See Page 33 See Page 50 $1.00 WWW.5TJT.COM VOL. 9 NO. 36 27 SIVAN 5769 jka ,arp JUNE 19, 2009 INSIDE FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK A CHANGE OF HEART MindBiz BY LARRY GORDON Esther Mann, LMSW 26 Victorious At Last Bibi’s Speech Hannah Reich Berman 28 One of the most genuine would care for the political Travel Section 31 self-sacrificing activists for comparison. But it is precisely Israel over the years was Rabbi the brutal Kahane-type hon- New Beginnings Meir Kahane, o.b.m. Sure, esty that Bibi employed in his Phyllis J. Lubin 58 you may have thought that his two-state speech Sunday night pronouncements were too that has caused our Palestin- P Daf Yomi Insights h extreme, and they made many ian peace partners to reject o t o Rabbi Yosef Sebrow 73 B y of us uncomfortable. Although the prime minister’s recom- D u d i V long gone, at diplomatic junc- mendations so thoroughly. a k n i tures such as the one now So I suppose if, philosophi- n evolving, Kahane’s voice par- cally, Kahane and Netanyahu Former President Jimmy Carter made a first-time visit to the community of ticularly resonates. Prime have anything in common, it is Neve Daniel in Gush Etzion last Sunday, where he met with the region’s mayor, Shaul Goldstein. Surprisingly, Carter said that he did not envision Minister Netanyahu is not this part of Israel, liberated in 1967, as being part of any future Palestinian Kahane—and neither of them Continued on Page 10 state. See Story, Page 63 FATHERS AND SONS HEARD IN THE BAGEL STORE B Y RAV ARYEH Z. cle was not about the strain of Rav Simcha Kook GINZBERG the relationship between the Wedding of Aviva Thau CHOFETZ CHAIM TORAH CENTER new governments in Eretz BY LARRY GORDON and Meyer Chill. Yisrael and Washington; nor Simcha Supplement In Memory Of Yonah was it about the threat coming If you love Eretz Yisrael— Page 36 Baumel, a’h out of Iran that grows more the Land of Israel—then you A recent brief article in one frightening with each passing just have to love Rav Simcha of the weekly Jewish newspa- day. Rather, it was a mere few ha’kohen Kook, Chief Rabbi pers so disturbed me that it lines that announced the of Rehovot in Israel. The caused me to have at least one passing of Yonah Baumel, rabbi—who was recently in sleepless night, and at least several restless days. The arti- Continued on Page 12 Continued on Page 55 Moving Up And Out? Manicures CHILDREN Political leaders at the Israel & Halachah MOVE ON Day Parade. See Page 57 BY RABBI YAIR HOFFMAN Our Aliyah Chronicle, Part 118 What Torah mitzvah might B Y SHMUEL KATZ be involved in getting a mani- cure? (Hint: An acronym for This is going to be a tough the mitzvah is beis, tav, sin.) week to write. I had original- Before you read further, go ly intended to discuss ahead and take a break. Ask changes in my life, both per- around and see if people you sonal and professional. know are aware of the answer. However, my denial of events Representatives of the Orthodox Jewish Community of Norfolk, VA, speaking The Chofetz Chaim, in his work couldn’t stop time, and our Hosting the governor in with participants in the Orthodox Union’s Emerging Communities Fair, Lawrence. See Page 9 held last week at Touro College in Manhattan. 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Bottom (L–R): Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Mr. Hikind, Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, Assemblywoman Pfeffer, and Mr. Lifschitz. 5 TOWNS JEWISH TIMES June 19, 2009 9 FROM THE EDITOR FEATURES Continued from Front Cover Editor’s Note: Comments of the editor interspersed in an interview outright Arab rejection of their proposals with Malcolm Hoenlein (“From the Around The Five Towns 70 P.O. BOX 690 LAWRENCE, NY 11559 for peace. Yes, Kahane did advocate Editor’s Desk: Natural Growth,” 516-984-0079 clearly and unashamedly that Arabs who June 5) may have appeared to be [email protected] Classified Ads 78 [email protected] do not want to live as law-abiding citi- attributed to Mr. Hoenlein. In addi- zens in Israel should be transferred out tion, Mr. Hoenlein did not mention LARRY GORDON ESTA J. GORDON Daf Yomi Insights Publisher/Editor Managing Editor and relocated elsewhere in the Arab any organizations in his comments. Rabbi Yosef Sebrow 73 YOSSI GORDON, YOCHANAN GORDON world. Netanyahu would not and cannot We regret any misrepresentation or Sales Managers utter anything resembling those senti- any misunderstanding. The Dish ments, but his conditions for setting up CHANA ROCHEL ROSS Elke Probkevitz 52 Editorial Assistant a Palestinian state alongside Israel are in do anything resembling that, either. SIDI BARON direct contravention to everything the The words that were being thrown Five Towns Simcha YAKOV SERLE Arab world has been hoping for and around about sharing sovereignty were Special Supplement 36 JERRY MARKOVITZ fighting for over the last several decades. just a way to get a civilized process Sales Representatives The fact is that Netanyahu’s posi- going. The objective was always to get Insights On The Torah SHMUEL GERBER MICHELE JUSTIC tions are really not different than those the human aspect of the talks under Chief Copy Editor Copy Editor of Ariel Sharon, Ehud Olmert, Ehud way, and then the parties could Rabbi Yanki Tauber 60 CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Barak, or Tzipi Livni. Believing other- attempt to seek some common ground R’ Ben Tzion Shafier 62 Hannah Reich Berman, Anessa V. Cohen, Rabbi Aryeh Z. Ginzberg, Toby Klein Greenwald, wise requires subscribing to a special where they might be able to meet and Rabbi Yair Hoffman, Miriam Horowitz, brand of intellectual dishonesty. The move forward from there. Letters To The Editor 33 Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky, Shmuel Katz, only differences between those past Both parties maintain positions that Phyllis J. Lubin, Esther Mann, Rochelle Miller, and possibly future leaders of Israel are maximalist, the Palestinians more Luach 8 Martin Mushell, Elke Probkevitz, Naomi Ross, Rachael Schindler, Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow, and Netanyahu are the word combina- so than the Israelis. The process as it Eli Shapiro, Ari Sher tions they use and possibly the things has existed from the start of the Oslo MindBiz Esther Mann, LMSW 26 DOV GORDON, ELISHEVA ELEFANT they utter in private with their accords in 1993 has always had an Staff Graphic Artists Palestinian counterparts. unworkable and corrupted dimension Mother’s Musings IVAN NORMAN, IRA THOMAS What Benjamin Netanyahu did to it. The lopsided equation called for Staff Photographers more than anything else in his Sunday Israel to move around and uproot peo- Phyllis J. Lubin 58 FRANKEL & CO. night speech was broach the subject of ple from their homes, while all the Design & Production peace with the Palestinians with more Palestinians had to do was make an Real Estate TALIYE CORLEY candor and penetrating truth than any effort—without any success Anessa V. Cohen 30 Art Director other prime minister in a long time. required—to rein in terror and try to SARAH GREENBAUM No prime minister of Israel—not even suppress anti-Israel incitement in their That’s The Way It Is! Assistant Art Director Rabin or Peres—was going to award schools and other institutions. A cou- Hannah Reich Berman 28 The Five Towns Jewish Times is an independent weekly news- East Jerusalem to anyone as a capital ple of years ago, when it became inter- paper.