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IN MY VIEW Long Island’s New on campus Back to singles go school west advice from the experts BY ETTA CHINSKEY BY MAYER FERTIG am 30 and I am single. Without thinking too hard, I can come up with a couple of dozen other sin- After all the anticipation, summer is I gles just like me. I am sure, as you coming to an end and maybe that’s not read this article, your own list of such a bad thing. Children who’ve been beloved eligible singles will play away at camp are home and parents can through your mind. Some are having enjoy having the whole family beneath one a harder time than others. Some roof again; there are holidays to look for- have made the most of it, turning ward to and, of course, in no time at all, their jobs into fulfilling careers, school will be underway. going back to school, or volunteering Preparation before school can go a their time. And some are actually long way toward helping students get off enjoying the search for their bashert to a good start. [soul mate]. But no matter how well “As we get closer to the school year they are adapting and coping, they take a week to get them reorganized and all know that something is missing. back on schedule in terms of bedtime,” The prob- Photos courtesy Yeshiva University suggests Dr. Penina Zilberberg, a psycholo- gist in Cedarhurst who specializes in work- lem of the sin- More than 700 students moved into dormitories on Yeshiva University’s Wilf and Beren Campuses during gle young-adult ing with young children. “Get them back is a uniquely Orientation Week, which began Sunday. Two freshmen are greeted by YU President Richard Joel in Washington into the mode of going to sleep at an Orthodox one. Heights (above) while young women check in at Stern College in Midtown Manhattan (below). More on page 13 appropriate time and getting ready for the When I am in next day.” the secular Preparation ahead of time with mat- world, I forget ters like tutoring may also go a long way, that I no longer she said. have to make “Pay attention to setting them up at apologies for the beginning of school with anything they need to address, issues that we know they ” hen I am in my marital sta- W tus. My peers in have, so they don’t get into the position of the secular grad school falling behind.” want to know Parents often have a good idea from world, I forget what the rush the previous school year of where a child that I no longer is. They tell me may need additional help. Even if money is thirty is so tight, Zilberberg said — maybe especially if have to make young to settle money is tight — it pays to act early. down. But when “Sometimes when we do something apologies for I am back in my beforehand to address a child’s need we my marital natural habitat, can end up saving money in the long run.” I can feel the For parents of children who face chal- status.“ pressure rush- lenges being organized, Zilberberg offered ing back. The two tips: the first, color-coded folders, is air is different. I relatively inexpensive; the other costs a lit- can hear the tic tle more. tock of that “For kids who tend to lose things, pesky clock maybe it’s an extra set of books so they again. When I am at work or in See BACK TO SCHOOL, Page 12 school is doesn’t matter that I am unmarried, it doesn’t affect my per- formance or my enjoyment of the task at hand. But when I am engaged in the spiritual rituals of halachic life, the same just doesn’t hold true. Blogger chronicles her NCSY to merge In our Jewish life, a single man or woman is literally incomplete without their zivug [match]. And if Catholic past, Jewish present Long Island and today’s sophisticated single doesn’t intuitively always feel their missing BY KEVIN DEUTSCH stop me.” other half, they are reminded of First seriously drawn to Judaism these phantom pangs when they nav- When Aliza Hausman told her following her encounter with a New York regions mother she wanted to be Jewish, holocaust survivor in junior high igate through their religious life. the former director of the the Dominican-born Catholic reared school, Ms. Hausman finally con- BY MICHAEL ORBACH Everything that makes up the reli- Long Island region, will head her arm back into a pitcher’s wind- verted in 2006, immersing herself the new organization. The See VIEW, Page 7 up, slugged her daughter hard as in the ritual-heavy lifestyle of Long Island NCSY will be merger will effectively dou- she could, and, for a time, Orthodox Judaism. And rather merging with New York ble the size of the region. Etta Chinskey received her BS in Applied destroyed any hopes a 13-year-old Aliza Hausman than relegate her Dominican her- NCSY to form one New York “The biggest advantage Psychology at NYU and is currently pursu- Aliza had of changing religions. itage to her past, she fused it with Region that will include Long is you go from 14 clubs with ing her MFA in Creative Writing at Adel- “It didn’t go over very well,” said Ms. her developing Jewish identity, shattering Island, Westchester and the Five Boroughs. 500 unique public schools phi University. She was runner-up for the Hausman, now a 29-year-old Orthodox Jew See BLOGGER, Page 8 2008 Don Axinn Award in poetry. living in Riverdale. “Obviously, that didn’t Rabbi Aryeh Lightstone, See NCSY MERGER, Page 8

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Exiting can’t imagine riding in for a drama; some preferred walk- an enormous stainless steel onto Delancey Street, we were day of leisure; I delight in the ing between points while oth- tree didn’t disappoint and can able to tour Old New York and cultural opportunities avail- ers liked getting to their desti- be seen for a minimal dona- decided on a tour of the Tene- able to New Yorkers. I recently nation more directly. But all tion to the museum, as you ment Museum. When we got got to play tour guide to our visitors shared a love for may opt to pay what you wish. thirsty we drank refreshingly cousins visiting from abroad. New York City and yearned to We enjoyed roaming art cold, old-fashioned New York My organizational and navi- experience the “real” New galleries as well as museums egg creams. gating skills got a real workout York. so we spent hours walking the No New York tour is com- and I enjoyed new adventures Many new adventures streets of Chelsea. Weaving plete without the theater and with my charges. awaited my guests. Everyone through the teens and 20’s Central Park. TKTS offers half- This involved some effort knows about the Staten Island between 10th and 11th priced tickets to many Broad- on my part: late night web Ferry, which is a fun ride, but avenues, we popped into as way and off-Broadway shows, surfing to plan the next morn- there’s a brand new ferry to a many art galleries as we could if you’re willing to wait in line. ing’s full day. I planned routes, newly opened island right next manage. The exhibits are free This year, Times Square has marked subway and bus maps to it. We rode the free ferry to and you can choose from New been reinvented as a pedestri- so my visitors could decipher Governor’s Island, which has York magazine’s listings or an haven with places to sit and the intricacies of our public just opened to the public. On enter randomly and be sur- rest including the new steps of transportation system, the small island we were treat- prised. Also new to Chelsea is the TKTS booth. Central Park checked out museum days and ed to free art exhibits and a the High Line, an old railway offered us (and tens of thou- hours, and Googled maps of free concert, car-free walking line recently converted to an sands of others) a free New neighborhoods I’m not so and bicycling paths and the elevated walkway. It is planted York Philharmonic concert familiar with and wanted to most beautiful 360-degree beautifully with wild grasses with an awesome fireworks explore. I enjoyed having an views of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and flowers, and has benches display at the end of the show. excuse to roam the streets of Queens and Staten Island. We to sit on and enjoy a bird’s-eye You can still line up for free New York and lead my guests had a clear view of the Statue view of the Hudson and of the Shakespeare in the Park tickets Miriam Abrahams and daughter Nina enjoying the view on the Staten to off-the-beaten-path won- of Liberty and enjoyed a park- evolving architecture in this (publictheater.org) or enjoy Island ferry. ders. A special bonus was find- like atmosphere and a cool exciting corner of the city. the variety of street perform- people watching is always a pounds from all the walking... ing free or cheap thrills in our breeze on a very hot Sunday in We took the L train to ers in all the parks. From the fun and free activity. and it’s really the best way to expensive city. July. 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mum requirements for a regular 2009) this Shabbos and was very this, primarily by conducting health Less secular Regents diploma. Of course, their moved by it. I put together a chesed Suggests prevention and nutrition classes at school and yeshiva does not have a science lab or newsletter for the Oceanside communi- encouraging ongoing dialogues about computers, etc. ty and will include your idea. for eating disorders healthy body image and building self- education is the If I had a choice between an inten- Please, please tell the Shalits that worth, irrespective of body size. Open sive religious education combined with the candles I light are surrounded by and frequent discussions between stu- answer an adequate secular education or a many photos of my extended family. A To the Editor: dents, teachers and guidance coun- public school education supplemented photo of Gilad is now among them. The adage, “An ounce of prevention selors should be encouraged about per- To the Editor: with a few hours of Talmud Torah He’s a part of our greater family and is worth a pound of cure,” was never tinent adolescent issues. Parents need The article says, “It used to be called instruction, I know which one I would we will not forget him. more appropriate than in response to to be gently educated and involved as Talmud Torah,” he said, referring to the choose. the article addressing the increasing needed as they may inadvertently con- Let the yeshivas in the Five Towns SHERYL-SUE SOBER rise of eating disorders in the Orthodox tribute to the child’s problem or active- after-school learning program that edu- Oceanside cated generations of Jews before the pare down the secular education to community (Eating disorders in the ly pressure the child to be thin. Finally, advent of yeshivas and day-schools minimum requirements and hence save Orthodox get new emphasis; August special tracking of individual children (Tuition or mortgage; August 21, money. 14, 2009). who have been identified as particular- 2009). Lest you say that I am anti-secular Already prays It is extremely noteworthy and ly high risk should be placed in the Have they learned nothing from his- education, let me point out the I have a important that the Renfrew Center has capable hands of guidance counselors tory? Talmud Torah education was an PhD and retired in 2008 after teaching for Gilad responded to the specific needs of to prevent situations from further dete- abysmal failure in America when it mathematics at Stevens Institute of Orthodox women and their families by riorating. came to producing committed Jews. Technology for 40 years. I am a strong creating a special track to accommo- Several Hebrew Day Schools have proponent of secular education and date our cultural mores and beliefs, already implemented some of the mea- Indeed, putting one’s child in public To the Editor: school means that he or she absorbs have written articles about its impor- therapeutic needs and dietary con- sures discussed at a recently held Ren- tance. However, we must keep our pri- I was happy to see David Seide- straints. Nevertheless, inpatient resi- frew Conference as a collaborative the values of public school children. mann’s suggestion for all women to These values are anything but Torah orities straight. If keeping children in dential treatment remains the most effort between Orthodox psychothera- yeshiva means less secular education, pray for Gilad Shalit when lighting drastic response to a crisis situation. pists and the Renfrew Center. values. Shabbat candles (Our very own Jacob I live in Brooklyn, and my grandchil- then this is the way to go. As a psychotherapist in the Five Perhaps as we become more open and Joseph; August 21, 2009). I have Towns for the last twenty years I con- about discussing this insidious problem dren go to Chareidi schools. While I do DR. YITZCHOK LEVINE been doing this for years as my person- not know how much tuition is, I am tinue to witness the rise in eating-disor- in our midst we can encourage our Brooklyn al way of trying to show support. As dered behaviors in the Jewish as well daughters and young women to speak pretty sure that it is nowhere near as (Via Internet) with other people on my list for high as it is in the Five Towns. The rea- as the pre-adolescent, adolescent and of their struggles and angst to love prayers, I recite the person’s name and adult female population at large. It is themselves as they are and not mea- son is, I believe, simple: Chareidi his or her mother’s name. Mr. Seide- yeshivas do not give a top-notch secu- imperative that as parents, educators, sure themselves as a reflection of their mann’s article didn’t mention this. My and community members raising size. lar education. Lighting Candles for prayers include the name as Gilad The schools that my grandchildren future mothers and wives, we inter- Shalit ben Aviva. Perhaps you could let vene in this process much, much earli- JANET STEINER attend give an adequate secular educa- Gilad Shalit readers know this information and Mr. Hewlett tion and a first rate, intensive religious er. One way of intervening is through Seidemann could let Gilad’s parents prevention and education from as early education. My older two grandsons know that their son is not forgotten. who are in high school will get Regents as age 9 or 10 when these young girls To the Editor: begin to form their sense of self-worth diplomas, but not honors Regents I read Mr. Seidemann’s article (Our ARLENE ANTEBY diplomas. They will fulfill the mini- Belle Harbor and body image. very own Jacob and Joseph; August 21 There are many ways to accomplish

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FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BENCH Lessons in numbers FOUR young educators skirts, identical in style, asked the shopper, now red with finished, the two boys threw their throw their cans on this man’s porch so of this generation once color and size, but with two embarrassment that she had become empty cans up onto the porch of an that he could return the cans for the asked Rabbi Moshe Fein- different price tags. They the subject of a wager. apartment building three floors up. “deposit”. Every shekel, was so helpful stein zt”l why it is that made the cashier check “Easy,” said the cashier, “the wig.” The cans bounced off the ceiling and to this man. Rather than make the poor when we begin teaching with her boss to make sure “The wig?” asked the woman. crashed back to the ground. The boys man have to embarrass himself and ask Talmud to our young boys which price was correct “Yeah, you’re a ‘wig woman’. tried a second time and then a for handouts face-to-face, these boys in Yeshiva, we begin with and indeed it was the The ladies with the third each time encoun- set into motion a mechanism that the tractate dealing with cheaper price that was cor- wigs, and the men tering the same would spare the man the shame. property rights. Wouldn’t it rect. The cheaper price was with the beanies, I result, with the Anonymous throwers to an anonymous be more appropriate to David Seidemann paid and the women exited knew you’d bring it cans falling back in needy person. begin with the laws of the store. back. And if my front of them. When this Rabbi relayed the afore- belief in G-d? In the confusion, the boss knew you On the mentioned story in public, his goal was Rabbi Feinstein’s answer was cashier accidentally placed both skirts were a wig woman, fourth try, both to teach a lesson in judging others poignant. Unless one is scrupulous with in the woman’s shopping bag, a mis- he would never young men were favorably. An unintended lesson not his business affairs and respecting take the cashier realized moments after have bet me. He successful in their lost on the audience was that in order another person’s rights, his own per- the women exited the store. When the would know you’d bid to have the empty to grow, we need to be self-critical at sonal belief in G-d, is not worth much. woman who bought the skirt was strap- bring it back too.” cans land on the porch. The times and examine how we can fall THREE Talmudic disciples were ping her infant into the car seat of her “So instead of making a bet you Rabbi was beside himself and confront- short, for instance, by not giving the once debating how a property rights minivan, her friend dropped the bag knew you’d win, and taking your boss’ ed the two students. He demanded to “coke can thrower” the benefit of the issue should be determined according and both skirts fell out. money, why didn’t you tell him I’m a know how supposedly refined yeshiva doubt. to Jewish law. When the consensus Without hesitation, the woman wig woman, that I cover my hair with a boys who are supposed to serve as an But to me the most powerful les- emerged to rule according to the opin- who purchased the skirt returned to scarf or wig? According to what you example for others, how could they son of this story is the Rabbi’s recita- ion of Rabbi Shimon, word was sent to the store to give back the extra skirt just told me, your boss wouldn’t have behave in such a disrespectful manner? tion, in front of hundreds of listeners, the non-Jewish king. The king praised while her friend watched the now placed the wager with you!” How could they walk through the of a story about himself, and how he the wisdom of Rabbi Shimon. Why was sleeping child in the minivan. “Easy” said the cashier, “I don’t wear a streets guzzling soda out of cans and had fallen short of his own high stan- word sent? For not only is our She returned to the same cashier wig.” then compound the inappropriateness dards. The humility displayed by the conduct vis-a-vis our Jewish brethren and was greeted with a strange saluta- Think about it. Now think about it of their behavior by littering. Worse, Rabbi, relating his own shortcomings to supposed to be of the highest moral tion. “Holy moloy, you just made me again. they were littering the private property instruct and inspire others is one great standard, it must also serve as an five bucks,” the cashier exclaimed. ONE Rabbi recently told the fol- of a total stranger! lesson. example for the other nations of the “Excuse me,” said the woman. lowing story to a very large public gath- The boys let the Rabbi vent and world. “You just made me five bucks,” the ering. It seems that this very Rabbi then and only then explained their David Seidemann is a partner with the TWO young women from a Mid- cashier answered. “My boss bet me five who was relating the story, was walk- actions. It seems that the man who law firm of Seidemann & Mermelstein. western city went shopping at an outlet dollars that you weren’t going to come ing down the streets of Jerusalem lived on that third floor was impover- He can be reached at (718) 692-1013 store in search of skirts for one of the back and return the skirt but I said that when he saw two young yeshiva stu- ished. These two boys had arranged and at [email protected]. women’s daughters. They found two you would!” “How’d you know?” dents drinking cans of coke. When they that all of the other Yeshiva boys would

I’M THINKING Mubarak on center stage President Hosni Mubarak Mubarak’s principle interests. despotic president, carved out income in Egypt is $1800. tary model. Mubarak is wrapped up a successful trip intentions might The first is to for his country. According to the World Bank grooming his son Gamal as to Washington, DC. He be well placed, but maintain his per- Mubarak is plagued by that is the lowest in the Arab successor and has secured a proved to the Obama admin- I am not as con- sonal place of many challenges. His life is in world - even below Syria. The place for him in the Egyptian istration that he is worth the vinced as Obama power. The second constant danger, threatened aid that Egypt gets from the Parliament and even brought $1.5 billion and $28 billion that he will suc- is to maintain the from within by Islamic US is vital to their survival. Gamal to Washington with over 30 years Egypt received cessfully accom- position Egypt has extremists who want him The 81 year old leader of him. But Gamal lacks military in US aid. He proved himself plish the task. attained as preem- assassinated. He holds his Egypt has been in office since experience and so, in Egypt- by undertaking the responsi- The president of inent power in the position with the help of his 1981 and is running out of ian eyes, he lacks gravitas as bility of playing middleman Egypt is a wily Arab world, a posi- well-trained, brutal, internal time. The Egyptian model of a leader. in negotiations between character. Hosni Micah D. Halpern tion he, as senior police force. And he lacks a leadership, from Nasser to Before leaving for Wash- Palestinians and Israelis. Mubarak has two statesman and successor. The average annual Sadat to Mubarak, is a mili- See MUBARAK, Page 8 304638 6 The Jewish Star August 28, 2009

PARSHAT KI TETZEI Baby Birds and Their Mother BY RABBI AVI BILLET majority of hand-reared baby birds do not permitted to wipe out an animal its meat? Because it will grow up in Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch not survive.” The people who write family in one day, as this would be an captivity? Because it will become a says the focus is not on the babies for a Here is a contradiction for you. this are experts in the care of birds, evil characteristic, even though ani- parent to more baby birds? reason. “If she is occupied with her The Torah commands that if a person and are very sensitive to the fact that mals are “merely” animals. We should It has no meat on it; it will most maternal functions, she is protected happens to come across a bird nest an untrained human touch can be not become insensitive through our likely die on its own, rendering it from harm and must be let free.” The with a mother bird sitting with her detrimental to bird survival. domination over animals. neveilah (Biblically prohibited from focus is on the mother bird – not on eggs or babies, we are to send away We, who are commanded against Would it not be more compassion- Jewish consumption), and will be no her feelings, but on her role. the mother in order to take her off- “Tzaar baalei chaim” – causing pain to ate to leave the baby birds alone? In more useful than the bug you stepped In essence, the mitzvah is symbol- spring. (Devarim 22:6-7) This mitzvah animals (Bava Metzia 32b) — should fact, this commandment is not meant on last night. ic, emphasizing the highly valued role is one of two mitzvot directly linked to be particularly sensitive to living ani- to teach us to show compassion to ani- In Weinberger’s book, he notes of motherhood. The ability to produce lengthening a person’s life. It is so spe- mals, and even respectful with animal mals, because the Mishnah in Brachot that according to halakha one may and sustain life, to raise babies from cial, Naftali Weinberger wrote a 314- meats and skins when we use them for 5:3 states, “One who says ‘Your mercy “make a kinyan hagbahah” on the eggs their infancy until they are ready to go page practical guidebook on how to do such purposes as food or to produce is demonstrated through the treatment or babies (pick them up for a moment out into the world, must be preserved. it properly (Shiluach Hakan: A Practi- Torahs and tefillin. Yet the Torah tells of the mother bird’ is to be silenced.” and say their yours) and then put Sparing the mother bird teaches us to cal Guide; Feldheim Publishers). us (Devarim 22:6-7), “When you come I am comfortable saying I do not them back – meaning you need not value the role mothers play, even On the “Bird Watch Ireland” web- across a bird’s nest with eggs or baby understand the mitzvah. Why would keep them. While this partially though in our human existence, we site, I found a page which states birds — do not take the eggs or babies anyone want to take the baby birds? If answers the question — what if some- have dominion over animals. strongly that a bird’s nest that contains while the mother is there. Send the they are fertilized eggs at the earliest one chooses to keep the baby birds? While Rabbi Hirsch’s approach is eggs or baby birds in it should be left mother away and then take the babies, stage of development, I understand. If What is the point if they will most helpful in understanding the meaning alone (http://tinyurl.com/shiluach). in order that it be good for you and they are unfertilized eggs, I under- probably die? of the mitzvah, I am still unsatisfied They suggest that if one comes you merit long life.” stand. (If they are unfertilized, perhaps How is this cruel behavior to the with the treatment of the eggs or across a bird’s nest, the nest “should be Jewish law requires the sending there is no mitzvah, because the bird is babies (as compassionate as it may be babies, if they are not returned to the left strictly alone! Even casual observa- away of the mother bird to teach a per- not a “mother.”) But if the baby birds to the mother, which the mishnah in tree. Do you have a good answer? tion of the nest can cause stress to the son to be a compassionate being (Ram- are developed in the egg, or if the baby Brachot has declared irrelevant) justi- parents and young birds. Unless you ban). The compassion is learned from bird is already born, what is the point fied in the Torah?Please don’t misin- Email answers to have experience of caring for birds, the fulfillment of a different com- of taking the baby bird? The egg is terpret this question as an animal [email protected] taking a baby bird in to care may often mandment of, “Do not slaughter the useless, unless you plan to feed it to rights protest. If there were a way that (write ‘Parsha answer’ in the subject) reduce its chances of survival; the parent [animal] and baby [animal] on your pet alligator, and for what pur- the baby birds somehow benefit or submit as a comment to the article the same day.” (Vayikra 22:28) We are pose would one want a baby bird? For humans, I would understand. at www.thejewishstar.com.

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Call our Helpline for more 1:15 p.m. for eight sessions facilitat- (ie, credit card debt) through JCC of the Greater Five Towns hosts group that meets the second are scheduled to begin Wednesday, information or to schedule a work- ed by Jill Alper, MSW, CSW; breast NYLAG (New York Legal Assistance a Parkinson’s Support Group. The Monday of each month at 1 p.m. at September 9, 2009. The class shop today (631)-689-2672 cancer group for the working Group) on Wednesdays by appoint- purpose of this group is to bring Temple Emanuel of Long Beach, 455 meets at 10:00 a.m. Pre-registra- woman meets Tuesdays at 6 p.m. ment only. For further information together Parkinsonians, spouses Neptune Blvd. For more informa- tion is required. For further infor- and is facilitated by Sue Champlin, Far Rockaway - Rabbi Eytan Fein- and/or to schedule an appointment and their families in order to help tion, please call Roberta at (516) mation please call the JCC office at CSW. A new class, held on Tuesdays, er's Machshavah Shiur in Sifrei one may call 569-6733, and ask for them better understand the nature 742-2050. 569-6733. from 10-11 a.m., is a “Mind Body Maharal on Chumash and Mo'adim Chana Pfeifer or Judy Goldberg. of the condition, gain confidence Spiritual Healing Journey” for can- for men and women has resumed. and join in community activities. cer patients looking to connect to Plainview - The Friedberg JCC Cedarhurst - The JCC of the Tuesday evenings 8:15 p.m. to 9:15 For further information, please con- Cedarhurst - The JCC of the their inner sanctuary. All classes hosts a free spousal support group Greater Five Towns invites its “LIFE” p.m. at Cong. Kneseth Israel, 728 tact Cathy Byrne at (516) 569-6733, Greater Five Towns offers a variety and support groups are a free ser- which meets the second and fourth members to a BBQ on Sunday, Empire Ave., Far Rockaway. For ext. 220. of Hebrew classes. The vice. Please call Christine (516) 374- Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m. at September 13, 2009, from 4:00 - more information call (718) 327- Conversational Hebrew 3190 to register. Temple Chaverim, 1050 Washington 6:00 p.m., to be held at the JCC, 207 0500 or www.whiteshul.com. Grove Avenue, Cedarhurst. For fur- Intermediate meets Mondays from Cedarhurst - The JCC of the Ave. For more information, please 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. The Greater Five Towns hosts the Come call Roberta at (516) 742-2050. ther information and/or to register West Hempstead - Bereavement Cedarhurst - The Beis Medrash of Conversational Hebrew Beginner Alive Program at Sons of Israel in please call 569-6733, ext. 205. Support Group for widows and wid- Cedarhurst holds a Flexible Morning class meets Mondays from 11:50 to Woodmere. This program provides owers will be held every Wednesday Lawrence - The JCC of the Greater Learning Program every Monday 1:05 p.m. The Learn How to Read an opportunity for homebound in the Jewish Community Center of Five Towns Rainbow School, an Cedarhurst - The JCC of the through Thursday from 10:30 a.m. Hebrew day class meets Mondays older adults to participate in social, West Hempstead, from 10:30 to 11:45 after school Enrichment Program Greater Five Towns “Sunday until 12:45 p.m. There are shiurim from 1:10 to 2:25 p.m. The recreational and intellectual activi- a.m. There is a $140 fee. The JCC is for children from Russian families, Funday” program begins in October. and chavrusas in Chumash, Conversational Hebrew Beginner ties. Kosher lunch will be provided located at 711 Dogwood Avenue in meets on Wednesdays, from 5:30 to “Clay Creations” is one of our new Gemara, Halacha and Chovos night class meets Tuesdays from and door-to-door transportation is West Hempstead. To join, please call 7:30 p.m., at Temple Israel, 140 programs for children grades 4 and Halevavos. Learners may come and 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. The available on a limited basis. This Rachel Bruckenstein, LMSW at (516) Central Avenue, Lawrence, NY. For up. For further information please go as they please. The Beis Conversational Hebrew program runs on a summer sched- 766-4341, ext. 131. further information, please call call the JCC office at 569-6733, ext. Medrash of Cedarhurst is located at Intermediate night class meets ule. For further information, please (516) 569-6733, ext. 214. 218. 504 W. Broadway (off the corner of Tuesdays from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. The call Linda Balch at (516) 569-6733, W. Broadway and Cedarhurst Ave.) Learn How to Read Hebrew night ext. 211 or Mary Sheffield, ext. 219. Lynbrook - Cong. Beth David’s Lido Beach - Lido Beach For information, please contact class meets Mondays beginning Thrift Shop is open every Tuesday Forest Hills -The Sid Jacobson JCC Rabbi Moshe Kaufman at (718) 471- 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. Each class meets from 1-3 p.m. Bingo every Tuesday hosts a Cancer Wellness: Strength Synagogue will be holding a Rosh Long Beach - Long Beach Medical 2780 or 12 times and costs $200. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Rabbi’s to Strength group, featuring physi- Hashanah seminar Wednesday Center’s Counseling Center has free [email protected]. Learning Group meets every cal fitness and discussion geared to evening, September 9th at 8 PM weekly Anxiety & Depression walk- Thursday evening from 7:30-8:30 the special needs of individuals with Rabbi Mehlman. He will be dis- Cedarhurst - Every Tuesday, the in screenings every Wednesday p.m. Everything is free and open to recovering from cancer treatment cussing the whys and wherefores Cedarhurst- The “Sunday Night JCC of the Greater Five Towns from 2-3 p.m. Screenings will the public. Beth David is located at or actively engaged in a treatment of the High Holidays. At Lido Torah Lecture Series” in memory of offers a social day program called include an interview with a mental 188 Vincent Ave in Lynbrook. For regimen. Caregivers are welcome. Boulevard and Fairway Road. Shari Siman-Tov z”l is held weekly “Remember When” from 10:00 a.m. health professional. For more infor- more information, call Galit Meets on Monday 12:30-1:30 p.m. Contact 516-889-9650 at 8:00 p.m. at Congregation until 2:00 p.m. at Sons of Israel in mation, please call (516) 897-1270. Dardashtian at (516) 599-9464 and Friday 12:30-1:30 p.m. Located Shaare Emunah, the Sephardic Woodmere. 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IN MY VIEW: LONG ISLAND’S SINGLES GO WEST Continued from Page One only lasted three months but luckily one of gious experience is just the months was Adar. better when you have a There were multiple places husband or wife. Having where young singles would children gets you even fur- be listening to the story of ther into the social net- Esther and breaking their work. What 30 year-old fast and my promising yup- wants to dress up on Purim pie invited me to choose. and go to hear the Because I wanted to truly Megillah as Harry Potter? experience something dif- It is so much less awkward ferent, I picked a small when your wife is also in a Orthodox shul that caters wizard robe and your kids to singles that consider are brandishing magic themselves both frum and wands. progressive. And so it seems, there As I sat on my side of is a correlation between the mechitza I was equally being married and remain- uncomfortable and ing religious. I have intrigued to hear women noticed over the years that take part in the my married friends (on the reading. But what really whole) are far more affili- stayed with me were the ated than my friends who costumes. All around me are still single. It is a trend people were fully engaged we can all see and are in the spirit of the Yom struggling to understand. Tov. There were super Is it because singles feel heroes, a few Queen more accepted in the secu- Esthers, a Darth Vader, and lar world and begin to a very good Elvis imper- identify with it? Or is it sonator. that they feel isolated from After Megillah, and the religious community while we sipped orange because being married juice around a table with gives you the secret pass snacks, I noticed there into all the good clubs? were brainy costumes that Many older singles feel reflected the education betrayed by an ideal that level in the room. One they were promised as crafty girl was in a full- kids. Where is their Shab- body cat suit that was bat challah? Where is their modestly covered by a box shiny atara [silver decora- that she wore around her tion for the tallit] specially mid-section. I had heard of ordered for the new chat- the cat in the hat but not tan [groom]? Now that in the box. She graciously they have to re-envision explained that she was what they expected of dressed as Schrödinger’s their lives, could they still cat, which is apparently a feel accepted and celebrat- famous paradox in quan- ed as a single religious tum mechanics. I did not Jew? really understand the ref- I am still trying to fig- erence then or now that I ure it out. Googled it, but I can tell I recently dated a guy you that it still makes me who lives on the Upper smile. How clever and fun! West Side in an impressive Where did these young, apartment off the park. He hip and frum academics is a successful lawyer who come from and why hadn’t enjoys both his work and I known about this his secure spot among a scene before? group of similarly career- For the first time I established-but-single 20 began to understand why and 30-something’s. my HALB, HANC and Unlike my Long Island sin- HAFTR counterparts were gle friends, this group was fleeing to the city life. Sud- solidly affiliated with the denly, this proud Long religious community and Islander understood the though each individual pull of this mythical land had a different label or called the Upper West description for himself or Side. herself, they were dedicat- Alas, my city love was ed to Torah life. What was not meant to be and their secret? How did they though my boyfriend and I stay so connected? parted as friends, knowing One answer may be we were not each other’s geography. At home in other half, I felt those Long Beach or with friends phantom pangs for a while. in the Five Towns, I would- I walked around more n’t want to show up to the aware that something was local Young Israel on missing. It is only now, a Purim in my Gryffindor year later, I realize that it best. But in Manhattan, in wasn’t just the promise of a shul filled with single marriage that I missed, but hipsters...Well, why not? the promise of a communi- My brief stint as an ty, one that I hadn’t even Upper West Side single known I still longed for.

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Board imposed sectarian religious rules “We are particularly gratified that the Using the harshest possible language, favored by Orthodox Judaism,” she wrote. judge, on her own, dismissed the case so a Federal judge has thrown out a civil The decision went on to state that that we did not have to expend any more rights lawsuit brought by parents in the the only possible violation was in the district resources on what is proven to be Lawrence School District who sought an Plaintiff’s complaints, one of which was a frivolous lawsuit.” Democrat who became an Independent, the right to run for public office and enact injunction to block the shuttering of the that the school closure would lower taxes, “After reading the decision, I thank and former Attorney General Michael otherwise constitutional policies that have Number Six School. which in turn, would allow parents to pay G-d I’m an American,” said Asher Mans- Mukasey, a onetime federal judge who majority support. To deny Orthodox Jews “Nothing Plaintiffs have pled remote- for yeshiva tuition, and that would indi- dorf, a board member. served in a Republican administration. these rights simply because, as Plaintiffs ly resembles any violations of the First or rectly violate the First Amendment rights Rob Agastisi, the lawyer for the par- Regarding an item of evidence sub- allege, Orthodox Jews have different Fourteenth Amendment — except, ironi- of parents in the Lawrence School district. ents, said he could not comment until he mitted by the plaintiffs, an advertisement opinions from Lawrence’s other residents cally, for Plaintiffs’ requested relief, which “Plaintiffs seek to deny Orthodox spoke with his clients. for candidates in the school board elec- would be to discriminate against Ortho- itself violates the First and Fourteenth Jews political rights possessed by every “I believe that the court reviewed the tion, Judge Seybert noted that, “even if dox Jews because they are Orthodox Amendment,” wrote United States District other group in the United States: the right facts, interpreted them correctly, applied 10,000 Rabbis endorsed the Consolida- Jews. Any such discrimination would be Judge Joanna Seybert. to mobilize in support of religiously neu- them correctly, and came to a just result,” tion Plan itself, such an endorsement by Constitutionally and morally repugnant.” The lawsuit, originally reported by tral government policies, and then have Said Al D'Agostino, the laywer for the religion says nothing useful about The Consolidation Plan, according to the Jewish Star in July, claimed that the those policies enacted through normal school board. whether the policy itself endorses religion. Judge Seybert, is not a religious decision consolidation plan that would close the democratic processes,” the decision stat- In a bit of Orthodox Judaism 101, the Like all Americans, clergy members have but an economic one — a point that Sey- Number Six School and bring the district’s ed. Judge Seybert underlined some of her court also disputed a number of minor First Amendment rights. Thus, the Rev. bert said the Plaintiffs’ own evidence fifth graders to the middle school was words when she wrote, “Indeed, by points raised by the parents, complaining Martin Luther King could rally against pointed to. done primarily to “advance the Orthodox objecting to lower taxes because they that the suit “appears to be based on pop- segregation without rendering integration Any decision by the court would like- religion.” The lawsuit also claimed a wide- might help some people afford yeshiva ular stereotypes and misconceptions unconstitutional. Catholic Priests can ly exacerbate the “strife” that the Plaintiffs ranging Orthodox conspiracy that education, Plaintiffs’ Complaint, on its regarding Orthodox Judaism, not facts,” endorse restrictions on abortion. Mor- discuss, according to Seybert, by “discrim- entailed de-facto recognition of “Orthodox clear face, seeks to create, not cure, a First such as the notion that Orthodox Jews mon-affiliated organizations can cam- inating against Lawrence’s Orthodox pop- Judaism” as the official religion of the Amendment Equal Protections violation.” have “different wardrobes,” “grooming paign against gay marriage.” ulation, imposing an unjust and unprece- Lawrence schools. The decision is a validation for the habits,” “large nuclear families” and that The complaint would tend to serious dented suspension of democracy and Judge Seybert’s 38-page decision var- members of the School Board, the majori- Orthodox Judaism interprets the Hebrew endanger the First Amendment rights of imposing Plaintiffs’ wishes by judicial fiat.” ied in tone from irritation to outrage; she ty of whom are Orthodox. One footnote Bible “strict[ly].” clergy, the judge noted. There is no magic bullet for the con- did not mince words about her opinion of chastises the parents and their “apparent “Rather,” the decision explains like “Indeed there is at least the hint of flict between residents. the lawsuit. Nearly all of the claims put argument” that Orthodox parents should an informational video, Orthodox something nefarious in Plaintiffs’ sugges- “Just as ‘strife’ does not go away forth in the lawsuit, in Seybert’s words, not be on the school board. Judaism interprets the Hebrew Bible “in tion that a Rabbinic get-out-the-vote cam- when one side loses at the ballot box, it were “frivolous” and “nonsensical;” even “The idea that “Individual Defen- accord with the Talmud and later Rab- paign renders an elected officials’ subse- does not magically dissipate because a “blatantly undemocratic.” The word “irrel- dants should not have run for elective binic codifications.” quently enacted policies Constitutionally Court intervenes in a bitter evant” appears six times in little more office because they ‘have no investment in Disregarding the notion of an Ortho- suspect.” ‘religious/political’ dispute.” than a single page. the public school system (aside from their dox conspiracy, the court wrote of the The decision not only denied the par- The decision concludes that the par- “Plaintiffs make no factual allega- tax investment) ... that does not include “indisputable truth that religious believers ent’s request for an injunction to block the ents’ “true remedy” is “at the ballot box, tions suggesting that ‘Orthodox shuls’ their own children’ is fundamentally are not monolithic robots, but rather indi- school closing but threw out the entire not the federal court system.” The lawsuit somehow controlled the School Board, undemocratic and improper.” viduals who may think differently from case. itself not only is not entitled to a prelimi- that the School Board provided public Members of the school board were each other” and noted the ideological dif- “The Fourteenth Amendment to the nary injunction, but “Plaintiffs have failed money to ‘shuls,’ that the School Board pleased. ferences between Orthodox Jews in public Constitution guarantees Orthodox Jews to even state a claim.” served as any kind of Jewish religious “We’re gratified with the decision,” life, from Senator Joseph Lieberman, a equal protection of the law. 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THE KOSHER BOOKWORM Rav Kook and teshuvah for our time You might not versity at the enthusi- know this from most astic suggestion of its of the other Jewish then-president, Dr. weeklies, but this past Samuel Belkin zt”l, Sunday marked the and published with 74th yahrtzeit of the support and HaRav Avraham encouragement of Yitzchak Kook zt”l, Rav Kook’s son, Rav the first Chief Rabbi Alan Jay Gerber Zvi Yehuda Kook zt”l. of the Holy Land, and The fact that one of the first and this sacred sefer has most articulate advocates on been out of print for so many behalf of yishuv Eretz Yisrael, years is most unfortunate. I do and Ahavat Am Yisrael. It is to trust that this was just an over- his memory that this week’s sight by Yeshiva University, and essay is dedicated. that a new and enhanced edi- With the first week of Elul tion, in honor of Rav Kook’s now behind us and with the 75th yahrtzeit, will be forthcom- upcoming High Holiday season ing in the near future. and Selichot services just ahead, When I say “enhanced,” I I felt that this mean the follow- would be a ing: most oppor- First, a new tune time to introduction by bring to your Dr. Metzger attention one would be in of the most order, detailing eloquent and how the Rav’s effective teachings and books dealing influence has Beit Midrash of Yeshivat Har Etzion with the grown over these related texts by Rav Menachem nary days. Of this I am certain. Bookworm, Shabbat Shalom. theme of past four MORE INFORMATION Leibtag, you will certainly come Their website is www.vbm- teshuvah decades. 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Bnot Shulamith of Long Island

Enrollment is up in the Bnot Shulamith middle school by a whopping ten percent, bringing the total number of students to 163 girls. Despite that, there will be more elbowroom in the mid- dle school thanks to a merger between Temple Emanuel in Lyn- brook and Temple Sinai on Washington Avenue in Cedarhurst, where the school currently rents; this year Bnot Shulamith will be the sole occupant of the building. “We’re looking forward to the students and families of Bnot Shulamith really feeling they have a home,” said Rabbi Nosson Schreiber, principal of the middle school. While uncertainty per- sists over the status of what it is hoped will be a permanent home, in Inwood, for the entire Bnot Shulamith, it is not stopping the school from continuing its traditional Shulamith pursuit of excellence. This year the school will inaugurate Y’diot Klaliyot, a school- wide learning program intended to increase the breadth and depth of each student’s general Torah knowledge. Rabbi Schreiber said that the school is also looking forward to defend- ing its title as champion of the Torah Bowl competition. Bnot Shulamith will use E2k, an enhanced math and science curricu- lum funded by the Gruss foundation, and the seventh grade will travel to Philadelphia as part of its course on early American his- tory. Also this school year, the sixth graders will perform an off- Broadway version of the musical Anne in the annual Sixth Grade Production.

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What’s new and exciting at HAFTR? Yeshiva Darchei Torah in Far Rockaway reports more students are enrolled this year than ever before, in all divisions but especially “Every day is new and exciting,” laughed Head of School in the pre-school, which would seem to reflect the continuing increase in the overall Jewish population of the Five Towns and the Rabbi David Leibtag. Rockaways. Darchei’s new complex continues to rise (top), in this picture taken earlier this week from the the Beach 17th Street side of This year HAFTR will extend the Chalav U’dvash (Milk and the campus. The final artist’s rendering courtesy Karl Fischer Architecture PLLC (above). Honey) Hebrew immersion program to the kindergarten and early childhood classes; the program is already used in the Lower ■ ■ ■ and Middle schools. HAFTR is also implementing a uniform poli- cy to give students pride in the school and to “reflect the values of Torah,” according to Rabbi Leibtag. Hebrew Academy of Long Beach The school will place a renewed emphasis on character Ask Executive Director Richard Hagler what he's excited about at HALB this year and you'll get a very interesting answer. development in the wake of the Madoff and New Jersey scandals. "We're thrilled that the economy is so robust, and people are making money hand over fist, that we're getting cash for clunkers for “It’s a reaction to the unfortunate portrayal of Jews in the news,” kids, and we're making a new healthcare plan that will take care of nobody," Hagler said with a laugh. Then he turned serious to dis- explained Rabbi Leibtag. “We need an effort to integrate Torah cuss the school's efforts to curb the effect of the economic recession. studies in daily life.” "For the first time in recent memory we have not raised our tuition," Hagler explained. "Whatever the rates were for the last year, The Talmud V’sheenantom program, a computer-based pro- they're the same this year." gram that teaches Mishna and Talmud, will be extended to the He credited the HALB faculty and administration for agreeing to have their salaries frozen and said that the high quality of educa- seventh grade girls. tion HALB provides would remain the same. In addition, Hagler said HALB would be offering more financial aid than ever before. Teacher training will address developing question strategies "We're just going to do what we have to do to make it happen," he asserted. "There are people who we need to help. We stand for students and on multiple intelligences, which Rabbi Leibtag ready to help our parent body." said focuses on how children are smart in different ways. HALB will continue upgrading its technology, starting with a new Israel-based language program that will "change the way Hebrew is taught," he said. The school is also installing Smartboards in more classrooms, a prospect the executive director is looking forward to. "They're really cool by the way," he said. "And little kids can run it better than you and me."

school.” because it’s after the holidays, something we can all relate to. BACK TO SCHOOL ADVISE FROM THE EXPERTS What about a child who the routines have finally been A child who can’t respond to it refuses to do homework? settled into and patterns, for — who doesn’t have the tools, Continued from Page One a parent’s September-to-June do homework that’s well lit, and “Let him or her go to school good and bad, will start to the ability, the words to talk existence: homework. then leave the children alone. and experience the conse- become evident,” Salamon said. about what happened in school don’t have to lose things. Rather Dr. Michael Salamon, a psy- Parents who sit with their kids quences,” Salamon suggests. How should a parent know — that’s a child who needs to than struggling, ‘Oh, my gosh, chologist in Hewlett at ADC Psy- tend to make the kids depen- “That’s probably the best moti- when a child ought to be evalu- be evaluated.” where is this or where is that,’ chological Services, suggests dent on them and give them the vator you can find. Obviously, in ated for a learning issue? This school year, more than just keep two sets,” she suggest- that parents make homework message that they’re not capable some cases you’ll need to work First, a good teacher will any other in recent memory, ed. the child’s responsibility. Period. of doing the work without the with the teacher but you should probably notice first, Salamon money is a top-of-mind concern With the beginning of “Give them the supplies parent around. This is for all not be in the position of you said. Warning signs may for more parents. school comes the bane of many they need, give them a place to grades, all the way up until high forcing the child to do it.” include, “a child who’s reading “I’ve heard parents talk If a child doesn’t know how very slowly; a child who has dif- about cutting back on supplies to do the homework on a consis- ficulty describing what they’ve and cutting back on clothing tent basis “there may be a prob- learned in a clear fashion. A and making sure the old knap- lem on the education side” and child who has problems sitting sack is still okay — no automati- a conversation with the teacher through a repetition, a child cally going out to buy new is needed, Salamon noted, but who you ask them about their ones,” Salamon said, “and I’ve he cautions parents not to jump day and they just sit still. Those heard teachers talk about cut- to the conclusion that the would be indications that there ting back on supplies and heard teacher is at fault. may be a problem.” school nurses talk about how “We have parents who have “At some point every child they are contributing to pur- children who ... are struggling is going to say something about chase supplies for their offices.” for whatever reason and they’ll school. It’s the child who can’t Still, up until sixth or sev- call the teacher and blame the say something about school. You enth grade, “I think the kids teacher when really there may be want to ask leading questions: don’t really get most of it,” he a problem with the child’s abili- ‘Did you learn anything new in said referring to family’s finan- ties,” he said. “Parents need to be Chumash today? Did you learn cial situations, and older chil- involved, but in a realistic way.” anything new in Social Studies dren “don’t really react that While parents should stay today?’ The child who says strongly — unless the family is on top of what’s going on in ‘yeah, but not much’ is a child truly in desperate financial school all year ‘round, the most who likely does not have a prob- straits.“ important time to tune in is lem. He’s just tired and doesn’t “I’ve had kids tell me about “a month into school, want to talk about it - and that’s they’re going to try not to spend any money — not in any way that they’re taking on the bur- den, but they want to be help- ful,” Salamon said. Prepare NOW For The Times when money is tight may also present an opportuni- SAT’s, ACT’s, SAT II’s & Regents ty, said Dr. Zilberberg. We treat “There has always been each student such a focus on doing so many as an Resnick individual. things for our kids to the degree Reading Center Est. 1968 that we become stressed” in “Give the Gift of Learning” dealing with the children them- Individualized Instruction For PSAT’s, SAT’s & SAT II’s selves, and “the overemphasis tends to get in the way of our Tutoring In All Subject Areas being able to respond to our Regents Review In All Subjects kids’ emotional needs.” • Diagnostic Testing • Remedial Reading & Math • Speed Reading • Comprehension & Study Skills

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of Flatbush and Kushner Hebrew Academy in Livingston, NJ. take the Earth Regents. According to Slater, at least half of the Deutsch, who lives in Cedarhurst, said she’s excited to not have eighth graders will take the Regents exam; the other students to drive the Belt to her newest job. She was also at Camp will take a course specially designed to give students an Morasha for fifteen years and is happy to see that many of her overview of physical sciences. former campers are now HANC. HANC students will also get a head start in their writing “You see a kid and the parent’s faces are the same,” Deutsch skills as the school begins teaching writing using the SATs’ writ- said. “It gives me a good feeling.” ing rubrics. “This is the skill that colleges and business are com- Rabbi Benjamin Yasgur, the principal, said the school plans plaining that this generation is losing - the ability to speak cor- to launch a mezuzah rededication project where students will rectly and write correctly,” explained Slater. “Instead of waiting check the school’s mezuzahs and a sofer (scribe) will meet with for high school we’re bringing it to middle school. students to explain how mezuzahs and tefilin are written. In November the school will host one of the country’s best- ■ ■ ■ known children’s authors, David Adler, creator of the Çam Jansen mystery series, and a Five Towns resident. Yeshiva Har Torah ■ ■ ■ Yeshiva Har Torah in Little Neck continues to expand; a third class will be added to each grade from kindergarten to third grade. Hebrew Academy of Nassau County “We’re continuing our strong emphasis on character devel- Middle School opment, middot, and respect for every student,” said Rabbi Gary Menchel, the principal of Har Torah. More classrooms at the HANC middle school will have The school is launching an enrichment program for grades smart boards this year. Middle School Assistant Principal Karen 2-5; students on the higher end of the achievement spectrum Slater, who also teaches English, was excited about the technolo- will study a separate curriculum taught simultaneously with the gy upgrade. standard curriculum. “Technology is what’s it all about,” she says. “Being able to The Tal Am program, a Hebrew language immersion pro- bring in some live goings on and clips and even transport it to gram funded by the Gruss Foundation, will be offered to first Cam Jansen author David Adler will speak at HANC in November. the [students’] home computer; it makes the interaction incredi- graders for the first time. This year also marks the beginning of ble.” the V’sheenantom program for 4-5th graders. It incorporates the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County The Gemarah Berurah program, a computer program historical context and terminology in the Mishna as well as designed to aid in Talmud study, will be used. emphasizing the study of Mishna by heart. HANC in West Hempstead is proud to welcome a new assis- This will be the third year in which HANC eighth graders tant principal, Mrs. Barbara Deutsch. She is a veteran of Yeshiva

Moving in A student wheels his belongings to a dormitory on Yeshiva University’s Wilf Campus in Washington Heights (left) while someone’s dad helps her get settled at Stern (below).

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Greening up Yeshiva of South Shore Yeshiva of South Shore’s annual Concert Sheldon Margules with catering by Scott on the Lawn featured Yehuda Green Fagan of Oasis Caterers. Martin and (above) and Shea Rubenstein and raised Debbie Rothman won $25,000 in a raffle. funds for the Heller Resource Center. The (Below, l-r, Raffle chair Ilan Mandel, Rabbi evening was held under clear skies in Binyomin Kamenetzky, Rabbi Mordechai the Lawrence backyard of Gitty and Kamenetzky and host Sheldon Margules) Yeshiva of South Shore Yeshiva of South Shore has been selected by Torah Umesorah for a pilot program called A School Where Every Child Belongs that will train a teacher in the yeshiva as a student advocate to work closely with each child to promote values and middos. The yeshiva has purchased smart boards and is expanding its technolo- gy program. Grades 1-5 will present a History Fair, and a Scholars Incentive Program is being inaugurated, according to General Studies Princi- pal Rabbi Meir Wolofsky. The playground is being expand- ed and new fences installed, a gift from the Gruss Foundation will allow the yeshiva’s roofs to be repaired and upgraded, and the preschool building is being repainted.

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SLICE OF LIFE High Holiday decadent desserts

BY EILEEN GOLTZ I should make these recipes for those ■ 1/2 teaspoon coffee instant cream. and gradually add sugar. Beat until closest to me who love me no matter ■ 1 teaspoon water - hot Sprinkle with 1/5 of the remaining soft peaks form, then beat in cream of Holiday time, while full of family, what size panty hose I have to buy after Heath bar. Repeat layers 4 more times. tartar and cornstarch. Continue beating friends and davening, can be stressful. the holiday food fest. Preheat oven to 350: Grease and Top with last layer of cake. Thinly until stiff peaks form. Line a 9x13 inch What to wear, where to sit and what to flour three (3) 8-inch cake pans. In spread whipped cream over top and baking sheet with waxed paper. serve all play a part in the four weeks Note: several of the recipes can be large bowl, combine flour, sugar, mar- sides of cake. Gently press reserved 2/3 Spread the meringue evenly over the that I like to call ‘Eat, pray fast (or pray, made pareve to follow meat meals. garine, buttermilk, cocoa, baking soda, of the Heaths onto top and sides paper and bake for 12-15 min. until fast if you prefer), now it’s diet time.’ vanilla, salt and eggs. With mixer on of cake. Refrigerate until ready to lightly browned. Cool completely. One thing for certain, dessert is low, beat just until mixed, scraping serve. Invert the meringue onto the work sur- always on the menu. I might have just SIX LAYER TOFFEE TORT sides with spatula. Add coffee to bowl. face on another sheet of waxed paper. Increase speed to medium; beat 2 min- Carefully peel off the first sheet of served and eaten my 14th meal in two (dairy) MERINGUE BERRY ROLLS days and I’m still gonna want some- ■ 2 2/3 cups flour utes. Pour batter into pans. Bake 25-30 waxed paper. thing sweet. I have, over the past few ■ 2 cups sugar minutes. Cool cake in pans on racks, 10 (dairy or pareve) Beat the whipping cream until years, changed some of the main ■ 1 cup margarine or butter - soft minutes. Remove from pans and cool ■ 4 egg whites, room temp. stiff. Spread the whipped cream (or course selections to fish and vegetarian ■ 1 cup buttermilk completely. While cake is cooling, chop ■ 3/4 cup sugar non-dairy equivalent) evenly over the entrees just so that I can whip up a few ■ 3/4 cup cocoa Heath bars. Reserve 2/3 of the heath ■ 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar meringue. Place the berries over the of the following dairy desserts that I ■ 2 teaspoons baking soda bar. In a cup, dissolve 1/2 tsp instant ■ 1 teaspoon cornstarch whipped cream. Beginning at one long can only justify making when I have ■ 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla coffee with 1 tsp hot water. Cool. With ■ 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream or non edge and using the sheet of waxed company. Of course they can be made ■ 1/4 teaspoon salt serrated knife, cut each cake in two, dairy whipped topping paper as a guide, roll the meringue at anytime of year but they do take a ■ 2 large eggs making 6 thin layers. In a bowl, beat ■ 1 1/2 cups assorted berries (diced over the berries, jelly-roll style. Trans- little more effort, have a few more calo- ■ 1 cup coffee - hot whipping cream, brown sugar and strawberries and whole blueberries) fer to a serving platter. Garnish with ries than I normally consume at one sit- ■ 1 3/8 ounces heath bars cooled 1 tsp of coffee until stiff peaks additional berries and mint leaves if ting and well, I don’t really want left- ■ 2 cups whipping cream form. To assemble cake, place 1 layer Preheat oven to 350. Beat egg desired. Cut into 2 inch slices and on plate; spread with 1/2 cup whipped over’s because I’ll eat them. Better that ■ 3 tablespoons brown sugar whites until frothy. Continue to beat See SLICE OF LIFE, Page 16

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Continued from Page Fifteen the edges by about 1 inch. For rack about 6 inches from the ■ 1 cup whole milk ate until 30 minutes before serv- using an electric mixer beat the the crust: Lightly butter the foil broiler and preheat on low. ■ 1 cup heavy cream ing. Serves 12 to 14. butter and the white and brown serve. Serves 6. with some of the melted butter. Layer marshmallows across the ■ 1/4 cup sour cream sugars until light and fluffy, 3 to Stir the rest of the butter togeth- top and toast under the broiler ■ 2 tablespoons confectioners' 5 minutes. Add the eggs, one at er with the crumbs, sugar, and until golden, (keep an eye on it, sugar CARAMEL GLAZED a time, beating after each addi- GIMME S’MORE salt in a medium bowl. Press the it can go quick), about 2 min- APPLE CAKE (dairy or tion. In another bowl, combine BROWNIES (dairy or crumb mixture evenly over the utes. Cool on a rack, gently Heat oven to 350. Toast the the flour, baking soda, cinna- bottom of the pan. Bake until removing the brownies from the coconut on a baking sheet, toss- pareve) mon, nutmeg, and salt. Using a pareve) golden brown, about 20 min- pan using the aluminum flaps. ing occasionally, until golden, ■ 1 1/2 cups butter or margarine, wooden spoon, gradually add ■ 6 tablespoons butter or mar- utes. Meanwhile, make the Carefully separate any marsh- 10 to 12 minutes. Butter two 8- at room temperature, plus more the flour mixture to the egg garine, melted brownie. Put the butter and mallow from the foil and fold inch round cake pans. In a large for the pan mixture. The batter should be ■ 1 1/2 cups graham cracker chocolate in a medium away. Cut into 12 (2-inch) bowl, whisk the flour, baking ■ 1 cup sugar very thick. Stir in the apples, crumbs microwave safe bowl. Melt in squares. powder, and salt. Using an elec- ■ 1 cup light brown sugar pecans, and vanilla. Scrape the ■ 2 tablespoons sugar the microwave for 1 to 2 min- tric mixer, beat the butter and ■ 3 eggs batter into the prepared baking Pinch fine salt utes. Stir, and microwave again granulated sugar until fluffy. ■ 3 cups flour, plus more for the pan. Bake until a toothpick ■ 8 tablespoons butter or mar- until completely melted, about 2 COCONUT & APRICOT Beat in the eggs one at a time, pan inserted in the center comes out garine minutes more. Stir the brown CAKE (dairy) then the vanilla and 3/4 cup of ■ 1 teaspoon baking soda clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Trans- ■ 4 ounces unsweetened choco- ■ 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon and white sugars, vanilla and ■ 1 cup shredded sweetened the preserves. Alternately add fer to a wire rack. Let cool for at late, chopped ■ 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated salt into the melted chocolate. coconut the flour mixture and the milk, least 10 minutes while you heat ■ 1 cup packed light brown sugar nutmeg Add the eggs and beat vigorous- ■ 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) butter, at mixing just until incorporated. the caramel glaze, if using. With ■ 3/4 cup sugar ■ 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt ly to make a thick and glossy room temperature, plus more for Divide the batter between the a spatula, loosen the sides of the ■ 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract ■ 5 Granny Smith apples, peeled, batter. Add the flour and stir the pans pans and bake until a toothpick cake. If you want to remove it ■ 1/2 teaspoon salt cored, and cut into a 1/2-inch until just mixed. Pour the batter ■ 3 cups flour inserted in the centers comes from the pan, invert it onto a ■ 4 large cold eggs dice into the prepared pan. Bake ■ 2 teaspoons baking powder out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. baking sheet, then invert it ■ 1 cup flour ■ 1 1/4 cups coarsely chopped until the top is crispy and a ■ 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt Remove the cakes from the pans again, right-side up, onto a plat- ■ 4 cups large marshmallows pecans toothpick inserted into the mid- ■ 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar and let cool completely on a ter. With a toothpick or fork, ■ 2 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract dle comes out mostly clean, ■ 4 large eggs rack. Using an electric mixer, poke holes all over the surface. Preheat oven to 325. Line ■ store bought caramel ice cream with a few crumbs, about 40 to ■ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract beat the heavy cream, sour Pour on the warm sauce. Serve an 8 by-8-inch square baking topping, warmed in microwave 45 minutes. Remove from the ■ 1 1/4 cups apricot preserves cream, and confectioners' sugar warm or at room temperature, pan with foil so it hangs over oven and carefully position a to form stiff peaks. Sandwich ■ vanilla ice cream (optional) with ice cream, if desired. the cakes with the remaining Serves 10 to 12. 1/2 cup of preserves. Frost with Heat oven to 325. Grease the cream mixture and press the and flour a 9X13 baking pan &).$!35--%2#!-0 coconut onto the sides. Refriger- and set it aside. In a large bowl,

IS THE WINE WORTH THE MONEY? Carmel Kayoumi Shiraz 2005 When I search for a wine to write about I try and find some- thing that most people have never heard of, or are too con- cerned about spending the money to find out if it’s worth the shelf price. This time I admit my curiosity got the best of me. I saw a Carmel product from a vineyard that I am a fan of, so I just had to try it. The Kayoumi Vineyards are located in the lower Galilee and Photo courtesy Carmel Wines are generating grapes for some The Kayoumi Vineyards in the lower Galilee. great wines. Carmel has lot of variation, Carmel for keeping up the qual- &REE!DVICE2EFERRALS been harvest- so I really did- ity. It makes my job...funner. ing these n’t know what Moral of the story: Don’t be grapes in to expect from afraid to try something new, assorted vari- this. After let- even if it’s not. etals and has ting the wine been making sit for half an Adam Neustadter is an export great wines hour, I found consultant to Israeli wineries. the aroma was He has taught about wine and from them. Reviewed by Adam Neustadter Since I knew dominated by was a sales executive for the this, I figured earthy, vegetal Royal Wine Corporation for 15 4HE3OLUTION4O&INDING!'REAT#AMP “what the heck,” and gave it a hints, slightly reminiscent of years until his aliyah in 2006. shot. So here are the results on something I had tasted from He and his family live in Chash- /UR%XPERT3TAFF7ILL7ORK7ITH9OU4O&IND4HE the Kayoumi Vineyards Shiraz California. However, it had a monaim. 2005 from Carmel. pleasant addition of subtle 3LEEPAWAY#AMP9OU(AVE"EEN$REAMING/F With Shiraz, even more than wood and anis undertones, with Cabernet, I find there is a with only a touch of berry-type fruit. There was some heat WWW#AMP#HEMISTRYCOMs   (detection of alcohol) on the nose, but that seemed to fade away rather quickly. By the time I got around to sipping the wine, the heat was gone. What did remain however, were some very friendly yet full tannins that are balanced out with soft fruit and oak (15 months in French oak). The fruit displays itself in the form of subtle cher- ry, currant and blackberry meshed together. What I did not get is the “spice” that one would normally associate with a Shiraz, though that is not necessarily a bad thing. As I men- tioned earlier, I find this grape comes in very different styles, which are influenced by everything around the grapes, totaling its terroir (the environ- ment in which the grape grows that will affect its taste). All this,  even before the wine- makers get to spin their magic. One of the pleasant surprises about the wine was its finish. I found the finish to be looooong and pleasant. Surprising for a Shiraz,  frankly. But, not surpris- Production facilities available Very competitive rates ing coming from Kayou- mi. So, back to the ever nagging question. Is it worth the money? For more information call From what I’ve seen, TALKLINE COMMUNICATIONS is an agency this wine goes for specializing in matching broadcasters about $35. Sometimes with radio and TV stations leasing time 212.769.1925 a little more, some- times a little less. Obvi- TALKLINE 1-866-MY TV SHOW ously less is better, but email:[email protected] even for a little more, COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK this ones a keeper. My congratulations to 300309