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THEJEWISHHOMEA PUBLICATION OF THE FIVE TOWNS & QUEENS COMMUNITY may 23 - may 29, 2013 | DistributeD in the Five towns, Queens & brooklynWeekly
137 SPRUCE STREET 516-569-2662— See page 5, 62 & 63 —
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Ezra FriEdlandEr of the friedlander Group
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Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser Addresses the Crowd at the Kollel Tiferes Avos Breakfast
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Mesivta Ateres Yaakov Wins YI Basketball Championship
TAG Alumnae Come Home and Share Fifty Years of Memories
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Young Israel of Woodmere Celebrates its Fifty-Third Annual Dinner Banquet
A Private Look at a Public Man
Digging in the Rain: Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh Groundbreaking a Huge Success
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A Day Commemorating the Tragedies of Eastern
and Western Europe
The TwenTieTh of Sivan
The Best of the BBQDishes to Serve Your Family and Friends
To Start the Summer Season
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Dear Readers,
My husband and I moved to Lawrence almost six years ago. We found the perfect house for us at the time and we unknowingly chose the best block to live on. Last summer, my son thought that he lived in our neighbors’ homes. Right after camp, he would hop on his bike and spend time with his friends eating ices, splashing in the sprinklers and jumping on the trampoline. On Shabbos afternoons, he spends his time bouncing from house to house. Over Shavuos, we got to see how much like a bungalow colony our block truly is. On the two afternoons of yom tov, the children spent their time playing dodge ball in the street. (How many hours of one game can you play? Honestly, I was never much of a “sports person.” I prefer to cheer on the players on the side.) My children, who were younger than the players, were able to sit on the sidelines and check out the action. The good, ol’ sportsmanship spirit was evident. When one team won, there were minor congratulations, and then the next game began. It was too much fun for them to stop.
This week, Baila Rosenbaum takes a peek into the life of a very public man. Ezra Friedlander hobnobs with the who’s-who on Capitol Hill. He has met with all the presidents since George H. W. Bush and has the utmost admiration for Bill Clinton. Most remarkable about Ezra, though, is the fact that he is noticeably and proudly an Orthodox Jew. He dresses in his “frock” and sports a beard and large, black yarmulke. Although he never went to college, Ezra is schooled in the art of politics and knows how and what to say to the politicians and leaders he meets. A peek into his life offers insight and lessons for all Jews in and out of the public eye.
Every year, the Village of Cedarhurst hosts a Memorial Day parade and service. The parade marches down Central Avenue and participants wave flags to greet the heroic veterans and leaders of our town. Two years ago, my husband and I took our two children to the parade. We had so much fun! Check out the smiles on my kids’ faces in the picture here. Wearing their red, white and blue, they waved their flags and marveled at the antique cars and trucks, marching bands and local leaders in the parade. It is an honor to salute the hardworking men and women of our country who valiantly fought for our freedoms. I urge all readers to try their utmost to attend the parade—can’t wait to see you there!
Memorial Day is the start of the summer. I am looking forward to many more games played in the street on long Shabbos afternoons. I’ll be sure to cheer on the sidelines and be the one providing refreshments to our hardworking block players!
As always, we look forward to hearing from our readers. For those of you who are celebrating Memorial Day at the parade or at family gatherings, send us your pictures! We’d love to feature you in our next issue!
Wishing you a warm, wonderful Memorial Day,
Shoshana
Friday, May 24 Parshas Beha’aloschaCandle Lighting: 7:57
Shabbos Ends: 9:03 Rabbeinu Tam: 9:28
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>>Letters to the Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
>>CommunityReaders’ Poll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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>> IsraelIsrael News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
>> PeopleCover Story: A Private Look at a Public Man: Ezra Friedlander of the Friedlander Group . . . . . . . . . . 73
Rabbi Chaplain Herschel Schacter: 1917-2013 . . . 78
A World After This: The Story of Lola Lieber . . . . .104
>>ParshaThe Shmuz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
>> Jewish ThoughtIf at First You Don’t Succeed, by Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
The Twentieth of Sivan: A Day Commemorating the Tragedies of Eastern and Western Europe . . . . . . . 80
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Dear Editor,You can learn a lot about past history
by reading “A Hero During the Battle of Custer’s Last Stand” (Forgotten Heroes by Avi Heiligman – May 9). The article is worthy of any high school or college history class covering Lt. Col. George Custer and the 7th Cavalry at the Bat-tle of Little Big Horn. I never knew that one of the 24 Medal of Honor recipients from this event was a George Geiger – a Jewish soldier from Ohio. One doesn’t have to be Jewish to appreciate the con-tinued great written works of Avi Heilig-man found in our very own The Jewish Home. Sincerely,Larry PennerGreat Neck
To the Readers,This year the United States Holo-
caust Memorial Museum marked Ho-locaust remembrance by honoring the legacy of the “Liberators,” those Amer-ican soldiers who liberated the Nazi concentration camps. Many historians contend that every soldier who took up arms against the Nazis to defend this great nation in World War II deserves to be called a liberator.
Every year, the villages of Lawrence and Cedarhurst gather together to hon-or the memory of those who fought so bravely for us all in the Armed Forces of the United States. Among the fallen are those who made the ultimate sacrifice in WWII. We are proud to hold a pa-rade every Memorial Day running from Lawrence to Cedarhurst Park. Atten-dance at our parade has been less than impressive in recent years and the num-ber of World War II veterans is dwin-dling. I therefore urge you to remind your respective congregations, neigh-bors, and friends of the great honor that you do for the memory of the fallen, for the legacy of those still living and for our great country by participating and attending the parade on the morning of May 27th starting at 10:30 am.
Just come to Central Avenue be-tween Washington Ave and Cedarhurst Ave and grab a flag.
As a community, we owe this coun-try and those who fought for us a tre-mendous debt of gratitude. I look for-ward to seeing you there.Michael Fragin Trustee and Fire Commissioner Village of Lawrence
Dear Editor, I am proud to be an American. I
appreciate the freedoms that this coun-try offers me and my family. Each year,
our community and other communi-ties around the nation host parades and ceremonies honoring the heroes of this great nation on Memorial Day. Two years ago, my family and I joined in the parade marching down Central Avenue and proudly saluted our veterans. (Last year, the parade came out on Shavuos and we were not able to attend.) This year, I am torn. My son attends a local yeshiva and has a half day of school. I want him to attend the parade and hon-or our heroes but I am reluctant to take him out of school. I’d like to ask your readers and the schools of the com-munity this question: Are our schools honoring Memorial Day by giving our children a half a day of school? If they feel that school is important and trumps the local celebration, then our children should be given a full day of school. If they feel that Memorial Day is integral to our American culture, then they should give our children a full day off with am-ple time to attend local events.
I still do not know if I will take my son to the Memorial Day parade in town. I do know that I will be there, waving my flag proudly. I hope to see you too and I’d like to hear what other readers have to say about my dilemma.Sincerely,Atara Federman
Dear Editor,Six months later and I am still im-
pressed. Achiezer never ceases to amaze me. I wanted to thank South Shore Bi-cycles (through the help of Achiezer) for their countless efforts over this past weekend. As an observer on Friday in the hot sun and on Sunday in the pour-ing rain, Justin and his crew worked tirelessly to help our community receive used bikes for those affected by the hur-ricane. As my son happily looked at his new bright orange bike, I can honestly say that this chessed was “one for the kids.” So thank you Justin and your staff for ensuring that each used bike donated was allocated safely and properly. A proud resident
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GlobalBill Gates Reclaims
Title of World’s Richest
Move over, Carlos Slim! U.S. billion-aire Bill Gates has reclaimed his title as the world’s richest person.
In 2007, Gates gave up the title of world’s richest person to Mexican busi-nessman Carlos Slim but as of 4 p.m. New York time on Thursday, May 16, Gates’ fortune was valued at $72.7 bil-lion, according to the Bloomberg Bil-lionaires Index, making him the wealth-iest person on the planet. His fortune is
worth more than $550 million ahead of Carlos Slim, who has a $72.1 billion net worth.
The co-founder of Redmond, Wash-ington-based Microsoft Corp. has seen his fortune increase about $10 billion this year. The software maker’s shares hit a five-year high on Thursday, and have advanced 28% year-to-date. Slim’s for-tune has dropped more than $2 billion this year as Mexico’s Congress passed a bill to quash the market dominance of the 73-year-old billionaire’s America Movil SAB.
Don’t agonize, Mr. Slim, you will be alright! “When they’re talking about reform in a country that’s gener-ally poor, and the guy shows up No. 1 on the list – not a good thing,” said Greg Lesko, managing director at New York-based Deltec Asset Management LLC, which oversees $750 million and has an “underweight” position in Slim’s flag-ship company. “He’s had a pretty good monopoly situation in Mexico, and the Mexican cellphone user has been paying more than he should. We applaud it for the country.”
Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hatha-way is the world’s third richest person,
with an estimated fortune of $59.7 bil-lion, up 24.6% over a year ago.
No Toilet Paper in Venezuela
Venezuela has been suffering from shortages recently. At first, citizens found that there was a scarcity of milk. Then it was butter and coffee and then cornmeal. Now the country seems to be suffering from a lack of toilet paper. The government is desperately trying to import 50 million rolls of toilet paper to prevent most supermarket shelves from running out of stock. These items are staples in countries across the world, but in this nation in South America even the
most basic necessities have become lux-uries.
Some economists say the shortages of these essential products are the re-sult of the socialist government’s price control policies. But President Nicolas Maduro, who was selected by the dying Hugo Chavez to carry on his “Bolivari-an revolution,” insists that the shortages come from a conspiracy campaign di-rected by the opposition and rich sectors of society to destabilize the country.
Venezuelans are not happy with their government’s efforts that may be com-ing too late. “This is the last straw,” said Manuel Fagundes, a shopper searching for tissue paper in downtown Caracas. “I’m 71-years-old and this is the first time I’ve seen this.”
Many supermarkets are completely out of toilet tissue. When new shipments arrive, stores quickly become jammed with customers grabbing the scarce commodity. “I’ve been looking for it for two weeks,” said Cristina Ramos. “I was told that they had some here and now I’m in line.”
Economists say Venezuela’s short-ages stem from price controls meant to make basic goods available to the poor-
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est parts of society and the government’s controls on foreign currency. “State-con-trolled prices — prices that are set below market-clearing price — always result in shortages. The shortage problem will only get worse, as it did over the years in the Soviet Union,” said Steve Hanke, professor of economics at Johns Hop-kins University.
The government also announced re-cently it would import 760,000 tons of food.
Women’s Rights Resisted in Afghanistan
Conservative religious lawmakers obstructed legislation that was intend-ed to strengthen provisions for women’s freedoms in Afghanistan. The group ar-gued that parts of the legislation violate Islamic principles and encourage dis-obedience. The aggressive opposition il-lustrates just how fragile women’s rights are, even over a decade after the Taliban regime was ousted.
While Taliban was in power, Af-ghan women were basically prisoners of
their own homes. They were forced to wear burqas, not allowed to wear high heels and the windows on the first floor of their homes were painted so no one would be able to see the women inside. Even the word “women” was not per-mitted to be seen in public, as names like “women’s garden” were changed to “spring garden.” A woman had to be escorted everywhere by her male com-panion. But even now, after the Taliban is not officially in power, they are not afforded the basic rights women world-wide are afforded.
Khalil Ahmad Shaheedzada, a con-servative lawmaker for Herat province, said the legislation was withdrawn shortly after being introduced in parlia-ment because of an uproar by religious parties who said parts of the law are un-Islamic. “Whatever is against Islam-ic law, we don’t even need to speak about it,” Shaheedzada said.
The Law on Elimination of Violence Against Women has been in effect since 2009, but only by presidential decree. It is being brought before parliament now because lawmaker Fawzia Kofi, a women’s rights activist, wants to make
it permanent with a parliamentary vote to prevent its potential reversal by any future president who might be tempted to repeal it to accommodate religious parties.
The law criminalizes, among other things, child marriage and forced mar-riage, and bans “baad,” the traditional practice of exchanging girls and women to settle disputes. It makes domestic vio-lence a crime punishable by up to three years in prison.
Kofi, who plans to run for president in next year’s elections, said she was dis-appointed because among those who oppose upgrading the law from presi-dential decree to legislation passed by parliament are women. Afghanistan’s parliament has more than 60 female lawmakers, mostly due to constitution-al provisions reserving certain seats for women.
Lawmaker Shaheedzada feels that the law can potentially encourage dis-obedience among girls and women, say-ing it reflected Western values not ap-plicable in Afghanistan. “Even now in Afghanistan, women are running from their husbands. Girls are running from home,” Shaheedzada said. “Such laws give them these ideas.”
Since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, women’s freedoms have improved vastly, but Afghanistan remains a deeply con-servative culture.
Lawmaker Rahmani, who said Pres-ident Hamid Karzai should never have issued the decree, wants it changed, if not repealed. “We cannot have an Is-lamic country with basically Western laws,” he said.
Kerry Appoints Anti-Semitism EnvoyA new State Department report
warned about anti-Semitic incidents in-creasing across the globe, particularly in
Venezuela, Egypt and Iran. The report said the increase was “of great concern.” On Monday, Secretary of State John Kerry named Ira Forman as special en-voy to monitor and combat anti-Semi-tism around the world. Forman was the long-time executive director of the Na-tional Jewish Democratic Council.
“When political leaders condoned anti-Semitism, it set the tone for its persistence and growth in countries around the world,” the report said. “Of great concern were expressions of an-ti-Semitism by government officials, by religious leaders and by the media, par-ticularly in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran. At times, such statements led to desecra-tion and violence.”
In Venezuela, the report said state-controlled media published nu-merous anti-Semitic statements, in par-ticular aimed at opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles, a devout Catholic who has Jewish ancestors. The politician was narrowly defeated by President Nicolas Maduro in the April 19 election and is contesting the result in the nation’s top court. His maternal grandparents fled anti-Semitism in Po-land.
The report said anti-Semitic senti-ment in the media was widespread and cited anti-Semitic comments by Egyp-tian President Mohamed Mursi and offi-cials from the Muslim Brotherhood. In Iran, the government regularly vilified Judaism, the report said. Vandals dese-crated several Holocaust memorials in Ukraine, and in May, vandals painted swastikas on a St Petersburg synagogue’s fence and on a synagogue in Irkutsk, Russia.
In addition, the report also sin-gled out China, North Korea, Vietnam, Myanmar, Saudi Arabia and Syria for undermining or attacking religious free-dom.
Kerry said the annual report was an attempt to make progress in the fight for more religious freedom around the world “even though we know that it
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may cause some discomfort.” “When countries undermine or attack religious freedom, they not only unjustly threat-en those whom they target; they also threaten their country’s own stability,” he added.
Christie’s Sets New Record
Although the economy has been suf-fering as of late, there still seems to be money out there for art. A Jean-Michel Basquiat painting entitled “Dustheads” has set a new auction record for the graf-fiti artist at a sale of postwar and con-temporary art in New York. Christie’s
says the painting sold for $48.8 million on Wednesday.
Basquiat’s “Untitled,” a painting of a black fisherman, held the previous record when it sold for $26.4 million last November. Also breaking world auction prices for artists were works by Roy Lichtenstein and Jackson Pollock. Lichtenstein’s “Woman With Flowered Hat” fetched $56 million. A classic ex-ample of pop art, the 1963 painting is based on Pablo Picasso’s portrait of Dora Maar. An important drip painting by Pollock, “Number 19,” realized a re-cord $58.3 million.
Christie’s says Wednesday’s auction brought in $495 million, the highest to-tal at any art auction.
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N. Korean Traffic Cop Mysteriously
Receives Hero Award When you win North Korea’s “Hero
of the Republic” award, you’ve probably
helped the entire state during wartime, or helped it conduct a nuclear test, or satisfied the Supreme Leader in some major way.
A few weeks ago, an emotional, young, female traffic officer named Ri-Kyong Sim was honored at a military ceremony with the North Korean equiv-alent of the Medal of Valor.
Sim was named “Hero of the Repub-lic” for allegedly saving Kim Jong-un’s life.
Although the exact deed was not revealed and remains a mystery, the Korean Central News Agency reported
that Ri dedicated herself to ensuring the traffic order in the capital city and dis-played the heroic self-sacrificing spirit of safeguarding the security of the head-quarters of the revolution in an unex-pected circumstance.
The “Hero of the Republic” award is usually reserved for heroic acts during wartime, although it is also given to in-dividuals who have made a major con-tribution to the country’s advancement. Recently, a large number were given to scientists and technicians involved in the North’s long-range rocket launch in De-cember’s and February’s nuclear tests.
Well, assuming this woman is not a secret nuclear rocket scientist hiding out in a police uniform, what could she have done to be honored for such an outstanding life during wartime? (It’s pretty much always considered wartime in North Korea.) Many suspect she he-roically prevented the assassination of the country’s leader.
Her traffic cop boss said, “Comrade Ri’s action was not made possible by pure accident, but made possible because she had always harbored this longing for the respected leader day and night.”
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Mubarak (Possibly) Speaks Out
In his first comments to the media since he was detained more than two years ago, Egypt’s ousted leader Hos-ni Mubarak said he is dismayed at the country’s state of affairs and particularly the plight of the poor. The remarks were published on Sunday in the Al-Watan newspaper.
The 85-year-old said it’s too pre-mature to judge his elected successor, Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, because he has a heavy burden to deal
with. Mubarak also warned against a much-negotiated loan from the Interna-tional Monetary Fund, saying it would make life harder for the poor in Egypt, where over 40% of the population lives on less than $2 a day. (That’s probably less than your morning coffee.)
The authenticity of the interview was questioned and could not be immediate-ly verified. Calls by The Associated Press to Mubarak’s lawyer Farid ElDeeb went unanswered, but he was quoted as tell-ing Ahram Online, the electronic ver-sion of the state-owned Al-Ahram, that the interview was a “fabrication.”
Al-Watan’s reporter, Mohammed el-Sheik, took photos of himself near and inside Mubarak’s medical helicop-ter, without the ex-leader inside. El-Sheik said he conducted the interview after sneaking into a waiting area where Mubarak was held during his trial Sat-urday, apparently before the hearing be-gan.
He claimed that he couldn’t record the interview because he had to avoid Mubarak’s tight security. You can decide for yourself if this really happened…
Wagner Opera Shocks Audiences,
Imposing Ban The audience at the opening of the
Wagner opera Tannhauser at a Ger-man opera house in Düsseldorf had an intense reaction to the performance depicting Nazi Germany. The show showed all the gory incidents of the Ho-locaust, causing viewers to literally go into shock.
The Deutsche Oper am Rhein, a leading German opera house that per-forms in Düsseldorf, said it could not justify artistic work with such an “ex-treme impact.” The opera house said it had asked director Burkhard Kosminski to tone down scenes but he had refused. Forcing the performance to be revised by the opera house itself, from Thursday onwards, the opera will be performed solely as a piece of music, without the staging, the opera house said.
The production was booed by audi-
ences at the premiere.Michael Szentei-Heise, head of the
Jewish community in Düsseldorf, told the Associated Press the production was “tasteless and not legitimate.” He said: “This opera has nothing to do with the Holocaust. However, I think the audi-ence has made this very clear to the op-era and the producer.”
In a statement, the opera house management said it was aware that the production would “arouse controversy.” The statement read: “We are responding to the fact that some scenes, especially the shooting scene depicted very real-istically, have caused such physical and psychological stress that some audience members have had to receive medical treatment. After considering all the ar-guments we have come to the conclu-sion that we cannot justify our artistic work having such an extreme impact. In intensive discussions with the director Burkhard C. Kosminski we have con-sidered the possibility of changing indi-vidual scenes. This he refuses to do for artistic reasons. Of course, we have to respect the director’s artistic freedom.”
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Richard Wagner, who died in 1883, is associated with Nazism because he was one of Hitler’s favorite composers. He is also regarded as an anti-Semite, and while some of his works have been broadcast and performed in Israel, his operas have never been staged there.
Pakistani Doctor Who Helped U.S. with
Bin Laden Mission Seeks Asylum
The doctor who aided the U.S. in capturing Osama bin Laden was con-victed by a tribal court on false charges, according to a classified Pakistani gov-ernment report. Portions of the volu-minous 357-page Abbottobad Commis-sion Report, which has not been made public yet, were obtained exclusively by Fox News. The report acknowledges Dr. Shakil Afridi’s conviction last year by a government-sponsored Jirga has under-
mined Pakistan’s credibility. The report calls for Afridi to be given a new trial.
The report also claims Afridi joined the CIA search for Bin Laden five years ago, while he was staying in the U.S. with a cousin.
According to the report, Afridi ap-plied for asylum after a terrorist group, Lashkar-e-Islam, stepped up its oper-ations in Pakistan’s lawless tribal belt. The doctor was reportedly kidnapped by the group in 2008 and released after his family paid a $10,000 ransom. After helping the CIA pinpoint the location of the terror mastermind just prior to the 2011 raid in which Navy SEALs killed
Bin Laden, Afridi was arrested and con-victed by the tribal court of colluding with Lashkar-e-Islam.
The State Department declined to comment on the report’s claims that Af-ridi had applied for asylum while stay-ing in the U.S.
The commission report acknowl-edges Afridi was subjected to harsh treatment in prison, and moved several times to various undisclosed locations by Pakistan’s spy agency. His Pakistani handlers also note his incarceration for a year without judicial process was unfair.
In a telephone interview with Fox News last year, Afridi recounted his ordeal in prison. “My clothes were re-moved and I was forced by a major to wear old dirty torn rags of an army conductor,” Afridi said. “It was difficult to eat food. I had to bend down on my knees to eat with only my mouth, like a dog. I sat on the floor.” He said he was blindfolded for eight months, and hand-cuffed with his hands behind his back for a year.
For a short time in 2009, Afridi lived in San Francisco. “He came to meet my
brother and mother, who was not well at that time,” Afridi’s first cousin, a Califor-nian resident and student based in Los Angeles, related. “He is my cousin and I love him but I don’t know what I can do to help.”
During that time, Afridi agreed to work for the CIA, the report said. The deal helped lead to Bin Laden’s death in 2011, and netted Afridi a mere $13,000, according to his statement documented in the report.
Afridi is currently serving a 33-year jail term and is appealing his convic-tion. The U.S. has called for Afridi’s re-lease, but his supporters say the Obama administration has not done enough to press for his freedom. “Dr. Afridi is showing us, in a courageous way, that quiet diplomacy isn’t working,” said Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., Afridi’s most vocal supporter in Congress.
Let’s hope that sometime soon the United States will come to the assistance of the one who helped execute the mas-termind of global terror and our num-ber one enemy.
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IsraelChina Gets Involved
with Mideast Peace Talks
An official visit to Beijing by Israe-li and Palestinian leaders last week has prompted speculation that China may finally be ready to claim its place as a world power by trying to negotiate an
end to one of world’s most caustic con-flicts.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ne-tanyahu and Palestinian President Mah-moud Abbas met with Chinese Presi-dent Xi Jinping in Beijing. Reportedly, the two Middle Eastern leaders arrived in the country within a few hours of each other.
“China’s hosting of the two empha-sized its active involvement in Mideast affairs and highlighted its role as a re-sponsible power,” reported an editorial by China’s state news agency, Xinhua.
A more active role in Middle East diplomacy would be a dramatic break from China’s long-held policy of non-intervention. With controversial business partners like Sudan, Libya and Iran, China has consistently ducked the political and regional strife of others to focus on natural resource extraction and trade.
KFC Smuggled into Gaza
It seems that Palestinians miss Colo-nel Sanders. For six years, Rafat Shoro-
ro longed for the taste of a KFC sand-wich he had been privileged to taste in Egypt. This week, he finally got his wish at home in the Gaza Strip after a local delivery company managed to smuggle it from Egypt through underground tunnels. “It has been a dream, and this company has made my dream come true,” says Mr. Shororo, an accountant.
The al-Yamama company advertis-es its unorthodox new fast-food smug-gling service on Facebook. It gets tens of orders a week for KFC meals despite having to triple the price to 100 shek-els ($30) to cover transportation and smuggling fees. The deliveries go from the fryers at the Al-Arish KFC joint 35 miles away to customers’ doorsteps in about three hours.
The fact that the tunnels operate quickly and cheaply enough for the Col-onel’s secret recipe to be enjoyed in the tightly controlled Gaza Strip shows just how much of a filter the Egypt-Gaza border has become.
“All you need to have any KFC prod-uct is a short phone call and a few hours, then you can enjoy the great taste of fried chickens,” says Shororo. He says he doesn’t care how much it costs, “I just want it.”
KFC is part of Israeli restrictions on imports to the Hamas-run territory. Ironically, one of the reasons smugglers agreed to start dealing with KFC is be-cause of Israel’s easing of restrictions on trade since the November cease-fire with Hamas has dealt a serious blow to the tunnel business.
The KFC delivery service in Gaza started with a desire rather than a busi-ness plan. Mohammed al-Madani, fi-nancial manager of al-Yamama compa-ny, says the employees of the company decided to order some meals for them-selves from the KFC restaurant in the neighboring Egyptian city of al-Arish. Someone from the company contacted a friend in al-Arish, asking him to make the order and then bring it through the
tunnels; the whole process just took three hours. “Then we asked ourselves, ‘Why don’t we provide this service for Gazans?’” says Mr. al-Madani.
The company got more than 20 or-ders a few hours after a short adver-tisement was posted on their Facebook fan page. Those who order are well-to-do people and don’t care much about the price of the food compared to the original price at the restaurant. “Most of those who order are people who are accustomed to travel and eat KFC food around the world,” says Madani.
Al-Madani says the process of smug-gling the food into Gaza is not difficult at all. “After getting the orders, we call our partner in al-Arish and ask him to make the orders, after getting the meals, he goes to a specific tunnel and asks smugglers to transfer them into the oth-er side of the tunnel; this may take a few minutes,” says al-Madani.
For the tunnel owner who smug-gles the KFC food, moving the meals is a bit strange. Smuggler Abu Iyad says the tunnels are meant to bring in basic food stuffs, construction materials, and sometimes people. “This is the first time to smuggle such goods,” he says. He added that since his business is suffer-ing due to Israel’s relaxed embargo, he will take whatever he can get. “This is why I accept to smuggle anything except weapons and drugs,” Abu Iyad said. “I wonder why people pay a lot of money to buy a small meal of chicken,” asks Abu Iyad mockingly. “I can buy four chickens for the price of one meal.”
It’s unbelievable that these tunnels are being used in such a mundane man-ner. They are not even embarrassed to be smuggling goods into the country!
Netanyahu Splurges on Custom-made
Aircraft BedPrime Minister Benjamin Netanya-
hu is getting a lot of flak from the public for a recent splurge. The Israeli lead-er requested that a customized bed be installed on a recent flight to London. Reportedly, he spent $127,000 in public funds to arrange the sleeping cabin for the 5-hour journey to attend Margaret Thatcher’s funeral last month.
Netanyahu’s office initially defend-ed the decision, saying the prime min-ister had a busy schedule ahead of the flight and needed to rest for important meetings in Britain. Some officials close to Netanyahu claim that he had been unaware of the high cost, and once in-
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formed, he ordered the bed be canceled on all future flights. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
The Israeli prime minister’s office does not have its own plane, such as the U.S. presidential aircraft Air Force One. Instead, Israeli leaders must char-ter a plane when traveling abroad. Some commentators claim it would be cheap-er in the long run to purchase and main-tain a special plane reserved for official travel of the prime minister and other officials.
The uproar comes at a delicate time. Netanyahu’s government is in the pro-cess of drawing up a budget expected to include painful austerity measures and tax increases due to a widening deficit.
On Saturday night, several thousand people took to the streets in Tel Aviv and other cities to protest the expected bud-get cuts. Netanyahu was meeting Sun-day with top officials to discuss likely cutbacks in the defense budget.
Micky Rosenthal of the opposition Labor Party called for an inquiry into the prime minister’s “scandalous behav-ior.”
“We thought that nothing could sur-prise us anymore when it came to the Netanyahu’s personal behavior. Well, we thought wrong,” wrote Sima Kadmon, a political commentator. “It is unbe-lievable that not a single person in the prime minister’s inner circle saw how reprehensible this was. Not a single per-son showed a tiny bit of common sense. There was no one who anticipated just how angry people would be when they learned about this,” Kadmon said about the custom-made bed.
Responding to the criticism over this, Netanyahu’s attorney, Yossi Co-hen, said, “This is an exaggeration and an inaccuracy. The reason the plane cost about half a million shekels more is not because of the bed. We need to under-stand that the prime minister was busy with ceremonies before he took off for London. The bed on the plane was noth-
ing more than plywood with a rubber mat.”
Earlier this year, Netanyahu stopped buying ice cream from his favorite Je-rusalem parlor after an Israeli newspa-per discovered his office was spending $2,700 a year for the treat.
C’mon, give the guy a break.
Netanyahu’s Attorney Defends his
Living ExpensesEven if the Israeli public would be
OK with their leader’s fancy bed on international flights, they still are up-set about his lifestyle when at home. Recently, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s attorney claimed that Is-rael’s prime minister and his wife live a modest lifestyle. This was in response to concerns by the public regarding the in-crease in expense in the Prime Minister’s Residence.
The attorney’s comments came in response to public anger over figures released last week that revealed that the budget of the prime minister’s residence has increased by 80% over a period of four years.
“The Netanyahus do not live an ex-travagant life,” the attorney, Yossi Co-hen, insisted. “Come to the prime min-ister’s home and see the modesty and the rust,” he added.
“This house is no ordinary house,” he added. “In fact, much of this house serves as an office and as a place to re-ceive guests. There is a lot of activity going on in this house. More than once I was there at 10:00 p.m. and saw the prime minister coming into the office and sitting and working until 11:00.”
The figures published claim the bud-get was 3 million shekels in 2009, but increased to 5.4 million shekels by 2012. The numbers show an increase of tens of percentages in expenses in areas such as official hosting and food, cleaning and household, and purchases of furnishings and housewares, among others.
Explaining the rise, Cohen said, “First of all, the work being done at the Prime Minister’s Residence has grown immensely. This is the most difficult job in the world. Heads of the Mossad, de-fense officials, ministers, presidents and prime ministers are constantly visiting this house.”
When questioned about the cleaning budget, which was 553,000 shekels in 2009 but rose by 118% and is now 1.2 million shekels, Cohen explained that
the numbers do not include only clean-ing expenses. “The so-called cleaning expenses include the expenses of all the employees and the food at the Prime Minister’s Residence,” he said. “There was a time period when there was no cook and food had to be ordered from outside. Due to this, there was an in-crease in amounts incurred.”
“Our prime minister, unlike any ordinary person, never stops working,” said the lawyer. “When he comes to his private home in Caesarea on the week-ends, he continues to work all the time.”
“The Netanyahu family lives a mod-est life,” he stressed.
MK Eitan Cabel (Labor) has sent a letter to State Comptroller Yosef Shapi-ra, asking him to investigate the enor-mous increase in the spending budget of the Prime Minister’s official residence.
“At this time, when harsh economic measures are being imposed on the Is-raeli public, the fact that the Prime Min-ister is conducting himself as if he is in a parallel universe and totally divorced from reality is particularly striking,” wrote Cabel in the letter to Shapira.
“At a time when the Prime Minister is signing off on a budget that hurts al-
most every home in Israel and asking the people to tighten their belts, we ex-pect him to set a personal example and reduce spending that is funded by tax payers,” he added. “Unfortunately, the data show that he chose the opposite way and brought about a disproportion-ate and ostentatious rise in the manage-ment of his residence.”
World’s Longest Shabbos Table in Bnei Brak
Bnei Brak is home to the world’s lon-gest Shabbos table. The table is197 feet long and comfortably seats more than 300 people. It is embellished with all the classic Shabbos items: a white tablecloth, challah, goblets, and candlesticks.
The project is expected to set a new Guinness record as the longest Shabbos table in the world. Hundreds of people, including public figures and journalists were invited to sit at the endless table and enjoy a Shabbos meal. The meal was held on Friday and not on Shabbos in order to accommodate the media.
The idea to set up the record-break-
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ing table is the fruit of cooperation be-tween the Coca-Cola company in Israel, which is based in Bnei Brak, and haredi advertising agency Meimad. “The hare-di public as a consumer sector could not identify with the company’s regular messages, like sports, beach or music, which do not match its world of values,” notes haredi advertiser Menucha Stern. “Our decision in the past seven years is to change our approach and come from a spiritual place.”
“It’s a big public and there are differ-ent styles,” says Stern, “but in general the mainstream is definitely familiar with it.”
The table was dismantled after the event due to lack of space, but company officials are not ruling out the possibility that in the future visitors and customers will be invited for a Shabbos meal at the record-breaking table.I can’t imagine making knedlach for so many guests. Who will do the dishes?
Many Jews Make the “Rich List” of the Sunday Times
Each year, the Sunday Times pub-lishes its own “rich list,” with many Jews making the coveted list.
This year, Alisher Usmanov, who hails from Uzbekistan, leads the way with a fortune of £13.3 billion (about $20.7 billion). Usmanov holds 30% of shares of the Arsenal Football Club. Brit-ain’s wealthiest man is married to Irina Viner, who is the Russian national team gymnastics coach.
Russia-born Jewish businessman Len Blavatnik, who owns Warner Music, came in second place on the rich list with £11 billion ($17 billion). Blavatnik, who now lives in the United States, sponsors
a food bank for the poor in Israel.Usmanov’s rival, owner Roman
Abramovich from Russia, is fifth on the list, after dropping two places from last year’s ranking. Abramovich’s net worth is estimated to be £9.3 billion ($14.5 bil-lion). He owns the world’s largest yacht, the Eclipse, which is reportedly worth around £1 billion ($1.56 billion).
Jewish Bahamas-based Tottenham Hotspur FC owner Joe Lewis is also fea-tured at sitting in 20th place with an esti-mated wealth of £3.2 billion ($5 billion).
NationalTornado Rips through
Oklahoma Town, Killing at Least 24
On Monday, one of the deadliest tor-nadoes in U.S. history blasted through Oklahoma City and its suburbs killing at least 24 people, including nine children. The twister may have only been on the ground for a few minutes, but the width and strength of its winds ravaged the city and ripped up miles of homes and roads. The cyclone tore down a hospital and ravaged two elementary schools in the area. The winds were measured at 200mph; it is amazing that anyone was able to survive its ferocity.
Initially, among the confusion, it was confirmed that the death toll was 51. After another count, the death toll was lowered to 24, although authorities caution that that number could un-fortunately rise again. Seven children drowned in a pool of water at the Plaza Towers Elementary School. One child was killed at Briarwood Elementary School. At least 237 people were injured.
In Moore, 19 people were killed; en-tire blocks were flattened and cars were shredded. Piles of woods, clothes, glass and metal stood where homes used to be.
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The school was flattened by the forceful winds. Because whole blocks were gone, rescuers were having trouble figuring out what they were looking at. They used thermal technology to sift through rubble for survivors. Volunteers walked along streets calling out and listening for signs of life.
Children from the Plaza Towers school related that they heard sirens and ran to the hallway for cover. One teacher said that one of her students “kept say-
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Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cor-nett called the twister “the storm of all storms.” It was a mile wide at its base and kicked up debris perhaps two miles wide. It was initially categorized as an EF4, the second-strongest type, with 166-200 mph. winds.
New Dog Laws Unleashed
Dogs can be man’s best friend, but sometimes they can be dangerous. Roy-al Oak, Michigan, has released new laws for dog owners that may have them get-ting collared if they don’t comply. Own-ers must comply with seven pages worth of requirements to keep their pets in the city. The new rules require owners of “dangerous dogs” to carry $1 million in liability insurance, post signs, complete an obedience class with the dog, and keep the dog in a locked, fenced-in area.
Officials say a dog is deemed dan-gerous if it bites or attacks a person, or causes serious injury to another do-mestic animal. Exceptions include dogs protecting an owner or a homeowner’s property. City leaders say they created the ordinance after receiving 32 reports of dog bites and attacks during 2012 in Royal Oak.
Royal Oak resident John Scott said the ordinance is a good move for the city, putting the responsibility on the owners instead of the dogs. “If you’re a dog owner, you know that dogs are pro-tective of their territory. There’s an old saying that there’s no bad dogs, just bad owners,” he said.
Lori Wosnicki, who has a Bernese Mountain Dog, says she understands the
reason for the new ordinance, but still thinks that it goes too far. “Look at this dog, who goes to schools and has kids lay all over him. I have a really hard time with [the ordinance] because how do you decide what’s dangerous,” she said.
Violation of the dog ordinance is a misdemeanor offense, punishable by a fine up to $500 and 90 days in jail.
Wheelchairs for Hire at Disney
Disabled and out of work? Some of Manhattan’s wealthiest mothers have a job offer for you! Deep-pocketed New York City moms have been hiring a mo-torized scooter-bound guide to pose as a family member so they and their kids can jump to the front of the lines at Dis-ney World.
It was recently reported that families can book tours through an outfit called Dream Tours in Florida, which on its website claims to provide “quality-based, memorable, and affordable vacations, to people with special needs.” The Disney
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guide charges $130 an hour, or $1,040 for an eight-hour day.
“You can’t go to Disney without a tour concierge,’’ a proud mommy told a reporter last week. “This is how the 1 percent does Disney.” The mom said that a guide using a motorized scooter escorted her, her husband and their two sons around the theme park; because of their disabled “family member” they were able to immediately go onto rides while others waited for hours.
Disney allows each guest who needs a wheelchair or motorized scooter to bring up to six guests to a “more conve-nient entrance.”
What a terrible way to take advan-tage of someone’s misfortune.
Madoff Interviewed From Jail
Bernard Madoff once had billions of dollars and hundreds of employees. Now he is employed by the federal gov-ernment and makes $40 a month doing menial prison labor.
The former businessman was inter-viewed over the phone last week from a federal prison in North Carolina. His prison phone account didn’t have any money in it, so he had to call collect in order to be interviewed.
It’s a far cry from his former life. Once head of his own finance firm, Madoff is now identified as inmate #62727-054 at Butner Federal Correc-tional Complex. He’s serving a 150-year sentence after pleading guilty in 2009 to siphoning $17.5 billion from thou-sands of investors, wiping them out in a long-running, pyramid-style deception.
He said he only works “a few hours” a day, which leaves him plenty of time
to ponder his undoing. “I’m usually up at 4:30 in the morning because I can’t sleep,” said Madoff, 75, who is scheduled for released in 2139.
Certainly his surroundings in a medium-security prison are a lot less comfortable. When his massive Ponzi scheme unraveled in 2008, Madoff had to give up his $7 million Manhattan penthouse, a beach house in Montauk, N.Y, his homes in Florida and France, as well as a yacht named “The Bull.”
Madoff took great pains to insulate his family from his financial wrongdo-ings, but it didn’t work. He’s especially haunted by the 2010 suicide of his oldest son, Mark, who hanged himself on the second anniversary of his father’s arrest. “I was responsible for my son Mark’s death and that’s very, very difficult,” he said. “I live with that. I live with the re-morse, the pain I caused everybody, cer-tainly my family, and the victims.”
His younger brother, Peter, 67, is serving a 10-year sentence at a medi-um-security federal prison in South Carolina, after pleading guilty to cover-ing up the financial wrongdoing. “Ob-viously, the main concern that I have
is being away from my family,” he said. “Married for 50 years, I had a very close family.”
Madoff said that his deception began after the Black Monday crash of 1987, a massive stock market sell-off from which he never truly recovered. He said that’s when he turned his investors into victims, but he insists that his crime was never supposed to go on for so long. “It was certainly never my intention for this to happen,” said Madoff. “I thought I could work myself out of a temporary situation but it kept getting worse and worse and I didn’t have the courage to admit what I had done. It created a ma-jor problem.”
From all the pain that he caused, he doesn’t seem regretful enough.
Horrific Train Crash in Connecticut
A two-train collision in Connecti-cut injured dozens of people and halted rail traffic from New York to Boston this week. Officials are searching for exactly
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what events lead up to the devastating accident.
Area hospitals reported seeing 70 people after the rush-hour collision. Two remain in critical condition. “The damage is absolutely staggering,” Sena-tor Richard Blumenthal told reporters after a tour of the scene. “Ribbons on the sides of cars are torn away like ribbons of clothes. Tons of metal tossed around like toy things. The insides of cars are shattered. We are fortunate that even more injuries were not the result of this very tragic and unfortunate accident.”
An eastbound Metro-North train derailed at 6:10 p.m. and was struck by a westbound train between the Bridge-
port and Fairfield stations, National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener reported. Investigators plan to spend between seven to ten days on scene, and will conduct interviews with the train’s crewmembers, passengers, and witnesses.
“We will not be determining the probable cause of the accident while we’re here on the scene, nor will we spec-ulate on what may have caused the acci-dent,” Weener said. Later, investigators said they had zeroed in on a fractured part of the rail line as being of particu-lar interest. It has not been determined whether that fracture happened before or as a result of the accident, they said.
St. Vincent Hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut, said on that it saw a total of 44 patients, six of whom were admit-ted for treatment. All those patients re-mained in the hospital for at least a short while and were reported to be in stable condition. Bridgeport Hospital saw a total of 26 patients and admitted three. Two of those patients were in critical condition a day after the accident, and a third was being held for further treat-ment.
Passengers who were on the two trains described the rending collision in vivid terms. Passenger Alex Cohen, a Canadian who was riding the west-bound train toward New York, recalled, “Coming to a sudden halt, we were jerked—there was smoke. People were screaming, people were really nervous. We were pretty shaken up. They had to smash a window to get us out.”
A heroic female conductor helped other passengers evacuate the train de-spite herself sustaining back injuries, au-thorities said at a press conference late Saturday afternoon.
Metro-North, which runs between New York City and its northern suburbs in New York and Connecticut, is one of the busiest commuter rail services in the U.S. There are four tracks on that seg-ment of the New Haven Line, an MTA statement said, but two are out of ser-vice for replacement of overhead wires. There was “extensive damage” to the track and the wire from the collision. The train cars will remain in place until the investigation is completed.
Message Found with Boston Bomber
It has been discovered that accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was found hiding in a boat days after the blasts, left a hand-written message found where he was un-covered. The note described the attack as retribution for U.S. wars in Muslim countries.
Tsarnaev used a pen to write the message on an interior wall of the boat, where police found him bleeding from gunshot wounds four days after the April 15 bombing. The note concluded with the words, “When you attack one Muslim, you attack all Muslims.” It also described Dzhokhar’s older brother and fellow suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, who died in a gun battle with police, as “a martyr.”
“Basically, the note says ... the bomb-ings were retribution for the U.S. crimes against Muslims in places like Iraq and Afghanistan and that the victims of the Boston bombing were ‘collateral dam-age,’ the same way innocent victims have been collateral damage in U.S. wars around the world,” said news reporter John Miller, who is a former spokesman for the FBI.
The bombings at the finish line of the world-famous marathon killed three people and injured 264 others. The FBI
identified the ethnic Chechen brothers as suspects from video and pictures at the scene.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was arrested in Watertown, Massachusetts, on April 19 after a daylong manhunt and lockdown of much of the Boston area. He is being held in a prison hospital west of Boston and faces charges that could carry the death penalty if he is convicted.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev had been on a U.S. government database of potential terrorism suspects and the United States had twice been warned by Russia that he might be an Islamic militant, according to U.S. security officials.
This Mayor’s Ready for Battle
It was definitely one of the more cre-ative “State of the City” addresses ever given. Mayor Anthony Silva of Stock-ton, California, dressed up in battlege-ar while he asked his audience, “Who’s willing? If you are willing, stand up and show me you are willing to fight for the city!”
The theme of the address was “Leave your ego at the door.” After his almost hour-long speech, Silva pulled out ar-mor with a helmet and battle mace while asking the crowd to go to war for the broke and crime-ridden city.
It was a dramatic finish to the new mayor’s first ever State of the City ad-dress. “I have a question for you. Did all of you leave your egos at the door or did some of you sneak them in?” said Silva.
I have a feeling he definitely left his ego at the door…
California and New York Show Huge Layoffs
California and New York had more mass layoffs in the first quarter of 2013 than other states. Despite the massive
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layoffs in these coastal states, the middle of the country is seeing numbers that are definitely going in the right direction.
In the first quarter of 2013, the U.S. saw 914 mass layoff events in the private sector, costing 154,374 workers their jobs. Those might sound like daunting stats, but this is actually good news on the labor front. Given the depth and du-ration of the Great Recession, these re-sults are considered a big rebound from previous years.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of layoff actions fell 29% from the same three-month period last year, and dropped 56% from the last quarter of 2012 when there were 2,123 mass layoffs in the pri-vate sector.
The total number of jobs lost is off 37% from a year ago when it totaled 246,958, and down 64% from 424,492 in the fourth quarter of 2012. These are the lowest first-quarter layoff and job loss levels since 1996.
The BLS defines a mass layoff event as a filing of 50 or more initial claims for unemployment insurance bene-fits from an employer during a 5-week period. In order to exclude temporary furloughs, separation had to exceed 30 days to qualify. The average size of a layoff was 169 workers during the first quarter of 2013, however, events were largely concentrated at the lower end of the spectrum, with 71% involving fewer than 150 workers. Only 4% of the mass layoffs last quarter involved 500 or more people.
As it turns out, more than half the first-quarter layoffs were a function of workers completing a contract or sea-sonality. Other common reasons: reor-ganization or restructuring of a compa-ny, cost cutting, and bankruptcy.
Among the industries that took the biggest hits, construction had 178 ex-tended mass layoff events resulting in 20,071 job losses, largely due to contract completion. The administrative and waste services sector reported 143 lay-off events and 23,284 separations for the
three-month period.In California, the most populous
state in the U.S., 254 mass layoffs in the private sector affected 58,304 people. This represents 28% of the total major layoffs. Hewlett-Packard employees were among those affected by mass lay-offs in California. A year ago the Palo Alto-based company announced plans to reduce its workforce by about 27,000 people. As of March, the tech giant had 15,000 layoffs to go.
Shockingly, The Golden State is home to five of the 10 metro areas with the largest number of layoffs in the first quarter. The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. area ranks as the No. 1 ‘Pink Slip Capital’ with 27,042 initial claimants.
The New York metro area—which includes New York City, Northern New Jersey, and Long Island—ranks second with 8,693 initial claimants as it contin-ues to struggle with job losses in the fi-nancial services industry.
Earlier this year, BlackRock and Morgan Stanley, for example, an-nounced plans to cut 300 and 1,600 workers, respectively. This was a 3% staff reduction for both firms.
Other places with large job loss num-bers include Chicago and San Francisco.
Barbara Walters to Retire
The rumors are true, Barbara Wal-ters is retiring.
The broadcast journalist, author, and television personality announced her re-tirement on The View, a morning show she has been co-hosting since 1997 on Monday. She will be retiring after 37 years with ABC network.
She plans to retire next summer and she openly admitted that she’s not ex-actly sure how she will fill her time. “I heard my daughter when she was a little girl saying on the phone, ‘My mommy doesn’t drive, my mommy burns the meatloaf, my mommy can’t do anything
but television,’” she said. “I want to find out if there’s something I can do besides television.”
But for the next year, Walters, 83, assured her View colleagues, “I’m not walking into the sunset!” She will con-tinue to anchor and report for ABC News and appear on The View and in specials throughout the year, including a “20 Years of 10 Most Fascinating People” special in December.
Walters has interviewed every U.S. president and first lady since Richard and Pat Nixon through Barack and Mi-chelle Obama.
“I did not sleep last night,” she said of announcing her plans to retire. “I thought, ‘Am I doing it now? Should I do it later?’ But then I thought it was bet-ter to go when people are saying, ‘Why is she leaving?’ than, ‘Thank goodness she’s leaving!’”
Walters added that if the decision had been left to her daughter, Jacque-line, she would have quit a long time ago. “For 25 years, she wanted me to do this,” she said. “She keeps me sane, she keeps me grounded. Children do that. My daughter’s in her forties and I’m very
proud of her. I think a lot of working women struggle with the job and being home – and there’s never a right answer. Whatever you do is wrong, but whatev-er you do will turn out eventually to be OK.”
Hope she’s been saving for retire-ment all these years…that’s really a joke. She’s worth an estimated $150 million.
Dr. Joyce Brothers, Psychologist for the
Masses, Dies at 85Decades before Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz
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books, including “Ten Days To A Suc-cessful Memory” (1964), “Positive Plus: The Practical Plan for Liking Yourself Better” (1995) and “Widowed” (1992), a guide to dealing with grief written after the death of her husband in 1990.
Last Monday, Brothers died at the age of 85 from respiratory failure at her home in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
Her television career started in 1955 when she won the television quiz show, The $64,000 Question. She became the second person and the only women to ever done so. Amazingly, the questions were all about boxing and she studied for weeks to learn every bit of knowl-edge there was on the subject. She also won a spinoff show called, The $64,000 Challenge, also on the topic of boxing. After appearing on numerous shows and dispensing advice to thousands, she became one of America’s most ad-mired women. Viewers loved her ad-vice and ideas. There were times that she dissuaded callers from committing suicide with her reassuring advice and demeanor.
Dr. Phil McGraw called Brothers “a pioneer in the field of mental health.” “Decades before I came along, Dr. Joyce was able to get people talking about their emotional issues and problems. In her own gentle and caring way she let people know it was OK to discuss their feelings and emotions. She had a great sense of humor and gave very sound advice in her column and whenever she appeared on TV. I owe her a great deal for what she did for the mental health profession and society owes her a big thank you.”
Brothers is survived by sister Elaine Goldsmith, daughter Dr. Lisa Brothers Arbisser, four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
This Job Makes You FatIt has long been said that Americans
are gaining weight at a fast clip. But did
you know that the type of job you’re in can contribute to your weight gain? It turns out that transportation workers have a 36-percent obesity rate, the high-est rate among 14 occupation groups measured by a Gallup survey conduct-ed among 139,000 Americans last year. Manufacturing and production workers suffer from a 30-percent obesity rate and installation or repair workers face obesi-ty at a 28-percent rate. Office workers follow close behind with a 26-percent obesity rate.
On the slimmer side of the scale, only 14 percent of physicians are con-sidered obese; 20 percent of business owners and 21 percent of teachers suffer from obesity.
The obvious culprits for the high lev-els of worker obesity are to blame. Lack of exercise, unhealthy eating habits, a history of depression and skipping an-nual dental visits top the list.
Ed Watt is now the Director of Health and Safety for the Transport Workers Union of America. For 20 years, Mr. Watt drove a bus in Brooklyn, a job that can lead to a greater risk of diabetes, high blood pressure and lung disease. “First the sedentary nature of the work, sitting much of the day with the inability to move around, even for bathroom breaks,” Watt noted in an email. “The second is the mobile nature of the job leaves poor food choices. So fast food rules.”
“The other factor is that these jobs are highly stressful,” he added. “The stress of the jobs results from high de-mand and low control over the work. Traffic, people and schedule are all big items that are beyond your control as a driver. As a result of the stress, many are inclined to mal-adaptive coping mech-anism.”
Now Watt is in charge of looking for solutions to American workers’ obesi-ty problems. Let’s hope he can put the pedal to the metal in finding the right solutions.
Bloomberg’s Cupcake Nemesis
Mayor Bloomberg is not a fan of The House of Cupcakes, the Greenwich Vil-lage bakery that mocked his fight against obesity campaign. But in his honor, the bakery recently revealed its “Mayor Bloomberg cupcake.”
The confection is hardly low-fat or sugar-free. “It’s got over 12 pounds of sugar, five pounds of butter, four pounds of flour, six cups of cocoa powder, 24 eggs, two cups of milk,” owner and cup-cake creator Ron Bzdewk bragged. With an edible photo of the mayor on top, the sweet treat boasts 35,800 calories.
The intention was to get a few laughs but the health-conscious politician couldn’t find the humor. “This is one of the dumbest things people have done, but if they can get some publicity…” Bloomberg commented. He added that it’s not a joking matter that obesity kills.
But baker Bzdewk admits that it was all in good fun. “It’s just all in fun, it’s not like we’re trying to, you know, go against him, it’s just a fun thing, like I said I’m a big guy, I do big things,” Bzdewk said. He also said that he sent smaller, sug-ar-free cupcakes to City Hall. Those were met with a positive reaction.
I guess money can’t buy you a sense of humor, but Bzdewk sure had me laughing!
Californians Find it Hard to Breathe
In the last several years, awareness about pollution has grown tremen-dously as well as stricter legislation and improved technology, improving our air and water quality significantly. In fact, the nation’s overall air quality is much cleaner than it was in some of the
worst-affected areas, according to a re-cent report by the American Lung Asso-ciation. Air emissions that contribute to pollutants have fallen since 1970 thanks to the Clean Air Act.
Yet, it is still a serious issue across the country (especially in California). A shocking statistic reveals that 4 in 10 Americans live where pollution lev-els are often dangerous to breathe. The ALA’s 2013 “State of the Air” report measures cities based on low-lying ozone pollution, as well as both short- and long-term particle pollution.
Here are America’s most polluted cities:
Cincinnati, Ohio; Middletown, Ken-tucky; and Wilmington, Indiana, tied for tenth worst polluted cities. Out of a population of 2,179,965, about 215,984 reported that they suffer from asthma.
El Centro, California, ranked ninth worst city with 14,253 residents with asthma out of 177,057. At number eight is Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and New Castle, Pennsylvania. There, 224,567 residents reported asthma out of a pop-ulation of 2,450,281.
Visalia and Porterville, California, came in at number seven. Residents with asthma came out at 35,957 out of 449,253. At number six is Modesto, Cal-ifornia, with 41,791 suffering from asth-ma from a population of 518,522. Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Riverside, California, all tied for the fifth worst polluted cities. A staggering 1,464,217 residents reported asthma, from a popu-lation of 18,081,569.
Wow, California is seriously hogging this list. At number four is Hanford and Corcoran, California, where 12,388 res-idents have asthma from a population of 153,765. The third worst polluted cities are Fresno and Madera, Califor-nia. Out of a population of 1,095,829 more than 88,000 have asthma. Mer-ced, California, ranked second to worst for pollution. In Merced, residents with asthma total 20,837 with its population at 259,898.
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Bakersfield and Delano, California! Out of a population of 851,710, a confound-ing 68,419 reported asthma.
Well, Californians, you can’t have it all.
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Durable Bat Boy
Stan Bronson Jr. spent more than half a century on the diamond at the University of Memphis. At the Tiger’s end of the season last week, they salut-ed Bronson for being more than just a batboy, but an institution on their team. You see, Bronson is concluding his 55th year as the team’s batboy. He current-ly holds a Guinness World Record for “most durable bat boy” and his jersey is retired on the outfield wall.
Eddie Cantler, who has been Mem-phis’ athletic trainer for 35 years, said that Bronson is an “icon of the institu-tion.” “Stan is everything that is inno-cent and pure,” Cantler said. “And that’s what he is. From the president on down, everybody knows that Stan is one of us.”
Bronson originally scored the job at Memphis after getting fired from a position in the athletic department at Rhodes College. Now Bronson, 84, is making headlines.
Bronson recalls when his mom brought him to meet Memphis’ foot-ball coach, Billy “Spook” Murphy, in 1958. Bob Winn, an associate athletic director at Memphis, remembers when Bronson met the storied coach. “Coach Murphy said, ‘Well, son, I’m sorry but I don’t have money in my budget to pay for anybody else.’” Winn said. “And Stan said, ‘Don’t need money. Need a job.’”
From that moment on, Bronson be-came a staple at every Memphis base-ball game. He spent decades chasing foul balls and fetched bats, but now he
spends most of his time in a steel cage next to the dugout which was construct-ed especially for him. It’s called “Bron-son’s Bungalow.”
At the end of the seventh inning of every game, Bronson comes out to home plate, tips his hat to the crowd and takes a bow. Some fans stay through the sev-enth inning just to see Bronson salute the crowd.
The university has become a family for Bronson, who has no living close rel-atives. The school unofficially oversees his care, and he has a lifetime pass to the dining halls.
“I remember his mother telling us one time, that when Stan was a very young child, the family physician told her that Stan’s life expectancy would be eight or nine years,” Winn said. “We think, really, quite frankly, that athletics has kept Stan alive and going.”
The Worst Room in NYC
While searching for a decent place to live, Ryan Nethery stumbled across many apartments—but those were plac-es he knew he did not want to hang his hat. Apparently, New York City may be home to some of the most expensive abodes, but there are also myriad small, cramped, decrepit and expensive places that some may call home.
“This is a blog created for me to share the Craigslist postings I sift through on a daily basis trying to find decent, afford-able housing in New York City,” were Ryan Nethery’s opening words on his Tumblr account. The blog, The Worst Room, was dedicated to unaffordable housing in New York City. Manhattan is the most expensive city in the U.S.; the cost of living is double the national av-erage.
Nethery was simply expressing his frustrations but got a lot more atten-tion than he intended. His housing blog quickly went viral. He posted photos of living spaces and what you can expect on a modest budget. For many New York-ers, it wasn’t that shocking because it is a reality, but for many other Americans
and foreigners, it was quite surprising. One of his posts showcases a small,
windowless apartment in Park Slope with the caption, “Almost a studio.” The asking price for this abode? $800 a month. Nethery awarded his worst room on his blog to a listing for a small room in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. The space offers a cheap-looking bunk bed and the listing reads: “Top bunk is $500 per month, bottom bunk is $600 per month.” Nethery writes, “The only thing more ridiculous than asking someone to pay $500 per month to share a bed is ask-ing someone else to pay $600 per month to share the same bed. Would you live there?” he asked. Umm, no thanks.
Nethery is a 25-year-old freelance cinematographer originally from Ken-tucky. He has lived in the city for five years and he currently declares himself homeless. His belongings are stuffed into a car given to him by his grand-mother and he’s crashed on his friend’s floors and couches. (That’s what I call a freeloader.)
He said, “I am still looking for a de-cent place to live. If you have a room opening up in your house, or an apart-ment that is available, please feel free to e-mail me.”
Hey, I was looking for a roommate…
Grand Central Terminal Finds a Home
This is every little girl’s dream.Two weeks ago, Target built a life-size
Cape Cod-style dollhouse in Manhat-tan’s Grand Central Terminal. The home is decked out with furniture and show-cases more than 3,000 items from its real-life Threshold collection. On May 6, delighted girls and young-at-heart adults were able to view the dollhouse for two days. About 40,000 people act-ing as the “dolls” visited the dollhouse. Visitors were free to roam around and purchase items displayed in the house from their mobile devices.
Now you’re thinking, what makes this a doll house as opposed to just a house, right?
The home has some optical illusions and obvious omissions. The most prom-inent faux pas is the fourth wall. The fake hinges imply that the house opens and closes. The second floor is inaccessi-ble. And to prevent misunderstandings amongst visitors, there is no toilet in the bathroom.
The makers’ goal was to meld fantasy and reality, according to Daniel Chu, ex-ecutive vice president-experiential cre-ative director at Deutsch LA, the agency that came up with the installation. He said, “Target is about the balance of the thrill of expecting more, and the reality of paying less. We wanted to take these two brands, Grand Central and Target, and look at them as connectors of fanta-sy and reality.”
It took a crew of 50 people 54 hours to assemble the 1,600-square-foot house made of 4-by-8 interlocking panels.
Man Pays Restaurant Check Over a Decade Later
Back in the late ‘90s, Don Juan and his friend went out for dinner at an upscale restaurant. Upon receiving the check, Juan realized he was $40 short.
The teenager respectfully spoke with the restaurant’s owner and chef, Claus Hjortkjaer, explaining his situ-ation. Chef Claus was compassionate and gave the teenage boy $40 from his own pocket to pay his tab. “Don’t worry about paying me back. If you’re in the position to pay me back, pay me back, but don’t worry about it,” the chef said. Juan gratefully accepted the money, left Le Café Miche with a simple thank you and never returned until last week.
Hjortkjaer recently reopened his restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A mysterious gentleman asked to speak with the chef. Juan then explained who he was and handed Hjortkjaer a $100 bill to pay off his debt including interest. “I didn’t remember him until he told me the story,” Hjortkjaer said. “But people change in their looks after 16 years.”
“Sometimes it pays off to be a nice guy,” Hjortkjaer said. “It made me feel good. I went and bought myself a bou-quet of flowers,” the chef added. He then said that Juan is welcome back to his restaurant for a glass of wine, on the house.
It’s nice to see the circle of kindness going round and round.
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Millions Found in a Cookie Jar
You know what they say, “Hey, you never know!” But Richard Cerezo really did not know that he had won the lot-tery. He was doing a little spring clean-ing and going through old lotto tickets which were stacked in a cookie jar. He decided to double check and brought the bunch to his local 7-11 in Geneva, Illinois, to see if he had any winning tickets.
Well, this time there was more than just cookies in the cookie jar. Cerezo discovered that one of the tickets he found was worth more than $600 and he needed to file a claim. But that’s all he was told. When he returned home, he checked the number online and discov-ered that he had won $4.8M
Cerezo said, “As each number kept matching, the smile kept going high-er and higher. And when I realized we had all six numbers, it was that shocking moment of, ‘Whoa, can this really be?’” he said. “Fast forward to the next day, Monday: Called in sick ... went down into Chicago. It’s one of feelings where it’s okay if they fire me.”
Cerezo spoke to lottery officials, who told him the ticket was worth $4.85 million. Cerezo told reporters that he purchased the ticket in February, which meant he’d been sitting on the fortune for months without realizing it, all this while stressing over his house going into foreclosure. “It couldn’t have happened at a better time,” Cerezo said. “I just thought, this is how G-d works.”
Cerezo said his main priority is pay-ing off his home although I am sure he can now fill his cookie jar with some cookies.
Cicadas for Dinner and Maybe for Snack TooWhile the East Coast is frantical-
ly preparing for the invasion of cica-das, one resourceful Connecticut chef is looking forward to the attack of the insects and exploring his culinary cre-
ativity. For Bun Lai, a 2013 James Beard
Award nominee and owner of Miya Su-shi in New Haven, eating bugs is gour-met and delicious. He promises that all his foods are sustainable and his menu includes ingredients such as foraged wild mushrooms and soup made from seaweed he hand harvests. His sushi contains “trash fish,” species that are perfectly tasty and edible but not com-mercially popular and, therefore, are not over-fished. He also supplies the restaurant from his own hundred-acre shellfish bed.
“I’ve been dreaming about putting cicadas on the menu for a long time,” Lai revealed recently. “There are billions that are going to [emerge] and they are going to be dying anyway. It’s not with joy that I kill any animal, but I’m defi-nitely not a vegetarian.”
Lai has served insects at his restau-rant before, and in 2011, he hosted a popular family event at the Peabody Museum that included a cooking demonstration and tasting for kids. He extols the flavor of bugs as well as their small carbon footprint. “If people were less skittish about eating insects, farm-ers could use a lot less pesticide on their crops,” he says.
Lai has scientific evidence that in-sects may very well be edible protein. A recent report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization says that harvesting more insects for con-sumption could help improve nutrition worldwide and reduce the environmen-tal impact of farming other types of an-imals. According to the report, “Insects are everywhere and they reproduce quickly, and they have high growth and feed conversion rates and a low environ-mental footprint.”
For a Mexican-style snack, Lai plans on dehydrating the cicadas and preserv-ing them in jars. “I would also boil them Maryland crab boil-style, but with Ethi-opian spices. Maybe I’d throw in some baby corn. A big pile of spiced cicadas with baby corn would be a beautiful pre-sentation.”
Lai was born in Hong Kong to a Jap-
anese mother and Chinese father. “To tip my hat to my own culture,” he says, “I’d cook cicadas yakitori style. I’d make a nice teriyaki marinade with local mug-wort [a bitter tasting plant used in East-ern cuisine and traditional medicine] and maple syrup and then skewer and grill them.”
Umm, eww.
Pint-Sized PoliticianBobby Tufts is the honorary mayor
of Dorset, Minnesota. He has enjoyed his success and the benefits of political power even at the age of 4. Tufts was giv-en the gift of an oak plaque symbolizing the key to the city. The tot gets lots of extras because of his title. “His biggest perks are that he gets to give hugs and gets lots of free ice cream,’’ his mother, Emma Tufts, said proudly.
Bobby became the mayor of Dorset in August of 2012 when he was only 3-years-old after his name was picked out of a hat at the annual “Taste of Dor-set’’ festival. In the seasonal town of 26 residents, candidates pay the $1 ballot
fee to literally throw their names in a hat during the yearly mayoral election at the festival. The position is only symbolic since the town is actually run by a group of five local business owners.
“He ran an actual campaign,” Tufts’ mother said. “All the waitresses at the Dorset House and some at Campaneros were wearing buttons with his campaign picture that said, ‘Vote for Bobby!’ and we had posters all over town. I don’t
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“He’s pretty much a celebrity around town when he walks into Dorset House and other places, because he knows all the waitresses,’’ Emma Tufts said. “He’s very charming. For him, it’s just another day. He thinks it’s just part of being may-or. Even before all the publicity, the local people really knew who he was.”
Bobby’s mother joked that he may have a rival vying for his spot sometime soon. “He has a 15-month-old brother,” Emma Tufts said. “Maybe he’ll run next year.”
Next up for Bobby: The White House.
Photographer Uses Neighbors as Subjects, Without Their Consent
Residents at a luxury Manhattan apartment block are livid after finding
out that one of their fellow neighbors has been photographing them without their knowledge. The photographer who calls himself an artist is now displaying the images in a gallery and they are for sale. Artist Arne Svenson openly admits to photographing his neighbors without their permission at the exclusive 475 Greenwich Street apartment block in TriBeCa. Except, he insists that he did nothing wrong or illegal.
His photographs deliberately don’t completely show anyone’s face but they do show residents engaged in personal activities including cleaning, taking a nap, watching television and carrying their sleeping children to bed.
The photographs are currently on display at the Julie Saul Gallery in Man-hattan as part of an exhibition called “The Neighbors” which opened on Sat-urday. Prints are available to buy for up to $7,500 and in sizes up to 5 feet by 2 feet.
Penthouses in the Greenwich Street building sell for up to $6 million and residents are flaming mad. They are call-ing it a complete invasion of privacy and
say they are deeply concerned for the safety of their children. “A grown man should not be able to photograph kids in their rooms with a telephoto lens,” resident Clifford Finn proclaimed. “You can argue artistic license all you want, but that’s really the issue here. I’m sorry, but I’m really bothered by this.”
A number of residents who are fea-tured in the exhibition are considering legal action.
Svenson, 60, who lives on the second floor of the nearby 125 Watt St building, is unapologetic. “For my subjects, there is no question of privacy,” he said in a statement accompanying the exhib-it. “They are performing behind a trans-parent scrim on a stage of their own cre-ation with the curtain raised high. The neighbors don’t know they are being photographed; I carefully shoot from the shadows of my home into theirs. I am not unlike the birder, quietly waiting for hours, watching for the flutter of a hand or a movement of a curtain as an indication that there is life within.”
Creepy or creeeepy?
Women Finds her Stolen Car…at McDonalds
Virginia Maiden’s Toyota SUV was stolen from her apartment complex on Tuesday morning. After filing a police report, she was shocked to spot her ve-hicle at a McDonald’s drive-thru where she worked in Kennewick, Washington.
After Maiden spotted her car, she quickly phoned the local police who responded to the scene as the thief, Katherine York, was pulling out of the drive-thru. York and a male passenger were detained, but the unidentified man was later released.
Kennewick authorities say that 22-year-old Katherine York was driving Virginia Maiden’s stolen Toyota SUV while going through the McDonald’s drive-thru on Tuesday. Police also dis-covered stolen clothes from Sears and JC Penney in the vehicle.
Who can blame her? After all that stealing, York must have gotten hungry.
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To Italy and Beyond
Sometimes I want to be a waitress. Well, not really, but this story makes me cheer for the hardworking waiters and waitresses across the country. Recently, a woman posted a receipt on her blog highlighting a huge tip that her mother, also a waitress, received from a very gen-erous customer.
The user who posted the receipt goes by the name “Casual Cynic.” But this story made her a little less cynical (we hope). It seems that Casual Cynic’s mother was chatting with a custom-er about her dream to visit Italy, where her ancestors hail from. The generous
patron gave the hardworking server a $1,000 tip for his $60.42 meal. Next to the tip on the receipt he wrote: “Your ticket to Italy. Enjoy!”
Casual Cynic ended off the post, saying, “Just when I start to lose faith in humanity…”
This uplifting story drew thousands of notes on Tumblr. I am sure that there are many waitresses out there who are hoping that this customer visits their restaurant next.
Flying in the Wrong Direction
Sometimes when I’m traveling with my husband, I have a feeling that we are going the wrong way. Because I am a good wife, I generally try to keep my “feeling” to myself, until he realizes on his own that instead of driving to Manhattan, we are suddenly ending up in Staten Island. At that point, he ut-ters many choice words before turning around and heading in the right direc-tion.
Well, a couple had this terrible feel-ing of misdirection while traveling to their native country in Africa from Los Angeles. This time, they ended up hun-dreds of miles away, thanks to a comput-erized airport error.
Sandy Valdivieso and her husband, Triet Vo, had planned to fly home to their country of Senegal in Africa. They received their boarding passes and not-ed that they were flying from Los An-geles (LAX) to DAC through Istanbul. They assumed that their final destina-tion would be Dakar, Senegal. They were wrong.
You see, the code DAC actually re-fers to Dhaka, Bangladesh. They should have been heading to DKR, in Senegal. But, as Valdivieso, pointed out, most travelers don’t know the airport initials for their destination. “You just assume that everything is correct,” she said.
On the plane, they heard the flight attendant announce the destination as Dhaka but assumed that they just pro-nounced “Dakar” with an interesting ac-cent. Hours later, when Valdivieso woke up, she knew something was wrong when she spotted the plane on the travel map on the screen in front of her hover-
ing over the Middle East—nowhere near Africa!
After nine hours of convincing the airline that a mistake like this came from the airline and not the vacationing couple, they were finally put on a plane headed to Senegal.
“From now on, I’ll triple-check ev-erything,” Valdivieso said. That’s good advice, unless you want to end up in Timbuktu on your next vacation.
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Tuesday May 7 witnessed the first public event of the new Agudath Israel of West Hempstead (AIWH). The re-nowned Talmid Chacham and speaker, Rav Moshe Tuvia Lieff, Shlit”a, Rabbi of Agudas Yisroel Bais Binyomin of Brook-lyn, spoke to the attendees on “The Chal-lenges of Shavuos for the Individual and the Family.” His words of Torah, chizuk, and bracha gave welcome support to AI-WH’s leadership and to those who aspire to learn and daven in an Agudah shul in West Hempstead.
The West Hempstead community is located a short drive from the Five Towns, Queens, and Brooklyn. With its affordable housing and suburban en-vironment, West Hempstead provides good opportunities for families looking to purchase a home of their own. It is a “full-service” community, with an eiruv,
a mikvah, kosher restaurants and mar-kets, a Judaica store and a local Hatzolah. Many neighborhood children attend the local day school, and there is town-pro-vided bus service to yeshivas and girls’ schools located in the Five Towns, Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan.
The motivation for bringing Agu-dath Israel of America to West Hemp-stead is to expand on the many strengths its Orthodox Jewish community already possesses, and to provide another path for its residents to grow in Torah and tefillah.
For any questions concerning Agu-dath Israel of West Hempstead, please call Rabbi Moshe Finkelstein at (516) 489-1913, or send e-mail to [email protected]
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Achiezer in conjunction with Hatzalah is in the midst of a communi-ty-wide health series for men, women and Spanish-speaking caregivers.
CPR and choking procedures are be-ing taught in order to be best prepared in case of an emergency until profes-sional help arrives. The first class for women was held last Sunday, May 12th at the Hatzalah garage in Far Rockaway
and was attended by 40 women who came away very confident in their abil-ity to perform these crucial skills should they become needed. A class for Span-ish-speaking caregivers will be given on Thursday, May 23rd. A class for men is scheduled as well.
Contact Achiezer for more info at (516) 791-4444 or email [email protected].
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Rabbi Paysach Krohn and the boys of Mesivta Tiferet Torah in Queens On Rabbi Krohn’s right and left are the Roshei Yeshiva, Rabbi Nir Aminov and Rabbi Nachum Zlotnick. Rabbi Krohn spoke at the father and son breakfast on Sunday before Shavous discussing how one prepares for Kabolas Hatorah. The fathers who attended were so moved that afterwards they asked the rabbis to make these breakfasts more often!
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On Sunday May 12th, in Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills, Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim held their annual community breakfast. The guest speaker was Rabbi Peretz Steinberg of Young Israel of Queens Valley.
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Yom Yerushalayim was celebrated last week at YHT with many meaningful and exciting programs. After a spirited Tefillah and Hallel, the middle school students enjoyed a special breakfast fol-lowed by a shiur by Rabbi Yaakov Lerner of the Young Israel of Great Neck.
Rabbi Lerner spoke beautifully about our special connection to Eretz Yisra-el and read to the students a letter that Rabbi Tzvi Yehudah Kook had written. The letter amazingly describes that the day of Rav Kook’s Aliyah (and what he had wanted inscribed on his tombstone) would later be the day of the re-unifica-tion of Jerusalem. Grades 1-5 had the opportunity to visit the Kotel, right in-side YHT!
Rabbi Ahron Rosenthal, with the help of Orit Lax, the art director, de-signed a beautiful miniature Kotel for
the students to visit. Each class visited the Kotel and said Tehillim together with their teacher, followed by the plac-ing of notes into the cracks of the wall.
The students really found the ex-perience very inspiring as they had a chance to really feel like they were at the Kotel, davening and plac-ing a note with a prayer to Hashem.
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This Tuesday, May 28th, the Five Towns community will have the oppor-tunity to enjoy a unique and exciting event. An Experience of Excellence and Grace is sure to produce much delight.
The attractive appeal of elegant dé-cor combined with fine wines and foods is true to Gesher’s hallmark of effective synergy. In only its first year, the Gesh-er Early Childhood Center has earned accolades for its formulated method of individualized education.
In a recent interview with the Gesher staff, they explained the basic principles that they use to develop each student’s goals. “The first step in individualization is to forge a bond with each child so that they feel unconditionally loved and safe. We are then able to imbed their person-alized goals into the general curriculum and into our specific lesson plans.”
The staff continued to explain how they implement specific goals for each student into every part of the day: circle time, center time, and even while tran-sitioning between activities. “Every child has a preferred way of learning and play-ing. We key in to each child’s needs and preferences in order to create a positive and productive learning environment.”
The Gesher model has won strong approval from related service providers who have worked with the staff. A speech therapist had the following observation, “Intervention plans that I create are inte-
grated into the classroom for functional communication. The teacher provides extensive carry-over of clinician’s sug-gestions and strategies. We are a team in providing multi-disciplinary/multi-sen-sory services for the child.”
Parents have also showered Gesher with praise and gratitude. The following few quotes are a strong indication. “My child’s development at Gesher has been phenomenal! The staff at Gesher is amaz-ing, dedicated, hard working and inspir-ing. Their care for the curriculum and the meticulous planning of each lesson and project is apparent.”
“My child’s development at Gesher has been incredible. They have exceeded our expectations by leaps and bounds, and my child is, B”H, flourishing.” “The implementation of services at Gesher has been a parent’s dream. The therapists and teachers work closely as a team, to implement and encourage all skills and development.”
Join Gesher on Tuesday evening, May 28th, at The Studio showroom of elegant interior design, 287R Central Avenue in Cedarhurst. Enjoy fine wines by Mark Glicksman and Delicious food from The Upper Crust while learning more about Gesher’s program.
For more information, please con-tact Gesher at 516-730-7377 or at [email protected].
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The Fifth Grade girls in Morah Elana Jacobs’ class at HANC’s Samuel & Eliza-beth Bass Golding Elementary School in West Hempstead are excited for spring-time! They are excited about the warm weather and the sunny afternoons that they can spend outside bikeriding and having fun with friends. But when the girls started thinking about how much they were looking forward to spending time outdoors bike riding, they remem-bered all the children in the Five Towns and Far Rockaway who would be unable to enjoy the outdoors because Hurricane Sandy destroyed their bikes. So, with the leadership of Morah Jacobs, the girls de-cided to hold a “Bike Drive”!
On Sunday, May 5th, the girls and Morah Jacobs met on the front lawn of the 5th grader Sarah Oppenheim’s house to hold the drive! Bikes in all sizes and
colors were donated and lined up next to riding toys, scooters and roller skates. The girls worked hard, washing and cleaning the bikes, pumping the tires, and shining the frames! When the drive was over, they loaded the bikes onto the van that would be taking the bikes to Far Rockaway to be given out to people who needed them! The girls felt so good about their chessed and enthusiastically asked for more opportunities to give to others in this way. Exclaimed one girl from the class, “It was a very special mitzvah that was so much fun!”
We are so proud of our students! A special “thank you” to the Op-
penheim’s for hosting and to Dr. Roffe for helping with pumping the tires and fixing up bikes. To everyone who helped at the drive and donated bikes: Tizku L’mitzvot!
HANC’s Hurricane Sandy Bike Drive
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Digging in the Rain: Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh Groundbreaking a Huge Success
On Sunday morning, May 19th, Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh (“YZA”) held a groundbreaking at the site of their new campus in Bayswater, NY. The yeshi-va has been displaced since Hurricane Sandy flooded the yeshiva’s home in the Agudah of Bayswater and an adjacent building which housed the dining room and kitchen facilities. The rebbeim and talmidim have persevered and contin-ue learning and growing, but a solution had to be found. The yeshiva decided to build a modular building, which could be completed quickly and serve the needs of the yeshiva.
Early on Sunday morning, a light drizzle began, which continued through-out the day. The yeshiva’s administration decided to hold the event despite the weather. The rain refused to subside, but
nevertheless nearly two hundred people came to the event from the local com-munity, the Five Towns and as far away as Cleveland, Ohio. Several members of the local Rockaway Citizens Safety Patrol were in attendance to ensure the security of the event. Families came out in the rain and the children were treated to toy shovels and hard hats, along with cotton candy. Delicious refreshments were provided by Cravingz of Cedar-hurst and music was playing, creating a mood that was incredibly light and up-lifting for a gray Sunday morning. It was a tremendous success, especially in light of the circumstances.
Hillel Adelman, a local commu-nity activist and former president of the Young Israel of Bayswater, served as the emcee for the event. He began
by recounting his own experiences in Zichron Aryeh and the pos-itive impact the yeshiva has had on his life and the Bay-swater community. He em-phasized the importance of having a yeshiva in our town and the benefits the yeshiva has received from the com-munity.
Rabbi Shaya Cohen, the Rosh HaYeshiva of YZA, then addressed the crowd, speak-ing about the growth of the yeshiva and the idea of focus-ing on the individual talmid, helping each one grow to his full potential. He conveyed the yeshiva’s thanks to all of those who braved the bad weather and came out for the event and to the supporters that have stood by the yeshi-va over the years. The yeshiva owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to the various in-stitutions that have hosted it over the years and especially in the last few months, including the Young Israel of Bayswater, Khal Chesed V’Emes (Bay 24th Street Shul), the Agudah of Bay-swater, and the Jewish Heritage Center in Flushing, Queens.
Congressman Gregory W. Meeks of the 5th congressional district, which encompasses the Bayswater community,
spoke next. Standing under his umbrel-
la, he noted how the falling rain was an auspicious harbinger of growth for the yeshiva and the community. Just as wa-ter is needed for growth in nature, our community educational institutions are essential to the growth of another generation of leader and educators. He referenced the yeshiva’s mission of edu-cating future teachers and stressed how
Thousands of Belz chassidim from Isra-el and around the world gathered by the traffic circle in the center of the Kikar Belz neighborhood of Yerushalayim to partici-pate in the chuppah of the Belzer Rebbe’s oldest grandson. The chosson, eighteen-year-old Shalom Rokeach, is the son of the Belzer Rebbe’s only son, Rabbi Aharon Mordechai Rokeach. The kallah, nineteen-year-old Batya Paneth, is the daughter of R’ Yechiel Meir Paneth, a magid shiur in Ye-shivas Nadvorna Bnei Brak.
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(L-R) Avraham Burger - administrative director of YZA, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder and Rabbi Shaya Cohen
Partial view of the crowd, listening under their umbrellas
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important this facet of education is in the development of a community and in maintaining educational quality.
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder fol-lowed up on the Congressman’s words, emphasizing the challenges our com-munity has endured since Hurricane Sandy and talking about the strength of
response. His steadfast support for all of the community’s Torah institutions and all of his constituents is well known and was highlighted in his introduction by the emcee. He has been a strong sup-porter of Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh and has helped the yeshiva and the entire community recover from the challenges of the past six months. He wished the yeshiva hatzlacha moving forward and hoped to see the final building soon.
Rabbi Aryeh Zev Ginzberg, Rav of the Chofetz Chaim Torah Center in Ce-darhurst, spoke about the yeshiva’s bita-chon in facing destruction and rebound-ing to build further, turning destruction into an opportunity for growth for the yeshiva. This bitachon is a foundation-al part of the yeshiva’s chinuch and is a hallmark of Rabbi Shaya Cohen.
Rabbi Yaakov Bender, Rosh HaYeshi-va of Yeshiva Darchei Torah, was the fi-nal speaker. He spoke of his relationship with Rabbi Cohen over many years and how deserving the yeshiva is of a new campus. He wished the yeshiva well in its growth and urged the community to help the yeshiva by donating generously to help with the completion of the build-ing.
The building is slated for delivery and installation this summer. The 7,200 sq. ft. facility will house Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh’s Beis Medrash and Kollel Ner Ye-hoshua and provide a forum for teacher training courses offered in the yeshiva and via webcast around the country. The facility will include a beis medrash, din-ing room, kitchen, offices, shiur rooms, library and exercise room along with an outdoor basketball court and recreation area.
For dedication opportunities or to find out more about Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh, visit www.zacampus.com or call Avraham Burger at 516-295-5700 x 17.
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Local resident and YZA Alumnus Yoni Sokol with his son
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Unfortunately, there has been a spate of catastrophic events in the last few months. The Sandy Hook shooting, Boston marathon terror attack and now most recently, the devastating torna-does in Oklahoma cumulatively pose a threat to the sense of safety and equa-nimity that we desire for our children and us.
In light of this clustering of horror and misfortune, OHEL’s trauma team has revised its “pointers” in its ongoing effort and commitment to preserve our children’s sense of safety.
Normalize any fear and concern. Assure your children that being fright-ened after such events is just part of be-ing human.
It is probably futile to try to hide or insulate your child from what has hap-pened. News today is readily accessible and rapidly disseminated even among children
While commiserating with your child that the recurrence of scary events in such close proximity is frightening, cast it in the context of the breadth of humanity and time with the accurate
assurances that tragedy and misfortune remains the exception not the rule.
Preschool-aged children do not understand the concept of “rare” and should be told unequivocally that they are safe and that such horror will not occur to them. If applicable, assure them that these events took place far away from their home despite the im-mediacy of images and pictures.
Since these recent events involved the death of children and grave inju-ries, it may be advisable to reiterate that death and infirmity are more typically and normally associated with aging and the elderly. This type of clarification is generally relevant only to children 6 and older who can understand this as-pect of life.
Limit your children’s exposure to media coverage and viewing that is known to only exacerbate such horror and fear. This is particularly important with regard to the tornados for which live and frightening footage is readily available.
Do not be surprised if your child seems unfazed by this event but man-
ifests or expresses fears at a later date. There is not uncommonly a dormant period following exposure to such po-tentially destabilizing occurrences.
Elementary school aged children are often preoccupied with the facts or details of such tragedy. This is age-typi-cal and refraining from a tempered and accurate response leaves them prone to more scary rumors and distortions.
It is not uncommon for children to fear inclement weather especially ac-companied by thunder and lightning. Such children may be particularly hor-rified by the events in Oklahoma. If such fears recur, address them promptly before they become entrenched.
Children who are generally beset by anxiety or fears are also more at risk for an adverse response. All of these chil-dren deemed more at risk should be carefully observed for changes in their mood, behavior and even play.
We hope this advice is of assistance to you and please feel free to contact OHEL’s Rapid Response Trauma team for more assistance. We can be reached at 1800-603-OHEL
Dr. Norman Blumenthal, Ph.D.OHEL’s Director of Trauma, Be-
reavement & Rapid Response TeamDr. Norman Blumenthal is a well-
known specialist and speaker in trau-ma. A licensed clinical psychologist in private practice in Cedarhurst, NY, Dr. Blumenthal is the former Director of Be-reavement and Crisis Intervention Ser-vices for Chai Lifeline. Dr. Blumenthal also serves as Educational Director of the Bella and Harry Wexner Kollel Ely-on and Semikha Honors Program at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Sem-inary of Yeshiva University. Dr. Blumen-thal is past Vice President of NEFESH. (An International Network of Mental Health Professionals).
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Cong. Bais Ephraim Yitzchok 812 Peninsula Blvd. Woodmere, NY 11598
Schedule of Shiurim
Friday Night Oneg (for men & women): 9:30 p.m.
Topic: ונשמרתם את נפשותכם לא תעמוד על דם רעך
Shabbos-of-Inspiration Program
Shabbos Day Shiur for Women: 4:00 p.m.*
at the home of Daniella & Chaim Wieder, 366 Barnard Avenue in Woodmere
Topic: When חסד is truly חסד
at the home of Briendy & Danial Jacobson, 526 Island Avenue in Woodmere
Shabbos Day Shiur for Men: 5:45 p.m.
Topic: באותיותיו ה׳הוגה את
at Cong. Bais Ephraim Yitzchok, 812 Peninsula Blvd. in Woodmere
*shiur given by Rabbi Doniel Pransky & Reb. Esther Pransky
Shabbos-of-Inspiration Program
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Rosh Kollel, Atlanta Scholars Kollel
פרשת בהעלותךMay 24-25, 2013
Cong. Bais Ephraim Yitzchok Rabbi Zvi Ralbag
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Wheels To Lease, a car leasing com-pany in Brooklyn, was a corporate spon-sor in this year’s Hatzolah auction, held on May 4th – May 6th. The auction, which takes place every year, also in-cluded prizes such as iPods, magazines, scooters, rollerblades, and more from various sponsors.
“We are so proud to announce our corporate sponsorship of Hatzolah for their yearly auction event. We’ve decid-ed to offer a car lease as a grand prize to support the Hatzolah ambulance services and the dedicated employees who devote their time to saving peoples’ lives every day. Our winner, Ari Haas, was in total shock, and we are looking forward to getting Mr. Haas into some brand new wheels,” said Shlomie Hershkop, owner of Wheels To Lease.
Ari and his wife, Miriam Haas, will enjoy a two-year car lease courtesy of Wheels To Lease. Mr. Haas has never purchased or owned his very own new car; winning came as a total surprise. “I was in such shock that I won, I’ve pur-
chased tickets in previous auctions and have never won anything,” said the en-thusiastic winner, Mr. Haas. He went on to say that he is interested in a white 2013 Honda Accord for his family, and added that the large trunk space in the Accord will allow him to transfer his musical in-struments, as Mr. Haas is in a band and plays keyboard.
“I’m a Brooklyn man, born and raised, and have known about Wheels To Lease my entire life. I see the ads posted everywhere, and almost every other car on my block has the Wheels To Lease bumper guards on the back of the cars,” said Mr. Haas. Mr. Haas added, “What really surprised me most was that I pur-chased just one ticket and it was online, just 2 hours before the auction ended!”
The three-day spectacular, called “Moments,” was held at the Ateres Golda Ballrooms at 1362 50th Street in Brook-lyn, N.Y. from May 4-6. Over $350,000 worth of prizes were auctioned over the course of the three days, including the car lease deal from Wheels To Lease, one
of three grand prizes. In addition to the auctions, a men’s gala and Melava Malka dinner was held on May 4, a family pro-gram took place on May 5, and a wom-en’s evening of inspiration closed the event out on May 6.
As a sponsor of the event, Wheels To Lease generously provided a two-year car lease of a desirable Honda vehicle. The prize is worth up to $6,000, and will afford the winner both convenience and pleasure. In addition to Honda mod-els, the dealership also lets customers buy a new Toyota or Acura model from its wide inventory, and its competitive deals are sure to save individuals mon-ey. Wheels To Lease also runs a monthly iPad raffle, which anyone can enter just by joining their email list: http://www.wheelstolease.com/joinemaillist/.
For more information about Wheels To Lease, curious individuals can vis-it the company’s website at http://www.WheelsToLease.com or reach a customer service representative at 718-871-8181.
The dealership can also be found across several social media sites, including Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Wheels2Lease and Twitter at http://twit-ter.com/WheelsToLease, and it manag-es a Brooklyn cars blog at http://www.WheelsToLeaseBlog.com.
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The preschool students of YCQ learned all about Shavuot as they made beautiful flower arrangements to grace their Yom Tov tables and count down the days until Matan Torah.
The Young Israel of Long Beach, New York will be hosting Simply Tzfat on Shabbos Parshas Shelach, June 1st 2013. The Simply Tsfat Chassidic mu-sicians stem from the Breslov commu-nity in Tsfat, Israel. A town located in the northern Galilee, Tsfat is famous for its mountain air and Jewish mysti-cism. This year they will be unable to perform as they traditionally do on the July 4th weekend as part of the City of Long Beach Summer Concert Series be-cause of the Three Weeks. However, the Young Israel will be hosting a summer
concert on the Boardwalk following the Three Weeks. They have arrived in the United States to perform at the concert following the Israeli Day Parade
A special Motzaei Shabbos perfor-mance is being presented at the Young Israel of Long Beach. The concert will take place on Motzaei Shabbos, June 1st 2013 at 10:00 PM. This event will serves as a welcome to the many families who come to Long Beach to enjoy their sum-mer vacations. It is also designed as an-other opportunity to raise the spirits of the community following the aftermath
of Hurricane Sandy. It is just one on the many activities and special events being
planned at the Young Israel this summer.Simply Tsfat fuses together heaven
and earth through music. Stories, per-sonal anecdotes and Chassidic teachings are interwoven with powerful lyrics and enchanting music inherited from an authentic tradition handed down from the time of Rebbe Nachman. Acoustic guitarist/vocalist Elyahu Reiter, violin-ist Yehonason Lipshutz, and classical guitarist Yonatan Tzarum join forces to present an evening of Breslov Chassid-ic music, storytelling and teachings of Rebbe Nachman
After receiving degrees from Tufts and Stanford Universities, Reiter moved to Israel to delve deeper into the To-rah. Also a university graduate, Lip-shutz moved to Tsfat with his family two weeks before the Gulf war. Israeli-born Tzarum learned classical flamenco gui-tar from his father.
Simply Tsfat conveys a deep love of chassidic life and its music. Their style is warm and intimate, drawing listeners into the air of Tsfat and a living Chassid-ic tradition.
Young Israel of Long Beach Presents Simply Tsfat in Concert
Project NIVNEH will be having an Appreciation Event iy”H this upcom-ing Sunday, May 26th at 8:00 PM in the White Shul. All women of the communi-ty are invited.
You do not want to miss the opportu-nity to hear the inspirational stories from the women of our community including hurricane victims, committee heads, team leaders and partners. The presenta-tion is testimony to how OUR amazing community, along with volunteers from all over the world, rose to the challenge for the last six months to help each other! NIVNEH will recognize the 500 volun-
teers who gave up so much of their time to perform tremendous acts of chessed for the families impacted by Hurricane Sandy to help rebuild the community!
The event will include a delicious dessert buffet, provided by Sharmel Ca-terers, and we will have music by Baila Caller.
Event Sponsors: PRISM, Sharmel Ca-terers, AHC Appliances, Gourmet Glatt, The White Shul, Comfort Bedding, Five Towns Jewish Times, Dina Rogoff, Baila Caller.
There will be no solicitation of funds at this event.
NIVNEH Appreciation Event this Sunday
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In their first season joining the League, the Ateres Yaakov Eagles took home the intermediate division (9th and 10th grades) cham-pionship in the Na-tional Council of Young Israel’s Bas-ketball League. The championship cul-minated an intense 10 game season, in which the Eagles finished with a di-vision leading 8-2 record.
“We promote healthy outlets for our talmidim when-ever and wherever we can,” commented Rabbi Yossi Ben-nett, Assistant Menahel and Athletic Director at MAY. “When we got wind of this league and the kosher, effi-cient and professional way in which it was run, we decided to join on the intermediate level.”
Expertly coached by local alumni Zack Hatten and Na-tan Cohen, the team proved to be a “force to be reckoned
with” throughout the entire season. Af-ter a playoff win in a hometown rivalry against the Young Israel of Woodmere,
the Eagles were slated to take on the Young Israel of Jamaica Estates in the championship game.
What began as a slow starting game quickly de-veloped into an intense matchup between the top two teams in the League. At the close of the first quarter, however, the Ea-gles had taken a domi-nating lead, 21-11, which
they would not lose the entire game. At the close, the final score was 71-47. Eagles’ captain and 10th grader, Yaakov Puderbeutel, led the team in scor-ing and led the Eagles in their amazing first season.
Rabbi Ben-nett remarked, “We are so proud
of our talmidim, both for the incredi-ble commitment and dedication they demonstrated to their team, but more so for the menschlech and classy manner in
which they conducted themselves. We hope to join the League’s senior division next year as well.”
Mesivta Ateres Yaakov Wins YI Basketball Championship
The award ceremonies have begun this past Sunday May 19th, and it was a privilege to participate in the DRS Ne-divei Lev Service Society. The induction ceremony honored members of the se-nior class who have served their school and larger community above and be-yond. The ceremony was attended by the student body, as well as faculty and parents.
The Jean Fischman Chabad of the Five Towns’ Friendship Circle was hon-ored to present three outstanding volun-teers with a certificate and gift for their dedication, commitment and heart. We are so proud of you Aaron Meir Rubel, Josh Libin and Yaakov Hagler. Each of you has truly made a difference. Like your special friend said, “The boys have been very nice! I know them for two years. They play with me every Shab-bos. They walk all the way from Ce-darhurst to Woodmere! They come in
rain, in cold weath-er, in snowy weath-er, in hot weather, in stormy weather. They are sweet not sour.”
“When Chabad’s Friendship Circle opened its doors six years ago, our goal was to reach out and extend a help-ing hand to families who have children with special needs,” stated Batsheva Borenstein, Friend-ship Circle director. “The Friendship Circle is made up of five parts: the vol-unteers, children, parents, supporters, and staff. The true beauty of it is how we all link together to form a seamless cir-cle of friendship. Today with over 135
families and 155 volunteers we strive to expand and strengthen our circle.”
An exciting award ceremony for ALL the Friendship Circle volunteers will take place Tuesday May 28, 2013 at Chabad.
To place an ad in our Volunteer Commemorative book, for more infor-mation or to make a reservation go to www.FC5towns.com/VolunteerAppre-ciation or email [email protected].
DRS Friendship Circle Awardees
From Left to right: Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky, Josh Libin, Batsheva Borenstein, Yaakov Hagler, Aaron Meir Rubel
9th grade rebbe Rabbi Shmuel Oratz with 10th graders Yaakov Puderbeutel and Ari Shaulson
9th grade point guard Yossi Malek bringing down the ball flanked by 10th graders Yaakov Puderbeutel and Ari Shaulson
10th grader Ari Shaulson shooting a free throw
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The Yeshiva of South Shore preschool enjoyed their annual Middos Parade, as the marched together displaying the songs, costumes, and art that they created while learning about V’ahavta l’reacha kamocha, derech eretz, and simcha.
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On Wednesday, the first day of Shavuos, at the campus of the SKA High
School for girls in Hewlett Bay Park, 250 smiling faces filled the room for the
Hewlett community’s grand Shavuos cele-bration arranged by Chabad of Hewlett to honor the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai 3326 years ago. Men, women and children came to hear the read-ing of the Ten Com-mandments in unity. Afterwards, the crowd was treated to eight flavors of scrumptious ice cream with twelve
types of toppings and a wide array of blintzes, cheesecakes and a dairy buffet.
“You should have seen the smiles on those faces,” said Rabbi Tenenbo-im, Chabad of Hewlett Director. “This party really revealed the beauty and joy of Shavuos in a fun and enjoyable way. The community was able to get togeth-er from all different backgrounds, enjoy each other’s company, and relive the giv-ing of the Torah as one.”
Rabbi Tenenboim began the party with a message about the importance of Jewish unity, and its connection to Shavuos. After the Ten Commandments were read, the crowd enjoyed the deli-cious food, while the kids had a special
children’s program with stories and games in honor of the holiday.
“Although this was my first time ever hearing about this holiday,” said Adam Cohen, “I really felt welcome and at home thanks to Rabbi and Rivkie Tenenboim.”
A special thanks to SKA High School, to the volunteers, and to Mr. Joel Baruch from Gotta-Getta-Bagel.
Chabad of Hewlett is an affiliated of Chabad of Five Towns, for more info and for dedication opportunities email [email protected] www.jew-ishhewlett.com or call 516-537-8770.
250 Happy, Ice Cream-Smudged Faces Celebrated Shavuos with Chabad Of Hewlett
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Bnot Yaakov believes that success in higher math requires a strong founda-tion in what they’ve termed “memoriza-tion math.” All teachers drill students, send flashcards home and award prizes for nightly review to assure that students memorize all math facts and tables. At an evening parent conference held ear-lier this school year, Mrs. Friedman, Associate Principal in Bnot Yaakov, stressed “flashing for five” each night as a routine part of homework. She ex-plained that “flashing for five” means drilling your child on a specific series of math facts, going from smaller to larger increments of information, until mas-tery is achieved. The drills can be con-ducted more formally with flashcards or concurrent with other activities such as preparing dinner, washing dishes, driv-ing in the car or even while getting ready for bed. How daily math reviews occur isn’t as important as that they occur.
In support of this developmental process, Bnot Yaakov held its first Math Olympiad! All classes focused on their curriculum’s math facts and tables and conducted their own math drills that produced class winners to compete in the school-wide contest. First graders competed alongside third graders; how-ever, each student was given grade-ap-propriate questions. Aside from basic math facts and tables, students were also tested on money and numerical equivalency, word problems and math “procedures” such as “re-grouping” with double digit addition and subtraction.
Although the Math Olympiad primarily reinforces math facts and tables, girls are also tested on an array of foundational skills and procedures.
Conducting any “contest” is tricky, however, because although it’s import-ant to reinforce those students who worked hard to achieve excellence, it’s also important to reinforce industry for all students who demonstrate good work habits. In the spirit of maintaining that delicate balance, Bnot Yaakov held an Awards Assembly where all students received “Math Masters Awards” along with the two school “winners” who re-ceived their own “Math Olympiad Win-ner Awards.” We’re proud to announce Shira Deil and Michal Bezelely as the Bnot Yaakov 2013 Math Olympiad win-ners! We’re also very proud of the rest of our students—all flashing for five nightly—solidly on their way to math mastery!
Bnot Yaakov Math Olympiad 2013
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Dine ‘N Meet is coming to Wood-mere on June 8th! The Young Israel of Woodmere Singles Initiative Committee, in conjunction with YUCo-nnects and SawYouAtSinai, is hosting this very special Shabbos for eligible single men and women.
Dine ‘N Meet is a brand new concept initiated by SawYouatSinai that al-lows singles to meet other compatible singles while enjoying a Shabbos meal experience. The Young Is-rael of Woodmere is proud to sponsor this weekend which is yet another in a series of events and pro-grams that facilitate match-making. Past events have included the popular “Sal-ad Wars and BBQ” for sin-gles, “Meet the Matchmaker Night,” the “Newlywed Network” for young married couples helping their friends and two Matchmaking Brainstorming sessions for the community.
At Dine ‘N Meet, a minimum of 6 - 12 singles attend a Shabbos meal, equally divided between men and women, with placement based on profile and comput-er algorithms. Meals are pre-screened and exclusive so participants will en-joy meeting many new and compatible singles. Volunteer, friendly families in various communities host the meals and facilitate conversation as well as the follow-up matchmaking. In addition,
the Woodmere event will have a special Shalosh Seudos meal at a Woodmere home where all the attendees will have
an opportunity to meet each other.
Dine ‘N Meet meals for approximately 300 singles of various age ranges and hashkafas took place this spring in the Upper West Side, Washington Heights and Kew Gardens Hills. Many couples are dating and matches continue to materialize.
The Woodmere Dine ‘N Meet is open to Ortho-dox singles ages 23 -35. In lieu of an event fee, Dine ‘N Meet requests that par-ticipants make a minimum donation to tzedakah of at least $18. The charity that
will benefit from the Woodmere event is Achiezer Community Resource Center which provided invaluable resources to the community after Hurricane Sandy.
To register your interest for the event, please go to www.dinenmeet.com by June 3rd at 12:00pm. There is limited availability and acceptances issued based on compatibility of the registrants.
Questions? Contact [email protected]. Anyone that wants to be in-cluded in future updates of Young Israel of Woodmere singles programming can email [email protected].
Young Israel of Woodmere to Host Dine ‘N Meet, a Shabbos for Singles
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It’s a genuine day camp – for women!There are four structured activities
per day, including live musical and come-dy entertainment, dessert design, drama, art, dance, flower arrangement, Once-A-Week Boutique, a daily Laughing Activi-ty with C.D., the Friday Pirkei Avos shiur, Custom Beauty Spa, incredible work-shops, trips, and more.
Who would have thought?The hours are from 10:00 am to 2:00
pm Monday to Friday, beginning Mon-day July 8, iy”H. Lunch should be brown-
bagged, but hot coffee and cold drinks will be graciously provided. No children or infants, but babysitting is available in the neighborhood.
Any unregistered guests who want to participate in major events must pay per activity – no exceptions. Choose the weeks that work best for you! Early bird savings before May 30th, registration closes June 30th.
Worth a trip from anywhere! Call to-day to be sure you are in!
Call 718-755-7224, or email [email protected].
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The Young Israel of Woodmere held its fifty-third Annual Dinner Banquet at the Sands in Long Beach on Sunday evening, May 12.
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On May 5th, 250 TAG alumnae joined together and celebrated fifty years of shared memories. Mrs. Tziporah Sax (Goldstein) from the class of 1998 and Mrs. Edna Ershowsky (Naamat) from the class of 2005 co-hosted a truly wonderful evening. Students representing classes from the 1970s through 2012 were there to meet their classmates and teachers. (Our very first graduates from the class of 1969 actually had their reunion at our annual dinner.)
The attendees came from many loca-tions. While many alumnae still live lo-cally, there were those who travelled from Lakewood, Edison, Monsey, Brooklyn, and Queens to celebrate TAG’s 50th an-niversary. Mrs. Esther Katz (Erps) from the class of 1980 even came from Kiami-sha Lake in upstate New York.
Rabbi Meyer Weitman, Rabbi Baruch Lovett, Mrs. Tzipporah Sax, and Mrs. Edna Ershowsky had a meeting many months ago. It was agreed that the 50th anniversary was an opportune time to bring everyone home! They decided that rather than greet the alumnae at TAG’s annual dinner, there would be an event exclusively for them. Next, a reunion committee was formed. The co-chair-
women tried to get representatives from as many classes as possible. Although this did not happen in the early stages, by the time the reunion program was print-ed, 50 class representatives had helped in some way with the reunion. Miss Chaya Feldstein from the class of 2000 dedicat-ed much of her time to this effort.
On the night of the event, thanks to Mrs. Eileen Fine, 7th graders were giving tours around the new TAG. Oh, how the school has changed through the years! Gone were the playground and trailers. In were the new gym, new classrooms, rooftop playgrounds and a pool. Current high school students, thanks to Morah
Judowitz, set up the gym, which was bathed in blue lights, courtesy of Mrs. Dina Rogoff (Tempelman). The current students then greeted the former stu-dents as they entered the event.
Mrs. Sax opened up the program by thanking her co-chairwoman, Mrs. Edna Ershowsky, and all of those that made the reunion a reality. She then in-troduced Rabbi Meyer Weitman. Rabbi Weitman reminisced about his father, Rabbi Moshe Weitman, z”l. He told them about his father’s experience in the early days of TAG. He then gave his own thoughts about the alumnae coming back to TAG. He noted that the Torah was given in the midbar. For the Jews to thrive in the midbar, they had to work together. He expressed his hope that the newly formed alumnae association func-tions as a group that will help each other in areas of need, as well as share each oth-er’s simchos.
It was a special zchus to have Reb-betzin Toby Weitman in attendance that night. Rabbi Weit-man then introduced Dr. Moshe Katz, one of the founders and current president of TAG. Dr. Katz ex-pressed his amaze-ment at what TAG had become since its inception.
David Jasse, a current parent at TAG, produced a video about the history of TAG. It was, indeed, very moving to see how TAG evolved over the course of fifty years. Rabbi Lovett than addressed the crowd. He noted that there were families that represent three generations of stu-dents in the school. There are also many alumnae that have started their second generation here. He observed that many former talmidos have taken what they have learned in TAG and now are teach-ing new generations.
Mrs. Michal Klerer (Zakheim) from the class of 1996 was the last speaker. She read a letter from Mr. Aufrichtig who could not be there that night, to his students. He noted that this was his own 40th anniversary with TAG.
The audience laughed and waxed nostalgic as Mrs. Klerer then expressed her own thoughts on how her own per-spective changed throughout the years. She contrasted the thoughts she had when she was a student and her under-standing of those same events eighteen
years later. She spoke of her warm bond with the administration, morahs and teachers. She also spoke of friendships that started in TAG that now spread out across the country. She expressed her ha-karas hatov for her years here.
The program ended with an alumnae video that was produced by our very own Rabbi Yair Hoffman. It was a look back at
TAG’s former students in all their glory. The reunion was a resounding success. Even though the official program was over about 8:10, many were not in a rush to leave; not even the ones that travelled to be there. The last one out was gone at about 9:30.
Mrs. Dassy Kwestel (Sohn) re-marked, “The best part of the night was seeing the growth of TAG. As fun as it was to see ‘old’ friends and ‘young’ teach-ers, the tour of the building was the high-light. When I graduated in 1985 with
27 other girls, the building did not look like it does now! The physical growth of the building as well as the growth in the number of students is astounding. They say that a parent reaps what it sows – and nowhere is that saying more evident than in Rabbi Moshe Weitman pouring his heart and soul into the girls that have now become Jewish mothers. The only thing missing from the night was him!”
Mrs. Rivky Keilson (Brickman) who is a former talmidah and current first grade teacher in TAG, said, “The re-union was a truly special evening. The feeling of friendship was quite palpable. It rekindled the sparks that were ignited so many years ago. To see our beloved teachers of yesteryear was amazing. We were able to awaken within us all the lessons that they inculcated into us that now truly shape who we and our families have become.”
Many are inquiring as to what is next. Now that everyone was back together, when can we do it again? Mrs. Sax and Mrs. Ershowsky hope soon. They are now brainstorming about the next event. Stay tuned.
At the end of the evening, many peo-ple, many years later, were back in high school. Maybe the old saying is wrong. Maybe you can go home again.
TAG Alumnae Come Home
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Rabbi Weitman of TAG
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DRS Recognizes Huge Acts of Chessed
This past Sunday, DRS held its third annual Nidivei Lev Service Society induction ceremony. This special cer-emony recognizes those DRS students that have shown exemplary service to their community and school through extraordinary acts of chessed and kind-ness.
The ceremony honored thirteen members of the senior class who have served their school and larger com-munity with great distinction. The ceremony was attended by the entire student body, as well as faculty and par-ents. Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, Mora D’Asra of the Young Israel of Lawrence and Cedarhurst, served as the keynote speaker, and he praised the students on their commitment to serving others.
What made the program truly unique was that the students were given awards by the directors and founders of many of the organizations that were the bene-ficiaries of the great chessed.
Mr. Jonathan Cooper, Director of Student Services/Administrator at KULANU, presented an award to Benjamin Watman for his four years of volunteer work with the organization. Rabbi Natan Farber and Rabbi Dov Emerson acknowledged the hard work and efforts that both Daniel Schein and Zack Weiss do on behalf of the students of DRS by going above and beyond, helping out in school in any way possi-ble. David Lauer was honored by Mrs. Jessica Katz of the Yad Leah organi-zation, for his hard work in running a clothing driver to collect coats for the needy in Eretz Yisroel. Yaakov Hawk’s
tremendous fundraising efforts on behalf of the Masbiah Soup Kitchen was recog-nized by its director, Mr. Alexander Rappaport. Dr. Neal Goldberg of the Lev Laytzan Foundation recognized the work of Benji Fink, Josh Fagin, and Josh Friedman who put smiles on children’s faces in hospitals by acting as hospi-tal clowns. Mrs. Batsheva Borenstein spoke of Yaakov Hagler, Ahron Rubel, and Josh Libin’s amazing work with the children of the Chabad Friendship Circle. Finally, Mr. Andy Lauber of Chai Lifeline’s iShine program for sib-lings and children of those fighting can-cer commended Elly Deutsch and Alex Selesny on their exemplary leadership and selflessness in working with the children on the program. DRS Menahel Rabbi Kaminetsky noted that all of the participants and guests were profoundly moved by the event:
“Having been the beneficiaries of our students’ chessed programs here today has shown all of our students that when they give of themselves, they can abso-lutely change another person’s life.”
Rabbi Kaminetsky began the program by thanking DRS Director of Student Activities, Rabbi Eli Brazil, who coor-dinates all of the chessed activities that happen in DRS. Rabbi Brazil noted that “this program is important not only because it gives recognition to those have who have devoted their energy to helping others, but it also serves as an inspiration for our younger students to hopefully follow in the footsteps of these student leaders in giving back to the community.”
Top Row (L-R) DRS Menahel Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky, Ahron Rubel, Alex Selesny, Benji Fink, Josh Libin, Yaakov Hawk, Zack Weiss, Yaakov Hagler, Benjamin Watman, DRS Principal Dr. Gerald Kirshenbaum,
DRS Student Activities Director Rabbi Eli Brazil. Bottom Row (L-R) Josh Friedman, Elly Deutsch, Daniel Schein, David Lauer, Josh Fagin
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The annual breakfast of Kollel Tiferes Avos under the leadership of Rabbi Dov Bressler brought out a banner crowd as all groups within the Far Rockaway-Five Towns communities were represented. A plethora of rabbonim graced the dais as the MC, Rabbi Bezalel Korn, introduced the honorees, Mr. Yossie Ross and Mr. Nathan Finkiel, who both spoke expan-sively about the contribution that the Kollel has made to their lives.
Mr. Ross, an insurance executive, elaborated on the in-depth learning he engages in until almost noon, when he begins his business day. The input of his learning carries him through the day and has even improved his business. Mr. Finkiel, a retired mathematician, spoke about the clarity, depth, and halachic im-plication of each gemara studied at the Kollel.
The highlight of the morning was the
featured address by Rabbi Dovid Gold-wasser, Morah D’asra of Kahal Bnai Yitz-chok, Brooklyn who elaborated on the el-evated life experience by those who learn every day. He commended all those who participate in the Kollel which provides sessions on gemara, Halacha, and Parsha during weekday mornings, evenings, and Shabbos.
For those who are interested in par-ticipating, please contact Rabbi Dov Bressler at [email protected].
Kollel Tiferes Avos Breakfast
Rabbi Bressler and Rabbi Goldwasser
Rabbi Bressler and Mr. Ross
Partial view of the crowd at the breakfast
Rabbi Bressler and Mr. Finkiel
L-R Rabbi Korn, Rabbi Bressler, and Rabbi Goldwasser
Ms. Kraker and her students at Kulanu celebrated Earth Day by planting a tree in Kulanu’s Center for Special Services side yard. As a class, they have been studying the benefits of trees to our environ-ment. The students have learned that trees are a necessary part of life since they provide us fresh air to breathe, a provider of shade when it is hot outside and our best natural resource for making a variety of ev-eryday items. The students worked collaboratively to plant the beauti-ful Japanese Flowering Cherry Tree. Max, a student whom is graduating this year, stated, “Digging through the soil and rocks was hard work, but a lot of fun.”
Kulanu students and staff plan to plant another tree next year and are eager to watch their first tree grow.
Hands On Study of the Benefits of Trees at Kulanu
Rav Dressler explains, in discussing the concept of being “nosei b’ol,” sharing your friend’s burden, that Hashem gave each person a talent of artistry, what we would call “imagination.” This was given to man to help him interact properly with other people. When interacting with an-other person one can “activate” the pow-er of imagination and try to figure out how this person is feeling now and what would be helpful for him in this situation.
“Imagine how it feels” is a technique that takes a person out of his own per-spective and helps to put him in the “shoes” of the other person. “Experienc-ing” the situation from the other’s point of view leads to understanding. Many interactions with other people can have some element of negativity which can cause one to walk away feeling hurt or angry. When trying to “imagine how it feels,” to be the other person, the result is a better understanding of the situation. Often, there can also be a lower intensity in the anger, frustration or hurt felt from the interaction, and at times, even kind-er feelings towards the other. This skill is helpful in many cases, whether one is dealing with a grumpy checkout clerk, an angry delivery man, a demanding cus-tomer, a late repair man, a collector at the door, etc. It can help one act and react in
a proper manner to the situation at hand. This is an especially effective tech-
nique in marriage. This is because the better one knows a person and a situa-tion, the more complete and detailed pic-ture one can imagine, and clarity and un-derstanding will be all the greater. There are very few people that one knows as well as a spouse and although it may be hard to honestly put one in his/her shoes; doing so can be very enlightening and helpful to the relationship.
When a person works on stopping the “first reaction” to a situation, and tries to view it from “in the others shoes” in-stead, he will succeed in not only avoid-ing unnecessary arguments, but also, increasing closeness which comes from a better understanding of the other.
Five Towns Marriage Initiative pro-vides educational programs, workshops and referrals to top marriage therapists. FTMI will help offset counseling costs when necessary and also runs an anony-mous shalom bayis hotline for the entire community Sunday, Tuesday and Thurs-day evenings, 10:00-11:00 p.m.
For the hotline or more information, call 516-430-5280 or email [email protected].
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Approximately 200 students and faculty members from the Rambam Mesivta rallied outside of the United Nations today to call for the immediate ouster of Richard Falk, the Human Rights Special Appointee who recently stated that the terrorist attack in Boston was a form of “retribution” that we in the United States should expect for our support of Israel and for the “torture” that American soldiers inflict with drone attacks in Afghanistan.
Richard Falk has a long-standing history of anti-American and anti-Semitic vitriol. Last year he posted a cartoon on his website that depicted a dog wearing a Star of David as a skullcap and an emblazoned USA
sweater urinating on the Lady of Justice and devouring a child. Falk denied that the cartoon was anti-Semitic before he removed the cartoon from his website.
The Rambam students received letters of support from members of Congress including representative Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania who wrote, “As our country deals with the aftermath the Boston bombings, it is outrageous and unacceptable that an appointed official at the United Nations Human Rights Council would assert that the attack was in any way justified. As an elected official who cares deeply about the defense of our country’s dignity, I thank you for you are doing today and pray that it will help lead to change.”
Congressman Doug Lamborn of Colorado joined the students “in expressing outrage and indignation over the remarks of the top United Nations Human Rights official who blamed the Boston terror attacks on ‘American global dominion and Tel Aviv.’” At the rally, students chanted forcefully and in unison “Kick him out,” “Stop the bias—stop the hate,” “Falk—take a walk,” and “Blame the terrorists not the victims.”
According to rally organizer, Rabbi Zev Meir Friedman, “It is an important part of chinuch to teach talmidim to speak out against anti-Semitism and defend Klal Yisrael. We are about to celebrate Chag haShavous by learning night and day but we also
must remember that the same Moshe Rabbeinu who was sent by Hashem to give us the Torah was the same Moshe Rabbeinu who killed the Mitzri who threatened the Jew. Learning Torah is of paramount importance but we cannot turn a blind eye to the suffering of another Jew or of a potential threat to Klal Yisrael.”
Students hope that the pressure created by the rally which was covered by many New York news outlets coupled with the outrage expressed by members of Congress contacted by the students will culminate in the removal of Falk from his position as a Human Rights Representative of the United Nations.
Students Rally to Call for the Ouster of United Nations Human Rights Representative For His Anti-Semitic and Anti-American Bias
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HALB’s fourth grade celebrated their mishna siyum with family and friends last week
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You Gotta be Kidding! RiddleHarry tells his doctor that he is very concerned that his wife Sadie is losing
her hearing. “I’ll have my nurse make an appointment for her, but in the meantime, there’s
a simple, informal test you can run to give us an idea how bad the problem is,” his doctor says. “Here’s what you do: start out about 40 feet away from her, and in a normal, conversational, speaking tone say something and see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.”
That evening, Sadie is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and Harry is in the liv-ing room. In a normal tone, Harry asks, “Honey, what’s for supper?”
No response.So Harry moves to the other end of the room and repeats, “Honey, what’s for
supper?”Still no response.Next he moves into the dining room. “Honey, what’s for supper? Sadie, do
you hear me?”No response, so he walks up to the kitchen door. “What’s for supper?”Again there is no response, so he walks right up behind her. “Honey, what’s
for supper?”To which Sadie responds: “For the fifth time, Harry, MEATBALLS!”
1. Wife goes to the supermarket to buy the food.
2. Wife makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert.
3. Wife prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to
Husband who is lounging beside the grill.
4. HUSBAND PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.
5. Wife goes inside to organize the plates and cutlery.
6. Wife comes out to tell Husband that the meat is burning. He thanks her and
says, “This is some serious work!” after taking a sip of his iced tea.
7. HUSBAND TAKES SOME OF THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO WIFE.
8. Wife prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces and brings them to the table.
9. HUSBAND WIPES HIS FORWHEAD WITH THE DISH TOWEL SHOVED IN HIS
WASTEBAND... KNOCKS DOWN A HOTDOG IN THREE BITES, WHILE POURING HIMSELF A CUP OF FRESCA AND HYSTERICALLY SHAKING HIS HEAD FROM SIDE TO SIDE IN ADMIRATION OF HIS OWN BARBEQUEING SKILLS.
10. Wife entertains the guests.
11. Everyone at barbeque showers man with praise. “Nobody knows how to BBQ like you,” they say (knowing that if they don’t say that, they won’t be invited back for another barbeque next year).
12. HUSBAND ASKS WIFE HOW SHE ENJOYED HER NIGHT OFF.
Ms. Greatmom bought each of her four children two candies at a Memorial Day fair. Yosef had an orange candy. The child who had a red candy also had a blue one. No child had two candies of the same color. The child who had a green candy also had a red one. Aviva didn’t have a red candy and Dovid had a green one. Miri didn’t have an orange one and Yosef had no blue candy. Knowing that there were two candies of each color, can you tell the colors of the sweets each child had?
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You Gotta be Kidding! RiddleHarry tells his doctor that he is very concerned that his wife Sadie is losing
her hearing. “I’ll have my nurse make an appointment for her, but in the meantime, there’s
a simple, informal test you can run to give us an idea how bad the problem is,” his doctor says. “Here’s what you do: start out about 40 feet away from her, and in a normal, conversational, speaking tone say something and see if she hears you. If not, go to 30 feet, then 20 feet, and so on until you get a response.”
That evening, Sadie is in the kitchen cooking dinner, and Harry is in the liv-ing room. In a normal tone, Harry asks, “Honey, what’s for supper?”
No response.So Harry moves to the other end of the room and repeats, “Honey, what’s for
supper?”Still no response.Next he moves into the dining room. “Honey, what’s for supper? Sadie, do
you hear me?”No response, so he walks up to the kitchen door. “What’s for supper?”Again there is no response, so he walks right up behind her. “Honey, what’s
for supper?”To which Sadie responds: “For the fifth time, Harry, MEATBALLS!”
1. Wife goes to the supermarket to buy the food.
2. Wife makes the salad, prepares the vegetables, and makes dessert.
3. Wife prepares the meat for cooking, places it on a tray along with the necessary cooking utensils and sauces, and takes it to
Husband who is lounging beside the grill.
4. HUSBAND PLACES THE MEAT ON THE GRILL.
5. Wife goes inside to organize the plates and cutlery.
6. Wife comes out to tell Husband that the meat is burning. He thanks her and
says, “This is some serious work!” after taking a sip of his iced tea.
7. HUSBAND TAKES SOME OF THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL AND HANDS IT TO WIFE.
8. Wife prepares the plates, salad, bread, utensils, napkins, sauces and brings them to the table.
9. HUSBAND WIPES HIS FORWHEAD WITH THE DISH TOWEL SHOVED IN HIS
WASTEBAND... KNOCKS DOWN A HOTDOG IN THREE BITES, WHILE POURING HIMSELF A CUP OF FRESCA AND HYSTERICALLY SHAKING HIS HEAD FROM SIDE TO SIDE IN ADMIRATION OF HIS OWN BARBEQUEING SKILLS.
10. Wife entertains the guests.
11. Everyone at barbeque showers man with praise. “Nobody knows how to BBQ like you,” they say (knowing that if they don’t say that, they won’t be invited back for another barbeque next year).
12. HUSBAND ASKS WIFE HOW SHE ENJOYED HER NIGHT OFF.
Ms. Greatmom bought each of her four children two candies at a Memorial Day fair. Yosef had an orange candy. The child who had a red candy also had a blue one. No child had two candies of the same color. The child who had a green candy also had a red one. Aviva didn’t have a red candy and Dovid had a green one. Miri didn’t have an orange one and Yosef had no blue candy. Knowing that there were two candies of each color, can you tell the colors of the sweets each child had?
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GOT FUNNY? Let the Commissioner decide.
Send your stuff to [email protected] Answer to riddle: Yosef had an orange and a green candy.Aviva had orange and a blue candies.Miri had a red and a blue candy.Dovid had a green and a red one.
1. What was the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery before it became a cemetery?
a. It was Thomas Jefferson’s farmb. It was an army basec. It was Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s
plantationd. It was a hunting grounds
2. Who did the U.S. fight in the War of 1812?a. Mexicob. Spainc. Franced. Britain
3. On June 6th, 1944, American troops invaded the beaches of Normandy during World War II. What country is Normandy in?
a. Franceb. Japanc. Italyd. Poland
4. What was Woodrow Wilson’s campaign slogan when he ran for re-election in 1916?
a. Peace, Progress, Prosperityb. Secure Our Homeland Firstc. Don’t Swap Horses in the Middle of the Streamd. He Kept Us out of War
5. Which U.S. soldier was the highest ranking officer captured by North Korean troops in the Korean War?
a. Major General William F. Deanb. Lt. General Levon D. Smethc. Lt. General Jean McArthurd. Sergeant John McCain
6. In which war did the U.S. suffer the most deaths?
a. World War IIb. Vietnam Warc. Civil Ward. World War I
7. In World War II, who was the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces who directed the D-Day invasion and announced its start by saying, “OK, we’ll go”?
a. Dwight D. Eisenhowerb. George S. Patton c. Matthew B. Ridgway d. Douglas Macarthur
8. Which of the following was the U.S.’s longest war?
a. Vietnam Warb. World War IIc. Revolutionary Ward. War in Afghanistan
Answers:1. C- In 1964, as the Civil War raged and thousands
of soldiers were dying, the Union government needed a cemetery to bury its dead. The Union occupied Ar-lington and the Arlington Estate of Confederate Gen-eral Robert E. Lee was the most suitable property in the area. The property was high and free from floods, it had a view of the District of Columbia, and it was aesthetically pleasing. Denying Robert E. Lee use of his home after the war was also a valuable political consideration.
2. D- The War of 1812 is often considered to be the “forgotten war.” Some facts that were not forgot-ten: The White House and Capitol were burned to the ground during the invasion of Washington, DC. First Lady Dolly Madison garnered fame for saving a por-trait of George Washington before flames engulfed the president’s home. In 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star Spangled Banner” while watching the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor.
3. A4. D5. A- On July 20, 1950, Major General Dean be-
came separated from his men during battle. He hid alone in the woods around the countryside during the day and traveled at night for over a month. On August 25, 1950, after a hand-to-hand struggle with fifteen North Koreans, he was captured. General Dean had no contact with the outside world until he was interviewed on December 18, 1951 by an Australian, Wilfred Bur-chett, who was a correspondent for Le Soir, a French left-wing newspaper. This was the first time that any-one had any idea that General Dean was alive since being reported missing in action. He was released in 1953 and showered with military and civilian honors. General Dean, however, insisted he was no hero but “just a dogface soldier.”
6. C- 625,000 soldiers died in the Civil War, amount-ing to 1.988% of the total population of 32,000,000 American citizens. The second deadliest war was World
War II, in which we lost 405,399 soldiers, amounting to .307% of the total population.
7. A-Plans were delayed for a couple days because of bad weather, until Gen. Eisenhower finally gave the order.
8. A-The Vietnam conflict between the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, known as the Viet Cong, against the govern-ment of South and its principal ally, the United States, lasted from 1954 through 1975. America’s direct mili-tary involvement was from 1965 to 1973. The second longest is the Afghanistan War, which started in 2001 and is still being fought.
Wisdom key:6-8 correct: You are a war buff!3-5 correct: You are wishy washy. You probably
think the “Cold War” has something to do with a beer commercial.
3-5 correct: You dodged the intelligence draft.
Memorial Day TRIVIA
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This is the workmanship of the meno-rah, hammered out of gold, from it base to its flower, it is hammered out; accord-ing to the vision that HASHEM showed Moshe, so did he make the Menorah. — Bamidbar 8:4
Moshe Rabbeinu was charged with the construction of the Mishkan, the dwelling place of Hashem in this world. While the components of the structure are physically complex, the kavanos — the specific intentions required during the process of building it — are even more intricate.
The most complicated of all of the vessels was the menorah. Its design was so elaborate that even after Hashem taught Moshe how it was to be built, Moshe still didn’t understand its unique nature and was unable to form it. There-fore, Hashem showed Moshe an image of a menorah made of fire so that Moshe could actually see the finished form and imitate it.
Yet Rashi tells us that when it came time for the construction of the meno-rah, Moshe still could not fathom its structure and was unable to fabricate it. Hashem said, “Throw the clump of gold into the fire, and it will form by itself.” This is how the menorah was created — on its own.
This Rashi is perplexing. Since the menorah was so intricate that Moshe could not understand its inner nature and how to form it, then why did Hash-em bother to show him the image of the menorah in fire? Hashem knew that Moshe wasn’t going to be able to cre-ate the menorah himself. He knew that in the end it would have to come about by Moshe’s throwing the clump of gold
into the fire. If so, why did Hashem show Moshe the image of the menorah so that he should understand how it was to be formed? Clearly, creating the menorah was beyond human capacity. Why did Moshe need to have a clear image of what it was to look like?
Balance of Bitachon and HishtadlusThe answer to this question is predi-
cated on understanding the balance be-tween Hashem’s involvement in the run-ning of the world and man’s obligation to put in his effort — the balance between bitachon and hishtadlus.
One of the basic facts of life is that Hashem runs this world. While it may appear that man is in charge, Hashem or-chestrates every activity on the planet. As we say in the first Ani Mamin: “Hashem did, does and will do all actions.”
The question is: what is man’s part? If Hashem determines all outcomes, how is man supposed to act? What is his role?
The Chovos Ha’Levovos teaches us that we are obligated to act b’derech hat-evah – in the ways of the world. In other words, we are obligated to go through the motions as if the results are dependent upon us, knowing all the while that the outcome is completely out of our hands.
We work for a living, knowing that the amount of money we are to make
has been set on Rosh Hashanah. We go to doctors when we are sick, even though we know that our health is determined solely by Hashem. We are obligated to go to great lengths to protect ourselves even though we know that whether we live or die has been predetermined. We put in our effort, knowing all the while that it is
Hashem’s world and that He alone deter-mines the outcome.
When we accomplish something, the results are credited to us even though we are fully aware that Hashem was the One Who did it all. We merely went through the motions.
We use Hashem’s system, and are credited with having done it. If I feed my family, I am considered their supporter. If I give tzedakah, it is considered that I gave my own money and I am credited with having saved a poor man from star-vation. In Hashem’s system, we are cred-ited with the outcome.
This seems to be the answer to the question on Rashi. Hashem wanted the menorah to be constructed by man. However, even the greatest of men couldn’t comprehend how to make it. So his hishtadlus was to do all that he could and then rely on Hashem for the rest. Moshe would put the gold into the fire, and the menorah would form on its own. Moshe used the system that Hashem cre-ated to bring forth the menorah.
However, for the creation of the me-norah to be credited to man, Moshe had to at least have a vision of what it was that he was creating. Once he had that concept in mind, throwing the clump of gold into the fire was considered as if he made the menorah himself. It was then considered as if he used Hashem’s system to bring about this result. If Moshe didn’t have a clear vision of what it was that he was creating, then in no sense could it be considered something he made — it would have been the fire that made it. Once he knew what it was that he was setting out to make, he then harnessed a force that Hashem created to bring about that result. In this case, the force was the
fire bringing about the menorah.
In Our LivesThis concept has great relevance to
us in a number of ways. The first is that in all of our involvement in this world, we need to have a clear plan of action, a “business plan” that according to the ways of the world makes sense. With that in hand, we set off on a path with a vision of its fulfillment, all the while knowing that the outcome is completely in the hands of Hashem.
Nevertheless, there are many situ-ations in which we reach a point where there is no clear path to follow. Whether it be deciding from two almost identi-cal career choices, determining which medical “expert” to listen to, or deciding which school to enroll our children in, we are obligated to be responsible, use our best judgment, and determine ac-cording to the ways of the world what is the best approach. Once we have reached that point, we “throw our clump of gold into the fire.” We rely on Hashem to bring about the results that He has pre-determined to be the best for us.
However, this Rashi seems to be showing us that when it comes to a Dvar Mitzvah, the rules change somewhat. There will be times when a person sets out to accomplish something for the tzib-bur, whether it be starting a Yeshiva, giv-ing a shiur, or beginning a chessed proj-ect, and he sees no clear path to follow. Either the odds against it are too great, or the mountain is too high to climb, and he can’t see how to make this happen. If this were a mundane project, it could be that he wouldn’t be allowed to move for-ward. However, if this is a holy project, then the rules of engagement change a bit. Provided, that he has a clear image of what it is that he setting out to accom-plish, and he has an image of the finished product, he may be permitted to step for-ward and allow Hashem to bring things about. He has to throw his lump of gold into the fire, relying on Hashem to bring his efforts into fruition.
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Almost anyone who’s ever gone out on a date has some sort of “date story” about the nightmares
they encountered when meeting some-one for the purpose of spending their lives together. You’ll find dates who got arrested, ones who fell asleep, and everything in between. Perhaps my fa-vorite date story is one that didn’t hap-pen to me.
A friend who lived in Brooklyn had a cousin come in from “out of town,” which for the purposes of this article shall geographically refer to any locale with fewer than six pizza shops per cap-ita and only four shuls to choose from on your block. She was to go out with a fellow from the Brooklyn area so she traveled into New York to make it easier for him.
As they waited in her cousin’s sec-ond-floor apartment, the time arrived for her date to pick her up, but he didn’t show up. After a few minutes, they heard a car unceremoniously honk out-side. Now, as it was Brooklyn, a car honking was not uncommon, but after a few more tootles, my friend went down to the car. The guy behind the wheel rolled down the window and called out to him, “Yeah, I’m here to pick up Suri. Is she ready?” Stunned, my friend walked upstairs and told her this was, indeed, her date for the evening.
Suri was floored by the man’s pure
callousness and lack of respect for her. “If he can’t even get out of the car to come get me,” she said, “I’m not go-ing.” Her cousin dutifully brought the message back down to the waiting young man. “Suri says she isn’t coming down.”
Perturbed, the young man smacked the steering wheel and said, “Oh, come on! They ALWAYS say that!”
While we may chuckle at this poor fellow’s oblivion to what he was doing wrong, we should realize that we’re not all that different. Albert Einstein is quoted as saying: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but ex-pecting different results.” I noticed that in real life, we do just that.
When my girls were younger, I had an epiphany one day when one asked the other a question. Her sister answered with a generic reply, but the questioner, looking for precise information, began to get annoyed. She raised her voice and asked THE EXACT SAME QUES-TION!
I asked her, “Sweetie, if you didn’t like the answer she gave you, why did
you ask the same question again? If you would clarify your question, and say, ‘OK, but can you tell me…’ per-haps you would get what you want. This way, she will just respond as she did before.”
I thought about this during sefira,
when I counted the same way I have counted for years, making my way to forty-nine nights, but not really feel-ing a difference. Shouldn’t something have happened? Shouldn’t I have seen some result af-ter another year of counting? But that’s just it – it was “an-other year of count-ing.” My Shemona Esrai isn’t much different. Do I think about what I’m say-ing or just expect that saying the words is enough?
We often feel that if we go through the motions of some-thing, a result will magically appear
from some external force and we will receive a great benefit. What we often fail to realize is that we can’t change the world; we can only change our re-actions to it. If we don’t get what we hoped, then we need to change how we go about our attempts to get it, or at least our expectations of what we need to get.
One of the most useful products in the “home handyman’s toolkit” is WD-40. As they say, all you need is duct tape and WD-40. If something moves, duct tape it. If it won’t, use WD-40. Do you know why it’s called WD-40? Be-cause it took the staff of Rocket Chem-ical Company forty tries to get the Wa-ter Displacement formula worked out. Phillips 76 got its name because the
drillers came up dry 75 times in 75 other places before strik-ing oil and finding success.
What if they had kept making batch-es of WD-1? Or if Phillips tried drill-ing in the same hole time and time again, getting more and more upset that they hadn’t struck oil al-ready? Do you think
we’d have heard of these companies? Of course not.
There’s a lesson in that. If we meet with disappointment, we can and should recognize that it might not have been meant to be. At the same time, that’s not to say we shouldn’t try again in a different way. Disappointments may just be G-d’s way of saying, “You need to try something else.”
There’s a great quote that I’ve used as my signature on my e-mails that encapsulates this idea. “When things don’t go according to plan, change the plan.” Not to would just be insane.
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“Because of my appearance I’m in a position of great responsibility. Capitol Hill is not 13th Avenue.”
Baila Rosenbaum
Cover Story
A Private Look at a Public Man
EZRA FRIEDLANDER OF THE FRIEDLANDER GROUP
The scene is the majestic Kennedy Caucus Room of the United
States Senate where a gourmet luncheon is taking place; it is the
Iron Dome Congressional Tribute Luncheon. There is the clink of
cutlery, ubiquitous waiters and a low murmur of conversation as
Members of the House of Representatives and Senators trade ideas
and network with one another. The event was chaired by Robert
Rechnitz, a prominent Los Angeles-based Jewish philanthropist and
businessman. He is the first in a lineup of speakers who represent
states across America, coming together to express their solidarity
with the State of Israel and to receive tribute for their support.
The luncheon progresses flawlessly, with speakers appearing in
coordination, faultless sound systems, and seamless food services.
Standing to the side is a man in Chassidish attire, impeccably
dressed, with sharp eyes and an unobtrusive but assured demeanor.
Ezra Friedlander, founder and CEO of the Friedlander Group, is
running this show and, not surprisingly, it’s a success. Who is Ezra
Friedlander and what exactly does he do?with President Barack Obama
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The Jewish community is a minority, and the Orthodox community is a minority within a minority.
DETERMINED TO ASSIST THE JEWISH COMMUNITY
Ezra Friedlander’s journey into the world of politics began out of sheer cu-riosity. As a child, he was deeply influenced by the Holocaust. He never knew his grandfather, the previous Liska Rebbe, but spent many hours with his grand-mother, talking over the war years and the world that had been left behind. He was equally fascinated with American history. The indifference of America to act in defense of the Jews in war-torn Europe and the lack of leadership shown by top United States officials rankled in this young man. “I always thought, ‘What would I have done if I had been alive at that time? How could I have helped?” The image of the Rabbanim that staged the “March on Washington” and whose efforts were rebuffed impressed and inspired him. The young Ezra began tracking current events and writing letters to elected officials, sharing his thoughts. “It was an innocent time,” Mr. Friedlander explains. “A time where a letter posted on a Monday brought a response a few days later. You could buy a youth-fare ticket to Washington and walk right up the steps of the Capitol.” He started building relationships and learning his way around Washington. The od-yssey that would culminate in “The Friedlander Group” had begun.
As an adult, Ezra Friedlander’s career started as a hobby. As a single young man, he volunteered his services. Eventually, he started working on an ad hoc basis to help organizations in need of representation. With hard work and per-sistence he gained expertise and acquired the techniques necessary to navigate government channels on behalf of both for-profit and non-profit clients. In time, he was working at higher and higher levels and his labor evolved into a com-pany he named The Friedlander Group. He is completely self- taught, without a college education or internship experience and makes it a point to attribute his success to “hard work and lots and lots of mistakes.” Many of the clients that the Friedlander Group represents belong to the finest of New York’s network of chesed organizations. But Mr. Friedlander eschews the label “askan” in relation to the work he does for them. “I’m a businessman. I provide a service. If I do my job well, with professionalism and integrity, both my clients and I walk out a winner.”
Ultimately, the pedigree Mr. Friedlander is most proud of is his illustrious Chassidic lineage. The label he most prefers is that of the son of the present Liska Rebbe, the Admor Rav Tzvi Hersh Friedlander shlita. Liska is a revered name in the Chasidic world and is universally regarded as one of the prominent Hun-garian Chasidic courts that has appealed to the masses for close to two hundred years and is known by scholars for its sharp and vast Torah scholarship.
Adhering to his father’s advice, Mr. Friedlander has never altered his tra-ditional Chassidish style and appears on Capitol Hill in frock coat and beard. He maintains that he has never suffered from discrimination and finds official Washington very respectful of who he is. “People are professional and deferen-
tial. When they realize I’m open about it, they are inquisitive. My look is not an advantage or a disadvantage. It does bother me a little when I’m judged by my appearance – people often assume I’m a rabbi. But I think it’s coming from a good place; it’s well-intentioned. I try to stay aware that because of my appear-ance I’m in a position of great responsibility. Capitol Hill is not 13th Avenue! I open doors for women; I say ‘Thank You’ and try to be extremely polite. People are more knowledgeable than you might think. I would say that in New York politics today, 99% of people on the political scene know not to shake hands among the genders.”
AN ORTHODOX MAN IN AN UNORTHODOX WORLD
On Capitol Hill, Mr. Friedlander is accustomed to meeting with members of Congress and elected officials in the highest positions. While cognizant that it is a privilege to confer with Senators and members of the House of Represen-tatives, for Mr. Friedlander it remains “business as usual.” Meeting with the Presidents of the United States, however, falls into a far higher category. Over the course of his work Mr. Friedlander has been introduced to both Presidents Bush (“both friendly and humble men”), President Obama (“charming”), and President Clinton. “Of all the Presidents I’ve met, Bill Clinton is in a class of his own. I attended the signing ceremony for the Religious Freedom Restoration Act on the South Lawn of the White House, during the early part of the Clinton Administration. I was standing and chatting with an American-Indian woman who was there representing her reservation. When the president arrived, the at-mosphere became instantly electric, vibrant! He greeted each and every guest, making direct eye contact and connecting with each individual. ‘Isn’t America a great country!’ he boomed when he met us. ‘An American-Indian and Ezra from Brooklyn standing side by side and working together!’ Mr. Clinton had this magical ability to connect emotionally; there is no rational explanation for it. I’ve met governors, senators and celebrities but have never encountered anyone as imposing and charismatic as Bill Clinton.”
Meeting Bill Clinton made a deep impression but it was nowhere near the surprise the Mr. Friedlander and his wife got when they attended the White House Chanuka reception. To accommodate its many Orthodox guests, the re-ception was strictly kosher. A sign in the Grand Foyer assured the guests, in-cluding Supreme Courts Justices, Cabinet members and members of Congress, that all food was prepared under strict rabbinical supervision with a “mashgiach temidi, Rabbi Levi Shemtov of Chabad of Washington, DC,” and that all meats were “Chassidishe Shechitiah,” baked goods were “Pas Yisroel,” and wines were “mevushal.”
Though this was remarkable in its own right, it did not compare with the
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startling conversation that followed. As Mr. Friedlander and his wife waited on the reception line in the Map Room of the White House, a military cadet, acting as usher, approached them. “Are you shomer nigiya?” he asked politely. With their astounded, “Yes!” he thanked them politely and moved off. When their turn came to greet the president, Mr. Obama extended a hand in greeting to Mr. Friedlander and First Lady Michelle Obama shook his wife’s hand. “I was blown away!” Ezra Friedlander admitted. “The cadet was deferential and discreet. The president and his wife were very cordial. This is such a great country – where our traditions are respected at this highest level of government. It should encour-age us to be deserving of that respect.” Later, Mr. Friedlander’s youthful roots were evident when he was quoted describing the reception, “Attending the White House Chanukah reception is in many ways an affirmation of the how far the American Jewish community have come from the days of the pleading Rabbis on behalf of European Jewry who were refused entry through its front gates during the dark days of the Holocaust. Having a glatt kosher reception is indicative of how far Orthodox Jewry has come–and that is truly a miracle.”
“WE NEED A VOICE IN EVERY CAMP”Ezra Friedlander’s work is both political and public; but what exactly does he
do? The Friedlander Group calls itself a “boutique political firm” specializing in government advocacy, public & media relations, and political event manage-ment. Since 2001, the Friedlander Group has provided government and public relations counsel to non-profit organizations as well as corporate and foreign entities. Their list of clients is varied, including the Agudath Israel, ICare4Au-tism, the Flushing Bank, the Japanese Embassy and an array of political figures. The goal of the Friedlander Group is to work with their clients, helping them to advance their own unique mission. Whether the objective is a closer relation-ship to City Hall, assistance with state funding regulations, or a political event in Washington, the Friedlander Group knows how to connect with legislators and key decision makers relevant to their client’s cause. The company’s philoso-phy is that government responds to those who present themselves in a creative, imaginative, and substantive way. Just as an organization might hire an attorney to ensure the best possible legal representation, in today’s politically charged climate, many entities may feel it is important to engage a government relations specialist to represent them.
Though competent to act for his clients no matter where their political af-filiations lie, Mr. Friedlander clarifies his own position. “I’m not an ideologue. I think Jewish leadership should extend its influence across the board – right, left and center. We need everyone. Politically, the Jewish community is not in the
position to dictate, control or demand the conversation. We are a minority, and the Orthodox community is a minority within a minority. We need to make sure that the issues that our communities face resonate in as many sectors as possible. We need a voice in every camp.”
In the earliest years of government, when a citizen, business or organiza-tion wanted to influence a member of Congress or a senator, their representative would wait in the lobby of the House or Senate to catch their man on his way out – hence the name lobbyist. The goal was to persuade or influence a man of gov-ernment to vote a certain way. Today’s lobbyists may use different techniques but the goals are the same. Mr. Friedlander and his team understand how govern-ment operates, how the delicate relationship between the public and private sec-tor is maintained, and how individual members of government reach decisions.
The staff at the Friedlander Group works with media technology on the Internet through blogs and social networks, and with print and broadcast me-dia. Their goal is to carry their client’s message in an appropriate and profes-sional manner to the rest of the world. Whether a candidate is running for city-wide, statewide or national office, the Friedlander Group can identify sources of support that will strengthen that campaign. They connect candidates to the right people and organizations and make sure they are favorably viewed and visible, as they make their case to the people of New York and the United States. It’s not rare to find Ezra Friedlander publicly escorting political figures to chesed func-tions, high profile shiva visits and organized gatherings. He and his company strive to be effective liaisons that successfully bridge government and public interests.
EXPRESSING GRATITUDE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN
The Friedlander Group has successfully coordinated events on behalf of cli-ents to help build momentum for their programs. Some of these events include Capitol Hill luncheons, legislative breakfasts, and tours of nonprofit facilities. Most recently, the Friedlander Group coordinated an exceptional event honoring those who supported America’s commitment to help fund the State of Israel with the resources to implement the famous Iron Dome technology. Since 2009, the Obama administration and the U.S. Congress have allocated an unprecedented $275 million in funding for the Iron Dome. The Iron Dome Defense System has saved hundreds of Jewish lives threatened by a constant barrage of rocket fire.
The Iron Dome Congressional Tribute was spearheaded by Robert Rechnitz, a leading Los Angeles-based Jewish philanthropist who is the principal of Bomel Companies. Mr. Rechnitz’s vision was to formally express hakorat hatov to the
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“This is such a great country – where our traditions are respected at this highest level of government. It should encourage us to be deserving of that respect.”
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United States for standing behind the State of Israel. His objective was purely benevolent and though, at the end of the day, this was a commercial venture for the Friedlander Group, Mr. Friedlander expressed his satisfaction with the event. “It was a monumental accomplishment. The U.S./Israel relationship is as American as apple pie, and it is fitting to publicly express our gratitude for that relationship.
The members of Congress and the White House officials came away from the event with a clear sense of just how much the Jewish community appreciates their support and their commitment to the Jewish State.”
Another project of the Friedlander Group that remains close to Ezra Fried-lander’s heart is the establishment of the Raoul Wallenberg Centennial Celebra-tion Commission, chaired by Peter Rebenwurzel, commemorating the 100th year since the birth of Raoul Wallenberg. The Friedlander Group advocated the passage of legislation to posthumously award Wallenberg with a Congressional Gold Medal. The Group’s website describes Wallenberg and his accomplish-ments, “Raoul Wallenberg was a Swedish diplomat recruited by U.S. War Refu-gee Board to save Hungarian Jews from deportation in 1944 and was given a diplomatic passport, a large sum of money and instructions to save as many lives as possible, using any means at his disposal. He is credited with saving more than 100,000 Hungarian Jews over a period of six months by creating mul-tiple safe houses, removing Jews from trains departing to Auschwitz, pursuing convoys carrying Jews, threatening and bribing both German and Hungarian officers, and issuing forged identification papers, including the Schutzpass, an impressive-looking but counterfeit Swedish passports.”
Ezra Friedlander’s grandfather was a recipient of a “Schutzpass” passport and was among the tens of thousands of Jews saved by them. “Wallenberg was such a remarkable figure,” Ezra Friedlander elaborates. “It’s such a sad story. He saved thousands of lives and was paid by imprisonment. His death was never confirmed; there was no closure. He suffered terribly – after he had saved the lives of so many. The last known communication from him was a quote released from a Soviet prison. He asked, ‘Does the world remember me?’ This haunts me. I decided to make sure that world would indeed remember Raoul Wallenberg. There are hundreds and thousands of us who are direct descendants of the people he saved. Imagine—that’s about the entire population of Boro Park!”
Lobbyist, businessman, staunch Liska Chassid, young father and devoted husband: Ezra Frielander is a multifaceted personality. Perhaps he can best be understood, not by his political persona or his professional affiliations, but by his self described philosophy. “It’s a big, complicated world – and there’s enough
out there for everybody. Don’t be petty and small-minded. You can live and work in an honorable way and still be a success. Work hard, be professional; be kind and considerate. The world is a very round place and you never know when something might come back at you. We can all improve; I’ve certainly made my share of mistakes. You can rise above mistakes. Be humble; be easy, accessible and welcoming. I’m amazed when I meet some of the most powerful people in Washington, people that control billions of dollars, and they’re humble and un-assuming. Conversely, I’ve met many a local official who are full of themselves and need to make a big noise. Belong to the former category. Be a role model. Serve your community and your country.”
It’s a tall order, but Ezra Friedlander is a self-made man who puts these les-sons into practice and lives up to the model he endorses.
“Isn’t America a great country? An American-Indian and Ezra from Brooklyn standing side by side and working together!”
with President Bill Clinton with Senator Joe Lieberman with US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius
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Many soldiers that are sent into battle are actually behind the l i n e s .
During WWII, only one in sev-en American servicemen and women actually fought. The ones that were sent to the front lines were trained and had first-rate weapons. (This is generally true, although Amer-ican weapons during WWII is a story for another time.) However, there were two types of men (women weren’t allowed on the front) that were sent to the front but had no weapons training and weren’t armed. These were the medics and chaplains of the army. Medics were despised during training but were universally praised during battle where they displayed amazing bravery and heroism trying to save the lives of their fellow soldiers. Chaplains were there to provide reli-gious services to the dead and dying and to provide hope and comfort to men who were wounded or just need-ed to hear a consoling voice. They also showed amazing amounts of bravery in battle, like the chaplain on D-Day (June 6, 1944) who dodged bullets to bring medical supplies for the criti-cally wounded and helped the medics in every way. Chaplain Alexander D. Goode drowned when he gave his life vest to another sailor. Rabbi Chaplain Herschel Schacter (not to be confused with the current Rosh Yeshiva of Ye-shiva University) was one of the first to liberate Buchenwald and stayed to provide all types of services for fellow Yidden who had suffered terrible trag-edies during the Holocaust.
Rabbi Schacter was born in 1917 in Brownsville, New York, as the young-est of ten children, and his father was a seventh generation shochet. Young
Herschel attended YU and graduated in 1938 and three years later received
smicha from Rav Yosef Dov S o l o v e i t c h i k . He joined the army and having the proper cre-dentials (an ad-vanced Talmudic degree, smicha), was appointed as a chaplain in the VIII Corps in General Patton’s Third Army.
The Allies invaded France in June 1944 and were soon
pushing forward towards Germany. The Nazis made one last offensive in
December 1944 called the Battle of the Bulge. With the defeat of his best forc-es and the Russians coming in a venge-ful force from the east, Hitler ym”sh and his armies were shattered. The dictator committed suicide on April 30, 1945, and the German army signed the unconditional surrender documents on May 7, 1945.
The war was over but the Allies were just starting to uncover the trag-edy and horrors of the Holocaust. On April 11, the Third Army entered Bu-chenwald located near Weimar, Ger-many, and Rabbi Schacter was the first chaplain to accompany the troops into the camp. He arrived about an hour af-ter liberation.
As Schacter entered the camp, he saw no sign of life and asked an army officer if any Jews were still alive.
He was directed to a barracks in a smaller enclosed area that was jammed with Jews who were barely alive. As he stood there trying to fig-ure out what these Jews had gone through, he shouted, “Shalom ale-ichem, Yidden, yir zent frey (you are free)!” The Yidden still couldn’t be-lieve that their gehen-nom on earth was finally over, and kept on asking him if the Nazis were really gone. He repeated “yir zent frey” throughout the camp un-til many people were walking behind him savoring their first taste of free-dom in many years. Another survivor recounts seeing an American tank driv-
ing around the camp, and the voice of Rabbi Schacter was heard saying, “Yid-den kim aheim” (Yidden come home).
Walking through the mound of corpses, the chaplain saw movement and approached a little boy. The boy was afraid because he had never seen an American in uniform before and thought it was another man who was going to inflict a new type of torture. Schacter picked up the little boy and asked him his name. “Lulek” was the reply.
Schacter then asked him age. Lu-lek replied, “What difference does it make? I am older than you.” (He was eight-years-old.)
“Why do you think that you are older?” There were tears in the rabbi’s eyes.
“Because you cry and laugh like a child,” Lulek answered. “I haven’t
“i haven’t lauGheD in a lonG time, anD i Don’t even cry anymore. so which one
of us is olDer?” lulek answereD.
Forgotten HeroesAvi Heiligman
Rabbi Chaplain Herschel Schacter1917-2013
Healer of the Broken Spirits of the Jews of Buchenwald
Children and youths being led by American soldiers to a hospital after liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp
Rabbi Chaplain Herschel Schacter
Rabbi Schacter leading Shavuos davening in Buchenwald in 1945
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even cry anymore. So which one of us is older?”
Lulek’s real name was Yisrael Meir Lau, and he later moved to Eretz Yisra-
el to become the Ashkenazi chief rabbi.Rabbi Schacter stayed in Buchen-
wald for two months helping the Yid-den put their lives back together. April 27, 1945 was Pesach Sheini, and since the prisoners couldn’t celebrate Pesach a month earlier, Schacter distributed matzah to the survivors. He started delivering a speech that he prepared when of the prisoners became visibly upset. He said how dare anyone stand up there and say, “We know what you have gone through” when he himself didn’t suffer through the atrocities. Schacter then moved his fist to his chest and said, “Chatosi, uvisi, poshati…Please may have I your forgiveness?” The man ran up to him and hugged him for a while. After that everyone made the brocha of achilas matzah for the first time in years.
As a chaplain in the army, he was expected to tend to the spiritual needs of American servicemen, but during those two months in Buchenwald it was about helping the suffering Yidden in any way possible. There is a photo (presumably taken by a non-Jewish American soldier) of Schacter leading the Shavuos davening in the camp.
Schacter was instrumental in help-ing thousands of Yidden relocate from war-torn Europe (it was very hard for many of them because it was the only home they had even known). Most of the Jews were sent to Eretz Yisrael or to the United States.
In June 1945, he accompanied a group of children from Buchenwald to Switzerland. The Swiss government said that only 350 children under the age of 16 would be allowed in but Rabbi Schacter only found 250 chil-dren in Buchenwald. With the help of another chaplain, more children were found and the train left with 279 chil-
dren but another 171 Jewish children including older teenagers found their way as stowaways with the chaplain’s help. About of 100 were left in France (Schacter made sure that they were cared for properly), and the train en-tered Switzerland with 348 passengers. Initially they were detained because there were teens above sixteen-years-old onboard but eventually they were let into the country. (The heroic efforts of other American Jewish chaplains is a topic for another time.)
The American response to the hor-rors of the death and concentration camps was that of shock and disbelief. General Patton wasn’t known for his
great love for the Jews but when he saw Buchenwald, he ordered all the citizens of Weimar to march through the camp and see for themselves what their “great” leader had done for hu-manity just a short distance from their own homes. (The citizens claimed that they never knew it was a concentration camp.)
After helping the Yidden in post-war Europe as much as he was able to, Herschel Schacter left the army with the rank of captain. He returned to the Bronx in 1947 and was the rav of the Mosholu Jewish Center until its clos-ing in 1999.
Even though he was out of the
army, Rabbi Schacter still was helping Jews worldwide. In 1956, he went to the USSR to lead a rabbinic delegation and came back to the US with a group of Hungarian refugees from Austria. He was niftar on March 21, 2013 at the age of 95. Herschel Schacter will always be remembered for his kind and loving demeanor that was so bad-ly needed by the survivors of Buchen-wald in 1945.
Avi Heiligman is a weekly contributor to The Jewish Home. He welcomes your com-ments and suggestions.for future columns and can be reached at [email protected].
Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, Lulek, was liberated at the age of eight from Buchenwald
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Larry Domnitch
The 20th of day of the month of Sivan (chof Sivan) has been designated by sages in two different eras to be a day of fasting and com-
memoration.There are certainly other days devoted to Jewish
remembrance. The ninth of Av commemorates many tragedies that befell the Jews—the destruction of the two Temples of Jerusalem and the fall of the Judean commonwealth to Rome. In modern times, the twen-ty-seventh day of Nissan has been designated as Yom HaShoah to commemorate the victims of the Nazi Holocaust.
The 20th of Sivan commemorates tragedies that befell the Jews of Western and Eastern Europe in dif-ferent eras.
In 1171, tragedy struck the Jewish community of Blois, France. Horrific blood libel accusations which had been leveled on several occasions in England had made its way to France. A local Christian claimed that he saw a Jew throw the corpse of a child into the river Loire. The corpse was never found, but the testimony was accepted. The town’s approximately forty Jews were arrested, and offered the choice of accepting baptism or death. Despite threats and torture, they did not yield. On the 20th of Sivan, thirty-two Jews, sev-enteen of them women, were burnt at the stake.
Rabbi Ephraim Ben Yaakov of Bonn wrote that the 20th of Sivan was decreed by the greatest Torah sage of that era, Rabbi Yaakov son of Meir Tam (Rab-beinu Tam), as a fast day for Jews living in France, the Rhineland, (Western Germany), and England. Rabbeinu Tam wrote letters to Jewish communities declaring that day to be one of “atonement.”
The decree of Rabbeinu Tam was foreboding. Many more such tragic events followed causing im-mense suffering and torment to Jewish communities throughout Europe. Many Jews fled to Eastern Eu-rope where they continued to observe that fast day. Tragically, blood libels eventually made their way to that region as well.
The Jews of Eastern Europe would also be com-pelled to observe this date of remembrance for other tragedies in their own region.
In 1648, the Ukrainian Cossack leader Bog-dan Chmielnizki incited a rebellion against Poland. Chmielnitzki’s forces combined with Tartar allies of Mongolia routing the Polish army at Yellow River on May 19, 1648, and Hard Plank on May 26. The Pol-ish defeat was a disaster for the Jews of the Ukraine. During the revolt, Chmielnitzki’s Cossacks unleashed their fury against the Jews of the Ukraine and sur-rounding areas. In the ensuing pogroms, many Jewish communities were wiped out. Hundreds of thousands were murdered, severely wounded, or refugees facing
starvation and disease. Rabbi Nathan Neta Hanover , a contemporary
chronicler of the events of this era known as Tach VeTat, an acronym for the years (1648-1649), report-ed that the first attack against a large Jewish commu-nity was in the city of Nemirov. Jews from surround-ing villages had gathered there from smaller villages for refuge.
Just days earlier on Shabbos, the head of the city’s Yeshiva, Rabbi Yechiel Michael son of Rabbi Eliezer, told the community that if the enemy should arrive, the people must defy them if they demand baptism—even at the cost of their lives.
As Cossacks troops were nearing Nemirov, its Jews trembled in fear as they locked themselves with-in the city walls. As the soldiers drew nearer, they unfurled Polish flags to give the impression that they
were Polish troops coming to their rescue. The Poles within the city were notified of this ruse and collab-orated with the Cossacks in order to save their own lives. They falsely informed the Jews guarding the gates that the approaching soldiers were indeed Polish and that they should open the gates. As the Cossacks entered the city with drawn swords, slaughter ensued. Over six-thousand Jews were martyred on that day.
From Nemirov, the Cossacks attacked the cities of Tulshin, Polannoe, and then Ostrog and Zaslow. At each city, horrors followed. After less than two years, the Tartar allies withdrew from the conflict, forcing Chmielnitzki into a truce which lasted for eighteen months followed by more violence which continued intermittently until his death in 1657.
In the winter of 1650, Rabbinic and lay leaders known as the “Council of the Four Lands” gathered in Lublin and declared, the twentieth of Sivan, the day the city of Nemerov was attacked, as a day of fast-ing and commemoration for the many martyrs of the Chmielnizki pogroms.
The massacres by Ukrainian nationalists did not end with Chmielnitzki’s death. There were a series of attacks in the eighteenth century, including the “Gon-
ta” massacres of 1767-1768, in which the Jewish community lost tens of thousands in and around the city of Uman. In 1881, and in 1903-1905, pogroms were again unleashed in which Ukrainian nationalists participated. During the First World War, Ukrainian Cossacks initiated pogroms against Jewish commu-nities in Poland and Galitzia causing massive dev-astation. In 1919, a civil war positioned Ukrainians in pursuit of independence, and Russian nationalists, against the revolutionary Red Army. Again Ukrainian Jewry was caught in the middle, and forced to suf-fer horrific massacres. Hundreds of thousands of the over one million Jews of the Ukraine were again dev-astated by massacres, starvation, disease, and home-lessness. Again, in 1941/1942, Ukrainian National-ists assisted the Nazis in conducting horrific “aktions” against the Jews.
Most Ukrainians did not take part in these many attacks. There were also Ukrainians who saved Jew-ish lives, sometimes at great personal risk, but those who did participate caused untold suffering.
The tragic events between France and the Ukraine are five hundred years apart, but famed Rabbinic scholar Rabbi Yom Tov Lipmann Heller also known by his pen name, “Tosafot Yom Tov,” the name for his commentary on the Mishnah, ordained that those seli-chot prayers composed in commemoration of the vic-tims in France in the twelfth century be recited also for the victims of the Chmielnitzki massacres. Today, there are some prayer books that contain those memo-rial prayers for recitation on the Twentieth of Sivan. Rabbi Lipmann stated in the context of the tragedies encountered by European Jewry: “What has occurred now is similar to days of old. All that happened to the forefathers happened to their descendants.”
Although the 20th of Sivan is not observed on a wide scale and the memory of the many victims may have diminished somewhat due to the passage of time. This commemorative day is an opportunity to pay homage to those who died al Kiddush Hashem dur-ing two critical eras in European Jewish history.
The Twentieth of SivanA Day Commemorating the Tragedies of Eastern and Western Europe
During the First World War, Ukrainian Cossacks
initiated pogroms against Jewish communities in
Poland and Galitzia causing massive devastation.
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Notable Quotes
“Say What?”
My thinking was when we beat them in 2012 that might break the fever, and it’s not quite broken yet. I genuinely believe there are Republicans out there who would like to work with us but they’re fearful of their base and they’re concerned about what Rush Limbaugh might say about them. And as a consequence we get the kind of gridlock that makes people cynical about government.- President Obama at a recent Manhattan fundraiser
We needed a bill that was going to confiscate, confiscate, confiscate.- From a secret recording of a New Jersey state senator discussing gun legislation with a colleague
It is odd that nothing changed on my tax return and I was never audited until I publicly criticized Obamacare. - Dr. Hal Scherz, a Georgia physician in an interview with ABC News, discussing his recent IRS audit
Last April, in the most devastating outbreak of tornadoes ever recorded, 148 twisters killed more than 300 people and caused half a billion dollars’ worth of damage in thirteen U.S. states.- From a 1975 Newsweek article titled “The Cooling World,” which discussed the devastating effects of cooling world temperatures
This is climate change. We were warned about extreme weather. Not just hot weather. But extreme weather. When I had my hearings ... the scientists all agreed that what we’d start to see was extreme weather. And people looked at one another and said, “What do you mean? It’s gonna get hot?” Yeah, it’s gonna get hot. But you’re also going to see snow in the summer in some places. You’re gonna have terrible storms. You’re going to have tornados and all the rest. We need to protect our people. That’s our number one obligation and we have to deal with this threat that is upon us and that is gonna get worse and worse though the years.- Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), the day after the Oklahoma tornado
Why do you care? Why do you, Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, care if we Republicans run off the climate cliff like a bunch of proverbial lemmings and disgrace ourselves? I’ll tell you why. We’re stuck in this together. We are stuck in this together. When cyclones tear up Oklahoma and hurricanes swamp Alabama and wildfires scorch Texas, you come to us, the rest of the country, for billions of dollars to recover. And the damage that your polluters and deniers are doing doesn’t just hit Oklahoma and Alabama and Texas. It hits Rhode Island with floods and storms. It hits Oregon with acidified seas, it hits Montana with dying forests. So, like it or not, we’re in this together.- Senate floor tirade by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), the day after the tornado
I’m not going to cry in my beer.- Former MA Senator Scott Brown discussing his recent defeat
I know a lot of people in this room thought I was done.- Tiger Woods, after winning the Players Championship
I don’t want to compare this in any way to Watergate … but I have to tell you, that is exactly the approach the Nixon administration took. You’re taking exactly the same line.- CBS newsman Bob Schieffer to White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer, after he said that the president would not get bogged down by the IRS and other scandals
It’s a big mess, obviously. I know there have been these comparisons to Watergate. I would say not yet.- Bob Woodward on MSNBC, discussing the IRS scandal
I wouldn’t let Mark Sanchez throw me a paper bag sandwich.- Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith on WFNZ Sports Radio
One popular way to describe this generation is to say you’re connected. Some refer to you as “Generation C,” but others say you’re increasingly disconnected from the things that matter – that instead of collecting friends, you spend time collecting friend requests.- Melinda Gates at Duke University graduation ceremony
They came within one minute. They were fast—three policemen and a sergeant.- A clerk at a 7-11 recalling what happened after he called police to report someone stealing doughnuts from his store
Lamborghini is celebrating its 50th anniversary. Lamborghini is so freaked out by turning 50, it just bought itself a Lamborghini. - Conan O’Brien
I really like your idea. If we had guns that shot chocolate, not only would our country be safer, it would be happier. People love chocolate. You are a good boy.- Vice President Joe Biden responding to 7-year-old Myles Nelson’s letter to him suggesting that the world would be safer if bullets were made of chocolate
A new report just came out. It says someone close to the president knew about the IRS scandal and kept his mouth shut. In other words, we can rule out Joe Biden. - Conan O’Brien
I want to wish Hillary a Happy Mother’s Day. She has her child. I don’t have mine because of her.- Pat Smith, who lost her son in the Benghazi attack
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There’s no there, there.- President Obama deflecting the Benghazi scandal during a press conference
Exchange between Fox New host Chris Wallace and Senior White House Advisor Dan Pfeiffer regarding the night of the Benghazi attack:
WALLACE: Let’s turn to Benghazi. [President Obama] had a meeting with [Sec. of Defense] Panetta in the afternoon...the next time he shows up, Hillary Clinton says she spoke to him at around 10:00 that night after the attack at the consulate, not the next, but the night the attack at the consulate had ended. Question, what did the president do the rest of that night to pursue Benghazi?
PFEIFFER: The president was kept up to date throughout the entire night, from the moment it started till the end. This is a horrible tragedy, people that he sent abroad whose lives are at risk, people who work for him. I recognize that there’s a series of conspiracy theories the Republicans are spinning about this since the night it happened, but there’s been an independent review of this, Congress has held hearings; we provided 250,000 pages of … 250,000 pages of documents up there. There’s been 11 hearings, 20 staff briefings. Everyone has found the same thing. This is a tragedy. The question is not what happened that night. The question is what are we going to do to move forward and ensure it doesn’t happen again. Congress should act on what the president called for earlier this week, to pass legislation to actually allow us to implement the recommendations of the accountability review board. When we send diplomats off into far-flung places, there’sinherent risk. We need to mitigate that risk.
WALLACE: With all due respect, you didn’t answer my question. What did the president do that night?
PFEIFFER: Kept up to date with the events as they were happening.
WALLACE: He didn’t talk to the Secretary of State except for the one time when the first attack was over. He didn’t talk to the Secretary of Defense. He didn’t talk to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Who was he talking to?
PFEIFFER: His national security staff, his national security council.
WALLACE: Was he in the Situation Room?
PFEIFFER: He was kept up to date throughout the day.
WALLACE: Do you know whether he was in the Situation Room?
PFEIFFER: I don’t know what room he was in that night. That’s a largely irrelevant fact.
WALLCE: Here’s the point, though. The ambassador goes missing; the first ambassador in more than 30 years is killed. Four Americans, including the ambassador, are killed. Dozens of Americans are in jeopardy. The president at 4:00 in the afternoon says to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to deploy forces. No forces are deployed. Where is he while all this is going on?
PFEIFFER: The suggestion of your question that somehow the president --
WALLACE: I just want to know the answer.
PFEIFFER: The assertions from Republicans that the president didn’t take action is offensive. There’s no evidence to support it.
WALLACE: I’m simply asking a question. Where was he? What did he do? How did he respond and who told him you can’t deploy forces and what was his response?
PFEIFFER: The president was in the White House that day, kept up to date by his national security team, spoke to the Joint Chiefs of Staff earlier, Secretary of State, and as events unfolded, he was kept up to date.
A lot of critics are now comparing President Obama to President Nixon. The good news for Obama? At least he’s no longer being compared to President Carter. - Jay Leno
No, No. That’s what you do. I’m not going to stop talking now... That is inappropriate and is too consistent with the way in which you conduct yourself as a member of Congress. It’s unacceptable, and it’s shameful.- Attorney General Holder to Congressman Darrel Issa when Issa attempted cut him off while he was talking at a hearing
During a fundraiser yesterday, President Obama said there is a shortage of common sense right now in Washington. At which point the people who paid $5,000 a plate for their dinner applauded in agreement.- Jimmy Fallon
How long has Obama known about this tornado? This tornado is in Oklahoma so clearly it has been ordered to only target Conservatives.- Sarcastic tweet sent out by liberal journalist Lisa Winstead shortly after the Oklahoma tornado
In a new interview, Joe Biden says he spends four or five hours every day with President Obama. In response, Obama said hiring that Obama impersonator was the best decision he’s ever made.- Conan O’Brien
The Philadelphia Eagles new coach, Chip Kelly, recently got rid of the team’s long-running tradition of having fast-food Fridays. He says that he wants his players to live healthier lives. Then he sends them out to hit other people with their heads.- Jimmy Fallon
It has not been a good week for President Obama. You’ve got Benghazi, the IRS scandal, this AP records scandal, and, worst of all, his Chicago Bulls got eliminated by the Miami Heat. Do you know what that means? LeBron James is going to get audited by the IRS.- Jay Leno
These White House scandals are not going away any time soon. I’ll tell you how bad it’s looking for President Obama: people in Kenya are now saying he’s 100 percent American.- Jay Leno
President Obama is in a lot of hot water lately. Despite the scandals, 53 percent of Americans say they approve of the job he’s doing. The other 47 percent are being audited. - Conan O’Brien
I’m offended by a government that convenes a hearing to bully one of America’s greatest success stories. If anyone should be on trial here, it should be Congress.- Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky) during a Senate committee hearing convened to discuss Apple’s tax practices, despite the fact that the company paid $7 billion in taxes last year
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I love to barbecue. In fact I have been known to do it with three feet of snow on the ground. I barbecue chicken, lamb chops, vegetables and even fruit. Now that the BBQ season officially opens this weekend with Memorial Day, I have tried to come up with new BBQ ideas for my friends, family and readers.
Here are a few ideas for your barbecue that I often do at mine:I find that lamb has its own natural flavors and doesn’t need a marinade; you can
just throw it from the package straight onto the grill. (Yay, no extra work!)Sliders are very popular nowadays; I buy all kinds of great chutneys, sauces and
flavored mustards to go as a complement.My favorite sausages are Jack’s Gourmet Sausages. Try buying a variety of
them. You can also buy some “fakin’ bacon” and place them on the grill for a few minutes until they are crispy; it makes a great topping for hot dogs or sliders.
I make a platter of all kinds of pickles (half-sour and sour pickles, sauerkraut and pickled tomatoes).
I serve platters of sliced of tomatoes, red onion, and shredded lettuce and some sautéed onion.
No BBQ is ever complete without coleslaw (either homemade or store-bought). I always have big, fresh garden salad, corn on the cob and French fries. (I love
the 5-minute McCain’s fries.)Fresh pineapple and mango are delicious on the grill. 3-4 minutes per side, max.The marinade below is great for chicken or vegetables. For the meat, let it soak
for two hours or overnight. If you are using it for vegetables, leave out the ketchup and marinade for up to two hours.
Dijon Garlic Marinade Ingredients½ cup red wine ¼ cup seeded Dijon mustard1/8 cup balsamic vinegar½ cup ketchup¼ cup olive oil6 cloves fresh garlic, crushed1 tsp thyme1 tablespoon Worcestershire
sauce½ tsp kosher salt¼ tsp fresh ground pepper
PreparationIn a small bowl, whisk all
ingredients together except the meat.
Place the meat in a shallow pan in one layer and pour over the marinade. Try to marinate for several hours; it helps tenderize the meat.
Place the meat on a medium-hot grill about four inches above the fire and cook on both sides until cooked through. Cool for a few minutes before slicing.
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Guacamole ‘n’ ChipsThis is perfect to serve as a starter when guests are waiting for their ribs to
come off the grill.
Ingredients2 avocados1 ripe tomato, chopped¼ cup red onion, chopped1 ½ tsp lemon juice½ tsp garlic powderSalt, to taste2 tortillas
PreparationSmash the avocado with
a fork and then add the to-mato and red onion. Once the ingredients are mixed to-gether, gently add the lemon juice and spices. Set aside. If not serving immediately, keep the avocado pit in the salad. Some say it prevents the guacamole from turning brown. Cut the tortilla into wedges using a knife or cooking shears. Heat oil in a frying pan until hot. Fry the tortilla wedges on both sides, approximately 1 minute on each side. Let cool and serve with the guaca-mole.
Three Bean SaladIngredients1 15-oz can cannellini beans,
rinsed and drained1 15-oz can kidney beans,
rinsed and drained1 15-oz can garbanzo beans,
rinsed and drained2 celery stalks, finely chopped½ red onion, finely chopped1 cup fresh, finely chopped
parsley1 tbsp fresh finely chopped
rosemary1/3 cup apple cider vinegar1/3 cup sugar1/4 cup olive oil1½ teaspoon salt¼ teaspoon black pepper
PreparationIn a large bowl, mix the beans, celery, onion, parsley and rosemary. In a sepa-
rate small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, sugar, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Add the dressing to the beans. Toss to coat. Chill beans in the refrigerator for several hours, to allow the beans to soak up the flavor of the dressing.
Lite Red Potato SaladIngredients 4 cups baby red potatoes,
cut in small pieces½ cup green bell pepper,
finely diced¼ cup red onion, finely
diced3 scallions, diced1 tsp Dijon mustard1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil1 tbsp red wine vinegar1 tbsp reduced fat
mayonnaisesalt and pepper to taste
PreparationBoil potatoes in salted
water until soft, approximate-ly 10 minutes. Drain and let cool.
While the potatoes are boiling, combine red onion, green pepper, mustard, oln-ive oil, vinegar and mayonnaise and season with salt and pepper. Mix well and let the flavors marinade while the potatoes cook. Once the potatoes are done and cool, mix into the bowl and add scallions and additional salt and pepper to taste. Serve at room temperature or refrigerate until ready to serve.
Teriyaki Chicken DrumsticksIngredients16 chicken drumsticks½ cup teriyaki sauce½ cup scallions, chopped3 cloves garlic, choppedSesame seedsPepper, to taste
PreparationCombine all ingredients
and pour over drumsticks in a 9x13 baking pan. Let it marinate for at least a half hour before cooking. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake covered for 30 min-utes at 350°. Remove cover and turn over drumsticks. Return to oven and let the drumsticks brown for a few more minutes until most of the liquid is absorbed. This a great dish to serve the kids at your next barbeque!
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The following are excerpts from the weekly on-line show, Spin Class: Politics with Michael Fragin. Listen weekly on Thursday nights on jmintheam.org.
Michael Fragin: Good evening everyone. Wel-come to Spin Class. We are talking politics. I am Michael Fragin on the Nachum Segal Network. Wel-come to another Thursday night of good talk, discus-sion and a little bit of insight.
First I want to welcome Dan Gerstein to the show, a long-time friend and CEO of Gotham Ghost Writ-ers. If you want to communicate with somebody and you’re not really sure how to do it, Dan Gerstein is your man. Dan, welcome to Spin Class.
Dan Gerstein: Thank you, Michael, for that gen-erous introduction. It’s great to talk with you.
Michael Fragin: Dan, let’s talk about Senator Li-eberman for a second. Whether you’re a Democrat or Republican, Joe Lieberman is a hero to those in the Jewish community and you served in his office for quite a few years. Give us a little bit of the inside viewpoint and the insight into Senator Joe Lieber-man.
Dan Gerstein: I’m always happy to talk about my time with Senator Lieberman. He personifies the term “mensch.” He is exactly what he seems like. That’s one of the first questions I get asked: “Is he as nice a guy as he seems?” He is, and that’s one of the reasons why I worked for him for ten years. Unlike a lot of people in politics, he is the same person in a private meeting as he is in public. One of my favorite things about him was when he was running for vice presi-dent, he’d travel all around the country. He’d go to an event and the first thing he’d do, is walk through the kitchen on the way to a hotel speech and he’d say hello to all the workers. When he got in the elevator at the Capitol, he’d say hello to all the cops. That says some-thing about someone who values the work that the people behind the scenes do and doesn’t treat them as the “help.” I had a great experience working for him. He is a rare breed; an increasingly rare breed in poli-tics where he doesn’t care about party affiliation, he doesn’t care about conventional wisdom or where the idea came from. He was always hungry for new ideas, for innovative approaches and trying to get people to-gether to get things done for the good of his state and the country, and that ethic I’m afraid is increasingly in short supply in Washington. That’s one of the rea-sons why there is such dysfunction and frustration in
American people.
Michael Fragin: It kind of reminds me of a time I was campaigning with Governor Pataki in 2004. We were in Florida. We went to a famous dinner in North Miami Beach and we had a little campaign stop there. All the Jewish “refugees” from up north were there and so instantly a New York governor is very recognizable but on the way out, Governor Pa-
taki insisted on going into the kitchen and shaking hands with all of the workers in the back. They prob-ably weren’t voters, if you know what I mean, but we came upon a guy who was actually washing dishes. He probably was not from America, he probably pos-sibly didn’t speak any English but Governor Pataki stuck out his hand to him and the guy was washing dishes. His hands were probably not so clean and he didn’t really know what to do. He just kind of looked blankly for a couple of seconds and Pataki still had his hand out and he shook his hand. He was going to shake everybody’s hand and that’s the mark of a great politician and somebody who really connects with every-body out there.
The retirement of Joe Lieberman kind of exemplifies the fact that we’re missing that person who looks for common ground in pol-itics. What do you see as the future of an in-stitution like the Senate without those people in the middle, those senators who are willing to kind of be right in the middle there?
Dan Gerstein: I just saw Joe Manchin, the senator from West Virginia who is kind of a “Lieberman Democrat” in that mold—it’s in his character and his makeup and how he ap-proaches politics. He’s very bipartisan; he is always looking to see how do we bring people together. He spoke about his experience with the recent gun safe-
ty legislation and it primarily was about background checks. There he had an opportunity—something that 90% of the American people support—and you had bipartisan effort trying to find common ground and move this forward and it got blown up. It’s fallen apart because of the partisan divisions and the typical reflexive position taking where Conservatives have to play up to the NRA just like the Democrats play up to the teachers’ unions and nothing got done.
I’m afraid that’s the way it’s going to continue to be until the American people rise up and demand something better. You’ve got to hold people account-able or nothing is going to change.
Don’t misunderstand me. This is a problem that’s endemic in both parties but I will say this, over the last five years Obama has been president, the Republicans have been much more intransigent and extremist be-cause of their fear in many respects. There is going to be a need for a class of leaders to rise up, somewhat like Marco Rubio is doing on immigration, and say, “Look, we have to evolve in our positions. We have to be able to show some flexibility and compromise or we’re going to become irrelevant.” I mean that not just with the party but with the country, that we’re not go-ing to be able to compete on the world stage or in the world economy the way we have taken it for granted. If we keep going down this road where every big prob-lem comes and we go at each other like the Democrats and Republicans are enemies, we won’t get anything done.
Michael Fragin: We don’t need to look much further than your old boss Senator Lieberman who fought for his convictions with regards to the Iraq
Politics Today
Unconventional former-Senator Joe Lieberman >>> Uniting America and
its Political Parties >>> Education Reform: What Should we be Doing?
>>> The Vaad of Lakewood >>> Is Lakewood a Monolithic Voting Bloc?
SPIN CLASSPolitics with Michael Fragin
“WE HAVE TO EVOLVE IN OUR
POSITIONS. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
SHOW SOME FLEXIBILITY
AND COMPROMISE OR WE’RE
GOING TO BECOME IRRELEVANT.”
Former Senator Joe Lieberman--a mensch and an anamoly in politics
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Dan Gerstein: Not kind of, he did.
Michael Fragin: So that should be cautionary to everybody out there.
Dan Gerstein: There is a problem on the left like it is on right. Right now the fever is much more extreme on the right, unfortunately.
Michael Fragin: Let’s keep it as a hypothetical. If you were advising a moderate-type politician, would you advise them to go the middle of the road? They say the middle of the road has a lot of traffic in it and you might get hit by a car.
Dan Gerstein: I don’t think people want moder-ation. I think what they want is leadership and they want character and part of that is compromising when it’s for the good of the country. The ideologues and the partisans on both sides, they say the moderate is split-ting the difference always between the two parties and I don’t think that’s the case at all.
What I would advise someone who wants to try and break the stranglehold of partisanship and special interests in Washington is to not make it about ideol-ogy; to sort of say, “This system is broken. We have to change the system, we have to change the incentives,” and part of that means being willing to stand up for special interests on both sides and really focus on the common good of the country. For the Democrats, the issue that’s closest to me is education reform. We need courageous Democrats to stand up and say, “Listen, we love teachers. We should be paying teachers more, treating them like the professionals they are but we have to change our work rules. We have to change our public education system or we’re going to continue to fail our kids going forward.”
With the Republicans, you could say it’s a range of issues on immigration, on gun legislation, on taxes. You saw some common sense seep into the Republi-can position on taxes when they reached a compro-mise last year or I should say early this year but that’s sadly the exception, not the norm.
Michael Fragin: Let’s talk about education re-form for a second. Why is it so difficult to gain mean-ingful assistance? In some states it’s apparently not, there was actually just a very successful case in In-diana with regard to vouchers and the system but why is it so difficult to break through on meaningful education reform that really allows the money to fol-low a student? You’re really changing the paradigm of how education is funded in the United States but even in the state by state level. You have so many people out there who really need it, whether they are currently in private school, whether they are look-ing for a Catholic school education, whether they be inner-city kids who just want to get out of failing schools. There is so much inequality and issues with the current education paradigm as it is governmen-tally out there.
Dan Gerstein: I think there are two separate is-sues here. There are the vouchers as a means towards a short-term solution to get kids out of failing schools which Senator Lieberman supported, but I don’t think that is a solution to our larger education problems. It’s a tool that we should be exploring where we can but I don’t think politically it’s realistic to expect that to get
wide purchase in large part because regardless of its merits and whatever evidence we have that it can help, it amounts to an abandonment in the eyes of many of the public schools and there is such a strong emotional connection to the public schools that it’s seen as an admission of failure on the ideal of public education, and I think for that reason it’s probably not going to be any kind of large-scale solution.
The bigger issue is the idea of money following the child. It is really relevant to public charter schools which I’ve done a lot of work for, and there, I think there is a very strong case to be made but it’s going to take some courageous people to stand up and say, “Listen, the unions, the defenders or the status quo are not entitled to that money. That money is there to help children get a quality education which they are not getting right now,” and we should be exploring every new idea, every good idea, every workable idea that will help improve public education, particularly for disadvantaged kids who need it the most.
That’s not the posture we have right now particu-larly in New York, so when you say, “Why is it hard?” I think in a large part it’s because you have so many people who are scared to cross the teachers’ unions and others’ vested interests. They want to keep the things the way they are. Again, I think there is plenty of evidence to show that you can stand up to those interests and win but it’s going to take more people to do that to kind of reach a tipping point.
Michael Fragin: There is a big controversy go-ing onwith regards to East Ramapo School District which is up in Rockland County. East Ramapo has
21,000 mostly yeshiva kids, private school students and they have about 9,000 public school students. They have a majority Orthodox/Orthodox-Hasidic school board and that school board is accused by the liberal media of looting the school district.
In my view, I think the paradigm just doesn’t work. You can’t have a situation where you’re re-lying on people for funding, for a very significant funding I think to the tune of like $26,000 per stu-dent, that they don’t have any vested interest in and they don’t have any incentive. I’m not saying you shouldn’t have incentive of the greater good but in the end, crushing suburban taxes are going to win out every time over a sense of civic responsibility.
Dan Gerstein: I think you hit on an extremely im-portant point that’s very relevant to New York City and it’s one of the reasons why our schools despite Mayor Bloomberg’s best efforts. I am a fan of the work he’s tried to do to change our public schools for the better but because so many middle class and upper middle class, largely white families have abandoned the pub-lic schools and just refuse to even consider them as an option, they don’t have a vested interest in standing up and expressing their outrage at how bad some of these schools are and therefore the politically connect-ed, active, influential voices are totally silent and not engaged in the debate. That is a recipe for continuing to have that vacuum filled by the special interests that control the system now and want it to stay the same.
This city is just beginning for a political leader to stand up and I’d actually love to work for a candi-date who would do this, who’ll stand up and go to the brownstones in Brooklyn, the Upper West Side, Forest Hills, the real heart of the middle class of New York, Staten Island and go to these people and say, “It’s out-rageous that you have to pay double taxes. You have to pay once for public schools that you don’t use and then pay another fee to send your kids to private school. You’re paying taxes for the schools; you deserve to get quality education for those tax dollars,” and engage those people in a revolt to demand changes in the pub-lic schools. You’d see a revolution. You would see poli-ticians fold like a house of cards because they would see that those people vote and they are in much greater numbers than the teachers’ union.
Michael Fragin: Dan Gerstein, CEO of Gotham of Ghost Writers, Former Communications Director for Senator Joe Lieberman. Thank you for joining us here on Spin Class and we hope to have you again very soon.
I want to welcome Former Deputy Mayor and Committeeman Steve Langert from Lakewood, New Jersey. Steve, welcome to Spin Class. Tell us about the political entity of the Lakewood Township.
Steve Langert: Lakewood is governed by a com-mittee form of government. There are different forms of government in the State of New Jersey. We are gov-erned by five people. A person is elected to the Com-mittee and the Committee actually chooses the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor on a yearly basis. Committee terms are three years, so a person would run for election or re-election every three years, and it’s on a rotating basis. So while there are five of us who serve on the Committee, it would be a 2-2 and 1. Every year, you have an election. Every year, there are either two seats or in the off-year, there is one seat up for election.
Michael Fragin: How many of the five are Ortho-dox?
“PEOPLE WHO WEAR A YARMULKA
HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE’RE
STILL IN THE MINORITY;
WE’RE NOT IN THE MAJORITY.”
Does the town of Lakewood always vote according to the Vaad's recommendations?
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son by the name of P. G. Waxman. He was elected in 1999, and in 2001, the second Orthodox person ap-pointed and then elected was Meir Lichtenstein; he currently serves on the Township Committee. He is a Democrat.
We have Menashe Miller who came on that year as well. A lot of people know him; he is a Chaplain in the Air Force. He was elected that year also, he is a Republican. We have Ray Coles who is the longest serving member on the Committee. He is not Jewish, and we have Isaac Akerman who serves as our Mayor this year. He is also up for re-election this year. He is the only one up for re-election in the cycle. He is the person who runs individually and then there is myself. I am currently in my second term. I was first elected in 2008 and I took office in January 2009.
Is there a voting bloc in Lakewood? There abso-lutely is. Is it wrong for political Lakewood leaders to be able to say, “Lakewood needs certain things,” and for politicians to say, “If I want to be able to count on the votes that are going to come out of Lakewood, then I have to be sensitive to the issues and needs of the community in Lakewood.” Is that wrong? I don’t think it’s wrong. I think that when you have people who are looking for the best interest of the community or serving the best interest of the community and want the community to be able to be healthy and grow, then it’s okay.
Michael Fragin: Well, I don’t see anything wrong with that. I think it’s entirely positive. I have no issue with the idea when people of common interests vote together and they vote monolithically. If they vote strongly, then they deserve a lot of credit for doing so and having a high vote of participation is definitely a credit.
Steve Langert: In Lakewood, you have two large communities. There is the Orthodox community and there is the senior citizen or the adult community. There is a very large adult community in Lakewood. In fact, outside of Florida and Arizona, Ocean County, New Jersey, has one of the largest adult community in the country.
When I was elected and especially when I was re-elected, I personally enjoyed great support across the board and people here know that when I sit up on the dais or when I’m deciding, I am looking out for the best interest of what Lakewood is about. Lakewood includes not only the adult community and not only the Jewish community but there are other communi-ties here as well. There is a large Latino community. We have people from Eastern Europe here, not so large but we are truly a microcosm of a melting pot here in Lakewood, and I’m proud to say that. I will tell you that in my initial inauguration, my speech was all about representing all of Lakewood because I told people at the end of my term, whether it is three years, six years, one year, two years, ten years, how-ever long that term may be, I want people to be able to point their finger at me and say, “Steve Langert was a credit to the Orthodox people. He served everybody fairly and he served everybody justly,” and I think that as an Orthodox Jew, I think that it’s important for us to remember.
People who wear a yarmulka have to remember that we’re still in the minority; we’re not in the ma-jority. When people see a yarmulka on your head, they look at you a certain way and they automatically
judge you and they automatically hold you to a higher standard. I recognize that they are judging us differ-ently, they are holding us to a higher standard and it’s up to us to recognize that, to be cognizant of that fact and to make sure that we are governing in a way that is true and just for everybody who lives in our town.
That’s the credo that I follow in the morning and I’m proud to say that I’ve had those from outside the Orthodox community say to me, “Steve, you are liv-ing up to your campaign promises. You are living up to that motto that you treat everybody the same. You look at the issues and at the end of the day you do what you feel is the best for Lakewood.” Now Lake-wood includes all those communities, so you need to able to balance the needs of each community and gov-ern accordingly.
Michael Fragin: What about unity within the Orthodox community itself? You know, when there are two Jews on an island, you have three shuls or ten Jews have eleven opinions. How do you main-tain a political unity even amongst the Jewish com-munity? How do you ensure that there is not all kinds of competition amongst different sub-groups?
Steve Langert: Sometimes it’s very hard to do and I will tell you that unfortunately, that’s the issue facing not only politicians but I think that’s the issue facing us as Jews. I think that if we were in times of crisis, in times of war, everybody bends together. There is no, “I’m this way, you’re that way. I’m a leather yarmulke; you’re a kippa sruga; I’m a black hat.” Everyone bands together because they recognize and they realize that there is a danger and it’s from outside forces.
Unfortunately, when things are quiet people don’t feel that way and I think that we all have to be cogni-zant of the fact that we need to be unified, we need to be able to disagree politely and respectfully. Like you said, you have two Jews, you have three opinions. I mean that’s certainly the case and it’s okay to disagree with somebody else. Every person is different, every person is a unique individual and that’s what makes us all great and that’s what makes it beautiful.
We need to be able to be civil, we need to be able to understand that we’re allowed disagree and dis-agree respectfully but we need to listen to each other and perhaps when you listen to somebody they’ll say something that makes sense and then you’ll want to listen to and do what they want to do, do what they are asking you to do.
Michael Fragin: Talk for a second about the Lakewood Vaad. The Vaad is the community orga-nization made up of different heads of community organizations that advises the community on differ-ent candidates and their importance.
Steve Langert: The Lakewood Vaad was actu-ally established by the Roshei Yeshiva. It’s a council of people who serve at his request to advise him on political decisions that they feel are best for the Lake-wood community. That’s what the Lakewood Vaad was meant to be and that’s what they have been. They are a group of people who serve at the request of the Roshei Yeshiva of Lakewood in order to counsel the-mon matters that he feels are important.
Michael Fragin: So to a certain degree the po-litical power resides with that group.
Steve Langert: Yes. You can say that. That would be fair to say.
Michael Fragin: Back in the last gubernatorial election, the Vaad endorsed Jon Corzine but Chris Christie won most of the vote.
Steve Langert: Chris Christie won Lakewood by about a 2-1 margin.
Michael Fragin: So can you give me some per-spective on that?
Steve Langert: At the time, the Vaad’s decision was that Governor Corzine had been good to Lake-wood; he had been a friend of Lakewood and their main emphasis is on repaying kindness measure for measure and they felt they owed it to him to support him. There were many, many people here in the com-munity that felt that given his personal views on moral issues, they were more aligned with Governor Christie and they felt that it wasn’t the right choice. That goes back to what people say about voting as a monolithic bloc, that just goes to prove that the people of Lake-wood are not just sheep being led to the slaughter, so to speak.
Michael Fragin: That’s a little bit exaggerated but that’s fine.
Steve Langert: But that’s the way people talk about it. Mindless people just going and doing as they are told, which obviously was not the casePeople said, “You know what? We don’t agree. We don’t agree with the decision that was made. We feel very strongly about it and we’re going to show our displeasure and we’re going to vote for the candidate who we think represents an Orthodox Jew morally and socially in a better light” and therefore they voted for Governor Christine over former Governor Corzine. The point I wanted to bring across is that yes, for the most part we vote as a bloc because we believe that the recom-mendations that are made are good and just. When people believe they are not good as you mentioned in the Christie-Corzine election, they say, “No, we’re not going to follow the recommendation. We’re going to vote our conscience.”
Michael Fragin: Talk to me about public edu-cation in Lakewood because we’ve discussed public education in the East Ramapo School District.
Steve Langert: Lakewood School District has 5,600, maybe 6,000 public school students in it and the private school system has 22,000 to 23,000 students. The inverse relationship is just astronomical and as discussed by your previous guest, it causes significant challenges to the taxpayers of Lakewood. It causes a tremendous hardship for the people of Lakewood be-cause there really is no way for the state to figure out how to take care of Lakewood.
In every school district, we’ve got “X” amount of public school students, maybe we’ve got 10% private school students and this is the formula that we’re go-ing to use and they apply it across the state. Lakewood is the only one that’s not that way and it’s unique, and we’ve been asking but it’s going to come to a head eventually and something is going to definitely be needed in order to look at that situation.
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In reviewing the issues surrounding the horrible revelation in Cleveland two weeks ago, several news outlets
reviewed the way the missing persons list functions. “Hundreds of thousands of people are reported missing each year,” the Wall Street Journal stated, “the vast majority of whom turn out to have run away, FBI data show.” Those numbers are misleading.
Actually, the data is worse. Accord-ing to the National Runaway Safeline which obtained statistics from peer-re-viewed journals, “Between 1.6 and 2.8 million [that’s not a typo] youth run away in a year. 47% of runaway / homeless youth indicated that conflict between them and their parent or guard-ian was a major problem.”
“Over 50% of youth in shelters and on the streets reported that their parents either told them to leave or knew they were leaving but did not care.”
“32% of runaway and homeless youth have attempted suicide at some point in their lives.”
More frequently for us, there is the “off the derech” problem that the rabbis refer to as a “crisis in spirituality.” Why do they run away? Why do they get into drugs or at the very “least” (which is no small matter) do they go off the derech? Is there a connection among all these youth problems?
To get an idea of the answer, let’s look a little closer at the history of two of the three girls who were held captive for a decade and how they came to be kidnapped. First, let’s look at Amanda Berry, the brave girl who orchestrated their escape. According to news reports, she had piercings in her ears and eye-brows and liked Eminem’s music.
For those who wouldn’t know Emi-nem from an Oreo, Wikipedia explains that this “artist” shot to stardom on the basis of lyrics featuring “drug use, sex-ual acts, mental instability, and over-the-top violence.” For example, one of his songs “ends with his encouraging a man to murder his wife and her boy-friend.” What is the attraction of such so-called music?
Our beautiful Torah and our customs are filled with music for it speaks to the heart. And that is the answer. To what inside these children does Eminem’s music speak? Perhaps an interesting way to learn the answer is to conduct a little research. Ask your children if they ever listen to Eminem and whether they
relate to the lyrics. If so, what is it about those lyrics that is meaningful to them?
I’d like to venture a guess. Profiles on pedophiles show that these mon-sters target lonely and alone children, children without a support system and without close supervision. The pierc-ings, in particular on the eyebrow, that Ms. Berry had, indicate that she felt out of the mainstream, off the beaten path. When you take these clues together with the music she listened to, it creates a view of a girl alone and fighting her way in a tough world. (Perhaps that was a blessing in its own way because she was tough enough to finally extricate
herself from her prison, never giving up on freedom.)
A bit of information on another of the three girls who escaped, Michelle Knight, sheds even more light on this difficult problem. The news states that “because of the strained relationship between Ms. Knight and the family, a missing-persons report wasn’t filed.” Therefore, her family did not know that this young wom-an had been kid-napped and just as-sumed she had left home on her own volition. Locked up and mistreated for ten years, no effort was made to find her.
R e s e a r c h shows that children who run away have been abused either physically or emo-tionally. Emotional abuse can be “mere-ly” emotional neglect: not listening and not caring. Often, these
children themselves think that the rules at home were too strict. Howev-er, working with these children myself has shown that the problem is not at all that the rules were too strict but rather the strictness was not paired with love. Discipline must be delivered lovingly to work.
What the children experience, in-stead, is a feeling of personal rejec-
tion. This translates into: They do not love me because I am not good enough. Not only am I not a good person in my parents’ eyes, but I am worthless. Of course, the parents never intended such a message but there is a huge gap be-tween the giving and the getting. The parents often think they are giving dis-cipline but the children are getting a dif-ferent message.
We get an even clearer idea of what the children hear as opposed to what parents thought they deliver when we study children who cut themselves. These adolescents report a dead feeling inside, an emptiness that can be filled
for a brief moment with a sharp pain that is the only thing that feels real to them. Why do they feel so empty? The one thing that fills a person and makes him feel alive is a sense of being loved: by parents, by G-d and by himself. Without parental love, it is hard to feel G-dly love and without the love by par-ents and G-d, it is even more difficult to feel self-love.
Other children may not resort to such drastic mea-sures but their unhappiness is no less import-ant to attend to. Their unhappi-ness comes from the same source: a perception of
worthlessness coming from messages they believe mean their parents do not love and value them. These children may “only” go off the derech in the search for something that lifts them up out of their pain and emptiness.
So the real question is what are par-ents doing that causes such a terrible re-action and what can they do differently? Let me give you just one example.
I’ve had a blog for many years, even from before people called it a blog. Once, a teen emailed me in response to an article I had posted on my website to explain how she started cutting herself.
She said that she could not get attention from her mother. On Fridays, when her mother was preparing for Shabbos and the teen wanted something, her moth-er would say, “Don’t bother me unless you’re bleeding.”
That parent worked hard to prepare a beautiful Shabbos table and every-thing was on it but love. A parent sim-ply cannot speak in such harsh terms to her child. The statement above does not translate into a joke that says, “I’m busy.” It translates into, “Your needs are not important to me.”
Now, for argument’s sake, let us suppose that this particular child was always the whiney type who demand-ed more attention than was appropriate. How should a parent wean such a child off of that without being rejecting? One possibility would be to smile lovingly at the child and say, “I will give you at-tention at the Shabbos table but I must continue my work right now.” Alterna-tively, the mother could triage for the seriousness of the problem first, even while working, by just asking what the problem is and then responding accord-ingly.
On the other hand, it is also critical that parents understand that what may seem minor to them may be major to the child. A girl who is ignored by her peers, a boy who doesn’t make the team, a child who is made fun of, a teen who didn’t get the grade he expected may be quite upset and feel as though this problem is in the category of “bleed-ing.” What should the busy parent do? The answer is that the child’s feelings really are more important than whether every side dish gets made or whether all the dust is well vacuumed. The parent should stop to be a good listener, hear the pain in the child’s story, and respond with kindness, not brusqueness.
If doing that is something difficult for the parent, there are two sources of help available. One is to learn Torah and the other is to get assistance from a counselor. And the time is right away.
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without parental love, it is harD to feel G-Dly love anD without the love by parents anD G-D, it is even more Difficult to feel self-love.
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For many of us, using our smart-phone, iPad, Xbox and computer have become second nature. We
rely heavily on our electronics to car-ry us through the workweek, entertain our children, and help us relax. How-ever, technology has an emerging new benefit: weight-loss. Many new apps, devices and games are being specifi-cally designed to make eating healthy and working out easy, fun, and effec-tive. There are many options available to help you kick-start a healthier life-style. From free to expensive, practi-cal to still in production, here are my top technology picks:
MyFitnessPal. This free and us-er-friendly website allows subscribers to easily track their caloric intake. A food database of almost 3 million items allows you to easily calculate the calo-ries in almost any food and store them in your personalized profile. In addi-tion, you can even enter and store your own recipes and diet staples for easy future access. There are also apps for your mobile devices and smart phones making it as simple as possible to jour-nal your consumption in real time, which many of us fail to do. Food journaling can be one of the most suc-cessful tools to aid in weight-loss or weight-management, but only when done in real time. Trying to recall ev-ery nibble after a long exhausting day is generally a difficult feat. Seeing and storing your daily nutrition choices will help to give you a better handle on what, when, why and how much you
eat.Fitbit One. This multi-tasking
gaget, about the size of a beeper (re-member those?), not only counts steps taken, distance traveled, stairs climbed and calories burned, but it also tracks your sleep patterns to aid in better rest for increased benefits and results. As a small bonus, it has a built in alarm clock that will gently and silently wake you with a gentle vibration as well. What I like most about the Fitbit One, is that it not only tracks the duration of your sleep, but the quality too. Each night’s rest is given a sleep score based on the length of time slept and the num-ber of times woken during that period. Sleep is the most commonly discount-ed contributor to weight, and this de-vice helps users remember that it’s not
only the activity you expend daily, but also the rest you redeem nightly. The information tracked by this tiny device is wirelessly synched to your computer in real time, appearing in clear graphs and charts to help you stay educated and motivated.
HAPIfork. The market has more
than its fair share of gizmos and apps to help you track cal-ories burned, and even log those con-sumed. But what about tracking the way you consume those calories? En-ter the HAPIfork. Introduced in Jan-uary 2013 (but still in the production/prototype phase), this eating utensil is poised to be the next big thing in weight management. With built-in sensors to track the pace of your bites, this electronic fork sends you a gentle vibration to let you know
when you are eating too fast. The forks designers built it off of the prov-en science that shoveling your food too quickly results in higher caloric in-take. The fork is designed to train you to take smaller bites and slow down in order to trim down. Since the fork isn’t available just yet, another piece of advice I give patients is to eat with an appetizer fork, not an entrée fork. This small trick will help eat less food per bite, ultimately slowing your meal down.
Xbox + Kinect. With its emphasis on fun and fitness, this pricey console may be just the thing to get you and your family moving. The Kinect sys-tem uses your body as the controller, making you an active participant in the games you’re playing. Once you see the workout you get, you may ac-tually find yourself encouraging your kids to play videogames. With games including sports like football and ski-ing to Zumba and dance classes, you will be able to work up a sweat in your own home and have fun in the process.
More recently, Kinect partnered with Nike for an interactive personal train-ing program. The results are an effec-tive program that tracks your progress, including strength and endurance, from day one. Trainers provide you with motivation and direct feedback regard-ing your movements and form, giving you tips for improvement. While the device and games are definitely on the expensive side, if used regularly, they can substitute the need for a personal trainer or a trip to the gym – but that’s a big if. Just like you get too busy to go to the gym, you will let this item collect dust in your living room unless you schedule time to exercise. Put your workouts into your calendar and treat them as if you are paying for them each time. You wouldn’t likely ditch your trainer if you had to shell out cash each time you did, so remember that when you work out at home.
While new advances in technolo-gy make weight-loss tracking devices more accessible and easier to use, the one thing they can’t do is make you use them. With everything in the market-place, there are still no tools to do the work for you. The same archaic need for human intervention exists, so even if you buy the products or sign up for the programs the key is still…using them.
Dr. Bo Rosenblat is a board-certified med-ical doctor and Chief Physician of Dr. Bo’s Diet Center with office locations in Hewlett & Manhasset. For more information about Dr. Bo’s Diet program, please call 516-284-8248 or visit www.DrBosDiet.com.
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you woulDn’t likely Ditch your trainer if you haD to shell out cash each time you DiD, so remember
that when you work out at home.
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Dear Devorah,I read with interest
your article about a child who is fidgety in class. I work in the field of spe-cial education providing SEIT and SETTS service to pre-school and school-age children respectively. A number of children I work and have worked with share similar issues of fidgeting in class (not all were necessarily receiving OT). Can you kind-ly provide a couple of suggestions to be utilized in class particularly for school-age students who like to move around a lot? (I am talking about fidgety in terms of fiddling with their hands; I’m seeking ideas for the type of child who twists, turns and craves to get out of their seat.)
-Ariella N.Dear Ariella,
Thank you for reading my article. The children you provide service for are lucky to have such a devoted therapist who clearly is continually seeking ways to help them perform their best in school. The following will provide a list of ideas you may find helpful:
1. Movin Sit Junior. This is one of my favorite seat cushions (picture A). It is not as obvious as a big ball chair, which many students may be self-con-scious using. I like the fact that it is wedge shaped, which assists the user with sitting more upright. (One of my pet peeves are classroom chairs with bucket-like seats; it promotes a slumped posture.)
2. Theraband. (picture B) Fasten a piece of Theraband between the two front legs of the student’s chair, give it some degree of slack. The student can “fidget” with his/her legs in class by bouncing or stretching the Theraband downward or forward. It’s also a good workout!
3. Tennis balls. Make a slit into two tennis balls and attach them to the bottom of the back legs of the student’s chair. Given the unevenness, the student now has the ability to rock back and forth in their chair. To soften the sound of the clunking down of the front legs of the chair, place a piece of felt on these legs. (Felt protector for furniture can be purchased in stores like Home Depot and Lowes.)
4. Standing. Did you ever walk into a Bais Medrash were all the men are sit-ting while learning? Certainly not, many are standing. Provide the student the op-
tion to stand instead of sit. If the student does not currently sit in the last seat of the row, it may be a good idea to leave a small desk in the back of the classroom for these standing breaks.
5. Chair pushups. Train the child on how to do a chair pushup and encour-age him/her to carry them out when he/she feels the need to move.
6. Integrate Movement. This comment is more for the teacher in the classroom. Teachers should integrate movement in the lesson. This may be elaborately and creatively woven into the lesson. (Think: discussing Tom Sawyer and then partnering students up singing “Row, row, row your boat” while sitting face-to-face and pushing/tugging each other’s arms….reenacting Paul Revere by having students gallop around the classroom.) Or simply providing inter-mittent movement breaks such as having students do jumping jacks, jogging in place or stretches.
Providing the student with “assign-ments” which give him/her the opportu-nity to move around. This can include errands to the school office, handing out papers to classmates, or erasing the dry erase board.
The need to move around is univer-sal. Every child needs movement and movement is critical to learning. The above suggestions can benefit every child and is not specific for the child with special needs.
Wishing you much success in your work! Hope these tips are helpful.
-Devorah
Devorah (Gerber) Schmeltz, MS OTR/L is a 2003 alumnus of Downstate Medical Center’s OT Program. She worked as a senior occu-pational therapist at United Cerebral Palsy’s Brooklyn Children’s Program for 9 years. Currently, Devorah runs a private practice, Bumble & Tumble Occupational Therapy P.C in Far Rockaway. Your questions and com-ments are welcome. She can be reached at [email protected] or 917-971-5327.
Health & FitnessDevorah Gerber Schmeltz
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Asian Styled Sweet and Sour SalmonIngredients4 salmon fillets½ cup ketchup4 minced garlic cloves¼ cup orange juice
concentrate1/3 cup soy sauce2-3 scallions1-inch fresh ginger
root, shredded3 tablespoons brown
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Wash and discard scales from salmon. Coat the fish with the simmered mixture and reserve the remainder, taking caution not to bring sauce in contact with raw fish. In the event that the sauce did come in contact with the raw fish, bring sauce to 140 degrees for 15 seconds.
Place salmon in pan or casserole dish and bake in the oven for 12 minutes. Salmon is done when slightly brown on outside, slightly opaque inside and flakes easily. When done, glaze fillets with remaining mixture.
Cut scallions on diagonal in quarter inch slices. Serve salmon on bed of orzo primavera and garnished with cashews and scallions.
Orzo PrimaveraIngredients1 pound package of orzo1/3 cup of canola oil1 large Spanish onion6 cloves garlic, minced1 large carrot, julienned or shredded2 green zucchini squash, julienned (1/8”x1/8”x2”)24 ounce package of broccoli florets (if frozen – defrost)Few dill sprigsOptional: good quality extra virgin olive oil, to finishSalt and pepper to taste
PreparationPrepare orzo according to package directions. (Because this is a salad, I suggest
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Coat bottom of pan with canola oil. Finely dice onion to 1/4-inch pieces (or smallest possible).
Sweat onions over medium high heat until transparent add garlic and stir quick-ly so that it only sweats and does not burn. Lower heat to medium; add carrots. Once carrots are soft, add broccoli and cover for additional 4-5 minutes. (Broccoli becomes very bright when done.) Add zucchini to pan for 1-2 minutes until it is slightly cooked but not mushy.
Strain vegetable juices. Mix with orzo and add salt and pepper to taste. Option-ally add a few drops of extra virgin olive oil to finish and mix well. Garnish with dill.
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return, thanking you for the wonderful food you sent. So I could not judge by that. However, when a family member accused me of making better food for strang-ers, that hit home, and I repeated the same recipe (with minor variations) for my family. The salmon speaks for itself, well, actually it did not speak, but if you like the sweet and sour Asian profile this may be up your alley. I like the contrast with the orzo primavera as it is not so bold in flavors, yet it is a beautiful translation of
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Chapter 14 - escape
Mechel and I were no longer physically fit and were not in shape for such a climb, but
the older people were in much worse trouble. We needed to reach the woods-man’s cottage. Not long into the climb, our primary financier said, “Please leave me here to die alone. I just can’t make it. Go ahead. Save yourselves. Forget me. Leave me in peace,” and he started to slide down the path. Mechel grabbed him and said, “We are a group and we go together. Stay with me and I will help you.”
The truth was that everyone needed help. Every few feet, we would slide back a few inches because the pathway was slick from the rain. We kept skid-ding and sliding. Mechel and I quickly realized the only way to make it was to use our hands like animals’ paws. We showed the older ones how to crawl up the trail on all fours to the woods-man’s cottage. When we arrived, he and his family were quite friendly and their welcome seemed sincere. And there we found Rose Glazer who had arrived the previous night, according to our instruc-tions. The hunter’s wife had prepared a simple but nourishing meal. They had very little themselves and were gener-ous in their offering. We couldn’t eat everything they put out for us because there were things forbidden to us by the laws of kashrus (keeping kosher), but we made sure that they did not feel we were ungrateful.
After the meal we washed up and sat by the warm fire the hunter had built in his fireplace. We were relaxing in preparation for a predawn descent down the other side of the mountain. Our time for relaxation was not long. The hunt-
er’s wife began to shriek at the top of her lungs, as if she had been scalded with boiling water.
“Nobody move. You are not go-ing anywhere. Someone has stolen my 2,000 dollars.”
We looked at each other and turned pale with dismay. The money belonged to the Millionaires. It was part of the es-cape ransom they had paid. The 2,000 dollars was the hunter’s share. Obvious-ly, he had given it to his wife for safe-keeping. The prime suspect was Rose. She had been there a day ahead of us.
I said to her quietly, “Rose, you need to give me the money if you took it. Please. No questions asked, just give it to me privately.”
She became belligerent and even swore on her parents’ graves she knew nothing about any money. I doubted she was telling the truth. Her oath on her parents’ graves only served to indicate to me that her parents had perished, nothing more. Mechel came over and asked to speak with me.
“She has the money. I know she has the money. It can’t be anyone else. Take her into the bedroom and pat her down.”
I did what Mechel said, but I could not find any trace of money. Now we figured that the hunter’s wife had made up the whole story to extort another 2,000 dollars from seven hapless Jews on their way to nowhere. I became quite insolent to the hunter’s wife. “This is a rabbi’s daughter. Maybe you want to look again in your home. Perhaps you misplaced the money.”
She screamed back at me, “No. Don’t you dare say such a thing to me! I have only one hiding place and my money is gone.”
Mechel came over to me and Rose and said firmly to her, “Go back into the bedroom and either give Lola the mon-ey or she will undress you. If she has to do it, she will take every piece of cloth-ing off your body.”
These were extraordinary words for an Orthodox Jewish man to utter to a woman. We went back into the room. I was gentle and told her I knew she had seen enough humiliation in her life and that I did not want to be responsible for any further shame. She had to return the money to me. She began to cry. She had
sewn the money into the hem of her un-der-slip. Where had she found a needle and thread? I wondered. She said she had taken the money only because she was afraid otherwise she would end up where she had been in Bochnia. All of her defenses were down. Having been compromised by the Nazis physically, she had now compromised herself mor-ally by stealing. She had taken the two thousand dollars because she was so ter-rified that she might have to experience more awful things in order to survive. I could not judge her. I did not know the dimensions of degradation she had en-dured. I simply was relieved we had the money back.
Before leaving the room, I hugged Rose and told her I would figure out how to protect her. I took the hundred dollar bills back to Mechel and very discreetly spoke to him about how to handle the matter. I told him the whole story. He called all of us together and said he would speak for the group. He suggested that he tell the hunter and his wife that we had worked things out among us and that we would replace the money. Not everyone in our party felt as
sympathetic to Rose as I. Some felt she should be exposed as a crook. Mech-el and I explained that doing so might endanger the next truckload of escap-ing Jews. If Jews were found to be un-trustworthy, it would hurt all the others trying to get out through the mountains. They finally agreed that Mechel would be our spokesman.
Mechel told the hunter and his wife that despite appearances, Rose had not taken the money. We did not know what happened to it, but we certainly did not want them to suffer any loss on our be-half. Mechel said we had all chipped in again. Then he gave the hunter’s wife the same hundred dollar bills Rose had taken. Mechel, always thinking ahead, had crumpled them up and shuffled the order they were in. Possibly the hunt-er’s wife would believe an intruder had come in and taken her money rather than one of us. She professed to believe Mechel’s story and let it pass without further comment or drama.
Rose’s escapade had eaten up the entire night. Nobody had slept and now it was almost too late to leave. There would be no breakfast. We had to depart immediately with the hunter guiding us down a treacherous trail. We followed behind cautiously, watching his every move and step. At some point, one of the older people stopped to rest and smoke a cigarette. He struck a match. In the flash of light from the one match, we saw that most of us were standing on the edge of a steep cliff. Some of us were within inches of plunging to our deaths. Our financier lost heart again and once more said almost the same words, “No, I can’t go on with this. I want to die. Please leave me alone here. I want to die.”
The hunter had absolutely no pa-tience with the man. He was sick and tired of all of us. We were not worth his fee of 2,000 dollars. Although the light of the match had saved us from slipping
Lola Lieber SchwartzLola's Story
A World After ThisA Memoir of Loss and Redemption
Lola Lieber Schwartz is a world-renowned artist whose paintings have been exhibited in art galleries throughout the United States and are part of the Yad Vashem archives in Jerusalem. Most importantly, Lola is a mother, grandmother and great-grandmother to many. She has myriad friends and sees life in all its vibrancy and vitality. But life was not always easy. Lola was only sixteen-years-old when Hitler ym”sh invaded Poland, and Lola was forced into hiding and spent years on the run with her husband, Mechel. Through six years of trying times, near
starvation and brutality, Lola and her husband held onto their faith and values. It was Mechel’s words of encouragement, “There will be a world after this,” that helped them cling to the hope that there will be a life of light and joy waiting for them at the end.
This is the story of Lola’s life—from her grandparents’ “enchanted garden” to meeting Eichmann ym”sh to making the Pesach seder for the Bobover Rebbe during the war—her words will take you back to a different world.
“no, i can’t Go on with this. i want to Die. please leave me alone here. i want to Die.”
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always lurking around escape routes and might also have observed the light. And now there was the emotional out-burst of a man wailing that he wanted to die. The hunter hissed angrily at the old-er man, “Shut up! We are almost there.”
We reached a place the hunter said was safe. He directed us to a small pool of rainwater where we could wash up from the hike. We did so. I noticed how dirty all of our boots were. They were totally caked with mud. Mechel saw it as well. We looked exactly like what we were – an unlikely collection of Jews who had been slogging through forests and mountains running away from our captors. There was only one solution. I took off my boots and quietly licked the mud off the heels and the fronts. Ev-eryone else did the same. What had we come to! I suppose it wasn’t that shock-ing when you think of everything else we had experienced and so far survived.
Below us we saw the glow of day-break and the checkpoint that signi-fied the Polish border. The hunter told us how to cross without detection and avoid interrogation. We needed to speak Hungarian, not Polish, to each other. The uniformed men marched back and forth, two by two. They were Hungar-ians, dressed in the traditional Hussar costume, red jackets with ostrich feath-
ers in their helmets. Mechel and I went first, arm in arm,
with Rose next to us. I chatted away fu-riously in Hungarian, as if we had just had a lovely hike and were glad to have a rest. Mechel did not speak Hungarian but he knew how to say yes. He took on a new disguise – that of a sweetly tol-erant husband, encumbered by a chat-terbox wife. Whatever I said, Mechel smiled, squeezed me close to him and said, “Igen, igen, igen.” It meant “Yes,
yes, yes.” I had figured out that if we were questioned we were going to say we were immigrants from Kosice, Czechoslovakia. People there would speak Hungarian, but not perfectly. The guards didn’t bother to ask any ques-tions or give us more than a passing glance.
I had tried to teach the financier, his wife, and his friends a few words of Hungarian. It wasn’t so difficult, but by then they were just too weary to pay attention to the finer details of surviv-al. Mechel, Rose, and I hid on the other
side of the border and waited for their group to come across. They waited for the guards to turn their backs, but they must have timed it exactly wrong. Or perhaps they looked a little too Polish, or too Jewish, or maybe someone said a word in Polish. We will never know if all or any of these things caused their arrest. They were seized and sent back to the Polish side of the checkpoint. We watched as the guards used their field telephones to summon the authorities.
They would be returned to the Ger-mans. Their fate was sealed. Death in the mountains might not have been the cruelest end.
Mechel and I were crushed. Rose didn’t show any concern at all. She was free and that was as far as she could think. And she wasn’t beholden to the Millionaires, so she did not understand how Mechel and I felt. The couple that had made it possible for my entire fam-ily to escape had been lost in the enter-prise. Their money had saved our lives. We made our way to Bardjov, Slovakia,
where my Uncle Beri had relatives. Here we received another kind of shock to our systems.
Uncle Beri and his relatives had been living there for a year as part of the plan to help Jews get out of Poland. They took the three of us in and gave us a meal and fresh clothing. We told them everything we had experienced and all that was happening in Poland. They listened politely but they didn’t ask any questions. They were skeptical about our stories. When forced to un-derstand that we were not embellishing our struggles and the enormous losses, they took an even more upsetting stance with us.
“Such things as this will never hap-pen to Hungarian Jews,” one of them said.
We had not been exposed to this kind of thinking until then, but it would not be the last time our stories would be met with outright disbelief: we were Poylishe Yidden, Polish Jews, given to fanatical leanings. Who would be fool-ish enough to believe everything we said?
Continued next week
their fate was sealeD. Death in the mountains miGht not have been the cruelest enD.
Lola wrote this book with the help of Alida Brill.
A World After This was published in 2010 by Devora Publishing.
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the fact that we actually observeD the shemitta in 5768 was not a mistake.
Solving the Sabbatical Year and the Age of the EarthHave the Jewish people always ob-
served the Sabbatical year even while exiled from Israel, or only once they re-occupied the Holy Land? Are we sure we accurately calculated which year is the Sabbatical?
The Rabbi Responds:Being that the laws of Shemitta (the
Sabbatical) are only applicable to the land and produce of Israel, it was impos-sible for any substantial group of Jewish farmers to observe the Shemitta during the years when Israel lacked significant Jewish presence. Only in the last couple of centuries have Jews begun returning to their homeland, enabling us to once again observe this great mitzvah. Every seven year cycle, more Jewish farmers are joining those who observe the laws of Shemitta, and awareness of its laws and centrality in Jewish life are growing both among Jews residing in Israel and in the Diaspora.
The truth is that we are not absolute-
ly certain of the accuracy of our calculations. The Tur (C.M. 67) writes that the calculation of the Shemitta cycle is a matter of con-tention between Rashi and Tosfos (pre-eminent Me-dieval Talmudic authorities). Their dis-pute revolves around how many years the Second Temple stood. According to Rashi, it seems that the Shemitta would have fallen out in the Jewish year 5766 (2005-2006). The law follows the opin-ion of Tosfos which would have es-
tablished 5767 (2006-2007) as the Shemitta, and the next one in 5774. The prob-lem is that the last Shemitta we observed was the Jewish year of 5768 (Sept. 07-08) and the next
Shemitta will be in 5775 (2014-2015). It does seem that our calculation is at least one year off!
However, the fact that we actually observed the Shemitta in 5768 was not a mistake; Tosfos’s calendar counts the years of the world’s existence from the
creation of Adam, the first man. Our cal-endars begin calculating the age of the earth from the first day of creation, and being that the sixth day of creation is Rosh Hashanah, (the Jewish New year), Adam was created on the first day of the second year. In short, Tosfos would refer to our 5768 as 5767, and so, we observed Shemitta on the correct year. We’re just not sure how many candles to put on the world’s birthday cake.
All the best,Yehoshua Levy
Please note, the information written above is not meant as a rabbinic ruling. If you have any questions, please consult your rabbinic authority for clarification.
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Artistic and Creative Outdoor Games Just in Time for Summer
Do your children love to use creative energy but always complain that there is never
enough time to spend exploring new ideas and concepts? Summer play-time is just around the corner. There are so many novel ideas that can be used for the purpose of experimen-tation. Children who attend summer camps will probably receive a large dose of creativity in a structured environment. For those children who are at home a good part of the day, there is a large amount of time that can be spent on creativity with a minimal amount of parental in-volvement. Just spend a little time pre-planning, and you will create a cre-ative experience for your children.
White vinyl that can be purchased by the yard from variety and hardware stores can be used as a backdrop to cre-ate an exciting outdoor play mat. This is an inexpensive and practical way of de-signing a play activity for your children that they will enjoy. Bold permanent markers will work just fine to create the board for the game. Use any exist-ing board game that your children like to play indoors and copy the board onto the sturdy plastic. Plan out all the lines and boxes first with a ruler and pencil, draw the necessary lines and then go over them with bold permanent mark-ers. With a little imagination, any game can be adjusted a little to create a won-derful outdoor game for the children to play. Create the board large enough to place on a concrete slab, patio or drive-way. Or, if you so choose, make it the size of an outdoor table of any size or shape. Your children will really enjoy these types of games that can be played outdoors. You should use some ingenui-ty in choosing all different types of out-door equipment as markers and pieces for these outdoor games. Try shopping for oversized plastic items that are used as toys at the beach or in sand boxes. Do not use anything that is sharp or not child-proof. These safe pieces will make excellent choices for game pieces. It is also a great idea to create jumping or skipping games on these pieces of rolled vinyl. Coloring books provide wonderful creative ideas that can be easily copied. (These permanent bold markers should only be used outdoors or in a well-ventilated area with open
windows. They give off an odor that is not good to use in small areas. They are the only type of markers that will hold up on the vinyl and remain intact after much fun and games.) There are so many games that can be created in English and Hebrew or any other lan-guage.
Skip, jump, hop, and enjoy the sum-mer time. Be creative and adventurous by inventing artistic, creative and in-ventive outdoor games just in time for summer.
P.S. Learning can be incorporated into these games by using some of the material that you want to review with your children and using the information as part of the game. Examples of ques-tions with oversized question marks being the winning spot if you land on it will stimulate and fascinate your chil-dren. Use some of the workbooks that they already have and create games that will help your children improve vocab-ulary or math skills over the summer. It becomes so much fun when combined with outdoor play. Have a wonderful and creative summer with your chil-dren. Adults will also gain from these activities. Just remember, a little imagi-nation goes a long way! Customize your games to match your personal needs.
Rebbetzin Naomi N. Herzberg is a profes-sional art educator, artist and designer. Among her known artwork is a floral sculp-ture presented to Tipper Gore, Blair House, Washington, D.C. Presently she is the Di-rector of Operations at Shulamith School for Girls. Please feel free to email [email protected] with questions and sugges-tions for future columns.
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In my estate planning practice, as well as during the seminars that I give, I regularly speak to clients who
are unsure of the distinction between a will, also known as a last will and testa-ment, and a living will. I have even had one client who had told me that she had a will, when in reality all she had was a living will. The difference between the two is vast, and not knowing the differ-ence could have cost my client tens of thousands of dollars.
Will (Last Will and Testament): The purpose of a Will is to distrib-
ute your assets after you pass. If you have ever seen a movie with a law-yer reading a document to the family of a rich uncle who died, the lawyer is reading from this type of a will. A Will allows you to decide what you would like to go to whom, when, and how. Without a Will, New York State law will determine who inherits your assets and handles your estate. A Will, as well as a living trust, allows you to structure the asset distribution to help
avoid estate taxes, protect your heirs from creditors, and space out the dis-tribution over time. Family heirlooms can be expressly left to a beneficiary in a will to avoid fights. Only a Will can also be used to nominate guardians for your minor children if both of their parents pass away, although the court still has final discretion. A Will also allows the testator (person making the Will) to appoint executor(s) who will oversee the administration of the estate. It is important to know that, unlike a living will, the last will and testament only takes effect after you die and can be changed, or revoked, any time pri-or to your death. To have any effect, your Will must be probated in the Sur-rogate’s Court where you last resided after you die.
Living Will:The purpose of a living will is to
memorialize your healthcare wishes so that your family, doctors, and/or health-care proxy (the person making your healthcare decisions) know what you want done if you are not able to make decisions for yourself. You are able to specify whether you would like to be kept alive by artificial means if there is no hope of recovery. You are also able
to specify the level of care that you want to receive if you are in an acci-dent or a coma. A living will, although not officially authorized by New York State law, is enforceable as long as it provides clear and convincing evidence of your desires. Since it is hard to draft
instructions for all the different possibilities which may arise, I generally advise clients to also prepare a healthcare proxy which appoints a trusted per-son to make decisions on your behalf. The healthcare proxy should be given a copy of your living will so that they can use it as a guide as they make deci-sions. For individuals who wish to have decisions made accord-
ing to the laws of their religion, such as organ donation and cremation, it is important to appoint a proxy who is sensitive to those wishes and to speci-fy those wishes in the living will. The Agudath Israel of America has a free form which incorporates a healthcare proxy with a living will in accordance with halacha. Similar to a power of attorney, which is used by your agent for financial and business transactions, a living will ceases to be effective af-ter you pass away. Additionally, an observant Jew should also have a form which designates an agent to carry out his burial wishes in accordance with halacha. Such a designation, which is sanctioned by NY Public Health Law, is superior to instructions in a Will which take time to access.
Both a Will and a living will are im-portant pieces of any estate plan. Each should be prepared under the guidance of an attorney and both need to be wit-nessed by two disinterested witnesses. That is where the similarities end. It is important for clients to understand that while a living will deals with health care decisions, a Will deals with distri-bution of property and the appointment of guardians and fiduciaries.
Roman Aminov is a trusts and estates attor-ney concentrating in estate planning, elder law, and probate. He is experienced in the drafting of wills, powers of attorney, health
care proxies, and trusts of all types. Contact Roman Aminov at (347)ROMAN-85 or vis-it www.AminovLaw.com to schedule a free consultation.
CNG Networking Group is an Orthodox Jewish networking group which meets in Queens and Long Island. The attorney sub-group of CNG has 8 members with various specialties: Trusts & Estates, Real Estate, Matrimonial, Criminal, Personal Injury, Trademarks/Copyright, Tax, Non-profits, Litigation. We welcome questions from readers on a wide range of legal matters. Please submit your legal questions to [email protected]. While we do not provide specific legal advice, we hope to present readers with a greater understand-ing of the issues presented and potential means of resolving difficulties. No column is a substitute for competent legal advice. Please consult with the attorney of your choice concerning specific legal questions you may have.
an observant jew shoulD also have a form which DesiGnates an aGent to carry out his burial wishes in accorDance with HALAcHA.
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bath, eat in kitchen, cent. A/C, double terrace, top floor, doorman, pool, garage, walk to town, temples,
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Shomer Shabbat Call Yossi at 516-581-3930
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Jewish Lower East Side Walking Tours given by licensed NYC tour guide
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Solution-Focused. Teens, adults, children. 20 yrs experience. Warm, understanding,
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LCSW-R (516) 428-8525 [email protected]
Can You Sell? Looking to make some extra cash?
On-The-Marc is hiring motivated part time sales people. Six to 8 hours a week with unlimited income potential.
Must have/own car. For more information
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For Sale / North Miami Beach Apt. One Bedroom Deluxe, First Floor, Gym,
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Call - 305-761-9323
I buy cars, real estate and any valuable items
For quick cash contact me 718-749-2672 or email
Exercise - Certified personal trainer with years of experience,
giving a privet sessions at her studio. $40 for full hour.
(availability at client home. lady's only) Please call Ruchi at 917-847-3888.
A Day Camp For Women? Yes! For more info or to register
Please email [email protected] Only 10 spots per week, so reserve early
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All ages from infants to adults Call Shoshana: 516-776-2229
Girls voice lessons- and recording studio. Group or private available. Girls will learn proper breathing, extend their range and
agility through vocal excercizes. Coaching and
different techniques taught. Recording studio-record and come home
with your own cd as part of the voice lessons. Shira call or text 516-506-1732 or email
Lifeguarding Courses available for Women and Girls
ages 16 and up this summer (also right before the summer).
Learn CPR and First aid as well. Shira LGI and WSI certified.
Call or text 516-506-1732 or email [email protected]
Certified Male Personal Trainer for men and boys only
Available in your home or mine One on one training
Special packages and rates Nutritional guidance also available
Call Morde Gable 845-596-0350
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Experienced P-3 Provider, with M.S. in Education and Permanent N.Y. State
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Mondays through Thursdays- mornings until 11 A.M. and anytime after 5:30
P.M.; and Sundays anytime Please call Tsivia: 516-526-2385
For rent 2 bedroom apartment Far rockaway near BBY - Available
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Simone's Bridal located at 71-05 Main Street has many elegant wedding gowns by
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Bayswater- massive 2 family home in a great area, close to all the shuls, beautiful
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Teachers F/T General Studies PreK, 1st, 3rd, 4th Grades
Co-ed progressive Brooklyn Day School Inspire students' hearts, minds & souls! Email [email protected] call
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Office space available for rent in Lawrence by owner.
Shared waiting room with other health related professionals. Utilities covered
and internet access available. [email protected]
A wig salon in cedarhurst is looking to hire a full time shaitel macher with
followers. (future potential partnership) Please send resume by email
Local restaurant looking for responsible experienced shomer shabbos night time manager email [email protected]
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Queens-Upper Ridgewood. Fresh Pond Rd./Forest Ave area. Professional space
for rent. Ideal for medical office. 1st floor handicapped access, around 1000 sqf.
Call R.E. Agent for more info @347-806-5414/Edyta - Grimaldi Realty
Boys Elementary School in the Far Rockaway / 5 Towns area seeks experienced
and dynamic General Studies teachers for grades 1-5 and Junior High School SS, Sc,
ELA and Math positions. Please email resume to [email protected].
Cedarhurst – For sale by owner. 5 BR, 3.5 bath. Colonial on oversize lot. Hardwood flooring throughout. Beautiful Eat-in Chef’s Kitchen
(Viking/Sub-Zero/Granite). Lrg LR & DR. Finished Basement. Central A/C. Walk
to all. Move in Condition….$799k….917-685-0247
Sales position available. Flexible hours, great commission, excellent communication
skills needed, must have car. Please call 732-503-3760 if no answer leave message.
Far Rockaway. brand New Construction, 2fam house, Lrg 3BR, 2baths over 6BR, 3baths, Lrg LV/DR, C/A, drvway, huge bsmt. Walk to the beach. Only $765K.
Call 718-643-7700
Great Kosher Summer House Rental Long Beach NY- 4b 3b CAC EIK LR
DR W/D WiFi, enclosed yard, parking. Near beach, shuls LIRR, 5T
[email protected] 516-428- 8525
Commercial R/E for Sale Would you rather PAY rent
or COLLECT rent? Several 5T & vicinity properties available
($200-$300K range & RE taxes starting $7K/yr) Ideal for S-M business owner/investor C. Slansky, MBA, Broker: 516-655-3636
Seeking a full time administrative assistant for a busy roofing company.
Hours are M-Th 9am - 4pm & Fri 9am - 1pm.
Skills must include: - The ability to multitask
- Good phone skills -Basic bookkeeping
- Proficient in MS Office - Proficient in Quickbooks
Please email resume and salary requirements to
[email protected] or fax to 516 303 7664.
Due to expansion, Torah Academy for Girls in Far Rockaway,
is seeking qualified, experienced and successful moros for our lower
elementary and junion high school divisions for the September school term.
Please fax resume to: 718-868-4612, att: Morah Drillman
Position Available: Front desk/Receptionist/Office Manager
Challenge Early Intervention Center F/T for Queens Office, mature, energetic,
organized person with good computer skills and ability to multitask. Good
compensation pkg. Applicant living in close proximity to
office preferred. Fax Resume 718-261-3702 or email
Growing shul in Inwood, NY seeking responsible, dynamic male to
spearhead youth dept activites with an emphasis on geshmak. Starting with Shabbos morning groups, the leader
will organize and spearhead davening, learning, and play for children in the Shul with plenty of room for growth. Experience preferred and references
required. Kindly submit qualified resumes in confidence
to [email protected] or fax to 516-813-4222.
INWOOD 1 Bedroom Apt for rent in Inwood.
EIK, Fullbath, LR/DR, first floor, parking spot in front.
$975. Please contact Avigail @ 718-954-0413 or
Full time high level secretary position available at local yeshiva.
Starting immediately. Compensation commensurate to
experience. (Experience with DDC computer
program major plus) Please email resume to
Beautiful 1 Bedroom Apt. for Rent Brand new granite kitchen, terrace, large
rooms - Located in a two fam. private home for max. privacy
Please call 718-544-1912 $1500 per month, available immediately
House for Rent in Lawrence near Far Rockaway.
4 spacious bedrooms including Master Suite w/ walk-in closet and Jacuzzi bath, 4 full bathrooms, finished basement, CAC,
washer/dryer, kosher kitchen. Block with many children, walk to LIRR and shuls.
Asking $4,200 a month. Call or text 516-302-7333.
New to market. 2 bedroom apt 1st floor.
Neilsen and Dinsmore area. Kosher kitchen $1450 available July 1st.
Call 516-569-1150
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It’s planting season! That time of the year you find that perfect little corner of your yard that gets the right amount
of sun and water, and start clearing the shrubs.
Then you go looking for some little plants that capture your fancy!
I know, you can certainly go down the aisles at Gourmet Glatt or Supersol and find the same exact things three months more mature: no digging, no dirt, no davening over them, but where’s the fun in that?
This is playing G-d for a little bit. That feeling of “yaish mai’ayin.” You start with dirt and leaves and suddenly a vegetable appears. Euphoria? Honestly though, you are humbled pretty quickly and recognize you are nothing like G-d.
Because all the plants you buy look almost exactly alike. Unless you are some kind of “leaf-ologist” only then, maybe, do you know which leaves will yield which veggies. But assuming you are just the run of the mill grocery shop-per, the plant people sell the plants with a trusty pointy paper I.D. badge. Your job is to place the plant in the ground and then stick this little paper prop inside the ground right next to it. Perfect—now you know exactly what will grow there!
Wrong! The paper flies away, the plant grows over it, the wind moves it to an-other spot. You’re left a little in sur-prise-mode. G-d probably does a little better than that.
The buds start emerging a month or two months later, and finally a pea, a pepper, a cucumber, begins to appear. You are completely blown away. You just can’t believe you have created some-thing. It’s honestly as exciting as giving birth. You have brought something new and useful into the world.
You are sooo proud of it! You want everyone to eat it, to enjoy it, and simul-taneously to keep clear of it so you can preserve your achievement forever!
Each day you survey your plot. You have a sense of how many cucumbers, zucchini, tomatoes, etc. are growing, and
how soon you will probably be able to pluck them and use them.
A fantastic day is when you find a hidden treasure of vegetables you didn’t notice growing, in a fully grown state. Somehow they were intermingled in the branches of your tree. It’s a windfall. Like winning the lottery. Seriously—you’ve become that nuts!
You think to yourself, “Next year I’m removing the swing set, throwing out the lounge chairs, and raking up the whole yard. Who needs grass? I was born to be a farmer!!” You are out of control with this sense of excitement, you’re powerful, you can create from nothing.
Yet ultimately you recognize you are nothing like G-d. Because when he plants a tomato bush, He gets a tomato bush. You, on the other hand, are at the mercy of very flimsy mark-er. But you do get a definite high. “I started with an as-sortment of leaves, and got something real and edible. Maybe I’m no G-d, but for one
little moment of time, I’m a pretty close second.” What a wonderful feeling. G-d has given us the power to emulate Him and create—and it feels pretty good.
Take advantage of your creative abil-ities, and even if you don’t have the urge to go out and rip up your entire front lawn…I hope I’ve planted in you the realization that we have access to many tools to make things happen.
Go for it! And have a great, “growth-ful” and creative week!
Rivki Rosenwald is a certified life coach and relationship counselor, as well as a space de-sign consultant. She can be contacted at 917-705-2004 or [email protected].
Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., cLc, SDS
Your Money Life CoachAllan J. Rolnick cPA
Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
“Till” I “Rake” Again!
“next year i’m removinG the swinG
set, throwinG out the lounGe chairs, anD rakinG up the whole yarD. who
neeDs Grass? i was born to be a farmer!!”
Our federal government devotes millions of man-hours and bil-lions of dollars each year to law
enforcement. The FBI, DEA, and Bu-reau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Fire-arms, along with lesser-known agencies like the U.S. FDA’s Office of Crimi-nal Investigations (pursuing criminal violations of food and drug laws), the Department of Commerce’s Office of Export Enforcement (responsible for keeping dangerous technology out of the wrong hands), and NOAA’s Fisher-ies Office for Law Enforcement (charged with protecting the eco-system and marine life) all strike fear in at least somebody’s heart.
But there’s one agency that has an almost mythical power in most minds, and that’s the IRS. The tax cops put Pete Rose and Wesley Snipes in jail. They put Al Capone in jail, for pete’s sake! We’d all better watch out, right? Well, you be the judge. Last week, the IRS Criminal Investi-gation unit released their Fiscal 2012 annual report – and the findings might surprise you. Here are some of the highlights:
Investigators cover a wide vari-ety of tax-related crimes beyond the garden-variety tax fraud and celebrity “failure to file” cases that command the biggest headlines. Their work also includes identity theft, offshore tax eva-sion, tax treaty cases, tax protestors, money laundering, terrorist financing, public corruption, and drug enforce-ment cases.
Business is booming – but numbers are still relatively small considering the 100 million+ returns the IRS collects every year. For Fiscal 2012, the Ser-vice initiated just 5,125 investigations, up from 4,720 in 2011. Out of those 5,125 investigations, they recommend-ed 3,710 prosecutions. (IRS investiga-tors don’t actually prosecute offenders themselves; they turn that job over to the Department of Justice.) There were 3,390 indictments and 2,634 convic-tions – the Feds generally don’t take you to court if they’re not already sure they can win. 2,466 lucky winners drew all-expense-paid trips to “Club Fed.”
Investigators spend a lot of time chasing down crooked tax preparers. For 2012, they investigated 443 suspi-
cious-looking characters, recommend-ed 276 prosecutions, and won 178 convictions. The average convicted pre-parer earns 29 months in jail, up from 25 months in 2011.
The IRS continues to uncover peo-ple who really just ought to know better. Take Jimmy Dimora, for example, a for-mer Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Commis-sioner, who found himself looking for ways to supplement his county pay. Di-mora took more than $166,000 in bribes to steer contracts to allies, get jobs and
raises for associates, intercede with judges on pending cases, and generally abuse his office. Naturally, he forgot to pay tax on those bribes. Jimmy wound up drawing a 336 month sentence for his sideline business. (For those of you who try not to use math on a daily basis, that’s 28 years behind bars.)
Do any of these points strike a chord with you? Of course they don’t. The av-erage American has nothing to fear from the Criminal Investigations unit. As far as most of us are concerned, the IRS is just the federal government’s collection agency, nothing scarier. You’ve got to do something really outrageous to draw one of those 5,000 case investigations.
We all know taxes are going up this year, and we all know nobody wants to pay. That’s the bad news. The good news is you don’t have to flirt with IRS Criminal Investigations to pay less. You just need a plan. There’s no shortage of court-tested, IRS-approved strategies for minimizing your tax. So make sure to plan for next year…right now!
Allan J Rolnick is a CPA who has been in practice for over 30 years in Queens, NY. He welcomes your comments and can be reached at 718-896-8715 or at [email protected].
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