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FROM THE EDITOR HALACHIC MUSINGS Living In Fear The Druze And The State of Israel BY LARRY GORDON BY RABBI YAIR HOFFMAN alking around central Jerusalem or dining in one of the hey number about a million or so, and are found throughout city’s delightful and cutting-edge culinary establishments, the Middle East. They are persecuted in every country in Wit is near impossible to discern that there is trouble lurking Twhich they reside except for Israel and Lebanon. They are the out there that is concerning and potentially perilous. Druze, and they are now in the news. If you are even a casual consumer of news, you know, of course, that Within Eretz Yisrael there are about 130,000 Druze—about thir- there are dangerous and lethal missiles pointing in the direction of the teen percent of all worldwide Druze. Throughout the years they have Jewish state and ready to be ﬁ red by Israel’s enemies on the spur of the dedicated themselves to the protection of the citizens of Israel. Israeli moment. These missiles are directed at Israel from several places that Druze are drafted in the IDF and work for the police. Many strongly virtually surround the country. Most troubling are the rockets aimed identify as Israeli. In Eretz Yisrael’s history, more than 500 Druze sol- at Israel from Hezbollah in Lebanon, from the Continued on Page 7 diers and police offi cers have been killed in the Continued on Page 10

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August 10 - 7:41 PM August 17 - 7:31 PM See Luach, Page 11 Features Index, See Page 8 SSeeee PPageage 4422 2 August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, 3 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 4 Embassy in Israel needs to be moved how we felt as we moved closer to the from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. And since new embassy building. We felt like we HEARD IN THE that law was passed during the adminis- were stepping into a dream, a long-an- tration of Bill Clinton, every six months ticipated reality that was made possible in the last 22 years the sitting president in the simplest fashion after a more than BAGEL STORE has signed a waiver on the move that two-decade frustrating delay. By Larry Gordon stipulated he can do so based on over- Thanks to President Trump, Ambas- riding U.S. national-security consider- sador Friedman, and the administra- ations. tion’s foreign-policy team, the U.S. Em- Three thousand years ago, the Psalm- bassy is ﬁ nally located and functioning THE WIZARD OF JERUSALEM ist wrote, “When we return to Zion, we in Israel’s capital city, Jerusalem. As it will be like dreamers.” And that was was explained, however, there are still t was a momentous occasion. We many issues to be dealt with as the em- were not in Kansas anymore, nor bassy takes its place on the rocky diplo- Iwere we in the Five Towns, though matic landscape. it was easy to conjure up images of Dor- There is an unusual dynamic at play

August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, othy and Toto on a journey to an Oz-like here 18 months into the Trump presi- place. We were a delegation of 15 people dency. The relocation of the embassy led by the great activist for Israel Dr. Joe from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem seems to be Frager and the inimitable former gover- one of the president’s proudest achieve- nor Mike Huckabee. We would be one ments amongst the many others he has of the ﬁ rst non-diplomatic delegations accomplished over the last year and a visiting the new United States Embassy half. If you follow the president and the in Jerusalem with the opportunity to sit rallies he hosts around the country, then and talk about the issues of the day with you know that rarely is there an occa- our U.S. Ambassador to Israel, David sion when he does not take a few min- Friedman. utes to talk about the embassy move and Though Israel is one of the smallest how proud he is to have Mr. Friedman as countries on the globe, she draws dis- his ambassador to Israel. proportionate attention and is a major The ambassador was open and forth- focus of international diplomacy. So coming about a number of issues, some there we were, 15 supporters of Presi- of which he said, looking in my direc- dent Trump and the Trump policy on tion, were better off not published even U.S.–Israel relations, on a bus, riding up though to some extent the news on these a steep circular roadway that separates issues is already out there. So there were the newly designated embassy proper- really no big secrets revealed, though ty from the rest of the neighborhood of there were matters that do not get a lot mostly gray-looking apartment build- of publicity because they occur mostly ings. behind the scenes. The law of the United States as passed by Congress in 1995 says that the U.S. Larry Gordon and David Friedman Continued on Page 6 5 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 6 BAGEL STORE Why these two entities function this tion, especially regarding the refreshing Continued from Page 4 way is as intriguing as it is complicated. change towards our ally Israel, should The brief answer is that the consulate not be lulled into complacency that Those of you who visit Jerusalem on was opened in 1844, more than a hun- because the embassy was moved, all any kind of regular basis are most likely dred years before the State of Israel was goals have been achieved. Furthermore, familiar with the imposing and impres- founded, so to speak, or opened for busi- even with the fantastic new leadership FIVE TOWNS JEWISH TIMES sive structure that is the U.S. Consulate ness, in 1948. of Secretary Pompeo and Ambassa- on Agron Street in the city. The con- According to Ambassador Friedman, dor Bolton alongside our Ambassador sulate is located down the street from the reason for this setup is that the Friedman there is tremendous work to P.O. BOX 690 • LAWRENCE, NY 11559 Rechov King George and you pass it on Agron Street Consulate is there primar- be done, and government bureaucracy [email protected] [email protected] your way to the Waldorf-Astoria or the ily to serve the Palestinian population has not changed simply because some 516-569-0502 Mamilla Mall or on your way to the Old while the embassy in Tel Aviv was, until policies have shifted. It seems from LARRY GORDON ESTA J. GORDON City of Jerusalem. the relocation of the embassy, the ad- Ambassador Friedman that while he If you walk by the consulate side of the dress for whatever services Israelis or thought the embassy move would take Publisher/Editor Managing Editor street there are always American secu- Americans living in Israel required. much more time, he accomplished it on YOSSY GORDON • YOCHANAN GORDON rity personnel standing outside, about Those of us who have been following his 365th day in the country, but there is DOVI GORDON

August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, 20 or so feet apart from one another. Of this issue and this administration care- still a lot left to be accomplished. Sales Managers course, this is a safe part of town, but fully can tell that the Trump adminis- As for the so-called “grand plan” being CHANA ROCHEL ROSS MICHELLE GREEN this is an American outpost in a foreign tration governs from a reality-based drawn up by the Trump administration Production Manager Editorial Assistant country, and, after all is said and done, it perspective. It seems that careful that is being touted by Jared Kushner SIDI BARON • DAVID FOX is the Middle East. thought needs to be given to the reason and lead negotiator Jason Greenblatt, Sales Representatives The intriguing thing about the U.S. for two U.S. missions in one city. There the ambassador said he is hopeful for MICHELE JUSTIC Consulate in the city, we learn, is that requires some real deliberation in success but is disappointed that there is Managing Content Editor this is one of only two cities in the world terms of how best to streamline redun- no identiﬁ able personality representing in which the consulate and the embassy dancies to ensure that the U.S. is most the Palestinian side who can reach an RACHELI GLASS • BETH COHEN function independently of one another. eff ectively and effi ciently represented eff ective and implementable peace plan Copy Editors (The other city is Hong Kong.) This can in Israel. with Israel. SHMUEL GERBER EMUNA GANZ and does lead to all forms of ineffi cien- Those of us who have been support- Editorial Adviser Proofreader cies and confusion. ive of President Trump’s administra- Continued on Page 7 MARCY FARRELL Online Editor

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WHAT’S YOUR OPINION? E-MAIL US AT [email protected] Perhaps the greatest story, as that the president will always FROM THE EDITOR 7 repeatedly retold by the presi- have the support of the evan- Continued from Front Cover dent, is how this location came gelical community so long as 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 to be the location of the U.S. the president “protects the Iranian forces in Syria, from Embassy in Jerusalem. At var- sanctity of life and the State of Hamas in Gaza, and possibly ious points prior to the move, Israel.” even from the population on the idea was fl oated to spend $1 Though this was like a cross the West Bank, amongst others. billion on the construction of between an Oz-like fantasy But while this is clearly a con- a new embassy facility, which and a dream come true, one cern on all levels here in Israel, may have taken anywhere from thing was abundantly clear. after speaking to a number of fi ve to ten years to complete. The embassy is in Jerusalem, members of Knesset and other Chuck Schumer Nancy Pelosi That plan might have been fi ne a testament that, as Dorothy offi cials in Israel, it seems that and even good, but the reason it said at the end of The Wizard the potentially greater risk is the President Trump and his ex- former good friends of Israel was supported by elements in of Oz, “There is no place like possibility that the Democratic traordinary commitment to like our own Senator Chuck the White House and State De- home.” Party will regain a majority in and respect for the State of Schumer—the self-proclaimed partment was because the bot- the U.S. House of Representa- Israel. “shomer Israel”—support Is- tom line would be that the new Read more of Larry Gordon’s articles tives after the November 2018 And it is an odd dynamic be- rael, of course, but in a fash- embassy would not be opened at 5TJT.com. Follow 5 Towns Jewish elections. cause this is not the way it used ion that looks miniscule when Times on Facebook, Instagram, for as much as a decade. While and Twitter for updates and live It was once said that George to be; in fact, once upon a time, stacked up against the eff orts that may have been an accept- videos. Comments, questions, and W. Bush was the best friend it used to be an exact opposite of the president and the cur- able plan to many, it did not sit suggestions are welcome at 5TJT.com that Israel ever had in the situation than the one that we rent Trump administration. well with at least two people— and on Facebook, Instagram, and White House. That image are dealing with today. The President Trump and Ambas- Twitter. pales when we contrast it with sad and diffi cult truth is that Continued on Page 9 sador Friedman. We were told that we may have been the fi rst civilian American group of this size to visit the embassy and meet with the ambassador since its opening in May amid great pomp and media attention. Even more so, you can tell that our group had not been welcome guests at embassies in the past, as we assumed we could bring in our cellphones and assorted electronics with us. It became obvious to us that the embassy is not merely changing a sign on the wall, but the security and standards used at our embassy in Jerusa- lem are equivalent to or better than those in other U.S. embassies throughout the world. So back to the 15 of us, with our assorted cellphones and electronics. Our neighborhood’s very own Aryeh Lightstone (Ambassador Friedman’s senior adviser) is a quick problem-solver; he spotted my wife’s shoulder bag, and after asking her if we could use it, he requested that everyone deposit their phones into her shoulder bag, which he then placed in the backseat of his car parked nearby. It is an incredible feeling to see the professionalism and esteem that the embassy employees have for securing and working at the international mission that the president is most proud of. Ambassador Friedman and his team were not done. We were also told that over the next two years, the plan is to expand the embassy campus, so to speak, to 18 acres and to construct an additional building for what will always be a fl agship embassy of the U.S. in the Middle East. Just sitting in the ambassador’s offi ce and observing the participants chatting with the ambassador evoked in many of us a sense of fulfi llment and even completion. As we were leaving, I heard Mr. Huckabee say to Ambassador Friedman 8 950 Broadway CALL FEATURES Woodmere, NY Bagel Store US Larry Gordon 4 516-295-3000 NOW!!! Classifi ed Ads 76 www.pugatch.com A Clever Title Goes Here Mordechai Schmutter 36 SUSAN PUGATCH Community News Around The Five Towns 65 Around The World 71 Daf Yomi &HGDUKXUVW%5(OHY%OGJPR/DZUHQFH;/DUJH6WXGLR. R’ Avrohom Sebrow 13

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the new facility was inaugurat- this fall, would mean reintroduc- of relocating the embassy to nonexistent. 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 Of further and perhaps even ed back in May. In fact, reaction ing the formulation of a two-state Jerusalem when he was a con- Back in the early 1990s, greater concern in Israel is around the Middle East follow- solution and the creation of a Pal- gressman and when he entered Yitzchak Rabin and Shimon the anticipation of the 2020 ing the move was diffi cult to estinian state, a clear disaster for the Senate in 1999, praised Peres, with the help of Presi- presidential election and what characterize as anything more Israel. That’s why it was vital that President Trump for making dent Clinton, breathed life into it would spell for Israel if Mr. than a yawn. the move of the embassy from Tel the move but remained silent the incorrigible terrorist, Yass- Trump is not reelected. To that But Israel is still concerned Aviv to Jerusalem took place as as other Democrats said it was er Arafat. The result was that end, we learned last week in if the once reliable Democratic soon as it did. Had the plan been the wrong time for the move. thousands of Jews were mur- Israel that it is imperative that Party is returned to the major- adopted to allocate $1 billion to And therein is the problem dered in terror attacks follow- whatever can be achieved at ity party in either the House build a new facility from scratch, and why Israel unfortunately ing the signing of the Oslo Ac- present with the assistance of or the Senate come November. you can rest assured that once has to fear Democrats today. So cords, and Mr. Arafat became a and in coordination with the That is because Democratic the Democrats returned to pow- long as the move of the embassy billionaire. Trump administration be done leaders like New York Sena- er—and hopefully that will not to Jerusalem was a concept or a The Democrats know that as soon as possible and to an ex- tor Kirsten Gillibrand—also happen any time soon—building possibility, leading Democrats American Jewish leadership is tent that no future president or being talked about as a possi- on a new embassy site would were all for the move. But once very diverse, confl icted, as well Congress can easily reverse. ble 2020 presidential candi- have been interminably slowed if the move actually took place as hooked on the idea of bipar- In that context, let’s look at date—aligns herself with the not completely halted. and was accomplished simply tisan support for Israel in Con- two specifi c matters that are likes of Ms. Cortez and says Our senator, Chuck Schum- by erecting a new sign on an al- gress. That makes sense, but always front and center when complimentary things about er, is a classic illustration of ready existing building in Jeru- only up to a point. The Demo- discussing U.S.–Israel rela- an avowed Israel-basher and what is wrong with the Dem- salem, it was seen as throwing tions, and that is the multi-de- Jew-hater like Linda Sarsour. ocrats today when it comes to a wrench into a peace process Continued on Page 10 cade pursuit of the two-state solution and the more recent matter of the relocation of the U.S. Embassy to Israel’s capital, Jerusalem. The idea of the creation of a Palestinian state is the closest thing to a moot issue. Offi cial- ly, that is still the longstanding U.S. objective and has been the case probably since the im- mediate aftermath of the Six Day War. Of course, going back to 1948, the idea of a state of Palestine and Israel was tor- pedoed by the Arab side of the equation. Interestingly enough, through a series of on-again and off -again negotiations, the Palestinian attitude basically remains the same today as it was back then—rejection of Is- rael. That reality, however, does not seem to faze leading Dem- ocrats like Mr. Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, and often-mentioned possible presidential candidates Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris. The mag- netic pull for Democrats across the board of late has been the direction of the extreme left. The champion and darling of the newly energized Dem- ocrats this summer has been Alexandria Cortez, a candidate for Congress from here in New York. Last month she referred to Israel as “occupied Pales- tine.” Today, construction in settlement communities is able to move full speed ahead without objections or pronouncements about “obstacles to peace” from an intolerant-of-Israel U.S. State Department. Play- grounds are being built for children in Judea and Samaria, and young adults are now able to marry and live in the same community as their parents if they so desire. Gone are the John Kerry suggestions that Israel’s presence in her ancestral homeland is “illegitimate,” and other offi cial suggestions along those lines. The U.S. Embassy is now located in Jerusalem, fi nally, in com- 10 FROM THE EDITOR You no doubt saw the sign low him everywhere. HALACHIC MUSINGS also emphasized “developing Continued from Page 9 that Senator Booker held up Sure, missiles with warheads Continued from Front Page Jewish settlement” as a na- before cameras last week that are a serious problem, but Israel tional value. crats are not going to abandon said, “From Palestine to Mex- has the military wherewithal to line of duty. They have risen And the Druze are protest- Israel or Jewish interests even ico, All The Walls Have Got deal with them. The new Dem- to positions of military leading. if we support their opponents To Go.” Sadly and shockingly, ocrats have somehow evaded ership. They have also served This past Motzaei Shabbos, because they will have to run Senator Booker’s spokesperson the radar and it is incumbent as senior ministers and dip- for example, tens of thou- on another day and will require said that the senator did not upon us to vote against them lomats. We may recall that a sands of Druze Israelis, along fi nancial support for their cam- read the sign and did not know and make sure they do not be- Druze police offi cer lost his life with left-wing Jewish sup- paigns. When Democrats’ ideas what it said. That is very diffi - come a majority in Congress in the protection of Jews in the porters, thronged a Tel Aviv on Israel can potentially hurt cult to believe. More likely, the and do not win the White Har Nof shul murders. square on Saturday night in the Jewish State, it is time for senator, who senses a presiden- House until they recognize that So why are they in the news? a demonstration against gov- leaders to say no. tial opportunity on the horizon, their current approach is not in Last month, the Knes- ernment policy. Many, how- Given the opportunity, the is attempting to go with the the best interests of either the set passed a law which was ever, have pointed to the left Bookers and the Gillibrands of fl ow in the direction of the pol- U.S. or Israel. sponsored by Prime Minis- wing politicians who have today would do the same with itics that aligns him and other ter Benjamin Netanyahu’s instigated the Druze against

August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, Mahmoud Abbas, who is al- leading democrats with the lib- Read more of Larry Gordon’s articles Likud party. The law en- the law in an effort to help ready a billionaire courtesy of eral socialists who insist that at 5TJT.com. Follow 5 Towns Jewish dorsed Eretz Yisrael’s iden- topple the Likud coalition. Times on Facebook, Instagram, American and European aid, Israel is “occupying Palestine,” and Twitter for updates and live tity as the nation-state of while the majority of the Pales- as Ms. Cortez said the other day videos. Comments, questions, and the Jewish people. The law History tinian population lives in pov- in an interview. The good news suggestions are welcome at 5TJT.com also downgraded Arabic Historically, they are a erty and in refugee camps they is that now whether he runs or and on Facebook, Instagram, and from an official language to small very secretive sect refuse to close down. not, that photo is going to fol- Twitter. one of “special standing.” It that started in the year 1000. They splintered off from Shi- ite Islam, although Muslims consider them heretics. Druze leaders have said that the law could be fixed by adding one clause: “equality for all citizens.” Our question, however, is: How does all this fit with halacha? The verse in De- varim (17:15) states: “You may not place upon yourself a man who is a stranger, who is not of your brethren.” Although contextually, the verse refers to a king, the Si- frei on Devarim (157) states that it also refers to other positions of leadership, according to the text of the Vilna Gaon. The Vilna Gaon’s text is the one that is most hala- chically reliable. The Mid- rash specifically includes police officers of the court, gabbai tzedakah, Sofrei Ha- Dayanim, and those that implement beis din’s punish- ments of whipping. Indeed, the Talmud in Bava Basra 3b states that King Herod himself asked the rabbis their interpretation of this verse. When they were completely forthcoming, he killed them all. The Gemara in Yevamos 45b gives us the parameters of the verse—it is sufficient to be considered brethren if one had a Jewish mother. Ben Gurion had arranged that, technically speaking, the office of the president of Israel could be filled by a gentile—much to the halachic consternation of Rav Untermann and Rav Herzog (see Dr. Zerach Warhaftig, Chukah L’Yisroel, Daat UMe- dina p. 40). The Rambam, however, in Hilchos Malachim 1:4 distinguishes between other forms of activities and the office of king. He permits, under certain circumstances, the other offices of leadership. The Meiri in his chiddu- shim on Kiddushin 76b states that the prohibition is only HALACHIC MUSINGS the world, it would be permitted on over Jews but not to an administra- 11 CALENDAR Continued from Page 10 account of the notion of eiva—an- tive position. He therefore would per- ti-Semitism or hate. Although there mit appointing gentiles to be admin- 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 when the decision making is solely is no specific mention of this idea in istrative or department heads. in his hands. However, if by bylaws any UN charter or law as to any ani- he must consult with others, then madversion to such a condition, it is Conclusions LUACH the prohibition is not in force. Rav self-understood. No one is asking any rabbinic opin- August 10 – August 18 Eliezer Yehudah Waldenberg in his Rav Moshe Feinstein, zt’l, in his ion so far on the matter, but it is highly Hilchos Medinah page 127-129 uses disagreement with the Mishnah Ber- likely that da’as Torah may agree with ZIP Code: 11516 this Meiri to permit gentiles in posi- urah regarding gentiles and chilul the positions set forth by Rav Yitzchok 29 Av – Erev Shabbos tions of authority. Shabbos, explains that eiva is no mere Herzog and Rav Waldenberg. Certainly, Friday, August 10 Rav Moshe Feinstein (Igros Moshe derabanan in contemporary times of the dedication of the Druze in saving Daf yomi: Zevachim 119 YD Vol. IV #26) distinguishes be- mass communication. It can lead to lives of the citizens of Israel should be Zmanim:* tween positions of sherara—lead- direct loss of Jewish life. taken into consideration along with the Earliest tallis/tefi llin: 5:06 am ership forbidden on account of the Rav Shaul Yisraeli in Chavas Bin- initial rationalizations of Rav Herzog Sunrise: 6:01 am Devarim verse—and other types of yamin p. 94 states that the prohibi- when these policies were fi rst estab- Latest Shema: choice positions. A ger, who was not tion is only in regard to positions that lished. Although the passage of this law M. Av. 8:43 am born to a Jewish mother, can thus are inherited from father to son—but strengthens the Jewish connection to Gr’a 9:30 am serve in the capacity of a rosh yeshi- other positions do not involve this Eretz Yisrael, halachic leaders should P’lag ha’minchah: 6:31 pm va, while other positions of sherara prohibition. Although this is an in- be consulted as to whether it should be Candle Lighting 7:41 pm are forbidden to him, according to teresting approach, the fact that it is modifi ed or not. It seems that the modi- 30 Av – Shabbos/1st Day Rosh Chodesh Elul Rav Feinstein. mentioned by no Rishonim or Achar- fi cations suggested by Druze leaders are Saturday, August 11 Rav Yitzchok Herzog takes a differ- onim makes it somewhat non-norma- not so removed and the Jewish nature of Daf Yomi fi nishes Zevachim! ent approach. He reasoned (page 207 tive. the democracy that Israel is can still be Parashas Re’eh of the aforementioned publication) Rav Reuvain Katz, the rav of Petach maintained. Shabbos ends:** that since this was necessary for the Tikvah, in his responsa Degel Reuvain 8:48 pm The author can be reached at establishment of the state of Israel Vol. II #25 writes that the prohibition 72 min. 9:17 pm Yairhoff [email protected]. Read more and its recognition by the nations of is only when it is specific to ruling of Rabbi Hoff man’s articles at 5TJT.com. 1 Elul – 2nd Day Rosh Chodesh Sunday, August 12 Shofar is sounded after Shacharis throughout Elul 6 Elul – Erev Shabbos Friday, August 17 Daf yomi: Menachos 8 Zmanim:* Earliest tallis/tefi llin: 5:14 am Sunrise: 6:08 am Latest Shema: M. Av. 8:47 am Gr’a 9:32 am P’lag ha’minchah: 6:24 pm Candle Lighting 7:31 pm 7 Elul - Shabbos Saturday, August 18 Parashas Shoftim Shabbos ends:** 8:37 pm 72 min. 9:06 pm *Zmanim are based on Cedarhurst – 11516 ** Five minutes added for Tosefes Shabbos

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Visit 5TJT.com for daily halachic commentary on current events by Rabbi Yair Hoffman 12 did not appear the entire evening. At tablishing the clientele. the end of the game, this fact was dis- Mr. S. thought quickly to avert di- covered. The bingo players were en- saster. He grabbed the microphone HALACHIC MUSINGS raged. and took hold of an elderly woman By Rabbi Yair Hoffman “No wonder my card did not come with blue-rimmed glasses and a cane. up all night!” some shouted. And then he began to sing and dance. A riot began. Some of the players The lyrics started to emerge: overturned their tables. Others began “Start spreadin’ the news. I’m leav- to throw the bingo material at the eling today. I want to be a part of it… New AN AVEIRAH THAT AVERTS derly volunteers. Two of the players York, New York. These vagabond shoes headed toward the bingo board and are longing to stray. Right through the CATASTROPHE began to smash it. Another group was very heart of it ... New York, New York.” headed toward the air machine with The crowd was confused. They he following story is true and toward its general budget and also ran vengeance in their hearts. stopped in their tracks. “What was occurred somewhere in the a bingo hall to help support it. Many A certain Mr. S., 84 years old, fore- this elderly Jewish man doing, sing- United States. In order to proof these supporters who volunteered saw the disaster that was about to en- ing a Frank Sinatra song and dancing

August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, T tect the identity of the individuals in- and staffed the bingo hall were well sue. He knew that it would take weeks, with this elderly woman of a different volved, the location and names have into their eighties. The bingo hall was if not months, for the yeshiva to re- ethnicity?” they questioned. And they been omitted. located in a crime-ridden area. cover. A riot would mean thousands were fascinated. The local yeshiva was supported by On one particular occasion, during of dollars lost in broken equipment, The rioting stopped completely. the community. The older people of the bingo game, a ball got stuck in the having to wait for new equipment to The man, with his quick thinking, had the community donated financially corner of the machine. That ball, B12, arrive, and then months spent rees- saved the yeshiva tens of thousands of dollars. The rebbeim could be paid. Aveirah Lishmah 13 Torah learning could continue to There are also a few Gemaras, Horay- flourish. os (10b) and Nazir (23a and b), that dis- 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 But what is the halachah? Was he cuss the notion of performing an aveirah DAF YOMI permitted to dance with the woman for the right reasons. Yael, Esther, and By Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow in order to avert financial disaster for the daughters of Lot are all discussed in the yeshiva? What are the underly- this context. Rav Chaim Volozhin in his ing prohibitions and issues involved? Keser Rosh (132) writes that we may no What are the parameters? longer do this, however, after the conclusion of the Gemara. LOTS OF LAND Two Underlying Issues n daf 119b in Zevachim, the Ge- term nachalah is appropriate because There are two issues involved here. Conclusion mara discusses the words “na- Shiloh was the place where Yehoshua The first is the notion of negi’ah shelo Most poskim would view any form of Ochalah” and “menuchah” in the divided the land using a lottery. This b’derech chibah, touching in a man- dancing as derech chibah, an expression verse “For you have not yet come to the seems diffi cult to understand since the ner that involves no closeness. The of aff ection, and thus forbidden. None- resting place (menuchah) or the inheri- Gemara clearly stated on an earlier daf Rambam in Sefer HaMitzvos #353 theless, Mr. S.’s heart was in the right tance (nachalah).” that Klal Yisrael spent seven years di- (according to many commentators) place and he did it for the continued ex- According to one opinion, both words viding Eretz Yisrael while the Mishkan holds that such touching is Biblical- istence of the yeshiva. There is a respon- are prophetic references to the Mish- was in Gilgal. The answer lies in a pasuk ly forbidden nonetheless, while the sum from the Rashba (Vol. V #238) to kan in Shiloh. How is the term “resting in Yehoshua (18:2). The pasuk states that Ramban holds that it is not Biblically his student that he should not necessar- place” appropriate to the time that the only seven tribes took part in the lottery forbidden. ily enforce the precise halachah when Mishkan was built in Shiloh? All of Eretz in Shiloh. Rashi explains that Reuven, The issue is further discussed in he fi rst arrives in his community. He Yisrael had not yet been conquered! Gad, and half the tribe of Menashe al- Yoreh Deah 195 and 196 wherein there should rather tactfully ignore it until a Rashi (Yehoshua 18:1) states that af- ready took their portion in Transjordan is a debate between the Maharshal and more propitious time to broach it comes ter the Mishkan was erected in Shiloh during the lifetime of Moshe Rabbeinu. the Shach (195:20). The Maharshal around. it was easy to conquer the remaining During the earlier division of Eretz Yis- forbids it entirely. The Shach permits parts of Eretz Yisrael. It can therefore rael proper, Yehuda, Ephraim, and half it. In his commentary on the Tur, Rav The author can be reached at be deemed a resting place, in contrast to of Menashe took their portion. Hence, Yosef Karo, author of the Beis Yosef, is Yairhoff [email protected]. Read more of Rabbi the years before the Mishkan was built. Hoff man’s articles at 5TJT.com. unsure as to the halachah, leaving it The Gemara further explains that the Continued on Page 19 with a “tzarich iyun,” that the matter requires further examination. There is also a debate among later commentators as to whether the Shach only permits it on a Biblical level but forbids it mi’d’rabbanan— thus only permitting it for medical reasons—or whether he permits it for other purposes as well. Ultimately, this is the issue as to whether or not it is permitted for women to use male doctors as a matter of routine, or whether they are obligated to seek out a female doctor. For some reason, in America, many rule leniently, while both Rav Ovadia Yosef, zt’l, and Rav Vosner have ruled that if there is a competent female doctor available, it is forbidden for a woman to use a male doctor. Repercussions Of The Debate There are other repercussions of the debate as well. Rav Moshe Fein- stein, zt’l, rules in Igros Moshe (E.H. Vol. II #14) that one can sit on a tram next to a woman even if they are accidentally touching. Rav Me- nashe Klein, zt’l (Mishnah Halachos IV #186), also holds that one may be seated in a crowded bus on account of this Shach. He holds that the Shach does not forbid it even on a rabbinic level. Another repercussion of this debate is whether handshaking with a woman is permitted as well. In this case, most poskim are stringent. Rav Moshe Feinstein maintains (E.H. Vol. I #56) that it is difficult to claim that shak- ing hands is not considered derech chibah, an expression of affection. In E.H. (Vol. I # 113), he openly forbids it. Rav Scheinberg, zt’l, allowed it during pressing circumstances. There may, however, be a great dis- tinction between medical cases and dancing to Sinatra; there may be a chashash chibah, concern for closeness, in the dancing, whereas in medical issues there is no chashash chibah. Certainly, other types of mixed dancing are done for chibah and are therefore forbidden on a Biblical level. 14 August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, 15 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 16 August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, 17 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 18 August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, DAF YOMI INSIGHTS 19 Continued from Page 13 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 there were still seven tribes remaining that needed to take part in the lottery at Shiloh to receive their portion of land. If there is an argument in shul over who should be the chazzan or get an aliyah, is it proper to use a gorel to determine a winner? Tosfos in Shabbos quotes a Sifri that says that the use of lotteries is a form of divination that is forbidden by the Torah. The Shevet HaLevi says that Tosfos is only discussing attempting to use a lottery to determine what the future will hold. Using a lottery to settle a dispute, on the other hand, is appropriate. Further, the parties would not have to make a kinyan to signify their acceptance of the results. The winner of the gorel would automatically have the halachic right to daven for the amud or get the aliyah. There are two diff erent explanations for why the gorel should be so eff ective, when typically we would expect some formal act of kinyan to be necessary. The fi rst is that the use of a gorel to determine kibbudim and Kaddish is akin to a rabbinic enactment. There is prec- edent for this, as we see that a lottery system was used in the Beis HaMik- dash to determine who would perform various avodos. An alternative explanation, off ered by the Zichron Yosef, is that everyone in shul is a partner in all the kibbudim. All the members have an equal right to every kibbud. So when a person in shul receives a kibbud, he is not acquiring something new but is being given permission to exercise his rights. Thus, no formal act of acquisi- tion is necessary upon winning a goral, because the winner is merely using his share of his rights in the kibbudim. Mazal tov to all those who are fi nishing Zevachim this week!

Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow leads a daf yomi chaburah at Eitz Chayim of Dogwood Park in West Hempstead. He can be contacted at [email protected]. Read more of Rabbi Sebrow’s articles at 5TJT.com.

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ALL OUR 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 EXQUISITE DENIALS

BY JAKE NOVAK t’s one thing to be factually wrong about a particular issue or I problem in our society. It’s something else to deny the truth but keep it to yourself. And it’s something entirely different and destructive to promote an in- accuracy, misconception, or outright lie with all your power and resources just to avoid accepting the conse- quences of the truth. In fact, that’s a recipe for the destruction of civilized society. Welcome to 2018. There’s an extremely long list of basic facts about crucial issues in our society that aren’t simply denied, but violently rejected and met with enduring counter-narratives. Let’s look at three of these key denials, in no particular order: (1) The carnage in African American neighborhoods. No decent human being should be smug, crass, or uncaring about the spike in black homicides in this country. If it seems like it’s getting worse to you, it is. Cities like Chicago, Bal- timore, and parts of Los Angeles are nyc just plain dangerous to be in at night, especially on summer weekends. In Chicago alone, more than 70 people were shot and 12 killed just this past IRENES weekend. That’s not a typo. In these crimes, every victim is almost always PRE-HOLIDAY SALE a black person. In these crimes, every shooter is almost always a black per- in collaboration with Esti Meisner son. Imagine the anguish of coming to Irene cutting on premises! grips with that reality if you’re an Af- rican-American. Your own people are basically in a shooting war with each other. To their credit, a good number 100s of precut wigs, of not-so-famous black pastors and bandfalls, and kippah falls even a few local politicians have dedicated their lives to facing this problem head on and trying to fix it. G-d bless them. But they’re just too darn lonely. National black “leaders” and the most famous black politicians not 5 TOWNS only deny this horrible reality, but in Sunday Aug 19th order to deny it with the most attention-grabbing publicity, they change 10am-9pm the subject to something else: Police shootings. Monday Aug 20th This strategy should be laughed 10am-9pm out on consideration of mathematics alone. In 2016, 7,881 African Amer- icans were killed. More than 97% of 718.851.4770 them were killed by other black people. But the Al Sharptons, Cory Book- Hosted by Esti Meisner ers, and every media pundit wants to talk about how cops are killing young Home of Gitty Klajnfeld black men like hunters on safari. It would be a joke if so many people 454 Arlington Rd weren’t falling for it and the stakes weren’t so high. Cedarhurst, NY 11516 Hollywood gets into the act, too, producing movie after movie and TV show after TV show about innocent young black men killed by the police. ireneswigs [email protected] irenes Wigs | New York

Continued on Page 24 24 DENIALS But he won even more so because Somehow, admitting that they ing investigation of him and his 2016 Continued from Page 23 he was blessed with a terrible oppo- lost fair and square and without any campaign. None of this is healthy or nent, Hillary Clinton. One doesn’t effective meddling from Russia or in any way productive for the Demo- There’s another film like that about need to dislike Mrs. Clinton to re- anyone else is beyond the ability of crats and their allies. But accepting to come out this year, “Monsters and alize she wasn’t a strong or overly just about every Democrat, liberal, that not only did they lose to a con- Men,” where even an African-Ameri- persuasive candidate. Her negative and Trump-hater in America. Make troversial political novice, but lost can police-officer character is even- ratings were through the roof, a fact no mistake—this denial is the true because they force-fed Hillary Clin- tually demonized. This, despite the ton down America’s throat, is just too fact that more police presence and hard a truth for them to accept. more black cops in these murder-rid- (3) Israeli–Palestinian peace. den communities is precisely what is The belief that Israel The belief that Israel and the Pal- needed to save young black lives. estinians can make peace if Israel As this denial continues and grows and the Palestinians can just makes more concessions—like across not just much of the black withdrawing from more land and community, but liberal and moderate make peace if Israel just providing more economic aid—is one white communities, too, we might as of the strongest and most enduring August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, well be resigned to the terrible fact makes more concessions delusions in the world. It ails almost that the carnage of black-on-black every major world leader and so many murder will continue to grow. is one of the strongest Christians and Jews alike. (2) The 2016 election. The saddest thing about this delu- The delusion about the meaning of sion is that it ignores both optimistic the last presidential election and who delusions in the world. and sad truths on the ground. won and lost is on display in America The happy truth it ignores is that 24/7. The simple truth is that Don- there already is relative peace be- ald Trump won partly because the that only seemed to elude alarm in impetus behind the round-the-clock tween Jews and Arabs inside the mainstream party nominee who is Democrat circles because Trump’s anti-Trump coverage on the main- state of Israel, where Arab residents believed to be less of a politician has negatives were higher. But that didn’t stream news media channels, the enjoy more freedoms and prosperity won every presidential election since make her a better candidate, even by hatred for him in the entertainment than anyone else in the Arab world 1968. comparison. media, and of course the never-end- with the exception of dictators, roy- al families, and their cronies. Israel’s Arab population is a living example that pluralism can succeed, even in the Middle East. The sectarian nonsense and misery of countries like Iraq and Syria is close to Israel geo- graphically. But culturally, that misery is centuries removed from its borders. The sad truth that even a lot of Is- raelis have an understandably hard time accepting is that so many of Is- rael’s Arab neighbors will never accept peace with them. How horrific it must be to have to wake up every day knowing people living so close to you are dead-set on murdering you and your children and nothing can ever be done to change their minds! And so, the result is that the world tries to ignore it and promote an alternative reality. That alternative reality includes delusions about how Israel must do more for peace and the U.S. needs to be a more “balanced” moderator in the region. This is all nonsense and the product of the sub- conscious realization that the Arabs won’t ever change, so we might as well try to blame each other for the continuing conflict. It’s akin to an overlooked symptom of Stockholm syndrome where captives not only begin to identify with their captors, but also start to blame each other for being captured in the first place. Sadly, these three denials are just the tip of the world’s iceberg right now. But they’re probably the ones we’re encountering most frequently today as American Jews. We must work to destroy these denials first before we can move on to anything else.

Jake Novak has been a TV news producer and editorial columnist for more than 25 years, with expertise in political, economic, religious, and cultural issues. He has produced shows at CNBC, CNN, FOX, and several local stations across the country. Novak is a graduate of the Yeshivah of Flatbush, has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Columbia University, and a master’s degree from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism. Follow him on Twitter @ jakejakeny and watch out for future columns on 5TJT.com. 25 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 26 ing time to be in Israel, where you really Over the past decade, Chazaq has feel the yom tov preparations. We have progressed from being a communi- NEWS FROM similar hustle and bustle right here on ty outreach organization (The “q” in Main Street, but multiply that many Chazaq stands for Queens), to becom- times in every neighborhood all over ing an organization that has spread THE HILLS Yerushalayim! The main streets in Bayit well beyond the tri-state area, with By Chanita Teitz V’Gan become a huge shuk from before riveting lectures and programs for Yom Kippur with chickens for kapparos men and women of all ages. to everything you need for Sukkos. The “Our main focus continues to be our feel like I’m in a race against time, leftovers or my kids will have to come to streets are clogged with shoppers and afterschool programs for public school something like pre-Pesach prep empty my refrigerator. vendors snarling traffi c and making it al- students,” says Chazaq operations Ibut without the major cleaning. We This year, as last year, we have a won- most impossible to drive. But we love it! manager R’ Yaniv Meirov. “Our entire all feel the summer slipping away, and derful ba’al teﬁ llah for Mussaf on Rosh Being with our Israeli children and staff, board of directors, and rabbinical Rosh Hashanah is early this year. I once Hashanah in our shul. He is a chassi- grandchildren, as well as those grand- leaders are constantly looking for ways read that it’s only early in our minds rel- dishe young man with the sweetest voice children who are learning in Israel, and to inspire more and more of our Jew- ative to the secular calendar. But if not who has been singing since he was a boy, assorted nieces and nephews, and seeing ish youth, and we will keep working

August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, for a second Adar next year, we would often joining his grandfather, Chazzan my brothers and their families, too, make hard till we maximize our potential. celebrate next Rosh Hashanah in Au- Isaac Horowitz, singing at simchos or in for a busy, hectic, but memorable time. “But we also look for new ways to gust. So it really is early. shul in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Chaz- inspire all segments of the commu- I am having guests for Rosh Hasha- zan Horowitz happens to be my broth- Past Events nity. We have a children’s division, nah and we are leaving motzaei yom er-in-law and Sholom Horowitz is our a women’s division, and even a divi- tov for Israel, so logistically speaking great-nephew. I am looking forward to CHAZAQ Couples sion for senior citizens, among oth- I have a lot of preparations to do. The hosting everyone and hearing Sholom Event Inspires the ers,” says Meirov. “One division that house must be company-ready for at daven. Community we touch upon in private but not so least 4–6 adults and 2 young children. Every year we go to Israel after Rosh When thinking of an organization much in a public fashion has been our I need to make room in my freezer so I Hashanah for my father-in-law’s yahr- that tries to touch upon all aspects of married-couples division. Our rabbis can start shopping and cooking. And my zeit, and for the past four years we have Jewish life, one of the ﬁ rst that comes to sister-in-law will have to take home the stayed for Sukkos. It is a nice and excit- mind is Chazaq. Continued on Page 70 27 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 28 MATANEL: GIFT OF G-D

BY TOBY KLEIN GREENWALD here is something humble and attractive about a foundation not Tnaming itself after its founders or main donors but giving itself a Hebrew name that means “Gift of G-d.” I spent a glorious, mind-expanding day recently at

the annual Matanel Israeli retreat in Kfar of Samuel Saada courtesy Photo Maccabiah, where their fellows and project directors came together to share what was new, what was diff erent, what prog- ress had been made since they last met, Bou L’gani CD Rav Meni Even-Israel, Gad Boukobza, Joëlle Afl alo, and Ami Bouganim at the Matanel retreat August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, and their future dreams. The projects were varied—geograph- new academic publications, extraordi- G-d fi lls it, and then [I] try to do the best their owners fi nd new self-respect and ically, religiously, and in every other nary social-services programs, and more. according to the best of [my] abilities.” the ability to move forward in their lives, way—but they all shared the principles of The more unusual projects include I would like to focus on three particular personally and professionally. The signif- diversity, expansiveness, inclusiveness, the fi rst Arab youth village in Israel and projects that moved me deeply. icance of this organization's work cannot and bridge-building. Represented were JustSpirulina, a project for sustainable Tenufa Bakehila (tenufa.org). This be underestimated; it’s along the same pre-military training academies (mechi- super-food in the Congo. The Matanel organization was created in 1993, orig- lines of those organizations that do not not) that accept participants from var- Foundation was founded by Joëlle Afl alo inally as part of the Livnot U’Lehibanot just provide charity, but help the recipi- ied religious backgrounds, educational and Gad Boukobza with Rav Adin Stein- project in Tzfat. In 2014 it became an in- ents get back on their feet. Tenufa Bake- programs that integrate weak and strong saltz. It operates in Israel, but it also dependent nonprofi t organization that hila also employs social workers who help students, a project promoting universal works in Europe, Africa, and South Amer- identifi es and renovates living quarters, the families in the areas of health, welfare, accessibility, programs that advance sci- ica. Joelle says, “It was in my DNA; I had mostly in low-income neighborhoods, and employment. It currently operates in ence and culture for the wider population, to give and create the keli (the vessel), and which are in a deplorable state. This helps 11 cities and, according to its executive director, Gabi Nahmani of Alon Shvut, “The organization has helped 4,500 families so far [i.e., that is the number of homes they have repaired] and is ready to expand to 20 more cities in the heart of Israel.” Tenufa Bakehila employs professional skilled tradesmen whose work, includes repairing moldy, peeling, and crumbling walls and ceilings, leaky roofs, hazardous The Four Elements electrical and plumbing problems, door and window frames, loose tiles, kitchen counters and cabinets, and more. The organization's members note Methodforf or IndividualIndividual oror CouplesCouples LifeLife CCoachingoaching what they call “a heartbreaking catch-22 situation. These families often obtained ownership of their homes through government programs, but now, because they Have you been trying to understand own their homes, they are ineligible for yourself better for years - unsuccessfully? aid. With no ability to aff ord even basic repairs, these families fi nd themselves living in terrible conditions with no via- Have you been troubled by the same problem for years? ble alternative.” Noga Fisher of Efrat, a member of the administrative team, shared the follow- Have you tried changing or making yourself more efficient - ing stories. but ultimately gave up? An IDF offi cer contacted Tenufa Bake- hila because he was worried about one of his new paratroopers. When visiting Or perhaps are you trying to understand the character, or solve the problems, of your his home, he saw that the apartment was spouse, family member, partner, or your clients – but haven’t found the right track? falling apart. The father passed away two years earlier and the mother had a teenage girl, younger brother, and adult au- **The**The solutionsolution isis nownow withinwithin reach!**reach!** tistic son living at home. She could not aff ord to make repairs. 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ThisThis methodmethod willwill helphelp you trtrulyuly knowknow vices department as part of an attempt to yourselfyourrself fforor tthehe fifirstrst titimeme aandnd lleadead yoyouu on a patpathh of truetrue andand stablestabblle happinesshhappiiness. keep a family together, despite the “letter of the law,” which would have required the family to give up its four small chil- Too scheduleschc edulle an appointmentappointment andand forfor furtherfurther detailsdetails pleaseplease email,eemaiil, call,calll, oror text:text: dren for adoption. The small apartment was originally BILVAVI53BILVAVI53 GMAGMAILCOMȩsȩ4ELȩ ȩȩILCOMȩsȩ4ELȩ ȩȩ home to a widowed grandmother, her TFTTJPOT IPVSFBDITFTTJPOt.FOTPOMZTFTTJPOT IIPVS FBDIITFTTJJPO t.FOO T POP MMZ two mentally-ill adult sons, her divorced daughter, and the daughter’s four young children. The deteriorating physical condition of the home exacerbated the men- 29 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018

Kitchen before being renovated by Tenufa Bakehila Tenufa workmen restore a kitchen tal condition of the adult sons, leading through the Project Renewal program of social and economic gaps in Israeli soci- advanced stargazers can add meridian to violent rages in which they destroyed the Jewish Agency for Israel. ety by providing a supportive educational lines, celestial equator, and ecliptic plane most of the home’s furniture and doors. Technoda's vision is to promote ac- framework, with emphasis on technolo- to the night-sky simulation; and a medical Social Services institutionalized the sons, ademic excellence in Israelis from all gy and science, for children from weaker simulation unit, where one has the option adding a deep psychological level to the backgrounds and to develop the future populations. of performing operations in a simulated physical damage that had already been generation of Israeli leaders of science Technoda includes, among other things, setting. Using cutting-edge medical equip- infl icted on the family. and technology; 250,000 children and an interactive science museum; a science ment, accessible elsewhere only to profes- After the sons were removed from the youth visit annually. park; space and astronomy events; the sec- family setting, the apartment continued The community/social goal is to bridge ond-largest planetarium in Israel, in which Continued on Page 30 to deteriorate. Among other problems, an unrepaired clog in the drainage system resulted in a backup that left standing, rancid water in the shower that leached into the rest of the bathroom, and from there into the walls. When the city’s social-service agency discovered the severity of the situation, it removed the children and placed them in foster care. In parallel, it held an emergency planning session to determine its next steps. With the goal of creating a scenario in which the children could be returned to their mother, Kiryat Gat’s social-services department formed a plan of action whose centerpoint was the availability of Tenufa Bakehila’s services. Tenufa Bakehila provided the work and materials required to bring the apartment up to a decent standard and provided on- going social services to support the traumatized family. Given this commitment, the social-services department was ready to begin a process that it hoped would eventually lead to the restoration of the family. After the physical renovation of the home was completed, Kiryat Gat’s social-services department determined that the four children could return for home visits on weekends and holidays. Tenufa Bakehila’s own social worker maintains close touch with the grandmother and mother, helping them prepare for these visits. While permission has not yet been granted for the permanent return of the children to the family, the situation has improved dramatically. The traumatized mother and grandmother now look at life with a more positive outlook with the knowledge that their children may soon be able to return home for good. These are just two of thousands of stories from the last 25 years. Technoda. Technoda, directed by Dr. Gadi Mador (technoda.org.il), is a science and technology education center whose activities take place in Hadera and the surrounding areas, with programs for students from kindergarten through high school and beyond. Technoda also runs conferences and professional-development events. It was established in 1986 30 MATANEL for gifted programs, but Technoda iden- Continued from Page 29 tifi es approximately 80 potentially high achievers and they receive advanced pro- sionals, students from as young as sixth gramming (depending on their grade lev- INSIGHTS ON THE TORAH grade can start learning medicine. el) in technology, chemistry, fi rst aid, and Technoda has a stellar observatory astronomy. They are also taken on experi- whose “star” is a 16-inch telescope, with ential fi eld trips and participate in special an advanced automatic system that rec- events that enrich their inner world. ognizes and tracks tens of thousands of Piyut (piyut.org.il). Bo’u L’gani (Come stars and celestial bodies. A special video to my preschool/garden): All Israeli chil- PARASHAT RE’EH: camera can be attached to the main tele- dren grow up singing the same simple scope to transmit real-time pictures of preschool songs, but Piyut has taken those THE IMPORTANCE OF THE the sun, moon, planets, and other objects songs, without altering the basic melody, directly to the large screen in Techno- back to the Jewish historical musical tra- da’s auditorium, and a very sophisticated dition—Sephardic, Yemenite, Ethiopian, JOURNEY CCD camera for astronomic photography and Chassidic—so they are no longer juve- August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, can be used for research purposes by uni- nile ditties, but engaging musical melodies. BY RABBI MOSHE BLOOM versity and high-school students. The songs are enchanting and fun while Torah VeHa’aretz Institute Dr. Mador described and showed on introducing rich Jewish musical tradi- hould the distance be too great wanted to draw close to Hashem with screen the moving work that Technoda tions to children at a young age. The musi- “Sfor you, should you be unable all of his gifts and talents (and he was is doing in the nearby Givat Olga neigh- cal team has also composed some original to transport them, because the place blessed with quite a few of these), borhood. These children, many of whom melodies, but in traditional styles, to well- where Hashem your G-d has chosen to the Gra strove to find lofty insights would just be wandering the streets during known children’s songs. The singers are establish His name is far from you and into the secrets of the Torah. At one their free time and summer vacation, are adults and children, soloists, and choirs. because Hashem your G-d has blessed point, he was given a million-dollar exposed to a world of science and technol- One of the team members said they are you, you may convert them into money. opportunity—a maggid angel was ogy through Technoda’s programs. During currently being used in 500 preschools Wrap up the money in your hand and sent from heaven to reveal Torah se- the school year, they are part of a program throughout Israel. take it with you to the place that Hash- crets to him. It’s hard to know if an- called Afi kim, in which up to 250 children These examples are only the tip of the em your G-d will choose” (Devarim gels can be surprised, but if so, this and youth can participate. They receive iceberg. The Matanel retreat was an expe- 14:24–25). one most certainly was when the Gra hot meals after school and help with home- rience at which one could meet the people declined the maggid’s offer. The Gra work and science activities until the eve- behind the scenes who have created proj- The Vilna Gaon preferred achieving these insights ning. During the summer, there are special ects helping children and adults to move And The Maggid through his own efforts, without any summer programs. According to Techno- forward in science, education, the arts, or Who wouldn’t want Divine revela- shortcuts. da, the success of the Afi kim program has societal improvement. tions that can effortlessly bring you It seems that behind the Gra’s re- been proven through the improved grades There was even a presentation by a to lofty spiritual heights? At least fusal is the understanding that Hash- of the participants, both in relation to their boutique winery, whose owner fi lled one such individual did exist: Rabbi em is not interested in deep spiritual peers not in the program and in relation to glasses for everyone to drink a l’chaim to Eliyahu, the Vilna Gaon, known also knowledge in and of itself. There is no the level of knowledge and skills measured continued success for all. as the Gra. Besides his mindboggling shortage of angels in heaven. Hashem at the beginning and end of each year. greatness in Talmud and halachah, created people so that we will serve Most of the Givat Olga children do not The author is an award-winning educational he was also one of the greatest Kab- Him and reveal His name and sanctity receive high scores on standardized tests theater director and the editor of WholeFamily.com. balists who ever lived. A person who in this world, with all the problems and diffi culties involved. It is the eff ort, the The Torah gives us precise guide- sue—in order to become sanctifi ed, to natural way. This concept was preserved 31 work, that Hashem desires, not only the lines of what to do. We have to transfer draw closer to Hashem. One can get so by the tradition of the Perushim of the results. If today, results are the be-all the sanctity onto money, take the mon- much not only out of the mitzvah that Yishuv, established by the disciples of 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 and end-all for most people, for Hash- ey in our hand, and go up to Jerusalem. one performs, but even from every step the Gra in Jerusalem (also indicated in em, the journey along the way is the de- Is there really a need for all of this de- of the journey. the studies of Dr. Aryeh Morgenstern on termining factor. scription? Is there signifi cance in the the topic). When we see the excitement words “V’tzartah ha’kesef b’yadechah— The Journey of the Gra and his disciples from every Lofty Involvement Wrap up the money in your hand”? If And The Land Of Israel baby step in the redemption process, we With Money someone puts the money in someone The Land of Israel is a place not only can see how the journey is important, Our parashah features an excellent else’s hands, does it make a diff erence? of results, but primarily of the jour- not only the fi nal result. example of the importance of the jour- This phrase seems superfl uous. ney leading to them. It is a mitzvah to ney in the verses that discuss ma’as- Chazal noticed this issue, and ex- work its soil (according to the Chatam HaRav Moshe Bloom is head of the English er sheini. After giving terumah to the trapolate from the verse that the word Sofer), and the world of agriculture has department of Torah VeHa’aretz Institute. Torah VeHa’aretz Institute (the Institute kohen and ma’aser rishon to the Levi, tzartah is not in the sense of a tzeror a very prominent role, with every step of for Torah and the Land of Israel) engages in during years 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the Shem- (bundle) of money in one’s hand, but growth having an impact on the quality research, public education, and the application ittah cycle, ma’aser sheini is to be set rather the word tzurah, form. This of the end product. In light of this, it is not of contemporary halachic issues that come aside. (In years 3 and 6, one gives ma’as- teaches us that one may not transfer surprising that it was no one other than to the fore in the bond between Torah and the er ani to a poor person.) sanctity onto an asimon, a piece of cut the Gra—who turned down the option Land of Israel today. Recently, the Institute opened an English department to cater to The ma’aser sheini is given to … silver, but rather a minted silver coin of taking spiritual shortcuts to spiritual the English-speaking public living in Israel yourself. People are supposed to go up (asimon is from the word a-siman, that growth—who was the fi rst to encourage and abroad. For additional information and to Jerusalem with the fruits of ma’aser is, without a mark). This interpretation his disciples to make aliyah, with the set inquiries, e-mail [email protected] or sheini and eat them there in a state of is homiletic, however, and the text al- purpose of bringing the redemption in a call 972-8-684-7325. ritual purity, in order to draw close to ways has a p’shat meaning as well. Hashem. But what happens if you live On the simple, p’shat level, it seems far from Jerusalem, and it is difficult that the Torah wanted to convey the to bring so many fruits there? Besides, importance of the journey. The signif- in Temple times, who said that the icance of the mitzvah is not only the fruit would survive all the way to Je- fi nal result—actually eating the fruit rusalem? or whatever we buy with the money in In such cases, the Torah allows us Jerusalem—but rather what happens to transfer the sanctity of the ma’aser along the way. Even taking the bundle fruit onto money, and to bring the mon- of money in one’s hand is part of the ey with us to Jerusalem. This money is mitzvah. used to purchase food and drink to be We can learn so much from these few consumed in Jerusalem in a state of words. People glorify money, dedicate purity. The way the Torah tells us about their entire lives to accumulate it, and this mitzvah is very interesting: don’t even leave time for themselves “Should the distance be too great for to enjoy it. And here the Torah comes you … Wrap up the money in your hand and describes how to ascend to G-d’s and take it with you to the place that the city, and how to use the money—the Hashem your G-d will choose.” same money that so many blindly pur- 32 Dr. Pelcovitz spoke about proper values in child rearing, specifically ANNUAL LECTURE CO-SPONSORED about creating appropriate boundaries in a nurturing and guided way. He also provided guidance about ideal BY OHEL DRAWS FULL HOUSE methods in creating these boundaries effectively and lovingly. he annual Nine Days Confer- After the insightful and practical ence at the Fallsview Estates lecture, many in the audience asked T Shul in the Catskills was important questions and received ex- sponsored by the United Task Force pert answers from the panel. and cosponsored by Ohel Children’s A special thank-you to Fallsview Home, Torah Umesorah, and MASK. 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August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, ing Them Nothing? Children, Values, tions coming together and answering and Us.” our questions helped us get the most Dr. Pelcovitz, Straus Chair in Psy- out of Dr. Pelcovitz’s outstanding lec- chology and Education, Azrieli Grad- ture.” uate School, was joined by a panel featuring Rabbi Mordechai Besser, executive school consultant, Torah Only to the place Umesorah, Hindie M. Klein, PsyD, which the L-rd Ohel director of clinical projects, your G-d shall choose and Faye Zakheim, PhD, co-chair UTF and assistant professor at NYU (Devarim 12:5) Silver School of Social Work question-and-answer session. Dr. Hindie Klein, Dr. David Pelcovitz, Faye Zakheim, and Rabbi Mordechai Besser The location of the Altar [in the Holy Temple] is very exactly defined. . . . It is a commonly held tradition that the place where David and Shlomo built the Altar on the threshing floor of Arona, is the very place where Avraham built an altar and bound Isaac upon it; this is where Noach built [an altar] when he came out from the Ark; this is where Kayin and Hevel brought their offerings; this is where Adam HaRishon offered a korban when he was created—and it is from [the earth of] this place that he was created . . .

(Mishneh Torah, Laws of the Holy Temple 2:1–2)

When G-d your G-d shall broaden your borders, as He has promised you, and you will say: “I shall eat meat . . .” (Devarim 12:20) Rabbi Yishmael says: Originally, “meat of desire” (i.e., meat eaten for pleasure, as opposed to the sacred meat of the korbanos offered in the Sanctuary) was forbidden to them. It was only after they entered the Land of Israel that it was permitted to them.

Rabbi Akiva says: On the contrary— the verse comes to forbid them meat of an animal killed without shechitah (see following verse). Originally, it was permitted for them to eat meat without shechitah; it was only after they entered the Land of Israel that this was forbidden to them.

(Talmud, Chulin 16b–17a) 33 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 34 appear to contradict the conclusion of the here. In Rashi, there’s one key word that Gemara in Chullin (78a) about this matter. sheds light on the issue: “explicit.” As elab- The Gemara there considers the possibility orated further by Tosfos, the important of lashes based on a verse in Emor which thing to understand here is that R’ Shimon REAL CLEAR DAF states a negative commandment against is suggesting that the Torah explicitly stat- By Rabbi Shmuel Wise off ering any disqualifi ed sacrifi ce—included a negative commandment specifi cally ing a premature sacrifi ce. However, the against bringing a premature off ering. If Gemara dismisses this proposal based on the Torah forbids a particular act with a a verse in Mishpatim which states the sac- negative commandment, the fact that in a A review of some of this week’s daf Bnei Yisrael of the sacrifi cial laws that will rifi cial requirement that the animal be at diff erent place the Torah expresses it pos- yomi key concepts (Parashas Re’eh – apply upon entering Eretz Yisrael through- least eight days old as a positive command- itively (i.e., you shall do the opposite of the Zevachim) out the period of conquest and division of ment. This verse has the eff ect of changing forbidden act) does not impact the nega- Q. Is the sin of bringing a premature of- the land (the period of “Gilgal,” the location the prohibition of off ering a premature tive status already conferred upon the pro- fering punishable by lashes? of the communal altar). sacrifi ce from a negative to a positive com- hibition by the fi rst verse. A. This issue came up in the Daf this In R’ Shimon’s understanding, Moshe in mandment. Thus (since only negative com- By contrast, the Gemara in Chullin is week on 114. The anonymous fi rst opinion this verse tells Bnei Yisrael that throughout mandments are punishable by lashes) the saying that if the Torah states an umbrella

August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, in our Mishnah rules that someone who this period—until the establishment of the Gemara there concludes that off ering a pre- prohibition like the prohibition in Emor off ers a premature sacrifi ce (e.g., an animal more permanent Tabernacle, or Mishkan, mature sacrifi ce is not punishable by lash- against off ering any disqualifi ed sacrifi ce, younger than eight days old) outside of the in Shiloh—the people will not be able to es. But according to R’ Shimon, who derives but then singles out a specifi c example Beis HaMikdash isn’t liable for the sin of bring individual obligatory korbanos; only a prohibition against off ering a premature under that prohibition (i.e., premature bringing an off ering out of bounds. This is voluntary korbanos will be allowed. Now sacrifi ce from “You will not do as we do here sacrifi ces), expressing it as a positive com- as we would expect given the rule laid out what if someone during the Gilgal period today,” there still should be lashes! mandment, then this indeed has the eff ect earlier in the Mishnah that the sin of bring- went ahead and consecrated an animal as The Gemara answers by saying that in- of placing that specifi c example in the tech- ing an off ering outside is only applicable to an obligatory sacrifi ce? Based on Moshe’s deed the Gemara there in Chullin was only nical category of a positive commandment, a sacrifi ce that was fi t to be off ered inside. teaching, that sacrifi ce would be consid- stated according the rabbanan of our Ge- which is not subject to lashes. Being that a premature off ering is not fi t to ered premature, for the person wouldn’t mara who disagree with R’ Shimon, but it’s Thanks to the elucidation of Rashi and be off ered inside, off ering it outside will not be able to bring it until the establishment true: According to R’ Shimon, if someone Tosfos, we now understand why our Gema- violate the prohibition. of the Mishkan in Shiloh. In eff ect, then, brings a premature sacrifi ce—even inside ra states that the conclusion of the Gemara R’ Shimon, however, rules diff erently. Moshe’s command here of “Do not do as of the Beis HaMikdash—he would be liable in Chullin is incompatible with the view of Although R’ Shimon acknowledges the rule we’ve done until today (i.e., do not bring an to lashes. R’ Shimon. stated above and thus agrees that bringing a obligatory sacrifi ce during the Gilgal peri- The Gemara’s question here gave me premature sacrifi ce outside wouldn’t make od)” is a negative command against bring- some pause. 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The saintly Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of BY RABBI YOSSY GOLDMAN Berditchev once chanced upon a strong, ¦¦± ¥² §£ §¥£ª®¦ ©´ª £¥ª ² young man who was brazenly eating on “See, I present before you today a bless- Yom Kippur. The rabbi suggested that ing and a curse.” perhaps he was feeling ill. The fellow in- —Devarim 11:26 sisted he was in the best of health. Per- Blessings and curses. Stirring stuff from haps he had forgotten that today was the the Bible this week as Moshe again cau- holy day of fasting? “Who doesn’t know tions his congregation. The great prophet that today is Yom Kippur?” responded the reminds them that living a life of goodness young man. Perhaps he was never taught will bring them blessings, while ignoring that Jews do not eat on this day? “Every the Divine call must inexorably lead to a child knows that Yom Kippur is a fast day, cursed existence. Rabbi!” Whereupon Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Moshe prefaces his admonition with raised his eyes heavenward and said, the Hebrew word re’eh—see. See, I present “Master of the Universe, see how won- before you today a blessing and a curse. But derful Your people are! Here is a Jew who, why see? What is there to see? Did he, in despite so many opportunities, simply re- fact, show them anything at all? The To- fuses to tell a lie!” rah does not use fl owery language just be- The Berditchever was always able to cause it has a nice ring to it and sounds po- look at others with a compassionate, un- etic. What was there to behold? Why re’eh? derstanding, and benevolent eye. How do One answer is that how we look will, in we view the good fortune enjoyed by oth- itself, determine whether our lives will be ers? Are we happy for them, or do we look blessed or cursed. How do we look at oth- at them with begrudging envy? How do we ers, at ourselves? Our perspective, how we behold and see things, will result in our Continued on Page 36 36 FROM WHERE I STAND Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneer- not, but we referred to him as Continued from Page 35 son (1880–1950) once told how, “left-eyed Sam” because he al- when he was a young child, he ways seemed to be looking at us A CLEVER TITLE look at ourselves and our own asked his father: why does a per- students with that proverbial left shortcomings? Are we objectively son have two eyes? The right eye, eye. GOES HERE truthful or subjectively slanted? his father replied, is to be used The parashah that is entitled By Mordechai Schmutter “He is a stingy, rotten, good- lovingly, when looking at a fel- Re’eh, “See,” is a perennial re- for-nothing. Me? I am just careful low Jew; the left eye is to be used minder to all of us that even our about how I spend my money.” discerningly, when looking at vision alone can bring virtue or “She is a bore of bores, abso- candies, sweets, or other objects vice. Let us look at the world cor- I SAWED THE lutely antisocial. Me? I am a pri- that are not that important in the rectly and invite the blessings of vate person who just happens to grand scheme of things. G-d into our lives. enjoy staying at home.” When I was in yeshiva, the INSTRUCTIONS “He is as stubborn as an ox! same building also housed a syn- Rabbi Yossy Goldman was born in o I recently learned how somewhere where they give a Brooklyn and was sent in 1976 by the Me? I am just very determined.” agogue, where we would often Lubavitcher Rebbe as an emissary to use a chainsaw. Who bunch of teenage boys chainsaws. Clearly, the manner in which interact with the adult men who to serve the Jewish community of says you can’t learn new That’s Day One:

August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, S we look at our world and those would come to the daily minyan. Johannesburg, South Africa. He is things as an adult? “What did you do to your desk?” around us will have a major im- One particular gentleman, may Senior Rabbi of the Sydenham Shul I had to do it as an adult. This “Oops.” pact on the way life will treat us. he rest in peace, always seemed and president of the South African isn’t something they taught me “I haven’t even fi nished giving Rabbinical Association. His sefer “From Quite justifi ably, Moshe says, to us rather cantankerous, what Where I Stand: Life Messages from the in school. Though I guess other out the chainsaws!” “See.” For how we will see things you might call a grumpy old man. Weekly Torah Reading” was published people go to diff erent schools, You’d think, “It’s a chainsaw. in life will undoubtedly aff ect I cannot remember whether he by Ktav and is available at Jewish book so I don’t know what they learn. How much is there to learn? Just life’s outcomes. was actually a bit cross-eyed or shops or online at www.ktav.com. There might be some school don’t juggle them.” Ours plugs in anyway, so it would be hard to juggle. My wife is the one who bought it. It was her idea. She bought it because the bushes in front of our house have gotten too big, and we can’t see out the windows anymore, and the branches are too thick to just trim. No one planted such huge bushes. Someone planted tiny bushes. A lot of people plant tiny bushes in front of their houses, because they’re cute. But they’re only cute for a while, and after a bunch of years they’re big and unwieldy and they get in your way when you want to look out the window. They’re kind of like your kids. We currently have four bushes. One is tall, one is furry, one is always getting hit by our van, and one has birds living in it somewhere. The kid metaphor ended at some point, by the way. Oh, and one of them is home to hundreds of housefl ies. I always thought housefl ies came from houses, but, apparently, they come from bushes near the front doors of houses, and they’re alert- ed to go in the house when they hear someone yell, “Close the door! You’re letting the bugs in!” “They’re letting us in, everyone! They just announced it!” So we discussed possibly cutting down the bushes and starting over, and the next thing I knew, my wife came home with a chainsaw that is literally the scariest thing we have in our house. I’m thinking of getting one for fl eishigs. She got the kind with a cord, so we can cut whatever we want that is six inches from an outlet. It’s a safety feature. Another safety feature is that you can never accidentally cut the cord, because it’s six inches long. At best, you can cut the extension cord. Sure, we could have gotten a cordless saw, but we fi gured that corded is fi ne, because: (1) It’s not like we’re running with it; (2) There’s no way we’re showing up

Continued on Page 38 37 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 38 I SAWED THE INSTRUCTIONS that statement was created for chainsaws. Continued from Page 36 And what I learned by doing is that despite all the safety precautions, a chainsaw is a at the gas station with a chainsaw; and (3) very scary device, and nothing can stand We keep losing our cordless phones. in its way except bushes. I say this because There are actually a lot of safety features the bushes I was cutting kept making the on this thing. I was initially scared to get a chain get stuck. So we’d spend about ten chainsaw, what with all the kids running seconds cutting and then ten minutes around, but once we got one, I saw that pulling branches out of the chain. But to they’re actually very safe. In fact, in the be fair, what we cut in ten seconds would 23-page instruction manual, 16 pages are have taken us ten minutes with the garden devoted to safety alone. That’s how safe shears. So it evened out. they are. There are hand guards and sneeze Another thing that I learned by doing guards and dead man’s switches, Rach- (and this was not in the manual) is that manah litzlan, and a safety switch, and even because of the placement of the handles, a little plastic sheath for the blade that you it’s actually a righty’s chainsaw. Which

August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, know will not do a thing if you turn it on by doesn’t mean that I (as a lefty) can’t use it; accident. it just means that I can’t use it accurately. And in fact, the fi rst thing my wife said But who cares? We’re getting rid of the when we opened it was that we both had to whole set of bushes, right? read the instructions. She was lucky that I That’s another diff erence between men hadn’t already cut the instructions in half. and women: When my wife used the saw Who has time to sit around and read the that fi rst time, she was delicately shaping manual? I want to get out and cut stuff . the bush smaller and smaller. When I did “What kind of stuff ?” it, I basically hacked large chunks off , try- “Fine, I’ll read the manual.” ing to get through to the trunk. Because that’s one diff erence between “What are you doing? We decided we’re men and women when it comes to these not cutting it down all the way!” she said, things. My wife bought the chainsaw to when I fi nished my turn. cut something very specifi c, but once I was “Oh,” I said. “I didn’t hear you over the holding it, I was kind of like one of those chainsaw.” guys who gets a new screwdriver and then My wife is constantly confl icted be- walks around the entire house looking for tween wanting to look out the windows things to tighten. My plan was to cut a gar- and wanting privacy. If it were up to her, bage can in half. And maybe make a Tishah we’d have one-way glass. But then people B’Av chair. would keep stopping in front of our win- But then I realized that the last thing I dow to adjust themselves, and it would wanted to do was try to cut something that look, from the inside, like they’re staring would ruin the chain before we even got to at us and playing with their hair. Or their cutting bushes. So I found the time to read neckties. Or their shel rosh. Also, birds the instructions. I ended up reading them in would keep fl ying into the glass. the waiting room of my kids’ dentist’s offi ce, So for now, she decided that we’d cut the because who knew how long I was going to branches down beneath the windows and be there. Like the dentist’s offi ce isn’t scary see if the leaves grow back at that height enough for these kids, there’s also a psycho or if we’d cut off the part that can actually reading a chainsaw manual. grow leaves. We can always cut more later. And it turns out that I learned a lot from It’s not like if we cut too much, we can put the manual, such as: some back. • Do not operate the chainsaw in a So right now, thanks to our hacking, the tree. bushes look like they just got a haircut for • Always keep your hands on both the Three Weeks. handles. Yes, there are two handles, prob- “Make it short. Uncomfortably short. ably because people are like, “Well what do I can’t get it cut again until the end of the I do with my other hand?” They don’t want summer.” people just walking around with two. Except for that one bush that I gleefully • Wear hearing protection. Be- butchered, which is now basically just a cause that’s what you want when you’re bunch of naked branches growing out of using a chainsaw: people coming up behind the ground, but that we are still keeping you and giving you a heart attack. there for now, apparently as a cautionary • When the tree begins to fall, re- tale. And in the meantime, it seems to be move the chainsaw from the cut, stop keeping away the meshulachim. My wife is the motor, put the chainsaw down, then still hoping that the leaves grow back, but use the retreat path planned. I don’t I don’t think they will. But for now, we’ve know how you’re supposed to retrieve the been keeping the chainsaw near our front chainsaw at that point. Buy a new chainsaw, door, I guess in case the bushes grow really I guess. The manual says nothing about yell- big all of a sudden, seeking revenge. ing, “Timber!” So I’m not sure how people Maybe we should keep it there all are supposed to know that there’s timber. the time, for protection. You know how Other than the chainsaw noises. there’s all this controversy about wheth- • Do not use power tools when you er you should have a gun in your house are tired. Um, how tired are we talking for protection? I say that you should have here? Because I’m always tired. And so is a chainsaw. Keep it next to your bed. If my wife. Should we just hand it off to the someone breaks into your house and he kids? Are we talking about tired enough hears you fi ring up a chainsaw, he is not to aff ect judgment, or are we talking about coming back. people who will nod off while standing out- “Hey, where are you going! The chain- side with a loud piece of dangerous machin- saw’s corded!” ery? Because I’m not that tired. Do people who are that tired stop to read 23 pages of Mordechai Schmutter is a weekly humor instructions? columnist for Hamodia and is the author of fi ve books, published by Israel Book Shop. (I nodded off while reading the instruc- He also does freelance writing for hire. You tions. That’s how tired I am.) can send any questions, comments, or ideas But there’s also something to be said for to [email protected]. Read more of learning by doing, although I don’t know if Mordechai Schmutter’s articles at 5TJT.com. 39 NIGHT FLOWER 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 By Esther Rapaport

Chapter 13 book she’d taken from the library, until she fell asleep with it. Part II But she hadn’t been reading much hey had given Dovi a painkill- lately. She had no patience to read, er, but the trauma, confusion, especially because in order to read, Tand fear, along with the strange she needed a book. And for that she place, didn’t let him fall asleep. Chaiky needed to go to the library. And in the sat on the blue armchair near his bed, library she’d need to tell Noa what humming quietly, hoping that they she was taking and what she was re- wouldn’t be disturbed anymore. turning. In short—no thanks. So Fri- But just a minute later, the yellow day nights these days, she usually just curtain was tugged aside once again wandered around the house, checking and that girl from before burst in- on a sleeping Naomi and Dovi again side. “I have a book for Dovi!” she said and again, reading the newspaper’s cheerfully. “It was mine when I was Shabbos supplement if she found little. Do you want it, Dovi?” something there that interested her, “You were in an accident?” Dovi going to make sure that the door was asked in response. “Is that why you locked, and, eventually, falling asleep walk that way?” somehow. “Wow, you can talk!” the girl mar- “So if you need something, and you veled. “How old are you?” don’t want to ask the nurses, don’t be “Six and a half. Were you in an ac- ashamed to wake me up. You make cident?” a right at the nurses’ station, and Chaiky swallowed and tried to there’s a little hallway. At the end think if the jet plane painted on the there’s a door that says ‘staff only’ on curtain would interest Dovi now. But it, but you can come in. If it’s before a the wheels in her tired brain were quarter to eleven, try to be very quiet moving very slowly, and by compari- so you don’t wake Elsie. After eleven, son the two children were talking at she’s already on shift.” the speed of an express train. Chaiky closed the drawer of the lit- “No. I was born like this.” tle night table. “I don’t understand,” “What, you were born with a bent- she said. “You sleep in the staff over back and those eyes and a limp?” room? Why aren’t you in a regular The boy had sharp eyes. “Poor you. So room?” why don’t you daven that it should get “Because I’m not hospitalized.” Ra- better?” chel smiled forgivingly. “I’m just a “Who told you I don’t daven?” She guest here.” drew closer with the book, and Chaiky “Oh.” Chaiky wasn’t any smarter. quickly took it from her hands. “So, good night. Feel good, Dovi, “Thanks, Rachel,” she said, and sweetie.” opened the drawer of the white night The boy smiled, his eyelids heavy. table. “Dovi needs to sleep now, but I He finally seemed on the verge of appreciate you thinking of us.” drifting off to sleep. “You’re welcome. But don’t forget Four minutes later, during which to give it back to me tomorrow, okay?” Chaiky sat silently and rubbed the “No problem. We’ll do it as fast as back of his hand, he was actually we can.” asleep. The bruise was bandaged, his Rachel looked at the blue chair. tears a distant memory, but Chaiky “Do you want to sleep?” she asked. discovered a drop of dried blood on “Because you can lean this armchair his chin. She tried to wipe it gen- back. You’re allowed to do it on Shab- tly, but when she saw him shift in bos. It’s not electric.” his sleep, she abandoned the idea. “Yes, the nurse showed me how to It didn’t seem to be bothering him; do it.” his mother, who didn’t like the sight “Oh, but she’s an Arab; she didn’t of blood, would simply have to over- know to tell you about Shabbos.” come her aversion. She would close “Thanks for telling me.” Chaiky her eyes and try her best to relax. smiled again, even though her facial muscles felt stiff from exhaustion. Esther Rapaport is a proliﬁ c author whose “After Dovi falls asleep, I’ll make it novels include Diamond in the Rough, Divided Attention, Behind the Scenes, Without a Trace, comfortable and try to get some sleep Dance of the Puppet, Blood Brothers, and The myself.” What time was it? Nine-ten. Kenya Conspiracy. She resides in Israel. Stay What would she be doing at home at tuned for the next installment in next week’s this time? Once, the answer was sim- Five Towns Jewish Times or visit 5tjt.com for ple: she rested on the couch with a more. WHAT’S YOUR OPINION? E-MAIL US AT [email protected] 40 him to cave in to our wants. “Let’s go. It’s time to go home,” ways respect the fact that we Years ago, all his friends Moshe is up and out the door. sometimes don’t agree, and were joining Little League, If Leah says they are not com- respectfully allow each other but there was absolutely ing for a Shabbos, even though to follow our own hearts. MINDBIZ nothing in the world we could we haven’t had them for a few Not only are we no match By Esther Mann say to change his mind so that weeks, there is no talking him for Leah’s ideas; neither is he would join his friends. He into coming. Leah has spo- Moshe. He defers to her con- just had no interest in Lit- ken. She’ll even go so far as stantly and about everything. tle League and knew his own to tell Moshe what he should It’s very hard for us to watch Dear Esther, guess the best way to describe mind well enough to not be and shouldn’t eat! When they our son being so controlled. My 23-year-old son, him is that he’s “his own per- pressured into something do come over, I prepare the He hasn’t complained to us Moshe, got married less than son.” Though he was a good, that didn’t appeal to him. foods that have been Moshe’s about her, but I have to be- a year ago, and I don’t recog- respectful son, my husband This came up again when it favorites for years. Now Leah lieve that this is such a shock nize him anymore. He is tall, and I knew that if we wanted was time to determine what might say something like, “I to his system after being in handsome, and smart, and him to do something that he yeshiva he was going to at- don’t think you need another control of his every move his has always been confident really didn’t want to do, it was tend in Israel. The majority of piece of kugel. One piece is whole life, and I’m guessing

August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, and very sure of himself. I a losing battle to try to force his friends went to one yeshi- enough.” Moshe is a slim, tall it must be difficult for him to va, and he decided he really man. If he wants two pieces of tolerate. wanted to go to another one. kugel, who is Leah to tell him We’re not sure what to do We knew they were both good not to eat it? But he listens about this situation. My hus- places, but still, we thought to her, and it makes me crazy band thinks we should say he’d be happier going with to watch! Or she’ll tell him to something to Leah and con- most of his friends. But again, pass on dessert! Since when front her on her bossiness. I he made up his mind, and that can a thin man not have des- think we’re better off talking was that. And it turned out to sert on Shabbos? It’s ridicu- to Moshe about his marriage be a very good choice for him. lous. and telling him that we see What’s happening now is I really don’t know who how hard it must be for him that ever since he got mar- Moshe is anymore. Where to be married to someone ried to an apparently very did this strong, confident, like Leah and maybe suggest controlling woman, we hard- “don’t tell me what to do” per- they see a marriage counsel- ly recognize Moshe anymore. son go, and how is he so OK or or do something so that he Moshe is literally a foot taller about putting his own needs can take back his own pow- than Leah, and, I think, much on the back burner so that he er. We both feel really badly more impressive in certain can accommodate his wife, for him, and it’s so upsetting ways, and yet when Leah says who thinks it’s her business for us to see this little wom- something, Moshe jumps. It to comment on just about evan control every situation boggles our minds how this erything? This is not the type around her. independent, sure-of-him- of relationship he observed What do you think our next self young man now acts at growing up. My husband and step should be in order to help the whims of his wife. If they I certainly share our opinions Moshe? are visiting us and Leah says, with each other, but we al- Concerned Mother Dear Concerned Mother, and Moshe may not be getting what 41 I’m hearing that you and your hus- he wants. But it’s hard to know for band are observing a scene play out sure and, at this point, unless you are 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 again and again between your son approached by your son and asked for YID PARENTING and daughter-in-law, and what you’re guidance, I suggest you respectfully watching makes no sense to you, is allow them to figure things out and By Rabbi Yitzie Ross very upsetting, and, in general, doesn’t work things through on their own. feel right. You’re anxious to insert Ultimately, you may never appreci- yourself into this dynamic in order to ate the way the two of them interact. right the wrong and help Moshe and But if it’s good for them, it will have to Leah get on track with a marriage that be good enough for you, even if your PUT THIS ISSUE TO BED more closely resembles your idea of a personal needs don’t necessarily get functional, happy one. met. For now, the best advice I can Q. My parents agreed that I can e-mail have fi ghts. They might have discus- What I’m not hearing is that Moshe give you and your husband is to not you regarding a fi ght we’re having. My sions, or disagree regarding an issue, looks or acts unhappy. I’m not hearing look too closely. As parents of mar- friends have bedtimes of 10:00 and lat- but, ultimately, the parents have the fi - that you see the two of them arguing ried children, we don’t always have er, and my parents make me go into bed nal say. over who’s right and who’s wrong. It to (or want to!) see everything, and at 9:00. I’m 12 years old and I should Your letter involves two diff erent is- doesn’t sound as though you’re ob- so we shouldn’t. Allow things to play be able to stay up later. Basically, every sues: serving tension between them. Rather, out, and should your advice ever be re- night we argue and I go upstairs and stay (1) What is the correct bedtime for you’re observing Moshe acting kind of quested, I know that you and your hus- up until 10:00 or later anyway. How can kids? wimpy. Since this behavior, besides not band will not shy away from steering I convince my parents to let me stay up (2) Does it matter what your friends refl ecting his former self in the least, them in the right direction. later? do? also does not resemble the type of mar- Esther Michael Let’s fi rst discuss bedtimes. Last riage you and your husband feel that a Brooklyn week I wrote that kids like to go to healthy marriage should look like, it’s Esther Mann, LCSW, is a psychotherapist in A. Thanks so much for your e-mail. sleep late and wake up late. I was understandable why you and your hus- Hewlett. Esther works with individuals and First and foremost, I’d like to bring at- talking about teenagers at the time, and couples. Together with Jennifer Mann, she also band would feel concerned. runs the “Navidaters.” She can be reached at tention to the fi rst sentence you wrote: I made it clear that I didn’t agree with It sounds as though Leah is bully- [email protected] or 516-314-2295. Read “regarding a fi ght” you and your parents ing Moshe around somewhat, and she more of Esther Mann’s articles at 5TJT.com. are having. Parents and children do not Continued on Page 42 has the first and final words on just about everything. What none of us can know for sure, though, at this point, is whether Moshe is relishing his new role of being a follower rather than a leader and whether he does, in fact, enjoy the feeling of being married to someone who is in charge of most of the decisions to be made within their marriage, large and small. Maybe, for the first time in his life, he’s decided that he’s met someone who knows better than he what makes sense and he is more than happy to be compliant with this arrangement. If that’s so, and your main concern is whether or not Moshe is happy in his marriage, it’s too early for you to go there. Your suspicions could be right and he could be miserable, but, at this point, you have no actual proof to confirm those suspicions. Additionally, you are no doubt dis- tressed over the fact that what you and your husband want is no longer very relevant in the actions Moshe and Leah take. Though you write that you didn’t have enormous power in in- fluencing Moshe’s choices, it doesn’t seem like there is room for any of your influence or ideas to be particularly meaningful at this point. Each marriage is unique unto itself. What works beautifully for two people may be the kiss of death for another couple. Some women want to be in charge and some want to be taken care of in every sense. The same goes for husbands. As a marriage progresses, roles, acceptable behaviors, responsi- bilities, expectations, etc., get tweaked along the way and, ultimately, like a fine-oiled machine, it runs beautifully if everyone is on board with his or her specific roles and expectations. Moshe and Leah are newly married. They are testing out their relationship and seeing what works and what doesn’t work for the two of them. It takes some time for both parties to understand what feels right and what will never fly. Hopefully, if they have good communication, together they will figure out where lines should be drawn. Your suspicions may be right 42 YID PARENTING time, is certainly not helpful and can, for a later bedtime, the fi rst thing you parents tell you to, and don’t make an Continued from Page 41 in fact, make it more diffi cult to fall need to do is demonstrate that you are issue of it. It might be frustrating for a asleep. both capable and responsible. Here is few nights, but this will show your par- that schedule. There are two things The second issue I have with lack of what I would suggest. ents that you are mature. that bother me about the lack of sleep. sleep is that it’s not healthy. Growing (1) You need to be able to wake up on After a couple of weeks, you can sit Firstly, what are you doing with these children—and yes, you’re still grow- your own at the right time. Waking up down with your parents to discuss the extra hours of awake time? If you need ing—require sleep. There’s a huge de- the time for homework, playing ball, bate regarding how much sleep some- learning, spending time with family or one your age needs. Some say as few reading, I can understand. If you need as nine hours, others say 12 hours. It The issue with lack the extra hours to play electronics, it’s seems that the smart solution is to take more of an issue. Staying up late to play this case by case. of sleep is that electronics, especially so close to bed- If you would like to ask your parents it’s not healthy. August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, doesn’t just mean getting out of bed; possibility of a later bedtime. The most it means being completely ready and important part of speaking with your greeting your family with a good atti- parents is to talk respectfully—even if tude. you’re not happy with the results. We’ve (2) Don’t act overtired. This can discussed in previous weeks the proper include being irritable, getting an- steps for having a conversation with noyed easily, or even getting distracted your parents. No matter what you’re constantly. I’m not saying that being talking about with them, showing them moody is exclusively connected to lack respect is extremely important. of sleep, but there’s a defi nite connec- The second topic you mentioned in tion. your question is regarding your friends. (3) For now, go to sleep when your I’ve heard this complaint from hundreds of kids. “All of my friends have phones,” or “Everyone in my class is going,” and so many more. It’s a tough argument to make. On the one hand, your parents put you in an environment in which all of your friends have something. Telling you that you can’t have it seems unfair. An example is if every child—and I mean every child in the class—has a cell- phone, it’s pretty unfair to tell one boy he can’t have one. In other words, there are times that saying “all of my friends have one” is a valid argument. What you’re forgetting is that these friends of yours have their own parents. Sure, they might have the newest iPod or go to a specifi c camp. However, they might also have to deal with things that you might not want to be involved with. The grass is always greener on the other side. You might think that they have the “good life,” but you don’t really know what’s going on in their lives. Additionally, if you want to use your friends as proof, then your parents can turn and use that same argument. You want to go to basketball camp? Your friends aren’t going, why should you go? It’s a slippery slope you’re on. Be- sides, many boys that have tried this argument have found out that they’re actually wrong. One boy told me that everyone in his class had a smartwatch. His proof? They told him. Not that I’m doubting an eight-year-old boy who doesn’t know that he’s wearing his undershirt inside out, but I have a gut feeling that most of these boys don’t really have a smartwatch. In other words, many times this is a pretty weak argument. You’re not necessarily entitled to something because other people have it. That’s not the way life works. Again, there are instances when you can use this approach, but the matter of bedtime is not one of them. If you want a later bedtime, prove to your parents that you are mature, responsible, and ready for it.

Rabbi Yitzie Ross is a well-known rebbe and parenting adviser. To sign up for the weekly e-mails and read the comments, visit YidParenting.com. Read more of Rabbi Ross’s articles at 5TJT.com. should ask forgiveness at the time (on As an interesting aside, Rav Karelitz’s 43 account of the custom to do so) and ask own daughter, Rebbitzen Rosenberg a’h,

again when the child reaches the age of once came home in tears after someone 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 HALACHIC MUSINGS majority. had insulted her to the point that she By Rabbi Yair Hoffman A well-known story is told about was crying. Rav Karelitz empathized Rav Elyashiv’s mechutan, the Steipler with her greatly; he took a Siddur and Gaon. Apparently, the Steipler had in- asked her to sit next to him. He opened advertently embarrassed a child in the up to the tefi llah of Elokai Netzor at the Lederman Shul in Bnei Brak. On the end of Shemoneh Esrei and explained to A CRYING SHAME: occasion of the child’s bar mitzvah, the his daughter the phrase “v’nafshi k’af- Steipler attended and asked mechilah ar la’kol tihiyeh,” and my soul should EMBARRASSING A CHILD of the young man. be as dust to anyone. He explained that we make this request of Hashem that haya had misbehaved in class. giveness, the request involves a form View Of Rav Nissim nothing anyone says to us should upset It was nothing excessive, but of personal embarrassment, which Karelitz, Shlita us. His daughter explained that she kept Cenough to get the teacher a bit achieves a form of atonement. The sec- In contrast to the views cited above, that explanation dear to her heart forev- upset. The teacher thundered at the ond reason is so that the child will have Rav Nissim Karelitz, shlita (nephew of er afterward and it assisted her in never fi fth-grader, “Now I know why they a form of closure and that there will be the Chazon Ish, born 1926), writes in getting upset by anyone’s words. call you Chaya—because you are a vilde an atmosphere of peace between them. his Chut Sheini (Mili DeNezikin and chaya, a wild animal!” Nonetheless, the teacher must ask Yom Kippur p. 101) that if a minor child Conclusion From that point on, the young girl de- mechilah when the child becomes a bar grants forgiveness it is considered ef- So what was the conclusion of Stacey’s cided to stop using her Hebrew name. or bas mitzvah. fective. [This is also one of the opinions story? Apparently, one of her colleagues Well into adulthood she went by her cited in Tosfos Kesuvos (107a).] Rav heard the reason for her aversion toward English name, Stacey. Indeed, she kept View Of Rav Elyashiv, Karelitz further writes that the mechi- using her Hebrew name. The colleague, the English moniker even as she devel- zt’l lah serves to remove the hakpadah from herself a wonderful and dynamic teach- oped into a master teacher herself, with Similarly, Rav Elyashiv, zt’l, is cited the heart of the child and that it is also er, explained to Stacey, “On the contrary, a sterling reputation. in Ashrei HaIsh Vol. III (20:4) that the an appropriate penance—a “teshuvas your name shows that you are fi lled with forgiveness of the child is ineff ective. ha’mishkal”—for what the perpetrator Does An Apology Nonetheless, he states that the person had done. Continued on Page 44 To A Child Count? What would the halachah have been if that teacher had apologized to the young lady? At the time of the incident, Stacey was in the fi fth grade, a ten- year-old child. Does an apology made to a minor count, or is there a requirement to wait until the student’s bar or bas mitzvah? Financial Issues In regard to fi nancial issues, the Shul- chan Aruch (Choshen Mishpat 235:3) clearly indicates that a minor child’s forgiveness is ineff ective. This is based upon the Gemara in Bava Metziah (22b). If the minor’s forgiveness is ineff ective for monetary issues, it stands to reason that it would likewise be ineff ective for matters of an emotional nature or for mitzvos that are bein adam l’chaveiro. Therefore, the teacher’s apology would have to be repeated when the child is bas mitzvah age. View Of Rav Lorberbaum, zt’l Rav Yaakov Lorberbaum, zt’l (1760– 1832), in his Nesivos HaMishpat (235:1 in the biurim section in the back), indicates that forgiveness by a minor on monetary matters is, in fact, eff ective. However, it could be that an exception was made in the halachos of this case in order to do business with them. Thus, it would perhaps not apply to cases of emotional harm, even according to the Nesivos. If this supposition were correct, the conclusion would again be that the teacher would need to apolo- gize once again when the child reaches adulthood. View Of Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky, Shlita In the Yamim Nora’im edition of Kovetz Hilchos Piskei Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky, by Reb Doniel Asher Kleinman, Rav Shmuel’s view is cited that the child’s mechilah does not count. However, Rav Shmuel states that there are two reasons why the teacher must ask again. The fi rst reason is for the person’s own atonement. When one needs to ask someone’s for- 44 HALACHIC MUSINGS of the experiences that you and other Continued from Page 43 women in your support groups have encountered. vigor and life; you are animated and dy- From what you are saying, people namic! It is a very beautiful and fi tting DATING FORUM have not been reaching out to you in name. You should certainly use it!” By Baila Sebrow your quest to fi nd a shidduch. I’m not Since the encounter with her col- sure why that is the case, but I am league, Stacey once again goes by the wondering whether you have been pro- name Chaya. active by informing people that you What lesson can we learn from all Question doing anything wrong. I want to get would like to date. I’m not saying that this? One lesson is that we should be I got out of a very bad marriage, and I married again. I want to build a bayis you haven’t, but there are instances careful never to embarrass anyone. was forced to enter the singles scene. I ne’eman. But how can I do that if the where unless people are specifi cal- Shaming a child can have long-lasting was hoping that after my divorce, peo- men are not available for marriage? ly asked to do something, they won’t. eff ects. It can also severely damage the ple would make suggestions of eligible Also, is it possible for a player to ever Nothing in this world is a guaranteed relationship between a child and a par- men for me. But after three years of become serious? My friends say that given. But even if people would suggest ent or teacher. The devastating eff ects loneliness, I realized that I have to do you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. shidduchim, players can be found ev-

August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, of our actions can have repercussions it myself. At fi rst I didn’t mind because erywhere. It’s a matter of being able to that last decades. I’m a very outgoing person. But the Response detect the player persona. Sometimes A second lesson, however, is that it is men out there are terrible. I’m not that You have been through a lot. Com- the signs are staring you in the face. never too late to rectify a wrong. A pos- picky, but the men are all players. I have ing out of a “very bad marriage” and However, the savvy player knows how itive statement and observation—even not met a serious man yet. They say being confronted with disappoint- to behave in an authentic manner, and decades after a scarring event—can they are serious when I ask them, and ments many times over, you must be those are the dangerous types. be remarkably healing. The power of then after a while I fi nd out that they shell-shocked, and it is normal to be- What is a player? You need to under- words, both negative and positive, is also keep busy with other women while lieve that all men are bad. There is no stand what that word entails, how it truly remarkable. dating me, and they end up breaking up question that there are men who are can aff ect your life, and how to protect with everyone anyway. players. That is nothing new in soci- yourself in the future from such nega- The author can be reached at I belong to diff erent support groups. ety, frum or otherwise. But, please, for tive people. Yairhoff [email protected]. Read more of Rabbi Every woman there has the same story your own emotional health and growth, A player in the matter of dating is Hoff man’s articles at 5TJT.com. in this regard, so I know that I’m not do not indict an entire gender because no diff erent than a player in any sport. A player plays because he is good at it and he enjoys the game. And the more times a player in a game scores points, the more popular he becomes. Not only does he get better at it, but his confi - dence level shoots up several notches each times he wins. However, a player cannot play alone, unless he plays a solo game, and a true player in a game of sports needs a team and an oppo- nent. The player in love games usually has a team of male friends who egg him on and encourage him. This makes him popular so he can get the ladies he sets his sights on. Who is the opposing team? The women he entraps in his game. Take away the opposing team and he has no one to play against. So, in essence, there would be no game, and his team would disintegrate. Players come in all shapes, sizes, ages, and statuses in life. Some are easy to spot, and some are very good at fak- ing a sincere appearance, as I alluded to earlier. In most cases, the victims of such men are those who are new to the dating scene. Such women meet a man, and if they feel an attraction for him they will believe whatever he says and sometimes go along with whatever game he plays. Eventually the player gets bored and is ready for a new game, similar to the cat that chases the mouse. The cat bores of the game, and will either kill the mouse instantly or torture it for a while. Either way, the game is over, and history repeats itself for the player. Can a player ever become serious? If I had a crystal ball, and it truly told the future, I am quite certain the answer would be no. And besides, why would any woman even want to place herself in that line of fi re anyway? That would be no diff erent than running into a burning building and expecting not to get burned. There is an accepted myth that light- ning cannot strike more than once in the exact same place. But that’s not necessarily true. The same applies to someone getting hurt by the same type of person in the exact same way. That’s because not all people are transparent, and so a person who is really a player may present as serious about marriage. needs to be cognizant about. It is of son. So if you hear anything negative do when weeds pop up? You pull them 45 However, there are times that even a utmost importance to check, recheck, along those lines about a potential date, out. And you continue doing that in or- sincere person may give off the wrong and check again into the history of the politely decline. der to keep the garden beautiful. Do not 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 impression of being a player. The trick person before you date him or her and There are people who rely on an on- allow the weeds that pop up in your life is being able to discern between the allow your emotions to take hold. If you line search for information about those to destroy your garden of happiness. good and bad. are very young and are dating someone they date. That is not always such a re- You had your unfortunate experi- in your age bracket, it’s not that easy liable source, because there are compa- Baila Sebrow is president of Neshoma ences, and I hope that by now you have to do, as young people have not had nies that specialize in removing online Advocates, communications and recruitment liaison for Sovri-Beth Israel, executive director grown mental antennae that are in op- enough time to develop a consistent information for a fee. So, in essence, of Teach Our Children, and a shadchanis and erational mode. At the same time, my pattern. But if you are on the mature you might try the online search en- shidduch consultant. She can be reached at concern is that you don’t keep your an- side, then you have it easier where ref- gines and come up emptyhanded and [email protected]. Questions and comments tennae up so high that you will dismiss erences are concerned. If a person has then assume that the person is on the for the Dating Forum can be submitted to a sincere man for fear of past hurts. the reputation for playing others, you up-and-up. Go the old-fashioned route [email protected]. Read more of Baila Sebrow’s articles at 5TJT.com. Let’s talk about the sincere person can expect to be added to his list of con- of speaking to people who know the in- who gives a player impression. That quests. dividual. is a very important facet to this topic, Some people will date a known play- The more mature the person is, the because I want to make sure that you er with the belief that, in their case, it less likely he will change for you. Old don’t miss out on a good opportuni- will be diff erent. Meaning, they assume habits die hard and usually not at all. So Remember ty should it present itself to you. The that somehow the player will have a the old adage of not being able to teach player, as everyone knows, is smooth, major metamorphosis where they are an old dog new tricks has been proven that article? charming, and easygoing. He typically concerned. There have been cases true. Don’t ever take chances with your says all the right lines at the right time, where the person being pursued by the heart. Protect it. That is your right. Visit our archive section because whatever he says has been re- player tells the player that he/she heard I will leave you with this. There are and find any issue of the peated so many times that nothing you negative information about him or her, wonderful, caring men out there who say will put him at a loss for words. The and the player will have a rehearsed are searching for someone with whom 5 Towns Jewish Times player is very comfortable in every sit- excuse for each negative report heard. to share life’s journey. I hope you will uation, and he knows how to make the Typically, those who are kindhearted never give up on fi nding that special online @ people around him comfortable, too. or especially lonely will fall for it and someone. Look at it this way: If you www.5TJT.com The body language that the play- even feel bad that they doubted the per- plant a beautiful garden, what do you er exudes is one of deep interest and concern for the person he is with; his confi dence is oftentimes misinterpret- ed as protectiveness. He will typically express his feelings to you early on, un- like the genuine guy who will usually be nervous around you, especially if he is starting to develop feelings for you. The sincere guy may be a bit clumsy in his lines, and the more he likes you, the less at ease he will be around you. That’s why the good guys get declined so often. The women on dates with them usually don’t fi nd them as interesting. Depending on the player’s fi nancial background, you may even receive im- promptu gifts as early as the fi rst date, accompanied by the line that he saw something and instantly thought of you. (There are sincere men who might do that too, but it’s a good idea to be aware of this detail.) As the relationship progresses, it is interesting to note that the genuine guy will be more eager to introduce you to his family before he introduces you to his friends. If a man is sincere about you, the opinion of his family will matter very much to him, particularly because his plans for you are for the long term. The player will be more inclined to introduce you only to his friends, if he does introduce you to anyone. And even here, there may be some variations. The points I am making are just a few examples to be mindful of. However, there is something that every person, male or female, in the dating world 46 5 TOWNS FOODIES LAKE COUNTY: THE NEW NAPA

BY ARI LOCKSPEISER ow do you choose a wine? You be any more bottles of that wine? After all, might walk in to the store looking part of the experience of wine is the ebb Hfor a red or a white, perhaps for a and ﬂ ow of vintages as one season passes medium dry or a sweet wine with a fruity and the next season’s crop comes along.

August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, fi nish. A good wine is a complex experience You could start reading the descriptions and we’re blessed to have many producers on the back of the bottles, but trying to of high-quality kosher wines. But what do compare a number of wines by these de- nay), but your favorite brand may off er a Joe Hurliman, head winemaker at Herzog Wine Cellars, tending to the vines you do when you’re standing at the wine scriptions may not help much. You could number of wines for each varietal it pro- in Herzog’s Lake County vineyard display and cannot recall which wines you choose your wines by brand and the vari- duces. enjoyed last week, or there don’t seem to etal (such as cabernet, merlot, or chardon- What if there was a way to narrow down is the cultivation of grapes especially for your choices without having to wade use in making wine, and there are current- through the tasting notes? Even better, ly 240 AVAs designated by the U.S. gov- what if that information was just a few ernment. An AVA is an area with similar words, and not too hard to remember? climate, soil types, elevation, and physical That shortcut to choosing a wine is features like mountains or bodies of water. checking the appellation of origin. It’s well Some people focus on the countries or known that the same grapes, when grown states where a wine was produced, but to- in diff erent regions, will produce very day, the quality of the wine is not defi ned diff erent wines. The features of the area, by it being from France or Northern Cal- specifi cally the soil and climate, are often ifornia. There’s a discernable diff erence referred to as the terroir, and when a win- in wines produced in AVAs that are only ery wants to tell you the geographic pedi- a few miles apart. This is because the fea- gree of its wine, it uses a tag on its label: the tures of a region have a signifi cant impact appellation. on the growing of wine grapes. For exam- Appellations are sometimes defi ned by ple, rocky soil and warm temperatures political boundaries such as the county, are excellent for growing cabernets, while state, or country, and in the U.S. there are cooler microclimates and sandier soil pro- federally recognized regions called Ameri- vide great growing conditions for grapes Herzog’s Lake County vineyard can Viticultural Areas (AVAs). Viniculture like sauvignon blanc. the reds that fl ourish in this very special ling is light yellow in color, but clear and 47 wine county. clean. The aroma has tropical scents like

Herzog just released this summer its pineapple, citrus, lime, and apple peel. 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 Lineage Sauvignon Blanc Musqué Clone. The wine has a very new-world smell with The musqué clone is a rare type of sauvi- good fruit aromas. The wine is light bod- gnon blanc that has gained its prestige in ied with a fair amount of sweetness, but the great white wines of Bordeaux. The ap- the sweetness is not overpowering, and it pellation of Pessac-Léognan there is well- allows the acidity to come on soft in the known for producing great, age-worthy mid-palate and stays soft the whole time white wines from the musqué clone, wines through to the fi nish. The fi nish is light The volcanic soil that makes the wines that are even more expensive than their with more pineapple and citrus fl avors. of Lake County so unique red counterparts! The Herzog Lineage Now that you are familiar with the con- There are currently 107 AVAs in Cali- Sauvignon Blanc is wine that off ers notes cept of regions and AVAs, the next time fornia alone, and most have picturesque of lime, honeydew, and freshly cut grass you enjoy a great bottle of wine, you can (and easily remembered) names like the with vibrant acidity and a refreshing fi nish. note the Appellation of Origin and keep an “Russian River Valley,” “Suisun Valley,” On the other end of the spectrum is the eye out for the next year’s harvest. You may and “Red Hills Lake County.” In order Hagafen Lake County Riesling. Riesling want to sample other wines from that re- for a wine to be labeled with the name of Hagafen Lake County White Riesling, Herzog grapes are known for their high acidity and gion and enjoy the eff ects of the terroir on Lineage Sauvignon Blanc and Herzog Special an AVA, a minimum of 85% of the grapes fl owery aromas and tend to thrive in cooler diff erent vintages. Reserve Lake County Cabernet Sauvignon must be from that region. Some AVAs have wine growing regions. This varietal origi- And the next time you are faced with sub-regions, which develop reputations ning Herzog Reserves from Alexander nated in Germany, and new-world plant- what may seem like too many choices of their own for consistently producing and Napa Valley, opening with rich aro- ings now rank in complexity with their of wine at a store display or online, you high-quality wines. One such sub-region mas of blackberry jam, cassis, and mocha old-world wine region ancestors. Because can look for wines produced in your fa- in northern California is called “Lake with hints of sandalwood and vanilla. On the riesling grape is known to express the vorite regions as you continue to develop County.” To get a sense of the eff ect of the palate, concentrated favors of cherry terroir of where it’s grown, the region’s your knowledge of the amazing and ev- diff erent AVAs on wine-making, we will and spice combine with velvety tannins cool climate is perfect for the long-ripen- er-changing world of wine. L’chaim! explore the history and terroir of Lake and subtle notes of leather over a lasting ing necessary to produce the tropical bou- County. fi nish. This is a wine that can comfortably quet and feel this wine displays. Ari Lockspeiser is a wine consultant for Lake County has deep roots in wine age for the next 8–10 years. But it’s not just The Hagafen Lake County White Ries- Kosherwine.com and Jwines.com. making. The fi rst vineyards were planted in the 1870s and by 1900 the region had produced a number of internationally recognized wines. As in many regions, Prohibition stopped wine grape production in the 1920s. It didn’t reemerge until the 1960s, when families who had grown crops like pears and walnuts began to plant vineyards. In 1965 there were less than 100 acres of vineyards, but today the acreage has grown to nearly 10,000 acres. Because of the outstanding quality of the grapes from the region, the acreage is expected to double in the next few years. The quality comes from the elevation, microclimates, soil types, and nearby Clear Lake, which is the largest inland body of water in the state of California. The Mayacamas Mountain Range, sometimes referred to as the “Axis of Cab” runs through Lake County, and Lake County vintners have moved beyond cabernet sauvignon and begun growing numerous other varietals like petite sirah, merlot, syrah, cabernet franc, zinfandel, chardon- nay, and riesling. With the majority of the vineyards planted above 1,500 feet with some of the best air quality in the state, the higher and drier growing environment reduces the threat of mildew and pest pressure, resulting in lower pesticide use. Lake County is fast becoming a leader in high-altitude wine grape production and has hosted international symposia on the topic. Lake County wines have been winning awards and receiving critical acclaim. In 2017, Herzog Wine Cellars whose operations are based in Oxnard, CA, purchased a vineyard in Lake County. Many great wines are expected to be released within the coming years from the grapes that are being grown there. There are already three excellent wines that truly showcase the capabili- ties of this region and which happen to be kosher, as well. We mentioned the rich history of cabernet grapes in Lake County, and the Her- zog Special Reserve Lake County Caber- net Sauvignon 2014 was the fi rst Herzog Cabernet Sauvignon harvested from the Lake County region. Herzog Wine Cellars are already up to the 2016 vintage now. It follows in the footsteps of the award-win- 48 August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, 49 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 50 PUZZLES By Yoni Glatt Crossword: Cooking Combos Across Down

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Understanding Tragedy with Compassion, Coordinating Crisis with Expertise First of all, what is zahtar? This col- Name of Niftar/Nifteres Family Members Address of Shiva Area Minyanim Getting Up lection of herbs and spices (sometimes Mrs. Miriam R’ Aharon Meir Schwartz Husband 1153 53rd St Boro Park Monday spelled za’atar, zatar, zaa’tar, zahatar, Schwartz z”l Mrs. Sarah Gluck Sister 2nd Fl, btwn 11th Ave & (8/13/18) and zatar) has been a staple of Medi- Mrs. Devorah Heller Sister 12th Ave Morning Mrs. Toby Kain Sister terranean and Middle Eastern cuisine Mrs. Rachel Schmidt Sister for centuries. Base ingredients usually R’ Amrem Schwartz Son include hyssop, sesame seeds, oregano, R’ Yitzchok Issac Schwartz Son Mrs. Milkie Farkas Daughter marjoram, and salt. Like chicken soup Mrs. Chana Toby Blau Daughter or curry, there are countless variations. Mrs. Miriam Harav Avrohom Jurkansky Husband 601 5th St Lakewood Monday The way it’s made depends on where the Jurkansky z”l Harav Y.E. Schwartzman Brother Private Way & Village Path (8/13/18) maker’s roots are—some families keep Harav Z. Schwartzman Brother R’ Yaakov Eliezer, R’ Zevulan, Morning their recipes “top secret.” Harav I.Z. Schwartzman Brother and R’ Isser Zalman sitting Rebbetzin Shalva Olshin Sister in Israel Here’s everything you need to know Rebbetzin Eta Neuman Sister about this trend-setting taste sensation. R’ Aharon Jurkansky Son Zahtar is versatile. This blend of R’ Yehoshua Jurkansky Son R’ Shneur Jurkansky Son herbs and spices works beautifully as R’ Reuven Jurkansky Son a dry rub for all kinds of meat, poultry, R’ Isser Zalman Jurkansky Son and fi sh. (Zahtar and lamb are a match Mrs. Baila H. Bromberg Daughter Mrs. Rochel Leah Landau Daughter made in culinary heaven.) A pinch of Mrs. Malkie Shlomowitz Daughter zahtar adds an intriguing Middle East- Mrs. Sori Blumenfeld Daughter ern note to your favorite stews, soups, Mrs. Trudi R’ Moshe Neuman Brother 1261 Wellington Ave Teaneck Friday marinades, breads, and more. Mix it Kranzler z”l Dr. Chaim Kranzler Son Reis Ave & Kensington Rd (8/10/18) with olive oil, sour cream, or yogurt for a Dr. Eli Kranzler Son On Friday, R’ Moshe sitting in Afternoon sensational dip. Keep some on the table Mrs. Chani Septimus Daughter Boro Park at 1127 45th St Mrs. Sharry Stahl Daughter to sprinkle over veggies, hummus, eggs, avocado toast…no wonder The Guardian Habochur R’ Shlomo Yom Tov Breuer Father 48 Reagan Rd Spring Sunday Yissocher Dov R’ Yechiel Mechel Breuer Brother Off N Main St Valley (8/12/18) calls it “magic dust!” Breuer z”l R’ Yitzchok Aharon Breuer Brother Morning Zahtar is good for you. It’s full of R’ Shmiel Avrohom Breuer Brother antioxidants and also contains antibac- R’ Menachem N. Breuer Brother R’ Yaakov Tzvi Breuer Brother terial and antifungal properties. Zahtar Mrs. Malka Leah Rawicki Sister has also long been considered “brain Mrs. Suri Wosner Sister food.” Maimonides is said to have pre- Mrs. Chaya R’ Mordche Hershkowitz Brother 47 Satmar Dr Monroe Friday scribed it to his patients. (And we know Sura R’ Chuna Hershkowitz Brother Krolla Dr & Forest Rd (8/10/18) how smart he was!) R’ Avrohom H. Herskowitz Brother Starting Wed, R’ Chuna Afternoon Krishevsky z”l Mrs. Esther Silberstein Sister sitting in BP at 5701 12th Ave Zahtar tastes like no other spice blend. It’s aromatic and has an earthy, R’ Aaron Bennish Brother 701 Empire Blvd Crown Sunday Mrs. Golda warm fl avor. Zahtar is kind herbaceous, #6B, btwn Albany Ave & Heights (8/12/18) Reizel Bennish kind of zesty, kind of tangy, and totally z”l Troy Ave Morning unique. Zahtar is a thing. Chefs across the Misaskim - Community Preparedness At All Times U.S. are introducing it on their menu 4IJWBMJTUJOHTt4IJWBGVSOJUVSFt.FJTFJ.JU[WBIt"VUPQTZBOE$SFNBUJPO*OUFSWFOUJPOt%JTUBTUFS"TTJTUBODF items—from fried chicken and pizza to :FTPNJNQSPHSBNTt$IJMESFOTUFIJMJNGPSUIFTJDLtPrepared for any eventuality Asian-fusion—and restaurants are of- fering it as a tabletop condiment. Bak- eries are celebrating it in breads and garbage pails thrown helter-skelter as 53 pastries. Food blogger Mollie Yeh even opposed to neatly out of sight. Maybe came up with a popsicle-style cocktail some stuff you meant to put in storage 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 featuring Zahtar and cucumbers! or throw away but never got around to. Pereg Zahtar is a blend of 100% pure REAL ESTATE Maybe the paint on the outside is peel- hyssop, parsley, sesame seeds, ground By Anessa V. Cohen ing or chipping. Make some notes about chickpeas, coriander, salt, and olive oil. what needs tidying or needs to be re- All ingredients are fresh, natural, gluten paired or repainted. free, vegan, and OU kosher-certifi ed. Follow up your exterior inspection Now that you know all about this with an interior inspection in the same trendy “magic dust,” it’s time to give it STAGING YOUR HOUSE TO SELL manner. Walk around from room to a try! room (almost like bedikat chametz), n today’s real-estate market, sellers your home, not for your own needs and making notes as to what needs to be need every edge they can get to put tastes, but for your buying audience. cleaned up or put away to make each Itheir house “out there” ahead of the Surveys show that a home that has been room show itself better and in a more competition. Preparing your home for staged in preparation for prospective spacious and open fashion. Take note if sale requires seeing it with new eyes— buyers attracts more serious buyers and you need painting touch-ups or any re- quite a challenge when you have loved sells faster and at higher prices than pairs that will show the house in a more it and lived in it happily for years. Be- those that have not been prepared for maintenance-free atmosphere. cause you have grown accustomed to all the real-estate market. To give you an If you have a lot of furniture, think its nooks and crannies and learned to example of what’s involved, consider the about removing some of the furniture sidestep undone repairs, leaving them following. to show off a room to its best potential. for another day, you now have to look at Grab a pad and pen, hop into your car, A room full of too much furniture starts your home with new eyes and try to re- and pretend you are a buyer driving by to resemble a warehouse rather than a view objectively what needs to be done your house. “Hmm, that’s interesting. pretty room, and that is certainly not the to present it to prospective buyers as a Let me take another hop around the cor- impression you want a potential buyer home they will want to buy for them- ner and look again.” to take home with him. selves. What do you notice fi rst? Maybe bikes

Courtesy of Shoshie Steinhart, Koshermoms.com of Shoshie Steinhart, Courtesy Home-staging is the art of restyling scattered across the lawn or walkway, Continued on Page 54

Zahtar Roasted Sweet Potatoes

Zahtar Roasted Sweet Potatoes Recipe courtesy of Shoshie Steinhart, Koshermoms.com Ingredients: 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced into wedges 3 tablespoons avocado oil, divided 3 teaspoons Pereg Zahtar, divided 1 tablespoon honey Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment pa- per and set aside. 2. Place sweet potato wedges in a mixing bowl. Pour 2 tablespoons oil and 2 teaspoons zahtar over and coat the potatoes well. (Re- serve the rest of the oil and zahtar for dressing). 3. Place potatoes on baking sheet and roast for 40 minutes. Mean- while mix together the remaining oil and zahtar and honey in a bowl. Drizzle over the potatoes before serving, when the potatoes are still warm from the oven.

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Visit 5TJT.com for exclusive "Soon By You" interviews and blogs and additional Dating Forum discussions. 58 August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, KUSHNER The precarious response of the Pal- ries. In Lebanon, Palestinians are still return of the refugees to Israel or a fu- 59 Continued from Page 57 estinian leadership when Syrian Pres- denied access to major social and oc- ture Palestine. In fact, the real options

ident Bashar Assad besieged, starved, cupational institutions and are prohib- are either to agree upon compensation 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 possibly contribute to the success of fu- and butchered the residents of the Pal- ited from working as doctors, lawyers, or keep futilely negotiating a Palestin- ture negotiations between Israelis and estinian refugee camp Yarmouk reveals or engineers. In Syria, Palestinians are ian state for another 50 years. Under Palestinians. More importantly, it will how little the Palestinian leadership attacked by both Shi’ite and Sunni mi- no circumstances will Israel allow the benefi t all parties involved. cares for other Palestinians in the Mid- litias, with no one to protect them. In fl ow of millions of Palestinian refugees Israel, for security reasons, cannot dle East. Practically speaking, the Pales- Egypt, Palestinians suff er from travel to a future Palestine, much less to Isra- allow the “return” of seven million Pal- tinian leadership knows that a newborn restrictions and they are denied basic el, and under no circumstances will the estinian refugees into the Palestinian state with a population of four million government services. Palestinian negotiating teams waive Territories, nor into a future Palestin- the right of the refugees to return (even ian state. Under no circumstances will though they secretly despise the idea). Israel welcome a hostile and at times Since the Israelis and Palestinians belligerent people into strategic areas As all parties will have already agreed on the other two that determine the overall security of core issues that come up in every ne- the country and its society. In addition, benefi t from ending gotiation—security arrangements and in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Is- borders—ending Palestinian refugee raeli war, Israel had to absorb approx- Palestinian refugee status will dramatically increase the imately 700,000 Jewish refugees who likelihood of successful negotiations fl ed or were expelled from Arab coun- in the future. As all parties will benefi t tries. These refugees were granted citi- status, Kushner’s from ending Palestinian refugee status, zenship immediately upon their arrival it seems that this time, the son-in-law and today they are an integral part of the initiative should be got it right, and Kushner’s initiative Israeli society. should be taken seriously. (JPost) The Jewish refugees and their de- taken seriously. scendants, as well as large parts of Is- Avi Jager is a PhD candidate at the War Studies raeli society, are not likely to support Department of King’s College London and the program manager of the Argov Fellows program any Israeli government, much less an people cannot possibly absorb seven The source of the discrimination in leadership and diplomacy at IDC Herzliya. international organization, which rec- million others from all across the Mid- against Palestinians living in Arab coun- ognizes the suff ering of the Palestinian dle East. Forcing the topic off the nego- tries is the misconception that they are refugees while ignoring theirs. tiation table will fi nally allow the Pales- living there only temporarily and will Surprisingly enough, the Palestinian tinian negotiating team to abandon that soon move to Israel or Palestine. End- Remember leadership would secretly prefer for demand and focus on more practical ing the refugee status will force the host Kushner’s eff orts to succeed, but they matters. countries to recognize that these resi- that article? cannot express this, as they will lose Palestinian refugees have long been dents living in their territories are not Visit our archive section the little legitimacy they still have. The neglected, abused, and discriminated going anywhere and should be treated and find any issue of the emotional connection between the Pal- against by Arab countries. Other than as if they were equal citizens. estinians living in the West Bank and Jordan, no other country in the Middle The biggest misconception about a 5 Towns Jewish Times the Gaza Strip and the Palestinians liv- East, including Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, negotiable solution for the issue of the online @ ing in refugee camps across the Middle and Iraq, has granted citizenship to the Palestinian refugees is that the solution www.5TJT.com East has long been dissolved. Palestinian refugees in their territo- would involve either compensation or a 60 Trump’s performance in Helsinki is ac- educated about the Holocaust, as some ma- ceptable. Saying that it was as bad as Pearl ture adults seem to have forgotten about THAT'S THE Harbor, 9/11, and Kristallnacht is not! One it. Do they know about the torture and the has to wonder who is worse—the ones who gassing in the concentration camps? May- make such outrageous comments or those be not, since some have publicly stated that WAY IT IS who don’t challenge them. the children who have been separated from By Hannah Berman President Trump wanted to forge a path their parents are being held in enclosed ar- to a workable relationship between himself eas similar to concentration camps. This is and Putin. His detractors seized upon that unmitigated gall as well as the height of stu- and accused him of atrocities. They disre- pidity. But it’s all about the immigration is- garded the fact that Trump’s actions told sue and proving President Trump wrong— DEAFENING SILENCE a diff erent story. He never lifted sanctions about everything. here are our Jewish political Congress have selective laryngitis? If not, against Russia, he approved lethal-arms Unquestionably, the separation of par- leaders? Where are the Jews in then where are their voices? Where are the sales to the Ukraine, which is fi ghting with ents and children, however temporary, is Wthe Senate and in the House? protests by Charles Schumer, Adam Schiff , Russia, and his administration confi rmed heartbreaking. Nobody on either side of the Has everyone gone into hiding? With few Bernie Sanders, and Dianne Feinstein, to that our military in Syria killed hundreds aisle is happy about it. Nobody in the coun-

August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, exceptions, I have heard nary a word from name just a few? Sadly, every one of them of Russian soldiers. So how does anyone in try is happy about it. But let’s remember anyone in the public eye about the vitriol on remains silent. their right mind compare Trump’s behav- that parents took that risk when they came the left. Some, like conservative talk show Apparently, the primary needs of these ior, as he stood on stage with Putin, to atroc- here illegally instead of going to open border host Mark Levin (Life, Liberty & Levin) and people are to get rid of Trump and to see ities such as the invasion at Pearl Harbor, crossings where they could be vetted. They Dennis Prager, nationally syndicated talk their fractured party regain power. Seem- the 9/11 attacks, and Kristallnacht? The an- didn’t wait in line and try to come in legal- show host, have spoken out. But few others ingly, those needs are important enough to swer to that question is simple; many left- ly as so many others do. As the saying goes, have. let them tolerate horrifi c comments such ists remain so crazed at having lost the 2016 they cut the line. And in their haste to get Those who want to see Trump gone say as the one made by the female co-host on election to Donald Trump that they are not into this country, they exposed their chil- nothing when others make outrageous Morning Joe, who referred to Trump as a in their right minds! dren to enormous risk just by the act of trav- comments. They seem comfortable in their Hitler. She’s not alone. Others have said the How do the silent Jews sleep at night? eling here. Men, women, and children have silence. How can any Jew be silent and tol- same thing, and thus far there has been no Where is their guilt for allowing the Holo- perished on the arduous journey. Some erate the horrifi c remarks made by some reaction from those four Jewish senators caust to be so trivialized? One wonders if came in boats and died by drowning, and crazed leftists? Do Jewish members of or from any of the others. Being critical of young children and millennials have been others succumbed while they were hidden for days in overheated trucks without food or water. By comparison, the temporary separation of children from parents, while terribly disturbing, is a smaller price to pay. Schumer, Schiff , Sanders, and Feinstein are in a position to speak out. They have not. They allow the torture and deaths of six million of our people—their people—to be trivialized by the insane rants of their party members. They tolerate the disrespect of those who were murdered. How can they look into the eyes of survivors without shame? We’re one people; our ancestors are their ancestors and, just to refresh some clouded minds, they were eliminated not by Trump but by the hand of Hitler. How can so many remain silent while the hosts of two cable television news programs, their pan- elists, and their guests make comparisons between Trump and the evil and maniacal creature who was chancellor of Germany? Not in any language are there words strong enough to describe the period of the 1930s up until the defeat of Hitler and his German war machine. And yet we hear nothing from those on the left about the odious comparisons that have been made. Recently, Carl Bernstein, a Jew whether he likes it or not, referred to President Trump as a neo-fascist. Mr. Bernstein may need a refresher course in history. It seems he doesn’t know that, once in power, Hitler turned Germany into a fascist state. Fas- cism emphasizes patriotism, national unity, admiration of military values, and, above all, unquestioning obedience, all of which channel behavior in the direction of Nazism. Un- til now, we had not heard much from Bern- stein since the days of Watergate. If only he had remained silent. But that didn’t last and this Jew showed his true colors. The world is a sad and scary place, a place fi lled with crime. And one of the worst crimes is silence. Life for the Jewish people has always been a struggle. But we have per- severed and thrived and we will continue to do so despite the inaction and silence of people who put politics above pride and are content to remain quiet. They should be ashamed. That’s the way it is.

Hannah Berman lives in Woodmere and gives private small-group lessons in mah- jongg and canasta. She can be reached at [email protected] or 516-295-4435. Read more of Hannah Berman’s articles on 5TJT.com. 61 THE RIGHT VIEW 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 By Alex Sternberg TWO MILLENNIA OF CHURCH- INSPIRED ANTI-SEMITISM LED TO AUSCHWITZ he Nazi decision to exterminate Constantine, the Roman Emperor, was the Jews worldwide was a cul- naturally pleased with this change. It mination of centuries of perse- was very uncomfortable for him to ac- T Hitler with notable Vatican leaders cution and anti-Semitism inspired by cept that his nation, the Roman Empire, the teachings of the Christian church was responsible for killing his newfound delivered on Sundays. Often, these ser- the Devil. Their religion is a sickness. and its leaders. Jew hatred has been savior. Jews living throughout the Em- mons led to physical assault and murder. The Jews are the odious assassins of around since the dawn of Christianity pire and Europe began to face mounting John Chrysostom, a 4th-century Christ and . . . there is no expiation possi- and became a disease eating away the persecution as Christianity took hold. Church leader and the bishop of Mi- ble, no indulgence or pardon. Christians Christian soul for 2,000 years. The new message was sticking: Jews lan, advocated Jewish persecution as may never cease vengeance, and the Jew After the crucifi xion of Jesus, his were “Christ killers” and deserved no he preached: “The Jews are the most must live in servitude forever . . . It is es- early followers were considered a Jew- mercy. Sermons urging persecution and worthless of all men. They are lecher- sential that all Christians hate them.” ish sect that believed that Jesus was hatred of Jews were now an accepted ous, greedy, rapacious. They are perfi d- Christ or “Messiah” who was sent by staple of the message of Christianity ious murderers of Christ. They worship Continued on Page 62 G-d. Mainstream Judaism rejected this belief as incorrect, as they also rejected the exhortations of leading rabbis that Bar Kochba, a second-century CE military leader, was the messiah. The Bar Kochba debacle led to the fi nal destruction of the Jewish community in Israel in 135 CE, with disillusionment among the community toward the messiah enterprise. But the belief of those Jews in the fi rst and second centuries that Je- sus, a rebellious Jew from the Galilee, was the Messiah, would lead to an even bigger calamity for Jews that would last for millennia. With the passage of time, the Jew- ish–Christian sect grew and began to reach out to both mainstream Jews and pagans for new believers. But the Jews, freshly devastated by the loss of their nation and Temple, clung to the teachings of their fathers and held onto their Judaism. The belief in the G-d of their fathers was now the only vestige left of their once mighty and proud history. They therefore refused to join those who were preaching this new religion, which was a departure from their authentic Jewish beliefs that brought them comfort. The continued refusal of Jews to join in embracing Jesus led the early Chris- tians to develop a bitter resentment toward them. This resentment led to the hatred and desire—even a need—to destroy those who refused to see their perspective. A narrative of hatred emerged explaining that the Jews lost their special status as “G-d’s chosen.” This status was now transferred to those who accepted Jesus as the Messiah. Ac- cording to this narrative, the Jews were dammed to everlasting Hell, while Para- dise was reserved for only Jesus believers. In the attempt to recruit more followers, the narrative ostracizing Jews for not accepting Jesus began to take on increased urgency and permanence. After Constantine and the Roman Empire embraced the growing Chris- tianity in the third century), Church leaders found it politically untenable to maintain that the Roman Empire crucifi ed Jesus, and they shifted the narrative to blaming the Jews for the crucifi xion. 62 RIGHT VIEW try, Jewish communities were terri- ormation. Luther represents the birth Continued from Page 61 fi ed at Passover time, worrying about of Protestant Christianity as well as the the impending blood libel. These cam- genesis of the special brand of Jew ha- His sermons became a template for paigns were well-publicized and were tred that fl ourished only in Germany. the future generations. Younger priests usually initiated and spread by priests In his early career, Luther maintained following his lead would repeat his mes- during Sunday sermons. Medieval Jews that converting Jews to Christianity sage frequently. Such sermons led to knew that each year, the Easter ser- was not possible as long as the Church the murder of Jews and looting of their mon of the priests would be followed preached a doctrine that despised and property, followed by expulsion from by drunkenness that would inevitably persecuted them. He therefore advocat- the realm. With the continued spread of lead to pogroms where any Jew caught ed a “more gentle approach.” When the Hungarian bishops with the perpetrators Christianity, Jews were systematical- would be killed or tortured and their Jews rejected even his gentle approach of the Final Solution ly persecuted as a result of the strident property stolen. Jews knew to hide on and refused conversion, he became en- message of Chrysostom. Torquemada, the confessor of Isabella. Easter. Some communities opted to raged and preached the destruction of His message was incorporated as an Other countries followed suit, leading switch to using white wine for the four the Jews instead. In his book “The Jews integral part of Christian dogma. to the murder and expulsion of tens of cups during the Seder, to avoid any mi- and Their Lies,” Luther proposed seven Persecution took on several forms thousands of Jews. As priests traveled simpression that they were drinking draconian measures of what he termed

August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, as the gentiles searched for innovative to spread the word of the gospel, they Christian blood. “sharp mercy” that he advocated for the methods. Sermons of demonization led included indoctrination in Jew hatred. The history of Church-inspired an- ruling German princes to enact. These to burning down Jewish houses of wor- The anti-Semitism of the Church ti-Semitism reveals a lengthy litany of were Luther’s proposals to deal with the ship, desecration of cemeteries, and the evolved and took on newer forms. notorious actions, country by country, Jewish question. levies of huge and prohibitive “toler- Blood libels accusing Jews of murder- generation after generation. (1) Burn their schools and syna- ance taxes.” Ultimately, to satisfy the ig- ing Christian children to use their blood Jews were also blamed for pestilence, gogues; norant population, the persecution led to bake matzos during Passover became such as the Black Death, and other natu- (2) Transfer Jews to community set- to expulsion from the realm. Even a cur- a popular and oft-repeated method to ral disasters or epidemics that occurred tlements; sory study of European history reveals terrorize Jews. Priests often boasted of in the area. (3) Conﬁ scate all Jewish literature, that this pattern repeated itself in coun- their knowledge of Hebrew books such This demonization of the Jew be- which was blasphemous; try after country. In fact, Jewish history as the Torah and the Talmud, claiming came the standard narrative depicting (4) Prohibit rabbis to teach, on pain of is replete with the stories of expulsion that they read in these books that G-d Jews as a subhuman, devil-worship- death; from every European country at one ordered Jews to secure the blood of ping, moneygrubbing, Christ-killing, (5) Deny Jews safe conduct on roads time or another. Sometimes expulsions Christians, preferably children, for the evil creature never to be trusted. Ac- and highways, so as to prevent the were repeated from the same country. baking of matzos for Passover. In fact, cording to Church teachings, discrim- spread of Judaism; The most famous such expulsion was many priests were actually illiterate, inating against Jews was G-d’s desire. (6) Appropriate their wealth and use from Spain in 1492, following the order as were most of their congregants. Had It pleased G-d, according to the priests, it to support converts and to prevent the by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel- they actually known how to read He- if Christians persecuted the accursed lewd practice of usury; la to convert. The Church tortured and brew, they would have read the many Jew. Interestingly, while Jews were (7) Assign Jews to manual labor as a murdered those who refused to convert passages prohibiting the consumption persecuted, they were also subjected to form of penance. and remained in Spain. Close to half a of blood by Jews. The halachah orders pressures to convert. Four hundred years later, Martin Lu- million Jews who refused conversion that all freshly slaughtered meat be Perhaps the most notorious an- ther was the inspiration for Hitler and were murdered and expelled. This an- salted in order to draw out even small ti-Jewish priest was Martin Luther, the the Nazi Party. The infamous Kristall- ti-Jewish campaign was inspired and amounts of blood from the meat. German theologian and religious re- nacht, Night of Broken Glass, marking led by the infamous Catholic priest, Nevertheless, in country after coun- former and founder of the Lutheran ref- the beginning of the campaign of physical destruction of Jewry, took place blood-sucking Jew once and for all. It notorious extermination camp in Po- Many of the Eastern European coun- 63 on November 9 and 10, the birthday of was this centuries-old preaching that land, in just seven weeks. Hungary to- tries where Jews were historically per-

Martin Luther. The destruction of syn- enabled all these good Christians to ac- day erects statues honoring some of the secuted are devoutly Christian, with an 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 agogues and burning of Jewish homes tively aid the Germans in their collec- most notorious Hungarian murderers active Church. Today, citizens of these and businesses along with prayer books tive goal: murder of all the Jews. as authentic Hungarian heroes. They countries have elected leaders with a and Torah scrolls was the blueprint laid What country in Europe with a attempt to rewrite history and claim radically rightward shift. Anti-Semi- down by Luther, who referred to Jews as well-established Christian Church does that their country was a victim of Nazi tism has resurfaced once again. Look at a “brood of vipers.” not have a history of persecution and Germany, too. They were active and Croatia, Poland, Hungary, and Austria. Hitler himself compared his treat- murder of her Jewish neighbors that willing collaborators who robbed and In those countries where the government of Jews with that of the Church: spans the centuries? killed Jews and then went to church to ment has not made such a rightward “In defending myself against the Jews, I While there was a lull in the public confess their sins. The murder of Jews shift, look out; it’s coming. am acting for the L-rd,” said Adolf Hit- expressions of anti-Semitism for a brief was probably never confessed. So, as many of these countries erect ler. “The diff erence between the Church moment after the Second World War, Yes, today the Polish government statues commemorating the fascist, and me is that I am fi nishing the job.” the Church-inspired Jew hatred was far would like to rewrite history and wash Jew-hating leaders of the past, let us The heads of the Roman Catholic too ingrained in the European psyche to itself of the stench and fi lth of complic- remember the doctrine that taught Church as well as the reformed Church suppress their blood lust for long. ity in the murder. But my parents, both such inhumanity—Church dogma. were largely silent during the anti-Se- It is this belief that shamelessly al- survivors of that death camp in Poland, Hitler, never an original thinker, sim- mitic Nazi-inspired mass murder com- lows the Austrians, notorious Nazis and often told me of the kapos and “block ply borrowed age-old concepts. The mitted in Germany, Hungary, Croatia, countrymen of Hitler, to claim that they elteste,” all Polish, who ran the camps belief that the Jew was somehow not and Poland. Many bishops, cardinals, were the Nazis’ “fi rst victims.” They and eagerly did the bidding of the Ger- as human as the Christian allowed and other Church leaders actively co- willingly fl ocked to Hitler and Nazism, mans, torturing and beating the Jewish otherwise “good Christians” to murder operated in the campaign, with some with over a million Austrians lining prisoners. They often outdid the Nazis six million men, women, and children. taking a leadership role in the extermi- the boulevards of Vienna, eagerly and in brutality. Did Hungarians or Poles After all, they were simply doing G-d’s nation of the Jews. Pope Pius XII, often happily welcoming Hitler after the An- or Croats think of themselves as mon- work! referred to as “Hitler’s Pope,” was silent schluss, or conjoining of Germany with sters? Not at all! They were good Chris- even after concrete proof (the Aus- Austria. tians who loved their country and were Dr. Alex Sternberg authored the forthcoming book “Recipes from Auschwitz–My Parents’ chwitz Protocols) was in the hands of Centuries of sermons inspired Hun- kind to their neighbors. Story of the Murder of Hungarian Jewry.” He the Church, describing the methodical gary to pass the fi rst modern anti-Jew- This was the legacy of the doctrine of is a lifelong student of Jewish history, focusing murder of the Jews in Auschwitz. ish law (numerus clausus) in 1920, years the Church. on development of Zionism and the Holocaust. Hitler’s anti-Semitic rants may have before the advent of the Nazi Nurem- Who was an anti-Semite in Hunga- He is presently teaching graduate studies and fallen on deaf ears had the Church not berg Laws. Without active Hungarian ry? According to leading Hungarians is active in several pro-Israel organizations. He is a retired research doctor in children’s prepared the climate among the good cooperation, Eichmann could not pos- around the turn of the 20th century, it pulmonary health and a master karate Christian Germans, Poles, Hungarians, sibly have shipped over half a million was “he who hated Jews more than he instructor. Read more of Dr. Sternberg’s articles and Croats to rid the world of the evil, Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz, that had to.” at 5TJT.com. 64 August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, 65

Would you like to have a chevrusah 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 where you can be learning AROUND THE 5 TOWNS cutting edge issues in Torah and Shas? Would you like to learn through Shas in depth - but quickly? Shimi Adar Visits makes Jewish music and Bike4Chai Raises Camp Shira! dancing fun and cool!” Funds And Spirits Would you like someone Camp Shira campers en- The concert was part of For Chai Lifeline to help you write joyed a rocking Shimi Adar Camp Shira’s 2018 concert Children your own sefer on any topic? concert last week. Girls series that included con- On Thursday, August 2, more danced and cheered for an certs from Shloime Kaufman, than 1,000 campers, staff , fam- hour and a half straight. Michoel Pruzansky, and ily, and friends celebrated the Campers then wouldn’t let Morah Music for the juniors. arrival of 550 Bike4Chai cy- her leave camp for at least an- Those three Jewish music clists at The World’s Greatest If any of these interest you, other hour as they sang and stars and this dynamic Shimi Finish Line, the entrance to please email learntorahandshas@gmail. chatted with her, and then Adar concert helped the camp Camp Simcha Special. Bike- com. Limited slots available. they even got Shimi to go live up to its slogan: “Camp 4Chai, a two-day bicycling down the waterpark slide in Shira—A Summer to Sing her clothes! About!” Continued on Page 66

Shimi Adar at Camp Shira

Camp Shira campers were so excited for her visit that each camper made a tutu from scratch to match Shimi’s signature wardrobe item! The art room was filled with 16,000 yards of pink and purple tulle, and the girls made the tutus by looping and knotting the tulle in an elabo- rate fashion. Shimi Adar is the premier Jewish entertainer for girls in the New York area and across America. Her ruach, energy, and passion are infec- tious, and her events feel like a cross between a rock concert, a kumzits, and a dance- off. One of the highlights was when many of the girls got to go up on stage and teach Shimi the words and moves to the Camp Shira 2018 theme song! The campers loved the concert. One senior-division camper explained that, “Shimi is my role model! She 66 AROUND THE 5 TOWNS

Continued from Page 65 their fundraising eff orts. Rab- ride alongside you,” she said to bi Simcha Scholar, Chai Life- a standing ovation. event now in its ninth year, line’s executive vice president, The next morning, cyclists raises funds for Chai Lifeline, thanked the cyclists for their departed on their 180-mile the international children’s support and called Bike4Chai ride through three states unde- health support network which the “highlight of the summer” terred by the early rainstorms. provides emotional, social, and for many of the campers. “127 Within an hour, the sun broke ﬁ nancial support to children children anxiously await your through the clouds, and riders with life-threatening or life- arrival,” he said. enjoyed beautiful mountain

August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, long illnesses and their fami- Mikayla Hornick, a Chai views. Along the way, cyclists lies. Lifeline client and Camp Sim- stopped at rest stops stocked The event began Tuesday cha camper, shared her per- with food, drinks, and supplies, night, July 31, at the Marriott sonal journey and off ered the as well as lodging and enter- in Princeton, NJ, with a pasta cyclists words of inspiration. “I tainment in the Poconos’ Ka- party and special ceremony am hoping to ride my own bike lahari Resort on Wednesday recognizing participants for again. Soon, maybe one day, I’ll evening.

Bike4Chai rolls into action On the afternoon of August 2, the cyclists arrived at Camp Simcha Special, Chai Lifeline’s overnight camp for children with chronic illnesses and medical challenges, where they were greeted by their friends and families as well as ecstatic campers and staff . Following the emotional entry into the camp, celebrations continued with dancing and an award ceremony. The cycling tour continues to grow, with record participa- tion and funds raised this year. “Bike4Chai gives people the opportunity to imbue something they love with meaning and purpose,” said Yoel Mar- golese, director of Bike4Chai. “People want to make a dif- ference and they want to help. When we combine that with an activity they already enjoy, we have a recipe for success.” “The power of Bike4Chai emanates from the cyclists,” said Rabbi Sruli Fried, director of Chai Lifeline NJ and executive director of Bike4Chai. “The unity and camaraderie throughout the ride refl ect the devotion our cyclists have for the cause.” Bike4Chai follows on the success of its sister ride, Tour de Simcha, which took place July 3 and saw 230 women ride 78 miles to Camp Simcha Spe- cial for girls. “Participants in Bike4Chai and Tour de Simcha are an inspiration to all of us,” said Rab- bi Scholar. “With every mile they ride, they provide hope 67 and joy to children facing serious pediatric illness and their 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 families.” Chai Lifeline gives more than 5,400 families around the world the emotional, social, and fi nancial tools to weather the crises and challenges of life-threatening illnesses, chronic diseases, and disabilities. Through two-dozen free, Crazy Hat Day at Avnet year-round programs and ser- Got Glick? pricing, your child is guaranteed vices delivered through 12 re- “Why can’t summer camp be to have two weeks of insane fun. gional offi ces and international as long as school and school be Glick is designed to bring smiles, affi liates, Chai Lifeline brings as long as summer camp?” That fun, and friendship into your joy and hope to those impacted is a question that Kayla Weisz, daughter’s childhood each day! by pediatric illness or untimely director of Glick Five Towns, al- Whether you read it here or loss. ways wondered as a small child. see it on your child’s school To learn more, please visit Now it can! Well, kind of. calendar, you’ve got two weeks Bike4Chai.com. Starting August 20 is your in between camp and school. chance to get in on the secret and Does school-supplies shop- Avnet’s Crazy join this dynamic group of the ping and uniform-fi ttings re- Hat Day luckiest girls around town. Glick ally take two weeks? That’s Campers showcased their work crafting hats to display as campers were transformed will be launching its fi rst-ev- what Glick is here for! The style and spirit at Avnet’s Cra- on a musical march around into superheroes, cartoon er Camp After Camp. Two full two-week Glick After Camp is zy Hat Day. Each group se- the gym. The results includ- characters, M&M’s, Scrabble weeks of fabulous full-time fun! lected a theme and then got to ed a dazzling array of designs pieces, and even gummy bears. With great hours and amazing Continued on Page 69 The children were eager to not only model their creations but to applaud their friends as well. “Crazy Hat Day is always one of the highlights of the Avnet experience,” said director Daniel Stroock. “The purpose of the day is to encourage unity, pride, and to celebrate creativity. At Avnet we’re one family and Crazy Hat Day is a moment to shine and support Crazy Hat Day at Avnet each other.” 68 August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, 69 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 AROUND THE 5 TOWNS Fall School Year 2018-19 Employment

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Members of the Five Towns and Far Rockaway Bikur Cholim showing off their self-portraits WHAT’S YOUR luxurious couples event at the Shiraz eryone’s faces the messages were very OPINION? Restaurant in Great Neck. The event well-received. was sold out within two weeks; unfor- “We have been going to Chazaq lec- E-MAIL US AT tunately, scores of couples were un- tures for nearly three years,” said one able to join. couple. “Last summer, we heard about [email protected] The evening was very well-orga- Chazaq’s afterschool programs and our nized with couples from communities eldest daughter was immediately en- 71

COMMUNITY NEWS FROM 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 AROUND THE WORLD

Krembo Wings Youth Movement Chosen As Special Advisor To UN The United Nations has chosen rolled. Thank G-d, within two months, Rabbi Daniel Glatstein will speak Krembo Wings, a youth movement for Chazaq placed her in yeshiva ... Now, on “Elul: Premium Teshuvah” Sun- children with and without disabili- Chazaq is also helping us with our sha- day, Sunday, August 12 at 8:30 p.m. at ties, as a special advisor organization,

lom bayit,” they said with a smile. the Sephardic Congregation of Queens, recognizing the youth movement as a Zilberman Yona Indeed, from young to old, Chazaq 101-17 67th Drive, Rego Park. Free lec- world leader in integrating children seems to reach them all. To that we say ture presented by Chazaq for men and and youth with and without disabili- Friends at ﬁ rst sight chazaq chazaq v’nitchazeiq! women. Refreshments will be served. ties in empowering social activities. Rabbi Dovid Fohrman of Aleph The status of the Special Advisor to Upcoming Events Beta will give a special Yamim No- the United Nations (ECOSOC) gives Yad L’Yad featuring the film Big ra’im shiur, September 5 at 8:00 p.m. the movement special recognition of Eyes, August 9 at 1:00 p.m. at the at Ahavas Yisroel in Kew Gardens Hills. the importance of its work in Israel Young Israel of Hillcrest. For women and around the world. only; donation $6. Tea and coffee will Chanita Teitz is a real-estate broker at Astor Krembo Wings, established 16 Brokerage in Kew Gardens Hills, serving the

be served. For more information, call years ago, has developed an innova- Milmon Milmon Ariel entire Queens vicinity. For all your real-estate 718-487-3703. needs, call her at 718-263-4500 or e-mail tive and unique inclusive model that Yom Kippur Kattan tefillah, Au- [email protected]. Read more of integrates children with severe dis- gust 9 at 7:40 p.m. sharp at Rabbi Chanita Teitz’s articles at 5TJT.com. abilities with able-bodied youth. Friedman’s shul. Minchah at 8:10 p.m., The movement operates 65 branch- for youth. followed by Ma’ariv. Ezras nashim will es throughout Israel, from Eilat Nir Brunstein, chairman of the be open. For more information, e-mail Remember to Kiryat Shmona, and welcomes board of Krembo Wings, said, “I am [email protected]. more than 6,000 active members excited by the fact that the United Na- Dr. Bernard Pinchuk will speak that article? each week. Krembo Wings operates tions has given international recogni- on “Lost in the Desert and Other Visit our archive section branches in Druze, Muslim, Chris- tion for the extraordinary activities Mathematical Gems in the Tal- and ﬁnd any issue of the tian, and Bedouin communities, of Krembo Wings. I am proud of the mud.” on Shabbos, August 11 at 5:45 5 Towns Jewish Times where acceptance and inclusion of management team and professional p.m. in the beis midrash at the Young online @ all abilities is the guiding principle. staff of the movement and especially Israel of Kew Gardens Hills. For men www.5TJT.com Krembo Wings branches provide a and women. safe and judgment-free environment Continued on Page 72 72 COMMUNITY NEWS Record-Breaking Continued from Page 71 Amudim Charidy Fundraiser proud of the thousands of children Demonstrates Jewish and youth whose important work has Community’s Support won respected international recogni- For Victims Of Abuse tion. I admit I am also very concerned And Addiction about the 3,000 children and youth It was a ringing endorsement last with special needs, and their families, week as the Jewish community re- who are still waiting for the opening sponded enthusiastically to Amudim’s of new Krembo Wings branches so annual fundraising campaign, raising they, too, can join the activities. We more than $5.3 million to cover operat- will do everything to speed up the ing costs and programming at its offi ces process despite the many obstacles across the United States and Israel. and economic challenges we face.” The “I Give With Heart” Charidy Talia Bejerano, CEO of Krembo campaign was dedicated in memory of

August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, Wings, adds, “The unique interna- Amudim’s founder and chairman of the tional status that the movement has board, Cleveland philanthropist Mendy received from the UN will enable Klein, a’h, who passed away unexpect- Krembo Wings to raise awareness edly on May 3. In his lifetime, Klein was Amudim urges supporters to come through for Charidy fundraiser of the rights of young people with a passionate advocate against abuse and the 36-hour fundraiser, with 37 match- the unprecedented response to the cause disabilities in Israel and around the addiction, giving generously of himself ers quadrupling all contributions. An as historic, noting that the problems of world to a fulfilling social life. This and spending many a sleepless night in additional $390,000 was raised in the abuse and addiction had long been swept recognition will enable us to expand his eff orts to help those who were suf- campaign’s bonus round that had a trio under the rug in the Jewish community. and spread throughout the world fering. of benefactors doubling all donations “The amount of money raised, coupled Krembo Wings’s unique concept of The $5 million campaign, Charidy’s above the $5M mark. With donations with the number of people who contrib- integration as well as our vision: ‘To- second-largest ever, kicked off on July coming in from 276 cities across eight uted, was a true testament to Mendy gether creating a meaningful place for 31. Close to 2,300 donations were re- countries, spanning four continents, Klein, proving that the seeds he planted everyone’.” ceived from all across the world during Amudim director Zvi Gluck categorized are taking root in a very real way,” said Gluck. “Mendy stepped up to the plate in a way that no one else could, and the results of this campaign prove that the world truly cares about this cause.” The Klein family has demonstrated its continued commitment to Amudim despite its devastating loss. In addition to donating generously to the campaign, Mrs. Ita Klein has been named the new chair of Amudim’s board, with sons Yoni and Nati Klein accepting seats on the board of directors. ¤¤¡ထ¤¡££¡£ “Carrying on Mendy’s legacy is a re- ª¡¦¡£¤ဖ£¡®ªဠ£ sponsibility that we take very seriously ¡¡¢¤£¡£¡ and embrace wholeheartedly,” said Mrs. Thank Klein. “This is not a one-time event or ª¡£¡£¡¤ a problem that aff ects a single person. This is an issue that impacts all of Klal you Yisrael.” ¡£န Ŵ ¡£န¤¦ The campaign included a two-and- ¡£န¤¯ ¡£န¨¦ a-half-hour livestream hosted by radio ¡£န¡ ¨¡¦¡ host Nachum Segal and featured interviews with elected offi cials, community £န¨ ¡Ŋ ¨¯¨¡¡ leaders, and survivors of sexual abuse, ¡£န ¨¡® the hard-hitting content leaving many ¡£န £ ¨ ¬ viewers deeply moved. Among those who spoke was Baruch Sandhaus, who ¡£န£ ¡ ¨ ¨ ¡ was ﬁ rst molested at the age of seven, the ¡£န ¨£ £¦¡ abuse continuing for years at the hands ¡£န£¤¡ှ¡£ဿ¡ ¡န¡ ¡¡® of rebbeim, camp counselors, and choir leaders. Now a grandfather, Sandhaus ¡£န¤ ¨£ spoke emotionally about his experienc- ¡£န¡¤£¤¡¤¡ ¨¯¤¯ es, urging sexual-abuse victims to reach ¡£န¡ ¨ ¦£ out to Amudim for help in order to rid themselves of the shame and guilt that ¡£န¨¡ ¨££ can drive them to destructive behaviors. ¡£န£¤ ¨£¡¡ The $5.3 million raised will cover the ¤¯¢¡¡ ¨ operating costs of various programs. $1.5 million will be used to supplement ¡£န¦¡¤ ¨¦££ ¦¤£ grants and donations to fund operations at Amudim’s USA offi ces, with another $600,000 earmarked for Amudim’s re- Thank you ¤¤¡¦£¡£££¡£¡ဠ££န ££¡¦¨¤ထ£¤¤ၟ£န¡ cently opened Israel offi ce. The remaining donations have been designated to create and develop an age-appropriate Wishing everyone a healthy and relaxing summer! and rabbinically approved school curriculum on sexual abuse and will also fund both the Gavz Boyz summer program for troubled teens and therapy subsidies through Amudim’s Project Heal. As always, the need for additional funding remains as crucial as ever Located in Aish Kodesh: 894 Woodmere Place, Woodmere at Amudim, where therapy costs can Ćāćċćċƫ!40ċĂƫđƫ333ċ/$!!"ċ+.# run in the tens of thousands of dollars for every client and can total $10 million annually. While Amudim’s private 517-0122 or visit Amudim.org. To make 73 crowdfunding site, which allows in- a tax-deductible donation to Amudim, dividuals to donate to a speciﬁ c case, go to Amudim.org/donate. 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 has raised $700,000 over the past seven months, the increased call volume 15 Bnei Menashe in the days following the campaign Couples Marry has demonstrated Amudim’s constant In Group Ceremony fundraising needs. Fifteen Bnei Menashe couples, all of “We welcome those calls for help with whom immigrated to Israel from Ma- open arms and encourage anyone who is nipur, India, two months ago, were re- suff ering to contact us,” said Gluck. “This married this week in a festive and emo- is why we are here, and we will continue tional group ceremony at Shavei Israel’s doing all that we do until the day that our absorption center in Kfar Hasidim after services are no longer needed.” completing their formal conversion. Gluck said that he has been humbled The 15 couples were among 225 new by the reaction to the campaign. He has Bnei Menashe immigrants who arrived heard from survivors who said that they in Israel in June thanks to the Jeru-

were glued to the I Give With Heart web- salem-based nonproﬁ t Shavei Israel. Ben David,Laura of Shavei Israel of Shavei Israel courtesy courtesy site for the duration of the fundraiser, They all hail from the northeastern feeling both empowered and embraced Indian state of Manipur, on the border Dancing at Bnei Menashe wedding by the number of individuals and families throughout the world who supported with Burma, which is home to the larg- the campaign. est concentration of Bnei Menashe in “The mere fact that so many members India. The new immigrants plan to set- of Klal Yisrael banded together for this tle in the Galilee, in Israel’s north, after cause is a testament to the fact that we as they leave Kfar Hasidim at the end of a community are standing up for those August. who can’t speak for themselves,” said “After realizing their dream of making Gluck. “While this campaign showed aliyah and returning to the Jewish peo- that Klal Yisrael cares about those who ple, these 15 Bnei Menashe couples now are in pain, this is only the beginning have an additional reason to celebrate,” because there is so much more that we said Shavei Israel founder and chair- still need to do and so many more vic- man Michael Freund. “They have now tims who need our help. We will contin- been remarried in a traditional Jewish ue to honor the memory of Mendy Klein wedding ceremony which symbolizes by perpetuating his legacy and carrying the new lives they are building here in out his vision so that no member of our the Jewish state. We wish them a hearty community ever has to suff er in silence mazal tov and much joy, health, and suc- Laura Ben David,Laura of Shavei Israel courtesy again.” cess here in Israel.” If you or someone you know needs Bnei Menashe couples during a remarrying ceremony at Shavei Israel’s absorption center help, please contact Amudim at 646- in Kfar Hasidim, Israel Continued on Page 74 74 COMMUNITY NEWS Among the couples who a single son. They left a daugh- of Russia, and the “Hidden Continued from Page 73 married were Sharon Hang- ter-in-law and her children be- Jews” of Poland from the time shing (79) and Hillel Hangsh- hind. of the Holocaust. The organi- During the weddings, the ing (80) from Churachandpur, “I’m very excited! We wanted zation also engages in the ab- brides had their hair and make- Manipur, who have a married to see Israel with our own eyes sorption of new olim in Israel, up done and wore traditional daughter and grandchildren but unfortunately our vision including assisting with hous- white wedding gowns, while living in the Israeli town of is weak. I feel like we’ve come ing, employment, and profes- some of the grooms wore tradi- Migdal Ha’emek. The couple home! Israel is like coming to sional training. tional suits with Bnei Menashe came to Israel with a widowed paradise on earth. It’s not com- tribal designs. daughter and her two sons, and parable to any other place. My Rav Binyamin Eisenberger Visits Camp HASC By Yehuda Meir Horowicz This past erev Shabbos, Para- Laura Ben David,Laura of Shavei Israel courtesy shas Va’Eschanan, lots of commotion and bustle took place Sharon Hangshing and Hillel August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, Hangshing during the Bnei in Camp HASC, with tents, Menashe remarrying ceremony at tables, and chairs being assem- Shavei Israel’s absorption center bled along with a podium and microphone. However, this excitement is beyond all imag- was not in preparation for the ination,” said Hillel. Camp HASC Experience Day “If only our grandchildren set to take place that weekend, who we left behind could come July 29, which is a day for over here and experience this as 1,500 people to visit and expe- well,” added Sharon. rience the true magic of Camp The Bnei Menashe (sons of HASC. Rather this commotion Manasseh) claim descent from was in preparation to wel- one of the Ten Lost Tribes of come a tzaddik and a very close Israel, who were sent into ex- friend of Camp HASC, Rav ile by the Assyrian Empire Binyomin Eisenberger, shlita.

Laura Ben David,Laura of Shavei Israel courtesy more than 27 centuries ago. R’ Eisenberger was actually Their ancestors wandered in Brooklyn at the departure through Central Asia and the of the Camp HASC campers, Seudah at Bnei Menashe wedding Far East for centuries, before where he greeted campers and settling in what is now north- staff members by giving them eastern India, along the border berachos for a healthy and suc- with Burma and Bangladesh. cessful summer. The rav was Throughout their sojourn in absolutely thrilled to be asked exile, the Bnei Menashe con- to visit Camp HASC, along

Rav Binyamin Eisenberger visiting Camp HASC tinued to practice Judaism with Rebbetzin Eisenberger, just as their ancestors did, in- by the president of the HASC cluding observing the Sabbath, board, Mr. Abe Eisner. keeping kosher, celebrating As Rav Eisenberger’s car the festivals, and following pulled up to camp, campers the laws of family purity. And crowded enthusiastically to- they continued to nourish the wards him as he hugged and dream of one day returning to kissed each and every one of the land of their ancestors, the them, telling them how much Land of Israel. Over the past 15 he had missed them and looked years, Shavei Israel has made forward to seeing them. As the the dream of aliyah possible crowd made its way under the for over 3,500 Bnei Menashe tent, lively music broke out and plans to bring more mem- as Rav Eisenberger began to bers of the community to Is- dance and create a huge cir- rael. Currently there are 7,000 cle for campers to partake in. Bnei Menashe in India await- Although the dancing was not ing their return to the Jewish long, it brought a shining glow homeland. to everyone’s faces. Shavei Israel reaches out to Rabbi Eisenberger then ad- and assists “lost Jews” seeking dressed the crowd, praising to return to the Jewish people. the counselors for the way they It works with various groups have literally saved parents by around the world, such as the giving then a break for the sum- Bnei Anousim (“Marranos”) mer in order to rest up and re- of Spain, Portugal, and South America, the Subbotnik Jews Continued on Page 83 75 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018

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E-mail [email protected] Lawrence — New Listing — Beautiful & Parking, terrace, Central A/C ...... $465K North Woodmere — Exclusive — Sd#15, 4BR, 2 Spacious 4BR, 3Bth CH Colonial In Prime Location, EIK, Full Baths, 64x109 Lot Size, New Cac & Heating, Approx Lawrence — Exclusive — 2BR, 2Bth Co-Op In Call 516-539-0070 Elevator Bldg, HW Floors, U/G Parking, Enclosed Terrace, Formal DR, Wood Floors, Low Taxes, Wont Last . . $969K 2500 Sq Ft. Eat-In-Kitchen, Finished Basement . $699K New Windows & Terrace Doors, Updated Kitchen, Close To All Far Rockaway — Jarvis Avenue — Semi Att. www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 Call Mark Lipner Direct 516-298-8457 Pugatch ...... $279K 4BR’s, Built out Sun room/Succah, indoor garage. Move in [email protected] Realty Corp. E-mail Call Mark Lipner Direct 516-298-8457 Pugatch condition. For sale by owner. Asking ...... $950K Lawrence — New Listing, Very Large & Spacious 718-232-6787 8BR Split Level Home On Lot Size 103 x 118, New Flooring, Valley Stream — 3BR, 2Bth Condo/Townhouse, All Realty Corp. E-mail [email protected] Windows & Bathrooms, 2 Car Garage, CAC, EIK, Formal LR & Redone, Hw Floors, New Kitchen Appliances, Full Finished Lawrence —2BR, 1Fbth On First Floor, Cedarhurst — New Listing — Freshly painted, DR, Lower Level Den W/Fplc ...... $1.450M Basement, Cac ...... $479K sunny and bright, 1BR Apt, many closets, New bath, new Wrap Around Terrace ...... $249K www/pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 Call Mark Lipner Direct 516-298-8457 Pugatch Call Mark Lipner Direct 516-298-8457 Pugatch carpeting, terrace, great location. Walk all . . . . . $179K Realty Corp. E-mail [email protected] Realty Corp. 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E-mail [email protected] www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 Lawrence — 1BR, 1.5Bth Co-Op, Magnifi c ent Fin Bsmt, Porch & Deck ...... $799K Apartment In Luxurious Bldg,, Feature 24hr Doorman, Lawrence — New Exclusive — 4BR, 3Bth, CH Colonial, Lawrence — Co-op for Sale — www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 Elevator, Ig-Pool, Indoor Parking, Balcony, Laundry Room On Prime Location, Hw Floors, Lot Size 50 X 163, Finished New to Market — Beautiful, Freshly painted, Sunny Lawrence — New Exclusive — Open Floor, Storage Room, Renovated EIK W/Granite Countertops, Basement, EIK, Formal Dr, Sd#15 ...... $969K and bright, 1BR, with modern kitchen, Formal DR, Lg. LR and New Bath. Parking space, heat and water included, low House by Appt — Beautiful Co-op. Freshly painted, 2 Dishwashers, Renovated Bathroom, Central A/C, Close To Call Mark Lipner Direct 516-298-8457 Pugatch maintenance, great location, walk all ...... $150K Spacious, 2BR, Kosher Kitchen, Hardwood Floors, Sunk-in Rr, Shopping & Houses Of Worship ...... $429K Realty Corp. E-mail [email protected] Call Joan for details516-319-4482 Call Mark Lipner Direct 516-298-8457 Pugatch LR/DR in beautiful elevator bldg. Parking, prime location, Hewlett — 2BR, 2Bth Co-Op With Large Terrace, Five Towns Homes 516-569-5710 Low maintenance, walk all ...... $225K Realty Corp. E-mail [email protected] Renovated Kitchen & 2 Full Bathrooms, High Ceilings, Call Joan 516-319-4482 Close To All ...... $219,995 Atlantic Beach — 4BR, 3.5Bth, Well maintained, Hewlett — Exclusive 2BR, 2 Full Bath, CAC, Elevator Call Mark Lipner Direct 516-298-8457 Pugatch spacious Colonial. Nr. Synagogue, Five Town Homes Realty 516-569-5710 Bldg, High Ceilings, Spacious Rooms, Realty Corp. E-mail [email protected] Bay views, Corner Lot. Bedroom On First Floor W/Bath. Great Lawrence — Open House Sunday August Washer/Dryer In Apt ...... $319K Summer Home ...... $789,000 12, 12-1:30 pm — 70 Barrett Rd. — Call Mark Lipner Direct 516-298-8457 Pugatch Hewlett — New Exclusive — 3BR, 3 Full Bath, Ch Contact Coach Realty, Lisa Kohan 516 448 5929, Realty Corp. E-mail [email protected] Colonial On Quiet Tree Lined Street, Large Spacious Rooms, [email protected] Beautiful Brick, C/H Colonial, Lg LR With Fireplace, Formal Newly Stained Hw Floors, Updated Electric Box, Outlets, Hi- DR, Kosher gourmet EIK, 2 Dens, 5+BR (on 1 level), 3.5Bths, Cedarhurst — Spacious Studio Apt, Elevator Bldg, Hats, New Refrigerator, New 5 Burner Stove, Formal Dr, Lr, Cedarhurst — New Listing — Mint 2BR, 2 Full fi nished bsmt, in-ground pool, brick patio on beautiful Washer/Dryer On Floor, Terrace, Lg Family Rm, Offi ce, Finished Basement, 2 Decks & More Full Bath Apartment, Totally Renovated Kitchen W/SS property, great location ...... $1.650M Close To All ...... $109,500 ...... $769K Appliances, Enclosed Terrace Facing Courtyard, Call Joan for details and appointment 516-319-4482 Call Mark Lipner Direct 516-298-8457 Pugatch Call Mark Lipner Direct 516-298-8457 Pugatch Close To All ...... $339K Five Town Homes 516-569-5710 Realty Corp. 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REAL ESTATE Woodmere — New Price — Updated Ranch Lawrence — New Listing — Updated 5+BR Far Rockaway — New Listing — Bright & Home In SD#15, 4BR, 2 Full Baths, EIK, LR, Formal DR, Colonial, 5Bths, EIK W/4 Sinks, Lr W/Fplc, Formal DR, Den, Sunny 3BR Apt In House On 2nd Flr, Heat & Water Included, FOR SALE Enclosed Terrace, Washer/Dryer, Gas Heat, Move Right In Offi ce & Attic, Full Fin Basement, Master BR Suite W/Jacuzzi Near All ...... $2,500/mo ...... $775K Tub & Shower, Detached Garage, Deck Off Kitchen, Front www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 Lawrence — Open House by Appt — Spacious Porch, Circular Driveway, Over 1/2 Acre . . . . . $2.450M Far Rockaway — 2BR, 1 Full Bath, Shabbos Elevator totally renovated 6+BR, 4Bths. 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Call Mark Lipner Direct 516-298-8457 Pugatch www.pugatch.com. 516-295-3000 Realty Corp. E-mail [email protected] Hewlett — New Listing — 3BR Colonial In Sd#14, South Shore Estates Call Susan: 516-569-4980 Spacious Rooms, Full Finished Basement, Hw Floors, Lawrence — Price Reduced — Beautifully Cedarhurst — 1BR, 1Bth Elev Bldg, Freshly Painted, Close To All ...... $699K Updated CH Colonial, 6BR, 5 Full Baths, Formal LR & Formal DR, Heat & Water Included, Washer/Dryer Bldg www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 X-LG EIK W/Island & Open Den, Finished Bsmt W/ Playroom, Woodmere Waterfront — Absolutely mint 5 level split. 5BR, 3Bth, FLR, oversized FDR, top-of-the- ...... $1,800/Mo Kitchen & Full Bathroom, Close To All ...... $1.795M Call Mark Lipner Direct 516-298-8457 Pugatch Lawrence — New Listing — 2BR, 2Bth, Hardwood line Euro EIK, 2 family rooms, fi nished basement, lots Floors, Screened-In Terrace ...... $279K www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 Realty Corp. E-mail [email protected] of storage space. Magnifi c ent waterfront views w/ two www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 Woodmere — Price Reduced — Move Right decks. Price Reduced, Call for details.Must see! Too much Cedarhurst — Spacious 2BR, 2 Full Bath In The Heart Woodmere — New Listing — Renovated 6BR, 4 In, Lovely 3BR Split In SD#15, EIK, HW Floors, CAC, Vaulted to mention. Call for private viewing, Open House by Of Cedarhurst, 2 Locked Storage Units, Laundry Room On Full Bath Colonial On Cul-De-Sac, EIK W/Custom Cabinetry, Ceilings, Close To All, SD#15 ...... $759K Appointment. South Shore Estates, The Floor, Close To All ...... $2,650/Mo. Formal DR, Woods Flrs, CAC, SD#14. Many Upgrades www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 Call Susan 516-569-4980 Call Mark Lipner Direct 516-298-8457 Pugatch ...... $1.399M Realty Corp. E-mail [email protected] North Woodmere — Colonial, by Owner 4BR’s, 2.5 www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 Woodsburgh — Magnifi c ent Totally Renovated 7+ BR Updated, Bths. 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WOODSBURGH LAWRENCE 75 S Woodmere Blvd FOR RENT Beautifully Renovated Charming 4 Bedroom 5BR, 5.5 Bathroom C/H House, Formal Dining Colonial, Formal Dining Room, Garage. Close Room, Fin Basement, SD To All, S.D. #15. #14, Lot Size 150x150... Price Reduced! $2,995/month $P.O.R. WOODSBURGH CEDARHURST Woodmere Blvd Beautiful Co-op Spacious Studio In 5 Bedroom Historic The Heart of Cedar- Stone Manor Home, Lush hurst With Terrace. Property With In-Ground Close To All. Pool. $109,500 $P.O.R.

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Woodmere — New Exclusive — Brand New Woodmere — House rental — New to East Rockaway — Multiple Use Retail Rockville Centre — Beautiful Professional Spaces Totally Renovated 1BR Apt, Quartz Countertops, Stainless market — First Show — Ours Alone — Building; Two 1800SF Retail Stores & 1200SF Apartment in Historic Building Available, Great Location, Municipal Lot Steel Appliances, New Cabinetry, Hw Floors, New Windows, Spacious Colonial in Prime prime location, 5+BR, 3+Bths, Attached, High Traffi c Corner Location, On-Site Parking, in Rear & Steps from the LIRR Station, For Lease. Call Ian for Marble & Stone Bathroom, Recessed Lighting, W/D, Close To LR, formal dr, huge den, Granite Kosher EIK. Main level has Convenient to All , For Sale, Call Ian for More Details More Details. Railroad & Shopping, Heat & Water Included. Starting 1BR, suite with bath, full fi nished basement, with guest [email protected], 516-295-3000 [email protected], 516-295-3000 . . . .$1,950/Mo. 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For Sale, Call Ian for More Details [email protected], 516-295-3000 Hewlett — 450+/-SF Offi ce Space in Professional Woodmere, Quartz Countertops, Stainless Steel Appliances, 3 Bedroom apartments for Rent, Prime location,Walk all. Building, On-Site & Municipal Parking, Heat Included, New Cabinetry, Double Sink, Dishwasher, Hw Floors, New Call Joan for details 516-319-4482 Woodmere — 1,300+/-SF Over 1,300SF + Basement, Electric & A/C Metered Separately, Close to All, For Lease... Windows, Marble & Stone Bathroom, W/D, Close To Railroad Five towns Homes 516-569-5710 Free Standing Building, Medical/Offi ce Space, Near LIRR Call for More Details. & Shopping, Heat & Water Included Far Rockaway — New to market. Renovated, Station, For Sale, Call Ian for More Details. www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 . . $1,995/Mo., .No Fee & One Month Free [email protected], 516-295-3000 Call Mark Lipner Direct 516-298-8457 Pugatch 1, 2, 3 and 4BR rentals, great location. 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Available for Sept 1st occupancy Apt, Close To All, Heat & Water Inc ...... $2,000/Mo Freeport — Investment Opportunity!! 12,000+/-SF East Rockaway — 1,500+/- SF Professional Suite ...... $2,500/mo Call Mark Lipner Direct 516-298-8457 Pugatch Multi Tenanted Professional Building with 21 Car On-Site in Free Standing Bldg W/Full Basement & Parking, Three Call Joan for details, 516-319-4482 Realty Corp. E-mail [email protected] Parking, Good Upside Potential, Lot Size 24,570SF, For Sale. Private Offi ces, Conference Room, Bullpen, Reception Area, Five Towns Homes 516-569-5710 Call Alan for More Details Close to LIRR, For Lease Call For More Details Cedarhurst — Spacious 1BR, 1 Full Bathroom, Elevator Broker 516-792-6698 Cedarhurst — House Rental — Spacious, [email protected], 516-295-3000 Bldg, Washer/Dryer In Bldg, Close To All . $1,800/Mo. Colonial, with granite EIK, Lr with fi replace, Formal Dr, Call Mark Lipner Direct 516-298-8457 Pugatch Lynbrook — Perfect for Commercial Use, but Can be East Rockaway — Various Sized Retail Stores on 2 Dens, 4+ BR’s, basement, in prime location, walking Realty Corp. E-mail [email protected] Converted Back to a Residential Home. 1,800SF Two Story Corner by Stop Light, High Traffi c Location, On-Site Parking, $4,200/mo distance to all ...... Building with Basement & 2,000SF Offi ce Building in Rear, For Lease, Call for More Details. Woodmere — House Rental — Magnifi c ent 6BR, Call Joan for details and appointment Bldg has Kitchenette on 2nd Floor, Full Bath & 2 Half Baths [email protected], 516-295-3000 5 Full Bath, Lg Rooms, Formal Dr, EIK, Formal Lr, Den, 5 516-319-4482 on 1st Floor, 12 Car Parking, Gas Heat, HVAC. For Sale Call Far Rockaway — 8,600+/-SF School in Great Bedrooms On One Level, Hw Floors, Sd#14, Ig-Pool, 3 Car Five Towns Homes 516-569-5710 Arthur for More Details. $7,500/Mo. Condition. Various Classrooms, Offi ces, Multi-Purpose Garage, Lot Size 189 X 291 ...... Far Rockaway — Apartment in Bldg, — [email protected], 516-295-3000 Call Mark Lipner Direct 516-298-8457 Pugatch Room, Kitchenette, Storage, & Bathrooms, Close to Public Totally renovated, Spacious 1BR, LR, DR, Granite Kosher EIK, Transportation For Lease, Call Ian for More Details. Realty Corp. E-mail [email protected] Inwood — Ours Alone, 21,000+SF Property with W/D, Prime location, walk all ,includes heat and water offi ces, warehouse/garage and loads of parking, in prime [email protected], 516-295-3000 Hewlett — 2BR, 1Bth Totally Renovated, Washer/ ...... $1,650/mo location Includes heat and water. Hewlett — 850+/-SF Offi ce Space on 2nd Floor, Great Dryer In Apt, Hw Floors, High Hats, Ss Appliances, Quartz Call Joan for details 516-319-4482 Location, Close to Public Transportation, For Lease, Countertops, Close To All, Recessed Lighting, Call Joan for details and appointment Five Towns Homes 516-569-5710 516-319-4482 Call for More Details 2 New A/C Units, [email protected], 516-295-3000 New Windows . . $2,500/Mo., No Brokers Fee. Five Towns Homes 516-569-5710 Call Mark Lipner Direct 516-298-8457 Pugatch Far Rockaway — Newly Renovated 3BR, 2Bth, COMMERCIAL REAL Hewlett — 600+/- SF Retail Store on Broadway, Great Realty Corp. 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House, Formal DR, Close To All ...... $2,995/mo Includes all utilities, internet, kitchenette, conference room, [email protected], 516-295-3000 www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 Far Rockaway — Newly Renovated offi ce/storage space available in a beautifully enclosed complex Mincha Minyan and amenities in Lawrence — 985+/-SF Professional Offi ce Suite Lawrence — New Listing, Renovated 1st Flr, 1BR, on Neilson Street. Call Yaakov 516-903-0646, beautiful buiding. in Co-Op Building, Good Parking, HVAC, Close to Public 1Bth Apt In 2 Family Home, Use Of Backyard, Dovid 516-924-1970, Aaron 347-866-6363 Call or Text Sam 516-567-0100 Transportation & Major Highways, For Lease, Washer/Dryer ...... $1,850/mo Inwood — Reasonable prices, Multiple options Call for More Details. www.pugatch.com. 516-295-3000 Far Rockaway — 2 Partially Finished basement [email protected], 516-295-3000 storage spaces available, Individually or together. Bathroom available: Far Rockaway — New Listing, Lovely 2BR Apt, in each; each approximately 850 square feet. 250 sq ft offi ce space Lynbrook — 750SF or 1500SF Retail/Offi ce Spaces, 24HR Doorman, Shabbos Elevator Bldg, Laundry In Bldg, Lg Call Yaakov 516-903-0646, Dovid 800 sq ft offi ce space Street Parking in Great Location, For Lease, LR/DR, Close To LIRR & NY Subway, Close To All 516-924-1970, Aaron 347-866-6363 3650 sq ft beautiful fi nished offi ce space, parking Call Alan for More Details ...... $1,995/mo included in all spaces and Mincha Minyan. [email protected], 516-295-3000 www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 Far Rockaway — Brand new fully equipped Shul on Call or Text Sam 516-567-0100 Neilson Street, Available Immediately. Seats 75-100 People, Oceanside — Various Sized Warehouses with Ample Inwood — Industrial Building W/Ample Parking, Near East Rockaway —House Rental — Great Heating/Air conditioning—Sidduirm, Sforim, Gemorrahs. Parking, Overhead Door, 14’ Ceilings, At Intersection with LIRR Station, Overhead Door, 14-20’ Ceilings, Offi ce Space, House, 3BR, Large Front Porch, Huge Backyard, Bima, Aron Kodesh, Tables, chairs, and Shabbos Oven, Traffi c Light, For Lease, Call Randy for More Details Bathroom, For Lease, Call Arthur for More Details. Near All ...... $2,995/mo. Refrigerator, and Coff ee Station. Separate Men and Womens’ [email protected], 516-295-3000 [email protected], 516-295-3000 www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 entrances—Mechitza in place—Main Entrance, Weather Oceanside —8,000+/-SF Warehouse with Loading protected, 2 Bathrooms, Storage Cubbies. Valley Stream — 2,500+/-SF 1st Floor Offi ce Suite Hewlett — No Fee — Totally Renovated 2BR Apt, Call Yaakov 516-903-0646, Dovid Dock & Overhead Door, 15’ Ceilings, Abundant On-Site in Elevator Building with Private Offi ces, 2 Bathrooms, Parking, For Lease, Call Randy for More Details Quartz Countertops, SS Appliances, Washer/Dryer In Apt, 516-924-1970, Aaron 347-866-6363 Conference Room, Bullpen Area, Kitchenette, On-Site HW Floors, Heat & Water Included, Near All [email protected], 516-295-3000 Far Rockaway — New 2BR, Apartment for Rent, Parking & Handicap Accessible, For Lease, Call Randy for ...... $2,500/mo More Details. Oceanside — Up to 4,600SF Retail Space Available www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 central location ...... $2,200 includes utilities & parking space. [email protected], 516-295-3000 with Rear Door & Parking, Former Restaurant. For Lease, Call Alan for More Details Atlantic Beach — House Rental – Charming Call 718-337-2345 and please leave message Inwood — 420 Doughty Blvd — 1625 S.F. 2BR, Near Beach, EIK, LR/DR, On Lovely Quiet Street, [email protected], 516-295-3000 Kew Gardens Hills — 2 Family House 5BR 2.5Bth, Space includes: Private offi ce, Conference room, Spacious Close To All ...... $2,195/mo. Valley Stream For Rent. For Info, open bullpen area, Kitchen For more information contact: — 900+/-SF Retail Space, Busy www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 Shopping Strip with Plenty of Parking. Can be Divided. Great Call Eduard @ 917-403-5720 [email protected], for Any Retail or Professional Offi ce Use. For Lease, Cedarhurst — New Listing — Large 1BR In 516-579-6600 Cedarhurst — Totally renovated split level. 3 Call Ian for More Details. [email protected], Elevator Bldg, Totally Renovated Lg Lr/Dr, EIK, Cedarhurst — Executive Medical Space — 516-295-3000 Close To All ...... $1,895/Mo Bedroom, 3.5 New Bath. Euro EIK w/ granite countertops. Walk to all. Absolutely mint, Must See! For rent Don’t Miss This Opportunity! Various Sizes Available, www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 All Utilities Included Plus Many Amenities, For Lease. Baldwin — 6,311+-SF Medical Offi ce Bldg. Ground ...... $3,500/Mo Lease for Sale. Good Condition. 100% occupied. Excellent Woodmere — House Rental — Magnifi c ent Call for details. Available Immediately. South Call Ian for More Details [email protected]. 516-295-3000 Parking. Call 516-334-2146 ext. 305 or 6BR Home W/Formal DR, Eik, Large LR & Den, IG-Pool, 3 Car Shore Estates, call Susan: 516-569-4980 [email protected] Attached Garage, Lot Size 189 x 291, 5 Bedrooms On One Cedarhurst — New to market — Level, Hardwood Floors, SD#14 ...... $7,500/mo Commercial Co-op for rent in prime location, Rockville Centre — Newly Renovated Two Story www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 COMMERCIAL REAL good for part time professional, close to all. Call for details. Retail/Professional Bldg with Elevator, Granite Lobby, & Call Joan 516-319-4482 Handicap Ramp, 5000+/- SF Retail W/Full Usable Basement Lawrence — New to Market — Ours Alone ESTATE FOR SALE Five Towns Homes 516-569-5710 Over 5000+/- SF Offi ce Space. For Sale/Lease…Call for — Beautiful, Renovated 1BR Co-op apt on First fl oor. HW More Details. Broker 516-792-6698 Floors, High hats, Crown moldings. Heat, Water, Parking and Hewlett — Various Sized Offi ce Space In Beautiful Suites storage included, great location, Walk all .$1,775/mo Lynbrook — Commercial Co-Op 750 +/- Sf, With Plenty Of On-Site Parking In The Rear Of Building. Woodmere — 4,600+/- SF Brand New Offi ce Building Call Joan for details 516-319-4482 Professional Use, 5 Chair Waiting Room, 2 Exam Rooms, Available Immediately. Tenant Pays Own Utilities Directly. With 24 Car Parking For Lease or For Sale. Call for More Five Towns Homes 516-569-5710 Ample On-Site Parking ...... $75,000 Can Be Combined For Up To A details. Call Mark Lipner Direct 516-298-8457 Pugatch Total Of 6050Sf, For Lease , Call Ian for More Details. Broker 516-792-6698 Lawrence — Co-op for Rent — Beautiful, Realty Corp. E-mail [email protected] [email protected], 516-295-3000 Freshly painted, light and bright 1BR. Updated kitchen, Cedarhurst — 4,000+/-Sf Retail Store with 2,000SF formal DR, Lg LR, New Bath. Heat and Water included, Cedarhurst — Investment Property or Owner/User Hewlett — Various Sized Suites in the Finest Bldg in the Mezzanine, Street & Municipal Parking, Great Location, Parking space, Great location, walk all . . . .$1,725/mo Legal 3 Family House, Upside Potential, For Sale, Call Randy 5 Towns, Medical or Non-Medical Use, 16 Parking Spots, Near LIRR Station, For Lease Call for More Details, Call Joan for details516-319-4482 for More Details For Lease ,Call Ian for More Details [email protected], 516-295-3000 Five Towns Homes 516-569-5710 www.pugatch.com, 516-295-3000 [email protected], 516-295-3000 Continued on Page 82 82 CLASSIFIED ADS COMMERCIAL REAL Continued from Page 81 ESTATE FOR RENT VACATION RENTALS LEGAL NOTICES

COMMERCIAL REAL Woodmere — Several offi ce spaces from 500sf to 1000sf. Miami Beach, Florida — The Carriage NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS Elevator Building. Central Avenue — Prime Location! Ample Club North — 2BR, 2Bths, Kosher granite Kitchen, lg Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Grecham Best; ESTATE FOR RENT Parking. Ideal for Medical/Professional Offi ces. Call Kate for rooms. Shul and Kosher restaurant on premises, access to Vernice Best a/k/a Vernice Cecelia Best a/k/a Vernice C. Best; Details 516-334-2146 beach. Call 718-781-0575 et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated June 11, 2018 Lynbrook Hewlett — 1,500+/-SF Retail Store with Parking, — 1251+/- SF Offi ce Space In Free Standing I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at Bldg, Ground Floor, Heat Included, Garage Or Outdoor Parking Renovated Space with 2 Bathrooms – 1 Handicap, For the Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Street, Room Spaces (Subject To Availability), Ideal For Professional Or LEGAL NOTICES 224, Brooklyn, NY 11201 on September 6, 2018 at 2:30PM, Lease Call for More Details, [email protected], Medical, Great Location, For Lease premises known as 737 Alabama Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 516-295-3000 Call Lenny for More Details. [email protected] 11207. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the 516-295-3000 buildings and improvements Woodmere — 1,000+/-SF Retail Store in Great NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF KINGS WELLS erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, Lynbrook Location, Close to LIRR Station, For Lease — 700 +/-Sf Professional Suite, 1 Bth, 1 Parking FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST ANGUS ALEXANDER, County of Kings, City and State of NY, Block 4320 Lot 50. Call Arthur for More Details, Spot In The Garage. For Lease... Call for More Details SILAS OLLIVIERRE, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Approximate amount of judgment $648,778.22 plus interest [email protected], 516-295-3000 [email protected] 516-295-3000 Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated January 31, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fi l ed Judgment Index# 521205/2016. Jeff rey Dinowitz, Esq.,

August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at Hewlett — 2,000+/-SF Retail Space in Great Location, Oceanside — 2800 +/- SF Space on Long Beach Rd with On-site Parking, Hi Visibility, Good for Professional Use or Retail, the Room 224 of Kings County Supreme Court, 360 Adams Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Municipal Parking Lot in Rear, Close to All, For Lease... Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York For Lease or For Sale…Call for More Details. Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, on September 13, 2018 at 14624 (877) 759-1835 Dated: July 12, 2018 55948 Call for More Details. [email protected], [email protected], 516-295-3000 2:30PM, premises known as 352 LOGAN STREET, BROOKLYN, 516-295-3000 NY 11208. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE Rockville Centre — 3,500 sq. ft., fully wired for Web, SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF NASSAU Lynbrook — 500+/- SF Retail Store with Rear Door, partitioned, will divide. Call 516-322-3555 being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and Street Parking, Close to All, For Lease Call Alan for More State of New York, BLOCK 4153, LOT 73. CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST INC. ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-AMC4, U.S. Details. [email protected], 516-295-3000 Approximate amount of judgment $705,554.95 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fi l ed BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, Plaintiff – Woodmere — 3600+/-SF Retail Space in Woodmere BUSINESS Judgment for Index# 511297/2014. PHILIP KAMARAS, ESQ., against – CHARLES LANKFORD, et al Defendant(s). Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered Shopping Center, Join Gourmet Glatt & Chase Bank, Great OPPORTUNITY on June 11, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at On-Site Parking, Rear Loading, Opposite NY Sports Club & Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 55616 public auction, at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom Woodmere LIRR, Available Fall 2016. For Lease of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, Lynbrook — For Sale, Convenience Store in Call Ian for More Details. NOTICE OF SALE New York 11501, Nassau County, New York on the 28th Day [email protected], 516-295-3000 great location available. Currently active business, with 7 SUPREME COURT- COUNTY OF NASSAU of August, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. All that certain plot, piece years lease remaining. Five parking spaces included. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR CARRINGTON or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements Hewlett — 1,100+/-SF Space Available, Modern Call Joan for details 516-319-4482 MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-FRE1 ASSET-BACKED thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Professional Bldg, Great parking, Ideal for Medical Five Towns Homes 516-569-5710 PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, Plaintiff , Village of Valley Stream, Town of Hempstead, County of Professional/General Offi ce Use, Close to All, AGAINST Nassau and State of New York. For Lease Call for More Details CARLOS PAIZ, et al. Defendant(s) Premises known as 146 Ethel Street, Unit 1, Valley Stream, [email protected], 516-295-3000 Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly (Village of Valley Stream) NY 11580. MISCELLANEOUS entered on February 1, 2018. (SBL#: 37-267-382) Long Beach — Various Offi ce Spaces Available on I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction Approximate amount of lien $899,178.60 plus interest and costs. 2nd Floor, 525-900+/- SF, Separate Bathrooms, Newly at the CCP (Calendar Control Part) Courtroom in the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fi l ed Renovated, For Lease Call for More Details. Yeshiva of South Shore has some membership 11501 on September 11, 2018 at 11:30 AM premises known judgment and terms of sale. [email protected], 516-295-3000 openings in its burial society. By purchasing as 311 Bayview Ave, Inwood, NY 11096. Index No. 16-006001. Lawrence M. Schaff er, Esq., Referee. an individual, couple or family membership, you will All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the Davidson Fink LLP Long Beach — 1428+/- SF Professional Space With 5 be ensured of select plots in one of several New York buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Offi ces, 2 W/Water, Waiting Room, Bathrooms, Reception Area. area cemeteries. For more information on burial society and being in the Town of Inwood, County of Nassau and 28 East Main Street, Suite 1700 Hvac. 5 Parking Spots. For Lease…Call for More Details membership, please call 516-374-7363 or e-mail: State of New York. Section 40, Block 88 and Lot 369. Rochester, NY 14614-1990 [email protected], 516-295-3000 [email protected] Approximate amount of judgment $608,224.55 Tel. 585/760-8218 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to Dated: July 9, 2018 provisions of fi l ed Judgment. Index #13/014094. JANE SHRENKEL, ESQ., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP - Attorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive Suite 200 Melville, NY 11747 SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF KINGS Your Real Estate, CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff - against- RENEE JONES, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated February 5, 2018, I, the Service, or undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Kings County Courthouse 360 Adams Street, Room 224, Brooklyn, NY on September 6, 2018 at 2:30 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Help Wanted Kings, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Westerly side of Powell Street, distant 238.71 feet Southerly from the corner formed by the Ad Here Every intersection of the Westerly side of Powell Street with the Southerly side of Newport Street; being a plot 18.00 feet by 100.09 feet by 18.00 feet by 100.09 feet. Thursday Section 12 Block 3847 Lot 137. Said premises known as 586 POWELL STREET, BROOKLYN, NY 100,000 readers look Approximate amount of lien $388,110.10 plus interest & costs. forward to what’s Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fi l ed Judgment happening in the 5 Towns and Terms of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the by reading The Five Towns sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Jewish Times. Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Index Number 5031/2014. STEVEN Z. NAIMAN, ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP 1 Week ...... $35 Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 99 Powerhouse Road, First Floor, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577 File# 4722.1587 2 Weeks ...... $60 Deadline for 4 Weeks ...... $100 Classified Weekly Ads of up Advertising to 25 words in the next issue is Monday Call: 516-569-0502 August 13, Fax: 516-977-0608 at 5 p.m. Or E-mail ads to: Call 516-569-0502 Classifi[email protected] COMMUNITY NEWS smile of my beloved sister and the love 83 Continued from Page 74 that surrounds her and her family from

her counselors and staff that act as the 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 charge for the next ten months. He then oxygen of Camp HASC; that is what emphasized how in other camps and brings me back year after year. schools, children are evaluated before The schedule included all sorts of being accepted to ensure that they will fun activities: face-painting, rides, infi t in and can be successful, but in Camp cluding a moonwalk, horseback riding, HASC, each and every child is accepted as well as cotton-candy and snow-cone for exactly who they are no matter how stations. At noon, a spectacular lunch delicate and lofty their needs may be. was served in a gym decorated with vi- Rabbi Eisenberger concluded by saying brant balloons. The food presentation that just as the staff show such love and was that of a simcha. A spread with as- care to each camper, so, too, Hashem sorted prepackaged salads, a sushi bar, will surely look at each staff member in hot food (baked ziti, fettuccini alfredo, Camp HASC with love and appreciation mini pizza, blintzes), various wraps, for all the good they do, and ignore their J&J iced coff ee, as well as assorted lem- fl aws. Following the amazing speech onade-fl avored drinks, and a dessert came another round of beautiful danc- booth that featured a choice of about ing with Rabbi Eisenberger, which was Camp HASC Experience Day eight fl avors of ice cream was amazing! an amazing and uplifting scene that will fi rsthand. Some feelings, no matter how miliar with as it touches me to the core The last part of the day was a concert set stay in the hearts and minds of those strong and vocal, cannot be felt through each time I step into those gates, I was up outdoors with emcee par excellence fortunate enough to have witnessed it. words but only measured in the expand- happily surprised to notice my niece Mr. Nachum Segal of JM in the AM and ing heart that makes you feel so incredible and her family walk by. I said to her, “I the NSN Network, and special perform- A Place Of every time you think of the experience. In didn’t know you were coming.” With- ers Meilich Kohn, Mordechai Shapiro, Overwhelming Love a nutshell, that is Camp HASC. out a moment’s hesitation, she said, “Of Simcha Leiner, and Benny Friedman ac- By Chaya Feldstein Still holding my precious sister’s course; we come every year!” While they companied by Yochi Briskman and his I’ve been looking forward to the 6th an- hand, feeling my heart expand with that and I look forward to the stupendous nual Camp HASC Experience Day since overwhelming emotion that I’m so fa- events taking place, it is the precious Continued on Page 84 the beginning of the summer. It is an event that unifi es Klal Yisrael; staff families, friends, and neighbors from diverse communities are invited to witness what occurs on a day-to-day basis in one of the most miraculous places where many fi rsts occur. I marked my calendar as soon as the day was announced and was determined to embrace the fun-fi lled day without yet knowing the schedule of events. Thankfully, I was in for another wonderfully packed day with loads of laughter, heartfelt smiles, and fun! A friend of mine graciously invited me to her summer home for the Shabbos before the day, nearby in the Catskills. I enjoyed a wonderful Shabbos and eagerly awaited a glorious Sunday; I was especially grateful when I awoke to a gorgeous sunny day even though I knew that at Camp HASC it would be shining and radiating regardless of the forecast. Another friend, also in a nearby bun- galow colony and fi rst-time special education teacher at Camp HASC, was eager to take her family to the experience day and warmly extended a ride off er to me. The anticipation mounted as we drove into the parking lot fi lled with professional and welcoming Camp HASC staff directing traffi c. As we walked alongside Parkville Road and saw the cars that fi lled the parking spaces on the road, we marveled at the crowd as it was only 10:15 on a Sunday morning! We were greeted yet again by the street security and were wished a wonderful and enjoyable day. As we walked through the camp’s gates we reached a warm welcoming committee placed under the special tent set up for the occasion that brought smiles to our faces and ensured us that the day would be an astounding one! We were off ered magnets, pens, water bottles, and a schedule of events. On another table, there were blank name tags and colored necklaces to wear with them. Then I turned… and saw Gitty’s price- less smile that Camp HASC encapsu- lates, and I could only hope that all those who make this possible for her and all the other precious holy souls would see this fi rsthand. It is one thing to read about here in this article, but it is an entirely different dimension when you experience it 84 COMMUNITY NEWS HASC: HASC stands for Hasidic, Ash- Continued from Page 83 kenazi, Sefardi, Chiloni! It doesn’t matter what you are and which segment or ROCHELLE'S orchestra and the Mezamrim Choir. group you are part of. If you are a Yid, The ultimate highlight, truth be told, you are included! REVIEWS was watching the campers on stage, Another attendee realized an addi- the dancing and the off -key solos by the tional phenomenon of menschlichkeit By Rochelle Miller stars who make up Camp HASC, their that HASC defi nes. There was absolute- prized campers. Although I was truly en- ly no pushing or shoving even though ticed by the fun-fi lled day and the lunch, there was minimal space due the in- TO SAVE A JEWISH LIFE: what draws me back to Camp HASC is credible crowd. It was clear that the the love and unity that it breeds. sole purpose of the attendees was to be MEOR NYU’S MISSION OF INSPIRING AND EMPOWERING August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, THE NEXT GENERATION f you had the power to save a Jewish life, would you hesitate for even a moment? ITry not to avoid making eye contact when you pass a Jewish kid on the street or sitting next to you on the train. Tragically, his chance of raising a Jewish family is less than 50%. We are living in desperate times. The proportion of Jews who say they have no religion and are Jewish only on the basis of ancestry, ethnicity, or culture is growing born after 1980—the so-called millennial rapidly, and two-thirds of them are not rais- generation—identify as Jews of no religion, The siyatta d’Shmaya that Camp a part of Camp HASC for just a day. The ing their children as Jewish at all. Among compared to 19 percent of baby boomers HASC is comprised of is apparent. They kiddush Hashem that stemmed forth is non-Orthodox Jews, the intermarriage rate and just 7 percent of Jews born before 1927. look at my sister as a true friend: “She sure to bring Mashiach. has soared to 71%, according to the Pew Re- Approximately one-quarter of Jews said re- helps you to be yourself”; “She brings The music stopped at around 2:15 and search Center Survey of U.S. Jews. ligion is very important in their lives, com- out the best in you”; “I call her and dance it was time to say goodbye. That was the Among the more notable fi ndings of the pared to 56 percent of all Americans. with her when I’m in a bad mood, she most diffi cult part of the entire day…to Pew study: Overall, 22 percent of U.S. Jews “The only thing standing between a Jew cheers me up.” The selfl essness, devot- have to leave Camp HASC’s loving en- describe themselves as having no religion and intermarriage is education,” says Rabbi ed care, and pure unadulterated love is circlement and travel back to the city. and the survey fi nds they are much less con- Aaron Eisemann, director of MEOR NYU, ahavas Yisrael at its peak and a model My heart swells with pride as I refl ect nected to Jewish organizations and much an exemplary outreach program connecting for us all to emulate. on the day’s events and all who make it less likely to be raising their children Jew- NYU and lower Manhattan college students Perhaps another interpretation of possible. ish. Broken down by age, 22 percent of Jews to the beauty of their heritage through Shab-

Minyanim in the 5 Towns/Far Rockaway Area Mincha Maariv 1:30 Agudas Achim, Monday- Thursday 7:30 The Shteebel (Main Bais Medrash) 333 Pearsall Avenue, Cedarhurst 7:45 Chabad of the 5 Towns Second floor conference room 8:00 Shaaray Tefila Also 10 minutes before shkiah 1:35 Yeshiva Shor Yashov The White Shul Kollel Avreichem Congregation Tifereth Zvi Rabbi Katz’s Shul (Congregation Shomer Shabbos) Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid (S-Th) Maariv is 15 min. after shkiah 8:05 Young Israel of North Woodmere 1:45 Agudath Israel of Long Island 8:15 Young Israel of Lawrence Cedarhurst (Sundays & legal holidays) The Shteebel (Downstairs in Simcha Hall) Yeshiva Gedolah of the 5 Towns 8:30 Bais Medrash of Harborview 1:50 Yismach Moshe @ The Premier Yismach Moshe @ The Premier 2:00 5 Towns Judaica 8:45 Yeshiva of Far Rockaway 2:15 Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Agudas Israel of Long Island 2:45 Agudath Israel of Long Island 9:00 Young Israel of Woodmere Also 15 minutes before shkiah Yeshiva Shor Yoshov Yeshiva Gedolah of the 5 Towns 9:15 Beis Medrash of Woodmere Young Israel Woodmere (M-Th) Shaaray Tefila (Halacha shiur 15 min. before) Agudas Israel of Long Island 3:00 Judaica Plus Yeshiva Shor Yoshov 4:00 Young Israel of Woodmere (M-Th) Young Israel of Lawrence Cedarhurst 4:15 Adas Yisroel of NY United Hebrew The Shteebel (Downstairs in Simcha Hall) Community of NY Bais Ephraim Yitzchok (M-Th) 6:15 Young Israel of Woodmere (M-Th) Bais Medrash Ateres Yisroel (Rabbi Blumenkrantz) 6:30 Young Israel of Woodmere (M-Th) 9:30 Young Israel of Woodmere Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid (S-Th) 9:45 Yeshiva Shor Yashov Yeshiva Gedolah of the 5 Towns Kehillas Bais Yehuda Tzvi (S-Th) The White Shul 10:00 Young Israel of Woodmere Agudas Israel of Long Island Yeshiva of Far Rockaway The Shteebel (Main Bais Medrash) 10:15 Kollel Avreichem Young Israel of Lawrence-Cedarhurst 10:30 Young Israel of Woodmere Agudas Israel of Long Island Yeshiva Gedolah of the 5 Towns 10:40 Boston Beis Midrash of Lawrence 11:00 Young Israel of Woodmere Boston Beis Midrash of Lawrence 11:15 Kehillas Bais Yehuda (Thursdays) During the winter months Young Israel of Woodmere has a marriv minyan every half hour after 6:30, ending with the 11:00 maariv. 10:40, 11: 00, 11:20 11:40 12:00 Boston Beis Midrash of Lawrence has maariv every 20 minutes from 10:40-12 Boston Beis Midrash of Lawrence To add or modify a listing, please email: [email protected] we make the connection.” 85 Indeed, it is a connection that will forever

impact the students’ lives. 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 “This is my fi rst approach to Jewish thought since my bar mitzvah,” attests Paul Leybov a MEOR NYU community member. “The rabbis are so approachable. There is always a place to go to feel connected.” “MEOR NYU has changed my perspective of Judaism. I’ve come to better appreciate Judaism because I understand it,” comments Paul. “If not for MEOR, you’d have people calling themselves Jewish without knowing what Judaism is all about.” Each one of us has the power to save Jew- ish lives, and performing this tremendous mitzvah is well within our reach. “Many of our donors and supporters say that they see these kids on the street and they want to do bat dinners, Torah learning, fellowships, something,” says Rabbi E!. “By supporting professional internships, international trav- cusing upon is educating the students about “We have students who are on the street MEOR, that is what you are doing—you are el, and mentoring. their rich heritage to fi nd out what Judaism at the table, reaching out to connect other enabling us to stand out on the street and “There are between 10,000 and 15,000 is all about.” students to MEOR NYU to learn about their hand out fl yers and introduce them to their Jewish university students in the New Rabbi Eisemann, known as Rabbi E! roots,” Rabbi E! explained. “They are so ap- heritage and to what could be for them a York area, but most of them have very lit- throughout the MEOR NYU Community, preciative of how they have been inspired very rich and beautiful Jewish life.” tle connection to Judaism, although many of which he has been an integral part of the by MEOR NYU, they want to ‘give back’ by You are cordially invited to attend a Wine did attend Hebrew school. At MEOR NYU, fabric for the past 12 years, derives much reaching out to others and help them con- and Sushi Event to benefi t MEOR NYU Col- we reach out to these students to make the nachas in facilitating each student’s spiritu- nect to Judaism and become part of the lege Kiruv in Lower Manhattan on Thurs- connection. Our basic format is to stand on al journey, particularly when a MEOR NYU community.” day, August 16 at 7:30 p.m., at the home of the street at a table and casually greet pass- alumnus marries and raises a Torah-obser- During the follow-up phone call to the Alex and Esther Shulman, 538 Hazel Drive ing students, inquiring whether they are vant family. prospective MEOR NYU member, a meet- in Woodmere. Please show your support for Jewish. If they say they are, we ask them, “To participate in the growth and blos- ing is arranged at a neutral venue, such as a MEOR by attending this elegant event. Tiz- ‘Hey, do you want to go to Israel?’ About ten soming of a Jewish soul is an incredible Starbucks or other coff ee shop. There, de- ku l’mitzvos! to fi fteen percent of the students passing by privilege,” he says. void of any pressure, the education process stop to speak to us and want to know more The fi rst seeds to this spiritual growth are begins. Rochelle Maruch Miller is a contributing about it. It’s a bit awkward standing on a planted during the aforementioned encoun- “We tell them about all the programs we editor for the Five Towns Jewish Times. She is a journalist, creative media consultant, street corner, especially when you are by ter with the students on the street. Those off er at MEOR NYU, such as the Israel trip, lecturer, and educator, and writes for yourself, but once you see the quality of the who express interest in signing up for a free Shabbatons, learning program, and fellow- magazines, newspapers, websites, and private people and their desire to grow and learn trip to Israel leave their name and phone ships, and discuss what MEOR NYU is all clients. She welcomes your comments at more about their heritage, it is very exciting. number and are contacted soon thereafter about—our initiatives and our community,” [email protected]. Read more of We don’t push observance; what we are fo- by a MEOR NYU staff member. said Rabbi E! “It is usually through a trip that Rochelle Miller’s articles at 5TJT.com. 86 the Polish name “Aschven- thanks to their great rab- of his empire in the entire tchim” and which Jews had bis. One shudders when one territory of Poland. THE FORGOTTEN always called “Oshpitzin.” hears, in the train station in The tens of Poles who are Throughout the whole Krakow, how two girls ask flying from Warsaw to Kra- OF AUSCHWITZ journey from the Krakow for tickets to Tchebin, or kow on the small Lot air- airport, which is near a when the voice over the mi- plane, a journey of no more TRANSLATION BY P. SAMUELS village called Bartiza, fac- crophone lists once-Jewish than forty minutes, are en- es of friends who survived towns where the train will grossed in Tribuna Lodu or he following is a gassed bodies were brought Auschwitz and do not stop stop. Dzienink Varshavski (local translation of an ar- to the ovens, there are, on ei- talking about the torture Thoughts are stormy newspapers). The Polish T ticle written by Nison ther side of the stairs, smol- that Jews, specifically Jews and stir up piercing ques- hostesses are serving every- Gordon, z'l. It first appeared dering oil-filled pots that more than others, suffered, tions each time one passes one cold drinks with a friend- in Yiddish in the Algemeiner give off smoke. This is in come to mind. And here, a sign that says how many ly “thank you” and “please,” Journal on August 26, 1983. memory of the victims, and there’s a cross under the fire kilometers it is to Katovitz. though I imagine that in the Among all the gruesome they also produce an odor, as that is supposed to honor the [Note from translator: Ka- pilot’s cabin there are a few things that you see today in a memorial to the Holocaust. memory of those who did not tovitz was the town where armed guards to prevent the

August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, Auschwitz, in the “Pantsvu- Hanging under the memorial get out of Auschwitz alive. leading rabbis of the time pilot from diverting to Ber- vi Museum” organized by pots is a cross. Auschwitz (Aschvent- met to form the Agudah.] lin, as happened a few weeks the Polish government, what The symbol of the hatred chim, Oshpitzin) was, until Oy, how many hot debates ago. shakes you up the most is the to Jews that led to the exter- the war, a beautiful Jewish and stormy discussions you They all couldn’t care less fact that the murderer wants mination of over two million town. The first Bobover Reb- heard at conventions and about Auschwitz. to be, and actually did be- Jews, Hy'd, in Auschwitz, be, Reb Shlomo (after whom conferences regarding Ka- American Poles also travel come, the one who lights the has become the candle light- the current Rebbe, shlita, is tovitz and the program that to see the historic Polish Kra- memorial candle. er for their memory despite named), was rav in Oshpitz- was then formulated for re- kow. There are also tourists At the exit (or perhaps this the fact that the name Jew is in before becoming rav in ligious Jews 70 years ago. who look like Arabs, whom was the entrance) to the cre- not mentioned in the litera- Bobov. Here in Oshpitzin, he There are those who, even you meet later in the Holiday matorium, where there still ture that you receive in the laid the foundation for the today, do not move away Inn where they are indulg- are the wagons in which the city, which is now called by blooming Bobover dynasty from what was decided in ing in all kinds of pleasures. that now has its throne in Katovitz. There are others “The Syrians are here” is the Boro Park. There is a Chas- who argue that “something” excuse the hotel staff uses sidic Jew in the Bobover did change in the Jewish when the staff members can- shul in Boro Park who is the world since Katovitz. not fulfill one of our requests. son-in-law of the last rav in Poland itself does not have They, too, couldn’t care Oshpitzin, Rabbi Elya Bom- a Jewish Katovitz anymore. less about Auschwitz. bach, Hy’d, who composed a In total, Katovitz has only But a Jew is traveling to learned sefer Maamar Eliya- one of the nine shuls and Auschwitz and wants to fol- hu. thirteen shtieblach, which low the final footsteps of the Auschwitz is part of a Yeshi Kaarnatski, the direc- millions of holy and pure chain of Jewish towns in tor of the committee of the Jews and to inhale at least Jewish Galicia that be- Holy Congregations of Po- a bit of the unimaginable came part of Jewish history land in Warsaw, lists as part martyrdom the Jewish nation endured. He wants to absorb at Passing a road sign that showed the 87 least a bit of the echoes of the “Ani way to Vadovitz, I was told by a Jew

Ma’amins” and the “Shema Yisraels” from Krakow, named Moshe Mey- ISRAELI AIR FORCE GETS 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 that Jews cried and whimpered with er Yam, that this is the birthplace of their last bit of strength. He also the current Pope, and also the birth- FIRST-EVER FEMALE wants to see for himself again and place of the current community head again the cruelty that Esau is capable of Krakow, Rabbi Tzvi Jakobowitz, SQUADRON COMMANDER of committing and the danger that is and that they maintain a friendly re- threatening Jews by Esau, regardless lationship. Jakobowitz himself also he Israeli Air Force has ap- she was “happy with the appoint- of the name he carries or the flag in told me that on his last visit to Kra- pointed the first female ment,” which she called “a great which he wraps himself. kow the Pope embraced his former T squadron commander in its privilege alongside a great responsi- But when you get there and you friend from Vadovitz. 70-year history. bility.” pass through the infamous gates What’s the purpose of this friend- According to Israel’s Channel Two, “The real work is ahead of me,” she bearing the words “Arbeit Macht ship if, at the same time that the Pope the commander, who for security added. “I’m proud to serve in the Air Frei” (work makes one free), you see was preparing for his high position in reasons is referred to only as “G.,” Force.” that the world even begrudges us the the Catholic Church, Jews were be- will be promoted to lieutenant col- Galia Wallach, chairwoman of the martyrdom of Auschwitz. ing burned a few kilometers from his onel and put in charge of the 122nd Israeli women’s rights organization “Block 27” is the only place dedi- town, and his co-religionists looked Squadron, known as “Nachshon.” Naamat, hailed G.’s accomplish- cated to “martirologia Dzidov,” the on in silence or even helped ignite The squadron is composed of planes ment, saying, “We are talking about suffering of the Jews. There are so the flame? specifically geared toward intelli- another goal achieved and we must few visitors that the caretaker did The gas chambers in Auschwitz are gence gathering. ensure that it’s not the last. I praise not know what to do first for the two now empty, the crematoria are shut, The 34-year-old G. has been ac- the IDF, the Air Force commander, tourists who did enter her domain. and the ashes of the victims are scat- tive in the Air Force since 2003, and especially Lieutenant Colonel G. She showed a film about Hitler’s tered. and has served in several command who won the post through merit and rise to power and about the destruc- But the gruesomeness of the cross positions, including deputy com- not pity. The IDF sent an important tion caused by the Nazis in Berlin on near the smoking pots of oil at the mander of the Nachshon Squadron message today to Israeli women— Kristallnacht. Most of the material in exit of the crematorium is still there itself. even the skies are not the limit for “Block 27” consists of copies of Nazi today. G.—currently a major—said that you.” (Algemeiner) orders in the ghettos and pictures of suffering Jews under the Nazis. In all the other blocks there is no mention or recognition of what Aus- chwitz meant for Jews. Entire walls are covered with pictures of Poles who were in Auschwitz, but without Jewish faces and without Jewish names among them. Where are the piles of leftover things from the victims? Friends told me that there is also a pile of tallesim. If there was a pile of tallesim it’s not there anymore. You see piles of shoes, piles of household goods that the victims had taken along with them, thinking that they were going to work. When you come in to the room with a pile of valises, you see to whom the shoes and household goods had be- longed. On the valises, in large letters, are written the names of their owners: Mantzer, Lefkowitz, Fischer, Ka- polowitz, and more and more, hundreds of Jewish names that once were Polish Jews. There is a post office in the camp where one can buy postcards of pictures depicting Auschwitz, which you can send out to anywhere in the world. The postcards are wrapped in an envelope which has information about Auschwitz: how many millions were tortured there and how many murders took place there. If you search through it for one single word, one single letter, about Jews, you will come up empty. There is not even a hint that Auschwitz was supposed to be, G-d forbid, the grave of the entire Jewish nation. Poles were sitting placidly in the restaurant that’s in the same building as the post office, quaffing beer with the hamburgers they were served. At another table sat a disconsolate Jew who wrote on a postcard to New York, “A horrendous, awful day…we saw with our own eyes everything that we had heard until today. Every- thing is true and accurate.” Not only is everything true, but in Auschwitz itself they want to deny the truth. 88 JEWISH FEDERATION JOINS CRITICS OF ISRAEL’S NATION-STATE LAW he Jewish Federations of North 19 as a Basic Law enshrines Israel as “the America and the Internation- national home of the Jewish people” for the Tal Fellowship of Christians and ﬁ rst time; critics say many provisions in the Jews, two organizations that provide law are discriminatory toward the coun- major funding to projects in Israel, have try’s non-Jewish minorities. It has sparked joined the chorus of criticism against Is- widespread criticism at home, within the rael’s controversial new nation-state law. international community, and with Jewish JFNA, which donates millions of dol- groups abroad. lars to Israel and the Jewish Agency for The International Fellowship of Chris- Israel annually, focused its criticism on tians and Jews also criticized the law dissatisfaction with the law among Is- this week, issuing a statement urging the

August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, rael’s Druze community, whose mem- Israeli government to amend it “so that bers say its provisions render them sec- it includes ‘equality’ for Druze and other ond-class citizens. minorities.” The group raises more than In a statement Thursday that a spokes- $140 million per year, mostly from Chris- person posted on Facebook, the umbrella tians, to assist Israel and the Jewish peo- group for federations across North Amer- ple. ica said it stands “shoulder to shoulder Last week, the Anti-Defamation with the Druze community” and urged League expressed “strong concern” over Israeli legislators “to work with the com- the law, calling for a “reformulation of el- munity as soon as possible to address ements in the bill that could undermine their very real concerns. Israel’s cherished democratic charac- “As strong supporters of Israel, we ter, exacerbate relations between Israeli were disappointed that the government Jews and Israeli Arabs as well as those passed legislation which was eff ectively a between Israel and Diaspora Jews, and step back for all minorities.” indeed, impair Israel’s international rep- The nation-state law that passed on July utation.” Remember that article? Visit our archive section and ﬁnd any issue of the 5 Towns Jewish Times online @ www.5TJT.com 89 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 90 August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10, 91 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES • August 10, 2018 92 August 10, 2018 • 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES JEWISH TOWNS 2018 • 5 August 10,