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little over two years ago, I took on A chance to show appreciation for the the job — well, I don’t know if it’s sacrifice and commitment of an Israeli war actually a “job” since I don’t hero brought men, women and children from A paid to do it, but then again, I across the Five Towns and Far Rockaway to fill don’t get paid to be a mother, either — of the main sanctuary of Congregation Shaaray improving the public perception of Ortho- Tefila last Wednesday. dox . This position — which, I might “I want to thank everyone,” said Lt. add, is self-appointed — involves harness- Aharon Karov, 23, whose face bears scars from ing the power of new media through my his wounds. “All of you, and pass it on to those site, JewintheCity.com, to rebrand the who are not here.” image of religious Karov, a platoon commander in the para- Jews. troopers’ Battalion 890, was critically injured Things have when he entered a booby-trapped house in been going as well Photo by Susan Grieco Gaza during Operation Cast Lead in December as could be hoped Legislator Howard Kopel (R—Lawrence) being sworn in with Norma Gonsalves (R—East Meadow). 2008. He had been called up for reserve ser- for a poorly fund- vice the day after his wedding. As a student at ed one-woman a in Netzarim, Karov was also among worldwide cam- those expelled from Gush Katif four years ago. paign. The biggest He came to the United States to have recon- ”There’s been trouble I seem to structive surgery and stopped in Lawrence on be encountering, the way to the airport to return to Israel. a slew of clear- actually, is from Kopel plans big, Jews around the world prayed for him as ly misbehaving, Orthodox Jews his life hung in the balance from the severity themselves, as of his injuries. “This is a true story of a mira- allegedly law there’s been a cle,” said Aharon’s father, Ze’ev Karov, slew of clearly head of the Karnei Shomron yeshiva high breaking, and misbehaving, school. “This is a night of appreciation, a true allegedly law thinks local downright hakarat hatov [gratefulness] to Hakadosh breaking, and Baruch Hu [G-d].” He noted, alternating naughty reli- downright New leaders, new lawmakers sworn into 8th Legislature between Hebrew and English, that it was an naughty religious acknowledgement of the “natural dedication, DiNapoli swore in the minority Democrats. gious Jews.“ Jews making the B Y M I C H A E L O R B A C H A N D the mesirut nefesh” of Aharon, as well. Rabbi Dovid Weinberger of Cong. Shaaray Tefila, headlines these M A Y E R F E R T I G Rabbi Karov pointed out that last Satur- where Kopel is a member, delivered a benediction, days. For some day night, Jan. 2, was exactly a year since his following a minister and a priest, who delivered the reason, the media Legislator Howard Kopel and 18 fellow members son was wounded, and stressed the need to invocation and a prayer, respectively. pays much more of the Eighth Nassau County Legislature were sworn find the good in all situations. He quoted a les- There was no swearing at, at the swearing in. As attention to the “” in the scandals in Monday in a quick-moving ceremony punctuated son from Ethics of the Fathers to be among the on most inauguration days, speakers struck a tone of (the secular media assumes all religious with laughter and humorous asides at the Cradle of students of Avraham, to have a “good eye.” bipartisan cooperation. The newly elected Nassau men are rabbis) than they do to me. Aviation Museum in Garden City. Rabbi Karov recalled seeing Aharon lying County executive, Edward Mangano, briefly touched In the past year or so, the papers Congressman Peter King administered the oath motionless in the hospital bed, then seeing on that theme as he warned, “Next year could be a have been filled with awful stories like of office to the Republican legislators including him move his hands, then open an eye, stand the Rubashkin immigration fiasco, a Kopel, while State Comptroller Thomas See KOPEL, Page 12 up, and then talk, whereupon the father made Ponzi schemer (not Madoff; this guy was the blessing of “shehechiyanu im shem Orthodox), a number of molestation alle- umalchut,” the complete blessing of having gations, rabbis in Deal and lived to see this day. He said that good is allegedly taking bribes and trafficking in stronger than bad and can change the bad to human organs, the Tropper conversion good; that even bad has some good in it, not- scandal and now the Lakewood embez- ing that Avraham prayed for Sodom and that zler. And so on. Please, people: just behave. You’re Expert on German Ashkenaz See WOUNDED, Page 11 bringing us down with you. And you’re making my job harder by tarnishing all the good that most of us do but no one customs to speak in Bayswater reports on. If you really feel the need to sin in, like, a big way, then leave the com- Ashkenaz, the Institute for Ashke- ent possible sources — one includ- munity. How about the halacha which B Y M I C H A E L O R B A C H nazi Heritage, which he runs out of ing the short jacket German Jews See VIEW, Page 5 Rabbi Binyamin Shlomo Ham- his home in Bnei Brak. Rabbi Ham- wore), have one of the most burger, one of the world’s leading burger is a self-taught expert of - authentic records of traditions. Allison Josephs is the creator of experts on German Ashkenazic cus- man customs who began investigat- “The German [Jews] were the JewintheCity.com, which features her toms will be speaking at the Young ing the traditions as a teenager. guardians of the heritage,” Rabbi online videos and blogs that challenge the Israel of Wavecrest and Bayswater According to Rabbi Hamburger, Hamburger explained by phone, his public perception of Orthodox Jews and on Jan. 16. though considered a minority inside accent colored by study in London. traditional . She earned a degree Rabbi Hamburger is the author the Jewish community, the Yecke “They did not go through changes in philosophy from Columbia University of the five-volume set Shorashei segment, as they are commonly for two reasons: they stayed in the and lives in New York with her husband Minhagei Ashkenaz, and the known (the term, Rabbi Hamburger same country and didn’t emigrate. Tzivia and Aharon Karov on their wedding day. explained, has at least eight differ- and three children. founder of Machon Moreshes See EXPERT, Page 9 The next day, he was called up for duty.

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Marriages Juravel (Baltimore, MD) — Dec. I Wedding of Arianna Mazurek 31, 2009 (Great Neck, NY) & Adam Muskatt (Forest Hills, NY) — Dec. 28, 2009 I Upsherin of Zevy Freud I Wedding of Rachel Cooper (Hewlett, NY) — Jan. 3, 2010 (Calabasas, CA) & Daniel I Upsherin of Dovid Ariel Schilowitz (Highland Park, CA) Schecter (Ramat Beit Shemesh with some friends, and there’s — Dec. 28, 2009 and ) — Dec. 29, 2009 Dear That’s Life, nothing like feeling like an idiot I Wedding of Aviva Yaffa Having two kids in college at the end of the night. Androphy (East Meadow, NY) & now, we eagerly look forward to The National Conference of Evan Seth Marlin (San Antonio, Birth both the secular and Jewish hol- Youth’s (NCSY) TX) — Dec. 31, 2010 I Birth of Eliana Leba to Elyssa idays for having our boys return annual “Q” event happens to be & Baruch Gruenbaum home so we can feel like a com- a lot of fun and it seemed from Engagements (Cedarhurst, NY) — Dec 28, Rachel Cooper & Arianna Mazurek & plete family again. I make a wild the crowd in attendance that it 2009 Adam Muskatt fuss over them with food and was a successful fundraiser for I Engagement of Tikvah Daniel Schilowitz the worthy organization. Play- Diamond (Woodmere, NY) & questions, as only a Jewish ing in a team of five couples, Leyzer Pickett (Olympia, mother can, and invariably feel each team competes against WA/Silver Spring, MD) — Jan. like the comic iconic Jewish other teams all of whom are sit- 4, 2010 mother. On a recent Shabbos, when my boys returned home ting at other tables. There are I Engagement of Shaji numerous rounds of trivia and Marcovich (Mexico City) & Sari from shul, they reported that as general knowledge questions Zayat (Mexico City) — Jan. 4, they sat down next to their dad, and each team completes its 2010 he commented quietly but joy- fully, “My cup runneth over.” answer sheet which is submitted I Engagement of Yitzchok after each round. The sheets are Crawford (Brooklyn, NY)& That’s short and sweet and checked and scored, leaving one Shifra Sheinman (Kracow, somehow doesn’t lend itself to team with the highest score Poland) — Jan. 2, 2010 Jewish father jokes. making them the winners. And I Engagement of Shloimie Stern MIRIAM BRADMAN while we all may have consid- (Lakewood, NJ) & Rachel ABRAHAMS ered ourselves mildly intelligent Goldstein (, MA) — Jan. Woodmere on any other night, when you 1, 2010 Shaji Marcovich & can’t identify all of the covers of I Engagement of Akiva Gruskin Zevy Freud the Dr. Seuss books being (Lakewood, NJ) & Devorah Sari Zayat Dovid Ariel Schecter Dear That’s Life, flashed across the screen, you There’s nothing like going wonder if you’re just having a To view entire galleries, please visit out and spending a fun evening senior moment or if you’re not www.onlysimchas.com nearly as smart as you thought you were. Our table was able to com- plete certain sections correctly. We knew all of the characters from various breakfast cereals and were able to properly iden- tify each Michael Jackson song that was played in the medley. Let’s just say we were very proud of ourselves for that one. We knew the names of the five megilot and when they were read. One of the lawyers at our table knew what “MRI, EKG, ECG and CAT scan” all stood for — he is clearly not a tax attor- ney. One member of our team single handedly knew the names of each athlete whose jersey, minus the name on the back, was posted on the screen, regardless of the sport. That was impressive. However, we didn’t know that the first college in the U.S. was Harvard and we could not properly work out the ‘shaot z’maniyot’ question to deter- mine when plag mincha would be on a certain day, using par- ticular times. I have not learned Brachot in a very long time and, being that I am one of the many Americans who cannot properly calculate a tip, no one would have looked at me to help with this answer. We didn’t know who the 8 neviyot (female prophets) were nor were we able to identify the front of Madame Tussaud’s Wax Muse- um in a series of photos of New York museums. We couldn’t properly identify the different soft drinks that were part of the taste test and I think I can still taste the Vanilla Coke in my mouth. Who thought vanilla and coke were a good idea? The team that came in first place had won before. A pretty intelligent group with a com- bined SAT score higher than the national budget, their table was near ours and I was really think- ing about screaming out wrong answers and trying to trip them up. But it wouldn’t have mat- tered because I would not have known the name of Yishamel’s (Ishmael) wife if my life depended on it and I could not tell you what ‘BCBG’ stands for when it’s used in texting. I’ll bet you $10 they got those all right and knew that Claus von Stauf- fenberg tried to assassinate Hitler. We thought he was the person who killed Archduke Fer- dinand and started World War I. Oops. The night was fun despite my wondering where all of my years of education went, because knowing that Oprah is older than Steve Jobs is not impressive and forgetting that “All the world’s a stage” is a quote from Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’ is pathetic, especial- ly when you hold a degree in English Literature. And while I wonder if I should be requesting a refund from the institutions I 338498 attended, I can’t imagine how many people got many of those questions correct either. Sitting in the corner wearing a dunce cap, I would have plenty of com- pany, and we would have had fun.

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Signature: Exp. Date Card Code 2 Endo Boulevard Garden City, NY 11530 • For Faster Service call: 516-569-4000 4 The Jewish Star January 8, 2010 O P I N I O N Thanks for everything he story of Aharon Karov has a this case, unfortunately was. MAYER FERTIG happy ending. The young offi- Editorial But most of all, perhaps, those of Publisher, Editor-in-Chief cer called to duty in Operation us who didn’t pack into Cong. MICHAEL ORBACH T Cast Lead in Gaza a day after Photos of the injured appear only Shaaray Tefila to meet Lt. Aharon Assistant Editor his wedding, and grievously wounded occasionally; photos of the dead Karov owe him a debt of gratitude for MALKA EISENBERG, TOVA ROSS a week later, is recovering, some appear only if the person was local. taking the time to show us, who dwell Reporters might say against all odds. It’s taken a For these reasons, Lt. Karov did us in the relative comfort and safety of HELENE PARSONS, MAURY WARSHAUER year, a lot of tefilah (prayer) and a great favor by choosing to stop in America, what sacrifice and bravery Account Executive emunah (faith), and a great deal of Lawrence on his way to JFK. He was and duty mean. RABBI AVI BILLET, ALAN JAY GERBER, MICAH D. medical expertise. But now there is a on his way home after undergoing Karov’s story, and his face, now HALPERN, RABBI YAKOV HOROWITZ, ADAM surgery in the United States. NEUSTADTER, DAVID SEIDEMANN, BARUCH SPIER, YAFFI hope and an expectation that Aharon, badly scarred, help us to put a human 23, and his bride, Tzivia, 22, will get “I want to thank everyone,” he said face on the price of defending our SPODEK, MIRIAM L. WALLACH, CHANANYA WEISSMAN in his brief remarks in Hebrew. “All of Contributors to enjoy the life they began together land — lest we forget. you, and pass it on to those who are ALYSON GOODMAN with such promise. While some of us benefit from the Editorial Designer Many of us get a sinking feeling not here.” reminder, others need no reminder at I when we hear of fatalities in the IDF, He may have been expressing all. One of the most striking parts of The Jewish Star is an independent community newspaper. All opinions expressed are solely those of The Jewish Star’s editorial staff or contributing writers. or among U.S. soldiers or marines in appreciation for the good wishes, our page 1 story about Karov’s brief I Iraq or Afghanistan. Unfortunately, prayers and hospitality of the Jews of stopover in Lawrence is this: 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530 America but, of course, it is we who (516) 569-4000 E-mail: [email protected] perhaps, the feeling passes quickly. A Woodmere woman in attendance fax: (516) 569-4942 When such news is first announced need to thank him. For his service in counted eight families in the room The Jewish Star is published weekly by the The Jewish Star LLC, 2 Endo there is rarely a name to go with it; a the defense of the State of Israel, of with sons serving or who served in Boulevard, Garden City, NY 11530. Postmaster send address changes to The picture of the deceased is rarer still. course. For his heroism in the line of the IDF. Jewish Star, 2 Endo Boulevard, Garden City, NY 11530. Subscription rates: $36 News of injured service members duty, certainly — leading his platoon Kol Kakavod to them and to the for 1 year, $60 for 2 years, $72 for 3 years within Nassau County. All other sub- tends to pass by even more rapidly. into harm’s way; following orders to Karovs. We wish Aharon a complete scriptions $54 per year. Newsstand price: $1 . Major Credit Cards accepted. We are largely shielded from the real- check out a building he certainly recovery and the young couple a long Copyright © 2010 The Jewish Star LLC. All rights reserved. ity of war by tepid media interest. knew could be booby-trapped, and in and happy life together.

I ’ M T H I N K I N G the Islamic terrorists is Win-Lose. They Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in win, we lose. Always. Lebanon just as it holds true in It is an idea that goes against almost Afghanistan and in Iraq. every Western intellectual predisposition, The world will not be wiped out, even How Islamic terrorists see things and yet, it is the code by which Islamic with nuclear weaponry. All terrorism will Among the most pressing ligence agencies is systemic - The Western world is ignorant about terrorists live. According to terrorist logic, never be eliminated, no matter how good questions plaguing the intelli- a word that President Obama the world of Islam and the world of they are successful even when they fail. our intel and ability to predict finally gence community as we seems to favor quite a bit. Islamic terrorists. Leaders, agency heads Members of the political and intelligence becomes. And so, the terrorists will con- enter the year 2010 is this: The Times wrote that by defi- and operatives can only see and under- community are incapable of making this tinue to claim victory and deliver their How it is possible that intelli- nition, from the outset, intel- stand the world through their own eyes - connection. That means that the West messages of support to fellow terrorists. gence agencies can so consis- ligence agencies were created Islam sees the world differently. can never defeat the terrorist. A good Until the West realizes that terrorists tently miss essential red flags in a way that made it impos- One of the most looming failures of example of this lopsided logic is the way will never lay down their proverbial waving in the wind? Why is sible for them to share, to current thinkers to adequately assess the in which the world of Islam interprets swords, that they will never say “uncle,” it that the intelligence com- properly interpret events as probability of terror lies in their contin- Israel’s actions in Gaza and earlier in that in their world the lion never lays Lebanon. down with the lamb, that they are not munity is still so misinformed Micah D. Halpern they unfolded and as a result ued obsession with Game Theory Analy- about the world of terror? to predict future occurrences sis. The most famous example of Game Despite overwhelming military defeat Western thinkers, the West will never suc- Failures by people who and reaction. Theory is the idea of Win-Win. The opti- by Israel, because certain Islamic leaders cessfully fight terror. are supposed to be protecting us instead That was true in the ‘60s, but in 2010 mal scenario is one in which all sides win remained standing at the end of the oper- We need a good offense; not just a endanger our lives and the world in we are facing another dilemma. The rea- — all winners, no losers. ations, the message delivered to Islamic good defense. Forget about winning. which we live. son for the abysmal failures we have been The fundamental problem with that followers was that victory was theirs. In Micah D. Halpern is a columnist and a In a piece that ran in their Week in witness to has more to do with a pro- concept is that for the Islamic terrorist the world of the Islamic terrorist, the bat- social and political commentator. Read Review section, The New York Times sug- found ignorance of the world than an there is no such thing as a Win-Win. On tle, literally, ends only when there is just his latest book THUGS. He maintains The gested that the disconnect between intel- inability to share insights. the contrary, the exclusive paradigm for one man standing. The rule holds true for Micah Report at www.micahhalpern.com 335846 The Jewish Star January 8, 2010 5 O P I N I O N

F R O M T H E O T H E R S I D E O F T H E B E N C H IN MY VIEW: NO MORE SHANDAS, PLEASE Continued from Page One Lead or face the consequences instructs a would-be sinner to wear black and go somewhere where no one recognizes him to commit One of the first not to be involved with the applies to our own commu- his immoral deed. Try that one out, if the urge to sin things we are taught foot, all other body nity and our own peo- is too great to overcome! as trial attorneys is parts would believe ple is simple mind- While admittedly I don’t know exactly what the need to address differently, at lessness. each of the people in the aforementioned cases did the weaknesses of least until proven From time to or didn’t do that was contrary to the letter and spirit your client’s case in otherwise. time Jewish insti- of the Torah law and/or illegal, it sure seems that your opening state- This is true tutions and publi- each of them was connected to some pretty unsa- ment. A recent sur- not only in this cations, this one vory people at the time of their alleged misdeeds, vey indicated that 80 somewhat trite included, are and were at best treading very closely to the edge of percent of juries — David Seidemann analogy, not only taken to task for halachic permissibility. at least in civil cases in the courtroom, dealing with subjects Whatever the particular circumstances of each — make up their but also in most if not that some of our “heads” may be, since all of these scandals are connected in minds as to the ultimate outcome of the all walks of life. From sport- wished would not have been a significant way to either fraud or sex-related case during the opening statements. They ing events, to office politics, to syna- dealt with. Topics that are uncomfort- improprieties, it’s no wonder that the Torah warns judge not only the client; not only the mer- gogue politics, to the world political stage - able; “heads” or leaders who have been us “mi devar sheker tirchak” (from falsehood dis- its of the client’s case; but the integrity of if one segment of the population, especial- exposed as either being corrupt or of hav- tance yourself) and “al tikrivu erva” (do not the attorney as well. ly the head that ought to know better - ing backed other leaders who are corrupt; approach nakedness). These are the only two If the attorney is not believable, if he either remains silent or insists on backing have led to derisive attacks or calls for mitzvos in the Torah in which the slippery slope is is seen as a snake oil salesman, the the wrong horse, its credibility is lost. bans. spelled out as an inherent part of the command- chances of success diminish astronomical- While those perceived leaders might Such leaders, if indeed they can be ment, and that’s because our Maker understands ly. While it is important to stress the not care about how they are perceived by termed as such when they continue to turn our weaknesses to a tee. strength of your client’s case and indeed to the public, their actions (or inaction) often a blind eye, might not care how they are We have to respect these boundaries better, begin your argument with those strengths, make it more difficult for those who must perceived by the masses. To be sure, we because when frum Jews make the headlines in a by acknowledging the weakness of your operate in the public forum. For instance, have witnessed many falls from grace. We negative way, it’s far worse than when a priest or a client’s case at the outset you not only take if so-called moderate Muslims do not have seen the perpetrator’s professional minister sins: Most people in the secular world the wind out of your adversary’s sails, but denounce, renounce and actively fight demise as well as the continued erosion of know a Catholic or a Christian personally, and real- you establish your own credibility. Begin extremism, they really can’t complain the reverence we once held for certain ize that the guy who made the news is the exception with the strengths, acknowledge the weak- when others are skeptical about rejecting leaders when they continue to fail to and not the rule when it comes to that group. nesses, and conclude with why the “profiling.” address the “weakness of the case.” When it comes to our community, though, we strengths of your case should lead the jury When so-called moderate Arab states But the greatest injustice is the added tend to stick together (if you’ve noticed), and we to conclude in your client’s favor. do not denounce, renounce and actively difficulty we, who operate in both the reli- tend to live in densely populated neighborhoods. That means that there are entire states, and coun- Imagine a discussion one day between pick up arms against those of their own gious and secular world, now must deal tries for that matter, where people don’t come across two parts of a body — the head and the that seek Israel’s destruction, they really with in order to dispel the notion that an Orthodox in their entire lives. So all that arm — regarding an infection that afflicts can’t complain when Israel is forced to Orthodox Jews “just don’t get it” — what- these people can rely on is what they see in the the foot. The head decides to not get adopt across the board policies that insure ever the particular “it” might be. I, for one, media (bad), what folks on the street say about us involved since the infection is on the oppo- or at least enhance her survival. am growing weary of explaining to judges (also bad), and what headlines we make (shame on site end of the body. However, the arm When the head does not dictate, it will and adversaries that certain behavior pat- us for giving them more food for fodder). realizes that the head ought to know bet- be treated as the rest of the body, and real- terns are tolerated, encouraged or ignored You know what headlines I’d like to see in ter, that unless the head becomes involved, ly has no one to blame but itself. in our community. 2010? More stories like the one about Robert I. Lap- then not only will the foot be in peril, but Moderate Arabs, moderate Muslims, It is inevitable. When a head refuses to pin, a Reform Jew from Boston who earlier this year the entire body including the head and the moderates of any classification suffer when act as a head, then the feet of the intellec- used $5 million of his own money to restore the arm will suffer. the heads of the entire body refuse to tually honest will stomp on it. retirement savings his employees lost to Bernie Mad- Should the head continue to mind it’s acknowledge the weakness of their posi- off’s schemes. own business, its credibility would be tion or the skeletons in their collective David Seidemann is a partner with the law We could and should be making headlines like called into question. Moreover, the head closets. This phenomenon is not reserved firm of Seidemann & Mermelstein. He can that. Why, if more of us stepped up to the plate and would be deemed complicit in the status of for any one class or set, and to read these be reached at (718) 692-1013 and at set such examples, perceptions would be changed, the foot. Even if the head believes itself words and not to understand how it [email protected]. hearts would be opened, generations would be inspired, and people like me wouldn’t have to work so darn hard. 335856 6 The Jewish Star January 8, 2010

P A R S H A T S H E M O T Midwives of the Hebrews The first major Abravanel and Kli Yakar also Paroh. Aharon was 3 years older than monopoly on servicing the Jewish Midrash unpacks a greater message attempt to stem the tide define them as Egyptians, and Moshe; so saying that his wife, community, because word gets than the one which identifies the of Israelite growth con- Kli Yakar supports his assess- Yocheved’s daughter-in-law, is work- around about how good they are? midwives as the mother and sister of sisted of Paroh ordering ment with the depiction of ing alongside her is also very difficult Using a contemporary example, the human deliverer. midwives to kill male their actions in 1:17: “The to accept as the reality. from the depths of the horrors of the The prophet Zechariah (8:23) babies at birth. Com- midwives feared G-d, and did According to those who identify Holocaust, Yad Vashem has made prophesies of a day when “Ten men mentators identify the not do as the Egyptian king Shifrah and Puah as Yocheved and extreme efforts to find and showcase of all the languages of the earth will two midwives with had ordered them. They Miriam, there are debates as to why the “righteous gentiles” who put their grab hold of the cloak of a Jew and whom he shares his Rabbi Avi Billet allowed the infant boys to they took on these second names, lives at risk to save Jewish people say ‘We will go with you, for we have nefarious plot as the live.” He asks, rhetorically, what the names mean, and which during the Second World War. Not heard G-d is with you.’” “heads of the Depart- were they Israelites, would one was actually Shifrah and which every person living in a culture of The prophet Micha (4:2) prophe- ment of Midwifery.” the Torah have to tell us they feared one was Puah. Suffice to say, the depravity is automatically as bad as sied along similar lines “When many “The king of Egypt said to the G-d? entire re-identification of these two the majority. nations will say, ‘Let us go up to the [Hebrew] midwives [of the More to the point, and using women leaves much unanswered. If Shifrah and Puah were Egyp- House of Hashem and the house of Hebrews], whose names were Shifra logic, Rabbi J.H. Hertz writes in his Perhaps the approach of Kli tians who feared G-d, we need not the G-d of . Let Him show us his and Puah.” (1:15) “Whether they are commentary, “It is hardly probable Yakar, Abravanel and Malbim is the “cover” for their righteous actions by ways, so we may follow His path. Hebrew midwives — themselves that the king would have expected most logical. It is very likely that claiming them to be two of our own. From Zion will Torah go forth, and Israelites, or midwives of the Hebrew women to slay the children women who became and become They were women who loved babies, the word of Hashem from Hebrews — themselves Egyptians, of their own people.” midwives do so because of their cared deeply about their clients and Jerusalem.’” depends on how one defines the term As many authorities define these desire to participate in creation on a their profession, and would not give If we conduct ourselves correctly, “M’yaldot ha’Ivriyot.” In “The Living midwives as the “chief midwives,” it regular basis. A person who is so in in to the awful demands of a totalitar- based on the teachings of the Torah Torah,” Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan summa- is hard to understand, in a practical tune to the miracle of childbirth can- ian ruler — who was not monitoring and our ancestors, others will come rizes the two possibilities: “Some say sense, how Miriam, Moshe’s older sis- not help becoming G-d-fearing. their activities anyway. to recognize the beauty of our G-d that these midwives were Israelites ter, or Elisheva, Aharon’s wife, could Is it the least bit surprising that Rabbi Kaplan concludes with a and our religion on their own and (Rashbam), and Talmudic tradition have been one of the chief midwives. midwives, who have devoted their third opinion: “One source states that will join our ranks of their own voli- associates them with Yocheved According to the Pesikta Rabati 43, lives and careers to bringing life into the midwives were proselytes tion. [Moshe’s mother] and Miriam or Eli- Miriam was 6 years old at the time the world, would do anything but (Midrash Tadshe 21).” sheva (Sotah 11b). Others say that her parents reunited, which would preserve it? Do they need to be While the premise still finds a Questions or comments? Contact the midwives were Egyptian (Mal- make her anywhere between age 3 Hebrew midwives in order to do need to claim Shifrah and Puah as Rabbi Avi Billet at newsroom@the- bim; Josephus)...” and age 6 or 7 when she spoke to that? Or might they just have a “two of our own,” so to speak, this jewishstar.com

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I have seen this situation ish ethical quality that we have Work conference, has machine, evidence movie was a revelation for choose not to act on their sexual on several occasions across the that causes us to be compassion- created a significant, collected suggested many. For me, however, it sim- desires but that does not mean Orthodox spectrum. I always ate. But we must exercise that and generally war- that there was only ply highlighted what I had seen that they do not continue to feel ask, if they had this feeling, quality in the right fashion, at ranted discussion of very limited structural in clinical practice. From the them. The pain and conflict in “why get married?” The answer the correct time. Forcing a cha- homosexuality in the Michael J. and psychological dif- time some individuals are in either event is great. has always been that they felt rade that can only result in dis- Orthodox Jewish ferences between their teens they are aware that Over my years in practice I forced to. They were forced by aster later is anything but com- world — and not just Salamon individuals who are their desires are different. They have worked with many individ- the expectations of their family, passionate. among the Modern heterosexual and feel that no one can understand uals who have marital difficul- by their friends, by their com- Orthodox. Responses have those who are not. It became them, or worse. If they tell ties. These situations are often munity. When it comes to this Dr. Salamon, a Fellow of the mostly been Halachic. There is clear that the amount of testos- someone, they are ridiculed or fraught with tremendous point it is not only the individ- American Psychological Associa- no debate over Jewish law’s terone available to a fetus’s made to undergo therapies that heartache. My job is to keep the ual who has “come out of the tion, is the founder and director position on homosexuality. We developing brain in utero may are supposedly designed to marriage together and strength- closet” who is suffering, but of the Adult Developmental should, however, not lose sight have an impact on sexual orien- change their orientation. These en it if it can work, and if it can- there is a spouse who is hurt, Center in Hewlett, NY and a of the very human element that tation later in life and that there treatments range from strict not to help it wind down with as children who are damaged and Board member of The Aware- these issues engender. Rabbi may, in some cases, be limited behavioral and cognitive retrain- little conflict as possible. There a larger family that will likely ness Center. He recent books Herschel Billet discussed the structural brain differences in ing to painful injections, all of is a tremendous degree of con- carry a label for years to come. include, The Crisis: very Jewish value of compassion very discrete portions of the which are likely quackery and flict when a marriage cannot be Compassion means that we Causes and Cures, published by (Compassion is also a Jewish brain for individuals who identi- may border on malpractice. salvaged because, after several have a humane quality of under- Urim Publications. virtue; Jan 1, 2010) and made fy themselves as homosexual. some very important religious There is also some very limited points about kindness and con- evidence that individuals who sideration. I believe that it is are sexually abused in child- also imperative to present some hood may have a somewhat very humanistic themes in the stronger tendency toward a context of basic psychology that homosexual lifestyle. we currently have. All of this data is still Approximately three incomplete but the evidence decades ago mental health spe- continues to mount. Whether an cialists realized that labeling individual subscribes to the data homosexuality as a disorder was that we currently know about simply wrong. This caused a gender identity or rejects it HAFTR High School conflict that to a degree has entirely is a personal decision. continued until today. 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His achievements in my great uncle, Rabbi Levi kiruv (outreach), chessed Yitzchak Horowitz, the Boston- (kindness) and hachnosas er Rebbe of Boston and Har orchim (hospitality) became Nof. known as a beacon of light Our sages tell us it is and hope for Jews throughout appropriate to mark the pass- the world. He was one of ing of a Torah leader by focus- those rare individuals who ing on his life and deeds, lead- touched the heart and soul of ing us to religious and moral thousands of Jews and who introspection. To do justice to affected a positive change in the memory of Rav Levi R’ Levi Yitzchak as a young boy the religious Jewish life of our Yitzchak’s legacy and contribu- with his father R’ Pinchas Dovid day. tion, one must understand the Horowitz. The core of Boston Chas- essence of his Chassidic tradi- sidic philosophy is perhaps tion. Kehilla (congregation) and best put by the great tzaddik Boston Chassidus has household to Williamsburg, Rav Chaim of Volozhin when made its mark on American Brooklyn in 1939 and he told his children, “We have traditional Judaism. bequeathed it to his children not come to this world for our- It began in 1915 when upon his passing in 1941. Rav selves.” Rav Levi Yitzchak zt”l became known, perhaps above Rabbi Pinchas Dovid Horowitz Moshe, his eldest son, Moshe Horowitz of Lawrence, the writer’s son, as a bar mitzvah boy in 2002, with R’ Levi Yitzchak zt”l and his all else, for his selfless love emigrated from Israel and took assumed his father’s mantle of son, R’ Mayer, the current rebbe of Boston Har Nof. the unusual step of creating a leadership in becoming and dedication, in word and Chassidic title connected to deed, for every Jew. This gen- Bostoner Rebbe. He applied named, said, “...He who does the American city where he uine sentiment impressed and the philosophy of Bostoner not have the ability to always made his home: Boston. Rav inspired all those who had the Chassidus in many of the piv- see the children of Israel in a Pinchas was a well-known fortune to meet him. This cor- otal roles he played in the positive light; and who does defender of Yiddishkeit nerstone of Chassidus is per- rebuilding of European Jewry not always have the praise of throughout New England haps a sentiment that Klal Yis- on American soil. Jews on his lips; and does not where he strengthened Jewish roel is most in need of at this With great courage, newly portray how beautiful they are life with his prodigious talents difficult time in our history. married at the age of 22, Rav in our Creator’s eyes; and is and energy. 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Karov being wheeled out of the hospital. He suffered severe injuries dur- ing the Cast Lead operation. WOUNDED CAST LEAD HERO VISITS FIVE TOWNS Continued from Page One one, truly.” “I came because I thought it Haman’s grandchildren learned is an unbelievable story,” said Lara Torah in Bnei Brak. He also noted Ostreicher of Lawrence. “I don’t that the Gemarah states that we think people see Eretz Yisrael like have to make a blessing on the that. I can’t even digest it. We are bad just as we make a blessing on not on that level of selflessness.” the good, and be happy. Estie Bryk of Woodmere Rabbi Karov said that Aharon counted eight families in the was injured, but he is getting bet- room with sons serving or who ter. People who have never prayed served in the IDF. before said , tehillim for “Aharon was born on the Aharon, he noted. ninth of Av,” his mother, Chaya, Sons of Rabbi Moshe Shonek, an eighth grade rebbe at Yeshiva of South Shore, recently paid a visit to Rabbi Kamenetzky in Lakewood. “This shows the best of us,” said privately in Hebrew. “We said Ari Bergman, a member of were very happy. The midwife Shaaray Tefilla, as he spoke from asked why are you so happy on the podium. “That we are one, we the ninth of Av, and we said are all in this together, to continue because the Moshiach (messiah) Rabbi Binyamin Kamenetzky and survive as a nation and see will be born on the ninth of Av. I his positive attitude.” didn’t think much about that all Rabbi Kenneth Hain of Con- these years but when he was gregation Beth Shalom in injured I said Moshiach is not a Lawrence, opened with, “To thank, person but an era, a way of accepting visitors praise, glorify and bless,” in behaving. It is an era where we Hebrew, thanking G-d for Aharon’s get closer to Hashem, and dark- In rehab in Lakewood, NJ, recovering from fall recovery. “As close as we feel to ness and light are together until Israel, it is important to say todah the light shines out, as the January he’ll be out,” he said. Rehabilitation in West Orange, in the afternoon, between B Y J E W I S H S T A R raba panim l’panim, thank you face redemption gets closer. From the “He’s taking phone calls. His NJ. Upon his improvement the 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. New S T A F F to face,” he said. He also stressed moment he married and went to speaking is progressing. We’re family selected the Leisure Jersey state law requires visi- the need to give chizuk, strength, to battle and was wounded and con- grateful to the Ribbono Shel Chateau Rehabilitation and tors to be over the age of 11. Rabbi Binyamin Kamenet- the family and offer appreciation to tinued to fight to live I understood Olam.” Care Center in Lakewood, a The family asks that visitors zky, founder of Yeshiva of Aharon’s wife, Tzvia. that this was the time of Moshi- The elder Rabbi Kamenet- kosher facility, largely on the not show up unannounced but South Shore and other Five The men lined up to shake ach and maybe that is why he zky suffered a fall and a blow reputed strength of its speech coordinate their visit by e- Towns institutions, has been hands with and thank Aharon, was born on the ninth of Av. We to the head in mid-November therapy program. mailing Rabbi Mordechai moved to a rehabilitation facil- personally, after the meeting. have to see that within the dark is outside the Sephardic shul on While Rav Kamenetzky Kamenetzky at ity near family in Lakewood, Tzvia Karov spoke privately, con- the redemption and in this way Peninsula Boulevard in was at Kessler, the singer [email protected] — a link to a NJ where he is accepting visi- veying thanks to the community will come the Moshiach to see the Cedarhurst. The resulting head Michoel Pruzansky performed web reservation page will be tors and “continues to for the show of support. good within the bad.” injury affected his speech. a kumzitz for him and a num- sent by return e-mail. Or, call improve,” according to his son, “It’s really very moving,” she After an initial period of ber of visitors. Visits to Rabbi Yeshiva of South Shore at 516- Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky. said in Hebrew. “It’s good to see Questions or comments? E-mail hospitalization Rav Kamenet- Kamenetzky are now encour- 374-7363 x114. “Baruch Hashem, he’s on the unity and caring of the public [email protected] zky was moved to the aged between the hours of the mend. I don’t know when, to our story. Thank you to every- but hopefully at the end of renowned Kessler Institute for 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. and

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The overnight parking reg- “I understand your obliga- “The main issue is getting The Board of Trustees of the he said. “Some questions, but no ulations have been rescinded tion to your districts, and I ask the system into a shape where Village of Cedarhurst voted to opposition.” completely and the two-hour you to understand our global people understand and trust it,” change the parking restrictions in The new rules will enable parking limit will now only be in obligation to all the residents of Kopel said. “That’s the main response to a petition from mem- shul members to park a car effect from Monday through Fri- Nassau County,” he told the Photo by Susan Grieco issue, the other things will fol- bers of Congregation Tifereth before Shabbos, since Shabbos day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. newly inducted lawmakers in a low. The perception is often, Senator Charles Schumer Zvi. never begins earlier than 4 p.m., The new parking laws go thick New York accent. and too often true, the assess- Deputy Mayor Ben Wein- Weinstock said. into in effect immediately. Mangano was sworn in on upgraded or shut down to com- ments are inaccurate. When New Year’s Day in a separate ply with the law,” he said. “Pro- some things are assessed at .25 ceremony. posals have been made to con- percent of market value that just Senator Charles Schumer solidate those systems into the adds another layer of confusion. spoke briefly, as did the new County systems and pump the If you say that your house is minority leader, Diane Yatauro. waste to Bay Park which makes worth $369,000, people under- The recession poses an “ongoing sense, except that Bay Park is stand that, but when you say threat,” she said, adding, “an not up to snuff itself. So that’s a that you’re being assessed at .25 assessment system that needs to mess; that’s an urgent mess. I HAFTR hosts Scott Satran Memorial Tournament then you apply a tax rate, that’s be reviewed,” will be a priority think we’ve got to figure some- Eight Yeshiva League high is scheduled to run from Thurs- Lawrence Middle School (LMS) confusing.” of the new session. thing out that’s going to take school teams will spend this day, Jan. 7 and conclude on Davis-Renov-Stahler Yeshiva Furthermore, Kopel wants New Presiding Officer Peter care of everyone, that means Shabbos together as part of the Sunday, Jan. 10. High School (HALB), Brandeis to ensure that the valuations are Schmitt promised that the solu- Lawrence and Cedarhurst are 20-game HAFTR Satran Tourna- As per the schedule below, (Rambam) and HAFTR (Ele- done correctly and complaints tions to the county’s problems relieved of these plants and the ment competition. The tourney games will take place at mentary School). are handled properly. will “not include new taxes and people in East Rockaway and “It’s a big mess in Nassau,” fees. Those days are over,” he Bay Park are not afflicted with he explained. “People are very STANDINGS said. foul odors all the time.” unhappy about it, justifiably.” Republican campaign agen- Kopel will abandon his pre- BOYS VARSITY - EAST DIVISION GIRLS VARSITY A - EAST DIVISION Kopel also plans to cut das were “not hollow promises,” decessor’s campaign against the W L PCT W L PCT spending; there are some “easy H A F T R 12 0 1.000 HAFTR 7 0 1.000 he said. The “hallmark to the adult entertainment club that ones,” in his words, with which H A N C 6 4 .600 NORTH SHORE 6 0 1.000 coming two years has to be: can placed a large billboard of a to begin. DERECH FLATBUSH 5 4 .556 we afford it,” he said. scantily clad woman on Rock- “Less deputy commision- HATORAH 4 5 .444 HESCHEL 3 3 .500 He promised legislation away Turnpike. ers,” Kopel explained. “You have H A L B 4 5 .444 CENTRAL 2 8 .200 that would bar privatizing coun- “I think that’s a dead issue RAMBAM 4 5 .444 H A N C 0 8 .000 a lot of big salaries that can be ty parks, freeing them for the and I think it was thrown out,” NORTH SHORE 3 6 .333 redirected to many smaller use of the people who “pony up he said. “It’s in first of W H H S 0 8 .000 things. In other words, too to pay for them.” He said the all, it’s really not within our many county departments are county’s bloated administrative jurisdiction altogether. I’m no BOYS VARSITY - CENTRAL DIVISION GIRLS VARSITY A - WEST DIVISION too top-heavy and those have staffs would be cut and that on expert in this and I suspect the FLATBUSH 9 2 .818 S A R 7 0 1.000 been patronage positions and M T A 7 2 .778 KUSHNER 5 2 .714 his watch there would be no lawsuit is not going anywhere. can be eliminated. Not all of HESCHEL 6 2 .750 MAAYANOT 4 3 .571 approval of “last-minute con- The guy probably has a legal them, but some of them.” MAGEN DAVID 5 4 .555 FRISCH 2 3 .400 tracts” or legislation. right to do what he does, One recipient of redirected SHAARE T 3 6 .333 RAMAZ 2 4 .333 The newly sworn-in law- regardless of whether we like it. funds would be the Nassau OHR HATORAH 1 9 .100 BRURIAH 2 5 .286 makers have a “unique opportu- That’s in Queens. I don’t have T A B 0 6 .000 HILLEL 0 5 .000 County Police Department, nity and a grave responsibility,” authority or standing to get which Kopel says needs updated to see Nassau County through involved in that, and neither did BOYS VARSITY - WEST DIVISION GIRLS VARSITY B equipment. the end of the economic reces- Jeff Toback.” RAMAZ 8 1 .889 S K A 6 0 1.000 “The police equipment in sion, Schmitt said. Kopel concluded the inter- FRISCH 6 1 .857 BRURIAH 6 1 .857 many cases is not up to speed. 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