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Sixty eight members and friends of Isaac M. Wise Temple joined ARZA and Da’at Tours for an incredible ten days in Israel from June 26 through July 6.

Beginning in Tel-Aviv, their tour began with the story of Israel’s Independence and the ten years before and after 1948 which set the stage for the Modern State.

The first Shabbat service was in the port of Tel Aviv with the leadership and musicianship of Beit Tefillah Yisraeli, a nondenominational, egalitarian Jewish community. This special service was followed by a

Shabbat dinner, shared with members of Wise Temple’s sibling Reform congregation in Cincinnati’s sister city of Netanya.

After Shabbat, the tour continued toward Rosh HaNikra, Tel Dan, and a few nights’ stay at the guest house at Kibbutz K’far Blum on the lovely Jordan River.

Stopping at Tzfat, the congregation made its way toward Jerusalem for an absolutelybreathtaking afternoon view of Jerusalem from Hebrew University and one of its look-out spots. Jerusalem was the home-

base for the remainder of the trip, taking day excursions through the Old City, David’s City, the New City and its markets and museums, Masada, and the Dead Sea. The final Shabbat evening was spent in prayer as a community, from the porches of a local hotel, looking toward the Old City walls. The original plan for the final Shabbat evening was to pray at one of the prayer sites of the Western Wall, but due to heightened security, plans were rearranged. The sadness of the Israeli people was felt and shared when everyone collectively

learned the news of the fate of the kidnapped teens from Hebron. It was amplified when everyone also learned the news of the fate of the kidnapped Jerusalem teen.

As Wise Temple’s congregational community returns to Cincinnati energized by their experience of Israel—the history, the beauty, the spirit, and modern life—their hearts are with Israel and the heightened conflict that emerged more prominently on the heels of their visit.

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Addition to ‘Synagogue and Temple histories’ from The American Israelite @160 issue B’nai Tikvah Chavurah Congregation B’nai Tikvah, the first and only Jewish Reconstructionist congregation in the Greater Cincinnati area and southwest Ohio, was founded by Rabbis Bruce and Donna Adler, in August 1998.

Rabbi Bruce studied at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College from 1978-1983 and was ordained in June 1983, in Philadelphia. He is the first Reconstructionist rabbi to serve in Cincinnati. Rabbi Donna studied at Hebrew Union College and was ordained in Cincinnati, in June 1987.

Rabbi Bruce earned his BA in East Asian Studies from the University of Wisconsin, with a concentration on eastern religions, and an MA in Comparative World Religions from Temple University.

Rabbi Donna earned her MSA in Psychiatric Social Work from the University of Georgia.

In the summer of 1998, with the blessings and support of a dedicated, close-knit group who valued the Adlers’ leadership and ecclectic approach to Judaism, B’nai Tikvah took its place, as a new Jewish entity, among the many already established Cincinnati congregations which represented the spectrum of Jewish movements. While Rabbi Bruce was the first to introduce Reconstructionism to Cincinnati, it is generally agreed that the Movement “unofficially” began in 1934, with the publication of Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan’s seminal work, “Judaism as a Civilization”.

Today there are over 100 congregations affiliated with the Movement, whose graduates serve as congregational rabbis, cantors, chaplains, educators, agency leaders, and in other capacities.

Throughout the years, Rabbi Donna, as B’nai Tikvah’s Educational Director, provided unique creative activities supple-

menting the religious school’s academic program. With her belief in Living Judaism, she facilitated programs for the whole congregation, enabling the participants to contribute to their community. Rabbi Bruce, an accomplished musician and composer, has introduced hundreds of his original songs for prayer and meditation, for times of joy as well as sorrow.

Since its founding, B’nai Tikvah has been fully inclusive and welcoming of diversity. While respecting tradition, it has been guided by the Reconstructionist principle that “tradition has a vote, not a veto” and has provided a setting for open exchange and respect for democratic process.

Many have enjoyed the spiritual intimacy, friendships, sense of acceptance and warmth of B’nai Tikvah, and the opportunities for both learning and tikkun olom which remain central.

Memory health discussion points to need for lifestyle changes in midlife More than 70 members of the community came together June 19 in Indian Hill for a discussion of memory health hosted by Barbara Gould, Cathy Crain, Lauren Chesley Cohen and Cindy Starr. After champagne and a light buffet, guests listened to inspirational presentations

by Dr. Joseph Broderick, Carol Silver Elliott, Dr. Jennifer Rose Molano and Dr. John M. Tew. The event sparked a discussion about aging gracefully, compassionate care, and the preventive power of diet, exercise and good sleep hygiene. It also pointed to the need for additional research that might slow, delay or halt the progression of cognitive impairment.

Dr. Molano, a neurologist and sleep specialist at the UC Memory Disorders Center, explained that the path to cognitive impairment is long and begins far sooner than we might imagine.

“What people do in midlife is very important and can dictate potentially what will happen to them later,” Dr. Molano said. “Studies have shown that if you have high blood pressure in midlife, if you are obese in midlife, if you have diabetes in midlife, you are at higher risk for developing mild cognitive impairment or dementia down the road.”

Other studies, she added, show that sleep problems also play a role.

Conversely, “healthy sleep is just as important as everything else in terms of maintaining your cognitive function.”

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Neuroscience Institute, said that genes are not destiny. “Life is a complicated path, and the path is not written,” he said. “Genes tell us

something about the path, but you can get off the road and take a new path.”

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Board of Physical Therapy Specialists and has a doctorate in physical therapy from the Northwestern University Medical School.

At the JCC, Busam and his colleagues offer comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation services for a wide range of medical conditions.

The Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy center is equipped with the latest physical therapy technology, such as a medical laser, which can promote healing and increase blood circulation.

The facility also has free weights and kettle bells; a Biodex trainer, which is used to assess and treat balance problems; and a Nintendo Wii system, commonly known as Wiihabilitation, which also treats balance disorders.

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“You have your own limits.”

After treatment with Busam, Pantalone's knee feels better than it had since her high school days, allowing her to resume her vigorous walking and cycling regimen.

Namaky of Montgomery is not sure how he hurt himself, probably either skiing or lifting weights. But he knows Busam provided great care.

Namaky had gone to a physician with severe pain in his upper back, neck and an arm. The doctor suggested physical therapy, an approach Namaky had never tried.

After only three sessions with Busam, Namaky began to feel better. Even more important, Busam gave him skills to stay healthy on his own, using stretching and strengthening exercises to remain flexible. “It was a great experience,” Namaky said.

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than a year ago, supplementing the rehab services Cedar Village provides at its main location in Mason.

For Namaky and Pantalone, that was great news. When they needed physical therapy, the JCC location was convenient. And the care provided by physical therapist David Busam was outstanding.

Pantalone of Wyoming needed physical therapy after having knee surgery. A high school soccer injury had caused problems with her left knee for years.

She enjoyed Busam's approach.

He made physical therapy fun.

Using cups placed on the floor, he set up an obstacle course to help improve her gait. That was something she could do at home as well, which amused her children.

Busam helped her stretch, straighten and bend her leg. And he oriented her to the JCC's extensive fitness equipment, including the treadmills, stationary bicycles and weight machines.

She liked how he helped to motivate her with the positive tone he set. “He never told me I

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Since childhood, Kevin Namaky has loved sports. The 34year-old man has enjoyed playing basketball as well as skiing and sledding with his two young sons.

Brenda Pantalone has had a similar lifelong passion for athletics. In addition to playing soccer, softball and basketball, the 43year-old now coaches her children's teams.

Namaky and Pantalone both lead lives that depend upon them being in good physical condition, but that's not always possible due to possible accidents and injuries.

So when they needed help recovering from sports injuries, they turned to Cedar Village rehabilitation experts for help.

To emphasize that it serves people of all ages, Cedar Village has changed the name of its rehabilitation center in Amberley Village.

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U.S. senators pledge support for Israel in wake of ground operation

By Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS/Washington Jewish Week) – Hours after the Israel Defense Forces began its ground operation in the Gaza Strip on July 17, U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) spoke on the Senate floor to express their support of Israel and its operation, while denouncing the Palestinian Authority’s unity government and the moral equivalency drawn by those critical of Israel’s actions.

Graham noted that moments before his speech, the Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution (S. Res. 498) expressing the opinion that Israel has the right to defend itself in the face of rocket attacks from Hamas terrorists, calling for Hamas to end the attacks, and calling on the Palestinian Authority and President Mahmoud Abbas to dissolve the Palestinian unity government and condemn Hamas’s attacks on Israel. The resolution also sailed through the Senate Foreign Relations committee July 16 without objection or amendment.

“The Senate does not see a moral

equivalency here,” said Graham.

“As Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu said, Israel uses missiles – helped in collaboration with the United States to produce the technology called Iron Dome – to defend civilians. Hamas uses civilians to cover their missile program, making human shields of their own people.

That says really all you need to know.”

Graham also gave a stern warning to the Palestinian people about the prospects for peace if they do not dissolve the unity government and condemn Hamas’s actions.

“To the Palestinians who have formed a unity government: you need to break away from Hamas,” he said. “There will never be peace until you marginalize the terrorist organization called Hamas, until you reject what they stand for and the way they have behaved.”

“How can you obtain peace when one of the members of the Palestinian government, Hamas, has fired thousands of rockets, caring less where they fall?” continued Graham. “They could care less if it falls on a kindergarten or a military

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The?srael Defense Forces Artillery Corps fires shells at Gaza on July 18, 2014, after Israeli forces began a ground invasion into northern Gaza amid Operation Protective Edge

base. They just care to kill Israelis.”

After leaving the Senate floor, Graham told JNS that he was surprised it has taken Israel so long (10 days into Operation Protective Edge) to begin a ground operation.

“They’ve done everything they could to de-escalate this, but Hamas is a terrorist organization who has fired thousands of rockets and they

could care less where they land.

Eventually you have to do this,” he said. “You can only do so much from the air, you’ve got to go take ground back from the enemy. This is what the Middle East is like and [for] those who are pushing Israel to withdraw from Palestinian territory without security being in place, [I] hope you’ve learned the lesson from

Gaza.”

Rubio followed Graham on the floor, covering everything from the relationship between the United States and Israel, to moral equivalency being drawn between Israel and Hamas by critics, and the administration’s policies – which he believes are driving a wedge between the two allies. These policies include the failed U.S.-brokered Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and the negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program.

“Now as American policymakers, you ask, ‘What is our interest in this?’” Rubio said. “And I think it begins with a unique relationship that exists between the United States and Israel. It is the only vibrant democracy in that part of the world.

Its alliance to the United States is unquestionable not just in international forums, but all over this planet. Israel is consistently on America’s side, time and again, in every one of our challenges.”

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Limited options for U.S. as IsraeliPalestinian conflict escalates

By Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS/Washington Jewish Week) – With Israel and Hamas mired in their latest conflict, United States officials have been mulling their limited options to broker a ceasefire, finding that America has few dependable friends in the region and less credibility to help it play its traditional role as peace broker.

Most experts believe that the U.S. no longer possesses the influence and trust in the Middle East it once did, largely due to the recently failed peace talks it sponsored between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA), inaction in Syria, and the recent turmoil in Iraq.

In response to ongoing rocket barrages from Hamas terrorists in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces began an offensive called Operation Protective Edge. After the Israeli cabinet accepted an Egyptian-proposed cease-fire on Tuesday morning, Hamas continued the rocket attacks, prompting Israel to resume its military operation.

“The U.S. role is going to be extremely limited,” said Jonathan Schanzer, vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “I think the U.S. has really not a lot of credibility right now in light of the collapse of the [Israel-Palestinian] diplomatic process, which was U.S.-led. … I didn’t get a sense that either side was particularly impressed with U.S. diplomacy, and on some level one

can argue that the heightened expectations from the diplomatic process has led to this. It’s sort of a pattern.

When diplomacy fails, unrest begins.”

Michael Eisenstadt, senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said America’s relationship is strained with its traditional Arab allies, but also with Israel and the Palestinians, which could lead both parties to ignore America’s efforts.

“Our ability to shape events will be influenced by the fact that the relationship between President [Barack] Obama and [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu is frosty at best,” said Eisenstadt. “And that we just had kind of the informal conclusion of a prolonged period of U.S. peace making which led to the resignation of the individual, [U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations] Martin Indyk, who was leading the process.”

Yet U.S. officials believe that America still has a role to play in leading the parties to an agreement.

“I think that certainly, the United states will have to play a role, not only in helping to bring about a deescalation and a cease-fire, but also, once we do have a cease-fire in place, I think it’s going to take U.S. leadership to ensure that that calm remains and can be built upon,” said a senior U.S. State Department official on condition of anonymity. “If not for American leadership, I think we would not be able to get to a

cease-fire.”

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At Crimean Holocaust event, a chance to burnish Russia’s image as defender of minorities

By Cnaan Liphshiz SEVASTOPOL, Crimea (JTA) Before last week, Holocaust commemorations in this port city were generally low-key gatherings of a few dozen people reciting the Kaddish prayer for_victims of the near-annihilation of Crimean Jewry in 1942.

But on Thursday, a memorial service at the Sevastopol Holocaust monument attracted hundreds of visitors, including a delegation of prominent Chabad rabbis from across Europe and an international press corps of journalists from Germany, India, China and elsewhere who arrived on a charter flight from Moscow.

The visitors traveled from the airport to the 2014 Remembrance Day for Victims of the Nazis - a date commemorated here since 1992 - with police escorts that shut down traffic to let the entourage pass. At the spruced-up monument, a security detail of 15 soldiers provided protection.

Radical though it was, the upgrade came as no surprise to locals.

“It's to be expected that now that we are in Russia, there will be more emphasis on the war on fas-

National Briefs Survey: Jews, Catholics, Evangelicals are most wellliked religious groups in America (JNS) – Jews, Catholics, and Evangelical Christians are the most warmly regarded religious groups in America, while Muslims and Atheists are viewed the least favorably, a new survey by the Pew Research Center found.

The Pew survey asked respondents how they would rate religions on a thermometer scale from 0 to 100, with 0 being the coldest and 100 being the warmest. Jews scored the highest temperature rating of 63, followed by Catholics at 62 and Evangelicals at 61. Atheists and Muslims scored the lowest at 41 and 40, respectively.

Partisan politics played a role in how people view religions, and Jews scored well on both sides of the aisle. Republicans gave a high rating to Evangelical Christians, 71, to Jews, 67, and to Catholics, 66, while giving lowest ratings to Atheists, 34, and to Muslims, 33.

Democrats rated Jews the highest at 62 and Mormons the lowest at 44.

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Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, left, and Crimean Chief Rabbi Binyomin Wolf touring Sevastopol's new synagogue and Jewish community center ahead of a high-profile Holocaust commemoration ceremony, July 10, 2014.

cism,” said Genady Tebankin, a local Jew who attended the ceremony. “That's the Kremlin line.”

The event was the first statesponsored Jewish event in Crimea since Russia annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in March, a move Russian President Vladimir Putin_justified in part as a move to protect Crimean Jews from surging anti-Semitism.

The commemoration was an ideal opportunity for Putin to burnish his image as a_protector of minority rights._Crimea has seen a

number of widely publicized antiSemitic incidents in recent months, including the placing of two pig heads at a synagogue in Sevastopol in November, just days before the revolution broke out that ultimately drove former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych from power.

In late February, unknown individuals_spray-painted “death to Jews” on the entrance to Ner Tamid, a Reform synagogue in the Crimean capital of Simferopol.

The propaganda element of the Holocaust commemoration was

California church holds rocket evacuation drill in solidarity with Israel (JNS) – Members of Congregation of Zion Church in Stockton, Calif., held a mock rocket evacuation drill last week to express solidarity with Israelis facing rocket fire from Gaza.

The exercise was the idea of Pastor Dumisani Washington, who also serves as the head of the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel. Washington said he used the “Red Alert” app that warns Israelis when rockets are detected, and broadcasted it over the church’s speakers.

duce the technology called Iron Dome-to defend civilians. Hamas uses civilians to cover their missile program, making human shields of their own people.”

Graham told JNS that he was surprised it took Israel so long to begin a ground operation.

U.S. senators pledge support for Israel in wake of ground operation (JNS) – Hours after the Israel Defense Forces began its ground operation in Gaza on July 17, U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) spoke on the Senate floor to express their support of Israel and its operation, while denouncing the Palestinian Authority’s unity government and the moral equivalency drawn by those critical of Israel’s actions.

“The Senate does not see a moral equivalency here,” said Graham. “As Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu said, Israel uses missiles-helped in collaboration with the United States to pro-

Leaflets threaten Chicago Jews over Israel’s Gaza operation (JTA) – Leaflets threatening the Jewish community because of Israel’s Gaza operation were found on parked cars in a Chicago neighborhood.

The leaflets found Saturday on six cars in the Pulaski Park neighborhood, in the northwestern part of the city, threatened violence if Israel did not pull out of Gaza and end its operation in the coastal strip that began July 8, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Chicago Police opened an investigation and notified the department’s hate crimes unit, according to the newspaper.

Obama tells Kerry to broker ‘immediate’ cease-fire in Gaza WASHINGTON (JTA) – President Obama told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to push for an “immediate cessation of hostilities” between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

clear to critics of the Kremlin, but it was scarcely concealed even by the event's organizers.

“You can't hide the fact that it is very important for Putin and the Kremlin that everything takes place in an orderly fashion in Crimea,” said Boruch Gorin, a senior aide to Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, who led the commemoration.

“There's much more media interest in this ceremony this year. And of course, this is also in the interest of propaganda, to show that everything is going all right there and that there's no anti-Semitism but peace and quiet.”

Misha Kapustin, Ner Tamid's rabbi and a vocal opponent of Russian annexation, recently made good on a_promise to leave Crimea if it became part of Russia. But his position does not seem to be the dominant view among Crimea's 10,000 Jews. Many community leaders have welcomed the annexation, crediting it with curbing antiSemitism and giving a second wind to efforts to revive Jewish life in the area.

“The situation has changed for the better,” Binyomin Wolf, the Sevastopol-based chief Orthodox rabbi of Crimea, told JTA. “Jews feel at ease here. They are not

ashamed to identify themselves as Jews, and it's partly because of instructions that come from the top, from high-level bureaucrats to junior ones, that Jews are to be respected and assisted.”

Wolf, Gorin and Lazar are all affiliated with the Russian branch of Chabad, the Hasidic sect that often appears to be Putin's address of choice for all things Jewish.

Before the ceremony in Sevastopol, Lazar and the other visiting rabbis_met_with Putin for over an hour in Moscow.

Binyomin Jacobs, a Chabad rabbi who is also a chief rabbi of the Netherlands, described the meeting as “warm-hearted and open.” Putin pledged his support for developing Jewish life and preserving religious freedoms now under threat in Europe, including circumcision and kosher slaughter.

The Russian leader also spoke out against Holocaust denial, according to Jacobs, calling it_“the revival of neo-Nazism.” Putin has used “neo-Nazi”_to describe Ukrainian nationalists, though he did not do so at the meeting, Jacobs said.

Putin also told the rabbis a joke

“As I’ve said many times, Israel has a right to defend itself against rocket and tunnel attacks from Hamas,” Obama said Monday in a brief news appearance as Kerry headed to Egypt to attempt to broker a cease-fire.

“And as a result of its operations, Israel has already done significant damage to Hamas’s terrorist infrastructure in Gaza. I’ve also said, however, that we have serious concerns about the rising number of Palestinian civilian deaths and the loss of Israeli lives. And that is why it now has to be our focus and the focus of the international community to bring about a cease-fire that ends the fighting and that can stop the deaths of innocent civilians, both in Gaza and in Israel.”

Obama said he wanted a return to the truce with Hamas brokered in November 2012, but Hamas has rejected such a return. Hamas has added demands including internationally monitored border crossings, prisoner releases and Israel staying out of Hamas-Palestinian Authority unity talks.

the hospital, the Tallahassee Democrat reported. He was 41.

No suspects have been identified, the Democrat reported.

Florida State U. prof Dan Markel slain in home shooting (JTA) – Dan Markel, a law professor at Florida State University, died after being shot in his home.

Markel died Saturday morning, a day after being discovered shot in the back in his home and taken to

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AIPAC rues added relief for Iran in talks extension WASHINGTON (JTA) – AIPAC said it was “deeply disappointed” in the terms extending the Iran nuclear talks for four months.

“Despite our support for talks, we note that Tehran has yet to indicate a willingness to dismantle any element of its nuclear infrastructure,” the pro-Israel lobby said in a statement Monday in response to the extension of the July 20 deadline to Nov. 24 announced Friday.

Brooklyn man, extradited from Israel, arraigned in ‘08 beating death NEW YORK (JTA) – A former Hasidic community watch group member in Brooklyn was arraigned in New York in a 2008 beating death after being extradited from Israel.

Yitzchak Schuchat, 31, was arraigned Friday in state Supreme Court in the death of Andrew Charles, according to New York 1.

U.S. marshals returned him to New York last week.

Schuchat is facing charges of second- and third-degree assault as a hate crime; Charles was black.

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The roe ahead: Russian science brings ‘caviar’ to kosher table

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By Cnaan Liphshiz PARIS (JTA) – In a penthouse office with a view of the Eiffel Tower, Olivier Kassabi uses a ceramic spoon to extract a small scoop from a jar labeled as Russian caviar.

Placing a clutch of black globules on the base of his thumb, Kassabi licks it off, savoring every fishy drop of the salty liquid inside the dark beads as they pop in his mouth.

As recently as a few months ago, Russian caviar would have been strictly off-limits for an observant Jew like Kassabi.

Sturgeon, the endangered fish species whose eggs are harvested to produce caviar, is not kosher.

That’s what led Kassabi to import and market a caviar substitute that he hopes satisfies not just the growing demand among observant Jews for affordable delicacies, but also the desire for sustainable foods with minimal environmental impact.

“In the age of mass media and globalization, Jewish communities are much more exposed to fine cuisine,” Kassabi said. “People see special dishes on food blogs and they want a taste.”

Kassabi is not the only businessman aiming to tap into what people in the food world see as a growing demand among observant Jews for gourmet foodstuffs that meet their dietary needs.

Last year, the Brooklynbased Black Diamond Caviar started marketing a caviar substitute from a non-endangered kosher fish called bowfin that is caught in Louisiana. And in February, Le Rafael became the first kosher restaurant in France to earn two stars from the vaunted Michelin Guide.

“All over the world, average restaurant goers are becoming more demanding because of the popularization of the the culture of gourmet dining, and kashrut keepers are no exception to this trend,” said Guy Cohen, one of the owners of Le Rafael, which is testing Kassabi’s substitute caviar. “Clients have become very demanding and we are rising to the challenge.”

Kassabi’s caviar interest was piqued last year when he read that a company in Saint Petersburg called Tzar Caviar was developing a caviar substitute through a process known as molecular engineering in which a fish bouillon is made to resemble the contents of sturgeon eggs in taste and consistency. The liq-

Anti-Israel protests spread throughout Europe (JNS) - A number of anti-Israel protests have continued throughout Europe, with several of them turning violent, drawing condemnation and shock from European Jewish leaders.

In Germany, several anti-Semitic and anti-Israel incidents have been escalating, with protests occurring daily throughout the country. At some protests, anti-Semitic slogans such as “gas the Jews” have been reported.

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The Saint Petersburg company Tzar Caviar used molecular engineering to produce a kosher caviar substitute now available in New York and Paris.

uid is then compressed into a membrane that looks like the soft shell of a fish egg.

The result is a kosher product that its producer claims more closely resembles real caviar than most other kosher fish roes on the market.

Overcoming Tzar Caviar’s fear of compromising the secrecy of its production methods took some time, Kassabi said.

But within a few months he was able to arrange for kosher supervision from the chief rabbi of Saint Petersburg, MenachemMendel Pevzner.

Kassabi and his partner, Yohann Assayag, have sold hundreds of jars of Tzar Caviar since they began marketing the product earlier this year. The demand is especially strong in France, where the ostentatious nature of Jewish weddings and other festivities is so renowned it is the stuff of parody, most famously in the character of Coco, an overzealous Frenchman (portrayed by the Jewish comedian Gad Almaleh) determined to give his son the best bar mitzvah the world has ever seen.

The partners have also sold Tzar Caviar to Jewish delis in New York and expect to begin shipping to Israel in the coming months.

“This stuff is flying off the shelf, thank God,” Kassabi said.

Meanwhile, French media were interested in Tzar Caviar not for its kashrut but because of its relative affordability. Tzar Caviar is 15 percent cheaper than real caviar, selling for just under $41 per 50 grams. It also has a longer shelf life and is pro-

duced without exploiting any endangered species. Traditional caviar production has rendered some sturgeon species near extinction, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature.

Assayag was surprised when “Tele Matin,” a leading French daytime television program, didn’t bring up the kosher issue at all in an interview, asking only about the production process and pricing.

Tzar Caviar hit the market just months after Raymond Mizrahi began marketing his own kosher caviar substitute in New York. Mizrahi shares the notion that observant Jews are demanding more because of exposure to new culinary pleasures, but believes that most kosher substitutes have come up short.

“Kosher caviar substitutes are nothing new. You’ve always had salmon roe,” said Mizrahi, the owner of Black Diamond Caviar. “But it tends to behave like a plastic bubble and certainly not like the finer black kinds.

And you have other kosher black caviar, too, but they are of poorer quality.”

High-end black caviar or its substitute, Mizrahi said, “will not leave a black streak on a white plate.”

Mizrahi couldn’t vouch for Tzar Caviar’s taste, but Kassabi claims the product is nearly identical.

“I don’t know what real caviar tastes like,” Kassabi said, “but experts who do said it’s nearly indistinguishable from Tzar Caviar.”

80% of British Jews feel blamed for Israel's position on Israeli-Palestinian conflict (JNS) - A new study by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research in the United Kingdom shows that about 80 percent of British Jews say that non-Jews are blaming them for the Israeli government's actions with regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Iran nuclear talks extended by four months (JNS) - Iran and the P5+1 powers, including the United States, agreed on Friday to extend negotiations over the Iranian nuclear program by four months. A deadline of July 20 for a final nuclear deal had been set when an interim deal was reached.

As part of the extension, Iran will receive access to $2.8 billion of its

assets that have been frozen in the U.S. Erdogan accuses Israel of genocide, Turkish protestors attack Israeli embassy (JNS) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of committing “genocide” and waging “terrorism” against Palestinians as protesters attacked the Israeli embassy and consulate in Ankara and Istanbul.

Erdogan also dismissed the possibility of working with Israel in the future.

Pope Francis demands justice for 1994 AMIA Jewish center bombing (JNS) - In a video message to Argentine Jewish leaders on the 20th anniversary of the 1994 bombing attack on the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires, Pope Francis demanded justice for the victims of the attack.

“Terrorism is lunacy. Terrorism's only purpose is to kill. It does not build anything, it only destroys,” Pope Francis said in a video in Spanish that was recorded at the Vatican.

Bulgaria identifies third suspect in 2012 bombing that killed five Israelis (JNS) - Bulgaria identified a third suspect in the Burgas bus bombing that killed five Israeli tourists and one Bulgarian on the 2nd anniversary of the July 18, 2012 terror attack.

The third suspect, identified as Mohamad Hassan El Husseini, is a dual citizen of Lebanon and France.

Friends and relatives of Husseini praised him as a “martyr” on social media.

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Fighting in Israel forces teen tours to alter itineraries on the fly

By Ben Sales TEL AVIV (JTA) – When the siren rang out in Jerusalem last week, the 41 teenage participants in a five-week summer Israel trip were already asleep, exhausted from a day that had begun with a flight from New York.

Within minutes, they were awake, out of their rooms and in a fortified room. From their shelter, they could hear rockets explode overhead.

It was July 8, the first day in Israel for participants in a trip organized by NCSY, the youth arm of the New York-based Orthodox Union. It was also the first day of Operation Protective Edge, the military campaign Israel has launched against Hamas in Gaza.

This wasn’t the trip they’d bargained for.

“Obviously, it was scary,” said Barry Goldfischer, who directs the NCSY trip. “The policy is to keep kids far away from the rocket fire.

It’s harder and harder.”

The fighting between Israel and Hamas over the last week has caught in the crossfire thousands of American youth on summer tours.

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Birthright participants visiting Masada during a more peaceful time, in summer 2012

Previous rounds of conflict in Gaza occurred late in the year and their impact was largely confined to Israel’s south. In contrast, this round is taking place during the height of tourist season and has already seen rockets aimed at major cities like Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

As a result, leaders of high school trips are changing itineraries to keep participants out of missile range and increasing contact with parents to preempt undue worry.

Instead of taking kids to the Western Wall in Jerusalem or the beach in Tel Aviv – stops typically at the core of the Israel teen tour itinerary – trips are headed for northern cities like Safed or taking hikes in sparsely populated areas.

Trip directors are coordinating with Israel’s Education Ministry, which sends out daily guidelines about which sites are off-limits. Trip directors say they plan to return to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv if the con-

flict ends before the trips do.

A group from Cleveland on a 10day Taglit-Birthright Israel trip replaced its night out in Tel Aviv with unplanned stops further north.

“Headquarters won’t take chances,” said Max Katzir, the trip leader. “We should have had a full day in Tel Aviv. I gave them compensation for the planned day.”

Leaders say the teenagers have followed directions during attacks and have kept calm despite the missiles. Because the goal of the trips is to teach participants about Israel, the fighting hasn’t caused the trips to significantly change their educational component.

Bailey Dinman, 16, a participant in a BBYO trip, said the conflict has prompted spirited discussions among her friends.

“Some kids with more observant backgrounds or conservative views have differences from kids who are more Reform or liberal,” said Dinman. “What should the U.S. do in this scenario? Do we think a cease-fire is necessary? As a Reform Jew who’s liberal, I’m not necessarily exposed to the more conservative viewpoint.”

None of the trip leaders said that

kids had flown back early due to the conflict. That includes some 3,500 participants now in Israel on Birthright trips.

Trips have also made efforts to reassure parents that their children are out of harm’s way, including sending out daily emails to parents or establishing a hotline parents can call for information. NCSY held a conference call last week to brief parents of its 500 participants on the situation; 400 parents called in.

“Parents are following news on a minute-to-minute basis, and our communication with parents has needed to become minute-tominute,” said NCSY International Director Micah Greenland.

Dinman, the BBYO participant, said that whenever airplanes fly over, she “felt a drop in my heart” wondering whether they were on a combat mission. Experiencing the conflict has helped her identify with Israel, Dinman said, but it has also made her hungry for news updates, a need sometimes hard to satisfy.

“We’re in a foreign country, so Wi-Fi is a bit spotty,” she said. “So we can’t read all the news all the time.”

Gaza conflict sidelines Abbas, but U.S. still betting on Palestinian leader

By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) – Mahmoud Abbas has been sitting on the sidelines of the current conflict between Israel and Hamas, with little influence over its outcome.

But it hasn’t stopped U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry from consulting closely with the Palestinian Authority president throughout the crisis.

A U.S. official who advises Kerry on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process said the current conflagration underscores the importance of maintaining and bolstering Abbas as a partner for peacemaking.

“We would like to see the parties return to the talks as soon as possible,” said the U.S. official, who spoke with JTA on condition of anonymity. “We’ve seen what happens in the absence of an active peace process.”

But some observers suggested that Abbas, already weakened by the collapse of the peace process, has suffered a severe blow with the current conflict that may limit his future influence.

“He is one of the biggest political casualties of this whole operation and the question is, once this settles, will we see a mortally wounded Abbas?” asked Ghaith al-Omari, executive director of the American Task Force on Palestine, a Washington-based advocacy group with strong ties to the Palestinian Authority.

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets with the central committee of the Fatah movement in Ramallah, West Bank, July 13, 2014.

The U.S. official, however, focused on the positive role that Abbas has played, hailing his response to Hamas’ campaign of rocket fire against Israel.

“If you look at his statements, he has called for an end to the rocket fire, he has urged Hamas to accept the cease-fire proposal on the table,” the official said. “President Abbas can play a positive role by being clear in public statements that the P.A. does not support what Hamas is doing and likewise condemns the continued rocket attacks.”

Abbas has suggested that rocket fire is counterproductive, telling Palestinian TV on July 10, “What are you trying to achieve by sending

rockets? We prefer to fight with wisdom and politics.”

But Abbas also has strongly condemned Israel’s conduct of its Gaza operation. He has accused Israel of “genocide,” called for the United Nations to intervene and protect Palestinians from Israel, and suggested that the Palestinians may apply for membership in additional international agencies.

David Schenker, an expert on Arab politics at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, said the reason that Israel decided to shut down Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in April still stands: Abbas’ decision to reconcile with Hamas and his readiness to accept a degree of

Hamas control in the strip as part of the deal.

“For Netanyahu, it’s reprehensible that you have your peace partner making partnership with a terrorist organization that recognizes the status quo on the ground in Gaza,” Schenker said, referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The U.S. official said the Obama administration had made it clear to Abbas that reconciliation with Hamas was no longer an option – a shift from the initial wait-and-see posture of the United States regarding the effort to establish Palestinian unity.

“We have been clear that we don’t see how reconciliation can move forward under the current situation,” the official said.

Already there are efforts in Congress to cut the approximately $500 million annually that the Palestinian Authority receives from the United States.

Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.), chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, told JTA that Abbas would have to end the reconciliation talks with Hamas if it wants to retain U.S. funding.

“A resumption in direct funding to the Palestinian Authority, and whether Abbas is a credible actor, is entirely dependent on the actions that he takes,” he said in an email.

“He must definitively end the Hamas relationship with the

Palestinian Authority and abandon the unity government. Negotiations must get back on track and the P.A. must comply with both the letter and spirit of U.S. law. Short of taking those steps, I cannot see Congress supporting the resumption of direct assistance to the P.A.” Al-Omari of the American Task Force on Palestine said that Abbas’ criticism of Hamas could wound him in the Palestinian political sphere.

“He got a lot of criticism, including from within his own party,” alOmari said. “He took these positions and paid a political price.”

At the same time, al-Omari said, Netanyahu has continued to take a hostile tack toward Abbas and the Palestinian Authority.

“In Israel, we have seen Netanyahu ignoring the P.A. and statements by Netanyahu that undermine the position of the P.A.,” he said, referring to Netanyahu saying last week that the current conflict proves that Israel cannot give up security control of the West Bank.

The longer the current conflict lasts, the harder it will be for Abbas to resist calls to launch a new initiative to seek international recognition for a Palestinian state – a move that will alienate Israel and the United States, al-Omari said.

“The more casualties mount, the more he’s under pressure to go to the United Nations,” al-Omari said. “He is not keen; he understands the damage it will do.”

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Ground invasion aims to destroy Hamas infrastructure

By Ben Sales TEL AVIV (JTA) – For the first time in years, Israeli ground troops crossed into Gaza.

Rather than just return to the status quo before the conflict of “quiet for quiet” – no Hamas missiles and no Israeli airstrikes – Israel’s stated objectives are to bring a sustained cessation to missile fire from Gaza and to root out the infrastructure that Hamas has used to build up its weapons cache.

“Operation Protective Edge will continue until it reaches its goal,” read a statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday announcing the invasion.

“Restoring quiet to Israel’s citizens for a prolonged period, while inflicting a significant blow to the infrastructures of Hamas and the other terrorist organizations.”

The Israeli ground invasion of Gaza – its first since 2009 – aims to destroy Hamas’ underground

weapons stores and its network of tunnels in Gaza, which it uses to transport arms and personnel. In the first stages of the invasion Friday, Israeli troops identified several tunnels and entered Gaza City and other urban centers. Israel also lost its first soldier in the operation Friday, Sgt. Eitan Barak, 20.

Netanyahu said Friday that the Israel Defense Forces should prepare for a “significant expansion” of the invasion.

“Even here there is no guarantee of 100 percent success, but we are doing our utmost in order to achieve the maximum,” Netanyahu said.

“We chose to commence this operation after we had exhausted the other possibilities, and with the understanding that without action, the price that we would pay would be much greater.”

The invasion comes after a week and a half of Hamas missiles and Israeli airstrikes, along with failed efforts to reach a cease-fire. Hamas

has so far launched more than 1,500 rockets at cities across Israel, and Israel has conducted more than 2,000 airstrikes in Gaza. Two Israelis and 265 Palestinians have now died in the conflict.

Before Israel’s ground invasion, Hamas had tried and failed to attack Israel by sea and land. On Thursday morning, the Israeli army spotted 13 Hamas militants entering Israel via a tunnel near a kibbutz. Once the militants saw they had been noticed, they escaped back into Gaza. The army said the group planned to kidnap Israelis.

“IDF forces thwarted an impending terror attack, preventing the terrorists from attacking an Israeli kibbutz,” the army said in a statement. “The foiled attack could have had deadly and devastating consequences if carried out.”

The attack came after Israel had accepted an Egyptian cease-fire deal Tuesday, which proposed an end to attacks, and had ceased airstrikes for

six hours. But Hamas rejected the proposal, demanding that Israel end its blockade of Gaza and release dozens of Hamas prisoners.

Had that cease-fire deal worked, the conflict would have ended much like the last Israel-Gaza clash in 2012, which saw only Israeli airstrikes. But ongoing negotiation attempts in Cairo failed Thursday, hampered by mistrust between Israel and Hamas, as well as between Hamas and the current Egyptian government led by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, a former army chief.

In 2012, the Muslim Brotherhood-led Egyptian government was friendly to Hamas and increased trade with Gaza. But the new government, which opposes the Brotherhood, has been hostile to Hamas, closing the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt.

“Recently inaugurated president Abdul Fattah al-Sisi shares Washington and Israel’s view of Hamas as both a terrorist organiza-

tion and a strategic threat,” wrote Eric Trager, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, in a policy paper. “He is consequently both less able and less willing to fulfill Egypt’s traditional role of mediating between Hamas and Israel.”

Israel’s offensive in 2009 ended after three weeks, but some members of Netanyahu’s coalition want to go much further this time. Before the invasion, several Cabinet ministers and members of Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party said that Israel can ensure an end to rocket fire only by recapturing Gaza, which Israel withdrew from in 2005.

Israel’s foreign minister, Avigdor Liberman, had strongly criticized Netanyahu for not responding more aggressively to Hamas.

“Israel must go all the way,” Liberman said at a press conference Tuesday. “We must finish the operation with the IDF controlling all of the Gaza Strip.”

At summer camps and trauma centers, Beersheba students facing rockets with locals

By Ben Sales BEERSHEBA, Israel (JTA) – During Israel’s conflict with Hamas in 2009, Eli Nachmani, already using a wheelchair, injured his leg when a rocket hit this southern Israeli city.

In the last clash in 2012, Nachmani sustained a head injury when the blast from a rocket knocked him out of his wheelchair.

The nearest bomb shelter is 50 yards from his house, and he can’t cover the distance on his own in the seconds between the sounding of the air-raid siren and the impact of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip.

Calls to Israel’s Welfare Ministry and the Beersheba municipality have gone unanswered. His only help is Noa Pney-Gil, a 24-year-old education major from the nearby Ben-Gurion University.

“I thank her, thank her, thank her from the bottom of my heart,” Nachmani said. “We should have many more like her.”

Fortunately, there are.

After Israel’s latest round of fighting with Hamas in Gaza broke out last week, Pney-Gil joined hundreds of Ben-Gurion University student volunteers who stayed in the conflict zone past the end of the school year to assist city residents in need.

The volunteers have helped out in hospitals, delivered supplies to the homebound elderly and disabled, and assisted with post-trauma care.

“When you go home, you understand people need help here and are waiting,” said Pney-Gil, a Tel Aviv native who considers herself a Beersheba-ite. “I want to be connected to the place I live. I won’t escape to Tel Aviv every time there’s

a problem. I’ll deal with the problem here.”

The size of the volunteer corps is a testament to the success of university efforts to inculcate a culture of community involvement and serve as a catalyst for the city’s improvement. Some scholarships are tied to the number of hours students volunteer with underprivileged residents.

The university provides discounted housing to students willing to live in Beersheba’s rundown city center.

Tami Ivgi Hadad, 32, a doctoral student researching nonprofits, began volunteering as an undergraduate in exchange for a scholarship.

Over time she came to realize she really enjoyed it.

Today, Ivgi Hadad coordinates city volunteers during emergencies in addition to her studies. In a municipal building near the university earlier this week, she alternated between phone calls and typing on her laptop. Of her 250 volunteers Sunday, 200 were Ben-Gurion students.

“During routine times, you see a lot of adults volunteering, and young people don’t find free time,” she said. “But when there aren’t work or classes, they come out. They have this kind of adrenaline. Adults have gone through things in life. They don’t come out quickly under fire.”

Missiles overhead Sunday morning didn’t faze Dafna Kandelman, a first-year medical student volunteering as a counselor at an impromptu day camp for children of the local hospital’s staff.

Israeli law compels hospital workers to stay on the job in times of emergency, but it poses a child care dilemma for employees since many day camps have been canceled because of the missile threat. So

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Children playing at an impromptu day camp set up for the children of hospital workers in Beersheva.

medical students set up and run a camp for some 250 children of hospital workers.

At 10:45 a.m., the kids were having a late breakfast in the bomb shelter when a missile siren blared.

Kandelman and other volunteers rushed to gather campers playing outside, only to find that many of them already were filing into the shelter.

Growing up in southern Israel, a major target for rocket attacks from Gaza, the kids knew the protocol.

Kandelman found it harder to adapt.

“You can’t get used to it,” she said. “You [say], ‘OK, there’s a siren, let’s go to a stairwell, let’s go to a reinforced room.’ Most of the day it’s OK. Then you let your guard

down and it comes out of nowhere.

It catches you off guard every time.

That’s the hard thing.”

While Israel suffered its first death in the conflict on Tuesday, some Beersheba residents have been treated for shock from missile strikes. At a temporary treatment center for trauma victims, student volunteers handle administration and engage the patients in preliminary conversation before professional social workers and psychologists treat them. Students are responsible as well for helping to move patients to a shelter when a siren goes off.

“They can run and hit a wall, fall down the stairs,” said Moshe Levy, 27, a physiology student volunteering at the trauma center. “They’re

already in a sensitive situation, so any alarm puts them off balance.”

Helping out during the conflict comes naturally to medical students because the medical school’s students’ association places a high priority on volunteering all year round, said Nadav Zillcha, the association’s chairman.

Zillcha, 30, with graying hair and a firm expression, was skipping one day of a rotation at another hospital to organize volunteers. He said helping out during the conflict prepares medical students for the gravity of saving people’s lives.

“There’s a need here,” Zillcha said, adding, “We need to realize that now.”

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Mahmoud Abbas: the so-called Palestinian leader

By Sean Savage

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmud_Abbas_(center) speaks during an emergency meeting with his leadership in Ramallah on July 1, 2014, after Israel found the dead bodies of the three kidnapped Jewish teens.

(JNS) - Since taking over as president of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) after Yasser Arafat's death in 2004, Mahmoud Abbas - whose PA term actually expired in 2009 - has been continually touted by world leaders as someone Israel can rely on to make peace.

But the third Israel-Gaza war since Hamas's takeover of the coastal enclave from Abbas's PA in 2007 has proven that Hamas despite its political isolation, financial troubles, and conflicts with the Israeli military - is still the preeminent voice of the Palestinians, rather

than Abbas. “[The current situation in Gaza] certainly drags [Abbas] down and makes him appear to be weak and feckless,” said Aaron David Miller, former U.S. Mideast adviser and peace negotiator. “If Israel wants to get something done, like a cease-fire or prisoner exchange, it goes to Hamas, not Abbas.”

At least one major Western leader hasn't gotten the memo yet._ “In President Abbas, Israel has a counterpart committed to a two-state solution and security cooperation with Israel,” U.S. President Barack Obama wrote in a July 8 op-ed for Haaretz.

Yet Obama's op-ed was published while Hamas rockets were

flying in a conflict that was ignited after nearly 10 months of failed American-brokered IsraeliPalestinian peace negotiations.

“There are no solutions here, only outcomes,” Miller told JNS. “After nearly 10 months of negotiations, there was very little achieved.”

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Israeli college students wage a social media battle over Jewish state’s image

By Alina Dain Sharon (JNS) – Australia’s Sydney Harbor is up in flames. Large letters superimposed on the scene ask, “How would they react?”

That image and many others like it have been distributed by an Israeli student initiative called “Israel Under Fire,” which now boasts more than 57,000 followers on its Facebook page. While rocket attacks continue from Gaza after Palestinian terrorists’ rejection of a cease-fire brokered by Egypt and accepted by Israel, more than 400 student volunteers are working together from a computer room at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC) college and graduate school to

Israel Briefs Israeli surgeons treat Palestinian girl while under fire from Gaza (JNS) - As rocket sirens blared at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer last week, a group of Israeli surgeons continued to operate on a Palestinian baby in the center's intensive care ward, which is not adequately protected from rocket strikes.

Doctors “didn't even move from the bed” despite the fact that all Israelis are instructed to enter a protected space when the sirens sound, said Rubenstein.

“Our responsibility is to young children, regardless of where the child is from or the child's religion,” the doctor said.

'Significant likelihood' that Israel retakes Gaza, intelligence minister says (JNS) - There is “a significant likelihood” that the current Israel

present the world with Israel’s position on the ongoing conflict with Hamas.

“We really believe that today the real war takes place on the Internet,” Israel Zari, the student union spokesman at IDC, told JNS. The first Israel Under Fire student operation at IDC was held during Israel’s November 2012 conflict with Hamas, which saw the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conduct Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza.

The student initiative was reopened as soon as the IDF launched its current operation, Protective Edge. This time the campaign has its own website, Israelunderfire.com, where the students accumulate all of their information via text, videos, and

memes.

Despite their initiative being a private one, Israel Under Fire’s students work in conjunction with guidelines and rules from the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.

“This is the largest private [media] operations room in Israel,” Zari said. “Our goal is… to present a unified front.”

The students work around the clock in groups. Each group is dedicated to a different skill, such as graphic design and research. There are also many international students who translate the content into various languages.

Given the current situation, the

students are currently focusing on promoting the message that Israel “would welcome a cease-fire” and would like “to finish the military operation,” Zari said.

They also want to show that Israel froze its weapons and strikes, “but on the side of Hamas this did not happen, despite all the mediation efforts,” he said.

The students’ posts have included images of the warnings that the IDF sends to Gaza citizens before airstrikes and examples of Israel’s humanitarian efforts, in order to show to the world that Israel’s goal is not to hurt citizens.

On the other side of the media war, Palestinian groups and activists are promoting the opposite perspec-

tive. According to Itamar Marcus, director of Palestinian Media Watch, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is not personally supporting Hamas rocket attacks on Israel, but Fatah-the movement he heads-is spreading a violent antiIsrael message on Facebook.

In a Tuesday post on the official Fatah Facebook page, “a poster claiming to be from the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Fatah, called for renewing suicide terror attacks against Israel,” Marcus said.

The post stated, “Today Palestine is waiting for its men… our promise of the [Al-Aqsa

Defense Forces ground operation “will end with Israel retaking full control over Gaza,” Israeli Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz said Saturday.

Steinitz explained that the decision was based on the assessment that Hamas was not ready for a ceasefire.

of the terror group's increased psychological warfare against the Israeli public.

The text messages, which were sent to some 150,000 cellular phones, read, “Your government claimed yesterday (Wednesday) that it held its fire, but without accepting or implementing our conditions. It figured that we would rush to hold our fire as well. On the contrary, we rushed to strike every location in Israel. The Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades.”

of returning 20 rockets discovered last week at one of the agency's Gaza schools to Hamas.

“The rockets were passed on to the government authorities in Gaza, which is Hamas. In other words, UNRWA handed to Hamas rockets that could well be shot at Israel,” the Israeli official told the Times of Israel.

(IDF) ground operation in Gaza, bringing the total number of military casualties for the Jewish state during Operation Protective Edge to 18.

The IDF uncovered at least 40 terror tunnels and arrested 13 Hamas terrorists in Gaza over the weekend, Haaretz reported.

Hamas committing war crimes, Israeli think tank says (JNS) - Hamas's actions in its conflict with Israel constitute war crimes, the Israel Democracy Institute said in a position paper published July 16.

“Rocket attacks against unprotected Israeli civilians who do not pose a concrete military threat are a clear violation of international law and impose individual criminal responsibility on the perpetrators of the launchings,” the paper said.

Hamas wages psychological war through texts from Israeli numbers (JNS) - Hamas operatives got hold of a telephone number in the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council in Samaria last week and disseminated threatening text messages as part

Two American citizens among Israeli casualties in Gaza (JNS) - Two American citizens 24-year-old Max Steinberg of Los Angeles and 21-year-old Nissim Sean Carmeli of South Padre Island, Texas - were among the 13 Israel Defense Forces soldiers from the Golani Brigade who were killed in the Shujaiyya quarter of Gaza on Sunday.

Israeli official: U.N. agency returns rockets found at school to Hamas (JNS) - A senior Israeli official accused the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

IDF kills Hamas terrorists as they infiltrate Israel through tunnels (JNS) - Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops killed 15 Hamas terrorists who infiltrated Israel through terror tunnels on Monday, thwarting what could have been a massive terror attack on Israeli soil, Israel Hayom reported.

Meanwhile, Israeli tanks continued to shell terror targets in Gaza following the bloodiest day of the nearly two-week military offensive that showed no signs of abating, despite global calls for a truce.

Israeli death toll for Gaza ground operation rises to 18 (JNS) - Thirteen Israeli soldiers from the Golani Brigade were killed during the Israel Defense Forces'

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by Gaza rocket fire (JNS) - Palestinian terrorists in Gaza continued to fire rockets at Israel on Tuesday, barraging the southern and central parts of the country.

The remnants of a rocket hit a home in the Tel Aviv suburb of Yehud, causing significant damage, Israel Hayom reported.

20,000 people attend funeral of IDF soldier from Texas (JNS) - In response to a widespread social media campaign to honor a fallen soldier, some 20,000 people crowded the military cemetery in Haifa on Monday evening for the funeral of Staff Sgt. Nissim Sean Carmeli, one of two U.S. citizens killed in fighting in Gaza on Sunday morning.

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Basil is herb behind Thailand tastes, different southeast Asian cuisine

By Bob Wilhelmy Contributing columnist Traditional Thai basil is to the entrées at Sukhothai what garlic and olive oil are to Italian cuisine. The type of basil grown in Thailand differs from the sweet basil grown in the Midwest and used in pesto, for instance. The Thai variety of basil is a primary ingredient in the curry sauces found at the Asian eatery, according to Toi Fuengdhongmanee, the owner and head chef of Sukhothai, who is a Thai native as well.

“Red curry the basil is in, and (we) put basil in stir fry dishes— give the Thai food special flavor,” he said. The entrée dish shown with this article is Thai spicy, with chicken, and the dish features the red curry paste mentioned by Toi. He said Thai spicy is one of the most popular dishes on the entire Sukhothai menu. The curry paste used in building the sauce can be very mild or extremely spicy, based on a scale of one to ten. Many ethnic Indians come to Sukhothai, for instance, and want the spice level amped up to the maximum, Toi claimed.

Thai food perhaps is the most distinctive in all of Southeast Asia.

Americans generally knew little of Thailand before the Vietnam War flamed across the national psyche in the 1960s. But the war led to exposure, and exposure led to appreciation of the foods of Southeast Asia, in addition to Chinese.

Thai food is gastronomically linked to those of its distant western neighbor, India, and its more proximate neighbors to the north and east, China and Vietnam, respectively.

Thai dishes are prepared in the wok for the most part, with sauces similar to those found in Chinese recipes. Many of the flavors are the same as those found in Chinese foods. But Thai cuisine features curry dishes, similar to those found on Indian menus. And Thai dishes can easily be taken to the 5-alarmfire stage, with spiciness that rivals the vindaloo and madras entrées of India.

The ingredient list for Thai recipes includes items not typically found in either Chinese or Indian dishes. In addition to the basil, coconut milk (a non-dairy product, obviously) is used in many Thai recipes, for instance. As noted, there is a heavy emphasis on basil as an herb as well. In fact, Thailand has an indigenous basil plant not widely found outside its borders. And basil is not widely used in Chinese or Indian foods.

Also, there is an emphasis on freshness that is not as apparent in cuisines that share some ethnic heritage with Thai foods. One fresh item to try is the “summer” roll, which is a seasonal advance on the “spring,” or egg roll. I have no idea

The Thai spicy entrée with chicken in basil red curry sauce, along with curry puffs and sweet and sour dipping sauce.

The outdoor signage of Sukhothai restaurant in Montgomery.

whether there is a seasonal connection to these rolls, but one is deepfried in oil in the wok (the spring roll); the other features fresh ingredients inside the roll, and the wrapper is rice paper. No cooking is involved for the veggie versions of the summer roll. The flavors tend toward delicate and tasty, and the rolls are delightful in texture and wholesomeness. Summer rolls are delicious, according to my taste buds.

As a native of Thailand, Toi Fuengdhongmanee knows the foods of his homeland firsthand. He returns to Thailand periodically to scout out new dining trends and tastes for his restaurant, and incorporates them into his menu. But he

frankly admits his dining patrons have their favorites, and those tend to be the best sellers on the menu.

When asked what native Thai diners order most, he did not hesitate: “Pad Thai is a favorite; more order pad Thai.” Pad Thai is one of several noodle dishes on the Sukhothai menu. The entree is made with bean thread noodles and the dish packs a lot of flavor. Diners can pick their protein from a list that includes beef, chicken and tofu, as well as vegetarian and seafood selections. As it happened, I asked a couple leaving the restaurant how the food was, and their enthusiastic answer: “It was wonderful!” The two both had ordered the pad Thai.

The interior decor.

For those who love curry, there is a menu section devoted to such entrée items. There are red, green and yellow curries, as well as panang, Massaman and mango curries. Toi stated that the herb and spice formulation for Thai curries differs from that of Indian curry dishes. The herbs include lemon grass and other herbs indigenous to Southeast Asia, but not necessarily found in India. Curries, and for that matter any Thai dish, can be made to match the palate of the diner where spiciness is concerned. The tiny Thai chili, used fresh, is the main heater in the fiery foods. Also, Toi uses a dried chili that includes seeds and chopped pepper. The combina-

tion may place you in a new dimension in the spicy food category, according to Chef Toi. Sukhothai’s menu includes appetizers, soups and salads, vegetarian offerings, house specials, seafood entrees, curry dishes, stir fry selections, noodle dishes and rice entrée selections. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner Monday through Friday; dinner only (opening at 4:30 p.m.) on Saturday; and closed Sunday.

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Hold Iran to account on AMIA bombing

By Robert Singer NEW YORK (JTA) – On July 18, 1994, a hellish scene unfolded in Buenos Aires as a car bomb set by Iranian agents destroyed the AMIA/DAIA Jewish center, killing 85 people and wounding hundreds.

Twenty years later, there is still no justice in the case – and a decision taken by the Argentine government is part of the problem.

Last year, it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Iranian government that was supposed to establish a so-called truth commission to bring resolution to the case.

In April, the World Jewish Congress, supporting the Argentine Jewish community, called on the Argentine government to rescind the memorandum. As Jewish communities around the world mark the anniversary with vigils, we urge the U.S. government to bring pressure to bear to see that this happens, and to again push the Iranians to surrender the AMIA suspects.

Nothing has changed in Iran’s behavior in the 20 years since the AMIA atrocity. Iran’s terror forces continue to wreak havoc everywhere in the Middle East. Iranian-designed rockets have been raining on Israel. Iranian-funded and armed Hezbollah has assassinated its way into a leading role in the Lebanese government, and now assists Syrian President Bashar Assad in slaughtering his own people.

Not to mention that Iranian agents supplied the roadside bombs that not so long ago killed so many American service personnel during the Iraq war.

Iran’s terror team revels in its accomplishments. Two years ago, on the anniversary of the AMIA bombing on July 18, Hezbollah blew up a bus of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria, killing six.

The AMIA bombing itself was the culmination of more than a decade of Iranian-sponsored terrorist atrocities that killed many Westerners. In 1983, Iranian-backed terrorists sent truck bombs into the barracks of American and French peacekeepers in Beirut, killing 299. In 1992, Iranian agents blew up the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 29 and wounding hundreds. (No one has been brought to trial in that case, either.)

The Argentine memorandum is a despicable document.

Argentina’s judiciary long ago presented clear evidence that the terrorist attack was ordered and masterminded by senior officials in the Iranian government and by Hezbollah.

It even presented Interpol with the names of the alleged perpetrators, which in turn issued a red alert.

Iran, however, refused for many years to render the suspects, so Argentina decided to try a conciliatory approach by signing the joint memorandum – notwithstanding the vociferous protests of the Argentine Jewish community, which decried it as an affront to the victims of the attack. The community also warned that as a practical matter, the gambit was doomed to fail. It has. A year later, the Argentine government has nothing to show for it – not surprisingly, since the Iranian regime has foiled the “truth commission” at every turn.

We at the World Jewish Congress approach the AMIA anniversary, as we do each year, with a heavy heart. We grieve for our many friends lost and live with the aftermath of the atrocity.

What have we learned since the AMIA bombing?

We’ve learned that the world loves to forget. But as Jews, we must heed the commandment of “zachor” – to remember. To paraphrase Genesis, the voice of our brothers’ blood is crying out to us from the ground. Some people say that “justice delayed is justice denied,” but we will keep insisting until justice is done.

The way forward on this case is the same as it always was: America, Argentina and the West must insist that the Iranian regime stop putting up roadblocks and dust and hand over the suspects. If Iran does not do so, it can never be accepted back into the family of nations no matter how many nuclear bombs it promises to forgo.

Robert Singer is CEO of the World Jewish Congress.

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Dear Editor, Thank you for a beautiful publication. It was a pleasure reading about the history of the groups, organizations, congregations and ‘small communities’ that have all shaped and continue to shape the larger Greater Cincinnati Jewish Community. Wishing you continuing success.

Sincerely, Rachelle L. Baruch Cincinnati, OH Dear Editor, I have always been a Democrat and I voted for Barack Obama in both of his presidential runs.

From shortly after the beginning of his current term, he disappointed me and that feeling continues.

In November, 2012, less than two years ago, Israel and Hamas were both at it again. Israel was armed to the teeth and massed at the border. Hamas was firing countless rockets though not as long and

forceful as they are now. At that time, Obama and President Morisi of Egypt stepped in to negotiate a cease fire. Egypt was very influential with Hamas as their border was open to trade. Qatar was willing to pitch in a few billion to aid Gaza. Turkey, who then had a friendly relationship with Israel offered to be of financial aid. The U.S. clearly had Israel’s ear. The table was perfectly set. Morisi and Obama took the lead. Hamas agreed with Egypt to stop firing rockets and a cease fire but with no assurance that the firing of rockets wouldn’t resume in the future. Everybody contemplated that Israel really was going to attack. Obama leaned on Israel to call off the invasion. To show appreciation Obama promised Israel many more Iron Domes which are known to stop 85% of the rockets. The problem was that my cousin Moishe lost his life because he was hit by one of the 15% of the successful rockets.

Now the scene is set again but this time in spades with Iran providing rockets and an entry into Gaza having already occurred.

President Sisi of Egypt set reasonable terms for a cease fire which Israel quickly approved with minor adjustments, but Hamas rejected it out of hand. At least in the eyes of the world, Israel for the first time can be seen as the reasonable one. Looking back now to November 2012 any skillful negotiator which Obama thought he was, could have told Morisi to get Hamas to agree to stop firing the rockets permanently provided Obama could convince Israel not to mount an invasion. That’s 101 in any negotiations class. At that time, Israel had the superior air and ground abilities and wasn’t joking about invading. Where on earth was Netanyahu is still a mystery to me. That is an opportunity which doesn’t exist now.

Sincerely, Jerry Teller

Don’t lose sight of the Iranian threat

By Lawrence Grossman NEW YORK (JTA) – The bloody sectarian warfare in Iraq and Syria and the swift takeover of wide swaths of territory by the Sunni fundamentalist ISIS – now calling itself a “caliphate” – has triggered calls to cooperate with Shiite Iran as a counterweight.

Yet we must not allow our justified concerns about ISIS to blind us to the even greater danger to regional security posed by a nuclear Iran.

We must remember that a nuclear Iran could credibly threaten our allies with destruction – especially Israel, which Iran has promised to wipe off the map – furnish Hezbollah and other non-state terrorist groups with nuclear weapons, and start a nuclear stampede as other countries in the area initiate nuclear programs of their own.

International negotiators resumed talks in Vienna on July 2 to address this danger to world peace. With a July 20 deadline looming, it is the latest – and, unless they are extended, the final – round of negotiations between Tehran and the P5+1 nations (the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany) aimed at preventing Iran from achieving military nuclear capacity, in return for which the international community will end the economic sanctions that have been placed on the country.

This series of talks was agreed upon in an interim agreement, announced on November 24, 2013, after Hassan Rouhani, viewed as a comparative moderate, assumed the presidency of Iran. When the interim accord went into effect in January, Iran froze elements of its nuclear program and the U.S. eased some of the sanctions.

Since it was the economic sanctions that had forced Iran to the negotiating table, Sens. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) proposed legislation, to take effect after the July 20 deadline, that would hold Iran’s feet to the fire by ratcheting up sanctions if the current talks collapsed or Iran violated its obligations. But when the Iranians protested this threat of new sanctions, the administration convinced the senators to stand down. Nevertheless, Secretary of State John Kerry publicly stated that the sanctions would be reimposed and strengthened should the talks fail.

The key issue separating the two sides is Iran’s enrichment of uranium, which Tehran insists is for peaceful purposes, but the P5+1 warn can be used to produce nuclear weapons. Iran today has some 10,000 operating centrifuges, the mechanisms that do the actual enrichment, and the “breakout time” – how long it would take Iran to produce a nuclear bomb should it decide to

do so – is estimated at a few months.

Western observers say that little progress has been made toward a comprehensive agreement due to Iranian defiance and refusal to diminish its nuclear facilities already built. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the U.N. nuclear watchdog, has issued several reports raising questions about the military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear program. On June 2, the IAEA’s director general, Yukiya Amano, called Iran’s posture a “jigsaw puzzle” and made clear that the IAEA’s inquiries would not be completed by the July 20 deadline.

“That is not our timeline. It is their timeline,” said Amano, referring to the P5+1. “We will take the necessary time to resolve all the outstanding issues.”

Leading figures in the American administration have said – almost like a mantra – that “no deal is better than a bad deal.” And Secretary of State John Kerry, in a June 30 Washington Post opinion article, noted that the “public optimism” shown by the Iranian negotiators “has not been matched, to date, by the positions they have articulated behind closed doors.”

Emphasizing the large gap between Iran’s professions of peaceful intentions and “the IRANIAN on page 22

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of the people, wearing an apron ephod with two shoulder straps sporting two shoham stones, each engraved with the names of six of the twelve tribes, the people of Israel. Likewise, on the High Priests’ breast-plate of judgment were precious stones, each inscribed with the name of a different tribe, so that Aaron bore the names of the sons of Israel on his heart (Ex. 28:29).

Moses was first and foremost a devoted man-of-God, who saw his task as faithfully communicating the vision of a God of “compassionate righteousness and moral justice’ to Israel and the world.

Hence he slays the Egyptian taskmaster to protect the Hebrew slave, chastises the Hebrew who struck his brother Hebrew, and rescues the Midianite shepherd daughters of Yitro from their Midianite shepherd oppressors.

Hence he liberates the Hebrews from Egyptian subjugation. Hence he revealed God’s Decalogue at Sinai, the most pithy expression of ethical probity in human history, based upon humanity’s having been created to be free in the Divine image.

Similarly, our rabbis must, first and foremost, be supremely honest individuals, above suspicion and without avarice. They must be fearless in the face of graft and corruption, establishing moral probity as the greatest Israeli product. They must be deeply learned, committed to solving problems of Jewish law such as women bound to recalcitrant husbands, issues whose lack of solution not only causes tragic individual sufferings, but also brings disrepute upon our Holy Torah and the God who gave it.

Aaron the High Priest was a man of the people, “one who loved peace and pursued peace, loved all human beings and brought them close to Torah” (Avot 1: 12). He took responsibility for every single Jew, carrying the tribal names of all upon his shoulders and within his heart. He

was responsible for the Temple ritual, the synagogue liturgy, Sabbath and Festivals, rites of passage and life style events. He had to minister to all non-judgmentally and lovingly.

So our rabbis must recognize that Israel is the homeland of every Jew – not only the Orthodox Jews – and that we must make the House of Israel open and welcoming to all. They must love the convert from the moment they ask about conversion. We’ve had such Rabbis in the past and we must make sure there are more in the future.

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T EST Y OUR T ORAH KNOWLEDGE THIS WEEK’S PORTION: MAASEI (BAMIDBAR 33:1—36:13) 1. Where did the Children of Israel begin their journey in the desert? a.) Land of Goshen b.) Ramses c.) Patros 2. How does Moshe describe Sinai during their travels in the desert? a.) Horeb where Hashem gave the Torah b.) Mount Sinai c.) Desert of Sinai 3. Who is the only person given special mention during the journey thru the desert? a.) Aaron side of Israel, but the whole sea including the east bank was inside the border

EFRAT, Israel – “And Aaron the High Priest went up to Mount Hor at the word of the Lord and died there…” (Num.33:38).

In this week’s Biblical portion, we read – for the second time – of the death of Aaron atop Mt. Hor, as a kind of accompaniment to the closing travelogue of the various encampments of the Israelites during their desert sojourn. When we are initially told of his demise in the portion of Hukkat, we read, “The entire household of Israel wept for Aaron for thirty days” (Num. 20:29). Likewise, when the Bible informs us of the death of Moses who was our greatest prophet and the great liberator and law-giver of Israel (apparently greater than Aaron), we read, “and the children of Israel wept for Moses for thirty days” (Deut.

34:8).

The classical commentator Rashi notes a glaring absence at Moses’ funeral: “(only) the males (mourned for Moses), whereas for Aaron, the entire House of Israel mourned, men and women; that was because Aaron was a seeker after peace and effectuated peace between neighbors and between husbands and wives.” A comparison of these two leaders, may well highlight two crucial aspects of rabbinic leadership today.

In the last Biblical portion of the Book of Deuteronomy, the opening verse refers to Moses as “a man of God”, Ish Ha’E-lohim (Deut. 33:1) and in the very last chapter Moses is referred to as a “servant of the Lord,” eved Hashem (ibid 34:5). Indeed we have seen how Moses constantly sought God’s “fellowship” (as it were), how Moses was the most unique of prophets, to whom God spoke “mouth to mouth” (Num. 12:8), and that his “heaviness of speech” may well refer to the kind of conversation which interested him – matters of theology, jurisprudence and philosophy – rather than to a physiological problem of stuttering or stammering.

Moses spends much time atop Mount Sinai, perhaps even in the supernal realm of God’s presence, and he takes his “tent of meeting” with God “outside the Camp, far away from the camp of human social intercourse (Ex. 33:7).

Aaron, on the other hand, is a man

Aaron the High Priest was a man of the people, “one who loved peace and pursued peace, loved all human beings and brought them close to Torah”

b.) Miriam c.) Joshua 4. Did the 2 _ tribes who settled east of the Jordan River, receive land in Israel proper? a.) Yes b.) No 5. The Sea of Kinneret was a border on which side of Israel? a.) North b.) West c.) East

3. A 33:39 4. B 34:13-15 5. C 34:11 The Sea of Kinneret was on the east

by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin

SHABBAT SHALOM: PARSHAT MASEI NUMBERS 33:1-36:13

Written by Rabbi Dov Aaron Wise

ANSWERS 1. B 33:3 2. C 33:15,16

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At the Movies: Opening This Week It’s no surprise that BRETT RATNER, 45, who made his reputation helming the “Rush Hour” movies, was tapped to direct “Hercules”, a new flick about the ancient Greek demigod with rock-hard muscles.

Playing the title role is Dwayne Johnson, formerly known as “the Rock.”

Meanwhile, SCARLETT JOHANSSON, 29, is the titular star of “Lucy,” another action flick. This one taps into a modern myth: that’s there is some formula or device that can turn an ordinary person into a superhero. Lucy is forced to be a drug mule for Asian gangs and she is injected with a serum that allows her to use “all her brain power” – she can absorb information instantly; move objects with her mind; and ignore pain.

On TV/Historical Footnote A Chicago-based “super cable station” has decided to venture into original drama programming with series that are “sort-of-historical.” “Salem,” a show “inspired” by the famous 17th C. witch trials in Salem, Mass., premiered last April.

“Inspired” means that “Salem” takes big-time liberties with the historical facts. Likewise, this station’s new show, “Manhattan,” which starts this week, is “inspired” by the Manhattan Project, the famous WWII program to build the first atomic bomb. However, the whole cast of main characters is entirely fictional. The real lead scientist on the project was J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER (1904-1967). In the TV series, a character called “Frank Winter” is the leader. The other fictional characters include Glen Babitt (played by DANIEL STERN, 57), a scientist who is a mentor to other scientists, and scientist Charlie Isaacs, who is described on the show’s website as “this working class Jewish kid from St Louis and he just happens to be probably the greatest mind of his generation.” Playing Isaacs is ASHLEY ZUKERMAN 31.

He was born in Los Angeles to Jewish parents (I believe his mother is from Israel) and raised in Australia, where his parents both teach computer-related subjects at prestigious Monash University. Zukerman has a long track record of good parts in Aussie plays and TV series.

By the way, with all the news about the 100th anniversary of the start of WWI, its worth noting that Monash University is named after General Sir JOHN MONASH (1865-1931), the

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commander of all Aussie/New Zealand troops in Europe during the last years of WWI. He was certainly one of the top five Jewish military figures in the history of the Diaspora. The son of German Jewish immigrants; he was known for his even temper, his concern for the welfare of his troops, and his far-sighted advocacy of coordinated attacks of aircraft, infantry, and tanks.

Always a practicing Jew – he was the first president of his country’s Zionist federation.

300,000 mourners stood in the streets during his funeral and a village in Israel is named for him.

Maxim’s Hot Hebrews Tongue firmly in cheek, I might argue that the fact that Jews are the most “highly regarded” religious group in America (Pew Survey, June 2014) is partially due to the astonishing rise in the number of Jewish women appearing on lists like Maxim magazine’s “100 Hottest Women in the World.” Yes, I know these lists can be viewed as sexist. But there’s no denying the fact that showbiz is largely about sex appeal and very few showbiz women (or men) object to their name appearing on these “hottest lists.” These lists are VERY popular on the web and recently a Jewish web site got scads of visitors with its terribly inaccurate list of who is Jewish among the 2014 Maxim 100. I say if you are going to venture into sexist territory, you might as well be accurate. So, here’s my accurate list of the Jewish women on the Maxim list. The number preceding their name is their Maxim ranking. Unless otherwise noted, the woman is an actress: (2) Scarlett Johansson; (9) MILA KUNIS, 30; (33) ASHLEY TISDALE, 29; (41) LAUREN COHAN, 32; (62) EMILY RATAJKOWSKI, 23; (64) MELISSA RAUCH, 34; (66) Israeli model BAR PALY, 29; and (84) GAL GADOT, 29. Four other women on the list come up big asterisks: actress Lea Michele, whose father is Jewish, was raised Catholic; actress Lake Bell has three Jewish grandparents – including her maternal grandma, but for some reason calls herself “not Jewish”, model Dylan Penn, the daughter of the (secular) actor SEAN PENN, has just one Jewish grandparent (her father’s father); and actress Olivia Wilde, who’s on that inaccurate list – has only incredibly remote Jewish ancestry.

FROM THE PAGES 150 Y EARS A GO

50 Y EARS A GO Mr. Louis Tennenbaum, 3743 Reading Road, has just returned following a western visit. He attended the Bar Mitzvah of a nephew, Michael Wise, son of Dr. and Mrs. Louis Wise of Los Angeles, formerly of Cincinnati. He also visited his son, daughter-in-law and grandson, Capt. and Mrs. James Tennenbaum and Charles, of San Antonio.

Dr. Tennenbaum is assistant chief of the Allergy Section, Wilford Hall Hospital.

Dr. and Mrs. Isadore H. Claybon, of 1120 Fenmore Drive, entertained the immediate family in honor of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Mark Claybon.

Mr. and Mrs. Allan M. Claybon (Judith Ann Kimpel) are graduates of Walnut Hills High School, and reside in Oxford, OH, where they are seniors at Miami University.

Mr. and Mrs. James Clark of Dayton announce the engagement of their daughter, Marjorie Nancy to Eric B. Schaim, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman M. Schaim of this city.

Miss Clark attends Ohio State University. Mr. Schaim teaches mathematics at Ohio State University. A fall wedding is planned. – July 30, 1964

25 Y EARS A GO 125 Y EARS A GO The Montefiore Association had an outing at Clifton Garden last Sunday. Prof. G. Deutch, of the Hebrew Union College, in an interesting address, praised and encouraged the good work that is being accomplished by the society, which consists of the following three departments: Literary, Social, and Athletic.

Miss Hannah Abel gave a “linen” shower on Sunday, July 30th, in honor of the bride-elect, Miss Fannye Israel, whose marriage to Mr. Laurie Jacobs takes place on the 9th of August. Among the out of town guests were: Miss Jessye Meyer, Mres. Adolph Fisch, the Misses Lorch, Mrs. S. Newman, the Misses Kohn and Mrs. Ornstein of Louisville, and Mrs. Maurice Levy and Miss Esther Paterwiski of Indianapolis. – August 3, 1889

100 Y EARS A GO A large meeting was held Sunday at the Richmond and Mound Street Temple in memory of Theodor Herzl and for the revival of the Palestine. Several prominent speakers told of the great work done for the Jews by this man, who died ten years ago in Paris, adn was considered the greatest Jew of his day. M. Chase and Dr. Nathan Isaacs spoke on the life work of Herzl, and H. Morganstein acted as chairman. Those at the meeting also heard the report of the Rochester Convention, given by the two deletates Max Manischewitz and Leo Steinberg. Rev. Joseph Magill had charge of the religious services and the choir rendered several selctions.

Max Frankel, aged 50 years, died on Tuesday morning at his home, 21 Eastbourne Terrace. Burial was at Lick Run Cemetery on Wednesday. – July 23, 1914

75 Y EARS A GO

Julie and Barry Brook announce the birth of a daughter, Melissa Joy, July 19. Melissa has a brother, Loren Phillip.

Maternal grandparents are Skookie and Sandy Bernsen of Highland Park, IL. Paternal grandparents are Edith and Albert Jacobson and the late Leon Brook.

Maternal great-grandparents are Lila Katz Fagelson and Shirely Bernsen of Chicago.

Gary Rosen and Dr. Lisa Rosen announce the birth of a son, Gregory Nathan, July 3. Gregory has a sister, Emily Iris.

Paternal grandparents are Harriet Rosen and the late Malcolm Rosen. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Stein and the late Iris Gershuny Stein.

Maternal great-grandmother is Mrs. Bernie Gershuny.

Doris Bartel, 80, died July 20.

Mrs. Bartel is survived by two children, Dr. Philip Bartel of Cincinnati, Aimee Smythe of Tucson, AZ; three grandchildren, Adam and Sean Bartel and Alex Smythe; and two sisters, Carol Zielonka of Tampa, FL, and Jane Sway of Laguna Hills, CA. Mrs. Bartel, wife of the late Samuel Bartel, was a member of Valley Temple. Memorial services were held July 21 at Valley Temple, Rabbi Sol Greenberg officiating.

Weil Funeral Home handled the arrangements. – August 3, 1989 Chad Levin and Randi Potasky announce the birth of

10 Y EARS A GO their son Andrew Potasky Levin, born June 3, 2004.

Paternal grandparents are Dr. and Mrs. Jerrold Levin of Cincinnati, OH. Maternal grandparents are Mr. Richard Potasky of Englewood, OH, and Ellan Potasky of Boca Raton, FL. Julie and Greg Meyers proudly announce the birth of their son Joshua Eli William Meyers, born July 7, 2004.

He is named after his maternal great-grandfather, Louis (Lazar) Dean and his parternal great-grandfather William Biehle. His siblings are Joanie and Benjamin Meyers.

His paternal grandparents are Marianne and George Meyers of Cincinnati, and his paternal great-grandparents are the late Melville and Georgette Meyers, and Margaret Meyers and the late Agnes and William Biehle of Cincinnati.

His maternal grandparents are the late Joan Dean and Herbert Dean of Worchester and Cape Cod, MA. Maternal great-grandparents are Gertrude Podrat of Providence, RI and the late Louis and Etta Dean of New London, CT. – August 12, 2004

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CRIMEAN from page 6 about circumcision, Jacobs said.

The punchline was that in the future foreskins may be used to genetically engineer perfect tax inspectors.

On a more serious note, Putin_thanked the rabbis for their efforts to oppose fascism.

Such gestures are nothing new for Putin. During the Sochi Olympics, he_ordered_special arrangements be made so that Lazar could attend the opening on Shabbat. In June, Putin is believed to have intervened to have an alternative date_set for Jews unable to take the national matriculation exam, which fell on the holiday of Shavuot. He also recently visited Moscow's new $50 million Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, which the Russian state helped fund.

But while Putin has been vocal in his support of the Jewish community, Russia is facing international criticism for its treatment of another Crimean minority, the 300,000 Muslim Tatars who make

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up around 12 percent of the peninsula's population.

After the annexation, Russia_banned_two of the community's leaders, Mustafa Dzhemilev and Refat Chubarov, from entering the region, in what some allege was score-settling for their perceived allegiance to Ukraine. The Council of Europe_said the situation of Tatars in Russia_“raises the utmost concern,” while_intellectuals_from across Europe have signed a_petition_calling for action against Russia over_to its treatment of the community.

The Holocaust commemoration in Sevastopol was initiated by Putin and financed largely by the Russian government, according to Wolf, who said Putin's office was directly involved in making sure the event “is carried out not only well, but as perfectly as possible.”

Anything the community needs, Wolf said, “we get from the new government. The level of care is phenomenal.”

Yet the alliance with Putin has exposed Lazar to_criticism_by

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Ukrainian Jewish leaders.

“It is impossible for him or any other person in his position to express views that do not align with the Kremlin's official line and propaganda,” Vyacheslav Likhachev, a spokesman for Ukraine's Vaad Jewish group, said earlier this year.

Gorin rejects this criticism, arguing that Lazar's relationship with the Kremlin is apolitical and ultimately designed to profit not Putin, but Russian Jewry. He also noted that the Kremlin has been involved in and supportive of Holocaust commemorations for the past 15 years, long before the conflict with Ukraine.

“We do our work. If it's used for diplomacy, or propaganda depends whom you ask - then we're not necessarily against it,” Gorin said. “When anti-Semitic acts occur here, we are very vocal.

But when the government demonstrates that they want to do everything so that Jews will live peacefully - with that we are prepared to cooperate.”

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But for Israel, the Fatah-Hamas government was the straw that broke the camel's back for an already faltering U.S.-brokered peace process. While Kerry stood by Abbas and promised to work with the new Hamas-aligned government, Israel refused to recognize a Palestinian government that includes an organization dedicated to its destruction.

Last month's kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens by Hamas members in the West Bank set off the latest round of IsraeliPalestinian hostilities and hastened the downward spiral for Abbas, despite the fact that he condemned the kidnapping.

“The kidnapping of the three Israeli teens really hurt Abbas's credibility with the Israelis for his association with Hamas,” Miller said.

Despite the ongoing conflict in Gaza, it appears that the Palestinian unity government will stay together, possibly giving Hamas the upper hand over Abbas.

“The reconciliation government will not be dismantled and Hamas has no intention of returning to a divided Gaza Strip and West Bank, or to a split in the two main political movements,” an anonymous Hamas official told Haaretz.

The history between Islamist Hamas and the secular nationalist Palestinian groups headed by Abbas - the PA, PLO, and Fatah - is a complicated one that dates back to the beginning of the Oslo peace process in the early 1990s, Middle East historian Dr. Efraim Karsh explained.

“Hamas built its strength under the PA when [former Palestinian leader Yasser] Arafat was in power,”

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Through Arafat's failure to crack down on terrorism, Hamas, which was formed in 1987 as an offshoot of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, eventually became powerful enough to compete with the PLO. Many Palestinians came to respect Hamas for its terrorism against Israel as well as the social services it provided, in contrast with the corrupt PLO. “What [Arafat] didn't take into account was that Hamas eventually pushed aside the PLO and became the dominant force. … So how can we expect the PA or Abbas to restrain Hamas in the future when it was the one who helped to create this problem in the first place?”

Karsh said.

Under Abbas, the West Bank has enjoyed more peace and stability than Hamas-ruled Gaza, and Palestinian security forces have cooperated with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on cracking down on terrorist groups like Hamas. Yet Israeli leaders fear that if the IDF evacuated the West Bank, like its disengagement from Gaza in 2005, Hamas or other Palestinian terrorist groups such as Islamic Jihad may establish a foothold there and push out the PA. “I don't think Abbas is a man of violence like Arafat was,” Miller said. “[But] Abbas is weak and that's the problem. He presides over a dysfunctional and badly divided Palestinian movement, while lacking the capacity to deliver.”

Hamas, meanwhile, has continually foiled Abbas's plans and promises by dictating its own terms not through words, but actions: rocket attacks, kidnappings, and suicide bombings against Israel.

“Paradoxically, unlike Arafat, Abbas has agreed to give up the gun, but he gets absolutely no credit and is continually undermined when Hamas takes up the gun,” said Miller. “It's a no-win situation.”

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Dr. Scott Kotzin receives Caring Like Karen award Cedar Village Medical Director, Dr. Scott Kotzin, was honored on June 13 at a luncheon sponsored by the Community Foundation of West Chester/Liberty with the Caring Like Karen Award. Dr. Kotzin was the award recipient in the Physician Caregiver Category. The award was created in memory of Karen Mason, a dedicated caregiver who lost her battle with pancreatic cancer in 2012.

She was unsurpassed in the level of care she provided and the award was created to honor those caregivers who emulate Karen’s love and patience for those in her care.

Dr. Kotzin was nominated by Cedar Village Retirement Community for being a caring physician. According to Carol Silver Elliott, CEO/President, “as a physician, Scott Kotzin lives a life dedicated to his patients. Although his family, his wife and three young sons are clearly of first priority, Dr. Kotzin is always there to meet patient needs, both in his private practice and, especially, at Cedar Village. A member of the medical staff at Cedar Village almost since the organization began in 1997, Dr. Kotzin has grown in his medical practice as Cedar Village has grown. In 2008, the medical director position at Cedar Village became available and Dr. Kotzin told us that his ‘dream was to be medical director at Cedar Village’ but that he didn’t feel he was ‘ready yet.’ When the position opened again in 2011, he said he was now ready and, indeed, he was. Although medical director is a very part-time job, Scott has made it a COLLEGE from page 10 Martyrs] Brigades is to cause the enemy to tremble, who only understands the language of blood, bullets, explosive belts and Martyrdom seeking [suicide] actions… We call to perform Martyrdom-seeking actions [suicide attacks].”

Earlier in July, Fatah announced in a Facebook post that Hamas, Fatah, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad are “brothers-inarms,” united by “one God, one homeland, one enemy, one goal,” through an image showing three fighters from the three organizations’ military wings.

Additionally, in a recent video produced by Fatah’s military wing the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and posted on Facebook, Abbas’s movement warns the Israeli government and the Israeli people, “Death will reach you from the south to the north. Flee our country and you won’t die. The KN-103 rocket is on its way toward you.”

“As is its standard policy, the Palestinian Authority is sending different messages through different mediums,” Marcus told JNS. “Abbas’s Fatah is using its social media to say things that would

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full-time, and more, commitment.”

Dr. Kotzin is dedication personified. He is at Cedar Village nearly every day, spending time with our patients, residents and tenants to make sure their care needs are met, working with them to both resolve health issues and to proactively maintain their health as best they can.

Despite his packed schedule, he always makes the time to sit down with his patients and their families, making sure that all of their questions and answered and that they receive comfort as well as care. Bernadette Miller, Assistant Director of Nursing, states that Dr. Kotzin “always gets down to the root of a problem” and that he is always certain “to educate patients, family members and nursing staff in the process.” He becomes more than a physician to many bring outrage from the international community, if they were said by the Palestinian Authority directly.”

Meanwhile, independent Palestinian activists are continuing to wage their own battles on social media. For instance, the Facebook page “Stand Up for Palestine” uses “Israel is a war criminal” as its tagline and posts memes such as an image of screaming children being threatened by a knife, with the headline “Gaza Holocaust.”

At IDC, some of the students are specifically responsible for monitoring and exposing false information distributed by proPalestinian activists.

Zari points to just one example of many, a video that gained popularity on the Internet with “a horrible picture of a woman with an exploded head” and an accusation by a Palestinian activist that the IDF is murdering innocent people.

In their research, the students discovered that the photo was actually taken from a Hollywood movie.

“It shows how they’re using false information just to influence public opinion,” Zari said, describing how pro-Palestinian activists can rely “on people’s ignorance” to persuade Web surfers.

When the students first

patients and their families. He becomes that trusted companion to whom they will turn for medical excellence and expertise as well as advice and comfort.

Janet Bowling, Director of Nursing says that “Dr. Kotzin is such a wonderful and caring physician. He is so knowledgeable in his practice and has such a passion for his patients. He goes the extra mile communicating with his patients and making them feel comfortable. That is almost a lost art in today’s fast paced medical world. He enjoys teaching the nursing staff on issues that come up or for those rare cases that offer the opportunity for the staff to advance their knowledge. He is by far one of the best Medical Directors that I have worked with in my career.”

Rehab unit nurse manager Sara Griffin adds “Dr. Kotzin is a compassionate and dedicated physician. I remember as a new nurse starting my career if I asked Dr. Kotzin, ‘why’ he would take the time to explain the situation, not just brush the question off as many physicians do. There are also times when he will have the nurse listen to a heart or lung sound and explain why that is significant or watch as he does a certain procedure.

As a nurse, it is reassuring to see his name on a chart because you know that patient will be well cared for. I am always in awe of his intelligence. He thinks well beyond the textbook and gets down to the root of the patient’s issue. Dr. Kotzin always stands up for the nurses he works with and makes sure that we are all taken care

of. It is a pleasure to work with such a gifted doctor.”

Dr. Kotzin is also focused on educating the medical staff and ensuring that they provide the highest quality of care possible. He takes the time to research key issues, to share them in meaningful ways and to follow up with the other physicians. On his own time, he creates protocols and care pathways to ensure that our care is consistent and superior. He has also created and presented educational programs for the overall staff of Cedar Village, most recently one on infection control. This is not an expectation of the medical director, it’s something he saw as important and did it. His educational program was thorough and thoughtful and also took into account the varying levels of staff in the room—keeping it clear and understandable and making an effort to incorporate humor wherever possible.

Elliott continued, “We have a remarkable physician and person in Scott Kotzin. Cedar Village opened the Shalom Center for Elder Abuse Prevention in 2012. The only elder abuse shelter in the Midwest, the Shalom Center offers a safe haven for abused older adults, providing a 90 to 120 day crisis stabilization stay at no charge and helping these vulnerable folks go on to live lives that are safe and dignified. When Dr. Kotzin was informed about the planned shelter, he did not hesitate for a moment. He offered to be the physician for each of these victims and he has been true to his word. He spends time with them,

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One of the images posted by the “Israel Under Fire” student initiative of the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC) college and graduate school.

launched the media operation during Operation Pillar of Defense, they worked hard to build a reputation for the initiative in Israeli society, primarily via word of mouth

exposure and coverage by Israeli news outlets.

Now that the media operation is taking place for the second time, “there’s a lot more public faith in

helps them with medical needs, offers a listening ear and support and he does this all at no charge. He does this because he believes, he cares and he gives of himself.

One of our Shalom Center victims particularly stands out in my recollection. She had been both verbally abused and financially exploited by her daughter and granddaughter.

When she was removed from her home by Adult Protective Services along with the police, she came to the shelter for care. She was terrified, timid and alone. Dr. Kotzin took the time to reassure her and support her, not just provide her with medical care but a compassion that went far beyond diagnosis and treatment. It does not matter who the patient is, Scott gives of himself to do all he can to help them. Their well being, comfort and support are his priority and he demonstrates that passion daily.”

If another physician is not available when staff needs him, Dr. Kotzin is always willing to step in and help and he has made certain to let the staff know that. He actively takes part in planning for new services and ideas and is always willing to embrace new directions, even though the changes may not always be easy for him. He listens, he questions and he always supports Cedar Village and those who live here. “Scott Kotzin is the model of what a physician should be; he exemplifies the highest qualities of the medical profession and inspires all of our staff at Cedar Village to do their very best in patient care every day.”

what we’re doing,” and many people actually forward materials to the group for broader dissemination, Zari said.

Although the students initially intended to open the media operation only during violent escalations in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and IDF operations, there are discussions on trying to maintain the operation over the long run. Israel really needs to promote its message with publicity “because it is being presented many times in a very problematic way in media outlets,” said Zari.

The success of the student initiative is also being closely measured through website analytics on the number of visitors, their frequency, and where they are coming from.

“We see there’s growth [in Web traffic] from all over the world,” Zari said. For instance, there was a recent 400-percent growth in visitors entering the website from Russia, leading to a decision to add more Russian-language content.

The students also see a growth in volunteers for and media coverage of their cause, which Zari said “proves to us the website is doing its job and the operation is fulfilling its goals.”

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Zell’s Bites: Camp Revisited Zell’s Bites

by Zell Schulman “Livingston our hat’s off to thee.

To our dear camp true we will ever be.

Firm and strong united are we.

Rah Rah for Livingston, Rah, Rah for Livingston, Rah for dear old camp! ” At the Robert Krohn Livingston Memorial Camp, near Vevay, Indiana, this song and these words have been sung since 1920. They continue to be sung today, by the girls and boys enjoying a summer camp experience snd providing them an opportunity to meet Jewish children from all over the Midwest.

Two weeks ago, on Friday, June 4th and Saturday, June 5th , this song was sung loud and clear

once again when nearly 100 Livingston alumni, myself included, returned to the camp for a reunion.

You may ask, what does this have to do with a feature about food? Let me tell you: from age nine until age fourteen, Livingston was my summer home. I became a junior counselor at age fifteen and a counselor at age sixteen. I really don’t remember much about the food, but I do remember the best food was always served for dinner on Friday night Shabbat.

This visit brought back memories of the friends I made and the fun I had. I still keep in contact, and have visited with, two of the girls who were in my bunk. One lives in Chicago and the other in California. Okay, back to the food.

The food we were served at this camp reunion was great!

Since you couldn’t cook on the Saturday because of the Sabbath, it was a cold buffet lunch, with turkey, baloney, brisket, fresh tomatoes, and pickles for sandwiches and a good lentil soup left over from Friday evening, along with a pasta salad and cookies. Oh yes, let’s not forget the “bug juice” (bottled fruit juice of various flavors). When I went to Livingston we only had one kind, it was red and rather sweet, but we never knew the difference. The friends

we made, the songs we sung and the counselors made camp special.

This Camp Livingston reunion was a gift I will long remember.

Yes, many of us have different colored hair, more wrinkles than we would like and move at a slower pace, but that feeling of being young again, making new friends, having fun and doing crazy things all came back. By the way, I would never have believed my counselor Sylvia Rassell (she went by “Skippy at camp.) also lives here at the Kenwood by Senior Star. We have reconnected.

Who would have thought? Life sure is full of surprises.

What recipe can I give you?

Yes, I still cook, bake and love the kitchen. A friend said she loves to read my features and my recipes, but she gets overwhelmed when there are too many ingredients. So I will leave you with a recipe for life. On the back of my business cards is printed, “Each day is a gift, open the package.” My own words.

For those of you who are looking for an easy summer recipe to share with friends, for special occasions, try this one.

CRANBERRY/RASPBERRY FRUIT PUNCH Makes 2 quarts This punch is a great summer

thirst-quencher. It is easy to prepare and any age will enjoy it. .

Ingredients: Punch Base One can Cran/Raspberry 1 pint fresh strawberries,, quarted and very thinly sliced 1/2 cups cold water One 6-ounce package frozen red raspberries, defrosted 1 32-ounce bottle lemon/lime carbonated drink Ice Ring One 3-cup gelatin ring mold Mint Leaves Strawberries cut in half 2 cups cold water Garnish Mint Leaves 1/2 pint sliced strawberries 1 pint frozen red raspberries 1/2 pint fresh red raspberries 1 pint sliced strawberries One 16 ounce bottle of cranberry juice Method 1. Make the punch base: in a large pitcher, with a lid, mix the cran/raspberry concentrate, water, red raspberries and sliced strawberries. Cover and place in the refrigerator 6 to 8 hours before serving or overnight.

2. Start to prepare the ice ring:

use a round, 3- cup gelatin ring mold. In the bottom of the ring alternate mint leaves and several strawberry halves with the green tip attached. Slowly pour 1/2 cup of cold water down one side of the ring mold. Freeze until solid, about 2 hours.

3. Place the frozen red raspberries and remaining strawberries in the bowl of a food processor or a blender. Pulse several times. With processor or blender running, pour the cranberry juice through the feed tube. Pour over the frozen layer in the ice ring. Freeze 3 to 4 hours. Remove the ice ring and add just enough cold water or cranberry juice so that the ice ring is filled to the top. Freeze overnight.T his may be prepared several days ahead.

4. Place the ice ring in the bottom of a punch bowl. Pour the chilled cranberry juice mixture over the ice ring. Gently add the lemon-lime drink. Garnish with sliced strawberries and fresh or frozen red raspberries.

Zell’s Tips: You may wish to add vodka or gin for variation but it’s great without it. The recipe may be tripled for a large party.

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22 • OBITUARIES D EATH N OTICES SCACCHETTI, Marcia Gessiness, age 54, died July 15, 2014;Tammuz, 5774.

LEVINE, Adrianne Mintz, age 81, died July 15, 2014; 17 Tammuz, 5774.

ROSENTHAL, Lois, age 75, died July 20, 2014; 22 Tammuz, 5774.

SHULLER, Sylvia, age 98, died July 20, 2014; Tammuz, 5774.

LEVINE, Joshua E., age 22, died July 21, 2014;Tammuz, 5774 OPTIONS from page 5 State John Kerry has been busy making calls, not only to Netanyahu and PA President Mahmoud Abbas, but taking stock of allies who can have more influence with Hamas, such Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey.

A day before Kerry was scheduled to visit to Cairo, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry presented a cease-fire proposal on Monday, which included the opening of the

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SENATORS from page 5 the Jewish people to have a country that they can live in peacefully,” and that Jews should never again face a time where they have nowhere to go.

While saying that he did not want to insert partisanship into the issue, Rubio took a jab at the Obama administration for, as he later told JNS, “putting daylight” between the U.S. and Israel in the perception of some in the region.

“I am concerned about the position this administration is taking,” said Rubio. “I was concerned about Israel-Gaza border crossing at Rafah “once the security situation becomes stable on the ground,” according to the New York Times.

Israel quickly moved to adopt the plan, pausing its airstrikes on Gaza for six hours. But Hamas rejected the Egyptian plan and continued its attacks on the Jewish state.

Egypt’s plan, which called for separate negotiations in Cairo with delegations from the Israeli and Palestinian sides within 48 hours of the cease-fire’s implementation,

the amount of pressure that the Secretary of State was placing on the Israelis to enter into a negotiation – a negotiation with the Palestinian Authority that didn’t have the authority or the power to reach a peace agreement that they could possibly enforce, much less deliver on.”

“I think it’s safe to say that the relationship between the Israeli government has never been worse towards an American President for more than two decades,” he said.

Following his speech, Rubio said he believes Israel should do

whatever is necessary to “convince Hamas that the price they pay is too high for what they’re conducting or to wipe out their capability to hit Israel,” and that he believes Israel will perform the operation with “great restraint” as is the case with “everything Israel does.”

The passing of the resolution – and the senators’ remarks – came only hours after Netanyahu gave the go-ahead to send ground troops into Gaza after a 10-day air operation failed to diminish the Hamas rocket barrage. Another stated objective, according to the prime minister’s

office, is to destroy smuggling tunnels, one of which was used earlier on July 17 by 13 Hamas terrorists trying to infiltrate Israel to carry out an attack on Kibbutz Sufa.

Prior to the start of the ground operation, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) also addressed Congress’s support for Israel during his weekly press conference.

“I think we must send a clear, unified, and public message,” Boehner said. “Israel is our friend, and Israel’s enemies are our enemies.”

did not address any of Hamas’s other demands besides the opening of the Rafah crossing. Hamas has demanded a transfer of PA money to pay for its 40,000 government employees, the lifting of Israeli import-export restrictions on Gaza, the release of prisoners, and more.

After the brief attempt at a cease-fire fell apart early Tuesday, Kerry canceled his planned trip to Cairo and slammed Hamas for not co-operating.

“I cannot condemn strongly enough the actions of Hamas in so brazenly firing rockets in multiple numbers in the face of a goodwill effort to offer a cease-fire in which Egypt and Israel have joined together, and the international community strongly supports the idea of a cease-fire… the compelling need to have a ceasefire,” said Kerry. “But Israel has a right to defend itself, and it is important for Hamas not to be provoking and purposefully trying to play politics in order to gain greater followers for its opposition, and use the innocent lives of civilians who they hide in buildings and use as shields and put in danger. That is against the laws of war and that’s why they are a terrorist organization.”

During the last conflict between Israel and Gaza, which lasted for eight days in November 2012, the U.S. brought pressure on then Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, who brokered a cease-fire along the lines of terms outlined by America.

But with Egypt’s current crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood – Hamas’s parent group – and last year’s overthrow of Morsi by the Egyptian military, Egypt-Hamas relations are now nearly non-existent.

“Actually, this [Israel-Hamas conflict] is occurring at a very bad

time from the point of view of the geopolitics of the region, in terms of our being able to leverage other parties in order to help facilitate a cease-fire,” said Eisenstadt, adding that he thinks the Egyptian government “is just happy to see Hamas administered a bloody nose.”

The State Department source confirmed that Qatar has been active in trying to jumpstart talks for a cease-fire. “[Kerry] has pressed upon the Qataris to use whatever influence and leverage they can with Hamas to stop the rocket fire as a means to get the process toward de-escalation going,” the source said.

A small, oil-rich Arab state, Qatar has long had an unusual relationship with America. It has hosted the U.S. Air Force’s Al Udeid Air Base, which played a critical role in U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. But at the same time, Qatar has become one of the few sponsors of Hamas since the fall of Morsi and the beginning of the Syrian civil war, which is preoccupying another former Hamas ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Following the Hamas-Fatah split in 2007, Qatar has been one of its principal financial and political backers, which included a 2012 visit to Gaza by Qatar’s ruling emir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, his wife, and the Qatari prime minister. During the visit, the delegation pledged $400 million to support Gaza’s Hamas-led bureaucracy and infrastructure.

“The idea that [Qatar] would be an honest broker in the deal, after helping Hamas grow to the place where it is today, it defies logic to bring them in in this way,” Schanzer said. “There’s a small chance that it could be done, but they’re not going to be easy to trust.”

According to Schanzer, America’s reliance on Turkey or Qatar as peacemakers would legitimize Hamas and the terror group’s alliances.

“I think if they’re sponsoring Hamas, and they’re supporting Hamas and in many ways and egging Hamas on in this conflict,” he said. “Why give them the opportunity to look like the good guy for bringing an end to the conflict when in fact they were part of the creation of the conflict?”

Another problem with any potential cease-fire in Gaza is that Hamas has splintered, as its various factions work independently with little or no centralized control.?

“There’s the West Bank Hamas; there’s the Gaza Strip Hamas; there’s the Qassam Brigades, which is the so-called militant wing of Hamas; there’s the politburo, which is the external political wing of Hamas,” said Schanzer.

“So each one of these has different interests. I think it’s going to be a problem that they will be dealing with and is going to make it a lot harder to broker calm or to be able to reach even a modest understanding with the organization.”

“Hamas was in a weakened state of affairs at the start of the confrontation and as a result was not able to control the other groups that were involved in missile launches at the start of this year,” Eisenstadt explained. “And there was a sign that I think that Hamas was losing either the will or the authority to impose their will on these other groups. Unless they are strengthened vis-à-vis other groups, I don’t think a ceasefire would be effective at this time because you’re in a situation where Hamas is not able to control these groups at the outset.”

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demands of the international community, “sanctions will tighten and Iran’s isolation will deepen.”

If that doesn’t deter Tehran, the administration has said that “all options are on the table.”

Should the deadline pass without an agreement or a time-specific extension, we must be prepared to follow through on the administration’s wise words, and encour-

age the international community to follow suit. Nothing that is happening in Syria or Iraq mitigates the specter of a nuclear Iran.

actual content” of its nuclear program, Kerry cited numerous previous instances of the country’s violation of international obligations. He wrote that the P5+1 will not agree to an extension of the July 20 deadline “merely to drag out negotiations,” and warned that should Iran not satisfy the

Lawrence Grossman is the American Jewish Committee’s director of publications.

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