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I N M Y V I E W Sign of the times Time, not Keeping (and Tel Aviv) united for the ‘Long Term’ was on Dr. Paul Brody’s mind when he snapped this picture from a cab on money his way out of Ben Gurion Airport. Brody, a resident of Great Neck, accompanied former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee on a mis- sion sponsored by the Jerusalem Reclamation Project/Ateret Cohanim. Kodak Moments with your Huckabee made news during the trip when he told a reporter a two-state solution “would be kids . . . priceless impractical” in the Middle East. “The Jewish people should be allowed to live in any part of the Land of ,” Huckabee said. B Y R A B B I Y A K O V H O R O W I T Z

everal weeks ago, my wife and I were hiking in a state park near our home when we heard the music of children’s laughter off in the dis- Photo by Dr. Paul Brody S tance. We veered off the path to fol- low the source of the sounds, and found a thirty-something charedi man wading waist-deep in the stream along with his three preteen children — all of them fully clothed. Not wanting to intrude on their privacy, my wife and I watched Does it do a body good? them splashing, cavort- ing and giggling from a distance before An inside look at Cholov Yisroel moving on. B Y M I C H A E L O R B A C H sive than the unsupervised prod- It was simply the most beautiful uct. “Kodak Moment” one could imagine. (For Cholov Yisroel milk has the Consumers who prefer those who were raised with digital cameras, dubious reputation of not only Cholov Yisroel can expect to pay Kodak is a company that makes film, and being the most expensive milk on an extra fifty cents a gallon, on for many years they ran ads in which trea- the market, but of also possessing average, over the price of regular sured times in one’s life that were pho- the absolutely uncanny ability to milk, according to Kosher Today. tographed were referred to as “Kodak spoil in the time it takes to get Given the tendency of Cholov Yis- Moments.” Film is what old people used to from the checkout lane to the car. roel to spoil well before its legal put in their cameras once upon a time Cholov Yisroel, which trans- expiration date, you could before taking pictures of their horses and lates literally from the Hebrew as Like all cow’s milk, Cholov Yisroel arguably put the true price of buggies.) Later, I told my wife that the Jewish milk, is differentiated milk starts fresh from the cow — but Cholov Yisroel at four times that nachas of watching the father and his chil- from regular milk -referred to in why doesn’t it stay that way? of regular milk. dren interact and enjoy each other’s compa- halachic literature as cholov stam Rabbi Tzvi Rosen, kashruth ny washed away the pain of at least several (plain milk) or cholov akum dairy production impose penal- administrator for the Star-K weeks’ worth of calls I get each night from (Gentile milk) — by the presence ties on farmers caught passing off kosher supervision agency and parents who are having difficulty with their of two Jewish witnesses who as cow’s milk the milk of other editor of Kashruth Currents, children. observe the milking to ensure animals. Those regulations, Rav doesn’t dispute the spoilage Photo by Judah S. Harris If you are raising children — especially that no milk from non-kosher ani- Moshe felt, were equivalent to claim, but blames it on “poor mals was used. A landmark opin- Jews actually watching the milk- handling” of the milk both in See VIEW, Page 7 Back to school, part 2 ion issued by Rabbi Moshe Fein- ing. transportation and in storage in No-man’s land week: some lucky children still on stein zt”l during the summer of While many today rely on supermarkets. Cholov Yisroel Rabbi Yakov Horowitz is the founder and vacation; some lucky parents packed the kids off 1954 allowed religious Jews in that p’sak (halachic ruling), the plants are modern ones, he said. dean of Darchei Noam of Monsey, to school. We look at high schools and colleges, the United States to use regular market for Cholov Yisroel is thriv- “There’s no farm there that is and founder and director of Agudath follow up a recent story, and more. Pages 13-17 milk since US laws governing ing, kashruth experts say, despite Israel’s Project Y.E.S. being considerably more expen- See CHOLOV, Page 3

F R O M T H E O T H E R S I D E O F T H E B E N C H T H E K O S H E R B O O K W O R M As long as it takes The Kennedy legacy: American tragedy or betrayal? B Y A L A N J A Y G E R B E R complicated. What is to follow concerning As events in Washington unfold before B Y D A V I D S E I D E M A N N imagine. Yet despite admitted personal the relationship between Senator Kennedy, our eyes, and as we watch with deep con- failings he righted his ship With the passing of President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader sternation the behavior of a president Yuri Andropov will reflect negatively on the whose policies we question and whose Long before Yogi Berra famously on numerous occasions — Sen. Edward Kennedy the later in life, seemingly, for United States has lost one of Kennedy legacy. Yet, as we assess those motives we suspect, the following narrative said, “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over,” our who call themselves friends of the Jewish should serve as a stern warning. good, when he married its most colorful and contro- taught us, “All is judged by the end.” In versial political figures of people we must look at the entire picture, Ted Kennedy posed himself as a friend his second wife. more modern times, at least from a this generation. Yet as the especially as to how they comported them- of our people, yet in my perusal of the most political standpoint, Ted Kennedy said, I remember watching nation both mourned and selves with our enemies behind our backs. recent literature on the cause of Soviet “As long as it takes.” JFK’s funeral on television was intrigued by his politi- Our history reflects a very fragile exis- Jewry I found his activism, when contrast- Whether you liked him or not; and remember being cal and personal persona, tence, and it is on our friends that we have ed with other American political leaders, to agreed with him or disagreed with him; glued to the coverage of there remained a few come to depend for support and succor in be most wanting. approved of his life style or not; a great Robert Kennedy’s untime- untied and loose historical times of need and distress. Their integrity Among the books referenced for this American political figure passed away ly end. The country was in threads that have as yet to can become a matter of life and death con- essay are, "From Exodus to Freedom" by cern to us; the truth will help us to avoid, in Rabbi Dr. Stuart Altshuler of Chapman Uni- last week. At age 77, Edward Kennedy shock when the President was assassi- be addressed. What I wish to bring to your attention the future, false friends and bogus promis- versity, where Kennedy's name as an active had witnessed and endured more per- nated and stunned when Robert was will be somewhat controversial and a bit es. sonal tragedy than most could ever See OTHER SIDE, Page 4 See BOOKWORM, Page 18

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Continued from Page One formed in 1948 by Bessie Gert- ner, according to the current just a Chasidic guy with a pail. owner, Shlomo Weinberger. They’re big farms,” Rabbi Rosen Weinberger, 59, began as a dri- explained. ver for Golden Flow before buy- Cholov Yisroel is produced ing the company with his part- either on dairy farms devoted ner from Gertner when she exclusively to Cholov Yisroel retired. production, or at larger non- “Baruch Hashem, let me exclusive plants that set aside explain something,” Weinberger times to produce supervised said with a heavy Yiddish milk. According to Rabbi Avro- accent. “Milk is not an easy busi- hom Gordimer, a kashruth ness.” supervisor and dairy specialist He has 4,000 cows in a for the , some farm in Syracuse and sales are dairy farms outside of the US increasing, he said. are utilizing video screening so “More and more people are that kosher supervisors do not going over,” Weinberger said technically have to be on-site at about the Cholov Yisroel busi- the plant. ness. “The population got big- Rabbi Uri Neumann, also of ger.” the Star-K, offered a variety of Regarding Golden Flow’s Photo courtesy of Schneur Bistritzky reasons for possible spoilage. unusual name, he said he wasn’t Leibel Bistritzky’s kosher gourmet food store on Essex Street in the Lower East Side, photograph circa 1980. The somatic cell count inside the sure where the original owner milk correlates to how fast the came up with it. Schneur said they pur- Dave Andrews, VP of sales For Rabbi Tendler, it’s a ple are interested [in Cholov Yis- milk will spoil, he explained, and Like every industry, the chased the plant since they’ve and marketing at Kreider Farms, mission. roel] we’ll assist them.” that depends on individual farm- Cholov Yisroel market has had always been involved in the which produces Pride of the “We’re not in it for busi- ing. Different pasteurization its troubles. The farm of Jacob kosher dairy business; their Farm, said the freshness is the ness, we’re in it for spreading processes also affect how the Balsam, owner of the first father was Leibel of Leibel result of a proprietary process Cholov Yisroel,” he said. “If peo- milk will taste. At 190 degrees Cholov Yisroel dairy in the Unit- Bistritzky’s Kosher Gourmet that cools the milk down to 33 Fahrenheit milk need only be ed States, was hit by hoof and Food of the Lower East Side, degrees in just eight minutes. pasteurized for a few seconds; at mouth disease in 1914, accord- one of the earliest kosher super- “Now your typical dairy 170 degrees 30 to 49 seconds is ing to a Times article markets. The store used to close farm will use geothermal to required; at 290 degrees only from that year. Out of two herds every day at four o'clock for prechill it down to 67-68 two seconds are needed. totaling 124 cows, 56 cows were mincha, earning a mention in degrees in 15 minutes, then a But the main reason for the infected. Just last February New an economics textbook. The refrigerated storage tank which common problem with spoilage, York State agriculture officials newly reopened Ahava plant is will then slowly chill it down to Rabbi Neumann maintains, is suspended the operation of the the only completely Cholov Yis- 37 degrees in about an hour and refrigeration, which directly Ahava dairy plant, producer of roel dairy farm and processing a half. Not only do we chill it affects how long milk will last. New Square milk and Morning plant in the US, he said. Since faster, we chill it down colder. If “You keep milk refrigerated Select products. they've redone the plant, milk is handled properly it at 35 degrees, you’ll get a seven- “Recent inspections found Schneur said he’s received should last for another seven Engagements teen day shelf life. In dairies the its products to have excessive phone calls from customers days [past the sales date],” I Engagement of David Simon milk is chilled to 32-34 degrees. levels of bacteria and coliform, telling him that this was the first explained Andrews. (Woodmere, NY) & Tamar Gafni If you keep the pasteurized as well as containing non-food time they actually managed to Pride of the Farm was the (Kew Gardens Hills, NY) — tanks clean you’ll have less bac- grade oil. In addition, Ahava’s finish an entire half-gallon of brainchild of Rabbi Yosef August 28, 2009 teria. If the truck or store isn’t facility and equipment are in cholov yisroel milk before it Tendler, who heads the Yeshiva I Engagement of Ruchie refrigerated it will lead to a extreme disrepair, posing fur- spoiled. Ner Yisroel high school. He Goldberg (Hillcrest, NY)& lower shelf live,” Rabbi Neu- ther potential contamination, “ The Bistritzky’s are unde- began the company in 1973 and Bentzy Hoffman (, NY) mann explained. “The Cholov declared a statement from New cided about whether they’ll con- credited Kreider Farms for its — August 26, 2009 Yisroel industry used to leave York’s Commissioner of Agricul- tinue to use the New Square success. I Engagement of Benny Lubin the milk [in front of stores] at ture and Markets Patrick Hook- brand name. “Kreider Farms does a good (Milano, Italy) & Tamara five in the morning, leaving it er. Ahava’s former owner, job. It’s not my doing, it’s the Kiselstein (, UK) — out an hour. That could be The Ahava plant, as it was, Moshe Banayan, is back in the farmer’s doing. They are won- August 25, 2009 where the oldness comes from. “couldn’t get much worse,” Cholov Yisroel business, now derful people. They’re extremely If [the milk’s] temperature is at according to a kashruth consul- using the name Best Square honest people. We enjoy dealing 40 degrees it’ll last 17 days; at tant who asked not to be Milk. The Jewish Star made sev- with them.” Bar Mitzvah 50 degrees it’ll last 14 days; at named. “They have the worst eral attempts but was unable to Rabbi Tendler maintains I Bar Mitzvah of Ari Goldstone 80 degrees it’ll spoil in 3 days.” rap sheet out there.” get in touch with him before that he sells his milk for less (Far Rockaway) — August 23, Regarding the higher price The facility has since been deadline. since no one is making a profit 2009 David Simon & Tamar Gafni of Cholov Yisroel, Rabbi bought by Toobro LLC, headed As for the freshest Cholov on the sale. The milk is sold Gordimer explained that the by brothers Menachem and Yisroel milk out there, all three mainly to around the extra cost of the milk comes Schneur Bistritzky, who have kashruth experts The Jewish country; he deducts shipping To view entire galleries, please visit from having to keep a mash- spent hundreds of thousands of Star spoke to praised Baltimore’s costs from the price of the milk www.onlysimchas.com giach on premise. dollars redoing the plant. Pride of the Farm milk. to maintain level pricing. “I’m surprised it doesn’t cost more,” he said, adding that the cost factors in salaries, living Sign up for FREE* home delivery of and utilities into the cost of the milk. Yet, Cholov Yisroel produc- tion in the United States is on the rise, Rabbi Gordimer said. 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MAYER FERTIG Publisher, Editor-in-Chief MICHAEL ORBACH Assistant Editor Ted Kennedy remembered MALKA EISENBERG, TOVA ROSS Reporters HELENE PARSONS, MAURY WARSHAUER Account Executive RABBI AVI BILLET, ALAN JAY GERBER, MICAH D. with mixed messages HALPERN, RABBI YAKOV HOROWITZ, ADAM NEUSTADTER, DAVID SEIDEMANN, BARUCH SPIER, YAFFI he swell of emotion and affection Editorial Kennedy's life, and how a man born to SPODEK, MIRIAM L. WALLACH, CHANANYA WEISSMAN that has followed the passing of great privilege fought for those who Contributors Senator Edward M. Kennedy may were not so fortunate - fought, in his rape in the '90s, JFK Jr., killed in a ALYSON GOODMAN have caught some of us by sur- own words, “for as long as it takes,” in a T plane crash with his young wife - to Editorial Designer prise. Perhaps those born after the senatorial career that is truly one for I Camelot years don't quite get the name some of the lowlights. the ages. The Jewish Star is an independent community newspaper. All opinions expressed To a certain, unkind, extent, for are solely those of The Jewish Star’s editorial staff or contributing writers. Kennedy thing. Very much on the other side of the I It's been said often that Americans those who came of age after 1969, Ted bench, so to speak, is a sharply worded 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530 Kennedy himself, the last son of (516) 569-4000 E-mail: [email protected] born during or before the 1960s viewed analysis by Kosher Bookworm colum- fax: (516) 569-4942 the Kennedys as akin to American roy- Camelot, could be reduced to a punch nist Alan Jay Gerber, writing about an The Jewish Star is published weekly by the The Jewish Star LLC, 2 Endo alty. Those born later, however, never line, to morbid jokes about Chap- episode that was little-known in Boulevard, Garden City, NY 11530. Postmaster send address changes to The experienced the nirvana that seems to paquiddick. To those Americans who Kennedy's lifetime but that may very Jewish Star, 2 Endo Boulevard, Garden City, NY 11530. Subscription rates: $36 have been the JFK presidency or the don't remember the senator before that well serve to tarnish his posthumous for 1 year, $60 for 2 years, $72 for 3 years within Nassau County. All other sub- tragedy of his assassination, or the night when he saved himself and left a reputation and affect the way in which scriptions $54 per year. Newsstand price: $1 . Major Credit Cards accepted. young female aide to die, he has never Copyright © 2009 The Jewish Star LLC. All rights reserved. redoubled tragedy just a few years later history remembers him. when the late president's brother seemed to be presidential timber, Despite the wealth and the fame it Robert was also cut down by an assas- despite what his brothers were or might couldn't have been easy to be a sin's bullet. have been. Kennedy. Whatever mistakes he made We know only of a famous family This week we have two front-page in his life, Senator Kennedy - a Liberal's that seems to have something of a black articles looking back on the life and Liberal, the Lion of the Senate - certain- cloud hanging above it - Joe Jr., who work of Senator Kennedy and his rela- ly worked hard at being a force for good Letters died in air combat in WWII, JFK, RFK, tionship with American Jewry. David in America, and for that, in death, he Chappaquiddick, William Kennedy Seidemann, in his column From the deserves to be remembered well. This means there are probably Smith, a family wild child accused of other side of the bench celebrates Stop the chain thousands of Orthodox Jewish people who were or still are To the Editor: being abused. Abuse is more common in The abuse that I suffered the Jewish community than could have been entirely pre- most people think it is. How vented if I had been educated can I say that? Well, I am a about this topic at a young Letters survivor of abuse, and includ- age. I went through the Bais ing myself, I know of five peo- Yaakov system and not one As a result of not knowing, my mind. I now suffer every ents also must be educated, ish community afraid that ple who were abused within a teacher discussed this topic. If I suffered in silence for four day from depression, post- especially about the warning something terrible will happen two-block radius. That is five I had been told the basics terrible years. I am now trau- traumatic stress disorder, and signs and symptoms of abuse. if they educate their children? people too many. Dov Hikind about the difference between matized for life. I get triggered borderline personality disor- Without knowledge, the chain I asked my therapist why she reported getting hundreds of good touch and bad touch, every single day. Even just der. just continues. Shoving the doesn’t go to schools to teach calls from abuse survivors. then my abuse wouldn’t have walking out of my house Schools need to teach their topic under the rug does not children, on a basic level, started in the first place. brings horrific memories to students about this topic. Par- make it disappear. Is the Jew- See LETTERS, Page 9

So often, we fight and claw to many of these “potential” he FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BENCH attain a certain status, then meetings do I grants us the leave those that we stepped on have to sit additional year Continued from Page One Kennedy’s work. been a United States along the way to fend for them- through till I of opportuni- And for that, for all Senator he would selves. While not ignoring any become a ty to reach assassinated. People stood of his failings, you not have been lack- of his history that might suggest great sena- that potential. speechless, tears their only must be thankful. ing for fame or for- otherwise, one simply cannot tor?” Ted Some get it means of expression, as the two He was a tune yet he chose to deny that Senator Kennedy penned back, right the first brothers were eulogized and staunch supporter of serve the public. devoted his professional life to “As long as it time, others later in buried. Israel throughout W h a t helping those whose voices takes.” life. This time I sensed a differ- the years, speaking impressed me most would otherwise not have been Ted Kennedy lived by those So now, a few hundred feet ent sentiment. The crowds that up when necessary David Seidemann about Senator heard. One cannot deny that, in words, that mantra, by sitting in from his brothers, lies Edward lined the route from Hyannis and remaining silent Kennedy were his the end, he got it right. He was the Senate for 47 years. He lived Kennedy. For me, it’s the end of Port to applauded as the when prudent. His ideological leanings. able to conform his personal those words by having his name a political era. I will always motorcade weaved its way oratorical skills were second to While I did not agree with many behavior to higher standards, appear on over 2500 pieces of remember what he did for Israel. through the bright Massachu- none; his speeches at Democrat- of those leanings, the fact that standards befitting a leader. legislation. He lived those words I will always remember how he setts afternoon. They were ic National Conventions moved he held those leanings Ted Kennedy was a senator by living longer than the doctors cared for those who were not as acknowledging a life of accom- millions on both sides of the impressed me beyond words. before his brother Robert. Once, thought he would. He lived fortunate as he. I will always plishment, not lives cut short by political aisle. He recognized his Born into riches he could easily after Robert had just been elect- those words when later in life he take note that, at any age, at any assassins’ bullets. own shortcomings and worked have championed the causes of ed to the Senate, the two of married a woman who would stage in life, one can always If you are a woman, an on himself; he approached his the rich. But instead of advocat- them were sitting at a hearing help him rid himself of demons make necessary changes to ones African American, a senior citi- big dreams with a sense of real- ing for those that were “like,” he that had dragged on for hours. that dragged him astray. behavior. And we keep trying, zen, a laborer or a Jew you are a ism. advocated for those who At one point, the new kid on the Do you know why “all is “As long as it takes.” enjoying a protection or a bene- Senator Kennedy was a “lacked.” block, Robert, passed his broth- judged by the end?” Because fit as a result of Senator true public servant. Had he not That is a most admiral trait. er, Ted, a note saying, “How man is not perfect. “All is judged David Seidemann is a partner by the end” by the way we act at with the law firm of Seidemann the end, because all G-d needs & Mermelstein. He can be to see is that we have the poten- reached at (718) 692-1013 and tial to be who we were created at [email protected]. to be. If G-d sees in us the

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sists of young men who, along behaviors takes many forms. I I ’ M T H I N K I N G with their ideology, have not was asked recently to review a Rationalizing riots yet taken on a set of mature self-help book dealing with responsibilities. stress and anxiety, written for On July 14th, charedi yeshiva so To Sheinfeld’s reasons I the charedi community. I read Jerusalem Police rioting was never on would add two more. The time the book and it appeared that Delegitimizing denial arrested a charedi the agenda. I was, of year seems to have a great some sections were plagiarized woman whose son however, once deal to do with public acts of from a text which been written Anyone who denies the so-called Holocaust onto had been hospital- caught in one of violence. I would daresay that if some 20 years earlier by a very Holocaust has an agenda. the syllabus, because it aims ized in Hadassah these melees and this unfortunate case of possi- well-known behavioral thera- The agenda is never about to reinforce acceptance of hospital. The my wife had stones ble child abuse had occurred at pist. When I informed the per- the truth, never about cor- the occupation of Palestin- woman was arrest- thrown at her as another time of year there son who asked me to write the recting history or about ian land.” ed based on suspi- Dr. Michael well. I assure you, might not have been such a review, he simply said “forget lending voice to an element is cions she was abus- Salamon neither one of us public reaction. This is the time it.” He went on to say that, “I of history that was simply not new to the . ing her son. It is dif- were driving on of year that the weather is con- am bringing something to peo- written out. It is about Palestinian President Mah- ficult to comment Shabbat. For those ducive to outside gatherings ple who need it but would using the Holocaust as a Micah D. Halpern moud Abbas wrote his doc- on this case without knowing who excuse the behavior by and the yeshivot are on vaca- never have access to it in any means with which to deny toral dissertation in the all the details. Yet, many have saying that only a handful of tion. other way.” A poor excuse but it Israel’s right to exist. Soviet Union questioning speculated that the mother was people are violent while the is one that is often heard. Sim- The Muslim world has been the historicity of the Holocaust and suffering from a rare distur- majority of the protesters stand ply put: it is easy to rationalize engulfed in a full blown campaign to advancing it as a model of how Jews bance that may cause her to quietly on the side, having away any discomfort by saying deny the Holocaust. Their denial is distort history to advance their nation- abuse a child for the sake of been there, I can firmly say I “ ven the Chazon Ish that you are doing it for the predicated on a simple conspiracy the- al agenda. gaining attention. Proving beg to differ. E greater good regardless of who ory. It works like this: “Israel was cre- This same motivation and logic Munchausen’s syndrome by I have never condemned issued a public declara- may be affected. ated because of the Holocaust. If there has been co-opted by the president of proxy, the technical name for anyone who was not involved There are mistakes made was no Holocaust, then there is no . Ahmadinejad challenges the the disorder, is difficult without in the riots, but having been in tion against such vio- that need to be addressed historical rational or justification for Holocaust not just to be controversial, hard evidence. Diagnosing yeshivot when such things lence apparently to no regarding Shabbat and perhaps the creation of the State of Israel.” he does it in order to challenge the something which takes years of happened, I have not heard dealing with parents of hospi- The Muslim agenda is to invali- justification of Israel’s existence. training and experience, via the much in the way of protest avail.” talized children. But that does date the creation of the State of Israel. Sadly, there are Jews who agree with media is a minefield waiting for against the riots. There is a sad not excuse hooliganism and We see it happening right now Abbas and Ahmadinejad. That is why a poor unsuspecting wayfarer. history of this type of behavior violence. It is high time that with in Gaza. Hamas has the anti-Zionist group Neturei Karta Unfortunately, the charadi going back to the early 1950’s. thuggery, in all of its forms, be released a strongly worded statement joined the infamous anti-Holocaust response to the case — wide- Professor Menachem Friedman addressed by the proper lead- in rejection of the UNRWA (United conference in Teheran. scale riots— was anything but of Bar-Ilan University writes in ers. It is a shame that over the Nations Refugee Works Agency) But they are wrong. Not only is dignified. his article titled, “Charedi vio- The second reason I would years only one man, Moshe which is charged with educating the their agenda misplaced, their facts are There were charedi riots lence in contemporary Israeli suggest is that not only is there Sheinfeld, not a rabbi, publicly 200,000 children of Gaza. The mes- inaccurate. two weeks prior to the arrest, society,” that even the Chazon no clear condemnation from and directly addressed the sage, sent to the head of UNRWA, said The Holocaust was not the reason starting on June 26, because of Ish issued a public declaration the religious leaders about issue. Someone in the charedi that Hamas will not permit children to for the creation of the State of Israel. a parking garage being open on against such violence; appar- these rioters but there is often world needs to end the ratio- learn about the Holocaust because, in The Zionist movement began and Shabbat. There were no public ently to no avail. In 1972, fol- an attempt to rationalize the nalizing that goes on and clear- their eyes, the Holocaust is a “histori- was destined to succeed way before statements by any influential lowing the riots sparked by the behaviors. Take for instance this ly say that protesting is essential cal lie fabricated in order to steal Hitler came to power. The United rabbis to cease and desist the arrest of two young charedi situation of the charedi mother. to a democracy, rioting is not. Palestinian land.” They wrote: “We Nations declared a partition but that violence until July 16, at least men who set fire to a so called The condemnation one hears is refuse to let our children study a lie was by no means the creation of the two weeks after the riots began. “sex shop,” a fire which could of the police for arresting the Dr. Salamon, a Fellow of the invented by the Zionists.” State. A heroic battle was fought and And despite that, the rioting have killed several people, only woman. In my work I, unfortu- American Psychological Associ- Hamas asserts that a chapter in 6373 lives were lost and from that bat- has continued every Shabbat Mr. Moshe Sheinfeld, the nately, have had to deal with a ation, is the founder and direc- the new curriculum for 13 year olds tle, called the War of Independence, since. Personally, I would great- leader of Agudat Yisroel’s youth few abusive parents. Whenever tor of the Adult Developmental was to have a chapter “about the the state of Israel emerged. The Jew- ly prefer less vehicular traffic on movement, spoke out against the police are involved, the Center in Hewlett, NY. He is Israeli lies concerning the Nazis,” ish people fought for and created a Shabbat but I am a strong the violence. accused parent is always the author of numerous articles which is their code for the European Jewish State and they called it Israel. opponent of riots. In an article Sheinfeld detained if the child cannot be and several psychological tests. Holocaust of the Jews at the hands of The Muslim world will never Indeed, this type of rioting wrote, he described three pri- easily removed. This is a univer- His recent books include, The the Nazis. The spokesman for UNRWA understand. No amount of explaining seems to occur with some regu- mary reasons why the hooli- sal reaction designed to protect Shidduch Crisis: Causes and replied that UNRWA has not changed will get the point across, they have larity, primarily in, but not lim- ganism persists. There was no the child until an investigation Cures, published by Urim Publi- any curricula. He did not comment on their own agenda. ited to, Jerusalem. When I was student discipline by the rabbis, and hearing can be completed. cations and Every Pot Has a whether UNRWA plans, at a future a yeshiva student in the early and rabbis in general, remained Yet, the charedi street con- Cover: A Proven Guide to Find- date, to teach about the Holocaust to Micah D. Halpern is a columnist and 1970’s there was rioting and silent to acts of violence if there demned the police for doing ing, Keeping and Enhancing Palestinian children. a social and political commentator. stone throwing because buses seemed to be a religious or ide- what standard protocol the Ideal Relationship, pub- Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuri Read his latest book THUGS. He began their routes before Shab- ological underpinning. Exacer- requires. lished by Rowman & Littlefield. said that the Hamas view is very clear. maintains The Micah Report at bat ended. I was never in a bating this, charedi society con- Rationalizing negative “[W]e oppose forcing the issue of the www.micahhalpern.com

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Continued from Page Four case my home phone line. It was no longer worth the cost about the topic of abuse. even though I had the number “Schools forbid me from com- for years and most of my ing,” she replied. Atrocities are friends and family knew it being committed because Jew- instead of my mobile. I simply ish children are not being edu- informed them to use the new cated on the topic of abuse. mobile number. The writer Guy Finley once We have a similar situa- said, “Trying to forget a fear is tion with the Orthodox Union like trying to hold an inflated and National Council of Young basketball under the water. It Israel. The shul I daven at is a takes all of your strength and member of both. It is simply attention, and in time it must not worth paying dues to two pop to the surface.” Making redundant organizations. At a believe that abuse doesn’t recent meeting of Jewish orga- occur in the Jewish communi- nizations with President ty makes the situation worse. Obama, it was the OU that It rears its ugly head in other was invited, not Young Israel. ways. For me, my body is cov- Even though Young Israel ered in scars since that was shuls share a common name the only way I knew how to they tend to have very little to deal with so much inner pain. do with each other and, in The chain can be broken if most cases, are quite different our Jewish children are edu- in Hashkafa. My Young Israel cated. Education is the only and others in this area keep road to prevention. Without hearing about situations at education, the chain just con- Young Israel shuls in other tinues. Do something about parts of the country that we the situation. Stop the chain. have nothing to do with. Today. National Council is supposed to deal with that but seems to Editor’s note: Name withheld do very little for the dues we by request due to the sensitive, send them. highly personal nature of the A practical solution would letter. be for the OU to acquire the Young Israel label and close down or merge the redundant Is Young Israel services. The shuls would keep their name and make only one dues payment instead of two. redundant? Otherwise, it may not be worth keeping the Young Israel name we have had for To the Editor: years. It would be like giving I recently had to drastical- up our home phone number — ly cut back on household it is just not worth the cost. expenses due to the current economy. One cost-cutting JONATHAN BELL measure was to eliminate Cedarhurst redundant services, in this

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Picking up the slack B Y M I C H A E L O R B A C H can — they want their kids to have va’s post-high school beis medrash a good education. But we under- program. The school could A yeshiva high school for boys ” e understand that people stand that people have large fami- immediately accommodate another in Brooklyn is stepping up to offer a W lies and have different circum- 40 male high school students, effec- Jewish education to teens that, for have large families and they stances and they can’t all come up tively doubling the school popula- financial reasons, might otherwise with the necessary [funding]. We tion, Rabbi Rubin said, without be headed for public school. can’t all come up with the nec- understand that and don’t think increasing the yeshiva’s fixed costs. “I didn’t realize it was real,” the kids should suffer for that.” The school has 25 teachers includ- said Rabbi Moshe Rubin, dean of essary funding.” The yeshiva is willing to do ing rabbeim and instructors from administration for the Torah Acade- whatever is necessary to keep boys the public school system who teach my of Brooklyn, referring to an arti- from going to public school. secular subjects. cle in The Jewish Star two weeks “We’re primarily concerned Torah Academy of Brooklyn ago about parents who face a real about kids opting for public school High School has been supported choice between paying the mortgage tion, he said. and we’re willing to go to the nth primarily by outside fundraising and paying yeshiva tuition. Torah Academy of Brooklyn, degree to have that not happen. since the day the school opened “It’s a shame and it’s a terrible which opened in 1981, charges Whatever that will take... whatever and boasts an impressive track indictment on the situation, really, $14,000 for tuition. Families that scholarship,” Rabbi Rubin record. that people should have to stoop to are able to pay the full tuition are explained, emphasizing the words “We’ve never refused anyone that level.” Alumni in the Five expected to do so, Rabbi Rubin said. ‘whatever scholarship.’ for financial reasons,” Rabbi Towns called the article to his atten- “That’s what we ask for and we 50 boys attend the high school; Rubin said. expect people to respect it if they another 80 are enrolled in the yeshi-

Good touch, bad touch How to talk to your kids about a touchy subject B Y M A Y E R F E R T I G abuse when they are as young allowed to look.” as four years old. A child’s vulnerability to Beyond the new clothing, Context is important, predators is dependent to a a knapsack and school sup- stressed Dr. Asher Lipner, vice great extent on the manner in plies they buy for their young president of the Jewish Board which he or she is treated by students, moms and dads need of Advocates for Children, and their parents, said Lipner. He to consider if their children are a therapist in private practice. recalled an incident in which a equipped with the information “Don’t make it out of the blue six-year-old girl scared off a they’ll need to protect them- — ‘Everything’s fine in life, would-be abuser by saying, selves from an adult, or even nobody’s going to hurt you but “That’s stupid and I’m calling another child, who seeks to watch out for sexual abuse.’ the police.” betray their trust. “You have to teach your “If parents are overly dic- “Parents need to teach kids about their rights,” he tatorial, if parents are neglect- their children about good urged, “that they have the ful, if parents rationalize that touch and bad touch,” said right to expect that nobody kids don’t have the same needs psychologist Michael Salamon will hurt them physically, or as adults for autonomy, for of ADC Psychological Services emotionally or even spiritual- being heard, then the kids are in Hewlett. ly.” going to believe that people “Use themselves and their Children should be told, have the right to tell them medical doctors as an exam- “If a kid or an adult tries to get what to do,” Lipner said. They ple,” he suggested, “how the you to do something you don’t may believe “that adults have doctor will never examine want to do, you have the right more rights than them, and them without Mommy or to say no if it is something therefore if an adult wants to Daddy in the room, and any- which is invading your priva- touch them...” one who wants to touch them, cy, such as touching you in “Parents have to treat unless Mommy or Daddy says your private place or touching their kids with a respect that it’s okay, they should stay them in their private place,” doesn’t always come natural- away and tell Mommy and Lipner explained. ly,” he added, “because we all Daddy about it.” A patient who suffered have the potential to selfishly 305303 Second grade is the latest abuse as a child “focused her put our needs before the needs age to have that conversation, chinuch so much on this, and of people who are more vul- Salamon said, and it should be in a positive way,” Lipner said, nerable — and children espe- repeated “at every age”; “that your body is special and cially — because we mistaken- another therapist suggested a gift from Hashem; that your ly think that their emotional children first receive age- private places are especially needs are not as strong or as appropriate warnings about yours, and that nobody is even important as those of adults.”

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learn and hang out with the high Ateres Yaakov school students. will contin- DRS will expand its science ue the learning support program it research program under the leadership introduced last year; several young of Dr. Robert Winston. In the program’s rabbeim are available to help students fledgling year, five sophomores won learn. awards in statewide science competi- “In addition to the obvious educa- tions. DRS is adding its 13th Advanced tional benefits, these talmidei cha- Placement course, AP English in the chomim acted as superb role models 11th grade. Not one to miss the tech- for our impressionable young men,” nology wave, DRS will be using two explained the Menahel, Rabbi Twitter accounts, drsalumni and Mordechai Yaffe. drshalb, to keep in touch with alumni HAFTR students building a sukkah at an Four AP courses will be offered and current students, respectively. Ohel-Bais Ezra residence last year. and two of the Mesivta’s instructors Rabbi Eliyahu Wolf is joining the The HAFTR college bowl team will be department coordinators in the faculty. He is the newly named Rab- thanks to a donation of video confer- areas of Language Arts and Mathemat- binic Associate at Young Israel of encing gear from Woodmere-based For students who want more than ics. The Mesivta will resume its weekly Woodmere. Quantalytics Inc. the standard Regents curriculum but publication of student-written Divrei On the extra-curricular front, “The video conferencing equip- don’t wish to take Advanced Placement Torah that is distributed in Long Island, Motza’ei Shabbat Basketball Intramu- ment will help to develop and sustain exams, the school plans to offer an Queens and Brooklyn. Chesed projects rals will begin their second season; a relationships with students who were honors level program in all AP subjects. with Ohel-Beis Ezra and Chayeinu will DRS fencing team will begin to com- here last year and [allow] newer stu- Rabbi Steven Moskowitz, the direc- resume ,as will sports and academic pete this year. dents to be able to connect ... with their tor of student activities, will begin the programs, including softball, volleyball, counterparts in Israel,” Lippman year on a high note, working with stu- mock trial and Torah Bowl. I I I explained. dents to build and decorate a sukkah HAFTR alumni attending universi- for each Ohel-Beis Ezra group home in I I I ties in New York will return to the the area. His students will also help Hebrew Academy of school each week to teach a Friday make a wedding for a bride who grew morning shiur. “It’s very nice to get the up in foster care. They’ll bake for the The Davis Renov Five Towns and alumni back and to show kids what wedding, purchase all the Judaica role models our graduates are,” Lipp- necessities the young couple will need, Stahler High School Rockaway High School man said. See BACK TO SCHOOL, Page 14

for Boys It’s gearing up to be a busy year at HAFTR High School. DRS is welcoming its largest ever After Advanced Placement exams freshman class — 90 students from 14 and the senior courses are done in the different elementary schools. The new spring, seniors will become interns. 9th graders will bring the total number “They’ll be meaningfully engaged of students attending DRS to 330 this in a life preparatory experience,” said coming year. General Studies Principal Naomi Lipp- College students will have a new man. The school is planning to match yeshiva program available to them this internships with students’ preferences, at DRS. The post-high school learning from working in hospitals to corpora- program is, “an opportunity for them to tions to local businesses. learn and to be around a yeshiva envi- HAFTR hosted 34 young people ronment, even if they’re going to secu- from Sderot for several weeks last lar college,” explained Rabbi Yisroel spring; and students will once again be HAFTR students with high school-aged residents of Sderot who visited the Five Towns Kaminetsky. The college students will in touch with their Sderot counterparts last spring.

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Continued from Page Fourteen North Shore Hebrew and even throw a Sheva Brachos cele- bration at the Carlos and Gabby’s Academy High School restaurant in Brooklyn. Students raised the required funds before the summer by selling snack food and beverages in Enrollment is up to 400 boys and the school. girls in the North Shore Hebrew Acade- my High School and there will be six I I I daily minyanim. The Mesivta program is expanding to include son and daugh- ter learning programs for parents, and Hebrew Academy of the Bechina Yerushalmit program for accelerated students will begin in the Nassau County High ninth grade. The secular studies program is School expanding as well with the launch of research programs in math and engi- HANC High School will offer neering. Advanced Placement Physics female students a class in Talmud as an will be added to an already long list of alternative to a class called Torah AP courses; archeology classes are She’bal Peh (The Oral Law). being offered in conjunction with “We believe that this will allow Israeli high schools. those women who are so inclined to Every classroom at North Shore At Rambam Mesiva, Assistant pursue and build upon the Gemara Hebrew Academy High School will be Principal Rabbi Avi Haar skills they have developed in our Mid- equipped with a Smart Board. The teaches a Gemara class (top). dle School,” explained Principal Rabbi school plans to begin setting up tele- Yechial Schwab, now a Junior, Moshe Stavsky. conference chavrusas (study partner- takes notes (left). Also being introduced this year, ships) for high schoolers with yeshivas “Torah Umada Institute,” a series of lec- in Israel. tures and workshops given by leaders “Our goal is the get to the heart as in the pursuit of Torah and the sci- well as the brain of all of our students,” ences. The program will also include said Headmaster Dr. Daniel J. Vitow. Friedman and Yotav Eliach. adding a computer course that will on-site visits to facilities at the cutting “We want them to love what they are Rabbi Friedman will give a shiur to focus on hands-on media. Last year, edge of research and higher learning. learning both in Limudei Kodesh and eleventh graders; Rabbi Eliach will instead of a school newspaper, the Students will then create projects based secular studies so we can develop a bal- teach Hashkafa (Jewish philosophy) to school produced a newscast with stu- on their studies to present to the school anced, rational, modern Orthodox eleventh graders in addition to the dents as “roving reporters.” community. young man or young woman, able to course he customarily leads on Zion- A shiur for alumni will be offered Two new AP courses, Chemistry be frum and yet engage the modern ism. Freshman will hear shiurim on twice a week instead of once; a shiur and Astronomy, are being introduced, world comfortably.” Tefilah (prayer) and Parshat Hashavua for parents will be offered as well. Con- and HANC has been selected to partici- (weekly Torah portion). ference call technology will be pate in the prestigious Gildor Science I I I “There’s a need to build on skills so employed to allow students who live competition sponsored by the Gruss the kids can understand the meaning outside the local area to participate in foundation. The E2K Science and Math of the davening and the halachic shiurim offered at night. enrichment program is being expanded details; the same thing applies to the “We’re looking forward to a very and Smart Boards have been installed Parshat Hashavua,” said Rabbi Fried- productive, successful year,” Rabbi in seven additional classrooms in time Rambam Mesivta (and sister man. Friedman said. for the new school year. school Shalhevet) are on their own The school is installing Smart See BACK TO SCHOOL, Page 16 now, led once more by Rabbis Zev Boards, upgrading the laboratory and I I I

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former US Senator John Tunney, My question is by the Communists tence could have been imposed but Kennedy approached the KGB to as follows: What real- toward the Jews in for the intervention of cooler heads. THE KOSHER BOOKWORM inform them of his hostility toward ly attracted Kennedy the Soviet Union. Of Andropov not much more is Continued from Page One Soviet relations. It involved some Reagan's policies and of the need for to the likes of a Yuri According to Dr. known, but for a man, a veteran of very questionable behavior by cooperation between them to Andropov, himself a Feingold, Andropov the governance of Stalin, one can staunch Reagan's efforts former KGB chief? was blamed by then only guess what other political and player on behalf of Soviet Jewry is Kennedy that was at a strong defense pos- This is indeed most Soviet leader Leonid humane charms he must have exer- referenced only once! Dr. Fred Lazin never denied by the ture against the Soviets. mystifying. These Brezhnev on March cised as KGB head. To him murder of Ben Gurion University, in his late senator. This daring actions could not 20, 1973 for mishan- was a legitimate function of political book, "The Struggle for Soviet Jewry Robinson cited an approach, especially on have been taken in a dling the nefarious power. One should not be surprised in American Politics," cites Kennedy excellent book by Dr. the cusp of the 1984 vacuum. Somewhere "head tax" required of about this when we consider that twice, once as a footnote. Paul Kengor of Grove presidential elections, down the line there Jews, as payment to one of his prime political mentors The premier book on this sub- City College, titled, would indeed have cre- must have been some Soviet authorities for was that great humanitarian Laver- ject, "Silent No More: Saving the "The Crusader: Ronald ated shockwaves within history between these their free education, enti Beria. All this begs the following: Jews of Russia," by Dr. Henry Fein- Reagan and the Fall of the American political two about which we prior to leaving the How could such a personality gold does not even once make note Communism" (Harper- establishment had it are still unaware. We workers' paradise. attract the political confidence of a of Kennedy's efforts on behalf of our Collins, 2006). In this Alan Jay Gerber been disclosed at that will have to leave this to future histo- Because of the onerous financial bur- Ted Kennedy? brethren in the then-Communist book's appendix is time. But it was not rians to research and to their books den it posed, this tax prevented And further, can this relation- empire. Not even once is he noted, found the complete until the fall of the that we may someday review. many Jews from leaving in a timely ship help now to explain the cool not even as a footnote. "Text of KGB Letter on Senator USSR that these files were opened to Nevertheless, the one question fashion. By the way, Brezhnev's con- and distant demeanor that Kennedy For all the talk and bombast Kennedy," a letter written by then western scholars. that I would like to answer here, in cerns were far from humanitarian. reportedly exercised in his activities about Kennedy by our Jewish lead- KGB head Viktor Chebrikov to then Among the offers made to the part, is who was Yuri Andropov and This tax was a public relations fiasco on behalf of Soviet Jews? ers this past week, how many were Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, dated Soviet leader was an effort to coordi- how does he come to be of a concern to the communists in the West, and And finally, if it were not for able to cite substantive facts concern- May 14, 1983. nate American media to enhance to us Jews? that was what grieved the Soviet Kennedy's timely endorsement of ing Kennedy's assistance, where it This letter was first released, in Andropov's image to the American Let me attempt to answer this leader. Obama, there would not have been made a difference, on really Jewish part, to the public by a London people. What motivated Kennedy's by giving you a few basic facts about Further proof of Andropov's high an Obama candidacy and presiden- issues? In this I include the Soviet Times reporter named Tim Sebast- pro-Soviet behavior in this matter is this aging, powerful, Soviet leader regard for Jews was his opinion of cy. What was the ideological affinity Jewry crisis that enveloped our com- ian, in 1992. Dr. Kengor reprinted not explained. What we have here is who was destined to serve for only one of the great heroes of Soviet between these two men, behind munity's attention for over twenty- the entire text in his book, with all the KGB leader's interpretation of the 18 months. Jewry, Natan Sharansky, whom he closed doors, that brought about this five years, till the fall of the Commu- the shocking details. It will be posted approach. If his account was accu- According to Dr. Lazin, anti- considered to have behaved "inde- political alliance, and does this help nist empire. online at www.thejewishstar.com. rate, and Kennedy never disputed Semitism increased substantially cently" in court and who was there- explain, in part, Obama's rather cool This past weekend The New According to Kengor, Kennedy this, what we have here is the sena- under Andropov's brief rule. The fore sentenced to 13 years of depri- and distant attitude toward the six York Post reprinted an article from was very much opposed to Reagan's tor actively engaging Communist tone set by Andropov throughout his vation of freedom and three addi- million Jews in Israel? Forbes.com by Peter Robinson con- aggressive defense posture and poli- leaders in order to influence the bigoted career no doubt helped tional years in prison. I wonder, and so should you. cerning an episode in American- cies against the Soviet Union. 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