offi cer Friday he won the Fourth of July claims he was forced to shoot an Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest aggressive tortoise that attacked by eating 61 hot dogs in 10 min- him while he was drinking tea at home. In his defense, he had to act “This year’s box-offi ce revenue quickly, or move over a few feet is down 20 percent from last sum- and weigh his options for another “People who wanted to go mer. I’m not sure why that is, but hour.” I’ll bet you there’s a documentary - Seth Myers on the new Harry Potter ride at Universal on Netfl ix about it.” had to wait in line for more than seven hours - Jimmy Fallon “A British man is being fi ned 150 pounds for stealing a box of dia- this week. That’s right, seven hours of waiting pers. The man was able to steal the just for a couple minutes of action. Or as “The oldest living person in the diapers because they were being United States is 116 years old. Peo- guarded by a Brazilian goalie.” that’s also called, “’watching soccer.’” ple always pester the old people. - Seth Myers They asked her, ‘How did you get - Jimmy Fallon so old? What’s your secret?’ And “Welcome to the Tonight Show. the woman said, ‘Well, I was born I’m Jimmy Fallon – and in the a really long time ago.’” - David Letterman

“On this date in 1804, “A new rumor has surfaced that Aaron Burr had a duel with Vice President and made a new law that you can’t the next iPhone will feature an all- Alexander Hamilton. Aaron Burr killed Alexander sue the president.” glass exterior. Because why should - Jimmy Fallon just the front be cracked?” Hamilton and got off scot-free. Later he was - Seth Myers convicted for stealing sports memorabilia.” “Today, our show got nominated “I hope everyone had a great for six Emmy Awards! And if we Fourth of July weekend. And if you - David Letterman win for best show, I promised to don’t remember it, then trust me, give the Emmy to my parents. And you did.” if we win for best writing, I prom- - Jimmy Fallon

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