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The Moral Costs of Jewish Education GREATER! Robert Rechnitz Honored More on page 2 Emek Services the Community

Reasons Parents Choose Darko

encourages individualism 9Motivation is self-initiated. Children 9 Darko naturally want to learn & grow when and creativity. learn by doing.

9 Children Experiential field trips are built into the curriculum our self-paced, individualized 9 With curriculum, children don’t feel held back or that they must go quicker because of peer pressure.

they experience real success. empowers children to get in 9Darko touch with themselves by helping them discover their G-d gifted talents. inspires children to think big 9Darko and go after their dreams.

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Mourning commences throughout Israel and the world for terrorist’s victims

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My Child’s Dream School Becomes a Reality

“I have seen nothing as amazing as what I see daily at Darko” Miriam Shapiro

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Natural Suggestions for Allergy Sufferers For the vulnerable folks, the glorious spring weather brings itchy eyes, scratchy throats, hives and possibly wheezing.

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The Moral Cost of Jewish Day School

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Bodies of Three Kidnapped Students Found Near Hebron Mourning commences throughout Israel and the world for terrorists’ victims

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he bodies of three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped in the West Bank earlier this month have been found by Israeli forces north of the city of Hebron.

The three students—Eyal Yifrah, 19, from Elad; Gilad Shaar, 16, from Talmon; and Naftali Frenkel, 16, from Nof Ayalon—went missing 18 days ago on their way home from a yeshivahin the West Bank. When the three failed to arrive home or make contact with their families, authorities were notified. Naftali Frenkel is also an American citizen.

The boys’ parents—Ophir and Bat Galim Shaar, Uri and Iris Yifrach, and Avi and Rachel Frenkel—were told of the tragic news soon after the bodies were found by a search team that included IDF soldiers from an elite unit. It was apparent, authorities said, that the teens were killed soon after their abduction and were partially buried in an open field in an area that was difficult to access.

The Israel Defense Force had scoured the city and its environs as part of “Operation Brother’s Keeper,” and shifted its focus as the effort continued into its third week when suspects in the kidnapping were identified.Israeli security forces had been intensively searching near the Halul junction just north of Hebron for the three teens on Monday, amid clashes with local Palestinians.

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Naftali Frankel and Gilad Shaar were students at Mekor Chaim Yeshiva High School, which is presided over by Rabbi Adin (Even-Yisrael) Steinsaltz. Eyal Yifrah studied at Shavey Hevron yeshivah in Hebron.

Rabbi Steinsaltz issued the following statement after hearing the tragic news.

“My dear friends: I have just learned that the bodies of our three boys—Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach–have been found.

My heavy heart is with the families.

All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we been false to Thy covenant. Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Thy path; Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

(Psalms 44:18-20)

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These boys, our boys, have died al Kiddush Hashem (for the sanctification of G-d’s name), simply because they are Jews.

Nay, but for Thy sake are we killed all the day; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. (Psalms 44:23) We cannot just light a candle and say a prayer. It is up to us now to live our lives in Kiddush Hashem, to sanctify G-d through our deeds and our lives.

The word chaim (life) is in the plural because it contains both the good and the bad. It is up to us to go on.

Arise for our help, and redeem us for Thy mercy’s sake. (Psalms 44:27)” During this time of great mourning, let us take this tragedy to heart, and increase in acts of kindness and goodness towards one another, fortifying ourselves through Ahavat Yisrael.

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My Child’s Dream School

Becomes a Reality MIRIAM SHAPIRO

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push open the door to my seven-yearold daughter’s classroom at the Darko Learning Academy in Los Angeles. There, I see her and a friend working together on a giant woodcut of a world map. They’re putting the countries’ corresponding flags in their correct places, deep into a discussion over world geography.

As I look around, I spot another pair of children tinkering with a series of beads, through which they’re learning the decimal system. A third set is going through a stack of Hebrew cards and pictures, piecing together a pasuk (sentence) from sefer Bereishis (the book of Genesis).

Their morah (teacher) strolls around the room, observing and stopping to talk with the children about what they’re working on at their “stations,” a solid block of time where the students navigate their way through different learning tools and manipulatives at their own pace. She gently encourages them to reach their own conclusions about their projects.

As a teacher, I’ve seen a wide spectrum of schools and their students. I’ve taught in Brooklyn public schools where there were not enough desks, books, or security officers to go around. I’ve taught in quiet, suburban Chabad Hebrew School classrooms. I’ve taught belligerent teenagers and cheerful preschoolers. But I have seen nothing as amazing as what I see daily at Darko: an excitement amongst the kids about their education and an unending passion for learning.

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“I have seen nothing as amazing as what I see daily at Darko: an excitement amongst the kids about their education and an unending passion for learning. ” out because it’s one of the only Jewish Montessori institutions in the world to educate elementary and secondary school children. It also has a full limudei kodesh (Torah subjects) curriculum alongside the secular curriculum seen in any Montessori school.

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There are no tests or grades. Learning and knowledge have golden, intrinsic value. Children are encouraged to learn for the sake of learning instead of for good grades or to pass a test.

There is structure, but there is also intellectual freedom. Within the parameters of the day’s available stations, the students can choose what they want to learn, when they are ready to learn it.

There is no “falling behind,” “gifted,” or “slow learner.” These limited labels do not enter the Darko vernacular. Rather, each child learns at his or her own pace and internalizes a concept before he or she moves on.

A study appearing in the Sept. 29, 2006 issue of Science Journal that compared Montessori to traditional education stated that there were “significant social and academic advantages” for Montessorieducated children over children educated in a traditional school environment. Mon-

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tessori-educated students learn to work closely with different ages, as opposed to a traditional, same-age peer group. I once found my daughter, the youngest in her class and still working on her reading and writing skills, writing a huge chalk message on the pavement in the courtyard.

“No,” said her nine-year-old classmate, without a trace of a sneer or amusement.

“D goes the other way, like this, see?”

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As for learning being a full-body experience, I’ve seen the kids so absorbed in what they are doing that they don’t look up when someone comes in the room.

Learning, here, is relevant and spans all subjects. The kids might be studying about the makkos (plagues) in the parasha (weekly Torah portion), visiting the frogs, snakes and bugs in the zoo during their weekly field trip, reading about Laura Ingalls’ locust infestation on her 1870’s Midwestern homestead, and processing all of it through prose or poetry on the class blog, all at the same time.

Learning at Darko isn’t always behind a desk, either. I’ve witnessed some of the girls’ science classes act out the differences between ionic and covalent bonds by pretending they were different atoms and molecules. In another class, they learned about the states of matter (solid, liquid and gas) by making their own chocolate candies from start to finish.

When people ask, “Why do you send your kids to Darko?” I’m proud to tell

them about the creativity, the motivated, self-directed learning, and the students’ obvious pride in themselves and in their accomplishments. I’m thrilled to see how my daughter is blossoming academically, socially and in her yiras shamayim (awe and fear of G-d).

Darko is a revolutionary institution not only in the Jewish world, but also in the academic community at large. Thanks to this school, children are learning how to think for themselves, learn what they want and decide how they learn it, and create their own microcosms of educational settings. At Darko, they’re learning the true skills they need to succeed in life, beyond the walls of the classroom.

So when my daughter and her play date beg to make a scientific experiment using everything in my kitchen, or she asks on her own to go visit an elder care center, or I catch her reading a bedtime story to her younger siblings, I know I’m doing something right by sending her to Darko.

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Robert Rechnitz to be Honored Robert Rechnitz to be honored at Peres Congressional Gold Medal Reception

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reparations are being completed for Israeli President Shimon Peres final official visit to the U.S. as head of state. Among the events and meetings being planned in conjunction with the primary purpose of President Peres is the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony scheduled to place in the Rotunda of the US Capitol.

“The intent and goal of the legislative process awarding the Congressional Gold Medal to President Peres which will culminate in the Ceremony itself is to send a strong message to the world that the Congress of the United States by virtue of 2/3 of its members co-sponsoring the legislation stands shoulder to shoulder with the State of Israel” says Ezra Friedlander, CEO of The Friedlander Group who spearheaded the creation of the Shimon Peres Congressional Gold Medal Committee.

An exclusive reception will be commemorated in conjunction with the official Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring Robert Rechnitz, founder and chairman of both the Jerusalem Conference and Iron Dome Tribute will be held prior to the Ceremony with the participation of President Peres and Senator Kelly Ayotte who introduced the legislation in the Senate.

“Recognizing Bobby Rechnitz for his pivotal role of his stewardship and sustaining the bilateral relationship between the United States of America & State of Israel” will be highlighted by President Peres according to a statement released by the Shimon Peres Gold Medal Committee.

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“Having the vast majority of members of Congress support the be bestowing of America’s highest award to an Israeli head of state forges the unbreakable bond between the people of the United States and Israel“ said Robert Rechnitz who was instrumental in successful advocating for the Peres legislation to pass.

Indeed for many years Robert Rechnitz has been a leader in cementing US Israeli relations by working with House Foreign Affairs Chair Ed Royce, Ranking Member Elliot Engel, US Lindsay Graham, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein among others.

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Natural Suggestions for

Allergy Sufferers SARA CHANA, IBCLC RH (AHG)

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ummer is here and the flowers are blooming, the sun is shining and at the day’s end, there are beautiful sunsets to be seen. While this is seemingly a most blissful time for all, there is a group of equally fantastic people who would also like to view this time of the year from an artistic point of view; however, they suffer miserably with seasonal allergies (which can last all year round.) For those vulnerable folks, the glorious spring weather brings itchy eyes, scratchy throats, hives and possibly wheezing. Still, with the arrival of this renewed blossoming of spring allergies, no one has to suffer as a victim, because there is help for the susceptible. They can fortify for this battle with an arsenal of foods, herbs and homeopathy. So, allergy sufferers arm yourselves with these herbal allies and learn to face that dreaded pollen head on, once and for all!

HERBAL SUGGESTIONS Herbs can be taken preventatively and also during an allergic outbreak. The herbs discussed here can be taken over a long period of time to help strengthen the immune system. t REISHI MUSHROOMS are super-powerful medicinal mushrooms that both stimulate the immune response and reduce the histamine production in the body. They are available in capsule form, which makes them easy to take, and are best taken two to three times a day. t FREEZEDRIED NETTLE is a green plant filled with chlorophyll that has been shown in clinical studies to be as effective as today’s allergy medicines.

The positive side of taking nettles is that most people feel clearing in their nose, eyes and sinuses within 20 minutes, and nettles don’t have the side effects of most modern anti-allergy medicines, like sleepiness and dry mouth. The downside is that the effectiveness of nettles can wear off in four hours, so they need to be taken more often than conventional medicines. And while taking nettles can be likened to eating a wild salad, they also come in an easy-to-take capsule form.

HOMEOPATHIC SUGGESTIONS

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It is important to note, that, homeopathy is not taken preventatively, but can help alleviate symptoms at the first sign of allergy. It may take a little trial and error before one finds the correct homeopathic remedy that suits your specific symptoms, because homeopathic remedies target an individual’s reactions to a sickness rather than attacking the ailment directly, but the relief can be wonderful and worth the effort. t ALLIUM CEPA 30C is used for constantly tearing eyes, sneezing and liquid that is coming out of the nose. t SABADILLA 30C is used for a stuffy nose that also drips, constant sneezing and dripping eyes. It’s also used when the allergy can be felt in the lungs. t ARUNDO 30C is used for that annoying scratching that can be felt in the back of the mouth by the soft palate, inside the nose and ears.

Now that you’ve read through this compact allergy guide, follow its recommendations and use your personal arsenal to be a strong warrior with a strong immune system—it takes a powerful immune system to combat that stubborn and invasive pollen.

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Emek Services the Community A

lthough school is out, Emek’s campus is bustling with children and adults; the sounds of laughter and excitement can be heard throughout the halls. Emek is proud to have opened its doors to the valley community over the course of the past year, and the summer is no exception. Emek hosted Chabad of Sherman Oaks for their big Purim carnival, along with several basketball leagues throughout the year. For the first time ever, the Finder Family Camp Gan Israel is being held at Emek’s Magnolia Campus. The Teichman Family ECC Camp, under the leadership of Rabbi Aharonoff is running on site as well. We are proud to be hosting a LEAP Summer School experience coordinated by our very own Mrs. Natalina Parker. In addition to this, Emek’s gym is being utilized nightly by Valley Torah High School, Shaarey Zed-

dek, independent Emek alumni leagues and other basketball leagues. Emek has also opened its doors to Etta Israel and Chai Lifeline. We are happy to be able to service the community and share the beautiful campus that we call our own.

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The Observant Jew

Good For Nothing RABBI JONATHAN GEWIRTZ

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fter the publication of my book, I gave a copy to R’ Paysach Krohn, who was kind enough to discuss it with me during the planning stages. In return, he gave me a CD of one of his talks. It wasn’t necessary, but out of appreciation for his gift, I listened to it right away.

In it, he shared a fascinating thought that resonated with me. He quoted Rebbetzin Kanievsky zichrona l’vracha, who said this in the name of her father-in-law, the Steipler Gaon z”l.

The idea is that a person has a certain amount of suffering, aggravation, and grief in this life. When he shares someone else’s burden, feeling pained for what his friend is going through, that qualifies as his own suffering. This means that being empathetic can greatly improve our own lives and save us from troubles and travails.

I was amazed by how kind and benevolent the Al-mighty is, but when I shared this with some friends, one person responded in what I felt was a very negative way. Now that we know this, instead of feeling bad when someone else suffers, we’ll rejoice because we’re saving ourselves from pain. We’re defeating the purpose, according to his logic, and making the recipient even more beleaguered than before because nobody will truly “care.”

He made the case that we should be empathetic simply because it’s the right thing to do, essentially stating that if we are rewarded by having our own suffering reduced we lose the mitzvah. I tried to counter that of course we are discussing someone truly sharing the other person’s burden, and that the

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benefit is solely in the background. As I thought more about it, though, I wasn’t sure it had to be that way at all.

There’s a story about a boy who went to church. He saw the priest there and asked his father who paid him. His father responded that nobody paid him. He lived at the church and helped people simply because he wanted to help. Responded the little boy, “So you mean the priest is good for nothing?”

While a Gadol HaDor, the leader of a generation like Moshe or Shmuel had to lead without being paid, the rest of us do not have to live on that level. In fact, we are not encouraged to live on that level. Yes, we do want to do mitzvos and learn Torah l’shma, simply for the sake of the mitzvah, but when it comes to other people, we prefer that the kindness be done with ulterior motives than not be done at all.

R’ Yochanan famously explained to his nephew the posuk Aser Taaser, you shall surely tithe, to mean, Aser b’shvil she’tis’asher, “Tithe, so that you shall become rich.” Not only that, we are encouraged to test HaShem’s promise of material blessing by caring for others. Shouldn’t we instead be more altruistic like my friend suggested? Apparently not.

You see, the point of being altruistic and caring about another is so that we emulate HaShem Who is completely a giver.

However, if we don’t care for others until we are completely, selfless, it will never happen. How do you learn to be charitable if you don’t give charity? The way to get ourselves in the habit is to do it, and we give ourselves the incentive to do so by recognizing how it benefits us.

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Tzedaka saves one from death, doing business with a Talmid Chacham is a segulah for getting a good shidduch, spending money on nice food for Shabbos and Yom Tov has that money returned to you, and empathizing with another saves you suffering because HaShem wants us to do those things.

There’s an old parable about a town whose water was muddy and after tasting a cup of tea they offered him, the local noble spit it out and told them they must filter and boil the water before they use it. When there was a fire, the town burned down because they were first cleaning the water. He cried, “I meant you should clean it before you make a cup of tea, but when there’s a fire, you use whatever you have on hand!”

So, too, when people are in trouble, and need us to lend a hand or simply an ear, if knowing we get some benefit will make us quicker to do it, then by all means, it’s worth it. HaShem has no problem rewarding us to do good, and much of our beliefs are based on that. If we were to hold off on taking action until we were purely motivated, we would find ourselves helping much less, rationalizing that we can’t help because it will detract from our own needs in some way.

That’s why HaShem gives us so many chances to do good and enjoy benefit at the same time. The intent is that we help others, not merely sanitize ourselves until we can help them without a thought to our own desires. Even were we to reach that point, it would likely be only short-lived because our natural instincts would kick in and one can only keep that behavior up for so long.

In essence then, despite what my friend suggested, if we don’t act right away when others need help, we’re simply good for nothing.

Now in bookstores, The Observant Jew, a compilation of some of Rabbi Gewirtz’s best articles, is receiving critical acclaim. With short, inspirational, and funny selections, this book is the perfect summertime companion. Look for it in your favorite Jewish Book Store or visit Feldheim.com.

Jonathan Gewirtz is an inspirational writer and speaker whose work has appeared in publications around the world. He also operates JewishSpeechWriter.com, where you can order a custom-made speech for your next special occasion.

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hat are the moral costs? Imagine that someone proposes a new Jewish practice that would have these consequences: A. Parents take second jobs, or work longer hours, that deprive them of almost all weekday contact with their children and leave them too exhausted to make Shabbat meaningful.

B. Almost half of households are transformed, for years, from community contributors to charity recipients.

C. Children aspiring to intellectual, creative, or service work, such as teaching (especially Torah) or other helping professions, are told that these are not options because they will not produce enough money to sustain a committed Jewish lifestyle.

D. For economic reasons, families choose to have fewer children.

We would consider such a practice stunningly irresponsible. Yet these are real-life consequences of current day school tuition, even as the community seems committed to making day school education a requirement of serious Jewish child-rearing. How can we live with these consequences?

Furthermore, parents receiving day school financial aid have no guarantee, and often no idea, of how they will be

affected by tuition hikes or whether the school will take account of a job loss, a new baby, a car’s breakdown-or, on the other hand, a gift from a parent or extra income from a second job. They cannot make future plans; they are chronically dependent on other people’s decisions. They are deprived of economic dignity. Indeed, financial aid applications require families to state their expenses in often-humiliating detail. They know a committee will sit in judgment of their priorities. A family that eats pasta all month so it can go to a movie risks an aid cut because it spends on entertainment. A family that uses an inheritance to visit yet-unseen relatives in Israel risks a cut because it can afford travel.

The price of poverty is often loss of privacy. This is an evil, which we should minimize. But the current system maximizes intrusions on privacy by forcing people who make five times the median income to apply for charity. Because the maximum tuition is unaffordable even for many families earning over $200,000 per year, they are forced into a financial aid system that requires complete financial disclosure.

The system also undermines the schools’ Jewish effectiveness. If our children lack Jewish passion, doesn’t that bespeak parental exhaustion?

If they are materialistic, isn’t this related to their being told that their career paths are limited because they are poor? When they show signs of being “at risk,” doesn’t this reflect lessened parental involvement? How can children internalize the core Jewish value of human dignity and the spiritual value of financial independence when their schools make them dependent?

Should we therefore undo our commitment-admittedly unprecedented in Jewish history, and inconceivable in a less wealthy community-to broad-based day school education? This is not necessary. We can address the moral issues and, in doing so, the financial issues as well.

The Solomon Schechter School of Greater Boston has proposed a version of a model with great potential.

In very simplified form, here is how it might work: Tuition is set as either a fixed percentage of income-say, 15 percent, with small adjustments for the number of children in the school-or a relatively high set amount per student, which highincome families can use if they wish to pay a lower percentage of their income.

Families unable to pay even the 15 percent could, as now, apply for financial aid.

This model corrects many of the current system’s moral deficiencies: It makes the tuition-setting process transparent and predictable.

It moves many middle-class families off the rolls of those receiving financial aid.

It defines day school education as a public good to be communally supported instead of an individual good, privately purchased.

It makes clear that the rich, even when they pay the maximum tuition, are assessed a lower percentage of their income than the middle class.

There are, of course, gaps and imperfections. The new system does not (yet) address families with children in multiple schools or questions of what costs should and should not be included in tuition. It also excludes, consciously, family assets. Yes, this exclusion could allow families to “cheat” by hiding their true financial capacity; but counting all assets would provide a disincentive to saving-and, equally important, would have critical implications for privacy and dignity.

No system is without drawbacks, but the proposed system’s moral advantages are significant.

Still, let’s be practical: The model will and should be required to pass the budget test. It should provide our schools with revenues at least equal to those of the present system. In fact, the new model would meet or exceed the test, if only because the percentage of income

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required as tuition can be set so as to produce approximately the revenues that schools receive now.

But the new system would have further budget advantages. Under the current system, schools operate under deeply flawed ideas about their revenues and their communities’ financial capacities. They have arbitrary “financial aid budgets” for what they consider tuition “subsidies”; they turn down students when these budgets are “spent” and they can no longer “afford” to take students paying less than full tuition. In fact, however, any student who pays a significant portion of gross family income will be contributing significantly more than the marginal cost of his or her education. In rejecting such students, schools forego revenues and profits. Moreover, notes Dan Perla of the AviChai Foundation, if a school sets tuition as a percentage of income during a recession, when costs rise faster than wages, it will realize rising revenues from the same percentage of income when times improve.

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This new model requires elaboration and customization, but it can redirect the community’s conversation and efforts toward a model of day school financing that is both financially and morally sustainable.

Rabbi Aryeh Klapper is Dean of the Center for Modern Torah Leadership, the intellectual catalyst of Modern Orthodoxy’s “Taking Responsibility for Torah,” and teaches Rabbinic Literature at Gann Academy, a pluralistic Jewish high school in Waltham, Massachusetts.

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A Zionist Response New Community Established Near Ma’ale Adumim In Response to the Murder of the Three Boys

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Five months ago 15,000 protesters called on the government to build in the area. The area is in the municipality of Ma’aleh Adumim, and plans to build there have met international opposition because they hinder plans to establish a Palestinian capital there.

Yuval Aharoni, one of the group’s leaders, told Tazpit News Agency that: “During these days in which terror tries to impair our lives and harm our national might, this is the time for a proper Zionist response and to announce with confidence on the continuation of the construction and the development of new communities.” He further shared that this move is backed by the Ma’aleh Adumim municipality and they were visited by the mayor and his deputies.

MK Motti Yogev (Bayit Yehudi) stated that building the Land of Israel is always the right thing to do, and as a response to terrorism this is the proper Zionist reaction. “New communities security. Banish the darkness by shinon Judea and Samaria strengthen the ing the light brighter,” he said. MK

“This is the time for a proper Zionist response and to announce with confidence on the continuation of the construction and the development of new communities.”

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“Those who harm us wish to chase ud away, “said MK Ze’ev Elkin (Likud), “Therefore, the proper response is to build. I call on the government to support these actions.”

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Jordanians to Work in Eilat Hotels ANAV SILVERMAN  TAZPIT NEWS AGENCY

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According to the proposal, the workers would be day workers who return to Jordan at the end of the working day and would be employed in cleaning, dishwashing and room service in Eilat hotels. The proposal aim to solve the manpower crisis in Eilat hotels, which is expected to increase during the peak of the summer tourism season.

The Israeli Tourism Ministry also noted that the arrangement will contribute to the relationship between Israel and Jordan, which signed a peace treaty in 1994.

Tourism Minister, Dr. Uzi Landau stated that: “We have decided to advance the issue of work visa approvals for Jordanian workers in Eilat out of a desire to strengthen the hotel industry.

There is a serious crisis in manpower in Eilat hotels that will only intensify as the summer peak season approaches.”

“This crisis could significantly damage the Eilat tourism industry, harming the income and jobs of tens of thousands of families, primarily from the less affluent strata of society. The importance of the tourism industry is in its ability to create jobs that lead to

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As a result of a prior agreement signed between Israel and Jordan, there are currently up to 300 day workers from Jordan working in different areas in Eilat. This agreement has been working satisfactorily according to the Tourism Ministry since the year 2000 with about 170 Jordanian workers crossing into Eilat and returning home at the end of the day.

The modern city of Eilat was established in 1950, with the tourism industry developing in the city towards the end of the 1960’s. A leading tourist city today, Eilat is located on the southernmost tip of Israel, with its famous coral reef and unique marine life running along its Red Sea shores.

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Debby Elnatan, whose son Rotem suffers from cerebral palsy and is wheelchair bound, invented a device known as the Firefly Upsee, to help him walk.

Elnatan, a music therapist, developed a support harness that enabled Rotem to stand upright, and by attaching the harness to herself, it allowed Rotem to take steps together with his mom. The product even allows physically impaired children like Rotem, to dance.

“When my son was two-years-old, I was told by medical professional that “he didn’t know what his legs are and has no consciousness of them,” Elnatan said in a press release.

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Elnatan selected the Lecky company in Lisburn, Northern Ireland to manufacture the product for the global market. Lecky has had 30 years of experience making equipment for children with special needs. After two years of planning with a team of designers, textile experts, therapists, and engineers at Leckey, Elnatan’s invention was launched this past Monday, March 24. It also underwent successful trials with families in the United States, Canada and United Kingdom beforehand.

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The Firefly Upsee, which costs nearly $500 and will be available for purchase in April, enables infants and small children to stand and achieve repetitive walking training with the support of an adult. The system includes a harness for the child that is attached to the system’s adult belt.

Both the adult and child wear speciallyavailable to families across the world,” engineered sandals, which allows the parsaid Elnatan, who was at the official un- ent and child to step simultaneously and veiling at the Lecky factory in Lisburn, leaves their hands free for play and other according to a report in the Daily Mail. tasks.

One of the first families in the UK to Firefly’s Clinical Research Manager use the Upsee product was the McCrys- and occupational therapist, Clare Canale, tal family from Draperstown in North- said the product could help families ern Ireland. Maura McCrystal, mother across the globe; “Short-term, the Upsee of five-year-old Jack described what it improves special needs family participawas like to see her son Jack playing soccer tion and quality of life, while research with his family for the first time. suggests it has the potential to help with “Last Sunday was a significant one for physical and emotional development in us as a family as it was the first time our the longer term.” son Jack was able to play football in the “My hope is that it [the Upsee] will back garden with his dad, his brothers be used all over the world to give children and our little dog Milly. To see Jack play- a better childhood,” said Elnatan.

“Out of my pain and desperation came the idea for the Upsee and I’m delighted to see it come to fruition.”

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