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March 2008 Vol. 21 • No. 7 Adar II 5768 “Lawfare” and “Libel Tourism”: Bush Administration Won’t New Tools Used by Islamists to Intervene for Palestinian Terrorists Shut Down Their Critics Against Their American Victims slamist groups throughout According to Ms. Gold- or the families of Ameri- in US Courts Ithe world have found a new stein, whose film, “The Mak- Fcan citizens who have families have already won target in the West: the courts ing of a Martyr,” has been been the victims of Palestin- can be completed and others, and the freedom of speech widely acclaimed, Islamists ian terror, the Bush adminis- many already on the docket, and due process that most with financial means have tration’s decision last month can proceed unhindered by Westerners take for granted. launched “a legal jihad” in essentially to side with them government interference. “The Islamist movement which they attempt to ma- against the perpetrators, Up until the deadline of has two wings—one violent continued on page 14 means the court cases the Feb 29, it was unclear what and one lawful—which oper- position the Department of ate apart but often reinforce Justice, spurred by the State each other. While the vio- Department, would take. lent arm attempts to silence According to Palestinian of- speech by burning cars when ficials and their American cartoons of Mohammed are attorneys, the State Depart- published, the lawful arm is ment had been considering maneuvering within Western supporting the Palestinian legal systems,” said Brooke Authority in its quest to M. Goldstein, a practicing avoid paying potentially hun- attorney who serves as the dreds of millions of dollars to director of the Legal Project American victims of Pales- at the Middle East Forum and tinian terror in Israel. the director of the Children’s In the cases already Rights Institute. continued on page 56 Prof Steven Plaut’s Appeal Reverses Earlier Ruling: Israeli Court Almost Defends Freedom of Speech five-year-old legal case turned an earlier lower-court ory, Human Rights, and the Israel hate propaganda mis- Awhich pitted a far left- ruling that had awarded a le- Israeli-Palestinian Conflict” represented as scholarship” wing Ben-Gurion University gal victory to the left-winger. at Ben-Gurion University in was not only protected speech, professor against a politi- In their decision, the pan- Beer Sheva, had lied in his but entirely legitimate. cally conservative professor el of three judges ruled that earlier testimony and that Dr. The panel ruled that Dr. at Haifa University came to a Dr. Neve Gordon, a profes- Steven Plaut’s description of Plaut’s admittedly sarcastic close last month, when an ap- sor of Political Science with Dr. Gordon’s academic record and harsh criticism of aca- peals court in Nazareth over- an interest in “Political The- as consisting largely of “anti- continued on page 18 Inside the Voice JM in the AM at 25...... 3 Brother Moses...... 32 New Classes This Momth...... 50 Kol Ami: Obama & Likud?...... 4 Sky Books Closes...... 33 Chesed Ops...... 51 The Current Crisis...... 5 Kosher Cinnabon...... 34 Ess Gezint: Hamantaschen...... 62 Your Windows...... 11 Kosherica Lush...... 36 Family Stories...... 63 A Kosher GPS...... 12 EMUNAH Events...... 37 Index of Advertisers...... 73 Ten Commandments...... 28 Hospital Wedding...... 39 Letters to the Editor...... 76 Presidential Pesach...... 31 The Log...... 40 Walk to Shul...... 78 Page - 2 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 3 Nachum Segal: 25 Years of Jewish Moments, Music, and Fundraising Marathons in the Morning lthough it’s hard for Segal on WFMU (91.1) and his broadcasting Monday through Amany in the Metro- mix of Jewish music (chasidic, Thursday evenings from 7-9 politan Jewish community to yeshivish, klezmer, and Is- on AM 620 since 1992, ac- believe, Nachum Segal, the raeli), politics, interviews, and cepts commercials, the original comforting, familiar, easygo- community news that includes morning show, JM in the AM, ing host of WFMU’s JM in birthday wishes, mazal tovs, is still commercial-free, just th the AM, is celebrating his 25 and other announcements. as it was 25 years ago, when anniversary on the air. Acronym WFMU was college-owned by The scion of a rabbinic The morning show, origi- the now defunct Upsala Col- family, he, too, thought, when nally named by his father, lege in East Orange. he was a student at Yeshiva Rabbi Zev Segal of Newark, as Both shows, plus some University, that he might some- an acronym for Jewish Music live programming, are now day have a pulpit of his own. in the Morning, has since mor- part of a 24-hour Jewish we- “I do,” he says. “I have a phed into Jewish Moments in bradio stream that can be ac- congregation of tens of thou- the Morning as Mr. Segal has cessed at www.nachumsegal. sands of listeners.” became almost as well known com or www.jmintheam.org. And listen they do, ev- for his interviews and conver- “Stretch” ery morning drive time, from sation as for his taste in music. In addition, the very 6-9am. In many Jewish homes, While Mr. Segal’s eve- popular and genial Mr. Se- it would not be breakfast or the ning program, “The Nachum gal is often asked to emcee morning commute without Mr. Nachum Segal Segal Show,” which has been continued on page 8

THE JEWISH VOICE AND OPINION, Inc. © 2008 Publisher and Editor-in-Chief: Susan L. Rosenbluth Phone (201)569-2845 Managing Editor: Sharon Beck, Advertising: Rivkie Lichstein The Jewish Voice & Opinion (ISSN # 1527-3814), POB 8097, Englewood, NJ 07631, is published monthly in coordination with The Central Fund of Israel. A one-year subscription is $15. Periodicals postage is paid at Englewood, NJ and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Jewish Voice and Opinion, POB 8097, Englewood, NJ 07631. All advertising in the Jewish Voice and Opinion must conform to the standards of the Orthodox Rabbinic kashruth. Editorial content reflects the views of the writer and not necessarily any other group. The Jewish Voice is not responsible for typographical errors. Page - 4 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” Kol Ami: Obama & Likud? By Susan Rosenbluth Speaking to a Jewish audience in Cleveland last month, Ba- rack Obama charged that “there is a strain within the pro-Israel community that says unless you adopt an unwavering pro-Likud approach to Israel…you are anti-Israel.” He preferred “an honest dialogue” about Israel. Some participants felt he was telling them he was prepared to lean on Israel to make concessions that Likud would not agree to, but that Labor would. At the pidyan haben for Logan Paul Wagh, in Monsey, the question was: How do you feel about Obama’s statement? Y

He’s a liberal, and he’s try- He certainly would not ing to appease everyone. That get my vote after that state- will never work. He should say ment. I’d be afraid of his poli- flat out he’s in favor of a Pales- cies on Israel. tinian state, but only on the land Nancy Korngold they already have. No more, Staten Island, NY and certainly not Jerusalem. Ben Malakh Passaic, NJ

His statement was too The question is not general, and that should make which Israeli party Obama all of us suspicious. Saying would support, but, rather, he’s pro-Israel but anti-Likud how the US will help Israel sounds like he is stereotyp- defend itself. We can’t ask ing, and that’s dangerous. He the AmericanPresident to be should be more specific. more pro-Israel than the Is- Dr. Mona Spiegel raeli government. Monsey, NY The Honorable Sam Colman Monsey, NY http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 5 The Current Crisis: “Even in Laughter, the Heart Can Ache” uestion: If it’s okay to refer to the smartest woman in the own, would he? You know, like Rev Wright said, he has to dis- Qworld as Hillary Rodham Clinton, why can’t you refer to tance himself right now, but don’t worry, he still has respect. her opponent as Barack Hussein Obama? Just asking. *** Can you imagine what a heyday we would have if it were Our good friend Steven Plaut, flush from his victory in Bill Clinton or Cindy McCain who had said that it was not un- the Israeli courts in which he won the right to voice his opinion til his wife or her husband had run for President that he or she, almost without restraint, has come up with the solution to the as an adult, had been proud of America? We would ask Michelle problem of Qassams bursting into Sderot. Obama, the daughter of a Chicago city water plant employee Prof Plaut, who teaches economics at the University of and a secretary at Spiegel’s catalog store, if graduating from Haifa, wants to reintroduce the chain gang, on the premise that Princeton undergrad and Harvard Law school might not make Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails deserve fresh air and mean- you want to stand up and cheer, “What a country!” We suspect ingful labor. Steve wants to engage them in Sderot, where they her parents would. can be put to work rebuilding some of the structures their broth- Oh, and while we’re at it, is there any reason Mr. Obama ers destroyed. can’t wear an American flag on his lapel and espouse the princi- Whenever a Qassam is fired at Sderot, the townies can seek ples he says define patriotism? Why does it have to be either-or? shelter and the chain gang can stay out on the streets and go One more thing, what do you think would have happened if, on working. Steve wants to take bets on how long it will take instead of choosing to idealize an antisemitic, racist ideologue like Hamas to resolve Israel’s dilemma of what to do with all those Louis Farrakhan, the Obamas’ preacher, Rev. Jeremiah Wright jailed terrorists. (not exactly a philosemite himself) had chosen to glorify an anti- Oh, and after we solve the problem of Sderot, we can move Hispanic or someone who demonized women who work? Do you onto Gaza proper. Steve suggests we set up large pumping sta- think Mr. Obama would be satisfied with “distancing” himself from tions to force sea water into the strip (you know, so they can Wright (who he now likens to a crotchety uncle—old and irascible, drink the water in Gaza, as old Uncle Yasir used to say). Once but still lovable), or do you think he might have quit in a huff with all of Gaza is under six feet of sea water, we bet the Qassam the message that he was “distancing” himself by finding another firings will end. house of prayer with another man of the cloth? Oh, yes, and when the world sits around the UN kvetching, And why does Mr. Obama keep calling him “Minister Far- Israel can just blame the flooding on global warming. rakhan?” Obama, who is so sensitive to “code words,” such as his Happy Purim, Everyone own middle name, wouldn’t be sending some folks a code of his SLR Page - 6 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 7 Page - 8 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” JM in the AM continued from page 3 Jewish dinners, concerts, acknowledges that there are ing as the general manager is not simply banal entertain- and other events. It is on those in the community who for the school’s radio sta- ment. It’s a show that can these occasions, when Mr. would prefer him to eschew tion, WYUR. He credits that make a difference,” he says. Segal’s audience gets to see the women all together. How- experience for allowing him No one knows that better as well as hear him, that they ever, he says, he gets even to learn the nuts and bolts of that Malcolm Hoenlein, the finally understand why his more calls from listeners who hosting his own program. executive vice chairman of nickname is “Stretch.” He is tell him they would like to hear “YU was the over- the Conference of Presidents 6-feet 6-inches tall. women artists more often. whelming influence on my of Major American Jewish Married, and the father “Go try to satisfy the tastes life in addition to my family,” Organizations. In 2000, he ad- of six, Mr. Segal, 45, knows of everyone in this audience. I he says. His father, Rabbi Se- mitted to the New York Times his audience, mostly because challenge you,” he says. gal, served for many years that when he is a guest on he is a card-carrying mem- No matter which record- as the spiritual leader of the “JM in the AM,” he receives ber of the community that ings he plays, he is openly Young Israel of Newark and “more reaction” than he does tunes in day after day. Like courted by lay and executive was president of the Rabbini- from appearing on CNN. them, he is unapologetically directors of charitable organiza- cal Council of America. He knew why that was. Orthodox, “modern,” in the tions, as well as by rabbis, mu- When veteran NJ Jew- “Nachum has a committed sense that he knows what is sicians, politicians, performers, ish radio personality, Nor- audience, more oriented to happening in the world and and artists, all eager to have a man Laster, needed someone the issues I discuss. People cares deeply about the state crack at his fabulous, target- to take over the WFMU spot, remember what you say on of Israel, but unmistakably marketed, niche audience. he approached Mr. Segal and, the program. It’s an unusual right-wing in his world view College Radio through Larry Wachsman, then phenomenon,” he said. and religious leanings. He began his profes- director of student activities at Making It Work Although he does play sional radio career at WFMU YU, offered Mr. Segal the op- Although Mr. Segal recordings of women singing, in September 1983, the day portunity to produce and host makes it sound easy, it takes adhering to the rabbinic opin- before Rosh Hashana. Before the Hebrew and Jewish Pro- a lot of effort to make it work ion that holds it is permissible that, he spent two years as an gram at Upsala’s WFMU. day after day for 25 years. He for a man to hear it as long as amateur, honing his skills as “It was a paid position, is up every morning at 4:30 it is not a live performance, he a student at YU and work- and we needed someone who and tries to get home to the would make it work. All I Lower East Side by 4 pm to had to do was listen to Nach- do homework with his five um once, and I knew he’d fit older children, Benjamin, 15; the bill,” says Mr. Laster who the triplets, Chava, Yosef, and has remained very close with Yehoshua, 10; and Yonina, 8. Mr. Segal and his family. The baby, Gavriel, 2, doesn’t Mr. Segal says Mr. Wa- do homework yet, but Mr. chsman knew he would give Segal says he and his wife, his “right arm” to do a show Staci, are keeping an eye on like this, and the rest, he says, him to see when he’s ready. was history. At the very least, they can Better Than CNN teach him to spin records. Not quite sure how he “After dinner, it’s off to wanted to proceed at the be- my evening show,” says Mr. ginning, Mr. Segal says he de- Segal. liberately tried to incorporate The morning show his college radio style into the broadcasts from a studio in morning program, making it Jersey City; the live web pro- smooth, jovial, and sometimes gramming and evening show just slightly frenetic. are done at a studio on Grand He says the joy he felt at Street in Manhattan, much the beginning of his tenure closer to home. with WFMU has remained a He uses his time cre- constant. The best part of the atively, sometimes managing job, he says, is the reaction he to daven before the show; gets from around the world. sometimes having to wait “The show has an influ- until it’s over. Sometimes, ence in the Jewish world. 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JM in the AM continued from page 8 a long continuous stretch of the door to a broom closet JM24, Nachum’s 24/6 online cal geography and dense, tall music gives him time during in a dank college basement program service,” says sta- buildings have denied them. the program. and chose the records he was tion manager Ken Freedman. The booster antenna Like it did from the very to play on his first WFMU The “Mouse of Today” could greatly enhance the sta- beginning, the morning show show,” JM in the AM raised fund will be used to maintain tion’s FM reception in all five still depends on a crew of $19,000. This year, Mr. Segal JM in the AM’s live stream- boroughs of NYC as well as volunteers whom Mr. Segal is counting on raising more ing and archives. in Hudson County, NJ. calls “the great, wonderful NJ than $300,000. A “JM Future Fund” “But the booster will cost residents,” including Mattes “Back then, we struggled pledge is $1,000 or higher. us over $100,000, and this Weingast of Passaic; Mark to reach a few hundred lis- These donations will be used tantalizing possibility comes Zomick, Adam Melzer, Rob- teners in New York and New not only for the station’s and at a time when our finances ert Katz, and Randi Wartelsky Jersey. Today, thanks to the the program’s long-term fi- are falling short of covering of Teaneck; and Yoni Korb- Internet, the program reaches nancial health, but also to our present operations,” says man of Elizabeth. The other Jewish communities from start an endowment for JM in Mr. Freedman. “great, wonderful” volunteers Australia to Iceland,” he says. the AM and WFMU. Tee Shirts and Smiles are all from New York. Different Levels New Atenna Those who make a paid Fundraiser A “basic pledge” to the Messrs Freedman and pledge of $90 or more by March The financial backbone station ranges from $18-$359 Segal have a special reason 7 will receive not only Mr. Se- of “JM in the AM” is the and is used by JM in the AM for hoping this year’s fund- gal’s thanks, but also two JM in station’s yearly fundraiser, for basic operations, includ- raiser will be successful. the AM baseball jerseys. which WFMU calls its “mar- ing keeping the lights and the After many years of negotia- To make a pledge, call athon.” It began in February transmitter on. A “Mouse of tions, the FCC has granted the 800-989-9368; go to http:// and will continue through Today” pledge ranges from station permission to build a www.wfmu.org/marathon/ March 7, although the station $360-$999, and will be used booster antenna in Manhat- jmintro.shtml; or send a will happily accept donations to develop JM in the AM’s tan. This could finally give check, made payable to afterwards, too. online presence. WFMU the radio coverage WFMU, to PO Box 2011, In 1983, when, as Mr. “This year, we hope to that its broadcast license has Jersey City, NJ 07303. Segal puts it, he “unlocked expand the live program on long promised, but which lo- Mr. Segal says the hap- http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 11 Don’t Throw Money Out Your Old Windows By Lenny Berk f the windows in your home rior of your home, but you Iare more than 15 years old, can recoup nearly 90 percent there is a good chance you of their cost on the resale of are spending much more than your home. is necessary to heat and cool Siding your home. Even if your win- At the same time that ho- dows work fine and you don’t meowners are replacing their feel air blowing through them, older windows, they are also they still may be inefficient. adding new insulated siding Windows have improved to their home-improvement vastly over the years and projects, which can reduce new ones could offer up to energy costs by up to 20 nine times the efficiency of percent. What better way to your older windows. This is ensure a well insulated and due to the development of more beautiful home? such high-tech properties as Since energy costs are Low-E coatings, Argon and skyrocketing and the cost Krypton gases, multi panes, of raw materials required to and proprietary spacers. manufacture these products Today, window-savvy is increasing, now is the time shoppers are seeking Energy to begin your home improve- Star windows, which can ment project. You will not be yield a savings of 25-50 per- sorry and will reap the ben- cent on cooling and heating efits for years to come. bills. For more information, And best of all, new win- feel free to call me at Ameri- dows will not only lend curb can General Windows and appeal and beautify the inte- Renovations, 732-570-9693.

JM in the AM continued from page 10 piness he feels when he is “You have to be prepared doing the program coupled to make an insane commit- with the knowledge that his ment. Being there every day, schedule is probably not for no matter what, for years and everyone, makes him hesi- years until someone starts to tate to give advice to those notice you. If you have that who wants to emulate him by type of passion and some tal- entering the field of profes- ent, you have a shot at mak- sional Jewish radio. ing it,” he says. S.L.R. Page - 12 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” High Tech in the Car: Kosher Restaurants, Minyans, and Mikvahs Are POIs on Your GPS little over 18 months ago, Yitzie tion, and because Mr. Katz’s day job while you’re driving,” he says. AKatz of Queens bought a Global requires him to travel extensively, he de- Although initially he engaged in the Positioning System (GPS), but while it cided to use his background in computers project for his own private use, his wife, could direct him to given addresses and and high technology to create a database Elaine, suggested that because he was even tell him where the nearest gas sta- of kosher restaurants to install in his GPS. investing so much of his time—every tion or ATM machine was located (pre- Eventually, this became an add-on for evening and Sunday for months—he installed points of interest, or POI), it GPS devices to find glatt kosher meat and should make it available for others who could not give him the information he kosher dairy restaurants and bakeries. would also be interested. wanted most: where to find the nearest Available for All Thus, he decided to put the fruits of kosher restaurant. It is not as though there were no his research on the internet, and www. “I realized that even when I was websites listing kosher restaurants. Mr. KosherRestaurantsGps.com was born parked in front of a kosher restaurant, it Katz’s problem was that many of the in January 2007. He says it is currently still didn’t register on my GPS,” he says. hashgachas on these lists were not up to used by a wide spectrum of ages in the Necessity is the mother of inven- his standards. “And no website is of use Orthodox community. “Anyone who uses a GPS and trav- els for work or goes on vacation can use this. Anyone who adheres to a strict code of kashruth,” he says. Latitude and Longitude While there is a pretty constant flow of traffic to his website now, this was not Passover the case at the beginning. Gourmet Cuisine He spent months, slowly and me- Glatt Kosher, Orthodox Supervision 2008 Complete Programming - Kids, Teens, Adults thodically contacting kosher certifica- tion organizations, including Vaads and the Orthodox Union, and private groups, 2 Resorts such as the OK, Kof K, and others, throughout the US and Canada. He re- by searched their websites, ascertaining the addresses for all restaurants which car- ried their hashgacha. Kashrus Under Central Florida Kosher Then he first had to find the longi- Rabbi Shalom Dubov tude and latitude of each location in order The best Orlando Passover Program there is! Join us to feed the information into the GPS. for our sixth year in Orlando at The Renaissance When he first realized the scope of Orlando resort at Sea World featuring a $27 million renovation! This AAA 4-diamond resort offers some the project he had set for himself, he of the largest guest rooms in Central Florida, as well considered dropping it altogether. as proximity to Sea World and complimentary transportation to Disney theme parks, Universal Call Dave or Nancy “There were over 1,000 sites,” he theme parks, and other Orlando attractions. 800-944-2283 or 410-653-9369 says. “I didn’t know where to start.” Bit by Bit Mrs. Katz suggested he break the New Jersey Shore 55 Min. From NYC! project into manageable units, tackling Kashrus Under Kehillas Bais Benzion five to ten places each night. Rabbi Zushe Blech That seemed more doable, but, even Matzafun’s seventh outstanding year at the shore. so, the task was enormous. Not only did Celebrate with a pampered Passover at Ocean Place Resort & Spa. he have to find restaurants, he also had to feel confident that each had a reliable Call Jay hashgacha. That was important. Born and raised in an Orthodox home in the Bronx, Mr. Katz moved to Kew Gardens Hills af- ter his bar mitzvah. His late father was a rosh yeshiva who taught at Yeshiva University for 60 years and was head

- - http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 13 mashgiach at Grossinger’s Hotel in the he says. Minyanim Catskills for the last eight years until it He has programmed his file so that Fairly recently, he added a new fea- closed. when the GPS directs a subscriber to a ture to the website and the download op- Trained Eye Needed kosher restaurant, the subscriber will be tions. Now subscribers to the restaurant Mr. Katz says he realized that kosher given the address and telephone number, database can also get access from their restaurants would not come up automati- along with a sincere suggestion to call GPS devices to 2,000 Orthodox minya- cally on a GPS because the manufactur- ahead and check if the hashgacha is still nim throughout the US and Canada. ers of the devices were unable to differ- the same or if it has changed. “It’s free when purchased with the entiate between a kosher and non-kosher “When you go to my database from restaurant database,” he says. facility. your GPS, it says ‘Kosher (Call Verify He discovered the various minyanim “I’m not sure what they use to refer- Hashgacha)’. You never know. Maybe by being in touch with people who gave ence any of the info they need because one day after you download my database, him lists of places. He also investigated many places didn’t come up at all, even the restaurant could lose its hashgacha, websites, such as the one by the Orthodox in their restaurant section,” he says. and even though I would delete it, I won’t Union, which lists many locations. But when he downloaded his data- send an update for a couple of weeks. It’s “I get emails from my users who in- base into his GPS, it worked perfectly, always better to check,” he says. continued on page 14 locating with ease kosher restaurants in whatever area he was driving—that is if there were any kosher restaurants where he happened to be. He had no problem while on vaca- tion in Toronto, Montreal, and Boston, but when he ventured to upstate New York, in the Lake George area, he found practically a kosher wasteland. “There’s really nothing,” he says, adding that he did manage to find large Walmarts and grocery stores with kosher sections. A Convenience He is not surprised that so many people appreciate what he has accom- plished. “All they have to do is press a button, and they get all the places within a reasonable distance. Everyone appre- ciates that,” he says. These days, things are getting easi- er for him. He is in regular contact with trusted kashruth organizations who ea- gerly apprise him of changes in status of the sites they supervise, and subscrib- ers also make sure he stays in the loop, informing him about new places and changes they discover on their travels. “It’s gotten to the point that new restaurant owners contact me to ask if I can add their restaurant to the data- base,” he says. Full Database From his website, the restaurant da- tabase can be downloaded into virtually any brand of GPS. A yearly subscription costs $18 per year. Thus far, he says, the endeavor has been successful. “It’s a very full database that covers a huge area—the entire US and Cana- da—and because I update my subscrib- ers, they know if a place loses its kosher certification or if new restaurants open,” Page - 14 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion”

“Lawfare” continued from page 1 nipulate democratic court dants,” she said. include American writers. to preventing the dissemina- systems to suppress freedom Foreign Judgments When successful, these suits tion of her work, which was of expression, abolish public The Islamists who en- mandate the destruction of highly critical of Islam and discourse critical of Islam, gage in this practice often the authors’ literary materi- Muslim immigrants in Eu- and establish principles of forum shop, actively seeking als in areas under the courts’ rope whose stated goal was sharia law. out jurisdictions which are jurisdiction. not to assimilate, but, rather, “The practice, called most likely to rule in their fa- At the time of her death to force Europe to change to ‘lawfare,’ is often preda- vor. Ms. Goldstein said this in 2006, the noted Italian suit them. tory, filed without a serious “libel tourism” has already author, Orianna Fallaci, was Ms. Goldstein said, with expectation of winning, and resulted in a spate of foreign being sued in France, Italy, its “human rights” commis- undertaken as a means to in- judgments against European Switzerland, and other juris- sions, Canada had joined the timidate and bankrupt defen- authors and now threatens to dictions, by groups dedicated list of countries, including

Kosher GPS continued from page 13 form me about new minyanim tabase as extensive as mine, and new restaurants. Some they are web-based and are minyanim are held just during of no use to travelers driving the day and may take place in a car,” he says. in an office complex, but for The most important ser- our purposes, that is just great, vice he offers his subscribers especially for those in mourn- is the knowledge that while ing,” he says. they are driving, whether for Most Extensive Database business or pleasure, they can He thinks his database always touch the screen and may be more extensive than secure instructions to a ko- even the one managed by the sher restaurant or a minyan. OU. “Keep in mind, that even Vacationers seem par- if a site like the OU had a da- ticularly impressed with the

Now Yitzie Katz’s GPS takes him where he wants to go. database. he says, is to get the word out “There are people who so that people who are inter- need a minyan on a regular ested “will understand what I basis, especially if they have am offering.” a yahrtzeit and must have a “People assume that place to daven,” he says. what you get in the GPS out Mikvahs of the box is what you’re His next project will be to stuck with and you can’t add add mikvahs to the database. anything, and that’s just not His most important task, true,” he says. S.L.R. http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 15

France and the United King- material that draws attention of the book, and eliminated it the issues of financing ter- dom, “whose laws are being to Saudi-funded terrorism,” from their list. ror, international terrorism, used to attack the free speech said Ms Goldstein. Before issuing its public political corruption, money rights and due process pro- Not surprisingly, when apology, CUP asked Messrs laundering, drug trafficking, tections afforded American faced with the prospect of Collins and Burr to join, which organized crime, and the con- citizens.” protracted and expensive liti- they refused to do. Many ob- nections that bind these prob- Khalid bin Mahfouz gation, most authors and pub- servers believe CUP’s ensu- lems together, said CUP’s She singled out Kha- lishers disregard the merits ing public apology actually capitulation had “handed an lid bin Mahfouz, a wealthy of the works under question defames the authors. important victory to the Sau- Egyptian who resides in Sau- and opt for issuing apologies CUP also paid substan- dis’ financial jihad against di Arabia, as a major “libel and retractions. Some of the tial damages in the form of a free speech.” tourist.” According to Ms. targeted publishers have paid large contribution to a charity Thus far, Dr. Ehrenfeld Goldstein, since March 2002, fines and “contributions” of Mr. Mahfouz’s choice and may be the only author di- he has sued or threatened to to Mr. Mahfouz’s favorite sent letters to more than 200 rectly sued by Mr. Mahfouz sue more than 30 publishers charities as a way of ending libraries worldwide, asking who has refused to buckle and authors in British courts, threatened litigation. them to pull the book from to him or the British courts, including several Americans, Cambridge University Press their shelves. whose libel laws favor the whose written works have For example, when Mr. According to the Times plaintiffs and have earned the linked his financial contribu- Mahfouz threatened Cam- of London, many American UK the title of “libel capital tions to al-Qaeda and other Is- bridge University Press libraries have refused the of the Western world.” lamist terror groups, through (CUP) with a lawsuit for publisher’s request to with- In January 2004, shortly his Muwafaq (Blessed Relief) publishing Alms for Jihad draw the books from circu- after the publication of her foundation and the Saudi by American authors Robert lation. Surviving copies of book, Funding Evil: How National Commercial Bank, Collins and J. Millard Burr, Alms for Jihad are report- Terrorism Is Financed and which he owned. the publisher—the world’s edly for sale for hundreds of How to Stop It, Mr. Mahfouz “Mahfouz has taken ad- oldest—immediately ca- pounds on the Internet. sued Dr. Ehrenfeld in London vantage of the UK’s plaintiff- pitulated. CUP offered Mr. Refusal to Capitulate for alleging that there are fi- friendly libel laws to restrict Mahfouz a public apology, Nevertheless, Dr. Ra- nancial ties between wealthy the dissemination of written scrapped the unsold copies chel Ehrenfeld, an expert on continued on page 16 Page - 16 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” “Lawfare” continued from page 15 Saudis, including Mr. Mah- mer Director of Central Intel- ment rights. tically by writers and civil fouz, and terrorist entities ligence and head of the Cen- Well Documented rights groups alike. Promi- such as al Qaeda. tral Intelligence Agency, R Dr. Ehrenfeld said her nent civil-liberties attorney The book was published James Woolsey, he reportedly confidence was bolstered by Harvey Silverglate described only in the US, but, because sneered that Mr. Woolsey’s the knowledge that the facts it as “one of the most impor- 23 copies were sold via the approval made a judgment for in Funding Evil had been tant First Amendment cases Internet to British residents, Mr. Mahfouz automatic. well documented by the me- in the past 25 years.” the London court claimed The British court forbade dia and US Congress, courts, Last June, the Second jurisdiction. Many observers the publication of Funding and other official outlets. Circuit Court of Appeals pointed out the absurdity of Evil in the UK, awarded Mr. On Oct 12, 2001, the US unanimously declared her the situation in which a Saudi Mahfouz $225,900 in dam- Treasury Department des- case could go forth, noting national could sue an Israeli- ages and expenses, and or- ignated the director of Mr. that it had implications for American author in a British dered Dr. Ehrenfeld to apolo- Mahfouz’s Muwafaq foun- all US authors and publish- court over a book that was gize publicly and destroy the dation, Yasin al-Qadi, a ter- ers whose First Amendment not published or sold in any book, all of which Dr. Ehren- rorist. The Treasury Depart- rights are threatened by for- British venue. feld ignored. ment’s report described the eign libel rulings. No Recognition Recognizing that Mr. direct support from Muwafaq The appeals court ruling Dr. Ehrenfeld refused Mahfouz would not enjoy to Osama bin Laden via Mr. established that all US writers to acknowledge the jurisdic- success were he to attempt to Mahfouz’s National Com- and publishers sued for libel in tion of the British court over sue her for libel in the US, Dr. merce Bank. other countries can ask Amer- a book published in the US, Ehrenfeld decided to counter- Further corroboration ican courts to rule the foreign allowing the court to rule sue the Saudi billionaire in a came from the French Gener- decisions unenforceable here. for Mr. Mahfouz by default. New York State court, seek- al Directorate of External Se- The hitch is that the court According to Dr. Ehrenfeld, ing to have the foreign judg- curity (DGSE), as reported in must agree that they have ju- when it was pointed out to the ment declared unenforceable the French daily, Le Monde. risdiction over the person who judge that the foreword to her in the US chiefly because it The DGSE reported that, in sued for libel overseas. book was written by the for- violated her First Amend- 1998, it knew Mr. Mahfouz Ironic Loss to be an architect of the bank- In December, Dr. Eh- ing scheme to benefit Mr. bin renfeld lost her case against Laden, and that both the US Mr. Mahfouz, ironically be- and British intelligence ser- cause the New York Court vices knew it, too. of Appeals in Albany ruled Dr. Ehrenfeld said she it lacked jurisdiction over the found it “strange” that nei- Saudi resident who, the court ther Mr. Mahfouz nor his said, did not have sufficient foundation were designated connections to the state. by US authorities as support- In her 17-page decision, ing terrorism. Judge Carmen Beauchamp Important Case Ciparick found that Mr. Mah- Her court case in New fouz had not carried out any York was greeted enthusias- continued on page 52 http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 17 Page - 18 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” Freedom of Speech continued from page 1 demics he described as anti- Dr. Gordon’s part. Dr. Gordon as a groupie of Second Intifada, to violate Israel radicals, is protected as The panel ordered Dr. Holocaust denier Norman Israeli law by entering the an expression of an opinion Gordon to return 90 percent Finkelstein. Dr. Plaut, who headquarters of Yasir Arafat and does not constitute libel, of the 100,000 shekels (almost did not call Dr. Gordon as presumably to serve as a hu- as Dr. Gordon had argued. $28,000) in damages the lower Holocaust denier, pointed out man shield to defend wanted Dr. Gordon’s case was court had awarded him from that, in his Ha’aretz review Palestinian terrorists. This oc- seen as a SLAPP suit, a Stra- Dr. Plaut. The panel allowed of Mr. Finkelstein’s book, curred at the height of Opera- tegic Lawsuit against Pub- Dr. Gordon to retain 10,000 The Holocaust Industry, the tion Defensive Shield, then- lic Participation, generally shekels (almost $2800) be- BGU professor compared Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s filed in order to suppress the cause two of the three appeals Mr. Finkelstein favorably to attempt to stop Arab violence freedom of expression of judges said they thought this the Prophets in the Bible. in the wake of the Passover the defendant, in this case would effectively deter use of Most serious reviewers massacre in Netanya. Dr. Plaut. Recognized as an Holocaust era imagery in pub- found that The Holocaust In- At the time, Mr. Arafat anti-democratic harassment lic political debate in Israel. dustry trivializes and mocks was offering his compound tactic used to silence critics, A free-speech advocate, the Holocaust and character- as a safe haven to the murder- SLAPP suits can, in the US, Dr. Plaut pointed out the hy- izes survivors as liars, thieves, ers of Israeli Tourism Minis- result in serious fines for the pocrisy of an Israeli court, and cheats. Based on this book try Rehavam Ze’evi. party that files such cases. In which sees, as protected and other writings, Mr. Finkel- When Ha’aretz and other Israel, there are no such pen- speech, the regular denuncia- stein has been denounced as a Israeli dailies published Dr. alties for SLAPP suits. tion of Israel and Zionism as Holocaust denier, a neo-Nazi, Gordon’s photo showing him “Impermissible Speech” “Nazism” and “genocidal” by Jewish antisemite, fraud, and in a solidarity embrace with As a whole, the ruling of Jewish leftists and Arabs, but pseudo-researcher by nearly Mr. Arafat, Dr. Plaut responded the appeals court was seen as would not extend the same every respectable reviewer in an Internet post in which he a victory for free speech in a freedom to a critic of the ex- who has written about him. said that people who appoint country where the principle of tremists on the left. The New York Times com- themselves representatives the right to express uncensored Insults pared his book to the Proto- and liaisons to mass murderers opinions is by no means clear. The case began in 2003, cols of the Elders of Zion. of Jews might be described as In Israel, the political left regu- when Dr. Gordon filed suit Dr. Gordon, however, “Judenrat wannabes.” larly seeks to curtail the free- against Dr. Plaut for essen- has published articles prais- The article was titled dom of speech by members of tially writing an insultingly ing Mr. Finkelstein, many “Judenrat for Peace.” Other the political right. negative review of an essay of which pleased Mr. Fin- commentators at the time called The only part of the pan- published by the BGU pro- kelstein sufficiently to post the human shields “traitors.” el’s ruling that certainly would fessor in Ha’aretz. them on his website. Some Par for the Course not have stood up in a US In fact, Dr. Plaut had of them have found their way The loving review of Mr. court was its 2-1 decision that been criticizing Dr. Gordon, from there onto the websites Finkelstein’s book and the rush Dr. Plaut’s description of Dr. a prolific writer who espous- of non-Jewish Holocaust de- to be photographed with Mr. Gordon and his like-minded es far-left political positions, niers and antisemites. Arafat were not out-of-keeping colleagues as “Judenrat wan- for some time on the Inter- Judenrat Wannabe with other articles written by nabes” was not permissible net, but Dr. Gordon seized The other comment made Dr. Gordon, most of which at- speech, even though Dr. Plaut on two comments which he by Dr. Plaut that upset Dr. Gor- tack Israeli policies or denounce intended to criticize what he found particularly grievous. don dealt with Dr. Gordon’s Israel as a terrorist state. said was criminal behavior on In one, Dr. Plaut described decision, in 2002, during the In his writings, Dr. Gor- http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 19 don repeatedly insists that ing a physician, he at one time Israel is a fascist state that en- headed Physicians for Human gages in state terrorism that is Rights in Israel, a pro-Arab no different morally from the group so extreme it was pub- mass atrocities of Palestin- licly denounced by the Israel ians and other terrorists. He Medical Association and con- has denounced “Israeli fas- demned as openly antisemitic cism” not only in English and by Prof Gerald Steinberg of Hebrew, but also on websites Bar Ilan University, who, to- in German and Italian. He in- gether with 200 other Israelis, sisted that former Prime Min- signed a petition to that effect. ister Ariel Sharon delighted in For many years, Dr. Gor- the deaths of Arabs and Jews, don was active in Taayush, and, before the Americans in- which Dr. Gordon himself vaded Iraq, he signed petitions described as a seditious orga- declaring that Israel was plan- nization that “opposes Arab- ning to perpetrate atrocities Jewish coexistence.” He has and massive crimes against also been active among those humanity once war broke out. Israeli and international left- Dr. Gordon has repeat- ists seeking to interfere with edly endorsed general boy- Israeli military operations. He cotts against Israel, and his has worked with the Interna- articles are carried regularly tional Solidarity Movement, by pro-boycott websites, trying to prevent Israeli ac- magazine, and organizations. tions against terrorism, and, Dr. Gordon has claimed that according to his publicly an- he does not place his articles nounced admission, he was with these groups, just as he arrested for this at least once. says he has not posted the Dr. Gordon has also ac- ones that have appeared on cused his former army com- grossly antisemitic and pro- mander, Gaza Brigade Com- terror websites. His critics mander Gen. Aviv Kochavi, say that the fact that these of “war crimes.” As a result, groups carry his work speaks Mr. Kochavi, who has not volumes about their content. been accused by any Israeli Dr. Gordon is one of the officials of any wrong-doing, few Israelis whose work has was warned by the IDF not to been cited with honor on the enroll at the Royal College of website of convicted British Ho- Defense Studies in England. locaust Denier David Irving. The IDF feared Mr. Kocha- Extremist Groups vi might be at risk for “war Dr. Gordon’s behavior has crimes” prosecution based on been just as controversial. For Dr. Gordon’s allegations. example, despite his not be- continued on page 20 Page - 20 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” Freedom of Speech continued from page 19 “Inspired” There was no doubt that hear the case, even if neither unquestionably true. “That it Although Dr. Plaut has Dr. Gordon had reasons for parties reside in that area. is no longer true is more a tes- described Dr. Gordon as an wanting to silence Dr. Plaut, Dr. Gordon and his Israe- tament to the standards of left- antisemite, based solely on a creative conservative writer li-Arab attorney, Fareed Ghan- wing scholarly journals than his published material and whose fertile mind frequently am, picked the predominantly to Gordon’s scholarship,” Mr. publicly announced activities, reduces the issue in question Arab community of Nazareth, Rosenblum noted wryly. in his lawsuit, Dr. Gordon ac- to absurdity, using wit and where Nazareth Magistrate In her ruling, Judge Na- cused the Haifa University humor to skewer the Israeli Court Judge Reem Naddaf, an ddaf faulted Dr. Plaut for not professor of libeling him in left. In his articles, published Arab woman, found Dr. Plaut removing the no-longer valid several articles that were not in a wide variety of venues, guilty of libel. articles from various web- published by Dr. Plaut at all. Dr. Plaut frequently exposes Selective Traitors sites, a doctrine Mr. Rosen- Undeterred, Dr. Gordon the extremism of Israeli left- Israeli journalist and blum called “novel.” responded that the articles in ists. He is blunt about what Yale-trained attorney, Jona- Who Writes Headline? question were “inspired” by he regards as “Israel’s aca- than Rosenblum described the Turning her attention to Dr. Plaut. demic Fifth Column,” and is Kafkaesque situation in which the article Dr. Plaut had writ- In his suit, Dr. Gordon a founder of ISRACAMPUS. Dr. Plaut found himself. “Gor- ten on Dr. Gordon’s loving claimed Dr. Plaut had called org, a monitoring group com- don stands for the proposition review of Mr. Finkelstein’s him a “Jew for Hitler” and a prised of a consortium that that, as far as the Israeli legal book, Judge Naddaf seemed Holocaust denier, and went exposes political extremism system is concerned, there is to find the headline, “Ha’aretz so far as to produce an af- and bias on Israeli campuses. no such thing as traitorous Promotes Jews for Hitler,” fidavit from his colleague at Choosing Nazareth speech. On the other hand, the most egregious item. Al- BGU, Prof Renee Poznanski, Most independent ob- calling such speech by its though Dr. Plaut explained to support this claim. servers believed the case name may be libelous. While that the editor had written the Denied Accusation against Dr. Plaut was frivolous Gordon does not exactly re- headline, and not he, Judge Dr. Plaut, who said he and would disappear quickly. strain his tongue or his pen, he Naddaf, nevertheless, found knew nothing about Dr. Gor- Some old-timers believed it would prefer others to restrain Dr. Plaut liable for it. don personally and had never was similar to another famous theirs when speaking about Mr. Rosenblum pointed even met him before the law- case in which a left-wing pro- him,” said Mr. Rosenblum, out that it is not even clear that suit was initiated, denied that fessor of philosophy at Tel calling Judge Naddaf’s ruling “Jews for Hitler” refers to Dr. he had ever called Dr. Gor- Aviv University sued four “unbelievable.” Gordon. It most certainly in- don either of those terms. people, including two other Part of the judgment cludes Mr. Finkelstein, and, in Dr. Gordon also claimed professors, for libel. When against Dr. Plaut was based his article, Dr. Plaut criticized that a series of other pieces he lost, he was ordered to pay on an anonymous satiri- Ha’aretz for giving The Holo- by Dr. Plaut were libelous, the defendants large sums for cal email sent to Dr. Gor- caust Industry to Dr. Gordon including the charge that Dr. court costs and damages. don “consoling” him on the for review. Others whom Dr. Gordon’s “academic record” But history did not re- death in a targeted killing of Plaut lambasts in the article consisted largely of anti-Isra- peat itself for Dr. Plaut, at Hamas’s leading bomb mak- include Noam Chomsky and el propaganda misrepresented least not initially. The case er. Dr. Plaut denied that he the editors of the far-left Tik- as research and scholarship. got off to a bad start for the had written the email and tes- kun magazine. Dr. Gordon demanded defendant when, following tified that he had done noth- “The most reasonable that Dr. Plaut be forced to Israeli law, the plaintiff was ing more than forward it to understanding of the head- compensate him. allowed to select the court to his email list. There was no line is that ‘Jews for Hitler’ evidence to the contrary. is a metaphoric club of which “Nevertheless, the satiric Finkelstein is the prime ex- joke—a clear expression of ample,” said Mr. Rosenblum. opinion—was deemed libel- Literal Translation ous,” said Mr. Rosenblum. In her discussion of the Paltry “Judenrat for Peace” article, Judge Naddaf also found Judge Naddaf took the head- libelous a posting by Dr. Plaut line literally, interpreting it in which he described the num- to mean that Dr. Plaut had ber of Dr. Gordon’s scholarly called Dr. Gordon a collabo- publications as “paltry.” rator with Hitler in his plans According to Mr. Rosen- to destroy the Jewish people. blum, at the time Dr. Plaut “Plaut was clearly en- made that observation it was gaging in a Holocaust meta- http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 21 phor: Just as during the Ho- matically becomes a target of freedom of speech, but rather Holocaust, but Plaut is guilty locaust the Judenrat assisted attacks and accusations as an to justify her denial of that of libel for opining that it is in the killing of their fellow antisemite or a Holocaust de- freedom of speech to Plaut.” wrong for Gordon to do so,” Jews, so do Gordon and his nier worthy of the title Juden- Free speech would mean said Caroline Glick, colum- ilk today. While this may not rat or Jew for Hitler.” allowing Dr. Gordon to en- nist and deputy managing dovetail with Judge Naddaf’s She called Dr. Plaut’s gage in his anti-Israel rants editor of the Jerusalem Post. estimate of Arafat, evidence opinion of Dr. Gordon “in- and then allowing Dr. Plaut Mr. Rosenblum, however, of his role in financing and di- comprehensible” and “unjus- to criticize them, she said. saw something more sinister. recting terror attacks against tifiable” and said “it opposes Ms. Taylor noted that the He likened Dr. Gordon’s suit to Israeli Jews right up until his the principles of democracy.” judge also defended Dr. Gor- a strategy employed by South- death is hardly in short sup- “It is impossible and un- don’s defense of Mr. Arafat as ern segregationists at the height ply,” said Mr. Rosenblum. acceptable to turn the subject well as Mr. Finkelstein’s ac- of the American civil rights Although Dr. Gordon of the Holocaust into a ‘ta- cusation that Israel has used movement. In an effort to bank- never claimed to have suf- boo,’ a subject that cannot the Holocaust to force inter- rupt civil rights organizations, fered any material damages, be studied or analyzed out- national support for the estab- the segregationists devised libel Judge Naddaf ordered Dr. side of the consensus and the lishment of the Jewish state suits to be tried before local red- Plaut to pay him 100,000 ‘permissible,’ as the defen- “on another nation’s lands.” neck Southern juries in states shekels ($20,000) and an dant claims,” she said. Judge Naddaf called Mr. such as Alabama. additional 17,500 shekels Denying Free Speech Arafat “the legitimate leader In 1964, the US Supreme ($3500) in court costs. Los Angeles-based ac- of his people” and defended Court ended that strategy by Holocaust “Re-thinking” tivist Allyson Rowen Taylor, the illegal activities of the making it almost impossible In her decision, she at- a founding member of the “human shields “ as “legiti- for public figures to sue for tacked Dr. Plaut for engag- pro-Israel group, Standwi- mate protest.” libel unless they could prove ing in “the phenomenon thus.com and the mother of Israel’s Alabama their opponents knew the where anyone who dares to two young men, one of them “So, for Judge Naddaf, statements were false or were re-investigate the events of an IDF soldier, said Judge Gordon is within his legal engaged in reckless disregard the Holocaust and its dimen- Naddaf’s “tortuous defense rights to obstruct IDF opera- for the truth. Matters of opin- sions, from various aspects, of the ‘freedom to question’ tions in times of war and to ion, such as Dr. Plaut’s ar- whether it be human, historic, regarding the Holocaust is not support Finkelstein’s margin- ticles, were beyond the reach scientific, political, etc, auto- being used to defend dissident alization of the crimes of the continued on page 23 Page - 22 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 23 Freedom of Speech continued from page 21 of libel law in the US. Israeli Supreme Court Chief ing someone a Nazi in Israel rael frequently, and am easily “Inveterate Israel-basher Justice Aharon Barak strong- is protected speech, especially available for service of pro- Gordon has succeeded in ly criticized Judge Naddaf when it refers to someone with cess. I invite Gordon to sue turning Nazareth Magistrate’s for refusing to recuse herself extremist political opinions. me for essentially restating Court into Israel’s Alabama,” from a case in which the law- Plaut never called Gordon a in my own words what Prof said Mr. Rosenblum. yer for one of the parties was ‘Nazi’ or even a ‘Holocaust Plaut has said: It is my opin- Choice of Venue also representing the judge’s denier,’ but, even if he had, it ion that Neve Gordon has got- And, he said, the choice aunt in another case against should have been protected ten into bed with neo-Nazis, of venue was no accident. Dr. the judge’s own mother. speech,: she said. Holocaust justice deniers, and Gordon resides in Jerusalem, “In recent years, Israel Appeals antisemites. He is a despi- and Dr. Plaut lives in Haifa. has introduced a policy of Within weeks of Judge cable example of a self-hating Mr. Rosenblum suggested ‘affirmative action’ in its Naddaf’s ruling, Dr. Plaut’s Jew and a self-hating Israeli,” Dr. Gordon and his Israeli- public service in the form attorneys filed an appeal, and wrote Mr. Dershowitz. Arab attorney chose to press of appointing women and so did Dr. Gordon. Dr. Gordon Mr. Dershowitz’s in- their suit in Nazareth, which Arabs—especially women demanded an award of 400,000 volvement was undoubtedly Ms. Taylor called “a bastion Arabs—who do not neces- shekels ($111,000) plus much prompted not only by the im- of Arab radicalism,” because sarily have top qualifications larger costs. He also demanded plicit unfairness in the way Dr. Gordon wanted “a strong for the positions in question. that the court coerce Dr. Plaut Dr. Plaut was treated by the likelihood of a judge who Nazareth Magistrate’s Court to issue a public apology for court, but also by Dr. Gor- would share his politics.” Judge Naddaf had been the his writing. don’s public admiration for According to Ms. Tay- court’s registrar before being According to Israeli law, Mr. Finkelstein. lor, most of the judges on promoted to a judgeship,” an appeal must be filed in the Plagiarism the Nazareth magistrate’s said Ms. Taylor. same district court where the In 2003, when Mr. Der- bench are Israeli Arabs, and, Like Mr. Rosenblum first legal round was held. Dr. showitz, an ardent, eloquent, she said, Judge Naddaf may and Dr. Plaut, Ms. Taylor de- Plaut was stuck with Nazareth. and not always uncritical be one of that court’s most cried the status of freedom But before the appeal defender of the Jewish state, openly political and extrem- of speech in Israel. She said was considered, Dr. Gordon published his well-received ist Arab judges. that although there is prec- seemed to have met his match book, The Case for Israel, Mr. “In Judge Naddaf, Gor- edent for the defense of free in a legendary legal figure Finkelstein initially suggested don drew the Arab judge he speech in the Israeli courts, whose decision to weigh in on the book, which has been de- sought,” said Mr. Rosenblum. it is all too often ignored by this case perhaps should have scribed as a proactive defense “Holocaust Denial Judge” too many justices, especially served as an indication as to of Israel and almost an amic- Ms. Taylor called Judge when the defendant repre- how it would eventually end. us brief to the court of public Naddaf “the Holocaust De- sents the nationalist camp. A Challenge opinion, had been written by nial Judge,” based on her rul- She maintained that other After hearing the details the Israeli Mossad. ing which seems to endorse Israeli courts have defended of the case, Harvard law pro- When Mr. Dershowitz Holocaust revisionism. the right to denounce and criti- fessor and author Alan Der- produced his hand-written According to Ms. Taylor, cize public figures, such as Dr. showitz issued a challenge manuscript, Mr. Finkel- this is not the first time Judge Gordon, as protected speech. ,in writing, to Dr. Gordon to stein changed his story and Naddaf has been taken to task “Satire is always supposed sue him as well. claimed that, in the book, for poor judgment. She main- to be protected. There is even “Here is my challenge Mr. Dershowitz had plagia- tained that, a few years ago, court precedent that says call- to Neve Gordon: I visit Is- continued on page 24 Page - 24 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” Freedom of Speech continued from page 23 rized information and ideas publisher, he wanted what he have openly endorsed Holo- counted his earlier character- from Joan Peters’s From considered to be libelous alle- caust deniers and revisionists,” ization of himself as a “mod- Time Immemorial, a claim gations to be removed. said Mr. Dershowitz. est” critic of Israel and wrote, most scholars—including The publisher agreed and Having said that, however, “Yes, I am a severe critic of Harvard’s own investigative reached a compromise with Mr. Dershowitz acknowledged the Israeli government’s poli- team—dismissed. Mr. Finkelstein, allowing the that, considering Dr. Gordon’s cies, but just as I want my The charge appears again book to be published without public admiration for Mr. Fin- opinions to be heard, I be- in Mr. Finkelstein’s book, Be- the offending sections. kelstein, he believed there may lieve in freedom of expres- yond Chutzpah, which, he said, When Dr. Gordon ac- be a factual basis behind the sion and am not interested “copiously documents that cused Mr. Dershowitz of claim that Dr. Gordon “sup- in censoring other people’s The Case for Israel is among trying to silence Mr. Finkel- ports genocidal antisemites.” opinions, including those of the most spectacular academic stein, the Harvard professor “The major theme of the Dershowitz or Plaut.” frauds ever published on the retorted, “What’s ironic about Finkelstein book that Gordon Why He’s Suing Israel-Palestine conflict.” Gordon’s [accusation] is that was extolling is that Jews Then why is he suing Dr. The animus between just as he was falsely accus- are responsible for antisemi- Plaut? Because, he said, the Messrs Dershowitz and Fin- ing me of trying to silence tism,” said Mr. Dershow- Haifa University professor kelstein prompted the latter Finkelstein, he was trying to itz, quoting from the book: called him “an antisemite, to title his new book Beyond silence Steven Plaut.” “Alongside Israel, [American Judenrat wannabe, and pro- Chutzpah as a surly tweak at “Wrong” Jewish elites] are the main moter of Hitler.” Mr. Dershowitz’s 1991 best- Referring to Judge Na- fomenters of antisemitism in “The use of Holocaust seller Chutzpah. ddaf’s ruling in Profs Gor- the world today. They must vocabulary is intentional and Censorship don’s and Plaut’s case, Mr. be stopped.” emotive, designed to destroy In a positive review of Dershowitz accused the judge Modest and Severe my credibility in the political Beyond Chutzpah, published of going “out of her way in her Defending himself in the arena,” he wrote. by the National Catholic Re- opinion’s dicta to justify Ho- Jerusalem Post, Dr. Gordon Dr. Gordon said he was porter, Dr. Gordon devoted locaust revisionism, which of denied that he is a neo-Nazi suing Dr. Plaut for slander two paragraphs to the accu- course goes over the line into or anti-Israel, and, he said, he because the Haifa University sation that Mr. Dershowitz something far darker, as it does has never compared Israelis professor had “published an “tried to stop the University when Finkelstein espouses it to to Nazis. article on the racist Kahane of California Press from pub- mock survivors and condemn “Following the great website, asking his readers lishing” the book, a claim those seeking justice.” Jewish tradition, I try, how- to harass me—some obedi- that has also been proffered Her decision, he said, ever modestly, to be critical ently complied; he also dis- by Mr. Finkelstein. was “wrong” both substan- of Israel whenever its policies seminated the falsehood that Mr. Dershowitz, however, tively and legally. violate principles of justice my academic ability is poor, has correspondence between “First, as to substance, or human rights,” he wrote, and even initiated an interna- Mr. Finkelstein’s publisher Gordon argued, dubiously, adding that he still believes tional campaign to have me and himself, showing that he that Plaut meant to include him Mr. Dershowitz is guilty of fired.” had “no interest in censoring (Gordon) when he wrote ‘Jews plagiarism and attempting Dr. Plaut denied that he or suppressing Finkelstein’s for Hitler,’ rather than Finkel- to prevent Beyond Chutzpah had ever posted any of his freedom of expression.” Rath- stein and his fellow-travelers from being published. articles on a Kahane website, er, Mr. Dershowitz told the such as Noam Chomsky, who Later in his piece, he dis- continued on page 26 http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 25 Page - 26 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” Freedom of Speech continued from page 24 but he recognized that just as Dr. Gor- with errors, for which the panel criti- Dr. Plaut that Dr. Gordon’s anti-Israel don’s pieces may wind up on neo-Nazi cized her roundly. In fact, her ruling had and anti-Jewish writings were extreme. websites, his may be used by those who been strongly denounced as biased and Several witnesses noted that the judges appreciate his politically conservative, anti-democratic in articles published carefully read the articles in which Dr. pro-Zionist views. Dr. Plaut also denied throughout the world. Gordon described Israel as a fascist, Na- that he had ever encouraged anyone to The appeals court rejected all of zi-like, apartheid state. “harass” Dr. Gordon. Dr, Gordon’s demands, and accepted Just recently, in fact, Dr. Gordon Dr. Gordon called Mr. Dershowitz’s virtually all those made by Dr. Plaut. It published a piece in which he called challenge to sue him, too, “a cheap dare.” ruled that Dr. Gordon had lied when he for Israel to be annihilated altogether as Misguided Judgment claimed Dr. Plaut had called him a “Jew part of a so-called “one-state solution” But when the appeals court in Naza- for Hitler” and a “Holocaust denier,” and in which Israel and Palestine would reth met last month, Dr. Gordon’s entire the judges singled out Judge Naddaf for meld into one entity and the Jewish state case was torn asunder. The three judges, criticism for erroneously ignoring that would cease to exist. like Mr. Dershowitz earlier, ruled that Dr. Gordon had lied. No Judenrat Judge Naddaf’s judgment was replete The judges seemed to agree with During the court proceedings, Dr. Plaut repeatedly described Dr. Gordon’s public behavior as that of an antisemite, and the judges did not overrule him. One of the judges, Avraham Avra- ham, ruled that if Dr. Plaut had described Dr. Gordon as “Jew for Hitler,” he would have been within his rights. But Judge Avraham was overruled by the other two panel members when it came to recognizing Dr. Plaut’s right to describe Dr. Gordon and his colleagues at Mr. Arafat’s headquarters as “Juden- rat wannabees.” Judge Avraham’s col- leagues ruled that it was “impermissible speech.” Precedent According to some observers, the decision to reverse only 90 percent of the damages on Dr. Plaut’s behalf instead of all of them was based on an Israeli Su- preme Court decision last year in which the editor of Ma’ariv, Amnon Denkner, was ordered to pay a single shekel to a Kahanist, Itamar Ben Gvir, because Mr. Denkner had called Mr. Ben Gvir “a lit- tle Nazi” on television. The ruling in that case, written by Judge Ayala Procaccia, widely recog- nized as a proponent of “judicial activ- ism,” claimed that the courts, rather than protect free speech, should attempt to suppress “impolite” public rhetoric that makes use of Holocaust imagery. The appeals court in Nazareth ruled to allow 10 percent of the damages to remain against Dr. Plaut for the same reason. Appealing for Freedom Although he was pleased with the outcome, Dr. Plaut is considering launch- ing another appeal to the Israeli Supreme http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 27 Court, claiming that “the judicial system the campaign by the officials there to fill US. Its mission is to monitor and expose in Israel has been very weak in defend- the campus with post-Zionists and leftist the anti-Israel, and sometimes antise- ing freedom of speech for those who do extremist pseudo-scholars,” he said. mitic, political activities, writings, and not belong to the Far Left.” He said his near-complete court vic- pronouncements of Israel’s far-leftist “Political dissidents who are not tory will produce an “escalated exposure academic extremists. from the Left have rarely had their free- and criticism of Israel’s academic Fifth “Israeli universities contain hun- dom of speech defended by the courts or Column and the failure to enforce aca- dreds of faculty members who, like Neve the Prosecution in Israel,” he said. demic standards when it comes to anti- Gordon, are active in promoting boy- Other items he might want to see Israeli extremists.” cotts of Israel, organizing IDF soldiers cleared up in an appeal to the Supreme ISRACAMPUS for mutiny and refusal to serve, promot- Court are the matter of Israel’s allowing That is a subject he, as director of ing law breaking, and collaborating with SLAPP suits to harass and silence politi- ISRACAMPUS, formerly Israel Aca- anti-Israel groups attempting to delegiti- cal opponents and whether Judge Naddaf demia Monitor, knows well. mize the Jewish state as a fascist, terror- should be removed from the bench. ISRACAMPUS, which can be ac- ist, racist, apartheid entity. Students, pro- Dr. Plaut said it was “unfortunate” cessed at www.isracampus.org.il and by fessors, donors, alumni, journalists, and that the appeals court “balked from going email at [email protected], was others participate in ISRACAMPUS and the extra few centimeters needed” to be en- modeled in part on Campus Watch in the help it gather materials,” he said. S.L.R. tirely protective of free speech. The court, he said, “failed to rule that the criminal, seditious, pro-terror political activities of an antisemite may be legitimately de- nounced using Holocaust terminology.” Moral Victory Regarding the comparatively small residual payment the court declined to refund to him, Dr. Plaut said it might not be worth the money an appeal to the Supreme Court would cost. “The victory is a moral one. Beat- ing Gordon in the Nazareth Court was like beating him in PLO headquarters or beating Ahmadinejad in court in Te- heran,” he said. He joked that he would find it “in- finitely amusing that, henceforth, Neve Gordon will be intimately linked in Isra- el’s legal system with Kahanist Itamar Ben Gvir as two comrades who legally snipped the margins of free speech in Israel.” Dr, Plaut said he was considering raising a few hundred thousand shekels “to encourage harsh denunciations of anti-Zionist extremists and leftist trai- tors,” using any terminology at all. He said he might be willing to pay the legal costs incurred by anyone willing to de- nounce such people. BGU Turning serious, Dr. Plaut said one of the real losers in the case was Ben- Gurion University, whose policies, he said, allow “anti-Israel radicals” to be hired and promoted “on the basis of turning out anti-Israel and antisemitic hate propaganda and then misrepre- senting it as scholarship.” “Academic standards have been trashed in some departments at BGU in Page - 28 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” Just in Time for Pesach: A New, Animated “Ten Commandments” on DVD, with a Very Human Moses rank Yablans, a Hollywood Promised Land. Future up- which reported to him, en- left-wing leanings in Holly- Fstudio pioneer and enter- coming Promenade offerings joyed successes such as “Star wood and the film industry in tainment-industry icon, knows include “Noah’s Ark: The Trek,” “The Odd Couple,” general, Mr. Yablans says he exactly why he chose “The New Beginning,” “David and “Mission Impossible,” and manages by refusing to be- Ten Commandments” as the Goliath,” and “Esther.” “Happy Days.” come intimidated. initial offering of Promenade “The Ten Command- He was also instrumental “They wouldn’t dare Pictures’ projected 12-film ments” features the voices of in forming the partnership be- give me flak. I eat lunch with “Epic Stories of the Bible” se- Ben Kingsley as the narra- tween Paramount and Univer- my colleagues at Promenade ries. A father and grandfather, tor, Alfred Molina as Pharaoh sal CIC, now known as UPI, and I eat dinner with my who was born and raised in Ramses, Christian Slater as creating the most successful family. I wouldn’t let anyone Brooklyn and retains strong Moses, and Elliot Gould as the international film distributor. bother me,” he says. ties to his Jewish roots, the 72- voice of G-d. “Noah’s Ark: The After leaving Para- Although his fledg- year-old producer, screenwrit- New Beginning” will feature mount, he worked as an in- ling film company was ap- er, and studio executive, says the voice of Michael Keaton dependent producer at both proached by several major he was shocked by the fact that as Noah with Messrs Kingsley Twentieth Century Fox and studios who wanted to help more Americans can name the and Gould reprising their roles Paramount, producing hits produce the new animated ingredients in a Big Mac ham- from the first film. including “Silver Streak” Biblical series, he says he burger than can identify any of Successful Career and “The Other Side of Mid- turned them down so that he the Decalogue. Reached at the Santa night.” He co-authored and and his team could maintain “The Judeo-Christian Monica-based offices of produced “Mommy Dearest” creative control and ensure tradition is under attack Promenade Pictures, Mr. and “North Dallas Forty.” faithfulness to the stories. from the far left, and all of Yablans, a former president of As co-chairman and CEO “The screenplay for ‘The us should do what we can Paramount and former CEO of MGM/UA, he guided the Ten Commandments’ was cre- to instill in our children the of MGM/UA, says he em- company to produce and dis- ated purposely and painstak- values that are still inher- barked on this new endeavor tribute films including “War ingly, with tremendous atten- ently important. That’s why because “I owe G-d one.” Games,” “A Christmas Story,” tion to the Biblical narrative,” I started Promenade Pictures. There is no arguing that “Yentl,” and “Red Dawn.” he says, adding that Talmudic It’s what we are doing. It’s an he has been one of the en- New Perspective tradition was also an impor- outrage that people are more tertainment industry’s most Undoubtedly, Mr. tant part of the process. familiar with fast junk food successful businessmen, al- Yablans’ position in the film The film was written by than they are with the histori- beit with films very far afield industry, coupled with the screenwriter Ed Naha, whose cal basis of our nation’s legal from the Bible. While at subject matter of the Prom- credits include “Honey, I and moral codes ,” he says. Paramount, he was respon- enade Pictures films, was Shrank the Kids.” “The Ten Command- sible for the development, responsible for attracting the Broad-Based Market ments,” an animated film production, and marketing of Hollywood stars who flocked Mr. Yablans says the idea that uses computer-generated films, including “The Godfa- to the project. for doing the film came to imagery, was released last ther,” “Chinatown,” “Paper Mr. Gould says he was him while he participated in a fall and is now available as Moon,” “Serpico,” “Murder motivated by the fact that Bible study class at his shul, a beautifully boxed DVD. It on the Orient Express,” and he also is now a father and a and, as the project progressed, takes the Jews from Moses’ “The Longest Yard.” In addi- grandfather and, as such, rec- he and his creative team en- birth until the taking of the tion, Paramount Television, ognizes “my own mortality.” tered into intensive discus- “I have acquired some sions with many church and degree of perspective and fo- synagogue organizations. cus in my existence. I am con- “I’ve watched as the Ten cerned, like most of us, about Commandments were ban- the situation in the Middle ished from court house walls East, and I would hope that to in America and all traces of renew, restore, and strengthen G-d’s name were evicted our resolve in relation to ethics from our public schools. I and morality can help pave the wanted to do something that way to make peace and harmo- could help restore what has ny in the world,” he says. been lost,” he says. No Flak Promenade Pictures’ mis- A long-time dissenter sion, he says, is to make films from the almost ubiquitous that “are full of family values http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 29 as understood by the Judeo- pared “The Ten Command- “The Ten Commandments.” is an ordinary man who had Christian tradition.” Howev- ments” to classic cartoons pro- The ad, as proposed by greatness thrust upon him. er, he says, the goal is also to duced by Walt Disney. This is Promenade, identified Moses In Mr. Yablans’ film, Moses’ reach a broad-based market. not surprising given that Mr. as “chosen by G-d,” a phrase relationship with his brother, Defining Family-Friendly Yablans worked with Mr. Dis- Radio Disney insisted had to Aaron, and sister, Miriam, is “We’re going after the ney from 1958 to 1966, a pe- be deleted. loving, sometimes teasing, biggest market segment in the riod, he says, that brought him “Who does Disney think and always committed. United States that has been ig- great satisfaction. chose Moses? Tinkerbell?” The family connection nored by Hollywood for years. “Not since my years says Mr. Yablans. and depiction of leadership We want to fill the void in the working with Walt Disney Nevertheless, Promenade under, to say the least, trying marketplace with a steady have I been so happy to bring complied with Radio Disney, circumstances renders these stream of films that the audience motion pictures to families. citing the need to reach the difficult concepts accessible can trust,” he says, explain- I truly feel that we are help- youthful target audience. for children while not being ing that, in recent years, many ing accomplish G-d’s work “We figured that when tedious for adults. of the films which have been in bringing stories to film they see the film they’ll hear The scene of the splitting promoted as “family-friendly,” that will make a difference in plenty about G-d,” says Mr. of the Red Sea, for example, often fall shy of the mark. the lives of people,” says Mr. Yablans. is dramatic, but there is al- “All too often, Holly- Yablans who is convinced A Human Moses ways an eye for details with wood’s definition of ‘family’ that not since the young Mr. Mr. Yablans recognizes which children can identify. and my or Promenade’s defi- Disney and his brother, Roy, that his film will invite com- As opposed to the Spielberg nition of ‘family’ are not one had “a similar vision in 1938, parisons with the great 1956 film, in which the emphasis and the same,” he says. has an opportunity like this epic by Cecil B. DeMille as was on special effects, the He says Promenade is been present.” well as with Steven Spiel- children in Mr. Yablans’ “Ten in “a unique position” to fa- Despite that prior con- berg’s animated “The Price Commandments” under- cilitate the production and nection, the Radio Disney of Egypt.” It is fair to say that standably stop to look at fish distribution of quality val- Network brought Promenade Mr. Yablans’ “Ten Command- still swimming in the sec- ues-based entertainment to its first controversy. Before ments,” as opposed to the tions of the water that remain families world-wide. the film opened last October, others, succeeds in making together. What child could Disney Connection Mr. Yablans sought to place the central characters human resist such a live aquarium? Some critics have com- an ad on Radio Disney for and accessible. His Moses continued on page 30 Page - 30 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” “Ten Commandments” continued from page 29 Lack of Information the Ten Commandments Commission, an only the stomach. How empowered we One of the features on the DVD be- organization founded in 2005 by Dr. Ron would be as individuals and as a culture sides the main film is an online video of Wexler, an Israeli-born Orthodox Jew. if we knew and lived by the very foun- “man-in-the-street” interviews that show Mr. Yablans says he was appalled dation of our moral and ethical codes,” the limited information most individu- to discover from Dr. Wexler’s study of says Dr. Wexler, who serves as the com- als have concerning the Decalogue, as 1,000 respondents that 35 percent could mission’s president. opposed to other, certainly more trivial recall the names of all six children on the One Nation under G-d cultural facts. Brady Bunch television show, 25 per- According to the study, 43 percent of For example, respondents who had cent could name all seven ingredients of Americans knew the names of the least- no trouble recalling the names of “The a Big Mac, but only 14 percent could ac- recalled members of the Brady Bunch Beatles,” were unable to name even one curately list all Ten Commandments. television show (Bobby and Peter), but of the commandments. “Knowing and living the Ten Com- only 34 percent knew that “Remember Mr. Yablans decided to include the mandments empowers people and feeds the Sabbath” was one of the command- video footage of the interviews after their souls, while knowing the contents ments and only 29 percent knew “Do not reading about a study commissioned by of a famous hamburger, at most, feeds make any false idols” was another. Even those who attend a place of worship once a week had trouble naming all ten. While 70 percent knew “Thou shalt not murder” and 69 percent knew “Thou shalt not steal,” a whopping 79 percent knew that the Big Mac has “two all-beef patties” and 76 percent knew that it contains lettuce. According to Dr. Wexler, the Ten Commandments Commission is a coali- tion of churches, synagogues, and civic and community organizations dedicated to keeping the United States “one nation, un- der G-d.” Its mission, he says, is to “repair the damage” caused by landmark Supreme Court decisions in cases instigated by the ACLU “that have removed the Word of G-d from our national conscience.” Testing Knowledge Mr. Yablans and Dr. Wexler have been working together in what they describe as “an extensive grassroots campaign” to promote “The Ten Commandments” film as one way to achieve their goal. They have established a website, www.10commandmentschallenge. org, to allow individuals to test their own knowledge and find resources to help edu- cate themselves, their families, and com- munities. Last fall, The Ten Commandments Commission assisted in the introduction of US House Resolution 598 that will identify the weekend of May 2-4, 2008, as “Ten Com- mandments Weekend” across the nation. Mr. Yablans believes he and Prome- nade have released “The Ten Command- ments” DVD at “a critical time.” He says he envisions the film being used by Jew- ish shuls, schools, and youth groups, and agrees it would make a wonderful gift for any family with children. 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That sach preparations, or just Guthrie; classical virtuosos Onstage, he wears gold- led to an invitation to partici- want to take a break (or if such as Itzhak Perlman; and embroidered robes that match pate at the JVC Jazz Festival, you’d like to get some family Israeli stars such as Chava his African-Oriental kippah. and his career was launched. members out of your hair so Albertson and Ehud Barnay. Singing in Shul Multi-Identities that you can finish up), Town They have also worked with His interest in music was At the High School of Hall, Times Square’s land- avant-garde experimentalist piqued when he was eight and Performing Arts, his great- mark concert venue, might John Zorn; the Master Mu- his grandmother played him est difficulty was explaining have just what you’re look- sicians of Jajouka (a 4,000- recordings of the late Maha- his twin cultures to other stu- ing for: a performance that year old Moroccan tradition); lia Jackson. He began sing- dents, especially the African teams the Grammy Award- and Nubian-Egyptian percus- ing in his parents’ synagogue, Americans who believed that winning Klezmatics, the sionist Mahmoud Fadl. first, a Black Hebrew congre- if he were Jewish, it had to world-renowned superstars mean he was also “rich.” of klezmer, with African- “I saw myself as black American Jewish gospel and Jewish, and they just saw singer, Joshua Nelson. me as Jewish,” he says. The result is a concert His two identities, coupled entitled “Brother Moses with that of being an Ameri- Smote the Water.” Like the can, smashed up against each recently released CD of the other in the wake of the Sep- same name, the performance tember 11, 2001 attacks. Soon will offer age-old, traditional after the tragedy, he received a Hebrew Passover songs, Mr. phone call from then-NJ poet Nelson’s own brand of ko- laureate Amiri Baraka, who sher gospel, and familiar Yid- had written a poem suggesting dish klezmer melodies. that Israel was behind the at- Among the numbers they tacks and that no Jews were in will perform are: Eliyohu Hano- the Twin Towers that day. Mr. vi; Elijah Rock; Shnirele, Perele; Baraka was hoping to win Mr. Walk in Jerusalem; Go Down Nelson’s support; instead Mr. Moses; and Didn’t it Rain. Nelson hung up on him. From the East Village “I didn’t want to talk to The Klezmatics began him,” says Mr. Nelson. their rise to fame in New Sephardic Minyan York’s East Village in 1986, The Klezmatics Mr. Nelson has main- and have gone on to revitalize tained his Jewish observance, the klezmer tradition for Jews Black Hebrew gation in Brooklyn and, later, graduating from the Reform and Gentiles alike. While In teaming with Mr. Nelson, the Reform temple, Sharey temple to a Conservative one steeped in Jewish spiritualism an Orthodox Jew whose fam- Tefilo, in South Orange. in Livingston, and, eventually, and Eastern European ritual ily identified as Black Hebrew, But Mr. Nelson was con- to an Orthodox Sephardic min- and practice, the Klezmat- the Klezmatics have focused on siderably more observant than yan where he now davens. ics’ music incorporates many the similarities and ties between most of the other congregants His kosher Jewish Gos- other influences, including Jews and African Americans, at the Reform temple. He not pel includes all traditional gospel, popular, and Arab, Af- particularly the shared aspects only wore a black suit to servic- Gospel music that does not rican, and Balkan rhythms. of memories of slavery and the es, his head was covered with refer specifically to Jesus or Over the course of 20 dream of redemption. a kippah and he wore his tzitzit Christianity. years, they have released six Now 33, Mr. Nelson ex- out. He recalls being shocked “A lot of spirituals are highly acclaimed albums of- plains that his family traces the first time a temple friend of- based on the Bible,” he says. fering spiritual, provocative, their Jewish ancestry back fered him a ham sandwich. Gaining Respect reflective, and ecstatically generations to Africa through When he was 15 and a The churches that fre- danceable music. Many ob- an unbroken matrilineal line. student at Newark’s High quently invite him to sing servers have said their music He grew up in Newark, where School of Performing Arts, have, thus far, had no prob- transcends traditional labels. his family observed kashruth, he was asked to sing at the lem accommodating him. “I In the past, the Klezmat- Shabbat, and holidays, as in- funeral of jazz singer Sarah http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 33 Sky Books in Maplewood to Close: 104 Years in Essex County 104-year-old Essex Coun- For example, not only was the person who “showed her husband, who had been Aty Judaica store will close is there no website for Sky a spark of interest in Judaism, suffering from pancreatic its doors in April (or May if the Books, Mrs. Sky does not from a little kid on up.” cancer, went directly from inventory holds out). The Rab- own or even know how to “He would just sit and the store to the hospital, only bi L. Sky Bookstore, owned use a computer. talk with them,” she said. two days before he died in by Phyllis “Fiegie” Sky and Roots in Newark Many people, including his August, 2005. her late husband, David, has Like so many other customers, thought David Sky “He got up at 5 am every been on Springfield Avenue in Jewish institutions in Essex was a rabbi, like one of his broth- day and worked all day, six days Maplewood since 1970, sell- County, Sky Books has its ers. The other was a cantor. a week. It’s a good thing we had ing not only Jewish books, but roots in Newark. It opened But David Sky never Shabbos,” said Mrs. Sky. also jewelry, candles, candle- there in 1904 as the Mendel- studied for smicha. Born in Jewish Trek from Newark holders, toys, and other Juda- sohn Hebrew Book Store on 1933, he attended New York David Sky took over the ica items. Prince Street. By the time Da- University and planned to be business entirely in 1965 when According to Mrs. Sky’s vid Sky’s father, Rabbi Louis an actuary, but the exigencies his own father died. Two years nephew, Sruly Safrin, who Sky, bought the business in of running the store prompt- earlier, he had married Fiegie, has been helping her liqui- 1945, it had moved to Chan- ed him to leave school before and the young couple had fled date the store’s huge supply cellor Avenue in the city. he finished his degree. Newark’s urban unrest for of Judaica, the bargains now Rabbi Sky changed the Encouraging the more suburban Elizabeth, available are “unbelievable.” store’s name to the Rabbi When David Sky died, where they became part of the “We’re offering every- L. Sky Hebrew Bookstore. one of his customers, Mal- Jewish Educational Center’s thing at 30 to 50 percent off; Later, when his son, David, colm Schwartz, who had cel- Orthodox community under some items can be had for even joined the business, it added a ebrated becoming a bar mitz- the auspices of Rabbi Pinchas less,” he said, adding that some name, Sky Book Associates. vah at the age of 65, recalled M. Teitz, z”tl. Mrs. Sky still of the merchandise has already David Sky began work- coming to the bookstore, and, lives in Elizabeth. been earmarked for museums ing at the store when he was at first, feeling uneasy because In 1970, David Sky and private collectors. only 12. According to Mr. “someone my age should be moved the store to the sub- Too Painful Safrin, there was almost no selecting more demanding urbs, locating it on Spring- Asked why his aunt had choice. Rabbi Louis Sky not tomes.” But, he said, David field Avenue in Maplewood. not sought to sell the business only owned and operated the Sky “always was supportive Memories rather than close the land- shop, he was also a congre- of my interests and efforts.” Longtime customers, mark, he said she could not gational rabbi and a shochet, “He encouraged me al- who represent all factions of run it herself and could not or kosher ritual slaughterer. ways to read Torah so care- the Jewish community, have imagine anyone outside the “My Uncle David grew fully,” he said. told reporters how sad they family doing it. up in the store,” he said. Mrs. Sky said she was are to see the store close. “When my uncle died, she Like a Rabbi pleased that people recognized Linda Willner, for exam- tried to come in and run it, but David Sky’s commitment his devotion to the store and its ple, remembered shopping at she soon realized operating a to Judaism and Jewish learn- customers. “He spent most of Sky Books with her grandfa- store in the 21st century is very ing made Sky Books unique. his life here, and then, at the end ther in the 1950s. different from the way it was Mrs. Sky said her husband’s of his life, he was here, too.” “It always amazed me, over in the 20th century,” he said. favorite kind of customer According to Mrs. Sky, continued on page 34 Klezmatics continued from page 32 won’t sing anywhere they and bat mitzvah celebrations. a seamless whole in Hebrew, the Town Hall box office, 123 have trouble with me being “So I teach them my ‘Mi Yiddish, and English. West 43rd Street. For hours, Jewish,” he says. Chamocha’ with a Motown Like the recording, the call 212-840-2824 or go to That is why he is able twist. I put my li’l vamp on concert promises to be a joyous, www.the-townhall-nyc.org. to serve as the music direc- it,” he says. powerful performance, cross- Expressing his delight to tor at the Hopewell Baptist Masterpiece of Fusion cultural fusion done right. be able to present The Klez- Church in Newark, as well as Mr. Nelson’s and the Tickets for “Brother Mo- matics once again, Lawrence a Hebrew school teacher at Klezmatics’ performance on ses Smote the Water,” which C. Zucker, Town Hall’s ex- Sharey Tefilo. the “Brother Moses Smote will be held at 4pm, are $40 ecutive and artistic director, His goal, he says, is to the Water” CD, which will and $45, and are available said, “Their music crosses all invigorate young Jews and be duplicated at Town Hall, through TicketMaster by boundaries with a celebration motivate them to remain part is a masterpiece of fusion, calling 212-307-4100 or vis- of the very best of world music of the Jewish tradition after part pure klezmer, part pure iting www.ticketmaster.com. for a wonderful family concert they have completed their bar Gospel, coming together as Tickets are also available at to be enjoyed by all.” S.L.R. Page - 34 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” First Kosher Cinnabon in Tri-State Opens in Hackensack innabon, the world-wide other Orthodox communities baked fresh before the cus- of-mouth news that we were Cleader of baked cinna- throughout New Jersey and tomers’ eyes and served hot open, we have had a great re- mon rolls, has just partnered New York. out of the oven. ception from kosher consum- with the Kof-K Kosher su- Top “Pleasure in Life” Cinnabon’s commit- ers,” he said. pervision in Teaneck to open Founded in Seattle, ment to premium ingredi- The restaurant has more the first Kosher Cinnabon Washington in 1985, Cinna- ents and quality has paid than 30 seats and tables, in the tri-state Metropolitan bon, boasts over 600 bakeries off. Cinnabon bakeries have prompting Umair to make area. worldwide, all of them re- been named the number-one plans to keep the kosher Cin- Located in the Hacken- nowned for the “world’s most restaurant chain in the US nabon open until midnight sack Pathmark-Home De- indulgent ooey, gooey cinna- by an ePinions online poll. on Saturdays just to keep the pot Shopping Center, at 450 mon rolls.” There are Cinna- Additionally, Cinnabon was kosher coffee-and-ice-cream Hackensack Ave, just behind bon bakeries throughout the named one of the top 50 crowd happy. “The Shops at Riverside,” United States, in Puerto Rico, “pleasures in life” by Expan- To get to the new Cin- Cinnabon, which is certified and in 30 other countries. The sion Magazine, the most in- nabon, take Route 4, East or kosher dairy, is also the home only other kosher Cinnabon fluential business publication West, to Hackensack Avenue, of a Kof-K-certified Carvel thus far is in Florida. in Mexico. using the exit towards River Ice Cream shop, which of- Cinnabon bakeries have Kosher Reception Edge. Drive past the River- fers cones, shakes, and its built a reputation for serv- The owner of the new side Mall and enter the next famous, original ice cream ing fresh, aromatic cinnamon kosher Cinnabon in Hack- shopping center (Pathmark cakes. rolls made with premium ensack, who is known only and Home Depot). Cinnabon Its location just off Indonesian cinnamon and as Umair, said he is excited is down the hill, on the right, Route 4, makes it an easy trip topped with a sweet, rich, about his new relationship at the end of the strip. from everywhere in Bergen cream cheese-based frosting. with Kof-K. 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Sky Books continued from page 33 the years, that, even though the here. So I feel bad about it box and put his hand in, and ish items. Most bookstores place was packed with so much closing,” she said. that was it. He knew where can’t compare with Sky. It’s stuff, David or even his wife A Challenge everything was,” he said. a treasure that will be gone. would know exactly where a When David Sky died, Mrs. Sky said that when Modern stores do not have particular item could be found. Mrs. Sky thought about closing she was in the store, she con- the collection and breadth of I feel sad. It’s like the end of a the store or selling it, but she did stantly found herself asking material this store has.” chapter,” she said. not want to make the move with- him, “David, where is this?” Looking Ahead Helene Schechter, who out trying her hand at running it. “I was always home bring- Going through the inven- remembered visiting the store It was an enormous challenge, ing up my children. I didn’t tory, Mr. Safrin said his aunt when she was a little girl with her nephew said, even though, even drive until our daughter is trying to balance the prac- her mother, recalled how in later years, she was often in was two. I never did the books tical details of closing the much they enjoyed browsing the store to help out. or the ordering. I was my hus- books and settling accounts through the Judaica. He called his uncle’s band’s sidekick,” she said. while, at the same time, still “My mother used to go ability to know where every- The Skys had two chil- grieving for her husband. to the old location in Newark thing was in the store “amaz- dren and four grandchildren. He said those who want and then followed the store ing.” “He would just go to a Old-Time Flavor to find the bargains still avail- Mrs. Sky said she does not able should come to 1923 regret her decision to liquidate Springfield Avenue in Ma- rather than sell the business. plewood. The phone number “I just could not sell my is 973-763-4244. husband’s business. It just Mrs. Sky does not know doesn’t feel right. I could what she will do next, but, she never sell the Sky Book said, she could not have come Store,” she said. this far without her family. Another longtime cus- “The store gave me pur- tomer, Mike Schatzberg, pose. I didn’t have a lot of time seemed to understand. Re- to dwell on my husband’s death. calling the store’s birthplace I had to go on and do things,” in Newark, he said, “It was she said. “Now I will take it to the place to come to get Jew- the next level.” S.L.R. http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 35 NOW AVAILABLE! to our Clifton, NJ Customers!

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Rhode Island; discover Nova The abundant gourmet glatt Scotia; sample the delights of kosher-for-Passover meals are French-flavored Quebec. Cel- cholov Yisrael and pas Yisrael http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 37 Noted Speakers to Address EMUNAH National Convention; Nazi Convert to Judaism to Speak at EMUNAH Holocaust Commemoration his month, EMUNAH direct purchase of popcorn from of Yeshiva University. pate. The contest represents Twill hold two important Dale & Thomas. The company On March 26th, the EMUNAH’s commitment to events in Manhattan. 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Celebrating Israel’s and Supporting Israel On March 26 at 7:30pm, EMUNAH’s shared 60th For more information on EMUNAH will hold its an- birthdays, the convention on the national convention, which nual Holocaust Commemo- March 9 will mark the instal- is chaired by Bonnie Eiziko- ration, slated to be held at lation of Mindy Stein of Tean- vitz, Helena Goldstein, Sharon Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue eck as the organization’s new Kolb, and Debbie Schwartz, Synagogue. The theme will national president. Outgoing and the Holocaust commemo- be “The Power of Good” dur- president, Heddy Klein, will ration, contact EMUNAH at ing the Holocaust and will pay be thanked for her years of 212-564-9045, ext 305. honor to the rescuers, libera- dedication and leadership. 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Y Page - 38 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 39 Catholic Hospital Hosts Web Cast so Ill Grandfather Gets to See His Grandson’s Wedding in Jerusalem ol Noble, 84, and his wife, cialty hospital devoted exclu- Precious and Valuable Calvary for Jewish patients SRoz, faced a dilemma re- sively to providing palliative According to hospi- and families include: six-day cently regarding the wedding care to adult advanced cancer tal spokeswoman Barbara and on-call coverage by the of their grandson, Yosef Noble, patients. A 225-bed facility Nitzenberg, the web cast set hospital’s Jewish pastoral- to Julia Gerber. The Orthodox with locations in the Bronx up for the Nobles serves as care team; daily pastoral vis- ceremony was to take place and Brooklyn, Calvary has an example of how Calvary its by a rabbi; kosher food for at the Jerusalem Renaissance been the model for the relief of expresses its mission: to ad- patients and guests upon re- Hotel, but Sol Noble, who has cancer pain and symptoms for dress the physical, emotion- quest; a weekly Torah lesson pancreatic cancer, has been an more than a century. al, and spiritual needs of the and televised Shabbat service inpatient at Calvary Hospital in “Families are a gift to us. patient and their families. every Friday; celebration of the Bronx for the past month. When one person has cancer, “Calvary believes that major Jewish holidays and Too weak to travel for this the entire family is affected. If every patient life is a precious life-cycle events (weddings simcha, he and his family as- and bnei mitzvah); and end- sumed there would be no way of-life counseling for patients for the grandparents to witness and families in accordance the wedding. with Jewish traditions. Calvary, however, rose “It means a great deal to the occasion and found a to Calvary patients and their solution. The hospital tele- families, during the end of vised a real-time web cast their lives, to be able to re- of the wedding which was ceive care in a restraint-free broadcast right into its Fam- environment and to connect ily Care Center, allowing with their religious or cultur- From left, Ronni Robinson, Sol Noble, and Roz Noble Mr. and Mrs. Noble and their al traditions. It is a responsi- daughter Ronni Robinson, to there is any way for us to help and valuable life – until they bility that Calvary is proud to “attend” the wedding. They relieve the suffering of our pa- take their last breath. Hope, have,” said Ms. Nitzenberg. were able to hear and see the tients and families, we will do love, memory, and major fam- 5,000 Patients bedeken, chupah ceremony, it,” said Dr. Michael J. Brescia, ily occasions are all a part of More than 5,000 pa- dancing, and poignant com- Calvary’s executive medical that life,” said Ms. Nitzenberg. tients are cared for annually ments from family members. director. “This is the first time Calvary’s Pastoral Care by Calvary’s inpatient, out- “My parents couldn’t go that we have ever televised a Department, one of the largest patient, home, hospice and to the wedding so I decided to live web cast. We are honored and most diverse in New York nursing home hospice care, be at Calvary with them,” said and delighted that we were City, is fundamental to the and wound care. Ms. Robinson. “My family has able to grant this request.” hospital’s commitment to care For more information always made it a priority to at- Sol and Roz Noble, who for the whole person. Pastoral about Calvary, visit www. tend family functions. We are identify as Modern Ortho- Care staff members are trained calvaryhospital.org or call so happy that Calvary made dox, have resided in Monsey to attend to the spiritual needs 718-518-2300. it possible for us to be at the in Rockland County for the of patients and families. “Our two-fold commit- wedding. We felt so connected past four decades. The Jerusa- To that end, Calvary has ment is to strive to expand Cal- during the telecast. It turned lem bridegroom, Yosef, is the two dynamic full-time Jewish vary’s programs and services out to be a wonderful day!” child of their older son, Larry, chaplains, rabbis who care for to meet the emerging physical, Although many family and his wife, Anita, who made up to 600 Jewish inpatients ev- psychosocial, and spiritual members did travel to Jerusa- aliyah approximately 15 years ery year as well as those who needs of patients and families lem for the wedding, the web- ago from Rockland County. participate in the hospital’s like the Nobles through the cast made it possible for other Yosef Noble, who is now hospice/home care program. provision of inpatient, outpa- family members in the US to 25, participated in the Israeli Respect for Tradition tient, hospice, and home care attend virtually. Ms. Robin- hesder yeshiva program, which According to Ms. services. In addition, through son’s children and grandchil- allows students to combine Nitzenberg, Calvary’s Jew- the Palliative Care Institution, dren all “tuned” in as well. military service with learning. ish pastoral caregivers have Calvary endeavors to transmit Families Are a Gift Miss Gerber (now Mrs. Yosef outstanding experience in be- to other healthcare profes- Founded in 1899 and op- Noble), the bride, is related, reavement and pastoral care, sionals, through research and erated under the auspices of the through her grandmother, to as well as a deep knowledge education, our knowledge and Archdiocese of NYC, Calvary renowned Talmudist and Jew- of Jewish tradition and the expertise in the care of the ad- Hospital is the nation’s only ish philosopher, Rabbi Joseph Jewish community. vanced cancer patient,” said fully accredited acute care spe- B. Soloveitchik, z”tl. Amenities provided by Ms. Nitzenberg. S.L.R. 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Ben Porat Yosef Dinner, keynote speaker Rabbi Eli Mansour, honoring Dr. Elie and Nancy Elmann, Yaron Samid, http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 41 The Log: “Separate Yourself Not from the Community” Princess or Prince, kosher popcorn, River- and Tamar Gross, Temple Emanu-El, Closter, Sun., Mar 9 Community Synagogue of Monsey dale YMHA, 10am, 718-548-8200 8pm Bakes Matzah, leave for Shatza Matza Bak- “Quick and Kosher: Recipes from Game Night for 6th-8th Graders, min- ery in Brooklyn, 9am the Bride Who Knew Nothing,” Jamie iature golf, bankshot basketball, and batting Bood Drive, Teaneck Jewish Center, Geller, spons by the Yeshivat Noam Parents cages, spons by Cong Beth Abraham, Ber- 9am-2pm, [email protected] Association Women’s Annual Brunch, Para- genfield, at the Bogota Golf Center, 8pm “Ribit and Business,” Rabbi Chaim mus campus of Yeshiva Noam, 10am, 201- Cong Beth Aaron Book Club: “Heir Kohn, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 10am 483-8500 to the Glimmering World” by Cynthia Oz- Nefesh B’Nefesh Pre-Aliyah Work- Boutique, the Moriah School of Engle- ick, private home in Teaneck, 8pm, 201-837- shop, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Englewood, 10am wood, 10am-3pm 0651 “Mommy and Me: Celebrating Pu- “Kabbalah and Tranquility: Balance, Purim Costume and Mishloach Man- rim,” for children ages 2-3, Georgia Cohen, Insight, and Healing by the Meditations ot Superstore, Yeshivat Beit Hillel, Passaic, Yavneh Academy, Paramus, 10am, 201-262- of Rabbi Moshe Cordovero’s Tomar De- 8:30-10:30pm,; also Sun., Mar 9, 10am-4- 8494 vorah,” Dr. Alan Brill, JCC, West Orange, pm; Sat., Mar 15, 8:30-10:30pm; Sun., Mar Alana Llama Film Club for Kids: 10am (snow date is Sun, Mar 16) 16, 10am-4pm; Mon, Mar 17, 8am-2pm; “Cinderella”: Come as Your Favorite continued on page 42 Tues., Mar 18, 8am-2pm; Wed, Mar 19, 8am-2pm, and Thurs, Mar 20, Taanis Es- ther, 8am-2pm, 973-777-0735 Pre-Purim Singles Melave Malka, frum singles in their 20s and 30s, spons by the Torah Lishmah Institute and the Associa- tion of Orthodox Jewish Scientists (non-sci- entists are welcome), at Young Israel Ohab Zedek of North Riverdale/Yonkers, 8:30pm, 347-275-7246 or 718-548-0105 “Kashrut in America: A Behind the Scenes Overview,” Rabbis Yaaov Luban and Avraham Stone of the OU and Dr. Ira Krum- holtz, spons by the Orthodox Forum of High- land Park-Edison, at Cong Ohr Torah, Edi- son, 8:30pm “Kiruv: Igniting the Spark,” Rabbi Mordechai Becher, Cong Beth Aaron, Tean- eck, 8:45pm “Cleaning for Pesach the East Way,” Chanie Levy, private home in Spring Valley, 8:45pm, 845-425-2220 Navi, Rabbi Yisroel Reisman, live via satellite, Young Israel of Fair Lawn (201- 797-1800); Cong Ahavas Achim, Highland Park; Cong Tifereth Israel, Passaic; JEC, Elizabeth; Cong Khal Zichron Mordechai, Monsey (845-357-7188); Cong Keter Torah, Teaneck, 9pm Cong Ahavat Achim of Fair Lawn Dinner, honoring the shul’s founding mem- bers, Hilda (a”h) & Richard Aarenau, Edith & Paul Cooper, Margo & Norman Green- stein, Irene & Howie Komet, Eita & Richard Latkin, Hanna & Jacob (a”h) Lewinson, Es- ther & Nathan (a”h) Miller, Sandy and Jay Rothschild, and Sarah and Henry Stanger, 9pm “Comedy and Spirit,” featuring come- dian Marc Weiner; “Owl,” alternative folk rock; and an elaborate dairy buffet, to bene- fit YACHAD, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, 9pm, 212-613-8350 AMIT Packing Mishloach Manot Packages, YMHA, Union, 9pm, continues on Sun., Mar 9 Page - 42 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” The Log continued from page 41 “Power Point Israel Up- and Crafts Hour, for children Riverdale Choir Performance, spons by NORPAC, private date,” Lt Col Ehud Kauf, Is- ages 3-5, Rabbi Levi Block, YMHA, Riverdale, 3pm, 718- home in Englewood, 8pm, 201- rael Liaison Officer at Fort spons by the Union County To- 548-8200 788-5133 Monmouth, spons by Parents rah Center, at the Westfield High Israel’s 60th Birthday Pre-Purim Cake and Pas- of North American Israelis, at School, 11am, 908-789-5252 Party Family Celebration, first try Decorating, Gitti Allman, Cong Anshe Chesed, Linden, Boutique, Jewish Educa- of the 60-day countdown until spons by Cong Bnai Yeshurun, 10am, 908-352-3371 tional Center, Elizabeth, 11am- Yom Ha’atzmaut, featuring San- private home in Teaneck, 8pm, “Embracing Pregnancy 3pm, [email protected] dy Shmueli, Israeli food, and 201-357 4412 and Motherhood: Body, Mind, Purim Carnival: Games, surprises, Cong Ahawas Achim Jewish Unity Live, hon- and Baby,” Englewood Hospi- Prizes, Arts-and-Crafts, Food, Bnai Jacob and David, West Or- oring Marcia and Eric Salman- tal, 10am, 1-888-895-9190 JCC of Rockland, W Nyack, ange, 4-7pm sohn, spons by Gateways and Divorced Orthodox 1-4pm, 845-362-4400 Cong Shomrei Torah of Torah Links, Hyatt Regency Ho- Moms Support Group, private Purim Carnival for Spe- Fair Lawn Dinner, honoring tel, New Brunswick, 8pm, 877- home in Passaic, 10:30am, 973- cial-Needs Children and Drs. Patrice and Marc Schoe- UNITY-20 471-7737 Their Families: Puppet Show, nbrun, David I. Goldberg, and Comedy for Women: Blood Drive, Kehillat Bais Booths, Hamantashen, Bak- Adina and Arthur Weinstein, Beth (Leiberstein) Ruck, spons Yehuda, Suffern, 10:30am-2:30pm ing, Moon Bounce, Snacks, 5:30pm by N’shei Cong Bais Torah Cong Netivot Shalom of and Fun, spons by the Good- Cong Rinat Yisrael of Te- U’Tefilah (BTU), private home Teaneck Packs Care Packag- ness Group, Chabad Center of aneck Shul Dinner, honoring in Passaic, 8pm, 973-778-4381 es for US soldiers of E Com- Passaic County, Wayne, 2-4pm, Sheila and Meyer Last and Riki Comedy Show in Hebrew pany, 4-64 Armoured Battal- 973-694-6274 and Seth Landa, at Cong Keter “Mazal She’asani Isha,” with ion, currently stationed outside Chanukat Habayis of the Torah, Teaneck, 5:30pm Zeev Revach, spons by The Is- Baghdad; the shul is soliciting New Cherry Hill Communi- Moshe Aaron Yeshiva raeli Club, JCC, Tenafly, 8:30pm donations of goods and funds ty Kollel, includes a children’s High School Dinner, honoring Mon., Mar 10 and asking adults and youth to program and a catered meat buf- Shayna and Craig Prupis, David La Leche League, for write letters to be included in the fet meal, 401 Cooper Landing Wildman, and students who will women and children, private packages, 11am-noon, for a list Road, 2pm, 856-414-0200 inaugurate the MAYHS Chesed home in Riverdale, 9:30am, of items to donate and names of Celebrating Israel at 60, Society, South River, 5:30pm 718-884-1042 soldiers to whom letters can be Film: “Beautiful Music,” Is- Cong Tifereth Israel of Jewish Bereavement Sup- addressed, call 201-836-3635 raeli instructional folk danc- Passaic 118th Anniversary Din- port Group: “Addressing the Pre-Purim Jewish Story ing, and Hebrew Institute of ner, honoring Rabbi Aaron and Holidays,”Rabbi Eugene Kwal- Rebbetzin Chani Cohen, shul, wasser, JCC, Tenafly, 1pm 6pm, 973-773-2552 Euro Café, for survivors Pre-Purim Party with of the Holocaust to share stories Yachad Special-Needs Stu- with teenagers, JCC Rockland, dents, Rutgers Hillel, New W Nyack, 6:30pm Brunswick, 6-8pm “Our Town” by Thornton Celebrating Israel at Wilder, Ma’ayanot Drama So- 60—An Evening of Israeli ciety, Teaneck, 7pm TV: “Rehov SumSum” and TV “Divorce and Financial drama “Me’urav Yerushalmi,” Management,” Josh Wisotsky, discussed by Danny Labin and support group for Orthodox di- Reba Jaffe Wayman, YMHA, vorced moms, Jewish Family Riverdale, 7pm, 718-548-8200 Service, Teaneck, 7:30pm, 201- Piamenta and Kol Zim- 837-9090 ra in Concert, to benefit To- Film: “A Touch Away,” rah Links, at The Hyatt Regen- discussion afterwards on Israel, cy Hotel, New Brunswick, 7pm, spirituality, religion, Russia and 877-864-8920 the former Soviet Union, and Making a Gluten-Free family relationships, Teaneck Purim Seudah, for women, Jewish Center, 7:30pm, 201- Elaine Bodenheimer, private 833-0515 home in Riverdale, 7:30pm, “Sharing Our Loss,” Rab- 718-601-6138 bi Eliezer Zwickler, Cong Aha- An Evening of Yiddish was Achim, Bnai Jacob and Da- Music for Women, Chana vid, West Orange, 8pm Shavelson, Tara Eliwatt, Menu- “Attaining Freedom, cha Rothenberg, and Danielle Overcoming Adversity: The Zimmerman, Cong Ahavas Isra- Book of Exodus (Shemot)— el, Passaic, 8pm Pekudei: Double Vision,” Rab- Sen Pat Roberts (R-KS), bi Asher Herson, Chabad Cen- http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 43 ter of Northwest NJ, Rockaway, Klibonoff, Student Union Rm Widowers of All Ages, JCC terhood Book Club, “The Man 8pm, 973-625-1525 3214, Rockland Community Col- Rockland, W Nyack, 7pm in the White Sharkskin Suit” Ethiopian-Israeli Speaker lege, Suffern, 7pm, 845-574-4244 Second Generation: Chil- by Lucette Lagnado, reviewed Zion Uness, Rutgers Hillel, New Ta’am Israel Taste of Is- dren of Holocaust Survivors by Donna Greenberg, private Brunswick, 8pm, 732-545-2407 rael Cooking: Eilat Dessert Support Group, Jewish Fam- home in Fair Lawn, 3:15pm, “Leadership Defined: Ye- and Sweets, YMHA, Union, ily Service, Teaneck, 7pm, 201- 201-475-0233 huda,” for men and women, 7:15pm, 908-889-5335 837-9090 Chazzan Yaakov Motzen, Elana Flaumenhaft, Cong Bais Wed., Mar 12 Mitzvah Day Planning seudah shlishit, Cong Keter To- Torah, Suffern, 8:15pm, 845- Deadline for Libby Kolb Session for High School Stu- rah, Teaneck, 5pm, howard@ke- 352-1343 chapter of EMUNAH Mish- dents, JCC Rockland, W Ny- tertorah.org Basketball for Men, spons loach Manot project to ben- ack, 7:30pm Film: “Shalom Ireland” by Fair Lawn Torah Enrichment efit families in need in Sderot “A Hidden Holywoman’s and an Evening of Celtic and Center, at the Fair Lawn Recre- and Hebron, packages can be Secret of Happiness,” Sara Yohev- Kosher Guinness, Corned Beef ation Center, 9pm shipped anywhere in the US or ed Rigler, for women, Cong Beth and Cabbage, Teaneck Jewish Hamantaschen Making, picked up to be mailed person- Abraham, Bergenfield, 8:30pm Center, 8pm, 201-833-0515 Rutgers Hillel, New Brunswick, ally, 201-385-3444 Fri., Mar 14 Ice Skating for All Chil- 9:30pm, 732-545-2407 Adult Bar/Bat Mitz- Early Discount Dead- dren in Grades 3-8, spons by Tues., Mar 11 vah Series: “What Is the To- line for NORPAC’s Mission the Orthodox shuls of Teaneck “A Halachic Perspective rah, the Blueprint for Jew- to Washington, scheduled for and Bergenfield, to benefit the on Estate Planning: Contem- ish Law?” Rabbi Baruch Price, Wed., May 21, 201-588-7133 Koby Mandell Foundation and porary Lessons from the Book spons by the Jewish Learning Download a coupon for Roi Klein Fund to aide victims of Yehoshua,” Rabbi Steven Experience, at the Torah Acade- Dale & Thomas Popcorn stores of terror and their families in Is- Pruzansky, bagel with a shiur se- my of Bergen County, Teaneck, at www.emunah.org/popcorn, rael, at the Ice House, Hacken- ries, spons by Martin M Shenk- 7:45pm, 201-833-1328 then shop at a Dale and Thom- sack, 8:45-10:15pm man, Esq, private office in Para- “Turning Walls into as Popcorn store and 10 per- Pre-Purim Melave Malka, mus, 8am, 201-845-8400 Doorways: Kabbalah-Chassi- cent will benefit EMUNAH’s featuring Ted St James, Com- “Important and Distinc- dus,” tele-conferencing class, emergency services in Sderot munity Synagogue of Monsey, tive Jewish Communities in 8pm, 973-290-0168 and Hebron, through Fri., Mar 9:15pm New Jersey,” Ron Becker, Lau- “The Creation of Light 21, 201-385-3444 Ice-Skating for Jewish tenberg Family JCC, Whippany, According to a Novel Explana- NSCY Yachad Shabba- Singles in Their 20s and 30s, 9:30am, 973-929-2928 tion of the Midrash,” Dr. Meir ton, for Yachad children, their spons by the Orthodox Union, Libby Kolb EMUNAH Buzaglo, Cong Ahavas Achim, chaparones, and Yavneh Acad- Sport-O-Rama, 20 College Rd, Cookbook Luncheon and Highland Park, 8pm emy 8th graders, Cong Ahavat Monsey, 9:30-11:30pm, 212- Tupperware Demonstration, Thurs., Mar 13 Achim, Fair Lawn, through Sat., 613-8300 choose a soup, salad, side dish, Circle of Chai: Celebrate Mar 15, 888-567-2663 Navi, Rabbi Yisroel Reis- entrée, or dessert to bring to the Purim, for parents and children Sat., Mar 15 man, live via satellite, Young luncheon and send in the recipe 2½-4 years, JCC of Rockland, Scholar in Residence Israel of Fair Lawn (201-797- beforehand to leahw@emu- W Nyack, 12:30pm Rabbi Pesach Krohn, Cong 1800); Cong Ahavas Achim, nah.org, private home in Ber- “Ask the Rabbi,” Rabbi Beth Abraham, Bergenfield Highland Park; Cong Tifereth genfield, 11am, 201-387-9116 Ely Allen, Bergen Community “Amalek and Tolerance” Israel, Passaic; JEC, Elizabeth; Havadala Candle Factory College Hillel, Paramus, 12:30, (after kiddush), “United We Cong Khal Zichron Mordechai, and Kosher Donuts, Rabbi Ely 201-488-6800 ext 222 Stand, Divided We Fall” (be- Monsey (845-357-7188); Cong Allen, Hillel, William Paterson Purim Story Hour and fore mincha), and “Chosen Peo- Keter Torah, Teaneck, 10pm University, Wayne, 12:30pm, Arts-and-Crafts, for children ple/Chosen Land: Why G-d Sun., Mar 16 201-488-6800 ext 222 ages 3-5, spons by the Chabad Chose the Jewish People and Adult Mission to Israel, “Turning Walls into Center of Passaic County, at the Land of Israel” (during seu- spons by JCC Rockland, W Ny- Doorways: Kabbalah-Chassi- the Wayne Main Public Library, dah shlishit), Rabbi Shaul Robin- ack, return, Fri., Mar 28, Bon- dus,” tele-conferencing class, 4:30pm, 973-694-6274 son, Cong Ahawas Achim Bnai nie Wind, 845-362-4400 1pm, 973-290-0168 “Election 2008: Implica- Jacob and David, West Orange Yankees Classic Tour Purim Costume Ball and tions for Israel and US For- Cong Ahavat Achim Sis- continued on page 44 Luncheon, Moshe Katzburg, eign Policy,” AIPAC event, JCC Rockland, W Nyack, 1pm panel with Dan Senor, Fox Havdala Candle Factory News consultant, and Peter Bei- The Log is a free service provided to the Jewish and Donuts, Rabbi Ely Allen, nart, The New Republic, with community in northern and central New Jersey, Rockland spons by Hillel, Fairleigh Dick- Mike Sachs, moderator, dinner County and Riverdale. Events that we list include special inson University Chapel, Tean- and dessert reception honoring and guest lectures, concerts, boutiques, dinners, open hous- eck, 3pm, 201-488-6800 ext 222 Dr. Ben Chouake, Rockleigh es, club meetings, and new classes. Craft It with Glitter, Glue, Country Club, Rockleigh, NJ, Announcements are requested by the 25th of the month Paint, and More, for ages 3-5, 6:30pm, 212-750-4110 prior to the month of the event. Due to space and editorial Chabad Center, Wayne, 4:30pm, “3,000 Ways to Ask the constraints, we cannot guarantee publication of any an- 973-694-6274 Four Questions,” Dr. Murray nouncement. Please email them to : Film: “Shalom Ireland,” Spiegel, JCC, Bridgewater, 7pm [email protected]. discussion on Irish Jewry, Dan Club for Widows and Page - 44 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” The Log continued from page 43 during the Final Season of the Public Tasting, Free Pre-Purim Concert and ter, at Cong Shomrei Torah, Fair “House that Ruth Built,” spons Food, and Music by Piamenta, Party, featuring Yosi, includes Lawn, 9:15pm by Cong Keter Torah, leave Tea- Gan Chai Kosher Chinese Res- feather-mask creations, face Tues., Mar 18 neck 9am, 201-833-8545 taurant, 312 Saddle River Rd, paintings, and hamantaschen, Joy Lunch Club Purim “Dressing up on Purim as Monsey, 1-3pm, 845-517-4551 come in costume and bring one Celebration, for seniors who the Opposite Gender,” Baruch Family Purim Carni- mishloach manot for a CareOne live alone, Jewish Family Ser- Dov Braun, for men and women, val, games, booths, and crafts, resident, spons by Cong Arzei vice, Teaneck, noon, transporta- includes breakfast, Community JCC on the Palisades, Tenafly, Darom, at CareOne, Teaneck, tion provided, volunteers need- Synagogue of Monsey, 9:30am 1-4pm; costume parade at 3pm 2-4pm, 201-530-1853 ed, 201-837-9090 Challah Baking Party and Family Purim Carnival, Purim Party and Shpiel: “Abraham’s Children: Breakfast, for children 4 and up games, prizes, clmbing wall, moon “The Mishpucha,” Elmora He- Race, Identity, and the DNA and their parents, spons by the bounce, pony rides, DJ, and cos- brew Center, Elizabeth, 4pm of the Chosen People,” Jon En- Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva, tumes, JCC, Bridgewater, 1-4pm Friends of Lubavitch of tine, JCC, West Orange, noon Edison, 9:30am, 732-247-3073 Purim Potpourri: “Sil- Bergen County Dinner, key- Holocaust Lunch and Hebrew Free Burial Associ- ly Tales with Theatre Ariel,” note speaker Jeff Jacoby, hon- Learn with Survivor Harry ation Riverdale Breakfast, hon- based on Isaac Bashevis Sing- oring Avi and Merav Dahan, Ettlinger, with Barbara Wind, oring Dr. Phil and Jean Schneider, er’s “When Schlemiel Went to Dr. Ben and Yolanda Kropsky, director of the UJC Holocaust Riverdale Jewish Center, 9:30am Warsaw,” for children in grades and Michael and Yael Mosberg, Council, Aidekman Family Purim Carnival, Cong K-5, Riverdale YMHA, 1:30pm, Woodcliff Lake Hilton, 5pm, Campus, JCC, Whippany, noon Netivot Shalom, Teaneck, 10am 718-548-8200 201-907-0686 “Turning Walls into Purim Carnival, Trocki Pampered Chef Cook- Pre-Pesach Wine Tasting, Doorways: Kabbalah-Chassi- Hebrew Academy, Egg Harbor ware and Cooking Demon- with wine experts from Queen dus,” tele-conferencing class, Twnshp, 10am-noon stration, Susie Atlas, private Anne Wine and Spirits, Cong 1pm, 973-290-0168 “Youth Zone Mitzvah home in Teaneck, 1:30pm, 201- Beth Aaron, Teaneck, 8-10pm Craft It with Glitter, Glue, Kids: Hawaii,” for grades 1-6, 801-0378 “Helchos Nedarim: To Paint, and More, for ages 3-5, Purim lunch costumes, and pack Children’s Circle for What Extent Are Our Words Chabad Center, Wayne, 4pm, mishloach manot for special- Children with Special Needs and Actions Binding?” Rav 973-694-6274 needs children, Chabad Cen- Ages 5-12, Zeesy Grossbaum, Yisroel Reisman, Nationwide Children’s Purim Work- ter of Passaic County, Wayne, East Hill Synagogue, Engle- Lekovod Siyum, spons by the shop in Hebrew, JCC, Tenafly, 12:45pm, 973-694-6274 wood, 2pm, 201-262-7172 Daf Yomi Commission of Agu- for ages 3-5, 4:30pm dath Israel, at Cong Agudath Is- Purim Puppet Shows and rael, Highland Park, 8:30pm, Parties, JCC, West Orange, 732-572-6783 5:30pm Mon., Mar 17 Pre-Pesach Boutique, Deadline to submit names spons by sisterhoods of shuls and to be announced at Yom Has- schools in Highland Park/Edison, hoah Holocaust Memori- at Cong Ohr Torah, Edison, 6:30- al Day Program, spons by the 9:30pm, 973-317-3742 Jewish Community Council of Care Giver Support Teaneck, scheduled for May 1 Group, Gail Prystowsky and at Teaneck High School; to sub- Devorah Sinensky, CareOne, mit names, call 917-576-7444 Teaneck, 7pm, 201-287-8500 or email blancjay@optonline. Teen Movie Night with Is- net, [email protected], or eil- raeli Food, JCC, West Orange, [email protected] 7pm, 973-530-3431 “Ask the Rabbi,” Rabbi “Judges,” Rabbi Neil Win- Ely Allen, Hillel, Ramapo Col- kler, Young Israel of Fort Lee, lege, Mahwah, 1pm, 201-488- 7:10pm 6800 ext 222 “Abraham’s Children: “Leadership Defined: Race, Identity, and the DNA Yosef,” for men and women, of the Chosen People,” Jon En- Elana Flaumenhaft, Cong Bais tine, JCC, Whippany, 7:30pm Torah, Suffern, 8:15pm, 845- “Jews in the Movies: Jew- 352-1343 ish Contributions to the Charac- Support Group for Par- ter of Certain Roles,” Prof Ste- ents of Children with Special ven Cameron, JCC, West Or- Needs, private home in Clifton, ange, 7:30pm 8:30pm, 973-591-1711 “Chofetz Chaim on Tri- Shiur, Dovid Friedman al: An Analysis of the Israeli and Elie Mischel, spons by Fair Court System’s Use of Jewish Lawn Torah Enrichment Cen- Law in Its Decision-Making http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 45 Process,” Rabbi Yehudah Halp- ter of Essex County, skating, private home in Bergenfield, 9:30am-3:30pm, 201-801-0707 ert, JCC, Tenafly, 8pm masquerade contest, prizes, skits through Sat. Mar 22, 201-488- “Special El Al Flights “Orchos Tzaddikim: The on ice, kosher food, at South 6800 ext 222 for Kohanim: Are They Real- Ways of the Tzaddikim,” for Mountain Arena, West Orange, Sat., Mar 22, Shushan Purim ly Necessary?” Rabbi Yaakov women, Rabbi Yisroel Teich- 6:30-9:30pm Rabbi Naphtali Harcsz- Jaffe, for men and women, in- man, private home in Bergen- Grand Purim Festival, tark, Davar Institute, Teaneck, cludes breakfast, Community field, 8:45pm, 201-385-2575 Chabad of Rockland, New City, afternoon, 201-837-1995 Synagogue of Monsey, 9:30am Sugiah Shiur: Maseches 7pm, 845-634-0951 Purim Party and Concert Uncle Moishy in Con- Shabbos, for men, Rabbi Re- Megillah Reading and Pu- to Benefit the Hebron Fund, cert, to benefit construction uven Brand, Cong Shomrei To- rim Party, spons by the Sep- featuring Omed HaDavar, cos- of new mikveh, Cong Israel, rah, Fair Lawn, 9:15pm hardic Shul of Teaneck Cong tume contest, raffles, food, spons Springfield, 11am, springfield- Wed., Mar 19 Shaarei Orah and Hillel on be- by Teen Corps, Frisch School, [email protected] Film: “Watermarks,” half of all Jewish college stu- Paramus, 8pm, 201-499-7870, Chug Ivrit Hebrew Speak- Lautenberg Family JCC, 11am dents in Northern NJ, at Space teencor.com, Carly.Davis@ ing Club, for intermediate to ad- Children’s Purim Work- Odyssey in Englewood: “Wacky teencor.com, or Jesse.Nowl- vanced Hebrew speakers, open shop in Hebrew, JCC, Tenafly, World Jumping Balloon and Ob- [email protected] to men and women, spons by the for ages 3-5, 4pm; for ages 6-8, stacle Course, Thunder Bowl, Post-Purim Social Event, Raritan Valley Chapter of Ha- 5:30pm Glow-in-the-Dark Bowling, La- Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, 9pm, dassah, private home in High- “Parenting the Young serTag, Space Climbing, Alien [email protected] land Park, 11am, 732-819-9298 Adult: How to Enjoy the Post- Train Ride, dairy dinner and des- Pre-Pesach Wine and Purim Carnival, Cong Teenage Yeats before Your sert buffet, Megillah Reading Cheese Tasting, Cong Netivot Ahawas Achim Bnai Jacob and Child Goes out on His/Her 7pm, [email protected] Shalom, Teaneck, 9:15pm David, West Orange, noon-2pm Own,” Judy Brauner, JCC, Ten- Megillah Reading and Men’s Club Wine Sale Uncle Moishy in Concert, afly, 7:30pm Purim Party, Teaneck Jewish and Sushi Bar, Cong Ahawas Yeshiva Ohr Simcha, Engle- Adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah Center, 7pm Achim Bnai Jacob and David, wood, 2:30pm, 201-569-4008 Series: “What’s a Mitzvah: Purim Live, Larry Raven West Orange, 9:30pm Cong Beth Abraham of A Good Deed? Learn What a Mentalist, also magic, juggling, Navi, Rabbi Yisroel Reis- Bergenfield Dinner and Siyum Mitzvah Really Is,” Rabbi Ba- and comedy show, prize for every man, live via satellite, Young Shas Mishna, honoring the 60th ruch Price, spons by the Jewish child in costume, spons by Friends Israel of Fair Lawn (201-797- anniversary of the State of Israel, Learning Experience, at the To- of Lubavitch of Bergen County, at 1800); Cong Ahavas Achim, Chaim and Rena Shulman, and rah Academy of Bergen County, Dickinson Hall, Fairleigh Dickin- Highland Park; Cong Tifereth Rabbi Daniel and Serena Hart- Teaneck, 7:45pm, 201-833-1328 son University, Hackensack, Me- Israel, Passaic; JEC, Elizabeth; stein, all learning dedicated to the “Turning Walls into gillah reading 7:40pm, buffet din- Cong Khal Zichron Mordechai, return of missing IDF soldiers Doorways: Kabbalah-Chassi- ner 8pm, 201-907-0686 Monsey (845-357-7188); Cong Gilad Shalit, Ehud Goldwasser, dus,” tele-conferencing class, The Greatest Purim Cha- Keter Torah, Teaneck, 10pm Eldad Regev, Zachary Baumel, 8pm, 973-290-0168 giga Ever, featuring Yeshuda in Sun., Mar 23 Tzvi Feldman, Yehudah Katz, Spanish Hispano Hebra- concert, includes Megillah reading Union for Tradition- Ron Arad, and Guy Hever, Cong ico Club: “The Jewish World and dairy dinner, Elmora Ave Shul al Judaism Conference “UTJ Keter Torah, Teaneck, 5:30pm in Argentina,” in Spanish, Te- of the Jewish Educational Center, and the Synagogue: Building Film: “The Making of a aneck Jewish Center, 8pm, 201- Elizabeth, 7:50pm, 908-353-4959 Traditional Judaism Togeth- Martyr,” with producer Brooke 833-0515 Purim Break-Fast, Cong er,” including “Making Our Goldstein, Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Parsha Hasidus, Yom To- Ahavas Israel, Passaic, 8pm Prayers Meaningful,” “Mar- Teaneck, 7:30pm vim, for women, private home Purim Celebration with keting a Traditional Syna- Mon., Mar 24 in Passaic, 8pm, hollyokay@ Food, Fun, Music, and Games, gogue,” “Attracting Our Yeshivat Beit Hillel of hotmail.com Cong Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, Teens,” and “Shaping the Fu- Passaic Dinner, honoring Dan- “Orchos Tzaddikim: The 8:30pm ture the UTJ Way,” Teaneck, iel and Sarah Schwartz, Thom- Ways of the Tzaddikim,” for Fri., Mar 21, Purim shacharit 8:45am, conference continued on page 46 women, Rabbi Yisroel Teich- Megillah Reading, man, private home in Bergen- Brunch, and Costume Party, field, 8:45pm, 201-385-2575 Teaneck Jewish Center, 9am Thurs., Mar 20, Fast of Esther Community-Wide Family “No Drugs: How to Con- Seudah and Shabbat Dinner, quer Fears, Phobias, and Anx- includes children’s program and iety without Drugs,” Dr. Ron youth oneg, Cong Ahavath To- Glassman, Lautenberg Family rah, Englewood, 5pm JCC, Whippany, 9am Purim Banquet: Comedy, Englewood/Tenafly Com- Improv, Laughter, L’Chaims, munal Women’s Megillat Read- Lubavitch Center of Essex ing, private home in Englewood, County, West Orange, 5:30pm, [email protected] or 973-325-7800 [email protected] Hillel Shabbaton, for Purim on Ice for the Fam- all Jewish college students in ily, spons by the Lubavitch Cen- northern NJ, Rabbi Ely Allen, Page - 46 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” The Log continued from page 45 as and Judy Karfunkel, Teddy Zichron Mordechai, Monsey, Milford, or Englewood; and be Jimmies” in Concert, for chil- and Deborah Cohen, and Rabbi 10pm, 845-356-7188 affiliated with one of the syna- dren up to age 8 and parents, Avi and Michelle Feder, at Cong Thurs., Mar 27 gogues in those towns. Games Riverdale YMHA, 10:30am, Keter Torah, Teaneck, 6pm Jewish Composers Con- are played every Sunday morn- 718-548-8200 Support Group for Or- cert, featuring Amy Michelman ing from April through Sept. AMIT Spring Boutique, thodox Divorced Moms, Deb- and Evelyne Luest performing Contact [email protected]; private home in Teaneck, 11am- bie Fox, Jewish Family Service, music by Rabbi Israel Goldfarb, [email protected]; 3pm, 201-692-9302 Teaneck, 7:30pm, 201-837-9090 Aaron Jay Kernis, Aaron Cope- [email protected]; Rockland Jewish Film “Sharing Our Loss,” Rab- land, and Paul Schoenfield, River- or [email protected] Festival: “Imaginary Witness: bi Eliezer Zwickler, Cong Aha- dale YMHA, 7pm, 718-548-8200 Sat., Mar 29 Hollywood and the Holocaust,” was Achim, Bnai Jacob and Da- “The Gift of Music Hon- Rabbi Naphtali Harcsz- JCC Rockland, West Nyack, vid, West Orange, 8pm oring Israel’s 60th Anniversa- tark, Davar Institute, Teaneck, 11:30am, 845.362.4400 ext. 175 Basketball for Men, spons ry,” David Krakauer, clarinet; afternoon, 201-837-1995 NJ Jewish Film Festival: by Fair Lawn Torah Enrichment Marija Stroke, piano; concert to Rockland Jewish Film “Shadya,” JCC, West Orange, Center, at the Fair Lawn Recre- benefit scholarships for young Festival: “Making Trouble,” 12:45pm ation Center, 9pm musicians, JCC, Tenafly, 7:30pm with comedienne Lauren Ant- NJ Jewish Film Festival: Tues., Mar 25 NJ Jewish Film Festival: ler, and dessert reception, Riv- “A Slim Peace,” with director “New Approaches in “Aviva My Love,” with She- er Space, Nyack, 8:30pm, Yael Luttwak, JCC, West Or- the Creation of Therapeu- mi Zarhin, Maplewood Cinema, 845.362.4400 ext. 175 ange, 2:30pm tic Drugs,” Dr. Alan Goldberg Maplewood, 7:30pm NJ Jewish Film Festival: NJ Jewish Film Festival: and Rabbis David Feldman and Rockland Jewish Film “Love and Dance,” JCC, West “More Than 1000 Words,” Lawrence Zierler, spons by the Festival: “My Mexican Shi- Orange, 8:45pm with director Solo Avital, JCC, Jewish Institute of Bioethics, va,” with director Alejandro NJ Jewish Film Festival: West Orange, 4pm Teaneck Jewish Center, 7:30pm, Springall, AMC Theatre, Pal- “Sixty Six,” Clearview, Morris- Auditions for the JCC 201-833-0515 isades Center Mall, 7:30pm, town, 8:45pm Maccabi ArtsFest for Jewish “Jews in the Movies: Jew- 845.362.4400 ext. 175 Navi, Rabbi Yisroel Reis- Teens 13-16 (as of 7/31/08) to ish Cultural Contributions “The People of the Book man, live via satellite, Young Complete in Minneapolis in from Writers and Producers,” and Oral Memory,” Prof Eli Israel of Fair Lawn (201-797- August, specialties include: visu- Prof Steven Cameron, JCC, Yassif, spons by Rutgers Hillel, 1800); Cong Ahavas Achim, al and culinary arts, filmmaking, West Orange, 7:30pm at the Busch Campus Center, Pis- Highland Park; Cong Tifereth jazz/world music ensemble, cos- Wed., Mar 26 cataway, 7:30pm, 732-545-2407 Israel, Passaic; JEC, Elizabeth; tume design, dance/choreogra- “Symbols in Judaism,” Fri., Mar 28 Cong Khal Zichron Mordechai, phy, improve/acting, musical the- Rabbi Ely Allen, Hillel, Ramapo “Halachic Perspective on Monsey (845-357-7188); Cong ater, creative writing, rock/pop College, Mahwah, 1pm, 201- Estate Planning,” Rabbi Daniel Keter Torah, Teaneck, 10pm bands, photography, and vocal 488-6800 ext 222 Rapp, bagel with a shiur series, Sun., Mar 30 music; to submit an application, “The Davinci Code,” spons by Martin M Shenkman, Northeast Region Boy contact Carol Berman, 973-530- Chabad of Rockland, New City, Esq, private office in Paramus, Scouts of America Jewish 3421, JCC, West Orange, 4pm 7pm, 845-634-0951 8pm, 201-845-8400 Committee on Scouting Con- Teen Philanthropy Insti- EMUNAH Pre-Pesach Deadline for submis- ference, University of Pennsyl- tute, Daniel Rothner, spons by Boutique and Dance-a-Thon, sions to the Abe Oster Holo- vania, Philadelphia, PA, con- Areyvut, 20 post bat/bat mitzvah Dassie Schuster, Teaneck Jewish caust Remembrance Award tact Jeff Goldsmith, chairman, students in grades 8-10 each do- Center, bethrosenbaum0330@ Art Contest, open to 10th-12th Northeast Region Jewish Com- nate $250 and it is matched by yahoo.com graders who either reside or go mittee on Scouting, jgold- a donor, so that the group will Adult Bar/Bat Mitz- to public or private high school [email protected] work together to give $10,000 to vah Series: “Kindness—The in Bergen County. Submit one American Cancer Soci- the organizations of their choice Way to a Better You: The To- original piece of artwork, max- ety/Hadassah Walk to Beat by June 2008. Students will rah’s Blueprint for Self-Actu- imum 3-foot square, that con- Breast and Prostate Cancers, present information to their TPI alization,” Rabbi Baruch Price, veys the lessons the student has Palisades Center, W Nyack, peers about the organizations spons by the Jewish Learning learned from his or her compre- 8-10am, 845-368-1252 they visited, JCC, Tenafly, 4pm, Experience, at the Torah Acade- hensive study of the Holocaust “Can There Be Happiness 201-244-6702 my of Bergen County, Teaneck, and how those lessons may be in the 21st Century?” Rabbi Dr. Cong Beth Aaron of Tea- 7:45pm, 201-833-1328 applied to present communal or Abraham Twerski, spons by the neck Dinner, Cong Keter To- Israeli Ambassador to the global issues. First place winner Israel and Pearl Stern Memorial rah, Teaneck US Sallai Meridor, JCC, Tena- gets a $1,000 college scholar- Lecture Fund, Community Syn- HUVPAC (Hudson Val- fly, 8pm ship. Spons by the JCC, Tenafly, agogue of Monsey, 9am ley Pro-Israel PAC) Dinner, Shiur by Satellite, Rabbi Call 201-569-7900, ext 204 Project SARAH Break- featuring Sens Frank Lauten- M Becher, Cong K’hal Zichron Deadline to apply to play fast, honoring Dr. Cheryl Kram- berg (D-NJ) and John Cornyn Mordechai, Monsey, 8:45pm, on the Cong Bnai Yeshurun er and Rabbi Yosef Adler, Cong (R-TX), honoring Dr. Michael 845-356-7188 Men’s Softball League, appli- Beth Sholom, Teaneck, 9am, and Liz Muschel, Atrium, Mon- Shiur by Satellite, Rab- cants must be at least 16; reside 973-777-7638 sey, 5:30pm bi M. 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Speaking Ill Can Destroy; Reingold, JCC, Tenafly, 1:30pm “Steal Me a Pencil,” with Ina Hillel, Ramapo College, Mah- Skillful Speech is the Torah’s “The Wounding and and Jack Polak, JCC, West Or- wah, 1pm, 201-488-6800 ext 222 Secret to Longevity,” Rabbi Ba- Healing of the Human Spirit,” ange, 7:30pm “Halachic Perspective ruch Price, spons by the Jewish Dr. Dan Gottlieb, JCC, Bridge- NJ Jewish Film Festival: on Estate Planning: Ethical Learning Experience, at the Torah water, 7pm “Sweet Mud,” with director Wills,” Rabbi Shalom Baum, Academy of Bergen County, Tea- Bereaved Parents Group: Dror Shaul, Clearview, South bagel with a shiur series, spons neck, 7:45pm, 201-833-1328 For Parents Who Lost an Orange, 7:30pm by Martin M Shenkman, Esq, NJ Jewish Film Festival: Adult Child on 9-11, Jewish “Jews in the Movies: Fun- private office in Paramus, 8pm, “Dear Mr. Waldman,” JCC, Family Service, Teaneck, 7pm, ny and Surprising Clips Show- 201-845-8400 West Orange, 7:30pm 201-837-9090 ing Jewish Concepts of Love, NJ Jewish Film Festival: Rockland Jewish Film Mitzvah Day Planning Ethics, Politics, Comedy, and “Bad Faith, JCC, West Orange, Festival: “The Year My Par- Session for Middle School Stu- More,” Prof Steven Cameron, 9:45am ents Went on Vacation,” dents, JCC Rockland, W Nyack, JCC, West Orange, 7:30pm “Breaking through Bar- Riverspace, Nyack, 7;30pm, 7:30pm Rockland Jewish Film Fes- riers: Laughter Workshop,” 845.362.4400 ext. 175 Sephardic Journeys—Out tival: “Constantine’s Sword,” Esther Rachel Russell, spons by Parsha Hasidus, Yom To- of Spain: “The Crypto Jews of Rockland Community College the Center for Jewish Life/Hillel vim, for women, private location Portugal,” Enrique Levy, JCC, Cultural Arts Center, Suffern, at Rockland Community Col- in Passaic, 8pm, hollyokay@ Tenafly, 7:30pm 7:30pm, 845.362.4400 ext. 175 lege, Jewish Heritage Week, the hotmail.com NJ Jewish Film Festi- “Orchos Tzaddikim: The Joys of Judaism, Student Union “Turning Walls into val: “My Father, My Lord,” Doorways: Kabbalah-Chassi- with David Volach, Clearview, dus,” tele-conferencing class, Caldwell, 7:30pm 8pm, 973-290-0168 NJ Jewish Film Festival: “Orchos Tzaddikim: The “Souvenirs,” JCC, West Or- Ways of the Tzaddikim,” for ange, 7:30pm women, Rabbi Yisroel Teich- Rockland Jewish Film Fes- man, private home in Bergen- tival: “Sweet Mud,” AMC The- field, 8:45pm, 201-385-2575 atres, Palisades Center, W Nyack, Thurs., Apr 3 7:30pm, 845.362.4400 ext. 175 NJ Jewish Film Festival: Fri., Apr 4 “Arranged,” JCC, West Or- NJ Jewish Film Festival: ange, 9:45am “Praying with Lior,” with di- NJ Jewish Film Festival: rector Ilana Trachtmen, Lior “Making Trouble,” JCC, West Liebling, and his family, JCC, Orange, 12:30pm West Orange, 12:30pm Traveling Matzah Bak- Rockland Jewish Film ery, Chabad of Rockland Coun- Festival: “Souvenirs,” with ty, spons by the Center for Jew- Rabbi Joshua Gruenberg, JCC ish Life/Hillel at Rockland Com- Rockland, W Nyack, 12:30pm, munity College, Jewish Heritage 845.362.4400 ext. 175 Week, the Joys of Judaism, Stu- Create Your Own Judai- dent Union Rm 3114, Suffern, ca: Hands-On Art Workshop, 12:30pm, 845-574-4422 spons by the Center for Jewish Music and Art Showcase Life/Hillel at Rockland Com- and Kosher Deli, Rabbi Ely Al- munity College, Jewish Heritage len, Bergen Community College Week, the Joys of Judaism, Stu- Hillel, Paramus, 12:30pm, 201- dent Union Rm 3114, Suffern, 488-6800 ext 222 12:30pm, 845-574-4422 “Elder Abuse and Pa- Sat., Apr 5 tient’s Rights: Nursing Fa- Cholent, Cugel, and cilities and Assisted Living Conversation: “The Israeli- http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 49

Diaspora Divide: Are We Still acy of Simon Wiesenthal,” Rabbi Eliezer Zwickler, Cong Jewish Learning Experience, at Connected at the Hip? Do with Mark Weitzman, Direc- Ahawas Achim, Bnai Jacob and the Torah Academy of Bergen Jews Living Outside of Israel tor of the Task Force against David, West Orange, 8pm County, Teaneck, 7:45pm, 201- Have a Right to Criticize and Hate and Terrorism and the As- Basketball for Men, spons 833-1328 Try to Influence the Policies sociate Director of Education by Fair Lawn Torah Enrichment “Turning Walls into of the Israeli Government?” for the Simon Wiesenthal Cen- Center, at the Fair Lawn Recre- Doorways: Kabbalah-Chassi- Rabbi Lawrence Zierlier, Tean- ter, Riverspace, Nyack, 3:30pm, ation Center, 9pm dus,” tele-conferencing class, eck Jewish Center, noon 845.362.4400 ext. 175 Tues., Apr 8 8pm, 973-290-0168 Rabbi Naphtali Harcsz- NJ Jewish Film Festival: “Sefer Sha’ar HaBita- Thurs., Apr 10 tark, Davar Institute, Teaneck, “Hot House,” JCC, West Or- chon,” for women, Rebbetzin “Insights into Pass- afternoon, 201-837-1995 ange, 3:30pm Chaya Blumenfeld, private home over,” Rabbi Ely Allen, Ber- NJ Jewish Film Festival: Rabbi Jacob Joseph in Teaneck, 11am, 201-833-0486 gen Community College Hil- “Aviva My Love,” with Shemi School of Edison Dinner, hon- Model Seder for College lel, Paramus, 12:30pm, 201- Zarhin, Clearview, Parsippany, oring Rav Yechiel Drillman and Students and Senior Citizens, 488-6800 ext 222 8:45pm Dr. and Mrs. Arnie Lustiger, at Rabbi Ely Allen, spons by Hil- Rockland Jewish Film NJ Jewish Film Festival: the Holiday Inn Hotel and Con- lel, YMHA, Wayne, 12:30pm, “Bittersweet,” with director ference Center, Edison, 5:30pm 201-488-6800 ext 222 Festival: “Obsession,” AMC Doron Benvenisti, JCC, West Cong Keter Torah of Te- “Turning Walls into Theatres, Palisades Center Orange, 8:45pm aneck Dinner, honoring Renee Doorways: Kabbalah-Chassi- Mall, W Nyack, 1:30pm, Navi, Rabbi Yisroel Reis- and Daniel Seidman and Myron dus,” tele-conferencing class, 845.362.4400 ext. 175 man, live via satellite, Young Iteld, at the shul, 5:30pm 1pm, 973-290-0168 “My Favorite Com- Israel of Fair Lawn (201-797- Pre-Pesach Boutique, “Designer Babies: Eugen- poser: Felix Mendelssohn,” 1800); Cong Ahavas Achim, Cong Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, ics, Old Wine in a New Bot- Michael Reingold, JCC, Ten- Highland Park; Cong Tifereth 6:30-9:30pm tle?” Leonard Werner, JCC, afly, 1:30pm Israel, Passaic; JEC, Elizabeth; “Pre-Passover Demon- West Orange, 1:30pm Club for Jewish Wid- Cong Khal Zichron Mordechai, stration and Talk: “Quick and Craft It with Glitter, Glue, ows and Widowers of All Monsey (845-357-7188); Cong Kosher, from the Bride Who Paint, and More, for ages 3-5, Ages, JCC Rockland, W Ny- Keter Torah, Teaneck, 10:15pm Knew Nothing,” Jamie Geller, Chabad Center, Wayne, 4pm, Sun., Apr 6 spons by Chabad of Passaic 973-694-6274 ack, 7pm “Bessie,” Lawrence Bush, County Jewish Women’s Cir- Rockland Jewish Film Fes- “Politics, Power, and based on the life of his social activ- cle, at a private home in Wayne, tival: “Obsession,” Ramapo Cul- Jewish Women: Are Jew- ist grandmother in Europe and the 7pm, 973-694-6274 tural Arts Center, Spring Valley, ish Women Represented? 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For a list of items to donate, call 732-777-1940 noons up to age 5, Cong Adas Israel, Passaic, Mon-Thurs, 8:50am-3- The new “Down the Aisle” Kallah Gemach, in Passaic, will :50pm; Fri 8:50am-1:50pm; $6 per hour, 973-224-1792 Y be the place to donate new, extra, and unwanted wedding gifts, to be picked up by young brides to take what they need to start their new homes, 973-471-4017 Ma’ayanot Yeshiva High School students from Highland Mazal Tov Mazal Tov to the Bat Mitzvah Girls: Shoshana Edelman, Park/Edison/East Brunswick are collecting diapers that children Chevi Jacobson, Arielle Kempin, Mali Levi, Andie Schoe- have outgrown to distribute to needy families in the community nfeld, and Leora Sherman; and the Bar Mitzvah Boys: Don- through the Highland Park Community Food Pantry, 732-214-9631 ny Acoca, Jake Bachner, Avi Borgen, Max Dobrinsky, Alec Simcha Enhancers Shtick Gemach, includes hats, glasses, in- Feintuch, Sam Gelman, Yonatan Glicksman, Leor Leben, Avi flatables, maracas, tambourines, full-body costumes, all proceeds go Mendelson, Ilan Ramras, Jacob Silberstein, Joshua Stavsky, to tzedaka, all donations appreciated and can be picked up, 845-729- Yitzchak Weber, and Akiva Aryeh Ziegler 5662 or 917-664-0069 Mazal Tov to Ruth and Sam Stern and Ruby and Bobby The Raritan Valley Chapter of Hadassah is in need of yarn to Kaplan on the birth of twin girls, children of Rav Mordechai knit hats for children with cancer and preemies. 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The team finished the High School el, drop off in Passaic, donations welcomed, 973-594-9118, Jessica@ Yeshiva League regular season championship with an 11-1 record yadleah.org Bears from Bergenfield takes toys for Israeli day care centers, Page - 52 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” “Lawfare” continued from page 16 business in New York. ture seems to be moving in unenforceable if the courts legislation months or even The Association of that direction. At the end of decide that the libel laws in years to reach the floor of the American Publishers released February, the Libel Terror- the foreign jurisdiction did Assembly or Senate. a statement that criticized the ism Protection Act passed not protect the freedom of Mr. Lancman said the ruling as a blow to intellec- unanimously in State Senate, speech and the press to the bill he proposed with Mr. tual freedom and “a deep dis- and is now wending its way same extent as the laws in Skelos is designed to give appointment for publishers through the Assembly. New York and the US. “New York’s journalists, au- and other First Amendment Introduced by NY State “Under the Libel Ter- thors, and press the tools they advocates.” Assemblyman Rory Lanc- rorism Protection Act, writ- need to continue to fearlessly New Law man, a Democrat repre- ers and journalists will have expose the truth about ter- Dr. Ehrenfeld suggested senting the 25th District in foreign defamation suits de- rorism and its enablers, and that, in light of the court’s Queens, in conjunction with clared unenforceable in New will ensure that New York, ruling, Congress could bet- NY State Senate Deputy Ma- York unless the foreign law and America, remains a bea- ter protect Americans’ free- jority Leader Dean G. Skelos provides the same free speech con of free speech and a free dom of speech by reinforcing (R-Rockville Centre), the bill protections guaranteed under press.” the First Amendment with a is intended to give the state’s our Constitution. In effect, Convinced that every new statute prohibiting the courts jurisdiction over for- we are giving New Yorkers a American has an obligation enforcement of foreign libel eign libel claimants, such as chance to have their fair day “to do their part, in whatever judgments in the US, when- Mr. Mahfouz, who have won in court,” said State Senator way they can, to contribute ever American authors and a judgment against an author Martin Golden, a Brooklyn to victory over Islamist fun- publishers report responsibly or publisher with sufficient Republican. damentalism,” Mr. Lancman on terror-related and other physical or financial ties to Moving Quickly said that while soldiers fight national security threats. New York. According to the New and police protect, individual While it is unclear if It will allow New York’s York Law Journal, the Libel citizens who “see something” Congress will pick up on courts to declare that a for- Terrorism Protection Act has must be encouraged to “say Dr. Ehrenfeld’s suggestion, eign judgment, such as the made “unusually swift” prog- something.” the New York State legisla- one against Dr. Ehrenfeld, is ress. Usually it takes new “Our journalists and au- http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 53 thors discover and publish the will act “to protect the entire Congress (CIC) continues its tim. After Maclean’s maga- truth about terrorists and their country from the scourge of current trend, some authors zine published an excerpt enablers, the financiers, front- libel terrorism.” and journalists in America’s from his new book, America men, and terrorism-friendly Protecting Americans northern neighbor may find Alone, he was summoned regimes who provide the fi- Mr. Skelos agreed, say- themselves wishing for a Ca- to appear before two Cana- nancial, logistical, and politi- ing the ability to expose the nadian version of the Libel dian Human Rights Commis- cal support and cover which truth about international ter- Terrorism Protection Act. sions on vague allegations of enable the terrorists to exist, rorist activities “is critically Following in Mr. Mah- “subject[ing] Canadian Mus- operate, and strike,” said Mr. important to the global war fouz’s footsteps, the CIS lims to hatred and contempt” Lancman. “The ability of our on terror.” seems to be attempting to shut and being “flagrantly Islamo- journalists, authors, and press “These foreign courts are down anyone who challenges phobic.” to expose these enablers and trampling the First Amend- any precept of Islam or, in fact, Published by Regen inform the American people, ment protections guaranteed says anything to which the Is- Books, America Alone focus- to discover and report the to American writers and jour- lamist organization takes ex- es wittily, but passionately, truth, is the most important nalists by our Constitution, ception. By instigating expen- on what Mr. Steyn sees as the weapon we have in the war and this legislation will en- sive lawsuits, the CIC seems great poison of the 21st cen- on terror. The information sure that they cannot infringe to be threatening to bankrupt tury: the anti-Americanism they unearth informs not just upon our freedom,” he said. the Islamists’ critics and, at the that fuels both Old Europe the general public, but policy- Mr. Lancman said the bill very least, to discourage pub- and radical Islam. Mr. Steyn makers who must make choic- will “maintain New York’s lications from carrying articles predicts that the world will es about strategies and tactics, place as the free speech capi- the CIC does not like. be divided between America resources and priorities, allies tol of the world.” Award-winning author and the rest. For the sake of and adversaries, in how best Canadian Islamic Congress and commentator Mark Steyn freedom and democracy, he to fight this war. Without their If the Canadian Islamic is the CIC’s most recent vic- continued on page 54 work, we are all merely grop- ing in the dark.” Following New York The legislature’s job, he said, must be to protect American journalists and au- thors, “who relentlessly and doggedly pursue the truth about terrorism networks” from being “met with a bar- rage of libel lawsuits in kan- garoo courts on phony-balo- ney libel charges in overseas jurisdictions who don’t share our belief in freedom of speech or a free press.” He singled out the UK, where, he said, “authors are guilty until proven innocent, lack of negligence on the part of the author is irrelevant, statements of opinion are hardly more protected than statements of fact, an au- thor’s unsuccessful effort to prove the truth of a statement can bring punitive damages, and libel is even punishable as a misdemeanor crime.” Mr. Lancman said he hopes other states will follow New York’s lead in enacting legislation to counter “libel tourism,” and that Congress Page - 54 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion”

“Lawfare” continued from page 53 says, America will have to stand alone cides to give up on gay rights in favor of ten laugh-out-loud-funny, Mr. Steyn la- and had better win. the much safer charms of polygamy.” ments that Europe is “a goner,” and that The End of the World Mr. Steyn insists that those who if the West is to have any future, it will The book’s inside flap announces think it can’t happen have not been pay- be in the hands of America and maybe that the end of the world, as we know ing attention. The future, he says, be- its cousins in Australia, who, he says, it, is coming: “Someday soon, you might longs to the “fecund and the confident,” should not shy away from trumpeting wake up to the call to prayer from a mu- indicating the Islamists are both, while the fact that the US really is the world’s ezzin. Europeans already are. And liber- the West—wedded to a multiculturalism last best hope. als will tell you that ‘diversity is strength, that undercuts its own confidence, a wel- Public Inquisition while Talibanic enforcers cruise Green- fare state that nudges it towards sloth and The CIC was not amused, and initi- wich Village burning books and barber self-indulgence, and a childlessness that ated what Ms Goldstein called “a public shops; the Supreme Court decides sharia consigns it to oblivion—is looking ever inquisition” that has “triggered outrage law doesn’t violate ‘separation of church more like the ruins of a civilization. among Canadians and Americans who and state,’ and the Hollywood Left de- In a book that is, nevertheless, of- value free speech.” She pointed out that Mr. Steyn’s predicament “is just the latest salvo in a campaign of legal actions designed to punish and silence the voices of anyone who speaks out against Islamism,” in- cluding Islamist terrorism or its sources of financing. This is not the first time the CIC has tried to sue publications with which it disagrees. In the past, it took on Cana- da’s National Post. The CIC’s president, Mohamed El- masry, who once labeled every adult Jew in Israel a legitimate target for terrorists, frequently accuses his opponents of be- ing anti-Islam or Islamophobic, charges which he is evidently hoping are now ac- tionable in Canadian courts. In 2006, after Mr. Elmasry publicly accused a spokesman for the Muslim Canadian Congress of being anti-Islam- ic, the spokesman reportedly resigned amidst fears for his personal safety. Cases in the US Ms, Goldstein pointed out that, even in the US, Islamist groups are trying to curtail the right of free speech and dis- cussion. “The litany of American publishers, television stations, authors, journalists, experts, activists, political figures, and citizens targeted for censorship is long and merits brief mention. There is an ob- vious pattern to these suits that can only be ignored at great peril,” she said. Listing some recent cases, she said those who value free speech must expect future litigation along these lines: * Joe Kaufman, chairman of Ameri- cans Against Hate, was served with a temporary restraining order and sued for leading a peaceful and lawful ten-person http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 55 protest against the Islamic Circle of North to the looming threat of suit. “This is troubling. The United States America (ICNA) outside an event the $1 Million Instrument was founded on the premise of freedom group sponsored at a Six Flags theme Undeterred by its losses, CAIR re- of worship, but also on the principle of park in Texas. According to ICNA’s cently announced an ambitious fundrais- the freedom to criticize religion. Islamists website, the group is dedicated to “work- ing goal of $1 million, partly to “defend should not be allowed to stifle Constitu- ing for the establishment of Islam in all against defamatory attacks on Muslims tionally protected speech, nor should they spheres of life,” and to “reforming society and Islam.” One of CAIR’s staffers, Ra- be allowed to subject innocent citizens at large.” The complaint included seven biah Ahmed, bragged that lawsuits have who talk to other citizens about issues of Dallas-area plaintiffs who had never been increasingly become an “instrument” that national security to frivolous and costly previously mentioned by Mr. Kaufman, CAIR intends to use to reach its goals. lawsuits,” she said. S.L.R. nor been present at the theme park dem- Ms. Goldstein said it is regrettable onstration. Litigation is ongoing. that US courts have not yet grasped the Turning the Tables importance of rebuffing these attempts to * The Council on American Islamic restrain American citizens’ free speech Relations (CAIR) sued Andrew White- rights. head, an American activist, for $1.3 mil- lion for founding and maintaining the website Anti-CAIR-net.org, on which he lists CAIR as an Islamist organization with ties to terrorist groups. After CAIR refused Mr. Whitehead’s discovery re- quests, seemingly afraid of what internal documents the legal process it had initi- ated would reveal, the lawsuit was dis- missed by the court with prejudice. * CAIR also sued Cass Ballenger for $2 million after the then-North Carolina Republican Congressman said in a 2003 interview with the Charlotte Observer that the group was a “fundraising arm for Hezbollah” and that he had reported this to the FBI and CIA. Fortunately, the judge ruled that Mr. Ballenger’s state- ments were made in the scope of his public duties and were protected speech. * A Muslim police officer is suing former CIA official and counterterrorism consultant Bruce Tefft and the New York Police Department for workplace ha- rassment merely because Mr. Tefft sent emails with relevant news stories about Islamic terrorism to a voluntary list of recipients that included police officers. Direct and Real Threat According to Ms. Goldstein, these suits represent “a direct and real threat to our Constitutional rights and national security.” “Even if the lawsuits don’t succeed, the continued use of lawfare tactics by Islamist organizations has the potential to create a detrimental chilling effect on public discourse and information con- cerning the war on terror,” she said. Already, she said, publishers have canceled books on the subject of coun- terterrorism and no doubt other journal- ists and authors have self-censored due Page - 56 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” Victims’ Victory continued from page 1 won by victims’ families, evidence was terrorist attacked the catering hall and ily members of US citizens who had been presented that linked senior Palestinian Mr. Ellis was murdered. victims of Palestinian terror, the PA vir- leaders, including the late Yasir Arafat, A law passed by Congress in 1990, tually ignored them, claiming that it had to specific terrorist attacks. after the murder of Leon Klinghoffer sovereign immunity and, as a state, was Contradiction by Palestinian terrorists who seized the beyond the reach of the US legal system. The PA argued that the Bush ad- Achille Lauro cruise ship, allowed Ms. In 2003, former Attorney General and ministration should, nevertheless, over- Knox, 46, to sue the PA, which she did, longtime Palestinian supporter, Ramsey rule the courts and deny the families the in 2003. In 2006, US District Court Clark, who had been hired to defend the money that had been awarded to them. Judge Victor Marrero ordered the PLO PLO, described in a court hearing that he Palestinian officials maintained that it and the PA to pay Ms. Knox and other had to “break my neck climbing over lit- was contradictory for the US to provide relatives of Mr. Ellis nearly $174 mil- erally rubble” of Mr. Arafat’s Ramallah millions of dollars in aid to the PA while lion. To date, nothing has been paid, compound, only to be told to ignore the the decisions of US courts could bank- and Ms. Knox, who now resides outside cases. rupt it. Atlanta, is struggling to support her six US courts, noting that Palestine is Afif Safieh, head of the PLO’s Wash- children. not a state, rejected the PA’s claim to ington mission, claimed the families’ “Statement of Interest” sovereign immunity, paving the way for lawsuits were “politically and ideologi- This past December, based on legal judgments rendered against the Palestin- cally motivated to drive the Palestinian motions proffered by the PA’s attorneys, ians. Authority into bankruptcy.” Judge Marrero issued an order asking Frozen Assets The victims’ families argued that whether the State Department contem- An example is the case of Yaron Un- any intervention by the US govern- plated supplying a “Statement of Inter- gar, a US citizen murdered in Israel along ment in court against them would make est” in the case, essentially a letter ask- with his pregnant wife when terrorists at- a mockery of the Bush administration’s ing the court to nullify Ms. Knox’s award tacked their car in 1996. The Ungars had fight against terrorism. because the “international ramifications” left their toddler son with Mrs. Ungar’s Lobbying the Government would be harmful to US national inter- parents, but their baby son was in the car Representatives of 19 families ests. with them. Mrs. Ungar threw herself on whose loved ones, all American citizens, In his ruling, Judge Marrero recog- top of the baby and saved his life. Both were either murdered or maimed in Pal- nized that if there were a US government children are being raised by their mater- estinian terror attacks linked to the PA, Statement of Interest in the Knox case, it nal grandparents in Israel. were in Washington last month to dis- would impact “the other cases pending In a suit on behalf of Mr. Ungar’s suade the State and Justice Departments in other Districts against the defendants children and other American relatives, from interfering in their court cases. in this action raising similar issues as to the family was awarded $116 million, The impetus for their visit was the the appropriateness of reopening default which the PA has not paid. decision in the case of Leslys Knox, the judgments entered against the defen- But the US government has made widow of Aharon Ellis, a US citizen who dants.” efforts to ensure that the Ungars will was killed in 2002 while singing at a bat When lawsuits such as the one initi- see some of their award. In 2005, about mitzvah in Hadera, Israel. A Palestinian ated by Ms. Knox were first filed by fam- $200,000 in two of the PLO’s American bank accounts were frozen, a situation that Mr. Safieh called “a nightmare.” Letters of Complaint On June 18, 2005, then-Finance Minister and current PA Prime Minis- ter, Salaam Fayyad, wrote to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, urging the State Department to intervene in the Un- gar lawsuit on behalf of the Palestinians. Mr. Fayyad called the lawsuit a “serious obstacle” to effective Palestinian partici- pation in peace talks and, he said, it was inconsistent with US foreign policy. In 2006, another court, acting on behalf of the Ungars, froze more than another $100 million in retirement funds for Palestinian workers that were being managed in the US. That action prompt- ed PA President Mahmoud Abbas to http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 57 write to Ms. Rice, once again asking her it not a sensitive time?” said Mr. Sher. to satisfy a duly rendered judgment under to intervene. “Implicit in all this is the all too common a law enacted precisely to cover a case In a neutral, non-committal letter, threat that going against the terrorists and such as the one brought by Knox would Ms. Rice noted that the Ungar case had their protectors would be to awaken the be to derail any chance of progress in the gone all the way to the Supreme Court, ‘Palestinian Street.’ We all know what so-called ‘peace process’ and by impli- which declined to review it. The judg- that means: Don’t fight the terrorists be- cation foment bloodshed,” he said. ment, therefore, she told Mr. Abbas, “is cause that will only make them angrier No Presidential Waiver final and enforceable in United States and more violent.” In addition, he said, there is no pro- courts.” Acting on this threat, he said, would vision in the ATA for the issuance of a Further, she explained, the US gov- be nothing less than “appeasement.” waiver by the executive branch to over- ernment was not a party to the enforce- Used in Survivors’ Suits ride the courts in the name of national ment proceedings and that, as such, her According to Mr. Sher, Statements interest, which, in this case, he said, role was limited under “our adversarial of Interest were mechanisms invoked in “would mean not offending the Palestin- system of justice.” Stressing that the lawsuits brought by Holocaust survivors ian Authority.” government’s participation depended against German companies that exploit- “Waiver authority is contained in on US legal interests or obligations in- ed slave laborers during the Nazi era. other legislation, underscoring that if volved, she indicated the seriousness of “After lengthy negotiations involv- Congress intended to grant executive au- US anti-terrorism laws and the necessity ing the German government and com- thority to overrule any of the terrorism of allowing the courts to operate in a panies, representatives of the survivors, act’s provisos, it could have and would manner free of undue influence or inter- and the US government, a financial set- have written it into the act. It chose not ference. tlement was reached. In return, German to do so,” he said. She suggested that the PA explore industry received assurances that in any He also dismissed the “bankruptcy “out of court solutions so as to avoid en- litigation involving relevant claims, our argument,” explaining that the US has forcement actions.” government would submit a Statement already given “billions” to Palestinian Pollard’s Lawyer of Interest to the effect that it was in our leadership, “only to see it squandered The PA responded by finding a new nation’s interest to resolve these claims through widespread corruption and mis- set of lawyers, Richard A Hibey (who, through settlement rather than litiga- management.” in 1987, served as Jonathan Pollard’s at- tion,” he said. “If the PA is looking for a way to torney who did not urge him to appeal He pointed out the difference be- satisfy the court judgment, perhaps Ab- his life-term prison sentence) and Mark tween that case and Ms. Knox’s lawsuit. bas should track down the widow of Rochon of the Washington firm Miller In the case of the German government Yasir Arafat before she goes on her next & Chevalier. Messrs Hibey and Rochon and companies, the Statement of Interest shopping spree,” he said. argued that the Knox judgment should procedure was the result of a serious ne- False Confidence be nullified because the PA was now gotiation among all interested parties. Nevertheless, by the middle of Feb- prepared to litigate the case and offer “a “That is not what the Palestinians ruary, when the victims’ family members vigorous defense.” are proposing; they want to vacate the began arriving in Washington, the PA Citing Ms. Rice’s letter to Mr. Ab- judgment. Abbas is essentially putting seemed fairly confident that it would be bas, Messrs Hibey and Rochon urged a gun to the head of Secretary of State successful. Judge Mattero to request the Statement Condoleezza Rice. He is threatening that continued on page 59 of Interest from the State Department. “The judgment’s potential interfer- ence with American foreign policy pres- ents a unique and exceptional circum- stance justifying relief from a default judgment,” the PA’s lawyers argued. Teeth or a Sound Bite Neal M. Sher, a New York attorney and former executive director of AIPAC as well as director of the Office of Spe- cial Investigations in the Justice Depart- ment, saw the State Department’s chal- lenge as having to decide whether the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1990 (ATA) “has teeth or is little more than a sound bite.” He dismissed Mr. Abbas’s claim that allowing the judgments to stand would weaken him at a sensitive time in the Middle East. “When, by the way, is Page - 58 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 59

Victims’ Victory continued from page 57 “There has been a re- including Atlanta, Chicago, and victims who bring forth Bellinger III, legal adviser to thinking in the State Depart- South Carolina, Pennsylva- claims in good faith and win the Secretary of State and the ment that I wholeheartedly nia, and New York, first met judgments against terrorists State Department’s chief law- welcome,” Mr. Safieh told with members of Congress. should not be thwarted in yer, lasted over three hours. the Washington Post, indicat- As a result, eight Senators, their efforts,” said the Sena- “We were astonished. ing that the Palestinians’ ar- four Democrats and four Re- tors in their letter. We were expecting one hour gument had fallen on recep- publicans, signed a letter to The letter is signed by at most,” said Myra Clark- tive ears in Foggy Bottom. Ms. Rice, reminding her of Sens. Arlen Specter (R-PA), Siegel, a spokesman for the The victims’ families the 1990 anti-terrorism law Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), families. and their attorneys were out- that allows victims of ter- Sam Brownback (R-KS), When they met with raged at what then seemed ror and their heirs to pursue Chuck Grassley (R-IA), members of the Justice De- the likelihood that the Bush terrorists in American courts Chuck Schumer (D-NY), partment’s Office of Justice administration would inter- by providing “the remedies Jack Reed (D-RI), Elizabeth for Victims of Overseas Ter- fere against them and op- of traditional American tort Dole (R-NC), and Sheldon rorism, a unit created in 2005 pose their ability to collect law,” including treble dam- Whitehouse (D-RI). as a result of the “Koby Man- the judgments the courts had ages against those who cause Separately, Rep Ileana dell Act,” more than a dozen awarded them. injury or death through acts Ros- Lehtinen (R-FL) lec- government lawyers came to “Now here are the of international terrorism. tured Ms. Rice on the matter listen to their argument. wrongdoers, they come to the “As members of the US during a Congressional hear- “The families walked government, and say, ‘Hey, Senate, we have a distinct ing. “We have a pending issue into these meetings expecting help us.’ It’s hard to see why interest in ensuring that the about the US victims of Pal- the State and Justice Depart- the government listens to ATA is enforced in a man- estinian terrorism, and, so far, ments to explain why they them. It makes me feel like, ner consistent with the spirit the PA and the PLO have re- were going to issue the State- ‘Who is on my side?” said and intent of Congress. We fused to pay those judgments ment of Interest. Instead, the Ms. Knox. are concerned that as courts of those US victims, and re- families felt truly heard,” said “If the State Depart- render judgments holding cent reports indicate that the Ms. Clark-Siegel. ment tips the scales of justice terrorists and sponsors of ter- State Department may issue a Unit to Ensure Justice against the victims in order rorist acts accountable under statement in favor of the PA’s The Office of Justice for to support adjudicated ter- the ATA, political efforts to efforts to avoid paying hun- Victims of Overseas Terror- rorists, the war on terrorism have our government inter- dreds of millions of dollars in ism was established in May will be seen throughout the vene and unduly influence judgments won by American 2005 as a result of the Koby world as a farce,” said David the courts may undermine victims in US courts, and I Mandell Act. The Zionist Or- J. Strachman, a Rhode Island verdicts imposed by inde- would hope that would not ganization of America helped attorney who has represented pendent arbiters. Accord- happen,” she said. initiate that bill to ensure many of the families in their ingly, we would like to voice Long Meetings that those who have killed or lawsuits and came to Wash- our opposition to any such Armed with this Con- maimed Americans in Israel, ington with his clients. course of action or other gov- gressional support, the fami- Gaza, Judea, and Samaria are Bipartisan Support ernment interference with lies proceeded to meetings brought to justice. In Washington, the fami- the victims’ legal rights. The with State and Justice De- The act was named for lies, who came from com- ATA is an important piece of partment representatives. 13-year-old Koby Mandell, munities throughout the US, victims’ rights legislation, Their meeting with John B. continued on page 60 Page - 60 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion”

Victims’ Victory continued from page 59 who made aliyah with his gress.” of victims of Palestinian ter- like it.” family from Maryland and Unsure rorists, he said, “There needs According to the letter, was murdered, along with a Nevertheless, the fami- to be a clear and common un- the US government “has not friend, in 2001 by Palestinian lies were still far from reas- derstanding on the part of all yet decided whether or not Arabs. sured that the administration the relevant US government to participate in those other According to the Justice would refrain from giving agencies as to whether any- cases.” Department, the office is re- the Palestinians a legal vic- thing in this specific case, in “The United States sup- sponsible for “monitoring the tory. Top federal lawyers in this specific instance, touch- ports just compensation for investigation and prosecution the Justice Department told es on the interests of the US victims of terrorism from of terrorist attacks against the families the Bush admin- government.” those responsible for their Americans abroad; working istration had yet to decide its Mr. Casey ended the dis- losses and has encouraged all with the Criminal Division’s position. cussion with the suggestion parties to resolve these cases Victim-Witness Coordinator, Two days before the Feb that the government might to their mutual benefit. At the the FBI, the US Attorneys’ 29th deadline, State Depart- not meet the Feb 29th dead- same time, the United States Offices, and other depart- ment spokesman Tom Casey line. “When a decision will remains concerned about the mental components to ensure told reporters that no deci- be reached is a factor of how potentially significant impact that the rights of victims and sion had yet been reached. those interagency discussions that these cases may have on their families are honored However, he said, he wanted go,” he said. the financial and political vi- and respected; establishing a “to make it clear that regard- Door Left Open ability of the defendants,” Joint Task Force with the De- less of what happens with Nevertheless, on Feb said the letter, indicating the partment of State; compiling this case, the position of the 29th, six Justice Department administration’s worry about pertinent data and statistics; administration is one of great lawyers signed a letter to the PA. responding to Congressional sympathy for anyone who Judge Marrero, informing Vindication and citizen inquiries on the has suffered at the hands of him that the government de- The victims’ families Department’s response to terrorists.” clined to file a Statement of accepted the US decision as terrorist attacks on Ameri- Asked why there had Interest, “but will continue to vindication for their efforts. cans overseas; and filing any been such extensive delibera- monitor this and other cases “We are grateful that, necessary reports with Con- tion in the case of the families http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 61 at this time, the US govern- families in US courts.” ed and wrong has been the not entitled to concessions and ment has decided to support Caused Enormous Damage Bush Administration policy rewards, certainly not from justice over terror and that it Mort Klein, president of continuing and increasing American taxpayers. And it is will not now enter the case to of the ZOA and a tireless funding for the PA,” said Mr. certainly not entitled to evade support the terrorists,” said supporter of the Koby Man- Klein. justice for the innocent Amer- Mr. Strachman. “Ultimately, dell Act and the Justice De- This funding, he pointed icans it has murdered. The of course, it’s the courts that partment unit its enactment out, continues, “despite the US government is supposed will continue to adjudicate served to create, said that complete absence of any ef- to be championing justice for the victims’ claims. On be- even though the Bush ad- fort on Abbas’s part to jail ter- American citizens, not the half of the families who have ministration had reached the rorists and end the incitement financial interests of blood- suffered so much, we will do “correct decision” in refus- to hatred and murder within soaked murderers of innocents everything we can to ensure ing support to the PA “in its the PA-controlled, media, it chooses to call moderates that justice will prevail.” efforts to avoid justice,” the mosques, schools, and youth and allies and whose crimes Ms. Knox said she was fact that the administration camps that feed terror.” it fails to acknowledge,” he just “glad that the govern- had considered assisting the According to monitor- said. S.L.R. ment will not interfere at this PA fend off the lawsuits “has ing organizations, Mr. Abbas stage.” caused enormous damage to continues to permit this in- “I am hopeful that it will the credibility of the US in its citement in the areas of Judea refrain from supporting the fight against Islamist terror and Samaria controlled by his legal position of the terrorist- worldwide.” Fatah faction of the PLO. defendants in the future,” she “The very fact that PA “The PA has not rewrit- said. officials have the temerity to ten the textbooks, maps, and AIPAC spokesman Josh seek such assistance and ar- official documents which ei- Block said his organization gue that American failure to ther fail to mention Israel or “applauded the administra- help them is inconsistent with acknowledge it only to call tion’s decision not to shield US funding for the PA shows for its elimination. It has not those responsible for terrorist that they have concluded that renamed the schools, streets, attacks on American citizens they can get away with bra- and sports teams named in from the financial damages zen sponsorship of terrorism. honor of suicide bombers. awarded to victims and their It also shows how misguid- Until it does, the PA is simply Page - 62 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” Ess Gezint: Hamantaschen Light Norene Gilletz, a food consultant, cooking instructor, and certified culinary professional, just also happens to be one of Cana- da’s leading authorities on kosher cooking. At first glance, her new book, Norene’s Healthy Kitchen (Whitecap), has nothing to do with kashruth. But look closer, and it becomes clear that these “family friendly, heart smart, diabetes, GI, and weight loss-friendly” recipes are also absolutely kosher. What a delight. 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National Insurance Institute Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. De- leader Ariel Sharon visited “These families lost hus- of Jerusalem, a facility that voutly religious, Eish Kodesh the Temple Mount, had actu- bands, wives, sons, daugh- operates exclusively for the Gilmore was his communi- ally been in the planning for ters, and parents in terror- benefit of Jerusalem’s Arab ty’s first child to serve in the many months. ist attacks perpetrated by community. Every Arab army. Kfar Darom School Bus Palestinian Arabs. Congress family in Israel receives a Many of his fellow sol- Bombing: Nov 30, 2000 passed the Anti-terrorist Act monthly child allowance, and diers said his warmth and The Biton Family of 1990 to hold terrorists and the Institute also dispenses willingness to help influ- Gavriel Biton, a 35-year- their sponsors accountable disability payments. The pre- enced them to pursue greater old teacher at an elementary and specifically to encourage dominantly Arab staff had re- interest in Judaism. After his school in Gush Katif, was survivors’ families to seek ceived death threats because murder, his unit took respon- murdered when a roadside justice through the courts,” they worked for the Israeli sibility for his wife, Inbal, bomb exploded alongside a said the families’ spokesper- government. whom he had married three bus carrying children from his son, Myra Clark-Siegel. From close range, the years before his death, and community of Kfar Darom to Expressing satisfaction Arab intruder fired a num- their then-infant daughter, school. The wide-operated in the Bush administration’s ber of shots at the two secu- Talya Dina, born in 1999. artillery shell killed another decision not to issue a “State- rity guards seated in the first- The Gilmore family who teacher as well as wounding ment of Interest” opposing floor waiting room, hitting filed the lawsuit against the nine others, mostly children, the families’ quest for justice, them in the head, chest, and PA includes hi parents, Re- continued on page 65 she said if the departments of abdomen. The assailant then State and Justice had taken fled on foot. such an action, “they would One of the secu- have prevented the families rity guards, Eish Kodesh from collecting judgments Gilmore, a 25-year-old US the courts have awarded citizen, died almost immedi- them.” ately upon arrival at the Ha- “Therefore, State and the dassah-University hospital in DoJ would essentially have Ein Kerem. been defending sponsors of His parents, devotees of terror,” she said. the late Rabbi Shlomo Carle- Ms. Clark-Siegel issued bach, made aliyah as newly a list of the families and the weds from New Jersey. Their circumstances that led to the Page - 64 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 65 Every Family continued from page 63 some of whom lost limbs in Dahlan, was identified as her life may have been saved called the family in Chicago. the attack. having personally supervised by the Magen David Adom “That was the phone From a distance of about preparations for the bombing ambulance driver who called call you never want to get,” 20 yards from the road on attack near Kfar Darom. his wife, a hospital worker at said her father, Ron Gould, which the bus was traveling, Jaffa Road Bus Stop Shoot- Shaare Zedek Medical Center who was, at first, told that his the terrorists detonated a 120 ing: Jan 22, 2001 in Jerusalem, to ask that an daughter had not survived. mm shell with a sophisticated Two women were killed operating room be prepared. When she was ready to fusing mechanism. Their ex- and more than 40 people The senior cardiotho- travel, a post-operative spe- press target was the school were injured when a PLO op- racic surgeon who saved her cialist accompanied Miss bus in which 30 children, erative, dressed as an Israeli life was Dr. Maher Deeb, a Gould back to Skokie. There teachers, and escorts were soldier, attacked a busy bus Palestinian physician, who are still pavement fragment traveling. stop. Eye witnesses said he said if the ambulance had ar- wounds imbedded in her leg, Mr. Biton, a native of Ye- just opened fire, spraying his rived two minutes later, she and she still suffers extreme roham in the Negev, was the M-16 semi-automatic rifle would have died. Dr. Deeb’s pain. son of Hadasa and Aryeh Bi- haphazardly in all directions, 19-year-old cousin, a law Her husband, Adi Elliot ton, former New Yorkers who trying to kill as many Jews as student, was also killed by of Tel Aviv, whom she mar- made aliyah in 1967. He and possible. Palestinian terrorists who ried in 2007, came with her his wife, the former Avigail Sayyid Ibrahim Rama- mistook him for a Jew. to Washington to confront Lewis, also of New York, met dan first sprayed bullets at Miss Gould’s heart the State and Justice Depart- when she came to Yeroham to the bus and then turned to- stopped on the operating ments. “We are US citizens. do her National Service. The wards the sidewalk and shot table during the four-hour They should be concerned Bitons, who had been living everyone at the bus stop. He surgery, and she required an with our rights,” she told re- in Kfar Darom for ten years, was killed at the scene. emergency transfusion. She porters. had six children, the oldest of The attack was financed lost a lung, and one of her She, her father and whom was 12 when he lost by Fatah Tanzim chief Hus- back muscles had to be re- mother, Elise Gould, and her his father, and the youngest sein al-Sheikh, who, as an moved. She remained in the sister, Jessica Rine, are suing only four months old. official in Mr. Abbas’s Fatah hospital for two weeks and the PA. The family suing the PA faction of the PLO, has met received outpatient treatment The Waldman Family includes Mr. Biton’s parents, with US Secretary of State for an additional month. Shmuel Waldman prob- widow, and their six children, Condoleezza Rice. Over the years, she has ably would have been killed, Elyashiv, Tamar, Noam, Ori- The Gould Family undergone additional opera- but, although he took the ter- ya, Shilo, and Adi. Shayna Gould, then 19, tions to correct further com- rorist’s first bullets, he was a In the attack that killed of Skokie, was in Israel to plications. She is without her little further away from the Mr. Biton, Rachel Asraf, also study at the Neve Yerusha- left kidney, and her nervous scene. He had gone to a near- formerly of New York, was layim Seminary. She had, to system and memory were by kiosk to get some coins to seriously injured. She, too, is a great extent, financed her damaged. She does not re- help a young man at the bus suing the PA. own trip, working in kosher member the attack. stop who had found himself According to documents, restaurants and leaving “Send Her family heard about stranded without money for Rashid Abu Shabak, then-sec- Shayna to Israel” tzedaka the attack because, when she carfare. ond-in-command to the head boxes to be filled. was shot, Miss Gould had The bullets ruptured Mr. of the PA Preventive Security She lost a great deal of been on the phone with a Waldman’s leg. While he was Forces in Gaza, Mohammed blood in the shooting, and friend in London. The friend continued on page 66 Page - 66 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” Every Family continued from page 65 in the bus being raced to the for more than three years. hands. Surgery to remove as Roni, and five others. hospital, he managed first Shmuel and Henna veins and nerves from his The terrorist, Abd As-Salam to call his wife, Henna, and Waldman now reside in New leg and transplanting them Sadeq Hassouna, was pushed then his parents, Morris and Jersey. They and Eva and to his hand helped the mobil- outside by surviving guests, Eva, back in Brooklyn, to tell Morris Waldman are suing ity in fingers, but left his leg where he was killed by po- them he was all right. the PA. somewhat numb. He has not lice who quickly arrived at Assisted by their com- The Guetta Family played soccer since the at- the scene. munity, the Waldmans were Varda Guetta and her tack. A member of the Back placed on the next flight to then-12-year-old son, Oz An American citizen, Hebrew community, Mr. El- Jerusalem, receiving an 80 Joseph, were not at the bus Mr. Guetta is suing the PA. lis was at the party only be- mph NYC police escort to stop. They were in a car, re- Hadera Bat Mitzvah Mas- cause his friend, Eddi Butler, the state line. Once over the turning home from his soccer sacre: Jan 17, 2002 the usual soloist with the George Washington Bridge, practice, when they stopped The Ellis/Knox Families Eden Group, had laryngitis. the NJ State Police took over, at a stop sign. As soon as Ms. Aharon Ben Yisrael El- Mr. Ellis died, shielding the rushing the parents of the Guetta applied the brakes, lis, 32 when he was mur- band’s lead singer with his victim to Newark Airport. their car was riddled with no dered, was a professional own body. They were on the plane less less than 19 bullets, damag- singer who had been hired by Born in Dimona, Mr. El- than 90 minutes after their ing the vehicle so that escape the family of 12-year-old bat lis was the first Israeli-born son announced that he had was impossible. mitzvah girl, Nina Kardash- child of the Black Hebrew been wounded. Two bullets hit Oz Jo- ova, to perform at her party community. His parents, Shmuel Waldman has seph in the hand; another at the David Palace Hall on Prince Elkannann Carter and had to endure a number of struck his left foot. His elbow Weizmann Avenue in Had- Mellonnee Ellis, were origi- grueling surgeries. Due to was broken. era. nally from Chicago. the extensive nerve damage While in the hospital, he Shortly before 11pm, a Fluent in Hebrew, Eng- to his right leg, he has little suffered from infection and terrorist burst into the ban- lish, and Russian, he had sensation there, and the emo- fevers, and, upon returning quet hall and opened fire on become a popular singer tional trauma still plagues home, had significant prob- the 180 guests with an assault throughout Israel, performing him. He has been in therapy lems moving his leg and rifle, killing Mr. Ellis, known as a soloist and with bands. http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 67

For six years before his The Sokolow Family gade,” said the report, “is to cal therapy to walk again. She death, Aharon Ellis had been On the last day of their carry out attacks on the Israe- still cannot move her toes or living with Leslye Knox and trip to Israel, celebrating the li home front. The troop has ankle fully and has suffered her five children from a pre- semester break with their old- been named in honor of the permanent nerve damage and vious marriage. “He was a est daughter, Elana, in Jerusa- martyr Wafa Idris.” numbness. wonderful person, a good lem, Mark and Rena Sokolow After the blast, Mr. Jamie Sokolow was and devoted friend, who took and their two younger daugh- Sokolow began searching for hospitalized for a week with great care of my five children, ters, Jamie, 12, and Lauren, his wife and children. When shrapnel wounds to her face as if he were their biological 16, walked to a shoe store not he made his way to a nearby and eye. She sustained a torn father,” she said. far from their hotel. When hospital, he was treated for iris and needed surgery to re- Ms. Knox and Mr. Ellis they left the store, they were shrapnel wounds and released move glass shards from her had one child together, Jor- knocked to the ground by the the following day. As a result eye. She underwent plastic dan, who was 15 months old blast of Wafa Ali Khalil Idris, of the bombing, he sustained surgery to repair her face, bur when his father was killed. a female suicide bomber who damage to his eardrum and a still retains facial scarring Alone and almost des- had been dispatched and out- loss of hearing. He has had from the blast. titute, Ms. Knox returned fitted by the PLO. Ms. Idris follow-up surgery for a burst Lauren Sokolow was home to the Atlanta, GA, area was the first female suicide eardrum and still experiences hospitalized with shrapnel to raise their six children. bomber of the Second Inti- ringing in his ears. wounds, burns, and a loss The family suing the PA fada. Mrs. Sokolow also of some hearing. She has on behalf of Mr. Ellis includes The Fatah faction, which searched for her family, but permanent scars on her face his parents; his sisters, Fran- was controlled by the late instead of her husband and and legs and will require ad- cine, Lynne, and Tsaphrirah Yasir Arafat and now by PA children, she found the sev- ditional surgery to repair her Ellis; his brothers, Amitai and President Mahmoud Abbas, ered head of Ms. Idris. Se- hearing. Aron Carter; his widow; his bragged publicly that it had verely injured in her leg and The five Sokolows are biological son, and his five created a “woman’s brigade, suffering excruciating pain, suing the PA. adopted children, Reuven, in order for women to take she was hospitalized for ten Karnei Shomron Pizzeria Sharon, Shayra, Yoshavyah, an active part in the war be- days and required extensive. Bombing: Feb 16, 2002 and Yihonadav Carter. ing fought in the Palestinian It took five months for her to Three teenagers were Jerusalem Bombing: Jan areas.” regain partial movement in killed and 28 other people 27, 2002 “The purpose of this bri- her leg, and a year of physi- continued on page 69 Page - 68 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 69 Every Family continued from page 67 were wounded, six seriously, sponse team, went to the site, She required more than best friend, who also died as when a suicide bomber blew unaware that his daughter had six months of treatments a result of the bombing. himself up next to a crowded been a victim. He discovered and lost more than a year of Hit by nails and bolts, pizzeria on a Saturday night. the truth while caring for sur- school. In her suit against several of which lodged in Two of the murdered teenag- vivors. the PA, she is joined by her his stomach and wounded his ers and several of the injured Mr. Shatsky had been mother and her four siblings, arms and legs, and suffering were US citizens. scheduled to fly from Israel Ilan, Miriam, Yehiel, and Zvi, serious burns, the 14-year-old The pizza shop was lo- back to the US to visit his all of them, like Chana Fried- underwent a series of opera- cated in the Yuvalim Mall, a father, who was ill. Instead, man herself, US citizens. tions including the removal popular meeting place for lo- the grandparents flew to Is- The Thaler Family of his spleen. He continues to cal youngsters. rael for their granddaughter’s On the night of the at- suffer from hearing loss and The terrorist, an opera- funeral. tack, Ginette Thaler, original- still has shrapnel lodged in tive of the PLO identified The family suing the PA ly of New York, brought her his body. as Sadiq A’id Mahmud Abd on behalf of Miss Shatsky daughter, Rachel, to the mall Ginette Thaler knew her al-Hafez, detonated a large includes her parents; her to spend time with friends. daughter was at the mall, but bomb packed with nails and brothers, Yoseph and David; Less than 30 minutes later, she thought her son was at metal bolts, designed to cause and her sisters Tzipporah and the terrorist attacked. a friend’s home. At the site, as much damage as possible Miriam Shatsky and Sarah Rachel Thaler sustained she was told that Lior was to the human body. Timmerman. multiple injuries, including in critical condition but that The Shatsky Family The Friedman Family shrapnel that lodged in her Rachel’s wounds were not as On the evening of the at- Chana Friedman was brain, rendering her brain serious. tack, Keren Shatsky, 14, was celebrating her 15th birthday dead. She never regained Originally, her children celebrating the birthday of her when she saw someone com- consciousness and died 11 were taken to separate hos- best friend, Chana Friedman, ing to the table and, moments days later. pitals, but, after a few days, when the terrorist detonated later, toss what appeared to Although Ms Thaler did Lior was transferred to the his bomb. Miss Shatsky was be two bombs. not know it at the time, her same hospital that was caring hit by shrapnel in the back of She remembers running 14-year-old son, Lior Thaler, for Rachel. her neck and died. to a bus driver for help and was also at the mall with his continued on page 70 Her parents, JoAnne being taken to the local Ma- (Chava) from Vermont and gen David Adom station. Scott (Shabtai) from New The daughter of Bella York, had made aliyah in Friedman, originally from 1984 and moved to Ginot New York, she sustained sec- Shomron in 1986, a commu- ond-degree burns and shrap- nity made up of more than nel wounds to her face, legs, 100 families originally from chest, and right eye. Her ear- the US and Canada. Miss drum also ruptured as a result Shatsky attended the Lehava of the blasts. Ulpana School in Kedumim. She underwent surgery Immediately after the at- to remove the shrapnel from tack, Mr. Shatsky, a member her body, leaving her with a of the area’s emergency re- permanent gash in her leg. Page - 70 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” Every Family continued from page 69 Before Rachel died, her er. The four Thaler men, all to his left eye in which he no Steven Braun family donated her organs for US citizens, and Ms. Thaler longer has vision. His left ear- Mr. Braun was win- transplant because, her moth- are suing the PA for Rachel’s drum ruptured, and he never dow shopping not far from er said, they thought it was death. regained full hearing. He has the pizzeria when the bomb important for others to benefit When the play, My been told that the remain- exploded. Thrown back as from her tragedy, especially Name Is Rachel Corrie” ing shrapnel in his body may a result of the blast, he felt during a time when there were (based on the writings of cause him further injuries. extreme pain in his legs and so many terrorist attacks. a young American radical The heat from the blast saw that he had been hit by “I feel that part of my who was accidentally killed burned his face and hands, shrapnel. daughter is living in two in 2003 while trying to pre- causing nerve damage to his When he saw pieces of other people who gained life vent the IDF from bulldoz- fingers and the sole of his human flesh on his right leg, from her donation. I know ing weapons-smuggling tun- foot. Shrapnel was removed he thought his leg had been that’s what my daughter nels in Gaza), was produced, from his ankle, but still re- ruptured. It was later as- would have wanted,” said journalist Tom Gross wrote a mains in his right hand. sumed that the flesh he saw Ms. Thaler. column he called “The For- Mrs. Trattner, who was belonged to the bomber. Ms. Thaler was origi- gotten Rachels” about young seated next to her husband After the initial shock, nally from England, but her Jewish women named Ra- in the pizza shop, sustained Mr. Braun tried to assist oth- former husband, Michael, chel, including Miss Thaler, burns to her face, legs, and er victims and the paramed- the father of Rachel, Lior, who were victims of the peo- hands. She was also hit with ics who arrived on the scene. and another brother, Zvi, was ple Miss Corrie was trying to shrapnel, which remains He personally witnessed the from the US. They moved to protect. lodged in her legs. She has carnage, and, thus, is serving Ginot Shomron in 1997 and, The Trattner Family undergone extensive treat- as plaintiff and witness in the when Mr. and Ms. Thaler In the pizzeria bomb- ment for the burns and scar- suit against the PA. were divorced in 2000, Mr. ing, newlyweds Hillel and ring on her feet. The King George Street Thaler moved back to Flor- Ronit Trattner were seriously Mr. Trattner’s parents, Bombing: Mar 22, 2002 ida, where he resides, along wounded. Mr. Trattner was Aron and Shelley, are origi- The Bauer Family with an older step-brother of struck in the head by shrapnel nally from Chicago. On the At 4:20 pm, Moham- Rachel and Lior, Isaac Thal- and sustained nerve damage evening of the attack, they med Hashakikah, a 22-year- heard the explosion and saw old member of the PA police the news on television. When force, detonated himself, kill- they tried to reach their son ing three people and wound- on his cell phone, there was ing 81, including Dr. Alan no response. Bauer, a Harvard-educated In the hospital, they biochemist from Chicago, barely recognized him. His and his seven-year-old son, face and especially his eyes Yehonaton, who were simply were horribly swollen. He walking on the street. was unconscious and could The terrorist had been be identified only by his armed and directed by the wristwatch. PA. The attack was ordered He and his parents are by Akrim Rachav Yinis suing the PA. Aweis, a member of the PA’s http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 71

General Intelligence Service, 13, Yehonaton was left blind- Three members of the cell, Israel just one day before and Nasser Shawish, a high- ed in his left eye with only who exploited their ability to the bombing to accompany ranking member of the Tan- limited hearing and mobility travel freely inside Israel to a group of 19 American stu- zim, a militia controlled by on his left side. His physical gather information on targets dents who were scheduled the Fatah faction of the PLO. difficulties are still apparent and deliver explosives to at- to attend classes at the uni- The director of the Tan- six years after the attack. He tack sites, were arrested two versity. She was killed while zim, Marwan Barghouti, cur- limps on his left side and his weeks after the Hebrew Uni- having lunch with them in rently serving several life- motor skills in his left hand versity bombing. They were the cafeteria. term sentences in an Israeli are limited. on their way to perpetrate A 1991 graduate of the prison for murder, supplied Dr. Bauer and his sons, another terrorist attack when University of Massachusetts the $600 for explosive ma- Yehonaton, Binyamin, Dan- they were arrested. at Amherst with a degree terials, which was delivered iel, and Yehuda, are suing the Muhammad Ouda, 29, in Jewish Civilization, Ms. by the director of PA intelli- PA. who actually placed the bomb Coulter, who was raised as gence, Tawfiq Tirawi. The Hebrew University in the cafeteria, worked at an Episcopalian, converted The General Secretary Cafeteria Bombing: July the Hebrew University as to Judaism in 1996. Friends of Fatah for the West Bank, 31, 2002 a construction worker. He said she had been influenced Hasin a-Sheikh, wrote a let- Approximately 100 peo- concealed the bomb the day by a lecture on the Holocaust ter claiming responsibility ple were eating lunch in the before the attack without at- given by Eli Wiesel. for the attack. Frank Sinatra Cafeteria at tracting suspicion. The next She was about to finish Dr. Bauer suffered two 1:30 pm at the Hebrew Uni- day, he went to work at the her master’s thesis on the lacerated arteries, requiring versity on Mt Scopus, Jerusa- university as usual. Book of Ruth at the Univer- six hours of surgery to repair. lem, when a bomb planted in- The Coulter Family sity of Denver’s Institute for He continues to experience side the restaurant exploded, Janis Ruth Coulter, 36, Islamic-Judaic Studies. restrictive use of his left arm killing nine people, including originally from Massachu- Her father, Robert and has had two skin grafts to five Americans, and injuring setts, was serving as the as- Coulter, Sr, heard about the cover the scarring. 85. sistant director of the Hebrew bombing on television, and His son suffered a shrap- The bomb, which gut- University’s foreign students called another daughter, Di- nel wound to his brain and ted the cafeteria, had been department in New York. A ane Coulter Miller, who con- spent the next three and a half set by a terrorist cell oper- former Hebrew University tacted her sister’s supervisor weeks in intensive care. Now ating in eastern Jerusalem. student, she had arrived in continued on page 74 Page - 72 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 73 Index of Advertisers

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Every Family continued from page 71 in New York. All of them Israeli and told her parents Hebrew fluently, as a native The day after the bomb- tried desperately to reach she was making aliyah. Al- English speaker, she was on ing, he was scheduled to fly Janis Ruth Coulter on her cell though they argued with her, the Mt Scopus campus for home to visit his family in phone. she would not be swayed, a Hebrew-language exam Pennsylvania before returning The family retrieved her and in 1990, at the age of 26, which was a prerequisite for to Israel for the next academic dental records and faxed them she moved to Jerusalem and the library science program year. Instead, his body was to Israel, where her death was never saw her family again. she wanted to take. She had flown home for burial in his confirmed that evening. According to her father, stopped at the cafeteria be- hometown of Harrisburg, PA. Her father, sister, and Dr. Larry Carter, a veterinar- fore the exam. A graduate of the Rabbi brother, Robert Coulter, Jr, ian, he had an address for her, A talented artist who en- David Silver Yeshiva in Har- are suing the PA. but although the family tried joyed music, painting, and risburg, Mr. Blutstein was The Carter Family to correspond with her, she sculpture, she never married deeply interested in educa- Diane “Dina” Carter, 37, never wrote back. and had no children. tion and popular music. He was also in the cafeteria when Nevertheless, he said, “I Dr. Carter, who is di- had worked as an intern for the bomb exploded. She had thought about her every day. vorced from Ms Carter’s the local JCC on a research grown up in a Christian home I was glued to the TV every mother, learned of his daugh- project surveying the cultural in Greensboro, NC, where time there was news of vio- ter’s death from a journalist practices and social identities she played volleyball and was lence in Israel.” who called his home. A few of unaffiliated Jews. a star student. She graduated In Israel, Ms. Carter con- months later, he received a His father, Dr. Richard from Duke University with verted to Judaism, changed call about the lawsuit that was Blutstein, a pediatrician and honors in anthropology and her name to Dina, and took being filed against the PA by Harrisburg’s only mohel, earned a master’s degree in a job as librarian and archi- other Americans. He decided learned of the attack while social work at the University vist in the National Library to join as the only chance of watching the news. He im- of North Carolina-Chapel located on the Hebrew Uni- punishing his daughter’s kill- mediately contacted friends Hill. versity’s Givat Ram cam- ers. in Israel who told him that his In college, she met an pus. Although she spoke Dr. Carter said the Pal- son had been killed. estinians not only took his Mr. Blutstein’s mother, daughter—in truth, he said, Dr. Katherine Baker, is a he had lost her years be- microbiologist at Penn State fore—but, rather, they stole University in Harrisburg. his hope that he would one Mr. Blutstein’s parents day reconcile with his child and his younger sister, Re- and discover why she had becca, are suing the PA. abandoned her family. The Gritz Family “It took away every David Gritz, 24, held hope, every dream that I had. dual American and French I do not possess the vocabu- citizenship. The only child of lary to explain how devastat- an American father and Cro- ing that is,” he said. atian mother, he grew up in Equally painful, he said, Paris, but spent his summers is the idea that his govern- in the small town of Peru, ment was even contemplat- Massachusetts, located in the ing siding with the people Berkshires. who murdered his daughter. After earning a master’s Dr. Carter and another degree in political science daughter, Shaun Coffel, are and philosophy from the Sor- suing the PA. bonne in Paris, he had come The Blutstein Family to Israel to begin a graduate Benjamin Blutstein, 25, course in Jewish thought at had come to Israel for a two- the Hebrew University. He year study program at the was one of two students to Pardes Institute. His aim was win a $12,000 scholarship to become a teacher of Jewish from the Hartman Institute. studies, and, to that end, was On the day their son was attending a Hebrew language murdered, his parents were ulpan at Hebrew University. continued on page 79 http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 75 “Honor the Professional According to Your Need” Page - 76 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion” Letters to the Editor What Are Our Priorities? Many Early Jews in America Retained Their Faith Catriel Sugarman’s piece last month [“A Bakers Dozen After watching the first of the three-part documentary, Predictions Based on Demographic Destiny,” Feb 2008], offers “The Jewish Americans,” [350 Years of Immigration, Assimi- predictions on what the American Jewish community will look lation, and Holding onto Tradition,” Jan 2008], I was sorely like assuming present trends continue. We can take this as, “Oh disappointed This program emphasized what I will term Jew- my,” “I told you so,” and “We’re right; they’re wrong.” We, as ish culture as opposed to Judaism. Scant time was allocated to individuals, need to go beyond the trend line and determine if those Jews who did their utmost to maintain the faith of their we want to do something to alter the trajectory. If we are not fathers and mothers when they came to America. there already, the percentage of Muslims in the US will soon There was, for example, no mention of Asser Levy, one pass the number of identified Jews. of the original 23 Jews who came to New Amsterdam in 1654. Professional outreach is great. So far, Chabad does it best, Levy was a butcher, but he insisted on a special agreement so with emissaries in many places where one would not expect that he did not have to slaughter pigs. In short, he was an obser- Yiddishkeit, and their success at connecting with the unobserv- vant Jew who lived a traditional Jewish life in New York. ant and unaffiliated. They are on campus, in rural areas, and There was also no mention of Aaron Lopez, the wealthiest overseas. Those who show up at their events are welcome and merchant during colonial times, who was an observant Jew. He not judged or criticized. lived under the Inquisition in Portugal from his birth in 1731 I am not as familiar with the results of Aish HaTorah and until he came to Newport in 1752. Once he arrived in Newport, NCSY, although I am sure they have their success stories. How- he had himself circumcised, married his wife according to Jew- ever, we cannot rely on these groups, as fervent and dedicated ish law, and did his best to live by Halacha (Jewish Law). He as they are, to do all the outreach for us. was one of the founders of the Touro Synagogue. When we encounter less or non-observant, unaffiliated, or The series notes that Abraham Kahan taught secular sub- otherwise disconnected co-religionists, what is our own per- jects in a yeshiva, yet it fails to mention this was Yeshiva Etz sonal approach? We need to take a hard look at what works Chaim, the first yeshiva founded on the Lower East Side by and what we are willing to live with. When we meet a Jewish Russian/East European Jews. There was no mention of Rabbi but otherwise disconnected person, say on trip, in business, or Jacob Joseph, who was the Chief Rabbi of NYC, or the school at school do we invite him/her and his/her family for a Shabbat that was named for him, which served as the model for all sub- with or without restrictions and how do we handle emergen- sequent Jewish day schools in America. cies? Consider these examples: The documentary mentions Jacob Schiff, a philanthropist You invite such a family to spend Shabbat (Friday night who was not an observant Jew, yet does not mention Harry Fis- through Saturday) with you, but, while driving, to your home chel, who was an observant-Jewish multimillionaire who sup- Friday afternoon, they get lost or stuck in traffic, and call you ported many Orthodox-Jewish causes. 15 minutes before Shabbat saying they expect to be to your Similarly, Stephen Wise is included, but not Isaac Leeser, home in a half hour. What do you say? What do you do if the man who single-handedly did the most to preserve tradi- they do not call, but park on the street in front of your house and tional Judaism in America during the 19th century. There was knock on your door after Shabbat has begun? no mention of Rebecca Gratz, an observant woman who did You meet a married Jewish woman who has children, and much for Jewish education during the 19th century. is new in town. She was a member of a Conservative synagogue The documentary addresses the struggles of immigrants, and is looking to connect with a new community. When do you and yet make no mention of how Yiddishkeit was maintained ask if her husband is Jewish? If she says yes, do you ask if he in Colonial days. converted and if so how? And if so, what do you then? Last There was no mention of the founding of the Rabbi Isaac Elchonon time I checked, these children are halachically Jewish, so how Teachers Seminary (RIETS) that subsequently grew into Yeshiva Uni- do we reach them? versity or of Rabbi Dr. Bernard Revel, who played a key role. A young man and woman come to visit your shul. They The segment entitled “Doing Well and Doing Good: Edu- are both Jewish and keep “reasonably” kosher. They are not yet cation and Philanthropy” gives the impression that all the im- married but are in love and live together. Where do they fit in? migrants were more interested in their children assimilating Everyone, regardless of level of observance, can do some- into American society than in preserving their Judaism. This is thing. Gifts, food, offers of hospitality, and suggestions for basic simply not true. There were those who did their best to instill a instruction can help, especially when given in a non-judgmental commitment to Judaism that transcended upward mobility. and positive manner. We give tzedaka and spend time learning, It seems to me that the documentary does a great disservice and it is great to celebrate a siyyum as a result of many hours in that it ignores those Jews who struggled to transplant the in study. But how much time should an observant or traditional faith of their fathers and mothers here so that their children and person engage in outreach per week? Answer: More time than grandchildren would remain Jews. he or she spends bemoaning the decline of other branches of Professor Yitzchok Levine Judaism. Department of Mathematical Sciences Bernard Brothman Stevens Institute of Technology Morris Plains, NJ Hoboken, NJ http://jewishvoiceandopinion.com Adar II 5768 The Jewish Voice and Opinion Page - 77 “Thought Is the World of Freedom” (R’ Dov Ber of Mazeritch) It’s Not the Obama Myths That Are Scary Where Is Avrohom Mondrowitz? The joint Jewish leaders’ recent letter debunking various Thank you so very much for your lengthy informative article myths concerning Barack Obama’s origins was principled and about Avrohom Mondrowitz [“After 23 Years, Fugitive Wanted for correct, but it misses the point. Child Sex-Abuse in Brooklyn’s Orthodox Community Faces Ex- Americans should be long past innuendo and ought to tradition from Israel,” November 2007]. It took great courage on examine troubling facts. I am far more concerned that in the your part to expose the mess which has been festering so long. liberal spirit that everyone can get along better through “com- Brooklyn has deteriorated further since Mondrowitz ran munication,” Obama would sit with Iran’s President Mahmoud away to Israel, and there seems to be more of these monsters Ahmadinejad. Pray tell, what would they discuss? And would working the streets. he bring along Zbigniew Brzezinski, the national security ad- I would like to help put him in prison for life in open viser to former President Jimmy Carter? court. Moreover, Obama’s comfort with anti-Israel advocates, including Please continue to write about this disastrous cancer in the his pastor and a church whose board has taken a series of anti-Israel Brooklyn community. actions, and with George Soros, is disturbing. Obama has not called Naomi Adler for any change in his church’s antisemitic views. Were Obama’s Pas- Cleveland, OH tor Wright an Evangelical, press scrutiny would be far harsher. SLR responds: Thank you for your kind words. As far as He also harshly attacked his political opponents for voting to designate we know, he is still sitting in a Jerusalem jail cell, where he was Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist group, even though they have sent because pornography was found on his computer in Is- murdered Jews in Buenos Aires and bolstered Hezbollah in Lebanon. rael. His high-profile team of attorneys are struggling to avoid Obama advocates “world nuclear disarmament.” How his extradition to the US. shockingly naive. He believes that if “America leads the way ... Don’t Call Them “Mr.” countries like Iran and North Korea won’t have an excuse.” I just want you to know how much I enjoy and appreciate For these and other substantive reasons, I submit that the your fine publication. Having said that, however, I have a few superfluous public discourse misses the point. comments. Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld First, your lead article [“Israel, Egypt, the PA, and Gaza: New York, NY Border Blues,” Feb 2008] was too long, despite my strong iden- Thanks for Votee Park Inclusive Playground tification with the cause. I think you are preaching to the choir. We are all gearing up for the fully inclusive playground in Second, you don’t need to use the prefix “Mr.” before Teaneck! This playground will support fun for all children with names such as Abu Uday, the nom de guerre of a 23-year-old varying abilities and disabilities. We expect to have the playground member of Hamas’s al-Qassam Brigades; or Abu Usama, an- completed and ready for use by this coming summer 2008. other Hamas commando. They don’t deserve the title. The Inclusive Playground will be housed in Votee Park, Keep up the good work. near the Tennis Courts and basketball courts. 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Every Family continued from page 74 in New York, where friends 7, and a Lifeline radio host, told them about the bombing. Dr. Goldstein was killed six After trying to reach their son minutes after he and his wife by phone, they contacted the spoke their last “I love you” Israeli Consulate. by cell phone, according to They are now suing the Dr. Goldberg’s sister, Car- PA. rie Devorah, a Washington, Jerusalem Bus Number 19: DC-based investigative pho- Jan 30, 2004 tojournalist. The Goldberg Family Dr. Goldberg’s wife, Shi- Dr. Yechezkel “Chezi” fra, and their seven children, Goldberg, 41, was on the bus whose ages ranged from two when Ali Jaara, 24, a member to 17 when their father was of the Fatah-operated Al-Aq- murdered, are all American sa Martyrs Brigades from the citizens. Aida refugee camp outside of The family resided in Bethlehem, blew himself up. Beitar Ilit, located over the He killed 11 people, includ- Green Line, which prevented ing Dr. Goldberg, a renowned the American Consular offic- psychologist and author, and es from sending a messenger wounded 50 others. to the shiva. Dr. Goldberg’s An internationally then-17-year-old daughter known therapist for at-risk corrected them. “My father children and families, as well was murdered in Jerusalem, as a regular columnist for within the Green Line,” she the Jewish Press and Arutz told them. S.L.R. Page - 80 The Jewish Voice and Opinion March 2008 Tell Our Advertisers “I Saw It in The Jewish Voice & Opinion”

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