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Aliyah Arbitrage See Page 4 See Page 9 See Page 27 $1.00 WWW.5TJT.COM VOL. 11 NO. 32 25 NISSAN 5771 ohause ,arp APRIL 29, 2011 INSIDE AFTER PASSOVER, THE CHALLAH IS THE KEY FROM THE EDITOR Black Like Us Rabbi Avi Shafran 36 B Y LARRY GORDON Pizza Delivery The Next Rabbi Meir Orlian 51 Big Crisis Worth The Wait David J. Seidemann, Esq. 60 The next new big crisis for Do Things Faster Israel and her supporters in the Mordechai Schmutter 73 worldwide Jewish community is really nothing new at all. In Sleeping On The Job fact, the new crisis, which is the Yochanan Gordon 76 matter of Palestinian statehood in whatever form the imagina- tion can fathom, is in reality the same old challenge. The real concern here is not Suri Davis, an attorney in the Five Towns and proprietor of TheFiveTowns.com, displaying her “Shlissel Challahs,” a popular tradition of baking key-shaped challah following Pesach. See Page 77 Continued on Page 9 HOW KIDS RELATE TO THE AFTERLIFE HEARD IN THE BAGEL STORE BY DR. BERNIE KASTNER tics among us who will wonder Meet Congressman Meeks whether an adult made up some Children will, as a general fantasy story about reincarna- BY LARRY GORDON rule, be brutally honest. They tion or their encounter with the Beth Sholom Hat Show, tell it like it is, ask good ques- afterlife, the literature tells us The town-hall meetings May 17. See Page 52 tions, and demand their instant that the same could not be said scheduled to take place in the gratification. Children as young of children who have had simi- White Shul in Far Rockaway as three or four years who either lar encounters. with longtime congressman had a near-death experience or One illustration of this comes Gregory Meeks over the last few spontaneously reported details from the vast research done months have been canceled of their previous incarnation with children by Dr. Ian twice. Members of the Far have reported amazingly Stevenson: K, a girl in India, was Rockaway Jewish Alliance were detailed accounts of what they saw. While there may be skep- Continued on Page 16 Continued on Page 13 Legacies Of Courage U.S. Senators ALIYAH Praise PA ARBITRAGE Jorge and Moshe team up to help those with autism. Police Halachic Musings See Page 23 BY SAMUEL SOKOL BY RABBI YAIR HOFFMAN MIDDLE EAST CORRESPONDENT The events recounted below A bipartisan Congressional are real. The names, however, delegation led by Senator have been changed: Lindsey Graham (R-SC) arrived It was bound to happen even- in the Mideast this week to dis- tually. Willy Englard, grandfather of TAG student Shulamith Twersky, with his wife Paulette and their grandson. Twersky’s essay on his experience, cuss ways to jumpstart the With the penchant of Jews to written in observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, will be recognized for its excellence at next week’s Emunah event. See Page 48 Continued on Page 24 Continued on Page 26 Supporting Ezer Mizion. See Page 42 CANDLE LIGHTING April 29 – 7:30 PM May 6 – 7:37 PM 2 April 29, 2011 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES April 29, 2011 3 4 April 29, 2011 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES April 29, 2011 5 6 April 29, 2011 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES April 29, 2011 7 8 April 29, 2011 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES FROM THE EDITOR tion that there is no real objective to fos- whose very democratic existence is Continued from Front Cover tering a definitive peace between Israel brought into question by a majority of and the Palestinian people living in her countries in the world. how or when the UN member states will midst. The talk over the last two decades Kofi Anan, a former Secretary-General P.O. BOX 690 LAWRENCE, NY 11559 mobilize to attempt to further hurt the of “peaceful coexistence” and “two states of the UN, stated his hypothesis on more 516-984-0079 State of Israel and bring into question the living side by side in peace” has proven to than one occasion that it was difficult to [email protected] legitimacy of her existence, but why be little more than diplomatic bluster fathom how, when it came to Israel and [email protected] Israel allows itself to be subjected to the without any foundation or root in reali- her existence, the overwhelming majori- LARRY GORDON ESTA J. GORDON UN’s hateful whims. ty. It has to be clear to most observers ty of the 192 member countries of the UN Publisher/Editor Managing Editor If we are not aware of it by now, then that the prime goal is to isolate the YOSSI GORDON, YOCHANAN GORDON we are simply incapable of the realiza- Jewish State and turn her into a pariah Continued on Page 11 Sales Managers CHANA ROCHEL ROSS Editorial Assistant SIDI BARON DAVID FOX DOV GORDON YAKOV SERLE Sales Representatives SHMUEL GERBER MICHELE JUSTIC Chief Copy Editor Copy Editor CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Hannah Reich Berman, Anessa V. Cohen Rabbi Aryeh Z. Ginzberg, Yoni Glatt Toby Klein Greenwald, Rabbi Yair Hoffman Ron Jager, Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky Shmuel Katz, Phyllis J. Lubin, Esther Mann Rochelle Miller, Rabbi Meir Orlian, Elke Probkevitz Dr. Rachael Schindler, Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow David J. Seidemann, Rabbi Ben Tzion Shafier Rabbi Avi Shafran, Eli Shapiro, Dr. Ari Sher Samuel Sokol ELISHEVA ELEFANT Staff Graphic Artist IVAN NORMAN, IRA THOMAS Staff Photographers FRANKEL & CO. Design & Production TALIYE CORLEY Art Director The Five Towns Jewish Times is an independent weekly news- paper. Opinions expressed by writers and columnists are not necessarily those of the editor or publisher. We are not responsible for the kashrus or hashgachah of any product or establishment advertised in the Five Towns Jewish Times. 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES April 29, 2011 9 10 April 29, 2011 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES FROM THE EDITOR matters at hand. Continued from Page 9 The strategy on the Arab side today is not in the best interests of their people were wrong and that Israel and her few and it’s doubtful whether that was ever scattered supporters were right. a serious consideration in the process. It is, however, to be understood and The main goal today is the delegitimiza- even accepted that Israel’s existence tion of Israel. The Palestinian hope is to will always be called into question by bring Israel to her knees, isolate her, and this combination of despot-led coun- perhaps even have the world communi- tries and banana republics that inex- ty impose sanctions on the Jewish The race is on between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu to present to the world their visions of a peace plan. plicably harbor an innate anti-Jewish State—not dissimilar to the attempts and anti-Israel agenda. Most of them being made today to isolate terrorist could not explain it themselves nor states like Iran and Libya. trace its origins. The next battle in this war against Today, even though Israel and the Israel is planned for September, and the Palestinian Authority have some form of forum for it is the General Assembly at an advanced relationship, the backward the UN. The Arab hope is to maneuver momentum of the on-again, off-again the world body to sidestep the Security (presently “off”) negotiations process Council and have the GA declare and cannot simply be attributed to an recognize Palestine within the borders impasse in talks or even to the so-called of another sovereign state—Israel’s. continued development of settlements The race is on between President as an obstacle to what were not so long ago regularly scheduled meetings on the Continued on Page 12 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES April 29, 2011 11 FROM THE EDITOR FEATURES Continued from Page 11 Around The Five Towns 41 Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu to present to the world their visions of a Classified Ads 66 peace plan to save Israel from the dam- age the UN may be able to inflict in the Business Halacha fall. This brand of casual extremism Rabbi Meir Orlian 51 dressed in suits and ties should be dealt with by the Jewish State temporarily A Clever Title Goes Here withdrawing itself as a member of the Mordechai Schmutter 73 UN. She should do so until such time as the international community—led by Daf Yomi Insights the United States—comes to grips with Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow 56 the reality of today’s Middle East. PA president Mahmoud Abbas, at 76 The Dish years of age, is constantly threatening to Elke Probkevitz 37 quit his post, with no real successor being Insights On The Torah groomed for the future. Still, it is the posi- tion of the U.S., led by Mr. Obama and Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Sacks 20 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, that a R’ Ben Tzion Shafier 22 peace deal with Abbas may be the last Luach chance for a long time to forge any kind Calendar 16 of a peace deal. Haven’t we learned anything at all Middle East News from what just happened with Egypt Samuel Sokol 57 and the result of a peace treaty with one man—in that case, Hosni Mubarak—as MindBiz opposed to a peace between the people Esther Mann, LCSW 33 of Israel and the people of Egypt? Amazingly, and despite the vicious and Mother’s Musings violent suppression of Syrians by dicta- Phyllis J. Lubin 35 tor Bashar al Assad, it was only a month ago that the U.S.
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