Week of May 12 - 19, 2017 • 16 – 23 Iyar, 5777 jewishc.com Vol. 10 • Issue 16 PAGE 23 PAGE 3 Rabbi Binyomin Kamenetzky zt”l FBI Director, James Comey, fired by President Donald Trump ARTICLE BY HIS SON ON PAGE 36 French Election Winner Macron Again Rules Out 38 Palestinian Statehood Recognition: ADAM ABRAMS As French citizens voted Sunday, On the eve of the election, pro- party—said unilateral recognition of a their eventual president-elect reiterated Europe centrist Emmanuel Macron of Palestinian state would create instability previous statements ruling out unilateral the En Marche party—who went on to and damage France’s relationship with French recognition of Palestinian state- win the presidential race with 64 percent Israel. RUMANIAN PM GINBEANU hood and committing to support for a of the vote, defeating far-right populist “I defended the principle of a two- VISITS THE WESTERN WALL two-state solution. Marine Le Pen of the National Front CONT. ON P4 IN THIS WEEK’S Embracing Change in Marriage Can Trump survive Abbas? ISSUE HOW MY HUSBAND AND I LEARNED TO STOP BEING BEN COHEN Cracking The Egg Shell SCARED OF CHANGE IN OUR RELATIONSHIP There was something of a motivational speaker about Roy Neuberger..................................8 SARA DEBBIE GUTFREUND President Donald Trump as he welcomed Mahmoud Abbas, It Happened to Me on Lag Ba’Omer Ada Calhoun wrote in a recent New York Times column: “A the gerontocrat at the helm of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Alan Magill.......................................11 couple of years ago, it seemed as if everyone I knew was on the for the last 12 years, to the White House May 3. Paleo Salted Dark Chocolate verge of divorce. ‘He’s not the man I married,’ one friend told At their joint appearance, Trump was confident and Almond Butter Fudge me. ‘She didn’t change, and I did,’ said another… Emotional and beaming. Abbas, in turn, came across as eager and respect- Rachael Schindler...........................23 physical abuse are clear-cut grounds for divorce, but they aren’t ful. As Trump surely knows, to sell something you need to the most common causes of failing marriages… What’s the believe in it—and to look like you believe in it. In tone and Road Rage or Contemplation body language, both leaders pulled that off in their com- Elizabeth Weintraub.......................28 more typical villain? Change.” (Ada Calhoun, “To Stay Married, CONT. ON P25 CONT. ON P5 Minister Rabbi Benny Elon Joseph Frager, MD..........................29 The Spin on Fidget Spinners What Does Sugar Do to Your Brain? JNS NEWS.....................................30 A DEEPER LESSON BEHIND THE LATEST CRAZE DR. JOSEPH MERCOLA RABBI SHLOMO LANDAU While all cells in your body can use glucose for They are everywhere: in school, in energy, when you burn fat as your prima- the boardroom, at the doctor’s office, ry fuel your liver produces ketones that even in synagogues. They are those for- burn far “cleaner” in that they generate ever-spinning little triangular gadgets fewer reactive oxygen species (ROS) ,urb ,eksv that will set you back anywhere from and secondary free radicals than sugars. The conventional view is that you need 16 Iyar rhht u"y $3 - $25 and become an inseparable CONT. ON P4 CONT. ON P6 Parashat Emor 7:44 P.M. FIVE TOWNS “FLAKEY JAKE” YOM 7:45 P.M. STATEN ISLAND PRESENTS 7:45 P.M. BROOKLYN YERUSHALAYIM 7:45 P.M. TEANECK, NJ SHAVUOS AT HUDSON HONOR ROLL 7:40 P.M. MIAMI BEACH, FLA. VALLEY RESORT 6: 47 P.M. JERUSALEM P3 P17 P2 5/12/17 2 To advertise in THE JEWISH CONNECTION call: 718.761.2626 • [email protected] 5/12/17 HEALTH | Dr. Rachael Schindler The Hormonal Edge In the first article of this series metabolic function as well as other I explained how I teach my clients aspects of personal health, weight how to work on speeding up their loss and/or and well-being. I will metabolisms and understanding the also contrast that with the pitfalls key hormones in terms of weight to optimizing your metabolism and loss. Most people don’t believe that hormone output so we can be clear their metabolism is dynamic, not on what we need to do to literally static and can be modified, as well as “fix it”. some of their hormones, for better In The Key to Skinny I, we or for worse! So how important are spelled out the role of insulin. Insu- hormones to metabolism? Really, lin’s most important function is to hormones are the key! They tell our lower the concentration of glucose bodies what to do, very specifically! in the blood. Decreased insulin So, if we look at metabolism in release causes impaired glucose general, we see that some hormones tolerance in diabetes type I and inform you that you are hungry and type 2 (at the end stage). It results some inform you that you are full. from many years of insulin resist- When you eat, hormones tell your ance; obesity and inactivity leading body what to do with the ingested to high insulin output; and finally food-whether to store it or burn it pancreatic “burnout”. This elevated as fuel. This is why the most impor- circulating insulin increases hunger tant step for you is to get to under- and fat storage. Ultimately, this is stand the role of key hormones in at the expense of the hard-working weight regulation. In this article, pancreas, which is doing its best to (part of a series on this topic), I will keep up with glucose control, but focus on other hormones (namely eventually can’t keep blood sugar testosterone, DHEA and growth levels normal. Consequently, the hormone) and the role they play in CONT. ON P13 To advertise in THE JEWISH CONNECTION call: 718.761.2626 • [email protected] 3 5/12/17 Web & Print Design • Social Media Marketing • Virtual Tour Photography Enhance Your Company’s Image and Increase Your Awareness On And Off The Web! Make Your Mark With eb ark esign, Inc. Creativity. Originality. Experience. LANDAU lar fad. Alas, Catherine isn’t making this fad is tapping into something get spinner reflects a kinship that we CONT. FROM P1 any money on the lucrative toy. She that resonates on a deeper, spiritual feel with its constant movement, and extension of the hand. Interestingly gave up the patent years ago because plane. the ease with which that sustained enough, people report that on first she couldn’t afford the $400 renewal Judaism believes that human movement is achieved. Imagine a life sight they are turned off by the con- fee. But she isn’t bitter. She told the beings were created with a quest for that is constantly and easily moving! cept of a fidget spinner, but once they Guardian, “Several people have asked perfection. We are born as an unpol- This is, of course, a pale imitation of try it out they are hooked. me: ‘Aren’t you really mad?’ But for ished diamond. Raised and nurtured the real-life movement that our spir- But what most people don’t me I’m just pleased that something by our parents and educators, we itual sub-conscious is craving, but know is that fidget spinners are the I designed is something that people then set out on our own to pursue it taps our innermost desire to grow brainchild of Catherine Hettinger, understand and really works for the quest that is our very existence. and move. a creative inventor and innovator. them.” Jewish tradition teaches that life So whether you are a current fid- After a visit to Israel a number of What is it about these fidget equals growth; a day without growth get spinner addict or a fidget spinner years ago she saw firsthand how spinners that make them so wildly is a day that has not truly been adversary, here is a little “spin” on young Arab children were spending popular and addicting? lived. That is why human beings are life. Your soul is craving movement their time throwing stones at Israelis. referred to as mahalchim, travelers, and growth in its quest for spiritu- Catherine decided that she needed to I am not an expert in trends or alluding to the constant movement al perfection. You can either try to find a replacement for the stones, and ADHD solutions, but I’d like to share that characterizes our existence as placate it with a cheap knock-off, thus the fidget spinner was born. one idea that perhaps gives a deeper we travel to toward our destination artificial feeling of growth, or you can Sadly, her fidget spinner did not reason behind the phenomenon. Af- of perfection. Life is for constant really satisfy it with the thrill of gen- replace the stone throwing, but Cath- ter all, according the Jewish perspec- growth and movement. There is no uine growth and soul-fulfillment. It’s erine did stumble upon something tive, the physical world reflects the standing still. up to you to decide which direction that has now become a wildly popu- spiritual. So it stands to reason that Perhaps our attraction to the fid- you want to spin it! ABRAMS Macron has previously ex- the state of Israel against its enemies Macron would be “very friendly” CONT. FROM P1 pressed support for Israel’s security in the international arena, in all its toward Israel. state solution, and France’s commit- and condemned the BDS move- constructs, be it from the extreme Israeli Prime Minister Ben- ment to that,” said Macron, recall- ment, referring to anti-Israel boy- left or the extreme right.” jamin Netanyahu congratulated ing a 2015 visit to Israel as France’s cotts as “profoundly anti-Semitic” French Ambassador to Israel the French president-elect, saying, minister of economy.