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A Jew Is a Jew: Yes to Limmud Honoring Commissioner Ray Kelly Chabad . .See Page 16 St. John’s . See Page 35 Cahal . See Page 39 LI Living Center . .See Page 41 Shirat Devora . .See Page 51 Chai Lifeline . See Page 55 See Page 26 See Pages 3-5 Serving Nassau County, Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, Bronx, and Staten Island DECEMBER 13, 2013 פרשת ויחי WWW.5TJT.COM VOL. 14 NO. 14 10 TEVES 5774 $1.00 Honoring Commissioner Ray Kelly FROM THE EDITOR See Page 72 BY LARRY GORDON In The Knesset This is where all those changes get their fi nal stamp of approval before being imple- See Page 10 mented outside these well- guarded wrought-iron gates. It is diffi cult to pass up an oppor- tunity to walk the halls of Isra- el’s parliament building, where NY City Councilman-elect Chaim Deutsch and State Senator Simcha Felder presented a silver mezuzah case and plaque to NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly in appreciation of his many years of exemplary service. See Page 89 Continued on Page 30 See Page 34 A Jew Is A Jew: HEARD IN THE BAGEL STORE Yes To Limmud BY LARRY GORDON Traversing BY MK DOV LIPMAN Worlds See Page 14 So let me get this straight. By now, the colorfully Jonathan Rosenblum, direc- illuminated menorahs have tor of Jewish Media Resources probably been taken down and a Jerusalem Post colum- and packed away until next nist, is against Orthodox rab- year. Those are the chanu- bis attending the Limmud Con- kiya lamps, composed of ference in England, because it tiny bulbs, that light up the provides equal standing to all streets of Jerusalem through See Page 75 Continued on Page 8 Continued on Page 22 The author at his father’s kever. ADVOCATING FOR A STRONG ISRAEL DEBORAH ASARAH B’TEVES: SCHOCHET: DOING DIFFERENT FROM See Page 6 IT ALL WITH ALS ALL OTHER FASTS? BY MICHELE JUSTIC BY RABBI YAIR HOFFMAN Passionate, determined, Rav Yoseph Karo (Beis optimistic—Deborah Dan- Yoseph 550) cites the view of ielle Schochet is an extraordi- the Avudraham that the fast nary woman who must face of Asarah B’Teves is differ- extraordinary challenges. This ent from all the other fasts. 39-year-old Woodmere resi- How so? If Asarah B’Teves Congresswoman Michele Bachmann; Morton Klein, head of the ZOA; former governor Mike Huckabee; and Joe & Karen Frager were amongst those in dent received the devastating were to fall on Shabbos attendance at the annual dinner for the Zionist Organization of America on Sunday, November 24. See Page 71 Continued on Page 81 Continued on Page 20 December 13 – 4:10 PM December 20 – 4:12 PM See Luach, Page 16 Features Index, See Page 10 2 December 13, 2013 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES December 13, 2013 3 4 December 13, 2013 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES December 13, 2013 5 6 December 13, 2013 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES December 13, 2013 7 LIMMUD “There were about 25 of us, armed with Continued from Front Cover pickaxes, shovels, and a dozen World War I Lee-Enfi eld rifl es—an untrained, inglori- denominations of Judaism, includes lec- ous bucket brigade of diggers and hackers tures on Jewish culture and humor, and fortifying a narrow sector of Jerusalem’s even includes anti-Israel presenters [see western front . We’d heard that Iraqi www.jpost.com/Magazine/Opinion/Think- irregulars were infi ltrating Ein Kerem to Again-331775 for his article]. join up with a Jordanian brigade com- Mr. Rosenblum: This is not 19th-cen- ing up from Jericho. We were supposed tury Germany, in which religious Jews to stop them . Grimy, exhausted dig- founded new streams of Judaism as gers assembled in the glow of a hurricane a way out of a religious lifestyle. It is lamp hanging on the door of a stone ruin, 2013, and it is a shame that you and oth- hidden from enemy view, to recite the ers who share your perspective don’t Shabbat prayers.” realize that millions of Jews in other Someone then came and told them streams are looking for a way in. And, that David Ben-Gurion had declared the thank G-d, newly appointed Chief Rabbi new state that afternoon. “‘Let’s drink to Ephraim Mirvis and other Orthodox that,’ said Elisha, with delight breaking rabbis (myself included) will appear at open the new bottle of wine and fi lling a the Limmud Conference and any other tin mug to the brim. ‘A l’chaim to our new place where people want to hear words state, whatever its name!’ of Torah. “‘Wait!’ shouted a chassid whom every- I had a remarkable experience on Shab- body knew as Nussen . a most diligent bat two weeks ago. An Orthodox rabbi in volunteer digger from Mea She’arim, the New York hosted me and some congre- ultra-Orthodox area of Jerusalem. ‘It’s gants of his, along with two Reform rab- Shabbat. Kiddush fi rst.’ bis, one of whom brought along his wife “Our crowd gathered around him in and children. We talked about Israeli pol- a hush . he added the triumphantly itics, sang zemirot, and had in-depth dis- exulted festival blessing [sheheheyanu] cussions about the parashah. to commemorate this fi rst day of inde- Is there really “no theological common pendence—‘Blessed are You, L-rd our G-d, ground or meeting point” among those of King of the Universe, who has given us us who gained so much from this Shab- life, sustained us and brought us to this bat meal experience, as Mr. Rosenblum time. Amen!’” argues? Is the “chasm” really “unbridge- Was the “chasm” between these secu- able and absolute,” as he suggests? The lar soldiers, religious-Zionist soldiers, and remarkable Torah discussions in which ultra-Orthodox soldiers “unbridgeable we engaged prove otherwise. and absolute?” Was their ability to unify Yehuda Avner, in his book The Prime solely based on the secular Jews being in Ministers, describes a beautiful scene which took place on May 15, 1948: Continued on Page 9 8 December 13, 2013 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES LIMMUD We are going to be different, as demon- in Tuesdays With Morrie, told the story of Continued from Page 8 strated by the different tribes and their “The Wave”: individual fl ags. Unity means treating “The waves were all out in the ocean a “frame of mind to change their lives,” each other with basic respect despite our bobbing up and down and having a great P.O. BOX 690 • LAWRENCE, NY 11559 which Rosenblum implies is the only differences, and putting aside those dif- time. Suddenly, one of the waves said, [email protected] ads@5T JT.com platform for unifying together? ferences in order to work together when ‘Why are we having fun? This is crazy. All 516-569-0502 Every Tuesday, there is a beit midrash in the Knesset. Secular and religious Jews LARRY GORDON ESTA J. GORDON Publisher/Editor Managing Editor join together to study Torah. But not all religious Jews come. No MKs from the Unity does not mean that YOSSY GORDON • YOCHANAN GORDON • DOVI GORDON haredi parties have ever come, and they Sales Managers seem to have no interest in attending. we agree about everything. CHANA ROCHEL ROSS And this is a tragedy. It is tragedy born Assistant Editor out of the holier-than-thou philosophy SIDI BARON • DAVID FOX • YAAKOV SERLE espoused by Rosenblum but masked as Sales Representatives some sort of important and traditional we can. In the desert, it was refl ected the waves are crashing into the beach and SHMUEL GERBER MICHELE JUSTIC ideology. by the rituals in the Tabernacle, which disappearing. All is lost!’ Another wave Chief Copy Editor Copy Editor The Bible records that the Jews were sat in the middle of the camp; in May responded to him, ‘You are looking at this CONTRIBUTING EDITORS camped around Mount Sinai, with the 1948, it meant fi ghting together to save all wrong. We aren’t individual waves. We Hannah Reich Berman • Anessa V. Cohen Talmud expounding that they were “like our country and people; this past Shab- are part of the ocean . .’” Rabbi Yitzchok D. Frankel • Rabbi Aryeh Z. Ginzberg one person with one heart.” But then, bat, for me, it meant enjoying a Shabbat All Jews are part of a unique ocean. We Yoni Glatt • Rabbi Yossy Goldman • Toby Klein Greenwald Rabbi Yair Hoff man • Ron Jager • Doni Joszef as they traveled from Sinai, the Bible meal; and at the Limmud Conference it are on a national journey together. Every Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky • Dr. Bernie Kastner describes how each tribe had its own fl ag will mean joining to study and discuss generation plays its role with different Shmuel Katz • Rabbi Mordechai Kruger • Phyllis J. Lubin and special place to camp. Why were we Torah. challenges and circumstances. But we Esther Mann • Rochelle M. Miller • Rabbi Meir Orlian creating such divisions after that massive There is a natural bond which all Jews share the deepest of bonds, regardless of Elke Probkevitz • Dr. Rachael Schindler show of unity? must feel towards one another despite those differences in geography, culture, Mordechai Schmutter • Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow The answer is clear. Unity does not our differences. Morrie Schwartz, the Baila Sebrow • David J. Seidemann • Rabbi Avi Shafran Samuel Sokol • Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum • Chanita Teitz mean that we agree about everything. professor dying of Lou Gehrig’s disease Continued on Page 14 ELISHEVA ELEFANT IVAN NORMAN Gr aphic Artist IRA THOMAS Photographers Design by DESIGN2PRO.COM Design & Production MICHAEL KUROV – Art Director 5TJT.com site by DAVID HAIRONSON of NDH Web Design © 2013 by the Five Towns Jewish Times The Five T owns Jewish Times is an independen t weekly newspaper.
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