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COMMUNITY Dear Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Around the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Community Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

JEWISH THOUGHT Rabbi Zvi Teichman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Rabbi Berel Wein. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

PEOPLE 613 Seconds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

FEATURE Bennett’s Plan for a Global Cyber Defense Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Is the Person Sitting Next to You on Your Flight Really a Yeshiva Bochur? . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

HUMOR & ENTERTAINMENT Centerfold. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Notable Quotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

LIFESTYLES Israel Today. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Parenting Pearls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Common Cents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Dating Dialogue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Middle East Musings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Mental Health Corner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Forgotten Heroes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 In the Kitchen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Gluten Free Recipe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Your Money. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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NEWS Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 National. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 That’s Odd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Dear Readers, Following the solemnity of Yomim Noraim, where we are so focused on Teshuva and self-improvement, we are given the gift of Succos. We feel fresh and rejuvenated and are filled with an eternal happiness as Zman Simchaseinu arrives. This allows us to cherish this Yom Tov, perhaps like no other holiday. The sites, scenes, and actions throughout Yom Tov give us such appreciation for the wonderful world we live in. Every part of our body and all of our senses become invigorated. Each year, it is our five senses that keep us looking forward to each part of Succos. It’s the mitzvos of the day- the smell of the Esrog and Hadassim, the aged earthly smell of the schach, or even the holy smell of a sweaty Tallis on Simchas Torah. Holding your Daled Minim close, or feeling the warmth of your child during duchaning. Hearing the sounds of zemiros as they carry throughout the neighborhood, or the lofty cries of the Rebbe as he leads Hallel, Hoshanos, and Hakafos. Or, reveling in the sound of joy and excitement of our children as they wave their flags and savor their candy. The knocking of the wood, the shuffling of the Lulav, the stamping of the feet as we dance with the Torah. And of course, the taste of Yom Tov. The hot chicken soup that warms the body and soul- Bubbys recipe- cooked to perfection. Brisket, wine, cake, and sweet kugels, all prepared with love and devotion. However, more than anything, it’s a time to enjoy your fellow Jew and envelop them in our joy. Whether it’s a child, spouse, parent or grandparent, friend, guest, or stranger, it’s our job to make sure everyone feels the specialness and happiness of Succos. So for nine days just sit back and love Yom Tov. Put your troubles aside and bask in the glory of the beautiful world that we’re part of. Enjoy your family and friends and have an extraordinary Yom Tov- in every sense of the word! Menachem

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Dear Editor, Every year on Simchas Torah I see people that get upset at bochurim for stretching out Hakafos and for getting “too” exuberant on Simchas Torah. This leads to these boys getting chastised and sometimes embarrassed in front of large groups of people. I’m hoping that this year everyone can take a step back and appreciate their excitement, and maybe even take part in it somewhat! We should be proud that our bochurim are using their energy in such a positive manner. Ah Gutten Yom Tov to all! A Local Rebbe

Dear Editor, I read with great interest the article in your most recent edition about Rabbi Akiva Meister, the Rov of Kehilas Bnei Yeshiva. As someone who was a classmate of his in Ner Yisroel, it comes at no surprise that he has risen to become a Rov and leader within the community. Yes he’s a masmid and tremendous Talmid Chochom, but more importantly he’s a real Baal Middos. Baltimore should be proud, and his Kehilla should feel fortunate that they have such a special Rov. Wishing Rabbi Meister much hatzlacha as his Makom Kadosh undertakes its next steps of growth. A Friend- Class of ‘97

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Greetings from The Mount Washington Preservation Trust By: Sarah Howell and Susan Schuster

s the heat of the summer shines over Mount Washington and Cheswolde neighborhoods, many friends and neighbors have been enjoying the shade and the colors of summer blooms in the Mount Washington Arboretum. In addition, there are pockets of median gardens around Mount Washington and Cheswolde that continue to enrich and add beauty of our communities. The Arboretum was begun in 1999 under the auspices of the Mount Washington Preservation Trust. We have been hard at work this spring and summer, sharing new ideas that we hope to implement so that we can continue to

add beauty to our neighborhoods. We hosted a variety of volunteer groups like the Boy Scouts of America in the Arboretum to clean up and refresh the walking path. We, also, welcomed two senior Park School students, who provided a wealth of education to neighborhood students on beekeeping. One of our current projects has been working with the City of Baltimore, Departments of Planning and Recreation and Parks to implement an improvement project at the Mount Washington Arboretum. This project is generously supported by the Pimlico Community Development Authority, led by Healthy Neighborhoods, Inc. and the award has enabled us to purchase sustainable all-weather benches that are now installed. The grant, also, allowed the sign committee to install educational all-weather signs that in-

form the public of our local history and information about the flora and fauna that we will see on your walk through the Arboretum. We welcome you to come and visit the Arboretum, located at Kelly and Lochlea. It is free and yours to enjoy from sunrise and sunset So, what is next for our communities? For updates and future events, please sign-up for our email newsletter on our website at: www.mwpt.org. There are weekly opportunities for you to get involved, and, most important, we need you! Anyone is welcome to join the “Worker Bees” garden crew that meets every Sunday from 9:0011:00 am. The Worker Bees tend the landscaped medians, triangles, and other locations in our community. If you are interested in becoming part of our team, please check our website or

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esterday, I was on my way home from Torah Institute with a carpool van full of boys when I realized that I had a flat tire! I was on Green Tree Rd and three bochurim that were walking back to yeshiva stopped to help me.

It’s not easy to work on a 12 passenger van with a jack you’ve never used, but they didn’t give up and eventually figured out how to do everything and got me on my way with my spare! Although I was nervous (they were all in 10th grade!) I was so proud of them for wanting to help and being so determined and persistent and figuring out how to do everything, even with many setbacks. (Mr Bienstock, a parent of

one of the boys in the carpool, came to take the TI boys home so they weren’t stuck waiting. The bochurim used tools from his van when we couldn’t find them in mine. (I was also impressed that they thought of that!) The names of the boys that helped were Yonah Bamberger, Yosef Feigenbaum, & Nesanel Appelbaum.

Herd Of Zebras Still On The Loose In Maryland: ‘They’re Just Too Fast!’ By: NY Post BaltimoreJewishLife.com/Jeff Cohn

atch them if you can! A small herd of zebras have been living the free range lifestyle in Maryland after breaking out of a private farm — and apparently they cannot be reigned in. “You can’t hunt them down. They’re just too fast, they run, they won’t let you get near them,” Rodney Taylor, chief of Prince George county’s animal services department, told the ABC affiliate WJLA news. “We

do have a feeding station set up, and we’re winning their confidence. They are eating there every morning between 2am and 4am.” The animals have been roaming and grazing in the Upper Marlboro neighborhood since they bolted — and wildlife officials are confounded as to how to capture them. Authorities are planning to attract the striped beasts with food, tranquilize them and return them to the farm, however it’s been difficult. “If you spook them, you’re just pushing them further out. And that’s when it can get dangerous, they can

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Bennett Heads to Egypt

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Sharm elSheikh, on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, on Monday. This was the first public visit of an Israeli prime minister to Egypt in more than a decade. The last time a meeting like this took place was between former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. According to a spokesman for the Egyptian presidency, the two leaders were to “discuss bilateral issues related to bilateral relations, ways and efforts to revive the peace process as well as recent developments in the region and international arenas.” An El Al flight carrying the prime minister departed from Tel Aviv to Sharm el-Sheikh early Monday afternoon. Bennett was expected to return home to Israel later on Monday. Bennett was invited to visit Egypt and meet with Sissi last month, during a meeting he held with Egyp-

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Building Collapse in Holon

After a building collapsed in Holon, the city architect urged residents to inspect their buildings and alert the city if there is a problem. The 32-family building had collapsed just hours after it had been evacuated over the weekend. Residents had reported hearing cracking in the walls, which compelled officials to require evacuation, thus saving scores of lives. Speaking to Israel Radio, Aviad Mor, who is also acting city engineer, said the municipality was not planning to carry out widespread inspections even though other buildings could also be in danger of collapsing, saying it was the responsibility of residents to determine if there was a problem. Mor said the building collapsed due to the apparent failure of a central support column and noted that the building was built decades ago. First responders were called to the building on Saturday after residents reported hearing the sound of a blast. Images showed cracks on the walls of the building, and police said residents were unable to open the front doors of their apartments. The decision to evacuate the building was made in coordination with professional engineers, police

said at the time, with officers closing off the street outside the building and police urging people to stay away. A day later, the building, on Serlin Street in the central Israel city, collapsed, reflecting how close the situation had been to becoming a mass-casualty disaster resembling the collapse in June of a high-rise residential building in Florida, which killed 98 people. Despite the city’s lack of resources, Mor said Holon would help pay for the plans to rebuild the building. Mor also responded to complaints by the evacuated residents that the city was not doing enough to help them after they lost all their possessions. “We are giving the residents all that we can under the law as a first response,” he said. The city announced it was giving each family an immediate initial assistance package of NIS 5,000 ($1,500).

Sugar Levels Linked to Covid Severity Elevated pre-infection blood sugar levels are correlated with a greater risk of severe COVID-19 cases even in non-diabetics, a new Israeli study showed. The study, first published in the PLoS ONE journal, uncovered a correlation between sugar levels and the risk of severe COVID-19 morbidity, regardless of a diabetes diagnosis.

The research was conducted by the Jerusalem College of Technology (JCT), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Kupat Holim Meuhedet HMO, and Hadassah Medical Center, and included 37,121 subjects who were members of Meuhedet. It showed that in patients diagnosed with diabetes, the highest risk (1 of 4 patients) of contracting severe

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COVID-19 was found in patients with low sugar values. The lowest risk (1 of 12) was found in patients with high sugar values. For patients with no diagnosis of diabetes, the higher the sugar values, the greater the risk of severe COVID-19. The researchers recommended paying special attention to low sugar-value diabetics, as well as to patients with no diagnosis of diabetes who show abnormal sugar levels during fasting or who show elevated HbA1C hemoglobin levels. “The aim of the study was to locate risk factors for COVID-19 severe morbidity which could be handled in advance, so we could raise the awareness of those factors among the general public,” said Dr. Michal Shauly-Aharonov of the Department of Industrial and Management Engineering at JCT and Hebrew University’s School of Public Health. “Locating factors related to severe morbidity and death, G-d forbid, is important principally to shed light on the populations at risk, so they can receive priority in receiving vaccines.” Dr. Orit Bernholtz-Gulchin, head of the Kupat Holim Meuhedet regional diabetes clinic, said the findings mean that the medical community’s emphasis for those diagnosed with diabetes “should be placed on preventing hypoglycemia (a condition in which blood sugar level drops radically from normative levels) in populations found to be at risk of severe COVID-19 comorbidity.” Prof. Ora Paltiel of Hebrew University’s School of Public Health noted, “The study shows very strongly how much can be learned from quality and continuous medical recording, such as the one we have in the Israeli health care system.”

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Aviv was ranked as the “funnest” city and the eighth-best overall, out of the 37 “best cities” around the world by the London-based Time Out magazine. The global culture and events publication sought out the opinions of almost 27,000 city-dwellers on food, culture, nightlife, community, neighborhoods, overall happiness and other factors in their own cities, such as community projects, green spaces, and sustainability. While ranking Tel Aviv eighth overall, the magazine said that Israel’s second-largest city had scored highest in the “fun” category, second in the food and drink category, and was the city most likely to be described as “good for people like me.” “When COVID hit tourism, this high-tech hub hit the Reset button,” Time Out wrote. “The pandemic caused the ‘city that never stops’ to take a well-needed pause. Spaces like Dizengoff Square and Park HaMesila played host to picnics, gigs, screenings and talks. After the lockdowns, Israel led the vaccination race and before long locals were back sipping cappuccinos in cafes and doing yoga on the beach.” A September 2018 Time Out survey ranked Tel Aviv’s Shuk Hapishpeshim (flea market) area as the 16th-coolest neighborhood in the world. This year’s ranking noted the city’s Carmel Market as “the pulsating heart of the city.” Coastal Tel Aviv, nicknamed the “White City” for its thousands of Bauhaus-style buildings, placed between seventh-place Prague in the Czech Republic and ninth-place Porto in northwest Portugal It was the highest-ranked city in the Middle East, with Dubai coming in 26th and Abu Dhabi in 30th place. San Francisco nabbed the top spot on the list, followed by Holland’s Amsterdam and Manchester, in northern England. Bangkok closed the list in 37th place. Tel Aviv has a population of over 460,000 people.

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However, he emphasized, “Unfortunately, there won’t be stability in Syria, or in the wider Middle East, while there is an Iranian presence. Iran is the world’s number one exporter of terror. It threatens us all. Israel will not sit quietly by while Iran builds terror bases on our northern border, or while Iran supplies advanced weapons to terror organizations – weapons intended to be used against us. “We will maintain our ability to defend ourselves in the face of threats from Syria and elsewhere.” On the Iranian nuclear program, Lapid warned, “The two IAEA reports are damning: they include serious violations – fraud, deception and outright lies. The picture is clear and very worrying. “The message to Iran must be loud and it must be clear. Iran’s march towards a nuclear weapon is not only an Israeli problem; it’s a problem for the entire world. A nuclear Iran will lead to a nuclear arms race in the Middle East, and the last thing any of us want is to see nuclear weapons fall into the wrong hands. “The world needs to stop Iran from getting a nuclear capability, no matter the price. If the world doesn’t do it, Israel reserves the right to act. The Iranians have never hidden the fact that

they want to destroy Israel. That is an existential threat for us. Israel will not allow Iran to become a nuclear state, or even a nuclear threshold state.”

Can Oxygen Therapy Slow Alzheimer’s?

Oxygen therapy in an animal trial slowed the build-up of plaque in the brain, Israeli scientists wrote in a peer-reviewed research published last Thursday in Aging. Plaque build-up in the brain is a characteristic sign of Alzheimer’s disease. The Tel Aviv University researchers concluded in their study that oxygen therapy improves the functioning of the human brain and that in animals it fights the build-up of brain plaque. The team also monitored six people over the age of 60 who had experienced signs of cognitive decline. For those people, 60 oxygen therapy sessions over 90 days improved blood flow to the brain by an average of 20% and improved memory by an average of 16.5%. Professor Uri Ashery, the study’s lead author, told The Times of Israel, “I don’t think this can ‘cure’ Alzheimer’s in humans, but it may be able to significantly slow its progression and severity. Further studies are needed, but people could possibly start benefiting from this in just a few years.” He noted, “We had a control group of similar mice that did not receive the oxygen therapy, and they grew many more amyloid plaques. Among those who received the therapy, only a third of the number of new plaques appeared, and existing large plaques reduced their size, on average, to a half of what they were. “More research is needed, but there could be tremendous benefits if this can help people who lose cognitive abilities, either before or during the onset of Alzheimer’s.”

Biden Pushed Abbas to Shelve ICC Probe

Senior Biden administration officials had privately pressured Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to backtrack on his efforts to have Israel tried for war crimes at the International Criminal Court in Hague, a Middle Eastern diplomatic official told the Times of Israel. According to the Thursday report, the Biden administration maintains that the ICC does not have jurisdiction to adjudicate the case, since Israel is not a signatory to the Rome Statute which established the ICC. The previous administration under U.S. President Donald Trump held similar views. Washington maintains that there is no sovereign “Palestinian” state and that the Palestinian Authority should therefore not be granted ICC membership or allowed to delegate jurisdiction to the court. Although the U.S. has refrained from publicly calling on Abbas to revoke his complaint against Israel, the U.S. has issued statements “firmly” opposing the ICC probe. Publicly, Abbas has refused the requests, maintaining that he has every right to pursue the probe and that it is one of the few avenues he has to peacefully confront Israel l. It is not clear whether Abbas has the authority to turn back the clock and prevent the probe. A “well-placed Palestinian source” confirmed that Biden officials requested earlier this year that the ICC probe be shelved but said that the pressure has mostly subsided. A U.S. official noted, “The United States firmly opposes the ICC investigation into the Palestinian Situation. We will continue to uphold our strong commitment to Israel and its security, including by opposing actions that seek to target Israel unfairly.”

Dr. Attempts Stabbing in Old City

Dr. Khazm al-Julani, a doctor from one of Jerusalem’s Arab neighborhoods, has been identified as the terrorist who attempted to stab a police officer on Friday. Israel Police footage of the attempted stabbing, which occurred in Jerusalem’s Old City, shows al-Julani attacking one of the police officers with a knife. The footage then shows the officer reacting by protecting himself and running backwards, before opening fire and neutralizing the terrorist. Border Police who were standing behind the terrorist also drew their weapons. Al-Julani sustained severe injuries, and a Border Police officer standing near him suffered light injuries to his leg after flying shrapnel hit him. Al-Julani, who served as director of a college for alternative medicine in Jerusalem, did not manage to stab the police officers. He was evacuated from the area unconscious and in serious condition and was hospitalized at Hadassah Mount Scopus Medical Center in Jerusalem. He was declared dead a short time later. Police raided his home and detained his brothers and two sons for questioning after the attack.

2 Stabbed in Jerusalem Two men were stabbed outside the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem on Monday. The terrorist was then shot by a police officer. The two victims, who were moderately wounded, were taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

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The Week In News Jerusalem District Police Commander Doron Turgeman said the suspect, whom he identified as a 17-year-old Palestinian from the Hebron area, was in serious condition. The assailant was named in media reports as Basil Shawamra, a resident of the town of Deir al-Asal al-Fauqa, near Hebron in the southern West Bank.

Tourgeman added that police detained two people near the bus station on suspicion of assisting the attacker and were searching for others. The attacker entered a store outside the bus station and stabbed two shoppers, who are yeshiva students. As he struggled with one of them, he was shot by a policewoman. “There is no doubt that there is an escalation,” the Jerusalem police chief said, noting a number of other recent attacks. Public Security Minister Omer Barlev hailed the response of the officers. “Congratulations to the Border Police patrol that successfully stopped the attack at the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem,” Barlev wrote on Twitter. “A heroine who bravely strove for contract with the terrorist and handled the situation with professionalism, speed and sharpness.” The incident followed an attempted attack in the West Bank earlier Monday, in which a Palestinian man tried to stab two IDF soldiers at a hitchhiking station but was shot before he could inflict harm. The attacker was shot in the hand and transported to Shaare Zedek in moderate to serious condition. Tensions have been running high across the West Bank over the past week following the dramatic escape of six Palestinian prisoners from the high-security Gilboa Prison last Monday. Four of the six prisoners were recaptured by police over the weekend, but two remain at large. Security officials believe they may be hiding out in the West Bank and receiving assistance from Palestin-

ians there. Overnight on Sunday, terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired two rockets at Israel, which were intercepted by the Gaza Strip, marking a third consecutive night of rocket fire from Gaza. Separately, on Friday afternoon, an assailant was shot as he attempted to stab police officers in Jerusalem’s Old City, and later died of his wounds. The attempted stabbing occurred at the Old City’s Council (Majlis) Gate, on the northern side of the western Temple Mount wall, police said. Video of the incident showed the assailant repeatedly trying to stab a police officer, who backed away and opened fire.

Flare-Up Concerns in Gaza

Israel’s defense establishment is concerned that the security stability in Gaza, as well as in Judea, Samaria, and the rest of Israel, may be disrupted. Officials are concerned that flareups may be sparked by continued clashes within Judea and Samaria, as well as by the capture of terrorists who escaped the Gilboa Prison last Monday, September 6. Four of the terrorists were captured between Friday evening and Saturday morning, including Fatah terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi, but as of Monday, Israeli security forces were still searching for the remaining two terrorists. Security officials believe that one of the terrorists may have escaped to Palestinian Authority-controlled territory and are focusing on locating the other terrorist, who is believed to still be in Israel, likely in the north of the country. All relevant bodies were warned before Rosh Hashana that there may be an escalation in tensions, and therefore security was increased. However, it seems that, according to a source, the Israel Prisons Service “fell asleep.” Meanwhile, last Wednesday night,

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The Week In News on Rosh Hashana, Palestinian Authority Arabs targeted IDF soldiers in several locations, including Shechem, Hebron, Qalqilya, and Bethlehem; near Ramallah, terrorists fired live bullets at IDF soldiers. The soldiers responded by using riot dispersal methods.

Two 9/11 Victims Identified – 20 Years Later Last week, authorities positively identified the remains of two people killed in the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. The identification came a week ahead of the twentieth anniversary of their passing. The newly-identified victims are Dorothy Morgan, of Hempstead, New York, and a man whose name was withheld at the request of his family. They are the 1,646th and 1,647th victims to be identified, and the first new identifications since October 2019. According to authorities, approximately 40% of the victims still remain unidentified. A statement from the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said that the remains were positively identified through “ongoing DNA analysis.” “Twenty years ago, we made a promise to the families of World Trade Center victims to do whatever it takes for as long as it takes to identify their loved ones, and with these two new identifications, we continue to fulfill that sacred obligation,” Dr. Barbara A. Sampson, the chief medical examiner, said in a statement. “No matter how much time passes since September 11, 2001, we will never forget, and we pledge to use all the tools at our disposal to make sure all those who were lost can be reunited with their families.” The attacks, which targeted the Pentagon, Twin Towers, and a fourth target presumed to be the Capitol, left 2,977 people dead.

A Solar Nation? The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released its Solar Futures Study last Wednesday detailing the significant role solar will play in decarbonizing the nation’s power grid. The study shows that by 2035, solar energy has the potential to power 40% of the nation’s electricity, drive deep decarbonization of the grid, and employ as much as 1.5 million people – without raising electricity prices. The study’s findings call for massive and equitable deployment of clean energy sources, underscoring the Biden Administration’s efforts to tackle the so-called climate crisis, and rapidly increase access to renewable power throughout the country. “The study illuminates the fact that solar, our cheapest and fastest-growing source of clean energy, could produce enough electricity to power all of the homes in the U.S. by 2035 and employ as many as 1.5 million people in the process,” U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said. “Achieving this bright future requires a massive and equitable deployment of renewable energy and strong decarbonization polices – exactly what is laid out in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda.”

SCOTUS to Meet In-Person The U.S. Supreme Court will resume hearing oral arguments in its courtroom starting next month, the court said last week. Admissions to the court will be limited to essential staff, the involved lawyers, and those journalists who cover the court full-time. The court will provide a live audio feed of the arguments. In a news release, the court noted, “Out of concern for the health and safety of the public and Supreme Court employees, the courtroom sessions will not be open to the public.” The court added that it “will continue to closely monitor public health

guidance in determining plans.” The court building itself will be closed to visitors until further notice, with only official business continuing. Since March 2020, the justices have not sat in the courtroom, instead hearing oral argument via conference call.

Biden Pushing Vaccine Mandates

U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday visited a Washington middle school to encourage the adoption of his new COVID-19 plan. The plan, announced Thursday, would increase coronavirus testing and require up to 100 million Americans to receive COVID-19 vaccinations, although it does not directly affect teachers in locally-governed schools. “I want folks to know that we’re going to be OK,” Biden said during his visit to Brookland Middle School, a short drive from the White House. “We know what it takes to keep our kids safe and our schools open.” He urged states to apply their own vaccine mandates, saying, “About 90% of school staff and teachers are vaccinated — we should have that at 100%. I’m calling on all of the governors to require vaccination for all teachers and staff.” If the Brookland students are all vaccinated, he added, then he would invite them for a special visit at the White House. Most U.S. states leave vaccine mandates up to individual school districts, although a few states have already begun to require teachers to vaccinate and some have banned mandates entirely. Vaccines are already required for those employed in Head Start programs and federally-operated schools. Meanwhile, as part of the White House plan, the U.S. government is

working to increase the supply of coronavirus tests and make them more widely available. “I want all schools setting up regular testing programs to make sure we detect and isolate cases before they can spread,” Biden said.

LA Requires all School Kids to be Vaccinated Officials from the Los Angeles Unified School District have said that they want to guarantee all children attend in-person classes this year, and that for this reason, they voted unanimously on Thursday to require COVID-19 vaccines for all eligible students. The teacher’s union and many parents praised the move. LAUSD Interim Superintendent Megan Reilly said, “Our goal is to protect children, and our goal is to have children in school and not online. “This way we create the safest possible environment for those eligible to be vaccinated to learn,” she said, adding that younger children are also made safer by vaccine mandates. “They’re safer being surrounded by adults and others that are vaccinated,” she explained. Cecily Myart-Cruz, president of United Teachers Los Angeles, added, “Ultimately, we want our schools to stay open, and the best way to ensure that is to have as many people as possible who are in our schools vaccinated.” The Los Angeles mandate will apply to all eligible students attending in-person school, other than those with “qualified and approved exemptions.”

FBI Releases Declassified 9/11 Doc The FBI on Saturday released a newly-declassified document on the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. The document reviews details on the logistical support given to two of the Saudi Arabian hijackers in the

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The Week In News lead-up to the attacks. The 16-page document is the first investigative record to be shared since U.S. President Joe Biden ordered a declassification review last week. The document provides a summary of a 2015 FBI interview with a man who had regular contacts with Saudi nationals in the U.S. and who aided terrorists Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar. Last month, victims’ families issued a statement saying that Biden would only be welcome at memorial events if he declassified documents. Jim Kreindler, a lawyer for victims’ relatives, said, “The findings and conclusions in this FBI investigation validate the arguments we have made in the litigation regarding the Saudi government’s responsibility for the 9/11 attacks. “This document, together with the public evidence gathered to date, provides a blueprint for how al-Qaeda operated inside the U.S. with the active, knowing support of the Saudi government.” He added, “We look forward to more transparency and releases of information from the administration that finally provide the American people the truth they have long-deserved.” The Saudi Arabian Embassy in Washington praised the declassification as something which would “end the baseless allegations against the Kingdom once and for all” and slammed the “categorically false” assumptions that Saudi Arabia was complicit in the attacks.

Former U.S. Presidents Commemorate 9/11

U.S. President Joe Biden and former U.S. Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton stood side-by-side on Saturday at the National September 11 Memorial in New York to mark the

twentieth anniversary of the nation’s worst terror attack. The three presidents shared a moment of silence, wearing blue ribbons and placing their hands over their hearts as a procession marched through the memorial. A jet flew above the memorial site before the event began. Afterwards, the names of the victims were read out. In addition to the New York memorial site, Biden visited the Pentagon on Saturday, as well as the field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, where the fourth hijacked plane crashed. Former U.S. President George W. Bush was also at the memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Bush 43 said, “So much of our politics have become a naked appeal to anger, fear and resentment. On America’s day of trial and grief, I saw millions of people instinctively grab for a neighbor’s hand, and rally for the cause of one another. That is the America I know.” U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the Flight 93 National Memorial, saying, “In a time of outright terror, we turned toward each other. If we do the hard work of working together as Americans, if we remain united in purpose, we will be prepared for whatever comes next.” Biden noted, “No matter how much time has passed, these commemorations bring everything painfully back as if you just got the news a few seconds ago.” Former President Trump was notably not invited to any of the major memorial ceremonies.

Arizona Divests From Ben & Jerry’s Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee on Thursday announced that the state will divest all public funds from Ben & Jerry’s for violating Arizona law by boycotting Israel. “Arizona law states that public state entities may not invest moneys with an entity that boycotts Israel,” Yee’s office explained. “On August 3, 2021, the Arizona Treasurer’s Office informed Unilever PLC that it was actively boycotting Israel due to the actions of Ben & Jerry’s, a subsidiary

of Unilever, announcing that it will withdraw sales from Israel. These actions would be in direct violation of Arizona statutes.” She added, “I gave Unilever PLC, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, an ultimatum: reverse the action of Ben & Jerry’s or divest itself of Ben & Jerry’s to come into compliance with Arizona law or face the consequences. They chose the latter. “It does not matter how much investment Unilever PLC has in Israel. With Ben & Jerry’s decision to no longer sell its product in the West Bank, the companies are in violation of the law in Arizona. Arizona will not do business with companies that are attempting to undermine Israel’s economy and blatantly disregarding Arizona’s law.” The statement emphasized, “Israel is and will continue to be a major trade partner of Arizona. As Arizona’s Chief Banking and Investment Officer, I stand with Israel, and I will not allow taxpayer dollars to go towards anti-Semitic, discriminatory efforts against Israel.” The State of Arizona’s investments in Unilever were reduced from $143 million as of June 30, 2021, to $50 million on Thursday, and will be zero by September 21, 2021, after the last investment in Unilever matures. The State Treasurer’s office has been a longtime investor in Israel Bonds since 2013, investing more than $30 million including Treasurer Yee’s increase in the bond investments to $15 million in current holdings.

Wheel of Fortune Planning the world’s best chol hamoed trip? You may have to wait a few weeks. The world’s largest observation wheel is set to open in Dubai on October 21, 2021. When Ain Dubai opens its doors, the giant ferris wheel will be more than 250 meters – 82 meters higher than the world’s current tallest ferris wheel in operation, the High Roller in Las Vegas. It also

will be twice the size of the London Eye, which towers over England’s capital city at 135 meters. Dubai sets the bar high for itself. It is home to the world’s tallest tower (the Burj Khalifa), the highest restaurant in the world, the world’s highest infinity pool, the world’s largest fountain show, the world’s fastest roller coaster, and the world’s largest indoor theme park -- talk about being a high achiever. The Ain Dubai took more than eight years to complete.

The structure used 11,200 tons of steel to build, about 33% more than the amount used to construct the Eiffel Tower. The structure’s hub and spindle weighs 1,805 tons – equivalent to four A380 airplanes – while the combined weight of the rim and the 48 passenger cabins is 7,500 ton. If the 192 spokes that hold the wheel in place, which are each made of 107 separate 9mm-thick wires, were placed together end-on-end, they would stretch from Dubai to Cairo. Want to host the party of the century? Each of the 48 cabins are designed to fit 40 people, meaning up to 1,750 people can ride Ain Dubai at any given time. Lest you think that a ride on Ain Dubai is something to brag about, the standards can be pushed even higher. There are three types of experiences on the giant ferris wheel: observation cabins (the standard option), social cabins (these are the “VIP” option and have a bar in the center of the pod) and private cabins, which can be booked out for special occasions and include the option of a private threecourse dinner over two rotations of the wheel. A standard ride is 38 minutes long. And there’s nothing “standard” about it.

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Art enthusiasts were aghast three years ago when a Banksy painting partially shredded itself moments after being sold for more than $1.4 million at a London auction. Originally titled, “Girl with the Balloon,” the artwork was subsequently renamed “Love is in the Bin.” Now, Sotheby’s says that it is set to go under the hammer next month and could fetch a whopping $8.3 million. The artwork depicted a young girl with a heart-shaped red balloon. A shredder was concealed in the frame. Once it was sold, the shredder was activated, cutting the painting into tiny pieces. According to Banksy, though, the shredder had malfunctioned; it was supposed to have shredded the piece in its entirety. “It was a big moment because nothing like that had been done before,” said art historian, author and co-founder of Artful, Matthew Israel. The idea of a self-destructing artwork was, he added, “entirely at odds with the aims of the auction house, where the condition of an artwork is paramount and the knowledge and expertise about it is core to its authority and value.” A few months after the 2018 auction, the Frieder Burda Museum in Baden-Baden, Germany, became the first public space to display the artwork. It is currently on tour ahead of next month’s sale, starting in London this weekend then moving on to Hong Kong, Taipei and New York. Sounds like Banksy’s pieces can rip your (art) out.

Water Carrier David Rush knows how to hold his water. The Idaho man recently broke a Guinness World Record by using his hands to move more than

114 fluid ounces of water between two containers. This is not the first time Rush made it into the record books. He has broken more than 200 Guinness records to promote STEM education.

David’s goal to beat was 87.9 fluid ounces, which was set by Pakistani record-breaker Usman Ayyub in 2019. He nabbed the title by moving 114.1 ounces of water in the 30-second time limit. Rush said he measured his results in three ways: using the markings on his container, by weighing the result and subtracting the weight of the container, and by pouring the water into another container with more granular markings. Like water off a duck’s back.

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The recipients of the 2021 Ig Nobel Prizes include researchers who experimented with upside-down rhinos, analyzed the bacteria in discarded gum, and studied the ways cats communicate with humans. The prizes, awarded by science magazine Annals of Improbable Research, were announced on Thursday at the 31st annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. Cat got your tongue? The Biology Prize went to Swedish researcher Susanne Schotz, who analyzed the variations in cat vocalizations while

communicating with humans. Gum on your shoe? The Ecology Prize was awarded to a team of Spanish and Iranian researchers who used genetic analysis to compare the different species of bacteria found on discarded chewing gum recovered from paved surfaces in various countries. Smell a rat? The Chemistry Prize went to a team of researchers from Germany, Britain, New Zealand, Greece, Cyprus and Austria who used chemical analysis to test whether bodily odors created by a movie theater audience could be used to track incidents of violence, drug use, and profanity in films. A bunch of fat cats? The Economics Prize was presented to Pavlo Blavatskyy, who led a study that suggests the obesity of a country’s politicians can be used to indicate the level of corruption in the country. Bad hair day? The Peace Prize was given to a team of U.S. researchers who tested the hypothesis that humans evolved to use beards to protect themselves from punches to the face. Need a crash course? The Physics Prize went to a team of researchers who conducted experiments to learn why pedestrians do not constantly collide with other pedestrians, while the Kinetics Prize went to a different team of researchers who looked into why pedestrians sometimes do collide with other pedestrians. Bugging out? The Entomology Prize was awarded to John Mulrennan Jr., Roger Grothaus, Charles Hammond and Jay Lamdin, the authors of research study “A New Method of Cockroach Control on Submarines.” Need to clear the air? The Transportation Prize was given to a team of Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Brazil, Britain and U.S. researchers who conducted experiments to determine whether it is safer to airlift a rhinoceros with the animal upside-down.

Cloning Camels Some camels are in such demand that scientists are cloning them for beauty pageants. Because not all camels are blessed with drooping lips or a tall, elegant neck, scientists set out to find some

ways to get the best of their stock. At the Reproductive Biotechnology Center in Dubai, scientists have figured out how to clone camels.

“We have so much demand for cloning camels that we are not able to keep up,” the center’s scientific director Nisar Wani told AFP. Beauty pageants are not the only driver of the camel cloning industry. Many customers want to reproduce racing camels or animals that produce large amounts of milk. But “beauty queens” are the most popular order. Gulf clients will pay between 200,000 and 400,000 dirham ($54,500-$109,000) to duplicate a dromedary. The camels are paraded at dusty racetracks around the region and scrutinized by judges, with occasional discoveries of Botox and cosmetic fillers adding a spice of scandal to the high-stakes contests. Saud Al-Otaibi, who runs a camel auction in Kuwait, said customers’ judgement of the animals’ looks is key to his business. “The price of the camel is determined according to its beauty, health, and how well known the breed is,” he noted. When it comes to young animals, “customers are keen on seeing the mother to determine its beauty before buying the camel,” he added. The world’s first cloned camel was born 12 years ago in Dubai. It took five years of experimenting before she made her way into the world. Now, there are at least 10 to 20 camels being cloned every year in the center. According to Wani, they are churning out “racing champions, high milk-producing animals… and winners of beauty contests called Beauty Queens.” Known as “ships of the desert,” and once used for transport across the sands of the Arab peninsula, camels are symbols of traditional Gulf culture. Sounds like they’re real cash cows for their owners.

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Since the beginning of Elul, many of us recite twice daily the special prayer of L’Dovid HaShem Ori. A most familiar posuk to us that is contained in that prayer, one used as the lyrics for many a tune, is the verse of, ...‫אחת שאלתי‬, One thing I asked of Hashem, that I shall seek, ...'‫שבתי בבית ד‬, Would that I dwell in the House of Hashem all the days of my life. We recite it with fervor, sing it with longing, but do we know what we are asking for? What is the ‘House of Hashem’? Is it referring to the Bais HaMikdash, the Temple, or maybe the Bais HaMidrash, the Study Halls?

Amid the laws of Teshuva, in chapter eight, the Rambam de-

The good that is hidden for the righteous is the life of the world to come... they will merit this pleasure and take part in this good... In the world to come, there is no body or physical form, only the souls of the righteous alone, without a body, like the ministering angels. Since there is no physical form, there is neither eating, drinking... sleeping, death, sadness, laughter, and the like... the righteous will sit with their crowns on their heads and delight in the radiance of the Divine Presence... they will possess the knowledge that they grasped which allowed them to merit the life of the world to come... “Eternal joy will be upon their heads”... Joy is not a physical entity which can rest on a head... “delight in the radiance of the Divine Presence”... they will comprehend the truth of Godliness which they cannot grasp while in a dark and humble body.

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The term “soul” when used in this context does not refer to the soul which needs the body, but rather to “the form of the soul,” the knowledge which it comprehends according to its power... This is the soul referred to in this context... many metaphoric terms have been used to refer to it as '‫“ — הר ד‬The mountain of G-d” ..., '‫“— בית ד‬the House of G-d”... So, the ‘House of G-d’ is more of a deeper consciousness that is embedded into our soul that inherently cleaves to the Divine Presence, that will find its full expression after it separates from its physical container — the body. If so, then what we are praying for is to ‘sit in the world to come’ all the days of our life. How are we to understand this? Perhaps this means that even while we inhabit a material world, within our soul, within our hearts, there is a place where we can connect to higher reality, experiencing a delight that is independent of any physical entity or material need. When we translate our knowledge of G-d into an emotional reality that we live with and thrive on, we have entered the '‫ — בית ד‬the House of G-d. (Based on an idea quoted by Shimon Breitkopf, in the name of his late mother, Rebbetzin Naomi Breitkopf, in the Hebrew Mishpacha Rosh Hashana 5781) The very word ‫בית‬, more accurately translates as an ‘inner’ realm, that is not comprised of physical walls, but is rather our true selves

that dwells within us. Boruch Werdiger retells a remarkable episode in the life of Reb Nissen Nemenov, a renowned figure of great piety and extraordinary discipline, who mentored hundreds of students at the Tomchei Temimim Yeshiva of Brunoy, just outside of Paris. Before the war, as a young man, Reb Nissen had taught Torah in Chabad’s underground operation in the Soviet Union and, for his courageous efforts, he ended up serving a hard stint in a gulag somewhere in the frosty northern reaches of Russia. After three years in the camp, in the early 30’s he was released, just a few days into the Jewish New Year, and he boarded the first train headed to central Russia that he could find. Unfortunately, the train journey was several days long, and it would be Yom Kippur before he reached Moscow. And so, not daring to violate the sanctity of the Holy Day, Reb Nissen was forced to take a lay-over, which was how he found himself in a Soviet railway station in the middle of nowhere, on Yom Kippur Eve. After a quick tour of the tiny town that hugged the station, Reb Nissen failed to spot a single Jewish face, let alone a synagogue or community. It was already too cold to spend the night outdoors, so back to the station then. The problem was that there was a strict rule against loitering in the station. If a traveler weren’t going

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IN YESHIVAH AT LAST Some people apply to yeshivah and get accepted. Others apply and wait. And wait. The stress and distress of parents trying with all their might and all their connections to get their children into a proper mosod chinuch is indescribable. Such was the fate of one particular family. They were trying to find a yeshivah that would take their two sons. Despite facing particular challenges, the boys were both fine and ehrlich. Still, all doors seemed closed. Not a single yeshivah placed them on the class lists. So the summer zman passed. Two boys sat at home, no yeshivah in sight. Terrified of what the future would hold for her children, the pained mother picked up the phone and in a tear-choked voice gave over the names of her two bachurim. “Have us in mind; we should find an appropriate yeshivah for them,” she pleaded.

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to board a train but wanted to stay indoors, he had to order a drink from the station kiosk and could then stay for as long as it took him to finish the drink. As the sun was beginning to set, Reb Nissen went into the kiosk, and ordered two beers. One beer was for his pre-fast meal, and the other for after the fast. Leaving the unfinished beer on the table, he then turned to face the wall, and closed his eyes.

The first letters in this directive are the same letters that spell out ‫שבתי‬, to ‘dwell’ in the ‘House of Hashem’.

Reb Nissen stayed in that spot for the next twenty-five hours. He davened as much of the Yom Kippur prayers as he knew by heart and spent the rest of the time reciting the Book of Psalms, which he did know by heart.

The Tolna Rebbe often points out that the minimum size requirement for a Sukkah, is merely 28 inches by 28 inches, and 40 inches high, barely enough space for one person, yet we are expected to celebrate the Zman Simchaseinu, this Season of Joy within this ‘solitary ‘confinement’.

We can imagine the stares, and then the drunken jeers, as he stood stock still in that Russian pub, or perhaps swaying slightly. Maybe those Russians back at the pub tried to poke him, or tug at his coat, and then shrank away as they realized that this strange, bearded Jew seemed to be made of a different mettle. When he prayed, you could see that Reb Nissen went to a different place. He was somehow transported elsewhere, above the din and the drunks and the despair of solitude, far away from the maddening crowd. It did not matter where he was, who was sitting next to him, or how many, for that matter. When Yom Kippur ended, Reb Nissen opened his eyes again, recited Havdalah over his second pint of beer, and got on the next train. (Lubavitch International Magazine) We are instructed, ‫בסכת תשבו שבעת‬ ‫ימים‬, You shall dwell in booths for a seven-day period.

The sitting in a Sukkah is not merely an assertion that our permanent homes are ‘immaterial’, but more so the emphasizing the fact that we can sit in G-d’s joyous and enthused presence no matter the situation we find ourselves in.

Like Reb Nissen, one can sense one is in the House of Hashem even when surrounded by thugs and drunkards amidst a pub in the middle of nowhere. Reb Nissen didn’t question how after three years of hard labor and torture, he is finally freed only to find himself on the holiest day in the Jewish calendar with one beer to celebrate the arrival of Yom Kippur, and another to herald the transition to upcoming joyous Yom Tov of Sukkos. Because one who lives in that timeless space — the House of Hashem — senses no pain, only joy in His presence. May we display before Hashem who we truly are, and what we yearn for, achieving upon this earth a semblance of that delight that is offered to those who earnestly seek Him!

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he culmination of the great month of Tishrei occurs with the commemoration of the holiday of Sukkos. It provides a joyful relief and release from the intensity of the ﬁrst two major holidays of the month, Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. While we experience an enjoyable sense of celebration, of commemoration and exalted purpose with these two unmatched high holy days, there is a sense of tension and even foreboding that accompanies them since they are days of judgment and of heavenly decree. This holiday of Sukkos, with its emphasis on the beauty of nature and the freedom from being housebound, provides an emotional and psychological relief that, to a great extent, characterizes the nature of this holiday itself. It is called the time of our joy and happiness not only because of what it represents, but also because it raises us from the concerns and doubts that naturally accompany our commemoration of the High Holy Days – the Days of Awe – that dominate the ﬁrst part of the month. We have the feeling within us of having passed through the time of testing and challenge, of trial and judgment, and of emerging as a better and more wholesome individual, both in relation to our Creator and to our fellow

human beings. It is this feeling that we have when we leave the hospital in a better state of health than when we entered, of being vindicated in a court of law, pardoned for our transgressions and wrongdoing. This feeling certainly manifests itself in achieving a state of happiness and contentment. Because of the time of judgement that comes before Suk-

holidays were meant to be celebrated in the land of Israel even though they are observed outside of Israel. Here in Israel, the holiday occurs when sitting outside is not only possible but is actually enjoyable. Sitting in the cold northern winter weather in Chicago, I remember my father telling me that out of all the holidays of the year, Sukkos was especially diﬃcult for him because it brought

We have the feeling within us of having passed through the time of testing and challenge, of trial and judgment, and of emerging as a better and more wholesome individual.

kos, the holiday can perhaps be more appreciated than others. It is as though one emerges from a long dark tunnel and then comes to see the cheerful light of nature and of Jewish life. In northern climates, having to leave the house and exist in a booth opened to the elements is perhaps not such a pleasant experience. However, it should be obvious to all that the Jewish

home the fact that the real home of the Jewish people was in the land of Israel. In Chicago, we oftentimes had snow on the covering of the roof of the sukkah. He ruefully remarked that the Torah apparently made no provision for snow on Sukkos and that, in itself, was a proof that we really belong in the land of Israel to celebrate the holidays of the Jewish calendar.

In general, there certainly is a sense of satisfaction, if not even joy, in appreciating the wonders and beauty of nature. Many of us are urban dwellers and are not even accustomed to noticing, much less appreciating, the wonders of the natural world that we inhabit. On the holiday of Sukkos, we are obligated by Jewish law and tradition to leave our house and in some fashion connect ourselves to the natural surroundings that we often ignore during the rest of the year. Insects, especially bees, can be very annoying but their purpose is to remind us that we are not the only creatures that inhabit this planet. The wonders of the natural world, with their inﬁnite variety of creatures and colors, is meant to testify to the power and inﬁnite grace of the Creator of the universe. The holidays of the Jewish people are built on the platform of agriculture, climate, and the variety of nature, as well as they are based upon the historical events that these holidays represent. They are meant to give us a complete picture of creation, nature and human history as well. They are meant to instill within us the harmony of and appreciation of life and its wonders. The holiday most representative of this is that of Sukkos. Chag sameach.

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consider myself a law-abiding citizen. I follow the rules; I never look to break them. I was brought up in Melbourne, Australia, a law-abiding society where today its citizens have submitted, albeit begrudgingly, to the longest government Covid lockdown

in the world, stringencies the likes unseen in the U.S. or Israel. That said, the era of Covid has blurred the lines between what is and is not legal and has left most of us in a state of constant bewilderment. Covid has turned the passage of many

countries’ legislative processes into a comedy of never-ending errors: democracies that once took generations to develop their legislative powers now roll out new laws ad-hoc, many of which are driven by politics and misinformation. We had spent the summer in Far Rockaway, New York, with our children returning eight days before the start of the school year. Informed during our vacation that we’d need to go into isolation, we mentally prepared ourselves for a week of solitude, otherwise known as “climbing the walls.” Coming back into the country gave us a taste of things to come. The arrival hall at Ben Gurion Airport was dark and unwelcoming. Today, this usually vibrant space serves as a portal to the left, where, through the doors at the hallway’s end, a hangar-like area has been tented and primed for Covid testing. Once tested I turned to an oﬃcial-looking chap standing at the taxi stand. “What now?” I asked him. “I’m in security,” he replied sternly in the apparent belief that he was absolved of further engagement with me. I leaned in towards him and quipped, “Even if you don’t want to answer, it doesn’t hurt to smile.” He tried hard but couldn’t resist a smile. A citizen behind him said, “It’s like the game of Monopoly; by arriving from overseas you just picked up

a “Go to Jail” card which sends you home for a week, or something like that.” I asked him what he meant by “something like that.” “Just wait. You’ll see.” His use of metaphor was rather quirky, for he then asked me if I’d ever had an eye test which makes the world look blurry. I told him I had. “Well, it’s something like that.” Being an abiding citizen…yada, yada, we went home. While in New York, I called the rav of our shul in Ma’alot to ask him whether I should risk turning up for minyanim during the seven days of isolation. I’d turn off my phone so I couldn’t be tracked. His answer was exquisite; he told me he didn’t recommend the encouragement of moral delinquency. So I found someone to say Kaddish for me and together with my wife entered the small confines of our apartment, where we were to wait seven days before our next Covid test. My friend Noam organized a couple of evening street minyanim for me so I could say Kaddish. The gathered men below my balcony replied amen to my Kaddish. I now know how Juliet felt while Romeo was swooned below her window. Two days later, we got the first of two texts and emails from the Covid testing service and the Ministry of Health. The former informed us we had tested negative at the airport. The latter related that we were mandated to remain at home for fourteen days, not seven. Whaaat?! I’d been told seven days. What on earth did

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this mean? I contacted a friend who returned home a day before us. Before repeating the phrase “I don’t know,” he rattled off a list of tests one could do: “There’s an AID genomics where you get results in one day, a three-hour test, a rapid antigen test, but it isn’t recognized for the purpose of letting you out of isolation.” Then he said, “But…I dunno!” I told him that was a lot of information for “I dunno,” to which he replied that it has gotten to a point where having more information is not in and of itself meaningful because no one knows the rules anymore. “But for sure you’re allowed out after seven days,” he assured me. He’s right. The government has two separate websites for Covid that are regularly inconsistent with each other. Oftentimes, they’re lagging behind with updates. What that means is one has to rely either on being brazenly Israeli or on one’s own circle of acquaintances.

Did I forget to tell you that Covid inspectors are all over the place? Another friend’s son came back from overseas and was sleeping soundly the following morning. He was awoken by an inspector wielding a photo of him for identification and a warning that

I asked him. “Not at all,” he said. I listened his slightly confusing explanation and then thought to myself, “Well…now…I dunno!” On the seventh day of our isolation, we went to be tested again. While

What that means is one has to rely either on being brazenly Israeli or on one’s own circle of acquaintances.

he shouldn’t wander away from his home. We waited for a knock on the door that never came. But that isn’t surprising because our family doctor informed us that they don’t do inspections on the isolated anymore. “So I could’ve gone to shul, then?”

driving home, I told my wife that I was taking a detour to our health clinic for a booster shot. No, we were not supposed to be getting it until we’d tested negative, but I really didn’t care. Eli, the nurse at our health clinic, gave us our booster shot without any questions. He then printed out a page of

answers to questions he never asked us. One question asked if I worked in education. Eli wrote, “No.” So much for 37 years a teacher. The following morning at 10:00 I got two more text messages. The first informed me that my Covid test after isolation was negative. Anyone will tell you that means I’m allowed back out into the community. Yay for that. The second message read, “Despite testing negative, you must self-isolate for another seven days.” I was sick and tired of asking friends or perusing websites on the matter. I left the house and went straight back to school. I wonder where Eli thinks I’m employed. Now that I’m back to normal, you may want to ask me if in hindsight the measures I took after testing negative were correct. All I can say is…I dunno!

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and week, and protected us from inclement weather and our enemies. The Netivot Shalom provides another explanation. Our holidays commemorate “inyanim nitzchiyim”, or things that are eternal, and are thus established l’dorot, for generations. The distinguishing quality between the miracle of ananei hakavod, versus the well and the manna, is that the miracle of G-d’s protection via the ananei hakavod, is eternal, while the well (water supply) and the manna (food), were miracles that were exclusively for the generation of the midbar. This is the essence of Sukkos, “Lema’an yed’u doroteichem ki vasukkot hoshavti et Bnei Yisrael be’hotzi’i otam me’eretz Mitzrayim; ani Hashem Elokeichem”– So that your future generations will know that I made the Children of Israel dwell in booths when I took them out of the land of Egypt; I am the L-rd your G-d” (Vayikra 23:43). This is the fundamental core of our belief in G-d –that the Protector the Israel, never rests or sleeps. G-d’s Hashgacha over us is constant and perpetual. When it asked this year, why do we sit in the Sukka on Sukkos? By sitting in the Sukka on Sukkos we are remembering and demonstrating that we know, deep within us, that G-d is our enteral Protector, not just in the Midbar when we left Egypt thousands of years ago, but also in the metaphorical Midbar, which kabbalistically represents any cochot of the sitra acha. Lema’an yed’u doroteichem - we understand that the pro-

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My grandmother is often asked by her grandchildren, even as adults, “Am I your favorite? I must be your favorite”, to which she always responds, “You are my favorite! My favorite is the grandchild who I am spending time with right now!”. I cant help but feel the same way about the chagim, each yom tov that comes, I think to myself, I cant wait, this is my favorite, I am looking forward to enjoying this specific aspect of the chag. With Sukkos only a few days away, and with the blessing of celebrating Sukkos in Los Angeles each year, I really am looking forward to sitting in the sukkah next week. Each year my father poses the question to young and old at his table, why do we sit in the Sukkah on Sukkos? And each year he begins by sharing a humorous anecdote from the Babat Shteibel where a congregant responded to this question, “Rebbem when should we sit in the Sukka if not on Sukkos?!, on Pesach?”. This question is raised by many Meforshim, who debate if we are commemorating the succah mamash, the actual, physical tents we lived in the desert, or the Ananei ha-kavod, the Clouds of Glory, the metaphorical Sukka, through which G-d protected us during our 40 year sojourn in the desert. The Netivot Shalom takes the question a step further, and asks why is it that we have an entire holiday commemorating the Clouds of Glory, which is one of three miracles we were blessed with in the desert, but none for the Be’er Miryam, the well, or the man, the manna that fell 6 days a week and sustained us in the desert. An explanation that resonated with me in the past, is that water and food are basic, fundamental needs. G-d took us out of Egypt and into the desert, and therefore it was a must for Him to provide a means for food and water. The Clouds of Glory, though was a true gift, demonstrating His love for us. It wasn’t something He needed to give to us. He showed us his love with the ananei hakavod, it carried the young

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espite the harsh environment of the desert, Hashem protected us with the Ananei Hakavod. Irrelevant of how harsh the outside world was, our ancestors could take comfort in their personal divine protection. We celebrate this special relationship and gift each year as Sukkos rolls around. It’s easy to think that what happened in the midbar stayed in the midbar but that isn’t the case. Our children are surrounded by complicated and painful surroundings. It’s our job as parents to create those clouds of protection for them. While we can’t, and shouldn’t, protect them from every negative, they need to be kept shielded from the full extent of the onslaught. We, too, can provide a home of protection and love for our children. While we can’t stop arrows or snakes with our bare hands, we can do our best to create a fortress of protection for our family and help each member grow, in a safe environment, to their full potential.

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Experience the Mitzvos Children learn best from doing rather than lectures. Hands-on is the way to go, particularly with the youngest of learners. These yomim tovim are such an enjoyable way to experience the mitzvos. Shaking the lulav, smelling the esrog (when permitted), living in the sukkah, banging the hoshanos, and dancing with the Torah are all active and fun ways to experience the mitzvos. Take advantage of having such an automatic learning environment surrounding you. Allow your child to have a blast, all while serving Hashem. By creating positive associations to the mitzvos, we are giving them a gift both for now and the future. In general, it can be a challenge to get kids involved and interested. We know that we often want our children

child to do in the sukkah and don’t underestimate how much they will feel from the experience.

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to feel connected and take part in the festivities, but they can be hesitant. Over this week you have so much at your fingertips for children to enjoy that it’s worth taking full advantage of it. I have a video from last year of my toddlers relishing the banging of the hoshanos. Who knew banging branches on the front steps could be such a thrill?! With a little creativity and focus, we can attempt to make each minute count the most. Don’t forget to have fun alongside your child, too. You put the work into cooking, cleaning, building the sukkah and all the other necessities of the yom tov, and you deserve some enjoyment out of it, not just exhaustion. Plus, your children will appreciate everything more with you beside them.

Simcha in the Sukkah The sukkah can be so much fun. Kids spend hours building tents and forts with their blankets and here they have a real one in their backyard! While obviously the sukkah has more kedusha than their bed linens, the sukkah is easily an enjoyable experience. I grew up where we were one of

the few Jewish families in our immediate radius. There was a church on the corner, and most of my neighbors’ children attended the church’s school next to it. My neighbors were, for the most part, overwhelmingly respectful of us being Orthodox Jews. I still remember how much the neighborhood children anticipated our sukkah. Yes, they looked forward to seeing it in our backyard and were thrilled when “the hut holiday” arrived. There is something truly special about a sukkah that nearly everyone can feel. Take advantage of that natural enthusiasm and make your sukkah experience one they’ll remember. Sing and dance in the sukkah. Do projects there and play games. We used to make popsicle stick sukkot as a project each year. As they made their miniature, wooden models we were able to discuss the halachos and requirements of a kosher sukkah. Some years I purchased board games so we could enjoy family game time in the sukkah. The sukkah can easily be the initial infrastructure necessary for amazing family together time. Think of what would be special for your

You might ask what could be said about hakafos. Dancing, singing, and candy are a popular combination for most kids that it almost seems not worth discussing. For most kids, this is the highlight of their year, competing only with Purim. For other children, there are reasons to be hesitant. Some kids have serious difficulties in large crowds or noisy environments. Other kids may have limited attention spans or other concerns. One of our precious children was exactly that way, and we were challenged with how to give him an enjoyable hakafos experience without overwhelming him. We found a wonderful yeshiva hakafos that had plenty of space for dancing. My husband walked in the circle, holding our son’s hand, as our son walked along the outer perimeter. Our son enjoyed the dancing so much that he chose that as his first choice for hakafos for over a decade, long after the original issues were resolved. You don’t need to dance where we dance but, with a little research, you can hopefully find a comfortable environment for your child on Simchas Torah. While some children enjoy the loud and crowded shul, others prefer the more spacious and roomy location. Forcing your child to go far out of their comfort zone might cause them more pain than love for the mitzvah, chas v’shalom. Many families really want to dance in their usual makom tefilla and that is beautiful. If it won’t work for your child, then don’t impose your makom on them. Find a solution that works for everyone. Maybe that means dancing in your special place without your child while finding a few

49 Most kids won’t require these accommodations and will party with the crowd. For those who need a little adjustment, you can make the changes that will give them the joy they deserve, too.

doesn’t mean they should have it. If you don’t know if it’s safe for any particular child, then hold off until their adult approves. Also, find out the food/allergy policy of the location before bringing in any food. While

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There are tons of treats to make the dancing even sweeter. I will remind adults to be careful before giving snacks or food to children they don’t know. Besides the different hechsherim that exist, not all of which are accepted by everyone, you have the major issues of food allergies. Just because the child wants it,

assume nuts or other items won’t be present if the shul has a strict policy against that particular allergen. Parents of allergic children should never rely on that assumption. I’ve been to a strict nut-free location and saw an actual tube of peanut butter there; a parent thought it would be a great snack for their child. I don’t mean to scare you; I simply want to remind you to be extra vigilant and not to rely on policies. Sukkos and Simchas Torah are such special days. After the seriousness and intensity of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, we get the chance to celebrate and serve Hashem with that extra dose of joy. Have a wonderful yom tov along with your child and enjoy!

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minutes to bring them to a location that is geared to them. It might mean limiting their time in your makom. Think through your various options ahead of time and be flexible on Simchas Torah itself. Smaller kids can have smaller attention spans. Some years my little ones felt fulfilled after only a few minutes of hakafos; longer than that and they were crawling on the mechitzah – literally. As adults, we assume that children will definitely enjoy the festivities yet we can overestimate our child’s tolerance. Watch your child and recognize when they’ve reached their limits. Once they’re no longer enjoying it, then it’s time to leave or go outside for a breather. Additionally, hungry children and tired children won’t enjoy the merriment as much, so it’s usually beneficial to take care of those needs first. Something as simple as a quick, healthy snack before leaving can make a big difference.

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November 2019, then-Defense Minister Naftali Bennett took to Twitter to lay out one of his more unconventional ideas. At the time, a massive, nationwide protest movement was bringing bedlam to Iranian cities. For a period of about six weeks, tens of thousands of protestors, enraged by government corruption and ineptitude that had brought skyrocketing costs of living including a two hundred percent increase in fuel costs marched across the country. Many events turned violent. Dozens of military bases, hundreds of state-owned banks, and even several religious schools were attacked and destroyed. The regime’s response was swift and brutal. Police, Revolutionary Guards, and other paramilitary units were deployed in the hundreds to quash the demonstrations. Of course, the use of force was not limited to rioters. Large, peaceful

demonstrations in cities including Tehran, Mashhad, and Shiraz were routinely dispersed using deadly force. In the wave of violence that ensued, about 1,500 Iranians were killed by security forces and thousands more were maimed and injured. Beyond the sheer brutality, perhaps the most egregious tactic by the regime was the shutting down of internet access across the entire country on November 16. This was, of course, done in order to prevent communication and coordination by demonstrators. Even after web access was partially restored about two weeks later, nearly all social media and voice-over apps remained inoperable. According to international cyber watchdog NetBlocks, the blackout was “the most severe disconnection tracked in any country in terms of its technical complexity and breadth.” It was at the very time the crackdown was reaching its peak in Iran that Bennett delivered his live mes-

sage. “Here’s a crazy idea,” said Bennett in a video taken in his Defense Ministry office, “How about every techie in the world – Israelis, Arabs, Iranians, Americans, Europeans and everyone else – unite for one purpose: to help the long-suffering Iranian people gain open access to all social media? A worldwide hackathon for freedom.” Emphasizing his sympathy for the Iranian people, Bennett asked, “How scared must a regime be of its own [citizens] that it doesn’t allow them to access social media?” He concluded the video urging anyone with rudimentary software skills to “call up your friends, grab some Red Bull and code through the night.” It was a bit interesting, to say the least, for a sitting official to openly call for coordinated action against another government. Yet, on the whole, Bennett’s idea was received welcomely. The video was circulated by several international outlets and

was even picked up by a few prominent Iranian dissidents around the world. Despite the enthusiastic pitch, Bennett’s hackathon scheme never gained traction. Shortly after he uploaded the tweet, internet access began returning to Iran and business returned as usual. But while Bennett’s idea two years ago didn’t materialize, it was a purview of some other things to come.

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strength of Israel’s cyber echo system hardly needs elaboration. The nexus of an advanced military, bustling private industry, a wealth of human capital, and a government more than willing to fund R&D has produced over the past two decades the most innovative IT sector in the world. Every year, the industry breaks foreign investment records. This included 2020, a year in which other areas of the economy were reeling from the COVID pandemic. In the first

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Tel Aviv’s Cyber Horse, constructed of infected technology, was on display during Cyber Week half of 2021, Israeli tech companies brought in $3 billion in funding – that figure accounted for forty percent of global cybersecurity investment. For many years now, Israeli firms as well as government agencies have been organizing international tech events. These get-togethers haven’t been limited to marketing gimmicks or buyers’ conventions. Many of these gatherings have working objectives and are designed to attract the best and the brightest to collaborate on finding solutions to hard problems. In the last four years, socalled hackathon events in Israel (no, Bennett was not the first to use the term) have tackled challenges ranging from improving outpatient care for the autistic, to unreliable remote banking services, to battling Australian wildfires. Seeking to capitalize on Israel’s solid reputation as an IT collaboration epicenter, Bennett – now Prime Minister Bennett – recently called for a worldwide cyber defense initiative coordinated by the Israeli government. Speaking at the annual Cyber Week conference at Tel Aviv University two months ago, Bennett called for a “global cyber defense shield,” or GDS, to bring together governments, private companies, and even individual developers from

around the world. Speaking to a gathering of guests from a dozen countries, Bennett laid out his case for why the GDS plan was necessary. “Everything is under attack. Our water, our electricity,

explained, is not exempt from these concerns. “This makes me worried. As prime minister of Israel, I view this as one of the top threats of national security.” What Bennett drove home was the important shift taking place in the cyber threat landscape. The digitization of all basic utilities, public resources, and modes of communication have changed the nature of cyber-attacks. What used to be largely a data loss concern – i.e., the threat the hackers would steal proprietary data or gain illicit access – has become a real-world security one. And this has made cyber an attractive option for many seeking to wreak havoc quickly and cheaply. “Today the best ROI is a cyberattack,” he noted. “You just need a brain, knowledge, experience, and an internet line... I believe cyberattacks have become one of the significant threats to world peace.” Of course, Bennett was not speaking theoretically. In recent months, Israel has experienced a string of hacks – all, incidentally, linked back to Iran. The trend culminated in attacks on the Israeli Water Authority in April and again

“IF YOU TRY TO FIGHT ALONE, YOU’RE GONNA LOSE. IF YOU FIGHT TOGETHER, YOU’RE GONNA WIN.”

our food, our airplanes, our cars. Everything is vulnerable. Why is that? Because it’s easy.” The newly installed PM explained the “asymmetric” nature of cyberwarfare, an arena that gives relatively weak and resource-poor countries a leg up. “If you want to attack, the best, easiest and cheapest method is through a cyber-attack. That is why it will increase as time goes on.” Israel, as Bennett

in July, days before Bennett’s speech at the cyber conference. According to intelligence assessments, the goal of the attacks was to release high volumes of chlorine and other chemicals into the country’s drinking water. There was also a chance the attack could have triggered a fail-safe mechanism that would have left thousands without drinking water until a reboot was possible. In fact, the second attack in July did

succeed in temporarily disrupting agricultural irrigation channels run by advanced computerized systems. Although the attacks were both thwarted, it raised serious questions about the ability of civilian agencies such as the Water Authority to protect themselves against such incursions. Israel’s Military Intelligence Wing, Aman, delivered a report shortly afterward delineating the risk to public utilities and other digitized infrastructure. According to the Aman chief General Tamir Hayman, Israel’s defense capabilities at the civilian level were good but could certainly be better. “We are able to deal with most of the threats through advanced defense capabilities,” said Hayman, but “additional steps must be taken to preserve Israel’s [tactical] superiority over our enemies.”

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has not been the only one to experience firsthand this growing threat to critical infrastructure. On the eve of July 4, the U.S. logistics firm Kaseya was the target of a massive ransomware attack at the hands of the Russian hacker group known as REvil. Kaseya provides IT management tools for some 40,000 customers worldwide. The company has said that REvil managed to target only about 40 of its clients but that some of those are Managed Service Providers (MSPs) that may each work with hundreds of businesses. In all, around 1,500 businesses worldwide were affected by the attack that left tangible real-world effects, from disrupting supply chains, to disabling computerized cash registries. The event brought back recent memories of the SolarWinds hacking campaign last December. In that coordinated attack, the U.S. software firm SolarWinds was used as a springboard to compromise a raft of federal government agencies. Commenting on the incident in a 60 Minutes interview, Microsoft president Brad Smith stated unequivocally that SolarWinds experienced the “largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen.” Israel’s GDS plan seems to offer a networked approach to this increasingly dangerous problem. Israel’s

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56 achievements in the IT field are the result of private innovation, government cooperation, and military/intelligence application all coalescing together. The GDS seeks to export that model and maybe even bolster it a bit at home. Less than a week following the July attack on its water systems, Israel signed an agreement with the Israeli cyber firm SIGA to bolster its current defense systems. The deal with SIGA was not meant merely as an extra layer of defense. SIGA is in many ways the quintessential Israeli cyber firm, with private and government clients in the U.S. the Gulf, and Europe. As cyber by its very nature is not confined by national borders, cooperation with private firms with international business relationships is essential. Bennett explained this point with a crude but rather on-target example. “Imagine you’re on a bus, a very crowded bus. And there’s a pickpocket who is trying to steal your wallet. Well, there’s one option, you can be silent, and that same pickpocket will go on to the next guy and try to pickpocket him, and the next guy. Or, what if you took out red spray and sprayed his face with red, and you said, ‘Here’s a criminal.’ And everyone said, ‘Oh, there’s a criminal,’ everyone can then defend themselves. “The national cyber agency is that spray and that megaphone that tells everyone, ‘Here’s the bad guy.’ This agency also works on an ongoing basis with all our defense agencies, the Mossad, the Shin Bet, [and] Unit 8200,” referring to the army’s signals intelligence group. “And now the big news is we’re going global. The same national network that is working so well at the national level, we’re opening up, announcing the global cybernet shield where we’re using the very same principles of connectivity because the main thing is if you try to fight alone, you’re gonna lose. If you fight together, you’re gonna win.” If successful, the GDS would provide, through Israel’s management, a worldwide network with which to defend against global distributed attacks in real time. “Usually, the bad guys and the bad nations work on multiple attacks. Let’s say they’re attacking a

Chilean water facility and an Indian water facility three minutes later. If they all share information on the modus operandi – how are they doing it, where is it coming from – immediately you can differentiate between the good signals, which are noise, and the bad guys,” Bennett explained. “That’s the idea of the network. And then, in real time, you can alert, you can investigate together, with joint resources. We’re [basing this on] principles of connectivity because the main thing is if you try to fight alone, you’re gonna lose. If you fight together, you’re gonna win.” According to reports, the GDS scheme is already well underway. The plan is currently being initiated by Israel’s National Cyber Directorate headed by Yigal Unna, a longtime veteran of the cyber defense establishment and one who has been sounding the alarm on the risk to critical infrastructure for years. The Directorate could not have picked a better time to launch the program. In wake of the July 4th ransomware attack, companies around

think about that. “Today, we invite all like-minded, good countries across the world, good nations to join forces in the global cyber defense shield.”

discussion on a program like GDS wouldn’t be complete without highlighting what it means

“THE NATIONAL CYBER AGENCY IS THAT SPRAY AND THAT MEGAPHONE THAT TELLS EVERYONE, ‘HERE’S THE BAD GUY.’” the world are looking for ways to reliably protect their operations from the real-world effects of cyber assault. A slew of countries has already become partners in the GDS plan. “We’re already in touch and we’ve already signed MOUs with dozens of countries,” said Bennett in closing his speech. “But we’re bringing it to the next level of online, real-time defense. A global network shield –

for Israel’s broader strategy in engaging the world. For a long time now, Israel has made a concerted effort to portray itself as an asset on a global scale, offering vital assistance and critical solutions on the world’s most pressing problems. But this is no longer just about Israeli companies pumping out innovative products. It is about Israel becoming an indispensable partner that the world can look to during serious challenges.

The world was reminded of this theme back in June following the Surfside condo tragedy in Miami. Within twenty-four hours of the residential building’s collapse, Israel’s Defense Ministry approved the deployment of a Home Guard Corps search and rescue team. This was not a mere gesture on the part of Israel. The team, led by Colonel Golan Vach, played a key role in the planning and execution of the mission. Reportedly, the teams studied the structure of Champlain Tower while still in Israel and built 3D models of the 40-year-old high-rise. The team then carefully replicated the manner in which the tower appeared to have collapsed, sharing these findings and instructing other units on the ground on how to excavate the site with the highest probability of finding survivors. When asked candidly by a reporter why the United States, typically not lacking expertise when it comes to these matters, required Israel’s assistance, Vach answered: “It’s not that we have better resources necessarily, we just have much more experience.” Indeed, for better or for worse, Israel has garnered some pretty unique experience during its short history. With often dire necessity driving its innovation, many sectors of Israel’s society today have invaluable assets to share with the world. It is initiatives like GDS that are pushing forward an important trend. Let us hope it will continue to be received as well as it has.

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As Bnainu director, I want to give something more to the community as I return to it, be”H – give from the strength I feel Hashem gave me to strengthen all in emunah and bitachon in hard times. I call the new program Chizku, a new source of strength for the community in emunah and bitachon. It involves a 40-minute program once a month, open to the community at no charge. I’ll teach one pasuk of bitachon each month with deep insight: its meaning, a story of a tzadik related to the pasuk, and a nigun that goes to the pasuk.

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I’d like to publicly thank Hashem for keeping me alive, miraculously, after a terrible accident recently. David Hamelech in Vayivarech Dovid, thanks Hashem b’einei kol hakahal, and he includes V’ata michayeh es kulam. But then, Hashem also gives strength to all, U’viyadcha legadel ulechazek lakol.

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The program is based on the Sefer Mitzvas Bitachon by Rav Shmuel Hominer, zt”l, with the mesorah from the Maharal. When we say a pasuk of bitachon, it internalizes bitachon in us and enhances our trust in Hashem. These four steps will make our connection to the pasuk stronger, as we continue to repeat it and reflect on its broader meaning. It will also improve our chinuch habanim, as emunah and chinuch are deeply connected, as we’ll explain. Really looking forward to all that’s involved and thanking Hashem for this idea and the further suggestions from the public. All details to follow, be”H. Stay tuned! With Love, Sholom Weingot Bnainu Director

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Cut Through The Jargon: Stocks & Bonds A 2018 BBC article noted that “there are an estimated 171,146 words currently in use in the English language.” We have a lot of words and the financial services industry is not shy about complicating straightforward concepts by creating, recreating, and confounding us with an endless alphabet soup of words and acronyms. We discussed setting up your accounts in a way that covers the short term, the long term, and general investing. The next step is to invest that cash in assets that should increase in value over time. Let’s consider the most common categories of investment assets and try to pave a simple road through Wall Street’s jungle of jargon. “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein A traditional investment account will include stocks, bonds, and cash. Other asset types are typically referred to as “alternative assets”. We are going to focus on stocks and bonds. Stock: 1. What is it? Stock represents a share of ownership in a company. Fundamentally, a single share of stock in a company starts with a value equal to the difference between all of the company’s assets minus its liabilities and then divided by the total number of shares issued (“book value”). Since stocks entitle the holder to a share of the company’s current and future profits the actual price that stocks trade at will typically be much higher due to expectations of future earnings and net asset value. 2. Why buy it? Stock entitles you to a share of the company’s profits and allows you to participate in the potential increase in value of the company which will increase the price of the stock. The more attractive a business appears, the higher its stock price can rise. 3. How much can I make? There

is no limit to how much you can make. Historically, the US stock market has returned ~10% annually, but what this really means is that some years you

will make much more than 10% and other years will be much lower. 4. How much can I lose? As much as you put in (i.e. if the price of the stock goes to $0). There are ways to lose even more, such as through margin trading - stay away from such strategies. 5. Common jargon? Stock(s), Equity/Equities, Securities Bond: 1. What is it? A bond is a loan. The borrower (issuer) is typically a large corporation or a government and the lender is the investor that purchased the bond. The borrower agrees to repay the loan over time with interest. The interest paid is income to the lender. Since the bond itself is an asset, most can be traded in the bond market similar to a stock. Interest rates play a major role in the pricing of a bond. When interest rates rise compared to the rate on an issued bond, the price of the bond will fall and when interest rates drop in the market, the price of the bond will rise. This makes sense since a higher interest rate in the market makes a previously issued bond at a lower interest rate less attractive. 2. Why buy it? Investors seeking a reliable and predictable stream of income would prefer bonds. Bonds, especially those issued by developed countries or well established corporations are expected to make all of their interest payments on time while repaying their principal in full. Bonds

issued by less creditworthy borrowers (“Junk Bonds” or “High Yield Debt”) will have a higher risk that the investor might not receive all of their interest and principal payments. 3. How much can I make? You will receive as many of the interest payments as you are entitled to while you hold the bond. Additionally, since the trading price of a bond will change as market interest rates change, you might be able to sell a bond for more than you paid for it similar to selling stock. 4. How much can I lose? As much as you put in - if the borrower defaults there is typically an ordering for creditors to recover their money, but oftentimes nothing or close to

the risk of losing it in the next market downturn when an investor might have a shorter time horizon.

nothing is recovered. Losses can also occur for the investor who purchased bonds before a spike in market interest rates. 5. Common Jargon? Bond, Fixed Income, Debt Securities In the longer-term stocks tend to outperform bonds, but in the shorter term they will swing in price much more dramatically. Bonds provide both a more predictable income stream as well as a relatively lower degree of price volatility.

If you can’t beat them, join them: Trying to time the market is hard, and even the most seasoned professionals don’t get it right. Warren Buffet once said “The only value of stock forecasters is to make fortune tellers look good.” Having an amount that you continuously invest is a smart way to get into the market, worry less about timing the market and worry more about being in the market! How to actually sell high and buy low: An investor should be mindful to rebalance their portfolio (although don’t over rebalance, the taxes could be a killer!). This means check the drift in your allocation between stocks and bonds and sell the asset that has appreciated to buy more of the asset that has depreciated. This forces investors to “sell high and buy low” something that is much easier said than done. Our next article will go further down the investing rabbit hole as we explore individual stock and bond investing vs. fund based stock and bond investing. Stay tuned...it’s bound to get controversial! The decision to start saving and investing is yours, the “how” can be hard. We suggest speaking with a “fee only” financial planner operating as a fiduciary - having a CPA or tax background is a huge plus. Email commoncents@northbrookfinancial.com to schedule a free financial planning consultation with our team.

Asset Allocation: An investor with a longer time horizon and/or risk tolerance would want more stocks compared to bonds. Over time the balance from stocks to bonds should shift in order to preserve wealth previously built and reduce

Elliot Pepper, CPA, CFP®, MST is Co-Founder of Northbrook Financial, a Financial Planning, Tax, and Investment Management Firm. He has developed and continues to teach a popular Financial Literacy course for high school students.

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Not Bamboozling You  Bamboo accounts for 99% of pandas’ diets. The other 1% is made up of vegetation, fish or small animals. (Definitely trying that after Sukkos…for two days.)  Bamboo shoots are commonly used in Asian cuisine. (So are snakes.)  There are over 1,500 species of bamboo in the world! (There’s a guy in Brooklyn who uses every variety for his schach! It’s a great chol hamoed trip.)  The largest species of bamboo can reach 1,300 feet in height. (Imagine how tall they would be if they didn’t drink coffee!)  Bamboo releases 30% more oxygen into the atmosphere and absorbs more carbon dioxide compared to other plants, thus cleaning the air. (Let’s surround AOC’s house with bamboo!)

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 Bamboo is used not only in construction but also is used in the manufacture of floors, skateboards, bicycle frames, and helmets. (If you have a bamboo bike, just remember – no shirt, no service!)

 Bamb o o w a s the first plant to regrow after the atomic blast in Hiroshima in 1945, as it can tolerate extreme conditions.  Bamboo is the fastest growing plant on this planet. Some species can grow more than 3 feet in a 24- hour period. (It’s good bamboo doesn’t have a grandmother, otherwise she would have to constantly comment, “Wow, you got sooooo tall!”)  Bamboo is a staple of Eastern medicine and is used for respiratory and digestive illnesses, fevers, and inflammation. (If you get a headache on Sukkos, just grab a piece of schach and rub it on your forehead!)

You Gotta Be Kidding Me! Seymour comes running into shul one night, all out of breath and very excited. “What is happening Seymour?” asks Yankel. “Oh, you would never believe it, Yankel,” says Seymour. “I was trying to catch the bus back from work and I missed it. So I chased it to the next stop, and I missed it again. I kept missing it, and before

I knew it, I chased it all the way to here.” Yankel says, “So, why are you so excited?” Seymour replies, “What do you mean? It’s amazing! I got here and saved the money that I would have had to spend on the bus.” Yankel replies, “You should have chased a taxi – you would have saved a lot more money!”

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1. Having become a first-ballot Hall of Famer last week, how many of the 397 Hall of Fame voters voted for Derek Jeter? a. 201 b. 300 c. 396 d. 397

3. In what year did Jeter record his 2,000th hit? a. 2000 b. 2006 c. 2008 d. 2011 4. How many Gold Gloves does Jeet have? a. 2 b. 3 c. 5 d. None

7. Which team passed up on Jeter, enabling the Yankees to sign him? a. Astros b. Padres c. Cubs d. Red Sox

these awards. 7. A- Jeter was scouted heavily by Hal Newhouser, an employee of the Houston Astros, who was convinced that Jeter would anchor a winning team. Newhouser felt so strongly about Jeter’s potential that he quit his job after the Astros passed on him. 8. C- In 1999, Jeter’s batting average was a career high .349 and he also hit a career high 24 homers. (Those steroids really work wonders! Just kidding…. I can already feel the wrath of you Jeter fans. It’s a good thing you don’t know where I live!) 9. B- Dream big and you too may achieve greatness. In my junior high

9. In his junior high school yearbook, what did Jeter predict he would be in 10 years? a. Zoologist b. Shortstop for the Yankees c. Doctor d. Physical trainer 10. On September 11, 2009, Jeter became the Yankees all-time hit leader. Who did he pass in order to get that title? a. Mickey Mantle b. Yogi Berra c. Babe Ruth d. Lou Gehrig

school yearbook, I predicted that in 10 years I would be the TJH Centerfold Commissioner! 10. D Scorecard: 7-10 correct: You are one of those who has a life-size cutout of Jeter in your basement…. Yeah, he loves you, too! 3-6 correct: You have a healthy level of Jeter knowledge, while still having a real life. 0-2 correct: Hmm… You will probably do better when we have David Wright Hall of Fame trivia in the Centerfold. (You have a lot of time to prepare for that…probably a lifetime to prepare.)

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Answers: 1. C- Jeter’s teammate Mariano Rivera was the only ever unanimous Hall of Famer. Jeter received the most votes ever for a position player. 2. C- Jeter made his major league debut as a fill-in for injured shortstop Tony Fernandez on May 29, 1995. He batted ninth and went 0-for-5. Not a sign of things to come. 3. B- In May 26, 2006, almost 11 years to the day after he hit No. 1, Jeter reached 2,000, singling vs. Kansas City Royals righthander Scott Elarton. 4. C- 5 5. C- 2003 6. A, B, C, D- Jeter received each of

6. While in high school, which of the following awards did Jeet receive? a. B’nai B’rith Award for Scholar Athlete b. High School Player of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association c. Gatorade High School Player of the Year award d. USA Today’s High School Player of the Year

8. What is Jeet’s highest yearly batting average to-date? a. .324 b. .334 c. .349 d. .352

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2. In what year did Derek Jeter make his major league debut? a. 1992 b. 1994 c. 1995 d. 1996

5. In what year did Jeter become captain of the Yankees? a. 1996 b. 2000 c. 2003 d. 2007

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A memorial which uses U.S. flags is especially insidious, as it does not recognize those who have fallen, but uses a symbol that was on the shoulders of those who are responsible for the deaths of 900,000 people, and uses the innocent lives lost during 9/11 as a political prop upholding American hegemony. Muslims such as I have faced fear, harassment, and Islamophobia from those who unjustly use the victims of 9/11 as a political cudgel. - Statement by Fadel Alkilani, a student at Washington University in St. Louis, after he was busted gathering and throwing out 2,977 U.S. flags that were set up for a 9/11 memorial

I saw last night on the football game, Alicia Keys sang “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” which now I hear is called the black national anthem… I think when you go down a road where you’re having two different national anthems, colleges sometimes now have — many of them have different graduation ceremonies for black and white, separate dorms — this is what I mean! Segregation! You’ve inverted the idea. We’re going back to that under a different name.

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When people are able to make choices without government interference for themselves in terms of their wellbeing and the wellbeing of their family, in consultation with whomever they may choose, we’re a stronger society. - Vice President Harris bashing a new pro-life law in Texas, on the same day that the Biden administration announced mandatory vaccines for federal employees and others

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The interim government named by the Taliban falls very short of the mark that was set by the international community for inclusivity... It includes many key members who have very challenging track records. - U.S. Secretary of State Tony Blinken, during a Congressional hearing

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Your decision is disappointing, but understandable given the need to distract from a news cycle that has you mired in multiple selfinflicted crises and plummeting poll numbers, including a rise in new COVID cases, a dismal jobs report, inflation, record amount of drugs coming across the southern border, and, of course, the chaotic and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan that left hundreds of Americans and thousands of Afghan allies stranded under Taliban rule.

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- Former Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway’s response letter to President Biden who demanded that she resign from the U.S. Air Force Academy board or be fired

President Biden’s Thursday speech to the American people about “the battle against COVID-19” had little to do with public health. Its purpose was to distract us from the unmitigated disaster he created in Afghanistan. What better way to accomplish this goal than to issue an imperial edict that would outrage anyone with a rudimentary understanding of the Constitution? Neither Biden nor any federal agency has the power to impose a vaccine mandate on private sector businesses or workers. If Biden fails to grasp this, the people who actually run his administration get it, but they want nothing more from Thursday’s speech than a change of subject. – David Catron, The American Spectator

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So they’re issuing this mandate for private sector employees but also for all federal employees, but … they’re exempting members of Congress and members of Congress’s staff? So how does that work? Can someone explain the science to me? – Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) responding to President Biden’s new vaccine mandate and exemption of Congress from that mandate

He has been able to reach the minority of voters in California who embrace his white supremacist worldview. - Los Angeles Times columnist Jean Guerrero on CNN talking about Larry Elder, an African American conservative who is the Republican candidate for California governor

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Let’s address a socialist candidate for New York City Council, Tiffany Caban, who, amid an increase in violent crimes and shootings, wants victims of violent crimes to work with their attackers in the name of restorative justice. By the way, if you see a word in front of “justice” other than “criminal,” you know you’re getting a dose of leftist nonsense. Legit justice requires law and order, something lefties hate more than soap and water - Greg Gutfeld, Fox News

I’m supposed to “develop an accountability and consequences plan” with the lowlife who flogged me with a car antenna, broke my eye socket, and stole my iPad? What do you want me to do next? Help him with his taxes? Work on his “to do” list? - Ibid.

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What Would You Do If… Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LCSW of The Navidaters

Dear Navidaters,

I’m embarrassed to ask this question with my name, so I hope it’s OK if I use a pseudonym. I was never a book smart girl and did really poorly in the local Bais Yaakov school I attended. I’m surrounded by siblings who

are brilliant and always did well, which tainted my reputation even more in school when teachers expected more of me. To make things short: I got through school but with a very negative experience and with teachers who always compared me to my siblings. I

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went to an amazing seminary for two years and did very well there. I am creative and became a successful graphic designer and started shidduchim about three years ago. Every time I’m asked for my resume I get asked if I could also give a high school reference which I choose not to provide – I refuse. I think this is the reason I’ve been set up so few times. Boys don’t often say yes to me. Can I ever get past my past as a non-academic kid? Can I get away with never sending a high-school reference? Thanks, Elisheva*

Disclaimer: This column is not intended to diagnose or otherwise conclude resolutions to any questions. Our intention is not to offer any definitive conclusions to any particular question, rather offer areas of exploration for the author and reader. Due to the nature of the column receiving only a short snapshot of an issue, without the benefit of an actual discussion, the panel’s role is to offer a range of possibilities. We hope to open up meaningful dialogue and individual exploration.

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lisheva, you seem to be very worried about your reputation and resume. I hear you; with a history of frequent comparisons to your sisters and having a weak academic high school record, that’s understandable. As you mentioned, that was history. You are successful in your profession for a few years and you probably have a lot to post on your resume besides your high school references. Make sure to put contacts in your resume who will vouch for your volunteering, your hobbies, and interests. Put down people who know you in a broader community/ neighborhood/camp/organizing settings, not just institutional or educational contexts, such as neighbors, youth group leaders, and community activists. Show that you are multidimensional and talented. Not everyone is looking for an academic person; people care about middos and menchlechkeit, not your SAT scores. Life skills including communication, maturity, and resilience are very important. Try to develop a broader network for shidduchim through your other activities and interests. Go to other communities (including out-of-town cities) to meet people and shadchanim. It will grow your confidence. Find ways to share your successes with others. That being said, I do think that mention on your resume of your high school is important. It will be noticeable if it is absent. But you don’t have to give references from that school. However, since people may go back and find high school references on their own, I would suggest that a friend’s parent, neighbor, or other adult community member whom you trust be asked to call

some members of the high school administration and give them an update on your current accomplishments and career success. Let them hear what you are doing and what a swan you have become. In other words, be proactive and have people who can testify to your character and accomplishments frame your current adult attributes.

provide. Think about all the married people you know from all different types of academic backgrounds. Your SAT scores don’t trump Hashem’s ability to find you your SAT (Shidduch At The Right Time). In the meantime, feel free to send me your resume through the editor; I’d be happy to look out for you. May we hear good news this year!

The Shadchan Michelle Mond

ou sound like a smart, accomplished, fine young woman who will find her bashert when the right one comes along. I know the process, and it is so strenuous and humbling. You are not alone in that you did not have a positive high school experience. I know many young men and women who sit and meet with me who have the same sentiments regarding high school. If you are finding the high school reference to be a hindrance from getting dates, I can offer one piece of advice. Choose one person from high school, whether it be a teacher, secretary, tutor, or mechaneches and offer her a once-a-week chessed. Tell her you are back from seminary, have some time on your hands, and would love to help out. Build a relationship through chessed and ask if you could add her to your shidduch resume as a reference. Then, voila! You will have a high-school reference. However, the problem truly might not be high school, rather Hashem fielding the wrong ones from being suggested for you; which actually makes it a bracha. When the right one comes along, he won’t even think to ask about high school because he just won’t care! He will be happy with the references you do

The Single Rivka Weinberg

lisheva, this question made me smile, and for me it simply reiterated the idea of “the grass is not always greener on the other side.” Personally, I am an academic individual, and I have always been nervous that because of it I would be set up with nerdy, socially-off, intellectual guys. From time to time, part of me wished that I was slightly less academic, with the hopes of getting the name of a guy who was with-it and quick. So reading that you hope to get past your non-academic times is a great reminder to me that Hashem has a plan for each and every one of us – thank you for that. Now onto your question, I am having a hard time understanding why you refuse to send a high school reference. Whether you did well in high school or not has nothing to do with your personality and middos, so although the teachers may not speak to your academic skills, they will have the opportunity to discuss you as an individual. And even if your middos were not where you wish they were at that time, it’s important to keep in mind that as individuals we are constantly growing and evolving. If someone looks into you and hears that you weren’t aca-

You need to accept and love yourself first.

demic in high school and didn’t have the best middos but have worked on yourself tremendously and are thriving now, and they continue to hesitate, that’s their problem, not yours. In Oros Hateshuvah we learn that “the primary focus of teshuvah should be to rectify the present and the future. When this is accomplished, Hashem will help one rectify the past as well.” You should continue to look ahead into the bright future that awaits you and not allow your actions of the past to take control of your mind. However, in order to do that, you need to accept and love yourself first. Without this first step of self-acceptance and self-love, you cannot appropriately participate in a relationship. So although it appears to you that the high school reference is interfering with your shidduchim, maybe Hashem is giving you the opportunity to work on yourself and your self-esteem before you try to dive into caring for someone else. One of the best pieces of advice I would give to a fellow single is to take advantage of your singlehood to better yourself and cultivate the tools necessary to build a healthy and enduring relationship.

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explain to them how their guidance stayed with you and helped you excel in seminary. Show them glowing letters from your seminary teachers. And proudly explain how today, older and wiser, you are a respected and successful graphic designer. Then, volunteer to speak with, and share your experiences with, the current senior class. You can offer the students insights into a career in graphic designing. They may or may not take you up on your offer to volunteer, but they will almost certainly re-think their previous negative perceptions of you. Ask them, po-

Your SAT scores don’t trump Hashem’s ability to find you your SAT (Shidduch At The right Time).

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and guidance counselors. So, if you fear that they will give you negative character references, there is a remedy for you. Make an appointment to meet with them. Explain that your high school experience was marred by your frustration at not being able to maintain the academic excellence of your siblings. And, that even though you might not have expressed it when you were a student, you appreciate the guidance and direction that the faculty provided. Proceed to

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“C” in high school chemistry. Before you blame the rejections on your high school background, please ask your trusted shadchan for the reason. It might be something else, entirely. However, let’s discuss what to do if your assumption is correct, and it is your high school history that is holding you back. It’s safe to assume that no one actually wants to see your old high school report cards; what dating prospects want to see are positive character assessments from your high school principals

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high school may not serve you well moving forward in the current shidduch world, set up as it is. My other personal opinion and belief is that no one should be judged or dismissed based on their high school experience. It is ludicrous, small-minded, unjust and exclusionary with shades of Darwinism. Some of the most well-adjusted, stable and successful people I know had miserable experiences in high school for a myriad of reasons. Perhaps high school didn’t complement someone’s natural abilities and talents. This is not because a

sheva. My personal advice (to be thought over and taken or discarded as ultimately you have to do what feels right for you!) is to be honest and include your high school on your resume. If you’d like, you can call one of the warmer, personable teachers you had, asking for a few moments of her time. Explain your situation. Ask if you can use her as a personal reference. Believe me when I tell you that you are not the first or the last former student to make a phone call like this. It is my hope that this hardship will open the door to a beautiful, growth-oriented, caring, empathic and special soul (your zivug) to enter your life. I do believe that honesty is the best policy. Best of luck with your decision! Sincerely, Jennifer

Jennifer Mann, LCSW is a licensed psychotherapist and certified trauma healing life coach, as well as a dating and relationship coach working with individuals, couples, and families in private practice at 123 Maple Avenue in Cedarhurst, NY. She also teaches a psychology course at Touro College. To set up a consultation or to ask questions, please call 718-908-0512. Visit www.thenavidaters.com for more information. If you would like to submit a dating or relationship question to the panel anonymously, please email JenniferMannLCSW@gmail.com. You can follow The Navidaters on FB and Instagram for dating and relationship advice.

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ear Elisheva, Thank you for writing into our panel. Your question speaks to so many readers who had all sorts of difficulties in high school and are in shidduchim. Leaving out information on a resume will leave many people raising an eyebrow. What is he/she hiding? they may wonder. It is my personal opinion and belief that honesty is always the best policy. There is no foolproof answer here, and there is always the possibility that Mr. Right may not care what is excluded from your resume, so please keep that in mind as you continue reading my response. I think that not including something as important as where you went to

person isn’t a student. It is because not every learning environment is appropriate for every student. And for a bad high school experience to haunt a phenomenal young woman such as yourself into her successful career path and her dating life is incredibly unfair to you and every person to whom this happens. I will say this: the right person will not care about your report cards or what your teachers from many moons ago have to say about you. The right person will look at who you are now. He and his family will take into account all of your accomplishments! Not all of us have a “perfect” track record. Don’t let this system have you believing that you are less than or unworthy! People who will judge you based on your past aren’t worth your breath, Eli-

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Poland’s Unrelenting Dedication to Jew Hatred By David Billet

hile some forms of anti-Semitism are more challenging to identify, others are as clear as day. The Polish government has proven that they are just as anti-Semitic today as they were when my grandparents were forcibly placed in a slave labor camp during World War II. Poland’s Parliament recently passed a law that eﬀectively bars all Holocaust survivors, and their descendants, from recovering property that was illegitimately taken during WWII. Is it not enough that almost three million Polish Jews were killed in the Holocaust? Now they also want to legitimatize the stealing of their property. A brief walk down memory lane can prove the absurdity of this law and how it is merely the expression of age-old Polish anti-Semitism coming to life in society today. Firstly, the Polish police played a pivotal role in supporting the Nazis during the Holocaust. The Polish police force was known as the “Blue Police” and ensured that all Jews lived in ghettos, were beaten when failing to comply with Nazi dictates, and were repressed when attempting to ﬁght for their freedom. It has become widely recognized that the police were comprised of the pre-war Polish police force, and that if a Jew was caught by the Polish police, they would almost certainly be killed. It is estimated that approximately 90% of the 3.3 million Jews who were living in Poland were murdered during the Holocaust, thereby ensuring that their property was left behind for others to claim. Furthermore, acting against extreme pressure from the Polish political class, a variety of scholars and historians have worked to understand the role that Poland played in the Holo-

caust. Jan Tomasz Gross, a leading Polish American historian, has stated that the Poles had killed more Jews than the Germans during WWII, which led to his condemnation by many Polish political leaders. Mr. Gross highlighted an example of Polish anti-Semitism by discussing how, on one occasion, half of the resi-

the extermination of Polish Jewry. History will never forget the role that Poland played in ensuring that the soil of Europe will forever be stained with the blood of the Jews. Only twenty years after Jews were suﬀocatded in gas chambers during the Holocaust, the Polish communist party declared in 1968 that all Jews were

It is estimated that approximately 90% of the 3.3 million Jews who were living in Poland were murdered during the Holocaust.

dents of a village simply murdered the other half, leading to the death of sixteen-hundred Jews. Another leading Holocaust historian, Barbara Engelking, uncovered testimony that the prewar mayor of a Polish town led the Nazis to Jews who were hiding in a forest, which led to the death of twenty-two Jews. These are only a few examples of the explosive anti-Semitism that led to

the enemy of the state. This has become known as an anti-Semitic purge and forced approximately 20,000 Jews to ﬂee Poland in only four years. Mass demonstrations were also held against Jewish oﬃcials, who were often accused of dual loyalty to Israel and were blamed for many of the country’s issues. If we fast forward to today, Poland

is recognized as one of the most anti-Semitic countries in Europe. In a recent survey by the Anti-Defamation League, almost 50% of Poles supported anti-Semitic views and 74% of the survey respondents stated that the Jews discuss the Holocaust too often. In 2019, Poland’s parliament passed a law that made it a crime to state that Poland was complicit in the Holocaust. The Israeli government, and all Jews around the world, must not cower in fear in the face of another political leader who relentlessly attacks our people. Anti-Semitism is a disease that only grows more rampant when fed, and we must not feed the anti-Semitism that has proven to pervade Poland’s political class. Rather than visiting the concentration camps and supporting the economy of a country that despises our people, we must instead focus on supporting Israel, touring Yad VaShem, and educating ourselves in Jewish history. As the generation of Holocaust survivors is slowly coming to an end, it has become more crucial than ever before for Holocaust education to become a focal point of all educational institutions. While historians often argue that anti-Semitism mutates in every generation, it seems that Polish anti-Semitism remains unchanged after all these years.

David Billet is a student at Fordham Law School, where he is an Associate Editor of the International Law Journal. In May of 2018, David graduated from Queens College, CUNY, with a B.A. in Accounting and a minor in Economics. David additionally writes articles that focus on foreign aﬀairs, domestic policy, and global anti-Semitism. To date, his work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Israel Hayom, and almost twenty other media publications.

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he basic details of the Yom Kippur War are well known. A surprise attack on Yom Kippur, October 6, 1973, by an Arab coalition took the Israelis by surprise. Many soldiers were in shul – the Israeli intelligence had failed to pick up the impending attack. As reserves were called up and rushed to the frontlines and supplies were flown in from the U.S., the Arabs were making considerable gains on both the Suez front led by the Egyptian Army and the Golan Front led by the Syrians. It took Israel three days to fully mobilize its defense forces, and heavy fighting ensued on both fronts. After a few days, the IDF managed to push back the Syrians and were shelling the outskirts of Damascus. The IDF also counter-attacked on the southern front and was making headway into Egypt before a ceasefire was imposed on October 25. The Israeli victory was bloody as over 2,500 Israelis were killed and over a thousand tanks and 100 aircraft were lost. In the middle of the conflict, raids were conducted by both the air force and Special Forces units that were designed to take off some of the pressure from the Israelis fighting on the front lines.

On October 9, the fourth day of the war, the IAF decided to carry out an aerial strike on Syrian headquarters in response to a surface-to-surface missile strike at the Ramat David Air Base the day before. The Israeli Air Force had suffered heavy losses in the first three days of the war, and this raid was designed to show the

Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat peering through a telescope in the Sinai Peninsula on June 4, 1973

target, which was the Syrian General Staff Headquarters. Syrian air defenses failed to pick up the Israeli aircraft, and sirens only started wailing after the first bombs hit their targets. The headquarters was hit and forced the Syrians to move their operations much farther away from Israel. Two IAF Phantoms were hit during the

After safely landing in Israel, the crew counted fifty enemy shells that had hit the chopper.

Syrians and the Jordanians that the IAF was still a very powerful force. Major Arnon Lapidot led a formation of 8 F-4 Phantom fighter jets at low altitude over the Mediterranean to avoid radar detection. One jet had to turn back due to mechanical difficulties; the other seven planes reached Damascus over heavy cloud cover. A break in the clouds allowed the Phantoms to reorient themselves, and they headed for their primary

raid and one pilot was killed. Although the raid received sharp international criticism, it had the desired effect of convincing the Jordanian king to not open a third front against Israel. Another raid of eight Phantoms was diverted to a Syrian tank column in the Golan Heights. They destroyed the enemy tanks, and Israeli forces were then able to push back the Syrian forces beyond the pre-war ceasefire line.

Operation Ketonet took place on October 12 north of Damascus. Soldiers from the 35th Paratroopers Brigade under the command of Major Shaul Mofaz were flown into deep Syrian territory by a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter. Their objective was to ambush enemy columns from the Iraqi Expeditionary Force headed to the Golan Heights. After letting some vehicles pass, they attacked a pair of trucks and followed up with attacking more vehicles including a tank. Then they blew up an important bridge and moved to the extraction point. No Israelis were wounded or killed in the raid. The destruction of the bridge severely delayed the Iraqi forces from reaching the front lines. Following the successful execution of Operation Ketonet, another force under Major Mofaz set out on another nighttime raid deep into Syria. Called Operation Davidka, the force of forty paratroopers was discovered by a Syrian patrol. They were able to avoid giving away their exact position due to not returning fire from the increasing number of Syrian troops. Mofaz split the group in two as they waited for helicopter extraction. As they regrouped on a hill, the Syrians pressed in from three

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of enemy vehicles and incurred no injuries or fatalities in the very successful raid. Raids deep into enemy territory are not always successful, but the IDF carried out several of them during the war. The objectives achieved helped the troops fighting on the front lines. By October 25 the war ended in victory for the Israelis. The troops A huge Israeli flag symbolizing Israel’s victory and airmen who conducton October 30, 1973 ed these raids may not be household names but their heroism on the battlefield is to be restroyed some of the enemy vehicles. Two more missile bases were de- membered. stroyed by the column. The fact that an Israeli force was operating deep behind the Egyptian lines rattled many Egyptian units. For a while, Avi Heiligman is a weekly contributhough, the Egyptian high command tor to The Jewish Home. He welcomes did not know an IDF unit was rapid- your comments and suggestions for ly destroying three missile bases. In future columns and can be reached at addition, the Israeli took out dozens aviheiligman@gmail.com.

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sides. The helicopter pilot Lieutenant Colonel Yuval Efrat landed despite taking heavy ground fire. All forty IDF soldiers scrambled aboard the chopper, and only one was slightly injured. After a head count, the CH-53 Super Stallion took off. After safely landing in Israel, the crew counted fifty enemy shells that had hit the chopper. An Israeli tank crossing the Suez Canal In the south, the fight against the Egyptians was intense as well and was also subject to raids by the IDF deep bases. The fast-moving Israelis only behind enemy lines. On October 15, fought the enemy that got in their way the IDF launched an attack on the while heading to the first missile base. west side of the Suez and started to Using cannon and machine gun fire, gain ground. The next morning, two they destroyed the missile battery as companies of the 264th Battalion, well the radar facilities at the base. The column then moved on to 421st Armored Brigade were ordered another missile base that was abanto leave the main column and go on doned. They then encountered an a raid deep into Egyptian territory. Egyptian force, and the Israelis deTheir objective was enemy missile

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Is the Person Sitting Next to You on Your Flight Really a Yeshiva Bochur? How Undercover Agents are Protecting the Skies BY TZVI LEFF

September 11, 2001, 19 hijackers boarded four domestic U.S. flights departing from three airports along the East Coast. Approximately a half-hour after lift-off, the al-Qaeda terrorists rushed the cockpits, easily overpowering the respective flight crews and taking control of the aircraft. The tragic results are well-known. The hijackers piloted two of the passenger jets into the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan, causing a massive explosion that eventually toppled the gleaming skyscrapers and killed 2,605 Americans. A little over an hour later, American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon’s outermost ring, incinerating all passengers aboard along with another 54 soldiers. Flight 93, the final plane still in the air, was famously brought down in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, after passengers heroically decided to rush the cockpit. As the sun set on the infamous day, 2,996 Americans had perished. The world was forever changed. Authorities tasked with investigating the deadly attack were astonished at the relative ease with which the terrorists managed to gain control over the aircraft. As highlighted in the ensuing 9/11 Commission Report, the jihadis had been armed with only boxcutters and an assortment of crude knives. All 19 terrorists had faced little resistance commandeering the airplanes despite being relatively lightly armed. The cockpits were not hardened and the pilots were unarmed; with the exception of Flight 93, none of the hijackers had faced any resistance from either flight crew or passengers. “We do not know exactly how the hijackers gained access to the cockpit. FAA rules required that the doors remain closed and locked during flight. Some speculated that they had ‘jammed their way’ in,” stated the 9/11 Commission Report. “Perhaps the terrorists stabbed the flight attendants to get a cockpit key, to force one of them to open the cockpit door, or to lure the captain or first officer out of the cockpit.” Thirteen months later, an El Al flight was readying for its final descent to Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport when Tawfiq Fukra rushed the cockpit. Brandishing a knife he had smug-

gled aboard hidden in his belt, the 23-year-old Israeli Arab screamed about the downtrodden Palestinian nation as he ran down the aisle. But before he could make it to the first-class cabin, two undercover security guards sprang into action. Drawing the small pistols they had concealed throughout the flight, they wrestled Fukra to the ground and slapped handcuffs on him; the entire episode had taken less than 20 seconds. Fukra later told interrogators that he had hoped to hijack the airplane. Inspired by the events on 9/11, the Islamist had hoped to fly the jet into Tel Aviv’s Azrieli Towers to raise awareness for the Palestinian cause. But, unlike on 9/11, no one was hurt thanks to the quick-thinking actions of Israel’s elite undercover sky marshals. Commonly freshly-demobilized soldiers from IDF special forces units, these security guards train endlessly for this exact scenario: stopping an in-progress hijacking attempt and preventing terrorists from gaining control of the aircraft.

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entire air marshal program is shrouded in secrecy. Virtually nothing is known about the undercover security guards, and active members are forbidden from being photographed, from having social media accounts, and from revealing the true nature of their job to friends and family. This unit of airborne commandos is overseen by the Shin Bet internal security agency and epitomizes the Shabak’s motto of being “The Unseen Shield.” Despite years of requests, no Israeli television program has ever been granted a behind-the-scenes look at the State Aviation Security Framework, and members both current and former are loath to interview. Israeli sky marshals are widely viewed as the world’s most elite cadre in aviation security and graduate from the most difficult and challenging training course Israel has to offer. Their intensive training, which gives them mastery in Krav Maga, firearms and undercover work, is a key reason why only one Israeli aircraft has ever been hijacked in the

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Shin Bet has over 10 different units that deal with security, from protecting the prime minister and the head of the opposition to securing embassies and international delegations. Yet no one else is as well trained as Israel’s sky marshals. The course that the sky marshals must undergo is the longest and most demanding the Shin Bet has to offer; the grueling four-month regimen includes hand-to-hand combat, operating various types of firearms, and the art of going undercover. Israel’s sky-marshal training course takes place in a classified facility in the center of the country. There, aspiring marshals are taught the ins and outs of aviation security, practicing from morning until night, six days a week, on a full-size passenger aircraft designated for this purpose. Trainees are monitored closely by a team of instructors and psychologists, who put them through frequent tests. No one is placed on an aircraft before passing the final exam, which includes hand-to-hand combat, simulated hijackings and shooting so intense that trainee marshals find it difficult to sleep in the days leading up to it. Special focus is spent on mastering Krav Maga, Israel’s homegrown self-defense and fighting system that is renowned for its aggressiveness and brutality. Often, wouldbe operators are forced to drop out after suffering broken limbs during a punishing training session. The relentless training regimen is designed for one goal: teaching sky marshals to intervene and prevent a hijacking in progress. Every second is crucial; hesitation can make the difference between an international incident that would see thousands of terrorists freed and safely landing the airplane without anyone hurt.

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intelligence oﬃcers on international ﬂights. In order to effectively protect Israeli aircraft while ensuring that other day-to-day operations continued as planned, the Shin Bet created a special unit dedicated solely to securing jet planes. The State Aviation Security Framework was born.

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country’s 73-year-history. “We’re the top of the top when it comes to this. When I was there, our unit trained the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, we trained the French – we’re the best of the best when it comes to air marshals,” says Jake [name has been changed], a 29-year-old who served as an undercover sky marshal for three years. Immigrating to Israel at the age of 19, Jake joined the Shin Bet after completing his military service in the IDF’s elite Golani Brigade and today runs a martial arts school in Canada. The decision to place undercover security guards on every flight operated by Israeli airlines came in the late 1960s. At the time, Palestinian terror organizations had turned to international terrorism in their battle against Israel, hijacking a slew of flights in places such as Athens, Thailand, and London. While these flights were Israel-bound, they were not operated by Israeli carriers. Upon obtaining control of the planes, groups such as Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) demanded that Israel release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the hostages. The hijackings would turn into a media circus, providing the Palestinians with worldwide press coverage and catapulting their cause to the world stage. Matters came to a head in 1968 when four PFLP members forcibly commandeered El Al flight 426, en route from Rome to Tel Aviv, and diverted it to Algeria. Israel was forced to free 24 terrorists in order to ensure the safety of the hostages. The episode left Israel’s defense leadership red-faced. Humiliated at being forced to release convicted murderers, Prime Minister Golda Meir ordered that the Shin Bet internal security service begin putting undercover agents on all Israeli aircraft. However, the new arrangement soon began causing problems. Back then, a small and covert agency, the Shin Bet did not have enough manpower to keep putting trained

No one is placed on an aircraft before passing the final exam, which includes hand-to-hand combat, simulated hijackings and shooting so intense that trainee marshals find it difficult to sleep in the days leading up to it.

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Not only will unarmed civilians stand between a marshal and a hijacker, one stray bullet could shatter the fuselage and cause the plane to crash.

Even beginning the course means passing an intensive recruitment process lasting the better part of a year, followed by successfully obtaining a high-level security clearance. Military service in a tier-1 commando unit does not guarantee graduation. “Whatever you learn in the military is kind of irrelevant. The skills you learn in the army won’t help you,” asserts Jake. “We had guys from the Shayetet 13 [naval commandos similar to NAVY Seals] who knew how to shoot underwater. But it isn’t relevant; in this course, everyone starts from zero. “We had four people who got cut,” he adds. “One was an officer in the Yahalom engineering special forces unit, another was in Duvdevan [a counterterror unit], and the third was in 669 [a special forces search and rescue unit].” A key reason for the intensive training is due to the fact that sky marshals must overcome unique challenges other security guards aren’t made to deal with. The cramped aircraft demands that operators master the art of accurate and effective close quarter shooting. Not only will unarmed civilians stand between a marshal and a hijacker, one stray bullet could shatter the fuselage and cause the plane to crash. Then there’s the question of manpower; where a prime minister is surrounded by dozens of security guards and police officers, an air marshal seeking to take down a terrorist may be the lone person responsible for the lives of all those aboard. “Anything happens anywhere else, 20 people have your back. That isn’t the case here,” says Jake. “Terrorists can also use anything as a weapon, such as the serving tray for the food, there’s the forks, there’s the knives. Fighting a guy in between two seats with 300 people on board is something that no other unit has to deal with. “Most of the time you’re overseas, so you need to learn how to deal with international politics and bureaucracy,” Jake notes. “Don’t forget – in the prime minister’s personal security detail, you’re with an entire staff, be it 12 people or 24 people. Yet when you’re on a flight, you’re only a few guys.”

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many countries place undercover security guards on flights, Israel’s program is different. Unlike their overseas counterparts, Israeli sky marshals do not work for the airline but are employed directly by the Shin Bet. On consecutive days, operators can just as easily find themselves on an El Al or Israir flight, two major Israeli airlines that are direct competitors. Israel is also unique in that it mandates armed security on every single flight, whether it be filled with Israeli Arab passengers heading to Turkey or Breslov chassidim on their way to Uman. “The Americans and the Canadians do not put people on every single flight. Israel is the only one that does that. Incoming or outgoing, there are zero exceptions,” Jake shares. While in the U.S. “about 15 percent” of flights have air marshals onboard, “in Israel, it’s 100%,” he adds. “You will never be on a flight that does not have a marshal. “I personally worked a flight…in which literally everyone was yeshiva students and children. It doesn’t matter – someone always needs to be on the plane.”

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marshals are commonly freshly-demobilized soldiers, usually oﬃcers and those who served

in the IDF’s most elite special forces units. For them, working 4-5 flights a week is a chance to see the world while saving up money for college. “You fly almost every single day. During the three years I was there, I visited 24 countries and that isn’t counting the ‘turnarounds’ where you stay for a few hours and fly back,” relates Jake. Working as a sky marshal is not for everyone. Operators must have the ability to go undercover, effectively melting into the crowd in order to appear as an ordinary passenger. A major advantage air marshals have over a potential hijacker is their deep familiarity with the aircraft. Knowing the plane inside and out increases a security guard’s chances of taking down a terrorist during a confrontation. The average flight is filled with items that an adversary can exploit as a weapon, from the axes used to break windows in the event of a crash to pitchers filled with boiling water in the galley. As such, sky marshals need to be capable of spending an entire flight on high alert, ready to spring into action should at the first sign of anything suspicious. They are forbidden from watching movies, reading, listening to music, or anything else that would alleviate the boredom during the long hours in the air. Every marshal develops his own methods to pass the time while remaining watchful of everything that is going on. Jake says that he would begin conversations with as many travelers as possible throughout the flight as a means to remain vigilant. “I met so many interesting people there,” Jake recounts. “When you’re sitting on the plane and starting to fall asleep or get tired, you talk to the guy next to you. And then when he gets tired, you go talk to the other guy. You just talk to people and drink coffee. “The first flight is hard,” he admits. “But after three years, you get used to it.” This is not the kind of work for someone seeking an ordinary 9-5 job. There is no such thing as a manpower shortage; every airplane must take off on time, and every Israeli flight must have armed security on board. As a result, operators must always be ready to work at a moment’s notice, frequently being summoned from vacation and family events to the airport. “You’re a slave. You work non-stop,” says Jake. “I can be sitting at home at 2 AM with my wife, and they’ll call me saying, ‘Listen, we need you to show up.’” As difficult as the lifestyle may be, the perks of the job often outweigh the challenges. “It’s great because your wife flies for free, your kids fly for free,” Jake shares. “My wife and I went to Paris, we went to Ukraine, we went to India.... If you know the flight attendants, then you’ll be bumped up to business class.”

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next time you’re on a flight to or from Israel, take a look around. The bored yeshiva student sitting next to you may be just that, someone visiting his family in the U.S. after a year studying abroad. But he may also be a highly trained undercover air marshal, armed and waiting to jump at the first hint of trouble. “I was never recognized even once,” says Jake when asked if his cover was ever blown mid-flight. “We’re very professional. It’s almost impossible to ever know who we are.”

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Sukkot Soup By Naomi Nachman

I wrote this recipe last year with Sukkot in mind. I was looking to create a soup

that would stick to our bones while eating outdoors on a cool Sukkot evening. My family and guests absolutely loved this

soup. This recipe makes a big batch, and it freezes really well.

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Ingredients ◦ 2 tablespoon canola oil ◦ 2 strips ﬂanken ◦ 2 medium onions, diced ◦ 2 cloves garlic, minced ◦ 4 stalks celery, diced ◦ 2 large carrots, diced ◦ 2 medium zucchini, diced ◦ 2 can chickpeas, drained ◦ 1 ½ pounds (24 oz.) frozen broccoli cuts ◦ 1 ½ pounds (24 oz.) frozen cauliﬂower cuts ◦ 8 cups vegetable broth or water ◦ 1 tablespoon kosher salt ◦ Freshly ground pepper

Preparation 1.

Heat oil in large soup pot over medium-high heat. Sear ﬂanken for about 5 minutes per side, or until

the meat releases itself. Remove meat and set aside.

In the same pot, add onion and sauté till translucent. Add in garlic and sauté for 2 minutes. Lower heat to medium-low, add celery, carrots, zucchini chickpeas, broccoli and cauliﬂower.

Place the meat back to the pot. Add the broth, salt, and pepper. Stir and bring mixture to a boil.

Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, for 2 hours.

Remove meat and shred oﬀ the bones and return the meat to the pot.

Cook’s note: Add broth or water until just below the top of the vegetables. Too much water will make a thin soup. Photo by Hudi Greenberger. Styling by Renee Muller. Shared with permission by Mishpacha Magazine.

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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TURA WINERY PRESENTS

In honor of Yom Tov, Erez and Vered Ben Saadon, owners of the boutique Tura Winery, have brought an exclusive recipe from gourmet chefs Gilbert Glantz and Motti David of the Adom restaurant in Jerusalem. “This amazing recipe, which infuses the meat with a mix of complementary flavors, pairs perfectly with the award-winning Mountain Peak, Tura’s flagship wine,” said Vered. A blend of four different grape varieties from the best barrels in the winery’s cellars, Mountain Peak is aged for 22 months in new French oak barrels for a fruity, balanced wine with full body and a long finish. “This is the perfect wine to delight your guests in the sukkah!” said Erez.

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O ssobuc o Lamb Shanks

Ingredients • Oil for browning • 4 lamb shanks • 10 marrow bones • 10 shallots • 12 carrots • 6 tomatoes, diced • 2 onions, chopped • 10 garlic cloves, quartered • 1 bottle dry red wine (choose a wine you don’t feel bad using for cooking!) • Sea salt and coarsely ground pepper to taste • A handful each of fresh bay leaves, sage and rosemary

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A Special Chef’s Recipe for a Sumptuous Sukkos Seudah

Instructions 1. Heat oil in a shallow, heavy-bottomed pot. Brown the lamb and the marrow bones on each side. Remove the meat from the pot and set aside. 2. Add to the same pot the shallots, carrots, tomatoes and onions, and sauté for a few minutes until slightly browned. Add the garlic and continue to cook for another minute.

4. Add the lamb and the red wine and cook until the liquid is reduced. 5. Add the salt and pepper and enough hot water that will cover the meat. 6. Simmer on the stovetop for 3 hours. Alternately, roast in the oven at 350⁰F for 3 hours. 7. Serve each lamb shank with bone marrow, 3 carrots and 2 shallots. Sprinkle fresh rosemary on top. Enjoy this and other festive dishes with high-quality, superb Tura wines. Order from Tura.israeliwinery.com, or for more information visit https://www.turawinery.com/en

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3. Add the bay leaves and sage and cook for a few more minutes so that the liquid is slightly reduced.

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KnaidlacH

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Have you been missing knaidlach in your chicken soup simply because you have adopted a gluten-free diet? Not necessary!! Here are some delicious gluten-free matza balls for your Yom Tov soup, which the whole family can enjoy.

What You Will Need: 2 eggs 3 Tbl oil 1/3 tsp. salt ¾ cup plus 2 Tbl. instant potato flakes

Preparation: Beat eggs slightly with fork. Add oil, salt, and potato flakes. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to an hour. If mixture is too loose, add more potato flakes. Form knaidlach and drop into boiling salted water. Cook, covered, for 30 minutes. Enjoy!

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Big Yellow Taxi By Allan Rolnick, CPA

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tailers along Route 41 that runs from Lake Superior west along the Iron Ore Heritage Trail. In 2008, home improvement giant Lowe’s spent $10 million to build a store just west of downtown. Marquette’s mayor even showed up to help open the place. Two years later, Lowe’s went to court to cut their assessed value

Marquette should compare the store’s value against empty, “dark” stores. Adding insult to injury, Lowe’s slapped deed restrictions on the store to ensure future buyers don’t become competitors. Those restrictions drive values down even further. We’ll forgive you for thinking it’s the property tax equivalent of someone killing

Who needs the mayor showing up at the ribbon-cutting when you can add $756,000 to the bottom line?

to $5.2 million. Why so much less than what they just spent to build it? Michigan counties typically assess a property’s value on its purchase price minus depreciation, then tax owners on half that amount. But unlike conventional commercial properties, Lowe’s argued, “free standing ‘bigbox’ stores like the subject [property] are not constructed for the purpose of thereafter selling or leasing the property in the marketplace.” This meant

their parents, then begging for mercy because they’re an orphan. Michigan’s Tax Tribunal bought Lowe’s argument, slashing the store’s assessment. Lowe’s sued to recover the $756,000 they had paid on the higher amount. And Marquette’s libraries started closing on Sundays. Lowe’s big-box peers have embraced the hustle, trying it out in 20 more states. Who needs the mayor showing up at the ribbon-cutting when you

can add $756,000 to the bottom line? Big-box developers argue that they spark economic development, bringing jobs and sales to shower money onto their local governments. But recent studies suggest that’s a myth. A group of eight communities in central Ohio found the cost of infrastructure and public services actually exceeded tax revenues to the tune of 44 cents/ square foot, or about $80,000/year for a typical Walmart Supercenter. And when retailers move on to greener pastures, the empty stores they leave behind become crime magnets. State and local governments are naturally fighting back. At stake: billions of dollars of revenue to support essential local services like police and fire protection. COVID-19’s effect on local economies is only making the challenge even more urgent. Watch out! You’ll know your town lost the battle when you see your property taxes go up!

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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century ago, America was “a nation of shopkeepers.” Beginning in the 1950s, we became a nation of malls. Today, we’re a nation of big-box stores. Walmart, Best Buy, Dick’s Sporting Goods, and Home Depot have stomped their way across our landscapes like so many commercial Godzillas. In the words of the counterculture philosopher Joni Mitchell, “They paved paradise to put up a parking lot.” You would think that big-box stores would be happy enough ruining small-town main streets and former farmlands, as long as crimes against architecture translate into fat profits. But no. Thanks to clever tax planning, they’ve started raiding local budgets, too. It’s called the “dark store” method. So come with us now to Marquette, Michigan, and see why property-tax planning can save just as much as income-tax planning. Marquette is the biggest city in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula: home to about 20,000 “Yoopers,” site of Northern Michigan University, and one of CBS MarketWatch’s “10 Best Places to Retire in North America.” The town has spent millions on infrastructure to support big-box re-

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