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Centerfold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Notable Quotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
FEATURE More Than Tequila, Tiles & Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
LIFESTYLES Dating Dialogue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Health and Fitness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Mental Health Corner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Gluten Free Recipe Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Life Coach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
NEWS Israel News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 National. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 That’s Odd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Dear readers, We’re told, “Fix yourself first, then fix others.” The reasons usually given are these: 1. You can’t help someone else without helping yourself first. In the words of flight attendants everywhere, “Make sure your oxygen is secured before helping others with theirs.” 2. It’s hypocritical to explain the value of a certain habit while not practicing it yourself. As usual, there’s more to it. Inspiring others, even by way of a living example, equals influencing from the outside. But each one of us has a person they can affect and influence from the inside: ourselves. There’s one person in this world whom we can completely change, inspire, uplift, and totally remake. All we need to do is internalize our prayers, learning, lessons learnt from others, and in general strive constantly to be a bit better than we were yesterday. In this area, we are more effective, more powerful, than anyone else, so we should make it our #1 priority. The truth is, on a spiritual level, by being who we should be we are already influencing others. “Kol yisrael areivim zeh lazeh,” means that the good we do automatically lifts up the collective Jewish soul. May we continue inspiring each other these last days of golus until the time when “…no longer shall one teach his neighbor or one his brother… for they shall all know Me.” Wishing you a wonderful Shabbos and an enjoyable yom tov,
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Mayor Young: City Processes Over 400 Property Transactions With Manual Workaround
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he City of Baltimore processed 462 property deed applications during the first week of the manual workaround put in place to move property transactions forward amid the city’s computer system outage, according to a statement released by the Baltimore City Mayor’s Office.
Staff at the Abel Wolman Municipal Building processed 42 applications on Monday, 90 on Tuesday, 142 on Wednesday and 188 on Thursday. According to the statement, the city typically processes between 150 and 175 applications on a typical workday. This workaround allows the city to issue manual lien certificates given that the applicant signs an affidavit and promise to pay all liens once the computer systems are restored. Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young
announced the workaround recently to help move property transactions forward that were delayed by the RobinHood ransomware attack that crippled the city’s computer systems. The cyber attack affected staff email accounts, phone systems and the online billing data necessary to pay bills and process real property transactions. Friday is the last day of extended hours at the Abel Wolman Municipal Building on 200 North Holliday Street
to process transactions through this workaround. Next week, the building will return to regular hours of operations.
Gov. Hogan Vetoes Eight Bills, Allows Dozens of Others To Become Law By: Staff Reporter BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Jeff Cohn
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ov. Larry Hogan vetoed eight bills on Friday, including measures to abolish the Handgun Permit Review Board and bar most employers from asking about the criminal history of job applicants. The gun bill would have sent appeals of wear and carry permits denied or limited by Maryland State Police to the Office of Administrative Hearings. Democrats had raised concerns that review board members appointed by the governor were too frequently overruling state police. In a letter to lawmakers, Hogan
said lawmakers should have instead focused on his proposals to curb repeat violent offenders. “This measure does nothing to prevent guns from getting into the hands of dangerous people,” Hogan wrote. “The majority of cases overturned or modified by the Handgun Permit Review Board were merely appeals of restrictions on permits.” On the so-called “Ban the Box” bill, Hogan said that leaving the question off the form allows convictions to instead arise later in the hiring process, after alternative candidates may longer be available. “This will have a particularly negative impact on employers in industries with high employee turnover or where positions must be filled quickly,” Ho-
gan wrote back to lawmakers. Other vetoed bills include an oyster management proposal and a bill establishing grants for bikeway programs. Any overrides of Hogan’s vetoes would take place in the early days or weeks of the next General Assembly session, which begins on Jan. 8, 2020. “I am disappointed that Governor Hogan vetoed so many commonsense
pieces of legislation, many of which passed the Senate with bipartisan support,” Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller said in a statement. “After we have discussions with Senate leadership and Speaker [Adrienne] Jones, I expect the Senate to override several of these vetoes when we return.” Hogan allowed a number of bills to become law without his signature, including the polystyrene container ban, decriminalization of assisted suicide and the establishment of a Prescription Drug Affordability Board, along with various changes to local liquor laws across the state. A signing ceremony that had been scheduled earlier this week was abruptly canceled.
Beazer Community Comes Together to Support Menucha By: BJLife Newsroom BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Jeff Cohn
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n Monday evening, May 20th, a gathering was held in Beazer to raise awareness about Menucha- a fixture in our community for children with special needs and their families. A packed room of people filled the home of Eli and Rikki Klein to learn what it means to raise a child with special needs and how Menucha eases that task. Rabbi Aryeh Richter, director of Menucha welcomed the crowd and introduced a parent to share a few personal thoughts which segued into an infor-
mative video presentation, filled with testimonials from parents, participants and volunteers of Menucha. Rabbi Richter remarked “I am touched by the fact that so many peo-
ple took the time to attend and support the work Menucha”. To take part in the amazing work of Menucha and help children with spe-
cial needs, please visit their website at http://www.menuchainc.org/donate.html Keep an eye for our yearly mailing which may already be in your mailbox.
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Khal Chasidim D’Baltimore Celebrate Lag BaOmer Hadloka for the Hilula of Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochoi
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f you would tell someone living in Baltimore for more than 20 years that there was a tremendous fire burning at the corner of Park Heights and Pinkney this past Wednesday evening, they would assume that the Baltimore City Fire Department would have been called to extinguish the blaze. My how Baltimore has changed.
Khal Chasidim D’Baltimore has only increased the flame of Torah burning in our community and Wednesday night’s Hadloka for the Hilula of Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochoi was just one perfect example. After Maariv the Rosh Kollel, Harav Hershel Rosenfeld, shlita, was m’chubad with lighting the medura and the traditional nigunim of Lag BaOmer were sung by an assortment of the Kollel’s Yungerleit accompanied with Music by
Benzion Bluming. The crowds increase each year and this year was no different. Estimates of up to 500 people partook in the Lag baomer festivities after which Maariv and seudah were held.
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Torah Youth Association’s (TYA) 16th Lag BaOmer Event a Smashing Success By: BJL Staff
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or the last 16 years, Torah Youth Association (TYA), in conjunction with Shomrei Emunah’s youth department, has
palpable. Gobbie Cohn, founder of TYA, exclaimed, “the boys brought so much ruach and spirituality that you could feel the holiness of the day!” Program Directors Avrumi Reches and Yossi Kohen saw the event as a “smashing success”!
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held a BBQ and bonfire to celebrate Lag BaOmer. Once again, boys gathered around the bonfire to enjoy divrei Torah from Shomrei’s Mara D’asra Rabbi Binyamin Marwick and music led by Pinny Schachter. With close to 60 boys in attendance, the energy was
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BGE Seeks Rate Hike For Electric, Gas Customers By: Staff Reporter BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Jeff Cohn
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GE on Friday asked Maryland’s utility regulator to approve an raise in electric and gas rates. The utility is asking the Maryland Public Service Commission to let it secure $133 million to reflect the cost of infrastructure inspections and improvements. BGE last requested an electricity rate hike in 2015, and had natural gas rates reviewed last year. Under the proposal, the average electric bill would increase by $3.74. The average gas customer’s bill would jump by $5.27. The average customer who uses both would see their bill go up by $8.53. However, BGE officials say that customers who get both electric and gas would still be paying on average 10% less than they did a decade ago. “While we know that any proposed increase may be a challenge for some of our customers, we also know that our customers value the high level of service that they have come to expect and deserve, which only comes from
continuing the significant investments that we are making in our energy delivery systems,” CEO Calvin G. Butler Jr. said in a statement. “The proposed increase balances our efforts to deliver world class service, innovative energy efficiency programs, and maintain our costs at or below the mid-Atlantic regional average.” The company cited decreased commodity prices and the Smart Energy Savers Program in being able to forestall rate hikes while also giving incentives and bill credits to customers. The utility also highlighted $1.8 billion spent last year on completing pole inspections, replacing 80 miles of underground circuits and replacing more than 60 miles of gas main.
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Thanks to All Those Who Toil to Keep Our Eruv Intact By Avraham Cohen, President, Eruv of Baltimore, Inc. BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Jeff Cohn
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t is no longer permitted to carry on either Old Court Road or Sudbrook Lane between Park Heights Avenue and Reisterstown Road. Please tell your Sabbath-observant friends and neighbors of this change. This is especially relevant to anyone who might be walking to Ner Israel Rabbinical College on Shabbos kodesh As many community members are already aware, last week (parshas Emor, 05/13–05/17) Eruv of Baltimore, Inc. was confronted with a serious challenge to the integrity of the Eruv. Since its inception, Eruv of Baltimore has used the fence surrounding Druid Ridge Cemetery as part of its boundary (with the permission of the Cemetery). This fence ran along Park Heights Avenue from the Beltway to Old Court Lane; right along Sudbrook Lane; and then right along Old Court Road out to Reisterstown Road (see the Eruv map in this year’s Eruv List). In recent years, this fence has been in a state of disrepair, and very often R’ Yonah Ribiat (Eruv’s steadfast checker and repairman) would have to construct makeshift patches to connect those parts of the Druid Hill Cemetery fence where breaches would appear. However, the Baltimore County government was concerned that this aging wrought iron fence was not only an eyesore, but also a possible safety
hazard, and they directed the Cemetery to either replace the fence or take it down. The latter option seemed to be the most expedient and the Cemetery opted to take down the fence – leaving a significant breach in our Eruv structure! On Sunday of the week in question, I received a call from R’ Ribiat informing me that although the Cemetery gave their word that no further deconstruction would take place on Shabbos (parshas Kedoshim, 05/11), nevertheless the entire fence would be removed the following week. R’ Ribiat and I, in consultation with Rav Heinemann, worked out a plan to reroute the Eruv from Old Court Road to the south side of Sudbrook Lane, between Park Heights Avenue and Reisterstown Road. B”H, through the efforts, large and small, of many individuals, the Eruv was successfully rerouted (as outlined above) in time for Shabbos (parshas Emor, 05/18), and the word was successfully broadcast (on short notice) to a larger segment of our community. The real unsung hero here is R’ Yonah Ribiat, who worked day and night (literally – as part of the repairs needed to be done when traffic on those busy roads and at that very busy intersection was at an ebb) to ensure that the new extension and repairs would be completed on time. A big yasher koach to him, and also to Moshe Turner, who provided invaluable assistance to R’ Ribiat during the crucial juncture. R’ Ribiat’s efforts throughout the year most often go unnoticed, as he works tirelessly and modestly to make sure
the Eruv is intact, while he repairs any problems on a moment’s notice. He deserves our heartfelt thanks. A big yasher koach to Dr. Bert Miller, our Director of Operations, whose job in the Eruv organization is to ensure the “integrity of the string” whenever major breaches like this occur (B”H very, very infrequently). Early on in the week, I notified Dr. Miller of this unfolding of events, and he worked tirelessly together with R’ Ribiat and Moshe Turner throughout the week to make sure the string was once again intact before Shabbos kodesh arrived. Thanks to City Councilman Yitzy Schleifer and County Councilman Izzy Patoka for working with us to solve this problem in a timely manner. Their efforts and advice smoothed our ability to work effectively with the County Department of Public Works and with the Department of Permits, Approvals and Inspections. Izzy Patoka took a personal interest in helping the community solve our Eruv problem and visited the repair site to make sure the project was proceeding on schedule. Thanks to Stanley Fishkind for his advice and use of Google Earth to produce maps of the affected area and a visual presentation of the Park Heights/Old Court/Sudbrook Lane intersection. Thanks to Mrs. Rochelle Miller for updating the Eruv map, now showing both the old and new boundaries to the Baltimore Eruv. Thanks to Saeed Haken (a resident of the Long meadow Estates development) for distributing emergency Eruv post-
ers to the shomer Shabbos residents of that neighborhood and for making personal calls to make sure everyone was notified. Many thanks to Jeffrey Reches of RC Video, who rearranged his erev Shabbos schedule to promptly shoot and render the video of R’ Ribiat instructing the community of the new modifications. My very deep gratitude goes out to our Rav, HaRav Moshe Heinemann, shlit”a, who gives his time and advice to myself and to Eruv of Baltimore, Inc. throughout the years. The success of our organization and our ability to function to effectively as it does is a direct result of his unstinting efforts on our behalf. Also, a heartfelt thank you to our Board of Directors, each of whom works quietly behind the scenes throughout the year to ensure that the Eruv is up and functional and ready to service the members of our Baltimore community. Finally, hakaras hatov to the One Above, Who gives us the opportunity to serve Him and blesses our efforts with success. Avraham Cohen, President, Eruv of Baltimore, Inc.
Baltimore Co. Lawmakers Approve Tax Increases, Full Budget By: Staff Reporter BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Jeff Cohn
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he Baltimore County Council on Thursday passed the income tax increase requested by County Executive John Olszewski Jr. Council members also blunted the impact of what was an unpopular proposed tax on cell phone lines. The full budget later passed in a
6-1 vote. Republican Todd Crandell was the lone vote against the budget, while Republican Wade Kach reluctantly voted yes. The original cell phone tax would have added a $3.50 monthly fee per cell phone line. The new version will port the 8% landline fee to cell phone accounts, amounting to about $1.60 per account, rather than per line. The reworked tax passed in a 6-1 vote, with Republican Todd Crandell voting against the measure.
The budget saw $14 million in cuts to account for the decreased revenue.
T.J. Smith, Olszewski’s press secretary, didn’t have the list of cuts immediately at hand. The income tax increase, from 2.83% to 3.2% passed along party lines. The increase puts Baltimore County in line with neighboring jurisdictions. The increase was approved on a 4-3 party-line vote. Olszewski said tax increases were needed to close an inherited $81 million deficit while also maintaining services demanded by residents.
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Shoresh Celebrates 40 Years With Annual BBQ Banquet Festivities By: BJLife/Isaac Draiman
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hen planning an outdoor event in May it is always with a bit a trepidation -- especially when the weather forecasters are calling for afternoon thunderstorms and your outdoor activities are from 2:30-5:00 p.m.! Well, thankfully Mother Nature knew better than to ruin Shoresh’s 18th annual Barbecue Banquet on Sunday, May 19th. This year’s BBQ celebrated 40 years of meaningful Shoresh programming. What started as a camp with 19 kids in
Frederick, has grown into a full-scale outreach organization for kids, teens, and adults. The Shoresh 107-acre campus in Adamstown was filled with activities for everyone to enjoy including a hayride, rock wall and zip line, archery, skeet shooting, petting zoo, face painting, all types of sports, and so much more. Three Baltimore Ravens players and the Oriole Bird even joined in the fun. The honorees for the day were Josh Fidler and John Davison, receiving the coveted Shoresh Lifetime Achievement Award. The two new inductees
joined the six previous “Lifetimers” at a special presentation unveiling the Shoresh Walk of Fame -- a sidewalk with their names engraved in granite stars. The over 550 attendees migrated to the Cohen/Davison/Weinberg Community Center to partake in a delicious barbecue buffet dinner. A creative animated video was shown describing the history of Shoresh, as well as a video in tribute to the evening’s honorees. Everyone had a wonderful time as Shoresh is known to always put the FUN back in FUNdraising!
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613 Seconds with Rabbi Yaacov Cohen the student experience is beyond expectation. Each division now has its own building, we have 2 large batei Medrashim, 2 cafeterias, 3 gyms, and multiple specialty areas to enhance the chinuch of TA’s talmidim. But, this comes with a cost and added responsibility on part of TA and the entire community. What other areas have been enhanced at TA over the last few years? Our primary responsibility is to ensure our talmidim are imbued with the basic skills they need for success. We have put a lot of effort in strengthening the basics, while launching new initiatives to enhance the breadth of the education our children receive. We have an extensive specialized Kriah program, Middos programs, kedushas shabbos program, mishnayos and gemara programs, class and division siyumim, and more. We have also recently begun a STEM curriculum in multiple divisions, have enhanced our special education offerings through the creation of Lamdeinu, and have added electives such as cyber-security. Wow, TA is really going Nextevel! The yard signs, car magnets, and advertising is everywhere! Can you tell us what it’s all about? TA’s rabbeim and teachers are our secret sauce. They are NextLevel educators, who bring our talmidim to the NextLevel with their love, passion, warmth, ruach, talent and dedication to every student’s success! When stu-
dents are able to come to school everyday at our NextLevel campus, and be taught by these amazing rabbeim and teachers, it is a NextLevel experience. As TA evolves in our second century of chinuch, we remain true to the mission of building and nurturing true Bnei Torah. The NextLevel campaign is an opportunity for the entire community to celebrate what TA is all about. On June 3rd the NextLevel Giving campaign, a 36-hour campaign, where all donations will be quadrupled by a generous group of matchers will no doubt excite the entire Baltimore. On June 22nd, we will celebrate a NextLevel TA Shabbos to uplift and inspire our students, families and community. Finally, on the evening of June 24th, we will have a NextLevel Gala Celebration at Martin’s West, featuring a NextLevel performance by world-renowned superstar Avraham Fried! I must agree, this all sounds amazing and truly NextLevel! How can people participate? Simple, go to NextLevelTA.com, beginning June 3rd and become a NextLevel TA Partner. You can use that link to donate to the campaign, make reservations to the celebration and of course to share the campaign with your friends and family. Thank you so much, Rabbi Cohen, and we wish you and TA continued NextLevel hatzlacha! Amen!
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Bibi Begs for Coalition
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implored Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman to relax his demands for joining his coalition during a prime-time address in the Knesset on Monday evening. Netanyahu needs Liberman’s five Knesset seats for his coalition to be
approved. However, Liberman has conditioned his support on a bill that would force charedim to enlist in the IDF, something that the charedi Shas and UTJ parties have refused to agree on. With time running out before the period allotted to Netanyahu to form a government expires on Wednesday, the prime minister publicly pressured Liberman to refrain from sending the country to another costly and divisive election. “This is a semantic debate – you don’t hold an early election over a cosmetic issue,” Netanyahu said. He added that the Jewish State has “endless” things to accomplish, such as fighting Iran and Hamas, dealing with pensions for elderly Russian immigrants, and building more settlements in Judea and Samaria. “I am telling you, from the depth of my heart, from the depth of my understanding, that there is no reason to drag the country into a needless election that will cost an astronomical sum,” the prime minister said. Noting that he only had 48 hours
until the deadline for establishing a coalition, Netanyahu said that the door was still open for further negotiations. “We can do a lot in 48 hours. We can establish a strong, right-wing government,” said Netanyahu. “I expect the good of the country to overcome any other interest. There is still time. We can still come to our senses,” he added. Following parliamentary elections in Israel, the president entrusts the leader of the largest party with a mandate to establish a government. A coalition needs the support of at least 61 lawmakers in order for a government to be approved. Should the leader of the largest party fail to win the support of other parties, the president is entitled to give other factions the chance to establish a government. If there is no headway, then Israel goes back to the polls again, something that has never happened in the country’s 71year history. As the odds of Netanyahu forming a government appeared increasingly dim, numerous left-wing lawmakers called on President Reuven Rivlin to
give Kahol Lavan leader Benny Gantz a chance to form a coalition before holding new elections. While Kahol Lavan garnered 35 seats in the April elections, the same amount as the Likud, the leftist party would have a difficult time building a coalition with the remaining charedi and right-wing parties. “If someone doesn’t manage to form a government, you task someone else. There is an orderly procedure. Only one person can be prime minister? This is one big bluff,” said Labor party head Avi Gabbay. Fellow Labor lawmaker MK Itzik Shmuli also tweeted that the opposition would “act vigorously so that before we head to elections, another candidate will receive the mandate to try and form a government.”
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The Week In News some of the country’s worst brush fires on Saturday, capping off a twoday fight with the blaze that had laid waste to entire villages. By Saturday evening, firefighters had put out a large fire near Jerusalem’s Pisgat Ze’ev neighborhood as well as another in the Jordan Valley. Earlier in the day, firefighters managed to take control over a fire burning in several locations near the northern city of Megiddo.
Another two large fires were extinguished in the Kibbutz Forest near Ramot Menashe after four firefighting planes were dispatched to join the effort. Foreign firefighters that had arrived from Greece, Italy, and Egypt also arrived in time to help overpower a massive blaze near Tiberias that threatened to spread to the city itself. Israel had experienced two days of devastating wildfires resulting from a mixture of out-of-control Lag Ba’omer bonfires, dry weather, and strong winds. There had also been allegations of arson following the arrest of two Arabs attempting to light a field with a tank of gasoline near Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus neighborhood. Hit particularly hard was Kibbutz Harel and Moshav Mevo Modi’im, a town in central Israel founded by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. Both villages were completely destroyed by the flames on Thursday, with many residents losing all of their possessions in addition to their homes in the inferno. “Most people are just thankful that nobody was hurt,” a Moshav Modi’im resident told Haaretz. “This is a tough night. The community needs to be rebuilt from scratch.”
Israel Expands Gaza Fishing Zone Israel has announced that it has extended the area Gazans are permitted
to fish back to 15 nautical miles from the coast, only four days after it restricted the area to ten nautical miles. The move was announced on Sunday by IDF Major General Kamil Abu Rokun, who serves as the IDF’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories. According to Rokun, “this step is part of the civilian policy of preventing humanitarian deterioration in the Gaza Strip and of a policy that distinguishes between terror and the uninvolved population.” However, Abu Rokun cautioned that “the implementation of the move is conditional on the fishermen in Gaza honoring the agreements” and warned that the IDF would not tolerate fisherman deviating from the agreed-upon area. Abu Rokun had announced four days earlier that Israel would reduce fishing space in the Gaza Strip to a range of up to 10 nautical miles until further notice after a series of incendiary balloons torched multiple Israeli communities near the Gaza border.
As a bedrock of Gaza’s failing economy, the issue of the fishing zone is viewed by Hamas as being of the highest importance and often plays a central role in negotiations with Israel. In recent talks with Israel regarding a long-term ceasefire, Hamas demanded that the fishing zone be extended up to 30 miles, something which Israel has refused to accept due to fears of maritime arms smuggling.
Liberman Likens Israeli Paper to “Pravda” Yisrael Beytenu leader Avigdor Liberman has likened the Israeli Hayom daily newspaper to Soviet propaganda amid fallout over his refusal to form a Netanyahu-led coalition. Israel Hayom, which is the coun-
try’s most-read newspaper, had blasted Liberman in a front-page article as a “fraud” after he refused to join Prime Minister Netanyahu’s coalition unless it passed a law drafting charedim to the IDF. Liberman’s decision to condition joining the government on a draft law could potentially send the country to new elections, as Netanyahu cannot form a government without Yisrael Beytenu’s five Knesset seats. Soon after the article was published on Monday morning, Liberman dismissed Israel Hayom as the Soviet Union’s “Pravda” newspaper and contended that the right-wing daily serves as the Likud party’s “propaganda machine.”
“Even Pravda in the Stalin era was more gentle and objective,” charged Liberman, who was born and bred in Moldova. Liberman added that his demands were the only thing standing between Israel turning into a theocracy run by ultra-Orthodox rabbis. “I agree it’s not just the draft law. The draft law became a symbol…but look at what is happening here,” he said, invoking a slew of religious moves by charedi parties such as forcing stores to close on Shabbat. “I want to emphasize yet again: We are in favor of a Jewish state; we are against a halachic state,” he said. On Monday evening, Netanyahu urged Liberman in a primetime address to recede from his demands and prevent Israel from voting for a second time. The premier’s address came after his final meeting with Liberman failed to make any headway in the impasse. “There is no reason to paralyze the country for another year and a half and waste billions when there is a solution [to the dispute over the conscription bill],” Netanyahu said. “For semantics, you don’t go to elections. It can be solved in two minutes.”
Nadler Nods Off?
New York Congressman Jerrold Nadler, one of President Trump’s fiercest foes in Congress, was rushed to the hospital after appearing to faint at a news conference on Friday. During a press conference he held along with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio regarding the installation of new speed cameras in school zones, Nadler suddenly slumped and almost fell off his chair. He appeared unresponsive when de Blasio offered him water and told him to drink because he was “dehydrated.” Nadler was then given first aid from medical personnel and ate an orange and drank liquids. He was evacuated to the hospital in an ambulance and tweeted later in the day that he was feeling “much better.” “Appreciate everyone’s concern. Was very warm in the room this morning, was obviously dehydrated and felt a bit ill. Glad to receive fluids and am feeling much better. Thank you for your thoughts,” the 71-year-old tweeted. A Nadler spokesman blamed dehydration for the veteran congressman’s medical scare. “He was sitting down so he did not faint or anything, just was a bit ill. He is responsive and receiving a check-up,” Daniel Schwarz told the Associated Press. Representing New York’s 10th congressional district since 1992, Nadler currently heads the House Judiciary Committee and has emerged as one of Trump’s biggest thorns in Congress. Nadler is currently battling Attorney General William Barr in an effort to force him to release the unredacted Mueller Report and has called for impeaching Trump over obstruction of justice charges.
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SCOTUS Blocks Gerrymandering Decision The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked a ruling by a lower court preventing Republican lawmakers in
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The key component of the malware used by the hackers was developed by the National Security Agency and is known as EternalBlue. Built to take advantage of loopholes in Microsoft programs, EternalBlue was used
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Historic Drug Trial Commences On Tuesday, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter kicked off a historic trial that will be the first major test in the nation of whether a state can make a pharmaceutical company pay for the opioid epidemic. The trial is expected to lay a road map for other states and municipalities in holding drug makers accountable for what Hunter told the court was
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Flood Damage for Noah’s Ark The owners of a life-size replica of Noah’s Ark are suing their insurers over rain damage. The proprietors of Ark Encounter in Kentucky are suing their insurers for refusing to cover damage caused by heavy rains. The rain, according to The Courier-Journal Kentucky, caused
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The Week In News Next year, NASA is planning on launching its next rover to Mars, with a planned landing in February 2021. The space agency is giving people the opportunity to have their names put on the rover, etched on microchips. NASA says that the Mars 2020 rover will lay the groundwork for eventual human exploration of Mars. It will also study Mars’ climate and geology, collect samples, and search for signs of microbial life. In addition to their names being put on the rover, people will receive a souvenir boarding pass and “frequent flyer” points. “As we get ready to launch this historic Mars mission, we want everyone to share in this journey of exploration,” Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, said in a news release. “It’s an exciting time for NASA, as we embark on this voyage to answer profound questions about our neighboring planet, and even the origins of life itself.” A lab for microdevices at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will use an
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Now, he adds another record to his bloated belt when he used a nail to pop 200 balloons in 14.77 seconds. Rush held the nail in his hand and ran along a wall adorned with inflated balloons at the new RCN Technologies headquarters in Knoxville, Tennessee. Rush, whose Guinness records are aimed at promoting STEM education, beat the previous record of 33.74 seconds to pop 200 balloons with a nail. The previous record was set by Ashrita Furman in New York in 2014. Rush set his 100th record earlier in May when he fit 100 lit candles in his mouth and held them for 30 seconds. Don’t know how STEM-worthy that stunt is, though.
Long Overdue An Irish library was surprised after a rare book was returned 80 years past its due date. The Donegal County Library confirmed on Sunday that a copy of the Annie M.P. Smithson book The White Owl was returned to its Gaoth Dobhair location on Friday, nearly 82 years after it was checked out in 1937. The Donegal County Library shared photos of the book and its library stamp on Twitter. The book was checked out July 23, 1937. “Better late than never!! It took nearly 82 years, but the book ‘The White Owl’ by Annie M.P. Smithson finally found its way back home to Donegal Library Services. The book
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No Tank You A Korean War era tank owned by the West Virginia National Guard has turned bright lemon-lime yellow. Visitors were curious about the bright, unusual color until the sponsor of a science fiction club at Bluefield State College owned up to the mistake in a letter to The Bluefield Daily Telegraph. Jerry Conner said the U.S.S. Yeager Chapter of Starfleet International has been cleaning and painting the tank for about 20 years. This time, they took a color sample to a local paint supplier, aiming to match the sample with two gallons of fresh paint for a shiny new coat for the tank. “We were worried when we opened the containers and found something nowhere near our sample,” Connor said in the letter. He said they painted the whole tank anyway, assuming it would turn olive drab once it dried. It didn’t. City Manager Dane Rideout said his staff is working with the club to acquire historically accurate paint for the M41 Walker Bulldog. “We want to be as historically-accurate as we can be,” he said. Rideout said a copy of the receipt from the paint sold to the college club does list the color as “tank green.” “At least the yellow of the tank is a nice match for the red of our faces,” Conner said.
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This week we recite a phrase that one could claim represents the Torah’s secret for success in life. )(ויקרא כו ג...אם בחקתי תלכו, If you will follow my decrees..., Rashi explains in the name of the Sifra to mean, שתהיו עמלים בתורה, that you shall toil in my Torah. The Torah goes on to enumerate that one who does so will be assured miraculous blessings and much prosperity. A similar phrase is used earlier, when the Torah exhorts us not to emulate the ways of the other nations, when it states, ובחקתיהם לא תלכו (שם יח )ג, and do not follow their decrees. Here Rashi, quoting the Sifra once again, tells us that this prohibition relates specifically to not attending the “theaters” and “stadiums” that are part of their נימוסות, customs and manner, that are deeply ingrained into their nation’s culture. The Torah’s careful choice in using this phrase exclusively in these two contexts, would seem to be teaching us a lesson, in the contrasting of these two diametrically opposed pursuits. Is the “toiling in Torah” merely an antidote to the indulgence in foreign
entertainment? Doesn’t our commitment to toil in Torah encompass and enhance so many other more noble areas of life? Is the sum total of our duty to toil merely the avoidance of theaters and stadiums? We assert in our prayers each day: וְ הִ בְ ִּדי־, ׁשֶ ּבְ ָר ָ ֽאנּו לִ כְ בֹודֹו,ּבָ רּוְך הּוא אֱֹלקינּו וְ חַ ּיֵי עֹולָם,ּתֹורת אֱמֶ ת ַ וְ ָנֽתַ ן ָ ֽלנּו,ָ ֽלנּו ִמן הַ ּתֹועִ ים ,תֹוכנּו ֽ ֵ ְנָטַ ע ּב Blessed is He our God, Who created us for His glory, separated us from those who stray, gave us the Torah of truth and implanted eternal life within us. תֹורתֹו וְ יָׂשֵ ם ּבְ לִ ֵ ּֽבנּו אַ הֲבָ תֹו ָ ְהּוא יִ פְ ּתַ ח לִ ֵ ּֽבנּו ּב , וְ ַלעֲׂשֹות ְרצֹונֹו ּולְ עָבְ דֹו ּבְ לֵבָ ב ׁשָ לֵם,וְ יִ ְראָ תֹו He will open our heart with love and awe of Him and that we may do His will and serve Him wholeheartedly. . וְ ל ֹא ֵנלֵד לַּבֶ הָ לָה,לְ ַ ֽמעַן ל ֹא נִ יגַע ל ִָריק So that we do not struggle in vain nor produce in futility. Without this last sentence, this sentiment expressed would have seemed complete. We evince gratitude to God for distinguishing us, through His gift of
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It creates בהלה, panicked anxiety and feelings of לריק, purposelessness. Theaters and spectator sports artificially feed these needs as well. Sport events provide a vicarious sense of activity. It has been observed that hormone levels rise within spectators in the same manner it does in athletes. Plays, movies and comedy in their imaginative portrayal of aspects of reality or beyond, placate the inherent desire to be creative. The Holy Sefas Emes teaches that the word חוקused in our instances, refers to our essential nature, something חקוק, etched into our very being. Only Torah, and its system, provides the most genuine reflection of our innermost drive. The הליכהreferred to in these verses imply the external manifestation of our innate self. One can, however, replace it synthetically with false ambitions and goals. It, too, then becomes a חוק, part of one’s nature that needs to be constantly fed in order to pacify it. But at the end of the day, it never can satisfy fully, for nothing but true value has the “nutrients” to satisfy the soul’s cravings. This, the Sefas Emes claims, is the underlying principle in the injunction not to follow the “decrees” of the nations; do not replace our innate needs with false ones. )(שפ"א ליקוטים אחרי מות We affirm every morning that we seek a life that לא ניגע לריק, we shall not “toil” in vain, nor נלד לבהלה, be “producers” of artificial nutrients. This indeed is the bottom line of our existence on earth. We beseech in the very next sentence: ֲבֹותי־ ֽ ֵ ד' אֱֹלקינּו וֵאֹלקי א,יְ הִ י ָרצֹון ִמּלְ פ ֶָנֽיָך , ׁשֶ ּנִ ְׁשמֹ ר ח ֶ ֻּֽקיָך ּבָ עֹולָם הַ ּזֶה,נּו May it be Your will, Hashem, our God and the God of our forefathers, that we observe Your decrees in This World , וְ נִ ַירׁש טֹובָ ה ּובְ ָרכָה,וְ נִ ְזּכֶה וְ נִ חְ יֶה וְ נִ ְראֶ ה ּולְ חַ ּיֵי הָ עֹולָם הַ ּבָ א, ַלִ ְׁשנֵי יְ מֹות הַ ּמָ ִ ֽׁשיח and merit that we live and see and inherent goodness and blessing in the years of Messianic times and for the life of the World to Come. We first affirm our inherent nature bequeathed to us by G-d when He chose us from the other nations. We then conclude with a prayer that we shall indeed successfully preserve that ""חוק, the very essence of who we are and never replace it with false ambitions and artifice.
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It is quite humbling to see how one can read the same passage for many years without noticing anything earth-shattering, and yet suddenly one morning have an epiphany from the same verse. And so, while preparing for Shevuos, the anniversary of the bestowing of the Torah on the Jewish people at Mt. Sinai, I noted an obvious duplicity in G-d’s instruction at the foot of that mountain: “And you should be for me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation” (Shemos 19:6) What does the notion of a ‘holy nation’ add to the already profound idea of a ‘kingdom of priests’? Why the duplicity? The Netziv of Volozhin proposes a possible differentiation between these two phrases. Perhaps, he suggests, the former phrase pertains to being priestly in our human interactions and embodying a supreme sensitivity ben adam lechaverio, while ‘holy’ introduces an elevated moral compass in our Divine service. However, this explanation does little to elucidate a further difference between these two ideas. First, G-d visualizes our goal as being a collection
of priests, a multiplicity of superior individuals. Later though, the picture is one of a singular nation. It would appear therefore that there are two very different ideas and goals being delineated by G-d. In academic circles, much ink has been spilled to define the modern nation. Is it defined by a mutual language, culture, geographic location, history, religion or other common denominators? Underlying this important analysis, is a basic understanding that a nation can be perceived in two possible ways. First, we can view a nation as a collection of individuals, different people with some mutual self-interest, who choose, or are born into, a collective that functions externally as one entity. This I believe is the current state of most of the countries in the modern-day Western world, who are struggling to maintain a unified umbrella of many diverse groups. But there is a more profound and elevated state that can be reached when these same individuals fuse their history and destiny symbiotically to create a nation. This second category is much more powerful and stable than the first nation-state format. The syn-
ergy of millions of individuals forms a new entity that cannot be easily eroded or dismantled. This super-nation is embodied by a Talmudic statement (Temurah 16a): “There is no such thing as a public sin offering whose owners have died, because a nation (tzibur) cannot die” While individuals may come and go, a true nation will always remain. As the nascent Jewish nation approached Mt. Sinai, G-d set out two very separate goals. Undoubtedly, the first stage of nation-building and establishing a moral ethos, involves the individual. We are each responsible for our own decisions and our morality, regardless of any depravity that may surround us. Day-in and day-out we focus on our own spiritual well-being and invest supreme energy to guide our families in the appropriate direction. All our efforts must indeed begin within ourselves. To paraphrase the famous psychologist Jordan Peterson, you cannot gallop around trying to change the world, before tidying up your own room. But that is not the ultimate goal. The vision portrayed by G-d is of a higher-nation-entity that unrelentingly pursues justice, emanates holiness and defines standards of ethical behavior for all to follow. This latter level demands a brutally honest reckoning of where we stand today. While I shy away from political discourse and machlokes, it is unfortunately necessary to state explicit examples. This past Lag Baomer, at the celebratory bonfires on Mt. Meiron, amidst the inspiring dancing, a certain Rabbi Eliezer Berland was given the immense honor to kindle one of the fires. This triggered a small uproar, as this Rabbi has been convicted for inappropriate sexual conduct, including rape. Furthermore, after extensive investigations conducted by a broad Beis-Din within the Breslav com-
munity itself, where the extent of his wrongdoings became apparent, a public declaration was issued condemning all contact with this individual. Yet, his lighting at Meiron was continued, and life moves on. I ponder incredulously, where is our outrage as a holy nation? It is not that we do not accept Teshuva or believe that people cannot grow past their mistakes. That is a clear tenet of Judaism, and something that we each strive for as we rectify our own wrongdoings. However, as the Rambam stipulates in a responsa on this matter (Teshuva 85), when things are in parhesia, the public leadership domain, in a way that defiles the moral character of the nation, there is no such allowance. The current political happenings in Israel further highlight our current national status. We have a prime-minister with criminal indictments, and the head of a religious party who spent years in jail for corruption. The current moral level of American politics, national or local, is clearly not much better. Yet, even though we all have fundamentally priestly yearnings, we hear but a whimper. Perhaps, we are understandably numbed to the seeming inevitability of such behavior. The Torah’s imperative though, is to rise as a nation above that inertia and root out corruption. There is no inevitability. We need not be embarrassed to collectively broadcast our Torah’s cry for justice, and strive for standards that we truly believe in. We may indeed count Sefiras Haomer on our final approach to Shevuos as individuals, but our ultimate goal and dream is a unified and holy nation. Chag Sameach! The author can be reached at mottyrab@gmail.com
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The future of our nation seemed bleak. The great centers of Torah learning were all but destroyed, consumed by the flames of the Holocaust. Torah life in America was weak, with little Shabbos observance and almost no established Torah learning.
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AND THEN IT ALL CHANGED. With the transplantation of the great Yeshivos from Eastern Europe to America after the war, a new Torah landscape emerged, changing the face of Torah infrastructure forever. Under the leadership of various great Rebbeim, Gedolim and Roshei Yeshivos, Torah in America began to flourish and prosper, becoming the thriving center of Torah we are zoche to be a part of today.
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Khal Arugas Habosem: Perpetuating HaRav Amrom Taub’s, zt”l, Mission By Margie Pensak As I followed HaRav Shaya and Rebbetzin Malka Faiga Taub through the labyrinthine cinderblock and wooden framed structure of the future Khal Arugas Habosem shul, shortly before Pesach, it evoked sentimental memories of the bris and bar mitzvah of my firstborn son. Harav Shaya’s father, HaRav Amrom Taub, zt’l, was Shimon’s mohel; Shimon’s bar mitzvah malave malka was held in the shul’s then-recently built social hall. My reverie was broken when the Taubs’ proudly pointed out the construction progress made for the new men’s, women’s, and keilim mikvaos -- the crown jewel of the shul –being built in memory of HaRav Amrom’s wife, Rebbetzin Fayge Yitta, a’h. It was finally being actualized, thanks to two organizations: Mechon Shaarei Tohar under the directorship of Rabbi Yitschok Trieger, and Keren Mikvues under the directorship of R’ Avrom Mayer Schwartz. Fast Forward A drive down Clark’s Lane, shortly after Pesach, proved just how swiftly the shul was going up. No longer a framed shell, it now bore a Jerusalem stone-like exterior. I contemplated how although the number of shuls in Baltimore have multiplied prolifically, or expanded, in the last few decades, each one still maintains its own distinct, inimitable ta’am (taste). Members of Khal Arugas Habosem corroborated this when sharing their personal warm feelings about their beloved shul. Gratitude Attitude Mr. Tzvi Hefter has been davening in Khal Arugas Habosem since 1976, just a year or two after it relocated to Clark’s Lane from Rogers Avenue. “More than once, HaRav Amrom Taub, zt”l, said, with such sincerity, that he is so proud of his mispallelim (congregants) and his kehilla, and he wouldn’t trade it for any other shul anywhere, not even one filled with chassidim in New York. He knew it was unique (and it still is) in that those who daven there do not necessarily fit into a specific mold, unlike other shuls where the type of mispallelim are more homoge-
neous. The mispallelim at Khal Arugas Habosem have always been Yidden from the whole spectrum. The people who davened there include -- those wearing shtreimels, those who are baalei teshuva, those who are yeshivishe, those with kipa srugot (knit yalmulkes) – they were all people who loved davening, loved learning, and loved HaRav Taub; that was the common denominator. It’s like a cholent that you put in many ingredients and it comes out delicious, so too the shteibel has a flavor of its own. It continues as such, after many years, in HaRav Taub’s zechus. You can speak to many young men who grew up as children in the shteibel, who are now in their 30s and 40s, and you will find that they all appreciate the uniqueness of the shteibel that has such fond memories of Shabbosos and Yomim Tovim in the shteibel— the nigunim, the warmth of the davening, the feeling that the mispallelim were like family--regardless of which cheder or school they went to or their specific hashkafa. Everyone who came into the shul felt special—Rabbi Taub made you feel special; maybe because of his experiences during the Holocaust, every Jewish neshama was special to him. The shul remains unique until today, and, iy’H, in the new building, more people will get to appreciate that uniqueness. HaRav Taub’s attitude to us was that, ‘I am so fortunate that you are giving me a kehila, a place that I can have a shul and be your Rebbe’. He seemed
grateful to everybody else that they were doing so much for him. It was a unique feeling… Harav Shaya Taub is now in the midst of rebuilding the structure of the shteible. The main thrust of the rebuilding is to provide a modern and up-todate men’s mikva for the Baltimore community because mikvah was very important to HaRav Taub, z”l. In fact, in every shteibel that the Rebbe had, he always built a mikvah. He loved the fact that his shteibel in Baltimore had a mikvah and he would encourage people to use it. The present one is showing its age. The new mikvah will be beautiful, iy”H, and it will be our chance to actualize our hakaras hatov for HaRav Amrom, z”l. At one time, over 100 men and bochurim davened in the shul every Shabbos. Sadly, a number of the old mispallelim have passed away over the years. Hopefully, a nice, new, beautiful beis medrash will also draw more people… Although HaRav Taub was the Rebbeh, whose goal was to spread the warmth of chassidus, he always made it a point, once a year, to tell his young American congregation, ‘You should not take for granted the U.S. government; the hakaras hatov that should have for it is limitless. In Europe, a yid didn’t have the luxury of doing whatever he wanted in the open, he would always be worried about what the government and the goyim are going to do to you. Here, we can daven and not worry.’ He really felt an
exceptional hakaras hatov that he lived in the United States of America, where he could be a chassidish yid and not have to worry. He wanted us to feel that, too, and not to take it for granted. These were lessons that HaRav Taub taught all of us and we, hopefully, were good students, and can perpetuate those lessons.” Diverse and Homey Mr. Etzion Brand has been davening/learning at the 5:30 a.m. Khal Arugas Habosem minyan for over 30 years. Until about five years ago, he and his family davened there on Shabbos and Yom Tov, as well. “What made this shul so special was the diversity of the people who davened there,” shares Mr. Brand. “That people from all different backgrounds felt at home was attributable to the Rebbe, zt”l, and his genuine love and concern for anyone with whom he came in contact.” Rabbi Tzvi Rosen concurs and extrapolates: “When I relocated to Baltimore from St. Louis, from day one I attended the 5:30 a.m. Daf Yomi in the shul. At that time, it was given by Rabbi Dr. Moshe Perkal, the present Rosh Kollel in the Bostoner shul in Yerushalyaim. After he made aliya, Rabbi Simcha Baer took over for 18 years. Today, it is a six-participant chabura that still maintains a 5:30 a.m. davening. It was an extremely prestigious Daf. A lot of the chashuvei Baltimore—talmi-
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dei chochumim in their own right, and givers of the Daf, in their own right--attended. The original attendees include: Dr. Sholom Keleman, Etzion Brand, Stuie Schabes, Dovid Rossman, and myself. I still learn at 5:30 a.m.; although we no longer have a formal shiur, six of us learn b’chabura. It was a very great feather in HaRav Amrom Taub’s, zt”l, cap, that they had a Daf Yomi in his shul for over 30 years, and he felt very proud of it. The 5:30 Daf dovetailed into the 6:30 minyan. In a way, it is the hallmark of HaRav Amrom Taub, because he was a lightning rod to attract all sorts of people—everybody loved him for that. To a certain extent, that minyan personified him. We have been together for decades. People who have more recently joined have found that it is not just a place where people drop in, daven, and leave; people can feel the homogeneousness of
that minyan. It continues to be a pervasive feeling after all these years. The Rebbe never minded making a separate minyan in the women’s section, if somebody had a Kaddish, and he never minded having an additional earlier minyan on a fast day, although he attended a later one at the shul…When there were more people in the neighborhood, we even had 42- and 60-minute zeman Maariv minyanim while the Rebbe was still having Shalosh Seudos; a third Maariv was held whenever the Rebbe finished. The way the shul was set up reflected HaRav Taub’s personality. Years ago, our 6:30 a.m. minyan needed a Sefer Torah. Everyone pitched in a couple of hundred dollars to amass enough money to write one for the shul. The hachnoses Sefer Torah was supposed to be timed with Rav Taub’s 50th year of Rabanus in Baltimore, although it was celebrated in the 51st. I remem-
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ber it was a cloudy day, and while Rabbi Rappaport was finishing up the sefer, three Monsey Tour buses pulled up on Clark’s Lane and out poured the Rebbe’s children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren; there was a band playing. I feel that this was probably my finest, most memorable day in Baltimore, because this was the personification of Netzach Yisrael. HaRav Taub once told me that he rose from the ashes of the concentration camp, losing his whole family, and the Satmar Rov gave him his marching orders to come to Baltimore to start a Beis Medrash. He was bereft with no family, no money, no language, no nothing, but he had his Rebbe, the Satmar Rov’s bracha that he was going to have good children. With that bracha, he came to Baltimore, and it was after all those years, 50+ years later, that we saw Netzach Yisrael incarnate.”
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Baseball Injury Hall of Fame Cardinals speedster Vince Coleman missed the 1985 World Series after he was run over by the automatic tarp machine. In 1994, Brewers pitcher Steve Sparks dislocated his shoulder trying to tear a telephone book in half as part of a motivational speech. In 1990, Braves pitcher John Smoltz supposedly burned his chest trying to steam-iron a shirt he was wearing at the time. Smoltz denies that this happened and once told a reporter, “Any time somebody does something stupid, I have to be worried about whether or not my name’s going to come up.” On September 6, 1992, during pregame warmups, Cubs pitcher Mike Harkey attempted a cartwheel in the Wrigley Field outfield, severely damaging his knee. In 2004, Yankees pitcher Kevin Brown punched a wall and broke his hand after a particularly bad outing. In 2006, Detroit Tigers pitcher Joel Zumaya strained his arm playing “Guitar Hero” and had to sit out three games.
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Moises Alou injured his knee by falling off a treadmill in 1999. After recovering and planning to play in 2000, Alou then re-injured his knee after tripping over his son. In 2010, Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan tore the meniscus in his knee as he attempted to shove a shaving cream pie in a teammate’s face. In 2010, Padres pitcher Mat Latos held back a sneeze, causing a pain in his side that led to him being added to the 15-day disabled list. In 1988, Mariners pitcher Steve Trout was injured when he fell off an exercise bike. In 1994, Cubs outfielder Bret Barberie missed a game because he mistakenly rubbed chili juice in his eyes. In 2005, Nationals reliever Joey Eischen broke his arm jumping into the air to field a ground ball.
You gotta be kidding A man wakes up and finds himself isolated in a hospital room. He has no recollection of how he got there. Suddenly the phone rings and the doctor on the other end identifies himself. He tells the man, “I have really bad news. You’re very sick. After your collapse yesterday, we ordered several tests, and got the results back this morning. I’m afraid you have Avian flu, Ebola, swine flu and mumps.”
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In 1987, Rangers pitcher Greg Harris suffered a strained elbow flipping sunflower seeds while sitting in the bullpen. In 1980, Mariners pitcher Byron McLaughlin cut his right hand when he was practicing his windup in his hotel room and hit his hand on the mirror. In 2002, Orioles outfielder Marty Cordova missed a game after he burned his face when he fell asleep under a tanning lamp. In 1990, Blue Jays outfielder Glenallen Hill received cuts over much of his body after he fell out of bed onto a glass table. He was having a nightmare about being covered in spiders.
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d. Parmesan 7. The largest cheesecake ever was made last year at the ninth annual Cream Cheese Festival in Lowville, N.Y. How much did the cheesecake weigh?
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I pray for the president of the United States. I wish that his family or his administration or his staff would have an intervention for the good of the country.
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- Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at her weekly press conference
I don’t think the party of infanticide is exactly praying for anyone. - Donald Trump Jr., in response
When someone says that it’s “too hard” to do a green space that grows yuca instead of, I dunno, cauliflower or something, what you’re doing is you’re taking a colonial approach to environmentalism. And that is why a lot of communities of color get resistant to certain environmentalist movements — because they come with a colonial lens on them. - Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Socialist/Dem) taking aim at cauliflower, claiming that growing the vegetable in community gardens in nonwhite neighborhoods is an act of colonialism
Here’s an interesting one... Jose Simms (The first warrant pictured) negotiated with me earlier this week (through Facebook) and has agreed to turn himself in to Torrington Police if we can get 15,000 “likes” on this post (I said 10,000, he wanted 20,000, we split). It will be difficult but is doable. So please, “like” this post, and while you’re at it, share it, Tweet it, Instagram it, Snapchat it…. Then again, if you know where either of these guys are, you could always let us know that too, it’d save everyone from the suspense of the 15K.... Let’s get it!! - A social media post by the Torrington, Connecticut, police department containing a photo of Jose Simms, 29, who is on the run after failing to show up to court for various criminal charges
This is an unbelievably corrupt president, corrupt administration, and the Republican Party is right behind him and they all should be thrown into jail as far as I’m concerned. - Joy Behar, on “The View”
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For the left, whether the country benefits is not the point. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar – herself a symbol of America’s failed immigration system if there ever was one, someone who hates this country coming here at public expense – spent yesterday demanding the abolition of ICE, the decriminalization of illegal immigration itself, and an end to all deportation programs. She demands open borders, the unlimited arrival of anyone who wants to come to America, whether they have anything to contribute or not, and by the way you get to pay for it. And if you don’t want to, you’re a bigot.
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After Game 2 in Milwaukee, I was trying to get to the team bus and one of the dudes in the Milwaukee Arena just screams at me. He’s like, “Where do you think you’re going?!” And I’m like, “Uh, I’m trying to get to the team bus.” He’s like, “What? Where’s your pass?” I was like, “I don’t have a pass. I don’t know what you’re talking about. I don’t have a pass.” This happens in a lot of arenas, so I just kind of go with the flow. - Backup Raptors point guard Jeremy Lin in a radio interview talking about how many people don’t realize that he is an NBA player
I am so proud, so proud of NYU’s chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and of Jewish Voice for Peace, and of GSOC, and of the NYU student government, and of my colleagues in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis for supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against the apartheid state government in Israel — because this is what we are called to do, this is our NYU legacy. - NYU graduate student Steven William Thrasher, during his commencement address at NYU’s School of Arts & Science
We must stand together to vanquish racism and Islamophobia and anti-Semitism… -Ibid. just moments later, illustrating the hypocrisy of the pseudo-intelligent liberal left
She said, “I talk to the president; I don’t talk to staff.” You know, let’s face it, she’s the sixthmost-rich member of Congress. She treats everybody like they’re her staff. She treats me like I’m either her maid or her driver or her pilot or her makeup artist, and I’m not. And I said to her, “How very pro-woman of you.” She’s not very pro-woman. - Presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway on Fox News following a tense encounter with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at the White House
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- Time magazine columnist Ian Bremmer one day after he spun the media into a frenzy by lying and tweeting the following: “President Trump in Tokyo: ‘Kim Jon Un is smarter and would make a better president than Sleepy Joe Biden’”
And you can’t trick it? You can’t cheat them? - England’s Queen Elizabeth when she was shown a selfcheckout machine in an London supermarket last weekend for the first time in her life
- President Trump to reporters, trolling Democrats after they questioned his sanity
With oxygen it’s no big deal. - Kami Rita Sherpa , 49, after he climbed Mt. Everest twice in one week, in an interview with the BBC
- ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro in an interview with the Los Angeles Times about a new edict at his company stating that politics should not be discussed on air
I asked @SecretaryCarson about REOs – a basic term related to foreclosure – at a hearing today. He thought I was referring to a chocolate sandwich cookie. No, really. - Tweet by Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) after HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson was confused by the Democrats’ overuse of acronyms during a hearing and when he was asked about an REO responded by asking if the questioner said OREO
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I kind of let the gentlemen know sometimes some deeds have a funny way of turning around. - Boston College Police Officer Carl Mascioli talking to reporters after a group of Jewish teenage boys helped save a man with a swastika tattoo from drowning in a Massachusetts reservoir last week by quickly running over to Police Officer Mascioli’s car and informing him that there was someone in the water who needed help
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Our daughter has already gone out with over 40 young men. Thank G-d she is wonderful, has a lot going for her and most men she dates want to see her again and again. Usually she disqualifies them after two dates, but there have been three already that she went out with for quite a while.
We’re seeing a pattern emerge, and it just happened again recently. It seems that she is capable of becoming very excited about some particular young man and she’ll talk about how fabulous he is until we’re all sick of hearing about how wonderful he is. But when it comes to the point when he is ready to propose, she suddenly gets cold feet and starts wondering whether there is someone better out there for her to marry. It’s almost like she’s buying a dress and isn’t sure that the next store won’t offer something nicer. We’ve been encouraging her to speak to a therapist, or even just a dating coach, because we feel this suggests some kind of problem but she refuses and just insists that the very best “one” hasn’t come along yet. Is there anything we can tell her to help her just make a commitment already? Or is she correct in believing that Mr. Right hasn’t yet arrived?
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The Panel The Rebbetzin Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, M.S. t sounds like your daughter is afflicted with FOMO, fear of missing out. This is sometimes confused with commitment issues, but you seem pretty clear that she articulates her concern that something better will be presented on the menu of marriageable men when a marriage proposal is due. You are right to respond with a suggestion of going for help. Her words are an expression of a very unhealthy attitude toward marriage. It sounds like she wants a better bargain when the chips are down even though she enthused before. She may be selfish, as well as immature; she may not understand what a marital relationship is all about. I would not push her into a commitment. She has not yet worked through her issues. She is going to have to be encouraged by others (such as friends, mentors, teachers, etc.) to dig deep within to explore her feelings, insecurities, and attitudes and to access professional help. Clearly, she is not responding to you; hopefully the others will be able to influence her otherwise, her dating career will be a lengthy one. There is a Hebrew expression that says that when the brain refuses to acknowledge a truth, time will do the job, Mah shelo yaaseh hasechel, yaaseh ha’zman. Waiting may be the only answer if she refuses to talk to qualified people and examine herself in the lens of dating.
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daughters when they vacillated and “over-thought” a prospective shidduch. Her objective: to send a reality check and dose of objectivity to the child who couldn’t commit because of serious FOMO (fear of missing out – if she doesn’t date every guy suggested to her), loving the chase (dating’s more fun than changing diapers), or concern she may be disappointing her parents if the guy she married does not measure up to what they were hoping for in a son-in-law. Ziva, like you, and many a Jewish mother, thought her kids were the greatest and deserved the best; still, she understood her children’s unrealistic expectations could backfire in the dating process – sending her children on an infinite, futile, frustrating quest for Mr. or Mrs. Perfection until, before long, weeks turn into years and suitable shidduch prospects become fewer and far less attractive. There are a hundred-and-one possible reasons your daughter is approaching dating as a shopping excursion. And you, as her mom, lack the insight and objectivity necessary to cure her recurrent cold feet. Tell her so. Then tell her to take a break; get off the dating treadmill and…whether she likes it or not, consult a dating coach or therapist. Whether she agrees to go immediately or eventually, only a professional has the training and experience to get to the root of your daughter’s anxiety so she can make a commitment she can live with comfortably and happily until 120.
The Shadchan The Mother Sarah Schwartz Schreiber, P.A. emember: you’re not so hot yourself!” Sounds a little brutal, perhaps. But this is what my friend, Ziva, mother of eight wonderful children – all wonderfully matched and happily married – would tell her sons and
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Michelle Mond s I do not know your daughter or her specific case, the most I can do is validate your concern and address the problem, hoping she will stumble across this column. Many parents in your predicament wish there was a magic formula to convince their children to become more realistic – you are not alone.
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The young women like this are generally “ala ma’alos.” These women are accomplished, pretty, smart, and have strong hashkafos who have, until now, been able to map out their lives. Top choice seminary? Check. Nursing school? Check. Custom bridesmaid gown made for their best friend’s wedding? Check. These women have worked hard in life and reaped the reward of it. Then comes shidduchim, the seemingly daunting process to find the right, most perfect husband. Suddenly the same magic formula that has been used all their lives to map things out and pursue their dreams cannot possibly be implemented in shidduchim. Why? Because finding a spouse is not like custom making a gown. If you map it all out when it comes to a husband just as you do the perfect gown, you are setting yourself up for failure. Go to a local Build-A-Bear store and you’ll have a glimpse into what some make it seem like the process should look like. First, you’ll choose the outer trappings, from color eyes, body type, clothing type and style. Choice from small to large, trendy to nerdy, cute to scary-looking; you can make it all. Then add the custom voice and you even stuff it yourself! This is, however (surprisingly to some), not how finding a spouse works. One cannot map out all the details and try them on until custom perfection is found. One thing I advise in these cases is, aside for coming up with a resume and what one is looking for, one must also make a very honest list of his/her faults and things that need to be personally worked on. This can help bring the single down to earth with the realization that we too have faults and that someone will have to live with ours as well. One must be very mature, thoughtout, and realistic to come to the final decision of whom to settle down with because nobody is perfect; not even the singles looking for it. When we choose our bashert based on mutual respect, comfort, attraction, common goals and hashkafos, that person becomes our bashert; but you must actively choose him for him to become it. It might feel
If you map it all out when it comes to a husband just as you do the perfect gown, you are setting yourself up for failure.
scary because in every other aspect of life things came easier and with more apparent clarity. Also, with any other decision there is always a backup plan. When you look for a spouse, it’s permanent. This can be very scary and even impossible for some people to overcome. In some cases, there is an underlying commitment problem and this must be worked on in intense therapy with a therapist trained in that specific area. Some need anxiety medication as well. The best recommendation I have for your daughter is to be coached by a therapist, mentor or rebbetzin to help guide her through the process, from working through her own issues and commitment anxiety, from dating to engagement. She might need a heavy dose of maturity as well, to add to the mix. I wish your daughter much hatzlacha gaining clarity into this very important issue!
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lous young men slip away for no apparent reason. It sounds like once she’s sealed the deal, the deal no long seems all that appealing to her and she’s onto the next challenge. Without the insight gained in therapy, I’m sure even your daughter may not totally understand what this behavior is all about. It
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while her prospects begin to dwindle. All you can do is continue to generously offer her help with a dating professional and remind her that time marches on and that, at some point, she will have let all the great ones slip through the cracks, while she is still alone and searching. Sadly, she may not be the first “wonderful” girl to find herself single and filled with regrets. And you won’t find yourself being the first mother who
She may not be the first “wonderful” girl to find herself single and filled with regrets. has to stand by, powerless and frustrated. Life is often very unfair!
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could be that she believes no one is good enough for her but she’ll keep looking. Or maybe she suffers from anxiety and can’t bring herself to make a commitment. Whatever the reason, without proper guidance from a professional, it sounds like this pattern will keep repeating itself,
ow challenging it must be to sit by and watch your daughter end perfectly wonderful relationships with quality men because there may be someone better out there. You’ve offered her therapy and coaching but she refuses. Ultimately, your daughter is in charge of her dating and relationship destiny and encouraging her to commit when she historically breaks up before commitment will not help her long term. As you so wisely understand, your daughter needs therapy. If you haven’t done so already, try to access her vulnerability through a thought-provoking question such as Is there any part of you that worries you broke it off too soon? Or, do you ever think about or miss Moshe? Is there any part of you that wonders why you’re thinking about “someone better” when you’re with someone you’re crazy about? If she is receptive and responsive to a vulnerable, deeper kind of conversation, then offer therapy again. (In my opinion, this is not a coaching issue.) Share with her a time you were unsure about your own behaviors, or a time others gave you important feedback that you didn’t see. Share with her about a time that you went for therapy to figure something out for yourself. It may be that your daughter doesn’t really understand what goes on in therapy and a little education about
what it is and what it isn’t may be helpful. If she continues to refuse therapy after the above approach, then I offer you Plan B, which is to no longer encourage her dating. I understand your desire to see her in a relationship, but in her current state, she is most likely not ready. Unless she gains insight into herself and resolves her issue (whatever that may be), this will probably continue, though I never say never. You may want to talk to her about it like this: You know we love you and want to see you happy. To us, it seems as though a switch is flipped inside of you when you start talking about settling down. As of now, you’re refusing therapy, but without true insight into what is going on inside of you, this will most likely keep on happening. We think you should take a break from dating until you figure this out. You will have to think about whether or not you are prepared to step away from facilitating shidduchim for her; a decision you may want to consult with someone about (a rav, a therapist, a mentor etc.) The goal of this is to show your daughter that you are taking a loving but hands-off approach to her dating
and her future. This may provide her with enough motivation to want to figure out her issue. Sometimes when parents take a backseat the child gets into the driver’s seat. You can be there for her as much or as little as you can handle or want to be, but with completely adjusted expectations for your daughter and her relationships. The last leg of this column will be speaking directly to anyone who relates to the writer’s daughter. If you have a pattern of being crazy about someone until they start to talk about commitment, and you leave believing there is someone “better,” I recommend speaking with a therapist. This is not about whether or not there is someone better out there; it’s about you. It may be some anxiety about commitment (when this is the case, the person leaving may be riddled with worry and “what-if’s”),
not feeling ready for marriage, or not having the tools to create intimacy/connection. In therapy, you will gain critical information about yourself that you need to enter and maintain a healthy, loving and committed relationship. It will be worth the effort.. Sincerely, Jennifer Esther Mann, LCSW and Jennifer Mann, LCSW are licensed psychotherapists and dating and relationship coaches working with individuals, couples and families in private practice in Hewlett, NY. Jennifer is looking forward to teaching a psychology course at Touro College in the fall. To set up a consultation or to ask questions, please call 516.224.7779. Press 1 for Esther, 2 for Jennifer. Visit www.thenavidaters.com for more information. If you would like to submit a dating or relationship question to the panel anonymously, please email thenavidaters@gmail.com. You can follow The Navidaters on FB and Instagram for dating and relationship advice.
Hi Readers! Receiving your enthusiastic emails wanting to participate in the Reader’s Respond section has been wonderful! Just a reminder about how Reader Response works. Email thenavidaters@gmail. com with the subject line “Reader Response.” We will then ask you, in the order we receive your email, if you would like to respond to the coming week’s email. If you would like to respond to an already printed Navidaters Panel, please submit your answer to the editor at editor@fivetownsjewishhome.com. You can also join us on our FB page @thenavidaters on Sunday evenings to post your response to the week’s column. Interacting with you has been a pleasure! Thank you for all of your feedback. Esther and Jennifer
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Managing Mindless Eating By Aliza Beer MS, RD, CDN
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he average person makes more than 200 decisions about food each day but we are only aware of a very small fraction of them. The rest of the decisions are performed by our unconscious mind and can lead to mindless eating, which can cause overeating, thereby promoting weight gain. Many of these decisions are made while we are functioning on autopilot. For better, or often worse, our habits take over in mindless mode, so if you put sugar in your coffee every day, that’s what you’ll automatically do if you don’t stop and think twice about it. Behavioral scientists have found that people often fail at diet and exercise plans because the decision to pick a healthier option is affected by multiple cues and triggers (such as time of day or location) that can cause repetition of past responses. In other words, our habits, both healthy and unhealthy, are so ingrained in what we do each day that we often make choices without really thinking about them. You can be armed with the all the right knowledge, but your environment and habits can still get the best of you. The following is a list of tricks to help you break out of the mindless-eating mold. • Plate Everything: When you plate your meals and snacks before eating, you see everything you are going to eat at once. As a result, you are less likely to munch your way through a whole big bag or box of whatever the food may be. You will only eat what’s on your plate.
• Use Smaller Plates and Bowls: Research shows that people underestimate how much they serve themselves when using larger dishes, because they trick us into thinking that the amount of food served is smaller than it actually is. The standard plate size has increased from 9.6 inches to 11.8 inches since 1900, and so have our rates of obesity! Most people tend to clean their plates, so smaller plates will ultimately result in smaller portions and less food consumption. • Never Eat Standing Up! This
think about when in the day you usually get the most hungry and have a pre-portioned snack with you for those times. For most people, it’s the time between lunch and dinner. • Stay Hydrated: Sometimes we eat because we think we’re hungry, but the body is trying to tell us that we’re thirsty. Drinking at least 64 ounces of water a day will help combat this, but you may need some additional beverages like flavored sparkling water or tea. • Control the Environment: Stop buying those snacks that you
Good habits are easily formed via proper planning and repetition.
is one of my cardinal rules. When you’re standing up and eating, it doesn’t register in the brain as such, and you will feel as if you didn’t eat! Put the food on the plate, and sit yourself down, and then eat it. • Time Your Meals: Plan out your meals for the day – know what you’re going to eat and when. Don’t skip meals; it will lead to you feeling “hangry” and that will increase your chances of mindless snacking. When your brain knows that there is a plan, you are more likely to be more mindful around food. If you plan to snack,
can’t resist eating! If you don’t have access to it, you cannot eat it. Perhaps other members of the household desperately need these snacks? Then store them out of sight or in hard to reach places. Out of sight, out of mind. Often, we mindlessly eat food only because it’s sitting right there in front of us. • Brush and Floss Your Teeth: This really works! Especially at night, if you brush/floss after dinner, you will be too lazy to do it again. Sometimes, when you have leftover flavors in your mouth you will continue to crave them
and that can lead to mindless and unnecessary eating. Brushing your teeth will eliminate those tastes in your mouth. • Entertain Yourself: Different things will work for different people. The idea is to find an activity that changes your mindset or distracts you and prevents you from going into the kitchen. If you’re craving those chips, go take a shower or do some needlepoint, and after 15 minutes, the craving will usually have passed. To stop mindless eating, we first need to understand and accept that many of the choices we make about food are made without deep thought or intention – they’re made by habitual default. We overeat and gain weight often without realizing the small daily choices we make that contribute to this cycle of excess. Become a more mindful eater by planning your food for the day, plating your food on smaller plates, and removing your trigger foods from your environment. Bad habits can be broken with the right mindset and a little hard work. Good habits are easily formed via proper planning and repetition. With focus and determination you can turn the switch on autopilot for healthy habits. Aliza Beer is a registered dietitian with a master’s degree in nutrition. She has a private practice in Cedarhurst, NY. Patients’ success has been featured on the Dr. Oz show. Aliza can be reached at alizabeer@gmail.com, and you can follow her on Instagram at @alizabeer.
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Chana is very conscientious regarding her health. She eats a Mediterranean diet, walks a half an hour a day, and sleeps at least seven hours a night. Chana does not suffer from anxiety. Rivka is a worrier. She worries about her health, the weather, world peace and a host of other concerns. As a result, she is always a little on edge. Rivka suffers from anxiety. As you can see, the mere fact that someone has concerns or worries does not mean that they suffer from anxiety. Chana focused on those parts of her life that she can control. She identified her concerns and modified her behavior to address her concerns. She is not walking around with anxiety. Rivka, on the other hand, lives her life with a constant low-level of apprehension and worry. Her anxiety is not enhancing her life. On the contrary, it is causing her emotional distress and uneasiness. Besides the emotional difficulties that can develop because of chronic anxiety, it can also be physically unhealthy. Long-term stress and anxiety can lead to high blood pressure, a weakened immune system, intestinal issues, and alteration of the body’s metabolism. The reason for this is because there are two parts to our “autonomic nervous system” which is the part of our
nervous system that is responsible for non-conscious bodily functions such as breathing, the heartbeat, and digestive processes. The “sympathetic autonomic nervous system” helps us deal with stressful situations by initiating a “fight-or-flight” reaction. The “parasympathetic autonomic nervous system” takes over after the threat has passed and helps us return to our normal state. When someone has chronic stress and anxiety, the sympathetic nervous system remains somewhat active all the time. Hashem created our bodies with the incredible ability to maintain short bursts of the fight-or-flight system. It was not designed to have the proverbial switch flipped constantly into the “on” position. There is a famous adage, “Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.” Living a responsible life based on your values and concerns is a virtue. Living your life under the heavy burden of anxiety might be a load that you are not equipped to handle. This is a service of Relief Resources. Relief is an organization that provides mental health referrals, education, and support to the frum community. Rabbi Yisrael Slansky is director of the Baltimore branch of Relief. He can be contacted at 410-448-8356 or at yslansky@reliefhelp.org
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IT’S A WAR OF MONEY, IN WHICH PRODUCTS LIKE COFFEE AND COTTON ARE PAWNS ON THE BATTLEFIELD. AS BOTH SIDES THROW PUNCHES IN WHICH COMPANIES AND CONSUMERS FEEL THE BLOWS, THE WORLD LOOKS ON TO SEE WHICH SIDE WILL END UP SAYING, “CHECKMATE.” A NEW TAKE ON CHINESE CHECKERS, PERHAPS?
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wo weeks ago, China was slapped with a host of tariffs by the United States that increased charges from 10 percent to 25 percent on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods coming into the U.S. The tariffs were not a surprise to anyone – they had been threatened numerous times by the Trump administration against the Chinese. The surprise, though, came because many thought that the U.S. president was bluffing about his proposed tariffs against a country with which he was carrying on trade talks. President Trump had said earlier in the week that he would be implementing these tariffs after he said China’s trade representatives backtracked on a potential agreement. “We were getting very close to a deal and then they started to renegotiate the
deal,” President Trump told reporters at the White House. “We can’t have that.” But Donald Trump wasn’t bluffing – and the Chinese were socked with onerous tariffs that could greatly affect their economy. According to Morgan Stanley economists, the tariff hike could trim China’s annual economic growth by a whopping 0.5 percentage points. Despite the tariffs, negotiations between the two economic giants continued, as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer shared a working dinner that evening with Vice Premier Liu He. Talks between the two powers collapsed, though, because Beijing had removed details outlining the obligations it was required to meet as part of reaching a deal to end the trade war, ac-
cording to a former senior U.S. official. Susan Thornton, former acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, said both sides had agreed on a timeframe to gradually implement changes as they worked towards a final settlement. The Americans, however, wanted to set benchmarks on specific issues so they could be certain of the progress being made towards reaching the finished deal. The U.S. also wanted to be able to impose tariffs to ensure that the deal was being implemented. The Chinese refused to sign onto something that would give an opportunity for them to be penalized with tariffs. Not to be outdone in the trade-tax war, last week, the Chinese announced that they would be raising tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. goods in retaliation for the announced levies.
According to the Chinese finance ministry, duties of 5% to 25% on hundreds of U.S. products will go into effect on June 1. That means that American-made goods like batteries, household appliances, spinach, coffee, tequila, dried beef, construction equipment, and cotton and leather textiles will be taxed by the Chinese as they enter Chinese shores. There are more than 5,000 U.S. products on the list. It’s unlikely that the tariff tit-for-tat will end soon. Goldman Sachs analysts think the Trump administration will soon propose another volley of tariffs on more than $300 billion in Chinese imports. They note, though, that those tariffs will probably take around two months to complete – and that would give U.S. and Chinese negotiators ample time to come to a mutually satisfactory trade deal.
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lthough the news headlines have been talking about tariffs, with President Trump it’s way more than just taxes on a few products made in China. The president has been using the tariffs to push the Chinese towards the negotiating table. Despite a few setbacks, his strategy has been working. Take, for example, what happened in December. Back then, a “90-day truce” on tariffs was announced. And even so, despite the “truce,” the anticipation of a prospect of increased tariffs compelled the Chinese government to come to the table. Last week, when talks dissipated between the U.S. and China, U.S. officials told their Chinese counterparts that steep tariffs would be slapped on all remaining Chinese imports if a trade deal wasn’t reached within three to four weeks. Earlier in the week, President Trump said that the U.S. had begun preparing those tariffs, which would raise the import prices of roughly $325 billion worth of products. Clearly, the president likes to use sticks instead of
carrots when dealing with the Chinese. Tariffs – or the threat of them – make the Chinese wary. And the Chinese have been shown to agree to negotiate when they’re hanging over them. Talking with China can yield big results. At the recent G-20 summit in Argentina in December 2018, President Trump and President Xi Jinping agreed to that 90-day truce. But even more than that, China also agreed to reduce its tariffs on U.S. cars, which had stood at 40 percent. It also said that it will “continue to negotiate [with the U.S. over] lingering disagreements on technology transfer, intellectual property and agriculture” – items on President Trump’s to-do list when it comes to China. President Xi has also promised to classify fentanyl – a key engine of the U.S. opioid crisis – as a controlled substance, suggesting, according to CNBC, “that people selling the drug to parties in the U.S. would be subject to stiff penalties in China.”
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long the campaign trail two years ago, then-candidate Donald Trump had lots to say. Throughout the hundreds of hours that he addressed the crowds, he fo-
cused on a few talking points when speaking to his people. One, of course, was the importance of building “that” wall. And another was China. Trump even had his own way of saying it – Chinah. The people loved it. After all, what Trump was doing during his rallies was verbalizing a nagging unease that Americans were starting to feel. You see, the U.S. believes in free trade. We have allowed countries almost completely unfettered access to our markets. Years of low tariffs have been a boon for the global economy. But Americans were slowly noticing that there were countries – namely, China – that have taken advantage of the U.S.’s magnanimity. Pick up a product in the U.S. and it’s almost inevitable that the label is emblazoned with the words “Made in China.” According to Richard Harris, writing in the South China Morning Post, “Low tariffs and largely free trade have been critical to China’s development. The U.S. and the rest of the world viewed China’s economic rise with benevolence, taking advantage of cheap labor that coincided happily with the need to massively scale up production into the digital revolution.” China, slowly but surely, was taking over the world. And other countries
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In the meantime, consumers will be hurting. Last weekend, White House chief economic advisor Larry Kudlow acknowledged that it won’t be easy on either side. “Both sides will suffer on this,” Kudlow noted on “Fox News Sunday.” Kudlow added that as tariffs go into effect, the Chinese economy will be affected, slowing down as they’ll slowly see a diminishing export market. Others have pointed out that because of China’s reliance on exports, their GDP will be hit harder than the U.S.’s when it comes to the tariff war. According to Patti Domm in an article written on CNBC back in September, “China is likely to take a bigger hit to its economy than the U.S. from the escalating trade wars” because of its much greater vulnerability to exports and its business cycle. Ethan Harris, the head of global economics at BofA Securities, added, “If you put tariffs across the board on both countries…it’s a four-times bigger hit to China because they export four times as much as they import…. The tariffs announced so far could have as much as a half-percent impact on Chinese growth.” Harris’ comments were made in September, months before
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were either too slow or too diplomatic to do anything about it. Trump, though, ever the businessman, is not allowing the United States to continue wearing its blindfold. These tariffs will force China to change its stance and will bring them to the negotiating table to ensure that the U.S. will have advantages when it comes to business. Imposing tariffs will eventually open up the Chinese economy to a broader market, which, in effect, will be beneficial to the Chinese. When Trump was making rallies in Middle America he was mainly addressing the farming industry, composed of farmers who had been hit hard by China. He rallied them together, putting words to their misery. And they were the ones who helped to push Trump to the Oval Office. He has not forgotten them in his fight. Last summer, when the tariff war began, China specifically targeted states with large agricultural and manufacturing industries that were crucial to Trump 2016’s victory: Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Producers of soybeans were perhaps hit the hardest; soybeans are the country’s largest farm export. Just last week, when China imposed retaliatory tariff hikes on U.S. goods, the price of soybeans in the U.S. fell to a 10-year low on fears of a protracted trade war. U.S. officials then listed $300 billion more of Chinese goods for possible tariff hikes. As China vowed to “fight to the fin-
ish,” Trump used Twitter to rally the farming community. “Our great Patriot Farmers will be one of the biggest beneficiaries of what is happening now,” Trump tweeted. “Hopefully China will do us the honor of continuing to buy our great farm product, the best, but if not your Country will be making up the difference
President Trump is making sure that farmers are not unfairly hurt in this battle
bill approved in December. Most of the aid helps growers of the largest crops, including corn and soybeans. Farmers also benefit from billions of dollars annually in federal insurance subsidies. The president is battling China and knows that there will be some industries hurt by the tariff missiles being lobbed by each side. Even so, he is en-
AFTER ALL, WHAT TRUMP WAS DOING DURING HIS RALLIES WAS VERBALIZING A NAGGING UNEASE THAT AMERICANS WERE STARTING TO FEEL. based on a very high China buy.” He added: “The Farmers have been ‘forgotten’ for many years. Their time is now!” To help struggling farmers in the U.S., Trump has promised an aid package, some $15 billion for farmers and ranchers, following $11 billion in relief payments last year. Additionally, a farm bill that Congress approves every five years provides farmers with hundreds of millions in additional federal aid. The subsidies have remained relatively stable, with the latest farm
deavoring to help these industries so that they won’t be too hurt in the ensuing battles and can hold on until the war is won.
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leading networking company. Trump issued an executive order instructing the commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, to ban transactions “posing an unacceptable risk” but did not single out any nation or company. Rumblings of a ban of this kind have been felt for months. U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, have warned allies that the U.S. will stop sharing intelligence if they use Huawei and other Chinese technology to build the core of their fifth-generation, or 5G, networks. The networks promise not only faster cellular service, but also the connection of billions of “internet of things” devices – such as autonomous cars, security cameras and industrial equipment – to a new internet architecture. 5G networks are the wave of the future – the next (fifth) generation of mobile internet connectivity. Remember how it used to take hours to download a movie? Well, now it takes just a few minutes using 4G technology – and with 5G technology, downloading a movie will take just a few seconds. With 5G, users will have faster download and upload speeds, wider coverage, and more stable connections. 5G is also much better at handling thousands of devices simultaneously, from phones to equipment sensors, video cameras to smart street lights. The United States is now racing against China in the bid to produce 5G networks around the world. According to David E. Sanger, author of The Per-
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“IF THE PERPETRATOR WANTS TO FIGHT, WE WILL BEAT HIM OUT OF HIS WITS.” side of China. Google made the move in order to comply with Washington’s decision to put Huawei on the so-called Entity List, meaning American firms need to get a license to sell products to the Chinese firm. Huawei is the world’s number two smartphone seller. (Samsung is number one.) Roughly half its sales last year were from outside of China. Huawei can now no longer license Google’s proprietary Android operating system and other services that it offers. Instead, Huawei is now only able to use a public version of Google’s operating system through the Android Open Source Project. Future Huawei phones will not have the Google services that users have come to expect on Android devices. Users, seeing that they won’t
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Last month, the United Kingdom announced that it would allow Huawei to build “non-core” components for the UK’s new 5G data network, such as antenna. Australia – one of the U.S.’s allies in the “Five Eyes” intelligence grouping, which include the UK, Canada, Australia, the U.S. and New Zealand – agrees with U.S. apprehensions about a Chinese-laid 5G network. The UK has asserted that by using China for non-core components, they won’t be open to potential Chinese attacks. In response to the concerns given by experts on the dangers of China laying 5G networks worldwide, Huawei’s chief executive has maintained that he would prefer to shutter his company than capitulate to the Chinese government’s potential order to intercept or
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divert internet traffic. If China were to tell him to divert internet traffic back to Beijing, he said he would refuse the government’s order. But U.S. officials note that he would have no choice: Chinese law requires that the country’s firms obey instructions from the nation’s Ministry of State Security. Huawei’s problems worsened this week when Google announced that it had suspended transactions with Huawei that require transferring proprietary hardware and software, hobbling much of its smartphone business out-
on WeChat. One of the lines in the popular song declares, “If the perpetrator wants to fight, we will beat him out of his wits.” The perpetrator, obviously, is the United Sates. My, how times have changed. The song is set to the tune of an anti-Japanese song from the 1960s film, “Tunnel War,” in which a Chinese town defends itself from invasion. “Trade war! Trade war!” the song of the moment begins. “Not afraid of the outrageous challenge! Not afraid of the outrageous challenge! A trade war is happening over the Pacific Ocean!” Indeed, instead of missiles and guns, the war being waged between China and the United States is about soybeans and internet connections. The consequences of these battles are tremendous, though. With the world’s two largest economies battling it out, the world stands by with bated breath as it looks to see what its future will look like.
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fect Weapon: War, Sabotage, and Fear in the Cyber Age, if China builds the 5G data network in countries around the world using Chinese technology, the Chinese will have control over the internet and how people connect to each other. In an alarming scenario, in case of war, it’s possible that China can cut the networks or direct networks to China. Sanger also points out that China can be laying the foundation for spying and cyberwar using its networks around the globe. We already know that Beijing is adept at hacking and IP theft. But with a huge internet complex around the world, China will have almost unfettered access to our computers, should they need tools to enhance their spies. Countries like Poland and Hungary are particularly susceptible to Beijing’s advances. The Chinese offer them low rates in exchange for laying 5G networks, and these countries with struggling economies are wooed by the low costs for the laying of the future of the internet. Trump, in turn, has been endeavoring to persuade these countries to use other technology, threatening them with withdrawing business from these countries or withholding intelligence from them.
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What You Will Need: Crust: 2 cups gluten-free cookie crumbs 5 Tbl. melted butter or margarine 4 Tbl. sugar Cake: 2 ¼ pkg. of cream cheese (8 oz. each) 4 ½ Tbl. potato starch 1 cup + 2 Tbl. sugar 1 tsp. lemon juice 1 ½ tsp. vanilla 3 cups milk 3 eggs- separated
Preparation 1. Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees. 2. Spray bottom and side of 9 inch spring-form pan. Cut parchment paper to fit into bottom. In a small bowl, mix crumbs, margarine, and sugar together and pat mixture into pan, going up the sides about 1 inch. Bake 12 minutes. Cool. 3. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Set aside. Put all the other ingredients into blender and blend until smooth. If the ingredients are too much for one batch, do it in 2 batches, and transfer to large mixing bowl. By hand, add beaten whites to cheese mixture and mix until incorporated. 4. Place the entire mixture into cooled pie crust. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour. When baked, carefully run sharp knife around perimeter of cake. Cool in oven for 25 minutes with the door slightly ajar. (This prevents the cake from cracking.) When cold, top with gluten-free cherry pie filling. For a non-dairy version, substitute Tofutti cream cheese and rice milk for regular cream cheese and milk. Enjoy!
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a fast day or something in the middle. The thought of buying, making, serving, and eating all these meals is just not working for me this year. Maybe that’s because, despite the seven weeks that have lapsed, I still have the matzah farfalle sitting on my kishkas. So, let me leave the food out of this discussion and focus on what can be exciting about the upcoming three days of holiday instead of two days. Well, of course, the extra time to sleep is great, for those who stay up
time to realize that if a Moabite woman who converted to Judaism can be the ultimate ancestor of Moshiach and the mother of royalty, helps us think of all we could accomplish. Which suddenly makes me realize I should be able to figure this low-fat dairy thing out. So gotta go shop now. Have a wonderful Shavuos. Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach. She can be contacted at 917-7052004 or rivki@rosenwalds.com.
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n May 6, England’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan introduced the world to a baby with the delightfully British name of Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. The new royal is now seventh in line for the throne, which means he won’t have to spend his life faking fascination with mundane royal duties like touring factories or christening ships. The poor kid doesn’t even have a title, at least not yet. You’d think he would at least be Laird of some Scottish fishing village, or Earl of ye olde shopping malle somewhere. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates it costs an average of $233,610 to raise a child. (Make that $264,090 in the urban northeast and “just” $193,020 out in the sticks.) That total includes the costs of paying for more house, skinned knees and braces, and daycare until they get old enough that you just want to send them to school already. Pound for pound, then, babies like Archie are the priciest people on earth. Here on our side of the pond, our tax code offers all sorts of goodies to make raising them easier. There’s a $2,000 annual child tax credit, deductions for at least part of the mortgage interest and property tax on the new McMansion, a $2,100
dependent care credit for daycare, and various strategies for out-ofpocket medical costs. But what sort of goodies will Britain’s newest royal enjoy, aside from the obvious perk of being born with a platinum spoon in his mouth? The British tax system works a bit like ours, but with posher accents. Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (which sure sounds warm-
Of course, the latest royal moppet won’t really need any of those. His father benefits from the Queen’s Sovereign Grant – £76.1 million in 2018 ($103 million) – which she uses partly to maintain Kensington Palace where Archie lives. Harry also shares in his own father Prince Charles’s Duchy of Cornwall income, which has been handed down to the eldest son of the monarch since
Pound for pound, then, babies like Archie are the priciest people on earth.
er and fuzzier than “Internal Revenue Service”) phased out most child tax credits two years ago. The mortgage interest deduction disappeared all the way back in 2000. Health care is already free. And as for Archie’s nanny bills, HMRC offers a “tax-free childcare” subsidy of £2 from the government for every £8 they spend, up to £2,000 per year.
1337. And mom Meghan is no slouch herself, with a net worth estimated at $5 million from her Hollywood days. Climbing further up the family tree, Forbes pegs Archie’s greatgrandmother the Queen’s personal fortune at $500 million. She also benefits from the $25 billion Crown Estate, which includes the really
pricey stuff like Buckingham Palace (worth $4.7 billion) and the Crown Jewels. Do you rjewels have names? (Fun fact: the thoroughly modern Queen even posts on Instagram now!) So, with all that Sovereign Grant money raining down on the Queen, the royals are a burden on the state, right? Think again. The Grant money works out to just about 69 pence per taxpayer. But the monarchy also generates $700 million per year in tourism revenue. Harry and Meghan’s royal wedding last summer added another $1.5 billion to the coffer. That means, despite anti-Royalist criticism, Archie’s family is actually a profit center. You may be thinking none of this has anything to do with you. But children can make great, cute, little tax-planning opportunities. So call us after the baby shower, and let us help you hire them for your company, write off their braces as business expenses, and even help pay for their college!
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 allanjrcpa@aol.com.
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