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May 7, 2015 | Published Bi-Weekly | 18 Iyar, 5775 Issue #8 Moŕ’ż DaƑ OĤMother’s Day May 10th See ad on page 3 JEWISH LINK May 8th - 19 Iyar Parshat Emor CANDLE Light Candles: 7:41 PM BRONX, WESTCHESTER & CONNECTICUT LIGHTING Shabbat Ends: 8:42 PM Likud and Jewish Home Form Coalition Hours Before Deadline (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister nouncement, Yedioth Achronoth Shaked as justice minister. Netanya- Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud reported. “This isn’t a right-wing hu also named Jewish Home leader party narrowly formed a coalition government, it isn’t a left-wing gov- Naftali Bennett as the new minister agreement Wednesday with the ernment, and it isn’t a center gov- of education, and named outgoing help of the Religious Zionist Jew- ernment. It’s a government of the Construction Minister Uri Ariel as See ad on Back Cover ish Home (Habayit Hayehudi) party entire nation of Israel,” he said. the new agriculture minister. just two hours before the fi nal mid- “I want to tell you, Mr. Prime The announcement that a coali- sure on Jewish Home offi cials and night deadline. The Jewish Home’s Minister, we are behind you. We tion has been formed follows days religious Zionist rabbis to push Jew- decision to join paves the way for a will help and aid you for the suc- of tense negotiations, including ish Home leader Naftali Bennett to narrow, 61-member coalition with cess of the government under your some days with no communication sign a coalition deal. Kulanu, Shas, and United Torah Ju- leadership,” Bennett added. between Likud and Jewish Home, Likud MK Miri Regev said, “I call daism. The Jewish Home party agreed reported Israel Hayom. Talks were on Bennett to immediately join the “Finally, there’s a government to join after Netanyahu agreed to renewed on Tuesday evening, after in Israel,” Bennett said after the an- its demand to appoint MK Ayelet Likud offi cials applied heavy pres- CONTINUED ON P. 26 Remembering Uncle CAMOS Exhibits at OU Si and His Gifts Jewish Communities Home By Daniel Perla by the size of the gift. So was I, in- and Job Relocation Fair TAKE YOUR itially, since I never realized that EVENT TO THE WNET (Chan- my great uncle and aunt had quite The Committee to Advance Mod- NEXT LEVEL. nel 13) received so much money. But as I replayed ern Orthodoxy in Stamford (CAMOS) considerable me- the past 50 years of my life and the was among 47 different Jewish com- dia coverage re- many things that I know about my munities that exhibited at the bi-an- cently when it announced that it late Uncle Si, the size of his estate nual OU Jewish Communities Home had received the largest gift in its began to make more sense. and Job Relocation Fair, which was MAZING AMUSEMENTS, INC. 53-year history: a $20 million be- Si (no one ever called him Si- held on April 26 in New York City. quest from the estate of Dr. Simon mon) was my mother’s favorite un- More than 1,500 people attended A FULL SERVICE EVENT PRODUCTION CO. and Sylvia Poyta to create a se- cle, at least while I was growing up. the show, which offered visitors the See ad on page 11 ries of programs on anti-Semitism. A long-time bachelor (he fi rst began opportunity to meet leaders in vari- The Jewish Week wrote about the dating Sylvia in the early 1960s and ous Jewish communities across the Jackie Herman of the Bi-Cultural Day gift last week and quoted WNET’s School and Elaine Finkelstein, in front CEO as saying that he was shocked CONTINUED ON P. 23 CONTINUED ON P. 18 of the Stamford booth at the OU Fair. Ben Kepecs, SAR HS SAR Sweeps Sixth Grade SPORTS Junior, Scores Sixth Place in Championship Sunday Every Child Leaves By Shoshana Cohen With A Smile International Chidon HaTanach By Bracha Schwartz Sunday marked See ad on page 28 the YMSSA’s 2nd Sixth Ben Kepecs of Riverdale, a jun- Grade Girls and Boys ior at SAR High School, placed sixth Basketball Champion- out of 70 fi nalists in the Interna- ships. This year was tional Chidon HaTanach (Bible unique in that both Quiz), held on Yom Ha’atzmaut in games had the same Jerusalem. He earned a spot in the two teams fi ghting Contact us to Plan international competition as the for league champion. US representative by winning the Yeshivat Noam’s and an Affair you Will regional contest held in New York SAR’s teams came to SAR Sting players:, Zachary Klestzick, Gabe Geller, Never Forget. last year. Ben’s father, Gil Kepecs, ex- play. Both boys’ teams Michael Schwartz, Henry Mann, Jakob Berger, Avi plained the rigors of the contest. went undefeated in Tepler, Ari Smith, Sam Mandel, Jacob Abehsera, See ad on page 9 Ben Kepecs in Israel Arbel Rosen, Danny Dinkevich, Ely Neuwirth, Judah CONTINUED ON P. 23 CONTINUED ON P. 34 (CREDIT: COURTESY OF THE KEPECS FAMILY) Bloom, Jakey Burstein, Coach - Matt Springer Inquire about community incentives for new home buyers within Metro West. 2 May 7, 2015 • 18 Iyar, 5775 718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM Mother’s Day May 10th Moŕ’ż DaƑ OĤ Take a break Mom, we’ve got this. 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Page 36-37 201-692-3700 Business & Professional Directory ...Page 38 Community Calendar......................... Page 38 4 May 7, 2015 • 18 Iyar, 5775 718-564-6710 • WWW.JEWISHLINKBWC.COM WORLD NEWS Chabad Center in Nepal a Crisis Hub After Massive Earthquake More Than 4,000 Killed, With Thousands Injured and Missing By Chabad.org Staff ed for as the death toll continues to climb. with everyone as urgently as possible,” Only weeks earlier, Chabad had provid- Fatalities resulting from the quake have she said. “Until now, we’ve taken care of a ed a number of hikers with satellite phones Hundreds of Israeli backpackers and also been reported in neighboring China number of injured on the couches of the so they could be reached in an emergency, tourists took refuge at the Chabad center and India. Chabad House. The main work now is to and those phones provided a key link to in Kathmandu after a massive 7.8-magni- Chani Lifshitz, who co-directs Chabad of gather all the names of the people—the some of the survivors after the quake. tude earthquake devastated the capital city Nepal with her husband, Rabbi Chezki Lif- people who are in Katmandu, the people Liav Zakai, whose son Shahar is a back- shortly before noon on Saturday. Some shitz, said in a video posted to their Facebook who are in the mountains. We hope to re- packer stuck in a trek in Kyanjin Gompa in were given emergency medical treatment page that a few hundred people had taken port only good news.” Nepal, told Ynet Israeli news service that at there, as emissaries and volunteers worked refuge at the center, which was slightly dam- Working closely with the Israeli For- least 13 Israelis and other nationals were frantically to help locate the missing and to aged by the quake.