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$1.00 WWW.5TJT.COM VOL. 6 NO. 49 15 ELUL 5766 tuc, hf ,arp SEPTEMBER 8, 2006 INSIDE FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK TORAH LIVES ON IN NEW ORLEANS The Doctor Is In BY LARRY GORDON David Rosenberg, MD 29 MindBiz Watching Suozzi Run Esther Mann, LMSW 32 Photo Prose Gary Rabenko 35 Careful With E-mail Hannah Reich Berman 36 Cooking Concepts Naomi Ross 49 Tom Suozzi Elliot Spitzer Attorney General Elliot Suozzi. Spitzer will then go on Last week, on the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Congregation Beth Israel of New Orleans reopened with a Sefer Torah dedication, thanks to the Spitzer is going to win next to handily win in November generosity of many. Above: Mrs. Jackie Gothard; Rabbi Elazar Muskin of week’s Democratic primary Young Israel of Century City–Los Angeles; and Rabbi Yehoshua Sauer of the against County Executive Tom Continued on Page 4 National Council of Young Israel escorting the Torah. See Story, Page 11 The Last ROMMEL, FLUID HEARD IN THE BAGEL STORE DYNAMICS, AND Davening In Denver Mishnah WW II JEWS BY LARRY GORDON when he first got off the train Weinberg-Scharf wedding. BY RAV ARYEH Z. BY RABBI after traveling nonstop for so See Page 71 GINZBERG YAIR HOFFMAN The story has been told long what his first thoughts of CHOFETZ CHAIM TORAH CENTER DEAN, TIFERET CHAYA HIGH SCHOOL about the chasid who was his new surroundings were. grabbed from his home in He said that when he got off In the aftermath of the Known as “the Desert Fox,” Communist Russia and forced the train and around, he saw recent war in Lebanon, it is his name struck such fear onto a train to Siberia in the that it was time for Minchah, really impossible to keep up among the British army dur- middle of the winter. The so he davened Minchah. with events in Eretz Yisrael. ing World War II that suppos- journey into the unknown I’ve always treasured that Once again, the entire coun- edly a directive was issued lasted for more than 24 hours. mayseh—that little story— Years later, after his arrival in because even today, it speaks Continued on Page 40 Continued on Page 8 America, he was asked about volumes about the vital com- those times and the long train ride to Siberia. He was asked Continued on Page 12 Ira Rennert sponsors Taryag Ernesto Blows In… Mitzvah Project. See Page 57 Clean Clothes THE CHANCE Our Aliyah Chronicle, Part 19 BY SHMUEL KATZ A Short Story Happiness is having work- BY IRWIN H. ing laundry machines. BENJAMIN As we get more settled, we reach more mini milestones. At the end of the day, like We had brought new laundry the end of every day, Seymour appliances on our lift, and walked to the back room of the with its arrival the week store, removed his white before we were ready to have apron, hung it on a large metal them installed. hook, pulled down his sleeves, One of the first things you carefully buttoning them at Bowling for OHEL Bais Ezra. learn when planning aliyah is the wrist, and then punched See Page 63 that Israeli and European his time card. Although rarely appliances have smaller varying from his daily routine, CANDLE LIGHTING …and blows out over last weekend, causing great damage to residences capacities than American Seymour was an unassuming throughout the area. Pictured above, Aaron Applebaum of New McNeil Sept. 8 – 6:57 PM Avenue in Lawrence stands over a felled tree—more than a half-century appliances. So, partly to take and humble person. Sept. 15 – 6:46 PM old—whose roots were pulled out of the ground by powerful storm winds, remnants of Hurricane Ernesto. Continued on Page 15 Continued on Page 42 2 September 8, 2006 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES September 8, 2006 3 FROM THE EDITOR reporter that we all know that one of the County, in Albany they assume that you industries he has just not done enough to biggest problems here on Long Island, as must be rich. stem the overwhelming tide of fraud in Continued from Front Cover well as across the state, is the issue of And as far as Suozzi is concerned, here the state’s Medicaid program. and become this state’s next governor, property taxes. “Everyone complains and in New York State more than anything As for what he sees as the difference succeeding George Pataki. While Mr. turns to the schools and accuses them of else, it is Medicaid spending that is out of between him and Mr. Spitzer, Suozzi says Spitzer will be a great governor, for us on waste as an explanation of why taxes are control and hurting us all financially. “We that while Spitzer has been an effective Long Island Mr. Suozzi is like our home so high,” Mr. Suozzi says. “But that’s not attorney general, his focus is not on the team in this race—and it’s always tough where the problem lies; the source of our issues that cause the problems in New to watch the home team lose. I spoke tax problem is in Albany.” York State. He explains that when he with Mr. Suozzi on Monday, Labor Day, Mr. Suozzi adds that across the coun- “To us who work with took over the County Executive position and listened to him analyze what it was try, state governments provide 48 percent Tom, he’s a winner in Nassau County, he had to deal with that went both right and wrong in his of the cost of local education. “Do you issues similar to those that are negatively gubernatorial bid that never seemed to know what Albany contributes to because of his great impacting on the affairs of the state take off or reach its full stride. statewide education?” he asks—and today. “I tightened government in Nassau “I should have begun to run much answers, “only 15 percent.” Clearly, determination and County, and that’s what needs to be done earlier and raised more money,” Mr. according to Tom Suozzi, Albany is not on a statewide level,” Suozzi said. As to Suozzi said in a phone conversation from picking up its part of the education tab. commitment to whatever why his message has not won over the campaign trail. Even though the “On top of that,” he adds, “50 percent of he sets his mind to.” enough voters to score a victory in next polls have been discouraging all along the students in New York City are not week’s primary, he says it’s because he did the way, still Suozzi says that the run has graduating high school, and that’s unac- not have the key endorsements and reit- been “a great experience that has taught ceptable.” erates that he did not have enough [him] so much.” And, he adds that the “Listen, Nassau County is the highest spend $47 billion annually on Medicaid,” money to communicate his message on experience has just demonstrated to him taxed county in the country,” he says. he said. “That’s 250% more than the the scale or level that it needed to be at. “how a dysfunctional government is peo- “And even though we may have been on national average and there is simply no When asked about spending in the ple pushing down,” and “how powerful a the verge of insolvency, it was and is vir- accountability, while the rate of Medicaid campaign, he said that he had spent small group in Albany really is.” tually impossible to convince anyone in fraud increases.” Tom Suozzi also says about $9 million on the campaign and For Tom Suozzi hails from Long Island Albany that Nassau County needed that, while Elliot Spitzer has been aggres- that Mr. Spitzer had spent about $25 and runs Nassau County. He said to a help.” He adds that if you live in Nassau sive in pursuing justice in a number of million. As for his political future, Suozzi says that he plans to serve as Nassau County Executive until the end of his term (which still has three years to go), but that he will not seek reelection to that office. Historically, a governor’s office has been a great stepping stone in the advancement of political careers, with recent presidents George Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter all serving in the governor’s Continued on Page 53 P.O. BOX 690 LAWRENCE, NY 11559 516-984-0079 [email protected] [email protected] LARRY GORDON Publisher/Editor ESTA J. GORDON Managing Editor YOSSI GORDON Director of Sales CHANA ROCHEL ROSS Editorial Assistant SIDI BARON, YAKOV SERLE, JERRY MARKOVITZ Sales Representatives SHMUEL GERBER Chief Copy Editor MICHELE JUSTIC, YEHUDIT SANDERS Copy Editors CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Howard M. Adelsberg, Esq. Irwin Benjamin, Hannah Reich Berman Rabbi Aryeh Z. 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