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here are two articles in TJH this week that address the same theme. Both Dr. Deb Hirschhorn and Sara Rayvych speak about seeing the good in the other person. What’s interesting about them both focusing on the same topic is that they did not speak to each other before they wrote their columns; they each decided to talk about this idea on their own.

And perhaps there’s a reason for that. As we enter the Three Weeks, we are urged to look at the past and try to improve on those damaging traits that led to the Churban. By focusing on the good that’s inherent in every person, we can become a more unified, loving nation, atoning for the shameful behavior we exhibited in the past.

In theory, it’s so easy. We should all love each other and behave towards one another with the utmost respect. After all, we’re nice people, and nice people act nicely towards others. But in reality, this is not such an easy dictum to follow. You see, human beings are social individuals; we live in society and interact with others on a constant basis. And there are bound to be things that will come up that won’t make us feel comfortable or will rub us the wrong way. It is then that we have to dig

deep and take a deep breath and focus on the good in the other person as opposed to the aggravation we’re feeling.

I remember my tenth grade English teacher coming into class the first day of school. She looked around the room and said, “We wear the mask.” It seemed a bit dramatic for us at the time, but she was referencing a poem that spoke about how we all, in some way, wear a mask for others to see. We don’t show everyone what challenges we’re facing, what heartbreaks we’ve felt, what tests we’re encountering. No one really knows the other person’s full story.

In the poem, Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote, “Why should the world be over-wise/In counting all our tears and sighs?/Nay, let them only see us, while/We wear the mask.”

During these Three Weeks, perhaps we can keep in mind that we don’t really know everything that a person is going through. The story that we see is only a few chapters of a long book in someone’s life. That perspective can help us become less judgmental and critical towards others. It will allow us to take the time to see the good in each person – if we only tried.

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Contents LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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COMMUNITY Readers’ Poll

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Community Happenings

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This Week We’re Talking to…Camp Hello Kiddy

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NEWS

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National

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ISRAEL Israel News

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Upside Down in the Holy Land

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Land of Milk, Honey, and Natural Gas

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JEWISH THOUGHT Rabbi Wein on the Parsha

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You’ve Got Mail by Rav Moshe Weinberger

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Finding Your Role by Rabbi Shmuel Reichman

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Delving into the Daf by Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow

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PEOPLE Welcome to the New Tampa by Avi Waldman

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Tricks of the Trade by Avi Heiligman

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HEALTH & FITNESS Fishing for Benefits by Aliza Beer, MS RD

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Finding the Positive in Your Spouse by Dr. Deb Hirschhorn

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FOOD & LEISURE The Aussie Gourmet: Blueberry Scones

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LIFESTYLES

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Parenting Pearls

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HUMOR Centerfold

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POLITICAL CROSSFIRE Notable Quotes

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Putin’s Long Game in Ukraine by David Ignatius

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Dear Editor, What a pleasant surprise to find Herschel Lieber’s article about my hometown, Pittsburgh, PA! Here are some interesting facts about Pittsburgh: 1. It was named in 1758 for William Pitt, the British Minister of Finance 2. It was voted as the most livable city in 1982 or so because of cultural opportunities, medical care (a large number of organ transplants), and NICE PEOPLE! 3. Dr. Jonas Salk of the University of Pittsburgh invented the polio vaccine, saving many lives.

4. The Monongahela River, one of the three rivers that surround the city, is one of the few rivers in the world that flows from south to north and, thus, rarely freezes!

5. Heinz Ketchup and other food products are manufactured in the Pittsburgh area.

For Jewish history buffs, look up HomesteadHebrews.com, an encyclopedic website about the Jewish communities of Homestead and Munhall that existed in the 1800s and early to mid1900s, where many Jewish immigrants like my great-grandparents lived when they came to America.

If you have some stories and facts about that community to contribute, write to tammy@homesteadhebrews. com.

From a fellow “yinzer,” Shoshana Averbach Brooklyn, NY

Dear Editor, I am amazed at Ralph’s Zucker confidence and belief in his ideas – regardless of what other people had to say. It seemed like he was the only person who believed in his vision, and yet, he decided to move forward full steam ahead.

It takes a very savvy and experienced businessman who has complete confidence in what he believes to be able to do that.

Of course, it is only people like that who end up succeeding. They’re the ones who end up proving everything else wrong.

And of course, it takes someone who is unconcerned about risk and failure.

They move forward ahead despite ominous forecasts.

What a great person to role model success in business.

Yedidya Weider Dear Editor, As the Three Weeks are here, and there are less on our schedules, I think that people should take time out of their day to spend time with their grandparents and great-grandparents. What could be a better time than to learn about the past?

I, for one, wish that I would have spent more time with my grandparents when they were alive – listening to stories about their past and imbibing lessons for the future.

Carol Hoffman Woodmere, NY Continued on page 8

Would you rather go into the past and meet your ancestors or go into the future and meet your great-great-great-grandchildren?

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Dear Editor, Thank you for Dr. Medoff’s informative and interesting articles. I find that they teach us a lot about little details in history that may have been overlooked.

And I appreciate Dr. Medoff noting that FDR was not the beloved leader that textbooks make him out to be. He was not a lover to Jews or minorities. He targeted his enemies and those he perceived to be against his agenda.

Yes, he accomplished so much during his presidency and brought the U.S. out of the Depression (although WWII, in

many ways, helped with that), created many federal programs, and helped to end WWII. Still, there was a dark side to him that history has helped to conceal.

Thank you to people like Dr. Medoff who make sure to enlighten the public about this issue.

While I am writing this, I might as well let you know how much I enjoy Avi Heiligman’s weekly articles. I love reading about history and many of his articles touch on history, especially WWII and WWI. Sincerely, Ruvy Lichtig Brooklyn, NY

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Drug Boss Nabbed in Mexico A drug boss in Mexico convicted of orchestrating the torture and murder of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent was captured in Mexico on Friday.

The case has long been a source of tension between the United States and its southern neighbor.

According to Mexican officials, Rafael Caro Quintero was captured in a joint operation involving the Mexican marines and the country’s prosecutor’s office near the town of San Simón in the state of Sinaloa. At the time of his capture, Quintero was found hiding in the bushes by a search dog.

Quintero was convicted of masterminding the 1985 killing of DEA agent Enrique Camarena. In 2018, he was placed on the FBI’s 10 most wanted list after being released in 2013 on a legal technicality.

Two arrest warrants had been issued for Quintero, officials added. Court records show that he has been under indictment in federal court in Brooklyn since 2020 on multiple counts of drug trafficking. He was convicted of masterminding.

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said the United States would seek his immediate extradition.

In a statement, Garland said, “There is no hiding place for anyone who kidnaps, tortures and murders American law enforcement.”

He thanked Mexican authorities for Quintero’s capture, adding that the arrest was “the culmination of tireless work by D.E.A. and their Mexican partners.”

At a press conference, North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski said, “Today we are opening a new perspective for our country…from today we are moving with accelerated steps to join the EU family.”

Under the deal, North Macedonia’s constitution will be amended to recognize a Bulgarian minority.

The deal would not, however, require Bulgaria to recognize the Macedonian language. However, on its end of the deal, Bulgaria would allow North Macedonia to begin membership talks with the EU. Though North Macedonia has been a candidate for EU membership for 17 years, approval for talks was until now blocked by Greece – because of the name “Macedonia,” leading to the updated name of “North Macedonia” – and then

by Bulgaria. Bulgaria’s main concerns were connected to the Macedonian language, the treatment of Bulgarian minorities in North Macedonia, and questions about shared history.

Putin Heads to Tehran In only the second trip abroad since his tanks rolled into Ukraine in February, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived on Tuesday in Iran for a visit intended to strengthen ties between Russia, Iran, and Turkey.

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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the pressing issues facing the region, including the conflict in Syria and a UN-backed proposal to resume exports of Ukrainian grain to ease the global food crisis.

As the West heaps sanctions on Russia and the costly campaign drags on, Putin is feeling the squeeze. As such, he is turning to fellow despots in Iran, who also have been choked by U.S. sanctions.

He sees a kindred spirit in Tehran, eyeing the country as a potential military and trade partner. In recent weeks, Russian officials visited an airfield in central Iran at least twice to review Tehran’s weapons-capable drones for possible use in Ukraine, the White House has alleged.

Iran rolled out a long red carpet for Putin at Tehran’s Mehrabad airport, where Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji greeted the Russian leader warmly be-

fore he was whisked into his presidential convoy to the city.

Even more significant than meeting Iranian leaders, Putin is eager to meet with Erdogan, who has sought to help broker talks on a peaceful settlement of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, as well as help negotiations to unblock Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea. Turkey, a NATO member, has found itself on opposing sides with Russia in bloody conflicts in Azerbaijan, Libya, and Syria. It has even sold lethal drones that Ukrainian forces have used to attack Russian troops. But Turkey hasn’t imposed sanctions on the Kremlin, making it a sorely needed partner for Moscow.

Grappling with runaway inflation and a rapidly depreciating currency, Turkey also relies on the Russian market.

Putin’s visit comes just days after U.S. President Joe Biden visited Israel and Saudi Arabia — Tehran’s primary rivals.

During his trip, Biden urged Israel and Arab countries to push back on Russian, Chinese and Iranian influence that has expanded with the perception of America’s retreat from the region.

This is Putin’s fifth visit to Iran. He is set to meet Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with whom he has a “trusting dialogue.”

UN: Stop Guns Going to Haiti

The United Nations (UN) Security Council on Friday unanimously threatened targeted sanctions against criminal gangs and human rights abusers in Haiti and urged countries to end the flow of guns to the country.

Violence in Haiti has soared since the 2021 assassination of the country’s former President Jovenel Moise. The killing created a political vacuum which gangs have used to expand their control over territory.

On Friday, China voted in favor of a resolution to extend a UN political mission in Haiti for 12 months and expressed disappointment that the UN had not imposed a formal arms embargo on Haitian gangs.

“We hope that this will not send any wrong signals to the gangs,” China’s UN Ambassador Zhang Jun told the Council.

Dozens of people have been killed in the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Cite Soleil since last Friday amid the gang violence, with a local human rights organization saying on Wednesday that at least 89 had been killed, while 16 others were reported missing.

The UN mission in Haiti works to increase political stability, justice reform, rights protection, and good governance in the country, as well as assisting with the holding of free and fair elections.

The Terrible Toll of War According to the Ukrainian Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office, more than 1,000 Ukrainian children have been injured or killed since Russia invaded the country in February.

The number of children who have died is up to 353, while the number of wounded is at 666, the office said. Most of the injuries and deaths occurred in the Donetsk and Kharkiv blasts.

Despite the horrifying statistics, the office noted that the numbers are going to

increase, as more information will soon be coming forth.

More than 2,100 educational institutions have been damaged by Russian bombs, while 221 have been destroyed.

UNICEF said in an update over the weekend that roughly 3 million children within Ukraine are “in need,” and the number for all civilians in the war-torn country is greater than five times that amount.

Last week, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe released its second investigation into alleged war crimes in Ukraine. Investigators found that the Russian military has “extensively violated“ international human rights law.

Russia has launched missiles at targets across the country, some of which hit civilian structures and cost innocents their lives. The Ukrainian air force said on Monday that Russia had launched roughly 3,000 missiles during the war, although the Pentagon has yet to confirm that number.

“The magnitude and frequency of the indiscriminate attacks carried out against civilians and civilian objects, including in sites where no military facility was identified, is credible evidence that hostilities were conducted by Russian armed forces with disregard to their fundamental obligation to comply with the basic principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution that constitute the fundamental basis of [international human law],” the report said.

Ukrainian civilians in villages across the country have been found tortured and executed and in some cases were found missing an ear or teeth, according to the report.

“Some of the most serious violations include targeted killing of civilians, including journalists, human rights defenders, or local mayors; unlawful detentions, abductions and enforced disappearances of such persons; large-scale deportations of Ukrainian civilians to Russia; various forms of mistreatment, including torture, inflicted on detained civilians and prisoners of war; the failure to respect fair trial guarantees; and the imposition of the death penalty,” the report found. “Most, albeit not all, viola-

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Qatar Airways is King

Qatar Airways has been ranked the best airline for travel in 2022.

The rankings were released by AirlineRatings.com, an Australian-based aviation safety and product rating agency.

Qatar Airways ranked top for the second year in a row, due to the airline’s commitment to flying consistently over the past couple years. The airline has also won the Excellence in Long Haul - Middle East/Africa award.

Geoffrey Thomas, editor-in-chief of AirlineRatings.com, explained, “Qatar Airways’ decision to remain operating through the pandemic meant that it became the world’s largest international airline and posted a huge profit – the only major airline to do so.”

In addition to profitability, AirlineRatings assessed each airline’s fleet age, safety and environmental credentials, passenger reviews, and product offerings.

In second place is Air New Zealand, which has topped the list six times in recent years and ranked number two last year as well. This year, the airline was recognized as the carrier with the best premium economy and economy options, as well as the best option for long haul travel in the Pacific region.

Interestingly, the recent increase in delays and cancellations did not affect rankings.

“The current crisis in travel didn’t play a role as it’s a unique event,” Thomas explained, noting that the events are “largely not of the airlines’ making.”

He added, “The results highlight the very high standard of offering for travelers.”

Looking to travel over the next few months? AirlineRatings’ top 10 airlines of 2022, in descending order, are: Qatar Airways, Air New Zealand, Etihad Air-

ways, Korean Air, Singapore Airlines, Qantas, Virgin Australia, EVA Air, Turkish Airlines, and All Nippon Airways.

Following closely behind in spots 11-20 on the site’s list are: Cathay Pacific Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Japan Air Lines, JetBlue, Finnair, Emirates, Hawaiian, Air France/KLM, Alaska Airlines, and British Airways.

Cargo Plane Crashes in Greece

A munitions cargo plane operated by a Ukrainian carrier crashed last week in Northern Greece.

According to Greece’s Civil Aviation authorities, residents of Kavala, Greece, heard loud explosions and saw a fireball in the sky after an Antonov cargo plane went down.

The plane had been en route from Ser-

bia to Jordan. It had been carrying 11.5 tons of defense products made in Serbia, including mortar and training shells.

Just prior to the crash, Greek aviation authorities made contact with the pilot, who reported an issue in one of the plane’s engines and requested an emergency landing. Authorities instructed the pilot to land at either Thessaloniki or Kavala, and the pilot chose the Kavala airport, since it was closer. However, he then lost communication and subsequently went down 25 miles west of the airport.

At least eight people were believed to be on board at the time of the crash. They all perished in the collision.

For two hours after the crash, explosions were heard coming from the crash site.

Greece is taking Ukraine and Serbia to task for not informing them of the cargo that the plane was carrying.

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ephant tusks, pangolin scales and other animal skulls and bones estimated to be worth 80 million ringgit ($18 million).

It had discovered the contraband hidden behind timber following checks on July 10 on a ship coming from Africa.

This included 6,000 kilograms (13,227 pounds) of elephant tusks, 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of pangolin scales, 25 kilograms (55 pounds) of rhino horns, and 300 kilograms (661 pounds) of animal skulls, bones and horns.

Investigations are ongoing on the importer and shipping agent, the customs department said. It was unclear if the container was meant to be shipped to other parts of Asia.

Ivory tusks, rhino horns and pangolin scales are believed to have medicinal properties and are in high demand in the region.

WFH is the Law in the Netherlands

ity they’ve experienced over the last two years. But with companies needing to respond to surging demand as the pandemic recedes, the topic has become increasingly polarizing issue.

Last month, Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk issued an ultimatum for staff at the company to return to the office — or leave.

Heat Soars Over Europe The Dutch parliament approved legislation last week to establish working from home as a legal right, making the Netherlands one of the first countries to grant remote working flexibility by law.

The legislation was approved by the lower house of the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands. It still needs a nod from the Dutch senate before its final adoption. The law forces employers to consider employee requests to work from home as long as their professions allow it.

The pandemic has fueled a shift in attitudes about work, with many workers seeking to maintain some of the flexibil-

Authorities across southern Europe on Sunday battled to contain huge wildfires in Spain, France, and Greece.

Alongside the fires, hundreds of deaths were reported due to the soaring temperatures felt in the continent.

In Portugal and Spain, so far, at least 1,000 deaths have been attributed to the heatwave, which has seen temperatures reach up to 114 degrees. Though the heatwave is expected to end, temperatures will still remain “abnormally high,” Spain’s weather agency said.

Meanwhile, in France, wildfires have spread over 11,000 hectares in Gironde, and over 14,000 people have been evacuated, with over 1,200 firefighters working

to control the flames, regional authorities said.

Italy has seen smaller fires, and forecasters expect temperatures to remain above 104 in several areas in the coming days.

Greece’s fire brigade said last Saturday that 71 fires broke out within a 24hour period. On Sunday, fire brigade officials on the island of Crete said that a fire raging through both forest and farmland was partially contained.

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U.K.’s weather office, announced a record-breaking temperature of 40.2 Celsius (104.4 Fahrenheit) in London.

“Well, I wasn’t expecting to see this in my career, but the UK has just exceeded 40 degrees Celsius,” Met Office Chief Scientist Stephen Belcher said in a Twitter video.

The previous record high temperature recorded in the U.K. was 38.7 C (101.7 F) in 2019, according to the Met Office.

Tuesday’s highs will be “unprecedented,” said Met Office forecaster Rachel Ayers, adding that temperatures would rise to as high as 104 or 105.8 F in parts of England in the afternoon.

The Met Office issued the UK’s first-ever Red warning for exceptional heat this week. At this warning level, illness may occur even among the “fit and healthy,” not just high-risk groups.

The heat forced Britain’s Supreme Court to close; hearings moved online

as air conditioning remained a problem.

Many public buildings in the UK do not have air conditioning.

The transportation infrastructure in the country is also not meant for soaring temperatures. For example, London’s railway is one of the oldest in the world.

The steel tracks become overheated in high temps. As such, train conductors are being told to slow down, and still, there are delays as tracks warp from the heat.

The UK is not the only country in Europe melting from the heat. Wildfires have been reported from Portugal to the Balkans during the soaring temps. At least 748 heat-related deaths have been reported in Spain and neighboring Portugal, where temperatures reached 117 degrees Fahrenheit earlier this month.

Prison for Iranian Filmmaker Jafar Panahi, Iran’s most well-known film director, is now going to jail. Panahi had been sentenced to six years in prison in 2011, but it was never enforced.

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Although Panahi was banned from traveling over the past years, the sentence was never enforced, and he continued to make underground films, which were released abroad to great acclaim.

Authorities detained Panahi last week when he visited the Tehran prosecutor’s office to inquire about the cases of fellow detained dissident filmmakers, Mohamad Rasoulof and Mostafa al-Ahmad. Rasoulof and al-Ahmad were swept up earlier this month on charges of undermining the nation’s security by voicing opposition on social media to the government’s violent crackdown on unrest in the country’s southwest.

The government has escalated its crackdown on dissent as it seeks to prevent the Iranian currency, the rial, from crashing.

Australian Teen Dies in Syria

An Australian teenager detained in northeast Syria after living as a child under Islamic State (ISIS) rule has died in unclear circumstances.

Family members said an Australian government official had informed them that Yusuf Zahab, who would have been 18 in April, had died from causes that were “unclear.”

Tens of thousands of detainees with suspected ISIS ties, many of them foreigners, are held in a number of camps and prisons in northeast Syria.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) cited a statement from a family representative saying Zahab was brought to Syria by older relatives at age 11. In 2019, the U.S.backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)

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The dismissals of SBU chief Ivan Bakanov, a childhood friend of Zelensky, and Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova, who has played a key role in the prosecution of Russian war crimes, were announced on Sunday in executive orders on the president’s website.

The firings are easily the biggest political sackings since Russia invaded on February 24.

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Several women in Afghanistan who hold government jobs have been instructed by Taliban leaders to send their male relatives to work in their place.

One woman told the Guardian that the reason given was that the “workload in the office has increased and they need to hire a man instead of us.”

The Examiner quoted one woman working in the Finance Ministry as saying, “We do not accept their order, and we will try to get them to change it. We have created a group of female employees of the ministry. We are negotiating now, and we will demonstrate if they don’t hear us.”

It is not yet clear how many government departments have been instructed to replace female employees with male relatives.

According to the Associated Press, prior to the Taliban’s takeover last year, nearly 3,000, or one-third, of Kabul’s workforce were women.

In his address to the nation, Zelensky said, “As of today, 651 criminal proceedings have been registered regarding treason and collaboration activities of employees of prosecutor’s offices, pretrial investigation bodies, and other law enforcement agencies.

“In 198 criminal proceedings, relevant persons were notified of suspicion.

In particular, more than 60 employees of the prosecutor’s office and the Security Service of Ukraine remained in the occupied territory and are working against our state.”

According to the Ukrainian president, “Such an array of crimes against the foundations of the national security of the state and the connections detected between the employees of the security forces of Ukraine and the special services of Russia pose very serious questions to the relevant leadership. Each of these questions will receive a proper answer.

Today, I made a decision to remove the Prosecutor General from office and to dismiss the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine.”

He also promised, “It is definitely possible to bring all Russian war criminals to justice. Each of the collaborators.

All those responsible for terror. For everything that happens during 144 days and in more than eight years. It will be done.”

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captured him and other family members during an offensive against ISIS. His father died in detention in 2020.

Zahab was last heard from in January 2022, “when he sent desperate pleas for help during an ISIS siege of Al-Sina’a prison in al-Hasakah city” in northeast Syria, the group said.

HRW said Zahab was wounded in the head during an attempt by the SDF to regain full control of the prison, which had been attacked by ISIS in a bid to free their members.

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China, reported more than 500 infections. Last Saturday, the city’s government locked down urban areas of the city, where resorts and tourist attractions are located, barring residents from leaving their homes and ordering mass testing.

The lockdown also impacted Weizhou island, over an hour’s boat ride away.

Beginning last Friday, tourists were instructed to leave the island, and hotels and guesthouses were ordered to refund

guests unconditionally. On Sunday, the island shut all entertainment venues, as well as scenic spots across the island.

At a Sunday news conference, local officials said over 2,000 tourists were stranded in Beihai and would be treated based on their levels of COVID-19 risk, with those who had not been to mediumor high-risk areas or identified as primary or secondary contacts of COVID-19 cases permitted to leave on condition they present a negative COVID-19 test.

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Sri Lanka: Acting Pres. Declares Emergency

Sri Lanka’s Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday declared a state of emergency in response to ongoing mass protests that are rocking the nation.

Wickremesinghe took office last week, but the protesters are demanding that he resign, with some burning his effigy.

The state of emergency allows Wickremesinghe to make regulations in the interest of public security and order, as well as change or suspend any law. It also allows authorities to authorize detentions, take possession of property, and search premises.

In a statement, Wickremesinghe said that negotiations for a bailout package with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) were nearing conclusion and that discussions for assistance with foreign countries have progressed.

Wickremesinghe also said that he is working to provide the country’s citizens with relief, as well as solve shortages of fuel and cooking gas.

Sri Lanka is set to elect a new president this week, after former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled abroad and resigned earlier this month, following months-long protests against the country’s economic collapse.

Egypt: 22 Dead in Bus Crash At least 22 people were killed and another 33 injured on Tuesday morning when a bus crashed into a stopped trailer truck on a highway in southern Egypt, Africanews reported.

According to local authorities in the southern Egyptian province of Minya, the bus was headed towards Cairo when it hit a truck, which was changing tires

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on the roadside in the city of Malawi, about 137 miles south of the capital city.

Ambulances rushed to transfer the injured to hospitals.

Footage from the scene showed that the bus sustained heavy damage to its front half, apparently from the crash with the back of the truck.

In Egypt, which has a poor transportation safety record, traffic accidents kill thousands every year. Most of the crashes are caused by careless driving and speeding, as well as bad roads and poor enforcement of traffic laws.

Stabbing in Jerusalem

A man in his 40s was moderately injured in a suspected stabbing attack on a bus near the Ramot Junction in Jerusalem on Tuesday afternoon.

The suspected terrorist, a Palestinian from the West Bank who had entered Israel with a permit, was shot by a civilian and is in moderate condition. He had stabbed the man with a screwdriver while riding on the bus.

The terrorist and the passengers then got off the bus, and Ynet journalist Meshi Ben Ami, who was passing by at the time, shot the terrorist.

Shaare Zedek Medical Center stated that the victim was at the hospital in moderate condition with multiple stab wounds to his upper body. He is not in a life-threatening condition.

Ben Ami told KAN news that the suspected terrorist came towards him after

injuring the person on the bus.

“I didn’t hesitate and I shot him once and he fell on the ground,” said Ben Ami. Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem called the stabbing “a natural response to the occupation’s crimes against our Islamic and Christian sanctities in the city of Jerusalem.

“This act of resistance confirms once again the failure of all attempts to stop the escalation of the act of resistance in the occupied West Bank and the city of Jerusalem,” added Qassem.

Officer Killed in Ramming Incident

The widow of deceased Master Sergeant Barak Meshulam slammed Public Security Minister Omer Barlev (Labor) for Israel’s too-strict open fire rules.

Meshulam was killed on Sunday in a ramming attack perpetrated by a 17-yearold Palestinian Authority Arab terrorist, who slammed into him and killed him at a roadblock in central Israel.

The terrorist, a resident of the Palestinian Authority city of Ramallah, appeared in court on Sunday afternoon for an extension of his arrest. His attorney insisted that despite his actions, he did not intend to harm anyone and Meshulam’s death was accidental.

The terrorist was reportedly driving a car he had stolen from the Tel Aviv area and was fleeing the police when he rammed Meshulam at a checkpoint near Ra’anana. Following the ramming, he is reported to have exited the vehicle and attempted to flee on foot.

Meshulam, 29, was married and a father of two children. He was laid to rest in the military cemetery in Kfar Saba, his hometown, in a funeral attended by hundreds of people, including Barlev and Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai.

Speaking at the funeral, Meshulam’s wife, Ariella, said, “Love of my life for 11 years. It is important you know that I am not angry. I keep telling them what an amazing father you are. I promise to be strong for them.

“You are a hero. It is hard for me to believe that I won’t see your face. I will

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love you forever.”

Meshulam’s mother, Zuki, said that her son was “the light of our lives, our foundation stone, the thread that connected us all.” She added that it “is not natural for a parent to bury their child” and described the ramming as “premeditated murder.”

Barlev said, “Tonight, Barak met a murderer, a dangerous criminal. The punishment needs to be suitable.”

At that point, Ariella interrupted Barlev, saying, “You don’t give them [police officers] permission to shoot, you aren’t protecting them. They are like [sitting] ducks.”

Following the ramming, Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai clarified that police officers may open fire on “anyone who endangers the lives of officers while attempting to break through a checkpoint.”

Top EU Diplomat Delaying Because of Politics European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Josep Borrell delayed a key meeting between the EU and Israel over the

alleged killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh, a senior European official said.

The Association Council is a meeting which is intended to take place annually between Israel and the EU, to cover issues of mutual concern. The last meeting was held in 2012.

At a May 16 meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, the 27 foreign ministers agreed on a draft of a joint statement for the Association Council with Israel.

According to the official, “That was a miracle.”

But to get the text on the agenda of the European Council “depends on Josep Borrell,” the official said.

Borrell had been reluctant to advance the meeting but caved due to pressure from EU member states – until Abu Aqleh’s death.

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Around the same time, but unconnected to her death, Israel’s Defense Ministry approved after a long while plans for 4,427 new Jewish homes in Judea and Samaria.

The official explained, “There were two things that were unacceptable in terms of diplomacy — the killing of the journalist and the announcement of 4,000 new settlements.

“Borrell told us, can you imagine I am going to put on the agenda a meeting of cooperation with the images on TV? Come on.”

servers will be removed from Tiran by the end of this year, and the area will be developed for tourism and other peaceful matters.

“We’ve concluded a historic deal to transform a flashpoint at the heart of the Middle East wars into an area of peace.

International peacekeepers, including U.S. troops, will leave Tiran Island in the Red Sea where they’ve been for over 40 years since the Camp David Accords,” Biden said.

“Now as a result of this breakthrough, this island will be open to tourism and economic development while retaining all necessary security arrangements and the present freedom of navigation of all parties, including Israel.”

Forces to be Removed from Red Biden “Won’t Walk Away” from Middle Sea Islands East

U.S. President Joe Biden last week announced two agreements with Saudi Arabia widely considered to be significant steps towards normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Speaking to reporters following a three-hour meeting with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on his trip to the Kingdom, Biden said that the multinational forces on the Red Sea islands of Sanafir and Tiran would be removed and that Saudi airspace would be opened for all Israeli flights.

Saudi Arabia controlled both Sanafir and Tiran until 1950, when the country handed the islands to Egypt to avoid Israel taking them over. In 1967, Israel captured the islands during the Six Day War. But in 1982, Israel returned the islands to Egypt as part of its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.

In 2017, Egypt and Saudi Arabia agreed that the islands be returned to Saudi Arabia, but due to the Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty signed in 1979, the handover required Israeli approval as well.

Israel provided this approval, so long as there was an agreement to allow U.S.-led multinational observers to continue their oversight of the islands, so as to ensure freedom of navigation for Israeli vessels.

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U.S. President Joe Biden last Saturday spoke at a summit of Arab leaders, promising that the United States “will not walk away” from the Middle East.

The remarks were made shortly before Biden left Saudi Arabia for Washington, concluding his trip to the Middle East. Earlier that day, Biden met individually with the leaders of Iraq, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates.

“The United States is going to remain an active, engaged partner in the Middle East,” Biden asserted. “We will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by China, Russia, or Iran. We will seek to build on this moment with active, principled, American leadership.”

He added, “Today, I’m proud to be able to say that the eras of land wars in the region, wars that involved huge numbers of American forces, is not underway.” The U.S., he said, “will build political, economic, and security connections between U.S. partners wherever possible, while respecting each country’s sovereignty and independent choices. Integration, interconnection — these are the underlying themes of our meeting today.”

Biden did not mention Israel specifically, though he had said that strength-

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ening Israel’s ties with its Arab neighbors would be a central goal of his trip to Saudi Arabia.

The American president emphasized to his counterparts that “the future will be won by the countries that unleash the full potential of their populations” and that this includes allowing people to “question and criticize leaders without fear of reprisal.”

Saudi Arabia Opens Airspace

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said last Saturday that his country’s decision to open its airspace to all civilian flights has “nothing to do with diplomatic ties with Israel” and is “not in any way a precursor to any further steps” toward normalization

with the Jewish state.

In a press conference, Prince Faisal said, “No, this has nothing to do with diplomatic ties with Israel. The issue of overflights is a decision we took…in the interest [of] providing connectivity between countries in the world, and we hope that it will make some travelers’ lives easier. It’s not in any way a precursor to any further steps.”

In a speech the previous day, U.S. President Joe Biden had called the Saudi decision “a big deal, not only symbolically but substantively.”

He added, “This is the first tangible step on the path of what I hope will eventually be a broader normalization of relations” between Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir told CNN on Saturday, “We have said that Saudi Arabia supports the Arab Peace Initiative. In fact, we offered it. We have made it clear that peace comes at the end of this process, not at the beginning of it.”

Israel’s interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid also praised the decision as the “the first official step in normalization with Saudi Arabia.”

“I thank the Saudi leadership for the opening of Saudi airspace. This is only the first step,” Lapid said.

7 out of 10 Americans feel that President Joe Biden hasn’t been on target with regards to the nation’s toughest issues.

Bystander Kills Mass Murderer

A mass murderer was killed by an armed bystander in an Indiana mall over the weekend.

Elisjsha Dicken, 22, killed Jonathan Sapirman, 20, after Sapirman killed three people and wounded two others in the suburb of Greenwood.

Police were quick to praise Dicken’s quick actions.

“Many more people would have died last night if not for a responsible armed citizen,” police Chief Jim Ison said Monday, repeatedly calling Dicken a “good Samaritan” and his response “heroic.”

It isn’t common for mass shootings to be stopped in such a fashion. From 2000 to 2021, fewer than 3% of 433 active attacks in the U.S. ended with a civilian firing back, according to the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at Texas State University. Instead, it was far more common for police or bystanders to subdue the attacker or for police to kill the person, according to the center’s national data. In a quarter of the shootings, the attacker stopped by leaving the area.

Since July 1, Indiana has allowed anyone 18 or older to carry a handgun in public, though private property owners can prohibit firearms. The Greenwood mall has a ban on weapons, according to its conduct code.

How many people like the President?

Well, Biden’s approval rating stands at a dismal 38%, with 62% of those surveyed disapproving of the commander-in-chief. And if you think it can’t get worse for the President, think again.

When asked specifically about how he handled the economy and inflation, Americans awarded him with a 30% and 25% approval rating, respectively. And that’s really bad, considering that 75% of Americans see inflation and cost of living as the most important economic factor affecting their families. In comparison, only 43% of Americans saw it that way last summer.

Biden better watch out come election season. Even Democrats are softening their ardor for him. Among Dems, Biden is now at a 73% approval rating – as compared to 86% from April. Biden’s approval rating among Democrats for handling the economy is also on the decline (62% approve, down from 71% this spring). And on inf lation, it is barely above water (51% of Democrats approve, 47% disapprove).

Biden Tackles Wrongful Detentions

Bye-Bye Biden?

According to a recent CNN poll, Americans are not too happy.

There are a number of things contributing to their discontent. Most people say that they view the state of the country to be the worst it’s been since 2009. Similarly, many say that the economy is at its worst since 2011. And

With numerous Americans around the globe in mind, this week, President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing the U.S. government to identify and impose sanctions on foreign officials

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involved in wrongful detentions and abductions of American citizens.

The order also seeks new strategies to prevent future episodes of Americans becoming ensnared while abroad and to improve communications with detainees’ families, working to ensure they receive “consistent and accurate information.”

The U.S. will warn Americans that they’re at risk of being wrongfully detained by authorities if they travel to six countries, including China and Russia.

The Biden administration is under increasing public pressure to secure the release of Americans wrongfully held by foreign countries, including Brittney Griner, the basketball star detained in Russia since February after police accused her of illegally trying to import hash oil into the country in vape cartridges.

The Secretary of State will identify officials in foreign governments who are involved, directly or indirectly, in wrongful detentions so that agencies can impose consequences, including financial sanctions. Such sanctions could also be imposed on non-state actors, including terrorist organizations.

The State Department is also creating a new travel warning – a “D” indicator that means a country has a risk of wrongful detention by the government. A “K”

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indicator, added in 2019, signals the danger of kidnapping by criminals or terrorist groups. In addition to China and Russia, Venezuela, North Korea, Iran, and Burma will garner that “D” risk indicator.

“The United States government must redouble its efforts at home and with partners abroad to deter these practices and to secure the release of those held as hostages or wrongfully detained,” Biden said in the order, which also instructs the Treasury secretary to submit reports to Congress.

In addition to Griner, other U.S. citizens being held overseas include Austin Tice, a freelance journalist kidnapped in Syria while on assignment in 2012, and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan who was convicted of spying by a Russian court in 2020. Whelan’s family has said they believe Russia is using him as a bargaining chip to gain U.S. concessions.

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At their annual meeting, Commissioners of 225th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted 266 to 116 that the actions of the Israeli government against the so-called “people of Palestine” met the legal definition of apartheid.

According to a letter by Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, stated clerk of the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church, “In 2018, Israel passed a nation-state law, which declares the distinction between Jews and non-Jews fundamental and legitimate, and permits institutional discrimination in land management and development, housing, citizenship, language and culture. This decision among many other practices have confirmed that the policies and practices of Israel constitute apartheid.”

In reality, the Nationality Law does not permit discrimination and actually protects minorities’ rights and status, especially those of the Arab minority.

Nelson’s letter added that the Presbyterian Church, which has over 1.7 million members, recognizes Israel’s legitimacy as a state but opposes its continuing “occupation” of “Palestine,” which it claims is “illegitimate, illegal under international law, and an enduring threat to peace in the region.”

It claimed that the Presbyterian Church remains “committed” to fighting anti-Semitism, emphasizing, “At the same time, we are convinced that there is a fundamental difference between antisemitism and the right to critique the policies of Israel deemed illegal under international law.”

Responding to the vote, the Jewish Federations of North American (JFNA) said, “Jewish Federations are not surprised by the latest antisemitic action taken by Presbyterian Church USA PC (USA) in its vote to adopt a resolution calling Israel an apartheid state. There was a time when their words mattered.

That time is long gone.”

It added, “This resolution does nothing to further peace or foster a better future for Christians, Jews, and Muslims, Palestinians or Israelis. Its only intention is to demonize the Jews and Israel

with the offensive and false allegation of apartheid.”

Rabbi Noam E. Marans, director for interreligious and intergroup relations for the American Jewish Committee, told The Washington Post that the Presbyterian Church’s new position is a “tragedy.”

He added, “Presbyterians and Jews in the pews need and want each other in order to address the issues that are most challenging in America today. This prevents that from happening.”

Largest Data Leak in CIA History

A former CIA employee has been convicted in federal court on all counts of carrying out the largest leak of classified data in the CIA’s history.

Joshua Schulte was accused of handing over reams of classified data to WikiLeaks in 2016. He was convicted of illegally gathering and transmitting national defense information and obstructing a criminal investigation and grand jury proceeding, among other charges.

Schulte had worked as a computer engineer in the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence and created cyber tools that could grab data undetected from computers. According to U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Damian Williams, Schulte had access to “some of the country’s most valuable intelligence-gathering cyber tools used to battle terrorist organizations and other malign influences around the globe.

“When Schulte began to harbor resentment toward the CIA, he covertly collected those tools and provided them to WikiLeaks, making some of our most critical intelligence tools known to the public – and therefore, our adversaries.”

Williams noted, “Schulte was aware that the collateral damage of his retribution could pose an extraordinary threat to this nation if made public, rendering them essentially useless, having a devastating effect on our intelligence community by providing critical intelligence to those who wish to do us harm.

“Today, Schulte has been convicted

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for one of the most brazen and damaging acts of espionage in American history.”

Schulte stole cyber tools and source code and transferred them to WikiLeaks, before going back to try to cover his tracks.

Schulte quit the CIA in November 2016. He allegedly lied to CIA and FBI investigators to cover his tracks and was arrested in August 2017 on other charges; he was then indicted on the charges related to the data breach months later.

Dust Storms Proves Fatal

A dust storm caused a 21-vehicle pileup on Interstate 90 in Big Horn County, Montana, on Friday evening. Six people were killed in the crashes. Three of them were children.

The six people were killed traveling in three different vehicles, according to MHP on Monday. Eleven individuals were injured, three of them critically, the patrol said.

“I’m deeply saddened by the news of a mass casualty crash near Hardin. Please join me in prayer to lift up the victims and their loved ones. We’re grateful to our first responders for their service,” Governor Greg Gianforte tweeted on Friday.

Witnesses said that visibility dropped instantaneously. People couldn’t see a few feet ahead of them during the dust storm.

“The visibility was so poor and scary,” one person told CNN. “The air was warm and eerie. It was like wearing sepia-colored glasses. It was so crazy.” She had driven by the scene just moments after the pileup.

What Went Wrong in Uvalde The gunman who shot 19 children and two teachers in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, carried out the shooting in two adjoining class-

rooms, the surveillance video showed.

The video, 82 minutes long, shows police officers at the Robb Elementary School massed in a hallway for more than an hour before they entered a classroom and killed the gunman. But before that, within minutes of the shooter entering the school, the police officers approached the classroom doorway – and then made a hasty retreat after the gunman opened fire.

Some of the police officers were armed with rifles and ballistic shields.

The video does not explain why the officers waited so long to confront the gunman or who was responsible for the delay. Most of the shooting was done between when the gunman entered the classrooms and when the officers approached.

Now, people are demanding answers, wanting to know why police officers waited over an hour to take down the murderer.

Bill Francis, a former FBI agent, told CNN that the police had “an amazing response time. What happens next is where things kind of go awry.”

According to the footage, at least three officers, two carrying rifles, immediately moved towards the classroom door, crouching for cover. But instead of forcing their way into the classroom, they stayed outside until additional gunfire was heard.

“They’re right there. They’re receiving gunfire. At that point you just have to win the fight. You have to get in that room, and you have to eliminate the threat, and that’s established doctrine,” Francis noted.

With their delay, the police officers “forfeit the chance for kids that are wounded, bleeding inside there, perhaps to be saved and more kids to be shot at that point. To me, that’s the biggest failure right there.”

Francis added, “The officers do turn their back to the door and they run down the hallway, and the shooter, if he wanted to, easily could have opened that door and killed all those officers. They simply turn and run away from the gunfire. It’s just unfortunate because at that point they lose all momentum.”

Ruben Ruiz, one of the officers who responded to the scene, is the now-widower of teacher Eva Mireles, who was one of the teachers killed in the shooting.

Footage shows Ruiz looking at his phone in the hallway – his wife was saying she was dying, as he stood in the hallway holding his gun.

Ruiz was eventually removed from the building, after trying to intervene, State Rep. Joe Moody, one of three House Investigative Committee members looking into the law enforcement response, explained.

“He attempted to engage but was removed from the building and disarmed,” Moody said.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) said the officer in charge was the school district’s police chief, Pedro “Pete” Arredondo. According to DPS, Arredondo misclassified the siege as a barricade situation, which – unlike an active shooter report – calls for a more measured response.

Arredondo, who said he did not consider himself incident commander and did not instruct officers to refrain from forcing their way into the classrooms, has resigned his seat on the Uvalde City Council.

Can You Touch Your Toes?

Over 73% of Americans would like to increase their physical activity to keep up with their children, Study Finds reported.

A recent study surveyed 2,000 U.S. adults, examining how they are staying active. Just 51% of respondents said they can touch their toes without straining.

Despite the potbellies, 70% said they are making more of an effort to move around and be more physically active than they were in 2020.

At the same time, 42% said they struggle to stay active throughout the day.

The survey, conducted by OnePoll on behalf of Voltaren Arthritis Pain Gel, also showed that Americans are renewing their commitment to activities such as stretching at home (43%), at-home

healthy,” he told Bloomberg News. “It’s better to sleep in a comfortable location.”

Sleepiness on the job in Japan is so widespread that the country has the phrase “inemuri,” which refers to those who sleep during the day in order to get through a long commute or full workday.

Japan has some of the longest working hours in the world. One in four companies require employees to work more than 80 hours of overtime each month, which is often unpaid, according to a 2016 government study.

“I think a lot of Japanese people tend to work continuously with no breaks,” Kawashima said. “We are hoping that companies can use this as a more flexible approach to resting.”

Nothing sounds flexible about forcing workers to sleep standing up in a box.

Sign War

Nap Boxes

Need to snooze on the job? Some offices in Japan are installing “nap boxes” for employees who need to catch some zzz’s.

The nap boxes are pretty unconventional-looking. They resemble a sleek, tall cabinet. Inside, workers need to stand for their nap, but there are places to support workers’ heads, knees and backsides so that they will not fall over.

Offices in Japan are notorious for overworking their workers. These sleep stations are designed for white collar employees who are known for logging excruciatingly long hours.

Itoki communications director Saeko Kawashima is confident it offers a healthier solution for those wanting to take a quick nap during the day.

“In Japan, there are a lot of people who will lock themselves up in the bathroom for a while which I don’t think is

It’s a sign of the times when even billboards are throwing insults at each other.

Last week, employees at a McDonald’s in Missouri posted on their outdoor sign last week, “Hey DQ! Wanna have a sign war.” DQ refers to the Dairy Queen down the road.

Of course, the ice cream store needed to retaliate.

“We wld but were 2 busy makin icecream” read their post outside their store.

In response, McDonald’s employees tossed back, “That’s cute. Our icecream makes itself.”

“You mean it actually works,” the Dairy Queen responded, referring to McDonald’s machines constantly malfunctioning. “Shocker.”

Over the last several days, the two fast food restaurants have continued the across-the-street dialogue. And of course, other eateries had to join in on the fray.

Customers and locals are enjoying the roastings between the restaurants.

They know that it’s all in good fun.

And it may not be ending soon. According to the manager at Dairy Queen, the sign war will go on until one eatery has had their fill – but it won’t be her store, she vows.

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Red Rewards

It pays to be a redhead in the United Kingdom.

This week, due to soaring temperatures, redheads in the UK are being offered a special perk. A British movie theater chain is offering free tickets to people with red hair for two days amid a heat wave in the country.

Showcase Cinemas announced on its website and social media accounts that redheads can get free tickets to the movies of their choice on Monday and Tuesday as part of the chain’s “Sun Protecting Flicks,” or “SPF,” promotion.

“Experts say the UK is soon to witness its hottest EVER days on record and since redheads are often more vulnerable than most to the sun’s rays, we’re giving them shelter from the sun inside our fully air-conditioned cinema screens to catch the latest blockbusters for no cost at all,” the website states.

Lest you think red-haired viewers will be hogging all the seats, each redhead is eligible for one ticket per day during the promotion.

Let them paint the town red.

Gem Giant An Indian jewelry company earned a Guinness World Record when it set a staggering 24,679 diamonds in a single ring back in May. Guinness announced this week that SWA Diamonds earned the record for the large ring, which was dubbed “Ami,” Sanskit for “immortality.”

The design of the ring was based on the pink oyster mushroom.

“The mushroom represents immortality and longevity,” Abdul Gafur Anadiyan, managing director at SWA Diamonds, told Guinness World Records.

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It took months for the company to create the ring. It first needed to create a 3D model of the ring. After that, diamonds were placed painstakingly by hand to achieve the desired effect.

The ring, which weighs in at about 12 ounces, was valued by SWA Diamonds at a whopping $95,243.

This ring really rocks.

Splitting the Pot

She won the lottery – and then gave it away.

Crystal Dunn of Louisville, Kentucky, won $146,351.74 after putting $20 into the Kentucky Lottery’s online game. In this game, players are given three chances to win a “progressive jackpot” through number matching.

Dunn became a lucky winner a few seconds after she made her wager.

“I saw that and didn’t believe it at first,” Dunn told the lottery board. “It’s a pretty exciting feeling.”

Dunn traveled to the headquarters of the Kentucky Lottery Corporation to collect her jackpot on July 8. After taxes, she received a check for $103,909.73.

She plans on using some of her money to buy a car and pay off some bills. But Dunn doesn’t want to use all that money for herself. Before going home, she stopped off at a supercenter and bought $2,000 worth of gift cards. She then proceeded to hand them out to lucky shoppers.

“A few were taken back, thinking I was wanting something in return,” Dunn said.

But, she said, “I got an [unexpected] gift and I believe in paying it forward and I wanted to pass it along.”

Money makes the world go round…

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workouts (38%), and taking mental health walks (31%).

Eighty-one percent of respondents said exercising puts them in a better mood, and 54% said they have made it a goal to exercise more with their family. Other motives for exercising included improved physical health (67%) and mental health (51%) and being a positive influence on their children’s lives (42%).

But 87% say common obstacles prevent them from being physically active.

Among the most common obstacles are as joint pain and arthritis (42%), lack of motivation (39%), and injuries (30%).

The average American reported walking only 3,800 steps per day instead of the recommended 10,000.

In a statement, Rishi Mulgund, Brand Director, Pain Relief at GSK Consumer Healthcare, noted, “There are tons of ways you can get creative to get up and move. Movement is more than just a way to get physical activity in — it’s time spent with family.”

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Meeting a Gadol

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ast Wednesday, the fifth grade talmidim of Rabbi Stein’s class at Siach Yitzchok visited their Rebbe’s Rebbe, Harav Shimon Alster, shlit”a, in Cliffwood, NJ.

The boys were farhered on all different parts of the Gemara they learned this past year. The Rosh Yeshiva was most impressed with the fluency the boys had in the Gemara, even from what they had learned earlier in the

One Israel Fund’s West Hempstead BBQ

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ummer means lots of things to different people, but to One Israel Fund, it has always meant great food, outstanding wines from Israel, and a lot of fun seeing old friends and making new ones.

This past week, we kicked off our summer with the incredibly attended West Hempstead BBQ and Israeli Wine Tasting event. Over 170 people came out and helped raise funds to support the pioneer families living throughout Judea and Samaria.

Keep on the lookout for upcoming events in your community or contact the One Israel Fund offices – 516-2399202 – if you’d like to spearhead an event in your town.

year. They must really do lots of chazara.

A special thank you to Rabbi Stein’s brother, Nosson, who is also a talmid of Rav Alster, for chaperoning the boys.

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“Devorah’s Hope” Promises a Fascinating Revelation Starting July 27

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ho was Devorah Mostovicz?

Why is her Holocaust history so compelling? What is her lasting legacy and why does that legacy have significant relevance today?

On Wednesday evening, July 27, the date of Project Witness’ premiere showing of “Devorah’s Hope,” you will learn the answers to these questions and more.

The premiere viewing of this powerful masterpiece will take place at the Florence Gould Hall in New York City on July 27 and will be followed by numerous local showings during the Nine Days. Dates and locations will be announced shortly.

“Devorah’s Hope” differs from past Project Witness events because it is a docudrama, combining the strength of

a documentary film with numerous dramatic scenes filmed on location in Poland by film producer Gi Orman of Big Productions, especially for this presentation. Mrs. Ruth Lichtenstein, the founder and director of Project Witness, using her exhaustive knowledge of the events, planned and directed “Devorah’s Hope,” while Mr. Orman spent several weeks at a time in Poland using a cast of skilled actors to bring this gripping drama to life in a truly authentic fashion. From the richly expressive stills that resulted from the filming process, one can begin to visualize the intensity of the drama and the clear manifestations of the evil role that some of the characters played in the Mostovicz family tragedy, counterbalanced

by the innate goodness of many of the major characters who helped Devorah during her lonely saga.

Devorah Mostovicz survived. How did that happen when so many millions of her brethren and almost all of her immediate family did not? How did she spend 5 years of Nazi occupation, hunted, yet invisible? Who helped her? Who refused to help her? Who are her descendants today and how have they gifted the Jewish world beyond normal expectations?

These questions are all answered in the enthralling drama that has been prepared for faithful Project Witness audiences. Project Witness aficionados have unfailingly attended production after production during the Nine Days for almost a

decade and have never been disappointed.

In “Devorah’s Hope,” they will certainly find a drama that will move them deeply.

Without a doubt, the use of professional actors and the weaving in of original backdrops have conspired to give this production a profoundly emotional and authentic aspect that earns it a rightful and honorable position among the array of past Project Witness productions, all of which have always garnered warm praise.

Please plan your Nine Day activities around “Devorah’s Hope.” You will be glad you did. After the premiere on July 27 at Florence Gould Hall in New York City, there will be multiple local showings. Locations and times will be announced soon.

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350 Darchei Torah Boys Thrive at Camp Oraysa Photos by Aryeh Leib Abrams

Rav Dov Kenig delivering shiur

Rabbeim and talmidim walking after shiur

Rav Dovid Bender learning with a bachur

Rav Shlomo Avigdor Altusky, Rosh Yeshiva, in discussion with talmidim after his shiur

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Rav Shlomo Avigdor Altusky, Rosh Yeshiva, in discussion with talmidim after his shiur

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Sulitza Bais Hamedrash’s Uplifting Trip to Eretz Yisroel with the Rebbe, shlita, for the Yahrtzeit of the Previous Sulitza Rebbe, zt”l

At Jewish Agency for Israel Board of Governors meeting in Jerusalem last week. Left to right: Yaakov Hagoel, chairman of WZO World Zionist Organization; Mark Wilf, newly elected chairman of the board, JAFI, Jewish Agency for Israel; Doron Almog, newly elected chairman of the executive of JAFI; Steve Rosedale, member of board of governors of JAFI on behalf of Eretz Hakodesh; and Rabbi Pesach Lerner, chairman of Eretz Hakodesh and member of board of governors of JAFI

Emet Couples Enjoy Culinary Date Night

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ooking dinner as a couple became a memorable date night when Emet Outreach’s Couple’s Division hosted an enticing class at Apron Masters in Woodmere. Over a three-hour period, twelve couples and some eager Emet staff learned to prepare a threecourse meal. “It was our first time offering such an exciting event for couples,” said Shay Yonaiev, Couples Director. “We love providing interactive workshops with useful tips, but cooking gourmet food together took it to another level. The staff at Apron Masters made it easy for us to follow along and feel accomplished.”

In the state-of-the-art kitchen, participants prepared a menu that included spring rolls for an appetizer, fettuccine alfredo with homemade pasta for the main, and a molten lava cake for a decadent dessert. After the hands-on instruction, couples headed to the dining area to enjoy their delicacies as well as each other’s company. Rabbi Mordechai Kraft, Emet Co-Founder and Educational Director, gave a moving lecture about the importance of showing gratitude and appreciation to one’s spouse. There was a

feeling of warmth and positivity among the group.

Participants shared rave reviews.

“Emet’s cooking event was full of love, good food, and inspiration,” said Yosef and Rebecca Chafizov. “It was amazing to bond with each other while cooking a three-course meal.”

Rafael and Tova Kurayev added, “It was a fun interactive experience to connect while learning to cook together. We had a blast and would love to attend more events like this in the future.”

The best perk of the evening was that everyone left with recipes, and no one had to clean up!

“Supporting our young married couples is one of our primary goals at Emet,” said Mrs. Rivka Muskat, associate director. “A fun event like this deepens their connection with one another as well as with the Emet staff. We look forward to sharing the next event.”

For further information about Emet programs visit EmetOutreach.org, and to experience Emet’s comprehensive video library of Torah lectures visit EmetTorah.com.

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Avnet’s Jack Tarzik Crazy Hat Day

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ampers showcased their style and spirit at Avnet’s annual “Jack Tarzik Crazy Hat Day” this week.

Each group selected a theme and then got to work crafting hats to display on a musical march around the gym. The results included a dazzling array of designs as campers were transformed into cartoon characters, emojis, stars, sports, and even the Hedbanz game. The chil-

dren were eager to not only model their creations but to applaud their friends as well.

“Crazy Hat Day is always one of the highlights of the Avnet experience,” said director Daniel Stroock. “We dedicated it in memory of our previous director Jack Tarzik, a”h, because it was his favorite day and he exemplified fun and spread so much joy.”

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ecently, there is a huge demand for counseling in our community and especially for children and young

adults.

It’s not easy being a child today. Worrisome news reaches even the youngest among us, and children feel and internalize whatever is on the minds of the adults around them.

The challenge is: Who has the problem?

The parents or the child?

One of the biggest challenges in therapy is treating someone that’s not interested in therapy sessions. And with children it is even much more difficult. One of the only ways to get them to sessions is engaging them in an exciting activity.

Recently, Triangles method has made some news and is becoming very popular.

Creative, playful mental health tele-sessions proven to be very effective & bringing real change in children.

Here is what Avi, Triangle’s Group Director, explains: “Triangle’s digital/phone care brings together the brightest minds and the best tools in the therapeutic community, serving your family right where you live.”

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Here is what parents are saying: “The change is real! Our entire home is a happier place.”

“As a busy parent, it’s a blessing not to have to drive to therapy.”

Or my child asked me yesterday, “When is therapy again?”

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North Shore Hebrew Academy (NSHA) Designates “Dr. Paul Brody Megillah Readers Program”

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he NSHA Middle School Megillah Readers Program, initiated two decades ago by Dr. Paul Brody, was named in his honor – as was a recently purchased beautiful Megillah to be used by each student reader on Purim day – by Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey Kobrin, Rosh HaYeshiva and Head of School, at the Middle School Graduation Exercises, held at the GNS Main Sanctuary, on June 15, 2022.

Dr. Brody, a dermatologist by profession, has instructed approximately 400 students – both Ashkenazi and Sephardi – beginning with only eight students in 2002. This year’s group included 35 students out of 39 eighth graders and 2 seventh graders.

As a result of Dr. Brody’s initiative, the entire NSHA Middle School participates in a student-led Megillah reading, attended by their parents, grandparents, siblings and faculty, on Purim day, even when it falls on a Sunday. The model he created can serve as a paradigm for other Jewish day schools and yeshivot.

Dr. Brody himself has lained the Megillah for 50 years, including 28 years at the Great Neck Synagogue. He first read it in 1993, at the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills, under the tutelage of Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld, zt”l, after learning the Nusach at Yeshiva University’s Cantorial Training Institute (now the famed Belz School of Jewish Music).

In 1985, while smuggling Judaica to Jewish “refuseniks,” he read the Megillah illegally at the Great Synagogue of Leningrad, at great peril. The Gabbaim were reputed to be KGB agents. “Better read than dead,” he figured.

A detailed Proclamation declaring June 15th as “Dr. Paul Brody Megillah Readers Day,” in “fitting recognition and heartfelt appreciation for the dedicated service of Dr. Paul Brody to the residents of Nassau County” was issued by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli also issued a Proclamation lauding Dr. Brody’s accomplishments.

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rom July 10 to 15, a group of Holocaust survivors – most of whom live under the poverty line in Brooklyn – traveled up north to the Catskills for their first vacation in years.

The Blue Card provided 40 Holocaust survivors and their spouses with the opportunity to get away from the trials and tribulations of their daily lives to experience the open air. Each day, participants interacted with one another, baked challah bread, went swimming, exercised, performed aerobics, participated in arts and

crafts projects and more.

The Hudson Valley Resort and Spa hosted the Holocaust survivors who are mutual beneficiaries of The Blue Card and Nachas Health Net in Brooklyn, catering to all of their needs throughout the week.

“There is nothing more beautiful than seeing the smiles on the faces of so many survivors who have been through so much in life,” Milana Hazan, associate executive director of The Blue Card, said. “The Adolph and Lotte Rosenberg Summer Retreat Program is a unique

experience that our beneficiaries look forward to all year long. It’s an honor to organize this retreat for individuals who truly benefit from it.”

There are thousands of Holocaust survivors in New York City who are struggling to meet their basic human needs. The Blue Card provides direct financial assistance to people who have already survived the unthinkable, with the utmost respect and ever mindful of their dignity.

The youngest survivor at the retreat was 77 years old, with multiple survivors well into their 90s and thriving.

We’re O.K.A.Y. and Still Going Strong at the Gural JCC

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he trees were rustling in the strong summer wind, the clouds were dark and threatening, but nineteen moms whose children live in Israel happily got together in a lovely backyard setting one evening earlier this week to finally enjoy an in-person, outdoor, OKAY (Our Kids Abroad in Yisrael) meeting. This was the first face-to-face get-together since our Chanukah gathering over six months ago.

In the interim, these moms, who arrived from Woodmere, Cedarhurst, Lawrence, Queens and Merrick, have been meeting on Zoom, exchanging emails and chatting on WhatsApp.

As the parents of children who have made aliyah, there is always what to discuss – new places to visit with our children and grandchildren in Israel, apartment and car rentals, efficient ways to ship packages to our loved ones in the Holy Land, insurance when traveling, resources for birthday cakes, reliable caterers, mazal tov balloons, and so much more. Of late, reasonable airfares, VIP service and tracking lost luggage were pressing topics that arose.

This group of dedicated, resourceful, resilient and sometimes frustrated moms have been meeting through the Marion

and Aaron Gural JCC for six and a half years, well before the pandemic, during the difficult covid years, and still going strong. We have developed a close and warm relationship and circle of support, especially tightened during the darkest days of the pandemic when some of us did not see our children and grandchildren in Israel for over two years. Many of us missed family weddings, births and bar mitzvahs in Israel during this trying time or celebrated abbreviated versions of simchas here in New York without the presence of our loved ones living in Israel. The challenges have been many, but we faced them together and that made all the difference.

At the meeting this time, in addition to reconnecting, catching up and welcoming new members, the OKAY moms were paid a visit from real estate attorney Riki Bakbani, from the law firm R.D.B. & Co., in from Israel with her family to volunteer at the JCC and other venues and to connect with people

like us who have long lists of questions about real estate and other legal issues in Israel. Riki spoke mostly in Hebrew, and we all learned some new Hebrew (confusing) terminology. When the Bakbanis took their leave – after distributing little gifts of Halvah packages to us – we discussed the OKAY guide one of our members is diligently working on to facilitate accessing valuable resources in Israel. We also shared names of friends and neighbors whose kids were making aliyah later this summer and would soon be reaching out to join our OKAY group.

Our gracious host, Gail Weinstein, offered plenty of space and refreshments.

Although we had an alternate option of moving indoors, the weather held and nearly two hours passed in what turned out to be a beautiful, balmy evening.

If you or anyone you know have a child living in Israel and would like to join OKAY, contact Rachayle at the Gural JCC (516)569-6733 ext. 222, rachayle. deutsch@guraljcc.org.

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ummer YLX 2022 has gotten off to an incredible start! YLX learning is now housed in two locations; the middle school program meets at JCCI of Inwood and the high school program meets at Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid. Monday-Wednesday both locations are abuzz with energized Torah learning. The fantastic food certainly helps. Long-time sponsor Traditions Eatery graciously donates food for the program once a week, and once a week, Carlos and Gabbies provides a fantastic spread with subsidized pricing.

The updated YLX learning curriculum is in full swing. Rabbi Aryeh Dachs prepares intriguing maare mekomos pamphlets.

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Spectacular First Half for YLX ach. YLX also welcomes boys that learn with their own chavrusos or parents, grandparents, or siblings.

Each week, caps with the ultimate YLX Thursday Night Experience. The boys enjoy barbecue, basketball, bonfire, kumzitz and other activities. YLX is grateful to Gourmet Glatt for sponsoring a significant portion of the barbecue for week 2. The best part is, in classic YLX fashion, the boys are charged with running the whole show.

They man the grills, make the fire, as well as run the basketball games. In short, YLX provides the ultimate summer experience for boys every night.

There is a lot more in store for 2022!

YLX is open to all boys in the community ages 13 and up. There is no charge for the program. To register, donate, or for more information, email Rabbi Aryeh Dachs at YIDLearningExpereince@gmail.com.

Summer in Full Swing at Hillel Day Camp

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ur daily schedule is action-packed and our summer theme of holidays was evident in our lunch menu, creative cooking, art, and out-of-the-box specialties at Hillel Day Camp. Last week’s theme was Sukkot, and we learned so much about this beautiful holiday. In art, we made sukkah decorations to hang in our

own family sukkot later this year. In cooking, we created our own model sukkah. Making them was so much fun, and it was even yummier to eat them!

Disney Day and Jersey Day were real hits among campers and staff! Leagues and trips are in full throttle, and the projects from Ofra Jewels and Make It Too!

are incredible. Our campers participated in golf clinics, Grace’s Gymnastics, explored the natural beauty of Hashem’s creations, and raised money for Camp Scholarship Fund in our annual color run last Friday.

There was a DJ, live music, and a dance party! It was so much fun.

Inspiration on 17th of Tammuz

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hazaq organized an amazing lineup of speakers for the Five Towns community on the fast day of the 17th of Tammuz at Shaare Emunah in Cedarhurst. It was an honor and a privilege to host Rabbi Yonatan Saban, Rabbi Yaakov Rahimi, Rabbi Daniel Glatstein and Rabbi Mordechai Benhaim.

Famed author and speaker Rabbi Daniel Glatstein spoke about the significance of the five calamities

that befell the Jewish nation on the 17th of Tammuz.

He explained that they are not historical events but rather five phenomena in the downward spiral of the Jewish people. It all started due to their laxity in learning Torah and slacking in coming to shul. Therefore, it comes out that the whole job of the Jewish nation this time of the year is to strengthen our Torah learning.

To increase your Torah learning, please visit chazaq. org/torah. In addition, Chazaq will have its annual Live Tisha B’Av event again, with a marathon of over 15 speakers in person all day in Beth Gavriel in Forest Hills Queens on Sunday, August 7. The lectures will be simul-cast live online to tens of thousands of viewers all around the globe.

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HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein, Shlita, and Other Senior Gedolei Hador to Address Mass Event for Bachurim from Across Eretz Yisrael

By Chaim Gold

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wish I would have had such a kinnus when I was a bachur transitioning from yeshiva ketana to yeshiva gedolah,” Rabbi Avigdor Bernstein, one of the senior members of Hanhalas Dirshu, said wistfully.

Rabbi Bernstein was referring to the absolutely unique event in Eretz Yisrael, the Dirshu Seder Hachana event, where thousands of bachurim who are graduating yeshiva ketana (equivalent graduating twelfth grade in America) and going on to yeshiva gedolah (beis medrash) come together at the very end of their last zeman in yeshiva ketana to hear words of guidance from the Gedolei Hador, Mashgichim on how to properly prepare for the transition.

Dirshu has been providing the bachurim of Eretz Yisrael with this unique event for approximately a decade, but this year’s event, to be held on Wednesday, 28 Tammuz, will be even more special.

First and foremost, the senior Gadol Hador, HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of the Ponovezh Yeshiva, will personally come to address the bachurim. This is one of the very rare times since Covid 19, that Rav Gershon will personally participate in such a major event.

As is well known in the yeshiva world, Rav Gershon Edelstein has been a prime address for chinuch issues relating to yeshiva bachurim for some seventy years! Having been a maggid shiur in Ponovezh since the 1950s, he is known for his deep understanding of bachurim of all ages as well as for his sometime, innovative approach to chinuch.

This year, senior roshei yeshiva will be attending, including HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Slabodka; and HaGaon HaRav Dovid Cohen, shlita, Rosh Yeshi-

vas Chevron.

Another new and exciting development at this year’s event that will be held at the Heichalei Malchus Halls in Bnei Brak will be the video addresses given by senior American Roshei Yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Kamenetzky, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of the Yeshiva of Philadelphia, and HaGaon HaRav Yitzchok Sorotzkin, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of the Mesivta of Lakewood. Rav Dovid Hofstedter, shlita, Nasi of Dirshu, is also slated to address the event.

Smoothing the Transition Why, at the behest of Rav Gershon Edelstein, is this year’s program even more special with the participation of so many Gedolim? Perhaps it is because Klal Yisrael is truly at a crossroads. The younger generation, our precious bachurim, are facing unprecedented nisyonos.

The yetzer hara has been taking all the weapons out of his arsenal in an attempt to poison our youth and rob them of their enthusiasm for ruchniyus, their kedushah and taharah. This gathering, where senior Roshei Yeshiva will address the bachurim and where roundtable discussions about many issues facing our bachurim, will be held with senior mashgichim and mechanchim, promises to be a truly unique event.

In the past, this special event for bachurim was addressed by such luminaries as HaGaon HaRav Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz, zt”l, HaGaon HaRav Aharon Leib Shteinman, zt”l and, ybl”ch, HaGaon HaRav Gershon Edelstein, HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, and HaGaon HaRav Dovid Cohen.

Understanding the Differences The transition from yeshiva ketana, a very regimented system, to yeshiva gedolah, which offers much more independent

learning, is truly significant and can literally mean the difference between a lifetime of success in learning or challilah the opposite.

The marked difference between yeshiva gedolah and yeshiva ketana can confront a bachur with many nisyonos, many spiritual hurdles that he must overcome. There is much more independence, much less structure, longer sedarim and a greater stress on self-motivation in a yeshiva gedolah. If bachurim are not careful and are unprepared for such an environment, they can find themselves regressing in their learning and avodas Hashem. It is therefore imperative that every bachur seek guidance from his rebbeim about how to properly utilize his time to the utmost.

For example, when a bachur comes to yeshiva gedolah for the first time, he will encounter a different structure of learning which requires much more preparation. In yeshiva ketana, everything is explained. The shiur is explained and presented to the bachurim on a silver platter.

Anytime a bachur doesn’t understand, he can go over to his maggid shiur and ask. He can easily obtain help. In yeshiva gedolah, however, things are different. A bachur is expected to prepare the Gemara on his own, so that he can understand the shiur. To properly learn a Gemara with Rashi and Tosafos is not simple.

What does one do?

The rabbanim will address this and numerous other issues as well, such as the dormitory.

In yeshiva ketana, most bachurim sleep at home and even those who do not, only sleep in highly supervised dormitories.

Suddenly, upon entering yeshiva gedolah, a bachur must sleep in the dormitory and share rooms with bachurim from varied yeshivos and diverse backgrounds.

Among others, going to sleep on time and choosing the right

friends are issues that require self-control and forethought. It is very important for bachurim, when they arrive, to consult with the mashgiach about any issue in the dormitory. After all, sufficient rest and associating with proper friends in the dormitory at night are the keys to success throughout the day.

At a previous kinnus, Rav Dovid Cohen said, “I remember, when I was a bachur, the Chevron Yeshiva built a new dormitory. The Rosh Yeshiva, Rav Chatzkel Sarna, spoke at the chanukas habayis and said, ‘This dormitory is a beis medrash of derech eretz kodma l’Torah!!’”

The Unique She’ilos and Teshuvos Session Another important component of the kinnus will be the shailos and teshuvos roundtable sessions. Bachurim from all over Eretz Yisrael have already sent in hundreds of questions that they would love to hear addressed by the panel. Dirshu’s hanhala will be picking choice questions from all that were sent in.

In the past, extremely important questions were dis-

cussed at the panel, such as, “How does a bachur properly utilize the three hours of morning seder to prepare Gemara for the shiur when the Gemara consists of only a few lines? There is so much ‘reyd’ on each sugya, how should a bachur know what to focus on versus what is not relevant for his stage of learning?

How should a bachur motivate himself to come on time for davening?” ... and many more.

This year, the panel will consist of Rav Bunim Schreiber, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva Nesiv Daas, and Rav Chaim Peretz Berman, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivas Ponovezh. The moderator will be Rav Binyomin Birenzweig.

Dirshu’s Rabbi Shlomo Rozenstein remarked, “It is a profound zechus to be able to hear hadracha from Rav Gershon Edelstein, from the she’arei knesses hagedolah, a remnant of that exalted generation of giants that shaped the yeshiva world in Eretz Yisrael. It is such an opportunity for bnei yeshiva more than eighty years his junior, to chap arein, to glean and gain from the wisdom of the ziknei hador!”

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THIs Week, TJH speaks WITH…

Camp Hello Kiddy

By SuSan Schwamm

Two months of amazing summer fun! For the last few weeks, our children have been basking in the sun, swimming, singing, and soaking up the fun every day. How are they spending their time away from their desks?

In this series, we speak with camp directors and head counselors to learn more about our community’s amazing, spectacular, incredible, marvelous, unbelievable (you get the point!) camps.

Calling all girls ages 4-7, Camp Hello Kiddy is tHe plaCe to be! WitH amazing aCtivities, outstanding ruaCH, unbeatable songs, and never-ending exCitement, tHe Campers at Camp Hello Kiddy KnoW tHat tHere’s alWays sometHing fun in store eaCH day. tHis WeeK, We spoKe WitH batsHeva tasHman, Camp direCtor, to Hear more about tHe nonstop fun at Camp Hello Kiddy.

Batsheva, thank you for taking the time to chat with us. Camp Hello Kiddy has been in Far Rockaway for a while.

Yes! It is our fourteenth summer!

Tell us how it all started.

Camp Hello Kiddy started as a camp with 17 campers in the dining room of the home that I stay in over the summer.

After that, we moved into Rabbi Rubin’s shul, and we stayed there for many years. Recently, the shul did beautiful renovations and could no longer house our camp. For a few summers, we had to make accommodations and figure out different options on where to run the camp. B”H, it all worked out well, and we continued to grow in size and popularity.

This summer, for the very first time, we moved into Bais Yaakov Ateres Miriam campus on Heyson Rd. We are loving it! The space allows for everything to run with ease. It’s so much better for the

campers – and for the counselors. It’s a real dream come true for us!

That sounds so wonderful! Tell us about the new campus.

There are so many different “rooms” for the campers to enjoy. There’s an art room, a moonwalk room, an imaginary playroom, and a new activity for this year is our cars and EZ rollers.

Sounds like fun! What activities do the campers enjoy most at Hello Kiddy?

Our campers enjoy all different kinds of activities. They all love swimming. We have a fabulous swim program run by very professional lifeguards.

The campers love our foam machine.

The bubbles come pouring out. They can cover themselves in bubbles. Pop! But their absolute favorite activity is our morning show. There are always great surprises in store, and the campers

never know what’s coming next.

Is there a theme this year?

Our theme this summer is “stores.”

Each day, we focus on a different “store.”

It makes it so much fun for the campers each day!

The campers who go to Hello Kiddy are on the younger side. How do you make them all feel excited and comfortable to come to camp?

Our campers are ages 4-7. For our younger campers, the program is tailor-made for them so that they can really enjoy. Every activity is planned with their skills and abilities in mind.

It’s amazing how much camp spirit they have even at such a young age.

You must have great staff to help you run camp so efficiently.

I have amazing head staff that make sure our program is running smoothly,

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along with all the technical details.

Baruch Hashem, we have been very fortunate to have amazing morahs come through our doors each summer. They enjoy each day and have a tremendous amount of patience. They work hard ensuring the safety and wellbeing of very camper. They also especially enjoy our staff nights out. This past week, we did a paint night at the beach – painting the sunset.

You must hear such great lines coming from your youngest campers. Any you want to share?

Sure! We have an extended day program for campers that want to stay until 4:00. Most of our campers call it “expended day” – isn’t that adorable?

We went on a trip this week and the 4-5-year-olds told me it was their first time going on a bus. They were very excited. It was so cute to hear them say that!

As camp director, you work very

hard. What makes it all worthwhile?

It’s true that it’s hard work, but it’s so rewarding and enjoyable. If you ask me what my favorite day as director is,

We have the most amazing songs in our camp. For each summer, we have a new theme song…and usually some other songs too. The rest of our songs are so fabulous that we keep them from year to

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1 brand new location this summer

“it’s amazing HoW muCH Camp spirit tHey Have even at suCH a young age.”

2 most devoted lifeguards

3 most awesome I would say that it’s every day! I truly enjoy each and every day of camp! It’s exhilarating.

The first day of camp, though, has an extra amazing feeling. After months of planning, you are able to see everything fall into place.

Hello Kiddy sounds like it has a great ruach. Are there any camp songs or cheers?

year, and we still love them each time we hear them.

Our lunch song is a lot of fun. We sing about all the different lunches.

Most of our campers’ families know our songs by heart halfway through the summer. When the kids come out of their cars in the morning, we hear the music blasting out of their cars. That’s a great way to start the day!

head staff

10 most amazing bunks of campers

15 new tutus purchased for camp this summer

30 best counselors ever

1,000s of smiles daily

3,500 ices given out at dismissal – so far!

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What a Name!

Riddle Me This

All but one of the following individuals play or played in the MLB. Can you spot the odd man out?

Five people (Ben, David, Sarah, Mimi and Shaya) are participating in a baseball game with some other people. Each plays a different position (first base, pitcher, shortstop, catcher, right field) and gets a different number of hits (1, 2, 3, 4 or 5). From the clues given below, can you figure out who did what?

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Clues: 1) Ben, the furthest from home base, had exactly twice as many hits as the pitcher.

2) The shortstop was tired after getting her fifth hit.

3) Shaya had more hits than all the other infielders except for Sarah.

4) David wears a mask.

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Shaya is the first baseman and he got 3 hits.

Mimi is the pitcher and she got 2 hits.

Razor Shines

Sarah is the shortstop and she got 5 hits.

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So, now you know everything:

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Ben is the right fielder and he got 4 hits.

Coco Crisp

David is the catcher and he got 1 hit. base, which leaves Mimi as the pitcher.

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From clue 4, we know that David is the catcher.

Chorye Spoone

Since we already know that Shaya had 3 hits and the pitcher had 2,

Chone Figgin

Shaya cannot be the pitcher. The only position left for him is first means that Sarah is the shortstop (see clue 2).

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and that she got 5 hits.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia

From clue 3, we know that Shaya had 3 hits and Isabel had 5. This From clue 2, we know that the shortstop is a woman (Mimi or Sarah) he got 4 hits and the pitcher got 2 hits.

Answer: From clue 1, we know that Ben is the right fielder and that

Answer: James Smith

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Home run!

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Baseball Card Trivia 1. Paul Jones of Idaho holds the Guinness World Record for largest baseball card collection.

How many cards does he have? a. 92,000 b. 700,000 c. 3,000,000 d. 12,000,000 2. Which card sold for $6.6 million, making it the most expensive baseball card ever sold? a. Mickey Mantle 1952 Topps b. Babe Ruth 1933 Goudey c. Honus Wagner 1909-1912 T206 d. Mike Trout 2009 Bowman Chrome Draft Prospects Superfractor Autograph 3. What is the first company to ever sell baseball cards? a. Fleer b. Peck and Snyder c. Donruss d. Topps

is “Pettis Gary” b. He was on the Athletics, but the card has the Cubs logo c. His face is partially covered by the Topps logo d. The picture was actually of his younger brother Lynn 6. What is the error on Hank Aaron’s 1957 Topps card? a. He is shown batting lefthanded even though he batted right-handed. b. It spells his name as “Hank Aron” c. The back of the card has pitcher stats for a still unknown player d. It states “rookie card” but he was a rookie in 1952

Answers: 1-C

4. Why doesn’t Topps have an Alex Rodriguez rookie card? a. A-Rod refused to enter a licensing agreement with Topps when he was a rookie b. What? A-Rod was never a rookie c. Topps did not make any cards the year A-Rod was a rookie d. There is a Topps A-Rod rookie card, average value is $900 5. What was the error on the 1985 Topps Gary Pettis rookie card? a. The name printed on the card

2-C. The reason it is the most expensive card is because of a licensing dispute. Card companies must pay players in order to use their images on cards. In 1909, the American Tobacco Company sent $10 to each player that they made a card of and began production of the cards. However, Wagner returned the $10 and denied them the right to use his image. It is commonly believed that he objected to his image being associated with a company that sold cigarettes. Before his objection, though, approx-

imately 50 cards were produced and sold.

3-B. Peck and Snyder was a New York city sporting goods company that began selling baseball cards in 1868.

4-A 5-D 6-A. This was a result of a flipped photo negative. (Have no clue what that means? Ask your dad… He’d love to take you on a trip down memory lane to the “good ol’ days” when pictures had more value because “we knew we only had 24 shots.”)

Scorecard: 5-6 correct: You are as rare as a 1909-192 T206 Honus Wagner card!

3-4 correct: You are not tops but not bad.

0-2 correct: You are as valuable as an A-Rod rookie Topps card!

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Torah Thought

Parshas Pinchas

By Rabbi Berel Wein

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his week’s Torah portion warns us not to be swept away by current culture, media, and societal popularity and by those who are quick to condemn others for their thoughts and actions.

When Pinchas killed Zimri and his consort he was roundly criticized and threatened by the those in Jewish society because of this act of zealotry. When this

act occurred, society considered it to be wrong, harmful, and worthy of criticism.

Later, in the full light and perspective of the time, this act was not only acceptable but the obvious path necessary, and, in fact, heroic.

Pinchas’s critics mentioned the fact that his own pedigree was uncertain, since, although he was the grandson of Aaron, he was also a product of a woman

who was of Midianite origin. Moshe himself was married to a daughter of Yitro the high priest of Midian and did nothing. By what right, then, did Pinchas take it upon himself to commit this double killing?

Implicit in this is the accusation as to who made him the zealot, the enforcer, so to speak, of G-d’s will. This was a usurpation of power and status that he arrogated to himself. In short, Pinchas was not to be seen as a hero or as a holy person. But, rather, he was considered the impetuous upstart that committed a double killing

held up to ridicule and contempt, and show how the original judgment, event or person was faulty.

There have been many movements and personalities in the history of the Jewish people who achieved temporary fame and popularity, but who are completely forgotten in the long view that history grants us. And many who were criticized, called obstructionists and out of touch with society have proven to be prescient and heroic in retrospect.

We are always quick to judge, espe-

Implicit in this is the accusation as to who made him the zealot, the enforcer, so to speak, of G-d’s will.

without proper sanction or legality. But the Torah records that Heaven itself intervened to set the record straight and to clearly support and justify the behavior and actions of Pinchas.

There are so many times in history that this story has repeated itself, albeit always under different circumstances.

History turns temporary heroes, beloved in their time, into eternal villains when judged by later historical facts and occurrences. History can also rehabilitate people and ideas that were once scorned,

cially when we have our own preconceived ideas as to what is or what should be. We can look back and see the mistakes of previous generations, of physical and spiritual tragedy within the Jewish world.

Yet, somehow, we also continue today to allow our own personal biases to affect our judgment of events, leaders, and ideas. This is one of the most fundamental ideas that we can learn from the reading of this week. It is especially relevant to our current society and its challenges.

Shabbat shalom.

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From the Fire Parshas Pinchas

You’ve Got Mail

By Rav Moshe Weinberger Adapted for publication by Binyomin Wolf

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e will begin reading the first of the three haftorahs from Yirmiyahu, describing the imminent destruction of the Beis Hamikdash customarily read before Tisha B’Av. Hashem warns the Jewish people, “For, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north…and they will come and place, each one his throne, at the entrance of the gates of Yerushalayim” (Yirmiyahu 1:15). This is a warning that if the Jewish people don’t change their ways, Hashem will call the Babylonian leaders to begin the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash with the placement of their chairs in the gates of Jerusalem, a symbolic act of conquest. Indeed, as Rashi points out, the outcome of this prophecy is recording later in the Navi: “And in the eleventh year of the reign of Tzidkiyahu, on the ninth day of the fourth month, the walls of the city were breached. And all the officers of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the middle of the gate” (Yirmiyahu 39:2-3).

We need to understand what the Navi means when he says, “Behold I am calling” the leaders of Babylonia. What does he mean the Hashem called these leaders? Can it be that the leaders of Babylonia were sitting around and suddenly Hashem appeared to them in a vision?

Did they hear some sort of Heavenly proclamation from Hashem? The Jewish people today do not receive direct messages or imperatives from Hashem, so how could it be that these Babylonians merited such a thing? We have to understand what this calling really is.

The Radak shares a powerful idea with us. He explains that Hashem is saying, “It is as if I am calling them to come.

In other words, I will place in in their hearts that they should come.”

There was no audible announcement

from the Heavens summoning the leaders to attack Yerushalayim. Hashem did not actually say anything. And they did not actually hear anything. Rather, Hashem placed this idea in their hearts. The Babylonian leaders felt as if they were following their own desires. They thought that they were acting based on their own inspiration. But really, their plans stemmed from the Divine inspiration implanted in their hearts by Hashem. Hashem placed these ideas in their hearts in order to carry out His plans. So, what is the calling of Hashem? It is not a booming voice descending from Heaven. The calling of Hashem is a quiet voice heard only in the inner depths of our hearts.

Chazal describe the conversation between Moshe Rabbeinu and Pinchas before Pinchas arose and killed Zimri (Sanhedrin 82a). Pinchas, after witnessing the terrible act of Zimri’s relations with the Midianite woman, came to Moshe with the halacha of kana’aim pogim bo,

meaning, if someone witnesses two people engaged in such an act, a zealot should get up and execute the violators. Pinchas was bothered by the fact that nobody was getting up to take action, as the halacha seems to mandate. What was Moshe’s response? “Let the one who reads the letter be the agent to fulfill its contents.”

Moshe was telling Pinchas that if he was the one who recalled such a halacha, then he should be the one to act on it.

The Ran points out a difficulty in the response of Moshe Rabbeinu. While it is true that the halacha is kana’aim pogim bo, there is a second halacha that tells us that we do not actually teach this law when asked. We conceal that this is, in fact, the halacha. We will not find this halacha in the Shulchan Aruch. The rebbe is not supposed to teach his talmid this halacha. This halacha is concealed because a zealous act like this can only come about through a spontaneous response.

If one only acts after seeing the halacha

formally codified, that is not the zealotry permitted by the Torah. And yet, the Ran points out, Moshe Rabbeinu does seem teach the halacha that a zealot may kill those engaging publicly in immorality to Pinchas. When Pinchas asks if this halacha is, in fact, correct, Moshe’s response of “let the one who reads the letter be the agent to fulfill its contents” seems to be an approval by Moshe Rabbeinu. He seems to be telling Pinchas to get up and take action. How could Moshe approve of this if we do not actually teach this halacha?

How did Moshe seemingly permit Pinchas to carry out this zealous act?

The Ran answers that Moshe did not actually tell Pinchas to act. Rather, all he did was point out to Pinchas that he received a letter. “Let the one who reads the letter be the agent to fulfill its contents.” What was this letter that Pinchas received? This was the burning desire that Pinchas felt within him to get up and act, a desire that was placed in the heart of Pinchas from Hashem. All Moshe said was that if you received a letter from Hashem, then you should read it, listen to it, and do what it says. If you feel something deeply in your heart, then you should know that it is a letter from Hashem. Just like Hashem called to the Babylonian leaders in the inner recesses of their hearts, so too, Hashem called to Pinchas in the inner recesses of his heart.

This is the calling – or letter – of Hashem.

We also find the calling of Hashem by the construction of the Mishkan. “See, I have called out by name of Betzalel, the son of Uri, the son of Chur, of the tribe of Yehuda. I have endowed him with a Divine spirit of skill, ability, and knowledge in every kind of craft” (Shmos 31:2-3).

What does it mean that Hashem called out to Betzalel? Did a voice come

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a letter at all. This is improper humility.

If Hashem gave us talents, we must use them for avodas Hashem. If we feel inspiration deep down in our hearts, we must act on it. We must realize that is the calling of Hashem.

In the haftorah, Hashem tells Yirmiyahu, “Before I created you in the womb, I knew you” (1:5). Hashem was telling Yirmiyahu that he had given him certain talents and abilities which would enable

em told him, “Do not say that I am still a young boy…Do not fear, for I am with you to protect you” (1:7-8). Hashem was telling him, “I have given you tremendous talents and abilities. I am calling upon you. You will succeed.” We, too, have to realize that we are not simple young boys and girls. Hashem has called out to us as well through our inclinations, talents, abilities, and opportunities.

Rav Yeruchum of Mir, zt”l, once

If a person sees that he has certain skills, talents, and abilities, then this is his or her calling from Hashem.

him to lead the nation. Those talents were destined to be given to him even before Yirmiyahu was born. And yet, Yirmiyahu responds, “Hashem, I don’t know how to speak. For I am still a young boy” (1:6).

Yirmiyahu did not believe in himself. He was afraid to read his letter. He did not want to listen to the calling. But Hash-

lamented, “How many talents were wasted, and how many gedolim have fallen, and how much Torah has been lost, simply because we did not hear the cry of Hashem, ‘Do not say that I am still a young boy.’”

Many of us grow up thinking that we are only young boys or girls. Many of us

even live out our adult lives thinking that we are lightweights, nobodies. We must listen to the calling of Hashem from within. We see the talents with which Hashem has blessed us. We cannot make the mistake of not using these talents, or the mistake, chas v’shalom, of using these talents inappropriately.

For some of us, our letter tells us to do beautiful acts of chessed. These Jews are blessed with a heart to be concerned for the needs of others. For some of us, our letter tells us to study and reveal novel Torah thoughts. These Jews are blessed with a mind to understand the depths of the Torah. For others, our letter tells us to compose beautiful niggunim for the Shabbos table. These Jews are blessed beautiful voices and the ability to understand music. And for some of us, our letter tells us to be leaders of Jewish communities. These Jews are blessed with organizational and leadership skills.

Hashem w rote each and every one of us a personalized letter – let’s make sure to read it.

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down from heaven? Did Betzalel receive a prophecy which commanded him to be the chief architect and builder of the Mishkan?

Rav Moshe Feinstein, zt”l, explains (Drash Moshe, Ki Tisa) that, like the leaders of Babylon and like Pinchas, there was no actual calling. If a person sees that he has certain skills, talents, and abilities, then this is his or her calling from Hashem. Betzalel was a skilled architect and artisan. He had special talents. Hashem gave him these talents for a specific reason. Betzalel listened. He saw these talents, and he understood what Hashem was telling him. Like Pinchas, Hashem sent Betzalel a personalized letter.

We have entered the period of the three weeks where we mourn the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash. Chazal tell us that “the humility of Rabbi Zecharia ben Avkolas destroyed the Temple and exiled us from our land” (Gitten 56a). Without getting into the details of the story, we see that sometimes humility is a bad thing.

Sometimes, we are so humble that we do not hear the calling of Hashem. We fail to read His personalized letter. Perhaps we do not make an effort to listen to the letter, or, maybe even worse, we do not believe that Hashem would even send us

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Finding Your Role within the Cosmic Symphony of Life

By Rabbi Shmuel Reichman

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here was an old man who would walk along the beach every morning before work. He was walking along the shore early one morning after a big storm had passed and found the beach littered with starfish. As he continued further down the shore, he noticed a small boy in the distance who was picking up shells from the shore and gently throwing them into the ocean. As he got closer, he realized that this boy was actually walking amongst the thousands of starfish that had been washed up during the storm. As he came across each starfish, he would gently pick it up and toss it back into the ocean.

Amused, the man approached the child and asked, “Young boy, why are you doing this? Look at this beach. It’s littered with thousands of starfish; you can’t save all of them. What difference can you make?”

The young boy looked down, momentarily crushed. But after a few seconds, he bent down again, picked up another starfish, and with all his might, hurled it into the ocean. He smiled up at the man and said, “I made a difference to that one!”

The old man paused, intrigued, and after a few moments he joined the boy in throwing starfish back into the sea. Soon others joined, and within a short time, all the starfish were saved.

Individuality vs. Uniqueness This story relates to a fundamental theme in Judaism. On the one hand, we all believe that we are unique and special.

On the other hand, we sometimes struggle to experience our individuality, feeling almost lost in the crowd. If you’ve ever walked the streets of a crowded city, surrounded by thousands of people walking in different directions, you may have felt almost invisible. We live on a planet with

in a structure are organized in such a way that it provides practical use and accessibility.

• The third is where the pieces within the structure come together in such a way that the ensuing result transcends the sum of the parts.

Let us explore each form of order in further depth.

Order Itself

over seven billion people; planet Earth itself is a speck in the universe. If our planet is so infinitesimally small relative to the universe, and within our planet, each of us is only one of more than seven billion people, how are we supposed to feel special and unique?

Compounding this difficulty is the Torah’s emphasis on unity and community.

Countless Torah themes and halachos are centered around the value of the community (tzibbur/klal) and how one must dedicate themselves to the greater good of the Jewish People. If everyone is unique and individually important, how can we understand the concept of unity and the need to work toward becoming part of something bigger than ourselves? Must we sacrifice our uniqueness and individuality for the sake of the “klal,” for the greater good of the community?

Many feel as though Judaism aims to remove one’s individual identity and

sense of self, instead training us to be a uniform group of people, solely committed to Hashem and Klal Yisrael. What is the deeper Jewish approach to this struggle and conflict between individuality and community, between uniqueness and being part of a unified group?

In order to grasp the relationship between individuality and community, let us study the concepts of order and structure, based on the ideas of Rav Eliyahu Dessler.

Levels of Order Rav Eliyahu Dessler, a prominent twentieth century Jewish thinker and author of Michtav Me’Eliyahu, writes about three different levels of order (Michtav Me’Eliyahu, vol. 1, p. 92).

• The first is order for the sake of order, which is a practical form of order, where pieces simply come together in an orderly, organized structure.

• The second is where the pieces with-

The world we live in is exquisitely structured and ordered down to the finest details. Anyone who has studied physics, biology, or chemistry, or any form of science for that matter, has gotten a taste of the beauty and sophistication of our world’s order. Every human being has an inner order, which allows our bodies to maintain homeostasis. The order of our world has many important implications and applications as well.

For example, every person’s inner order is manifest and expressed as their outer order as well. If someone is riding on a train where the sound of train wheels on the tracks is making a continuous and steady noise, then if you are in a happy and excited internal state, heading toward a highly anticipated destination, you will joyfully hum along to the beat of the noise.

However, if you are in a bad mood, perhaps after a long and stressful day, that very same noise will drive you crazy. In other words, your internal order affects how you perceive your external order.

Order for Practical Benefit The second level of order is where something is ordered in such a way that it yields practical benefits. For example, a library is organized in such a way that gives one access to a tremendous amount of information; the order facilitates this

contains all ten thousand pennies within it but is a great deal easier to carry around.

The same is true for the principles and applications of wisdom. Every single principle contains endless applications, details, and facts. One who is wise will seek out the principle; one who isn’t will be satisfied with facts and applications.

Whenever we learn a Torah topic or a sugya (topic) in Gemara, we always start by looking for the source of this concept in the Torah. This is because the Torah source will account for all the applications within the topic. Learning Torah is about tracing things back to their source and understanding the ideas and principles of life itself, learning how to understand and align ourselves with Hashem’s will.

The same is true in the scientific world; physicists are looking for the “GUT,” the grand unifying theory that can account for all expressed physical phenomena.

The Highest Order The third form of order and structure is fundamentally different from the first two; in this level of order, pieces come together in such a way that they create something greater than the sum of their parts.

It’s where the parts come together into a oneness in a way that creates something

that transcends the parts themselves. (In neurobiology and physics, this would be referred to as “emergent phenomena.”)

Take a radio, for example; it is composed of numerous parts and components that, on their own, are practically worthless. However, when these same pieces are organized in exactly the right way, something emanates from them: a radio signal. This type of order is completely different from the first two forms of order.

When a library is organized, you are still left with nothing more than the books on the shelves; and when the library is disorganized, each book still maintains its individual value. However, within this third level of order, each individual piece is worthless when all the pieces are not unified and transcendent when the pieces are organized properly and connected.

This level of order — a unity that transcends the sum its parts — is a deep and fundamental topic and serves as the underlying principle for answering our original questions. As an individual member of Klal Yisrael, we must determinedly search for our own uniqueness but then strive to fully devote that uniqueness to the klal, to that which transcends our limited selves. Our true greatness lies in finding our greatness within that which is great-

er than ourselves. In our next article, we will delve deeper into this topic in order to build a paradigm through which we can answer our original questions on an even deeper level.

Rabbi Shmuel Reichman is the author of the bestselling book, “The Journey to Your Ultimate Self,” which serves as an inspiring gateway into deeper Jewish thought. He is an educator and speaker who has lectured internationally on topics of Torah thought, Jewish medical ethics, psychology, and leadership. He is also the founder and CEO of Self-Mastery Academy, the transformative online self-development course based on the principles of high-performance psychology and Torah.

After obtaining his BA from Yeshiva University, he received Semicha from Yeshiva University’s RIETS, a master’s degree in education from Azrieli Graduate School, and a master’s degree in Jewish Thought from Bernard Revel Graduate School. He then spent a year studying at Harvard as an Ivy Plus Scholar. He currently lives in Chicago with his wife and son where he is pursuing a PhD at the University of Chicago.

To invite Rabbi Reichman to speak in your community or to enjoy more of his deep and inspiring content, visit his website: ShmuelReichman.com.

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accessibility. Rav Elchanan Wasserman asked, is it better to have twenty thousand books or twenty books? While many are quick to say twenty thousand, the answer is not so simple. It actually depends; do you have an organizing index? If you have twenty thousand unorganized books, they will be nearly useless. You won’t be able to find a single book you are looking for.

With the twenty books, you will at least have access to each of them. However, if you have a system of organization for the twenty thousand books, then of course it is better to have twenty thousand books.

The same is true of all forms of wisdom (chochmah), especially Torah wisdom. A truly wise person, in any field, will pursue the underlying principles and concepts, not the endless facts and applications. As the Ramchal explains in several places (Da’as Tevunos, Derech Hashem), this is because the underlying principles contain all the facts and applications within them.

An organized and sophisticated thinker will always look for the fundamental concepts and principles that contain and explain all the expressed phenomena and details. If someone asked you whether you wanted a hundred-dollar bill or ten thousand pennies, which would you prefer? Obviously, the single bill, because it

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Delving into the Daf

Stealing to Save a Life?

By Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow

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av Shlomo Halberstam, zt”l, the Bobover Rebbe, was instrumental in saving many lives during the Holocaust. The Bobover Rebbe borrowed whatever money he could to secure visas and travel documents for would-be victims. The money borrowed was directly responsible for lives being saved.

After the war, Mr. Benedict, one of the lenders, demanded immediate repayment of all funds borrowed. Rav Shlomo Halberstam’s father, the previous Bobover Rebbe, Hy”d, was killed in 1941, during World War II. Rav Shlomo Halberstam himself barely escaped becoming a victim of the Nazis. When Rav Shlomo Halberstam finally came to America, he did not yet have a following of his own; it was only years later that the Bobover dynasty was reestablished.

Hence, at the time that the loans were to be repaid, Rav Shlomo Halberstam was under great financial strain. He suggested to Mr. Benedict that they arrange a payment plan. In this way, the loan would be paid back in full but in small installments. Mr. Benedict, however, perhaps himself under great financial strain, wanted the full loan amount paid at once.

Rav Shlomo Halberstam fully expected that many members of Klal Yisrael would help repay the loans, but at that point, he was left holding the bill.

Rav Shlomo argued that according to the letter of the law, he should not have to repay the loans at all. The Gemara says (Kesubos 19a) that no potential transgression stands in the way of saving lives except for the sins of murder, idolatry, and arayos. If one is faced with a choice of either doing nothing or stealing and saving someone’s life, surely, we would

advise one to steal and save a life!

It is true that the Yerushalmi seems to say that one should rather give up his life than steal; however, that is not the halacha. The Shulchan Aruch rules that one can steal to save a life. Further, the Gemara in Bava Kama teaches us that Chazal instituted that someone who damages items while trying to save someone’s life is exempt from providing restitution. Chazal’s rationale was that some people might refrain from attempting to save lives if they know that they will have to foot the bill for damages. Shouldn’t the same logic apply to our scenario? One should be able to borrow money in order to save a life without the need to worry about how he will pay it

to save a life. However, one can only steal with the intention of making restitution. True, there is a rabbinic enactment to exempt a life-saver from damages. However, that institution is limited in scope. It pertains specifically to Rav Moshe Feinstein, zt"l, with the Bobover Rebbe, zt"l damages caused in the course of saving a life.

We don’t find anywhere that it absolves one from restitution for Moshe was, does the full $10,000 need theft or from paying back loans. Hence, to be repaid? if a person stole while attempting to save On this point, Rav Moshe conceded a life, he would have to make restitution, that the Bobover Rebbe may be correct. as the Shulchan Aruch rules. Similarly, The Gemara in Yevamos (106a) discusses a scenario where someone was running away from pursuers and offered a captain an exorbitant sum of money to take him across the river. The Gemara says that the fleeing individual only has to pay the captain his regular fare and not the promised windfall. The exorbitant sum was only promised under duress. Perhaps here, too, the Bobover Rebbe only signed the documents valuing the cheap assets at $10,000 because lives were hanging in the balance.

Rav Moshe left this particular issue for a beis din to decide. However, he borrowed funds that were successfully advised the Bobover Rebbe to pay the used to save lives must be repaid. uncontested $3,000 immediately if he Apparently, the loans were not made could. in cash but rather in valuables. The Bobover Rebbe signed that he agreed to pay back their full value, which was stated in the loan document to be $10,000. Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow is a rebbe at YeIn truth, the Bobover Rebbe knew that shiva Ateres Shimon in Far Rockaway. In the real value of the assets was closer to addition, Rabbi Sebrow leads a daf yomi $3,000. Under duress, knowing that any chaburah at Eitz Chayim of Dogwood Park delay would cost lives, he signed the loan in West Hempstead, NY. He can be contacted documents. The question posed to Rav at ASebrow@gmail.com.

Rav Shlomo Halberstam fully expected that many members of Klal Yisrael would help repay the loans, but at that point, he was left holding the bill.

back. If we require the rescuer to pay back the funds, he might refrain from attempting to save lives.

Rav Halberstam stated unequivocally that he wanted to pay back the full loan amounts. However, he floated these arguments to induce the lender to grant him more time to pay back.

Still, Rav Moshe Feinstein, zt”l, (Igros MosheC.M. 2:63) sided with Mr. Benedict. The Shulchan Aruch does, in fact, rule that one may steal in order

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Israel Today

Upside Down in the Holy Land

By Mrs. Barbara Deutsch

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nly in Israel.

We have been here a week, and the days are beginning to blend into each other. It always begins with a long walk, a fun lazy breakfast, and an afternoon at the mostly deserted pool.

Hard as I try, I cannot seem to slow down the clock and hang onto every moment.

It’s nighttime, 9:30 p.m., and for a second night in a row there is some kind of free concert blasting heavy metal music across Rechavia. Today in the elevator, my husband overheard a tired young couple complaining about how the noise kept their kids awake for hours. I can’t say that it was easy for us to fall asleep either.

In Israel, the days are upside down.

On my way to a weekly Torah class that I enjoy with my daughter, I decided to get a cup of good coffee for both of us from a corner stand. This place is a tiny hole in a building next to a bus stop; it sells nothing but coffee. I was shocked when it was still closed at 9:00 in the morning.

When do people drink coffee?

The streets of Yerushalayim are very quiet in the early morning. Walking anywhere, there are schoolchildren waiting for their buses – yes, school is still in session for the boys – and a handful of dog walkers and pedestrians. At night, the town explodes with late night diners, people coming home from work, shoppers, and those looking for an adventure.

The other day, while walking along Keren Kayemet, I watched as an enclosed golf cart drove on the sidewalk; not in the street. Upon closer inspection, I saw a bewigged little woman at the wheel. I immediately recognized her as a former high school classmate; that’s more than 55 years ago.

I called out her name, Aviva; she responded without an ounce of recognition.

She clearly had no idea who I was. I am not going to say that I look the same as I did then – who does? She does; I realized that she looked like an old lady as a teen, and now that she is one, she looks the same now.

Upon reflection, she must think I’m nuts.

We have lifelong friends living in Israel who made aliyah over 18 years ago.

When the last of their three kids married and moved to Israel, they sold their house and joined them. We hold them close and never miss an opportunity to meet them for a catch-up dinner when we are here.

Usually, it would be with another couple whose kids have also made aliyah. The three couples call the meal our

er apartment with no fridge; their story always won.

We agreed to meet out front; Bob and I waited in front of our hotel for 15 minutes before wondering where this usually very punctual couple was. Worried, I checked my phone. Sure enough, they were waiting out front, too; outside the restaurant.

We were both waiting in front.

As they have a car and have always picked us up for our adventures, we assumed they were driving to get us. It seems that the restaurant we chose is

The three couples call the meal our “whine and dine.”

“whine and dine.” We would sit for hours sharing crazy stories about our shared experiences about our kids’ adventures raising our grandchildren in Israel. Our kids do not follow the parenting protocols that they had experienced growing up in America.

No matter the crazy story, this couple’s ever-expanding family, one daughter expecting her 11th and a 7 th great-grandchild on the way, they won for the best one. Their stories were stories about the mistakes of wearing khaki pants to a siddur mesibah, playing Hatikva on the car radio when with their grandchildren, or moving a big family from a new and spacious place to a small-

very close to their apartment and we had no idea where it was, so they simply walked over.

We hopped into a cab and enjoyed our usual great time.

When I showed a draft of this to my friend she commented, “The really funny part is, that one might think you’re exaggerating in order to make it more interesting, but those of us living in Israel know that you’re not. The fact that they stopped the music at 11 is surprising, since there are times that they play all night long. You were lucky.”

“I might add that Osher Ad, the big supermarket, first opens at 10, and your granddaughter’s store – she is 17 and

works in a children’s clothing store after school and sometimes instead of school – stays open till 10:00 pm.”

Upside down.

Before Covid, a group of us would go to the gym at 5:00 a.m.; Jan, Nicole, Autumn and Debby. We would walk miles to nowhere on the treadmill while sharing our trials and tribulations. Yesterday, my dear friend Nicole lost her beloved mother, BDE; may she rest in peace. This morning, I was greeted by the wonderful news of a granddaughter born to Debby’s son and daughter-in-law, mazal tov.

Autumn’s son and his new wife moved to Israel for a trial year. He is meeting us to pick up a package we brought from his mother. Jan’s daughter and her new husband are here for the last leg of their honeymoon.

Jan will be in New York to make sure that everything will be taken care of for Nicole.

Even though I’m much older than my former gym cohort, we are there for each other. I have no sisters, but I do have sister friends.

Hashem is always there to right the upside down.

The band stopped playing at 11:08 p.m.; only in Israel.

Shabbat shalom and stay safe.

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She is vacationing in Israel for the summer.

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Land of Milk, Honey, and Natural Gas How Israel’s Natural Gas Supply is Shaping the World

By SHaMMaI SISkIND

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et me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses,” the legendary Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir once quipped during a speech at a state dinner. “He took us 40 years through the desert to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil.”

Indeed, among the many remarkable things about Israel, one of the more peculiar aspects is its marked lack of black gold.

In the fifty years since Meir made her half-joking comment, many have pointed out that Israel’s oil-less territory was a blessing in disguise. Not having easily accessible, desirable exports in abundance is perhaps the single biggest driving factor that forced the country to become the innovation miracle that it is now. Today, when people think about brilliant, era-defining creativity, they’re not thinking about Saudi Arabia and its 260 billion barrels of proven oil reserves – they’re thinking about a small sliver of land off the Mediterranean coast.

Yet still, the lack of naturally occurring fossil fuels has been a real challenge for Israeli society throughout its short history.

From a purely economic point of view, energy costs have always been exorbitantly high in Israel compared to other countries. Currently, a gallon of gasoline in the country costs over nine dollars. The lowest the price has been in the past ten years was in late 2020, when the average was hovering around $5.25.

Similarly, when coming at it from a national security perspective, Israel has always been in a precarious situation regarding energy: The nations that possessed the lion’s share of the world’s proven oil reserves also happened to be Israel’s sworn enemies. Many still remember the global gas shortages of the 1970s, triggered when Arab nations banned the sale of petrol to countries that supported Israel during the Yom Kippur War. It is precisely events like the OPEC embargo that highlight just how much fossil fuels are inextricably bound to geopolitics – but more on that later.

For years, Israel has had to make peace with its energy dependency. But that is beginning to change.

Moshe Rabbeinu may have brought us to the one land in the Middle East without fossil fuels. But as it turns out, there were surprises lurking miles below Israel’s ocean surface.

Two Decades of Israel Gas Exploration The energy revolution currently taking place in Israel did not pop up overnight.

The story goes back over twenty years when, in 1999, Israel’s Oil Commissioner granted BG Group (a British petrol firm since bought out by a Dutch competitor) preliminary exploratory permits for deep-sea block exploration. Oceanographic scans of areas off of Israel’s coast, specifically one region some 80 miles west of Haifa, showed geological formations strongly indicative of natural gas pockets.

The initial explorations dragged on for years, and the permit granted to BG expired in 2003. Still, the private stakeholders in the venture were adamant. The evidence of gas fields in the area was too strong to simply abandon the project. They convinced the Israeli authorities to extend the permit.

Two years passed. Nothing.

By April 2005, BG had announced that it was abandoning its stake. But the following year, Texas-based exploration company Noble Energy joined the project as operator. The involvement of Noble seemed to breathe

new life into the whole enterprise, and in 2006, the state license was extended to December 31, 2008.

In November 2008, less than two months before their deadline, Noble and its Israeli partners began drilling after some seismic studies were able to pinpoint a formation where there was “a 35% chance” the location contained gas. Why go ahead setting up a drill rig with a two-thirds chance of failure? Well, those same studies further indicated that if there was gas, the median estimate for the producible quantity was over 100 billion cubic meters (BCM). The risk was high, but the potential return was enormous.

Finally, in late 2008, drilling was conducted to a depth of 4,900 meters. The operation cost $92 million.

But it was the one that finally bore fruit. On January 17, 2009, Noble and its partners officially announced it had tapped the Tamar natural gas field. Estimated reserves: 284 BCM. The discovery of Tamar was certainly welcome news in Israel at the time and generated quite a bit of fanfare.

But it would hardly compare to the next finding that would come soon after.

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From Discovery to Extraction The average citizen reading about these findings couldn’t be blamed for getting excited. After all, this was huge – in every sense of the word.

After discovering Tamar, Noble reported it was the largest field they had ever discovered, a statement they issued a second time after discovering Leviathan.

Just the amount of gas in the Leviathan reservoir was enough to make Israel completely energy independent for decades.

But as no one knew better than the policymakers and the private companies involved, finding gas wasn’t the same as getting it to the surface and into the electrical grid.

Following the Tamar discovery, Energy Minister Uzi Landau said in a statement that Israel needed to act “levelheaded and responsibly,” which was a thinly veiled warning that the long-term benefits of the discovery were far from guaranteed. Put simply, just because there were massive amounts of gas sitting in its territory didn’t guarantee it was possible to extract it.

Similar concerns were voiced following the Leviathan discovery by Gideon Tadmor, the chief executive of Delek Energy and avner Oil Exploration, partners in the venture with Noble. Tadmor voiced fears that government taxes and regulations could make the project prohibitively expensive.

“The gas may stay in the ground because we will not succeed in obtaining from banks around the world the tens of billions of shekels for developing the reservoir,” he said in an interview.

After the initial stages of assessing extractability – a process that itself took several years – the date of bringing Leviathan to production was estimated at 2017.

That year came and went. Still no gas. about five years of political quagmire and legal disputes, which included everything from environmental concerns to conflicting promises to foreign developers, stalled the much-needed gas from coming online. But even the storm of Middle Eastern bureaucracy eventually comes to an end.

Finally, in 2019, Israel began to consume some of its gas bounty. Today, the Israeli grid consumes just over 10 BCM per year from the field.

Effects at Home and Abroad With the gradual coming online of these gas resources, there have been important benefits for Israel at the local level.

Even with the relatively small amount being consumed by the country, the economic advantages of local

fossil fuels are being felt.

As Europe and much of the world are experiencing skyrocketing energy costs, Israelis have barely felt an impact.

Down the road, there will be other major benefits.

Underwater natural gas fields are industry-creating discoveries. The Leviathan Project, as it’s come to be known, is desperately trying to fill recruitment slots from rig workers to computer technicians. There is no doubt the project will continue to create jobs at a significant scale. There’s also the opportunity to potentially shift much of the country’s energy consumption from petrol to natural gas and thereby slash the cost of living.

of natural gas came pouring through from Leviathan some three years ago.

A global pandemic left the public and private sectors distracted for the better part of two years. A chaotic administration change in the U.S. brought an about-face to much of Washington’s policy positions (especially on energy-related matters), and for the first time in eighty years, a real war has broken out in Europe in which one of the belligerents happens to be the third largest oil producer in the world.

The conflict has triggered a profound energy crisis in Europe, one which Russia is using as leverage against its Western foes. While different countries on the continent are feeling Putin’s energy squeeze differently, the crisis as a whole is exemplified by the situation in Germany.

Germany is tied to Russia’s oil more than most. The foundation of the country’s economy is heavy industry, and German factories are huge consumers of fossil fuels.

In late June, after Russia reduced supplies by 60 percent, Berlin triggered the second stage of its national gas emergency plan which puts the nation just one step away from gas rationing. In Germany today, there is a widespread recognition of the folly of their energy policies in recent years. The move away from nuclear energy in the wake of the Fukushima incident in 2011, and an increasing emphasis on renewables, has made Berlin more and more reliant on Russian fuel over the past decade.

As Germany’s Economy Minister Robert Habeck said

The new Leviathan field (the best title ever devised for a giant underwater anything) contained a whopping 630 BCM of natural gas.

To take one area, Israel can begin shifting to Natural Gas Vehicles, or NGVs, that run on compressed natural gas (CNG). While this may be considered a fringe option in some other places on Earth (NGVs in the U.S., for example, account for only 0.06 percent of all cars), if Israel has the appropriate fuel on hand, it could present a viable alternative.

At the governmental level, the natural gas industry is already proving a windfall for state revenue. According to current estimates, export proceeds alone will produce annual taxation of $2.5 billion.

But even beyond the immediate gains for Israel, the mega gas fields off the coast of Haifa could have massive repercussions at the international level. In fact, many of these effects have already begun to emerge.

The Money and Politics of Energy a lot has taken place in the world since the first liters

in a recent interview, the choice to make the country dependent on Russian energy was a “grievous mistake.”

Now Germany, along with the rest of Europe, is caught between a rock and a hard place: Russia is the West’s new Bad Guy and has to be opposed at all costs, yet the very stability of Europe is completely reliant on Russia.

Against this backdrop of global upheaval, all the while, Israel’s gas exploration and development continued to grow.

In early January 2020, the EastMed Pipeline accord was signed in Athens by the leaders of Greece, Cyprus, and Israel. The dictates of the deal was to create a pipeline that would funnel Israel’s natural gas through Greece and into Europe via Italy and other offshore mediums. The deal was largely put on hold when Covid broke out and further impeded when the Biden administration decided the environmental costs of the project were too high. However, last month the so-called East

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The partners were convinced Tamar was far from the only jackpot. and so, they continued searching. Less than a year after the successful drill at Tamar, Noble announced yet another gas discovery less than 50 kilometers west of the first find. The enormity of the new field was simply shocking. The new Leviathan field (the best title ever devised for a giant underwater anything) contained a whopping 630 BCM of natural gas.

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Med Pipeline deal got a second chance at life, albeit in a slightly different form.

In mid-June, Israel, Egypt and the European Union signed a memorandum of understanding in Cairo on a major pipeline co-op. The project will see Israel export its natural gas to Egypt, which already possesses facilities to liquify it, and from there to the EU. Simultaneous to the Cairo meeting, Turkish and Israeli officials began negotiations on a similar project to funnel gas through Turkish territory. Turkey is already a major regional energy hub, bringing gas to Europe from azerbaijan, Iran, and Russia. With Europe less than excited to consume Russian fuel these days, Turkey is anxious to find another energy supplier it can act as middleman for. This makes the prospect of a lucrative natural gas deal extremely attractive to Ankara. Now, with relations with Jerusalem thawing in recent months, the political climate is perfect to pursue such a collaboration.

At the same time as the diplomats wheel and deal, Israel’s gas resources are also growing. Two additional gas fields discovered a few years after Leviathan was tapped are now finally coming online. Extraction from the two fields, dubbed karish and Tanin respectively, is set to begin in the coming months. While the quantities of karish and Tanin are small compared to the fields discovered twelve years ago – containing altogether a

extraordinary speed, we will have two LNG ports. We didn’t have any of them at the beginning of this year, and we will have two floating [offshore] LNG ports on the German coast by the end of the year.”

While Israel’s energy quantities cannot compete with Russia’s, what they are sufficient for is providing a medium-term alternative to Putin as well as an important supplement to Europe’s energy strategy for years to come.

Israel, Egypt, and the EU signing a natural gas deal

“mere” 100 BCM – the availability of additional resources has enabled Israel to pursue more export projects.

Israel in the Middle The fact that these deals constitute a purposely designed alternative to Russian fuel is hardly a secret.

Earlier this month, the German Foreign Ministry stated it was shifting much of its resources to the intake of natural gas.

“Germany is importing LNG (liquid natural gas), as much as we can,” said Germanies ambassador to Canada Sabine Sparwasser. “We are building, and again at

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his story is by no means over. There is still a war waging in Europe, one that can escalate at the drop of a hat. Turkish, EU, and Israeli diplomats are still hammering out important details of pipeline deals that will take time to implement even once their finalized.

But in the meantime, one thing to consider is the extraordinary flow of events that occurred over so many years that produced the fortuitous situation Israel finds itself in today: From the discovery of gas fields of unprecedented size and scope over a decade ago, to a modern-day Europe desperate to transition to an energy alternative, and a Middle East that is more and more willing to collaborate with a country they once considered a mortal enemy.

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Tampa's new school

Welcome to the New Tampa Avi Waldman

By Avi WAldmAn

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ew York has a lot of amenities for the frum family: Minyanim are every 15 minutes, kosher food delivery to your dining room table is a touch away, and there are an overwhelming amount of kosher products. What would motivate eight young, dynamic kollel families to leave it all behind to go to…Tampa? There are many reasons that have led to an unprecedented surge of Jews to South Florida such as tuition vouchers, low taxes, and a more conservative government. But why Tampa?

The city of Tampa was founded in 1887, but in the last five years has seen an unprecedented population growth like South Florida. With a population of 3.1 million, it is the second largest city in Florida – second only to the city of Miami, that boasts 4 million people.

It is an economic hub, with the Tampa port being one of the busiest in North America. It has also found itself as a destination for corporate headquarters, with over 20 located in Tampa. Tampa has also attracted many startups as well. According to a recent Tampa

Bay Times article, it is one of the biggest entrepreneur destinations outside of Silicon Valley with three recent tech unicorn startups in Tampa valued at over 3 billion.

In fact, the Jewish federation of Tampa has partnered with the State of Israel to form an organization called FIBA (Florida Israel Business Accelerator) which is designed to establish and grow successful, high-growth Israeli tech ventures in the Tampa Bay area. One of their success stories is Stemrad, which is an Israeli-American company that designed a radiation-proof vest that was used on Space X. The vest in space featured an American flag, an Israeli flag, and the local Tampa Bay lightning sports team logo.

Overall, Tampa is an excellent place to find a job.

According to the real estate website Motovo, it is the number one place for employment in the state of Florida.

South Florida is known for its beautiful “winters” and sunshine that allows children to enjoy the outdoors the entire year. Tampa is no different. Tam-

pa enjoys having one of the top beaches in the entire country. Located just off the Gulf of Mexico, nearby Clearwater and St Petersburg have picturesque white sandy beaches that attract nearly 6.5 million overnight visitors yearly.

Tampa itself is a beautiful city filled with greenery and lakes at every turn. There are many parks and hiking trails for adults and children to enjoy. Tampa is also home to the world-famous amusement park Busch Gardens, and it’s also between an hour-and-a-half to a 2-hour drive to the theme parks in Orlando.

Although Tampa is a beautiful city with a plethora of economic amenities, Tampa hasn’t seen an influx of Jews moving to town. There are many businessmen from New York, some from the Five Towns, that have either nursing homes, real estate, insurance, or other types of businesses in Tampa, but in general, Tampa has never really seen growth as a community. The chassidish community 40 minutes south is still in its early years of growth and growing its infrastructure.

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The Tampa Torah Center will be the infrastructure to make it easy for Jews to move in.

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make a Kiddush Hashem wherever they Earlier this year, a parent in a local go and to bring awareness of Hashem into Tampa school called Rabbi Bentzion Chait, people’s lives.

Director of National Torah Institute (NTI), The Rosh Kollel, Rabbi Yossef Stulbergpart of Chofetz Chaim in Queens, to request er, is someone with unique abilities to lead that the yeshiva help the barely-existent this group of passionate young men on their Torah infrastructure of Tampa. Knowing mission. His father, Rabbi Avraham Stulthat Chofetz Chaim has helped start comberger, was and still is the Rosh Hayeshiva munities across the United States such as of Valley Torah High School, a high school in Las Vegas and Orlando, she was hoping for boys and girls (separate divisions) in they could do the same for Tampa. She California. asked the yeshiva to start building the com“There is no greater lesson for a young munity with the opening of an Orthodox child than to watch your father day-in and yeshiva day school. day-out teach Torah to these high school With a little research, Rabbi Chait found age kids and give it his all for every member that Tampa has over 70,000 Jews living in of Klal Yisrael,” Rabbi Stulberger says. the greater Tampa area, with nearly 8,000 The kollel also offers a night seder which Jewish children without access to true is geared to the members of the Jewish Torah. Such a large robust city with no Torah came as a shock. Rabbi Chait soon Rabbi Ariel Wohlfarth, Rabbi Yirmiyahu Rubenstein, and Rabbi Yossef Stulberger community to learn with a chavrusa,or to join one of the meaningful and interesting found the perfect team to spearhead the shiurim that the kollel will be providing. new project: Rabbi Yirmiyahu Rubenstein, There is another element of the kollel, Rabbi Yossef Stulberger, and Rabbi Ariel Wohlfarth. fields. With an amazing staff, an excellent administra- which is the resource it can be to visiting businessAs Rabbi Rubenstein notes, “When Rabbi Chait told tion, a gorgeous building, and Florida tuition vouchers, men. With many businessmen flying from all over the me the numbers of Jewish people living in Tampa and Tampa Torah Academy can easily continue to flourish. tristate area to Tampa for work, there is a very big void I realized the potential of the city for a community, it Every Jewish community needs to have a place when they arrive in Tampa with no place to learn and was a no-brainer.” where people can come and learn and be comfortable to be connected while away on business.

After a few initial trips down to Tampa, the Tampa to grow. That’s where the Tampa Kollel comes in. With “The kollel will be a place where no matter what Torah Center was born. five dedicated kollel members and a rosh kollel, the time of day one can come in and feel welcome, sit and The idea of the Torah Center is to help launch the Kollel brings the fire of Torah to the Tampa bay region. learn and have a fresh cup of coffee.”

Tampa community. There is so much potential and With a morning seder that mimics that of any other The ripple effect of this project is already being felt amenities in Tampa for a Jewish community. The Tammajor yeshiva, anyone can walk in and feel the energy with Olami and Yehudi sponsoring Rabbi Flom from of the Torah being learned.

Israel to come and partake in college campus kiruv. pa Torah Center will be the infrastructure to make it Another family is coming up from Miami to join the easy for Jews to move in. new community as well. Tampa has already, thanks The Tampa Torah Center will also address the lack to the local Chabad houses, a kosher section in two of Yiddishkeit with a two-pronged approach. The tregrocery stores that has kosher meats, chickens, and mendous need for Jewish education will come from the Cholov Yisroel dairy products. There is also a kosher first yeshiva day school in Tampa called Tampa Torah grocery delivery service called Kosher Kaddy, as well Academy. Tampa Torah Academy will be run by Rabbi as restaurants beginning to open.

Rubenstein and Rabbi Wohlfarth, who both have exFinding the ingredients to launch a Jewish comperience in education, along with a passion to teach and help children reach their potential. The school munity is not an easy task. There are many factors infeatures an early childhood center starting at nursery volved. Tampa checks the boxes. Housing in Tampa is along with middle school grades. affordable – around half the price of the popular Boca According to Rabbi Wohlfarth, interest in the school Raton community in Florida. Tuition vouchers are is unprecedented. “We have between 30 and 35 chilavailable to help cover the costs of tuition, and Tampa’s economic growth can lead to job placement. There are dren enrolled so far for next year already, with many already 10 young, growth oriented kollel families movmore parents waiting to sign up once they see us open.”

Both administrators remarked how the excitement ing in, a dynamic young core. Jews currently living in “To think that my Torah learning is adding to the of the school thus far is attributed to their excellent Tampa are waiting to help grow the community locally. limited amount of Torah learning in an entire city is a staff. Most of the teachers for next year are wives of the A Torah day school set on providing unmatched big zechus, but it is a tremendous responsibility,” said Kollel members that are coming down from New York yeshiva style education with a focus on middos and one of the kollel members. with many years of teaching experience. emotional growth. A Kollel to come learn and grow.

From youth, teens, and adults, the kollel outreach One of the most amazing things about the school is A beautiful city. division will bring the truth and excitement of Torah their gorgeous campus and the hashgacha in getting it.

Welcome to the new Tampa.

“Getting this campus was truly a gift from Hashem to anyone they can.

“There is no greater fulfillment than to spread the that enabled us to really attract and continue to attract Torah to my brothers and sisters who are not as forso many students in our inaugural year,” says Rabbi To hear more about this new exciting project or to Rubenstein. tunate as I am, who never learned in yeshiva or even donate, please visit tampatorah.com or TampaToLocated in the beautiful Tampa Palms area of Tamopened up a Chumash,” says Rabbi Stulberger, the rahacademy.org. For more information on kosher Rosh Kollel. pa, the school boasts over 10,000-square-feet of buildfood, minyanim and other information about Tampa The kollel members Rabbis Benji Ehrenkranz, ing space including a wrap-around porch for the chilplease WhatsApp or call (813) 485 5817. You can also Moshe Lieter, Yaakov Rabinowitz, Aryeh Clyde and WhatsApp “join” to the number above to join our Kodren to play and enjoy the beautiful Florida outdoors.

Yerachmiel Botnick all share in one unified vision: to There is also space for three playgrounds and sport sher Tampa WhatsApp group.

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Dating Dialogue

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

Dear Navidaters,

My aging mother-in-law is living with us while we’re trying to navigate my daughter’s dating. This has been tough on many levels. Firstly, she has dementia and has unexpected outbursts, so we really don’t know what is going to set her off and when we will

need to give her extra TLC. Our daughter is already having a hard time dating but splitting our time between her, our other kids, and my dating daughter has been really hard.

Any advice navigating this? Thanks so much.

-Chava

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

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The Panel

The Rebbetzin Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, M.S.

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hava, what you are describing is a tense family environment because of the competing needs of multiple generations. Setting a caregiving example for your children, lovingly caring for your mother-in-law despite her outbreaks, and dealing with the particular needs of each child as well as your spouse is a lot. Kol hakavod for seeking help in this challenging situation.

My first response is to get help. Outside, paid help with experience in dementia care from a home care agency is critical.

Second, make a schedule for the

caregiver so that the senior is taken out of the home regularly and attends programming designed for people with dementia. There are memory cafe programs, local JCC programs, CaringKind (the Alzheimer’s group in NYC which has a special social worker for the Jewish community’s needs), and county programs.

Third, get respite for yourself. Go away with your husband, even if it is overnight. Care for the caregiver. That includes joining digital/phone support groups for people like you. They exist in our community.

Fourth, figure out how to delegate other tasks (bill paying, paperwork, medical appointment scheduling, sourcing supplies, etc.) for the senior through a geriatric care manager.

Fifth, schedule local family times

out of the home, such as a barbecue in the park, outings, bowling, etc. so that your family can have quality time together. Family life must go on in a healthy way. That means going out to talk to your daughter without interruption – whether it is a drive, a walk, or a coffee date.

Organizing the home and day-to-day needs so that you are not just putting out fires is critical for everyone, especially you. Take the time and spend the money to invest in this so that going forward the competing needs will be attended to. It doesn’t have to be one at the expense of the others. So consult, communicate, and figure this out.

I am in the senior services field and can offer some specific local resources.

Feel free to reach out to me through the paper.

You need to recognize that you won’t be able to take care of everyone at once.

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ow, first, I must applaud you for taking your mother-in-law in during this difficult time. It takes a special person to be a caregiver, and Hashem should bench you with tons of mazal and bracha for doing it.

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areas that can be patched up with dollar amounts. Give the areas in your life that need immediate attention, such as the role of wife and mother, all that you can, while hosting your mother-in-law with help to alleviate much of the burden. We have an excellent resource on aging and senior services on our panel, Rebbetzin Faige Horowitz, and I am sure she will have more specific advice to share.

Hatzlacha in all you are doing!

The Zaidy Dr. Jeffrey Galler

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here’s an old chassidic story about this fellow who complained to his Rebbe that he, his wife, and five children all lived in a small house with a single room, and

Pulling It All Together

living conditions were extremely difficult.

To make the long story short, the Rebbe advised him to first bring his chickens, then his goat, and then his cow into the house. When the chassid subsequently reported that conditions at home were now completely intolerable, the Rebbe advised him to remove the animals.

After, the chassid complimented the Rebbe’s wisdom and reported that now he, his wife, and children were so very happy and comfortable to be living in their little shack.

Why am I reminding you about that old story?

You are blessed with the ability to care, with love and kindness, for an aging mother-in-law despite the challenges it presents. You are blessed with younger children that depend upon, and need, your care and attention. You are blessed with a daughter who, Be”H, who will soon celebrate a marriage simcha.

Think of the lessons that you, while multi-tasking, are teaching your children daily, about kibbud

Family life must go on in a healthy way.

av v’aim and doing chessed, while lovingly raising a family in a happy, busy, flourishing household! I’m sure that you are enlisting the help of your children, in addition to outside sources of support, such as various governmental and communal social services, to help deal with your mother-in-law.

Any worthy, suitable, young man who comes to pick up your daughter for a date should be very impressed with how you and your family successfully and lovingly deal with challenges. What a great mechanism for screening which of your daughter’s dates deserves to associate himself with your family!

And please remember that if conditions at home become unbearably chaotic, there are agencies that can, for a reasonable fee, rent you a bunch of chickens and goats for a week or two.

The Navidaters Dating and Relationship Coaches and Therapists

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ear Chava, Thank you for your email! You are an incredible woman, rolling up for your sleeves and caring for your aging mother-in-law while raising your children. I take my hat off to you.

First and foremost, you need to recognize that you won’t be able to take care of everyone at once. Sometimes, we feel like we aren’t enough when we are pulled in so many directions. We can get one hundred things done in a day and have a

hundred things waiting for us. While tending to one person, the other didn’t get her needs met. We are so quick to feel badly about ourselves when t h i s happens. We need to always have realistic expectations for ourselves and revel in everything we have accomplished, not fixate on what didn’t get done.

You need support. Lots of it. Many

people find caregiver support groups to be incredibly helpful. There, you will meet others who are caregivers and share your hardships and coping mechanisms, building each other and both providing and receiving incredible support.

Having an aide (if financially doable) will give you some freedom to tend to your kids, leave the house, and go for dinner with a clearer head.

You’ve taken on a lot, and you’re setting an incredible example for your children. The truth is there is no way for them not to feel your attention being

turned to your mother-in-law. We can’t sugar-coat that. And we don’t have to.

Talk to your kids. Always ask them how they are feeling having their grandmother living with them. Make sure they feel like you prioritize their emotions. Sometimes you are not going to be available for someone. They are learning a beautiful lesson from you.

And always be honest with yourself.

If this gets too hard, I don’t think you or your kids have to suffer. It is OK to consider other options.

Sincerely, Jennifer

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

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Regarding caring for an elderly family member, although I do not have personal experience with it, I can imagine one of the most important things to do is learn how to delegate. Find a way to delegate different tasks to different people (chessed girls, paid help, cleaning help, etc.) so that you open up your own schedule and don’t burn yourself out.

I know what you’re thinking: But if I could do it myself, theoretically, why pay someone else to do it? The answer is simple – you may theoretically be able to do it all yourself, but will you be the same you after doing it all yourself? What I mean by this is you cannot pour from an empty cup. If you are an empty cup to your daughter who needs you, you may not have paid in dollars to delegate, but you have paid in other ways. You’ve paid in physical and emotional stress that affects you in other areas of your life. Those areas are not

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Health & F tness

Fishing For Benefits

By Aliza Beer MS, RD, CDN

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ish is a very important part of a healthy diet. Aside from its protein content, fish is a great source of omega-3 fatty acids, which have a host of health benefits. Research has shown that eating fish once or twice a week may reduce the risk of depression, stroke, heart attacks, and Alzheimer’s.

Fish is less popular in the United States than one would think. Nearly half of Americans either don’t eat fish or only eat it occasionally. Contrary to popular belief, not all fish is “fishy.” There are so many different types of fish and many creative ways to cook them. Exploring the health benefits of fish will hopefully encourage you to try to incorporate 1-2 fish dinners a week.

Health Benefits 1. Good source of vitamin D: Fish is one of the best sources of vitamin D, a vitamin almost half of Americans are lacking. Vitamin D is necessary for calcium absorption, which protects bone health. It also is involved in the production of melatonin, a hormone that regulates sleep rhymes. During the winter months, when we aren’t getting much sunlight, consuming more fish could be very beneficial.

2. Boosts the metabolism: A study showed that adults who took 3g of fish oil each day for 12 weeks showed an increased metabolic rate by 5.3%.

3. Beneficial for eye health: Omega-3 fatty acids have been proven to improve vision and eye health. It has been shown to improve dry eye as well.

4. Weight maintenance: Fish is one of the healthiest foods you can add to your diet. It has many nutrients that can benefit the body in different ways. Fish is a great addition when trying to maintain weight because it is a complete protein, is low in calories, and it helps stabilize blood sugar. These are all important aspects of weight maintenance.

5. Lowers the risk of heart disease: Fish is a heart-healthy food because of its Omega-3 fatty acid content. Omega-3s reduce inflammation, lower cholesterol, and help protect the heart by lowering the buildup of plaque in your arteries.

They also reduce triglycerides, a type of fat in the blood that, if too high, contribute to arteriosclerosis, the thickening or

recovery after exercise. Consuming fish after exercise can help increase muscle mass because of its protein content and help your muscles recover after an intense workout.

8. Lowers the risk of certain cancers: Research has shown that people who consumed a lot of fish had a lower risk of developing digestive cancers.

life cycle. Small exposure to mercury is not a big issue but too much can lead to mercury poisoning. Mercury poisoning is dangerous for the brain, spinal cord, and central nervous system. Its side effects include memory loss, muscle weakness, and headaches. There is currently no cure for mercury poisoning, so the best way to treat it is to stop consuming mercury-containing fish. High-mercury fish includes tuna, mackerel, and sea bass.

Limiting these fish to no more than once or twice a week is ideal. It is best to opt for low-mercury fish like flounder, trout, salmon, anchovies, tilapia, and herring.

The most vulnerable population for mercury consumption is pregnant women. Studies have shown that mercury can be toxic to a fetus’s brain development.

Similarly, breastfeeding women can pass mercury through their breast milk to their babies and can affect the infant’s brain development and nervous system after birth. Therefore, the FDA recommends that pregnant women or those trying to become pregnant avoid fish that is high in mercury. Consulting with your medical practitioner is the best way to ensure your mercury levels are normal, whichever stage of life you are in.

Different Types of Kosher Fish

Consuming fish after exercise can help increase muscle mass.

hardening of the arteries of the heart.

6. Can help improve sleep: Research has shown that eating fish improves sleep because of its high concentration of vitamin D. 7. Helps with recovery and muscle regeneration: The vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids found in fish play a significant role in muscle regeneration and

9. Good source of calcium and iron: Fish is filled with calcium and iron.

These micronutrients are essential for the body’s growth and development.

While there aren’t many foods that offer the health benefits that fish does, the one downside of eating fish is mercury consumption. Mercury is a toxic metal that accumulates in fish throughout its

1. Anchovies: a 3oz serving of anchovies contains 111 calories, 17g protein, and 4g fat.

2. Carp: A 3oz serving of carp is 108 calories, 15g protein, and 5g fat.

3. Cod: A 3oz serving of cod is 146 calories, 13g protein, and 7g fat.

4. Mahi-mahi: A 3oz serving of mahi-mahi is 72 calories, 15g protein, and 0.6g fat.

5. Flounder: A 3oz serving of flounder is 113 calories, 18g protein, and 3g fat.

6. Fluke: A 3oz serving of fluke is 79 calories, 15g protein, and 1g fat.

7. Halibut: A 3oz serving of halibut

erel is 174 calories, 15g protein, and 11g fat.

10. Red snapper: A 3oz serving of red snapper is 109 calories, 22g protein, and 1g fat.

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2. Marinate the salmon fillets for at least 30 minutes.

3. Pan-fry the salmon skin-side down until both sides are browned. Bake in the oven at 350°F for 10-15 minutes until slightly firm.

4. Enjoy with a side of pan-fried or grilled vegetables for a protein and vegetable-packed dinner.

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11. Sablefish: A 3oz serving of sablefish is 166 calories, 11g protein, and 13g fat.

12. Salmon: A 3oz filet of salmon contains 124 calories, 18g protein, and 5g fat.

13. Sardines: A 3oz serving of sardines is 177 calories, 21g protein, and 9g fat.

14. Seabass: A 3oz serving of sea bass is 82 calories, 15g protein, and 2g fat.

15. Seabream: A 3oz serving of seabream is 115 calories, 20g protein, and 3g fat.

16. Trout: A 3oz serving of trout is 117 calories, 17g protein, and 4g fat.

17. Tuna: A 3oz serving of tuna is 100 calories, 22g protein, and 1g fat.

18. Yellowtail: A 3oz serving of yellowtail contains 124 calories, 19g protein, and 4g fat.

Ways to Cook Fish

lot of oil. This method of cooking is best for white fish.

4. Baking: Baking fish helps preserve its nutrients, such as vitamin D, iron, and omega-3 fatty acids.

5. Broiling: Broiling fish is a great way to cook fish in just a few minutes and ensure it is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

If you aren’t a fish-lover and want to get the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids, there are a few things you can add to your diet. Walnuts, flax seeds, and some vegetable oils are packed with omega-3 fatty acids. There are so many different varieties of kosher fish that could be found in most grocery stores. Each type of fish has a different number of calories, protein, and fat. The incorporation of fish into your diet can be highly beneficial because of its lean protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and vitamin D content.

1. Grilling: Grilling fish is a quick and easy way to cook fish and avoid it becoming dry.

2. Poaching: Poaching is a method of cooking that involves cooking fish in a liquid at a low temperature. This will ensure the fish is tender and soft.

3. Pan-frying: This is another quick way to cook fish without having to use a

Aliza Beer is a registered dietitian with a master’s degree in nutrition. She has a private practice in Cedarhurst, NY. Patients’ success has been featured on the Dr. Oz show.

Aliza can be reached at alizabeer@gmail. com, and you can follow her on Instagram at @alizabeer.

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contains 94 calories, 17g protein, and 2g fat.

8. Herring: A 3oz serving of herring is 166 calories, 14g protein, and 12g fat.

9. Mackerel: A 3oz serving of mack-

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Dr. Deb

Focus on the Positive in Your Spouse

By Deb Hirschhorn, Ph.D.

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pparently, the feeling of being “in” love is not merely a state of mind. There’s chemistry behind it: Adrenaline (norepinephrine) and dopamine are increased, and serotonin goes down.

You are most likely familiar with the word “serotonin” as part of the chemical process in anti-depressants. What you may not know is that serotonin is not an upper. It is not a make-you-feel-good neurotransmitter. Rather, its job is to keep a person’s feelings blunted.

When a person is seriously depressed, then keeping depression at bay and neutralizing all feelings may be a good temporary measure.

But serotonin is taken back into the system from the bloodstream – uptake – for a good reason: The healthy person is meant to feel and experience all kinds of feelings, good and bad. That is what makes a person feel alive.

So an uptake inhibitor keeps the serotonin swirling around and taking the edge off of their sadness. All well and good in depression, but in normal love, the excitement is not meant to be tamped down – or else how would two strangers ever get through the difficulties and challenges of connecting?

So Hashem made it so that serotonin must decrease when this “falling” process occurs.

There’s another chemical reason for that, too. Maybe you’ve heard the term “dopamine” associated with the cravings for street drugs that addicts have.

Dopamine is a naturally occurring neurotransmitter that alerts the brain to take note of situations that produce pleasure so that it can repeat that action in the future.

If studying hard for a test leads to a

good grade, the dopamine released lets the brain know, “Hey, studying is exciting!”

What happens to your mind when the chemicals are doing their job?

Now, as it happens, one of the jobs of serotonin is to decrease dopamine. That is because dopamine’s message to the brain, “This is good!” can go too far, becoming a craving or an addiction. (That is why street drugs will, indeed, raise dopamine levels.) Serotonin’s job is to level off feelings – bad and good.

But wouldn’t you know it, researcher Helen Fisher found that people of all ages who feel “in” love have very low serotonin and high dopamine levels, which, sure enough, leads them to be obsessed with thinking about the object of their affections day and night.

Why would that be?

Well, let’s look at the “in” love experience.

If someone is just a tad interested in us, that piques our interest. Timing is important for this to happen. We have to

be “looking” to meet someone, hopefully a special someone.

But the next thing that happens is we ignore any negatives in the object of our interest. Helen Fisher, the researcher, notes that this corresponds to the amygdala deactivating. The amygdala is the brain’s smoke alarm system.

So, on the one hand, we overlook the bad, and on the other, we magnify the good. And what exactly is this good that we magnify? It is none other than the wonderful feeling we get when someone pays us enormous attention.

The truth is that this falling in love experience caters to the narcissist in all of us. Not only do we enjoy the person’s fabulous qualities, but most importantly, this fabulous person enjoys us.

You can see what a major boost to our emotions that is. We wouldn’t want to lose such a wonderful thing; it’s pure gold. So of course we’re going to overlook elements of this situation that we don’t like and of course we will make up

whatever seems good to fill in the empty spaces that we overlook.

So what happens when the chemicals wear off?

That is a natural process, and it is replaced with oxytocin and vasopressin, the attachment hormones. After all, being obsessed with the person you love will definitely interfere with childcare and other adult responsibilities.

In spite of this, I hear from people all the time that they “fell out of love” for the person they’re with.

Then they tell me they’re unhappy, which they think explains the whole thing.

It doesn’t.

When reality sets in, we see all the things we chose to “miss,” and we see that what we made up about our beloved was not so accurate.

Next, one of two things happens: Either, we try to dismiss what bothers us about the other person – and that doesn’t work – or we quit the whole problem by rushing for divorce with the famous words, “I don’t have any feelings anymore.”

Neither of these approaches is terribly helpful. After all, why quit a relationship in which you were once invested when you have nothing at all to lose by seeing if the things that became bothersome can be fixed?

And for sure, if something is really bothering you, then by holding back, you’re not giving your partner a chance to rise to the occasion to fix it.

Losing hope doesn’t help; what might help instead?

Step 1: Just like newly smitten people, you must ignore, overlook, diminish.

We are all humans here. The greatest of people were human. Moshe Rabbeinu

ner just isn’t into clothing. Is it that important in the scheme of things? Albert Einstein obviously wasn’t interested in hair tonic but that did not stop people from admiring him. Yours nevertheless writes you love notes.

Step 3: Make the positive outweigh the negative by leaps and bounds in your mind.

your partner’s value in your eyes.

Step 4: Add respect to the mix.

You have to feel respect for who this person is. As you practice focusing on the positive, you will see more and more of it, kind of like when you buy a car and then you keep seeing that car all over.

This goes beyond appreciating the extra effort your partner has made.

Not only do we enjoy the person’s fabulous qualities, but most importantly, this fabulous person enjoys us.

This is the equivalent of what newly in love people do – they exaggerate the wonderfulness of Mr. or Ms. Wonderful.

You can do it, too.

You’re not into IT, but that’s what your husband does? Feel how amazing his job is, how many people turn to him for solutions, how respected he is at work, and so on. Make it big.

This act alone creates and elevates

This is all about respecting their character, the deep stuff.

Here’s a list of deep stuff to ponder on that you may have taken for granted: • Would your partner give the shirt off their back?

• Does your partner smile and chat with people who ring your doorbell for tzedekah?

• Will your partner take a minute to

help someone in need?

• Does your partner learn and apply what they’ve learned?

• Does your partner try to grow as a person?

• Will your partner listen to you when you’re down?

• Does your partner participate willingly in the house?

• Is your partner a loving parent?

Step 5: Do something thrilling.

If you want to duplicate the excitement of new love – the dopamine rush – then do something together you’ve never done before. This goes beyond date night. Take a trip to somewhere you wouldn’t have thought of going to; go white water rafting, camping.

But remember, none of this can possibly work until the negative is all cleaned out of the way from the marriage. This is what cements all the good you’ll accomplish when you do that.

Dr. Deb Hirschhorn is a Marriage and Family Therapist. If you want help with your marriage, begin by signing up to watch her Masterclass at https://drdeb.com/myw-masterclass.

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lost his temper and hit the rock; he called us “rebels.”

The Shvatim threw Yosef into a pit and then sold him, lying to their father.

We can go on, but there’s no need.

The people you admire most – focus for a moment on them – have human flaws.

I’m not suggesting we overlook being disgusting or criminal or abusive. But we can overlook the long list of general human flaws. We all have them.

Step 2: Focus on the positive in your mate, starting with the huge progress that you’ve seen them make if you’ve been working together in therapy.

Allow yourself to feel awed by how far they’ve come. Notice the positive!

Rebbetzin Jungreis, z”l, said we should have an ayin tov, which is another way of saying the same thing.

You like a clean kitchen. I get it. But is it really that distressing to have a partner who ignores some crumbs? She is generous to a T. You’re a stickler for balancing the checkbook. But if your partner is too busy with work/kids/sick parents, whatever, can you pinch-hit for him or her?

He learns every day.

You’re a neat dresser, and your part-

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Parenting Pearls

Seeing the Best in Others

By Sara Rayvych, MSEd

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his week, I am doing a slightly different type of article. We are just beginning the Three Weeks, and this is a difficult time period for our nation. The irony has often been noted that we have a time of mourning and seriousness during the summer, which is generally a time of fun and excitement.

It only seemed appropriate to take a slightly different turn in this week’s article.

It is important to point out that my sister and parents approved this article before going to print. It would be irresponsible for me to print anything personal without prior permission.

February 2022 This past February was my second time ever going to Florida; the first was when I was just a teenager. While for some this is a tri-annual event, I am not much of a traveler and was going just to visit my parents.

With two little ones next to me, I prepared to board a plane for the first time in more than a decade. I was unsure what to expect. I knew there was priority boarding for those traveling

with children, but I didn’t know when that would be. I asked the staff and davened for divine assistance.

I saw a married couple stand up, looking prepared to board. They looked like they knew what they were doing, so I asked them about boarding with children. The wife told me that she couldn’t help me because they were boarding with an earlier group comprised of the elderly and medically sensitive individuals.

Realizing how healthy and strong they both looked, she felt the need to confide that her husband had just had major back or spinal surgery. Despite his robust posture, he was early in his recovery and not feeling comfortable.

Clearly, she was concerned that others would mistakenly think they were faking a medical diagnosis in order to receive priority boarding.

I reassured her that I didn’t think she was lying, and I shared with her the story of my previous trip to Florida, over two decades prior.

Early-Mid-1990s I don’t remember why but my par-

ents decided to take us to Florida, and we couldn’t be more excited. This was our one chance to see the famous state, and we were really looking forward to it.

Armed with a Polaroid camera, my mother took a picture of us each day to have a current picture of us in that day’s clothing. We slathered on sunscreen and grabbed water bottles. Along with these routine safety precautions, my parents had a greater health concern to address.

My sister was a more medically sensitive child and had recently been in the hospital. She, too, was really looking forward to this big trip and didn’t want to miss out.

It was important to my parents that we enjoyed this special trip while also ensuring my sister’s safety. Upon the recommendation of the amusement park staff, my parents borrowed one of the park’s wheelchairs for her. The wheelchair was important for a number of reasons. The obvious benefit was that it provided my sister with a means to visit the entire park without exhausting herself. While she was physically capable of walking, she could easily risk overdoing herself walking throughout

the park, waiting on lines, and exerting herself in the heat.

There was another less obvious reason for the wheelchair. The staff of the parks were trained to treat wheelchaired occupants with certain extra sensitivity. For example, rather than wait 45 minutes to an hour outside on the line being baked by the sun, wheelchair occupants were able to sit in the air-conditioned inner area at the front of the line. Even if they had to wait the entire waiting period for the rest of their party to arrive, the individual in the wheelchair (plus a parent) was able to sit in comfort as the rest of their family burned under the sun. Remaining in a climate-controlled area was crucial to my sister’s safety.

The basic act of renting the amusement park’s wheelchair made sure my sister was comfortable and safe, rather than overheated and dehydrated, chas v’shalom. Even if she could walk, it didn’t mean it was safe for her to do so for that length of time. It was a simple yet incredibly effective method.

Since most of you don’t know my sister, you wouldn’t know what an in-

us by surprise. One time, as we walked around the park, my sister safely parked in her moving throne, her energy got the best of her. She got out of the wheelchair – and in complete innocence – proceeded to do a few cartwheels before sitting back down. To this day, our family still remembers the dirty looks from the

She got out of the wheelchair – and in complete innocence – proceeded to do a few cartwheels before sitting back down.

park patrons who assumed we were simply taking advantage of the wheelchair policy and its benefits. In their minds, if she could do a cartwheel then she certainly wouldn’t need a wheelchair.

I told this story to the woman and her post-op husband and reassured them that I fully understood that someone could appear healthy yet have some unseen issue. It’s easy to judge and make

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assumptions yet harder to recognize that we only see a limited view of any particular individual’s life.

For some, the condition is medical; for others, it’s mental health related.

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ing mental health issue. Hashem made humans so complicated that we can never know what another person is going through. It’s easy to assume we know the answer, yet rarely are we correct.

We live in a world that easily judges, despite knowing that only Hashem judges alone. Rather than being able to fully focus on her husband’s recovery, this woman feared being judged by strangers. My parents did what was best

for their daughter’s health yet those that were clueless thought they knew better.

As we enter The Three Weeks, we begin a period when we mourn together as a people for what we’ve lost, a loss caused by our separateness from each other, fueled by our assumptions that we know better than others and can judge.

As parents, we set the tone for our children and create the world we want them to grow up in. We can create a world of harsh judgment or one of understanding and acceptance. Let’s teach both our children and ourselves to look beyond what the eye sees and recognize that, like a locked building, we only see the visible exterior.

May we merit to judge favorably and create a world of peace and friendship.

May we merit to soon see wheelchairs turn into cartwheels.

Sara Rayvych, MSEd, has her master’s in general and special education. She has been homeschooling for over 10 years in Far Rockaway. She can be contacted at RayvychHomeschool@gmail.com.

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credible amount of energy she had (and probably still has). She was a young child and sitting still was not in her nature. This was the same young lady that turned her IV pole into a scooter and flew down the hospital corridors on her makeshift vehicle. Lest you think she was up to mischief, I want to reassure you that an IV pole scooter was just the easiest means of transportation for her to go from room to room doing bikur cholim visits to the other children.

If you can imagine a child that turns an IV pole into a scooter now being asked to sit in a wheelchair you can picture the dilemma – a child full of energy being asked to keep still. She took breaks from her sitting position to walk and stretch, getting some of her energy out in a safe way. Whenever she needed to take it easy, she had the wheelchair easily accessible, and whenever she needed to move, she could do so. I’d like to point out that this system must have worked well because my sister was medically stable for the entire duration of the trip, baruch Hashem. As we trekked around the park, hot and tired, she still had the ability to remain relaxed and hydrated.

It was inevitable, but she still took

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jewish women of wisdom

What I Learned That Day in Kindergarten

By Miriam Hendeles

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was invited to a Shabbos party at my pre-school grandson’s school, where he was chosen to be the Shabbos Abba. On Friday morning, I dropped everything and drove over to his classroom, met my daughter-in-law there and we observed my grandson having this special party with his friends – with grape juice, challah, and other goodies.

It was at this party that I realized something about myself that I hadn’t known before. Something that made me feel more grown up than I’ve felt in years.

More mature, evolved, and settled.

I may have thought about it briefly over the past years but hadn’t articulated it clearly in my mind. Maybe I was in denial. Maybe I was too embarrassed to admit it. Maybe I never even thought too much about it.

As I viewed the classroom with its bulletin boards, various stations, bookshelves, colorful cubbies, circle time rugs, toys and art and musical instruments, I felt kind of detached. Yes, it was all very sweet and nice, but I zoomed right in to view my own grandson (who, of course, was the most adorable), snapped a few pictures, felt the pride and enjoyed. He,

and my role as Grandma, were key here.

Nothing else.

There was none of the nostalgia for the good-ol’-days as a mommy. I felt completely comfortable in my role as middle-aged grandmother. Call me old. Call me complacent. Call me whatever you want to call me. But I really was not in the least bit sad about being older than every other person in the room – even the teachers. The feeling

given that we mid-lifers are forever pining for the good-ol’ days of carpools, soccer practice, PTA meetings, and child-bearing years.

To an extent we are. We miss the past and want the feeling of watching our little ones grow and develop. The feeling of the unknown, how it’s all going to turn out, is kind of exciting and non-threatening. And when that is all over, it feels as if we have

I’ve reached a point where I no longer miss those days.

was one of been there and done that…done.

Having the sensation that it is okay to have done the Mommy thing and moved on.

Being old is great. It wasn’t easy to come to that conclusion. I’ve been so busy the past few years writing and reading about empty nest with its intermittent loneliness, alleged boredom, painful nostalgia, ubiquitous regret and all the other supposed symptoms of midlife. It’s been a

nowhere to go now. Nothing to look forward to. Nothing to plant and grow anymore. We feel as if our work is done.

I’ve reached a point where I no longer miss those days. I’m seriously grateful for being at the stage that I am. I don’t want to go back to those early parenting days anymore. No way. Do I have the feeling of life having passed me by and that the good times are over? Nah. I remember the good

times and fun times of the cute kids and watching them grow, develop and learn alongside their peers and cousins, but I do not miss them. That’s because I also remember the difficult times.

The endless carpools, the hours with them doing homework, the arguments and whatever angst raising children entails. All that is over. No more having to get babysitters. No more dealing with discipline and rude behavior.

Bottom line, knowing that our children have turned out really well is a comfort to me. We’ve done our work as parents, and now we get to be a couple. My husband and I have done a great job, and now it’s time to sit back and enjoy our own stage.

The kindergarten visit taught me the lesson of being happy with the stage that I’m in. I had my lesson about the true reality of Empty Nest Syndrome, and it was time to go home to continue to enjoy my not-so-new stage with a new attitude.

And that’s a wonderful feeling.

JWOW! is a community for midlife Jewish women which can be accessed at www. jewishwomanofwisdom.org for conversation, articles, Zoom events, and more.

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In The K

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Blueberry Scones Dairy / Yields 12 scones

By Naomi Nachman

When my kids were little, we once went blueberry picking in the Catskills. The blueberries were so delicious and sweet. We just kept picking so many of them. When we got home, our bellies were full of blueberries, but I didn’t want to waste any of the remaining berries, so I took all the remaining berries and made these delicious scones.

Ingredients ◦ 2 cups all-purpose flour ◦ ¼ cup packed brown sugar ◦ 1 Tablespoon baking powder ◦ ¼ teaspoon kosher salt ◦ ¼ cup butter, chilled ◦ 1 cup fresh blueberries ◦ ¾ cup half-and-half ◦ 1 egg

Cream Cheese Glaze ◦ 2 ounces (¼ package) brick-style cream cheese, at room temperature ◦ ½ teaspoon vanilla extract ◦ 1 tablespoon milk

Preparation Preheat oven to 375°F. Place flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a large bowl. Cut butter into flour mixture until pea-sized crumbs form. Add blueberries; toss to mix.

In a second bowl, beat together half-and-half and egg; slowly add to dry ingredients, stirring until dough forms. Knead just until it comes together, 3 or 4 times.

Don’t overmix.

Divide dough in half. On lightly floured board, shape each half into a 6-inch round. Cut each round into 6 wedges. Transfer to a baking sheet (do not coat with nonstick cooking spray or oil).

Bake for about 20 minutes, until lightly browned. Set aside to cool.

Meanwhile, prepare the glaze: Combine all glaze ingredients in a small bowl. Mix well until smooth.

Drizzle glaze over cooled scones.

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

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Mind Y

ur Business

Ron Krudo and Joshua Orlinsky

By Yitzchok Saftlas

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his column features business insights from a recent “Mind Your Business with Yitzchok Saftlas” radio show. The weekly “Mind Your Business” show – broadcasting since 2015 – features interviews with Fortune 500 executives, business leaders and marketing gurus. Prominent guests include: John Sculley, former CEO of Apple and Pepsi; Dick Schulze, founder and Chairman Emeritus of Best Buy; and Beth Comstock, former Vice Chair of GE; among over

400+ senior-level executives and business celebrities. Yitzchok Saftlas, president of Bottom Line Marketing Group, hosts the weekly “Mind Your Business” show, which airs at 10pm every Sunday night on 710 WOR and throughout America on the iHeartRadio Network.

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n a recent 77WABC “Mind Your Business” broadcast, Yitzchok Saftlas (YS) spoke with guests Ron Krudo (RK), president and managing partner at Equiturn Business Solutions, and Joshua Orlinsky (JO), CEO and managing partner at Equiturn Business Solutions. *

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YS: Tell me a little bit about establishing Equiturn Business Solutions. You are partners running this big company. There’s got to be a backstory.

RK: Josh and I went on a road trip together to Los Angeles, and on that trip, we talked about what Josh was doing, what I was doing, and what I was hoping to do in my future. We realized that there was

an opportunity to help more people, if we just restructured the consulting space and gave it a little bit of our perspective, the way that we would want to address it – focusing on the individuals and the companies that we really care about in that small to middle market.

So, we really brought that idea together and collaborated. It came from each of us jumping ship from very successful, great opportunities in the work that we were doing, but we decided to take a risk and went all in.

JO:Before this, I was up in DC, doing mergers and acquisition advisory work.

And ultimately, it was always about the dollar – at least in my setting in my company, where I was. It was always about making money, and it kind of felt to me like the actual business owner was kind

of left in the secondary position. I figured that there had to be a way within a business model that you can obviously make money, but you can also help the person.

That should be what our work is supposed to be in general: to take businesses that maybe have something special but have some bumps in the road and really push them forward.

YS: So, let’s just kind of scope this out.

A company comes to you and then you take them from here to there, from X to Y. What does that look like?

JO:So, we do two different types.

We do work with startups, but not like a startup that’s like, “I want to start a gas station in the middle of Miami.” It’s a startup with a proprietary idea or tech-

nology, because everything we do is based around growth management consulting.

We also work with what’s called small middle market businesses. We try not to do anything less than $5 million in revenue. We will work with businesses that are above a million, with very specific parameters. But we try to go no less than $5 million, all the way up to about $100 million in revenue per year.

RK: We’ve worked with individuals that are sole businessowners that are getting their concept off the ground, or they’ve already been established and they’re independent. And we’ve seen way more opportunity when there’s a team behind them but not the full infrastructure. What we’ve noticed is that you may have 1-5 other employees operating the business, but you’re an individual dealing

YS: What’s the length of time that you come in? Is it for a quarter? A year?

RK: It’s pretty long actually. We see ourselves as being a part of the team. And so, when we go in, it’s not like your typical consultant where you’re hiring them, and everybody knows and sees them as a consultant. We come in as a part of the family and a part of the team. A lot of the times they don’t see a future without us being involved. And that’s when we start looking at other opportunities to work together. But we are long-term.

Now, we do have projects where people come to us and say things like, “Listen, I just want to reach this benchmark of acquiring a business.” Those projects we’ll take on, but the real success we’ve seen are with people like an “AJ,” who we’ve worked with for a number of years.

He started with us with a for-profit entity, but we homed in on his passion for nonprofit. We helped him really establish that and now his whole company is different, but it’s what he always wanted. And we’re so involved that we go to board meetings on a regular basis.

YS: You guys have very different backgrounds and skill sets. Can you share some of the strategies that you felt were successful when partnering up to establish Equiturn?

RK: We talk to businessowners almost every day that partner with someone, and unfortunately it doesn’t work out. Three to five years down the line, something happens. We’ve been doing this for a number of years now, and I think what helped us get to where we are today is the fact that while we were friends, we weren’t the best of friends. We knew that we had a business in mind and that’s what brought us together. Also, there was a lot of trust. We both left six-figure jobs, our wives had babies, we had houses that were buying, there was a lot of going on

in our lives. And we decided to jump ship and trust the other person.

I think what made it comforting, for me, at least, was the fact that he did bring another side I couldn’t offer. He was a yin to a yang. And that’s something a lot of people make the mistake of. You may be in line with the person you’re looking to start a business with. But if you bring similar attributes to the business, you will end up butting heads. You will end up addressing things the same way.

up creating that online presence that’s so important now. So, we identified that, and we’ve worked with them to build that digital transformation. They have a live website now, bringing in almost $3040,000 a month through their online presence. And now we’re looking at other things. We’re looking at the efficiencies with the manufacturing, how they’re tracking their financials. Things that are so important to their business but weren’t seen because they were in it every day.

YS: Let’s get to the core of what Equiturn turn is known for: growth management consulting. Perhaps you can unpack that.

JO:There’s many different types of consulting. There’s HR consulting, financial consulting, etc. We focus strictly on

YS: How do you develop that trust factor where they’re really open to your ideas?

RK: I think what made us unique when we started was that we didn’t just give you a strategy and hand it to you.

Strategies are free in our book – I can

“Take the time to be calculated, but take the risks because that’s where you gain reward.”

growing businesses. We take what they’re doing, and we find the positives and weed out the negatives from it. Ultimately, we develop customized strategies for individual businesses, and then we execute with them alongside those strategies. I think that that’s a lot of what makes us different as a business in the consulting field. We sit with the businessowner, understand what they’re doing and how they’re doing it intimately, then we develop a strategy for however long; two years, three years, five years.

RK: When we take that meeting, they tend to be so against the wall, because they’re working their business every single day. When you’re intricately looking at all the operations and all the finances every day, it gets hard to implement or see that growth strategy.

A lot of people ask, “Why would I hire an outside firm when I’ve been doing this for 20 years, and I’m doing just fine?”

Well, it’s for that outside perspective. You bring in someone to look from that outside perspective and analyze the things you look at every day.

For example, we had a partner of ours, a trophy company, who’ve been doing a great job for many years. But there was one thing they missed. They missed that digital transformation. They didn’t end

give you all the ideas under the sun – but execution is key. And what I’ve seen with all of our partners is they truly value the amount of hands-on work that we do with them. We’re all about giving you the strategy, then executing it. We’ll take a financial performance and turn it into accounting. We’ll take a go-to-market strategy and turn it into digital marketing. The minute they see us, we’re helping them with inventory, calling their staff, taking team meetings, showing up when no one else would show up. Because we don’t care about the billable hour; we care about the impact and the success of their business. And I’ve seen that firsthand really be the success for us. I mean, some of our partners are like family members that came to my son’s bris.

YS: What specific advice can you give that an executive or entrepreneur should be thinking about as they move on with their day-to-day work.

JO: Try to take a step back, breathe, try to see what you’re doing from a little bit of a bird’s eye view at some points.

Don’t always be deep into the grind, because you and your business are gonna get lost in there. Eventually, you’re just going to keep doing the same thing over

and over, as opposed to just taking a step back and realizing, “What am I doing?

What can I improve on? What can I capitalize on?”

From the finance side, I feel like there are businessowners that are financially-minded and those that are just not financially-minded. In my experience, sometimes, the numbers get lost. It’s more about the sale or getting that next big win, but you kind of forget about what the numbers are telling you. Because those financial statements are not there for tax reasons. They are there for you to look at them as much as you possibly can to make better investment decisions.

I don’t mean investing in the stock market. I mean investing in yourself, in your business, your success. I really think that gets lost sometimes.

RK: In life, you have to take risks, including in business. You have to embrace the others, whether it’s on your team or outside people you bring in. At the end of the day, it is a calculated process that you need to follow. And why I say that is, your team is going to probably be coming to you with ideas, but you’re gonna be scared to listen or you’re gonna push them off to the side. You’re not going to believe that they have the ability or expertise to do what you do every day. It’s the same thing with consultants. You are sometimes nervous to say that they can bring value to the table, because they’re not there every day. But they really can, and you need to be open and embrace that. You took a huge risk when you started your business, and you need to continue to take risks.

That’s what business is about. Now, take the time to be calculated, but take the risks because that’s where you gain reward.

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with all the different hats that come with actually owning and operating that business. And that’s where we find our best opportunity, because they tend to know growth is needed. They want growth, but have so much on their shoulders, they can’t do it on their own. And so, we decided: how can we build a unique consulting agency that’s focused on growth but takes that weight off their shoulders? Josh can step in as a CFO and accounting specialist with his finance team, and I can come in with operations and marketing with my specialists.

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Notable Quotes “Say What?!”

It’s probably the hardest thing for us as parents, you know, with myself and my wife. My wife grew up in rural Brazil, the furthest state south, Rio Grande do Sul, very small kind of farming town, very simple girl. I grew up in a – I would say – middle class family in California. My dad worked his [tail] off for our family. My mom stayed at home, took care of us kids. I saw my mom work every day to make food for us at night and, you know, wash our clothes and know they supported us by coming to all our games and you know, it was amazing… [Now] we have people that clean for us. We have people that make our food. We have people that drive us to the airport. If we need that, you know, we get off a plane and there’s people waiting there for us and we get ushered in. And it’s just, that’s my kids’ reality, which is the hard part to say, “Guys, this is not the way reality really is, you know?”

Maybe I have a New York nose— I’m not smelling the filth. The number one thing I smell right now is pot – like everybody is smoking a joint now, you know?

- NYC Mayor Eric Adams talking about the filthy smell in New York City

I must say, in my view at the local, state and federal level, these governments across the country and leaders, mayors and governors, city councils have abdicated their responsibility in fighting crime and addressing mental health.

- Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz in a video posted on Twitter, after the company announced the closure of 16 stores in Democrat-ran states, due to safety concerns

Starbucks is a window into America... We are facing things in which the stores were not built for... We’re listening to our people and closing stores, and this is just the beginning. There are gonna be many more.

– Ibid., at an internal company meeting

– Tom Brady, in a recent podcast talking about his primary challenge as a parent

And what can we do about that? I think we can try to create experiences that are more along the lines of what most kids go through, even though they’ll still have experiences that a lot of kids never do have.

- Ibid.

There’s a lot of things I’m still learning as a parent… You just hope you can show them enough things to realize that when they are doing things that are selected for mom and dad to make our lives more convenient, that that is a treat.

– Ibid.

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Respect and human dignity are values that I was raised on and which I will raise my children on in the future. I ask all those who claimed that I have no respect to take back their words and apologize — not to me — but to my parents.

- Singer Yuval Dayan, in a Facebook post after she was criticized for not shaking Pres. Biden’s hand after performing for him

I made sure to notify everyone in the president’s office that I am shomeret negiah. G-d forbid, I did not mean to offend.

- Ibid.

The president was so appreciative of what you did, on behalf of the Israeli people, and the American president as well as for you being true to your religious values.

- U.S. Ambassador to Israel Tom Nides responding in a video to people who criticized Dayan

No deal is better than a bad deal. And if this president signs any sort of deal, I’ll make you a promise: the next president will shred it on her first day in office.

- Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, who is a possible 2024 GOP presidential candidate, during a speech about the Biden administration’s abysmal foreign policy

As somebody who has helped plan coups d’état – not here, but other places – it takes a lot of work. And that’s not what he did. It was just stumbling around from one idea to another.

- John Bolton, who served as Trump’s national security advisor before the two had a falling out, talking about the events of January 6 on CNN

Well, I think there are a lot of snowflakes out there that don’t understand what you need to do to protect the United States.

- Ibid., on Newsmax responding to an outcry over his admission that he help to plan coups in the past

Meanwhile, I read that Dr. Fauci said that he plans to retire by the end of President Biden’s term. And then everyone turned to Biden, like, “Is there anything you’d like to announce too?”

- Jimmy Fallon

Of course, once he’s gone, Fauci will be replaced by a new, slightly weaker variant.

- Jimmy Fallon

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It’s also funny how President Biden thought it would be better to fist bump Mohammed bin Salman because that seems less friendly than a handshake. That’s the whitest decision of all time.

— Trevor Noah

It’s difficult to find groups that are more different than a woke White Democrat and your average Hispanic. They’re economically different. The social and cultural values are very different. Your average Hispanic tends to be far more religious and traditional in their cultural views than your average Democrat.

- Political activist Giancarlo Sopo, a descendent of Cuban exiles, in an interview with Fox News about Latinos shifting their party affiliation to Republicans

Hispanics want to prosper… They want to figure out, “OK, how do we reach the next step on the ladder?” That’s what Hispanics are focused on, not memorizing 74 pronouns.

– Ibid.

Whenever Democrats think that in order to win Hispanic voters all they have to do is maybe, you know, play a little salsa music, talk about tacos and promise amnesty…that message no longer works with Hispanics.

- Ibid.

I have to keep doing things, because I can’t stand being at home. As long as people accept me, I’m going to continue to practice. I enjoy myself.

- Dr. Howard Tucker, age 100, who holds the Guinness World Record as the oldest active physician in the United States, in an interview with Cleveland Jewish News

My father bought a new car at 93 years old. And as he drove out of the parking lot with the new car, he said, “I don’t think I’m going to like this Chevy — I think I’m going to go back to Buicks next.” I thought to myself, “Oh my gosh, he’s 93 and he’s buying a new car.” I ended up buying my car when I was 94.

- Ibid.

President Biden held the controversial meeting with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, but the real controversy was that Biden greeted him with a fist bump. Biden said that wasn’t a fist bump. That was me trying to punch him as hard as I could. Not a great look; it’s like a greeting Putin with a chest bump and a bro hug.

– Jimmy Fallon

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Putin’s Long Game in Ukraine May Not Play Out as He Predicts

By David Ignatius

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resident Vladimir Putin is betting that a long war in Ukraine will exhaust his adversaries sooner than it does Russia. He might be right, but there are ways for the United States and its allies to confound this strategy.

The West’s trump card is its fundamental economic strength – if it can summon the will to exercise it. President Joe Biden said on Feb. 24, the day the war began, that he would “impose severe costs on the Russian economy, both immediately and over time…. We’re going to impair their ability to compete in a hightech 21st-century economy.”

This threat of an ever-tightening squeeze on Russia’s economy was underlined by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on April 25: “We want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can’t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine.” Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks in similar terms of winning a “very protracted” conflict that could last years.

But the West has never been very good at strategic patience. And you can sense the worry among U.S. and European officials this summer that the Russians, inured to suffering, will be able to wait us out on the battlefield in Ukraine and in evading sanctions at home. The longer the war lasts, the better Russia’s chances will become, according to this increasingly widespread assessment. The West, it seems, is playing for a bloody stalemate, at best.

So how could the West reverse the pessimism of July so that, by wintertime, it’s Russia that is feeling the chill rather than Ukraine? The wisest answer is to enforce those economic sanctions so that they grip Russia like a steel vise. That will compound Russia’s greatest strategic weakness: that its forces are stretched

very thin across a vast terrain.

The best evidence that sanctions are working, albeit slowly, comes from Russian officials themselves. “The situation is not easy,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov acknowledged last month. Herman Gref, the head of Sberbank, Russia’s largest, warned, “We may need around a decade to return [the] economy to the 2021 levels.” He told journalists recently that cargo shipments to Russia had fallen sixfold because of Western sanctions.

“We’re playing the long game, too,” Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told me on Thursday. The United States assembled a coalition of three dozen countries to support the sanctions, she noted, with this satisfying result: Exports of semiconductors to Russia have fallen 74% compared with a year ago. “You can’t sustain a modern military without semiconductors,” Raimondo observed.

Because of high energy prices, Russia still has cash. But it’s growing harder for Moscow to buy what it needs because of Western export controls. A senior Commerce Department official told me that

U.S. exports to Russia of proscribed products – basically anything that’s needed for the Russian military, technology companies or the energy sector – have declined 95.9% by value compared to a year ago.

The Biden administration might be overly optimistic about the effect of sanctions. But a study last month by the Peterson Institute for International Economics shows significant impact. Using export data from 54 countries (which accounted for 90% of Russia’s imports last year), they found that the sanctioning countries’ exports to Russia have fallen 60% since the second half of 2021 – and that exports from non-sanctioning countries have fallen by 40%.

There is some backfilling through front companies and corrupt intermediaries, but it’s less than expected. “We have not seen attempts by any country to do an end run around our export controls, including China and Iran,” Raimondo told me.

Foreign support for Russian technology and communications companies is gradually evaporating. Ericsson and

Nokia have curtailed operations there; more surprising, so has Chinese cellphone giant Huawei. Microsoft isn’t just halting its business in Russia; it’s actively working to subvert Russian cyberattacks.

The Russian military is losing equipment rapidly, and replacements won’t be easy. According to published Ukrainian reports (hardly unbiased but worth noting), Russia has halted or limited tank production at Uralvagonzavod Corporation and at Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, and it has halted production of surfaceto-air missiles at Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant. Major Russian shipyards have also been affected.

Sanctions “have practically broken all the logistics in our country,” according to Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev. Take aviation: The United States and Europe have banned parts or services for the several hundred Boeing and Airbus jets operating in Russia, forcing Russian airlines to sharply curtail flights and cannibalize their fleets. A European Union aviation regulator said last month he was “very worried” about safety of these Western jets in Russia.

Let’s imagine that somehow, despite the sanctions, Russia staggers on with its bloody assault of Ukraine. What then? To think about Putin’s potential problems, just look at a map. Russia is the largest country in the world, by far. To support his reckless, illegal war in Ukraine, Putin has stripped forces from the Far East, the Baltic, the vast underbelly that borders South Asia. He has a country that’s in slow-motion collapse, and too few people to protect it.

Putin plays his hand boldly. But he’s holding fewer high cards than it might appear. (c) 2022, Washington Post Writers Group

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By Marc A. Thiessen

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hen a reporter asked President Joe Biden about a new poll showing most Democrats don’t want him to run again in 2024, Biden turned, walked over, and snapped: “They want me to run. Read the polls. Read the polls, Jack!”

Well, I did read the polls, and Democrats have a clear message for Biden: Hit the road, Jack.

A New York Times-Siena College poll out this week shows only 26% of Democrats want Biden to be their standard bearer in 2024, while 64% say they want someone else. This is in line with the findings of a new Harvard-Harris poll, which found that only 30% of Democrats would vote for Biden in a Democratic presidential primary and that 71% of Americans don’t think he should run for a second term.

But Biden was having none of it. “You guys are all the same,” Biden scoffed at the reporter. “That poll showed that 92 percent of Democrats, if I ran, would vote for me.” No, it didn’t. The Times-Siena poll found that 92% said they would vote for Biden in a general election rematch with Donald Trump. That doesn’t mean Democrats want him to be their nominee; it means they don’t want Trump to be president again. Big difference.

Why is Democratic support for a second Biden run collapsing? Two-thirds of Democrats say it is because he is too old or cite his terrible job performance. They see what the rest of the United States sees: Biden is struggling under the burdens of his office. He has delivered the worst inflation in 40 years, highest gas prices ever recorded in this country, the

fastest drop in inflation-adjusted wages in four decades, a record labor shortage that is fueling inflation, the worst crime wave in many cities since the 1990s, and the worst recorded border crisis in U.S. history. That litany of worsts is almost without precedent. As a result, Biden is the most unpopular U.S. president since Harry Truman. The Times-Siena poll put his job approval at a dismal 33%.

Given that record, it’s a miracle any Democrats want him to run again. The problem is they have no good alternatives.

Ask yourself: Why did Democrats nominate Biden in the first place? They spent the 2020 primary season searching for an alternative and could not find one who was electable. They ultimately settled on Biden because he was the “least-worst” choice – an inoffensive, genial moderate who was the candidate least likely to drive away moderate swing voters wary of the Democrats’ leftward turn.

Who can replace him in that role? Not Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. Not any of the left-wing also-rans from 2020, such as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

Not his vice president, who is just as unpopular as he is. And certainly not California Gov. Gavin Newsome, whose record is so bad that his state ran out of U-Haul trucks last year because so many Californians are fleeing to red states like Texas and Florida – or Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, whose state is second only to California in out-migration. There is no moderate alternative palatable to suburban swing voters who put Biden in the White House.

The New York Times reported recently that “Biden’s top advisers reject the idea that an open primary would deliver Democrats a stronger standard-bearer. They fear his retirement would set off a sprint to the left.” They are right. And that’s not what Democratic primary voters want.

According to the Times-Siena poll, only

10% of Democrats say they want to replace Biden because he is “not progressive enough.” So, Democrats may be stuck with Biden – whether they like it or not.

Biden does not seem to understand why the American people elected him. He did not beat Trump because voters wanted more spending, more regulation, more inflation, and open borders. He was elected because he promised to end the chaos and division and unite the country. The reason people disapprove of him today is because he abandoned that promise and threw in his lot with his party’s progressive wing, which convinced him that if he rammed through their radical agenda he could go down in history as a new FDR. Instead, he’ll go down in history as an unparalleled disaster.

Now Democrats are in a bind of their own making: Americans see that Biden appears incapable of addressing the cascading series of crises his bad decisions have unleashed and conclude that he is incompetent. They see him go to Israel and flub his words, promising to “bear witness” to the “honor of the Holocaust,” and conclude that he is too old for the job.

If Democrats renominate Biden, his serial failures could sink their chances of holding onto the presidency.

But nominating an even more leftist standard-bearer provides no safe harbor for moderate swing voters they need, who don’t like Trump but also don’t want socialism. Unless Democrats are ready to change their policies, and move to the center, getting rid of Biden won’t make a difference. (c) 2022, Washington Post Writers Group

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Mr. President, I Read the Polls.

Democrats Don’t Want You to Run Again

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Forgotten Her es

Tricks of the Trade

By Avi Heiligman

General William Donovan

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efore the CIA was founded in 1947, it was the Office of Strategic Services, the OSS, which coordinated espionage activities behind enemy lines, propaganda, and subversion of enemy assets. The operators and the people who were behind the operations came from all walks of life. Led by WWI hero General William Donovan, the OSS put together a large organization in a few short years that gave the Axis powers much consternation.

Over the course of the war, the research and development department was headed by Dr. Stanley Lovell. Along with other departments within the OSS, they came up with many tricks, gadgets, tools, equipment, and ideas to fight the enemy.

Some of these included grenades that would shriek and make a loud boom but would not explode, underwater oxygen rebreathers, and producing manuals on how to be annoying at work. The one idea from Lovell that caught the attention of OSS officers was the idea of the silencer.

In reality, it was more of a suppressor, but the enemy would not know where a bullet had come from if it had these device attached.

Camouflaging items to contain other items useful to a spy was a big focus for Lovell and his team. Buttons could

At an OSS weapons training area

be separated by twisting them and hollowing them out to contain secret items.

However, the Germans soon caught on to this trick and started twisting the buttons of a suspected OSS agent’s clothes counter-clockwise. The OSS countered this measure by reversing the thread, and the button would only become loose by twisting it clockwise. Interestingly

Maps could be hidden in all sorts of places. Playing cards were constructed to conceal maps inside and the decks were snuck into those trapped behind enemy lines. Silk maps also proved useful, and they didn’t make any noise when opened and were resilient against bad weather.

Counterfeit experts reproduced enemy currency and documents. One of

One of these experts, who was “on loan” from a federal prison, was able to reproduce a person’s handwriting so well that the person himself thought he wrote the document.

enough, the Germans never caught onto this countermeasure.

Coal from hotspots around the world were brought into the OSS labs, tested and duplicated. Explosives were then placed in the coal lumps intended for boilers used by the enemy. Logs were also filled with explosives and sent to areas where unsuspecting Axis fighters could use them as firewood.

these experts, who was “on loan” from a federal prison, was able to reproduce a person’s handwriting so well that the person himself thought he wrote the document.

The OSS spent considerable time creating manuals for their agents and friendly forces and citizens living behind enemy lines. The Simple Sabotage Field Manual provides a fascinating look into

what a regular citizen could do to weaken an invading and occupying army. For example, if one was at a workplace meeting at an enemy-controlled facility, the manual states that the person should make long irrelevant speeches, refer all matters to committees that should be made as large as possible, and tell everyone to be cautious. The purpose of this was to slow down production by being a bad employee but showing that one “cared” about the job. Working slowly using bad tools and blaming it on the machinery was a good way to slow down manufacturing of critical war material.

These weapons, methods, and tricks helped many agents perform their duties.

One of the most important field offices for the OSS was in a neutral European country. The OSS office in Bern, Switzerland, was active throughout most of the war and recruited the most important spy for the Allies during the conflict.

Fritz Kolbe, aka George Wood, was a German diplomat trusted with secret documents that were photographed and handed to the OSS. He was an ardent anti-Nazi, and the information that he passed on included information on the German defenses for the Allied landings in France, experimental aircraft, and missile details and plans for Japa-

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Preparing to jump into occupied France

nese conquest in the Pacific. Kolbe also exposed a spy in the British embassy in Turkey whose codename was Cicero. (As a side point, Cicero was a butler and Kolbe was low ranking diplomat, which proves the point that anyone with enough mettle can be a successful spy).

An OSS maritime unit was set up to enable resupply, infiltration and sabotage all from the sea. They learned to breathe underwater with new inventions such as SCUBA and the Lambertsen re-

A member of the Maritime Unit

breather. Many were trained as parachutists to land in the water and swim to shore. “Swimmandos” (swim commandos), as they were called, operated around the globe and even worked alongside Italian swimmers (who were known to be the best sea commandos during the war) after their country surrendered.

The Maritime Unit (MU) should not be confused with UDTs, the forerunner to the SEALs, although they performed similar missions. Many MU operators

worked as regular OSS agents once they reached land. Several landed in Burma and trained Kachin Rangers in their operations. MU recruited from the navy as well as Coast Guardsmen and sent them well behind enemy lines.

After the war, the OSS was disbanded with a few of the departments dispersed to other agencies. In 1947, the CIA was founded, thus fulfilling Donavan’s dream of a peacetime intelligence service. The legacy that Donavan, Lovell, and the OSS

left behind is one that the entire world can be thankful as they helped in a big way to end the world’s bloodiest conflict and dispose of evil dictators.

Avi Heiligman is a weekly contributor to The Jewish Home. He welcomes your comments and suggestions for future columns and can be reached at aviheiligman@gmail.com.

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By Allan Rolnick, CPA

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recent poll from the Pew Research Center finds that 54% of Americans think violent crime is one of our country’s biggest problems. You would think the last thing we need is more of it.

Yet millions are obsessed with true crime stories, whether we find them on cable TV, streaming video, or podcasts. If a podcast isn’t about murder, is it even a podcast?

Documentaries about Elizabeth Holmes, “Inventing Anna” Sorokin, and the “Tinder Swindler” prove that oldschool cons attract fans, too. Unfortunately for us, there aren’t a lot of true crime tax favorites. But New Yorker author Patrick Radden Keefe has just released a collection of stories (Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks) where one of the bad guys throws the tax man under the bus to deflect some hard questions about his scam.

In 1985, a German wine dealer named Hardy Rodenstock came across a collection of bottles he claimed had been bricked up behind a wall in an old building in Paris. The bottles were labeled “Lafitte,” dated 1787, and marked with the initials “Th.J.” Thomas Jefferson, who had served as our second Ambassador to France, had spent the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of dollars in today’s currency building a

collection of French wine. Naturally, Rodenstock offered the wine as Jefferson’s.

Christie’s auctioned one bottle for a record-setting $157,000. Three years later, Bill Koch – brother of the political activists Charles and David – spent $311,486 for four more.

Years later, Koch decided to track down the provenance of the bottles. (Uh oh. True

made in the eighteenth century. Koch’s investigators discovered that “Hardy Rodenstock” was actually Meinhard Goerke. Oh, and Rodenstock’s former landlord found a collection of empty bottles and stack of blank wine labels in his apartment.

Vintage wines have gotten expensive enough that counterfeits are common.

But Rodenstock maintained his innocence,

Oh, and Rodenstock’s former landlord found a collection of empty bottles and stack of blank wine labels in his apartment.

crime fans know where this is heading.) Jefferson kept meticulous accounts of everything he spent. But archivists at Monticello found no record he had ever bought any 1787 vintages. They also pointed out that Jefferson wrote his initials as “Th:J.,” rather than “Th.J.” Carbon-dating one bottle (yes, that’s a thing) suggested it contained a mix of wines, with nearly half dating after 1962. Engraving experts concluded that the initials were too uniform to have been

despite refusing to reveal where the stash actually came from. If Christie’s said the bottles were legit, that was good enough. If the engraved initials were modern, it was because the finder had re-engraved them because the originals were illegible. Blah, blah, blah.

But Rodenstock saved his best excuse for the lack of any paper trail connecting him to the seller who found the bottles behind that Paris wall. “If you pay in cash,

then people don’t have to declare the sale for tax purposes,” he told an interviewer.

“Two hundred thousand dollars in cash can sometimes be better than a million-dollar check.” There you have it. France’s Ministry of Economy and Finance didn’t make him do it . . . but they gave him a skirt to hide behind.

In 2005, Koch sued Christie’s for promoting the wine as genuine. Sadly, fraud claims age like milk, not wine, and the court ruled Koch had waited too long to pop the cork on his case. A year later, he sued Rodenstock and won a default judgment. But there was no way to enforce the judgment on the German, who died without having paid.

The lesson here isn’t new, but it always bears reinforcing. Just be aware, as you make your way through our scam-filled world (Bernie Madoff! Enron!), that if something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. And when someone uses the tax man as an excuse for not backing up their claims, watch out!

Allan J Rolnick is a CPA who has been in practice for over 30 years in Queens, NY. He welcomes your comments and can be reached at 718-896-8715 or at allanjrcpa@aol.com.

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fast day?

Seriously, how can they call it that? I think that may be the most popular, one word oxymoron.

How slow does any fast day go?

I think it feels slow before it even starts.

It even feels slow just thinking about it weeks in advance.

The only fast part of any fast day is how quickly you want to run through the kitchen! No one wants the urges, the aromas, or the temptations to threaten to compromise their already weak commitment.

What I meant was recognizing that often the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, therefore, we have to be careful not to make the same mistakes our ancestors did.

Wait, did I just do it again? Mention food?

Writing an article is dangerous on a fast day. I feel like I’m walking on eggshells.

Whoops….

One would think, if you focus, it would be easy as pie to stay away from food terms.

Oh my gosh, I think I keep getting

It even feels slow just thinking about it weeks in advance.

So, what are we supposed to be busy with?

Thinking how we can do things differently. Looking back at what got us into hot water in the first place. Oh! I’m sorry I mentioned water. You should be fasting. You see, I meant learning not to cry over spilt milk but rather thinking how to be more careful of our actions next time. Oh now! Did I mention a drink again?

myself into a pickle.

I keep trying to dig myself out of this, and instead, I feel like my goose is getting cooked.

Maybe I can just ask you to bear with me. After all, maybe I have food subliminally stuck in my subconscious, so please take the article with a grain of salt.

Really, I’m just trying to bring out a point here.

And that point is that on a fast day,

Rivki Rosenwald is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist working with both couples and individuals and is a certified relationship counselor. Rivki is a co-founder and creator of an effective Parent Management of Adolescent Years Program. She can be contacted at 917-705-2004 or at rivkirosenwald@gmail.com.

since we can’t break it up with meals, we need to have a focus on the meaning of the day. Especially, because it takes it’s time passing. And we don’t want to just keep thinking of food.

We need to take the time to remember, for instance, that this is the time the walls of Jerusalem were surrounded, and we had failed to behave as the Jews we

could’ve and should’ve.

We were, sadly, barricaded in and locked in by an army, and the source of was our food was cut off.

Kind of like a fast day!

So, the proof is in the pudding: if you don’t monitor your behavior, you wind up starving, and that’s the way the cookie crumbles.

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