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I N M Y V I E W Summer’s first aliyah charter from JFK ‘Hafganos’ Nefesh B’Nefesh flies families from Five Towns, others from 18 states, to new lives in Israel B Y L A U R A T U R E T S K Y begin at By the end of the week Aliza and Yossi Battat expect to be living in a Petach Tivka apartment next door to Yossi’s brother. The Battat’s, now former Cedarhurst residents, home are among a number of local families that are mov- ing to Israel — making aliyah — this summer with the assistance of the Nefesh B’Nefesh organization. They and their four children and 226 other olim (immigrants) flew from JFK Monday afternoon on Time to stand up for an El Al charter — the first of the summer for Nefesh B’Nefesh. In all, 139 adults and 93 children true Torah Judaism were on board, hailing from 18 of the United States, plus Canada’s Quebec province. The youngest was just seven weeks old, the oldest 83 years old. Seven dogs and a cat accompanied the olim. This summer Editor’s note: Hafganah is a common 4,000 people from North America and the United Israeli term for protest; the plural is Kingdom (plus assorted pets) expect to arrive in Photos by Sasson Tiram Hafganos. The headline refers to the Israel on 15 aliyah group flights and charters orga- Natan Sharansky (third from left) and Nefesh B'Nefesh co-founder Tony Gelbart (second from left) at Ben Gurion air- violent protests that have dominated nized by Nefesh B’Nefesh and the Jewish Agency. port Tuesday greeting new olim Yudi and Aviva Zuller and children Navah (right), Binyamin (behind Sharansky), news from Israel in the past several For the Battat’s, the decision for aliyah came Kaylah and Gilad (in mom’s arms). Zuller (left) has raised more than $1 million for victims of terrorism in Israel. weeks, in which anger over plans to four years ago. “We realized the quality of life is bet- open a Jerusalem municipal garage on ter there for raising children,” said Aliza, referring to Shabbos morphed into pitched battles the freedom the children will have and the environ- between police and Orthodox Jews. ment they will grow up in, living in the Jewish State. Ayton, the oldest, turns five at the end of July, B Y R A B B I Y A K O V H O R O W I T Z Elon and Tzvi are three-and-a-half and Rina is 15 months. All attended pre-school at the JCC of the Let’s start with a simple multiple- Greater Five Towns. choice question: “I don’t think they understand [what it means What is a to be making aliyah], but they’re very excited for it!” greater desecra- said their mother. tion of G-d’s Aliza and Yossi’s friends are excited for the fami- name? ly, as well. “We’re making the trip of a lifetime!” said A) Non-obser- Aliza. vant Jews who Ellie and Donny Fein, also from Cedarhurst, Aliza and Yossi Battat, formerly of Cedarhurst, on the never had the plan to fly with Nefesh B’Nefesh on August 18. tarmac with Ayton, Elon, Tzvi and Rina, Nefesh B'Nefesh benefit of a They’re moving to Ramat Beit Shemesh Aleph with co-founders Tony Gelbart (left) and Rabbi Yehoshua Fass ”You and I Torah education their 4 children: Sammy, 9, Azi, 7, Shraga, 4, and (right) and members of the Berrie family, which spon- driving cars on Akiva, 3 months. The older ones attended Yeshiva of sored the July 6th charter flight from JFK. know with cer- Shabbos? South Shore. “All their cousins are in Israel... so they B) Identifi- are very excited,” said Ellie. the deal,” said Ellie. tainty that our ably Orthodox Ellie recently left her position as an administra- “The hardest part was making the decision. gedolim do not people throwing tive assistant at Yeshiva of South Shore. Donny is a Now that I made it, I’m excited! It’s the best choice rocks at police life insurance broker and plans to continue his busi- for our kids and for us,” Ellie said, adding, “Everyone sanction nor officers on Shab- ness from Israel, with occasional travel. we know there [in Israel] is so happy!” support any bos in full view Donny decided eight years ago to make aliyah Ellie said she was glad to have the support that of the media. but Ellie wasn’t sure. She promised if he could sell comes with making aliyah on a Nefesh B’Nefesh After a long flight to their new home in Israel, Ronan I cannot for expression of their house in this market she would take it as a flight. Many of the traditional bureaucratic hurdles and Leah Hillel, formerly of North Woodmere, deplaned the life of me sign. Donny sold the house. “I had to keep my end of violence. But understand how See SUMMER’S FIRST, Page 9 with their six children. any decent the public at human being, let large does not alone an ehrliche Yid know that, and (upstanding Jew) Shoppers have no paints all of us who was raised learning Torah Shalhevet HS funding — Charedim, and hearing sto- beef with kosher ries of the Modern Chofetz Chaim ended by HAFTR trustees Orthodox, all can answer any- meat at Costco thing but “B.” B Y M A L K A E I S E N B E R G observant Jews And I’ll take it B Y M A Y E R F E R T I G could be saved. a step further “Shalhevet is a victim of the tumul- You won’t find the cheapest — with one and say that any- Parents of close to 50 girls who tuous economic times that many not- kosher meat in the Five Towns one who chooses expected to attend Shalhevet High for-profits, as well as yeshivot, are broad brush.“ at a kosher supermarket. It’s “A” did not learn School for Girls in September, as experiencing,” said Mark Honigsfeld, actually at Costco on Rockaway the same Torah incoming freshmen or returning 10th the incoming co-president of the Turnpike, believe it or not, vacu- and the same graders, were stunned on Tuesday to Hebrew Academy of The Five Towns um-packed by a new sister mesorah that my Photo by Malka Eisenberg hear that the HAFTR board of trustees, and Rockaway. brand of Empire Kosher Poultry, generation was taught by Reb Moshe Costco in Lawrence now stocks which has been funding Shalhevet, Shalhevet has been operating at a and jointly supervised by the OU kosher meat from Empire. voted overwhelmingly on Monday deficit, “like any start-up school,” See VIEW, Page 7 and Star-K. night to stop doing so. In all likelihood Honigsfeld said. Shalhevet was created “Costco has taken a variety Kosher Beef, LLC of Mifflintown, the decision will shut the school down to complement the all-boys Rambam Rabbi Yakov Horowitz is the founder and of cuts as tests into their Brook- PA. after just one year of operation, though See SHALHEVET, Page 12 dean of Yeshiva Darchei Noam of Monsey, lyn and Five Towns stores to see First-cut brisket, rib steaks, some parents expressed hope that it and founder and director of Agudath how well they do,” said Elie ground beef and chuck roast are Israel’s Project Y.E.S. Rosenfeld, a spokesman for EKB See KOSHER, Page 3

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Shoppers at the Lawrence Costco offered exclamations like, “Wow!” and “It’s amazing!” earlier this week as they clustered around refrigerator cases marked “Kosher” that were filled with fac- tory-packed kosher meat and fresh poultry. The chicken is stan- dard Empire fare, under the supervision of the Orthodox Union and KAJ. A two-pack of chuck steak weighing 2.13 lbs., with each steak individually wrapped, was for sale at $5.99 a pound. A whole chicken, cut in eighths, weighing 2.58 lbs., cost $2.29 a pound. “The members educated me, they told me what items to get,” said Adam Self, general manager of the Costco on Rockaway Turn- Photo by Nachshon Philipson pike for the past three years, and a veteran of half a dozen other Ties that bind Costco stores in New York and New Jersey. Members of Great Neck’s Mashadi Jewish community attended a meeting in Jerusalem this week with over 200 Jews who share roots in Mashad, a northeast Iranian city where Kosher consumers have their 19th century ancestors faced persecution and forced conversions. Those ties have bound their descendants together in the modern day. At a time when political violence is made “a lot of requests,” he said. unsettling their native Iran, Bahman Kamali, incoming president of the Global Mashadi Jewish Federation, and the organizer of the meeting, called on Mashadi Jews to reaffirm “Before, we were so out of tune their commitment to their “distinct traditions and way of life that has always sustained us,” in the face of increasing Jewish assimilation worldwide. with the guidelines. We had kosher products all along next to the non-kosher, even pork. Mem- bers pulled me aside, saying that we need to do this together. 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they might be called “garinei chummus” how the chickpeas would feel if they chesed, an erliche Yid (upstanding Jew) or chummus seeds, but wasn’t sure. He knew that they were named in such a who treats people with respect and honor. Chummus maleh called a friend who wasn’t sure either. I strange, seemingly backwards manner. We daven that the lives our children lead decided that as a lawyer with 30 years Then I suggested that if the chickpeas will cause us to be known as the parents of B Y A Z R I E L G A N Z setting down our bags, I asked whether experience at solving problems, I would were like Jewish parents, they would be children who give back to the community there were any last minute items our kids somehow figure out how to buy arbis in very happy. While generally people prefer through their vocations or avocations, chil- I wasn’t planning on speaking at my needed for Shabbos or the shalom zachor. the shuk and went on my way. to be known for their own accomplish- dren who, simply put, make a difference. grandson’s shalom zachor. There were Their wonderful friends from the commu- Sure enough, at the first makolet, I ments and skills, there is no greater joy for My bracha to Zev and Aliza was that other people more qualified to speak and, nity had provided all the meals for Shab- was able to get the chickpeas in a can. Jewish parents than to be referred to in they be so successful in raising their little in any event, with all the craziness of the bos as well as a bunch of delicious cakes, What struck me was that it was called relation to their successful children. son (and all their children) that they will preceding three days, I really hadn’t had so almost everything was already done. “Chummus Maleh” or “whole Chummus.” Throughout the years, we’ve experi- come to be known not just as “chickpeas” time to prepare. All we needed was a bottle of wine I found this deeply intriguing and thought enced this in relation to our children’s var- for the things they’ve accomplished per- The baby was born on Tuesday after- and, of course, that staple of shalom about it for a while. I then asked Zev if it ious talents. “That’s Zev’s or Max’s (the sonally, but as “Chummus Maleh,” in rela- noon in Yerushalayim. By the time we zachors, chickpeas (even though, as is would be OK for me to say a few words at sick hockey players) dad.” “That’s Rebec- tion to the wonderful accomplishments of worked out all the arrangements that well known, no one really eats chickpeas). the shalom zachor; an idea was percolat- ca’s (of the amazing voice) mom.” “That’s their children. would enable us to leave for a few days it Zev asked whether I would mind running ing. Shira’s (the amazing dancer) mom.” was late Tuesday night. We booked our to the shuk (Machine Yehuda), which is a Later that evening, I noted how curi- While it is sweet and nice to hear these Azriel Ganz is general counsel of a trade flight on Wednesday morning, packed three minute walk from their apartment, ous it was that chickpeas, which, after all, things, that’s not really what I’m talking organization though, for simplicity's sake, Wednesday night and hopped on the to pick up those last minute items. are the source, the “makor” for chummus, about. he tells people that he eats for a living. He plane Thursday evening. I realized as I was about to leave that are named after that which is its deriva- What we, as parents, really yearn for lives in Woodmere and davens at Aish After a smooth, uneventful flight, we neither of us knew exactly what chickpeas tive. It is like calling sesame seeds “Tehi- is to be described as the parents of a Kodesh where, on most Shabbat morn- arrived in Nachlaot after 3:00 p.m. After are called in Hebrew. Arbis? Zev thought nah Maleh,” whole tehinah. I wondered mentch; a ba’al or ba’alas midos and ings, he can be found pacing.

I ’ M T H I N K I N G C O R R E C T I O N Fresh start on controlling nukes Important follow- B Y M I C A H D . H A L P E R N new head of the Amano of Japan, the jeopardy. The world is at such a organization, the new head of the critical juncture in the develop- The IAEA, The Internation- world was not moni- IAEA, squeaked ment of nuclear technology that up to ‘Purging al Atomic Energy Agency, is the toring the proceed- through with exactly an IAEA director who does not organization charged with the ing more closely. the number of votes push hard against those regimes responsibility of monitoring and The previous required for declar- eager to attain, develop and, policing nuclear programs head of the IAEA ing a winner - 23 possibly, even use nuclear tech- Jewish History’ around the world. It is an arm was Mohamed el out of 35 votes - two nology, is an enabler of danger- of the United Nations. The Baradei, an Egypt- thirds of the vote. ous nuclear technology. B Y E L I Z A B E T H B E R N E Y still trying to locate pre-Novem- ian. El Baradei held This had been the Amano does not yet have ber 2001 State Department future of the world as we know Micah D. Halpern it is dependent on how the IAEA the position for second attempt to the credibility he will need, but My Op-Ed last week, country descriptions to learn carries out its mandate. If the three terms and was elect a new director; he carries the clout. He has the “Purging Jewish History,” (In exactly how far back the State IAEA does its job well, the world expected to have entree and sta- the group failed to choose a opportunity to shape the direc- my view; July 3, 2009) dis- Department’s history problem will be a safer place. tus in the developing world. winner in a March election. tion in which the world is taken cussed how PLO, Fatah and goes. Inspecting Iran falls to the Unfortunately, he did not and The bad news is that two vis a vis nuclear power and tech- Hamas governing documents, Interestingly, the web snap- IAEA. So does keeping a watch he was blocked out - the head of thirds is hardly a ringing nology. President Obama’s speeches, shots indicate that the State on North Korea and making cer- the IAEA was never permitted endorsement. Immediately after the elec- and the U.S. State Depart- Department increased the sup- tain that neither nuclear the unfettered access that had The good news is that, by tion results were declared, ment’s public website’s country posed numbers of 1948 “Pales- weapons nor materials fall into been hoped for. Western standards, the election Israel, which has not signed the descriptions each eliminate tinian refugees” from the 2002- the hands of unsavory charac- As a result, this election went to the better candidate. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty thousands of years of Jewish 2004 versions of the website ters, thuggish leaders or terror- was infused with internal con- Had Yukiya Amano’s oppo- but does cooperate with the history in Israel, and glorify until now. All available versions ists. flict. Council members were nent, a South African named West in trying to responsibly thousands of years of Muslim of the website grossly overstate It surprised me that when divided over choosing a candi- Abdul Samaad Minty who was manage nuclear development, history. My column also men- the real number of Palestinian the thirty five members of the date more pro-West than their backed by developing nations, issued a statement saying that tioned my efforts to confirm refugees, while continuing to council that oversees the Inter- previous head or a candidate won out, the direction of the they will fully cooperate with which administration wrote the ignore the Jewish refugees who national Atomic Energy Agency who would truly have the sup- IAEA would have been radically Amano. State Department country had to flee for their lives from sat down for only the second port of the developing world. altered and the safety of Israel Israel will be a friend to descriptions, including my Free- Arab lands. time in their history to vote for a Pro-West won out. Yukiya and the West would be in real Amana and we hope that dom of Information Act request I apologize for my mistake Amano will be a friend to Israel. to the State Department. Based last week, and am very grateful And when it comes to nuclear on President Obama’s speeches, to the Jewish Star’s knowledge- activity, Israel needs a friend. the State Department’s failure able readers for their informa- to respond to my request, and a tion and for taking the time to Micah D. Halpern is a colum- separate 2008 State Depart- write. nist, a social and political com- ment report describing Israel as President Obama can be We understand the importance mentator, and the author, most the historic land of the Jewish blamed only for that which he of a good connection. recently, of “THUGS.” He main- people, I mistakenly concluded is responsible for - namely, his tains The Micah Report at that the likely author of the dis- speeches that adopt Palestinian www.micahhalpern.com. torted current State Depart- revisionist history (including ment country descriptions was the President’s statement in the Obama administration. Cairo that Jewish aspirations to After publication of my Op- Israel were “rooted” in the Ed, two computer-savvy Jewish European Holocaust and dis- Star readers alerted me to placed Palestinians); his regret- David Seidemann “archive.org” which contains table policies (including putting is taking a week web snapshots of approximately more pressure on Israel to stop off. “From the seven years of prior versions of building nursery schools than the State Department website. on Ahmadinejad to stop build- other side of the The problems with current ing nuclear bombs), and the bench” will be State Department country U.S. State Department’s contin- descriptions also existed at the uing publication of distortions back next week. time of the earliest web snap- and elimination of Jewish histo- shot, in November 2001. I am ry.

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P A R S H A T P I N C H A S Tying Together Loose Ends A movie truism portion. Er and Onan) bore to Yehuda film, the daughters have of Moshe and Aharon, save Chapters 28 and 29 are says that if you’re Chapter 26 replaced their brothers in a their fifteen minutes of fame Kalev and Yehoshua, were the order of the sacrificial introduced to a recounts the fami- retroactive levirate-type of in chapter 27:1-11 when the slated to enter the Land - all offerings for the holidays. character in the lies of the tribes, arrangement. (Normally a issue of their inheritance had died. Aharon’s son, Is there significance to beginning of a film, beginning with brother will perform Yibum, plays out. (They appear Elazar, the current High an idea that the parsha even if the storyline Reuven. While the marry his childless deceased again in chapter 36 as objects Priest, had been too young at named for a person who is does not seem to families listed here brother’s widow in order for of discussion, not as the sub- the time of the spies to be identified in rabbinic litera- involve that person, generally follow the children from the union jects of the storyline.) counted among those who ture as Eliyahu, and thus the the names of the to be considered the The mention of Serach, would die with the genera- Messiah, is the parsha in the character will Rabbi Avi Billet have played an children of Yaakov deceased’s child. In this case, daughter of Asher, in 26:46, tion of the desert. which so many loose ends important role by who descended to unknowingly, their father is also suggestive, but her In the second half of are tied together? Maybe. the time the final credits roll. Egypt, there are a few excep- played a similar role, causing existence is never again chapter 27 we are told that, Maybe not. Loaded with seemingly tions, missing names and Peretz and Zerach to be both raised in the Torah. Her tale in an easy transfer of power, When the Messiah innocuous information such changed names, which are a brothers to the deceased as unfolds in the Midrash and Yehoshua would take over for comes, however, we hope as the census numbers of the topic for a different day. well as levirate sons.) commentaries. Moshe. It seems, in a sense, and pray he will be able to new generation of each tribe When the children of In a glaring retreat from 26:63-66 closes the that Moshe has been includ- tie up our loose ends, answer and all the offerings related Eliav are mentioned in 26:9, the normal accounting of episode of the countings. ed in the generation of the our questions and bring clari- to the holidays, Parshat Pin- Datan and Aviram are families, 26:33 mentions one Nadav and Avihu join the spies who will not enter the ty, so we can herald his chas also introduces a num- recorded as the rabble- man, Tzlafchad, who died ranks of Er, Onan, Datan and land on account of their arrival and see the world and ber of seemingly irrelevant rousers who challenged leaving five daughters and no Aviram in that each died deeds. (Perhaps he confirms G-d’s vision for it with the characters, and concludes old Moshe and Aharon along sons. Like the seemingly leaving no heir. No one else this reason for his death in greatest clarity known to tales starring familiar faces. with Korach. Their fate is superfluous character in a from the original countings Devarim 1:36-38) man. We begin with the end of repeated, and their book is the tale of Zimri, when Pin- closed. The fate of their chas is informed that his brother Nemuel is not men- zealotry has awarded him tioned, and the sons of the opportunity to join the Korach are reported as hav- priesthood. We now know ing survived the two- who will replace Elazar as pronged punishment of the High Priest upon his death. ground opening and fire In the context of Moabite consuming 250 men. ARE YOU FEELING STRESSED? women causing the nation to While it would seem sin, we are introduced to the irrelevant to mention the presence of Midianite women sons of Yehuda who died (25:14). This culminates before the family even three verses later in the com- came to Egypt, they are mand to fight the Midianites nevertheless remembered. - a fight we will see actual- Perhaps it is because Peretz FEELING FRUSTRATED ized in next week’s Torah and Zerach, the twins Tamar (the widow of both AT SCHOOL OR WORK?

IN MY VIEW Continued from Page One We, who know what true DO YOU WANT TO DETERMINE Yiddishkeit is all about, have and Reb Yakov, Reb Ahron a positive role to play. I feel and Rav Hutner, Rav Pam with every fiber of my body and Rav Ruderman, of that each and every decent YOUR CHILD'S ACADEMIC blessed memories. Yid worldwide has a respon- And if you feel that the sibility to write letters and images of a crowd of angry emails to every media outlet and violent people who dress informing them that these STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES? like me and, maybe, you, hooligans do not speak for hurling curses at police offi- us. For we have no right cers broadcast around the preaching to others until we world is a colossal Chilul have removed this horrible Hashem (desecration of G-d’s stain from our own commu- ADC Psychological Services, a comprehensive name) and a true physical nities. And it will remain that danger to the safety and way until we change things. psychological consulting center, can help. In security of frum Jews world- I respectfully ask readers wide, I pose the following to take a moment to e-mail question: What are we, as letters containing the follow- addition to results-oriented individual, family, Torah Jews, obligated to ing text to the Jerusalem Post protest first? ([email protected]) and and group counseling, we offer a full range of A) Non-observant Jews Haaretz who never had the benefit of ([email protected]), testing services. a Torah education driving two Israeli newspapers with cars on Shabbos? worldwide readership that B) Identifiably Orthodox are covering this story, and people throwing rocks at to pass this on to people on Psychological evaluation provides a better police officers on Shabbos in your email lists and ask them full view of the media? to do the same. It is my goal understanding of your psychological life to So let the next protest be that each newspaper receive called to peacefully and civil- a minimum of 1,000 emails. maximize your potential. ly proclaim, loudly and clear- Hopefully, then there will be ly, first to our own impres- a news story about how sionable children, and then Torah Jews stood up for the to all decent citizens of the values we hold so dear. Psycho-educational testing: world that this tiny minority “As a Torah Jew, I am of violent radicals does not deeply distressed by the des- • Obtains information about learning, represent us. ecration of Shabbos in our You and I know with cer- holy land — all the more so memory, behavior, and mental health. tainty that our gedolim when it is government sanc- shlit’a, our greatest Torah tioned. However, nothing can leaders, do not sanction nor ever excuse the type of vio- • Clarifies the nature of learning processing support any expression of lence and wanton destruc- violence. But the public at tion of public property that deficits. large does not know that, has been reported recently and paints all of us — such as the throwing of rocks • Identifies strengths and weaknesses across Charedim, Modern Ortho- at police officers and the dox, all observant Jews — burning of garbage dump- with one broad brush. A sters — all of which is dia- many areas of academic functioning. week ago, tens of thousands metrically opposed to the gathered for a beautiful and teachings of our Holy Torah. • Provides information that could be helpful moving Kabbolas Shabbos in Lest our silence be miscon- Yerushalayim to protest strued as passive acceptance Chilul Shabbos in a responsi- of the violence, we condemn in developing an individualized ble and peaceful way, while it in the strongest terms, as some others irresponsibly do the vast, overwhelming, remediation plan. rioted and burned garbage majority of Torah Jews cans all week long. worldwide.” Call (516)596-0073 now for a free phone consultation.

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If Catherine Genovese was mur- ovese murder has how people do not some of the neighbors actual- you are unsure or afraid to dered in Kew Gardens, developed into a get involved in help- ly saw her being stabbed in report an abuser, this inter- Queens as she came home well known and ing others when they addition to hearing her “I believe that if a pro- pretation of the law allows from work late at night. widely studied should. repeated screams for help. fessional is confronted you to not report it. Forty-five years ago, “Kitty,” social psychologi- Over the That has called into question There are, however, other as she was known, was cal event with years some debate with some former neighbors with a situation that may guidelines that health care stabbed multiple times by an major impact on has developed as to now saying they did not have require reporting, it is professionals must take into attacker who assaulted her our understanding Michael J. the accuracy of all a clear line of vision. It is also account when deciding three separate times over a of certain types of Salamon, Ph.D. the information clear that the New York City best to err on the side of whether or not to report a 35-minute period. She human behavior, known to be related Police Department changed suspected abuser. The Ethi- screamed for help but, as we and her story has to the Kitty Genovese their phone response system doing so.” cal Principals of Psycholo- all know, few of her neigh- become the symbol for what story — some say only 12 following events of that par- gists and Code of Conduct bors who heard the scream psychologists call the neighbors, not 38 as original- ticular night long ago despite states that psychologists got involved until it was too “Bystander Effect” or “Diffu- ly thought, heard Kitty’s cries dispatching a patrol car that disclose confidential infor- late for her. sion of Responsibility” theory. for help. 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B Y B A R U C H S P I E R Council head Rosenbaum explained that all new construc- Former Far Rockaway resi- tion in Beit El was frozen in 2005 and new construction is QUALITY dent Ari Singer and his wife, Rivka, can’t find a suitable only allowed under permits pre- improvement to their small dating 2005. Beit El’s new resi- basement apartment in Beit El, dents can only find housing in a PRINTING in the Benjamin region in the spare floor or basement that is a div. of Richner Communications, Inc West Bank. They have been turned into an apartment, or in struggling over the last five the caravans found on the out- months in search of an apart- skirts of many towns. 1 ment near other young couples. A caravan trailer is usually • 8 /2 X 11 FLYERS “If there is a place that’s the size of a two-bedroom • 50# Offset • 4 Color Process • 2 Sided Printing apartment, and permission is 10,000 available we call up the next No setup charges if files are prepared in PDF format day and they say, ‘not available unnecessary to build the hous- COLOR FLYERS anymore,’” said Rivka about ing units now common for new • Bleeds add just $6 per M. searching for apartments listed couples in the community. How- • 6 0# coated 2 side stock, add just $15 per M. in local newspapers and on ever, Rosenbaum said that Beit $ El has more than enough cara- email list-serves. e-mail Jackie at [email protected] ONLY The head of the Beit El vans and isn’t allowing construc- questions call 516-569-4000 ext 262 375 tion of new trailers. council, Moshe Rosenbaum, told Send us your printing specs for prompt estimate. the Jewish Star this week that he Besides for Beit El, the Singers hopes more people come to live have also searched the Etzion in the communities of the West block for housing. They hope to Bank. However, due to building find a place close to Rivka’s par- restrictions enacted in 2005, ents who live in Efrat. construction of new residences “I grew up in the settle- has been severely impeded. ments, it’s the quality of life that The lack of housing has not I am used to,” said Rivka about discouraged idealistic young her and her husband’s refusal to couples from trying to move move to Jerusalem or another into the West Bank, said Etzion nearby city. The Singers have er tried to find a caravan for rent m bloc real estate agent Michael m in a suitable community. Cost- u Lourie. Lourie added that the S influx of would-be residents has ing its tenants only 1300 NIS only intensified since President per month in a city like Efrat, Barack Obama called for a the caravan is a cheaper option freeze on settlement growth. than neighborhood housing. ! Unfortunately, the Singers have l According to Lourie, the cia housing situation is unlikely to been left disgruntled by the e improve in Israel’s current politi- process to obtain a caravan. Sp cal environment. Although “You have to be on a wait- Prime Minister Benjamin ing list,” Ari Singer said of the Netanyahu has so far ignored requirements to move into a pressures from President Obama municipality-owned caravan, to freeze natural growth in the “you have to pay, you have to settlements, he also neither come for Shabbat.” A few com- favors unnatural expansion nor munities even asked for a hand- establishing new communities. writing analysis, he said. Full and half pages in SUMMER’S FIRST ALIYAH Continued from Page One experience,” he said. Aliyah won’t be easy for the that confounded or deterred Zuller family. Yudi will travel olim or would-be olim of the back and forth from Israel to the past have been smoothed away U.S. almost weekly in order to by the relationships the seven continue running his business. year-old organization has forged But, he says, “We want a better with Israeli government agen- life for our kids... the life we feel cies. they should have. Ellie and Donny have Zuller looks forward to liv- watched Nefesh B’Nefesh ing in a “neighborhood sur- videos, they said, finding it “so rounded by fellow Jews... The hard not to be emotional.” Ellie environment and aura of being said they are “very excited to surrounded by house after experience it ourselves!” house, [where] whether reli- Yudi and Aviva Zuller and gious or not, they’re still Jews.” their children flew on the Mon- Taking a walk on a recent Shabbat, Zuller’s son, Binyamin, Final day flight for their move to Ma’aleh Adumim. Six years ago said, “In a few more weeks we the couple bought a house on won’t see any cars on Shabbat.” Staten Island. “Our plan was to Reflecting on this, Yudi said, “It be in the house for 10 years. tells you what Shabbat is and Most people move back their what being in the Jewish State plans. We made it out 4 years is all about.” ahead,” said Yudi. When Zuller hears that it’s In addition to running a sacrifice to leave his large Stat- Week! Graphic Dimensions Press, his en Island home and moving into printing business in Brooklyn, a small apartment in Israel, he Yudi has devoted himself to rais- points to a picture of Gilad ing money for terror victims in Shalit and says, “You want to Israel, and has collected over $1 see a huge sacrifice? Look at million to date. Gilad Shalit. That’s a sacrifice.” Their 14-year-old daughter, None of his friends are sur- Navah, is particularly excited to prised about the move. Some make aliyah, and 10-year-old are even asking what took him Payment in full required with order Binyamin said, “It’s my destiny.” so long. The two younger children, Yudi and Aviva are proud Kayla, 7, and Gilad, 3, are also that their son is starting to make happy. a connection between himself Issue of July 17 “Aliyah was always a plan, and Gilad Shalit. Pointing to a but it was an ‘eventually, one of picture on the wall he said, these days’ kind of thing.” What “That’s big Gilad; I’m little made it a reality? Yudi’s Gilad.” Call 516-569-4000 fundraising and Aviva’s position The economy is playing a as director of public relations at part in an aliyah uptick. "We are Yeshivat Reishit Yerushalayim finding many people accelerat- to order or for information have sent the two commuting ing their aliyah plans as a result back and forth over the past few of the economic recession," said years. This, Yudi said, strength- Yael Katsman, a spokesperson ened their connection to Israel. for Nefesh B'Nefesh. In the past So has Gilad Shalit. many people considering a Helene Parsons x. 290 Aviva and Yudi named their move to Israel might have had youngest child “Gilad” in honor longer-term plans, or thoughts [email protected] of the Israeli MIA, to be “a big of first paying off student loans, zechus [merit] towards his but now Katsman says Nefesh release and good health and B’Nefesh has observed a consid- or keeping him out of harm’s way.” erable shift in planning. Yudi has forged a close friend- "There are currently over ship with Gilad Shalit’s father, 10,000 people in our active Mayer Fertig x. 291 Noam. pipeline who have reached out “My wife and I think of and expressed serious interest in Gilad [Shalit] every hour of moving to Israel in the very near [email protected] every day,” said Yudi. In part, it future,” said Katsman. has inspired their aliyah. “To see the selflessness and sacrifice a 19-year-old is willing to make for his country, that’s something www.thejewishstar.com my wife and I want our kids to 293660 10 The Jewish Star July 10, 2009

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I shall briefly detail for next year but read LEXUS OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE below and in the next few weeks to come, through them and put them in the shaimos 700 Sunrise Highway, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 several works that, in my opinion, best set collection to be buried later in the ceme- the tone and purpose for our serious and tery.” Hours: Mon-Fri: 9am-9pm Sat: 9am-6pm Sun: 12pm-5pm On-Site Parking somber demeanor at this time on the Jewish “Every Tisha B’Av they would buy new New Car Showroom : Pre-Owned Showroom: 293148 calendar. ones. (Of course, the Kinot books were not 866-539-8755 888-545-9099 a division of Perhaps one of the most beloved of all as expensive as they are Jewish writers of the previous now, particularly those A U T H O R I Z E D www.NYAutoGIANT.com L E X U S D E A L E R www.LexusofRVC.com g e n e r a t i o n with commentaries and was Rabbi translations.) Eliyahu Kitov But the old custom zt”l. His writ- was to buy new Kinot ings and books booklets every year. have served as After all, after this classics for Jew- year we will no ish law and lore longer need them.” in our yeshivas According to the and Beis Yaakovs Rav this stemmed for the better from the Rambam’s part of the last ruling in Hilchos century, continu- Ta’aniyos that ing into our own Tisha B’Av would time. Among his be obsolete after works is the clas- the Messiah’s sic, “The Book of arrival. Inasmuch Our Heritage” as we believe [Feldheim, 1968, that the Messiah 1999]. Within the will arrive at third volume you any time, such a will find all the custom has salient basic informa- practical validi- tion on what consti- ty, and that is tutes the proper what defines observances as well as the fate of our the relevant historical little Kinot information to offer a booklets. better understanding of Toward the end of this sefer is a thir- the importance of past teen page chapter dealing with the Rav’s events that affect our lives to this day, take on the Holocaust and its relevance to including the integrity of our concerns for Tisha B’Av. I would suggest a careful reading Jerusalem as the center of our people’s of this chapter. You might not agree with faith. Indeed, even the learning and careful the Rav’s conclusions but you will come study of the behavior of our ancient adver- away a better-informed Jew for the effort. saries should and do help explain the behav- This time of year should inspire us to ior of those contemporary adversaries, both take greater stock of our appreciation for foreign and domestic, who ominously the continued status of Jerusalem under resemble their ancient counterparts. Thus is continued Jewish sovereignty, a status that the value of the study of Jewish history. is being challenged by the current regime in Each chapter of this book is organized Washington and by their representatives by the Jewish month of the year and subdi- here in our own community. vided by the various topics that define the Hopefully our prayers, particularly liturgical and halachic mandates for these inspired by the readings of Rabbi Kitov and solemn days. Rabbi Soloveitchik, both of blessed memory, The language is easy to comprehend. will help thwart the designs of those who No detail is explained in a complicated man- hide behind false pretensions of friendship. 292792 ner. This is the strength of this writer that One last word: In a Kosher Bookworm helps explain the deserved longevity of his column last year dealing with the Three work. Weeks, I made reference to Rabbi Pesach Another, more intellectually challeng- Schindler’s excellent treatment of Aym ing, volume is an anthology of writings by Habanim Same’cha, titled “Restoration of for our weekly e-mail alert and be among Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt”l, titled, Zion As A Response During the Holocaust” the first to know what's in the new issue of “The Lord Is Righteous In All His Ways: (Ktav). Many readers took note of that essay Sign up Reflections on the Tisha B’Av Kinot”[Ktav, and informed me at that time of the book’s The Jewish Star each week. 2006]. unavailability in area bookstores. There is much to be gleaned from this This year I inform you that the book is most informative sefer that will help available for purchase online. It makes for enhance the average, and non-average wor- excellent and timely reading in sync with E-mail [email protected] shiper to better understand the underlying the theme of the Three Weeks. 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