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VOL. 8, NO. 10 MARCH 5, 2009 | 10 ADAR 5769 CLOWNING AROUND TIME TO SPRING AHEAD HAPPY PURIM! Turn your clocks forward Lev Leytzan honors local volunteers this Sunday and change Page 3 your smoke detector batteries

FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BENCH Grieving community transforms dinner Perceiving into joyous honoring of boy’s life BY DOVID ZAKLIKOWSKI might have been no event at all. Some wanted to cancel, while others spoke of our potential More than 500 people packed the postponing the affair to some time after banquet hall of the Sephardic Temple in Shloshim, the traditional 30-day mourn- Cedarhurst for the annual dinner of the ing period. But the Wolowiks would Chabad of the Five Towns, but the cou- have none of it, and sent a note to the BY DAVID SEIDEMANN ple who has worked tirelessly for almost community urging everyone’s participa- 15 years to strengthen Jewish life in Nas- tion. e sat around the table, the rab- sau County, Rabbi Zalman and Chanie “I did not feel I would be able to cel- bis, three of them, the maybe Wolowik, was noticeably missing. ebrate,” related Tamar Pewzner, one of soon to be ex-husband, the The Wolowiks were observing shiva the evening’s honorees. W maybe soon to be ex-wife, for their nine-year-old son Levi, who had “We were all trying to push it off or myself and a few other family members Photo by Yosef Lewis tragically passed away just two nights to cancel it,” echoed Debbie Werner, and friends there to lend support. Could Just hours after the burial of nine-year-old Levi Yitzchak Wolowik, stunned supporters before. another honoree. “People were saying this marriage be saved, the relationship of Chabad of the Five Towns entered a banquet hall for the center’s 14th-annual dinner If the March 1 dinner’s organizers they weren’t in the mood, that they and honorees had had their way, there repaired? to honor the wishes of their beloved rabbi and rebbetzin. See GRIEVING, Page 9 At one point during the dialogue, the wife remarked, “We are at this point because you con- stantly have been asking me to be Helping classmates someone I am Eliezer Project expanding not.” “Not true,” Fund raising planned for West Hempstead and Oceanside cope with tragedy said the husband. “All I have been BY YAFFI SPODEK servicing close to 80 clients, ment, “so we are reaching out to Flu was the apparent cause of death doing over the last unemployed heads of household explain what kinds of things we few years was to With the recession deepening throughout the Five Towns and do and to try to raise money from BY MAYER FERTIG ask you to be the and a seemingly ever-increasing Far Rockaway. community members there.” ”When At a parlor meeting later this Volunteers from the Five person I know you number of jobs being lost, the When word got out Saturday night of the shocking month, members of The Eliezer Towns and Far Rockaway offer G-d takes a could be.” Cedarhurst-based Eliezer Project loss of Levi Yitzchok Wolowick, administrators of Yeshiva Project will visit West Hempstead professional, financial and legal Silence per- –– a not-for profit that is helping Darchei Torah, where he was a fourth grader, had to pre- to explain their mission and out- advice to clients of The Eliezer child, that child meated the room. families weather the economic cri- pare their staff and their students to deal with his death. line the different services that they Project. Aronovitz hopes that peo- No one spoke, no sis –– is expanding to meet Rabbi Dovid Morgenstern, the menahel of the fourth would not have provide. There are plans to host a ple from West Hempstead and one moved. All of requests for help from people in and fifth grades, himself a trained grief counselor, said the similar meeting in Oceanside in other communities will follow suit. been taken us, as I discovered nearby communities who are also yeshiva immediately sought guidance from Chai Lifeline’s the coming weeks. Over the weekend of March in subsequent struggling to make ends meet. bereavement and crisis intervention team, led by Dr. Nor- unless that “We’ve had numerous clients 6-7, shuls in the Five Towns and conversations, felt Since its inception several man Blumenthal and Mrs. from West Hempstead come to us Far Rockaway plan to conduct an immediate months ago, The Eliezer Project Zahava Farbman. child has for help and we are already servic- appeals for The Eliezer Project. rush of guilt and has grown from an ambitious idea Blumenthal met that ing them,” said Ellen Aronovitz, unequivocally shame about into a professional organization night with administrators the project’s director of employ- See ELIEZER, Page 7 completed his missing the mark, and teachers, Rabbi Morgen- as Rabbis, stern said. The next night or her task on lawyers, hus- “we had a meeting...in the bands, fathers, yeshiva for parents specifi- this Earth.“ sons and friends. REVIEW cally of the fourth grade,” The meeting actu- though it was open for all ally ended after who wished to attend. that remark When school because no one The Event really was big resumed on Tuesday follow- knew what to say afterwards. ing the snow storm, Dr. Blu- Sunday morning, a bris. Sunday BY MAYER FERTIG Photo courtesy Chabad.org Levi Yitzchok Wolowick a”h menthal, a psychologist, afternoon, a funeral for a nine-year-old and Mrs. Farbman, a boy. So which runs deeper, the joy of new The people who tried and failed to ruin the Lipa Schmeltzer concert billed as “The Event” licensed clinical social work- life or the pain of the loss of a life? There er, planned to spend the day at Darchei offering counseling. is no answer for one who doesn’t believe weren’t missed at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night — but they Parents of children who don’t attend that yeshiva but in the potential of man, the concept of a who knew Levi or otherwise learn of his passing should Creator and the concept of an afterlife. missed some show. Producer Sheya Mendlowitz orchestrated a “not fish” for a reaction, Dr. Blumenthal advised. Life is measured in fulfillment of poten- “Don’t ask kids aggressively ‘are you sure you’re not tial, not in the counting of birthdays cele- nearly seamless blend of live performance, clever video clips, and surprise guests — including upset.’ Don’t tell your child how to respond. Respect who brated. The bris of an eight-day-old can your child is and how your child copes, like we would with be more depressing than the funeral of a Mordechai Ben David and Far Rockaway’s own Rabbi Boruch Chait — plus multiple costume adults,” he said. nine-year-old if we hold out little or no Also, he advised, “don’t give your child more informa- hope of that eight-day-old being nurtured changes — all presented without benefit of a live Photo by Shimon Gifter tion than they need. Don’t try to explain [Levi’s death] the- in an environment that will develop his master of ceremonies, usually an omission that Lipa Schmeltzer, joined by Mordechai Ben David, ologically or medically if they’re not asking.” potential. invites disaster, at least in my opinion, but certain- ly not in this case. (Note to concert promoters: if onstage at the WaMu Theater at MSG Sunday night. “There is no normal reaction to an abnormal situa- I am willing to listen to any dissent- tion,” Mrs. Farbman said. “Kids, like adults, will react differ- ing opinion from any Torah scholar but I your name isn’t Sheya Mendlowitz you probably can’t pull that off; get an M.C). — to a new generation: “Eilecho,” “Pischu Li,” “Ura ently. How children will react will also depend, in large believe as follows: G-d takes people who part, on their age.” are in their sixties, seventies and eighties The Event was billed as a tribute to the late Kevodi,” “Tzion Tzion,” “Ani Ma’amin,” “Toras Rabbi Eli Teitelbaum a”h and it was a nice one. Hashem Temimah,” which is familiar to many as a Preschoolers often act out their feelings in their play. “After the Chanukah Wonderland accident we had kids See VIEW, Page 5 Among his many accomplishments Rabbi Teitel- Simchat Torah standby, and a few more. baum produced the very successful Pirchei Boys In dark pants and white shirts, the choir playing crashes,” she said, “while “school-aged kids are very focused on the facts, the details, what happened, how David Seidemann is a partner with the Choir albums of the 1960s, and the show opened looked like the spitting image of what you’d imag- with the “new” Pirchei choir (actually the Yeshiva ine a Pirchei choir might look like. A man sitting it happened. They’ll listen to every rumor possible. You law firm of Seidemann & Mermelstein. want to be as clear as you can on their age level. In their He can be reached at (718) 692-1013 and Boys Choir enthusiastically led by Yossi Newman) next to me with binoculars turned out to be Jay at [email protected]. reintroducing Pirchei classics — as Pirchei songs See EVENT, Page 10 See COPING, Page 9

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The Jewish Star offers heartfelt condolences to Rabbi Zalman and Rebbetzin Chanie Wolowick Singing for Israel’s solidarity and their family High school girls’ choirs compete for tzedaka BY MALKA EISENBERG

Yeshiva University High School for Girls (Central) may have won first place in the Sec- ond Annual Girls’ Choir Compe- tition at HAFTR High School on Feb. 23, but the joy and cama- raderie of all five participating schools raising money for charity eclipsed any feelings of rivalry. Close to 400 women and girls filled HAFTR’s auditorium, Levi Yitzchok Wolowick a”h raising over $3,500 in ticket sales Girls from five yeshiva high schools sang in a choir competition on Feb. 23 to raise money for the Israel for this year’s charity, the Israel Solidarity Fund of America, which distributes money to victims of terrorism and their families. Hamakom Yenachem Etchem Solidarity Fund of America ing all Jews together in achdut get your fellow Jews,” he said. schools. It was packed last year B'toch Sha'ar Aveilei Tzion (ISFA). Choirs from Central, (unity) –– “Different schools, dif- “We can all make a difference. and this year we had the same” V'Yerushalayim HAFTR, HANC, Shalhevet and ferent backgrounds raising By being here, you have.” number of people, she observed. SKA took their turns on stage; money for Israel, revealing their Gerstley modeled the com- Student coordinators led Cliff Richner some sang a cappella, others with hidden potential, their individual petition after a similar event some choirs while teachers led musical or rhythmic accompani- and global potential and seeing held for seminaries in Israel. She others. Each choir appeared Stuart Richner ment. Each group was announced the hidden hand of G-d as in the noted the success of last year’s onstage two times to sing. The Richner Communications and then greeted with raucous Megillah... The message behind inaugural competition, when the concert ended with all the cheers from the audience as well Purim is to be able to experience choirs raised money for the Koby choirs on stage together, singing Mayer Fertig as from opposing schools. Com- the hand of G-d on a global Mandell Foundation. L’shana Haba b’Yerushalayim petitors called out to each other, level,” Gerstley said. “Girls who went to Camp and Acheinu. SKA won second

Publisher & Editor in chief 266852 offering moral support and high- Yudi Zuller spoke about Koby spoke,” said Gerstley. place at the event while HAFTR lighting friendships. ISFA, the organization he estab- “Koby’s father came and spoke won third. The concert competition lished in 2002 on Staten Island, when we gave him the check. It “It was a great event, was organized by Rachel Gerst- and screened a video about his was very moving... One of the everyone was thrilled and we ley, a Judaic Studies teacher and efforts. Through barbecues and things I wanted the girls to see want to continue next year,” student activities coordinator at concerts, he has successfully this year was this speaker, to see Gerstley said to sum up. “The HAFTR. She gave an opening raised money to help victims of what one person can do, run- girls have a wonderful way of speech and dvar Torah in front of terrorism and their families, ning concerts, raising money expressing their talent for a a video screen with a picture of traveling to Israel several times and bringing it to Israel.” good cause. They work hard, the Kotel (Western Wall) and the a year to distribute the funds, “Everybody always likes to spend time and it’s all worth it words “Shirei Shalom” (songs of most recently last week. hear singing,” she continued. “It when they see the auditorium peace). She spoke of Esther find- “Follow your dreams, pur- was a way to bring the commu- jam-packed and it’s all for tzeda- ing her hidden potential, gather- sue your passions and never for- nity together, the different ka. It’s a nice feeling for them.”

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TO ADVERTISE IN THE JEWISH STAR 266826 CALL 516-632-5205 EXT. 4 The Jewish Star March 6, 2009 3 When your nose is that red, it’s Purim all year Lev Leytzan honors local volunteers who clown around for a good cause BY YAFFI SPODEK troupe that creates performances Community Service. with a lot of Jewish families and to teach safety education to “These are boys who have others, including victims of ter- Who needs stodgy old younger audiences and has been used their unique skills and per- ror.” awards like Guest of Honor and adapted for children with disabil- sonalities to demonstrate their “People often focus on the Parent of the Year when you can ities. commitment to doing chesed,” patients and the sick kids, but I’m confer deserving honorees with a “I joined the program when commented Rabbi Mordechai in awe of our volunteers as distinction known as the Golden it was just starting, as a way to Yaffe, the menahel of Ateres clowns –– their growth and Nose? do something extra, and I Yaakov. “We support our stu- development in their creativity, While that might be a bit of haven’t looked back since,” dents in this program because it and how they learn how to be a bold step for more traditional recalled Aron Martin, who will facilitates their learning and more compassionate and sensi- charities, it’s a perfect fit for the receive the Golden Nose Award teaches them how to think of tive in their interaction with the Woodmere-based medical clown- for Dedication and Leadership. others. Our yeshiva is extremely people they perform for,” Dr. ing troupe called Lev Leytzan, The 21-year-old from Far proud that two such fine future Goldberg explained. “We have the Compassionate Clown Alley, Rockaway has moved up the leaders have been selected to be become like a family over the Inc. ranks over the years and now honored and their honor is our years. It is really an amazing Lev Leytzan is a not-for-prof- supervises the training sessions honor as well.” thing and I take a tremendous it organization that trains volun- and performances of those just Dr. Goldberg noted that Lev amount of pride in what these teers to visit hospitals, nursing beginning their clowning careers Leytzan’s annual trip to Israel kids have accomplished.” homes and other facilities to per- at Lev Leytzan. with the Ossie Schonfeld Memor- The annual dinner is a form, entertain and bring laugh- “It’s not a skill set I had ial Toy Fund, to deliver toys to major component of Lev ter to patients through therapeu- before I joined,” Martin told The sick children, is a highlight Leytzan’s fund-raising. For more Photo courtesy of Lev Leytzan tic clowning. Jewish Star, describing his among the organization’s pro- information about the event or to (From left) Oooshie the Clown (Asher Mechanic), Schmeggles the Clown clowning experience. “Clowning The organization will hold grams. It gives the clowns the make a donation, please call (Shlomo Dov Kopelowitz), Timmy the Clown (Meir Dovid Weinberg), and is a very serious business, as Neal opportunity to perform for “a (516) 612-3264 or e-mail its annual dinner on Sunday, Marlin the Clown (Aron Martin) in blue hat at right during a “Learn, Don’t March 22 at 7:30 p.m. at Cong. [Goldberg] likes to say. It takes a multicultural audience...working Purim [email protected]. Burn” fire safety show. Beth Sholom in Lawrence, hon- lot of focus and dedication to oring four local volunteers who learn the skills and apply them.” have been active in the unique One aspect of clowning that chesed organization since its he enjoys is the camaraderie launch in 2004. Other highlights between the volunteers. of the evening will include a “It is definitely a great bond- comedy performance featuring ing experience,” Martin says, “and we all respect each other I NVITES YOU TO JOIN US FOR OUR 15 Chicago City Limits, refresh- ments, and a Chinese and silent for our skills. It’s also a very grat- auction. ifying experience.” “The dinner is our event Asher Mechanic, a fellow where we try to be really differ- honoree, expressed similar feel- G ALA A NNIVERSARY D INNER ent and the program is all about ings. being mesame’ach people (mak- “It’s just a great environ- ing them happy) and allowing ment to be in, the idea of making them to enjoy,” said Dr. Neal people happy,” said Mechanic, Goldberg, a psychologist and Lev who will receive the Golden Leytzan’s founder. “These boys Nose award for Achievement in are really the pillars of the pro- Clowning. gram and we want to honor A senior at Queens College them for their tremendous dedi- who lives in West Hempstead, cation and the countless hours of Mechanic, like Martin, has been time and effort that they have clowning since the organization put into it.” began when he was 16 years old. The “Clowns on Call” –– as “I am going to continue the program is named –– act out clowning for as long as I can,” he improvisational skits while using pledged. YEHUDA &SHOMRON POPULATION REACHES 300,000 CITIZENS various tools of the trade such as Two other honorees, Yosef balloons and juggling balls to Dov Kopelowitz and Meir Dovid enhance the experience. Weinberg, seniors at Mesivta Lev Leytzan also has a Ateres Yaakov, will receive the “Clowns for Safety Squad,” a Red Nose Award for Outstanding M ONDAY E VENING,MARCH 23, 2009

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M.S. In Reading, English & Education 266857 4 The Jewish Star March 6, 2009 O PINION Sure there’s a cycle of violence or years, Mideast watchers have Editorial shoot at Israel rather than building MAYER FERTIG objected to the term “cycle of vio- schools, hospitals and sewers for them- Publisher, Editor-in-Chief lence,” a media favorite, on the selves. Who knew? Not everyone believed her, YAF F I S P ODE K F grounds that it morally equivo- Now that much of the Gaza infra- Assistant Editor cates between Arab belligerence and of course, but most did, and soon we structure must be rebuilt on account of MALKA EISENBERG, MICHAEL ORBACH Israeli self-defense. The phrase neatly were calling her Senator. For the record, said Arab shooting, Secretary Clinton Reporters ignores the fact that if the Arabs would we at The Jewish Star didn’t believe her. and President Obama seem to believe HELENE PARSONS AND RACHEL WEINBERG just stop shooting, the violence would Now Senator Clinton is Secretary that it's the United State's turn once Account Executives end at once. Clinton, the wheel has turned again and again to pony up. RABBI AVI BILLET, AYALA COHEN, ALAN JAY GERBER, However, there certainly is a cycle of it seems the cycle has revealed itself in And the Arabs are still shooting. Over RABBI YAKOV HOROWITZ, ADAM NEUSTADTER, SARI something going on there, so far as U.S. full. Secretary of State Clinton is in the 100 rockets have been fired into Sderot NOSSBAUM, LISA SCHIFFMAN, RABBI AVI SHAFRAN, policy is concerned — actually several Mideast this week proposing to give the and nearby cities since the Jan. 18 cease- DAVID SEIDEMANN, MIRIAM L. WALLACH, CHANANYA cycles. Arabs of the Gaza Strip $300 million, fire. Over the weekend an upgraded type WEISSMAN The first is somewhat newly revealed. with another $600 million to go to the of missile landed in an empty school- Contributors Back when she was merely the First West Bank. She insists the money will yard. And that seems likely to become a ALYSON GOODMAN Lady, Hillary Clinton made a lot of peo- not go to Hamas, but to the Palestinian Mideast cycle too. Editorial Designer Authority, which likes to think it's in ■ ple angry by kissing Suha Arafat after Arabs shoot missiles over the border, The Jewish Star is an independent community newspaper. All opinions expressed Suha had just launched a modern blood charge, and that safeguards are in place Israel pacifies them for a while and then are solely those of The Jewish Star’s editorial staff or contributing writers. to prevent the money from being mis- ■ libel, accusing Israel of poisoning the it all starts up again. Doesn’t anyone in 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530 Arabs’ water. Suha’s important job at the used. Washington see it coming? (516) 569-4000 E-mail: [email protected] time was to prop up the French econo- And that's another Mideast cycle. The It seems clear that Israel is going to fax: (516) 569-4942 my. She did that by spending U.S. tax- U.S. sends piles of cash to the Arabs have to go back into Gaza again, perhaps The Jewish Star is published weekly by the The Jewish Star LLC, 2 Endo there and then finds itself disappointed Boulevard, Garden City, NY 11530. Postmaster send address changes to The payer dollars in Paris almost as fast as to finish what it started late in 2008, or when the dollars are neatly divvied up Jewish Star, 2 Endo Boulevard, Garden City, NY 11530. Subscription rates: $36 her late husband, Yasser, could steal perhaps just to make some more noise for 1 year, $60 for 2 years, $72 for 3 years within Nassau County. All other sub- them from aid intended for his impover- between corrupt officials and terrorists and again leave undone the job of finally scriptions $54 per year. Newsstand price: $1 . Major Credit Cards accepted. ished constituents. shooting at Israel’s civilian population. restoring peace and quiet. Copyright © 2009 The Jewish Star LLC. All rights reserved. When Hillary decided that she would Israel has also gotten plenty of cash Spending $300 million right now to make a crackerjack U.S. Senator from from the U.S. and uses it to build and rebuild Gaza is probably not such a great New York, the wheel began to turn. She defend a modern, flowering society idea. If the President wants to throw suddenly discovered within herself a pas- where none stood before, and to build money down a rat hole he might as well Letters sionate well of support for Israel's securi- schools, hospitals and sewers for the give it to AIG or Citibank. At least no one ty and a deep, abiding love for its people. aforementioned Arabs who choose to there is shooting at Israel. Bnei Akiva Star online To the Editor: rides again It's about time you guys got yourself a real Web site. I’ve RIGHT ANGLE To the Editor: been trying to magnify your Kudos to the Young Israel of PDFs for way too long. You are Lawrence-Cedarhurst and to finally getting the recognition Rabbi Teitelbaum on opening a you deserve in the way yeshiv- Snif (what’s a branch?) of Bnei ish websites pick up your news Purim present Akiva (Bnei Akiva Zionist youth pieces. I for one am grateful n the first day of the the likely culprit, they say, The gift that Adar in 2003 brought movement opens Lawrence- that the caliber of the writing Jewish month Adar, was Lavrenti P. Beria, the was the knowledge of that theretofore Cedahurst Branch; Feb. 27, on The Yeshiva World and the Talmud enjoins us chief of the Soviet secret unrecognized salvation, of what the 2009). Will you allow some old VosIzNeias has been improved to “increase happi- police. killer of millions of his countrymen had Bnei Akivaniks to stop by and through their posting of your O ness.” It is, after all, The book also apparently planned for the Jews under join in Mifkad and to sing Yad articles. Especially with the bill- the month that holds Purim, recounts the story of the his control but which never came to Achim? The article brought board updates. Shkoiach! back wonderful memories of when we express our grati- infamous “Doctors’ Plot,” a pass. That Stalin met his fate (however Bnei Akiva in Borough Park and REB NOACH tude to G-d for delivering the fabricated collusion by that may have happened) just as he was at the Ave N Jewish Center in Meadowmere Park Jews in ancient Persia from Kremlin doctors to kill top poised to launch a post-Holocaust holo- their enemies, and when we Communist leaders. caust of his own, is something we might Flatbush more than 40 years Rabbi Avi Shafran ago. I am sure that the teach- give alms to the poor and “By the time Stalin well add to our thoughts of gratitude at ing of Bnei Akiva will also last a The L word gifts of food to one another. disclosed the plot to a our own Purim celebrations today, more lifetime with this generation of In 2003, the first day of Adar stunned Soviet populace in January than a half century later. kids. To the Editor: brought us an early Purim present. It 1953,” the article noted, “he had spun it And we might note something else wasn’t food, but rather food for into a vast conspiracy, led by Jews as well, especially during this season of JACK RUBIN What does the L in MLW thought. under the United States’ secret direc- meaningful ironies, when G-d’s hand is Cedarhurst stand for? The previous day had been the tion, to kill him and destroy the Soviet evident “between the lines” of history to 50th anniversary of the death of Iosef Union itself.” all who are sufficiently sensitive to see Bernie Bernowitzman Vissarionovich Dzugashvili, better The article went on to relate some- it. Lawrence known as Joseph Stalin. A new book on thing less widely known. “That Febru- During the feast at which Stalin the Soviet dictator and mass murderer, ary,” it states, “the Kremlin ordered the collapsed, according to his successor “Stalin’s Last Crime,” was about to be construction of four giant prison camps Nikita Khrushchev, who was present, published, and The New York Times ran in Kazakhstan, Siberia and the Arctic the dictator had become thoroughly ABOUT LETTERS a lengthy article that day about the north, apparently in preparation for a drunk. And the party, he testified, book, including its suggestion that Stal- second great terror –– this time directed ended in the early hours of March 1. The Jewish Star welcomes Letters to the Editor in may have been poisoned. The Soviet at the millions of Soviet citizens of Jew- Which, in 1953, corresponded to of no more than 250 words. We reserve the leader had collapsed after an all-night ish descent.” the 14th day of Adar, otherwise known right to edit letters for style, content and dinner with four members of his Polit- That terror, however, thankfully as Purim. space. Deadline is Monday at noon; we cannot buro at Blizhnaya, a north Moscow never unfolded. Two weeks after the guarantee placement. Letters must include the dacha, and he languished for several camps were ordered built, Stalin attend- Rabbi Shafran is director of public name of the writer, current address and daytime telephone number and may be mailed to The Jewish Star, days before dying. If indeed he was ed the Blizhnaya dinner and, four days affairs for Agudath Israel of America. 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530; faxed to (516) 569-4942; done in, as the book’s authors suspect, later, was dead at the age of 73. or e-mailed to [email protected].

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THE KOSHER BOOKWORM “Remember Amalek!” by Dr. Louis H. Feldman A review of a nation we are commanded to hate Rav Kook in his “Mid- would appear to be cruel placing the Amalek mandate into its that we give Egypt sought to bar Shiur” teaches that the and primitive. historic perspective by expounding pause on the enslave the Jews. Jewish people have two In his introduction, upon other incidents in both biblical Shabbat before To commemorate missions, one as a mam- Dr. Feldman details the ori- and ancient history that parallel the Purim to ponder his defeat and lechet kohanim (a kingdom gins of Amalek, and the command to wipe out Amalek. First we the role of the our redemption, of priests) and the other as precedents and parallels are led through the entire flood Amalek legacy in we eat tasty Mat- a goy kadosh (a holy among the ancients that episode and the attempt by G-d to get both our history zos and observe nation). The first mission warranted such actions. humanity to repent. We have a justifi- and its tragedies. the festival of refers to the aspiration to Cited among Jewish histo- cation for the saving of Noach and his What follows is Passover. Haman uplift the entire world to rians are the views of Philo family. The tradition of the Noachian intended to con- was another recognize G-d. The second and Josephus. The con- Covenant and its implications are given tinue that enemy of ours mission is designed for Alan Jay Gerber trasts between each are their due, especially of G-d’s expecta- somber theme. who brought Israel to achieve its full detailed and analyzed. tion of its observance by all nations, In conclud- about his own spiritual potential. One is Motivations behind these including Amalek. ing this essay, downfall. The universal in its goal and the second, differences are speculated upon and it Other incidents are detailed as the following delicious Haman- parochial. According to Rav Kook, is ultimately left to the reader to decide well, such as the revenge of the rape of incident was tashen we eat Amalek’s goal was to negate and refute on the “correct” version of these early Dina, the annihilation of the nations of brought to my and the jolly fes- both missions. G-d’s command for the historians’ views of this tragic event. Sichon and Og, and the extermination attention from tival of Purim total elimination of Amalek is couched In detailing Josephus’s account, of the priests of Nob and the people of Philip Good- recall our deliver- by the phrase, “macho emcheh,” a dou- Feldman relates the historian’s full ver- Jericho. The book concludes with a man’s classic, ance from him. ble expression indicating that Amalek’s sion of the importance of Amalek’s detailed discussion of the action of Pin- “The Purim While lis- punishment is reflective of its two attack. The account of King Saul’s fail- chas Hacohen and the sages’ justifica- Anthology” (The tening to your goals: targeting Israel’s dual mission ure to exterminate Amalek, which cost tion of his zealotry, a chapter that war- Jewish Publication Society). venomous diatribe, I wondered what and thus preventing its fulfillment. him his crown at the word of the rants careful reading. “When Hitler was delivering one kind of delicacy would the Jews invent Amalek, on its own initiative, took prophet Samuel, is brought into the lit- Each chapter in the book is com- of his infamous speeches in a large hall and what kind of holiday they would upon itself to reject Israel’s sacred mis- erary fray. Also enumerated is David’s pletely footnoted, and the study pro- in Munich at the start of the Nazi establish to celebrate your downfall.” sion. Unprovoked, Amalek acted as the campaign against Amalek and its impli- vides an index of citations, a complete ascent to power, he could not help but I looked back at this incident and classic bully, attacking the Jews at their cations in the scheme of history. and comprehensive bibliography, and notice that a man in the front row was pondered its innocence until I gathered most vulnerable, thus earning our At the center of the book is a index. making facial contortions of derision its full meaning and implication for us enmity for eternity. The Amalek scholarly yet brief chapter entitled, Dr. Feldman has been a professor and joy marked with an occasional out- today. We survived the plots of Haman episode has come to us as a legacy “Amalek in Rabbinic Literature,” which of classics and literature at Yeshiva Uni- burst of laughter. The man’s behavior and we celebrate, as we should. How- from which we learn. Thus, we have brings the topic of its relationship to versity for over 40 years. He has resulted in bringing confusion to Hitler ever, we have yet to recover from the Shabbat Zachor this coming Shabbat, Jewish religious observance into authored 11 books and over 160 arti- midst his anti-Semitic invectives and results of the plots of Hitler and we before the feast of Purim. The historical greater focus and justification as a reli- cles. Currently, he is engaged in a causing annoyance to the Fuhrer. When have yet to have a holiday established underpinnings of this Amalek story are gious mandate. groundbreaking project, editing a pub- the speech was concluded, Hitler in to celebrate his demise. the subject of this week’s essay. Another interesting facet that Feld- lication entitled “The Lost Bible: great ire sent for the one who disturbed This is the reason that makes the Among the most learned studies man treats with even greater depth is a Ancient Jewish Writings Relating to him and indignantly inquired who he commandment of “Remember Amalek” on the topic is “Remember Amalek!,” a topic that has bedeviled the Jewish Scripture.” He will be working with a was. even more relevant today. Do not forget book by Dr. Louis Feldman (Hebrew people through the ages, “The Alleged team of two other scholars, Dr. ‘I am a Jew,’ he said innocently. that for us, Amalek lives in the atomic Union College Press, 2004). This study Jewish Hatred of Gentiles.” This chap- Lawrence Schiffman and Dr. James ‘Then you should be taking my might of Iran, and we too will have to of 272 pages encompasses the vast ter provides powerful historical insight Kugel in an enterprising effort at restor- address more seriously,’ warned Hitler. await the day to celebrate the demise gamut of the study, not only of the concerning a canard that has cost the ing Second Temple literature to its orig- ‘Do you not believe that I will ful- of that tyranny. The lesson of Purim is Amalek encounter, but also of the com- lives of thousands of our people. The inal Jewish character and context. fill my threats to bring about the that the struggle never ends. mand by G-d to destroy other people as examples of events related by Feldman Amalek, the historical prototype destruction of the Jews?’ I wish all my readers a meaningful part of a religious obligation. The moti- of people whose racist behavior for the anti-Semite, has been associated ‘You should be aware,’ the Jew Purim, filled with joy and most impor- vating factors are discussed, as are the betrayed their prominent place in histo- with the festival of Purim since its replied, ‘that you are not the first anti- tantly, with prayer. religious and political forces that bring ry will surprise many. inception. With so joyous, and yes, so Semite who sought to destroy us. You forth what to the “modern” mindset The author concludes this study by riotous a holiday, it is indeed an irony may recall that the great Pharaoh of

FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BENCH: PERCEIVING OUR POTENTIAL Continued from Page One world unless he has fulfilled his occurs on Wednesday April 8). I For those of us who have potential, concluded his task can understand the blessing on squandered our opportunities to who for some reason or another and made his mark. the new moon which we say evaluate our potential every have not reached their potential. Most of us spend the first once a month. Just look at the week, or even once a year, we But I am equally convinced that third of our lives fulfilling some- moon as it changes its shape are being afforded the opportu- when G-d takes a child, that one else’s perception of our every day of every month. It is nity to evaluate our lives at a child would not have been taken potential. The next third is spent clear to the naked eye that a 28-year mark. We don’t have to that accu- unless that child has unequivo- identifying our potential and renewal is occurring. But a wait for illness, infirmity, or like the mulated cally completed his or her task only the last third, trying to blessing over the sun? impending death to ask our- rise and (and wast- on this Earth. reach it. But G-d is brilliant. He The sun as it will appear on selves the painful question the setting of ed foolishly to So the parents of the new- devised measurements of time, April 8, 2009 looks the same as “Were we the best we could the sun, which impress our friends born shed tears at the bris of by which we can measure our- it will have looked on April 7, have been?” appears to be the same and who might only be our friends their newborn after their selves. 2009. It will appear on April 8, The “Blessing of the sun” needs to be evaluated anew. because of our lavish spending); tremendous joy at bringing There are seconds, minutes, 2009, the same way it appeared instructs us that even when it There are subtle changes, if we measure success by the ful- another Jewish soul into the hours, days, months, years and in April of 1981, the last time we appears that everything is the subtle differences that require fillment of potential, then the world. Their joy is tempered by decades. True potential seekers made the blessing. And with all same today as it was yesterday, one to challenge himself at the hearts of parents, grieving over the worry and fear of perhaps take stock at least every day, deference to Al Gore, it will that today is an affirmation that very least once very 28 years the loss of their son, can some- having a child who won’t reach others at the end of a week appear this year as it will on my actions yesterday were fine, and ask the painful question, what be comforted with the his potential. before each Shabbat, and still Wednesday, April 8, 2037, the after all I am still here. The bless- “Can I be better?” knowledge that their son, Levi And the parents of a nine- others only once a year, before next time we can make the ing, every 28 years, instructs us If we begin to measure suc- Yitzchok Wolowik, was one of year-old cry bitter tears as they Yom Kippur. blessing. to stop and take stock of a life cess not by the money we have the wealthiest among us. return their son to his Creator. Why in the world would G- But hopefully, over the years, d, through the rabbis, institute those tears will be sweetened Bircat Hachama, the blessing with the knowledge that no over the sun that we recite once For All Your ARIETY SOMETHING nine-year-old boy leaves this every 28 years? (This year it Lighting Needs Vconnection FOR EVERYONE STOP HOPPING Revitalize Your Body and Mind 1 SHOMER SHABBOS Everything For Purim Except The Hamentashen! Licensed Acupuncturist 1298 Chestnut Dr., Hewlett Make Us Your First Stop For All Your Purim Needs Natural Face Lift Using Acupuncture (516) 569-0353 & Chinese Herbal Mask Makeup Novelty Hats Promote Wellness of The Body & Spirit Masks Purim Bags Costumes 50’ Rolls Cello AREAS OF SPECIALTY

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ON THE Jewish Center is located at 400 Old Westbury Road in East Meadow. Tomchei Shabbos offers Purim cards Reserve your space by March 17 by calling (516) 796-8833. Because our neighbors need Nussbaum at (516) 569-0451. In Calendar us, Tomchei Shabbos Yad Yeshaya Far Rockaway call Sima Krischer is offering Purim Cards to help (718) 471-8974. In Lawrence call Cedarhurst - The JCC of the cover the costs of meals for fami- Joy Paley at (516) 603-2531. In Greater Five Towns has scheduled lies in need in our community. Woodmere call Marilyn Blau at their seventh annual fundraising Four packages are available: 10 (516) 295-1175. In West Hempstead For a complete listing of upcoming evening of music with Israeli enter- Blvd. in Long Beach. The cost is $35. dinner for Wednesday, March 25, to cards for $36, 36 cards for $100, call Shira Beer at (516) 485-1426. community events, including items tainer and songwriter Yoram For more information, please call be held at The Sephardic Temple, 50 cards for $136, 200 cards for In Bayswater call Judy Merlis at that didn’t make it into the print Teharlev on Saturday night, March 7 (516) 766-4341, ext. 162 or e-mail 775 Branch Boulevard at 6:30 p.m. $360. In Cedarhurst call Marilyn (718) 327-5294. edition, go to at 8:00 p.m. at Temple Israel, 140 [email protected]. For more information and/or reser- www.thejewishstar.com. Central Avenue. Tickets are $25 per vations, please call the JCC office at person. For tickets and more infor- (516) 569-6733. resource center for all cancer con- Conversational Hebrew Beginner Oceanside - The Friedberg JCC is mation, please call (516) 569-6733. cerns, located at 86 East Rockaway class meets Mondays from 11:50 to Cedarhurst - Young Israel of hosting a Purim carnival on Sunday Oceanside - The Friedberg JCC is Road. A new class, held on 1:05 p.m. The Learn How to Read Lawrence-Cedarhurst and Bnei March 15 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays, from 10-11 a.m., is a “Mind Hebrew day class meets Mondays Akiva North America are happy to Cedarhurst - The JCC of the Come in costume and enjoy rides hosting Author Talk with Haggai Carmon on Thursday, March 26 from Body Spiritual Healing Journey” for from 1:10 to 2:25 p.m. The announce the launching of a new Greater Five Towns will host a and food. In the spirit of mishloach cancer patients looking to connect Conversational Hebrew Beginner Bnei Akiva chapter in the Five Purim Costume Party for its LIFE manot, please bring in non-perish- 7:30-8:30 p.m. Hear the Israeli American author and international to their inner sanctuary. Please call night class meets Tuesdays from Towns. The chapter will be open for members on Sunday, March 8, from able items for those in need. (516) 374-3190 to register. 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. The Conversational 4th and 5th grade boys and girls of 3-5 p.m. The LIFE program is for sin- Admission is free. The JCC is locat- lawyer discuss his 20 years of adventures working undercover for Hebrew Intermediate night class the entire community. Activities for gle adults with disabilities. For more ed at 15 Neil Court in Oceanside. For meets Tuesdays from 7:30 to 8:45 the U.S. government, which inspired Woodmere - The Young Israel of boys and girls will be separate and information, please call (516) 569- more information, please call p.m. The Learn How to Read Hebrew his latest intelligence thriller, “The Woodmere hosts a Torah will be led by our Bat Ami girls, 6733. (516) 766-4341. night class meets Mondays begin- Chameleon Conspiracy.” Cost is $6. Conference Call (TCC) program Alona and Nofar. YILC is located at 8 ning 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. Each class Spruce Street in Cedarhurst. For The JCC is located at 15 Neil Court every Monday through Thursday Merrick - Purim in India is Chabad Long Beach - The Sephardic meets 12 times and costs $200. more information, please call in Oceanside. For more information, from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m., and Sundays of Merrick’s exotic theme this year Congregation of Long Beach is (516) 569-3324. please call (516) 766-4341. from 10:00 to 10:30 a.m., sponsored for their annual Purim party to be hosting a casino night on Saturday, by IDT. The schedule is as follows: Hewlett - The 1 in 9 Hewlett House ONGOING EVENTS held at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14 from 9 p.m. until midnight. Sundays, Rabbi Binny Freedman: offers support groups at 86 East Cedarhurst - The Beis Medrash of March 10. The event will feature Admission is $25 per single and $40 tastings on the parsha; Mondays, Rockaway Road. The groups include: Cedarhurst - The “Sunday Night Cedarhurst is introducing a Flexible Master Hypnotist Ronnie Baras, per couple. There will be 4 tables of Rabbi Zev Meir Friedman: contem- yoga and stress reduction, meets Torah Lecture Series” in memory of Morning Learning Program, which Purim activities with an Indian blackjack, roulette and poker with porary hashkafic topics; Tuesdays, Mondays from 1-2 p.m.; breast can- Shari Siman-Tov z”l is held weekly will take place every Monday twist, and more! The program will prizes at the end of the night. Light Rabbi Kalman Topp: halachic topics cer support for those undergoing at 8:00 p.m. at Congregation Shaare through Thursday from 10:30 a.m. be held at the Norman J. Levy refreshments will be served. The of daily life; Wednesdays, Rabbi treatment meets Tuesdays from 11 Emunah, the Sephardic until 12:45 p.m. There are shiurim Lakeside School, 21 Babylon Road in shul is located at 401 W Penn. St NW Aaron Glatt, MD: Bentching and a.m. to 12 noon, and on Wednesdays Congregation of the Five Towns, 539 and chavrusas in Chumash, Gemara, Merrick. Visit www.ChabadJewish Corner of Lafayette Blvd in Long halachos relating to benching; and from 1-2 p.m.; knitting circle meets Oakland Avenue (Corner Oakland Halacha and Chovos Halevavos. Life.org for more details. Beach. For more information, please Thursdays, Rabbi Yisrael on Tuesdays from 10-11 a.m.; the Ave. & Peninsula Blvd). Both men Learners can come and go as they call Roni Shetrit (516) 432-1806 or Kamintesky: hashkafa from the par- writer’s roundtable meets and women are invited. Ner Sarah is please The Beis Medrash of Hindy Mizrahi at (516) 431-8664. sha. To participate, dial (718) 732- Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 12 noon; Long Beach - The Friedberg JCC a network of Torah and chesed Cedarhurst is located at 504 W. 6924 or (973) 409-3117. Enter the Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Long Beach Branch is hosting a par- Projects in memory of Shari Siman- Broadway (off the corner of W. conference ID#: 516 295 0950 and group meets Tuesdays from 12:15- enting workshop series, “Discipline East Meadow - The Suburban Park Tov z”l. For more information, Broadway and Cedarhurst Ave.) For enter the password: 613613#. 1:15 p.m. for 8 sessions, facilitated is NOT a Dirty Word,” with sessions Jewish Center invites the communi- please e-mail nersarah@nersarah- more information, please contact by Jill Alper, MSW, CSW; breast can- on three conescutive Thursdays, ty to experience Shabbat Across project.com or visit www.nersarah- Rabbi Moshe Kaufman at (718) 471- cer group for the working woman March 12, 19 and 26, beginning at America on Friday night, March 20 project.com. 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words... This is not an easy day.” GRIEVING COMMUNITY TRANSFORMS DINNER Yet, he announced, the COPING WITH TRAGEDY resolve of his daughter and son- Continued from Page One Referring to the outpouring word to teach to their entire bus. in-law to move forward is unshak- Continued from Page One final confirmation from the med- of grief, Tamar Pewzner said that “He was a very wise and seri- able. ical examiner’s office is not would be going straight from the the young boy was an emissary ous student,” said Muller. “Tonight’s program should thinking, if they understand how expected before the end of the funeral to the dinner.” “just like his parents are. He sacri- Shortly after the funeral fin- be full of happiness,” he empha- it happened, why it happened, week, pending laboratory results. Community members, who ficed a lot, just like his parents do ished, the crowd began filling the sized, “the opposite of what we then it won’t happen to them.” A spokeswoman for the all share an individual and per- for this community.” Sephardic Temple for the Chabad endured today. Everyone should Some children will have a health department, Cynthia sonal relationship with the Levi was warm “to everyone dinner. Predictably, the event be joyous. [As the Talmud says,] delayed reaction, perhaps a week Nixon, wouldn’t confirm that the Wolowiks, she said, “wanted to he met,” Pewzner added, and “he began with a somber air. ‘Joy breaks through all bound- later. press refers to Levi Yitzchok mourn with them.” was always meticulous in follow- “People were not sure how aries.’” “Parents should validate Wolowick, but no other similar Nevertheless, the Wolowiks ing the Jewish customs.” they were supposed to act,” said While attendees had original- whatever they’re seeing,” she said. cases are reported. “felt that it was the right thing to “It was just a pleasure to see Werner. “We were just not sure ly feared that the dinner would “Whatever you’re seeing, especial- Just two pediatric deaths go ahead with the Chabad din- him in synagogue,” said Werner. whether we were really supposed serve as a painful reminder of a ly in the first week, is fine and have been blamed on the flu in ner,” said Faivish Pewzner, a “He was such a sweet boy. He was to be happy or upset.” deep scar in the community, after- normal.” Nassau County since such cases health executive, also an honoree. a good friend to all of our kids.” Many felt out of place, she wards, recalled Leah Muller, “peo- Parents often ask if it’s OK to became reportable in 2004. The Rabbi Wolowick specifically He “just had a very good added, without the Wolowiks ple said that this was the most cry in front of their children. Yes, only other one occurred several asked Pewzner “not only to be nature,” offered Leibel Shmotkin, being there. “A lot of people know wonderful experience. There was Blumenthal and Farbman both weeks ago in Levittown, where a happy,” but, in keeping with the a bunkmate of Levi’s at the Camp the rabbi in a personal way. When so much unity.” said, but... 10-year-old student died. joy inherent in the current Jewish Gan Israel summer camp in he’s in a room, he’s very And instead of honoring the “Make sure you as the parent “There have in the past been month of Adar, “to increase in Kalkaska, Mich. He “was an approachable and friendly. People end of a young boy’s short life, are clear yourself about how [cases of a] very ... rapid course of joy.” example to the rest of us in the attend because of Rebbetzin said Faivish Pewzner, the dinner you’re reacting,” said Blumenthal. the disease reported to us but Hours before the dinner way he learned and [prayed].” Chanie and Rabbi Zalman.” was “a means to continue his life.” “There’s nothing wrong with more often it takes a normal began, a funeral procession car- “I can just see his smile,” said “I admire them,” said Rabbi During the dinner, attendees being sad or even crying in front course where you come down ried Levi Yitzchak Wolowik from Leah Muller, who accompanied Kenneth Hain of Congregation filled out cards with pledges of of your child as long as you’re in first with a sniffle and runny a chapel in Borough Park to his Levi on a trip to Israel in 2007. Beth Sholom in Lawrence. “I cher- good deeds in memory of Levi. control.” nose, then you come down with a resting place at the Old Monte- “He brought happiness to every- ish them and the work they do. After the event, the honorees “A rule of thumb is...if you high fever and aches — and with fiore Cemetery in Cambria body.” We have only the utmost admira- joined Rabbi Meir and Hadassah can cry for a minute and then children you can also have nau- Heights, Queens. It passed by “He was very mature,” relat- tion, both personally and commu- Geisinsky, the youth directors at stop, then it’s OK. It’s OK for chil- sea, vomiting and diarrhea,” Lubavitch World Headquarters in ed Shmulik Greenberg, 20, Levi’s nally.” Chabad of the Five Towns, to dren to see their parents cry but if Nixon said. Crown Heights and Chabad of the camp counselor. Despite his “The Wolowiks are a role deliver the pledges to the you feel yourself getting hysteri- She recommended that any- Five Towns, where the Wolowiks young age, “I remember that he model for inspiration,” echoed Wolowiks. cal, then walk away,” Farbman one with symptoms of the flu con- serve. did not need any help packing or William Muller, “for caring and “The family appeared to advised. “It’s scary for children to tact their doctor since medications Thousands of people crowd- unpacking.” love, and for the fulfillment of life derive comfort from it,” said see their parents not in control.” to treat the flu are available. Flu ed the streets in each neighbor- Dr. William Muller, a found- to its greatest extent.” Werner. “The dinner turned out Finally, if you are planning to season runs through May, she hood, leaving cars double- and ing member of Chabad of the Five Behind the scenes, the cou- to be a positive experience for bring a classmate for a shiva visit, noted, so there is still time to be sometimes triple-parked. At the Towns, agreed, telling of an activi- ple “raised funds for people for everyone, instead of a depressing “prepare your child,” said Dr. Blu- vaccinated. Anyone who has not funeral chapel in Borough Park, ty that he and Levi worked out on their failing mortgages, and to one.” menthal. had a flu shot is advised to see police units blocked the road out- the Israel trip. Each day, the pair provide for people’s basic needs “Levi was a gift to our com- “If they know what they’re their doctor. Doctors who do not side. would decide on one Hebrew when they lose their jobs,” he munity for these past 10 years,” going to see they handle it well. have any more doses of the vac- added. “It’s all done discreetly.” added an emotional Werner. Try to paint a picture for them cine can call the Health Dept. she (The day before his son’s “This was a night to celebrate his ahead of time. Often children’s said; the vaccine is still available. passing, Rabbi Wolowik orga- short and special life.” fantasies are worse than reality.” While vaccination does not guar- nized a last-minute burial for a A press release from the Nas- antee that someone will not con- Jewish man who had died penni- sau County Dept. of Health said tact the flu, Nixon said vaccina- less. 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Dolitsky of Cedarhurst, the father of a choir member — Jack Dolitsky, 9, of HAFTR. “So I assume he doesn’t usually wear his tzitzis out,” I asked. “No, but you can be taught anything,” he noted with a smile. I never saw Rabbi Teitel- baum’s Pirchei Choir perform but I’m guessing they never fronted a 22-piece orchestra. Photo by Shimon Gifter Lipa Schmeltzer made his The Pirchei Boys Choir (aka Yeshiva Boys Choir) onstage at “The Event” at the WaMu Theater Sunday. The choir includes a number of Long Island and Far Rockaway residents. entrance on the WaMu Theater stage a year later than planned, company. Surgeons finishing an was introduced with another while. He seemed to dismiss his lish.” He didn’t have to make the MBD sang past favorites but it was worth the wait. operation have trouble bringing video — a funny skit about Lipa critics and the controversy that attempt: Mordechai Ben David, including “Ki Lo Yitosh,” “Da’aga He appeared in a spotlight the patient out from under and Dedi in the IDF; the choir has surrounded him for more in the flesh, this time, joined Minayin,” “Anachnu Ma’amin- from behind the orchestra riser anesthesia. “Let me see the EKG sang several more Pirchei songs; than a year, while discussing his him halfway through to sing the im” and “Yidden.” at the top of a flight of stairs at printout,” the lead surgeon and Rabbi Boruch Chait per- frequent visits to the sick. chorus and the rest of the song. Lipa changed costumes center stage. He sang the title orders. When the anesthesiolo- formed with Yisroel Williger and “When I go to a hospital to The crowd gave a huge roar as again toward the end, this time track of his last album, “A gist tells him the printer on the members of the group ‘Acheinu.’ lift them up it breaks my heart,” MBD made the same grand into a large pair of black-striped Poshiter Yid,” (a simple Jew), electrocardiograph was out of Rabbi Chait took a moment he said. “Not the other stuff — entrance from the top of the tzitzis worn outside his shirt. into the type of headset micro- ink, the surgeon reacts with to recall the joy that Rabbi Teit- the other stuff is nonsense. orchestra riser that Lipa had His dancers (did I mention there phone common on secular per- anger, and the video cuts to a elbaum took in living life — “his THIS breaks my heart.” made earlier. Hundreds leaped were male dancers, as well as a formers but not generally seen in slide with the advertiser’s name simchas hachaim” — and in He sang a medley of songs (Lip’d?) to their feet. trio of backup singers, who also Jewish music (perhaps because and other information. partaking of the permitted, from past albums, explaining With tastes running more changed costumes several few other Jewish singers would Then, from behind the sur- rather than seeking to ban. that he would try to make toward classic rock, my seat- times) — soon followed suit, know what to do with two free gical drape, the “patient” sits up A video tribute to Rabbi everyone happy by singing their mate, Jay Dolitsky, has been to wearing tzitzis over their ... hands, someone observed). smiling: Lipa. Teitelbaum was hosted by a favorite song — and was soon very few Jewish music concerts, track suits, while Lipa soon He wore a cloth cap and a Cut back to live action with young grandson; another trib- wearing his most interesting he said. He had heard of MBD switched up again into a grey black velvet blazer — the first of Lipa striding onstage — this ute was also pre-recorded by costume yet, which seemed to but didn’t recognize him when bekeshe (long coat). In most, if at least a half dozen costumes time in full Chassidishe levush composer Abie Rottenberg, who incorporate the traditional garb he appeared. Still, he quickly not all of the costume changes, he would wear through the (traditional Hasidic attire). had a family obligation that did- of four or five different groups figured out what was what. he also switched his glasses. course of the evening. Twice I Before singing another note Lipa n’t let him attend in person. of Chassidim: pants with one “I can see why he’s so well Toward the end, Lipa told looked up from taking notes and turned the whole evening into a That turned out to be the dark leg, one light, with a white liked,” he said. “He just has a the cheering crowd, “We will do realized that I had missed a cos- siyum (completion of study) — most technically interesting part sock on one foot, and a long very palatable voice. He’s got this again and again and again. tume change. his first ever — on Masechet of the show — a virtual perfor- coat that seemed to be several great presence. I get the impres- We will bring simcha!” Which is Immediately after the first (tractate) Megillah, complete mance by Rottenberg, singing garments stitched together. sion that Lipa is more of an really what he’s all about. song an assistant entered from with everyone in the theater ris- and playing piano, soon joined Possibly the best part of the entertainer” than purely a singer. As someone who has found stage left with a large briefcase ing for Kaddish. by a virtual Mordechai Ben show came when Lipa, now in Got it in one. himself bored to distraction at so Lipa could exchange his Then he sang an ode to David, who sat next to him on brown slacks and long coat with Seeing the two of them more than one Jewish music glasses for a different pair. Torah study, a song from his last the piano bench, accompanied a matching bowler hat, sang together on stage was a lot of concert in the last 10 years I will Next was a well-produced album with the chorus, “Torah by the live orchestra onstage, by Mordechai Ben David’s “Just fun — all the more so because it tell you that this show wasn’t video prepared for last year’s sheh’bichsav (the written the choir, Acheinu, Sruli One Shabbos,” in Yiddish, after was Lipa’s show, and for all of one of them, and I’m looking concert. Set in an operating Torah), Torah she’ ba’al p’eh Williger and, finally, Lipa. poking fun at himself and his Mordechai’s stage presence, it forward to what Lipa and Sheya room, it turned out to be a com- (the oral Torah). Next, Lipa was back on Yiddish-inflected speech with a remained Lipa’s show. Maybe it Mendlowitz will follow up with mercial for an ink and toner A guest appearance by Dedi stage by himself, at least for a promise to also “try it in Ying- was the headset mic that did it. for next year.

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