A Forgotten Art and Spy Innovation Late Israeli Agent’S Five Towns Ties B Y M I C H a E L O R B a C H

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B Y M A S A D A S I E G E L When Joshua Horesh died this past July at the age of 89, he was remembered as a caring father who t's the new year- and one of my reso- doted on his three children and ten grandchildren. His lutions is to focus on the positive, family eulogized him as a big-hearted man, who spoke especially on people who create good- several languages fluently including Arabic, French I ness and bring beauty into the world, and Italian. Sadly, the last few years of his life were be it by art or by innovation. Most situa- marred by dementia, according to his son, as Horesh tions can have an optimistic outcome. believed he was being spied on and that his phones However, twisting positive stories out of were being tapped. war zones is no easy task, but just like tal- As is often the case, in the regression of dementia ented artists can give meaning to a canvas Photo courtesy Nowbakht family could be found elements of truth; Horesh had in fact with his brush, everything is in the eye of Great Neck connection: Robert Nowbakht’s proposal to Sara Abdyan, on camera on the MSG scoreboard. been a spy for most of his professional life. the beholder. “He was a big man, spirituality and physically. He Wars are ugly, no matter how you loved Jews paint it, but scientists both in North and fought American and Israel are working to pro- for them,” tect soldiers from harms way, as well as to Engagement at the Garden e x p l a i n e d help them lead normal lives after life s o n - i n - l a w altering injuries. Israeli coach ejected at eventful charity game for Migdal Ohr at MSG David Jasse o f Scientists at the Weizmann Institute the words, “Sara will you marry me?” Then, B Y M A Y E R F E R T I G Cedarhurst. of Science in Israel have developed an he saw Nowbakht, 28, of Great Neck, on Horesh’s ultra strong impact resistant material bended knee and holding a rose and a ring, Robert Shimonov didn’t plan to go to the e s p i o n a g e using nanotech- propose marriage to Sara Abdyan, 26, also Migdal Ohr charity basketball game. He had career was a nology. Nan- from Great Neck. She said yes, to great just finished teaching Hebrew school on Sun- known secret otechnology is the applause. day when a friend called to say she had a tick- in the family, engineering of It was significant to Shimonov, 26, of et for him to join her at Madison Square Gar- as his son functional systems Fresh Meadows, Queens, because the shid- den to see the New York Knicks play Israel’s M o s h e at the molecular duch was originally his idea. best team, Maccabi Tel Aviv. explained. scale. This mater- “Six years ago [Nowbakht] and I went on “Like Hashem made sure that I see it hap- “Towards ial created by nan- birthright and we became really good friends. pen,” he later wrote in a Facebook message to the end he otechnology is I told him I have this friend Sara and I think about four to five his friend, Robert Nowbakht. Just as he was started talk- settling into his seat during the third quarter times stronger See ENGAGEMENT, Page 13 ing about it. ”Great than steel and he looked up at the scoreboard in time to see He was a about six times very private upheavel and stronger than person. We Kevlar, a popular never knew misery often material today for what he was bullet proof vests. doing. I sus- The cover of Joshua Horesh’s memoir force people to The company, pect it wasn’t ApNano, which is What G-d really said appropriate create, inno- producing the until he wrote the book,” Moshe told the Jewish Star. materials, is also Horesh’s memoir, An Iraqi Jew in the Mossad, was vate, and using the same published in a limited run in 1997 by McFarland Pub- technology to about health care reform lishing. In the preface to the book, Horesh writes that invent.“ make products to he felt compelled to write the book after he read an enhance the per- Halachic ramifications of universal coverage encyclopedia entry that credited someone else for his formance of per- accomplishments. Rabbi Glatt explained. He is government may use its funds sonal safety items B Y M A L K A E I S E N B E R G The elder Horesh was born in Iraq in 1920. His the assistant to the rabbi of as it sees fit and has the right such as helmets, father was a famed Iraqi singer, and after his mother’s the Young Israel of Woodmere, to spend money. “Jewish law as well as protection products for vehicles Using slides, cartoons and death, Horesh immigrated to the then-cosmopolitan as well as President and CEO looks favorably at healthcare and aircraft. humorous quips, Rabbi Dr. city of Beirut, Lebanon. While there he began working of New Island Hospital and reform that is economically So while world leaders disagree, and Aaron Glatt presented the as a translator for the British armed forces, a job that Professor of Clinical Medicine feasible, just and fair,” he stat- wars break out, scientists at Weizmann as halachic (Jewish legal) per- would eventually take him all over Europe and Africa, at New York Medical College, ed. well as innovators around the world are spective on healthcare reform before finally dropping him in Palestine. His career as Clearly, he stressed, from Pointing out that Presi- working to protect men and women in at the Young Israel of Wood- a spy began in the mid-1940s when the religious and a Jewish perspective, we dent Obama has called his uniform. mere on Sunday. Zionistic Horesh began passing along information to “want every one to have all health care plan a “moral American inventors such as Dean “Universal Healthcare: the Haganah, one of the precursors of the modern the health care they could pos- obligation,” according to the Kamen, CEO of DEKA, whose inventions What Does the Halacha Say in Israel Defense Force. In his most important assign- sibly get, but what do you do New York Times, Rabbi Glatt include the Segway, are working for the this Public Health Debate?” ment, Horesh gained access to the infamous “black when you can’t do every- emphasized that “nothing in United States Pentagon on a project was to be a shiur, a lesson in list’” of Israeli leaders to be targeted by the British, thing?” Halacha is based on secular called "Revolutionizing Prosthetics." Jewish law, he noted. It would which he copied and passed along to his controllers. After building a case morals.” The President held a Four years ago, the Pentagon have no “agenda,” no Later, as the war for Israel’s independence began, based on individual and com- conference call with a thou- approached Kamen to create a prosthetic polemics, would be apolitical Horesh began working as a translator and code break- munal requirements of Jewish sand rabbis, Rabbi Glatt said, arm for soldiers who had lost their arms and — here he apologized — er. law, Rabbi Glatt concluded asking that they assist in the in wars. It needed to be computer operat- would be “non-controversial.” “I bade farewell to all my friends and relatives and that “there is no halachic ‘mitzvah’ of healthcare and ed and sensitive enough to pick up a The goal of the talk, which became an Israeli soldier defending our ancient tradi- was sponsored by the Ortho- obligation to provide every cit- saying, “We are G-d’s partners tions,” he wrote. See VIEW, Page 3 dox Union, was to “see if we izen with equal universal in matters of life and death.” One of his most notable accomplishments was to can come to a conclusion of healthcare but there is also no On the other hand, Rabbi break an Egyptian military code that enabled the what Halacha, what Hakadosh halachic prohibition to provide Glatt said, Republican mem- Masada Siegel is a freelance writer living Israelis to take Beersheba. Baruch Hu (the Holy One, every citizen with equal uni- bers of Congress consider it in Scottsdale. She can be reached at fun- See FORGOTTEN SPY, Page 9 Blessed be He), has to say,” versal healthcare,” since the [email protected] See HEALTHCARE, Page 10

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raisin or grape off the table without crushing it. Current fake prosthetic arms are so dated, they still have a hook on the end of them and were created decades ago. The Pentagon invested $100 million in the project and now the DEKA arm is undergo- ing clinical testing. The goal is to have the robotic arm available soon to the nearly 200 arm amputees from Iraq and Afghanistan. Dean's invention is not a classified military weapons sys- Photos by Michael Orbach tem, so in reality it turns into Nassau County Police Department detectives remove evidence from the scene of a push-in robbery in Hewlett. advancement in medical technology. So while wars wreak havoc, they also force creativity and innovation which will ultimately benefit more of the Push-in robbery in Hewlett world at large. B Y M I C H A E L O R B A C H Inventors are not the only people who have taken the evils of war and translated them into A Jewish family in Image courtesy Gerald Siegel progress. Artists often do the Hewlett had a terrifying Gerald Siegel paints topics such as 9/11, Kristallnacht and the Holocaust. same, taking the revulsion of experience when two men wars, and recreating the truth, one a method of expressing the of the world for the better. dressed as utility workers showing no matter how just and total horrors of war." Siegel uses Some of the progress which pushed their way into a needed a war might be the ulti- the experience of tragedies and evolved out of World War Two home and tied up the owner mate result is people die, leav- translates them into works of were the jet engine, synthetic and the housekeeper. The ing behind families to figure out art, in order to educate, with rubber for tires and the begin- men made off with what was ways to fill the void of a lost the additional hope it might ning steps to the computer. reported to be $100,000 in loved one. inspire some to carefully consid- So when certain events are cash and jewelry in what One artist, Gerald Siegel er their actions. out of our control, perhaps the police believe was a targeted who paints topics such as Sep- Great upheaval and misery best way interpret the situation robbery. tember 11, Kristallnacht and the often force people to create, is to be like the painter who see The men knocked on Detective Sergeant Anthony Repalone speaking outside the Franklin Holocaust explains, "Art gives innovate and invent products it a situation in black and white the door of a home across Early Childhood Center, next door to the crime scene. that ultimately change the face but paints with color. the street from the Franklin Early Childhood Center, near Yeshiva of South Shore, at about 10:00 a.m. last Wednesday, and identified themselves as Con Edison workers, according to Detec- PRICES GOOD FOR OCTOBER 25- OCTOBER 30, 2009 tive Anthony Repalone. 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Two men whose creden- Editorial organizations that go after Israeli citi- Publisher, Editor-in-Chief tials cannot possibly be impeached zens and use their own people as MICHAEL ORBACH T by the lunatic left stepped forward dinary measures to give Gaza civilians human shields.” Assistant Editor in defense of Israel and its principled notice of targeted areas, dropping over 2 The original mission of HRW, Bern- MALKA EISENBERG, TOVA ROSS conduct of the war in Gaza. million leaflets, and making over 100,000 stein said, was “to pry open closed soci- Reporters A former commander of British phone calls. Many missions that could eties, advocate basic freedoms and sup- HELENE PARSONS, MAURY WARSHAUER forces in Afghanistan, Col. Richard have taken out Hamas military capability port dissenters. But recently it has been Account Executive Kemp, told a special session of the Unit- were aborted to prevent civilian casual- issuing reports on the Israeli-Arab con- RABBI AVI BILLET, ALAN JAY GERBER, MICAH D. ties. During the conflict, the IDF allowed HALPERN, RABBI YAKOV HOROWITZ, ADAM ed Nation’s Human Rights Council that flict that are helping those who wish to the Israeli military “did more to safe- huge amounts of humanitarian aid into turn Israel into a pariah state.” NEUSTADTER, DAVID SEIDEMANN, BARUCH SPIER, YAFFI Gaza. To deliver aid virtually into your SPODEK, MIRIAM L. WALLACH, CHANANYA WEISSMAN guard the rights of civilians in a combat The organization “casts aside its enemy's hands is, to the military tactician, Contributors zone than any other army in the history important distinction between open and ALYSON GOODMAN of warfare.” normally quite unthinkable. But the IDF closed societies,” issuing “far more con- Editorial Designer Since its recent inception the Human took on those risks.” demnations of Israel for violations of I Rights Council has ignored myriad “Despite all of this, of course inno- international law than of any other The Jewish Star is an independent community newspaper. All opinions expressed are solely those of The Jewish Star’s editorial staff or contributing writers. human rights crises around the globe, cent civilians were killed. War is chaos country in the region.” I instead busily criticizing Israel. and full of mistakes,” Kemp said. “But Israel, population 7.4 million, “is 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530 mistakes are not war crimes.” (516) 569-4000 E-mail: [email protected] “Hamas, like Hizballah, are expert at home to at least 80 human rights orga- fax: (516) 569-4942 driving the media agenda,” Kemp said. 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“girl sits down on your lap during ori- erance of “xenophobic tribalism”, most than the result of the permissive The real elephant entation,” “open support of binge 1 out of 4 really? schools embrace diversity, and most atmosphere that sometimes prevails drinking,” and poor statistics point students are only too willing to during college. It is so silly, that one more to his lack of attendance at a sec- embrace those who are different. Only wonders whether the real motive here in the room ular university and ignorance of stu- To the Editor: the feeble-minded and religiously inse- is to drum up support for yeshivot fail- dents’ actual experiences, than his So here is the crux of Reuven cure could find it impossible to exist ing today because of the recent eco- To the Editor: concern for our children. Spolter’s argument (Elephant in the on a Northeastern college campus nomic crisis, yeshivot that are by and As a former president of Yavneh, At any secular college, the former room; In My View; Oct. 16, 2009): where the Jewish population often large not Modern Orthodox. Columbia University’s Orthodox Jew- behavior is more than just a “Shmirat because some poll shows that 1 out of exceeds twenty-five percent, an Ortho- ish community, and on behalf of the Negi’ah” issue; it is sexual assault. The every 4 Orthodox kids at secular col- dox minyan is on campus or nearby, MICHAEL BRENNER vast majority of frum Orthodox Jews latter behavior is prevented by tight lege “chang[e] their denominational and kosher food is readily available in Woodmere who did attend secular college, I take regulations, including the ban of alco- identity” while at college, no one the dining hall. deep offense to Rabbi Reuven hol in dormitories with students under should go. The other seventy-five per- The average school is usually will- Spolter’s myopic and vitriolic words the age of 21. Additionally, how I was cent should stay home. No Harvard, ing to accommodate any residential (The elephant in the room; In My never surveyed by Avi Chai for such a Yale or Columbia. They should shut requests, particularly if they are neces- Lying figures View; Oct. 16, 2009). Those who statistic is baffling. themselves off and associate with their sary religiously. And for the record, Spolter offended include great rabbis Perhaps Spolter, who only attended own kind at the ever-rightward shift- though I went to one of the most liber- To the Editor: from the Soloveitchik, Twerski, Licht- Yeshiva University, would disregard ing YU and already rightist Lander. Or al schools in the country, no one sat I read “The elephant in the room” enstein and other dynasties. his fears of the “risks” of Hillel and better yet, they should go to Israel. (I’d on my lap during orientation, I never (In My View; Oct. 16, 2009) with Spolter’s anecdotal evidence for his Orthodox communities if he attended like to see that poll, the one that sur- binge drank or felt compelled to, and great interest as my son plans to go to condemnation of secular college, e.g. any of the 15 weekly shiurim, 6 daily veys Modern Orthodox kids who the college did not sponsor “promiscu- college this September. He is currently minyanim, Shabbatot and yamim spend the year in Israel after high ous parties” or force anyone to attend studying in a yeshiva in Eretz Yisrael. tovim, and many visits by Roshei school. How many of them change the parties they did sponsor. His Rosh Yeshiva did his undergradu- Yeshiva at Columbia. Perhaps he their affiliation after that experience?) There is no elephant in this room. ate work at Brandeis and went on to FOR THE RECORD would understand the “benefits” of Modern Orthodox parents encour- The elephant in Rabbi Spolter’s article do graduate work at Oxford. Then secular college if he were affiliated age their kids to go to secular residen- is his extreme, glass-half-empty view, there were some famous rabbis who Due to erroneous information pro- with a secular university. Secular col- tial colleges, because, quite frankly, whereas I, and I think most people, studied before the war at the Universi- vided to the newspaper, a photo caption lege isn’t right for everyone. But it they offer the best education possible, would look at a seventy-five percent ty of Berlin — Rabbi Soloveitchik, Rav in the Oct. 16 issue misidentified the can’t be that a categorical ban on secu- an education that is not matched by retention rate and be overjoyed. Hutner and others. location of a group of HAFTR fifth lar college suits the needs of every YU or Lander. Modern Orthodox It’s silly, dangerous, and unfair to I am not going to knock Yeshiva graders. A colorful image of the stu- Orthodox Jewish family. yeshivot do their part by directing kids suggest that three quarters of Ortho- University or Touro but neither institu- dents visiting senior citizens in a vividly to schools with large Jewish popula- dox Jews deny themselves the superi- tion has the space to accept all stu- decorated sukkah was actually taken at JONATHAN BERLINER tions that offer kosher facilities. There or education that they worked hard dents and no one will tell you that the Nautilus Hotel, a year-round hotel Columbia College ‘09, are many, particularly in the North- for because the other twenty-five per- they are going elsewhere because they for seniors in Atlantic Beach. The Jew- Washington east. Most kids do just fine there (sev- cent change their denominational were not accepted. In addition, there ish Star regrets the error. enty-five percent, apparently); it is the affiliation when they are between the are many subjects that are not offered exception rather than the rule that a ages of 18 and 21, an act that is almost student finds the atmosphere com- certainly more a product of an inferior See LETTERS, Page 5 pletely unpalatable. Far from an intol- elementary and secondary education

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F R O M T H E O T H E R S I D E O F T H E B E N C H Parenting, personally I don't know if so that rainwater powers that be would impose in a manner where the best of for themselves, G-d is a Democrat would gradually fall their point of view they would mankind is creating the best for would make it a or a Republican. But to the earth, obviat- be free to act with impunity. mankind. point of tak- one thing I do know ing the possibility of Dissenters would either not The same mindset is true not ing each for sure is G-d is not a destructive flood exist or would be afraid to raise only for governments and coun- one of us a Socialist, a Com- in response to their voice in opposition and tries, but also for families. What for our munist or a Fascist. future sins. Other the misguided views of the rul- is good for one child is not nec- own indi- He does not believe Talmudic scholars ing faction would permeate the essarily good for the next. The vidual trip in totalitarianism. advance the theory entire world. As such, G-d's easy way to parent is to treat all to the local G-d does not believe that the tower response to the generation of children the same — lump ice cream that what is good David Seidemann builders intended to Bavel’s planned tower of com- them all in the same category parlor. The for one is good for pierce the heavens munism, socialism, fascism, and address your children's owners of the ice all. In theory and in practice, so that rain would fall freely at totalitarianism and atheism was needs as those of a collective cream parlor must've we are all supposed to comport their request and not as result right on the mark. The only bunch. Such an approach might thought my parents were ourselves along the same high- of G-d's decision. This would possible solution was to dis- create a great family but will operating an orphanage — rounding her bed. She paged way. But the individual lane allow them to either sin with- perse them worldwide which not create great individual chil- showing up every other day the doctor to her room, and as that we drive in, the speed at out fear of retribution or to con- resulted in them focusing on dren. When those children with a different child. Neverthe- he gazed at all 14 children, the which we operate and the stops trol the climate without G-d's problems, ideas, and circum- leave the house to marry and less the lesson to us as their 13 standing around her bed and we make along the way all are involvement. Other rabbis stances germane to their locale. create children of their own children was a most important the one newborn in her arm, to be tailored to the individual. argue that their intention was Soon each had individual needs they will not possess the indi- one. the woman asked the doctor, It always struck me as odd to build a tower so high that the based on their respective individual talent to create individu- A woman from Jerusalem "Which one should I not have that the response to the genera- rulers of Babel would be able to vidual climates, and sources of als with talent. was in Tel Aviv recently when had?” tion that embarked on the see worldwide and thus control food and energy. The tower A common refrain I hear she went into labor with her The summer has passed and building of the Tower of Bavel, the movements of all individu- builders developed different from my children is that, “It's 14th child. After the delivery chalkboards have replaced was to disperse them across the als. philosophies, languages and not fair to me.” My response, the doctor turned to her and skateboards. The bicycles have face of the earth. Not wanting In any event, the common beliefs based on their lifestyles. which I believe is correct, is asked, “Was it really necessary been put away in the shed with to run out of ideas, G-d could denominator seems to be cen- The only appropriate always that it might not be fair to have all 14?” His comment the bats and balls. Our children have visited a flood upon earth tralized power, the idea of not response to the tower was to to you, but it is fair for you. Get- was half in jest but nevertheless will be spending a lot more like he did in the times of Noah having to answer to any higher create a situation where what ting to know your children's touched a nerve in the woman. time in the home. What a won- or 10 plagues like he did in the authority and treating everyone was good for one was not good individual strengths and weak- She immediately called her derful opportunity to get to times of Pharaoh. the same. G-d realized the for the other. Man therefore nesses, likes and dislikes, and eldest daughter in Jerusalem know them as individuals. There is much debate inherent danger in such a soci- could not control the weather individual personalities, is one and asked her to bring her 12 between Talmudic scholars as ety. If everyone were to think worldwide and the economy. of the most challenging, yet other siblings to the hospital in David Seidemann is a partner to what precisely were the exactly alike, or if everyone was Differing ideas and a robust rewarding, facets of parent- Tel Aviv. Somehow, she was with the law firm of Seidemann intentions of the tower builders. forced to think exactly alike, exchange of dissenting views is hood. 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I ’ M T H I N K I N G Taste of their own medicine Iran’s Revolutionary killed in the bombing were humanity, those were the words chosen Great Britain is neither surprising nor mud and dignify the accusations with a Guard is the most feared of very high-level officers. by the president of one of the most unexpected. What is surprising and response? all the authoritative arms General Noor Ali Shooshtari oppressive, dictatorial regimes in the totally inappropriate is that the US This mission required excellent within the Iranian regime; was the deputy commander world today. State Department felt a need to intel and excellent planning. The use of it is Iran’s elite fighting of the Guard’s ground force The Iranian National Guard, at a respond. Ian Kelly, State Department a suicide bomber insured that the force. So when a suicide and Rajabali Moham- lost to explain how an act of this type spokesperson, said, “We condemn this bomb got as close to the target as possi- bomber successfully targets madzadeh was the Guard’s was not only planned but successfully act of terrorism and mourn the loss of ble. This has all the markings of a and kills six guard mem- chief provincial comman- perpetrated, laid the blame at the feet innocent lives. Reports of alleged US Sunni attack. It was probably the work bers gathered together in der. With them in the car of the United States. “Surely foreign involvement are completely false.” of serious anti-Iranian anti-Shiite units an automobile, you know were other senior comman- elements, particularly those linked to Of course the United States was with experience in Iraq fighting Shiites. there will be significant Micah D. Halpern ders. the global arrogance, were involved in not involved. Why the disclaimer? Why It was probably the work of an al ramifications. This attack sent a this attack,” they said. The term “global give credibility to an outlandish, pre- Qaeda affiliate. The death toll has reached 35; the dagger deep into the very heart of the arrogance” is Iranian-speak for the posterous, accusation? Why allow Iran- That certainly puts a different spin number of wounded tops sixty. The Iranian leadership. It was daring and it United States. According to another Ira- ian leadership to save face in a situa- on the event. A spin Iranian leadership dead and wounded are from provinces was successful. It has had much more nians news agency, FARS, the Iranian tion in which no outside force could does not want to acknowledge but will far beyond the southeast Iranian town of an impact than any other act hereto- Defense Ministry came out with an have possibly been involved? certainly avenge. in which the bombing took place. The fore perpetrated against the established even bolder statement, claiming that Iran knows that there is barely a Iranian leadership is angry. And they leadership. Iranian President the “terrorists” were supported by, “the CIA presence in Iran and whatever Micah D. Halpern is a columnist and a are embarrassed. Ahmadinejad responded to the news by Great Satan America and its ally presence there is could not pull off a social and political commentator. According to IRNA, the official saying, “the criminals who committed Britain.” mission of this kind. And everyone Read his latest book THUGS. He Iranian News Agency, two of the Iran- these crimes against humanity will be That the Iranians responded by knows that the United States does not maintains The Micah Report at ian Revolutionary Guard members seriously dealt with.” Crimes against blaming the United States and even run suicide bombers. Why get into the www.micahhalpern.com

Letters RE-ELECT COUNCILMAN Continued from Page Four Peak of interest ANTHONY SANTINO by the Jewish colleges. Finally, there is a growing fundamental- To the Editor: ism and conformity in the Jew- Please convey to Miriam Wal- ish colleges, which does not lach that Ricky Adler shares her encourage intellectual growth. love of the English language and Figures don’t lie but liars fig- congratulates her on her col- ure. The drop out rate may be umn in this week’s Jewish Star higher for reasons of self-selec- (That’s Life; Oct. 16, 2009). As tion. Some of the students who Miriam is a stickler for correct attend secular colleges may be English, and a lover of the Eng- looking for an opportunity to lish language, she must be drop out; some may find their aware that one’s interest is way back, stronger than before. “piqued”, not “peaked” as she Should parents be aware of wrote of her appreciation of the potential problems? Yes, of “On Language” column by course. But each child is differ- William Safire. I wonder if my daughters ent and there is no one-size-fits- Councilman Anthony Santino is the right choice to protect our tax dollars during tough all solution. As for me, though who were all her students will my son was accepted into the notice the error. She was, by the economic times. That’s because – as his record shows - he has proven his ability to honors program at YU, he is way, one of the best English protect our tax dollars and provide strong ﬁ nancial leadership. planning, with my blessings, to teachers they ever had. follow the footsteps of his Rosh Yeshiva at Brandeis. RICKY HOLDER ADLER Cedarhurst RABBI DAVID A. WILLIG TThehe SSantinoantino Reecordcord Staten Island HHempsteadempstead Toownwn hhasas a ssolidolid bbudgeudget ssurplusurplus NNoo rreded iinknk aandnd nnoo ffiscaliscal ggimmicksimmicks iinn HHempsteadempstead bbudgeudget pplanlan Townwn fulltimefulltime workforceworkforce reducedreduced 24%24% TThathat ssavedaved ttaxpayersaxpayers mmillionsillions ooff ddollarsollars Wallll StreeStreet givesgives HempsteadHempstead itsts highesthighest credicredit ratingrating ABOUT LETTERS AAnonotherher Townown taxtax raterate freezefreeze bbudgeudget forfor 20102010 The Jewish Star welcomes Letters to the Editor of no more than 250 words. We reserve the A Votete ThatThat MakesMakes Reealal SSenseense fforor Taxpayersaxpayers

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P A R S H A T N O A C H DR. RICHARD R. STERNBERG Canaan, son of Cham Licensed, Board-Certified Clinical Psychologist Certified Psychoanalyst In 7:7, Noach and his and the raven. In could one day ten. With the help of the wife, along with his three Cham’s case, his inherit it (ala internet and blogs we have Certified Marital Therapist sons and their wives, son Canaan was D e u t e r o n o m y become an extremely judg- entered the ark. The Ba’al the result (see 6:10-11). mental and unforgiving gen- Haturim points out in 2:21 Chizkuni 9:18). According eration. Sometimes we Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology that the word “vayisgor” — In the next to this approach, judge the children of these and he closed — appears few verses, Cham Cham is constantly people based on the deeds Accredited by the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology only twice in the Torah. We is again referred described as of their parents, even read the first one last week to as “Cham the Rabbi Avi Billet Canaan’s father though they had nothing to when G-d closed flesh father of Canaan,” because only in do with their parents’ around Chava. The second when he witnesses the merit of his actions and often reject Individual, Couples and Family therapy time appears in 7:16, when his father in a drunken stu- unborn son (Canaan) did he every mistake their parents G-d closes the ark, protect- por (9:22), and Canaan is disembark from the ark on made. In some cases, the ing it from the rainwaters. the one who is cursed in his own two feet. children of the infamous From these comparisons 9:25 over the way his father If we follow the inter- will change their last names he infers the source of the mocked Noach instead of pretation of Ramban, how- to avoid such unfortunate Specializing in the treatment of midrash that marital rela- covering his nakedness. ever, we find that the pun- and unwarranted retribu- tions were forbidden on the Seems a little unfair to ishment meted out to tion. ark, for both the human Canaan. Canaan is more a punish- Canaan is not to be couples and animal couples. Rashi says Canaan is ment to his father than any- blamed for the misdeeds of When it is time to leave mentioned in these capaci- one else. While the parallel his father. But his father has Anxiety & Depressive Disorders the ark, in 9:18, we see ties since he will be cursed is not exact, many ask why a an obligation to live his life Noach’s sons listed in this on account of his dad, we “mamzer” is labeled such in such a manner that Severe Mental Illness order: Shem, Cham, and need to know where he and maintains his status Canaan can never be held Marital & Relationship Problems Yefet. Then we are told, comes from. That still seems (“may not enter the commu- responsible by anyone for “and Cham is the father of a little unfair to Canaan. nity of G-d”) when he did his father's wrongdoings. Divorce & Family Problems Canaan.” The Shakh (Siftei nothing — his biological A friend of mine once Why would Canaan be Cohen) suggests that Cham parents are to blame as they put it to me this way: “I live Academic/Vocational Difficulties mentioned in this context? was not supposed to leave conceived him through an my life in such a way that I Was he born on the ark? Or the ark alive because of the adulterous affair. will never have to explain to Problems of the Elderly & Their Families was he not yet born? In rule he had violated: the Most answers are not my daughter why my name either case, he isn’t one of only reason he came off the satisfactory, but the most is splashed across the front the sons of Noach! boat was so that Canaan obvious one is that the ulti- page of the newspaper.” There are differences of could be born. It was mate punishment to those Loving parents would opinion as to whether Canaan’s destiny to ulti- who have sinned is to have never want their children to Richard R. Sternberg, Psy.D., ABPP Canaan was born when this mately be beholden, as a their children live as a con- have repercussions from declaration is made, so we servant, to his uncles, on stant reminder of their their own misdeeds. It 1175 West Broadway, Suite 21 can go either way. But the the one hand, and on the wrong deeds. requires following the rules Medrash Tanchuma (Noach, other hand to build up the In our world, the mis- all the time, and an occa- Hewlett, NY 11557 12) says that three beings land of Canaan — also deeds of those who have sional long, hard look in the violated the rule of celibacy known as the Land of Israel been guilty of any kind of mirror. (516) 569-3869 in the ark: Cham, the dog — so the Children of Israel crime are not quickly forgot-

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Harkham who and is under the strict super- Moshe Horesh and his bride Juliet under a chuppah held up by four rifles. grew up in Australia was vision of the Orthodox addicted to beef jerky-- dried Union; the company goes so far as to use only bishul Yis- until his death on Tisha B’Av. memoir to his family and to out beef that is packaged to rael, cooking down by a Jew “He sacrificed a lot of his “all the volunteers and low last for longer periods of for its jerky. A FORGOTTEN SPY time, half his life for the state ranking operatives who made time-- and he realized that Harkham hopes to attract Continued from Page One opened an export-import com- of Israel. He was bitter towards the Israeli Intelligence and the there was no widely available both Jews and non-Jews to pany. He lived in Forest Hills the governments of the time,” Mossad one of the best in the kosher beef jerky. Holy Cow Kosher Beef Jerky. Horesh, who worked dur- until he and his wife moved to said Moshe. world.” "There's a lot of mom "We like to say we're held ing World War Two under the Florida ten years ago. He Horesh dedicated his and pop shops [that sell beef same roof as famed British remained an ardent Zionist jerky], there's a restaurant in up to a higher standard." mathematician Alan Turning, who cracked Germany’s Enig- ma code, realized that all the Egyptian intercepts had the Arabic word for “thanks” in them. Over several sleepless nights he used that information to decipher the Egyptian communications. HOWARD KOPEL “To us, the Egyptians were an open book,” he later wrote. In his account, Horesh for Legislator minimized his own exploits in favor of discussing the war effort in general and the soldiers he served with. Horesh even went so far as to praise the Egyptian general, Seyad Taha, whose messages he decoded. Taha, Horesh wrote, felt that surrender would dam- age Egypt’s honor; he refused to do so despite being sur- rounded by Israeli forces. Taha also praised the courage of the Jewish fighters, Horesh revealed. Horesh was promoted to lieutenant and, alongside future Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, was part of the Rhodes delegation that organized an early peace treaty with the Egyptians. However, promised work failed to materialize. He ended up serving under future Israeli president, Chaim Her- zog, and even translated a message that saved the life of another future president of MAKE NASSAU AFFORDABLE FOR WORKING FAMILIES & SENIORS Israel, Ezer Weizman. The enthusiasm and • Repeal the newly enacted 2.5% tax on all forms of home heating and electric euphoria for the State of Israel, Horesh recalled, vanished quickly as the country became FIX NASSAU’S ANNUAL PROPERTY REASSESSMENT SCHEME enmeshed in political conflict and corruption. Like many • Reform the property reassessment scheme that’s costing taxpayers $150 million of tax other Israelis, Horesh refused to sign up with either of the overpayments annually. After ten years in office, Howard’s opponent has failed to do this. major political parties of the time — the Mapai or Mapam • Guarantee easy access to Assessment Review process and prevent additional filing fees. — and was consequently Howard will not accept the current Majority’s threat to put tax reduction firms out of business blocked from applying for many jobs. He also faced dis- which would prevent reductions of over-assessments crimination because he was Sephardic and Middle Eastern, and not part of the Ashkenazie IMPROVE NASSAU’S FISCAL OUTLOOK spectrum that fared promi- nently in the government. • Stop Nassau from spending more than its income. It’s simple: cut taxes and spending “The laws of Israel were formed in the imagery of their • Reverse the $150 million budget deficit and put Nassau back on solid financial footing lords,” he wrote sardonically. Finally, after failing to • Ensure Nassau County’s “rainy day fund” is never again depleted during good fiscal times secure work elsewhere, he took up work for the Mossad as a spy. His colleagues included KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE & HELP THOSE IN NEED Elie Cohn, the famed Israeli agent who was hanged by • Work with non-profits, synagogues, and churches to provide and enhance essential Syria in 1965. Horesh’s next three years were spent away services that many members of our community depend on from his family, traveling in • Restore tax benefits for non-profit building expansion removed by the appointed Assessor Turkey, Vienna, and Austria under an assumed name as an • Keep our streets safe and stay tough on crime by partnering with Nassau Police Iraqi movie producer, eventually befriending a high ranking Iraqi colonel. His days were spent under different assumed REVITALIZE OUR LOCAL DOWNTOWNS names in smoky hotels and • Create new jobs, provide real economic development, and cut taxes cafes, constantly on watch for double agents and KGB spies. for local stores and businesses so that they can grow Horesh’s portrayal of the Mossad, the vaunted Israeli spy u. agency, makes them look less ssa like James Bond and more like Na Mr. Bean, plagued by both nge infighting and incompetence. CChangeha Nassau. s. At 48, with few career tor options open to him save for isla returning to the Mossad and Leg leaving his family again, Hore- nge sh immigrated, first to Canada www.howardkopel.com ha [email protected] 8 and then to America, where he CChange Legislators.

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of them German Jewish refugees, were hauled off to makeshift HEALTH CARE REFORM Churchill’s Jewish deportees internment camps. Incredibly, the Churchill government made no Continued from Page One The gemara praises doctors Richard Sonnenfeldt, who Like many German one of his first official real effort to distinguish between who provide service for free, passed away earlier this month, Jews, Richard’s parents acts in office, he German Jews, who were victims of “morally objectionable to vote but may not have the obliga- had the rare distinction of being a hoped to escape Hitler ordered the mass arrest the Nazis, and other German citi- for” the President’s plan. tion if other doctors can do German Jew who served as one of by immigrating to of all “enemy aliens” zens, some of whom were indeed Judaism’s Reform move- so.” the American interrogators of the America. But the Roo- (mostly Germans) Nazi sympathizers. In a June 4 ment appears to support Quoting the late posek Nazis who were tried at Nurem- sevelt administration’s between the ages of 16 speech to the House of Commons, generic healthcare reform cit- [halachic decisor] of Shaare berg. What is not well known, harsh policies blocked and 70. Richard was Churchill justified this bizarre poli- ing ‘tikun olam’ (repairing the Tzedek Hospital, Rabbi Eliez- however, is that just five years ear- their way. U.S. law per- taken away on a few cy: world) and holds that it er Waldenberg zt”l, known as lier, Sonnenfeldt himself was mitted 25, 957 German Dr. Rafael Medoff minutes’ notice — not “I know there are a great many “should be the primary focus the Tzitz Eliezer, the “commu- arrested and treated as a possible citizens to enter annual- even enough time to say people affected by the orders of Judaism,” Rabbi Glatt said, nity should provide money to Nazi—at the order of none other ly, but in 1937, the year goodbye to his little which we have made who are the and “many secular Jewish treat poor patients or divide than Winston Churchill. the Sonnenfeldts applied for visas, brother. passionate enemies of Nazi Ger- organizations have the same the burden upon all doctors Several recent books have lion- only 11, 127 (43% of the total) The recent British failure to many. I am very sorry for them, approach.” in the area, as a communal ized Churchill as a stalwart Zionist were actually admitted — because repulse the swift German conquest but we cannot, at the present time, Glatt also quoted the responsibility.” However, who did all he could to rescue U.S. officials went out of their way of Norway and Denmark had pro- and under the present stress, draw position of Agudath Israel of Halacha doesn’t specify the Jews from the Holocaust. But such to find grounds to reject applicants. voked a wave of public fear of Nazi all the distinctions which we America, as outlined in a let- monetary amount or percent- one-sided portrayals pay insuffi- In desperation, the Sonnenfeldts fifth columnists within England’s should like to do.” ter sent to President Obama, age to be set aside or how cient attention to a dark episode in sent 16 year-old Richard and his 12 own borders. Even “the paltriest In July, the Churchill administra- Congressional leaders and much should come from the which Churchill ordered the mass year-old brother, Helmut, to a kitchen-maid” might turn out to be tion began deporting the internees Health and Human Services government, Rabbi Glatt said. roundup and deportation of Ger- boarding school in England, a spy for Hitler, one British diplo- to Canada and Australia. Richard Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The legal source of the man Jewish refugees from Eng- expecting them to be safe there. mat warned. Sonnenfeldt later recalled how, as “Universal coverage” is a Jewish communal obligation land— including teenage Richard Churchill became prime minister As a result, approximately he and the others boarded their “worthy goal,” the letter said, regarding healthcare is the Sonnenfeldt. on May 10, 1940. The next day, in 30,000 residents of England, most but expressed concern that commandment of Bikur See CHURCHILL, Page 13 health care reform may pose Cholim, visiting the sick, said a challenge regarding reli- Rabbi Glatt. “One of the criti- gious rights when cost-benefit cal obligations is to daven ratios clash with quality of life [pray] for the choleh [sick] at issues. the bedside,” but also to be “Matters of life and death sure that all the patient’s cannot be measured solely in needs — medical, physical, CLASSIFIEDS dollars and cents,” said Rabbi social, emotional, spiritual — Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, execu- are met. 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Before becoming president And, President Obama, by Prodigy is a word that can also prodigies have excep- being taught well President Obama has not yet his experience in large scale pol- receiving this award so soon, be used to describe a rare or tional talents in spe- ahead of others and had a chance to earn it, what itics was limited to Chicago. too soon, is not unlike a prodigy extraordinary event. The origin cific areas and some may be able to then was the point? I, along That is not to say that he has not being set up for failure. This of the word, however, comes are all around genius- explain it even better with many others, also saw the presented himself in a most award may be an omen for good from the Latin prodigium which es. Some channel than a teacher. The award as a political gambit on skillful manner. Quite the oppo- or for bad. Will the award is translated to mean omen or their talents into ben- Michael Salomon amount of frustration the part of the Nobel commit- site, Mr. Obama is competent, encourage a strong sense of monster. efiting humankind that this can cause to tee, a way to direct the United triumphant in personality and in drive and motivation to achieve Some historically known while, unfortunately, all involved is often States toward the Committee’s many ways even victorious in in the President or like others prodigies have left an enduring there are others who have overwhelming. A child with so vision of peace. But this is sim- developing his grand plans for who have received the Peace mark in their fields. In music a prodigious success with criminal great an intellect and talent ply part of the Nobel commit- dealing with so many issues at Prize, will it feed a sense of nar- classic example is Mozart who and anti-social activities. must be properly understood tee’s modus operandi. Notwith- one time. To the world he is cissism in President Obama and began composing at the age of The study of childhood and reinforced so as to properly standing, the title of the award, seen as a beacon for positive cause him to lose sight of the five. In the religious world a prodigies has been limited so no nurture their gift. The one thing prior Peace Prize winners have change. real goals of the Presidency? If it prodigy is often referred to as meaningful scientific generaliza- that is clear is that if not proper- included Yasir Arafat, granting Writing in the New York promotes the latter the Nobel an Iluui, or someone elevated in tions can be made beyond the ly nurtured a prodigy will likely him license to trigger two Times, Bono, says that the committee will have caused this Torah learning. There are many few obvious following ones. For be exhausted before any major intifadas, Mikhail Gorbachev world wants to believe in Ameri- prodigious president to be examples of such individuals in an exceptionally talented young- life successes are achieved. when he was still the leader of ca and the choice of our presi- viewed as a monster and the the Torah world and included ster to excel the child needs a Why have I been thinking the USSR and three times to the dent for The Nobel Peace prize awarding of the Peace Prize a among them are the Vilna Gaon great deal of support. After all, of prodigies? It started when the International Red Cross, despite is one clear indication of that. very bad omen. and Reb Yonatan Eibschitz, the child prodigy is well beyond Nobel committee awarded Presi- the fact that it takes no stand on Perhaps, but if you award some- among many others. These are his or her peers in intellect and dent Obama the Nobel Peace war in its charter and has for one before they achieve any real Dr. Salamon, a Fellow of the prodigious, successful individu- may have no social support net- Prize. My initial reaction was years not acted as a true inter- success you set them up for fail- American Psychological Associa- als. work, or worse, may be rejected likely similar to most everyone national organization. Similarly, ure and this is precisely what tion, is the founder and director There are many prodigies and bullied. This type of child else’s, expressed best by Lech President Carter was also happens to prodigies that are of ADC Psychological Services, who are life-long successes and may also do very poorly in a Walessa, himself a Peace Prize awarded the Nobel Peace Prize not given a chance to develop. PLLC, in Hewlett, NY. He is the for his determination to resolve We talk a lot about giving chil- author of The Shidduch Crisis: conflicts through mediation in dren a strong sense of confi- Causes and Cures, published by clear contrast to the US foreign dence. We want to help them Urim Publications and Every Pot policy at the time that his award develop a strong sense of self- Has a Cover: A Proven Guide to was granted. esteem. The research, however, Finding, Keeping and Enhancing All of these issues came to shows that self-esteem is a poor the Ideal Relationship, pub- mind initially but rapidly dissi- measure of lifetime success. lished by Rowman & Littlefield pated. The one that lingered is Willingness to take chances, to the analogy to the child prodigy. fail and learn from failures is President Obama is a relative significantly more important.

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T H E K O S H E R B O O K W O R M Continued new beginnings Every year at We accom- That is most unfortunate. this time our plish this by the The next work is a transla- thoughts go back in many commentaries tion of a very special and pop- time to an age of that seem to flow ular work with the unusual antiquity that beck- endlessly from the title, “Aleinu L’Shabei’ach” on ons us to ponder the minds of our spiritu- Genesis [Artscroll, 2009]. This true meaning of al and communal work is based upon conversa- what ”beginnings” leaders. These com- tions with Rabbi Yitzchok Zil- are really all about. Alan Jay Gerber mentaries on the berstein, a son-in-law of Rabbi This is forced upon Bible, starting with Yosef Shalom Elyashiv shlita, us by the mandate of Genesis, help sharp- and compiled by Rabbi Moshe our Jewish calendar and the en our appreciation of the text Zoren. annual reading of the Torah, a and the motivations of the The book contains stories reading, as we all know, that characters whose lives play out of great rabbis and poskim as both terminates and begins annually before us. well as simple folk as they anew at this time of year. This year is no different. relate to each parsha’s text and The novelty of having to Over one hundred fifty themes. Each chapter begins rewind our theological clock years ago Rabbi Meir Leibush with a pasuk [verse] from the and leap back in time from Malbim (1809-1879) wrote his parsha and is followed with a Moshe at the shores of the Jor- commentary on the Bible in story told in a style reminis- dan to the very beginning of the span of thirty years. The that of Zvi Faier's 1978 work, cent of the Dubner Magid, creation itself has no parallel commentary was an instant published by Hillel Press in wherein rabbis and plain sim- in any other belief system. success, accepted by all sectors Jerusalem. In “The Essential ple people are set up as exam- This novelty forces us to revisit of Jewry for its clarity in help- Malbim; Flashes of Insight on ples of conduct from which and interpret events and ideas ing readers understand the Genesis” [Artscroll, 2009], the reader comes away with a that have come to define our links between the written and edited by Rabbi Mendel Wein- lesson on mussar and chesed. reasons for existence and help oral law. bach and adapted by Rabbi In the original Hebrew Reuven Subar, the Malbim us refine our recognition of To date, there had been version this work proved to be ing to explain to the reader with the following by theolo- the rulership of G-d through only one attempt to render the again appears in English, this very popular and its transla- time in a shorter anthologized the inner meanings and moti- gian Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopez his example as the Creator. Malbim’s work into English, tion into English was awaited vations the text is trying to Cardozo, who in a recent essay format based upon selected by many for whom the original verses and themes. teach us. Despite the book's noting the nature of the Torah was too daunting to read. This fancy and sophisticated style, reading cycle made this astute In his introduction, Rabbi work represents a classic Weinbach details a brief biog- this is a traditional interpreta- observation: example of how our Torah text tion of an ancient work. The “This could be the pur- raphy of the Malbim. One his- can be expanded to represent torical note unknown by many author, a professor of social pose of the Torah reading in a a work that transcends simple thought and an expert on synagogue. It is not conven- was that the Malbim declined commentary and serves as a two very distinguished posi- bioethics, clearly accepts the tional Torah learning but, valuable educational tool to literal interpretation of Gene- rather, somewhat of a wake-up tions, one as the successor to teach Jewish ethics both to our Rabbi Akiva Eiger and the sis as well as the historical call. It has a therapeutic func- youth and ourselves. nature of the Torah. tion by which man needs to be other as the chief rabbi of New In contrast, the next book York City. Considering the back- shocked by the text before he reflects a more cosmopolitan ground of the author, and his even has a chance to get used This book consists of an approach to the Book of Gene- adaptation of the Malbim’s spiritual journey to traditional to its deeper content. And sis. Titled, “The Beginning of Judaism from his prominent although he has read it for commentary into a series of Wisdom: Reading Genesis” very well written essays that role as chair of the President’s years before, the fact that the [Free Press, 2003] by Dr. Leon Council on Bioethics during story appears again an entire are each concise in both form Kass, this book recasts the and style. Each essay is the Bush Administration, one year later, and no earlier, gives original text into a contempo- would find it most remarkable him a chance to forget it and anchored by a specific verse in rary mold. Kass serves as the the original Hebrew with Eng- for him to have written so then rediscover it as never narrator retelling every chap- detailed and comprehensive a before. In this way, it remains lish translation, followed by a ter of the sacred text as histo- short essay. Unfortunately, this book (it is 700 pages in fresh and continues to amaze ry, morality, philosophy and length) in so lucid a style. This the reader with its multiple work does not contain an analysis, as well as probing the index of any sort, nor is there book is a great read and an possibilities and its grand inner motivations of the char- excellent addition to anyone’s image.” any acknowledgement of the acters in each episode. prior English translation noted library. In many respects this book I would like to conclude at the beginning of this essay. reads like a commentary, help-

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Photos by Matt Simmons In a most unusual sort of intervention at Madison Square Garden, Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Grossman, founder of Migdal Ohr, unsuccessfully tried to get referees to reverse their decision to eject Maccabi Tel Aviv coach Pini Gershon.

ENGAGEMENT AT THE GARDEN Tali Brody of Great Neck with Tal Brody, Continued from Page One Ohr supporters and basketball dollars of free publicity. Migdal captain of first championship Maccabi-Tel fans and, she later learned, a Ohr operates nearly a dozen Aviv team (no relation), her brother, Joey you and her could really hit it worldwide television audience schools in Migdal Haemek, and Brody and Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Grossman. off,” Shimonov said Monday. saw her accept Nowbakht’s pro- what is said to be the largest Tali and Joey’s father, Dr. Paul Brody, is a Nowbakht, perhaps conve- posal and spontaneously kiss orphanage in the world, serving member of the American Friends of Migdal niently for a new groom, works him, “It’s so not who he is. He is 6500 Israeli children. Ohr's Founder's Board. in the pearl business, and is also such a shy individual. I never Maccabi Tel Aviv was able a part-time cantor at several thought in a million years that to maintain a respectable margin shuls in Great Neck. He con- this would be such a public against the NBA team for most firmed that Shimonov first sug- thing.” of the game but when it was all gested the match to him when Bride and groom both over the Knicks won, 106-91. they returned from Israel in described the kiss as sponta- Maccabi travelled to Los Angeles winter 2003. He was Shi- neous and uncharacteristic of to play a second benefit game monov’s counselor on the trip. their shomer negiah relation- for Migdal Ohr, against the LA “I don’t know why I didn’t fol- ship; Abdyan laughed and said, Clippers. A spokesman for the low up,” he said. The couple “I hope G-d can forgive us.” organization called the fundrais- has been dating for six months. “It was a little embarrass- ers a “big success” and said, Robert Nowbakht, who was ing because, never mind that it “Considering the economy it born and raised in Germany, was in front of thousands of more than met our expecta- said they planned to get people — when he said, ‘By the tions.” Photo by Matt Simmons Maccabi Tel Aviv center Maciej Lampe goes up for a shot during Sunday’s benefit game engaged around now, but the way, sweetie, our family and against the New York Knicks. holidays and Sara’s busy sched- friends were in the audience, I Migdal Ohr’s Robert Katz: MSG Impressario ule have been difficult to work thought, ‘Greeeeaaaat.’ around — she’s currently taking “He really went all out,” courses toward her second Mas- Abdyan said of her husband-to- ters degree. He is a big fan of be. “Baruch Hashem, he is defi- Maccabi Tel Aviv. “I said to nitely very special.” myself, let’s give it a try.” The The basketball game was Migdal Ohr people liked the special, too, though for an idea and agreed to help. entirely different reason: it is a Q U A L I T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 8 “They told me originally rare charity exhibition game in [the cameras would come to which a coach is ejected by the them during] a fourth quarter referees. Still more rare is one time out. At the last second in which a prominent rabbinical they changed it to the third figure appears on the court to quarter. I sent them my seat attempt to mediate. number so they would know Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid what we looked like.” Grossman, the founder of Abdyan, a fifth grade Migdal Ohr, had already Cooking Contest! teacher at North Shore Hebrew appeared on Madison Square Man-O-Manischewitz! Academy who lived in Iran until Garden’s famed hardwood floor What a age 7, knew the big moment during halftime to lead the was coming — she just didn’t crowd in reciting “Shma Yis- know when or just how big a roel,” and sing, “Am Yisroel moment it would turn out to Chai.” He came out again, this be. time sans hat, to try to convince “Yeah right,” she said she the referees to not eject Mac- thought at the time. “No way, cabi coach Pini Gershon from come on. I was just shocked” the game for arguing over fouls. and “lost her composure. I Rabbi Grossman was unsuccess- wanted to stand up and I fell.” ful, but unwittingly did succeed “When I go back to that in ensuring that the charity moment,” Abdyan said Monday, game made news around the when more than 14,000 Migdal world, garnering millions of

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