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Around the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 In the News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Community Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

JEWISH THOUGHT Rabbi Zvi Teichman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Rabbi Motty Rabinowitz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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LIFESTYLES Israel Today. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 My Israel Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Health and Fitness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Dating Dialogue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Political Crossfire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Forgotten Heroes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Mental Health Corner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 The Mother of all Diseases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 From Rose Bowl to Rashi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Gluten Free Recipe Column. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 In the Kitchen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Your Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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Dear Readers, There once was family a banished from the land for a 100-year period. Upon the first anniversary of their banishment, they gathered together grieving for all they had lost. The second year as well, they got together remembering the good times and mourning their current displacement. And so it was, year after year they would get together to remember what was compared to what is. As time went on, they settled down in their new land, and their mourning grew less and less. This was due to two different things. On the one hand, they forgot how good their old home had been; and on the other, they became overly satisfied with what they now had. But there was also a positive element. As they moved farther from year one and closer to 100, they started to focus on the future, first by discussing the reason they were cast away many years prior, and then by actually looking forward for the quickly-approaching moment their banishment would end. We are currently in the Three Weeks. 1000 years after the Churban, we still wailed and grieved for our past glory. But as more time passes, and we wander through more countries, memories of where we come from have become more of something we believe intellectually than feel, and the focus has become mainly on improving ourselves. Then there’s the future. Tisha B’Av ends on a positive note, leaving us with a tangible feeling that we will certainly go home when the right time comes. All Jewish spiritual leaders agree that we are currently living in the period ushering in the final redemption. Witness the upheaval and fast-changing political realities such as the break up of Syria, moderation of Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and the current weakening of the Anti-Semitic regime in Iran (and, by extension, Hezbollah and Hamas). The absolutely miraculous worldwide leadership position Israel has taken in many areas is another sign of the great blessings promised us at the end of our exile. Regarding the destruction of Yerushalayim, we’re told, “Those who mourn her destruction will rejoice in her rebuilding.” We’ve had plenty of mourning; let’s begin rejoicing for her immediate return as a moral and spiritual light for all the nations of the world. Wishing you a meaningful Three Weeks and an enjoyable Shabbos – (by) next year in Yerushalayim! Shalom

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This Won’t Happen To Me, Impossible! have lost someone to this epidemic. I am writing again about this epidemic his won’t hap- in our communities because it just keeps pen to me.” “Im- getting worse and worse. Enough possible.” “I come is enough. How many times can a from a good family and a good community suffer the loss of loved community, so this is irrelevant.” ones amongst us, ranging in all ages, until we all say enough is enough? Words like these have been said by many in our community. Words like Let’s not be afraid to address the these have been proven to be inac- elephant in the room: when will curate for many in our communi- the day come when we as a comty. Words like these have helped munity are more focused on savlead to families experiencing the ul- ing our children from the poison timate suffering in our community. that is killing them than fearing the stigma that we allow to remain? I have written and spoken the following statement many, many times and Raising awareness is a very important I will repeat myself as many times step in helping heal those suffering from as needed: the opioid epidemic that this epidemic. Focusing on treatment our community and communities like for those who are suffering from this ours throughout the world is experi- epidemic is also a very important step. encing does not discriminate. And, there are few of us who can honestly However, there is also another say they do not have a friend or fam- life-saving - literally- , step. That ily member who is suffering from step involves a medication called the opioid epidemic, or even worse, Naloxone, also known as Narcan. This medication is adminis-

I have therefore partnered with an extraordinary program in Baltimore, Chayeinu, to have the first-ever Narcan awareness and training for the community in Baltimore. Community members will receive training to administer Narcan and will receive Narcan to take home with them.

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tered at the time of an overdose, and it rapidly reverses opioid overdoses. This medication is not just an idea. It exists. It exists and has been proven to save many, many lives. Police officers and EMT personnel carry Narcan, but this is a medication that can be administered by any citizen who is trained. The training to administer Narcan takes just a short time, and many States have funding to provide training and Narcan to ordinary citizens who may come across an opioid overdose.

Once again, the opioid epidemic does not discriminate. Let’s work together to heal our community from this epidemic. Let’s work together to raise awareness. Let’s work together to save the lives of our children, family members and friends. And, let’s work together to break the stigma. Dalya Attar is a Delegate representing District 41 in the Maryland General Assembly. One of her appointments there is to serve as a delegate on the Overdose Opioid Task Force. Dalya is also an Assistant State’s Attorney for Baltimore City, prosecuting a range of crimes with an emphasis on guns and narcotics. Dalya Attar is the highest ranking Orthodox female elected official in the United States.

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Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim - Talmudical Academy of Baltimore Announces the Appointment of New High School Menahel for the 2019-2020 School Year By: TA BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Jeff Cohn

ver the last three decades, Rabbi Oppen has served as a Rebbi, principal, and Rav, most recently as High School Principal at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway and Rav of Congregation Etz Chaim in Cedarhurst, NY. In these roles, Rabbi Oppen has excelled with his unique ability to connect with his many talmidim and congregants, guiding them to achieve and grow. A noted talmid chacham and popular lecturer, Rabbi Oppen gives shiurim on many different Torah topics, and presents workshops on parenting, and education. Rabbi Oppen studied in Eretz Yisroel at Yeshivas Bais Hatalmud, Yeshivas Beit Hakerem and Yeshivas

Ner Moshe. He holds a BA in Human and Community Service and an MS in social psychology. Having studied at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, he obtained certification in their “Improving Schools: The Art of Leadership” program. Rabbi Oppen is also an AAPC and Refuah Institute certified life coach. Rabbi Oppen has proven himself to be a tremendous Talmid Chacham, a committed educator, an efficient administrator and as a person who understands the needs of today’s high school students, teachers, and parents alike. He is highly respected by his colleagues, parents, and the general community, and has built long-lasting personal connections with his talmidim. Rabbi Oppen will now lead the leadership team in TA’s Mesivta - including General Studies Principal,

Rabbi Shimshon Steinberg, Mashgiach, Rabbi Shraga Hershkowitz and Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Mr. Gavi Brown. Rabbi Oppen’s appointment as High School Menahel adds to the already strong Mesivta program currently being put together for this coming year. A complete revamp of the general studies program

along with additional programming has already been planned, offering many more academic options to TA’s talmidim. Excited about joining TA’s administration, Rabbi Oppen remarked, “TA is a crown jewel in the world of chinuch, and it is an opportunity to be part of such a wonderful mosad and to help be mechanech the future leaders of klal Yisrael.” A tremendous debt of gratitude is owed by TA to Rabbi Yaakov Schwartz, who this past year served in the position of interim High School Menahel. Rabbi Schwartz will IY”H be returning full time as the Menahel of the Middle School. TA’s Vaad Hachinuch and Executive Board look forward to working together to make this transition a smooth one for the Rebbeim, teachers, parents and students.

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ollel Nachlas Hatorah of Khal Machzikei Torah held a special shiur by Harav Yisroel Neuman shlit”a, Rosh Yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha, on Sunday, July 28th. Divrei Bracha were given by Harav Nesanel Kostelitz, Mara Dasra of Khal Machzikei Torah, who emphasized the warm relationship Lakewood and Baltimore have. Divrei Pesicha were then given by Harav Nechemiah Goldstein, Rosh Kollel of Nachlas Hatorah. He pointed out the impotance of being michazeik in Limud Hatorah during the three weeks. The large crowd was privileged to hear a drasha from Harav Yisroel Neuman shlit”a who brought out the importance of forging a relationship with Hashem even during sad times and to realize we are in galus and should not get overly comfortable. The message of the three weeks is to remember the Bais Hamikdash and realize we are only here temporarily and we should long for the geulah. After the shiur a brunch was held at

the home of rabbi yitzchok neger pres of machzekei torah with the participaion the Rosh hayeshiva rabbi yisroel neuman This special program was arranged in addition to the regular schedule of

learning at Kollel Nachlas Hatorah. The regular schedule on Monday through Friday begins with 8:30 am Shacharis followed by shiurim and chavrusa learning from 9:30 am-12:00

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amy Weill, who has been in the kashrus field for 26 years, traveled the farthest – 3808 miles from Amsterdam – to attend the 16th Annual STAR-K Training Program held July 22-25 in the kashrus agency’s Baltimore offices. As an administrator for the Chief Rabbinate of Holland, he oversees the initial inspections and annual visits of hundreds of companies in Holland, Belgium. Germany, France, and Spain. “I came to the training program to make contacts and bring back new ideas for improving our agency,” mentions Mr. Weill. David Eshkenazi traveled only 2103 miles from Panama City, where he learns in kollel, to attend the program. He signed up because he aspires to work in the booming field of Kashrus in Panama. “It’s one thing to learn about Kashrus in the Shulchan Aruch, and another thing to learn it, hands-on,” notes Mr. Eshkenazi. “Having experienced mashgichim and rabbis - who have seen things with their eyes - pass their knowledge down to us, is a wonderful experience. I think the program is really great!” The annual seminar attracts Rabbonim, as well. Rabbi Shimon Silver, who has been the Mara d’Asra of Young Israel of Greater Pittsburgh, for the past 15 years, didn’t have quite as far to travel to attend. As a member of The Vaad Harabanim of Greater Pittsburgh, which serves as the local kosher

supervision agency in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, he helps supervise local establishments, institutional kitchens, and commercial enterprises. “Recently, the Vaad became much more organized and transparent, and I was put in charge of “The Kashrus Project”, shares Rabbi Silver. “I came to the training program to see what is going on in the industry. There were a lot of things that I saw that were eye-opening, such as the certification of large plants, but the vast majority of what was taught I already knew. Mainly, I’ve gained a lot of chizuk being together with a bunch of other people doing the same thing.” The youngest STAR-K Kashrus Training Program participant was 21-year-old Menachem Mendel Blank, of Antwerp, Belgium, who is presently learning in Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch in Crown Heights. He is the son of Rabbi Michoel Zalman

Blank, who does extensive hashgacha work throughout the EU, for STAR-K. “I learned Kashrus with my father, and in Israel by the Rabbanut Harashit, but I wanted to get the practical knowledge,” mentions Mr. Blank. “I’m not sure if I will do this as a fulltime job in life, but it’s always good to know the material, in case I do, for the future…The people are very friendly here, the staff is very knowledgeable and helpful, practically, the way they teach. I found my first-time shechita house experience, with HaRav Heinemann, most interesting.” Participants enjoyed the lectures

given by STAR-K Rabbinic Administrator HaRav Moshe Heinemann, shlit”a, STAR-K President Dr. Avrom Pollak, and STAR-K Kashrus Administrators, with intriguing titles such as, “SOPs to BOLs: More Than Looking at Ingredients”; “Case Study-Sha’ah Chamishis at the Eleventh Hour”; and, “Kosher Accountability: Who Does Teshuva When a Product is Mislabeled?”. Behind-the-scenes tours of the Marriott Waterfront Hotel kitchen, Seven Mile Market, candy and flavor factories, and a slaughterhouse, in addition to hands-on treiboring and vegetable checking practicums, rounded out the Kashrus training experience. The wrap-up Q & A, giving the participants the opportunity to ask HaRav Heinemann and the STAR-K staff panel questions, was an additional program highlight. Questions included: What are the criteria for bishul akum? Is induction cooking considered bishul akum? Where did Rav Heinemann learn shechita? Is (kosher) gelatin considered fleishigs? “During the week of the course, there is always a great amount of energy in our office,” remarks STAR-K Kashrus Administrator Rabbi Zvi Goldberg, coordinator of the seminar. “There is so much material to give over and we try to give a serious overview of almost every topic in Kashrus. It is a lot of work on the part of our entire staff but well worth it! Kashrus education is at the forefront of our goals and we will be very happy to continue, iy”H, until Mashiach and beyond.”

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n Sunday July 7th, the Bais Hamedrash and Mesivta of Baltimore celebrated the 12th grade graduation and siyum. The hanhalah of the yeshivah joined talmidim and their parents/ grandparents for a festive seudah in the beautifully arranged yeshiva dining hall. The event was chaired by Rabbi

Yaakov Pearlman, former Chief Rabbi of the Republic of Ireland and teacher at the yeshiva, and the guest speaker was Rabbi Jonathan Seidemann, Rav Kehilas Bnai Torah of Baltimore. Representing the graduates was Menachem Feldman, who spoke movingly about the growth in learning they achieved over the years in the Mesivta. Following his address was a si-

yum on the masechta learned over the year, Bava Metzia, with the final daf and hadran recited by Moshe Dovid Bernstein,Chaim Glenner, Mordechai Herskovits, and Moishe Kutoff. .The graduation ended with the distribution of the diplomas and a sefer to each talmid by Rabbi Mordechai Feigenbaum, Secular Studies Principal. Mazel tov to all the graduates and

their families-may you have much hatzlachah as you move forward in life! Thanks to Rabbi Pearlman, Rabbi Michoel Glazer, and Mrs, Bebe Abergel for all their efforts in organizing the event. A special thank you to Mrs. Racheli Mitnick for all her help. For more info about the yeshiva call 410-486-0006, or email info@ bhmb.edu.

Baltimore’s Chani Neuberger Appointed As NSA Cybersecurity Directorate By: Staff Reporter

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and unity of effort,” Nakasone said in a statement released by the agency. The directorate will be led by Anne Neuberger, who has previously served as the NSA’s first chief risk officer. Neuberger has also worked as the NSA’s deputy director of operations and the lead of the “Russia Small Group,” the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command task force created last year to thwart Russian cyber interference. The new directorate is intended to allow the NSA to better collaborate with other agencies such as U.S. Cyber Command, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI while also making it easier for the NSA to share threat activity with customers to enable them to defend against potential cyberattacks.

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After the Rebbi Went Missing In The Ocean, Volunteers Searched For His Body In Virginia Beach By: Alyssa Meyers Yosef Nissel had never met the 35-year-old teacher who disappeared in the Atlantic last week after he jumped in to save a student. When Nissel learned Rabbi Reuven Bauman, z’l, was still missing, he decided to leave Baltimore to join the search for his body. “When someone’s in need, you stop what you’re doing and go assist, no matter if you know them or not,” said Nissel, who has only been volunteering with Misaskim of Maryland for about a year. The nonprofit helps those in the Jewish community dealing with tragedy. Through the weekend, organizations from New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Georgia combed area beaches for signs of Bauman, Nissel said. Bauman died on July 9 after saving a 13-year-old student who got caught in a rip current while on a school trip at the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The volunteers picked up where the Coast Guard left off last Wednesday after searching the seas for nearly 24 hours with boats, helicopters and planes. The agency provided guidance on where to look. Aryeh Freedman, the president of Misaskim of Maryland, said his organization reached out to local groups that were already searching shortly after Bauman went missing on July 9. He offered his support, and by the next morning he had heard back with a request for more volunteers. “We mobilized within probably an hour,” he said. Six volunteers drove 4½ hours to Virginia Beach with a boat in tow. Once they arrived, they chartered a second. Beloved teacher Bauman’s heroic behavior was unsurprising to those who knew him, said Rabbi Mordechai Loiterman, the principal at Toras Chaim where Bauman taught. “His commitment to his students

was his life’s mission,” Loiterman said. “It wasn’t a job he was doing; this is how he defined himself.” Bauman, who had five children, taught his own son in third grade last year, as well as a class of seventh and eighth grade boys. But he treated all of his students with equal kindness. “He would always worry and care about the emotional well-being of his students,” Loiterman said. With class sizes of up to 10, Bauman found it easy to develop tight relationships with faculty and students, many of whom would come back to visit even after graduating. Bauman was also close with the Toras Chaim parents, Loiterman said, who all go to synagogue together. In addition to teaching their children, Bauman taught a class for parents to understand what their kids were learning. “His connection to his students, his connection to the families, it was second nature to him,” Loiterman said. While he mainly taught religious studies, Bauman was also passionate about theology. “I think that he had a particular fondness for teaching Talmud because it was a class that would teach the students how to think,” Loiterman said. A search begins Bill Pappas Jr. had started planning for a search as soon as he heard about Bauman. The 43-year-old captain of Playin Hookey Charters started timing the tides and tracking patterns of the currents last Wednesday night with the intention of lending a hand. “I went as hard as I could,” he said. “I was making grids and patterns.” Pappas was raised in Hawaii but has been fishing near the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge for about 20 years, he said. He figured his knowledge of the waters could prove useful, so he agreed to spend 12 hours Thursday on his boat with volunteers

from Chaverim, another emergency services nonprofit comprised of several Orthodox Jewish volunteer organizations on the East Coast. “I was determined to help this family get some closure,” he said. “And I wanted to figure out what had happened in my own backyard.” Pappas could typically make about $1,500 before tips for a 12-hour charter, but, he said, he didn’t think twice about accepting their offer for $100 an hour even though it meant turning down other opportunities. “When it came to booking one or the other, I knew which one I should do,” he said. By 7 a.m. he and three volunteers set sail on his 25-foot boat. He gave them a crash course in steering, he said, so he could stand up in the pilot house with binoculars, scanning the horizon and providing direction. Pappas also brought his 8-pound dog Mango on board, and she kept a watchful eye from her perch on his shoulder. “She was trying her hardest, and the crews loved her too,” he said. “It kept them in better spirits.” But even with experienced charter captains, hard-working volunteers, and dedicated dogs, by Thursday night, there were still no signs of Bauman’s body. ‘One last pass’ By Sunday, volunteers knew the drill and got to work that morning, scanning the coasts and beaches while others looked from shore. “We had a crew from here that walked over 20 miles in the heat just scanning the beaches,” said Nissel, the Misaskim volunteer. They traveled by boat along the coast from Rudee Inlet down to the North Carolina border, where they met up with a crew in a rented Jeep around 1 p.m. Nissel spoke on the phone with the Jeep’s driver, who told him if he traveled about 3 miles out to sea, the murky water turns clear and seaweed gathers in large clumps.

“He said, ‘That’s where you find anything that goes missing,’” Nissel said. “We were pretty much done for the day after being on the water for about 25 hours over the course of three days … but we decided we were going to make one last pass.” Nissel and his crew went out about a mile in that direction at about 1:30 p.m. That’s when they finally spotted Bauman’s body near the North Carolina border. One volunteer called 911. Another phoned the Coast Guard. A police chopper showed up right away, relaying words of encouragement from overhead while the volunteers stayed to keep the body in sight. In another 40 minutes, marine police and an EMS boat arrived to retrieve the body. The volunteers breathed a sigh of relief. Bauman’s family would be able to give him a proper burial. “Judaism views itself as one big family, and if there’s one person in the family who grieves, we all grieve,” said Freedman, the president of Misaskim of Maryland. “Now we hope the family and Norfolk community can begin the healing process to mourn the loss of this great man.”

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Israel Conducts Arrow Missile Test in U.S.

Israel conducted a successful test of its Arrow anti-ballistic missile system in a joint test together with the United States at an Alaskan air base last week. The advanced Arrow-3 successfully brought down ballistic missiles three separate times, including taking down one outside of the Earth’s atmosphere. The tests occurred over a 10-day period at Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska (PSCA) in Kodiak, Alaska, the first time Israel has tested the missile defense system outside of its borders. Defense Ministry personnel said that Israel was forced to perform the tests in remote Alaska due to the inability to fire off long-range missiles in the Middle East as a result of the region’s sensitivity. Following the tests, which mimicked Iranian ballistic missiles, Israeli rocket scientists cleared the system to be fully operational. “Ten challenging years of development have culminated in this moment: the Arrow 3 weapon system completed a test campaign, during which an Arrow 3 interceptor completed full interception of the target,” said Moshe Patel, who heads the Israel Missile Defense Organization. “In addition, the fact that the tests were conducted in Alaska, tens of thousands of kilometers away from Israel, is another significant achievement that demonstrates the operational capabilities of the Arrow 3 system to successfully face any threat.” News of the highly classified test

first started filtering out in Israel over the weekend amid reports that Ron Dermer, who serves as Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, had made a secret trip to Alaska. The military censor originally banned Israeli media outlets from publishing additional information regarding Dermer’s Alaska trip but said that it constituted “an additional and significant upgrade in the security coordination with the U.S. against Iran.” The successful interceptions were first officially announced by Prime Minister Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting on Sunday, who showed ministers and U.S. Ambassador David Friedman a video of the tests. “They were successful beyond any imagination,” exulted the prime minister. “The Arrow 3 – with complete success – intercepted ballistic missiles beyond the atmosphere at unprecedented altitudes and speeds.” The missile launch comes amid reports of tensions that Iran had tested a long range Shihab-3 missile on Friday, the latest launch of the missile that has an estimated range of 1,000 kilometers. According to reports, the test was conducted near the Iranian capital of Tehran and was the result of months of preparation. The test was part of Iran’s efforts to improve the accuracy and range of its missiles despite contravening U.S. Security Council resolutions which ban such tests. A day later, an Iranian military official insisted that the test was for “defensive needs” only. Speaking with Iran’s Fars news agency, the officer said that “the missile power of the Islamic Republic is entirely defensive, and is not against any country, and only to respond to possible aggression against the country’s territorial integrity.”

Abbas: PA Will Cut Off Ties with Israel Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas recently announced that the Palestinians would stop honoring agreements they had with Israel following the demolition of illegal Arab houses in Jerusalem. Abbas said that a committee would

be set up to implement the decision of the PLO Central Council to totally cut off ties with the Jewish State. Senior advisor Omar al-Ghoul added that “President Abbas’s remarks also include security coordination” with Israel, including suspending operations against the Hamas terror group Speaking at a leadership meeting he convened in Ramallah, Abbas described Israel’s demolitions of the illegally built residential buildings in Jerusalem as “ethnic cleansing and a crime against humanity.” “We will not give in to the dictates and the illegitimate occupation policy, especially in Jerusalem,” said Abbas, adding that “our hands were extended to a just, comprehensive and lasting peace, but we cannot surrender to the occupation. There is no peace, security and stability in the region without our people accepting all their rights, ending the occupation and establishing our independent state.” Abbas was referring to Israel’s demolitions of 12 illegally-built multi-story buildings in the southern Jerusalem neighborhood of Sur Baher. The structures were constructed without a permit next to the security barrier, which separates Judea and Samaria from pre-1967 Israel. Due to their prominent location that overlooks the barrier, Israeli defense officials classified them as a security threat that could be used to smuggle terrorists into Israel. The demolitions came after a multi-year legal challenge by Palestinian and human rights groups and only ended after the Supreme Court gave the final approval earlier this year. The destruction of the buildings has resulted in significant civil unrest throughout Jerusalem, with daily riots breaking out in various flashpoints over the past week.

UN Passes More Anti-Israel Resolutions The United Nations (UN) passed a pair of anti-Israel resolutions last week, including one that lambasted the Jewish State for its treatment of women.

Both decisions dealt with what it called “the Israeli occupation of Palestinian” and its acts against the Palestinian people.

In an overwhelming 40-2 vote with nine absentions, the UN Economic and Social Council’s “situation of and assistance to Palestinian women” resolution singled out Israel for brutalizing Arab women. According to the decision, the Israeli occupation remains a major obstacle for Palestinian women and girls with regard to the “fulfillment of their rights.” The decision concluded by demanding that Israel “immediately cease all measures contrary to international law, as well as discriminatory legislation, policies and actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem.” Supporters of the resolution included Iran, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Pakistan, who – ironically – frequently come under international criticism for refusing to honor women’s basic rights. In another resolution, the UN blamed “Israel’s occupation of Palestinian and Syrian lands” for the suffering of the Palestinian and Syrian people. According to a UN press release, the resolution “reaffirmed the inalienable right of the Palestinian people and the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan to all their natural and economic resources” and called on Israel “to immediately cease its exploitation of natural resources and its dumping of waste materials in the occupied areas.” The decision passed by a wide margin of 45 in favor, 2 opposed, and 4 abstentions. Criticizing the pair of anti-Israel decisions was former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley. “It amazes me how the U.N. condones votes like these,” Haley tweeted. “It is a total mockery of human rights to allow Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, and Yemen to name Israel as the world’s only violator of women’s rights.”

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The New Right reached a deal on Monday with the Jewish Home and National Union parties for a joint run in the upcoming elections in September. The united slate will be headed by former Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, who switched with Naftali Bennett as the leader of the New Right last week. The move makes Shaked the only woman to currently head a political party in Israel as well as the first time that a Religious Zionist party will be headed by a secular politician. Following Shaked on the Knesset list is Education Minister and Jewish Home leader Rabbi Rafi Peretz,

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Israel Hits Iranian Targets in Iraq Israel has expanded its operations against Iranian targets to Iraq, where

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Corps and Hezbollah had been killed in the strike. It said the base had received Iranian ballistic missiles, which had been hidden inside trucks, shortly before the strike. The strike was carried out by an unmanned drone. Two Iranians were wounded in the strike; one was killed. Asharq Al-Awsat also said that Israel was behind another strike in Iraq carried out on Sunday at Camp Ashraf, the former headquarters of the exiled People’s Mujahedin of Iran, located 40 kilometers northeast of Baghdad and 80 kilometers from the Iranian border. That strike targeted Iranian advisers and a ballistic missile shipment, the report cited sources as saying. The report also mentioned a strike in Syria last week blamed on Israel, in which nine were killed including six Iranians fighting for the Syrian regime, claiming it was meant to prevent Iran from taking over a strategic hill in the Daraa province in the country’s south. Israeli missiles targeted “military positions and intelligence facilities belonging to Iran and [pro-Iranian] militias” in the southern

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“It was blatantly obvious there was something different about it,” Lanik said. “I saw the shine, and when I picked it up and rolled it in my hand, I noticed there weren’t any sharp edges.” He showed the stone to his wife and put the treasure in a bag with other finds. Before leaving the park, they stopped by the Diamond Discovery Center in the park to see what kind of treasure they’d unearthed. Unbeknownst to Lanik, he was carrying around the largest diamond found in the park so far this year. It weighed in at 2.12-carat. More than 75,000 diamonds have been unearthed at the park since the first ones were discovered in 1906. So far this year, 296 diamonds have been registered at the park, weighing a total of 53.94 carats. “Mr. Lanik’s gem is about the size of a jellybean and has a dark brown color, similar to brandy,” park interpreter Waymon Cox said in the news release. “It has a beautiful natural pear shape and smooth, curved facets that give the gem a metallic shine.” The park has a “finders keepers” policy. When asked if he would sell his gem, which he dubbed the Lanik Family Diamond, he told the park he plans on keeping it for now. It’s a gem of a find.

Last week, on July 27, Middle East Airlines-Air Liban celebrated a brand-new addition: a baby girl was born on the flight between Qatar and Lebanon. A female passenger went into labor shortly after takeoff and gave birth, with help from the crew, just minutes after entering Iraqi airspace. Reports from local media claim the woman gave birth in the plane’s restroom. A spokesperson for the carrier has confirmed that flight crew facilitated the delivery and that the plane was quickly diverted to Kuwait. “Announcements were made to check if there was any doctor on board to assist with the delivery, but no doctors were on board that flight,” Rima Mikaoui, MEA director of public relations, told USA Today. “MEA Cabin Crew handled the situation (they assisted the lady with the delivery) and all went well, the baby was delivered on board and was well taken care of,” Mikaoui continued. “The flight was diverted to Kuwait where the mother and the baby born disembarked to receive medical attention; the flight resumed its operation to Beirut.” We’re thinking this little baby is going to be a pilot when she grows up – would be fitting, no?

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G-d presents Moshe with his final mission before he is to be ‘gathered’ unto his people and depart this world. He is told to take vengeance for the Children of Israel by waging war against the nation Midian who incited them to immorality and idolatry, causing the deaths of 24,000 Jews in the resulting plague. We would have imagined that the nation knowing that this is their ‘last stand’ in collaboration with their beloved leader would put them to the task to get it right. Moshe too, would have certainly exerted much effort to inspire them after all their previous failures, in concluding his illustrious career with a flourish by bringing about a flawless dispatching of their responsibilities in carrying out the word of G-d to perfection.

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In an apparent anticlimactic exit, everything seems to go awry. After selecting a thousand righteous soldiers from each of the twelve tribes to wage this holy war, they return triumphant after decimating the entire male adult population but leave the women and children alive taking them captive. Moshe goes out to greet the conquering troops and is appalled to discover they didn’t wipe out the womenfolk. Angered and seemingly incredulous he exclaims with astonishment, “Did you let every female live? Behold - it was they who caused the Children of Israel... to commit a betrayal against G-d...” It was these very women who seduced the Jews to sin and instigated the ensuing plague! He goes on to direct them to terminate the lives of any of the Midianite wom-

en who were age appropriate to have sinned. Oddly, the Torah reports earlier how the army “massed against Midian, as G-d had commanded Moshe, and they killed every male”, indicating they carried out the instructions ‘as G-d commanded’, yet from Moshe’s reaction it would seem they missed their target entirely. Actually all Moshe directed them before setting out was that they “arm men from among yourselves for the legion that may be against Midian to inflict G-d’s vengeance against Midyan”. Moshe never bothered giving them the specifics regarding exactly who to exact revenge from. Why was he so vague? Everything that could have gone wrong did. Moshe didn’t articulate clearly his expectations. The people misunderstood his intention, mistakenly thinking that they were loyally fulfilling their mission, only to be confronted with an angry Moshe surprisingly castigating them for their grave error. After Moshe vents his frustration we are taught that he forgot the details regarding the laws of purging the vessels, they despoiled from the Midianites, from their non-kosher substances. Elazar the Priest instead taught these laws to the people. The Talmud teaches that we derive from here that ‘one who comes to anger will come to make errors in judgment’. So not only is there the awful and unfortunate miscommunication between Moshe and the nation, Moshe too, in one of his last interactions with his ‘students’ tragically can’t even convey his les-

Isn’t revenge a concept foreign to Jewish ideals? How are we to understand this capstone of Moshe’s calling and life’s mission in seeking final revenge against the Midianites? Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch analyzes the wording in G-d’s command to Moshe, “Carry out the avenging of the Children of Israel from the Midianites”, with the emphasis ‘from’ them, not ‫במדינים‬, in them. Moshe, who had had to bring the people over to the Torah of G-d built up chastity and faithfulness is to see, before his death, the battle against the Midianites so necessary for making these two fundamental pillars of his mission secure, for protecting his people against licentiousness and idolatry. ‫נקם‬, is related to ‫קום‬, to re-erect. It is the re-erection of rights which have been trodden under foot, or a person who has been thrown to the ground. The avenger identifies himself with the object to be raised up. The purpose is not revenge, throwing down the enemy that would be construed with a ‫ב‬, in. The purpose is the re-erection of Israel ‘from’ the Midianites, its spiritual and moral freeing out of the power of their arts. Personal revenge attacks the other with the satisfying goal of crushing the one who denied the victim his being, his essence, by gleefully paying him back and ‘exacting revenge’. The goal of worthy vengeance though is not the humbling of my enemy but rather the restoration of that nobility he sought to destroy. Authentic revenge must be driven by an inner passion to value and preserve the ideals and truths of Torah that are so dear to us. When the principles of Torah that we cherish and live by are assaulted we must cringe in pain when seeing them being de-

meaned. When that sense of purpose compels us to avenge those who want to deny our precious beliefs so that we may restore the very life force of our existence that is when revenge is appropriate and worthy. Moshe is about to depart from the stage of history. He worries over how his beloved people will be able to survive the onslaught of those who seek the eradication of all we believe in. In his last stand he seeks to provoke that inner fire that burns within every Jew that when aflame will consume the ill intentions all those who deny our greatness. Moshe purposefully instructs the nation to ‘inflict G-d’s vengeance against Midian’ in a general and vague manner, omitting a specific injunction of precisely whom they are to avenge. He desires to see how brightly their inner flame burns; how distressed are they when facing the people who depravedly defamed the sanctity inherent within us. Will they instinctively react to the harlots who sullied our nation’s very soul by removing them and re-erect once again the glory of our pure beliefs. Perhaps the people sought to submit these women to slavery, exposing them to the enlightened lives of the People of the Book and promote the ultimate revenge of living inspired lives as Jews. They truly thought that they were acting exactly as ‘G-d commanded’. But Moshe understood that evidently it didn’t rile them up enough. One who truly fathomed the depths of the Midianites impure strategy would reflexively lash out to erase utterly everything this nation represented. The Torah when describing how Moshe visibly frothed with anger, it uses the word, ‫ויקצף‬, literally to ‘foam’. The Targum Unkelos translates this as ‫רגז‬, which more accurately implies distress more than anger per se. When the Torah wants to con-

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note anger it often uses the word ‫ויחר‬, which Unkelos translates as ‫תקף‬, to attack. Isn’t that the difference, as Rav Hirsch so insightfully taught, between anger which fuels poisonous revenge whose objective is to quash ‘he’ who demeaned ‘me’, as opposed to distress which accents how upset one is by the attack on his values and stature and is the catalyst for restoring that respect ? Moshe didn’t simply get angry, he was upset. He sought to exemplify the appropriate reaction of one who is truly bothered by the diminishing of G-d’s honor and glory in this world. There are times when one must get upset. A Jew must exhibit passion for that which he believes in. One may get distressed even when there is a price to pay. What was more precious to

Moshe than the Torah he learned directly from the ‘mouth’ of G-d? Yet when facing the dishonor of that very Torah and its beautiful ways, Jewish instinct responds with the natural consequence of momentary impaired thought. How can you think straight when they are defaming your parent? The Saintly Baal HaTanya writes in his Iggeres HaKodesh:)‫(אגה"ק ס"כה‬ After these words and this truth, which are manifest and known to all, let us return to the original subject, concerning anger where a person [who is angry] is likened to an idolater. This is so only with regard to mundane matters, for everything is in the hands of heaven except for the fear of

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Perhaps the very fact his distress lingered until he recovered his Torah is evidence of healthy frustration. When one seeks revenge merely to ‘get back’ the moment he succeeds he is relieved. When one is ‘bothered’ by the loss of G-d’s honor, it takes time to recover. We are told that Pinchas was selected by Moshe to lead them towards the battle with Midian as he had an old score to settle since the Midianites were the ones who sold Yosef down to Egypt, as Pinchas was a descendant of Yosef.

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Reb Tzadok reveals that the ‫מדי־‬ ‫נים‬, Midianites, are so named because they are rooted in the klippa, the impure ‘outer shell’, of anger. ‫ מדינים‬is rooted in the word ‫מדנים‬, which means contentious and quarrel. Their anger is rooted in their strong immoral principles they are so passionate about to the point that all those who do not respect their ‘values’ ignites their anger and is contended with. Their ardent adherence to their defiled philosophies is what compelled them to ignore Yosef’s desperate appeal to bring him to his father and mockingly sent this ‘pure’ soul to the clutches of decadence in the defiled culture of Egypt.

We live in a world of many passions: passion for sports, food, music, entertainment, connection through social media and many more too inappropriate to mention. This world of passion looks derisively at those who would claim to live by an ethic, a morality and glorious history that claims one can find exquisite happiness committing to a life disciplined in Torah and Mitzvos. But the question begs: What are you passionate in life about? Moshe in one of his ‘last lectures’ taught us that unless we live inspired, excited and are passionate and reactive for all that is holy and dear to us, we don’t stand a chance. Unless we get upset, emotional and react accordingly about the principles of Torah that is our very essence, we are doomed to yet wallow in Galus. Rava teaches that Jerusalem was destroyed because there ceased among us ‫בעלי אמנה‬, people of trustworthiness. ).‫(חגיגה יד‬ Perhaps this refers to people who were apathetic to the principles of honesty, uprightness, decency and piety. They lost their passion for that which defines us as the children of the Patriarchs and all they so passionately stood for. They were so enamored by the pull of the fleeting passions that tempted them with immediate pleasure, opportunity and excitement, that they were willing to forfeit that which fueled the souls of their ancestors with the strength to resist the klippa, the negative force, of Midian throughout the ages. Ask yourself: What are you passionate about in your Judaism? What in your religious life parallels the obsessions we preoccupy ourselves with? What will your children see in your life that excites you that will inspire them as well? It’s time to ‘foam’ about the things that are so important to us. Contemplate what has kept us viable throughout the ages. Discover again the beauty of our tradition and live it with passion. It’s time to get upset!

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Miss Me, Miss Me Not By Rabbi Motty Rabinowitz

As we progress through three weeks of annual mourning, the days when we, as a nation, lament the loss of the two Temples in Jerusalem, it is critical to reflect on the root of these events. We are famously told that this rite was prescribed as a consequence for the woeful report that the spies offered of the land of Israel, and the immediate weeping that swept through the Jewish people, as they visualized their perceived inability to enter the promised land: “You cried a pointless cry, and I will set for you a cry throughout the generations” (Bamidbar Raba 16) This statement has, quite honestly, always struck me as bizarre. It should be obvious, that the best educational consequence for an inappropriate action is one that directly corresponds to the initial deed and trains the offender to employ the correct behavior. If we have a belligerent child who decides to vent his anger and smash a house door, it is hardly pedagogically fitting to then reactively go and smash his own door. While it is often challenging in the moment, we aim to carefully and calmly respond in a manner that guides our children on the correct

path. It would therefore appear quite problematic to take this divine response at face value, in what appears to be a vengeful response. Interestingly, a simple reading of the Midrash reveals that the aforementioned statement is only a partial quote, and actually leaves out the punchline. The Midrash continues: “And from that time, the destruction of the Temple was decreed, in order to disperse the people among the nations”. The Divine response did indeed include the destruction of the Temples, but these calamities were only intended as a means to an end. The desired outcome was that we were to be widely scattered throughout the planet. This goal only compounds our previous question. Given that the people in the desert expressed their desire to not enter the promised land after the calamitous reports, how does a divine response to exile them from that very land do anything to correct such a fateful choice? We are told, for example, that if the people did not observe the Shemitta Sabbatical year, that they would be exiled. In that instance, the Torah explicitly details this outcome

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as being a logical consequence of their actions. Since the land was not able to rest with the people settled on it, it will attain this same ‘rest’ when the people can no longer toil its soil. But what is logical about excluding them from the land, when that was what they apparently wanted in the first place? A brief historical perusal of these past two millennia reveals an interesting historical trend. One recurring theme appears, that following every bitter persecution or calamity, a movement arose to initiate a return to the land of Israel. During medieval times this occurred after the burning of the Talmud in Paris in 1242, after which Rabbi Yechiel of Paris and many of the French Tosafists emigrated to Acre and established a Yeshiva. Down in Spain, it was the intense persecutions perpetrated by the Almoravid Muslims against the Jews of Spain that provoked Rabbi Yehudah Halevi to compose his infamous emotional and heart-wrenching poems about Jerusalem, before moving there himself. Later, the Spanish Expulsion of 1492 prompted a huge reawakening of yearning for the Holy Land amongst the dispersed community now splattered across the Mediterranean basin, leading to the establishment of the scholarly and mystical community of Tzefat. Closer to our time, the deep despondency following the false messiah Shabbetai Zvi, triggered the formation of Chassidism, the understanding that better times must be around the corner, and the pioneering agricultural settlements led by the students of the Vilna Gaon and Baal-Shem-Tov. The highly publicized Dreyfus affair of the late 19th Century, and the vicious pogroms rolling across Tsarist Russia, generated the birth of the Zionist Movement, and the yearning for a renewed Jewish homeland. As each successive wave of pain and calamity befell the Jewish nation, we awoke from the deep slumber of exile, appreciated where we ultimately belonged, and despairingly yearned for our former spiritual grandeur. No, G-d’s plan, as outlined in the Midrash, was

not mere sadistic retribution. It was to provide us, a nation of stiff-necked individuals, with a supreme teachable moment. To fix our contempt for the Holy land, as highlighted in the story of the spies, we needed to truly pine for it. Two thousand years of misery, expulsions and the horrific Holocaust, forcibly honed our appreciation for our predestined home. Of course, if that was the intent, we need to honestly and uncomfortably ponder whether we have finally learnt this lesson of Tisha Be’av. Across Europe, the answer is gradually evolving into a resounding yes. French Jewry, the largest community on the continent, is in full flight, and the French language is now widely heard in Jerusalem, Netanya and elsewhere across the land. British Jewry is shuddering at the possibility of Jeremy Corbyn rising to power, with a full 40% seriously contemplating emigration. The writing is now flashing brightly on the wall. But what about North American Jewry – do we miss and yearn for our land? Do we listen to it beckoning? Can we pierce the veil of a comfortable life in a benevolent democracy, and envision a higher purpose? Do we wish for Moshiach and our ultimate redemption? While there might undoubtedly be many practical reasons, some quite legitimate, to not hop immediately on the next Nefesh B’Nefesh flight, there is no excuse for not at the very least wanting to be on it. No, life in Israel is definitely not perfect. Yet, as described in this week’s Torah reading, and espoused by Rabbi Nachman of Breslav, all our paths and journeys do lead to Eretz Yisroel. It is there that we are tasked with rebuilding our holy nation as a beacon of morality and justice for all. May we merit to flock back to our land, without any further tribulations and calamities, and together empower an ethical, Torah-driven nation. It is our destiny. The author can be reached at mottyrab@gmail.com

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Read the Signs By Rafi Sackville

emember those t-shirts that read ISRAEL isREAL? Not long ago I saw a young man wearing one. Despite thinking it a bit anachronistic, it hasn’t lost its quaintness: it says little, but means a lot. I was with a friend who, upon seeing the t-shirt, showed me a photo of a poorly translated notice for swimmers. What most caught my eye was this instruction in translated English: “Parents lenders- you watch the kids wash up to 6 years of age toddlers knees (there are no saves).” The sign should have read something like: it is incumbent upon parents, or those accompanying young swimmers up to the age of 6, to closely

watch them while they’re in the kiddies pool. There is no lifeguard.

I once served in the army with a fellow whose job was to make all the street signs in Jerusalem. When I asked him who cross-checked the English spelling, he vaguely mentioned that he knew a guy who sometimes helped him out. I asked him if this guy was officially employed by his department. No, he wasn’t. This was, after all, the 1980s. I got to thinking about all signage in Israel and how, by not asking for help, sign makers can and do make mistakes. Alexandroni is the name of one of the army’s battalions. Someone forgot to inform the sign maker. Or maybe on the day of its making, the sign maker really did know an Alex and a Roni.

How the word ma’akaf became “buypass” instead of bypass is truly an unforgivable feat of incompetence. Imagine the hundreds of English-speaking tourists asking themselves, We’re in the middle of nowhere! What does it get us a pass to?

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These mistakes are reminiscent of the electronic dictionaries my students use. They’ll look up a word in English and use the first translation they see. Oftentimes, this is at a grammatical cost. They might use a noun instead of an adjective or verb. For example, the word “help” translates into Hebrew in a number of ways: the verb la’azor; the noun, ezra or ozer. In other words, it can be confusing. Which is why the sign on an Israeli beach can only be the direct result of a worker reading dictionary entries and including the grammatical function of words.

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Sometimes the sign writers are not even aware of the need for translation. The words “Private Road” on this sign was mistakenly thought to be the road’s name, causing people to think the road’s name is “Prati.”

There is a case to be made for Hebrew being a difficult language to translate. Chanukah, for example, can be written Chanuka, Channukah, Hanuka, Hanukka, Hannukkah. Some words and phrases sound

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time is one that embraces chutzpah, reality, and a dose of humor all in one. I was in the gastro ward at Bnei Zion hospital in Haifa one day, accompanying a friend who had to undergo a colonoscopy. We had chosen the perfect day. It was during Pesach, which meant they were work-

attending nurse made it clear, even recommended, that the patient pass gas freely. There was a moment of embarrassment, for it’s not often that one is offered that kind of encouragement. The nurse said, “We tell all our patients the same thing.” Okay, I thought. That’s nice. Then she

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ing half a day. It was a laid-back ward that greeted us. I looked around and noticed they had Pesach cookies for those coming out of anesthesia. Another “only in Israel” moment. After the procedure was over and we were in the recovery room, the

The sign in the hospital has given me a greater appreciation of every sign I find trouble with. It’s as if you can read into the mistake and conjure the voice of the sign maker who knows he’s more than likely made a mistake but is certain that the people reading the sign will not only smile but will also know exactly where they are on the map, or what the sign is conveying, because, as I said, Israel IsReal.

waved in the direction of the wall behind me. “Look! We put up that sign to emphasize the point.” It’s the sign’s brazenness, its lack of formality, it’s unspeakable usurping of social norms that make us feel at ease and cause us to laugh that makes the sign so unique.

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normal in Hebrew, but translate poorly. “I’m crazy about you” translates directly into “I’m dead over/ about you.” The words neshama (soul) and kapara, (atonement) don’t exactly mean that in spoken Hebrew, where they translate into “you are sweet.” The word lachfor means to dig. Its connotation runs deeper, however. It is usually used to berate someone for being a pest. If one talks too much, he/she might be termed a chafran. Kids use it often when they don’t like teachers talking too much, and have no fear of being impertinent in front of them. One of my favorite sayings is used when describing a bad situation. For example, a student might have done poorly on a test. He’ll announce that his/her result is “al hapanim” or “on the face.” What that person is telling a listener is that the result of his past exam was rock bottom. My favorite Israeli sign of all

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Prime MInister Benjamin Netanyahu with Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales in Jerusalem in November 2016

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uatemala Street in Jerusalem’s Kiryat Hayovel neighborhood serves as an eternal expression of Israel’s appreciation to the Latin American country for voting in favor of the United Nations Partition Plan in November 1947. That vote was the beginning of a special friendship between these two countries. In May 1948, Guatemala was the second country (after the United States) to officially recognize Israel following David Ben Gurion’s declaration of the establishment of the State of Israel. Seventy years later, Guatemala was the second country – again following in the footsteps of the U.S. – to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moved its embassy to Jerusalem. Guatemala values its bond with Israel and has shown its commitment in numerous ways. Four cities in Guatemala have renamed streets and squares “Jerusalem the Capital of Israel” in support of their country’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s cap-

ital. Furthermore, Puerto Barrios, a city with over 55,000 citizens, passed a bill in 2018 to name all of the city’s streets after Israeli cities and communities. The mayor of Puerto Barrios explained: “We believe that everyone who helps the State of Israel will be blessed by G-d. We are great supporters of the State of Israel; we love the citizens of Israel and are interested in deep cooperation between our countries.” This relationship is reciprocal. For example, on June 3, 2018, thousands of Guatemalans lost their homes to a series of deadly volcanic explosions in which almost two hundred people were killed and another 250 people were declared missing. Five months before the deadly volcanic eruptions, Israeli officials from the search-and-rescue and victim-identification organization ZAKA came to Guatemala to train a crew of 45 volunteers – comprised of Jewish community members and emergency services representatives – in performing search and rescue. Due

Guatemala Street in Jerusalem

to this training, the crew was prepared to immediately help when disaster struck. In addition, IsraAID, an Israeli-based humanitarian aid agency, and the Israeli government sent emergency medical teams to treat injured victims of the volcano. One hundred new houses are now being built in the district that was devastated by the volcano, thanks to a charitable initiative spearheaded by ZAKA. This neighborhood has been renamed “Jerusalem” in honor of the Israeli volunteers who have worked tirelessly to help rebuild the region. With a predominantly Catholic country of about seventeen million citizens and a tiny Jewish population of only one thousand people, what is the source of the longstanding friendship between Guatemala and Israel? One motive may be to appease the Unites States, due to Guatemala’s reliance on U.S. funding to improve security, as their country suffers from some of the highest levels of drug-related vi-

olence in the region. In addition, Guatemala feels indebted to Israel for security assistance. In 1977, the U.S. cut off military aid to Guatemala, and for a number of years, Israel became the largest supplier of weapons, military training, and surveillance technology to the Guatemalan government. Furthermore, many Guatemalans were fascinated by the story of Israel, a young nation building their homeland in a hostile region in the aftermath of the Holocaust. And finally, 40% of the country’s citizens are evangelical Christians and feel a religious attachment to Israel. They truly view Israel as a “light unto the nations” that brings salvation to the entire world.

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Lyme Disease How to Prevent the Disease and What to Look for By Sidney Jakubovics, M.D.

ccording to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), tick-borne diseases increasingly threaten the health of the people in the United States. The incidence of Lyme disease, caused by bacteria of the spirochete class carried by infected deer ticks, has tripled since the 1990s. The growing threat includes expanding geographic range for ticks in the Northeast. As we and our children so often spend summer vacations in areas where Lyme disease is endemic, it is important to understand the basics about this all too common disease so that appropriate preventive measures in tick-infested areas can be taken and so that necessary medical intervention may be sought in a timely manner. In the United States, Lyme disease is caused by bacteria of the spirochete class, which are carried primarily by deer ticks. To contract Lyme disease, one must be bitten by an infected tick. Bacteria then enter the bloodstream through the bite. In most cases, to transmit Lyme disease, a deer tick must be attached for 36 to 48 hours. Removing the tick as soon as possible might prevent infection.

Symptoms The signs and symptoms of Lyme disease vary. They usually appear in stages, but the stages can overlap: The initial sign of about 80% of Lyme infections is a reddish Erythema migrans (EM) rash at the site of a tick bite. The rash appears typically one or two weeks after the bite and expands. In some cases, the rash gradually clears from the center toward the

edges, forming a “bull’s eye” pattern. Typically, it is not itchy or painful but might feel warm to the touch. Erythema migrans is one of the hallmarks of Lyme disease, although not everyone with Lyme disease develops the rash. Generalized viral-like symptoms such as fever, chills, fatigue, body aches, headache, and swollen lymph nodes may accompany the rash. These symptoms may also appear without a rash or may linger after the rash disappears. It is important to note that Lyme disease can progress to later stages without a rash or these symptoms.

and cognitive difficulties, insomnia, a general sense of feeling unwell, and changes in personality. In rare cases, untreated Lyme disease may cause frank psychosis. In up to 10% of untreated cases in the U.S, about one month after the tick bite, the infection may cause heart complications known as Lyme carditis which adversely impact the heart’s electrical conduction system. Symptoms may include heart palpitations, fainting, shortness of breath, and chest pain, and may progress to congestive heart failure.

Removing the tick as soon as possible might prevent infection.

In 10-15% of untreated people, Lyme disease causes neurological problems which may appear 4-6 weeks after the tick bite. These may include meningitis with headaches, cranial neuritis, radiculopathy with severe pain, and weakness in the affected body area. Weeks, months or even years after infection, patients may develop cognitive problems, temporary paralysis of one side of the face (Bell’s palsy), numbness or weakness in the limbs, and impaired muscle movement. A neurologic syndrome called Lyme encephalopathy is associated with subtle memory

Lyme arthritis may occur in up to 60% of untreated people, typically starting about six months after infection. Patients may develop bouts of severe joint pain and swelling, which are especially likely to affect the knees, but may also affect the hips or other large joints. Because symptoms of Lyme disease (which may include rheumatological symptoms, cardiac symptoms, cognitive symptoms, and neurological symptoms) are protean, diagnosis may be difficult. One lab test used to identify antibodies to the bacteria is the ELI-

SA test, which may not turn positive during the early stage of Lyme disease and which may produce false positive test results. A Western blot rest is often done to help confirm the diagnosis.

Treatment The standard treatment for early stage Lyme disease is oral antibiotics. For most people with early localized infection, oral administration of doxycycline is widely recommended as the first choice, as it is effective against not only Borrelia bacteria but also a variety of other illnesses carried by ticks. A 14- to 21-day course of treatment is usually recommended. People taking doxycycline should avoid sun exposure because of higher risk of sunburns. In general, recovery will be quicker the sooner treatment is begun. Doxycycline is contraindicated in children younger than eight years of age and women who are pregnant or breastfeeding. Alternatives to doxycycline are amoxicillin and cefuroxime. People who receive recommended antibiotic treatment within several days of appearance of an initial EM rash have the best prospects for recovery. More advanced stages of Lyme disease generally require intravenous antibiotics. Individuals with symptomatic cardiac disease, Lyme arthritis, or neurologic symptoms are generally treated with intravenous administration of ceftriaxoneis for up to four weeks. Several months after treatment for Lyme arthritis, if joint swelling persists or returns, a

Lyme disease can be crippling. The following are steps that may be

taken to help prevent the disease and from coming into contact with ticks: 1. Avoid wooded or bushy areas with long grass, especially in endemic areas. 2. When in grassy areas, wear long pants and long-sleeved shirts.

3. Apply insect repellant with a 20% or higher concentration of DEET. Chemical repellants may be toxic, so follow directions closely. 4. The longer the tick remains attached to your skin, the greater your risk of getting the disease. Check your

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The classic bulls-eye rash that can ensue after getting bitten by a tick

body and your clothing carefully for ticks, especially after spending time in the brush. Deer ticks are tiny, so check closely. If you remove a tick within two days, your risk of acquiring Lyme disease is low 5. It’s helpful to shower as soon as you come indoors, to prevent ticks on the skin from attaching themselves. Lyme infection is unlikely if the tick is attached for less than 36 to 48 hours. 6. If you find an attached tick that looks swollen, it may have fed long enough to transmit bacteria. 7. If you think you’ve been bitten and have signs and symptoms of Lyme disease – particularly if you live in an area where Lyme disease is prevalent – contact your doctor. Treatment for Lyme disease is more effective if begun early. Consult your doctor even if signs and symptoms abate – the improvement of symptoms doesn’t mean the disease is gone. Lyme disease, left untreated, can cause damage to multiple organ systems over months and years.

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second round of antibiotics may be considered. Intravenous antibiotics are preferred for re-treatment in case of poor response to oral antibiotics. It may take some time to recover from more advanced symptoms. About a third of people with Lyme carditis need a temporary pacemaker until their heart conduction abnormality resolves, and 21% need to be hospitalized. People who have nonspecific, chronic subjective symptoms such as fatigue, joint and muscle aches, or cognitive difficulties for more than six months after recommended treatment for Lyme disease are said to have post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome. The condition is generally managed similarly to fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome. Treatments may include analgesics, anti-depressants, and therapy.

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M otto Match Match the spy agency with its motto:

2. Always Secret.

3. W here no e counsel is, th the in t bu people fall, lors se n u co multitude of . ty fe there is sa

5. Defending Our Nation. Securing the Future.

7. Know. Dare. Be Silent.

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2. E

6. I

1. D

A. Israel’s Mossad B. NSA C. Czech Republic’s Security Information Service D. CIA E. Britain’s M16 F. Israel’s Shin Bet G. France’s DirectorateGeneral for External Security H. Russia’s GRU I. Greece’s National Intelligence Service J. Russia’s “now-defunct” KGB

10. Greatness of Motherland in your glorious deeds.

3. A

9. In every place where necessity makes law.

You gotta be kidding Four American spies were in a sleeper cabin on a train to Moscow. One of the men thought it would be funny to play a trick on the other three. He went out to the teacart and asked for four cups of tea to be delivered to his cabin in 10 minutes. Returning to his cabin, he spoke to his fellow spies about how the Russians will bug everything, and how they listen to every word said anywhere. His roommates argued that although the Russians are really into spying, they couldn’t possibly listen to everything. The first man said, “I’ll prove it.” In a hushed voice he said, “Comrade, can we get four cups of tea?” Not a minute passed, and there was a knock on the door with the teacart delivering tea for the four men. The rest of the evening the other three men were very quiet and nervous. As morning rolled around, the first man found he was the only one in the room. Opening the door, he found a Russian guard outside the door. “Do you know what happened to my bunkmates? he asked. “Secret police came in night, and took them because they are spies. You are free to go,” the Russian replied.

9. G

8. Defender that shall not be seen.

4. Loyalty to the party. Loyalty to the Motherland.

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1. The Work of a Nation. The Center of Intelligence.

6. Do not discuss confidential affairs.

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“Why did the secret police leave me?” he asked curiously. The guard replied, “They liked your joke about the tea!”

Riddle me this? You are a spy and need to send an item to a contact in another country without letting anyone else have access to it. All unlocked items will be opened in tran- sit. There is no way to send a code or a key to your contact. How can you send this item securely and make sure that the contact will get it and be able to open it? See answer on the other page

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With the Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats stepping down, there is an opening at the position, which oversees all of the U.S.’s intelligence agencies. Before you apply for the job, you may want to take this test to see if you know enough to get through the first round of interviews.

a. Russia b. China

Agency c. Bureau of Intelligence & Research

Reconnaissance Office (which was created in 1961 but not formally acknowledged until 1992) do?

d. Drug Enforcement Administration

a. It performs reconnaissance for the air force b. It is responsible for all telephone surveillance conducted by all intelligence agencies

3. How old does an applicant need to be to join the CIA?

c. India

a. 18-25

d. Pakistan

b. 25-35

e. Britain

c. It builds, maintains, and gets data from satellites

c. 21-55

f. Israel

d. 30-45

g. U.S. h. Canada

d. It sends spies into other countries to search for soldiers who are missing in action

4. Which agency was created in 2002?

2. Although its budget is classified, some estimate that this agency is actually the largest in the world. Its headquarters is approximately the size of the Pentagon. a. National Security Agency

b. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Security Branch (NSB)

d. National Spy Agency 7. What is the approximate total 2019 budget for all of the U.S government’s intelligence agencies? a. $2 billion b. $32 billion c. $81 billion d. $222 billion

6. Which of the following is not part of the federal government’s network of intelligence agencies?

c. Cybersecurity Agency d. Department of Homeland Security 5. What does the National

a. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency b. Army Intelligence and Security Command c. Department of Energy,

 Wisdom Key 6-7 correct: You should apply for the job, unless your name is Edward Snowden.

0-2 correct: I think the agency that’s the best fit for you is the U.S.’s National Spy Agency. Take these along with you when you apply, they will be impressed –

Answer to Riddle Me This: Place a lock on the item and send it to your contact. They will place their own lock on the package and return it to you. You remove your lock and send it back. When they receive it, they can unlock the package, which only has their lock on it now, and retrieve the item.

3-5 correct: You won’t get past round one in the U.S., but try heading north to Canada - you are certainly good enough to lead their intelligence agency (“Someone left a beer over at the huuuckey game, this could be dangerous, eh!?”)

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Notable Quotes “Say What?!”

He’s also served at the pleasure of a racist president, taken part in thinly veiled propaganda on behalf of a farright government in Israel and gotten chummy with outright bigots and apocalyptic loons. None of this will be inscribed on his Hall of Fame plaque.

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— From left-wing website Daily Beast, decrying Yankee great Mariano Rivera’s induction into the Hall of Fame since he likes Trump and Israel

Mr. President Trump to me, he was a friend of mine before he became president. So, because he’s president I will turn my back on him? No. I respect him. I respect what he does and I believe he’s doing the best for the United States of America. I’m sort of dumbfounded how unappreciative she is of our country. While I’m not saying we forcibly send her anywhere, I’m willing to contribute to buy her a ticket to go visit Somalia, and I think she could look and maybe learn a little bit about the disaster that is Somalia – that has no capitalism, has no G-d-given rights guaranteed in a constitution, and has about seven different tribes that have been fighting each other for the last 40 years. And then, maybe after she’s visited Somalia for a while, she might come back and appreciate America more. — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) in an interview with Breitbart, talking about America-bashing Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who comes from Somalia

There was a senator, I think it was after my pancreatic cancer [in 2009], who announced with great glee that I was going to be dead within six months. That senator, whose name I’ve forgotten, is now himself dead and I am very much alive. — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in an interview with NPR

My fear for my career has always been to not be the player that I knew that I could be, and now I’m face to face with that, and I’m at a place where I have no choice but to be completely dependent on G-d. — NBA player Jeremy Lin, who in 2012 played incredibly for the Knicks (“Linsanity”), in a recent interview on Taiwan TV

— Mariano Rivera, responding to the criticism in a Fox News interview during which he also said that he would always support Israel

Donald Trump is a guy who — you understand, he hurts you. My testosterone sometimes makes me want to feel like punching him, which would be bad for this elderly, out-ofshape man that he is if I did that. This physically weak specimen. — 2020 presidential hopeful Sen. Corey Booker while talking about civility in politics on “Late Night with Seth Meyers”

I think if you look at Amazon, although there are certain benefits to it, they’ve destroyed the retail industry across the United States so there’s no question they’ve limited competition. — Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on CNBS

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48 — Number of times Special Counsel Robert Mueller asked lawmakers to repeat their questions during his Congressional testimony last week

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99 — Number of times Mueller said he “can’t” or “won’t” get into the substance of the question

I just want to congratulate you, sir, because I thought you – especially as chairman and all the members of your committee – I thought, the Democratic members did a really good job, whatever slowness there was on the part of the witness was just, you know, life. I think you really did a good job in those questions you put to him, and if you listen to the highlights yesterday, you got the payload. It happened. You got the proof. This president should go. — MSNBC’s Chris Matthews congratulating House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) for doing a “really good job” at Wednesday’s hearing with former Special Counsel Robert Mueller despite the common consensus being that Mueller hurt the Democrats’ cause due to his lackluster performance

I don’t normally take the time to respond to critics in the media when they have no clue what they’re talking about, but this modernday McCarthyism is toxic, and damaging, because of the way it warps our entire public discourse.

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— Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell responding to a new push by the Washington Post and MSNBC saying that he is a “Russian asset” and referring to him as “Moscow Mitch”

This modern-day McCarthyism was pushed by big-time outlets. The smear that I am “a Russian asset” ran in the opinion pages of the Washington Post. The accusation that I am “un-American” was broadcast on MSNBC. This is the state of left-wing politics in 2019.

Rep. Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the Southern Border, when actually his Baltimore district is FAR WORSE and more dangerous. His district is considered the Worst in the USA...... As proven last week during a Congressional tour, the Border is clean, efficient & well run, just very crowded. Cumming’s District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess. If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place. — Saturday tweet by President Trump that triggered mass media calls of racism, merely one week after CNN and MSNC called Trump a racist a combined 1,107 times (calculated by Grabian Media) due to his spat with Rep. Ilhan Omar

Al Sharpton would always ask me to go to his events. He would say, “It’s a personal favor to me.” Seldom, but sometimes, I would go. It was fine. He came to my office in T.T. during the presidential campaign to apologize for the way he was talking about me. Just a conman at work! — President Trump after Al Sharpton went to Baltimore to “show his support”

— Ibid.

I just practice before the majors. Regular tournaments I don’t practice. If you’ve seen me on TV, that’s when I play golf. Every day of my training is thinking, “All right, what am I awful at?” and working on it. — CrossFit champion Mat Fraser, age 29, who will go for his fourth gold medal in August at the 2019 CrossFit games to tie the record for most wins ever, in an interview with USA Today

He’s a bit of a keyboard gangster. — Police Commissioner James O’Neill responding to the Sergeants Benevolent Association’s president calling for his ouster due to the recent water attacks on NYPD officers

— Golfer Brooks Koepka responding to Tiger Woods telling the media that “I texted [Koepka] congratulations on another great finish, and I said, ‘Hey dude, you mind if I tag along and play a practice round?’ I’ve heard nothing”

More than 4 Jewish pigs killed in #Jerusalem today by the Palestinian bomb explode. #Israel #Gaza. — Resurfaced 2011 tweet by a CNN editor, leading to the resignation of the editor from CNN

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Mr. Nahmani is a non-violent, first-time offender with no criminal history. He has five young children at home and his wife is suffering from terminal cancer. These extenuating circumstances underscore the urgency of his request for clemency. — Statement by President Trump after granting clemency to an Orthodox Jewish man from Aventura, Florida

I’m still trying to catch my breath because I’m so overwhelmed. I can’t believe what happened and I’m so grateful. — Szylvia Nahmani, in an interview with Hamodia, after her husband was granted clemency

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If you did a shot any time Mueller said, “I can’t answer that,” you were blacked out by 10 a.m. “I’m getting redacted today, man.” — Jimmy Fallon

I’m coming. No one will cancel my show. — Singer Jon Bon Jovi responding to BDS protesters, ahead of his performance in Tel Aviv

You just kind of shake your head and laugh. I won a few games before he was here. — Giants quarterback Eli Manning responding to jabs by former teammate Odell Beckham Jr.

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I feel like there is no good way for me to explain to my parents that I don’t want to date. I’m 24 years old, and I’m in graduate school. I enjoy seeing friends, meeting for dinner, or just having the ability to pick up and do a weekend getaway to Miami with girlfriends. I have told my parents that when I’m ready I will know. I am a huge disappointment to my parents. It isn’t easy knowing they are ashamed of me. They make comments all the time to their friends about me and how I’m just wasting my time being a silly young girl. Or that I’m not serious about my life. Is it wrong to be 24 and not want marriage or not feel ready? I’m a very pragmatic kind of person. I don’t think it’s possible for every 19-, 20-something-year-old to feel ready. I’m sure a lot are, but it can’t be that most who are getting married are actually doing it because they want to. I don’t think I’m doing anything wrong and I’m certainly not hurting anyone. Is there anything you tell to other parents out there whose kids don’t want to get married as young as their friends’ kids? I told my parents I’m writing into the Navidaters column and that I’m asking this question, so feel free to direct your answer to both me and my parents. Thank you!

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The Panel The Rebbetzin Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, M.S. t’s OK to feel unready to date at age 24. Finishing school and starting your career without major responsibilities is fine. However, do understand that what your parents are worried about is that you are focused on enjoying life and that settling down to marriage and commitments is not in your near future. In other words, a lot of this has to do with what you are communicating with them. You can tell them that you do plan to date, settle down with a husband, and build a Jewish family. But not just yet. You have goals to achieve and milestones to meet (graduation, repayment of student loans, becoming self-sufficient, etc.). Talking about enjoying life and knowing when you are ready is not reassuring to Jewish parents. Clear focus and goal orientation are. So get specific. Understand yourself better. Take paper and pen in hand and journal about your shortterm and long-term goals. Then sit down and talk to your parents. Remember to frame the conversation in terms that they can relate to – talk about your plans, short-term and long-term. Perhaps you want to talk about getting some life skills under your belt. Perhaps you want to talk about having a nest egg as well. Do not talk about other people and their children. Bring your parents into your head and heart so that they see a mature, thought-out person, not a party girl. Tell them you will want their help and support when you begin dating in the future but that right now you have some goals you want to accomplish. Ask them for their support in your present goals. Keep the communication going with periodic sharing after the big conversation. Keep in mind that if you are true to your goals, you may be asked to

contribute to the household expenses. Being an independent adult as you desire to be does not jive with commitment-free living. You should offer to contribute as a sign of your maturity and understanding of finances. Practice what you are saying by paying your own way, not mooching off your parents and going off to enjoy yourself with your pals. You want to be treated seriously? Think seriously and act seriously.

The Mother Sarah Schwartz Schreiber, P.A. hoa! Huge disappointment? Sounds like a heavy stone, girlfriend. Before I address your parents, I’d love to hear their version of the story. Until then, I’m withholding comment. Back to you. You won’t be the first 24-year-old who hasn’t dipped her toes into the exhilarating wellsprings of shidduchim. I know, I know. You’re having the time of your life and wouldn’t want to terminate the party with (gasp!) marriage! Here’s a newsflash for you: dating does not guarantee marriage (although most people wish it would.) Dating can be fun. Dating can be educational: you learn about human nature, about the habits of the male species, about yourself. You get to know your likes and dislikes, your strengths, hopes and aspirations. Over time, you may even meet someone who’s enjoying the ride as much as you. And then…. Marriage. Contrary to your worst imaginings, marriage does not signal the end of spontaneous dinner dates or trips to Miami. As a matter of fact, on our last trip to Florida, I counted over twenty young couples looking starry-eyed and ecstatic in an airboat while bouncing over the Everglades. Of course, marriage has its risks, challenges, and sleepless nights. So does graduate school, a professional

career, or any other grown-up endeavor worth pursuing. Finally, two words. Family therapy. If you believe your parents aren’t hearing your concerns about dating and marriage or you feel your hesitation (perhaps, anxiety) is bigger than you are, enlist the help of a professional for guidance and support. Yeah, you’re only 24; still plenty of time to marry and start a family. Still, at 24, you’re not too young to gain insight about your goals and your future. And it’s certainly high time you made peace with your parents.

The Shadchan Michelle Mond t this point, you’re at a junction where you don’t feel the desire to date, however, you are feeling frowned upon for this decision. You must first recognize where your parents are coming from. Your parents are disappointed because they hear about the world of shidduchim and how difficult it is to find a quality guy. They recognize how, in shidduchim, it only gets harder as time goes on. The fact that you don’t want to begin to date worries them because they are your parents and they love you. They worry that you might wake up too late in the game to find the quality guy they know you will be looking for. There is no magic formula I can give you to assuage your parents’ worries – they are just doing what parents do. The best advice I could give is to show your parents how you are truly being realistic right now. Assure them that you are not ready to get married, so dating would be the wrong decision and a waste of everyone’s time. There is a saying that goes: “The right person at the wrong time is the wrong person.” You must also assure your parents that you understand the reality of the decision you are making, articu-

You’re not too young to gain insight about your goals and your future.

lating that you realize the longer you wait the more difficult it may be. If you are truly not ready for marriage, your bashert is undergoing his own journey and not ready either. You will be united at a time when you are both in a healthy mindset and ready for marriage, iy”H. I must also warn you that the decision to start dating is not always an easy jump, even for people who do want to settle down. If you are waiting for the anxiety to go away, do realize that you may need some help getting there. Speaking with a therapist to get you prepared and help sort your thoughts and fears can help tremendously. I wish you much luck and clarity getting to that point.

The Single Tova Wein t’s definitely easy to understand why some people don’t feel ready to date at your age or any specific age. We are not all cookie-cutter individuals who feel the need to live cookie-cutter lives. Unfortunately, our community often doesn’t leave much wiggle room for people who feel a little “different” and actually listen to their own hearts, rather than just follow the herd, without questioning whether or not it makes sense for them and whether or not it’s the path they need to pursue at the moment. It’s important for you to be un-

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derstanding of how your parents feel and why they’ve been pressuring you. Obviously, they are caught up in the “group think” of what all young men and women must do to be supposedly “happy.” And, I’m sure that they truly do want to see you happy. They are probably

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afraid that you will miss the boat and eventually find yourself alone and unhappy. They want to belong to the “in-law,” “grandparent” club. They don’t want to constantly worry. I think the best approach with your parents is to be honest with them and

f you and your parents have been circling the drain regarding you not wanting to date and get married now, I suggest you sit down with a qualified family therapist. Oftentimes people I run into who read the column will say, “Jen, you always recommend seeing a therapist.” Well, maybe I often do. Guilty as charged. The reason is because it can be incredibly helpful to involve an objective third party who can act as a mediator between parties; in this case, parents and adult child, to help you effectively communicate and reach some sort of peaceful understanding or resolution. And when that can’t happen, at least a light is shed and people often leave with greater clarity and food for thought. I’m not going to directly address your parents because I’m uncomfortable doing so, but I will address this issue at-large. First and foremost, I will begin with you. Your life is yours. Our community has a clear-cut path, which does indeed promote marriage at a younger age. This works beautifully for so many and should be cherished and never judged. It does not, however, work for everyone. And you very well may be someone who needs to enjoy her young to mid-twenties as a single woman, enjoying her life

on her terms. There is nothing wrong with this decision. I hope you have thought about it and weighed the pros and cons and are completely at peace with your decision. Some panelists pointed out that if you have anxiety about marriage, you may want to address that professionally, as well as the ramifications of waiting “too long.” These are all personal things that you must weigh. As for your parents, I, of course, feel for them. And you may as well. As hard as it may be, if you can put yourself in their shoes, their daughter isn’t doing what everyone else is doing. And they may be genuinely worried about you. I will say to all parents whose children do not want to get married at a young ag, or whose children are taking a different path than they had hoped and wished for: It is hard. It is painful. It is sad. You need to be seen and held and supported. However, this pain and these expectations must be kept far away from our children, as best we can. Because placing our pain on our children when they have not met our expectations will drive them away from us. Our children are here to help us grow as people. Their

explain how you feel, so that they don’t keep chasing their tails, running around talking to shadchanim, trying to set you up constantly, or trying to understand you better and maybe tap into some empathy toward your feelings. But while you are talking to them, be sure to feel and show empathy for them as well regarding t heir st r ug g le s and fears, their hopes and dreams. Hopefully you can

job is not to make us happy. Their job is to find the life that feels right and comfortable for them. This maybe is one of the most difficult challenges parents can be faced with. Though your adult child is not a small child, you may want to read a wonderful book that my special neighbor and dear friend introduced to me a few years ago. It is called The Conscious Parent; Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children by Dr. Shefali Tsabary. This book has helped many parents who visit me in my practice, as well as thousands of parents who have read this book on their own (myself included.) Though some of the concepts may be new and scary and you may cry or struggle with them, it is an enlightening read and may transform your relationships with not only your children

We are not all cookie-cutter individuals who feel the need to live cookie-cutter lives. all support one another in your individual needs – with patience, compassion and love.

but with everyone in your life. We aren’t in control. And when we try to be, through manipulation or love, threats of pulling away or being disappointed, we sadly lose. All the best, 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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trasted the tourist-friendly Inner Harbor with her West Baltimore neighborhood, where, she said, “we’re all bolted in our homes, we’re locked down.” Residents are locked down with good reason. In 2017, Baltimore had 343 homicides, a new record for killings per capita – more than New York City, which has 14 times Baltimore’s population. In 2018, there were 309 homicides, and so far in 2019, there were 171 homicides as of July 11 – up from 147 homicides at the same time last year. Baltimore is quite literally experiencing “American carnage.” While the national poverty rate has dropped from 14.8% to 12.3% since 2014, Baltimore’s remains virtually unchanged at 22.4%. Children are trapped in failing schools that can’t teach them to read or do math at grade level. No wonder Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., once compared Baltimore to “a Third World country” and said it is “a community in which half of the people don’t have jobs [and] in which there are hundreds of buildings that are uninhabitable.” This is happening in Maryland, the richest state in the country. Talk about income inequality! Pointing out these facts is not

racist. It is also not racist to say that no one would want to live in these conditions – we should all agree that no one should have to. Nor is it racist to point out that this human tragedy is the responsibility of Baltimore’s leaders and the direct result of five decades of Democratic rule. Democrats have held a lock on the Baltimore mayor’s office since 1967. They run the city council, the school system, the sanitation system, the housing authority and police department, and they represent the city in Washington. Gov. Larry Hogan (R), only the second Republican governor of Maryland since 1969, does bear some responsibility. But Baltimore is a deep-blue city in a deep-blue state; its plight is almost entirely a Democrat-created disaster. Trump is wrong to attack Cummings for conducting vigorous oversight of conditions on the southern border; as chairman of the House oversight committee, that is his job. But Democrats want to have it both ways. They want to criticize what they see as inhumane conditions in U.S. detention facilities (and give a pass to those like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., who outrageously compare those facilities to

“concentration camps”) but then call Trump a racist for criticizing inhumane conditions in Baltimore. The irony is, Democrats are in large part responsible for both situations. For months they refused to provide the emergency funds Trump requested to address the surge in border crossings, which left U.S. facilities on the border under-resourced and overwhelmed. And for years they have ruled Baltimore as a one-party fiefdom as the city turned into an island of despair amid a sea of prosperity. The tragedy of Trump’s presidency is that he should be championing the people of Baltimore rather than using their plight to attack one of his critics. In 2016, Trump visited a black church in Detroit and gave a major speech in Charlotte in which he promised black Americans, “Whether you vote for me or not, I will be your greatest champion.” Last year, he was supposed to visit Baltimore to deliver a similar message but canceled. That would have been a lot more effective than a tweetstorm that only prompts Baltimore’s beleaguered residents to rally around their incompetent Democratic leaders. (c) 2019, Washington Post Writers Group

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resident Trump was wrong to personally attack Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, D.-Md., a man widely respected by both Democrats and Republicans alike. But Trump was absolutely right when he called Baltimore “dangerous,” “filthy” and “rodent infested” – that is, if you can believe what you read in the “failing New York Times.” In March, the Times Sunday magazine published a heart-rending story entitled, “The Tragedy of Baltimore,” which chronicled the precipitous decline of the city. It described how then-Mayor Catherine Pugh (D) toured the Highlandtown section of southeast Baltimore, as community leaders showed her a block where [hoodlums] gathered and there were piles of uncollected garbage and a liquor store that allowed drunks to congregate while pretending to wait for the bus. “‘Watch your step,’ someone called out as the group neared a dead rat,” the Times reported. The city’s “regression has been swift and demoralizing,” the Times wrote, adding that officials have “struggled to respond to the rise in disorder, leaving residents with the unsettling feeling that there was no one in charge.” One resident con-

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Author’s note: Before I begin, please do not email me with conspiracy theories of how the moon landings were faked. A lot of research has gone into proving the moon landings actually did happen, including spectacular space imagery showing the six lunar modules still on the moon.

xploring new lands and frontiers has been a concept since at least the ancient Phoenicians, 4,500 years ago. They were looking for new trade routes, and some historians believe they made it all the way to England. Roman trade routes went to many remote places in Africa, and the Vikings are the first known explorers to have reached North America. The European Age of Discovery not only opened up new trade routes but established permanent colonies that eventually formed their own countries. Polar exploration was achieved in the early 20th century and stopped with the arrival of satellite technology exploration of Earth. However, people love to explore, and this desire has led to humans exploring space. Fifty years ago, this month Neil Armstrong and Buzz Collins achieved the incred-

From left – Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin Jr.

ible feat of being the first humans to step foot on the moon. The Age of Enlightenment brought the dawn of the telescope and with it the discovery of planets, the solar system, and the understanding that there are other galaxies beyond the scope of the human eye. Of course, these

launch a successful satellite and was further embarrassed when Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin flew the first manned space mission. Vostok 1 took off in 1961, and two years later the Soviets sent the first woman into space. A few months after Gagarin went into space, Alan Sheppard became the first

“Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.”

discoveries brought the feeling of a new type of explorations, although it wasn’t until the Cold War that it was understood that it might actually be possible to send rockets into space. The Soviets achieved the distinction of sending an unscrewed satellite into orbit named Sputnik 1 in 1957. A few months later, in 1958, the Americans successfully launched Explorer 1. The Space Race was on. America had been second to

American to be launched into space in his craft called Freedom 7. In 1962, John Glenn became the first American to enter orbit. President John Kennedy pushed for a moon landing, and in September 1963 proposed an unprecedented joint effort between the Soviets and the Americans. After Kennedy’s assassination in November 1963, each country pursued space exploration on their own with President Lyndon

Johnson pushing the American effort and Kennedy’s legacy. Both sides experienced disasters in 1967, but by 1969 the Americans fixed their fatal flaws and were ready to shoot for the moon. Previous Apollo missions had proven that it was possible to enter the moon’s orbit and had tested the command and lunar modules that would be used for Apollo 11. Apollo 10 had reached a distance of less than nine miles above the moon and confirmed that all the components for a successful moon landing were there. On July 16, 1969, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins climbed into their Saturn V launch vehicle in front of an estimated TV crowd of 25 million. Former President Lyndon Johnson and many other dignitaries watched the launch live from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The name of the command module (CM) which Collins would ride in while the other two landed on the moon was called Columbia. The Eagle was the name of the lunar module (LM). (The details of the launch are a bit long so the author refers those readers that are interested to other reading material that will

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nauts became instant celebrities and enjoyed festivities such as a New York ticker tape parade. The CM Columbia is now on rotating display at several museums across the country. Landing on the moon by Apollo 11 was the first of six successful lunar missions. Worldwide audiences were mesmerized by the landings, and it was a source of pride for all Ameri-

cans to finally beat the Soviets in a very important aspect of the Space Race.

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explain how a space launch works.) Three days after the launch, Apollo 11 entered the lunar orbit, and the crew was able to visualize their landing zone. The next day, July 20, 1969, Armstrong and Aldrin entered the Eagle and separated from Columbia. Collins was set to orbit around the moon and inspect the Eagle for any damage. However, there were a few issues with the computer systems on board, and the Eagle was going too fast to land at the designated spot. Ground control told the crew not to abort the mission, and the landings proceeded. Armstrong was aware that their propellant supply was quickly dwindling and decided to land at the first feasible location. Boulders and craters were to be avoided and finally a clear patch of ground was located. The descent was without incident, and the Eagle finally touched down on the surface of the moon, with just 25 seconds’ worth of fuel left. Armstrong told ground control, “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” Wearing their bulky spacesuits, Armstrong and Aldrin exited Eagle to walk on the surface of the moon. Three and a half hours after landing, the astronauts were ready to step onto the moon. As he stepped onto the lunar surface, Armstrong proclaimed to all watching the broadcast “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” He described the surface as very fine grained and almost like a powder. After several minutes, Armstrong collected soil samples and was soon joined by Aldrin. The moon’s gravity posed no prob-

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Your best friend is clearly in need of mental health services and you are pulling your hair out trying to figure out how to persuade him to see a therapist. Are you trying too hard? Surprisingly, sometimes the answer is “yes”! This is due to a psychological concept called “codependency”. Codependency describes a relationship where one person overly relies on another person for meeting their self-esteem needs. In this article, we will focus on a type of codependency where you interfere with someone else’s recovery by overhelping. When you have a need to be needed, you might fall into the trap of becoming that person’s “knight in shining armor” and losing sight of what is really good for them. Let us give some practical examples. • You are helping someone whose problems are so great that you are not the right person to be helping them. If you really had their best interest in mind, you would try to get that person in touch with those individuals who can really help. • You have been helping someone for a long time and nothing has changed. If you have been trying to help someone and they are not improving at all then it is possible that you are continuing this futile effort for self-fulfilling purposes. • You are taking a larger role than necessary. It is an incredible experience to volunteer to help people in need. But when your share in helping that person is excessive then you might want to ask yourself if it is possible that you are getting overly in-

volved in order to feel needed. • You are not letting the person you are helping take responsibility. Sometimes, by helping too much, you are stifling their sense of responsibility for themselves. When a child learns how to ride a bike, it is not doing them a favor by keeping on the training wheels. With adults as well, there are times when individuals need to feel the consequences of their own actions in order for them to start taking control of their own lives. • You are making their decisions for them. There are situations where the person being helped needs to be in control of their own path to recovery in order to have a chance at success. If you are making their decisions for them, you might be hindering the therapeutic process. As the saying goes, “Codependents and Hashem are the same. They both have a plan for your life!” The world is built on Chesed which by its very nature involves self-sacrifice. The trap of codependence is that it is not really Chesed if as a result of your self-sacrifice the other person is not better off. If there is a possibility that you are suffering from codependence, then you will probably benefit from seeing a therapist who is well trained and experienced in this complicated issue. 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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Scenario B: Chani, a four-year-old girl presents in my office with burning on urination. Just a month ago, she was diagnosed with a UTI and given antibiotics. Today again, her urine sample tested positive for a UTI. Her parents are worried. Until recently, she

never had any UTIs. Why is she getting recurrent infections? I asked if there was a history of any urinary reflux in the family: negative. Did she finish the course of antibiotics as prescribed: yes! I proceeded to ask: is Chani constipated? No, her parents reported confidently that she has been “pooping regularly for the past month.” Does Chani have a kidney issue? Resistant bacteria? When would her UTI’s end? Chani’s very concerned parents asked me. Scenario C: Gila is an 11-year-old girl. Her extremely frustrated father brought her in to my office demanding a solution. It seems that Gila’s friends and teachers can no longer tolerate the strong odor that emanates from her for the past few months. Her principal requested that she should seek medical attention before returning to school. It seems that Gila suffered from enuresis; she had lost proper control of her bladder. She often wets herself during the daytime which causes a harsh odor. She has a chronic issue with bedwetting as well. On most nights, she wakes up wet in the middle of the night. Gila says that she “poops” regularly. She even says that she poops twice or three times a day. Gila’s father is frustrated with the school, and concerned that his daughter is not gaining the expected urinary control an 11-year-old should have. Scenario D: Chaim, a brand-new patient in my practice, is a 6-year-old boy

who visited me for the first time this morning. As I walk into the room, I notice that Chaim is laying on the examination table, doubled over in pain. His parents appear very worried about his condition. Chaim started developing sharp pains last night that come and go, and they intensify with time. He has no fever, no vomiting, and when I offered him his favorite food (pizza) he said that despite the pains he would eat it. The abdominal pains are sharp and very tender in the right lower quadrant area, where the appendix lies. His parents are worried about possible appendicitis and ask whether they should rush him to the emergency room immediately. Chaim does not recall how his bowel movements looked and the frequency. He seems to be too uncomfortable to even think about it. Scenario E: Dina is an 18-year-old college student. She dorms at college in Manhattan but came home this particular Shabbos. She started having excruciating stomach pains after the Shabbos day meal. Dina’s father is a physician, concerned with his daughter’s pains. He brings me to her room and asks me to examine her. Her appetite was amazing right until the pains started. Dina has intermittent severe pains that are getting worse. She says that she has soft bowel movements a few times a day. She recounts having two soft bowel movements today, “maybe like diarrhea.” On exam, she has diffuse, widespread tenderness and increased bowel sounds. Linking the report of the diarrhea to the pains and gas pattern on exam,

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Scenario A: I will start with the most fascinating true case. Ari, an 11-year-old special needs child was never able to use the toilet. He wore diapers since the day he was born. He visited one of the premier pediatric urologists in New York City once or twice a year to address this issue. This year, a report from the urologist stated that Ari’s urinary control had deteriorated. At home, he would stop urinating in his diapers for prolonged periods. A urodynamic flow study showed that Ari’s bladder would not empty even when a tremendous amount of water was injected into it. The urologist called this a Urogenic Bladder and suggested that there was no effective treatment for this condition. Ari would have to be catheterized daily in order to prevent Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) and relieve him from the mounting pressure in his bladder. His father discussed the report with me shortly after visiting the urologist. His father asked me what I thought

about the urologist’s diagnosis. I told him that as far as I recalled a Urogenic Bladder was a disease that I learned about back in medical school. I remembered that it usually affected the geriatric population as a result of nerve damage due to longstanding diabetes. I had never seen that diagnosis in a pediatric patient. I had heard of the famous pediatric urologist that he saw – the head of a department at one of the most lucrative New York City Hospitals – and I felt humbled to try to find the answer for this condition. I prayed that G-d would help me assist Ari and his family. I reviewed Ari’s medications: laxatives, iron and some psychiatric medicine, basically the same medications he has been on for a few years. I met Ari just a year or two prior to this visit. Is he pooping? I asked. His father replied with a smile – yes, the same way he has been pooping for years – nothing changed. And he was still on a generous dose of the laxative Miralax. Is it his medications causing this issue? A recent MRI of the spine was performed and showed that the spinal cord was intact with no “tethered cord.” Will his bladder ever work again or would he have to be catheterized daily? This case was a true mystery and, with G-d’s help, I was able to make a suggestion that completely relieved his symptoms.

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would like to apologize for my long hiatus from writing. I would also like to thank all my dedicated readers for their constant encouragement over the past few years. I returned to my writing desk after meeting many readers, young and old, who asked me over the past couple of years, “Are you Dr. Simai? I really enjoyed reading your column. Why did you stop writing?” Today, I would like to discuss how addressing and treating one illness can heal and affect so many seemingly unrelated medical symptoms. Here are a few interesting cases that I have encountered so far in my career.

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I feel that her issue is a stomach virus and suggest to hydrate her and avoid dairy. The following day, Dina is rushed to the emergency room. A surgical resident examines her and orders a CT scan of her abdomen. The scan shows that her intestines are completely filled with feces and that the appendix cannot be visualized. The attending surgeon insists that Dina should be rushed to the operating room for an emergency appendectomy. Her dad, who is a physician, is concerned about appendicitis as well. Dina’s mom, however, is very nervous about the operation. She calls and asks if I could convince the surgeon not to operate yet. Scenario F: Moshe is a 19-year-old yeshiva/college student who comes to my office complaining of frequent urination for a month and low back pain for one week. Prior to coming to see me, he was seen at a local urgent care and had normal urine and blood test results. No medication was given to him. He denies any fever, weight loss, or fatigue. Moshe says that he has no constipation. He moves his bowels “twice a day or more.” His bowel movements are soft and normal in appearance. His blood and urine tests rule out a UTI and diabetes. His back pains did not start after trauma or intense exercise. His interesting presentation was a mystery.

would be the right remedy for my patient and they both felt optimistic about the idea. We were all surprised how Ari’s bowel movements dramatically increased in volume with the higher laxative regimen. After several weeks of treatment, Ari started urinating on his own, with even better flow than before all of his troubles started. His Urogenic Bladder – a condition that is incurable – completely resolved. Scenario B: Chani, 4-year-old girl with frequent UTIs With further consultation, it seems that Chani only poops once every two or three days. I showed Chani the Bristol Chart and she pointed out that most of her bowel movements resemble Bristol #1 (most constipated type). She also reports that “pooping hurts” and can be a time-consuming ordeal. Giving Chani a treatment that started with laxatives and continued with supplemental fiber and, most impor-

her nighttime enuresis was significantly reduced as well. Scenario D: Chaim, 6-year-old with pain in the right lower quadrant Despite his very severe abdominal pains, Chaim did not have fever, vomiting, and was able to walk and jump with minimal pain. Therefore, I decided that we had enough time to try him on a high dose laxative treatment before ordering any tests. I gave him a few capfuls of Miralax and sent him home with a bottle of Gatorade. At lunchtime, on my way home, I stopped by Chaim’s house and found him to be completely pain-free. He moved a very large bowel movement and was walking around the house, looking for that pizza with a re-invigorated appetite. Scenario E: Dina, our college student who was about to be operated on for possible appendicitis Dina’s case was a bit more com-

This case was a true mystery, and with G-d’s help, I was able to make a suggestion that completely relieved his symptoms.

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Case Discussions Here is how each of these scenarios unfolded: Scenario A: Ari, special needs child with Urogenic Bladder In the most fascinating chain of events, I started Ari on a much higher dose of laxatives. As suggested by the normal MRI, I believed Ari did not have any neurological damage to his spinal cord. My hypothesis was that Ari’s years of fecal impaction and sub-optimal treatment of his constipation led him to develop a completely neurogenic - dysfunctional bladder. I met my two friends, Dr. Elliot Paul and Dr Jeffery Lumerman, two fine adult urologists (who encounter patients with neurogenic bladders), at a shalom zachor and asked if there was a chance that treating constipation

tantly, proper bowel training resolved her constipation and prevented her UTIs from recurring. Scenario C: Gila, the unhappy girl with enuresis Our very depressed Gila also reported to me that her bowel movements were irregular. She pooped twice daily because she only partially defecated each time. Her bowel movements were very small and painful (again, Bristol 1). I suggested that in order to get her back into the classroom as soon as possible, she should start on two medications: a bladder muscle stabilizer and a regimen of laxatives. Within just a few days Gila’s odor was gone and she returned to her classroom smiling. After the first week of treatment,

plex. When I called and voiced my concern, the attending surgeon sent a message that if the patient was not operated on he would not assume any responsibility for her. I agreed to accept Dina onto my service and treat her under my watch. I ordered the pediatric floor to give Dina a complete bowel clean out (like adults do before colonoscopies). The following morning, I visited Dina and was shocked that she, also, was pain-free. She recalled that after few doses of laxatives, she started having huge bowel movements and felt relief. A week later, her father reported to me that Dina admitted that she was not completely honest with us about her bowel habits. The truth was that

she really did not have a bowel movement for two straight weeks before the pain started. An important lesson I learned from this case is that kids are often fearful or reluctant to share information about their health in front of their family members (especially if the family member is an adult). When I was getting medical history from Dina in her house, her father was in the room with me. Because her father was in the room, she stuck to her initial story she told him. Her management would have been completely different if she would have told me the truth. So today, when I see patients with stomachaches, I often ask parents to leave the exam room for a minute so I can get a clear description of bowel habits. The parents are immediately asked to come back to the room for the physical exam and comfort their children. Scenario F: Moshe, our yeshiva/college boy with frequent urination and backaches This case was not so easy to treat. I asked Moshe to try a laxative for two weeks and phoned his mother to discuss this. She strongly felt that “Moshe has the opposite problem.” I agreed that if the laxatives would not help these issues, I would send him to a urologist. Mom agreed to the plan. After two weeks, I called Moshe’s mom and asked if he was doing better. She replied that “he took his medicine but he did not feel any improvement at all.” He was still urinating frequently and having back pains. Moshe even showed up at the office again for another urine test which was normal. At his request, I referred him for abdominal x-ray and ultrasound. A few days later I phoned his concerned mom to discuss the results. The abdominal ultrasound was completely clear and the x-ray – you guessed it – showed a pattern of gas consistent with constipation. I commented that it’s interesting that the laxatives I prescribed did not help Moshe; I was perplexed as to why that was the case. But his mom said half laughing, “ You know, Doctor, he did not take the prescription as written. We were so convinced that he was not constipated that he only took it once every 2 or 3 days.”

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Luckily, after taking his laxative regimen as prescribed for one week, all of Moshe’s symptoms completely resolved. He was urinating regularly, and his back pains disappeared.

In Conclusion I often joke around with parents that constipation affects nearly 100% of our patients, yet nearly 100% of the parents in the practice report (and insist) that their kids are “pooping fine.” One of the most memorable comments that my father, Dr. Eliyahu Simai, told me numerous times, “Remember what I tell you my son: constipation is the mother of all diseases.” My father’s words stay with me all the time, and I hear his words each time I encounter a patient with abdominal pains. I am fascinated sometimes when my mind quickly scans many “exotic” diagnoses, or when excruciating pains set fear of abdominal emergencies. Ultimately, the good, old-fashioned diagnosis of constipation comes back and “saves the day.”

The point of this article is that as parents, we should focus on a few fundamental ideas: 1. Diet. Make sure that children have enough fiber in their diet by eating more fruits and vegetables that are high in fiber (such as berries, oranges, kiwis, dates and prunes). Try to buy fiber-enriched bread, brown rice, cereals and crackers and other products. Routinely examine the nutritional facts of every item that you pick up and choose the type of product that has the highest fiber content. 2. Monitor. Do not assume that your child is pooping “fine.” Look up the Bristol bowel movement chart and familiarize yourself with it. Know that normally, children should have one soft BM daily. 3. Bowel Training. Just as you remember your young infant defecating each time they nursed, older kids and adults have a similar gastro-colic reflex. Our bodies react to food entering our gastrointestinal tract by emptying it from the other direction. It is

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crucial for us to train ourselves and our kids to listen to our body and set aside time after meals to defecate. This may mean that you will need a few extra moments before breakfast, but those few minutes with literally change your day and your life. 4. Do not hesitate to give your child a laxative as prescribed by your healthcare professional. And always keep in touch and follow up with your physician. If your symptoms do not improve, it may mean that you are not being treated correctly, or alternatively, your diagnosis may be wrong. As trained physicians, it is easier for us to recognize “acute abdominal pain” which necessitates emergency treatment from milder conditions. We are trained to analyze the medical history we hear and combine it with the physical findings in front of us to properly diagnose our patients. If your child is in severe abdominal pain, please contact your doctor for medical advice. Please do not try to self-diagnose your children. As you

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read in this article, making a correct diagnosis may be extra difficult, especially since your children may prefer not to volunteer important details about their health with you. Wishing you a fun-filled, pain-free summer. NOTE: Name, gender, geographical area and other identifying information were deliberately altered in this article in order to protect the patient’s privacy. This article is not intended to help diagnose or treat any specific disease. Always consult with your personal physician before diagnosing or treating yourself or your child for any of the above mentioned illnesses. Dr. David Simai is a Board-Certified pediatrician from the Five Towns. He established a private practice in Cedarhurst in 2005. Dr. Simai is affiliated with NorthShore-LIJ, NYU Winthrop and Mt Sinai South Nassau Communities Hospital. For comments, please contact Dr. Simai via email at davidsimai@yahoo.com.

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black NFL football player. began playing football at the age of eight. By my junior year in high school, recruiters from the University of Minnesota, Ohio State, North Carolina State, University of Arizona, and Notre Dame were watching me with apt interest. The legendary Woody Hayes from Ohio State University made the biggest impression on me and my family, and I was offered and accepted a full football scholarship. The practices were pure torture, but the end result was becoming a better man. Little did I know then that the very disciplines Hayes instilled in me and the moral values he taught me would be crucial in my spiritual journey to Judaism some 35 years later. I lettered all four years at Ohio State, and in 1980 I was honored with being voted Team Captain and Most Valuable Player. In my senior year at Ohio State, I was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles. I played two seasons with the NFL before an injury ended my football career. The discipline I

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acquired from my football career gave me the discipline to take on the myriad of mitzvot that govern a Jew’s daily life. The constant study, practice, and repetitive actions all laid the foundation for the conversion process and for leading a meaningful Jewish life. married Emunah (then Jeri) in 1992, and thus began our adventure, of raising six kids, of being youth pastors in a church, and spending our lives mentoring young people. We were committed to raising our five sons and daughter with the foundation of the Bible and relationship with G-d. However, 12 years into our marriage we got a taste of Judaism through a messianic congregation. This introduction to Shabbos and the Festivals sparked our interest to dig deeper. After eventually being terminated from our youth pastor positions for being “too Jewish,” we studied Judaism in our home. We eventually ended up at a local Chabad, where we spent two years continuing our studies. We then asked the rabbi to sponsor us for

conversion, and he made the arrangements for our first meeting with the Beis Din of Detroit. The Beis Din was a four-hour drive from our home in Columbus, Ohio. This allowed plenty of time for us to become anxious about what might happen at our first meeting. It was intimidating to sit across the table from four esteemed rabbis and having to convince them of our desire and commitment to pursing a halachic conversion. They were imposing figures, but they all demonstrated kindness and fairness from the moment we started talking. The bar is set very high to exclude all but the few who are willing and able to accept the demands of a halachic lifestyle. They were not aware that we had already spent nearly nine years poring over every morsel of Jewish religious instruction we could find and had already begun to incorporate several Jewish practices into our lives. We do not take our religion lightly and are not people who do things halfway – we wouldn’t have been at this meet-

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s I stood on the steps of the mikvah, for a moment I contemplated the life-changing event that was before me. In a few short moments, after emerging from the mikvah, I would be a new person, a Jew, with a new soul and a new destiny in life. I wondered what my wife was feeling at that moment. We had traveled on an arduous spiritual journey together, from evangelical Christianity to Orthodox Judaism, and after ten years of study we would soon reap our reward. This, after being committed Christians, raising our six children in the church environment and serving as youth pastors. Our ever-increasing list of questions and discontent with the answers given forced us to seriously question what we believed. Being individuals with an intense thirst for truth and seeking a close relationship with God, slowly, slowly we began to see that Judaism held the answers. Not the typical journey for a

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ing if we weren’t absolutely sure we were 100% dedicated. We offered every piece of evidence we could to prove our resolve. They were convinced of our sincerity and laid out a plan for the process, advising us it would take one to two years. With each successive meeting, we were quizzed at length on what learning had occurred since our last visit. In addition to much study, classes, and one-on-one instruction on Shabbos, kashrut, Jewish holidays, and Hebrew, as a condition to advancing in the process, we were required to sell our family home and move across town to the Jewish community. Finally, the rabbis were satisfied with our progress and the big day was before us. Emunah writes in our book, From Rose Bowl to Rashi, A Unique Journey to Orthodox Judaism: “After one house move, two shuls, two sponsoring rabbis, five visits to the Beis Din; after 2,110 miles, and 40 hours in the car; after hundreds of hours of classes and tutoring; after thousands of pages of reading; and after 19 months – the goal line was in sight. The Beis Din gave us their approval and scheduled us for the mikveh, the immersion ritual that is the capstone of the conversion process, the birth of our Jewish selves.” After our conversion, we had a beautiful chuppah and celebration with our new community. We were fortunate to move into a warm and accepting Jewish community where there are many learning and growth

opportunities. We were nurtured and loved, both by the community and numerous rabbis. onversion to Judaism impacts all areas of your life – what you eat, what you wear, your worldview, and how you conduct your family life. It’s not for the timid or faint of heart; it requires the fortitude to withstand rejection and the strength to stay the course. One of the rabbis of the Beis Din told us, “It’s a marathon,

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date. Many sacrifices had to be made along the way, not the least of which was having to uproot our children and move out of our family home of many years and relocate to the Jewish community. Another challenge was saying goodbye to people who had previously been part of our lives. This was painful at the time, but G-d brought us many new and wonderful friends after we relocated to the Jewish community. A major challenge for me in becoming shomer Shabbos was that I

“Becoming Jewish is a wonderful and transformative experience - and it is also the hardest decision we have made in our lives.” not a race.” Truly, it is not an easy path, but we cannot imagine living our lives any other way. Becoming Jewish is a wonderful and transformative experience – and it is also the hardest decision we have made in our lives. You are not just adopting a new faith. You are adopting a People, a land, the Torah, and a holy tongue. Our path to Judaism was sometimes difficult and remains so to-

could no longer participate in NFL alumni events, attend Friday night football games, or participate in OSU activities that largely occurred on Shabbos. Although our path was fraught with difficult and sometimes painful decisions as well as a drastic change in lifestyle, we have no regrets. The outcome has been deeply fulfilling and rewarding. We are forever grateful and humbled that we have the great

privilege and responsibility of joining the Jewish People and striving to serve G-d. People often ask how our six children reacted to the conversion (our children share their honest feelings in our book). Our daughter has been the most supportive; she even wanted to take the day off school to participate in our “big day” at the mikvah. Our five sons are at various places – some supportive, some neutral, some resentful. There are resentments amongst our children, largely due to the fact that we cannot eat out as a family any longer (there are no kosher restaurants in our city), and around Shabbos observance issues, such as us not answering our phones on Shabbos. Our children are in various stages of discovering what their religious identities are. None of them are practicing Christianity. Our daughter commented that seeing us on our journey has inspired her to figure out what she believes. My wife and I firmly believe they are all on the path G-d has laid out for each of them. fter my wife’s sixth trip to Israel and my fourth, I could see the sadness in her eyes each time we left Israel. We had discussed making aliyah after we retired, which was still at least seven years away. One of the vows I made to G-d when we got married was that I wanted to make her the happiest woman in the world. I was starting to see that living in Israel was part of that happiness.

67 any worries about her being in Israel without me. I told her I was extending the trial period for another year. Every three months, either she would come back to Ohio for three months, or I would visit Israel. This continued for about two-and-a-half years, until I made aliyah in June of this year. At present, we are only here part of the year but look forward to retirement soon, when we will be able to spend significantly more time in Israel. We live in a very special place, Ma’ale Adumim, with breathtaking Judean desert views and a warm and welcoming community.

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We developed a plan where she would make aliyah first, put down roots, and I would come later. We felt that doing a split aliyah would ease our kids into the idea and make it more palatable for them. We consulted with a trusted rabbi, and he suggested that if we were in agreement, that Emunah had parnassah to sustain herself, and we were not apart for more than 90 days at a time, he thought it would be safe to do a one-year trial. Emunah then quit her dream job of 21 years and, in August 2016, became an Israeli citizen. We agreed on a oneyear trial period, and if at the end of one year if either one of us felt our marriage was weakened or suffering in any way, all bets were off and she would return to Ohio. Our marriage has always been and will always remain our number one priority. About eight weeks after her arrival in Israel, I visited for Sukkot and was stunned when I laid eyes on her at the bus station. She was absolutely glowing. I told here, “You look different;

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MARBLE CAKE what you will need: 6 eggs

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Scant 2 cups of sugar ¾ cup oil 5 oz. instant vanilla pudding 1 ½ cups potato starch Heaping ½ tsp. baking powder ¼ cup cocoa

preparation: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 9 x 13 inch pan with cooking spray. In bowl of electric mixer, beat eggs with sugar until combined. Add remaining ingredients except cocoa. Beat to combine. Remove one cup of batter and put into a separate bowl. Add cocoa to that bowl. Mix well to create a chocolate batter. 2. Put the rest of the vanilla batter into greased pan. Drop chocolate batter, 2 Tbl at a time in blobs all over the top of the vanilla batter. Take a knife and swirl the chocolate batter throughout the rest of the cake to make a marbleized design. 3. Bake about 40 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Enjoy!

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In The K

tchen

By Naomi Nachman

It’s not something I make too often because it is caloric but when we want a fun treat (like coming home after camp), I’ll make this as a special dinner for my kids. I use up the leftover batter by incorporating some eggplant, onions, or zucchini.

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Growing up in Australia we ate tons of fish and chips, which is an iconic dish of Australia (and also England). Fish and chips are a personal favorite of mine, and they remind me of my youth.

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Beer Battered Fish

Ingredients

Tartar Sauce 4 TBS mayonnaise 2 TBS sweet relish 2 TBS Dijon mustard 2 TBS white wine or apple cider vinegar

Preparation Sift 1 cup of flour into a bowl. Add salt and pepper. Whisk in the eggs. Slowly add the beer, whisking after each addition. Allow the batter to sit at room temperature for 30 minutes. Heat 3 inches of oil in a large pot, skillet or deep fryer to 360˚-375˚F. Dredge fish in the remaining flour, shaking off excess. Coat the fish in the batter. Add the fish to the hot oil and fry until golden brown, about 3-4 minutes. Drain on a wire rack to help retain its crispiness. Prepare the tartar sauce: Whisk all the tartar sauce ingredients by hand until smooth. Serve alongside the fish.

Naomi Nachman, the owner of The Aussie Gourmet, caters weekly and Shabbat/ Yom Tov meals for families and individuals within The Five Towns and neighboring communities, with a specialty in Pesach catering. Naomi is a contributing editor to this paper and also produces and hosts her own weekly radio show on the Nachum Segal Network stream called “A Table for Two with Naomi Nachman.” Naomi gives cooking presentations for organizations and private groups throughout the New York/New Jersey Metropolitan area. In addition, Naomi has been a guest host on the QVC TV network and has been featured in cookbooks, magazines as well as other media covering topics related to cuisine preparation and personal chefs. To obtain additional recipes, join The Aussie Gourmet on Facebook or visit Naomi’s blog. Naomi can be reached through her website, www.theaussiegourmet.com or at (516) 295-9669.

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1½ cups of flour 1 teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 4 large eggs 1 (1-oz.) bottle of beer, room temperature Canola oil 1½ pounds of flounder

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Your

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One Small Step...

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By Allan Rolnick, CPA

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ifty years ago, in what many people consider the crowning accomplishment in all of human history, astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the moon. Eight years earlier, President Kennedy had challenged the nation, before the end of the decade, to land a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth. An army of 400,000 scientists, engineers, administrators, and other dreamers assembled to take up the challenge – and did it with five months to spare. Who thinks we could get a lousy highway overpass built in eight years today? Anyone? A lot has changed in the 50 years since 650 million people (a fifth of the world’s population!) watched Armstrong take his giant leap for mankind. There’s more computing power in your home wi-fi router now than there was in the car-sized mainframe NASA used to guide Apollo. (Such a shame that people waste most of it checking Facebook and streaming Friends reruns on Netflix.) We even eat differently today: we don’t drink Tang or send our kids to school with Space Food Sticks in their lunch boxes. You know what else has changed since Armstrong touched down at

the Sea of Tranquility? Taxes, of course. NASA spent over 25 billion taxpayer dollars on Apollo – a planet-size chunk of change, considering Uncle Sam collected just $187 billion the year he landed. Skeptics mocked the mission as a “moondoggle,” begging Congress to spend the money closer to home. Imagine dropping $467 billion of today’s dollars on a

used something called a “pencil” to fill out the forms. Form 1040 looked a lot like today’s version, although you didn’t have to list your kids’ social security numbers and you could pay your bill with a money order. Armstrong paid the same tax on his $20,000 salary as anyone else. That’s because we’re one of the few countries on this blue marble

Armstrong paid the same tax on his $20,000 salary as anyone else.

mission to Mars, and you’ll see just how big a commitment Apollo represented. As for individual taxpayers, they faced 25 separate brackets in 1969 (33 for heads of households). Joint filers paid 14% on their first thousand of taxable income and topped out at 70% over $200,000 (roughly $1.4 million in 2019). Taxes on capital gains were capped at 27.5%. Folks who filed their own returns

we call Earth that taxes citizens on all income, even if they earn it on the moon. (Hardly seems fair.) After Armstrong returned from the moon’s magnificent desolation, he taught engineering at the University of Cincinnati (where he was a tough grader), investigated the Apollo XIII and Challenger accidents, and advertised cars for Chrysler. Can you even imagine the endorsements he’d be offered if the moon shot hapa -

pened today? Did taxpayers get their money’s worth from it all? Consider some of the spin-off technologies, first developed for the Apollo program, that still generate tax dollars today: digital fly-by-wire controls that guide today’s airliners and cars, food safety systems that keep our meat and poultry clean, earthquake-proofing shock absorbers for buildings and bridges, and rechargeable silver-zinc hearing aid batteries. And how many more scientists and entrepreneurs have been inspired by the Apollo’s can-do spirit and legacy of dreaming bigger than ever before? Today’s space heroes aren’t astronauts anymore. They’re capitalists like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and X Prize creator Peter Diamantis, hoping to tame the wilds of space for taxable gain. How long will it be before they make space exploration a profit center for the IRS? Keep your eyes on the future – we bet it will arrive sooner than you expect! 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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