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VOL 9, NO 9 ■ MARCH 5, 2010 / 20 ADAR, 5770 WWW.THEJEWISHSTAR.COM Purim intox Alcohol emergencies everywhere By Michael Orbach

For one Hatzalah paramedic, Purim began not with hearing the Megillah but hours later, when the fi rst call came. It was an 18-year-old. He was uncon- scious, the caller said; he drank too much at a shul party and was breathing very slowly. Past the edge of Orthodoxy? The paramedic, the fi rst on the scene, con- centrated on keeping the patient’s airway open, provided oxygen and started an IV to administer fl uids. Other Hatzalah members arrived with an ambulance, and prepared to transport their patient to a hospital. Midway through the ride, the boy regained conscious- ness and started fi ghting with the ambulance crew, even managing to bite one man. The team was forced to tie him down until they arrived at the hospital. That was the fi rst call; dozens more, many just like that one, kept the paramedic and his Photo illustration by Christina Daly fellow volunteers out until nearly sunrise. Top row, l-r: Rabbi Avi Shafran, Rabbi Avi Weiss, and Rabbi Marc Angel. One case was almost fatal, but the patient Bottom: Rabbi Reuven Feinstein, Rabba Sara Hurwitz, Rabbi Basil Herring, and Rabbi Avi Weiss was resuscitated successfully. “Anyone in EMS (emergency medical ser- Any congregation By Michael Orbach staff.” vices) will tell you that Purim is just a night The notion of a Mahara”t was appar- of excessive inebriation and a huge Chilul Shakespeare’s dictum only applies to ently accepted in the Bronx, if barely tol- Hashem (desecration of G-d’s name),” said with a woman in a roses; a rabbi by any other name is not erated elsewhere, but the new title has the paramedic, who declined to be identi- a rabbi. sparked outrage even among some in fi ed in keeping with Hatzalah policy against rabbinical position Or so it would seem from the furious Riverdale and raises the question: has speaking with the media. “You know it’s go- response from virtually all corners of Rabbi Weiss fi nally gone too far? ing to be a long one. You expect no sleep and of any sort cannot be Orthodox Judaism to Rabbi Avi Weiss’s Agudath Israel fi rst called the venture not much time with your family. You wind up announced ordination of Sara Hurwitz of ordaining women to the Orthodox dealing with the Purim casualties.” considered Orthodox, with the new title of Rabba. Hurwitz, 33, clergy an “essential break with the me- Several other calls brought him back to is a graduate of Rabbi Weiss’s Yeshivat sorah (tradition) of klal yisroel” — in the the same hospital, where a nurse pulled him Agudath Israel says. Mahara”t and served this past year at words of a spokesman, Rabbi Avi Shafran aside to talk about the holiday. his shul, the Hebrew Institute of River- — but a Feb. 25 statement signed by the “She told me, ‘I’ve got fi ve [alcohol-re- Has Rabbi Avi Weiss dale, under the title Mahara”t. The up- members of Agudah’s Moetzet Gedolei lated] cases in pediatrics. One of them is 9 graded title was necessary, Rabbi Weiss HaTorah (Council of Torah Sages), was years old,’” he said. fi nally gone too far? explained, to “make it clear that Sara even more pointed. Despite a steady stream of commentary Hurwitz is a full member of our rabbinic against heavy drinking — particularly un- Continued on page 3 Continued on page 3

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y y y y k k exively oppose the in- exively Dov Friedman, a com- Dov that I’m older it’s“Now In Far Rockaway, David David Rockaway, In Far behave more responsibly,” responsibly,” more behave she said. in who lives mercial director Heights, said he Washington spent Purim drunk, evening drunk. too but not that say kids me to easy for shouldn’t be drink- under 21 But, ing at all; it’s the law. in high school,when I was I could care less if someone drink, to me not and I told reall and got did it anyway, drunk every year. It’s a tough drunk every year. situation because ‘everybod is doing it,” he said. is doing it,” said that while he Klinkowitz he under- remained sober, “I understand of these that a lot YU for Rutner said that she and other Yoatzot said thatRutner she and otherYoatzot come “What has happened is people have Most has his defenders. Rabbi Weiss is a visionary;“Rabbi an Orthodox Weiss All change, he said, come with he said, come All change, accom- an a change “Whenever someone suggests “They think he ex- they are supposed to,” theThe paramedic made it to eight o’cloc “It’s in the an important step advance- a friend who had too much too drink.a friend much too who had too students, Purim is also their real expo- only drinking,sure to but since they are older, there expectation that is a general they will minyan theminyan next morning hear the to megil- duringlah reading. Hours later Purim his seuda, thecalls began again. at this the time it was best thing the for community at large.” changes make to subtly worked Halacha have proponents “We’re in the community. Jewish she explained and of doing things quietly,” said the results of that been approach have positive. doing: show- about what we’re out and talked ing the number of phone calls, and the num- We come in theber of children able to world. presenting as opposed to thingskeep quiet, it so publicly.” prominent among them is Rabbi Marc Angel, Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Shearith Israel, the historic Portugese Spanish and City. York Synagogue in New grapplerabbi who has the to with courage that con- issues to many other rabbis fear email. “Whether he explained via front,” people agreeor not with they him, should respect the and seriousness of his endeavor Orthodox make commitment to his absolute grow and thrivegrow in a meaningful, vibrant and ‘open’ manner.” friction. panying when thein old patterns even — change proper — thereis organic and halakhically will be those who refl Orthodox keep to and who prefer novator, closed, hierarchical and authoritarian.” stood why many others chose to get drunk. others get chose many to why stood plained. “They think to...” they are expected women in the taharat community regarding women purity) of family mishpacha and a vari- (laws a occupy of other not issues, but she does ety position. public rabbinical if this is I just don’t know ment of women. explained the do it,” appropriate time to in the “Maybe future, with women Rutner. more experiencehaving it is something that but I just don’t thin come out, have would cations ‘I don’t know know ‘I don’t if the adults in fully the picture the comprehend ramifi they’re what of promoting. putting They’re in danger’ lives ital at the of side p Photo by Claudio Papapietro by Photo in a hos g “It’s disturbing more one Rabbi Elozer Kanner, much ... was bet- least what I saw “At Universi- Cheryl a junior at Yeshiva Noll, “They’re negotiating,” the“They’re source ex- negotiating,” He said that the talks in was RCA with which fellow, is an impetous “He [Weiss] Rabbi Basil Herring, vice presi- executive who serves in the River- Bracha Rutner, cations of what they’re pro- derage drinkingderage - that Purim led up to (Rav drinkingShmuel Kamenetzky called heavy sin), the a drinkingan aveirah, on Purim continued. when it happens in yeshiva and in rabbonim’s houses, [rabbonim] who should the paramedic better,” know said. “Rabbis who are men- these to childrentors sanc- tion this of behavior. kind It’s I don’t know troubling. if the in the adults picture the comprehend rami- fully fi putting kids’ They’re moting. in danger.” lives of the of Hatza- coordinators and the Towns lah of the Five some detected Rockaways, calls — fewer improvement that is intoxication, involving past years. — over to than Kanner like ter previous,” said. “I’d dream that people are hearing the message. I don’t know.” spent most of Women, for College ty’s Stern her Purim evenin Continued from page 1 page Continued from of Weiss’s rabbinical school, Yeshivat Chovev- rabbinical school, Yeshivat of Weiss’s member- from RCA are prohibited ei Torah, ship. A source within the disagreed RCA with characterization. the Week’s Jewish kick him to want plained. “The does not RCA be kicked out, to want out and he does not but this activity.” is an intolerable the about retracting Rabba title. Weiss it. If I Everything he words is in how is okay. he’s retracts, guess, when Rabbi Weiss had to this the say was going to right thing at the com- wrong time and I regret doing it, and I a period doing it for of time.” not mitt to dent of the com- return calls for RCA, did not ments. Halacha, a as a Yoetzet Center dale Jewish Hurwitz’s role akin to wasn’t ways, in some sure about the of a formal ordination. impact is a halachic Rutner advisor to As a Yoetzet, gure Photo courtesy of Hatzolah of courtesy Photo A Jewish Week article quoted an unnamed article quoted Week A Jewish “Well, all rabbis are created equal, but but equal, all rabbis are created “Well, On his blog, Rabbi Pruzansky lambasted Rabba Sara Hurwitz in the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale. Her ordination may may Her ordination Riverdale. of Institute in the Hebrew Hurwitz Sara Rabba America. of Council and the Rabbinical Weiss Rabbi between a break cause source close to Rabbi Weiss who claimed that Rabbi Weiss source close to the Rabbinical Council of America plan- was graduates Already, ning on expelling Weiss. they all carry Pruzan- do not weight,” equal “Tra- interview. sky explained in a telephone and in almost consensus, dition strives for every are literally case - and the exceptions min- cases. The halacha (law), exceptional practice, recommendation, hag (custom), the consensus of rabbis and will follow etc. certainly when the has na- at hand matter tional implications...” Weiss’s move, both from a halachic his- and move, Weiss’s clergy, role of female The torical perspective. mimics Reform, but in fact is a only “not and a peren- pagan ideologies throwback to religious establishments,” to nial challenge he wrote. ven Pruzansky, a prominent Orthodox fi Pruzansky, ven in and rabbi of Congregation Yeshuran Bnei Teaneck. c halacha (Torah law), is unim- law), c halacha (Torah

Perhaps most importantly, Weiss’s move move Weiss’s most importantly, Perhaps had the backing of a world-class “[If] Weiss “Putting a woman in front of a group of “Putting a woman “TzniusIt includes isn’t a mode of dress. Their principalbased on objection is “These a radical represent developments “The ordination of women as rabbis rep- “The of women ordination While a condemnation from the Agudah

ith the tradition and is beyond our sacred ithout anyone of stature behind him.” him.” of stature behind ithout anyone oices have been equally unforgiving. unforgiving. been equally oices have Continued from page 1 page from Continued or central. He’s changing the face of mesorah the recognized Orthodox spectrum, chareidi but he does not have any such backings any on have but he does not that he’s departing not [from the mesorah], also comes without any authority. also comes without authority. any a claim have posek (halachic decisor) he would permitted but it’s do.” wrong to ing a cat in the It’s aron kodesh. technically is nothing in the Shulchan Aruch about keep- much more than the letter of the law. There much more than of the the law. letter lates a speciﬁ a lates of tznius. Halacha accomplishes is violative Shafran said. Whether the vio- ordination portant, he explained. on a regular or ad-hoc basis men and women [Weiss] has created violated the concept,” the violated concept,” has created [Weiss] eye and put on a pedestal. The position he and put on a pedestal. eye not honored when they’renot put in the public lic policy. the are demeaned and idea that women Rabbi Avi Shafran, Agudah’s director of pub- Agudah’s director Shafran, Rabbi Avi the Novominsker Rebbe. the Novominsker in the understanding of tznius, modesty, uel Kamenetzky and Rabbi Yaakov Perlow, Perlow, uel Kamenetzky and Rabbi Yaakov included Rabbi Dovid Feinstein, Rabbi Shm- Feinstein, included Rabbi Dovid dox,” said the whose signatories statement, dox,” tion of any sort considered Ortho- be tion of any cannot gregation in a rabbinical posi- with a woman condemned in the strongest terms. Any con- condemned in the terms. Any strongest tion and the mesoras haTorah, and must be and must tion and the haTorah, mesoras and dangerous departure tradi- and dangerous Jewish from resents a serious and inappropriate breach

calls he responded to during Purim. to he responded calls A Hatzolah ambulance in Boro Park. One paramedic lost count of how many many how of count lost One paramedic Park. in Boro ambulance A Hatzolah Despite pleas, drinking on Purim continues pleas, Despite w v w Has Rabbi Avi Weiss gone too far? too gone Weiss Avi Rabbi Has pale of Orthodox Judaism,” said Rabbipale of Orthodox Ste- Judaism,” is not unexpected, more centrist unexpected, Orthodoxis not 4 Saying thanks From Carlos and Gabby’s to G-d, part 2 By Michael Orbach for Boys (DRS) are helping to put the wedding together. The senior class of SKA threw Her name is Daniella Safﬁ oti and she a bridal shower for Daniella last week. would like to say thank you. “I was terriﬁ ed and embarrassed to go,

THE JEWISH STAR THE JEWISH A R 5770 Raised by her grandmother in Lawrence, to show that I didn’t have any money for Daniella, 23, converted to Judaism after my own wedding,” she said, but her feelings working in a local kosher Mexican restau- changed once she arrived. “There were a rant. She was originally profi led in the Jew- hundred girls there; the house was packed ish Star in August 2008, in “From Carlos and and I feel like I’ve known them forever. They Gabby’s to G-d,” where she spoke about her got me gifts; it was mind-blowing. We grew bumpy journey to Judaism. up anti-Semitic and my cousin comes up to “I always thought I was Jewish, just born me and says, ‘No other religion does this. You to the wrong family,” she said at the time. look so happy. You look so complete.’ I felt so A D 20 2010 5, March In two weeks she will be celebrating her proud to be Jewish; to show them that this is wedding to Yishai Romanoff, 24, of West what we do.” Hempstead. They were set up by a shadchan The classes are also setting up the wed- in Israel and plan to live in Far Rockaway af- ding hall at the Young Israel of Lawrence-Ce- ter their marriage. darhurst. Daniella said she received a tremendous “The boys and girls are decorating, at dif- amount of community support and she con- ferent times of course; they can’t mingle,” Photos by Andrew Vardakis tacted The Jewish Star to inquire about writ- she laughed. Daniella Saffi oti and her fi ance, Yishai ing a thank you note. Daniella has also rekindled her relation- Romanoff. They are to be married “Every struggle, I knew it was only go- ship with her mother. in two weeks. Daniella was profi led ing to be good, [but] I never expected it to “She actually brags to people about her be this good,” Daniella explained. “I had to daughter being an Orthodox Jew,” she said. in 2009 about her conversion to be optimistic because I knew it was really As for her grandmother, with whom she Judaism. She contacted The Jewish hard to convert; I was put through so many had a diffi cult relationship, and who was not Star about saying thank-you to the tests. I’ve been on cloud nine for the last two especially fond of Jews, Daniella says she community for the help and support months.” thinks she’s “turning over in her grave.” she received. Since her conversion she has lived with “But,” she said, “I think she’d be really the Weinbergs, a Woodmere family. The happy and very accepting.” The two had a Claire Kamhi Hachnasat Kallah Fund direct- rapprochement of sorts shortly before the ed by Nicole Gleitman is making arrange- grandmother’s death. Steiner, Rabbi Osher and Yaffa Jungreis, and bi Ehrlich. “I had an epiphany: I was born ments for the wedding. Students at the Stella Daniella asked to thank a number of in- her rabbi, Rabbi Mordcha Ehrlich and his not Jewish because Hashem couldn’t decide K. Abraham High School for Girls (SKA) and dividuals and families: Sue Weinberg, Nicole family. which family to put me in, so he gave me all the Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School Gleitman, Robbie Klein, Dovid and Andrea “He’s my father,” Daniella said about Rab- these families.”

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you can ﬁ can you If you’ve been hurt in this economy, economy, this hurt in been If you’ve 11nr 8 March 1-12 ON THE March 7 JM in the AM Fundraising 5 towns, 1 community FIVE TOWNS COMMUNITY CHEST, will be holding Marathon 2010 their ﬁ rst inaugural tribute with a dinner and a AMERICA’S JEWISH RADIO PROGRAM OF RECORD, Calendar show. The event will take place at Lawrence High hosted by Nachum Segal weekday mornings School, at 2 Reilly Road in Cedarhurst. Dinner is from 6-9, is holding its 27th annual two-week Sumbit your shul or organization’s events or shiurim to [email protected]. at 5 p.m. and the show begins at 6. The dinner fundraiser with great guests and prizes. JM in Deadline is Wednesday of the week prior to publication. will honor the 8th grade student government of the AM is heard on 91.1 fm or 90.1 in the Catskills the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach; The Davis- THE JEWISH STAR THE JEWISH A R 5770 and online at www.jmintheam.org. Call 800- Stahler-Renov Yeshiva High School for Boys’ 989-9368 (WFMU) to pledge during the show, or Clothing Drive Committee; and the Lawrence High online anytime. There’s no reason why an on-air School Key Club. Gregory Nunn, of the Inwood fundraiser should make good radio, but JM in the Community Group, will receive the Inaugural AM’s fundraiser always does, so tune in and join Citizenship Award. Students from HAFTR, DRS, the fun! and Lawrence High School will be performing Twelve Angry Men.

A D 20 2010 5, March Cost is $10 for adults and $7 for children. For questions and more information, please call March 5 Bracha at 516-812-7597 Shabbat across America THE SUBURBAN PARK JEWISH CENTER, located at Chinese auction 400 Old Westbury Road in East Meadow, will host HEBREW ACADEMY OF NASSAU COUNTY (HANC) an Interactive Friday Night Explanatory Service will be hosting its 4th annual Chinese Auction and a traditional Shabbat dinner for Shabbat on March 7th 2010. Great prizes will be raffl ed Across America; beginning at 6:00 p.m. Shabbat off including a $10,000 cash grand prize. The Across America is the fi rst nationally orchestrat- drawing will be held at HANC’s gala dinner at ed program to appeal to members of all Jewish Crest Hollow, located at 825 Jericho Turnpike in denominations to celebrate Shabbos. Call 516- Woodbury, but winners do not need to be pres- 796-8833 or 516-520-5733 for more information. ent. To order or for more information, please visit our secure website at www.hancauction.org Friday night tea and talk or call us at (516) 610-0818. KULANU’S KEREN ELIANA PARENT ADVOCACY AND RESOURCE CENTER invites the entire community Breakfast with the to a Shabbat Tea and Talk beginning at 8 p.m. at the Thalheim residence at 354 Island Avenue champ in Woodmere. The topic of the talk will be “The CONGREGATION BETH SHOLOM, located at Challenged Child, a Challenge for the Commu- 390 Broadway in Lawrence, will be hosting a nity.” The talk will feature a panel of speakers breakfast with current World Boxing Association from the local community. super welterweight champion Yuri Forman. The breakfast will begin at 9:00 a.m. immediately following the 8:30 minyan. Admission is free and Yuri will be giving a presentation followed by a March 6 question and answer session. For more informa- Hatzalah auction tion contact Beth Sholom Youth Director Joshua HATZALAH OF MILL BASIN will be holding their Schechter at 516-647-2958 or via email at josh@ 4th annual auction at the Flatbush Park Jewish cbsyouth.com Center, located at 6363 Avenue U in Brooklyn. Proceeds of the auction will support the life sav- Killing Kasztner ing services of Hatzalah of Mill Basin/Canarsie. THE MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE, at the Dinner and desert will be provided. Admission Edmund J. Safra Plaza, 36 Battery Place in New is $20 and includes a free raffl e ticket. Children York, will present the fi lm “Killing Kasztner: The under 12 are $10. Jew Who Dealt with Nazis,” with a discussion with the fi lm’s director Gaylen Ross. “Killing Kasztner” Photo byMayer Fertig tells the story of Rudolph Kasztner who negoti- Radio personality Nachum Segal on Tuesday morning during the closing moments ated with Adolf Eichmann to rescue 1,700 Jews of his popular weekday morning program. JM in the AM, which he has hosted for 27 on a Swiss-bound train. years, is in the middle of its annual on-air fund raiser. Continued on page 9

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Continued from page 8 THE JEWISH STAR Known as the “Jewish Schindler,” Kasztner was later condemned as a traitor in Israel and ac- ON THE March 14 cused of being a collaborator, in a trial and ver- dict that divided a nation. He was assassinated in The story behind Curious 1957 by Jewish extremists. George Joining the ﬁ lmmaker will be Tel Aviv University Calendar THE JEWISH MUSEUM, located at 1109 5th Avenue Professor Dina Porat and NYU Professor Ronald at 92nd St. in New York City, will be holding “Curi-

Zweig. Museum Director Dr. David G. Marwell will ous George Saves the Day: The Art of Margret March 5, 2010 20 A D moderate the discussion. Tickets are $10, $7 for Sumbit your shul or organization’s events or shiurim to [email protected]. Deadline is Wednesday of the week prior to publication. and H. A. Rey.” Curious George, the impish students and seniors, $5 for members, and are monkey protagonist of many adventures, might available online at www.mjhnyc.org or by calling never have seen the light of day were it not for the museum box offi ce at 646-437-4202. the determination and courage of his creators: illustrator H. A. Rey (1898 - 1977) and his wife, author and artist Margret Rey (1906 - 1996). They March 9 were both born in Hamburg, Germany to Jewish A R 5770 Book awards families and lived together in Paris from 1936 THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK COUNCIL presents to 1940. Hours before the Nazis marched into the 59th Annual National Jewish Book Awards the city in June 1940, the Reys fl ed on bicycles ceremony. The event will be held at the Center carrying drawings for their children’s stories for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street in Manhat- including one about a mischievous monkey, then tan and begins at 7:30 p.m. Alana Newhouse and named Fifi . Not only did they save their animal Ari L. Goldman will host the ceremony. characters, but the Reys themselves were saved Each winning author is called upon to speak by their illustrations when authorities found briefl y about the background for writing the them in their belongings. The exhibit will run book. The event is free of charge. For more infor- until August 1, 2010. mation contact 212-201-2921 or visit Jewishbook- The museum is open on Saturday, Sunday, Mon- council.org. day and Tuesday, 11 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.; Thursday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Museum admission is $12.00 for adults, $10.00 Photo courtesy Bracha Katz for senior citizens, $7.50 for students, free for Twelve Angry Men but dozens of happy high school students. Students at DRS, children under 12 and Jewish Museum members. March 10 HAFTR and Lawrence High School will perform a production of Twelve Angry Men Admission is free on Saturdays. For general Pizza with Pals at the inaugural event of Five Towns, One Community on March 7. information on The Jewish Museum, the public The JCC of the Greater Five Towns, located at may visit the Museum’s website at http://www. 207 Grove Avenue in Cedarhurst, has scheduled thejewishmuseum.org or call 212.423.3200. “Pizza with Pals”, from 6-7:30 p.m. This program, Book review Wine and cheese tasting for adolescents with Autism, meets once a month THE JCC OF THE GREATER FIVE TOWNS, located at THE YOUNG ISRAEL OF LONG BEACH, 120 Long through May, 2010. For further information 207 Grove Avenue in Cedarhurst, has scheduled Beach Blvd. in Long Beach, will be holding their please call 516-569-6733, ext. 211. a book review of “The City of Thieves”, by David annual Pre-Passover Wine & Cheese Tasting at March 16 Benioff with Sarajane Giddings. The program be- 8 p.m. Come sample some of the newest kosher gins at at 10:00 a.m. The fee is $25. For further wines (and the old favorites) and pair them with One Israel Dinner THE ONE ISRAEL FUND will be holding their 16th Cooking for Pesach information please call 516-569-6733, ext. 222. great cheeses. This is a great opportunity to annual gala anniversary dinner at Terrace on The JCC of the Greater Five Towns, located at order your Passover wines and dried fruits and the Park, located at 52-11 111th Street Flushing 207 Grove Avenue in Cedarhurst, has scheduled nuts at competitive pricing while supporting the Meadow Park in Corona. The dinner begins at 6 a cooking class “Meringues, Mousses & Fruit synagogue. For more information, email civppl@ p.m. and there is a $500 charge per couple. Cost Fillings” (for Passover) with pastry chef Shoni aol.com. March 13 for couples under 35 is $300. For more informa- Schwartz at 10:00 a.m. The fee for the class is $50. For registration and/or further information Singles event tion contact One Israel Fund at 516.239.9202 x12. please call the JCC offi ce at 516-569-6733. CONGREGATION OHR TORAH IN NORTH WOODMERE, Camp Morasha Reunion at 410 Hungry Harbor Road in Valley Stream, CAMP MORASHA will be hosting an alumni night will hold a night for singles between the ages at Citi Field at 8:30 p.m. All alumni and spouses, Dinner with Friends The JCC of the Greater Five Towns, located at of 22-32 beginning at 8:30 p.m. The cost of the senior staff, parents and friends of Camp 207 Grove Avenue in Cedarhurst, will be hosting event is $25, which will cover the basic expenses Morasha are invited to spend a fun, exciting and March 11 “Dinner with Friends” for singles 55+ from 7-9:00 of the evening. Prepayment and reservations are nostalgic evening together. You just never know p.m., at the JCC. For further information please Chulent cook-off required to ensure a balanced number of men who might be there. RSVP today at www.camp- YESHIVA UNIVERSITY, located at Amsterdam call 516-569-6733, ext. 209. and women. Space is limited. To reserve your morasha.com or by calling 718.252.9696. Avenue and West 185th Street in Washington space, email [email protected]. Pay- Heights, will be holding their annual YU Chulent ment information will be sent via e-mail. Cook-off beginning at 2:45 p.m. The event will take place at the Weissberg Commons. The cook- off is free and open to the public. Continued on page 10

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Sumbit your shul or organization’s events or shiurim to [email protected]. Deadline is Wednesday of the week prior to publication. THE JEWISH STAR THE JEWISH A R 5770 Continued from page 9 March 17 April 14 Yom Hashoah Art Elie Wiesel Contest ADELPHI UNIVERSITY will host “An Evening with A D 20 2010 5, March THE FIRST ANNUAL HOLOCAUST ART COMPETI- Elie Wiesel,” the Nobel Peace Prize-winning TION for original artwork depicting Holocaust Holocaust survivor, author and activist. It will themes will take place at a community-wide Yom begin at 7:00 p.m. in the University’s Center for Two scenes from an a-capella Hashoah event taking place on Sun, Apr 11, 2010. Recreation and Sports, 1 South Avenue in Garden spoof on YouTube of the Black The competition is open to students between City. The William E. Simon Lecture in American Eyed Peas song, ‘I gotta feel- the ages of 10-18. The deadline for applications Civilization and Values Endowment sponsors the ing (Tonight’s going to be a is March 17. Prizes will be awarded on April 11. For event. For more information and to purchase good night).’ It’s to promote more information contact Sarah at 516-569-6717 tickets, visit aupac.adelphi.edu or call the box ‘Shabbat Across America,’ or email [email protected]. offi ce at 516-877-4000. Tickets can be purchased taking place in hundreds of in person at the box offi ce, by phone or online, shuls nationwide this week- are available for $25 for premium fl oor seating end. The original lyrics men- and $10 for regular seating. tion ‘mazel tov’ twice, making March 21 the song a natural. Jewish Harlem THE LOWER EAST SIDE JEWISH CONSERVANCY, April 18 at 15-17 Willet St., between Grand and Delancey Streets in Manhattan, will present a slide lecture Yiddish theater on Harlem’s Jewish past with Yeshiva University THE HAZAK CHAPTER OF THE BELLMORE JEW- professor Jeffrey S. Gurock, author of “When Har- ISH CENTER, at 2550 South Central Avenue in lem was Jewish: 1870-1930.” In 1917, Harlem was Bellmore, is bringing The Folksbiene Theatre’s home to more than 175,000 Jews, making it the Traveling Troupe for a performance of “Mama’s third largest Jewish community in the world. Gur- Loshn Kugel,” a Yiddish musical revue with Eng- ock will discuss the historical forces that shaped lish supertitles. The play begins at 3 PM. A limited Jewish Harlem. Cost is $18. For more information number of seats are available. Tickets are on sale call (212) 374-4100 ext. 1. now: $18 adults, $12 children 10-16 years old. Call Ruthe at (516) 221-8570 or Bill at (516) 221-2056. April 8 Shiurim Yom Hashoa program THE MID-ISLAND Y JCC, located at 45 Manetto Hill Monday Road in Plainview, will be hosting Zvi Bielski, the HALACHA SHIUR followed by a Parsha shiur by son of Zus Bielski. Zus Bielski who was one of the Rabbi Yaakov Feitman beginning at 9:00 PM three Bielski brothers who led a Jewish partisan at Kehillas Bais Yehuda Tzvi, 395 Oakland Ave., brigade in Belorussia that saved more than Cedarhurst. 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust. The family’s story was told over in the movie “Defi ance.” The evening is free and open to the community. For Tuesday SHIUR IN MAHARAL ON THE CHUMASH by Rabbi more information, please call 516-822-3535, ext. Eytan Feiner from 8:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. at Con- 320. gregation Kneseth Israel, 728 Empire Ave., Far Rockaway. Back from Haiti

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visit www.onlysimchas.com 354535 14 Journey to Middle America DRS-NCSY ‘Jump Club’ builds leadership skills in By Ben Pianko, Aryeh Fischer, Ari Adler lic school kids from around the Kansas City and Ian Hawk area to talk about Purim. We felt very accom- plished after reviewing the Purim story, dis- We got off the bus in Kansas City, Kansas; cussing why we ‘boo’ Haman, and why we eat

THE JEWISH STAR THE JEWISH A R 5770 the sun was slowly setting on the day. Okay Hamentashen. Teaching fellow Jews about a so maybe Kansas City isn’t like Mobile, Ala- holiday they know little about is an amazing bama (raise your hand if you didn’t get the feeling. Shlock Rock “Minyan Man” reference). There The good feelings continued the next are defi nitely more than ten Jews and one morning as we went to daven Shacharit at wouldn’t have any trouble fi nding a Shab- The Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy, a K-12 bat minyan, but the closeness and familiarity community Jewish day school. After spend- of the community makes Kansas City one of ing time with the students we met the mem- the truly special Jewish communities in the bers of the Kansas City Community Kollel. It A D 20 2010 5, March United States. was so interesting to hear their stories. These We are all members of the National Con- Kollel members chose to move to middle ference of Synagogue Youth (NCSY) NY America in order to teach and learn with JUMP Club that meets each Thursday at our Jews in the Kansas City community. We have school - the Davis Renov Stahler (DRS) HALB always heard about Torah being taught in Yeshiva High School for Boys. Each week we ‘out of town’ communities; it was exhilarat- Photos courtesy DRS discuss projects and opportunities to develop ing to see it fi rsthand. DRS JUMP Club our leadership skills in the community. We Our next stop was Blue Valley North, a members Ari put much of what we learned to good use on public school whose student body is 15% Adler, Aryeh this trip to the Midwest that was organized Jewish, to run a JSU club. The Jewish Stu- and developed by the NCSY NY region. dent Union is the umbrella organization Fischer, Ian Josh Gottesman, our advisor, is the associ- overseeing hundreds of Jewish culture clubs Hawk, and Ben ate director of NCSY’s JUMP leadership pro- run in public schools across America. We Pianko at the gram. He has been to Kansas City numerous prepared material to teach, but we still didn’t local Jewish times and become close with many people know what to expect because we have ac- Community there. Our own experiences there from Feb- tually never been to a public school before. ruary 17th-21st helped us understand why. When we arrived, we started meeting the Center (left) and On the night we arrived in Kansas City, we students at the club who approached us, and at a joint event ran a Latte and Learning program. That’s a distributed the kosher bagels and donuts we with the Blue Jewish Student Union (JSU) program where had brought along. We taught over 20 pub- Valley North Jewish public school teenagers get together lic school students our own age about Purim High School JSU at Starbucks to discuss Torah and Jewish and groggers, and made our own noisemak- Club (top). ideas. We met with more than a dozen pub- Continued on page 15 354530 15 Kansas City THE JEWISH STAR

Continued from page 14 ers that everyone could take home. It was very inspiring to see young adults willing to stay after school to learn about their Jewish March 5, 2010 20 A D heritage. On Friday we delivered some Purim joy by dancing and singing with residents at an assisted living home, Village Shalom. We met so many different people from so many different backgrounds - people who have lived in Kansas city for over 90 years, a couple who used to perform on Broadway, and even some people who grew up in Poland and A R 5770 lived through the war. Sundown was fast Pianko and Fischer with members of approaching and we were very eager to see the Jewish Veterans of Kansas. what Shabbat would be like in such a warm community. At Shul on Friday night it seemed like the Overland Park, Kansas is something every entire community came over to us individu- Jew should do. There were so many positive ally to say hello and welcome. Everyone was role models who we saw giving selfl essly for interested in learning about our lives and the benefi t of the community. We met Mort, where we came from. They really made us a man who helps take care of the shul, and feel at home, treating us as if we have been we saw how he stayed in shul all Shabbat so living in Kansas all of our life. Dinner was he wouldn’t miss Mincha, because the walk open to anyone who wanted to join us. We home and back is too far. On Shabbat after- sat with several people observing their fi rst noon, we sat in the back of the shul and spoke Shabbat, and it made us truly appreciate that with the father of one of the JSU members. we keep Shabbat every week. He told us how she is inspiring and teach- We set the table for 30 people but when it ing her family about Judaism, causing a true was time for Kiddush people kept on walking transformation in the entire family. through the door. At fi rst we just set more We went to Kansas with the intention of place settings, but eventually we needed to giving but returned home having received bring in more tables! After dinner, we joined life lessons that will never be forgotten. a beautiful Shabbat tisch (table) with 45 public school teens. It was so exciting to sing Ben Pianko of Lawrence and Ari Adler of and dance with students who were so enthu- West Hempstead are graduating seniors at Da- vis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School; Aryeh siastic about getting exposed to their Jewish DRS JUMP Club at a special Kumsitz with all of the local Kansas City JSU roots. Fischer of Brooklyn is a junior; Ian Hawk of Experiencing Shabbat in a community like West Hempstead is a freshman. Clubs. 354526 16 Opinion This little piggy went to shul When my friends were dressing as Queen and now we have an impressive collection of Esther, I donned red spots and a long tail and pigs, plastic, plush, battery-operated, singing THE JEWISH STAR THE JEWISH A R 5770 went to school as Vashti. So I get it. I get not (Elvis songs) and dancing pigs. What more wanting to dress like Esther, despite the fact could a girl want? that she was both beauty queen and brave A pig costume, of course. heroine - the stuff of Disney dreams. I enjoy While the plethora of pig paraphernalia originality and surprise in daily life. And to leads me to believe she is not the only young this day, I am nearly as excited as my chil- child enchanted by pigs, something tells me dren when I dress up for megilah reading on she may be the only Orthodox Jewish toddler Purim. to fi nd such favor in swine.

A D 20 2010 5, March Between the fantastic story, the costumes In truth, pigs have been a dirty little fam- and the candy, it is no ily secret of late. When our daughter came wonder Purim ranks home from school last year in a panic that IN MY VIEW high on the list of holi- Old McDonald no longer had pigs on his days for young chil- farm, we learned that the Israeli day care dren. While the kids preferred not to even acknowledge the exis- were counting down tence of the breed. the hours until Purim Evidently, our day care is not alone and last week, my 8-year- pigs have been banished from the vernacular old explained that in schools from Borough Park to Bergenfi eld. we dress in costume As a matter of fact, in Israel, where pig-re- to conceal our identi- lated laws come straight from the Knesset, ties as a reminder that it is illegal to raise pigs and they are often Hashem hid his face referred to by euphemism as “white meat.” (hester panim) and his (Once, while at a fl eshig kosher restaurant involvement in rescu- in Israel, my stepfather, aiming for an order ing the Jews from Ha- of chicken, requested “white meat,” to the Ilya Welfeld man. We discussed the horror of his waiter.) As noted by Daphne fact that even without Barak-Erez, author of “Outlawed Pigs: Law, obvious signs, like the Religion, and Culture in Israel,” the pig is no splitting of a sea, if we pay attention, we can more un-kosher than a bunny rabbit or even witness Hashem’s miracles even today. the Hoopoe, Israel’s state bird. My husband and I set guidelines for Purim “The Torah does not set apart the pig as costumes: no guns, no swords, no guts and uniquely abhorrent,” she writes. no gore. And each costume must meet with Nonetheless, pigs have come to represent our approval. The boys have been through all things treif. the drill before, so our 2010 Purim costume With this in mind, I wondered how every- pursuit ended rather safely for them, with one would react if we brought a little piggy one confi rmed football player and one eager to shul? I did what every good Jew should alien. However, we were a tad unprepared do and asked a rabbi whether pigs are off- for the challenge presented by our 3-year- limits entirely, or just for eating. And then old daughter. She wanted nothing to do with I did what every good Jew should not do... Queen Esther or Cinderella, Dora or Daisy. and asked another rabbi, and another and Instead, she insisted, repeatedly, that she another. Luckily for me, each rabbi gave the would only be a pig for Purim. same answer. A pig costume would be fi ne. I The child in question is inexplicably ob- was thrilled. If I am honest, I think it is hys- sessed with pigs. Pink pigs, black pigs, clean terical that she loves pigs and have been a pigs, muddy pigs, stuffed pigs and live pigs. willing enabler of the unfortunate obsession. They are all “soooo cute” in the eyes of our So with some help from Amazon.com, we little beholder. escorted our pro-football player, alien and I take some responsibility. I gave each of proud little piggy to shul. I totally shepped my children a super soft, large Ganz plush some nachas that what she lacked in jewels stuffed animal at birth. A blue bear and fad- and sparkle, she made up for with spunk and ed-purple hippo, both with frayed satin paws, originally. While friends did chuckle (and are now cherished old friends. By the time her great-grandmother feared for future our daughter was born, Ganz was no longer shidduchim) no one seemed offended by her making these plush animals so I hit the lap- choice. top to search for discontinued toys. Google’s By the time we left shul, it was way past top-secret algorithm sleuthed ... a our daughter’s bedtime and she was pooped. pink pig. It wasn’t the As the carnival music faded be- ideal choice but it hind us, I watched her waddle seemed to be the through the snow holding last Ganz on earth her tail with one hand and I wanted her while trying to keep to have it. up with her brothers. As expected, We followed them “Piggy” served by a few steps and an important though they were role as the fi rst all still in dis- stuffed pet. guise, I saw under But, unlike a football helmet, her prede- an alien mask and cessors, Pig- soft pig ears — the gy seems to miracles that are part have inspired of my every day. a deep love of all things swine Ilya Welfeld stops to for my daughter. Over the cherish the chaos, writing

years, family and friends about balancing work, life and 353394 have indulged and enabled, religion for The Jewish Star. 17 Purim at Congregation Beth Sholom THE JEWISH STAR Robin aka Ga- briel Shore, 11, The Caped

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Eitan Perlysky, 9, dressed as Thing 2

Even with a broken wrist Avigayil Sch- reiber, 5, can play a mean game of Dance Dance Revolution at the Purim

Carnival at Beth Shalom 354536 18 The most unlikely blood libel

t is a modern day blood libel. monitoring the enemies of Israel and for to see the weakness of your own security local innocent residents of Gaza. Well, that In continuing to dredge up more and assassinating those enemies when neces- apparatus. Unless you are perpetrating is exactly what happened - but it happened Imore connections that link Israel to the sary is called the Kidon Unit. Kidon means a modern day blood libel. And so, when in Dubai, not in Gaza. Mabhouh was a January assassination of Hamas terrorist bayonet. The Kidon Unit exists within an Dubai claims to have this item of DNA and threat to the lives of Israelis. He was iden- leader Mahmoud Mabhouh, Dubai is per- elite section of the Mossad called Caesarea that piece of evidence, the European com- tified and he was assassinated in order to petrating a blood libel against Israel. and is composed of no more than 35 or 40 munity and the Arabic press jump and cry defend Israel and to protect civilian inno- In medieval times, blood libels were people. It is highly unlikely that this very for justice and demand Israel’s head on a cent lives. THE JEWISH STAR THE JEWISH A R 5770 used to discredit and berate Jews. They special unit would activate the vast major- political and judicial platter. Israel, if it was Israel, was following the were used as a tool for fomenting hatred ity of its highly trained members to engage Alan Dershowitz, in an analysis of the advice of the Goldstone Report. And now as a way to prove to the Christian world in a single foreign operation, no matter Goldstone Report, writes that Goldstone Israel is suffering a blood libel. The world that Jews were preying on their host com- who the target was. condemns Israel for targeting Hamas lead- can’t have it both ways. munities. ers from the air when there will inevitably The first blood libel was probably the t makes no sense — unless you are Dubai be innocent casualties. The better method, Micah D. Halpern is a columnist and story of William of Norwich in 1144. Young and you are intent on discrediting Israel Goldstone wrote, would be to identify a a social and political commentator. Read William went missing and it was said that Ifor embarrassing you, for perpetrating a threat and assassinate that person, elimi- his latest book THUGS. He maintains The A D 20 2010 5, March the Jews had stolen crime on your soil, for allowing the world nate that threat, without endangering any Micah Report at www.micahhalpern.com. him and exacted his I’M THINKING blood for the baking of matzo. The story resonated with the Muslim community and the second blood Guess who’s back in town? libel, the most famous of all known blood libels, took place in a Muslim country. In the latter half of the 19th century a priest disappeared in Da- mascus, Syria. Jews were blamed for his Tickets on Micah D. Halpern disappearance and a sale now! terrible pogrom en- sued. In the end, it was a local merchant who had quarreled with the clergyman who was responsible for the disappearance. A simple run through of Arabic editorial cartoons over the past 40 years yields caricature after caricature of Israelis and Jews in the most vile of medieval forms, often depicted taking blood for food and drink. Dubai is feeding off of that Muslim sensationalist belief in the myth of the blood sucking Dubai is Jew. Dubai is also stoking the feeding off flames of anti- Semitism in Eu- that Muslim rope where deep anti-Israel and sensationalist anti-Jewish feelings have been belief in the percolating. 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y y Devor, reside chat,’ said chat,’ reside www.WymanInstitute.org nalist in the fourth annual in the fourth nalist Dr. Rafael Medoff of The David is director Dr. S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, Studies, for Holocaust S. Wyman Institute 8. Lapidus wowed the judges with the judges 18. Lapidus wowed Nahum Goldmann may have been un- have Goldmann may Nahum immigrants. the in minutes ten Roosevelt educate able to leaders’ Jewish for con- allotted he said were withversations the president, but the Saudi — b ve FDR in fi educate to king managed being brutallyhonest. FDR harbored the illusion that the Arabs if it occupied a state, agree a Jewish to would man admit too small enough area or did not ect- She and four others will compete for the top for will compete others She and four rst hand, rst ntest. ntest. . Roosevelt, pictured before a wartime ‘fi a wartime before pictured . Roosevelt, cult to understand. “[T]he cult to ve minutes” remark years later, later, years remark minutes” ve thousand worth of cash and GE kitchen appliances, at the Jewish appliances, and GE kitchen cash of thousand worth 25 Roosevelt aide HarryRoosevelt Hopkins, refl ts of such development might be “inheritedts of such development Cook off Cook is a fi Lapidus, six, Rachelle mother of A Lawrence Manischewitz cook-off co cook-off Manischewitz President Franklin D Franklin President fi ve minutes with the Saudi king was all he needed to understand the Mideast. understand all he needed to king was with the Saudi minutes ve fi velop Arab countries; thevelop Saud feared benefi Pal- immigrants since Jewish the to by Jews,” conquer planning to estine might be secretly the entire Mideast. ing on the “fi it diffi still found thingonly he learned, which all people well with theacquainted cause know,” Palestine “is that theHopkins wrote, Arabs don’t want that Perhaps in Palestine.” more Jews any it fi until he heard it — perhaps was prize, $ prize, on March in Manhattan Center Community Creamy Tarragon Chicken. Two years ago a Far Rockaway woman, Joy Joy woman, Rockaway ago a Far years Two Chicken. Tarragon Creamy won the top prize with a recipe she called Fantastic Flounder. Clearly, the judge’s the judge’s Clearly, Flounder. Fantastic she called with a recipe prize top the won information. more for www.manischewitz.com Visit agreed. ve months ve Photo by Bill Kelly Bill by Photo eeing the Nazis. ve minutes than minutes from ve ve or six hundred thousand or six hundred ve Jews What Ibn Saud told him was that him was theWhat Ibn Saud told Arab What was really remarkable about FDR’s remarkable really What was Vice President Henry Wallace had it right Vice President Henry Wallace The second problem in discussing Pales- The second problem ve minutes” remark was its honesty. its honesty. was remark minutes” ve world would never accept a Jewish state of state a Jewish accept never would world the size in Land. Saud also “objected any Holy a temporary create proposals to to violently” fl Jews for in Libya haven all Holocaust The king recommended settling survivors He even in Germany after the war. spurned de- talk of international FDR’s aid to “fi the handlers know Speechwriters and p.r. of presidents making unrehearsed dangers about thestatements Middle East. But every says once in a while, a president slips and thinks.what he really DID FDR probably learn more in those fi another source. any when he wrote in his diary:when he wrote “The President certainly He looks is a waterman. in one di- the otherrection and rows with the utmost skill...” earlier, supporting the creation of a Jewish earlier, Then, shortly Palestine. afterwards, in state withFDR met anti-Zionists Joseph Proskauer leaders of theand Jacob Blaustein, American them and told “the Committee, Jewish proj- under was, in Palestine state ect of a Jewish of accomplish- present conditions, impossible ment...” to die?” Yet at the same time, he told Wise at the Wise same time, he told die?” Yet to fi wrote he a letter by he still stood tine with Roosevelt was his tendency to talk to his tendency was tine with Roosevelt out of both of his mouth. sides When he met with minutes Ibn ve the “fi following Wise began by FDR in March 1945, Saud” remark berating the the leader about Jewish dan- are a “You statehood: of seeking Jewish gers en- me to want of religion. Do you minister fi courage are only ten minutes left minutes a serious for ten con- are only like one accomplish — what can versation this?” y referring rst was just rst was ve minutes than minutes I ve ict over Palestine, Palestine, ict over ago this years President week, ve

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hear you tell him anecdotes, and then there him anecdotes, tell hear you telling anecdotes, after which anecdotes, he expects to telling thirty of which him are spent by ten minutes, to see him only once every see him only six months,to for is impossible to educate him, because you get get him, because you educate to is impossible a meaningful discussion with Roosevelt: “It a meaningful discussion with Roosevelt: cy in Palestine what it was like trying to have trying like have what it was cy in Palestine to Gurionother and leaders of the Agen- Jewish Goldmann in 1944 described to David Ben- described David to Goldmann in 1944 the president’s intentions. herent in such The fi meetings. Congress Jewish co-chairman Nahum World audience with the clarify president, in order at the found cently Central Zionist Archives, an expert.” an requested immediately S. Wise, Stephen I re- In a document FDR’s attention. getting Fala [the be more of president’s dog] would Fala Edwin Johnson averred. “I imagine that Edwin Johnson averred. even nothing short of amazing,” Colorado Senator nothing short Colorado Senator of amazing,” ert expert king as on the is question Jewish Jewish community. “The choice of the des- community. Jewish of criticismfrom Congress and the American three dozen letters.” could have learned in the exchange of two or learned of two in thecould have exchange talking with fi Ibn Saud for the Moslem problem, the problem, by Jewish “I learned more about the whole problem, ing with Ibn Saud, the kind of Saudi Arabia: text to offer thisto text observation from his meet- to the confl to Arab-Jewish the president departed from his prepared his other meetings abroad. Briefl abroad. his other meetings By Rafael Medoff Rafael By policy in the Middle East. about U.S. and conference report to on the Yalta 1945, FDR’s fi King Saudi the with minutes ve fi FDR’s spoken ever public statements remarkable Franklin Roosevelt uttered one of the uttered most Roosevelt Franklin Quick study Quick 20

March 5, 2010 20 AARD 5770 THE JEWISH STAR MiriamL.Wallach Micah D. Halpern AlanJay Gerber Chananyah David Adam Rabbi Jesse Osher Tova Weissman Seidemann Neustadter Yakov Ross Horowitz

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Bye, bye Mr. Paterson Christina Daly Rabbi Avi Billet HeleneParsons T cial position cial HE nes total- uence J c in ce EWISH learning about Shushan Purim? aboutShushanPurim? learning beputto betterrim use,say, ourkids with we have to wonder: wouldn’t ShushanPu- aregoingto helpmomclean), schoolers to pre- convince usthat (don’ttry nukah Cha- after shortly Pesach vacationstarts holiday, isaschool Shushan Purim and opment days comeoutofnowhere, and parents actually work. devel- Whenstaff never seemto take most into accountthat sectionandbeginagain. top to ofthis the would respectfully you suggest goback that going,we whereyou seethis So ifthat’s privilege. for the usually underpaid they’re one ofsociety’s jobs,and mostimportant Teacherssummer off. work really hard at abouthow getatribes teachers whole the day. 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21 Parshat Ki Tisa is there a doctor THE JEWISH STAR The ‘pure’ menorah in the house? fter describing the appointment of gredient. Netziv explains that the light of the

Betzalel and Oholiab to be the prime menorah can only shine when the generation March 5, 2010 20 A D A architects of the Mishkan, the Torah itself is pure in its deeds. A generation which proceeds to list all the vessels that will be is itself impure will only merit to see the me- constructed. In 31:8, and in sharp contrast norah become extinguished. to all other vessels, the menorah is strangely ince the purpose of the menorah is to described as “HaMenorah ha’t’horah” — the serve as a metaphor for the light of the pure menorah. S Torah, it lights the way for innovation Commentaries are quick to jump on this in Torah learning, also known as the concept

bizarre terminology. From the fact that the of Hiddushei Torah. (Netziv Shmot 25:31) A R 5770 menorah is described as being pure, are we The Mishkan itself is replete with symbol- to assume the other vessels were impure? ism. Much of commentary on these parshas Chari Pere (Siftei Chachamim) and the latter half of the book of Shmot, Rashi quotes the Talmud (Menachot 29b) focuses on the hidden message embedded that says the “purity” refers to the essence within the images we have in our heads of of the gold — its being naturally refi ned and golden structures and holy vessels aimed at untainted by outside infl uences. The Maharal creating an edifi ce of spiritual pursuits. of Prague even explains that all the other ves- What are we doing to achieve our own pu- In Good Health sels are certainly not impure and one should rity? Do we focus on the ingredients — the not imply from the “frum-looking external deeds” a.k.a. pure verse that other vessels gold — or do we focus on the purity of the were impure totality of our existence? Medical professionals and health-related Chizkuni says the It has been said before that more people term “purity” is to be ask their rabbi about the kosher status of businesses, reserve your space now! taken literally, as the food items and restaurants than about other menorah and the shul- aspects of their personal religious experience chan (table) are the — such as whether it is appropriate to cut Monthly special sections, all this year in only two vessels de- corners when declaring income for tax pur- scribed as being pure poses. To use one example, a friend of mine (the shulchan is de- who is a pulpit rabbi, who also teaches in scribed as pure in Vayi- high school, marvels over how he gets “emer- kra 24:6) because they gency” calls of the status of pizza shops ko- Rabbi Avi Billet are the only ones upon sher certifi cation while he is teaching. which no sacrifi ce’s Symbolically, the light of the menorah blood is ever placed, in represents the light which shines in the dark- March 19 any context. ness, aimed at setting us on the proper path It is Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin in our Jewish lives. Let us focus, as the Netziv (Netziv) who presents the most innovative says, on the purity of the totality of our ex- April 9 approach to understanding the signifi cance istence, rather than on the purity of the in- of the purity of the menorah in a comment gredients which may make us “look” more May 14 where he directly disagrees with the ap- observant. proach of Rashi. The purity of the menorah The essence of the good Jew is one who is June 4 has nothing to do with “pure gold,” he ex- “tocho k’bar’o,” whose inside is as honest and plains, it is purely a function of the meno- ethical and living the straight life as is the July 9 rah’s essence, not the essence of its only in- outside image he presents to the world. August 6 Sept. 3 Oct. 15 Nov. 12 Dec. 17 Call your sales representative today! (516) 569-4000 Nassau County Helene Parsons - ext. 290 Avromy Friedman - ext. 219 Brooklyn Jay Morrow - ext. 314 Queens, Manhattan & the Bronx

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23 The Jerusalem Post Crossword Puzzle THE JEWISH STAR

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