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The Difference of Dairy Alyssa Elbogen

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ne of the most striking quotes I’ll never forget from my Ayurvedic holistic health teacher, Dr. Naina Marballi, was as follows: ‘Dairy, when coming from a good, healthy & wholesome source can be the greatest medicine. Dairy, when coming from other places can prove to be the greatest poison.’ She essentially created two categories; one strict, idealistic setting that felt nearly impossible to reach and - all the rest. Now because it is so difficult to find healthy, happy dairy products, many people are swearing off dairy

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products as a very unhealthy food which should be avoided at all costs. Some are ethically opposed to the treatment of the animals in the dairy industry. Some are avoiding the physical impacts on themselves or their family members, for example: people with osteoporosis or migraines. Some have been deemed “lactose-intolerant”. Some environmentalminded even see the dairy industry as draining our resources and contributing to world poverty. Thankfully, today we do have easy access to the highest quality milk available in both cow and goat varieties. They are available at Organic Circle. I endorse and support two Cholov Yisroel farm-to-table Milks; Bethel Creamery and Wayside Acres. These companies use the lowest possible pasteurization; basically cooking

the milk for a half an hour, as opposed to flashing the milk with an incredibly high temperature. This low pasteurization maintains the natural health benefits of the milk without destroying their living enzymes. They are both additionally non-homogenized - again, maintaining their natural form & maximum health benefits. The shelf-life is shorter on nonhomogenized products, but that’s a good thing for the consumer; it means we’re buying fresher products ! It is heart-breaking indeed to discuss the conventional milking farms and their ways. If you have ever loved an animal, you can relate. It is inhumane. Despicable, even. It yearns for a revolution. It can bring us to nausea and/ or tears. But we need to be educated as to this topic. Our actions & purchasing power make

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they produce significantly more milk. However they also live significantly

Now because it is so difficult to find healthy, happy dairy products, many people are swearing off dairy shorter lives than the organically grown animals. 3) Homogenization & Ultra-pasteurization reduces the health benefits & nutritional value, as discussed above

4) Inhumane treatment & living conditions of conventional as opposed to animals who are sincerely cared for and given ample room to roam when they are not inside being milked. 5) Feed of non-organic cheap grains, carcass & waste remains as opposed to organically-nourished animals who are fed grass and some high quality grain during milking to aid their milking process. 6) Since cows stop milking much sooner, conventional dairy farmers are constantly buying new animals, as the demand for milk is high. But in multi-generations models, such as at Wayside Acres, no outside animals are brought in. The group of animals grow organically, allowing for naturally husbanded animals as they grow into a set environment. It should be noted that these issues magnify to higher degrees depending on the concentration of the chosen dairy product i.e. concentrated cheeses. To recap: ‘Dairy, when coming from a good, healthy & wholesome source can be the greatest medicine. Dairy, when coming from other places can prove to be the greatest poison.’ Alyssa Elbogen is a certified Holistic Health Practitioner specializing in Ayurveda, Herbal Medicine, Aromatherapy & Fasting Detoxes. She holds a B.A. from U. Haifa in Jewish Thought & English. Alyssa began her career in Israel organizing & teaching at detox retreats while taking on select private patients devoted to personal transformation. She now works at Organic Circle in Brooklyn, organizing events & providing counsel to customers.

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A CHILDHOOD OF TORAH

Rozan, an idyllic town on the banks of the Narev River in northeast Poland, was home to 5,000 people, 3,000 of whom were Jews. Builders, carpenters, tinsmiths, shoemakers and tailors all lived a simple life in houses of wood and clay with sloped roofs. Misnagdim congregated in the town’s shul, and chassidim of Gur, Alexander and Otwozek crowded into their shteiblach. The sound of Torah filled the mud streets. Twice a week there was market day and a regional fair was held monthly, but these were cancelled if they conflicted with any Jewish festival. Zionist organizations, such as Poalei Zion, wafted their messages through the air. Later, the voice of Agudath Israel could also be heard. The Kaner family, Gerrer chassidim, lived a life steeped in Torah with their six children, Arye; Chanah; Sara, Hy”d; Leah; Yisrael and Moshe. “My father began his day learning Gemara and only later made his way to the flour mill he managed, which supplied half of Warsaw. Grandfather, the family patriarch, was a great scholar. Before World War I, he had been a rosh yeshiva in the yeshiva in Ostralanka. Many years later, when I met the Beis HaLevi and mentioned my grandfather’s name, he told me that Rav Yosef Hirsh had been the most learned chassid in his generation.”

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The pastoral calm was shattered in the late 1930s. It began with the harsh sound of stones thrown at windows, Satanic songs against the dirty Zhids, posters and attacks on Jews. “One day, when I was out walking with Grandfather,” Arye recalls, “a Pole grabbed his hat. My grandfather continued walking without even turning his head. When I questioned him, he replied, ‘Never challenge a bear. It’s better to lose one hat and even a hundred than to antagonize the murderers crouching in every corner.’” MAGAZINE

FLEEING FROM THE NAZIS

Friday, September 1, 1939. The warning blasted through the air: the Germans are coming—flee. “My family, clutching a few belongings, raced to Doglo, desperate to flee the frontline. I was the oldest child, seven years old. Hardly had we stretched out on the cold floor of a bomb shelter than the Germans caught up with us,” Arye recalls. “Bombs, the whistle of bullets, thick smoke, crumbling stones, tongues of fire… then silence. They pulled us out of our hiding places. The weak, the disabled, the elderly were taken to a hilltop and shot. Suddenly an officer shouted scornfully, ‘Run to your friends, the Russian pigs.’ “We ran like hunted animals. Mother carried Moshe, a toddler, in her arms.” Chanah, Arye’s younger sister, recalls, “I cried because my legs were not as long as Grandfather’s. I thought that he could rest a little between strides, but it was so hard for me to run.” The family managed to hire a wagon to take them to Govrovo. But the Nazis reached Govrovo, too. On the eighth of September all able-bodied men, including Arye Kaner’s father, were deported. On Shabbos all the Jews were herded into the shul. Chanah recalls the horror: “Soldiers stood at the entrance of the shul. Babies were shot in their mother’s arms. We crowded in. Hysterical screams tore at my heart. The Germans told us they were going to set fire to the shul. They set fire to the town and the flames reached the shul walls. Crimson flames licked the walls. It was suffocatingly hot. People took off their clothes so that they’d suffer less. “Suddenly we heard a car and a colonel stepped out. He told the soldiers to set us free. ‘It’s too early and too few people,’ he said. We stampeded out. Mother stumbled and lost her shoe. We zigzagged out to avoid the bullets. And we ran. We ran.”

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The family fled on foot through forests, surviving on berries and mushrooms, to Bialystok. From there they moved to Avyia, three kilometers from Bialystok. “Father, who had escaped the labor camp, joined us there and opened a store, but we were so poor we barely survived,” Arye resumes. Russian authorities pressured the refugees to embrace Russian citizenship and warned them of dire consequences if this step was not taken. Well aware that Mother Russia’s generosity would make them prisoners in the country, the refugees refused the offer. As a result they were labeled traitors, and so the family’s wanderings continued. “Late one night, the Russians loaded us onto cattle trains and

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we set off for Siberia. The journey took a month. Much later, we discovered that this had been our ticket to survival. Hashem pushed us far from the frontlines, deep into Russia. Our parents and our sister Sara, who had also been on the cattle train, were released and allowed to go to Bialystok to treat Sara’s acute appendicitis. We never saw them again.” On June 22, 1941, Germany launched Operation Barbarossa and invaded Russia, in complete violation of the Molotov– Ribbentrop Pact, which had been signed by the Soviet and German foreign ministers. The Germans reached Leningrad. “Contact with our parents was lost. Later we were told by survivors that Mother and Father, together with Sara, dug their own grave and were

shot into it while the Germans clapped their hands. Three of my siblings, who are today grandparents, remember nothing of their parents.”

THE SNOW OF SIBERIA

In this sea of white Grandfather became a woodchopper. Grandmother sold sewing accessories and bartered goods—socks for potatoes and vests for pumpkin. “The conditions were very bad. The cold froze us and penetrated our bones,” Arye recalls. “One day, I insisted on going to fetch our bread rations, 200 grams per person. On the way back, I ate three-quarters of the bread. Grandfather cried bitterly as he beat me for taking bread away from my siblings.”

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THE CHILDREN ARE SEPARATED

“One day the army manager came in and told us that we would have to be separated: my grandparents were not capable of raising children,” Arye says. The family was forcefully taken to a port and Moshe, now two, was torn from Arye’s arms. “I screamed bitterly. I held onto his blond hair. But it was no use. A nurse took Moshe from me and I was left with a few golden curls in my hands. Grandfather’s whole body shook with bitter sobs. Then he took a piece of paper and wrote Moshe’s name, age, address and identifying details on it. The Russians on the ship promised that it would remain with the child.” At this low point, Grandfather Kaner sowed the seeds for the children’s survival. “My grandfather hugged me tight,” Arye recalls. “‘You are the oldest in the family,’ he said. ‘One day we may be separated. I want you to take responsibility for your siblings.’” It was this incredible sense of responsibility instilled in the darkest moments that gave Arye Kaner the willpower to forge forward and rescue his siblings from across the expanse of Russia and reunite them. Another ship appeared and two policemen dragged Arye and his remaining siblings aboard. They were taken to a children’s home with gray, cold walls. “The head of the orphanage was a cruel spinster. Every morning she would pull back the blankets of the younger children and check to see if their sheets were wet.

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If they were, she removed her belt and hit the offending child,” Chanah remembers. “We were so frightened for Yisrael.” Arye, intent on his mission to guard his siblings, noticed that the children in the institution were all above the age of seven. “I realized that Leah and Yisrael, who were younger than that, would be taken away from me. I began to sleep with a string tying my leg to Yisrael’s. I told Chanah to do the same with Leah. But it didn’t help. The younger children were moved to a different home.” Nine-year-old Arye settled into a routine and excelled in his studies. His notebooks were sent to exhibitions in Moscow, and Yiddishkeit was all but forgotten. “I had once learned Gemara with Tosafos. Now I forgot the shape of Hebrew letters,” Arye says sadly. A year passed and Arye asked to visit his younger siblings. Incredibly, his request was granted—in part. He was taken to Yisrael’s home where he discovered that Leah, who had outgrown the home, had been moved. G r a n d f a t h e r ’s words rang in his ears and Arye Kaner, all of ten years old, wrote to Stalin asking him to reunite his family in one place. On the front, Russia and Poland had joined forces against Germany, and as a

result Polish citizens were granted some privileges. This, in no doubt, worked in the Kaners’ favor. “At ten I was sharper than I am today!” Arye chuckles. Children carried weight in Russia of the ’40s and Head of State Kalinin, who was responsible for internal social affairs, promised to act. This joyful news was marred by the news that the Kaner grandparents had died in a home for the elderly. Arye and Chanah were moved to an orphanage for Polish children in Solvitskotsk. Here they spotted a child whom they thought might be Moshe. They were allowed to search the files in the orphanage’s office, where they found the note that their grandfather had written. Arye Kaner continued to plague Moscow with telegrams. As a result, Yisrael was sent to join his siblings. The orphans were then moved 500 kilometers south

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and Arye despaired. But his letters to Moscow continued and as a result, Leah was sent to join her four siblings. The family had been reunited. Arye Kaner had admirably discharged his responsibility. With the end of the war, in 1945, the children traveled for a month by train and reached Gdansk in northern Poland. A Jewish night supervisor, disguised as a Pole, uncovered a plan to send the children to monasteries and convents. She rushed to the Agudah Israel offices in Lodz and told them of the plan. “Rav Leibel Tsiviak, a friend of Father’s, paid a hefty price to procure papers that said he was our uncle. We upheld his words when we were questioned. Finally we were freed.” The children moved into the home of a family of Lubavitch chassidim, where they received the love and care they had been missing. As the flow of refugees grew, they became the nucleus of the first charitable institution founded through American aid. “We had to make a 180-degree

turnaround,” Chanah says. “We had forcefully boarded the ship. One been taught to cross ourselves like crew member and two passengers good Christians. Now we had to were beaten to death. learn how to say berachos.” “Three quarters of the ship sank into the sea. We all screamed Shema,” Chanah recalls. The ON THE EXODUS From Poland the children ship had been overloaded to such were moved to Germany. Then in an extent that once in Haifa, the 1947, many older children from immigrants were divided among the institution, including Arye three ships. “Chanah and I were on the and Chanah Kaner, were sent to France, where they registered as Empire,” says Arye. “We refused to potential immigrants to Israel. disembark in France and for three Britain had closed the gates for weeks held out in terrible conditions. legal immigration to Palestine, Finally the decision was made to sail but Hamosad Lealiyah Bet, the back to Germany, where we stayed underground organization intent in camps for a year.” What does a person do when on helping illegal immigrants, was his dreams are shattered time and hard at work purchasing seaworthy vessels to transport immigrants, time again? Arye gives a mirthless mostly Holocaust survivors, to chuckle, “A person is stronger than steel if he doesn’t have a choice.” Israel. Finally, all five Kaner children One of the ships purchased was got certificates to go to Israel. They the President Warfield. Built in 1927, it had been extensively used as a arrived a few scant days before the freight and passenger ship, and then War of Independence broke out. in the British and American navies. In November 1946, a shipping company in Washington purchased the ship on behalf of the Haganah. The ship was renamed the Exodus. In July 1947, 4,500 passengers, 655 of whom were children, boarded the ship. “It was terribly crowded on the ship, but we didn’t think about that. We were too excited,” Arye recalls. The British, intent on discouraging immigration, sent planes and later a ship and a convoy of destroyers to trail it. Forty kilometers from the Palestinian shore, the battle started: advanced weapons against cans of food. British soldiers

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Once in Israel, Arye joined the Lomza Yeshiva in Petach Tikvah. Chanah became a counselor in Kfar Saba. She and her sister were allotted a single room that became home. “Once a month, I was given money for bus fare so that I could go and visit my two younger brothers in Bnei Brak. I hitched there and back and used the money to buy them chocolate and ice cream. I wanted to give them the feeling that they had someone who loved them.” Chanah may have succeeded in dissipating her brothers’ loneliness, but her own loneliness remained. “I thought about going to the army, but I decided not to. Had I joined the army, I would have had to give up

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my room. That meant that whenever I was given leave, I would have had to remain alone in camp, since I had nowhere to go.” The children quickly grew up and married, a well-trodden path. But how does someone who has lived through an inferno take this natural step? Arye doesn’t take the credit. “I had a good education,” he explains. “First from my grandfather and later in the Lomza Yeshiva.” Then he adds, “Why should I have any complaints? What will it help? A person loses everything if he complains.”

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The sense of family responsibility that was instilled in Arye by his grandfather in the lowest hour continues to burn fiercely. “I still work as a controller in a large company so that I can help to support the growing families,” he says with pride. The Gemara teaches us that parents are divinely inspired when they name their child. Certainly there could be no name more appropriate than Arye—the proverbial lion that fights to protect his young and emerges triumphant despite all.

THE HAND OF HASHEM

“The hand of Hashem was always visible,” Chanah Kaner, today Chanah Tzuk, recalls. “The train journey from Russia to Germany took a month. Late one night, our train stopped near Stutgart. A completely distraught woman climbed into our crowded carriage.

She was crying uncontrollably. ‘I missed the earlier train,’ she sobbed. ‘I had to wait three hours for this one.’ “We listened to her and then carried on playing, as children do. Suddenly she asked to see one girl’s back. We were mystified but eventually the girl let the woman see her back. ‘That’s the birthmark!’ the woman exclaimed. ‘What’s your name?’ she asked the girl, emotion choking her voice. ‘Are you Tamara?’ The girl nodded, still unsure of what was happening. But it was clear to the woman: she had found the daughter that Russia had swallowed up.” So did Hashem’s hand guide the Kaners, away from the Nazis’ fires and deep into the ice of Siberia, from where five children were plucked out and given a chance to live the legacy of their grandparents and parents.

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ood afternoon, girls,” a crisp voice pierced the pindrop silence. The new seventh-grade teacher smiled engagingly. “My name is Miss Feivelson. I’ll be teaching you history and language arts this year, and I look forward to a great year together.” Miss Feivelson began to outline her rules for classroom decorum. “My classes will be conducted differently than what you are accustomed to. In my class, I allow talking without the raise of hands. I think that mature students can handle it. But we will, of course, speak one at a time. I believe that a lesson flows a lot better when there is freer leeway for questions and comments. “Secondly, I allow drinking during class. Drinking is important and healthy, and as long as it doesn’t disturb the lesson, it’s allowed. But of course, it goes without saying that speaking amongst yourselves and eating during class are strictly forbidden. “I will now introduce the first contest of the year. I have planned a jam-packed curriculum with contests in language arts. “The first topic that we will cover is poetry. For our first

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assignment, I’d like each student to write an original rhyming poem on the topic of new beginnings. Choice pieces will be displayed on the classroom bulletin board.” She pointed to a colorful corner named “Our Authors” in neon colors. The first language arts lesson began. * * * The first week had the seventh-graders hanging curiously onto Miss Feivelson’s every word. Miss Feivelson would often sing them songs that she had written and take them on hikes as inspiration for writing exercises. She based each few lessons on an important value and brought in relevant pieces of literature. She closed each lesson with a piece of literature that kept the students thinking until the next one. During the third week of school, Miss Feivelson’s lesson theme was friendship. The topic piqued the students’ interest. Seventh grade was prime time for forming serious relationships and establishing a niche in the social climate of the class. The atmosphere, thick with conflict, set the stage for an arousal of opinions during the class. Miss Feivelson, after all, allowed

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speaking without the raise of hands, so the girls felt free to raise debates and discussions at their discretion. “What’s wrong with being part of a clique? You make it sound like anyone who’s part of a clique is a snob. It’s not true! You’re the one who decided that!” “If you stick with each other all day, of course we think you’re snobby!” The language arts lesson soon became a touchy exchange of opinions between the seventh-graders. “Girls, this is not the time and place for such a discussion,” Miss Feivelson said over the classroom din. Nobody seemed to hear. Another few moments passed in noisy debate until the bell signaled the end of class. Nobody paid Miss Feivelson a glance as she left the classroom. When she stood in the classroom doorway the next afternoon, some of the girls continued to laugh at a joke that had just been said, while others, who hadn’t bothered to prepare the necessary textbooks on their desks before class, strolled nonchalantly to and from their lockers. What fun—Miss Feivelson seemed to give them the liberty to do as they pleased. Well… almost. Miss Feivelson chose a new, less controversial topic for the lesson that day. As she began to read a short story on the theme of priorities, a low hum echoed her voice. Two girls in the back of the room were engaged in a serious discussion. The rest of the class, finding it difficult to concentrate, began to tune out, one by one. Soon Miss Feivelson was talking to all of three girls. Over the next several weeks, the girls had a merry time babbling and doodling, joking and singing. They hardly heard a word Miss Feivelson said until she made an interesting announcement one day. She was getting married in two weeks. She told them where and when the wedding would take place and said that she looked forward to seeing them at the kabbalas panim. And with that, she walked out of the

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classroom for the day—and for the rest of the year. Miss Feivelson never returned to the seventh grade at Bnos Miriam of Flatbush. After her wedding, she began a new job, teaching a seventh grade class in Queens, where she was known as Mrs. Mandel. * * * Blimi Baum, Toby Klein’s cousin from Queens, was all ears, listening to Toby’s dramatic tale on the phone. “She told us that she let us talk without raising hands and she let us drink in class. So what do you expect? We talked, because she let us…okay, maybe too much. I think that a teacher who doesn’t have control can’t be a teacher.” “Uh-huh. Totally.” “Now we have a different sub every week because they didn’t find a teacher yet.” “Poor you.” “Hey, Blimi, you didn’t tell me who your teacher is.” “Yeah, wait till you hear what we have this year. Remember I told you about Mrs. Rosen? She was our teacher for the first two months, and then she had twins and she’s not coming back for the rest of the year. “So we got a new teacher—Mrs. Mandel. You’ve never had such a great teacher in your life. Her lessons are fascinating. She sometimes takes us on walks outside and other fun activities. She has such great ideas.” “Hey, Miss Feivelson did that with us too. We used to go out on walks,” Toby said. “And Mrs. Mandel writes her own stories,” Blimi continued. “She even told us that she’s writing her own literature textbook with the stories she wrote— can you imagine? Today she taught us a beautiful song that she wrote. She asked one of my friends to try to figure out the notes, and then she can bring her Casio and play while we sing.” “You’re so lucky, Blimi; I wish we had such a good teacher.”

Over the next several weeks, the girls had a merry time babbling and doodling, joking and singing. “I bet you do.” “Hey, stop making me jealous. Could we talk about something else? What’s with the Chanukah sleepover? We didn’t decide where it will be yet.” “My mother agreed to have it by us this year. You weren’t in Queens for ages, right? There’s this new museum in our neighborhood; my mother said she’d take us there.” “Great, I can’t wait.” * * * Mrs. Mandel seemed to have a secret on her lips as she walked into class a week before Chanukah. “Girls, I have good news to tell you,” she said, smiling. “I’ve planned a trip for you on Wednesday, the second day of your Chanukah vacation. We’ll be visiting the Era of Yesteryear, a new museum in Queens you’ve probably all heard about. I think you girls will enjoy seeing the things we’ve been learning in three-dimensional exhibits.” Excitement rippled through the seventh-grade classroom. It was just like Mrs. Mandel to plan trips and activities. It seemed that she had a never-ending supply of surprises up her sleeve. Blimi had a sudden brainstorm. She approached Mrs. Mandel after class.

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“Mrs. Mandel, um… I wanted to ask you if I could bring my cousins along to the museum. We’re having a Chanukah get-together at my house on Tuesday and Wednesday.” “That’s no problem, Blimi. I’m sure the class will enjoy it. You’re welcome to bring them along.” * * * The seven cousins, ages eleven to fourteen, clambered out of the car, babbling noisily. “Race till the door! One, two, three!” Esti called out. They all broke out in a run, landing at the doorstep of the large Baum home, laughing and panting breathlessly. Blimi threw the door open before they could even knock. “Hi, everyone!” “Hey, how’d you know we were coming?” “I kind of heard seven girls banging into the door…” The two-day cousins’ reunion began with an outing to a beautiful park and zoo, followed by dancing in Blimi’s spacious basement, and then by playing original games that each cousin had prepared. Before they finally retired for the night at two a.m., Blimi divulged the next day’s program. “For tomorrow,” she began excitedly, “I asked my teacher, Mrs. Mandel, for permission to join the class trip.” “Your teacher? Whatever for?” Blimi smiled mysteriously. She loved keeping people in suspense. “The best part of it is that you’ll finally get to meet the famous Mrs. Mandel!” On Wednesday morning, the seventh grade of Bais Yaakov of Queens, standing in an orderly row at the entrance to the Era of Yesteryear, turned their heads at the sight of Blimi and her seven cousins approaching them. Mrs. Mandel smiled in their direction and then busied herself with the technicalities of paying for their entrance into the museum. Toby suddenly stopped in her tracks. Miss Feivelson was here, right before her eyes! Realizing in a flash who Mrs. Mandel really was, she sealed her lips; it was not the time to tell Blimi anything. Once the girls had entered the darkened building, the tour began. Mrs. Mandel stopped to give an explanation of the first exhibit. “Girls, this is the exhibit that touches at our hearts most. The Holocaust, one of the most tragic incidents in history, is something we can all relate

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to. We all know of grandparents, great-grandparents, or great-uncles and aunts who endured those terrible years. When speaking to them, we realize that memories, when brought to surface, can make the pain so real. The power of thought and speech is so strong that it can make memories come alive and real again. “Now, as you all know, literature is my favorite, and so you’ll find history and literature intertwining often. I will now read aloud an essay I’ve written about a painful memory that I experienced a few months ago. For our next class, I’d like each girl to prepare an essay of her own on that topic. As I’ve done, you can keep the actual experience private, focusing only on your emotions and not on the details.” She drew in a deep breath and began reading. “As I walked out of the room, I thought my world had ended. Deep humiliation soaked my heart and squeezed it out like a dishrag. Where has the value of my heart gone; who has put down its price? I longed to retrieve my feelings of adequacy, to smother my heart with love once again, to breathe in it new life and hope. Oh, time passed; the world forgets. But I couldn’t. Pain became my constant companion ever since. “I dream, oh how I dream, of the day when I will find it in me to forgive and forget.” Mrs. Mandel raised her damp eyes to look at her students. Suddenly, she froze. Pain flitted through Mrs. Mandel’s eyes. Memories. It made the pain alive as ever. “Hello, Toby,” she said. “I didn’t notice you before. I assume you’re Blimi’s cousin.” “Y-yes.” The museum tour resumed. “You didn’t tell me you knew her!” Blimi whispered sharply to Toby as they walked slowly together, lagging behind the rest of the class. “I didn’t.” “What do you mean, you didn’t? But she knew you!” “I didn’t know her this way. We didn’t give her a chance.” The pain she’d seen in Mrs. Mandel’s eyes haunted her. Fortunately it was dark in the museum, so nobody could see the tears in her eyes. Toby followed Mrs. Mandel’s lead, listening to the explanations and looking at the exhibits, but hardly absorbing what she was hearing or seeing. She was listening and looking into her own heart— where the pain of her fellow Jew throbbed. During her tour in the museum, she’d seen a different kind of exhibit; an exhibit of the pain of another human being that she hadn’t bothered looking at before. It was an exhibit she’d make sure to visit often.

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Special Sweet Recipes for the High Holidays Gitta Bixenspanner n.d

As we approach the New Year we traditionally serve sweet dishes as we entreat Hashem to grant us a sweet New Year. What better way to show our aspiration than to bake and incorporate honey into our dishes!

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Sesame-Soy Salmon with Ginger Honey I confess that fish is not my favorite dish. But since we do eat fish every Shabbos and Yom Tov this recipe for broiled salmon is almost the only way I enjoy it. It would work well for other fish as well such as halibut or white fish. For me broiling is the preferred way to go. Besides being very tasty it is the easiest dish on your menu that takes mere minutes to prepare. Ingredients 4 slices salmon fillet 4 Tbs olive oil 2 Tbs toasted sesame oil (optional but adds great taste) 2 Tbs rice wine vinegar 2 Tbs brown sugar 2 Tbs soy sauce 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 Tbs freshly grated ginger 2 Tbs toasted sesame seeds Ginger Honey Glaze 4 Tbs honey (pick one with a mild taste) 1 Tbs toasted sesame oil 1 tsp soy sauce (or coconut aminos) ½ tsp freshly grated ginger ½ tsp toasted sesame seeds 1/2 cup chopped scallions

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Directions In a bowl combine oils, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, rice vinegar, and brown sugar. Whisk well until combined. In a shallow sealable container or in a large Ziploc bag combine salmon with the marinade. Cover or seal and leave to marinate in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. In the meantime in a small bowl combine all glaze ingredients. Set aside. Preheat the broiler in your oven to high and place a rack in the middle. Line a baking sheet with aluminium foil and lightly grease with olive oil. Remove the salmon from the marinade and place onto the lined baking sheet. Sprinkle with a bit of salt and pepper and place under the broiler. Broil for 10 minutes. Remove and brush the top with glaze. Broil for further 5 minutes or until opaque and easily flaked with a fork. Remove immediately, sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds and chopped scallions if desired, and serve. This is delicious served hot or at room temperature. Preparation 10 minutes Serves 4

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Baked Honey-Mustard Chicken over Orzo This complete dish is an all time favorite. It takes minutes to prepare and it can be ready to serve in 30 minutes. Ingredients: 3 Tbs honey 3 Tbs yellow mustard 1 Tbs each garlic powder and onion powder 1/2 tsp ginger (optional) 8 chicken thighs or 4 chicken cutlets cut into nuggets 1 cup orzo 1 Tbs oil 2 cups water Directions: Heat oven to 450°F. Combine honey, mustard, onion & garlic powder and ginger in a shallow dish adding salt and pepper to taste.

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Pour over chicken thighs/cutlets; allow marinating for 30 minutes. While chicken is marinating place orzo seasoned with salt and pepper to taste in a greased baking pan add 2 cups water. Bake covered for 30 minutes. Remove chicken from marinade and place chicken over orzo, lower oven to 350 F. Bake covered about 30 minutes until juices run clear. Bake uncovered for another 10-15 minutes ascertaining that chicken is fork tender. Adjust seasoning and serve. Note: to complete the meal boil string beans spread with a little mayonnaise and serve for dinner any weeknight Preparation 10 minutes Serves 4-6

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PASTRAMI LACED CHICKEN FINGERS To get the best yield from chicken breast it is suggested that it be cut in half in the thickest part as shown in the picture. Thinner slices make for crispier nuggets. They could also be tenderized for tastier results. INGREDIENTS: 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts cut in half ½ cup flour salt and pepper 1 egg ½ cup water 1 cup breadcrumbs 8 slices pastrami cooking spray DIRECTIONS: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cut chicken into fingers and roll chicken around the pastrami securing pieces with a toothpick.

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In a bowl or shallow pie dish combine the flour, salt and pepper. In another bowl, beat the egg and water. Place the breadcrumbs into a third bowl. Roll the chicken fingers first in the flour mixture, then dip in the egg mixture and then roll in the breadcrumbs until evenly coated. Place onto a greased baking sheet. You can leave the toothpicks in for now. Lightly spray the tops of the nuggets with cooking spray and place into the oven and bake for 10 minutes. Then, remove the toothpicks, flip the nuggets and bake for 10 minutes more or until fully cooked (the internal temperature has reached 165 degrees F). If you would prefer to deep-fry them instead of baking: Heat oil in a deep-pan to 375 degrees F. Cook the chicken nuggets in batches covered on the fisrt side and then uncovered until golden brown and fully cooked. Drain on paper towels. Preparation 20 minutes Serves 4

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Caramelized Spicy Cauliflower with Honey and Smoked Paprika Frozen cauliflower is a very delicate vegetable that breaks up easily as it cooks so the less handling the better. I serve it fried on special occasions and what better time to savor it than on Yom Tov Here are two versions of cauliflower, roasted spiced with honey and smoked paprika or deep fried in a beer batter. Keep this recipe and repeat it for a Succos treat. Ingredients: 3 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil 2 Tbs coconut oil 1 large package frozen cauliflower florets Sea salt and pepper to taste 1 shallot, minced 1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes 1/2 tsp. smoked sweet paprika(optional) 2 Tbs honey 2 Tbs water 1/2 lemon Directions In a large fry pan over medium heat, warm 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and melt the coconut oil. Add the cauliflower florets, sprinkle with a generous pinch of salt and toss gently to coat the florets. Spread the florets into 1 layer and cook, without stirring, until the undersides are lightly browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Flip each piece over and continue cooking, undisturbed, until evenly browned, 3 to 4 minutes. Repeat until all sides are evenly browned, 3 to 5 minutes more. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil, the shallot, red pepper flakes and paprika to the pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the shallot is softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the honey and water and sautĂŠ until the liquid reduces to a glaze, 2 to 3 minutes. Squeeze the juice from the lemon half over the cauliflower, stir to combine and cook for 30 seconds. Remove from the heat. Taste and adjust the seasonings with salt and black pepper. Transfer the cauliflower to a warmed bowl and serve immediately Variation: In a medium size bowl make a creamy batter of 1 egg beaten with a fork 1/2 cup flour, seasoning and 1/2 cup beer or seltzer. Dip cauliflower florets in and fry in hot oil until golden brown. Drizzle with honey or a few shakes of salt. Preparation 15 minutes Serves 6 MAGAZINE

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Easy Puff Pastry Apple Strudel Apple strudel is a light and delicious dessert worthy to end any Yom Tov meal. I have fond memories of my mother making apple strudel for very special occasions. The dough was so tedious to make that Mom actually hired a Hungarian woman who spent an entire day making this dough. It was stretched numerous times over our dining room table to achieve the proper airiness and consistency. The results were divine! Today in the age of prepared food puff pastry is available frozen in most grocery stores. The rolled out dough can be ordered in the main bakery or at your local grocer which will make it that much easier to complete. The apples can be used raw or I prefer to cook them as suggested below. Either way it is a delicious dessert especially if served warm with a scoop of ice cream. INGREDIENTS: 3 apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced or cubed choose either Gala, Red delicious or some prefer Granny Smith. If you choose to cook the apples use Cortland apples which dissolve quite quickly. 1 tsp lemon juice 3 Tbs sugar 1 Tbs all-purpose flour 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon 1/4 cup dried cranberries or golden raisins 1 egg 1 sheet of rolled out puff pastry Glaze: 1/2 cup confectioners’ sugar 2 tsp water Directions Heat the oven to 400°F. Line a large baking sheet with

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parchment paper. Toss the apples with lemon juice then sprinkle the sugar, flour and cinnamon over them. Toss well. Add the cranberries or raisins, toss again. Alternatively, cook up the Cortland apples on the stove adding 2 tablespoons brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon and 1/2 cup water so they are soft and ready sooner without over baking the dough. Beat the egg with a tablespoon of water in a small bowl. Sprinkle flour on a work surface and unfold the pastry sheet. Flour a rolling pin and roll the puff pastry out to a 16 x 12 -inch rectangle. With the short side facing you spoon the apples onto the bottom half and leave a 1-inch border around the edges. Brush the border all the way around with egg. Roll the edge of dough in to contain the apples then roll puff pastry up and place seam side down on the baking sheet. Press the edges together well and tuck them under. Brush the top with egg and cut slits in it for the steam to escape. Bake about 35 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool. In a small bowl whisk the confectioners’ sugar with water until smooth. Drizzle over the strudel Cut into slices or slabs with a serrated knife. Store leftovers tightly covered up to 3 - 4 days. This strudel freezes well so you can use it at your convenience. Once defrosted warm up for a few minutes to restore the flakiness. Preparation 25 minutes Yields 1 strudel Wishing all our readers a Happy Prosperous and healthy New Year. Shana Tova Umesuka!

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40th anniversary?” “Don’t you want us to come to visit anymore?” Not one said, “Wow – it must be hard to make such a big change” or “Is there something we can do to help?” or “We understand and wish it didn’t have to be this way”. Everyone looks at life through their own glasses (rose- colored or not). For our children the move signified a life shift. There would be no more coming home to Ima and Abba with a carload of kids and camping out in the basement if we moved to an apartment. We might start coming to them more than they come to us. Strangely, my husband and I were not depressed. In some ways I was invigorated – now I could satisfy my decluttering urge and start emptying closets full of accumulated things. There are only four rooms in the apartment, each of which is tiny compared to most of the rooms in the

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It is true that the house is just an object. The memories will always remain. But how do I sift through everything and make the choices of what stays and what goes? If I were moving to Israel the grandchildren would not be coming to visit, so it would be easy to toss all the toys and paraphernalia. But since that was not the case, and we would be remaining close by, I would somehow have to decide which toys to keep around for visits. Forty years of Pesach dishes, pots and pans take up a lot of space. What about all the afikomen holders made by children and grandchildren over the years? The plastic seder plate made by the now father of two? The little glass cup I used as a child at my own seder, lovingly given to me by my mother for my own children? And what about all the books?! Despite donations to the local yeshiva and elementary school and boxing up the shaimos, there are still many more books and sefarim than shelves that will fit in the new place. We will also have far fewer walls on which to display the myriad family pictures and needlepoints that presently grace our home. The children have laid claim to the items they want from the house. There is still so much left over. I tell myself these are just things. If G-d forbid there was a fire in my house, what would be the most important thing I would miss? If I have packed that, then all else is just icing on the cake. It is easy to give away things we never use or look at. It gets harder the more investment of emotion or memory each item brings to the fore. I don’t need all those towels. What good will all those sheets do me in a place with only two beds for us and two for guests? How many serving bowls can really be used in one Shabbos or Yom Tov meal, even with a table full of company? Yet here I am holding a dish that was my mother’s and examining crystal stemware that we received as a wedding gift; too delicate to use when the children were young, too high up on a shelf to take out now. True they are only objects. But they are mine; encapsulating memories built over forty years of marriage. Unfortunately we cannot take them all with us on this journey. It certainly won’t be easy, but somehow we will have to part ways, say our goodbyes, and move on to our future.

Forty years of Pesach dishes, pots and pans take up a lot of space. What about all the afikomen holders made by children and grandchildren over the years? The plastic seder plate made by the now father of two? The little glass cup I used as a child at my own seder, lovingly given to me by my mother for my own children?

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