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Neither of her parents spoke a word of Photo by Ron Manfredi the wall, they begin to play. I believe that’s English when they arrived in the U.S. The HAFTR Hawk Shelby Rosenberg towers over a DRS Wildcat. all part of their success.” now-defunct New York Association for New This is Hoenig’s fi rst undefeated team; Americans helped get them settled. Her fa- Continued on page 3 ther worked as a limousine driver and her Continued on page 3

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“I don’t want to jinx myself. We still have have still We jinx myself. to “I don’t want As a student in La Guardia Community As a student in La Guardia Going undefeated in the Yeshiva League in the Yeshiva Going undefeated “It’s really one game at a time,” Daniel con- “It’s at a time,” one game really “It’s not like we walked over everybody,” everybody,” over walked we “It’s like not

p ords, “I’m probably the Bukharian “I’m probably ords, only per- orking for Sabini, working her way from the her way Sabini, working for orking as won with a buzzer beating shot by Mike with by a buzzer beating shot as won arsity basketball team that the team dominated arsity basketball eshiva League with back-to-back champi- eshiva League with back-to-back ou do what you need to do to get yourself yourself get do to need to ou do what you x arsity team went undefeated in theregular undefeated went arsity team otes, but the experienceotes, mobilizing the is the story of the Lady Hawks. part of the were sity team HAFTR Junior enlightening. enlightening. tight-knit Bukharian community to vote was was tight-knit Bukharian vote community to e v w w Y ed bottles to survive. to This is theed bottles reality of life. cashier in a local supermarket. cashier in a local supermarket. collect- family] “There a time when [my was self worked her way through high school her way as a self worked Continued from page 1 page Continued from her- Zulunova mother as a home attendant; Lilianna Zulunova throws hat in Assembly ring in Assembly hat throws Lilianna Zulunova Y V The girls’ great season great girls’ The v ricanes have been tight; one November game one November been tight; ricanes have 20 points. Two games against the Hur- HANC 20 points. Two more, a Toronto team led at halftime team close to by more, a Toronto w matched. During a tournament held in Balti- blowouts and most teams are pretty evenly evenly are pretty teams and most blowouts stressed that there have really not been many not stressed that really there have combination,” he said. combination,” they’re davening everythey’re morning, davening it’s nice a sues. They’re doing very well this year, and this doing verysues. They’re year, well since the 1980’s. disciplinary any didn’t require action. is- any I didn’t have be suspended; this year, he has been coaching in the Yeshiva League coachinghe has been the in Yeshiva Continued from page 1 page from Continued HAFTR Hawks, Lady Hawks achieve perfection achieve Hawks Lady Hawks, HAFTR Majority Leader Malcom Smith.Majority paign of Albert Cohen, the fi in politics.” son involved tration, Zulunova joined thetration, Zulunova staff of Senate tion in Governor David Paterson’s adminis- Paterson’s David tion in Governor a stint as the of constituent affairs. director internship to deputy chiefinternship of staff, to including run higher offi to for Jew nig. “I’m hoping not to repeat their to demise.” nig. “I’m hoping not defeated teams lost in the said Hoe- teams playoffs,” defeated three games left playoff un- and the two last season but lost in the playoffs. an internship. She spent the next fi State Senator John Sabini, who offered her Senator State sor of Communications, Zulunova met then- met sor of Communications, Zulunova through life.” Profes- an Adjunct where she is now College, onships and an undefeated 2007 season. season. 2007 onships and an undefeated isn’t unheard of. Two years ago the years HANC of. Two isn’t unheard a time, and never look ahead or behind.” look ahead a time, and never play your best ball. Just focus on one game at best ball. Just focus your play play at a time; if you put that together you you put that at a time; if you together play losing at half-time by fi losing at half-time by one one game, one quarter, take tinued. “You team withteam “Our fi Gindea. concurred Jonny Daniel, co-captain of theconcurred co-captain Daniel, Jonny ended with victory a Hawk in overtime. Gindea to earnGindea to a score of 49-48. A rematch 4 LEXUS OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE Cholent in D.C. FOR A David Seidemann, SPRING LEXUS Jewish Star columnist, $ 0 DOWND PAYMENT % ...AND 2.9 NO FIRST Available on 2010 IS250/350, HS and GS models, up to 60 † months to qualified buyers with excellent credit (730+fico). mulls run for Congress FINANCING PAYMENT By Michael Orbach All-new 2010 Lexus All-new 2010 Lexus All-new 2010 Lexus HS 250h IS 250 AWD ES 350 Growing up in Ohio, David Seidemann had two dreams. He wanted either to be a quarterback for the Cleveland Browns or a

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eruv on Tuesday. And Flatbush residents who usually use the Febr u ary 19, 2010 6 ADAR 5770 The Bronx is up, the Battery is down, goes the old song, eruv had to make do without, as well. but after the record-setting snowfall last week, Brooklyn was “For some reason this storm really hit us hard,” said Eli down — or the Flatbush eruv, more specifi cally. The eruv in Feit, chairman of the Brooklyn Eruv Association. “We’ve had Riverdale (i.e. The Bronx) was up, thank you very much, as other storms that caused us problems but not as many lines was the one in the Five Towns, just barely. were down on other occasions. “One of the strings that came down was one that was not 21 lines were down, he said. It was checked on Thursday, fi xable before Shabbos,” said one of the people responsible as usual, “and the guy that we use to fi x it was busy fi xing for the maintenance of the Five Towns eruv, which also in- other stuff and he just couldn’t get it done in time.” cludes Valley Stream. He asked to not be named in the news- The Flatbush eruv, which hasn’t been down for Shabbos paper. “It was 30 feet up in the air, on a tree that was iced in recent memory, Feit said, is “probably the largest eruv over and there was snow on the ground. There was no way to around” — extending from Beverly Road all the way to Shore get a bucket truck there before Shabbos.” Parkway. Two other eruvin — one operated by the Syrian A temporary workaround was created, he said, and at Jewish community — encompass part or most of the same about 1:00 p.m. on Friday afternoon the eruv was certifi ed area and also were not operational for Shabbos. for use. Repairs required as a result of the blizzard some fore- The Staten Island eruv was up. So was the one in West casters took to calling “Snowmageddon” cost an estimated Hempstead, where Richard Miller said, “Our eruv has really $1,000. been fi ne. I’ve been living here for 24 years — it’s never been Residents of Great Neck were not as fortunate as those in down.” “Railroad tracks, phone wires and even wires on the Southern State” Parkway comprise the West Hempstead eruv, To help cover the costs of the Five Towns eruv, Miller said. When it was constructed, it included “backups to mail a tax-deductible contribution to: the whole system and we’ve never been down.” Three volunteers maintain the West Hempstead eruv. The Five Towns Eruv “If repairs are needed, once in a blue moon, we have a Post Offi ce Box 396 guy with a cherry picker go up, and the shul [Young Israel of Woodmere, NY 11598 West Hempstead] pays for it,” Miller said. “But that’s a very Eruv hotline: 516-295-4212 rare occasion.” Contributions to the Flatbush eruv, In Flatbush the eruv costs an estimated $10,000 to $15,000 also tax-deductible, can be mailed to: a year to operate, mostly to cover the costs of a paid mash- giach and the telephone hotline residents are advised to call Brooklyn Eruv Association Inc. each Friday to confi rm that the eruv is in operation. In the 1012 Avenue I Five Towns the eruv is currently operating at a defi cit; contri- Brooklyn, NY 11230 butions are defi nitely welcome. The eruv organization owns Eruv hotline: 718-377-4242 its own bucket truck.

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This event was Wine Tasting” atTraditions restaurant, at302 “Evening of Business Networking andKosher THE SOUTHSHOREBUSINESS GROUP willhost an Networking Dinner at justonelife.org orby calling212-683-6040. begins at6:00p.m. Getmore information online berg andZelda andDanny Wildman.Buffet dinner Cliff Broder, Yehudith Gellis, Edie andLouis Gold- 39th Street inManhattan. The dinnerwillhonor Abigael’s, at1407 Broadway, between 38th and pregnant mothers, willholdabenefit dinnerat JUST ONELIFE,anIsraeli group thatassists Keeping baby Continued onpage 8

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350848 350498 8 Continued from page 6 Challenged Child, a Challenge for the Commu- ON THE nity.” The talk will feature a panel of speakers March 3 from the local community. Art Show Calendar March 7 THE DEVORAH GROUP OF HADASSAH will host an evening of fi ne art beginning at 7:30 p.m. Breakfast with the The works showcased will be from Hadassah Sumbit your shul or organization’s events or shiurim to [email protected]. members Pola Bradman, Sheila Feirstein, Wendy Deadline is Wednesday of the week prior to publication. champ Kaplan Friend, Linda Goodman, Paula Gach Mos- CONGREGATION BETH SHOLOM, located at kowitz, Nava Ramek and Felice Soifer. Artwork 390 Broadway in Lawrence, will be hosting a will be available for purchase with a portion of breakfast with current World Boxing Association the proceeds going to Hadassah. Cost is $36 and super welterweight champion Yuri Forman. The includes one raffl e ticket and wine and cheese. breakfast will begin at 9:00 a.m. immediately Husbands are welcome at no additional charge. following the 8:30 minyan. Admission is free and For location and reservations contact Miriam at Yuri will be giving a presentation followed by a 516-569-9343 or email [email protected]. question and answer session. For more informa- tion contact Beth Sholom Youth Director Joshua THE JEWISH STAR THE JEWISH 5770 6 ADAR 2010 u ary 19, Febr Schechter at 516-647-2958 or via email at josh@ Making the most of cbsyouth.com Matzo THE FRIEDBERG JCC, at 15 Nell Court in Oceanside, Killing Kasztner will host, “Making the Most out of Matzo” with THE MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE, at the world-renowned chef and author, Dan Zeller. Edmund J. Safra Plaza, 36 Battery Place in New Make this Pesach your redemption from the York, will present the fi lm “Killing Kasztner: The same old boring Matzo dishes. Chef Zeller share Jew Who Dealt with Nazis,” with a discussion with recipes and demonstrate how to create some of the fi lm’s director Gaylen Ross. “Killing Kasztner” his favorite appetizers, main dishes, and desserts tells the story of Rudolph Kasztner who negoti- that use matzo as a main ingredient. Zeller, a ated with Adolf Eichmann to rescue 1,700 Jews graduate of The Culinary Institute of America on a Swiss-bound train. and author of Kitchen University, has worked in Known as the “Jewish Schindler,” Kasztner New York City’s Sardi’s Restaurant, The Park Lane was later condemned as a traitor in Israel and Hotel, the Hilton Hotel, has served as the Execu- accused of being a collaborator, in a trial and tive Chef for Chase Manhattan Banks and for Met verdict that divided a nation. He was assassi- Life, and is currently the chef for Wild by Nature. nated in 1957 by Jewish extremists. For more info contact the JCC at 516-766-4341 or Joining the fi lmmaker will be Tel Aviv Uni- online at friedbergjcc.org. versity Professor Dina Porat and NYU Professor Ronald Zweig. Museum Director Dr. David G. Marwell will moderate the discussion. Tickets are $10, $7 for students and seniors, $5 for members, March 5 and are available online at www.mjhnyc.org or by Shabbat Across America calling the museum box offi ce at 646-437-4202. THE SUBURBAN PARK JEWISH CENTER, located at 400 Old Westbury Road in East Meadow, will host an Interactive Friday Night Explanatory Service and a traditional Shabbat dinner for Shabbat March 9 Across America; beginning at 6:00 p.m. Shabbat Book Awards Across America is the fi rst nationally orchestrat- THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK COUNCIL presents ed program to appeal to members of all Jewish the 59th Annual National Jewish Book Awards denominations to celebrate Shabbos. Call 516- ceremony. The event will be held at the Center 796-8833 or 516-520-5733 for more information. for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street in Manhat- tan and begins at 7:30 p.m. Alana Newhouse and Ari L. Goldman will host the ceremony. Friday night tea and talk Each winning author is called upon to speak KULANU’S KEREN ELIANA PARENT ADVOCACY AND briefl y about the background for writing the RESOURCE CENTER invites the entire community book. The event is free of charge. For more infor- to a Shabbat Tea and Talk beginning at 8 p.m. Yuri Forman, the reigning World Boxing Association super-welterweight champion, mation contact 212-201-2921 or visit Jewishbook- at the Thalheim residence at 354 Island Avenue will be speaking at Congregation Beth Sholom on Sunday morning, March 7. council.org. in Woodmere. The topic of the talk will be “The Continued on page 9

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Continued from page 8 ock will discuss the historical forces that shaped THE JEWISH STAR ON THE Jewish Harlem. Cost is $18. For more information March 13 call (212) 374-4100 ext. 1. Singles Event Calendar April 14 CONGREGATION OHR TORAH in North Woodmere, at 410 Hungry Harbor Road in Valley Stream, Elie Wiesel Febr u ary 19, 2010 6 ADAR 5770 will hold a night for singles between the ages Sumbit your shul or organization’s events or shiurim to [email protected]. ADELPHI UNIVERSITY will host “An Evening with of 22-32 beginning at 8:30 p.m. The cost of the Deadline is Wednesday of the week prior to publication. Elie Wiesel,” the Nobel Peace Prize-winning event is $25, which will cover the basic expenses Holocaust survivor, author and activist. It will of the evening. Prepayment and reservations are begin at 7:00 p.m. in the University’s Center for required to ensure a balanced number of men Recreation and Sports, 1 South Avenue in Garden and women. Space is limited. To reserve your City. The William E. Simon Lecture in American space, email [email protected]. Pay- Civilization and Values Endowment sponsors the ment information will be sent via e-mail. event. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit aupac.adelphi.edu or call the box offi ce at 516-877-4000. Tickets can be purchased in person at the box offi ce, by phone or online, March 16 are available for $25 for premium fl oor seating One Israel Dinner and $10 for regular seating. THE ONE ISRAEL FUND will be holding their 16th annual gala anniversary dinner at Terrace on the Park, located at 52-11 111th Street Flushing Meadow Park in Corona. The dinner begins at 6 April 18 p.m. and there is a $500 charge per couple. Cost Yiddish theater for couples under 35 is $300. For more informa- THE HAZAK CHAPTER OF THE BELLMORE JEW- tion contact One Israel Fund at 516.239.9202 x12. ISH CENTER, at 2550 South Central Avenue in Bellmore, is bringing The Folksbiene Theatre’s Traveling Troupe for a performance of “Mama’s Loshn Kugel,” a Yiddish musical revue with Eng- lish supertitles. The play begins at 3 PM. A limited number of seats are available. Tickets are on sale March 17 now: $18 adults, $12 children 10-16 years old. Call Yom Hashoah Art Ruthe at (516) 221-8570 or Bill at (516) 221-2056. Contest THE FIRST ANNUAL HOLOCAUST ART COMPETI- TION for original artwork depicting Holocaust Shiurim themes will take place at a community-wide Yom Monday Hashoah event taking place on Sun, Apr 11, 2010. HALACHA SHIUR followed by a Parsha shiur by The competition is open to students between Rabbi Yaakov Feitman beginning at 9:00 PM the ages of 10-18. The deadline for applications at Kehillas Bais Yehuda Tzvi, 395 Oakland Ave., is March 17. Prizes will be awarded on April 11. For Cedarhurst._ more information contact Sarah at 516-569-6717 or email [email protected]. Tuesday SHIUR IN MAHARAL on the Chumash by Rabbi Eytan Feiner from 8:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. at March 21 Congregation Kneseth Israel, 728 Empire Ave., Far Jewish Harlem Rockaway. THE LOWER EAST SIDE JEWISH CONSERVANCY, at 15-17 Willet St., between Grand and Delancey Daily Streets in Manhattan, will present a slide lecture Men’s Torah Study Kollel Program with Rabbi on Harlem’s Jewish past with Yeshiva University Don Well, from 10-12 every morning at Congre- professor Jeffrey S. Gurock, author of “When Har- Photo courtesy of Shlomokatz.com gation Bais Medrash of Cedarhurst, 504 West lem was Jewish: 1870-1930.” In 1917, Harlem was Singer Shlomo Katz will perform a special concert at Davis-Renov-Stahler Yeshiva Broadway, corner Bayview Ave in Cedarhurst. home to more than 175,000 Jews, making it the High School for Boys on Feb. 18. third largest Jewish community in the world. Gur-

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350849 11 Parshat Teruma THE JEWISH STAR What the cherubs mean n the construction of the tabernacle, the 54 that depicts the keruvim as “joined to- (they decided to sell him), we are being tor- is meant to suggest symbolism of the role the

Aron (Ark), which contains the Torah, gether in an embrace” of a male and female. mented because of selling Yosef (they even- keruvim play in the human experience. Febr u ary 19, 2010 6 ADAR 5770 I is to be covered with a kaporet (cover), Aside from Rashi’s interpretation in 26:3, tually bring Binyamin), and our money is in In all cases where the term appears, people made of solid gold, out of which two keruvim how can we reconcile that the Torah describes our bags (they return to Canaan, and eventu- learn a lesson and grow from the way they re- (cherubs) are carved. each of the keruvim as masculine, when the ally try returning the money to Yosef). late to one another in their shared experience. “The cherubs shall spread their wings up- face of one of them was female? People are scared of heavenly bread, they On the simplest level, if the keruvim rep- ward so that their wings shield the kaporet How can we interpret the phrase “ish el ask one another about it, and they learn to resent a male and female doing their best (cover). The cherubs shall face ‘ish el achiv’ achiv” differently to better understand the use it for their daily sustenance. to live in harmony, who are always looking (loose translation: one another), but their role of the keruvim? down to the box they cover and the contents faces shall [also be inclined downward] to- The term “ish el achiv” is used when peo- hile I cannot reconcile the fact that the therein, then the keruvim are a married ward the cover.” (25:20) ple are discussing issues that have great re- keruvim are referred to in the mascu- couple who work hard, at all times, to make The classic understanding is that the cher- percussions. In the case of Yosef’s brothers, W line while one of them has a feminine their marriage work, who look to the Torah ubs contain the faces of children, one boy they went through stages: let us kill Yosef face, it is possible that the term “ish el achiv” for guidance as to how to achieve that goal. and one girl. Yet, oddly enough, when the Torah describes how they face one another, the term employed is “ish el achiv,” which lit- erally means “man to his brother.” One can argue, as Rashi does in 26:3, that when the Torah is talking about objects which are feminine words (lashon nekeivah) — yeriot (curtains) in that verse — then the Torah describes pairing parts as “ishah el achotah” (woman to her sister). In our case, since the word “keruv” is mascu- line, it is described as “ish el achiv.” Despite this, the term “ish el achiv” Rabbi Avi Billet — which appears in fi ve contexts in the To- rah — still implies two males, which brings the male/female inter- pretation subject to scrutiny.

he fi rst three times the phrase appears are different stages of Yosef’s brothers T talking about their relationship with him. Of these three, the fi rst is when they say to one another that “the dreamer is coming and we’d better kill him.” The second is when Yosef, as viceroy, in- sists that they bring Binyamin to see him. They say to one another that this is happen- ing because of their role in Yosef’s disappear- ance. The third is when they become fright- ened at the discovery of their money in their bags, after they had paid for their food and stopped along their journey home. (37:19, 42:21, 42:28) When the Manna falls, we fi nd the people are scared, and “ish” says to “his brother,” “what is it?” because they have never seen and do not understand heavenly bread (Shmot 16:15) The next two appearances of this phrase are in our parsha and when the mishkan is actually put together (25:20, 37:9) — both describing the cherubs facing each other on the kaporet. The fi nal appearance of this phrase in the Torah is Bamidbar 14:4, in the aftermath of the spy incident, when many suggest a return to Egypt rather than an attempt to conquer the seemingly dangerous and unwanted land of Canaan.

side from the keruvim, all of these cas- es are literally of men turning to one A another and vocalizing their thoughts or opinions. When it comes to the keruvim, while they are obviously not talking to one another (be- cause they are inanimate), where would the idea of their being male and female come from? The main source of the keruvim being di- rectly identifi ed as male and female is from the Zohar, inspired by the Gemara in Yoma 350850 12 only simchas! YESHIVA OF CENTRAL QUEENS Celebrating Jewish Life invites you to participate in its Marriage SCHOLARSHIP DINNER

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At last, Obama understands Iran’s real intentions — now what can he do? Febr u ary 19, 2010 6 ADAR 5770 oreign affairs should never turn into a tiations, the Iranians knew to be manipula- end of the year 2009. And with each exten- rael and at the West as a whole. game of “I told you so.” The stakes are tions. Iran gave the West hope in order to ex- sion, the world became a much more danger- But our hands are not tied; our death sen- Ftoo high, the rules too complicated and ploit its own need for time. And so the United ous place for the rest of us. tence has not yet been signed. There are ac- the game itself never really ends. Relation- States changed the deadline for Iran to come Now it is February and subtly, without tions we can and must take to save ourselves ships and situations change. Goals and incen- on board and come clean about their nuclear most Americans realizing what is happening, from the danger that is present-day Iran. Our tives are adjusted and readjusted. And things aspirations from August to the beginning of United States foreign policy towards Iran has fi rst step is more and serious sanctions. Our could always get worse. September. begun to change. “I told you so” won’t help. second step is crippling Iran’s oil economy. The Obama administration has fi nally Then they relaxed the deadline again, this There is no turning back the clock. These past Our third step is promoting regime change. come to the realization that Iran’s leadership time until the United Nations General Assem- thirteen months have given Iran the great ad- None of this is easy, but it is all attainable. is not interested in compromise. They now bly convened at the end of September, then vantage. The danger is now palpable. Iran’s Tehran is a threat. Washington is now tak- realize that Tehran is again to December and then again until the disdain is directed at the United States, at Is- ing that threat seriously. playing a game in or- I’M THINKING der to buy the time needed to further en- trench their country in a now unstoppable race to develop and produce nuclear technology. The problem is that over the past thirteen months the United States has been playing the game of Clue-less while the Iranians have been playing Stratego. And in that time Iran Micah D. Halpern has made tremendous strides in the procure- ment of nuclear mate- rials and technology. A political learning curve is charted from the time a new political person of power en- ters into that position of power until the time at which that person has learned to develop policies that are effective and attainable. Barack Obama thought he could skip the learning curve part of his presidency. His ad- ministration immediately endowed the Irani- ans with the benefi t of the doubt. Iranians knew ‘Iran’s exactly what they were doing - more disdain is signifi cantly, they knew exactly what directed at the new American president was do- the U.S., at ing. Iran exploited the new administra- Israel and at tion’s optimism and naiveté. As soon as the West.’ the election results became clear, Iran knew that Obama would approach them very differently than did the Bush Administration. Iranian leader- ship knew that Obama’s approach would be to allow them a fresh start and assume that they would “listen to reason.” Iran saw the opportunity and seized it. They realized that by the time Barack Obama and his administration realized what they were up to, they would be so far along in their nuclear quest that they would never have to turn back. And they were right. We can no longer ask if the Iranians are on the road to nuclear development. The only questions we now can ask of Iran are: have they set the date yet and under what conditions will they reveal their end game. And the questions we must ask our- selves are: is there any way for us to monitor what is happening in Iran and is there any way to prevent Iran from using the nuclear weapons they are developing. Finally, Washington realized that they were being played like the proverbial fi ddle. Iranians were never truly interested in seri- ous negotiations. What the Americans thought of as nego- 350852 14 Opinion Moving forward by going into reverse he recent decision of one Orthodox rabbi our synagogues. Technology, ‘grama switch- There are academic studies of Halacha gogues there are women who do that without to ordain women with the title ‘Rabba’ es’, and timers have enabled synagogues to that use historical and geographical surveys of the title ‘Rabbi.’ Thas created a lively debate within Ortho- control climate, use alarms, install elevators, halachic traditions on a particular issue. But In those communities where greater inclu- dox Jewish circles in the United States. Histor- and halachically designed microphones. the normative tradition of ‘psak’ maintained sion of women in a synagogue role is impor- ically, women have not served the Orthodox An increased awareness of the contribution by the authorities over the centuries does not tant, enabling women to serve the community community in a rabbinic capacity. That does our women can make has also brought about always conform to academic analysis. in a halachically acceptable way is far more not necessarily mean that it is halachically some changes in traditional modern Orthodox important than conferring her with the title, wrong for them to have that title. But it also mixed gender congregations. r. Sperber argues that sometimes the ‘Rabbah.’ This point was made in greater de- does not mean that the In some synagogues, a Bat Mitzvah or principle of ‘nahara nahara upashtai’ tail by Rabbi Shmuel Hain in his excellent absence of such a title other women deliver divrei Torah from the (Chulin 18b), rivers fl ow differently as piece posted on JTA on February 8th. THE JEWISH STAR THE JEWISH 5770 6 ADAR 2010 u ary 19, Febr In my view D is a fl aw that must be pulpit on Shabbat (often upon the conclusion they branch into tributaries based on differing One person deciding to give a rabbinic corrected by ordaining of services), women serve as offi cers, halachic topographies, must be a determining factor in title to a woman is rather meaningless and it women. What is really mechitzot have been constructed in a more in- normative halacha. Essentially this means that distracts us from more signifi cant business. important for learned clusive manner, and women serve as teachers, sometimes there are factors unique to each What should be of primary importance is how and educated women counselors, and yoatzot on numerous halachic community at a particular moment in time we educate our women and what opportuni- in the modern sector issues. This is not true of every community. which must be factored into the Posek’s mind ties we provide them, not what titles we give of Orthodox Judaism Different communities have different perspec- before rendering certain halachic decisions. them. today? tives that are accommodated by practices that I assume that indeed Dr. Sperber’s prin- It is not too late to acknowledge that, al- Certainly modernity meet those needs. ciple was a factor in the decision to give a for- though well intentioned, the granting of has brought change to mal rabbinic title to a woman. Apparently the a rabbinic title to a woman was wrong. Ac- a number of Orthodox abbi Dr. Daniel Sperber, in his introduc- decision to ordain a woman was intended to knowledgement of a mistake is a virtue and synagogues. In some ar- tion to his stimulating and controversial fi ll a void in a specifi c sector of the Orthodox a sign of strength as evidenced in Yehudah’s eas the change might be Rbook, Darkah Shel Halacha, discusses community. The river fl ows differently today admission of error in the case of Tamar. Our Rabbi Herschel within the framework the methodology that a halachic author- than in the past and that can only be ad- community cannot afford a major schism. We Billet of halachic inclusion of ity must use as he seeks a proper and hon- dressed by the ordination of women. I believe debate many contentious issues but still main- handicapped people. I est halachic decision. It is very easy to begin that is an error. tain a fragile unity. wonder whether indi- with a desired conclusion and then tweak the The title ‘rabbi’ today, confers the right to It is time to withdraw the title and to move viduals with severe hearing impairments and sources to accommodate a decision. But that answer Halachic questions. It would seem that forward in the education of our women and developmental disabilities would have been is not the normative way of deciding the law. a person of either gender who has enough in enabling them to fl ourish without contro- called up to the Torah 200 years ago. Greater Halacha must begin with a question, proceed knowledge can answer a halachic question, versy. knowledge about the nature of disabilities has with an objective examination of the sources, can give a dvar Torah, teach a class and give Rabbi Herschel Billet is the rav of the Young wrought dramatic and welcome changes in and conclude with an honest answer. good advice and counsel. In a number of syna- Israel of Woodmere 345930

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f 345937 f y y rst I thought stumbled I had So while at fi nights, along with on Friday And so now, try to I dare you this at home. cherish to the chaos, stops Welfeld, Ilya On the other hand, (intended nod to Te- On the nod to other hand, (intended son asking whether I loved Hashem more Hashem more son asking whether I loved forsake than children? Whether my I would the but, in a wa one for not, other? Surely the me with children, time it avails love my indepen- it because of them actually and not from them?dently truth children,absolute I see there my will to an- as parents will not thatbe questions we it is the But maybe asking that matters swer. more. parsha from the weekly sharing divrei Torah and granting each moment for one shining and every tree-killing school project com- we as a family, that together week, pleted face the truth. writing and reli- life about balancing work, gion for The Jewish Star. ...wasn’t he? ...wasn’t them more children I love my tell could I vye) than all things? More than the Sabbath that More than keep? us to Hashem commanded the who blessed us with Creator these same And isn’t it a lit- cherishchildren to and love? Shabbos because o tle bit true? Don’t I love upon a game that would offerupon a game that o moments would like the Crusade,like First during which moth- ers stabbed their children rather than let- m Was Christianity. ting them to fall prey rmed, with relief, that our children I assumed it would be quite some time be quite I assumed it would more? Your love What do you “Mommy. tucked them bed, I thought into Once we the keeping Sabbath is on G-d’s Top Yet room while nearly exploding with laughter room while nearly and confi kid- distance from developing are still a safe die crushes. the out by bailed Both time boys but I some broccoli, dared them down to we realized that a place at this game might have Shabbos our table in the Would ahead. years with or Dare willing parents provide Truth the perfect forum with honest discussion for fun? a balancing dose of the that to deep questions par- got we before the for ents both their hope and hate chil- ask. wrong. But I was dren to last thekids or Shabbos?” asked six-year-old Shabbos. I might more about the and how question them them told I loved If I’d answered. have hold theymore than one day Shabbos, would that against me in the face of a mini religious she could a mother say rebellion? And how anything more than children? her loves A it No, each moment repeated week? A day? a child tell that to he impossible be would than all things more beloved in the not was right? world, mer- violation list and an intentional Ten back death in the skilah (stoning), ited by nished reading the third in I had just fi day. an easy and the Rashi’s Daughter’s trilogy, little things by read punctuated enjoyable ed. dence, before ner points so I of- ner points so rst Friday night game of Truth night game of Truth rst Friday Truth or Dare: Shabbat edition Shabbat or Dare: Truth I told themI told come a time there would from went we sure how exactly I am not or Dare, I confessed my adoration for choco- adoration for my or Dare, I confessed ran 20 laps around the living candy, over late when friends them a game will challenge to My husband and I triedof “Truth or Dare.” the explain the but while to game works way repeating loudly daughter our three-year-old the remained baffl or Dare,” boys “Troof couldn’t graspThey the fi did. but we play the active explanation to And in that fi dares.” I shepped some nachas, taking pridedares.” in his maturity and self-confi remembering hunchedsuddenly myself in the basement of a classmate’s house, knots dark an impending panicked over stomach, in my junior high school felt dare. My son, at eight, this from peer pressure. I decided protected add some to ever be as good a time as would armor that to shield. As the dinosaur- ate kids them I told about a shaped chicken nuggets, as play to be invited likely game they would could I how wondered They they older. got happen in the future, but what would know after I am their mother, word; my they took all, and they are all still young. underscoring examples, thefered fact that if they do anything a friend suggest should ever that them makes uncomfortable — they must dan- anything remotely to no. No say simply (agreement); hurting no to gerous someone a else (agreement kissing again); and no to (cheers).girl ickered We were playing playing were We ish historyfl through brain. my night our usual Friday or Dare, game of Truth theand as always, kids surprised me with their The challenges. creative had same six-year-old a round just completed by of pushups followed his brother’sadmission that he didn’t actually school.“hate” I stood clear the up to table for dessert. gured he had me. And Ilya Welfeld Ilya I realize that condoning (read: encourag- “Mommy. What do you love more? Your Your more? love do you What “Mommy. stared at me with expect- My six-year-old Several months night, Several ago, on a Friday ward; but allow me to explain. me to but allow ward; umphantly as imaginary Jew- from umphantly images of truth without great risk. tri- He giggled couldn’t respond in honesty to this honesty to couldn’t respond in question my husband, I conceded, “I’m out.” I felt I I felt I conceded, “I’m out.” husband, my theme eligible for Mother Jewish the of Year he was right.he was helpless glances at After a few make not or Dare’ may ing) ‘Shabbos Truth bit in anticipation...fi kids or Shabbos?” across the from a table. He gloated ant eyes

A Opinion son however, explained that he doesn’t “do son however, had dared him to do something gross.had dared him to Said our third grader mentioned that a classmate 16 February 19, 2010 6 ADAR 5770 THE JEWISH STAR deans and other university weredeans andother personnel ofsecretaries, in frontofhim.Anassortment to you about.” Therewere numerous phones come to Touro. Sitdown. Ihave alot to talk nagenarian fi moodtonot no- meet inthe apast-his-prime accomplishedmeet andwas person avery meetings valuabletimesfromother tooff ing inmy stomach. Ihadexpectantly taken substantially blind, too. Ihadasinking feel- tiny. time,and Andancient.Hewas 90atthe washouse. Themanwhostood almost there I was expecting amonster ofaman,power- mewas hisdiminutive size. struck that thing room badly in needofapaintjob.Thefi to Dr. “offi Lander’s ery two minutesery orsowe were interrupted talk to meaboutsomerealestate issueTouro terati. Hewas as frequently papers inthe tors, foreign headsofstate glit- andassorted presidents —Clinton, Bush,Reagan -sena- assorted end. Picturesofhimappearedwith Dr. Landerhadbecomesomewhat ofaleg- Jewish would beliefs values in retain their phone.“Let metalktosue. Hehungupthe aboutsomecollegiateand beganchatting is- important.” Dr. phone upthe Landerpicked phone,” Roseis onthe yelled. “Hesays it’s for afew moreminutes. “Senator Torricelli to hisseptuagenarian secretary. We talked alternately. “Rose, holdmy calls!”heyelled decisively asmile.Thephonesrang andwith w y w w w y Youthfulthem. air: was inthe electricity nized Russian, Hebrew and Spanish among oflanguages. Irecog- speaking acornucopia caught inacloudofstudents,mostly Jewish, by globetrotters. France, Rome placesfrequented andassorted Unitedthe States aswell inIsrael, asschools opening. Touro hadtwenty oddcampuses in w w to meet himathisoffi regarding arealestate matter. Iwent down Dr. LanderofTouro Bernie wanted to meet ofTouro atrustee derman, College. Hesaid By David Lichtenstein Remembering Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander An appreciation of amotor revving,missionsaboutto begin. blamed complacency on the part ofparents part blamed complacency onthe secular college were staggering. Dr. Lander whoattendedassimilation ofJewish youth reasons.Theincidenceof other and assorted ofspace,funding applicantsfor lack three shiva University. Yeshiva rejected two outof Jews, by contrast,hadjustoneoption: Ye- leges inNew York State alone.Orthodox 311 institutionsincluding65accredited col- alonehadsponsored USA. Catholics in the said. Thereareover colleges 700Christian he areainJewish survival,” combat “acrisis pictures of the school’s impressive school’s pictures ofthe buildings, etc. I’d school, seen pharmaceutical school, alaw nursing four medicalschools, school, United States; quite anamazingfeat. Ithad inthe lasthalfcentury one individualinthe largest foundeddents, possibly by school the 29,000stu- with Lander hadbuiltaschool oung people starting out in life, the energy outinlife, the oung peoplestarting ou aboutTouro’s mission,” hesaid. ere articles aboutsomenew Touroere articles school as dealing with andneededsomehelp.Ev- as dealingwith room.Hebeganto alking inandoutofthe ith sleek exteriors. sleekexteriors. ith ho believed that children brought up with broughtupwith children ho believed that anurgent request;ith heanswered each He had a warm smileonhisface.“Wel-He hadawarm During the course of the prior 30years prior ofthe course the During Taking elevator upto the hisoffi One day in2005Igot acallfromAbeBie- I went fi upto the He had started TouroHe hadstarted age of54to atthe I hadheard abouthimfor years. Dr. gurehead. ce,” asmallconference fth fl fth ce at23rd Street. oor andwas shown ce Iwas rst you aboutmy 10-year plan.” at meconspiratorially, andsaid,“Let metell controlled pandemonium.Dr. Landerlooked tive for Jewish youth. impaired for life. Touro was alterna- to bethe values shaken and their underthem ground institutionstoter comeaway these the with majority whoen- ofJewish youths cause the schools Peer pressureinsecularorChristian world. oneseesandinterprets the which overallof life values—the perspective from formation cisive roleinself-identityandthe ture.” However, college years the play ade- to developingare critical struc- psychological college aswell. A wellspring of vitality andyouth genitor religions,holdinour an- great to the nies! We, mostancient ofpeople,primo- the IronyUnrisen doughrepresents youth. ofiro- endlesspossibilityofmankind. resents the endless possibility. rep- inhisyouth Aperson plete. whoheis;satiated andcom- placent with com- of whathehasachieved, set inhispath, matureman:Proud his fullness.Thisisthe dough, fully-baked bread,representsmanin Soloveitchik explaineditas follows. Risen My head had begun to throb from the fromthe My headhadbegunto throb younger hesaid.“The “Idisagree,” years But dough begins unrisen, inastate of But doughbeginsunrisen, As Jews we eatMatzoonPassover. Rabbi Return visit façadeofa90-year-oldhind the man. An 18-year-old boy atwinklelurking be- with and Isaw before meamanholdingmatzo: providence. Ilooked atancientDr. Lander, wewhich for cancontinually ideasand reach ofculture,adeepstorehouse intoa reservoir ofideas, merely becomes aresource,library Age Jewish ismeaninglessto people.It the ful. Hehasnot losthiscreativity, hisspirit. our antiquity, andyouth- Jew isspry the that cient handsapieceofmatzo,symbolising,in I thought that for Touro that I thought endwas near; the in heaven past ismerciful.Many timesinthe Lander saidto her, “We musthave G-d faith. The woman off...” was shaking.Dr.to marry weep, “I’msoscared.Istillhave adaughter he said.“Dr. Lander,” woman the beganto we’llcourse keep it,aslongyou needit,” to “Ican’tafford importuned. loseit.” “Of please keep paying for my medical?”she ing my lastyear. insurancefor the Canyou several minutes. a loving spoke manner; andeffusive they for you doing?”Hestood upandspoke to herin but hadresignedto fi ght cancer. “How are faculty had previously beenamemberofthe talking awoman offi cameinto the come upto hisoffi “Dr. Lander, Iknow you’ve beencarry- A year orsolater Dr. Landerasked meto ces again.Whilewe were c. She ce. for months and led to a criminal indictment andledtofor a criminal months front pages andnightly television newscasts ceived prominent placementonnewspaper two homescandalre- years. Thenursing penned over over o course 200 articles the homeindustry.nursing TheNew York Times fraud andpatientneglectinNew York City’s page New York aboutMedicaid Times article gain momentum,Iwoke upandsaw afront- andwe school werefounded the beginningto try. OnSeptember 6,1974, I years after three homeindus- nursing made hismoney inthe also anextremely wealthy man,whohad qualitiesacumen andleadership whowas of Eugene Hollander, business with aperson board, agentleman name man ofthe by the been my dream,aJewish college. Thechair- my to entryway allow meto create whathad board. Thisboard wason the goingto be Abraham Beame,were members someofthe vits, State Levitt,Mayor Comptroller Arthur was onit.United States Senator JacobJa- York State Attorney GeneralLouisLefkowitz gether awonderful Board ofTrustees. New Board ofTrustees. Ipainstakingly put to- against allodds.We hadnofunds.I by New York State to openacollege. Itwas years Iwas approved ofthree Over aperiod all odds,” hesaid.“All Ihadwas adream. witnessed. we faith, persevered.”but with welcomes Dr. Lander. Below, President Bill Clinton Board of Overseers. Trof chairman of Touro’s Board Meir Lau,Dr. MarkHasten, Oliner,Martin Rabbi Yisroel is flanked by To Truro of Torah inphoto atleft, Dr. Bernard Lander, to right “When I began the school itwas against school Ibeganthe “When He begantelling her aboutmiracleshe’d ustees and Lander. in disc Shimon Peres isdeep Israeli PrimeMinister At near left, former portrait. a for poses At far left, Dr. Lander ussion withDr. Photos courtesy Touro College ustee f

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Febr u ary 19, 2010 6 ADAR 5770 of 200 nursing home owners for stealing mil- month shall be for you a beginning...” It is The last time I saw Dr. Lander was four the new school. Before it came to a vote Dr. lions of dollars. Eugene Hollander was the this focus on beginning anew: renewal, reju- weeks ago at Cornell Hospital. He lay in bed Lander raised his hand to signal to have his president of the Metropolitan Nursing Home venation woven tightly into the fabric of Jew- hooked up to an assortment of machines. oxygen mask lifted. He wanted to say some- Association, and he appeared prominently. ish DNA that gave a slave nation the cour- Touro was about to have a board call to de- thing. He leaned forward into the speaker- 60 New York Times articles mentioned Eu- age and spirit to march from slavery to Sinai cide on a new undertaking, a new medical phone. “Forward,” he said. “We must march gene Hollander between September 1974 to a homeland called Israel. Every month school. He insisted on chairing the call from forward. Onward. Forever onward.” and December 1975, and his association with we gather to celebrate Rosh Chodesh and his hospital room. His daughter Hannah and Touro College was mentioned in 17 of those we make a blessing. We recite the prayer of longtime aide Dr. Fishman helped him out of David Lichtenstein is the CEO of the Light- articles. I have no idea why [the Times] re- sanctifi cation of the new moon. “Just as you, bed and sat him in a chair. stone Group and a trustee of Touro College. peatedly mentioned Touro, but [they] made oh moon, have renewed yourself so may we The call lasted for around an hour. The Historical facts in this essay taken from a biog- Touro a legitimate target. too rejuvenate ourselves and renew ourselves entire board was on the call vigorously de- raphy of Dr. Lander by Mordechai Rosenbloom, Going well beyond normal journalistic constantly and of... a new beginning.” bating the pros and cons of proceeding with with permission of the author. practice, the New York Times phoned the vast majority of Touro’s trustees and asked them how they felt about sitting on the same board as Eugene Hollander. Chaos ensued. All the politicians resigned rapidly. Jacob Ja- vits, many of the trustees, the state attorney general, Abraham Beame, disappeared like the clouds in the sky when blown away by a strong wind. Eugene Hollander resigned as well. I had spent the last four years building something that evaporated in front of my eyes. It would take me over fi ve years to recover from this. During that year of the nursing home scan- dal, the entire school’s survival was at stake. But I had faith, and G-d helped, and look where we are today.” He continued telling stories where faith in G-d and persistence had guided him through. The woman listened quietly and then she sobbed, “I have faith, I just am fearful for my daughter.” Dr. Lander began crying too. I sat there as they wept quietly together. Why the moon?

Every month we make a blessing and cel- ebrate when the new moon appears. Why is this the very fi rst commandment in the Torah to the children of Israel, and why does G-d not command us to follow a calendar based on the sun, as do most of the nations of the world? In the solar calendar the sun rises each day with little variance from the day before. There is a quotidian repetitiveness to this endlessly repeating, arithmetically calculated cycle of sunrise, sunset; day follows night in an unvarying cycle of time. The moon on the other hand appears to us in a constant state of change: a fl ux of re- newal. Every day the moon seems to take a different shape than the day before. It begins as a dark and heavy orb, waxes to a crescent and wanes to a sliver. Every month the moon disappears and renews itself again. For 30 days we live in constant change. The Jews, a fl edgling nation barely out of chains, faced the very real danger of re- maining in the clutches of the past. We all know slave nations that, once liberated, re- tain their slave mentality, sometimes for de- cades or centuries. Yet here was a nation that marched out of Egypt and 49 days later stood at Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Command- ments. Foundation of western jurisprudence

3500 years later those same command- ments blaze forth from inscriptions on count- less schools and courthouses, expressing the ideals of the administration of justice that served as the foundation of western jurispru- dence. What chutzpa would allow a slave na- tion to bring something of such gravitas to the world as the Ten Commandments? The answer lies in the concept of renewal. As the Jews left Egypt G-d tells their leaders, “This 350851 18 Opinion Mishap? What mishap? The show must go on can’t even count the number of times in the Canadians were. Never mind that there pled by adverse events, the show going on is the mold of the Ten Commandments made my life I have committed to follow a news was no padding on the pole that the Olym- an admirable thing. Sometimes only a brief of blue and white frosting. Driving as slow as I story to its conclusion, only to have life get pian hit at some 95 mph. postponement of the show is in order as was one is permitted to drive by law, my father in the way. A horrifi c crime occurs? I make a The conclusion just hours after the trag- the case this past Wednesday night. Dear navigated Interstate 71 South and arrived mental note to follow the story three years edy was that the track and its designers bore friends of ours were in from California for a home without incident. down the road to see how the criminal trial no blame. Why one might ask? Well in my family wedding. Due to last week’s blizzard, In his words, not one piece of salami, not turns out. It rarely happens. G-d forbid, a humble opinion it’s because “the show must the wedding was postponed until the morn- one morsel of chopped liver, not one speck plane crash? I vow to follow up a year later to go on,” in the name of all the money to be ing of Sunday, February 14. The side benefi t of icing moved from its original position oc- see what the National made and the commercialism to be had. The of the delay, was that we spent a lovely shab- cupied as it was placed into the car in Cleve- Transportation Safety show must go on just like it did in the Mu- bos with our friends, their kids and ours. land. FROM THE OTHER Board concluded was nich Olympics after the brutal murder of the The Ford Falcon pulled into our driveway

THE JEWISH STAR THE JEWISH 5770 6 ADAR 2010 u ary 19, Febr SIDE OF THE the cause of the crash. Israeli athletes Olympiads ago. s we sat around the Shabbos table this on that Thursday night and the items were BENCH Perhaps a year or two Yes, life must go on after tragedy ensues past week, I recalled with great fond- unloaded with the precision of a heart sur- later I promise to see with proper and appropriate time to mourn, A ness some 42 years ago this same week, geon. The last item to be removed was the bar what modifi cations air- proper honor and recognition of victims and a when despite a few mishaps, our family’s mitzvah cake which was larger than the bar lines have made to en- thorough investigation into the circumstanc- show going on. It was the weekend of my mitzvah boy. Five steps out of the car my fa- sure the prevention of es. At very least, that is what is deserved, but eldest brother’s bar mitzvah. Along with a re- ther slipped on a patch of ice. The plastic bar future mishaps. it is often diffi cult to do in this fast paced cord guest list, came record snow. Along with mitzvah boy landed on our neighbor’s lawn Most serious investi- high-speed track that we fi nd ourselves on. good spirits, came bad health as a number of and the 10 Commandments were reduced to gations take time, so I Then there are times in life when delibera- us kids, there are eight of us, came down with fi ve. My siblings gasped, the bar mitzvah boy was shocked that hours tion is faked and the results of any investiga- the mumps. We had just moved into a new cried, and my father hid. My mother calmly after the Georgian luge tion are a foregone conclusion. Certain bod- home and let’s just say my parents did their called an elderly woman from the neighbor- Olympian lost his life ies, operating under the guise of monitoring very best to make the home inviting. hood who is retired bakery worker in a crash the inves- human rights around the world, no matter The local kosher food store and bakery Within 10 minutes Moses ascended on tigating body had al- what the facts might be, will inevitably con- could not accommodate our food needs for high and just like in times of old ,the broken ready concluded that clude that Israel is guilty of defending her- the weekend. We were quite a large crowd. tablets were restored to their original splen- David Seidemann the track itself was not self. The investigation, if it can be called that, My father therefore made the three-hour dor and glory. The Jewish people had been a factor in the occur- can span fi ve minutes or fi ve years. The result drive to Cleveland and a three hour return redeemed once again. The show went on that rence. Never mind that will be the same. Why? Because the show, trip home to Columbus after picking up cold weekend, mumps, snow, and-all. And what a this was the fastest track ever. Never mind and we know what show they are interested cuts, chopped liver, baked goods and all the show it turned out to be. Our family is now that there were numerous other crashes in in producing, must go on. other delicacies that were to be on display. celebrating the bar mitzvahs of the next gen- practice runs. Never mind that apparently The “show going on” is not always nega- The highlight was the bar mitzvah cake com- eration. And we don’t even need to speak. A competitors from outside of Canada were not tive. In fact if one has the time to place events plete with the obligatory plastic bar mitzvah quick glance at the bar mitzvah boy and at given the same amount of practice time as in perspective and move on, not to be crip- boy perched atop the cake, surrounded by the cake and the laughter begins.

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Andy Parise’s misstated. name was re Star The Jewish The writer was a pallbearer at Busch’s a pallbearer The writer was in the New In a photograph funeral. page 3, 1999; (September Times York B6) which depicts the casket of Gidone Busch being carried the steps down home afterof the funeral the service, that he is “the middle man notes Ryesky on the right side, carrying the casket.” Correction Jewish triumphalism and tribalism, and triumphalism Jewish values o rather than our Torah by Agudah Why double standard? the Editor: To The [unsuccessful] effort sta to the execution of convicted murderer murderer of convicted the execution Martin in Florida Grossman raised in much discussion and controversy the ex- the over community Jewish which organizations Jewish to tent towards compassion should show crime which the victims, to extent certain of the aggravating factors downplayed, being crime are now the whichand why mitigating factors insist saviors Grossman’s would-be been prof- yet not might exist have twenty-fi afterfered over supported of Gidone the “execution” (Gary) death to Busch, shot who was offi trigger-happy several by personal responsibility and commit- justice. ment to America is an organization whose and oc- I appreciate, good works supportcasionally fi Agudathertheless, in this matter, is Israel’s apparent double standard most perplexing. the New York Police Department Police in York the New of Brook- neighborhood the Boro Park 31, on Aug. conference At a news lyn. an Agudath Israel vice-presi- 1999, in supportdent spoke of the NYPD, giving Agudah’s hechsher effectively Busch’s killing and contributing to to an atmosphere which the facilitated handling, preservationquestionable theand presentment of evidence by NYPD in the inquiries and litigation that followed. cer in thecer in head nitely not from the not Shulkhan nitely In seeking a stay of MartinIn seeking a stay Gross- burglar, Grossman, a convicted A unanimous jury recommended Barry Scheck’s Proj- “Innocence remorse for That Grossman felt thatThe notion Grossman a doubt, if a Muslim shot No thereAnd let’s be clear: is no has noted, As Leon Wieseltier Letters to the editor the to Letters is Martin Grossman killer cop not ‘our’ the Editor: To 12, (Editorial; Feb. man’s execution the the Agudah, the RCA OU, 2010), and other self-proclaimed commu- produced have nal spokespersons the suggested exactly consequence turned editorial: they a in your have our cop killer. cop killer into then a helpless bludgeoned, shot, offi enforcement park from reporting her prevent him for to a parole violation. the death penalty and an indepen- him; a decision sentenced dent judge of years 25 that despite has stood Gross- procedural maneuvering by including an ap- man and the ACLU, Supreme Court. thepeal to U.S. ect” and doubts about the death pen- alty are irrelevant this to case where neither the facts nor the persons in- are in dispute. volved exoner- way in any his deed does not a law, him; indeed, under Jewish ate express to encouraged was murderer but it being executed, remorse before diminish his sentence. did not a killer” is a bit of “killed... but is not sophistry didn’t make that somehow Commandments. And theit into Ten that all convinced I’m sure we’re Shafran’s intervention was Rabbi Avi “humanitarian” by rathermotivated than (i.e., tribalistic) “family” con- siderations. charedi rabbi in the head but sub- remorse and became felt sequently a “proud practitioner of his faith,” his de- to jump Rabbi Shafran would fense. shvuyim” (re- of “pidyon notion deeming a prisoner) when a Jewish tried and sen- is properly murderer beside such standing loyally tenced; is moral solipsism Jew an exemplary or from Al Sharpton’s lifted perhaps politics playbook Al Jazeera’s street but defi Arukh. persecution, un- prosecution is not otherwise.til it is proven It is Chi- so-called communal lul Hashem for public stands direct- take “leaders” to of the compass moral ed by broken Riverdale Rhoda Alben-Aronson nancially nancially propping $9 per quarter on a credit on a credit per quarter $9 mann. Editor’s The writer has our note: thanks and for taking for reading, write the time to in. Nonetheless, point out that it seems only fair to be joking to Seidemann appeared of the GPS unit that when he wrote that he sold it, “that him lost, got evening.” 2 Endo Boulevard, Garden City, NY 11530 City, Garden 2 Endo Boulevard, 516-569-4942 Fax: Phone: 516-569-4000, [email protected] E-mail: The by is published weekly Star Jewish The City, Garden 2 Endo Boulevard, LLC, Star Jewish NY 11530. rates: Subscription or $48 a Rockaway, in Nassau and Far card or $15 per quarter in the US, Elsewhere year. a year. $72 $1. Price: Newsstand LLC. Star Jewish The © 2010 Copyright All rights reserved. TAR S ermany, Spain and Sweden do have in do have Spain and Sweden ermany, of common uniformly poor treatment massacred were long ago. Jews Jews And, it was a Swedish newspaper that newspaper a Swedish And, it was While the be forgot- Holocaust will never all of this given histori- say, That is to Just wondering. G by the European Union, but Sweden tried but Sweden theby European Union, nonetheless. published the utterly discredited story discredited about published the utterly Israeli troops harvesting organs Palestinian Israelis — utterly ailing into transplant for but persisting nonetheless as a discredited, modern blood libel. day up the Swedish monarchy. The rules The didn’t monarchy. up the Swedish and Jews truly loosen until the 1800’s late until granted equality not were in Sweden 1910. bring seem to our friends can’t we why ten, date? and enemies lists up to for cal information, one might be forgiven still Jews so many in 2010, why, wondering buying a Mercedes or consider never would pose seems to driving but a Volvo a BMW, no problem at all. wholesale in Germany during the Crusades the— read an English translation of Kinnot learn to about that more — B’Av of Tisha and the expulsion of the from Spain at Jews In Sweden known. is well in 1492 B’Av Tisha three restricted to areas and sub- were Jews variousject to restrictions until the 1780’s, fi money Jewish despite EWISH J Shame on you, David Seide- David Shame on you, HE tive or hypocritical, like a person a person like or hypocritical, tive to sell a faulty GPS who would another without its revealing malfunction. What’s than worse driving in the with Poconos an fuel tank? empty I think it’s making moral judg- ments on another person’s actions drivingwhile you’re on an empty moral tank. T Helene Parsons Billet Avi Rabbi Daly Christina Friends and their cars Friends Reporters Eisenberg Malka Photo Editor Photo Contributors Editor Senior Michael Orbach All opinions expressed are solely those of The Jewish Star’s editorial staff or contributing writers or contributing staff editorial Star’s Jewish The solely those of are All opinions expressed Designer Editorial Goodman Alyson Independent and original reporting from the Orthodox communities of Long Island and New York City York Island and New Long of communities the Orthodox from Independent and original reporting Account Executives Account Editor-in-Chief Publisher, Fertig Mayer s is the case in so many areas of life, s is the areas of life, in so many case past performance of is no guarantee future results.

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should never and will never be forgotten. be forgotten. and will never should never of Germany’s industrial age murder plot, plot, of Germany’s industrial murder age ories and friends, of our families the victims use German The mem- products in general. ish people refuse to drive Germanish people refuse to cars or extension, the State of Israel. theextension, State ern-day relationships with the and, by Jews about various nations’ historical mod- and w

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not yet). The bizarre plan was voted down down The bizarre voted plan was yet). not ian state thatian state doesn’t formally exist, at least tion, that would be thetion, that capital of a Palestin- would Palestinian capital. (For those atten- paying capital. (For Palestinian unilaterally recognize East Jerusalem as theunilaterally delusional plan for the European Union to to thedelusional plan for European Union of Sweden who, recently, even proposed a even who, recently, of Sweden Israel’s harshest critics. So are the leaders and today its leaders are reliably among its leaders are reliably and today saved from the furnace. Nazi saved lomatic relations with until 1986 Israel ish population of Denmark — 8,000 souls ish population of Denmark made room for virtuallymade room for theJew- entire as an escape route to safety, and Sweden and Sweden safety, to as an escape route than 25,000 Jews were allowed to use Spain to allowed than were 25,000 Jews but it happens to be the be but it happens to case, nonetheless. Israel has in all the world. Sure, it’s ironic, Israel has in all the world. ern-day Germanyof the is one best friends Rabbi Yakov Horowitz Yakov Neustadter Seidemann Weissman Jesse Osher Rabbi Adam David Chananyah Gerber Alan Jay Halpern D. Micah Miriam L. Wallach Tova Ross Tova by David Seidemann, “Leading David by Regarding the Regarding opinion column To the Editor: the Editor: To 20 Is the wine worth the money? View from Israel’s third annual wine festival For the third straight year, Israel has held loh Winery called Mor’e (I’m not sure how to sea level in the Golan Heights region. It has rels. It is medium bodied with a soft palate it’s own wine show. This is the time when pronounce it) is a great blend consisting of a tremendous amount of fruit with full tan- and a pleasant fi nish. With only 4,632 bottles wineries get to strut their stuff for the media mostly barbera with some cabernet and mer- nins and decent fi nish. The wine is still young made, the wine will run you about $30-$35. and the public at large. As you can imagine, lot blended in. This dry red has a soft mouth and requires a good amount of The next wine is called Eitan Cabernet they want to put their best foot forward. The feel on the initial taste and becomes increas- breathing before consumption. Sauvignon 2007. After 18 months in new oak, bad news is you guys missed it. The good ingly full bodied and more substantial as the This puppy is also not available in the wine has that familiar ocean aroma with news is I didn’t. Once again, I have come to wine continues toward the back of the pal- the U.S., but should go for about a soft palate, intense oak, and fruit on the your rescue and have ate, making the wine a real surprise. This is $45-$50 a bottle. Their second, end of the palate to balance it off. With only sacrifi ced my liver and great at about $20.00. The downside to this called Elad, is a Cabernet/Mer- 2,930 bottles made, this wine will run about palate to bring you one is that I don’t think it will make it to the lot/Shiraz blend, also aged $40-$45 per bottle. The third wine I tasted newest and greatest in U.S. You may have to order this one online 14 months in oak. This wine, was an Eitan Merlot 2007. After spending 18 the Israeli wine indus- and have it shipped. however, possesses more fruit months in new French oak barrels, this wine try. This time however, As we climb the ladder we get to a new on the palate with an equally also possesses that trademark ocean aroma I had company. With winery called Adir. These guys have a 2005 amount of accompanying tan- and has the addition of traditional merlot THE JEWISH STAR THE JEWISH 5770 6 ADAR 2010 u ary 19, Febr me was Sara Nadav, which called Plateau which I did not get to nins to balance the wine out fruit fl avors making it food friendly. Once restaurant critic for the taste. However, their 2007 Cabernet and and allow it to retain a full again we have a similar problem — only Jerusalem Post, and Merlot both tasted great for the money. The mouth feel. This big boy 2,692 bottles made. This wine also be at Adam Neustadter my partner in drinking, money is around $35-$40. Defi nitely two will run you about $70. around $40-$45 per bottle. Mitch Schneider. keepers. The other The upside to this wine At this point, my editor is about to shoot I’ll start with the thing I should men- is that it has great aging me for overwriting so I will just rattle off bottom up; the least ex- tion is that they also potential. some of the other interesting wines and their pensive surprises and progressing upwards have a great dairy Other new and in- prices. Galil Mountain Maron 2006 — a to the heavy hitters. My fi rst pleasant sur- and make some out- teresting wines are the bargain at $25-$30. Gvaot Cabernet Sauvi- prise is a repeat offender in great value for standing cheeses. small productions from gnon 2008 — $50. Don’t know when it will your money. The offender is Barkan Fusion Another new the Bashan winery. These be released but be on the lookout for Shiloh Red. This pleasant blend of Cabernet, Merlot, kid on the block grapes are organically Mosaic. Great wine. Guessing on a price of and Cabernet Franc, is a soft, medium bodied is a winery called grown and have been $75-$95 per bottle. dry red that runs for about $16.00. This is a “72” — the fi rst vin- used to make three great Lesson of the day: You wouldn’t need to fantastic dry red for the money and a great tage is two different wines. The fi rst is a blend read this if we went drinking together more wine for the nightly glass of wine with din- wines from 2007. The called Nave 2007 which often. ner without breaking the budget. Along this fi rst is called Sa’al, a cab- is 85 percent merlot and same line of price were two other wines. The ernet which spent 15 percent Cabernet Sau- Adam Neustadter is a partner in decanting- Galil Mountain Barbera 2007 is a pleasant 14 months in French vignon. This wine has israel.com, has taught about wine and was a dry red, which has a slightly earthy depth to oak barrels and made a hint of ocean on the sales executive for Royal Wine Corporation for it with surprising balance. This is also great from grapes grown at aroma with a slight mint 15 years until his aliyah in 2006. He and his at about $16.00. A new wine from the Shi- 870 meters above from the French oak bar- family live in Chashmonaim. Miss your home delivery of The Jewish Star? Want to start receiving it at home? Fix it with a phone call! Dial 516-569-4000 ext. 7 during business hours. Or get your copy at one of dozens of locations in Nassau County & the fi ve boroughs: kosher supermarkets, bakeries, restaurants, retail stores, news boxes or shuls.

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23 Role reversal THE JEWISH STAR Americans glued to Israeli TV as ‘Srugim’ debuts By Michael Orbach society than one that is just trying to show a

beautiful picture of what it is.” Febr u ary 19, 2010 6 ADAR 5770 Srugim, the Israeli television phenom- Shapiro added that he felt the show enon, has arrived in America. was changing how religious characters are Hailed as either the Jewish version of viewed on television and attempting to close Friends or the Jewish version of a popular a widening gap between religious and secu- HBO television series that we won’t mention lar populations in Israeli society. by name in this newspaper, the program is “That was the point of the show; people making its fully subtitled debut on The Jew- identify with religious people,” he said. ish Channel (Cablevision channel 291). “They’ve become human beings. You see “There’s a lot of fascination on the part of characters in a very one dimensional way; American Jews about Israel life and culture,” sometimes they’re pretty stupid, ugly and evil explained Elie Singer, CEO of Compass Pro- in worse cases.” ductions, the parent company of The Jewish Shabbat dinner in Nachalot — a scene from the opening episode of ‘Srugim’. The cast is secular with the exception of Channel. “Usually, it’s very hard to get be- Bible Studies. It almost makes sense that an pursue careers, where years ago, they weren’t Amos Tamam, who was raised in a tradi- neath the surface and this has made it acces- unmarried 30-year-old girl would refuse to as free. Today there are all these mechanisms tional Sephardic family. To get in character, sible, not only about the Orthodox commu- get a new bed; afraid that she would be too and it’s changed the way people work.” the actors spent a few Shabbat dinners with nity, but the single Orthodox community.” comfortable and, in her words, “why would I The show, praised for authenticity in de- observant couples. Srugim premiered in 2008 on Israel’s Yes get married?” scribing religious life, is the work of Eliezer Both creators wanted to fi lm in Jerusalem satellite network before being picked up by In the memorable opening scene, Hodaya, “Laizy” Shapiro and Havvah Deevon, gradu- but it was too costly. They settled on shooting Channel 2. It has received near universal criti- the quasi-rebellious daughter of a rabbi, re- ates of the Ma’aleh School of Television, Film exteriors in Jerusalem, interiors in Tel Aviv. cal acclaim and achieved commercial success. calls falling into a polluted river after a boy and the Arts, a Jerusalem college that caters “People see their homes and they are ex- Srugim tells the story of fi ve observant refused to grab her hand. to religious individuals with a creative bent. cited,” Deevon said. They recognize cafes. singles living in central Jerusalem’s Nachlaot The show’s success in Israel would have Both were excited about the show’s arrival Jerusalem, if it’s on television [in the past], neighborhood. It derives its name from the been hard to predict. on American shores. is connected with the prime minister or the crocheted kippot the male characters wear, “What’s unique is that it’s being watched “What takes place here in Jerusalem is a police, and now it’s connected to romance, which defi nes them in terms of both their re- not by one small segment of the Israeli popu- miniature of the Upper West of New York,” love and broken hearts.” ligious and secular outlooks. (It’s American lation — Orthodox — but it’s being watched joked Shapiro, who is unmarried but dating The show is in talks for a third season, but equivalent, Modern-Orthodox, would not by the entire Israel,” said Singer. “The entire someone seriously. He described a mixed re- don’t expect too many more episodes. make nearly as good a show title). The fi ve country watched and was at the edge of their action to the show in Israel. “It’s not a sitcom you can run forever,” main characters juggle careers, families and seats. It cut across religious lines.” “On the right-hand side, the more reli- Shapiro explained. “Seinfeld [and] Friends their personal lives, keeping an eye on their The Jewish Channel was in negotiations gious side, hardliners are upset,” he refl ected. can run for 10 years. We’re a drama on the central goal: a good shidduch. for close to a year for the right to air Srugim “They feel it shows a bad picture and they’re light side and you get stuck where to go. A The show is steeped in the cultural norms in America. afraid that secular people will not look at good Israeli drama goes for three seasons of the Orthodox world. Singles meet each Part of the show’s success is its take on religious people seriously. The more main- and that’s what we’re going for.” other over Friday night dinner and risqué changes in Orthodox life, Singer maintains. stream [population] liked it. I think it has to “We’re talking about a fourth season and is not a child out of wedlock, but a woman “It refl ects the secular culture at large,” he do with having a sense of humor. I think a so- if we feel there’s enough, we’re going to do it making Kiddush for herself or majoring in said. “It refl ects the fact that women are free to ciety that can make fun of itself is a stronger but only if we feel we have what to tell.” ‘Circumsize Me’ extended through mid-May By Michael Orbach The play’s broad appeal explains its suc- and each being approached for different rea- He said non-kosher restaurants offered a cess, Campbell said. sons,” Campbell explained. similar sandwich deal but he turned them Circumcise Me, the hit off-Broadway play, “I think we’ve been able to tell a Jewish “I’ve had more than several people come down since he wouldn’t be able to eat it. will have its run at the Bleecker Street The- story but tell it in a way that’s open to more and say, ‘I’m a Catholic from the Bronx, that’s “They said what about a stunt-sandwich? atre extended until May 16th. than about fi nding Judaism,” he said. “It’s a great story,’ as well as ultra-Orthodox from I said no. That’s what I give up for my art,” “We’re all very excited, nobody more than about searching for something and going on Boro Park.” Campbell quipped. me,” said Yisroel Campbell, the star and only a spiritual journey. I think that appeals to In honor of the play’s extension, Ben’s The play was initially scheduled to have a actor in the show. people, by and large.” Deli, a kosher delicatessen in Manhattan two-month run, from November 2009 until Circumcise Me tells of Campbell’s journey “Within the Jewish community, the one under the supervision of Rabbi Israel Mayer January 2010. Campbell and his family have from Catholic boy in Philadelphia to Ortho- sentence synopsis is ‘Reform, Conservative, Steinberg, and Triangle-K, is offering a “Bris- been in the United States since 2008 for dox Jew in Jerusalem. He hit some snags Orthodox,’ which meant wrong, wrong, right. ket” sandwich: brisket on rye with coleslaw the play; he’s looking forward to returning along the way, converting to Judaism three What might be the idea is that I didn’t do it and a pickle with the ends cut off. to Israel and “walking down Emek Refaim times, each with its own circumcision. The correctly the fi rst and second time, and I did “I suggested a hot dog with the bun cut and getting a cup of coffee at Cafe Hillel,” play has been favorably reviewed in both it correctly the third. That’s not the way I talk back,” Campbell said, “Since it’s not the pick- he said. Jewish and non-Jewish media, including the about it. I see each of the various conversions le being cut, it’s the bun. Having had three of “The Upper West Side is very Jewish, but New York Times. as adding some wonderful [aspect] to my life them, I should know.” it’s not Jerusalem.”

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My brother-in-law recently spent a day in Manhattan and decided to grab Shacha- rit at the Fifth Avenue Synagogue, which is known as a bastion of Ashkenazic, even Yekish, nusach (style of prayer). Imagine a pole vaulter is enough to evoke uproari- his surprise when “Veyatzmach Purkonei Vi- ous laughter. So I tried my hand at the ski karei Meshichei” (unique to the Sephardic jump. Looks hard but at least this time I had liturgy) slipped in to the very fi rst Kaddish. a practice regimen worked out: on the Wii Then, it happened again. More curiously, the Fit. My Wii Fit age has been coming down chazzan’s repetition of Shemona Esrei began and I’ve gotten pretty good at the ski jump. I no longer fall down the mountain, watch- with a Chassidic-ly tinged, “Booreekh Atuh.” ing myself on the screen as a huge snowball Shocked at this transformation of the shul, booed by animated fans as I hang my head THE JEWISH STAR THE JEWISH 5770 6 ADAR 2010 u ary 19, Febr he approached the ba’al tefi llah (chazan) af- in shame. Now, I am cheered and declared a ter davening. He was none other than Elie ‘professional’ by the Wii Olympic Committee. Wiesel, observing yahrtzeit for his father. I I’m not quitting my day job just yet and have guess no one will tell Elie Wiesel what nusach not gone for a practice jump outdoors, but I he should use for davening. am hopeful. I can see it now: The Frum Olympics. Bill Orbach The events could be very entertaining. First Cedarhurst off would be ‘the kiddush.’ It would include navigating oneself around an obstacle course in which you have to eat from each table, Dear That’s Life, balance a plate of noodle kugel on one hand while feeding your kids at the same time in Well, wasn’t I shocked to see that there a room packed with people who seem to was a Jewish girl in the Olympics — or at have never seen food before in their lives. It’s least that was the fi rst thing I thought when fun to watch now — even without a medal I saw the name Shani Davis. Of course, the round. picture did not match the image I had in my What about the ‘Simchat Torah aliyah’ head. The ‘Shani Davis’ presently competing event? Of course, Kohanim have to be imme- in Vancouver is not a short brunette with diately disqualifi ed. The object would require long straight hair and a toothy grin. And a Yisrael to maneuver himself into aliyah po- I’m not even sure what event my mind had sition in order to successfully get home and ‘Shani Davis’ competing in. What could she make kiddush before 2:00 p.m. Talk about a 350211 have been — a fi gure skater? Not with those contact sport. Not as hard as landing a triple outfi ts. Maybe a member of the Womens’ axel but defi nitely as satisfying. Hockey Team? Clearly I hadn’t thought this Then there would be ‘the sukkah’ where through. competitors would have to build and deco- I’ve had other Olympic plans that were not rate their sukkah as quickly as possible, well thought out. Like the time I decided I complete with an ushpizin chart and at least wanted to be a pole vaulter. No — this wasn’t two rebbe posters. Child-crafted decorations a lofty childhood dream fueled by pictures that are worn out and have been rained on of Mary Lou Retton posted in my room or on at least twice, yet kept for sentimental value, the Wheaties box I stared out during break- will gain any competitor extra points. Plastic fast. In fact, it was only a couple of years ago. fruit are always a nice touch. Handmade pa- I fi gured if Dana Torres could be an Olympic per chains are required. swimmer though she was much older than Finally, there would be my personal favorite I, there had to be something I could do. Yes, to watch: power dating. Always a crowd pleas- I am aware that Torres was in much better er; the tickets would sell out in minutes. Imag- shape than I ever was and had been compet- ine people waving the fl ags of their favorite ing athletically forever, but isn’t the Olympics athlete, or what it would take for the judges to about having a dream? So I had a dream. award a perfect ten. The goal of the event is ob- How hard could it be to defy gravity by using vious: to cross the fi nish line. Medals would not a very skinny pole to hoist myself up and soar be awarded for this event. As my aunt would into the air? But every time I brought it up say, it’s not a done deal until it is set in stone. with someone, they laughed. May the best yid win. I can’t blame them. The idea of me as — MLW Doctor in the house Chaver Knesset Dr. Arieh Eldad, a plas- tic surgeon and for- mer chief medical of- fi cer of the IDF, with Davis-Renov-Stahler HS senior Rephael Jacobs of the HALB Political Action Committee. The new World Committee for the Land of Israel (onelandonepeople. org) hosted Eldad at the Young Israel of

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