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fter hearing it so many times, it could have become cliché: “We are partners with you in your child’s success.” But the sincerity in which it was conveyed was indicative of how genuine those words were. With a few children in school, I was privileged to attend some orientations these past weeks. After every orientation I walked away awed at how much work goes into a school year and how much time, energy and understanding goes into every teachers’s and rebbe’s day. I was amazed at how these teachers knew where our children sat already, just a few days into school. Some of them knew that this child liked to read or that this child liked to talk about politics. How do they manage to connect with so many children in such a short time?

Every teacher has his or her own style.

Some rebbeim impart their lessons with stories or demonstrations. Others prefer to teach only in the sefer. Some teachers like to use visuals when teaching; others find that incorporating songs or repetitive phrases helps their students learn. I remember my fifth grade teacher loved to sing. I happen to not particularly enjoying singing, but we were taught songs for every subject. And do you know what? I still remember some of those songs, many, many years later. My eighth grade science teacher, on the other hand, was an excellent teacher but she had a pretty straight

teaching style. Her lessons were not as dynamic but she kept us on our toes and I still remember her biology lessons today.

After many, many years of teaching, teachers accumulate many, many students who pass through their classrooms. It’s easy for the students to remember them.

After all, the teachers are the ones standing in front of the classroom every day, talking and engaging. But there are teachers who I meet today who still remember my face.

“Oh, don’t tell me… You’re a Soroka, right?”

I even had someone come over to me who was my sister’s teacher – not mine – who told me that she remembered my sister and knew me as well. Teachers put so much into every student that they become part of them during that year. And even after school is over, fond memories remain.

It’s the start of the year and both students and teachers are looking forward to an exciting, successful year. Next week, as my children come home from school with their knapsacks bulging with projects and divrei Torah, I know I will be once again be amazed at their teachers and rebbeim who managed to teach them so much in such a short time. Parents and teachers truly are partners in their children’s success, and I am so grateful that I have such wonderful and experienced people who are so dedicated to my children’s future.

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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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NEWS Global

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National

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Odd-but-True Stories

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ISRAEL

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Israel News

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The Cliffs of Ashkelon by Rafi Sackville 88 PEOPLE

The Pinkertons Round up the Wild West by Avi Heiligman

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PARSHA Rabbi Wein

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JEWISH THOUGHT Make it Memorable by Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz

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For Crying Out Loud – and Not by Eytan Kobre

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Controlled Change by Rabbi Dr. Naphtali Hoff

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HEALTH & FITNESS How to Love by Deb Hirschhorn, PhD Yes, Get the Flu Shot by Dr. Hylton Lightman

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FOOD & LEISURE The Aussie Gourmet: Korean BBQ Quinoa Bowl

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LIFESTYLES

Dear Editor, I read Anonymous’ article about the time gap between camp and school, and I realized that this person obviously has no idea what goes on in a school. He seems sincere, so I thought I would take some time out to explain.

Most schools have camps in their buildings during the summer. It takes days and days to get the school ready for learning after camp is over. In the school where I work, there were some janitors who pulled all-nighters in order to have the schools ready for the teachers to come set up. The staff works very hard. Anyone who says, “I don’t know why it should take so long” shows that they’ve never been involved in such an endeavor.

After that, it can take teachers (elementary) between 2-3 days to set up a classroom and get it ready for your child to learn in (more for preschool). Yes, I wrote “days.” When your child comes to school, the classroom is all set up, nice and neat, the walls are beautifully decorated, books are ready, everything is in place. It takes time to make that happen.

There is one other point I would like to address. The writer made a comment about teachers having off

in the summer. Many, many teachers and rebbes actually work in the summer. You may not be aware of this, but most teachers are paid for 10 months of the year, not 12. Working during the summer is a necessity for many people. And whether they are working or not, most teachers spend many (unpaid) hours during the summer preparing, taking courses, etc. to enrich your child’s school experience.

School, believe it or not, is not a babysitting service. Everyone involved is doing their utmost to provide Yiddishe children with an exemplary educational experience. I am sorry that it is difficult for you to entertain your children for 2 weeks.

I can certainly empathize with the problems involved when you need to work and need to take care of your children at the same time. But let’s stop blaming “the schools.” I am sure we can come up with some creative solutions.

A Teacher Dear Editor, I appreciated your article on previous presidents and their illnesses – public or not. I found it very interesting. Perhaps you would consider a weekly column about our presiContinued on page 14

Dating Dialogue, Moderated by Jennifer Mann, LCSW 94 Minding Your Own Business by Chaim Homnick 122

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Your Money

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Baby You Look Good to Me by Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS 134

HUMOR Centerfold

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Rocky’s Rant: Weather or Not

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Uncle Moishy Fun Page

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POLITICAL CROSSFIRE All Eyes on the Candidates by Nachum Soroka

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Notable Quotes

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Trump Benefits from the Ills of Obamacare by Michael Gerson

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Hillary Sharpens, Trump Softens. He’s Rising, She’s Falling by Charles Krauthammer 116 CLASSIFIEDS

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dents? I’m sure many of your readers would enjoy.

Just a thought…

Sincerely, Adam Gerber Dear Editor, Hashem is truly watching over us – that is what I said to myself when I heard about many exploding devices being planted around our area and that no one suffered severe injuries. Can you imagine the carnage chas v’shalom that could have taken place? When I internalized what could have happened I was mispa’el.

We have so much to be grateful for.

A few weeks ago one of your writers wrote a piece about this. He (or she) wrote that many times we are saved from something so enormous but we go about our merry lives. Do we stop to think: what could have happened and how it would have affected this person and their family?

If someone would have been severely injured or G-d forbid have lost his or her life, imagine the terror their family would be going through. Imagine their pain, their loss of a parent, a child, a friend.

We need to focus on Hashem’s chessed in this time. We need to acknowledge and appreciate all the good that He does for us on a daily basis. It’s not easy but if you stop and think, you will be grateful for every moment that He gives to you.

May we only share in good tidings.

Yerachmiel K. Dear Editor, I empathize with the women who wrote in this week to your dating column. I too was a widower. I was married to my husband for 17 ½ years before he passed on. It took me over a year to finally feel comfortable socializing again. Three years ago my daughter gently suggested that she and her siblings would be happy for me if I married again. I couldn’t believe she said that. I wasn’t thinking of marriage at all! I couldn’t imagine my life with another man.

But after thinking about it for a few weeks and speaking it over with my two close friends, I came to the realization that another relationship would be good for me and my children. I am hoping to live for many, many more years and the thought of

being lonely for the next few decades was sad.

When I started dating I wasn’t looking for someone to be my husband. At first I was just looking for someone to be my friend, someone who I can be comfortable with, and who will not judge me and will care for me; someone who I can do the same for them. I met a few men and finally met my current husband.

We took things slow; he was also a widower. But we both went into the marriage knowing that we were not looking for a duplicate of our former spouse; we were both in a different stage than our previous marriage that required a different person to help guide us through.

I am grateful my daughter pushed me to date again. Although I miss my former husband and he is always in heart, my current husband is the most wonderful thing to have happened to me now. I am able to enjoy life, laugh, and be happy; loneliness is not an option. Sometimes I think of it this way. We are all pieces of a puzzle. Yes, my first husband fit me to a “t.” But every puzzle piece has two sides and my second husband is different from my husband but also

connects with me and we fit together so perfectly. He is the puzzle piece from the “other side.”

Best of luck to the widower who wrote in this week. I hope that she too finds a perfect match, just like me.

A Reader

Views expressed on the Letters to the Editor page do not necessarily reflect the views of The Jewish Home.

Please send all correspondence to: editor @fivetowns jewishhome.com.

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The Week In News

Russia Hearts Putin – Or Else

This week, President Vladimir’s ruling party came out victorious in the nation’s elections, winning a whopping 49.8 percent of the vote.

Now, the United Russia party will sit in three-quarters of the seats in the 450-seat State Duma. This is despite the long economic crisis the country is suffering.

No one is surprised that Putin maintained his power. After all, this

is Russia. But the sweeping victory gave some pause. The majority in the State Duma allows United Russia alone to amend the constitution on its own.

Only 48 percent of Russians headed to the polls this week, the lowest for a nationwide parliamentary vote in the history of post-Soviet Russia.

In Moscow and Saint Petersburg participation did not reach more than 30 percent and experts said that many Russians have been turned off by the lack of genuine choice. Kremlin opponents were allowed to take part in the vote but the contest was never fair as they faced regular harassment and attacks from state media.

Putin’s been ruling Russia for 16 years. But he seems to think that his term is far from over. A victory of such magnitude could pave the way for him to win his fourth term as president in 2018. The Kremlin strongman has not yet said that he is going to run for another six-year term, which would make him the longest ruling leader since Stalin, but with his approval ratings at 80 percent few doubt he will.

“It’s obvious that the overwhelming majority of those who voted de facto voiced support for the presi-

dent,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said of Sunday’s poll. “Once more, we see the president gain an impressive vote of confidence from the people.”

No Plastic Plates for You

Did Bloomberg move to Paris?

Wherever he is, it seems the French are copying his nanny-state ways.

According to The Associated Press, France has become the first country in the world to ban disposable, plastic cups and dishes. Under the new law, which passed last month, all single-use cups, plates and other dishware sold in the country will need to be compostable and made at least partly of bio-sourced materials. The law will take effect on January 1, 2020.

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France currently throws away more than 4.7 billion plastic cups every year, according to newspaper Les Echos. Only 1 percent of these items are recycled.

Though environmentalists and others have rejoiced in the passage of the new measure, it has also been met with criticism. At least one packaging industry lobbyist has threatened to take legal action against France for violating European Union rules on the free movement of goods, AP reported.

France, which hosted the landmark Paris Climate Change Conference last year, has stepped up its commitment to climate action and other environmental issues. The country’s plastic dishware ban follows a similar prohibition on plastic bags, which began in July.

I hope de Blasio is not reading this article.

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of a tally.

According to the Obama administration, between 2009 and 2015, 473 strikes were launched, mostly with drones, that killed between 2,372 and 2,581 terrorist “combatants.” The CIA has been reportedly investigating a “surveillance lapse” in their internal investigation of the killing of 73-year-old Weinstein and Lo Porto.

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killed in a 2015 U.S. drone strike. A covert counter-terrorism operation went wrong last year and Giovanni Lo Porto and an American named Warren Weinstein were both killed.

37-year-old Lo Porto was an Italian national. Both were being held captive by al-Qaeda at the time of their death.

News of the payment was released by an Italian paper after Giovanni’s brother, Daniel Lo Porto, leaked the settlement details. Neither U.S. nor Italian governments have commented on the story. The payment was made to Giovanni’s mother and father, Giusy and Vito Lo Porto, of Palermo.

The White House acknowledged their deaths in January after a visit from Matteo Renzi, the Italian prime minister. In July, the government admitted that between 64 and 116 civilians have been killed in drone and other airstrikes during the Obama administration. Many experts have argued that that seems like too low

There is a dark and dangerous world deep below the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. Since 1886, millions of men have literally risked their lives in search of fortune in the Langlaagte gold mine. The mine has produced over 2 billion ounces of gold, which is roughly half of the bullion ever mined. But it comes at a price.

One example of the dear price men have paid is that of 25-year-old Sibangani Tsikwe. Like many other illegal immigrants from the poverty-stricken country of Zimbabwe, Tsikwe went below the earth’s surface in search of gold on September 5, but has not been seen since. Like the scores of illegal miners that are lost every year, Tsikwe is illegal and those looking for him are reluctant to ask police for help.

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In Zimbabwe, the unemployment rate is over 80 percent. A good trip down the mine may yield as much as $210 of gold – a small fortune in Zimbabwe. The story of Tsikwe is even more tragic when one realizes that the government and mining companies are trying to stop the illegal miners from working in such unsafe environments. The Department of Mineral Resources, which is in charge of all disused mines, has blocked over 200 shafts but finds many opened again by illegals. The “zama-zamas,” as they are called, are known for their resourcefulness in using explosives and lifting gear to remove concrete blocking slabs and cement plugs to try to get at the yellow ore.

Until the economies of the region improve, it is unlikely that anything will change – and very likely that many more will perish in search of gold.

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geometric puzzles with his computing passion and came up with the first version of Tetris. With the help of others, he added esthetics, color, music and, most importantly, the disappearing of the bottom row of the game. He called the shapes tetrominoes and the back and forth between game and player reminding Pajitnov of tennis, so he named his invention Tetris.

The game was an instant sensation in the USSR. When a British computer salesman named Robert Stein was visiting Hungary’s Institute of Computer Science looking for new products to distribute, he latched onto the addicting game.

The game was introduced to the U.S. in 1988 and was an immediate commercial and critical success. It quickly became the Soviet Union’s greatest commercial export.

The ownership rights of the game have long been contested as the Russian Academy had Pajitnov under contract when he invented it. After years of ownership battles, the inventor is finally receiving compensation for his work. To date, the game has sold over 170 million physical copies and 425 million mobile phone and tablet downloads, generating nearly $1 billion in sales.

The Jewish Cuisine of Calcutta Who under the age of 40 has not enjoyed the game of Tetris? Well, now you have a chance to learn about its creation.

A new book called The Tetris Effect tells the story of how Alexey Pajitnov spent his youth in the former Soviet Union obsessed with geometric math puzzles. His favorite were pentomino puzzles — geometric jigsaw challenges that required players to join pieces made up of five squares into a set area. After graduating from the prestigious Moscow Institute of Aviation, Pajitnov took a research job in the computing department of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Though video games were mostly banned by Soviet censors, games like PAC-MAN and Q*bert slipped through the Iron Curtain and eventually Pajitnov got ahold of them. In six days, he combined his love for

Here’s a location to add to your bucket list: Kolkata, India. Formerly known as Calcutta, the richly cultured city is the capital of India’s West Bengal state. It’s recognized for its grand colonial architecture, art galleries and cultural festivals.

However, its small and unique Jewish community is the city’s little secret that few know about.

In the early 1900s, while under British rule, Calcutta was a hub for migrants from global communities such as Paris, Armenia, Burma, China, and Greece. During that time oppressed Jews settled there.

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a lucrative trade route. After India’s independence from Britain in 1947, the majority of the 6,000 Jews resettled in Israel, but a small number remained in Calcutta. Currently there are about 20 Jewish descendants in the city, all in their seventies. Being that the population is all elderly, the city’s Jewish Community Affairs body is concerned that within a few years the Jews of Calcutta will soon be history.

In an effort to attract a younger generation of Jews to the city, a new restaurant, Calcutta Stories, has opened. It’s owned by Prithvish and Baishali Chakravarti, who launched the traditional Kolkata-Chinese eatery Tak Heng last year. The Jewish portion of the menu was created by Flower Silliman, 86, who has been chronicling Jewish-Calcuttan cuisine through cookbooks. Silliman is a native Calcuttan who has lived in India for almost half her life before she moved to Israel and, later, to the U.S. to live with her children.

“My mother wasn’t a good cook, but my grandmother was,” Silliman says of her younger days in Calcutta.

“She was incredibly inventive. For instance, she used to make a delicious jam with the pith of pomelos,

and even though the fruit is bitter, the jam wasn’t. It was her way of combining the cooking techniques of the Middle East—she was from Basra—with what was available in India.”

The most popular Jewish-Calcuttan dish within the Jewish community is probably alu makallah, chopped fried potatoes seasoned with salt and turmeric. “I always say this dish came about because two Bengali and Jewish housewives were neighbors,” Silliman muses.

We cannot confirm whose hashgacha the Calcuttan restaurant is under but the food will definitely be different than what you can find on Central Avenue.

France Grants Restitution to Holocaust Survivors “In many ways, this is belated justice for the worst crimes in history,” said Stuart Eizenstat, the State Department’s special adviser for

Holocaust issues. It’s actually a far cry from justice but the State Department has approved 90 claims for a total $11 million in restitutions from France to victims of the Holocaust.

Thousands upon thousands of war prisoners were transported to the brutal Nazi death camps via French trains. The victims weren’t given any food or drink and were provided with a bucket as a toilet.

The stifling railroad cars were operated by the state-owned French railway, SNCF. SNCF was paid by the Nazis to transport 76,000 Jews and other prisoners. All but 2,000 perished during World War II. The reparations are being paid to survivors of the horrific train ride or their

spouses or any other living heirs.

Over the years, the French government has paid more than $6 billion in Holocaust reparations but only French citizens and those of four countries that had bilateral agreements with France were entitled to the payments. This is the first compensation from France to survivors who settled in the U.S., Israel, Canada and other countries that haven’t had a reparations agreement with France. This is also the first reparations program to grant compensations to heirs.

Since a 2014 agreement between the U.S. and France, in which the French government pledged a total $60 million for the deportations carried out by SNCF, over 700 claims have been filed. In exchange, the U.S. government agreed to ask courts to dismiss any U.S. lawsuits against SNCF or the French government. Additionally SNCF officials have issued an apology but insisted that they were forced to transport the victims after Nazi Germany occupied France and took control of the railroads in 1940.

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state and federal legislation. Despite major efforts since 2000, their cause first gained political traction in 2010 when survivors rightfully argued that the U.S. shouldn’t award contracts to SNCF and a company in which it holds a majority stake, Paris-based Keolis, until the victims receive appropriate compensation.

Eizenstat said 29 Holocaust deportees have received $204,000 each, while 11 spouses of those who died in Nazi concentration camps or before 1948 are receiving $51,000 each. Being that so many Holocaust survivors and their spouses have already passed, the majority of the claims were received by heirs in the first round between November 2015 and May. State Department staffers are reviewing an additional 600 claims and on Thursday opened a second round of applications due January 20. If the incoming applications don’t deplete the $60 million pledge then those that are eligible and already received payments will receive more. All of the $60 million, as well as interest accrued on the fund, will be paid out, Mr. Eizenstat said, noting that the State Department has waived “quite considerable” administrative costs.

Israeli Education Snapshot

The current state of the Israeli educational system is analyzed in a report titled “Education at a Glance.”

The report, which was published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, found that although Israel spends a higher proportion of its national budget on education, the actual amount spent per student is quite low. 11% of total public spending went to education, however that’s only $7,840 per pupil, which is far less than the global Organization for Economic Cooper-

ation and Development’s average of $10,493.

Israel is improving and has shown increases but there is still a way to go. From 2008 to 2013, the Jewish State raised its spending per student by 17% which is way higher than the 8% average increase amongst other countries. While student population increased by 11% the overall education budget increased by 30%.

The report also compared the differences in education levels between men and women. While women are almost twice as likely to have a degree, they are still less likely to have a job. 84% of female college grads have jobs, while 90% of their male counterparts are employed. Income inequality is a big issue as well. Women earn only around two-thirds of the salary that their male counterparts receive.

men that were lost helping England in pre-state Palestine in 1941.

Martin Sugarman, a British archivist and historian, has made many appeals to the British government to memorialize the brave young men of Operation Boatswain and was finally successful this past month. The operation is well-known to Israelis but is barely heard of in England.

Remembering 23 Palmach Heroes

While still under British rule, the Jews of the Yishuv did not cooperate with the British military. However, in 1941, the Brits were looking for help in running a mission against the French forces in Lebanon and Syria.

The goal of the mission was to sabotage an oil refinery in Tripoli, Leb-

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anon. Twenty three young members of the Palmach, the Haganah’s elite fighting force, came forward.

The plan was to take a boat up the Lebanon coastline to Tripoli and plant explosives in the refinery. After rigorous training, the group set out on the night of May 18, 1941 – and were never seen again. Multiple theories exist as to what happened to the men; they have been listed as “missing in action” ever since that tragic night.

Although multiple searches have been commissioned over the decades, no traces of the men have ever been found. The story of the 23 men has long been memorialized on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem and in many streets across the Holy Land but England has never honored or even acknowledged the brave men who heroically volunteered.

Sugarman has made it his mission to procure acknowledgment from England. He wrote to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, explaining all the details of the case and all of the documented information surrounding the mission. Surprisingly, the Commission responded and has set up a memorial at Brookwood cemetery. The cemetery is the largest in country, and one of the biggest in Europe.

Hopefully this posthumous tribute will comfort the loved ones of the 23 brave heroes.

Nagel Defends $38B Defense Deal

and forth before landing on a final draft. Perhaps the most controversial component is that unlike the current Memorandum of Understanding, which allow 26.3 percent of the aid to be spent in Israel, this update which starts in 2018 requires all of the money to be spent in America. Critics of the deal have pointed out that this will destroy parts of Israel’s domestic arms industry and may result in Israeli companies outsourcing jobs to Americans.

Ya’akov Nagel, the acting National Security Advisor, negotiated the agreement. “The agreement comes at a time of cuts in the U.S. defense budget, including the missile defense budget. The signing of the agreement underscores the depth and strength of the relationship between Israel and the United States,” said Nagel.

He also addressed those that are critical of the deal. “I am exposed to disinformation in the media by irresponsible critics, most of whom do not know the process of negotiations we held over the last three and a half years or the agreement in detail. Unfortunately much of the criticism, even from former and current officials, is totally disconnected from reality,” he said. He is referring to the public criticism he has received from former Defense Ministers Ehud Barak and Moshe Ya’alon.

Nagel also noted that “at no point in the negotiations did Israel receive a better offer than the one in the proposal it signed. The highest offer we received is in the proposal that appears in the signed agreement. The claim that we could have received an additional $7 billion is completely detached from reality.”

Israeli Nukes in the Spotlight

Israel has signed a $38 billion defense aid package with the United States of America. The U.S. promised to give Israel $3.8 billion a year for the next ten years. Five billion dollars are earmarked specifically for joint missile defense projects. The historic agreement is a $700 million per year increase. The Memorandum of Understanding, as the deal is known, took over a year to negotiate.

The deal required a lot of back

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considered a well-known secret. Over the past 40 years, there have been slips and mentions of the nuclear capability of the state, however neither the United States nor Israel has ever admitted to it publicly. This week a leaked email from Former Secretary of State Colin Powell forced Israel’s nuclear powers into the spotlight.

In a hacked email, Powell writes to a friend of his that the “Iranians can’t use one if they finally make one [...]

The boys in Tehran know Israel has 200, all targeted on Tehran, and we have thousands.” The email was written in advance of Benjamin Netanyahu’s 2015 speech to Congress before the Iran nuclear deal was signed. The letter was sent to Democratic donor Jeffrey Leeds, a hedge-fund founder who serves on the board of the Colin L. Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at the City College of New York.

A spokesperson for the retired army general, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, put out a statement saying that “Gen. Powell has not been briefed or had any knowledge from U.S. sources on the existence and or size of an Israeli nuclear capability. He, like many people, believe that there may be a capability and the number 200 has been speculated upon in open sources.” It added: “This email was written 10 years after he left government and has not received briefings on classified matters.”

The 89-year-old would not say whether he still has a security clearance. He is not the first former U.S. official to acknowledge Israel’s nuclear arsenal. Former President Jimmy Carter has said in many interviews and speeches that Israel has between 150 and 300 nuclear warheads.

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The Las Vegas native was the Graduate Student Association president at UCLA, but has now chosen to leave the school and complete his degree at NYU. His nearly year-long battle with the members of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel led to his decision to leave the school.

Chatterjee was harassed incessantly by BDS activists after stipulating that a diversity event would receive no funding if its organizers had any connection to the BDS movement. According to Chatterjee, “The administration is working in collusion with BDS activists.”

It all began when a group called the Diversity Caucus organized a panel event and requested $2,000 from the Graduate Student Association in funding. After initially agreeing to vote on the funding, Chatterjee sent an email stipulating that the group could not receive the funding if it “engaged with any groups that supported divestment from Israel.” He said that giving funds to the Students for Justice in Palestine, a national anti-Zionist group, would imply that the university took a stand in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He also mentioned that some members of the student government were uncomfortable with giving funds to the group.

The pro-Palestinian group complained to the administration and the Pandora’s Box has not closed since. The school launched an investigation and concluded that Chatterjee broke the school’s viewpoint neutrality rules. He contends – and the school admits – that the rules were never clearly explained. Chatterjee wants his record wiped clean but the university has refused to do so. The 27-year-old also claims that UCLA allowed BDS to leak the confidential report online. This is all in addition to the intense harassment he was subjected to by campus members of the BDS movement.

Chatterjee is not fighting his battle alone. In the past week, over 500 UCLA alumni have signed an online petition calling for a public apology from the university. Donors have threatened to stop giving, and Helen Jacobs-Lepor, a vice president of a large biomedical device company, wrote on her Facebook page that she has taken UCLA out of her will. “I am appalled as to how you treated Milan

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Chatterjee and your failure to protect him from the vicious actions of the BDS movement,” Jacobs-Lepor wrote.

Corruption in Arab Party

An investigation led by Israeli police has revealed that over 20 activists and members of the Arab-Israeli party Balad hid the origin of millions of shekels in party donations. The police have arrested senior Balad members, lawyers, activists and accountants. The three-seat party is one of the four Joint (Arab) List parties.

The investigation began when a state comptroller report alerted the attorney general that senior members and activists had developed a way to “systematically misrepresent” the origins of millions of donated shekels. Allegedly, Balad reported large donations as having come from “various sources in Israel and abroad” as if they were smaller contributions that came from within Israel. The police report also said the party was involved in suspicious activities including “falsifying corporate documents, forgery, use of forged documents, money laundering, and violating the party financing law.”

Unsurprisingly, Balad denied the charges, calling them “fabricated” and “baseless.” “The latest arrests are a brazen and dangerous escalation, but will not deter us from continuing our work,” its statement said.

The founder of Balad, Azmi Bishara, fled Israel for Qatar in 2007 after he was accused of providing Hezbollah, the Lebanese terror group, with information during the Second Lebanon War. The party’s three Knesset members were heavily criticized and condemned for visiting the families of Palestinians who were killed while attacking Israelis.

Palestinian “Proud to be Called a Terrorist”

Gaza-based Hamas leader Fathi Hammad has announced that he is very happy to have been named a “global terrorist” by the United States. Hammad, 55, is now in the company of al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, Hezbollah, Algerian Salafists, the Islamic State, Hamas and the Taliban on the U.S. State Department’s “specially designated global terrorist” list.

Rather than take pause at being in such despicable company, Hammad told reporters that the State Department’s decision “only makes me more confident about my path. The threat of killing or arrest? It doesn’t freak me out, not at all. I am looking forward to it.” Hammad added that he feels “proud that I managed to anger America.”

The former interior minister for the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip has been charged with coordinating terrorist cells. He has also been marked as the director of Al-Aqsa TV, “which is a primary Hamas media outlet with programs designed to recruit children to become Hamas armed fighters and suicide bombers upon reaching adulthood.”

Though Hammad’s travel will be even more restricted now that he is on the list, the terrorist is still trying to relay his thoughts to America.

While speaking to reporters Hammad said he would “like to deliver a message to the American people.

Your administration is cheating you, the president is lying to you. They are taking your money, money that should spent on health care, on education, on poor people, and they give it to Israel, which is the biggest sponsor of terrorism in the world.”

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Undeserved Citizenship

Hundreds of people are citizens of the United States – and they have their fingerprints to thank. According to a recent report released this week, almost 900 people were granted citizenship because fingerprints that were on old records were not digitized nor included in the Department of Homeland Security’s database. In other cases, fingerprints taken by immigration officials were not sent to the FBI. Hundreds of those should have been deported before their citizenship was granted.

Nearly 150,000 older fingerprint records have not been digitized.

“This situation created opportunities for individuals to gain rights and privileges of U.S. citizenship through fraud,” said John Roth, the inspector general at Homeland Security.

Since the attack in Paris in November and the shooting in San Bernardino, officials have begun to take a closer look at our nation’s immigration policy, raising concern about individuals with ties to terrorism gaining entry into the United States.

President Obama has signed into legislation tightened visa waivers that make it harder for travelers to enter the United States from Europe if they had dual citizenship from Iran, Iraq, Sudan or Syria, or had visited one of those countries in the previous five years.

About 38 countries, mostly in Europe, participate in the visa-waiver program, which allows their citizens to visit the United States without a visa on trips of 90 days or less.

Homeland Security officials have also begun an extensive review of the K-1 visa, also known as a fiancé visa, which allowed Tashfeen Malik, one of the attackers in San Bernardino, to

enter the United States.

As naturalized citizens, these individuals who mistakenly were granted citizenship retain many of the rights and privileges of Americans, including serving in law enforcement, obtaining a security clearance and sponsoring other the entry of other foreigners into the United States, the report said. At least three people, who became naturalized citizens after being “deported” under another name, obtained the necessary clearances to conduct security sensitive work.

Officials are scrambling to correct the error and since the report the individuals identified have had their credentials revoked. They are considering if their citizenship should be revoked as well.

FBI Will Allow Agents to Pose as Reporters Even FBI agents have limitations into their investigation tactics. Back in 2007, an FBI agent posed as an Associated Press reporter as part of an

investigation into bomb threats made at a Seattle-area high school. The purpose of the impersonation was to discover the identity of a 15-yearold student who had anonymously emailed a series of bomb threats to Timberline High School. The agent posed as a reporter and engaged the boy, Charles Jenkins, in conversation. Eventually, the agent sent a fake news link and photographs to the teen and when Jenkins clicked on the links it allowed the FBI to trace his location and identity.

Many claimed that this surreptitious move by the agent violated policy, but a thorough analyzation by the Justice Department deemed it within the confines of policy. However, the incident and all the media attention it generated did prompt the FBI to update policies on undercover investigations. The Justice Department’s

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Office of the Inspector General will still allow for FBI agents to pose as members of the news media for the purpose of an investigation, but it will require additional levels of approval from agency leaders.

The OIG report states that the new policy “prohibits FBI employees from engaging in undercover activities that involve posing as members of the news media, unless those activities are authorized as part of an undercover operation by the [FBI] Deputy Director, after consultation with the Deputy Attorney General.” The report explains that this tactic could potentially harm the relationship for actual media organizations, noting there is a “potential to ‘impair newsgathering activities’ by, for example, making it less likely that sources will share information with journalists, fearing they might actually be FBI agents posing as journalists.”

Some are concerned about agents posing as journalists. “Our biggest takeaway from the report is that it justifies the media impersonation that took place in 2007 and concludes that similar impersonation would be approved,” said Katie Townsend, litigation director at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

“We find that really troubling. We don’t think there is a place for law enforcement impersonation of members of the news media.”

For Richer and For Poorer

The average American household earns $55,775 a year according to the annual survey by the U.S. Census Bureau. The good news is we’re getting richer. The average is an increase across the nation; no state reported income declines but 11 state’s average salary remained the same.

What makes a state richer or poorer? The high-income states had social and economic characteristics in common. For example, most residents in the richest states had high education levels. In 17 of the states reporting higher than average house-

hold incomes, college attainment rates also exceed the national attainment rate of 30.1%.

Real estate across the nation closely echoed household incomes; states with high incomes had median home values that exceeded the national median home value of

$194,500. The opposite remained true for the nation’s poorest states.

Where are people’s wallets growing increasingly thinner? America’s poorest states are: 1. Mississippi 2. Arkansas 3. West Virginia

4. Alabama 5. Kentucky On the other hand, in these states, people have extra change jangling in their pockets. America’s richest states are: 1. Maryland 2. Hawaii

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3. Alaska 4. New Jersey 5. Connecticut While this report isn’t intended to necessarily highlight the economic inequality in the country, it is important to note that the poorest half of the U.S. owns 2.5% of the country’s wealth while the top 1% owns 35% of it. Of the total income in the nation, the top 1% takes home 20% of the income. The super-rich, the top .01%, take home 6% of the national income. With enough effort and ingenuity – and an inheritance doesn’t hurt – Americans can reach soaring heights.

Corrupt Prison Closes its Doors The Walnut Grove Correctional Facility closed its doors on Thursday for good, and its prisoners were transferred to other state facilities.

The privately owned Mississippi facility was accused of being run by gangs and extremely corrupt prison guards. Reports accuse some of the guards of being gang members

themselves. There was intel that a prison supervisor had intentionally freed prisoners from their cells to assault unsuspecting rivals.

The neighboring town of Walnut Grove, population 1,900, benefited tremendously from the prison, as it provided revenue and employment.

The town lobbied to be the site of a prison after one of its major employers, a glove factory, was closed. Walnut Grove’s mayor, William Grady Sims, served for a time as the prison’s warden.

The corruption in the jail did not go unnoticed. Judge Carlton Reeves of Federal District Court wrote in a 2012 settlement order that it “paints a picture of such horror as should be unrealized anywhere in the civilized world.”

Walnut Grove was run by Management and Training Corp., a Utahbased company that is among the nation’s largest private prison contractors. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said in June that it had decided to shut down Walnut Grove due to budget cuts.

Issa Arnita, a spokesman for the private prison contractor, said in a statement that Management and Training Corporation had “made tre-

mendous improvements to overall operations” at Walnut Grove since it took over management in 2012. But the 1,260-bed facility had been operating since 2012 under a federal consent decree for violating prisoners’ constitutional rights, and in 2014, Walnut Grove was the scene of two major riots.

Last month the Justice Department announced that it would phase out its use of private prisons to host federal inmates after concluding that these types of facilities tend to be more dangerous and less effective than government-run prisons.

However that ruling did not affect Mississippi or other states which rely on private firms to manage prison populations. For-profit prisons were originally created to save money but recent research suggests that in reality private prisons do not actually cost taxpayers less money.

Walnut Grove’s closing was celebrated by prison rights organizations and civil liberties groups. “Good riddance to Walnut Grove, a cesspool sponsored by Mississippians’ tax dollars,” said Jody Owens, a managing attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center.

According to the Federal Bureau

of Prisons, there are 192,583 federal inmates in prison in the United States. 11 percent of them – 21,798 – are held in privately managed facilities.

Stop and Spit

What happened to the good ol’ fingerprint? Authorities are beginning to rely heavily on DNA collection for big and small crimes. Over the last decade, police and detective departments have been hustling to collect DNA from all kinds of people, even those who are not charged with or even suspected of any crime.

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In some jurisdictions, police are requesting DNA samples during traffic stops – of course, only if you want to. In some small cities the smallest indiscretion like riding a bike at night without two functioning lights can lead to a pressured DNA swab.

“In Florida law, basically, if we can ask consent, and if they give it, we can obtain it,” said Cmdr. Heath Sanders, the head of investigations at the Melbourne Police Department.

“We’re not going to be walking down the street and asking a five-year-old to stick out his tongue. That’s just not reasonable. But let’s say a kid’s 15-, 16-years-old, we can ask for consent without the parents.”

Director of Public Safety Frederick Harran of Bensalem Township credits the growing DNA database with a decrease in crime rates. Bensalem shares their database with neighboring Bucks County and in the last four years since the program was implemented, burglaries in the township fell by 42%.

“This has probably been the greatest innovation in local law enforcement since the bulletproof vest,” Harran exulted. “It stops crime in its tracks… So why everyone’s not doing it? I don’t know.”

Civil rights activists are viewing this new policy as a version of stopand-frisk and have dubbed it “stopand-spit.” Consent is required for a DNA swabbing and there are strict standards for obtaining DNA from individuals convicted of crimes and from those under arrest. Under the Fourth Amendment, law enforcement must have a reasonable suspicion that a person is involved in a crime before requiring a DNA swab which is considered a search and requires a warrant. But the idea of collecting DNA is new and activists believe that consenting individuals do not realize what they are actually consenting to.

A recent case in Maryland’s Supreme Court has shed some light on the legality of DNA samples. In 2015 the court ruled that law enforcement can legally use DNA voluntarily provided to police investigating one crime to solve another, however, the case didn’t address the issue of DNA collected outside of an investigation but rather in a chance street encounter with police or during a traffic stop.

There are strict regulations that govern which DNA samples are added to the FBI’s national database, but they don’t apply to police departments’ private databases which are not subjected to state or federal regulation or oversight. Jason Kreag, a University of Arizona law professor who’s written about local law enforcement’s expanding use of DNA, said, “There’s no laws, there’s nothing. We’re in uncharted territory.

There’s nothing governing what we’re doing.”

Wave of Terror Strikes Tri-State Area

Ahmad Khan Rahami, an American citizen with Afghan origins, was living in Elizabeth, NJ, helping his parents run a restaurant in town.

But this week, Rahami is living in a cell as he has been arrested for planting bombs in New York and New Jersey last week.

The series of attacks began Saturday morning in Seaside Park, New Jersey, when an improvised explosive device was set off in the beach town about 90 miles from Manhattan. The device exploded along the route of a scheduled 5K charity race to benefit U.S. Marines and sailors.

No one was hurt in the incident; because of delays with the start of the run, the explosion occurred before many people were at the area.

In the search after the explosion that took place in the Chelsea area of Manhattan and injured 29 people, officials found an undetonated second device on 27th Street, said James O’Neill, the city’s police commissioner. The second device, described as a pressure cooker, was removed by authorities and did not explode.

Authorities believe that Rahami is responsible for planting all three explosive devices. He is believed to be the man seen in surveillance footage at both the scene of the explosion on West 23rd Street and on West 27th Street.

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On the same day of the explosions in New York and New Jersey, the state of Minnesota also felt its own horror of terror when a 20-year-old stormed into a mall and stabbed ten people on Saturday night. The terrorist was shot and killed by an off-duty police

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Dahir Adan supposedly went to the mall in St. Cloud to purchase a phone. He was a private security firm employee who was out of a job at the time of the attack and many say he was acting strangely before the attack. His Somali community says that he was a well-respected member of the community. Adan had come to the United States from Somalia when he was 3-months-old.

St. Cloud is home to one of Minnesota’s larger immigrant Muslim communities – with the largest number of Somali immigrants in the nation – and the incident has rattled people there. Members of the community are concerned about a possible backlash from the incident.

Already on Monday, a restaurant in Minnesota posted a sign with the words: “Muslims get out.” Its owner says that his business increased after the sign went up and that he had to call in three extra workers.

Authorities at this point are saying that Adan acted alone, although an ISIS-linked new agency praised him as a “soldier of the Islamic state.”

Since 2014, nine Somali-Americans from Minnesota were either convicted at trial or pleaded guilty in a plot to join ISIS by traveling to Syria. Before that, dozens of male Minnesota residents had left to join AlShabaab, a terrorist group working to turn Somalia into an Islamist state.

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On Sunday night, a group of five individuals were arrested on the Belt Parkway near Brooklyn, New York, on suspicions of being involved in the explosions. Rahami is also being charged with five counts of attempted murder of police officers after being involved in a shootout on Monday afternoon in Linden, New Jersey. He is also charged with second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.

The altercation left two responding officers wounded; one was shot in his bulletproof vest and the second officer injured his hand. The exchange began at 10:30am after a restaurant owner, Harry Bains, reported finding someone sleeping in a hallway of his establishment. That person was Rahami.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he considers the explosion an act of terrorism. “I believe it was an act of terrorism,” he asserted. “I believe you set off a bomb and you try to set off a second bomb that is an appearance of trying to intimidate New Yorkers. Yesterday there was no hint of any connection to foreigner terrorism. No group had taken accountability. No group had put out a statement. It was very early in the investigation. It still is early. But there may very well turn out to be a link to foreign terrorist organizations,” he said. “We will find that out today or in the coming days.”

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Using cheaper regular fuel in these engines can cause damage.

In some vehicles, premium fuel is “recommended” but not required.

Those vehicles may operate with lower power or efficiency using regular fuel. Still, it may not hurt the engine to use regular in these vehicles provided that no engine “knock” is heard, AAA said. If an unusual knocking or banging sound is heard from the engine, as it might be under particularly heavy use, premium fuel should be added to the tank as soon as possible, Greg Brannon, AAA’s head of Automotive Engineering, said.

As always, he said, drivers should consult their owner’s manual about which type of fuel is best.

Earlier this year, a AAA study revealed that using cheaper off-brand gasoline can harm engine performance in the long term. Gasoline sold by “no-name” gas stations – ones that weren’t selling a major brand like Exxon Mobil, BP, Shell or Chevron – could cause serious build-ups of engine deposits over just a few thousand miles.

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is simply a waste of money, AAA said.

“Drivers see the ‘premium’ name at the pump and may assume the fuel is better for their vehicle,” said John Nielsen, AAA’s managing director of Automotive Engineering and Repair.

“AAA cautions drivers that premium

gasoline is higher octane, not higher quality, and urges drivers to follow the owner’s manual recommendations for their vehicle’s fuel.”

About 70% of vehicles now on the road require only regular fuel, AAA said. But about 16.5 million drivers

unnecessarily filled up with premium at least once last year. On average, premium costs about 50 cents a gallon more than regular.

About 16% of Americans drive vehicles that actually do require premium fuel, though. These are mostly

Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Or maybe it just gives you heart disease.

Cristin Kearns has stumbled upon a shocking fact: the sugar industry has been covering up the bad effects of sugar for decades. Kearns, a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, discovered this detail through basic google research.

Kearns gained access to confidential documents, correspondence, and other materials that details the relationship between the sugar industry and medical researchers in the 1960s and ‘70s.

According to Kearns, the “Sugar Papers” depict how the sugar industry managed to fool the world for years.

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ciously did not recommend limiting sugar consumption, which is now a well-acknowledged cause for tooth decay. In The Journal of the American Medical Association, Kearns reveals that the leading sugar industry trade group bribed three Harvard researchers nearly $50,000 in today’s dollars to publish a literature review that would link fat and cholesterol – and not sugar – to increased risk of heart disease.

The Sugar Research Foundation, which is now called the Sugar Association, “set the review’s objective, contributed articles for inclusion, and received drafts,” according to the just released report. When the New England Journal of Medicine published the article in 1967, the foundation’s funding and involvement was not mentioned.

“The review concluded there was ‘no doubt’ that the only dietary intervention required to prevent CHD [coronary heart disease] was to reduce dietary cholesterol and substitute polyunsaturated fat for saturated fat in the American diet,” Kearns and her coauthors wrote. Sugar was not mentioned.

Then again in 1980, the federal government released the first-ever Dietary Guidelines, which recommended that Americans limit consumption of saturated fats and cholesterol.

Americans were only advised to “avoid too much sugar” but not because of diet-related disease: “The major health hazard from eating too much sugar is tooth decay,” the guidelines read. As a result Americans started to eat lowfat foods but their health didn’t necessarily improve. The obesity rates, cases of diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and other diet-related disease actually increased. It wasn’t until the last decade that sugar officially became the bad guy.

The American Heart Association recently announced strict intake recommendations for children since sugar is regarded as addictive and poisonous, and weight loss programs recommend very low sugar intake.

Now that research has informed us of the dangers of sugar, the FDA will reconstruct Nutrition Facts requirements. All packaged food in the U.S. will need to include a line for “added sugars” on its label.

The Sugar Association issued a vague response without taking full responsibility for the cover-up. “We acknowledge that the Sugar Research Foundation should have exercised greater transparency in all of

its research activities,” the statement reads. “However, when the studies in question were published, funding disclosures and transparency standards were not the norm they are today.

We question this author’s continued attempts to reframe historical occurrences to conveniently align with the currently trending anti-sugar narrative,” the statement continues, “particularly when the last several decades of research have concluded that sugar does not have a unique role in heart disease.”

“It is true that disclosure was not the norm in 1967, that industry-funded research has [sometimes] been informative, and that sugars do not have a unique role in heart disease,” Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition, food studies, and public health at New York University, pointed out. “It is also true that industry funding tends to skew research results and that diets high in sugar raise the risk for heart disease and that the Sugar Association’s main purpose is to promote the interests of [sugar] producers – not the health of the American public.”

Doesn’t seem like she’s sugarcoating the facts here.

American dream of opportunity for all.”

Being that the museum is located in the Big Apple where people need to chain their benches to their homes for fear of theft, there is a guard standing outside the bathroom door to remind visitors that it’s a piece of art. Considering that it’s all made of gold, the toilet probably is worth between $1,474,592 and $2,527,872 just in gold alone.

That’s like pouring your money down the toilet.

Working for Land

A Golden Throne

Need a job? This may be the perfect position for you.

Located in Cape Breton, an island in Nova Scotia, The Farmer’s Daughter Country Market is looking for workers. But there’s not many around because the area is remote so the company is seeking to hire those from out-of-state. Not interested?

Well, how about a little incentive? For those who are interested in the position, the company is offering 2 acres of land for those willing to come out and work.

“We can’t give you big money, but we can give you an awesome life,” the company’s Facebook post reads. “[W]e can offer you a great incentive to come and try us out. One thing our business does have is LOTS of LAND.”

Heading to the Guggenheim one of these days? You’ll be treated like royalty – when you go to the bathroom, that is. The New York museum has installed an 18-karat gold toilet in its fourth floor restroom. Visitors can use the commode just like they would use any other porcelain model.

The golden throne is part of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s “America” exhibit. This is the first piece he’s displayed in the Guggenheim since 2011.

According to the Guggenheim, the exhibit “offers a wink to the excesses of the art market but also evokes the

Upon being accepted for the job, the new employee will get access to two acres of land to put a home on. If the employee stays on at The Farmer’s Daughter Country Market for five years, and everyone still likes each other after all that time working together, then the land is granted to the employee.

What will your new home look like if you decide to relocate?

“It is an area surrounded by

beautiful mountains and the shining Bras d’Or lake where kayaks and canoes outnumber motorboats,” the post describes. “We are looking for people who are environmentally conscious, want to be part of a community and will see our business not as you work for us, but we all work together to create something to be proud of.”

Sounds like a dream job. Do they have laundry services too?

Hitchhike or Bust

A Frenchman threw a hissy fit in a small New Zealand fishing village after trying to hitchhike from the town with no success. It seems that for four days the 27-year-old stood with his thumb out and there were no takers. After the long days, the Frenchman went “berserk,” attacked the “Welcome to Punakaiki” sign and threw road signs into the local river.

The town of Punakaiki is home to just 70 fulltime residents. It has no grocery and only minimal public facilities. You have to give the traveler credit though for his consistency. He stood at the same spot for four days – even though it was a corner with poor visibility and with nowhere for cars to pull over. It would have taken him a day and a half to walk to the next town over.

“Oh he threw an absolute hissy fit; he was lying prone on the road screaming that New Zealanders were [garbage] and he couldn’t wait to get back to Europe,” says local Neil Mouat, who eventually called police. “He was a spoilt millennial, and he created a … din.”

The ride seeker had a good night’s sleep, though. He was arrested and is now out on bail.

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Wang has been called “the nation’s husband” because he is China’s most eligible bachelor. He is part of the nation’s second-generation rich, sons and daughters of tycoons that are best known for flaunting their decadent lifestyles. But not everyone is swooning over his wealth.

Last year, the official Xinhua news agency published a blistering commentary about Wang accusing him of having “stained the purity of the Chinese (people)” and warning others not to copy the “arrogant and coarse celebrity.”

Seems like his taste and manners are going to the dogs.

Pizza Camp

Apples for Coco Coco may be the luckiest dog in the world but her owner is just a tad crazy.

As Apple fans lined up across China last week in the craze to get their hands on the latest iPhone, Coco lounged on the couch while her owner – or probably his valet – scooped

up eight iPhone 7s for her.

Wang Sicong is the son of Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin, who is estimated to be worth $30 billion. His son makes it his business to show off his bank account to the rest of the world. Just last year, he posted a photo of Coco, his Alaskan malamute, with two Apple watches on her doggie “wrists” that were worth more than $37,000.

Last week, on the day the iPhone came out, Wang shared a photo on Weibo with Coco lounging with her eight black and rose gold iPhone 7s. In China, an iPhone 6 costs 6,988 yuan ($1,047), while the larger iPhone 7 Plus goes for 7,988 yuan ($1,197).

“I don’t understand all the showoff posts on (social media),” read the post alongside the photos. “What’s the point? Don’t make me do it?”

At this camp, it’s pizza for breakfast, lunch and dinner – and it’s not for kids. Pizza Camp is a summer camp experience for adults that took place in the woods near Minneapolis this weekend. The event has been occurring every year since 2014, so maybe you can sign up for Pizza Party 2017 now.

When campers arrived, they received a pizza t-shirt and tote bag.

There was a mega pizza dinner, pizza snacks and a make-your-own-pizza bar. The band played songs all about – what else? – pizza.

In between bites and slices, the revelers enjoyed archery, canoeing and wilderness lessons.

How much do you think a night of pizza popping costs? For a mere $100 you too can enjoy pies and pies of pizza.

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Learn & Live really got off to a “sweet” start this year as Curtis the beekeeper came and showed all the boys where and how honey is made. Being that honey plays an important role in the upcoming yomim Tovim we decided to have a presentation about honey. Each boy as they left got their very own L&L honey jar. This coming Sunday’s Learn & Live program will be featuring “The Shofar in Shul goes Too Too Too...”

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Academic Talent 2-fer: TWO MAY Seniors Nominated to Receive Elite National Merit Scholarship Honor

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f the 1,600,000 American juniors from 22,000 high schools who take the PSAT exam, only 1% are selected as semi-finalists and given the opportunity to compete for only 7,500 Merit Scholarship awards. How elite is that? You can ask MAY seniors Shmuel Maltz and Natan Samson, who were both recently selected as National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists!

While being part of the “1%” is something that is often reviled by many, these one-percenters elicit nothing but pride, admiration and respect. MAY is doubly proud to have two of its students achieve this recognition. Merit Scholar designees are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies.

It is particularly noteworthy that MAY’s two semi-finalists are two of only seven such honorees in all of the Five Towns, and only six other yeshiva students in all of New York City and Five Towns achieved this distinction.

Mr. Chaim Homnik, College Advisor; Rabbi Sam Rudansky, General Studies Principal; Seniors Shmuel Maltz and Natan Samson; Rabbi Mordechai Yaffe, Menahel; and Rabbi Yossi Bennett, Assistant Menahel

“We are extremely proud of Shmuel and Natan,” commented Rabbi Sam Rudansky, General Studies Principal. “They very much embody the academic acumen, work ethic and character of model students and personify what we try to inculcate into all

of our students, each student at his own level of capability.”

“I owe this achievement to my teachers and administration at MAY,” commented Shmuel Maltz. “I have always felt challenged in my classes and I truly believe that enabled me to excel

on this national test.”

The Mesivta wishes Shmuel and Natan much hatzlacha in the next stage of the competition.

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Around the Community Talmidim of Mesivta Chaim Shlomo began publicly committing to completing the entire masechta that the Yeshiva has begun learning, Bava Kamma. The goal is to finish it before next year’s siyum hagadol, slated for the fall of 2017. To assist the talmidim in their mission, a total of five different extracurricular shiurim are on offer on parts of the masechta that will not be covered during the regular daily iyun and bekius shiurim.

Pictured: Rav Zevi Trenk, menahel, with the first group of bachurim who signed up to, with Hashem’s help, finish Maseches Bava Kamma.

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YOSS Mechina Launches Hikon Tefillah Incentive Program

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n Tuesday, the 18th of Elul, the Yeshiva of South Shore launched a new, exciting, and innovative program to help the talmidim reach even greater heights in their tefillos. The Tefillah Incentive Program, also known as “Hikon,” is a pioneering incentive program that helps to inspire young adults to enhance their tefillos. It is based on the words uttered by Amos HaNavi (Amos 4:12), “Hikon l’kras Elokecha Yisrael – prepare yourself Israel to greet Hashem.”

The goal of the program, developed through the collaboration of Rabbi Zev Davidowitz, the dynamic

new Menahel HaMechina, together with the veteran Menahel HaYeshiva, Rabbi Chanina Herzberg, is geared for the 7th and 8th grade boys in the Mechina Division. The goal is to help develop in the talmidim a deeper understanding of the halachos and hashkafa of tefillah and to appreciate the incredible opportunities they have each time they daven.

The parameters of the program are simple, practical, yet extremely conducive to attaining a higher level of davening. Every boy who joins this completely volunteer program will come on time to davening, have proper attire, refrain from talking,

and daven from a siddur with a kol rom (out loud).

To launch the program, Rabbi Paysach Krohn delivered a powerful drasha packed with inspiration and stories about the power of tefillah. He told of the mesiras nefesh of those who davened under duress, and the appreciation of tefillah by so many whose lives were changed through the power of prayer.

Rabbi Krohn’s enthusiasm encouraged the boys of the Mechina Division to enhance their tefillah and connection with Hashem, imparting the reality of the tefillah process.

He vividly defined the fact that they

The 7th and 8th grade classes at YOSS listening to Rabbi Krohn’s shiur

Rabbi Paysach Krohn delivering divrei chizuk to launch the Tefillah Incentive Program

really are connecting and actually talking to a Father in heaven who is truly listening. Regaling the talmidim with unique stories, Rabbi Krohn inspired them to join the program and to enhance their relationship with Hashem on a daily basis.

As a special incentive, all talmidim that enter the Hikon Program will be invited to join their rebbeim and chaveirim on three special trips during the year! The first incentive trip is an exciting hockey game between the N.Y. Islanders and the St. Louis Blues at the Barclay Arena on December 8. All participants will partake of a gala catered meal from Carlos & Gabby’s and be allowed special time on the ice while attending the game.

The response thus far has been overwhelming and the level of tefillah has risen to new heights.

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Yeshiva Gedolah Ateres Yaakov The In-Town Yeshiva with Eretz Yisroel Flavor PHOTO CREDIT NAFTOLI GOLDGRAB

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here is a makom Torah growing in the heart of the Lawrence/Cedarhurst community that provides a serious, yet warm environment for post-high school bnei Torah aspiring to continue their growth and development in Torah and yiras shomayim. Yeshiva Gedolah Ateres Yaakov, under the leadership of Rabbi Meir Braunstein, shlita, successfully encourages each talmid to advance in all facets of Torah learning, while building lasting relationships with caring and dedicated rabbeim and mentors.

Talmidim learn from a faculty of accomplished talmidei chachamim.

At the Yeshiva’s helm is Rabbi Meir Braunstein, shlita. Rabbi Braunstein is a close talmid of Rabbi Yosef Elefant, one of the famed Mir Roshei Yeshiva.

Additionally, Rabbi Braunstein has tremendous experience having guided talmidim as a Rebbe in Yeshiva Aderes Hatorah for over five years. Rabbi

Braunstein is also the Assistant Rav of the Agudath Israel of Long Island, supporting HaRav Yaakov Reisman in leading that chashuvah kehilla.

The Yeshiva Gedola and its dedicated rabbeim are guided by the Menahel, Rabbi Mordechai Yaffe, Ph.D. Under his and Rabbi Braunstein’s guidance, the yeshiva strives to ensure that their talmidim become well-rounded bnei Torah, who are also able to meet the challenges of today’s society.

The Yeshiva Gedolah is more than bochurim learning in a lively bais medrash. The bochurim benefit from numerous healthy and uplifting programs, such as Shabbatons, in-Shabbosim, BBQs, and leibidik mishmars.

These add to the geshmak of the yeshiva and are beneficial to every bochur’s individual growth. Being located on the Mesivta Ateres Yaakov campus allows the Yeshiva Gedola bochurim to benefit from its beautiful bais me-

drash, athletic facilities, food service, and convenient college programs.

Rabbi Yisroel Gold, a Rebbe at the Yeshiva, expressed, “After leaving high school or Eretz Yisroel, bochurim are looking for a yeshiva were they can connect to a Rebbe and grow. The Rosh Yeshiva and rabbeim at Ateres Yaakov care about every facet of a talmid’s life and progress. The rabbeim are there whenever the talmidim need them, whether it’s to discuss learning, personal matters, dating, or just to chap a schmooze. The rebbe-talmid relationship that is forged is truly very special.”

The Yeshiva Gedolah provides another unique opportunity to its bochurim: a chance to learn with and mentor Mesivta talmidim. This opportunity allows the Yeshiva Gedolah bochurim to hone their own learning skill, while having a long lasting impact on younger peers. In turn, the Mesivta talmidim see that they can

continue their learning at the highest levels, even as they move on with their education and professional goals.

The Bais Medrash years are an essential time in the life of a young man.

They are a time when one makes important decisions about their path in life and can solidify their prior gains, while planning the way forward. The Yeshiva Gedolah is designed to provide all of the support and resources young men need to excel and grow during these crucial years. The Yeshiva Gedolah is steadfast in its mission of providing a high level of instruction and personal attention that provides continuity to a bochur’s Mesivta and Eretz Yisroel yeshiva experiences.

Yeshiva Gedolah Ateres Yaakov is now accepting applications for the upcoming zman. Bochurim who are interested should call 516-374-6465 to schedule an interview.

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Preparing for the Future at Mesivta Yam HaTorah

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s the new year begins at Mesivta Yam HaTorah in Far Rockaway, there is a new and exciting 12th grade Beis Medrash Program. Among the many intriguing programs planned for the seniors,

Rabbi Parry, 12th grade program director

the new learning program is just another example of Yam HaTorah’s strong emphasis on Torah learning and individual growth.

Each morning the 12th grade begins their day in Yeshiva Zichron

Aryeh, where they experience learning in a serious Beis Medrash atmosphere for a full morning seder. The goal is to prepare each student for their entrance into Beis Medrash upon high school graduation. The program is set up to instill within the students the ability to work on high level shiurim and to learn both independently and with a chavrusa.

Through this thorough preparation, by the time they graduate they will be fully ready to embrace the three sedarim schedule of Beis Medrash.

So far the feedback from parents and students has been amazing. However, the most impressive haskama to the program came from Rabbi Jaffe, the executive director of Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh, who said, “The boys are learning so well that it is uplifting the entire Beis Medrash.”

The seniors will also have the unique opportunity to spend their Mishmar nights hearing lectures on the foundations of emunah from Rabbi Shaya Cohen, the Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh. After numerous sessions with Rabbi Cohen and additional preparation, these lectures will then be presented by the seniors themselves to the rest of the Mesivta as part of their Senior Project. This project exemplifies the Mesivta’s mission of instilling within the students a chinuch that will last a lifetime.

In addition to these stimulating programs, the Mesivta is proud to announce the hiring of Rabbi Meir Parry as the senior class program di-

rector. Rabbi Parry’s creativity, vision and leadership will ensure that the seniors have a growth-filled year. Rabbi Parry will be working with the seniors on an array of programs such as the yearbook, the senior trip, the senior project, and the 12th grade big brother program. Under the guidance of Rabbi Parry the seniors will also be designing and implementing various projects for the entire student body throughout the year. Just this past week they ran a program called “Pinny’s Project” where every boy in the Mesivta got to choose and perform one random act of kindness. This was done as a zechus for refuah shelamah of Pinchas Shalom Tzvi ben Z’evah, a student of the Mesivta in need of a refuah. The program was very successful and created much achdus among the boys.

As part of the Mesivta’s focus on preparing the 12th graders for the future they will be partnering with Revolution SAT Prep to help students increase their scores. There will also be an AP American Government course added to the curriculum in order to allow students to accrue college credits in their senior year. It is clear by all accounts, both in Judaic studies and in general education, that Mesivta Yam HaTorah is committed to academic excellence, evident by its educational advancements and growing number of students.

For more information on Mesivta Yam HaTorah, please call (718) 4717471 or email mesivtayamhatorah@ gmail.org.

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Hundreds of Yeshivos, Kollelim, Bais Yaakovs, Seminaries and companies around the world have committed to join and participate in the “International Yom Limud and Tefillah” on 24 Elul, Sept. 27th. This will coincide with a special unity mission to the Chofetz Chaim’s Kever in Radin led by a delegation of prominent Chassidish, Litvish and Sefardic Gedolim and Rabbanim.

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Senate Majority Leader Flanagan Meets with Local Representatives

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strong representation from the leaders of our community’s educational institutions was evident at the recent evening of advocacy at the Agudath Israel headquarters in Lower Manhattan. The conference room was filled with ye-

Rabbi Zweibel and Rabbi Biegeleisen

shiva leaders, administrators, community activists and parents last Tuesday night to honor New York State Senate Majority Leader John J. Flanagan, a man who has supported and spearheaded important legis-

lation benefitting nonpublic school students across New York State.

Among the Five Towns leaders in attendance were Rabbi Meyer Weitman of TAG, Rabbi Boruch Rothman of Yeshiva Darchei Torah, Rabbi Eli Biegeleisen of Siach Yitzchok, Rabbi Avraham Mayer of Bais Yaakov Ateres Miriam, Rabbi Ephraim Blumenkrantz of Bnos Bais Yaakov, Mr.

Yehuda Zachter of Bnos Bais Yaakov, and activist Mr. Michael Fragin.

Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Agudath Israel’s Executive Vice President, called Senator Flanagan “a special hero who has made historic strides and gains for the yeshiva community.” In his speech, Senator Flanagan said that the advocacy of Agudath Israel, yeshiva administrators, and parents are a key component in his recent successes. When asked in the question and answer session how useful Agudath Israel’s Missions to Albany are, he said, “I can’t overstate the value and importance of that… You have to keep our feet to the fire. Your continued advocacy makes all the difference in the world.”

The relationship between Senator Flanagan and the yeshiva community goes back many years, beyond the two years he has served as Senate Majority Leader to his fourteen years in the State Senate and his five years as chairman of the Senate Education Committee.

The past year’s accomplishments for nonpublic schools across the

state were prominently displayed in a ‘scorecard’ for the 2016 New York State budget. The list includes: $60 million in additional funding for CAP (the Comprehensive Attendance Policy), which will help greatly towards retiring the debt that the state owes nonpublic schools; current CAP funding of $69.8 million dollars, reflecting actual costs to nonpublic

Rabbi Boruch Rothman of Yeshiva Darchei Torah, Rabbi Meyer Weitman of TAG, and Rabbi Avraham Mayer of Bais Yaakov Ateres Miriam

schools for taking attendance rather than an “efficiency” model far below those costs; $125 million re-appropriated to pay nonpublic schools for prior-year CAP claims; $10.5 million in additional funds for safety equipment for nonpublic schools; greater flexibility in the use of Safety Equipment Funds that may allow schools to hire security personnel; and the re-establishment of a dedicated office for nonpublic schools at the State Education Department.

The first speaker, Mr. Yehuda Zachter, a parent of students in Bnos Bais Yaakov in Far Rockaway, NY, said that it is a struggle for many yeshivas to balance the budget and give their children a good education while ensuring their safety. His yeshiva has been able to provide new security systems to protect their students due to recent legislation. “We are taking care of their education,” he said. “We thank you for helping us take care of their security.”

Rabbi Ephraim Nierenberg, a parent of a special-needs child, praised Majority Leader Flanagan and his colleagues in the Senate – particularly Senator Simcha Felder – for their role in instigating major changes in the way New York City handles tuition reimbursement claims for children enrolled in nonpublic special education schools.

“Very often, we knew that services were out there, but they were just out of reach. Now it’s less of a struggle,” he said. “Parents now breathe easier because of your efforts.”

Mr. Zachter of BBY speaking

Rabbi Shmuel Lefkowitz, Agudath Israel’s Vice President for Community Services, said that the struggle to represent and support nonpublic schools has recently become much more difficult, and there are now legislators who seem determined to cut all funding to nonpublic schools. In such a climate, Rabbi Lefkowitz said, good friends like Majority Leader Flanagan are even more important.

In his speech, Senator Flanagan made mention of the warm receptions he has had in the Five Towns, calling for the continued collaboration of Agudath Israel and the Jewish community with himself and other legislators and urged the community to get everyone to go out and vote in the upcoming state elections which may be critical for educational funding.

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Sulitza Tehillim Kollel

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erhaps you didn’t know that every day a group of chashuve yidden gather daily at the kosel on your behalf and daven for your health, your success, your parnassa, and your children.

In the late 1960’s, the previous Sulitzer Rebbe zt’l felt that our local community was in trouble – people were moving out and the neighborhood was not prospering. He wasn’t sure how to rebuild it, what to do, or where to go. In 1968, the Rebbe visited Eretz Yisroel, and after davening at the kosel, he stood there, reciting heartfelt words of tehillim, beseeching Hashem for the success of the small dying community that was then on the border of Far Rockaway and Lawrence. The Rebbe was reminded of the pasuk we recite daily, “N’shalmah parim sfaseinu“ [The prayers of our lips take the place korbanos].”of Just as we once had shluchim from every town travel to Yerushalayim to offer korbanos on our behalf at the Beis Hamikdash, the Rebbe zt’l believed, it seemed fitting for our community to partner with a group of shluchim in Yerushalayim to offer tefillos on our community’s behalf at the kosel.

The Rebbe turned to his rebbetzin and committed to reciting tehillim for the community each day until their departure and to ensuring that the recitation continues daily even after they leave Eretz Yisroel.

Thanks to their determination, the Sulitza Tehillim Kollel, Kehilas Yakov, was born. Since its creation and perhaps due to the Kollel’s sincere tefillos, the small, faltering, threatened town of Far Rockaway has exploded into neighboring communities, burgeoning schools, countless shuls, and as far as we can tell, the growth of the Five Towns is nowhere near its end.

While we live our daily lives here in the Five Towns, learning Torah and driving carpool, the members of the Tehillim Kollel join together daily in

an excavated underground shul where the stones of the Kosel are unblemished and where a small sign by the Aron Kodesh reads, “Mul Kodesh HaKadoshim.” In the holiest accessible spot on Earth, they sit and recite the entire Sefer Tehillim every day, literally davening for you and me and our next-door neighbors. We have shluchim in Yerushalayim offering korbanos for us!

And we certainly cannot know which brachos and yeshuos we receive moment to moment because of this incredible zechus.

It is appropriate that our mispallelim in Yerushalayim recite Sefer Tehillim in particular because what connects all of us to the Borei Olam and to one another is our Jewish neshama, which finds no greater expression in Olam Hazeh than in the poignant words of Dovid HaMelech, Klal Yisroel’s very first king, who was able to articulate every hope, dream, fear, and emotion inherent in the Jewish soul. All of our deepest sentiments – from grief to joy to uncertainty to delight – can find expression through the psalms that have remained pillars on which we have leaned for generations. During trying times, we have seen our great grandparents, our grandparents, and our parents turn heavenward with their tattered tear-stained Tehillims, begging for rachamei shamayim in the countless forms He bestows it.

It is therefore no surprise that the previous Sulitzer Rebbe zt’l turned to his Tehillim and that the Kollel engages the one language that unites us in order to daven so genuinely for us.

We know that the power of one “amen” or one tefillah can move mountains. Do we dare desert the spiritual strength of a Tehillim Kollel, organized just for us, for our very own well being, at a time when tefillah can change our communal and personal din for the better?

All community members, the beneficiaries of the tefillos being recited by our shluchim at the kosel –perhaps even the

very moment you are reading this – are encouraged to support the continuation of the Sulitza Tehillim Kollel, under the leadership of the Sulitzer Rebbe, Reb Yankel Rubin, shlit”a.

Supporters of the Tehillim Kollel readily send to the mispallelim the names of their family members and friends who are anxiously awaiting their par-

ticular yeshuos– from health to parnassa and everything in between. What better time is there for you to send them the names of your loved ones and to join those who make this unique kollel possible day after day?

Men are invited to a parlor meeting for the Kollel at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Motti

Klein, 2 Boxwood Lane in Lawrence, on Tuesday, September 27th, at 8:30 pm. We look forward to greeting you in support of this matchless mainstay of our community. In the zechus of your support and the tefillos of the kollel, may each and every one of us merit a gmar chasima tova this year and every year.

Each day a minyan of ‫ תלמידי חכמים‬recite the entire ‫ ספר תהלים‬at the kosel in Yerushalayim on behalf of us – the entire Far Rockaway and Five Towns

The Sulitze Tehillim Kollel was founded in the early 1970’s by the Sulitze Rebbe ‫ זצ"ל‬to address the many challenges that face our community, and has continued since then with its ‫ עבודת הקודש‬to support us with their daily tefillos.

Therefore we ask you To please join The Tehillim kollel parlor meeTing for men aT our home: 2 Boxwood Lane, Lawrence, NY 8:30 pm on Tuesday Sept. 27th

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The Drive to do Chessed at Shulamith

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he Shulamith Middle Division Chessed Program got off to a quick start with the announcement of a Kids Helping Kids Pre-Yom Tov Clothing Drive.

The girls on the Chessed Committee are busy sorting, folding, and packaging clothing of all sizes which

will be donated to LEV LI, a gemach in Bayswater which provides clothing for children throughout Far Rockaway and the Five Towns. The drive will end on Wednesday, September 27, but the joy of doing a mitzvah will last much longer!

HANC Freshman Selected as Broadcom MASTERS Semifinalist

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ur very own freshman, Elan Moskowitz, was nominated by LISEF (Long Island Science and Engineering Fair) to apply for Broadcom MASTERS for his science project, “Improving Insecticides.” In the experiment, Elan improved a common insecticide (a pesticide that targets insects) with caffeine. On September 6, Elan was selected as a Broadcom MASTERS semifinalist.

Broadcom MASTERS (Math Applied Science, Technology and Engineering as Rising Stars) is a National Middle School Science Fair.

Regional Science Fairs around the country affiliated with The Society for Science and the general public nominate the top 10% of the science projects entered. The nominees then have the opportunity to apply to compete at the national level in Broadcom MASTERS. The top 300 from more than 6,000 nominated

projects in the country are named semifinalists, and the top 30 semifinalists are named finalists. The finalists then go to Washington, D.C. for Finalists Week in order to compete as a finalist for various prizes and awards.

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Around the Community At Shulamith Early Childhood Division, reading is the theme of the year and education is a family affair! Every student received a bright red t-shirt proclaiming, “Keep Calm and Read On – I’m a Shulamith Reader.” The shirts will be worn on trip days, Rosh Chodesh, and at special school activities.

A photo of each girl wearing her shirt was sent to grandparents, along with an open invitation to stop by the school anytime to read to students.

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here is a lot going on at Siach Yitzchok. A new building in construction, a record number of enrollments and significant new hires. Among them, local resident and veteran educator Rabbi Ben Zion Ungar has assumed the position of Siach Yitzchok’s Junior High School General Studies Principal.

Rabbi Ungar, who holds a Masters in Educational Leadership from Bellevue University and a Bachelors from Y.U., joins Siach with a vast amount of experience in the world of Jewish education. Most notably, Rabbi Ungar is the former General Studies Principal of Mesivta Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (“Breuer’s”) in Washington Heights and, most recently, was the General Studies Principal of Yeshiva Derech Hatorah’s High School in Brooklyn for a decade.

“My goal is to further elevate the General Studies program at Siach,” commented Rabbi Ungar, “Although it is still early in the school year, I have

observed the incredible work ethic of the talmidim and the unwavering dedication of the faculty. It is unique to find a yeshiva in which there is such a collective feeling of commitment to the ideals and mission of the institution from all sides. It is very reassuring.”

Rabbi Ungar spent much of the summer hiring new staff, revising curricula and researching classroom resources that will assist teachers in educating and engaging their students.

“Rabbi Ungar has already proven to be a first-rate educator!” commented General Studies Principal, Rabbi Zvi Zev Stein. “With close to 350 talmidim enrolled this year, his partnership and focus on the junior high school classes is critical to the future of the Cheder.”

Siach Yitzchok also welcomes new faculty members Rabbi Yisroel Meir Hoffman, Mr. Dovid Schwartz and, beloved third grade Rebbe, Rabbi Mordechai Stein, to the junior high school general studies staff.

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Senator Todd Kaminsky obtained a grant to assist with the cost of the new playground and will join officials from the Lawrence Public Schools at the cer-

emony. All are encouraged to attend, and there will be music, balloons and refreshments at the celebration.

Senator Kaminsky has told TJH that the playground will be open on weekends to the community so that we can enjoy the facilities.

The ribbon cutting ceremony will be held this Sunday, September 25 at 9:30am at the Lawrence Middle School, 195 Broadway in Lawrence, NY. All are invited to enjoy and attend.

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Rav Zevi Trenk, menahel of Yeshiva Darchei Torah’s Mesivta Chaim Shlomo, treated one of the twelfth grade classes to a fascinating exposition of the myriad halachos of mikvaos, aided by two detailed, Lucite models of mikvahs and copious amounts of water.

9/11 Remembered at Rambam Teaching the Past to Those in the Present

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hen the tragedy of 9/11 struck, most of you weren’t born or were perhaps two or three years old,” remarked Rabbi Zev Meir Friedman, Rosh Mesivta of Rambam Mesivta, as he introduced the school’s 14th annual commemoration of the 9/11 tragedy.

He continued by telling the talmidim that “despite the fact that for you this may be no different than ancient history like World War II or the Civil War there are many important lessons to learn from this tragic event.”

He emphasized the halachic ramifications of the event and the sacrifice of firefighters and first responders who lost their lives saving others and the sense of unity and resolve that existed after the attack.

Rabbi Yotav Eliach, Rambam’s principal, then showed a brief video clip of news reports from 9/11 that explored how the event unfolded and explained to everyone that 9/11 was part of a premeditated, well-planned out attempt by radical Islamists to attack the United States and Western world values.

Rabbi Eliach also introduced the keynote speaker, Mr. Edwin Black, an internationally acclaimed expert on Islam, terrorism and history of the Middle East. Mr. Black, who has authored 13 books, many of them bestsellers, paid his third visit to Rambam in as many years and provided an inter-

active lesson on the history of Islam, Arab anti-Semitism and causes of the 9/11 attacks. He spoke passionately about the need for everyone to be vigilant and well aware of who the enemy is. “One of the reasons that America is considered to be the great Satan is because of this country’s support of a Jewish state in the Middle East,” said Black.

He also cautioned those assembled not to be fooled by the insidious spread of anti-Israel sentiment in colleges and in the media saying, “When they talk against Israel they are talking against Jews: it is nothing more than anti-Semitism in a disguised form.”

Mr. Black explained to students a new phenomenon called “Intersectionality.” He explained that this relatively new approach involved people with one agenda expanding their base of support by drafting members of other groups to join their cause. As an example he mentioned that in the attempt to speak out for African-American human rights, the Black Lives Matter movement has incorporated anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian policies into their mission statement. ”You need to be educated about the facts,” challenged Black.

Black expressed surprise and dismay that the Jewish community which

had been so supportive of equal rights for African-Americans would now become the target of their disdain. He noted that the Muslim international community continues to engage in the slave trade of Africans while Israel has come to the aid of many African countries.

Mr. Black noted Rambam’s longstanding history of political activism and speaking out against anti-Semitism and charged the students with the responsibility of continuing to remember the causes of 9/11, its impact on our generation, and the responsibility to hopefully prevent another similar attack.

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Rav Ephraim Seidenfeld, fourth grade rebbi at Yeshiva Darchei Torah, with talmidim as they examine the many animal horns of Rav Zevi Trenk’s collection.

Rav Trenk taught the boys about the various halachos of shofar.

Amichai and Rina Ariel Offer Divrei Chizuk at DRS

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his past Tuesday, DRS was privileged to host Amichai and Rina Ariel, parents of Hallel Yaffa Ariel H”yd, who was murdered in her home in Kiryat Arba a little over two months ago. Mr. and Mrs. Ariel are traveling through the U.S. offering messages of strength

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A Successful Freshman Retreat at Yeshiva University High School for Girls

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he beginning of a school year is a time of transition, and never more so than for our freshmen. Key to our program is the belief that each student should feel embraced and celebrated, and Freshman Retreat presents the perfect moment to demonstrate that philosophy to our newest Central family members. Freshman Retreat is a two-day sojourn to camp where students can learn about one another, about the school, and about themselves. “Being up in Camp Kaylie gives the retreat a wholesome, welcome, and fun feel,” says Student Activities Coordinator Leah Moskovich. “It is the perfect way to kick off the new school year and the freshmen’s high school experience.” Ms. Beverly Segal, Associate Principal, adds that “Freshman Retreat is a wonderful opportunity to break the ice as we build a community together.”

According to Ms. Moskovich, “The Freshman Retreat is designed for the freshman grade to get to know one another through ice-breakers, team-building activities, and interactive learning sessions,” and in that spirit, the fun got off the ground as soon as our students got off the bus!

They got to know one another formally over icebreakers like “Fruit Salad” and “Pillow Talk,” and informally as they worked in teams during rousing games of “Paint Wars” and

“Duct Tape Boat Wars.” Among the highlights of the retreat were wacky games led by Powerhouse Studios and a spirited, “warm” bonfire. Participants also had a blast enjoying the many facilities of the Kaylie campus, including go-karting, sports, and swimming.

Joining the new freshmen were the senior “Big Sisters,” each of whom has been appointed to support a few freshman “Little Sisters.”

Throughout the school year, the Big Sister/Little Sister Program, spearheaded and run by Director of Student Guidance Danielle Wyner, creates fun and oftentimes wacky opportunities for Central novices to forge bonds with their fellow Little Sisters as their more experienced Big Sisters provide a listening ear and sage advice.

Freshman Grade Level Coordinator Aliza Gewirtz was blown away by the palpable sense of community.

She was “so impressed with the maturity of our Big Sisters, who gave the freshmen a wonderful Central welcome.” Ms. Moskovich agrees: “The Big Sisters did an incredible job showing the freshmen how much Central has to offer, while expressing leadership, responsibility, and great enthusiasm.” The freshmen, too, made an impact. “This is a very special group of girls,” said Mrs. Gewirtz, “and we’re so happy to have them as part of our school.”

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his past Sunday, Cong. Kneseth Israel, the White Shul, was the location where hundreds took advantage of the wonderful opportunity during the month of Elul to have many tefillin issues checked and corrected. Rabbi Eytan Feiner was on hand and was amazed at the incredible results as well as the patience exhibited by the four sofrim and batim

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Around the Community Many neighbors and members joined in the Shaaray Tefila Community Welcome BBQ and Youth Department Kickoff Event on Sunday.

Kids and adults alike were treated to a barbecue with hot dogs, hamburgers, corn and watermelon along with fresh popcorn and cotton candy.

Balloon art, face painting, bounce houses and an amazing ventriloquist show entertained the many kids and kids-at-heart.

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Cedarhurst Will Never Forget 9/11 Memorial Ceremony

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n 9/11/2001 we saw evil firsthand but we also saw the best of America. Fifteen years after the tragic events of that day, the Village of Cedarhurst held its annual Memorial Ceremony on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at the Memorial Plaza in Andrew J. Parise Park. We honored seven members of our community who were killed in the collapse of the World Trade Center. Thomas E. Jurgens, Neil D. Levin, Kevin O’Rourke, Joseph Rivelli Jr., Bettina Browne Radburn, Ira Zaslow, and Howard Selwyn.

“We gather here today to remember, to pause, to reflect and to never, ever, forget those members of our community who we honor in our 9/11 Memorial Plaza and on our monument, and all victims, first responders, firefighters, police and court officers. It is our small way of honoring and cherishing their memory,” said Mayor Benjamin Weinstock in his heartfelt remarks.

Religious leaders of various faiths and elected officials attended the ceremony as well as to offer words of wisdom, healing and hope. The vocal ensemble of LHS added inspiring songs to the solemn atmosphere.

Taps were played after memorializing

those names from our community, and a bell rung as each name was pronounced.

At the conclusion of the ceremony the firefighters from the Lawrence-Cedarhurst, Meadowmere Park and Inwood Fire Departments, Members of the Lawrence Cedarhurst American Legion and Nassau County Police & Auxiliary Officers marched to a spontaneous standing ovation and applause. It was quite a moment to experience.

Mayor Benjamin Weinstock and the Board of Trustees would like to personally thank the chaplain of the Law-Ced Fire Department, Rev. Msgr. Paul F. Rahilly; Pastor Emeritus of St Joachim’s RC Church; Rabbi Aryeh Ginzberg of Chofetz Chaim Torah Center; Bruce Blakeman, Town of Hempstead Councilman; LHS Vocal Ensemble Jason Eras, & Monet Bond; and trumpet player Jerry Reyes.

They also want to especially thank

Chief Dave Campbell and the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department, Chief Frank Parise and the Inwood Fire Department, Chief Joseph Bouderau, of the Meadowmere Park Fire Department, Sgt. Kenneth Catalani, Deputy Inspector of the Nassau County Police Department 4th Precinct, and Deputy Inspector Danny Gluck of the Nassau County Auxiliary Police, and Commander Syd Mandelbaum of the Lawrence-Cedarhurst American Legion.

The mayor also thanked JoMarie Capone for organizing the program and Wayne Yarnell, Vincent Castagna and Dominic Bellantuno for their assistance in running the technical aspects of the program.

The Village acknowledged with appreciation the large audience of Five Towns residents for attending and bringing dignity, grace and honor to a day that will forever be etched in American history.

OHEL to Temporarily Move Headquarters to Downtown Brooklyn

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fter 47 years, OHEL Children’s Home and Family Services has outgrown its administrative offices at 4510 16th Avenue in Brooklyn. The temporary move to downtown Brooklyn at 147 Prince St. will largely house Administrative staff as OHEL plans for its move to its new building on Avenue M in Flatbush, The Jaffa Family Campus. All OHEL’s main contact information remain the same.

This move will not in any way in-

terrupt the broad range of programs and services provided by OHEL to thousands of people every day throughout New York City and Nassau County. Within Brooklyn itself, OHEL has hundreds of residences, apartment programs, domestic violence shelters, as well as The Marvin Kaylie Tikvah Center at OHEL. OHEL’s main Long Island office at The Kleinman Family Regional Center will continue to provide outpatient counseling services as well as

the Lifetime Care Foundation and The Mel and Phyllis Zachter OHEL Institute for Training.

David Mandel, CEO of OHEL, comments,“The number one focus of OHEL during this transition are the individuals we serve, and we are thankful for the dedication and professionalism shown by our staff during this time.”

OHEL’s Annual Gala on Sunday, November 20 is themed “If OHEL’s Walls Could Talk,” which embraces

the diversity of help OHEL provides to the community, and the new walls of The Jaffa Family Campus. The larger new campus in Flatbush will help OHEL meet the ever increasing needs and diversity of services necessitated by the community – all provided under one roof.

For further details, please visit http://www.ohelfamily.org or call 1800-603-OHEL.

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Getting to Know You! SKA Freshmen on Retreat

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ll beginnings are hard but the ninth graders at the Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls had the opportunity to start the new school year in a relaxed and convivial atmosphere at their Freshman Retreat on Monday and Tuesday, September 12 and 13, upstate on the beautiful grounds of Camp Kaylie. Two days of making new friends, meeting administrators and grade level advisors in a cozy setting, and having a very enjoyable time gave

the girls a comfortable foundation to their first year of high school.

The getaway was a wonderful way for the grade to bond! Building boats to get across the lake using only cardboard and duct tape and other games, activities and workshops enabled the girls to mingle and meet students from other elementary schools. “Choose Happiness,” a session presented by Ms. Elana Flaumenhaft, SKA’s new Associate Principal who will be working directly

with the freshmen, focused on recognizing the positive in all experiences and how to promote resiliency. The evening bonfire with marshmallows and s’mores concluded with a very spirited kumsitz. The next day, the ninth graders heard from Mrs. Sudwerts who shared her inspiring story and enjoyed a delicious ice cream party before heading home.

The retreat was enhanced by the presence of Mrs. Helen Spirn, Head of School, Ms. Flaumenhaft, Rabbi

Yosef Zakutinsky, Director of Student Programming, who organized this amazing event, Mrs. Kobre, Associate Principal, Ms. Lisa Fogel, SKA Social Worker, Mrs. Estee Engel, Mrs. Sheila Liebtag and Mrs. Danielle Sudwerts, Grade Level Advisors, Mrs. Jordana Mallin, Digital Media Coordinator, and SKA’s G.O. members.

SKA’s class of 2020 is off to a great start!

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DRS Freshmen Shabbaton

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he excitement was palpable as freshmen at DRS Yeshiva High School eagerly boarded the buses last Thursday, ready to head to the annual Freshmen Shabbaton held at Camp Kaylie. “The goal of the Shabbaton is for everyone meet each other and create a sense of achdut within the grade in an enjoyable and fun way,” said DRS Menahel Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky to the freshman class. Upon arrival, students unpacked, davened Maariv, and headed to the gym for “Wacky Olympics.”

Students faced off in shiur vs. shiur

competitions in a variety of events, in which every student had a unique role. The night was far from over, as students enjoyed a late-night barbecue and basketball in the gym with their new friends. Students woke up Friday morning, eager for the events to come. After Shacharis, breakfast and shiur with the freshmen rebbeim, students took to the gridiron for a competitive flag football tournament, while bonding with new friends. After the tournament, the class enjoyed the camp’s spacious facilities, and went go-carting, swimming and played

sports before preparing for an amazing Shabbos to come.

The Class of 2020 headed into Shabbos unified as one with tremendous energy and unity. After davening and a festive seuda with zemirot and divrei Torah, the freshmen enjoyed a DRS-style tisch with Rabbi Kaminetsky and their rebbeim, as they sung, enjoyed cholent, kugel and candy and experienced the joy and ruach of Shabbos together as one class. The spirit continued the next morning, as a lively Shacharis, kiddush and intriguing shiurim high-

lighted the day. After a scrumptious Shabbos lunch with zemirot and singing, students continued forming unbreakable friendships with one another and learned together in the Beis Medrash. Following Mincha and Shalosh Seudos, students gathered for an inspirational and memorable kumzitz, joining together to usher the Shabbos out with song, achdut and ruach. Following a beautiful Maariv and havdalah, students boarded the busses and left the Shabbaton with a dose of ruach and achdut for the year to come.

Boutique Jewish Recovery Residence Opens

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nwilling to allow the epidemic of drug and other substance abuse in our community to go unchallenged, a group of experienced and qualified individuals have opened a Jewish and Torah-principled recovery residence in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles called Hitorreri (“Awaken”).

The program provides a caring environment where residents receive expert assistance in battling their addictions. The program takes a three pronged mind, body and soul approach designed to awaken in our residents the positive characteristics critical to achieving long term sobriety. They will once again be exposed to the beauty of their heritage and the satisfaction of living a meaningful and fulfilling life without dependence of addictive substances.

The program nourishes the body by serving three daily nutritious meals from its fully kosher kitchen and in-

corporating daily physical activities including mindfulness meditation, yoga, surfing, horseback riding, fitness training and membership to a state-ofthe-art health club. In addition, in order to stimulate and awaken emotional, intellectual and spiritual growth, Hittoreri nurtures the mind and soul by providing time for study and reflection, periodic meditation, hikes of some of the most beautiful trails in Southern California, Thursday night farbrengens, where residents can engage in lively personal interactions with their peers and mentors, as well as a Motzei Shabbos kumzitz around the fireplace.

Hittoreri recognizes the importance of helping our residents create a healthy support system to integrate into their daily life when they leave the program. Therefore it has developed a network of local families and shuls near its beautiful facility with whom our residents can experience the beau-

ty of family, community, Shabbos and prayer in a nonjudgmental environment and develop healthy long term relationships.

Residents are under the caring and watchful supervision of in-house director Motti Osainitz. Motti fell into a life of addiction as a teenager, which he successfully escaped with the help of the 12 step program based on religious principles. That experience motivated him to help others facing the challenges he has overcome. He has completed counseling school and managed a 25 bed residential treatment center for two years.

Hittoreri is overseen by Rabbi Shmulik Schneerson a well-known addiction counselor with experience at several treatment centers in Los Angeles, who is also in the process of completing his master’s degree in psychology.

The Hitorreri program is administrated by Elisha Liebhard, one

of the founders of Hittoreri. Elisha is charged with the responsibility of ensuring that Hittoreri is constantly innovating and maintaining the highest, most effective and current treatment standards.

Hitorreri works closely with Renewal Sobriety Out-Patient Treatment Center located in Silver Lake area of Los Angeles, which is comprised of a group of highly qualified medical professionals and dynamic rabbis including Rabbi Yekusiel Kalmenson under the guidance of Rabbi Shais Taub.

Renewal Sobriety’s program includes psychiatry, therapy, meditation groups and group therapy. This state-of-the-art individual-centric treatment program is soon to be expanded to include equine therapy, music therapy, art therapy and other creative therapies. For more details see www.Hittoreri.com.

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Celebrate Rosh Hashanah with Celebratory Wines

By Gabriel Geller

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776 is coming to its end, as is the harvesting seasons for many wineries. The growth of the kosher wine world in terms of diversity and availability was simply outstanding this year! We are expecting many interesting and high-quality wines in 5777 hailing from some of the world’s most prestigious growing regions.

Rosh Hashana is a very special time of the year. It is a time during which we reflect on what we have learned over the years in general and over the past year in particular. It is also the time of the year to reflect on what the future may hold. We also contemplate our decisions for the new year based on the lessons we have learned from the past.

This mantra holds true for wine as well. The holidays should be celebrated with wines that reflect this spirit, special bottles that bring up smiles around the table. Wines that make those who are lucky to sip them pause, think, and value time and its potential for great accomplishments.

The best way to start the new year is with a champagne. Bubbly wines encourage a positive mind, and it is the most well suited beverage for festive meals. It is refreshing, exciting, and a wonderful accompaniment to many dishes. There are a handful of kosher champagnes currently available, and while the selection keeps growing every year, some bottles reputations make them tower over their peers. Two champagnes in particular

are the Drappier Carte Blanche and Champagne des Barons de Rothschild. These wines carry luxurious labels and hail from historic big name houses of champagne.

For well over a century, several branches of the Rothschild dynasty have owned some of the world’s most famous wineries. Only the mention of the names Château Lafite-Rothschild and Château Mouton-Rothschild make the eyes of wine collectors shine in excitement. The Rothschilds have gathered their common knowledge and experience to craft a kosher version of a beautiful champagne! It is crisp, dry with a sharp mousse, and sings with mineral notes that immediately upgrade any meal to first class.

Drappier is a Champagne House with a glorious history. When General Charles de Gaulle became the president of the French Republic, he chose Drappier as the official Champagne of the Elysée Palace. De Gaulle and his wife Yvonne were quite fond of the elegant and refined expressions that are common to all the wines produced by the renowned winery. Drappier Carte Blanche is not spoke about as often as the Carte d’Or. In contrast to the yeasty profile of the latter, the Carte Blanche showcases French class at its best, with delightful fresh fruit aromas, remarkable balance, and complexity.

One personality trait we should learn to embrace this year is to have patience. Being patient with wine can be very rewarding. Think of these wines that, when properly stored, can

age and improve of the bottles for years following their release. With time, they get smoother and gain in complexity, adding layers of delicious flavors and aromas.

The key to storing and aging wines properly is to buy a few bottles (or even better, a few cases!) of each of those wines. Start off tasting one on release to appreciate and evaluate what is called the cellaring potential.

Then, it is possible to decide for how long they should sit in a wine cooler or a cellar. Every few years, at special occasions such as yom tov or a family simcha, open a bottle and reassess its growth and appreciate its evolution.

The Yatir Forest and the Carmel Limited Edition, both from Israel, are among those wines that can age and improve for a decade past the harvest year, sometimes longer.

While the Forest will typically develop a more spicy and juicy character, the Limited Edition will offer more restrained, earthy notes that call to mind the finest wines from Bordeaux.

Speaking of Bordeaux, the kosher cuvee Les Roches de Yon-Figeac 2014 should be hitting your local wine stores shelves shortly.

A second wine in name only to the well-known Château Yon-Figeac, a Grand Cru from the Saint-Emilion appellation, this wine shows in its youth notes of red berries and stone fruits with a distinctive austerity. That austerity evolves with time into mouthwatering, smooth and intoxicating scents of forest floor and chocolate.

Spain gratifies wine lovers with some of the most intriguing and age-worthy wines. The great wines from the Rioja region can be stored sometimes for several decades, changing and improving constantly, gratifying those in the know with a special experience every time they open a bottle. The Elvi winery is a worldclass and only fully kosher winery in Spain. The Herenza Reserva from Elvi is no exception to this rule. Each time you taste this wine, you will unearth different flavors and characteristics, which shows how complex this wine is. This wine can boast flavors of blackberries, earth, spices and coffee, and other times with aromas of herbs, roasted meat and chocolate. This wine is a winner with a captivating unique velvety texture.

Celebrating yom tov by popping the cork on an aged bottle such as one of the aforementioned wines will make any meal special. It is certainly appropriate and encouraged to indulge in an appropriately aged bottle on the right occasion. Sipping such wines helps us reflect on the benefits of patience and how time can have such an impact on the intricacies of maturing a wine to its potential. It reminds us that we mature and develop by making the right choices and decisions, it just takes a bit of time and patience like the wine in our glass.

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his past Shabbos, about 40 boys converged on Congregation Bais Avrohom in Lawrence for a Camp Nageela reunion Shabbaton. After a summer in JEP’s Camp Nageela, the boys are all on a journey towards discovering their Jewish selves. Where they are on that journey was unique to each boy. They ranged from the boy who had a hard

time keeping his cellphone resting on Shabbos to the one who purchased his first black hat on Central Avenue before Shabbos. There was the boy who was practicing giving a session on Torah and G-d in his Jewish club in public school and the boy who just started a mesivta. There was the boy who was overwhelmed by the hospitality of his hosts, and the boy who

reported that he is going to public school with his tzitzit and yarmulke and observed the past three Shabbats at home with his mom.

The staff and the hundreds of JEP Long Island volunteers in the neighborhood are busy planning the upcoming year as the programs all over Long Island begin. The Five Towns has this amazing opportunity to build

bridges of Jewish learning between all segments of the Jewish community. The beginning of the year is a great time to get involved. There are many opportunities for volunteers, and referrals of children and families who can benefit from the JEP programs are welcome.

JEP can be reached at info@jepli. org or 516-374-1528.

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he Five Towns Community Chest has adopted a new name and launched a new website as it expands its charitable work beyond the Five Towns (Hewlett, Woodmere, Cedarhurst, Inwood and Lawrence) into communities including Atlantic Beach, Lynbrook, East Rockaway, Oceanside and south Valley Stream.

The organization’s new name is Community Chest South Shore.

“The new name and tagline, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, reflects the true reach and mission of our charity as it has evolved,” said Ste-

ven J. Spiro, President of the Board of Directors of Community Chest South Shore. “Historically the organization has helped its neighbors in the Five Towns and surrounding communities. This change will formalize our expanded reach as we carry out our mission to aid individuals and families facing major life challenges.”

In addition to partnering with other non-profits, Community Chest South Shore operates a highly compassionate program called Neighbors Helping Neighbors across all of its service areas. Through donations

from local businesses and philanthropic individuals, Community Chest aids those struggling to meet the most basic daily needs, including food, medical care and utilities.

The Neighbors Helping Neighbors program has distributed nearly $1,000,000 in grants to local service agencies as well as over 700 struggling individuals and families since its inception in 2011, providing assistance such as home and car repair and donations of goods including backpacks and school supplies, winter coats and food.

“We are proud to help our neighbors who are experiencing extenuating circumstances,” said Robert Block, Executive Director of Community Chest South Shore. “It is nearly impossible to put a dollar value on the number of meals, warmth, clothing, shoes, winter coats, toys, school supplies, home and auto repairs that have been supplied to countless neighbors. It is extremely gratifying to know that we are serving members of our local community with the tremendous help of business and our generous donors.”

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Swish for Sderot

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merican Friends of Sderot is excited to announce the First Annual 8th Grade Boys Yeshiva Day School Basketball Tournament that will take place during the month of November. Yeshiva day schools in the tristate area have been invited to participate, and the response so far has been excellent. We are anticipating a full 16 team field.

The goal of the tournament is to raise awareness for the plight of our fellow Jewish brothers and sisters who live in Sderot in Southern Israel, on the frontlines, just 1 mile from the Gaza border. Sderot has become one of the most significant national symbols of heroism. Sderot is home to the largest Hesder Yeshiva in Israel where over 500 students attend the yeshva and will also serve in the Israeli army.

There is an extremely important educational component to the tournament as well. The tournament gives middle school students in the tristate area the opportunity to learn about how living in Sderot affects the children of Sderot, who constantly

live under the threat of a terrorist attack with Kassam rockets or from underground tunnels. Our students can proudly stand in solidarity with them.

Sderot’s brave determination in the face of continuous terror 24/7 has revealed to the world a model of outstanding courage that sets the tone in the State of Israel.

The tournament also provides a vehicle for middle school students to take a leadership role in participating in a meaningful fundraising project.

Funds raised from the tournament will go towards programs and security to benefit the members of the Sderot community and show our solidarity, connection and support with them.

In addition to the fact that this tournament is for a worthy cause and provides a meaningful learning experience, it gives the yeshiva day school 8th grade boys’ basketball teams the forum to join with other teams in the tristate area and to play three games against good competition.

The first two games of the tournament will take place at locations

throughout the tristate area. The tournament will culminate in Championship on Sunday, December 4 where all 16 teams will play their third game of the tournament at one location.

Each participating school/team in the tournament commits to raise $1,000 to cover expenses, as well as to help continue to provide programs to benefit the community of Sderot.

These funds can be raised in several different ways including from players, their parents, sponsors, and from the school, and/or a combination of all.

To enhance the anticipation and fun of the games, there will be an exciting and innovative scoring system by which each team has the opportunity to score points in addition to the actual results of the games. For example, a win is worth 30 points; each 3 point shot made is worth 3 points.

At the conclusion of the tournament on Championship Sunday trophies will be given to the winning team and each of the members on the team. In addition, each school/ team will nominate one All Star Play-

er who will receive an All Star trophy.

A Tournament MVP player will be selected from the winning team.

All players will receive a Swish for Sderot shirt. In addition, all participating schools will receive a commemorative plaque for their participation in the tournament. They will also be entered into a raffle to win a large Sderot mezuzah cover made from the fragments of the Iron Dome, which they can proudly display at their school. The raffle drawing will be held on Championship Sunday.

This exciting tournament format will give all teams an opportunity to compete, play three games, and have a good time, while raising awareness and funds for Sderot.

If you are interested in having your school participate or if you have any questions please email Judah Rhine, Judah@sderot.org or call 516707-2638. Deadline for registration is September 30. We look forward to working together and helping our students make a difference for the community of Sderot.

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Worldwide Yom Limud and Tefillah on Yahrtzeit of the Chofetz Chaim

By Chaim Gold

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he yahrtzeit of the Chofetz Chaim is a special eis ratzon, a remarkably opportune time to invoke rachamei shomayim. This year, on Tuesday, 24 Elul/September 27, Klal Yisroel will utilize this eis ratzon by engaging in an International Yom Limud and Tefillah. Jews from all over the world will recite specific chapters of Tehillim and learn segments from the two seminal seforim written by the Chofetz Chaim, the Mishnah Berurah and the Sefer Chofetz Chaim.

The Yom Limud and Tefillah, being held under the auspices of Dirshu and its kiruv arm, Acheinu, is designed to reach out with a message of achdus to all Jews from across the spectrum and at all levels of observance, promoting Torah learning and tefillah. There is so much strife in the world, so much polarization

and heated rhetoric. Combining sur meirah with aseh tov the Yom Limud and Tefillah has been designated as a day when all Jews are urged to make a special effort to avoid discord, lashon hara, as well as any form of gossip and to learn the seforim of the Chofetz Chaim.

The Optimum Hakaras Hatov: Perpetuating the Legacy Indeed, Yidden the world over owe a profound sense of hakaras hatov to the Chofetz Chaim for bestowing two gifts, the Mishnah Berurah and the Sefer Chofetz Chaim, upon us. Last year, Hagaon HaRav Shlomo Kanievsky, shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Kiryas Melech and a son of HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, shlita, addressed this issue in the aftermath of the visit to Radin by a large group of gedolei Yisroel. From Radin the delegation went to the Volozhiner yeshiva. In front of the Volozhiner yeshiva,

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Rav Kanievsky said, “The feeling that we must have as we approach the holy kever of Rav Chaim Volozhiner is an overwhelming one of hakaras hatov.

The greatest way to express that hakaras hatov is to continue his legacy by perpetuating the derech of the yeshivos begun with Volozhin, educating our bachurim in that derech and supporting the yeshivos hakedoshos.” We can extrapolate from Rav Kanievsky’s message that the optimum expression of our hakoras hatov to the Chofetz Chaim for gifting Klal Yisrael with his seforim – such integral parts of our lives – would be to follow in his ways, learn his Mishnah Berurah and become familiar with the laws of lashon hara and permitted speech and be constantly cognizant of what comes out of our mouths. This is truly the essence of the Yom Limud and Tefillah, a day to bring the Chofetz Chaim’s Torah, tefillah and message of ahavas Yisroel and achdus to us all.

shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Me’or HaTorah, HaGaon HaRav Aryeh Zilberstein, shlita, Rav of the Gerer Community in Bnei Brak, HaGaon HaRav Simcha Hakohen Kook, shlita, Rav of Rechovot, and HaGaon HaRav Shimon Galei, shlita, Rav of the Osem Complex in Bnei Brak.

The distinguished delegation will also journey to the town of Mir where they will daven at the kevarim of the great Mirrer Mashgiach, HaGaon HaRav Yeruchem Levovitz, zt”l, and the Rav of Mir, HaGaon HaRav Tzvi Hirsch Kamai, zt”l. Tefillos will also be recited at the kever achim at the Ninth Fort in Kovno, where HaGaon HaRav Elchonon Wasserman, Hy”d, was murdered al kiddush Hashem.

Without a doubt the climax of the journey will be the tefillos and words of hisorerus at the kever of the Chofetz Chaim to be delivered by Rav Aryeh Zilberstein, Rav Avraham Salim and the ne’ilah shmuess by Rav Mishkovsky.

Visits to Radin, Mir and Kovno The climax of the Yom Limud and Tefillah will be a visit by a group of gedolei rabbanim to Radin who will daven at the kever of the Chofetz Chaim and at the Yeshiva of Radin on behalf of Klal Yisrael. Rabbanim slated to attend include HaGaon HaRav Chizkiyahu Yosef Mishkovsky, shlita, a close talmid of the Rosh Yeshiva, HaGaon HaRav Aharon Leib Shteinman, shlita, and menahel ruchani of Yeshiva Orchos Torah, HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Eliezer Stern, shlita, Rav of Western Bnei Brak and a close talmid of HaGaon HaRav Shmuel Wosner, zt”l, HaGaon HaRav Avraham Salim,

Generating a Tremendous Atmosphere of Goodwill and Achdus in Klal Yisrael This year’s Yom Limud and Tefillah is the second such event. Last year’s event attracted some 500,000 Jews worldwide. This year, organizers hope to reach well past that goal, tapping into the innate feeling of every Jewish neshama, that extraordinary times such as the ones in which we live, with threats from within and without call, for a concentrated effort in tefillah and achdus to invoke rachamei shomayim in the zechus of the heiligeh Chofetz Chaim who was so moser nefesh to promote these ideals

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Around the Community among Klal Yisroel.

Hundreds of yeshivos, chadorim, schools, shuls and even individual businesses from across America, Eretz Yisrael, Europe, South America, South Africa and Australia have signed up to participate in the yom tefillah on Tuesday 24 Elul/September 27. They will recite two chapters of Tehillim and learn the daily limud of Daf HaYomi B’Halacha, as well as select halachos from the sefer Chofetz Chaim.

The anticipated Yom Limud and Tefillah has already begun generating a tremendous atmosphere of goodwill and achdus amongst Klal Yisrael.

A peek into just a few of the institutions in America that have signed up to participate and take advantage of the auspicious time to daven with so many likeminded Yidden attests to that achdus.

The partial list includes Shaagas Aryeh – Lakewood, NJ, Yeshiva Ohr Eliyahu – Los Angeles, CA, Yeshiva Derech HaTorah – Cleveland, OH, Yeshiva Torat Emes – Houston, TX, Torah Day School of Phoenix, Torah Day School of Atlanta, Talmudical Academy – Baltimore, Yeshiva High School of Arizona, Torah Day School of Dallas, Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael – Boston, Torah Academy of Boston, Providence Hebrew Day School, New England Academy of Torah, and the Providence Community Kollel.

Some of the participating shuls are, Mevakshei Hashem – Brooklyn, NY, Ahavas Yisrael – Cleveland, OH, Beis Medrash Kol Aryeh – Lakewood, NJ, Satmar Beis Medrash – Lakewood, NJ, Zichron Schneur – Lakewood, NJ and Beis Medrash of Westgate of Lakewood. These are in addition to the hundreds of similar institutions across the length and breadth of Eretz Yisroel and many locales in Europe, the Former Soviet Union, Mexico, South America, Canada, South Africa and Australia.

“The Nazis are Gone, the Communists are Gone, but the Chofetz Chaim and His Mishnah Berurah are Eternal!”

Another closing of circles, as it were, will be the Daf HaYomi B’Halacha shiur in the Chofetz Chaim’s sefer Mishnah Berurah delivered by Rav Dovid Hofstedter at the Radin Yeshiva established by the Chofetz Chaim. A shiur in the seforim written by the Chofetz Chaim, in the yeshiva founded by the Chofetz Chaim some 75 years after Radin’s Jews were killed by the Nazis, embodies the ideal of “Netzach Yisroel lo yishaker.”

Indeed, at a previous journey to the Chofetz Chaim’s kever, Rav Hofstedter said, “Hitler destroyed so much of European Jewry. He thought he could wipe them out, but he didn’t.

The Communists tried to destroy the Jewish religion. They caused a tremendous churban, but they still did not succeed. The Nazis are gone, the Communists are gone, but the Chofetz Chaim and his Mishnah Berurah are eternal!”

Join Klal Yisrael This Tuesday, 24 Elul/September 27!

We are living in truly perilous times. Even in the United States there is a certain sense of instability, as we are in the throes of a tumultuous and nasty presidential election. There is civil unrest as well as the threat of terrorism at home and abroad that can have severe ramifications. At this uncertain juncture we are in dire need of tremendous rachamei shomayim.

Now is the time to join together with untold numbers of Jews all over the world to daven for Klal Yisrael. The yahrtzeit of the Chofetz Chaim is a remarkably auspicious time to invoke Divine mercy.

Now is the time to join with Klal Yisrael in the Yom Limud and Tefillah this Tuesday, 24 Elul/September 27 and tap into this unique eis ratzon!

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A politician was a guest speaker at the golf club dinner. As the politician stood up to speak, a few of the men saw it as an opportunity to sneak off to the bar. An hour later, with the politician still talking, another man joined them. “Is he still talking?” they asked him.

“Yes,” said the man.

“What on Earth is he talking about?” they asked.

“I don’t know,” replied the man. “He’s still introducing himself.”

Riddle me this?

There is a party of 100 highpowered politicians. All of them are either honest or liars. You walk in knowing two things: - At least one of them is honest.

- If you take any two politicians, at least one of them is a liar.

From this information, can you know how many are liars and how many are honest?

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Famous Debate Lines…Who Said It? 1. I had a discussion with my daughter Amy the other day before I came here to ask her what the most important issue was. She said she thought the control of nuclear weaponry.

2. Under my plan, I will put Medicare in an ironclad lockbox.

3. I want you to know also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent’s youth and inexperience.

4. I knew Jack Kennedy; Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy.

5. Sorry. Oops.

6. We can no longer afford to be second best. I want people all over the world to look to the United States again, to feel that we’re on the move, to feel that our high noon is in the future.

7. There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.

8. When I hear your new ideas, I’m reminded of that ad, “Where’s the beef?”

9. I never attacked him or his looks, and believe me, there’s plenty of subject matter right there.

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Walter Mondale Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Donald Trump Rick Perry John F. Kennedy Ronald Reagan Al Gore Lloyd Bentsen See answers on next page

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Answer to Flag Match-Up: 1. Italy; 2. Britain; 3. France; 4. Canada; 5. Egypt; 6. Switzerland; 7. Japan; 8. Mexico; 9. China; 10. Brazil

Answers to Who Said It: 1-C. President Jimmy Carter in the 1980 debate with Ronald Reagan.

2-H. Al Gore at the 2000 debate with George Bush.

3-G. Ronald Reagan during the 1984 presidential debates when asked if, at 73, he was too old to be president.

4-I. Democratic candidate Lloyd Bentsen in the 1988 vice presidential debate when Dan Quayle likened his political experience to that of John F. Kennedy.

5-E. Texas Gov. Rick Perry during the 2012 Republican primary debate after he spent 52 cringe worthy seconds trying to remember the name of a governmental department that he promised to close.

6-F. John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential debate with Richard Nixon.

7-B. Gerald Ford, during the 1976 debate against Jimmy Carter.

8-A. Walter Mondale during the 1984 Democratic presidential primary debate.

9- D. Donald Trump during the 2016 Republican primary debate when he was accused of attacking Sen. Rand Paul.

Wisdom key: 8-9 correct: You, my friend, are Jack Kennedy!

4-7 correct: You are not a bad debater, but where’s the beef?

0-3 correct: Sorry. Oops!

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Torah Thought

Parshat Ki Tavo

By Rabbi Berel Wein

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he warnings to the Jewish people as contained in this week’s Torah readings are awesome (how I despise that word as currently used in popular vernacular!) in their ferocity and cruelty. Unfortunately, they are also unerringly truthful and accurate. Everything in its minutest detail did befall us, not only over the long millennia of our existence as a people but as an accurate description of our fate in the last century.

The eternal question that nags at our very being as a people is “why?” or perhaps better still “why us?”

Though the Torah implicitly and explicitly puts the onus for all of this on the obstinacy and waywardness of the sinful behavior of the Jewish people, Jews throughout the ages have found it difficult to fit this punishment to the crime.

Even in Second Temple times already, the rabbis were hard pressed to determine the cause of the Temple’s destruction and resorted to explaining it in terms of baseless internal feuds and hatreds. As destructive as these traits undoubtedly are, they are difficult to pin down and identify as part of a national policy of a soci-

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ety of millions of individuals. We are therefore left to deal with the issues purely as a matter of faith and acceptance.

G-d’s judgment and policies are correct, exquisitely so, but completely beyond human understanding and rationalization. Though the Torah demands rational thought and analysis in interpreting its laws and value system, in essence it is obvious that it must be dealt with, in its authority and influence over human events, more as a matter of Heavenly understanding than human intelligence.

We have the great example of

tation of the well-known verse in Kohelet: “A generation departs and a generation arrives and the earth survives forever.” Aside from the usual understanding of the verse in regard to human mortality and the unchanging state of the world and its challenges, the verse can be viewed as teaching us another lesson. Namely, that it is only because of the departure of one generation and the consequent renewal caused by the arrival of another generation that the world is able to survive and remain vital.

Now this begs the question as

It is one of the mysteries of nature that destruction is always part of rejuvenation and renewal.

Rabi Akiva, who saw in the destruction of the Temple and the terrible scenes of cruelty that the Romans wrought against the Jews, the seeds of rebirth and resilience of the Jewish people. It is one of the mysteries of nature that destruction is always part of rejuvenation and renewal.

The raging and most destructive forest fire somehow preserves and guarantees the growth of a new, greater and more verdant forest.

There is an interesting interpre-

to why G-d created nature and the world in such a pattern. But, at least to me, it does signify the eternal path of the Jewish people through history as being in line with nature’s pattern of eternity itself. Just as nature with its very destructive forces nevertheless guarantees the eternity of the world, this parsha guarantees the survival of the Jewish people.

Shabbat shalom.

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The Observant Jew

Make it Memorable

By Rabbi Jonathan Gewirtz

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ost people remember where they were when Kennedy was shot, or when they heard that an airplane had crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. The event was so pivotal that the initial memory of that knowledge was ingrained into their psyches.

If someone was in a very bad accident, or had some traumatic event take place, that might also trigger deep-rooted emotions that create memories. Then, when it is alluded to, they find themselves back in the moment, able to recreate even minute details.

But what if you want to help someone remember something without possibly giving them post-traumatic stress disorder? How can you make a memory? Sure, you could take it to the other extreme and give the sixyear-old a pony for her birthday, but that’s not necessarily a memory that will help her later on in life.

I want to suggest some examples.

Perhaps you’ll find a technique or two that will work for you.

1. Repetition. The Dubno Maggid explains the verse in Tehillim, “He’emanti ki adaber, that I believed even as I said.” He says the more you say something, the more you believe it.

When I was in my early teens, my grandfather would take me for

haircuts. As I admired the barber’s handiwork in the mirror, my grandfather would say, “The best part is that the tefillin will fit much better on the head now.” I would chuckle to myself knowing that the best part of the haircut was how good my hair looked! (I sort of remember having hair.)

Now, years later, my grandfather is not alive to take me for haircuts, but when I put on my tefillin the day after one, I clearly hear his voice and can’t help but agree how wonderful it is that the tefillin fit better now. Say something again, and then again, and you might create a memory.

2. Unusualness. As I write this, I’m surprised my spellcheck didn’t tell me unusualness isn’t a word, but it’s a good thing because I plan to keep it here. Sometimes a memory can be made by something that is incongruous but not necessarily in a bad way. A woman related to me that her son was in the ATM vestibule outside a Monsey bank late one evening and there happened to be several Jewish men there at the same time.

A fellow answered her son’s question about the ATM and then walked out. A few seconds later, he walked back in and said, “Since we have a group of Jews together, we should have a dvar Torah!” He proceeded to say a short one, then turned and left.

“Only in Monsey!” the woman said, but don’t you think her son might remember and feel for the rest of his life, “When you have a group of Jews together you should have a dvar Torah”? Look for the opportunity to create memorable circumstances by utilizing the extraordinary.

3. Memory Cues. People training to remember large quantities of data may use a technique called a memory tree in which you take something very familiar, such as your bedroom or office, and assign different things to each item or place in that room. Envisioning a huge stack of folders balanced delicately on a doorknob might remind you about the report you need to take to school or work before you open the door to leave.

Another cue is linking to something you will do anyway, such as davening. R’ Moshe Meir Weiss says that when giving a class to baalei batim, working folk, a great topic is davening. They might not come across the halachic topic you speak about, but if you discuss the meaning behind a certain prayer, they’ll remember it the next time they recite it.

I still remember something my father said at my sheva brachos because it was a midrash tied to a line in kabbalas Shabbos. It may not be every time, but often on Friday night

when I say that phrase, I remember the compliment my father gave me so long ago.

The last thing to mention is that you should carefully choose what you want your children to remember. Is it you yelling at them or telling them you’re busy? Or would you rather they remember that you love them, are proud of them, and have deep values and principles to impart to them?

Make your choice, then give your children and the people you meet a reason to look back through their mind’s eye with a smile and say, “I’ll never forget the time when…” or “I’ll always remember how my father/ friend/teacher…” You will create memories in people’s lives. Make sure they’re worth remembering.

Jonathan Gewirtz is an inspirational writer and speaker whose work has appeared in publications around the world.

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Between the Lines

For Crying Out Loud – And Not

By Eytan Kobre

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hen Baron Rothschild’s wife was in her bedroom in the final stages of labor, the Baron was sitting downstairs with some friends, awaiting the auspicious moment. Suddenly, they heard the Baron’s wife cry out, “Mon Dieu, mon Dieu!”

“Baron,” said his friends, “go up to your wife. You should be at her side.”

“Not yet,” replied the Baron.

A few minutes later, another cry. “My G-d, my G-d!”

“Go up to your wife,” said the Baron’s friends. “She requires you.”

“Not yet,” replied the Baron.

At last, his wife cried out, “Gevalt!”

“Now!” said the Baron, and he rose abruptly and bounded up the stairs.

While the story is more about how Jews historically have concealed their true identities in foreign lands, it also says something about our penchant for crying out and baring our souls in the

most trying of times.

We cry out about what impacts us deeply: Esav, upon learning Yaakov had taken Yitzchak’s blessings (Bereishis 27:34); the Jewish people, when G-d punished them for their incessant whining (Bamidbar 11:2); Moshe, when his sister was afflicted with leprosy (Bamidbar 12:13).

So it is no surprise that – as we recount in the offering of the Bikkurim (First Fruits) – the Jewish people enslaved in Egypt “cried out to G-d…and He heard our voices” and redeemed us (Devarim 26:7). It was only “on account of their crying out [that] He accepted their prayers with His mercy” (Ramban, Shemos 2:2425; Yerushalmi, Ta’anis 1:1; Shemos Rabba 21:1; Shir HaShirim Rabba 2:30).

It wasn’t our prayers that G-d heard; it was “our voices” – that is, “without words of prayer, rather crying out from the depths of the heart” (Ha’amek Davar and Chofetz Chaim, De-

varim 26:7). Soon after, when the Jewish people approached the Red Sea with Pharaoh and his legions in hot pursuit, they again cried out to G-d from the depths of their hearts because that’s just what we do (Gur Aryeh, Shemos 14:10). That alone is effective. Formal prayer is not required.

The power of crying out (tze’aka) cannot be overestimated. It is one of four things that staves off bad decrees (Rosh HaShana 16b; Pele Yo’etz, “Tze’aka”), and G-d assures us that He will always heed our cries of desperation, whether communal and individual (Mechilta, Mishpatim 22; Tehillim 34:17-18; Tehillim 107:6). And he does.

During World War II, the Nazis, ym”sh, were rampaging through Northern Africa, looming over Israel (then Palestine). Staring down the same unspeakable fate as their European brethren, throngs of Jews assembled before the Italian consulate in Jerusalem. Led by

the great mystic R’ Yehuda Pesaya, they prayed to G-d and appealed to the mundane mercies of the Italian ambassador. But the ambassador was powerless; the Germans would be invading Palestine the next day, he confirmed. Nothing could stop them.

With nowhere else to turn, the desperate crowd descended upon Kever Rochel where they crammed into the small chamber room and poured out their souls all night long.

At daybreak, R’ Yehuda Pesaya addressed the crowd.

“I believe the decree has been averted! The Germans will not set foot on the Holy Land. I know this because I saw our matriarch Rochel standing upon her grave listening to us cry out to G-d and she too cried out to G-d, and – ” Before he could finish his thought, two messengers arrived from R’ Yehuda’s wife.

She too had dreamed that Rochel was standing on her grave listening to the Jews

cry out to G-d in prayer until she joined them in pouring out her heavenly soul on behalf of the Jewish people.

And as it turns out, the British army miraculously rebuffed the Germans onslaught.

Crying out to G-d can be a form of prayer (Devarim Rabba 2:1; see Da’as Z’keinim, Devarim 3:23), but it is so much more than that.

It is “a prayerful raising of the voice from the deepest recesses of the heart” (Pele Yo’etz, “Tze’aka”), and it is “greater [than prayer] because crying out is in the soul…and that is dearer to G-d” (Zohar, Shemos 20). It is an act not as much of the lips or the heart, but of the soul itself.

Those who have had occasion in their lives to truly and desperately cry out to G-d understand the distinction between prayer (tefilla) and crying out (tze’aka) all too well. Prayer is pre-meditated and orderly and calm; crying out is desperate, messy, even haphazard – it

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is drawn upon when nothing else seems to work (or at least when we believe that). The place for prayer generally is the synagogue, but crying out is not so confined – it can take place even

la 1:1; Rashi, Berachos 20b), but all agree that crying out to G-d in times of need is an absolute obligation (Rambam, Sefer HaMitzvos, Positive Commandment No. 5 and Ramban ad loc.). “There

Crying out is reflexive. It is frantic. It is gut-wrenching.

in the middle of the street (Ta’anis 15a-16a). Crying out is reflexive. It is frantic. It is unplanned. It is deeply personal. It is gut-wrenching.

And that’s why it works.

Whether formal prayer is a Torah obligation is a matter of debate (Rambam Tefil-

is a positive commandment to cry and call out with the trumpets upon every crisis which confronts the community…This is the manner of repentance, that during times of crisis they should cry and call out…” (Rambam, Ta’aniyos 1:1-3).

Yet, crying out need produce no sound. Like the silent cry emanating from a child in extreme distress, some of the deepest and most penetrating cries are the silent ones – the ones so desperate that no sound at all is emitted. Those silent cries are devoid of vanity; they are heard only by G-d and ascend to Him without interference.

Banished from Avraham’s household, Hagar dumped her son Yishmael under a bush and walked away so as not to see him suffer and die. But while it was Hagar who “wept in a loud voice” (Bereishis 21:16), “G-d heard the cry of the boy” (Bereishis 21:17).

There had been no mention of the boy crying, but some cries are silent. As Rebbe

Nachman of Breslov put it: “One can shout loudly in a small, silent voice, without anyone hearing, because one doesn’t emit a sound, but simply screams silently with this soundless small voice. Anyone can do this.

Just imagine the sound of such a scream in your mind. Depict the shout in your imagination exactly as it would make a sound.

Keep this up until you are literally screaming with this soundless small voice. This is actually a scream and not mere imagination…When you picture this scream in your mind, the sound actually rings inside your brain.

You can stand in a crowded room, screaming in this manner, with no one hearing you” (Sichos HaRan 16).

And sometimes those are

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just the cries of utter desperation that G-d listens to.

The Selichos nigh upon us take the form not of prayer (tefilla) but of crying out to G-d (tze’aka) (Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, “Redemption, Prayer and Talmud Torah,” Tradition, Volume 17, No. 2 [1978]).

Distilled to its essence, Selichos is just this: “Answer us, G-d, answer us!” (Ta’anis 17a). Simple. Frank. Desperate. Poignant.

Crying out to G-d – out loud or silently – is the quintessential act of Elul.

Eytan Kobre is a writer, speaker, mediator, and attorney living in Kew Gardens Hills.

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? E-mail eakobre@ outlook.com.

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A Fulfilled L fe

Controlled Change

By Rabbi Dr. Naphtali Hoff

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ast week Sunday, our nation and the world commemorated the 15th anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001.

During the many memorial tributes and services, people spoke of the horrific attacks that were unleashed on lower Manhattan and the Pentagon on that day. They also recounted the countless acts of selfless heroism that occurred on that day by individuals

who rose to the moment by helping others in need. And of course, there was much focus on rebuilding, on the fact that Americans did not hunker down in fear following the tragedy.

But there was more to 9/11, certainly with regards to the long term impact of the attacks. The masterminds and executioners of the attacks did not “just” wreak havoc and destruction on thousands of people.

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They instilled a sense of lasting fear in millions in this country. Americans who felt safe and untouchable on their own soil were now permanently vulnerable knowing that they could never fully anticipate or prevent future attacks.

The impact also extended to the way we travel and the way we think of others. New regulations were enacted to reduce the risk of terrorist violence, including increased airport security (costing our nation billions of dollars annually) and limitations on traveling with such “innocuous” items as shoes, toiletries and laptops.

Identification requirements are now stricter and more extensive than ever before. Moreover, we are warier and less trusting of others than we once were, particularly those that fit certain external profiles.

9/11 was a watershed moment in American history, a paradigm shift that has permanently altered our basic way of thinking. It marked the end of a time when wars were conducted on foreign soil, and terrorist victims were people in other countries, fighting over causes not particularly important to or understood by the local conscience. 9/11 brought international struggles and violence to our doorstep and made terrorism an American problem.

This week’s parsha also presents a paradigm shift, a stark contrast between the blessings that we will receive if we act in accordance with Hashem’s will, including peaceful, blessed residency in our homeland, and the dire consequences that we will face – including destruction and exile – if we choose the opposite path.

And it shall come to pass, if you shall hearken diligently unto the voice of Hashem your G-d, to observe to do all His commandments which I command thee this day, then Hashem will set you above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you, and overtake you (Devarim 28:1-2) But it shall come to pass, if you will not hearken to the voice of Hashem your G-d … that all these curses shall come upon you, and overtake you … Hashem will send upon you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to do, until you be destroyed … because of the evil of your doings, whereby you hast forsaken Me… And all these curses shall come upon you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, till you be destroyed; because you did not hearken to the voice of Hashem your G-d, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.

(Ibid 15ff) In contrast to the harrowing events of 9/11, the reality shift that our parsha described was clearly in our hands to determine. Let us hope speedily for a time in which we will enjoy clear, direct divine providence, a time in which we will no longer have to fear the impact of such traumatic external changes, so that we can fully invest our physical and emotional energies, not to mention our resources, fully in the service of our Maker.

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Israel Today

The Cliffs of Ashkelon

By Rafi Sackville

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espite my general dislike for hanging out on beaches, there was a time in my late teens when I spent days on the shoreline at Ashdod. My friend Avi lived three blocks away. His family made daily pilgrimages to the beach where they’d lay out towels and picnic baskets and settle in for the afternoon under large umbrellas. Avi’s brother-in-law Roget would sit at the water’s edge fishing. The sound of plastic balls on paddles and the excited squealing of children as they dug holes in the sand punctuated conversation.

My childhood Australian summers were predominantly spent around swimming pools. This sterile environment of chlorinated water and PS levels was far removed from the country’s famous beaches. I developed a finicky approach to self-maintenance which I considered preferable to jumping into the sea and having to wash down once I’d finished. I was a-no-sand-between-the-toes type of guy.

My friend Shraga is quick to point out that my predilection against sprawling a towel out on the shore is a blight on my manhood. He spends a lot of time on the beach in Ashkelon and always returns invigorated. “What type of man are you?” he will occasionally ask. No answer sat-

isfies him. I admit that he has a point.

What about the jellyfish that plague the coastline? I ask. He replies that they only last for a short period during the beginning of summer.

What about the sand that gets caught in every nook in your body? Never one to mince words Shraga calls me a sissy. Because I’m fair game – I mean who doesn’t like the beach? – I keep silent.

The sands of Ashkelon are different in characteristics to the beaches at Rosh Hanikra. There is a distinct shift in topography from the types of sands we know the world over, like those on southern and central beaches in Israel, to the dark brown rocks that mingle with thicker sand like diners at a picnic on the beach in Nahariya and the grottoes on the Lebanese border only a few miles further north.

We recently spent some time in Ashkelon and on more than one occasion I took long walks along the beach. Once you turn north past the marina and the bathing areas there are long stretches of beach that are out of bounds for swimmers.

This stretch is characterized by sand cliffs in front of which are signs alerting passerby to the dangers of collapse.

An article in the environmental section of the Jerusa-

lem Post described how the Israel Electric Company had originally wished to extract sand and deepen anchorage areas around the nearby Rutenberg Power Station.

Rather than granting the request the sand was sent back to the Ashkelon beach. The then-minister for the protection of the environment was quoted as saying that, “If we don’t win here, the sand that is currently saving the cliff will be thrown into the deep sea. The sand of Ashkelon will save the beaches of Ashkelon.”

The cliffs I walked by are a feature of an almost 30 mile stretch of the coastline.

The cliffs are composed of kind of limestone and can be as tall as 60 feet. Unfortunately, they have been “retreating eastward gradually for years.” A few years ago some of the cliffs began to collapse, causing impending danger to buildings and people. In 2011, the government approved a half billion shekel protection program to protect the cliffs that have been losing up to one and a half feet a year.

Walking along the beach and by the cliffs isn’t straightforward. The lapping sea mostly runs ashore over black-flecked sand, but there are areas covered in small seashells that crunch under one’s feet like snapping plastic and force you to walk up

the beach in order to pass.

The cliffs are stunning, but fragile even to an unprofessional eye like mine.

Imagine a pound cake sitting in a baking tin. If you took a teaspoon and scooped out a piece, you’d get an idea of what they look like.

I walked for 4 miles before finding an opening in the cliffs from where I could

If the owners were rich foreigners, then where were they in the middle of July?

I walked by the Leonardo Hotel and back down to the beach. I found an empty spot and ran into the sea. The water was warm, but refreshing. I was sitting in the water when a cloudy boxed jellyfish lazily floated by. I’d been told how their stingers are very

The cliffs are stunning, but fragile even to an unprofessional eye like mine.

continue my journey inland.

I came to a point overlooking a stunning view of the sea. I looked around and made my way across a large field which led to a Rephael Eitan Boulevard running parallel to the sea.

The boulevard is a contrast between modernity and its lack of. Interspersed between large areas of land that have not been developed sits one large empty villa after another. Each appeared designed by the same architect.

They are large, box-like, and the largest room in each villa has massive curtained closed windows that face the sea.

I had no success in my search of human habitation.

painful, so I got out of the water and started to make my way back.

I ran my fingers over my head and was instantly reminded of all the reasons why I don’t like the sea. I was covered in a thin layer of sand. I shrugged my shoulders and bravely carried on.

An hour later I had showered and was sitting with Keren looking out at the sea. She asked me if my discomfort had been worth the effort.

“I’m going back tomorrow, if that answers your question,” I told her.

Rafi Sackville, formerly of Cedarhurst, teaches in Ort Maalot in Western Galil.

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All Eyes on the Candidates How Debates Swing Elections

BY NACHUM SOROKA

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onald Trump seemed mad this summer when he complained that the proposed debate schedule was arranged so that the general public would not be interested in watching him browbeat his opponent. Just after the Democratic Convention he took to Twitter to complain, “As usual, Hillary & the Dems are trying to rig the debates so 2 are up against major NFL games. Same as last time w/ Bernie. Unacceptable!” In all likelihood, the Republican nominee was simply creating an opening for himself to back out of participating in the longstanding presidential election tradition just in case it would make sense to sit it out when the time came.

Trump appears to have come to terms with sharing the spotlight with this week’s Monday Night Foot-

ball, perhaps after he himself scored a key team member in the Fox News’ fallen CEO, Roger Ailes, who can teach the billionaire a thing or two about debating; but the upcoming

ing two against President Obama in 2008.

Hillary Clinton is a seasoned politician who knows her talking points and more importantly, the times

Viewers thought the tanned and handsome Kennedy soundly beat the older and fatigued Nixon; radio listeners considered the results a tie. debates – three in all – could pose ample reason for the candidate to worry. For the first time in his life, Trump will participate in a one-onone debate on the national stage with an opponent who has completed no less than five of them, includ-

when she should not be talking.

Trump’s only experience in debating so far has been in the Republican primary debates this year, when he was able to get by with promises of “winning so much” and talking down to “Low Energy Jeb.” Trump has con-

tinuously avoided discussing much of his policies in depth throughout his campaign. In the second Republican debate, Trump’s explanation about how he would go about building a wall was to say, “We have a lot of really bad dudes in this country from outside… They go. If I get elected, first day they’re gone. Gangs all over the place. Chicago, Baltimore, no matter where you look.” And by debating amongst a group of presidential hopefuls, Trump was able to retreat into the shadows of the stage when a topic was beyond his scope and come back with a quick zinger when the time was right.

If Trump were to decide this Monday morning that it would serve him better not to show up against Clinton, the independent Commission on Presidential Debate, which has been in charge of the past seven series of presidential debates, may

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Looks make the man, especially during JFK and Nixon’s debate

be forced to cancel its plans. Or it may allow Gary Johnson, the Libertarian former governor of New Mexico, who is currently polling at 8% by some accounts, allowance onto the stage, something which he has been vying for for quite some time. Johnson is well below the 15% threshold set by the Debate Commission, but in the absence of an opponent for Hillary, he may be asked to go up there.

Such an occurrence, when a front-runner refuses to debate, has its place in history. In 1980, the year that Ronald Reagan ended up soundly defeating the incumbent Jimmy Carter by ten percentage points, President Carter refused to participate in the two first scheduled debates, citing the fact that John Anderson would be included in them as well. Anderson was the candidate that refused to die, and after losing the Republican nomination that summer, he ran as a member of the National Unity Party. His refusal to back out of the race irked President Carter.

Carter’s decision to take a stand against Anderson worked against him and painted him as an obstinate. Moreover, it gave Reagan the platform to drive back the president’s assertions that he was a “dangerous radical” without having the president there to rebut. Carter was polling well ahead of Reagan before the debate began. After the debate between Anderson and Reagan, the tide began to turn and Carter was forced to come to an agreement with Reagan.

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Reagan wanted to remind Americans of Carter’s track record. “Are you better off than you were four years ago?”

Debating foreign and economic policy is not something that Donald Trump should consider one of his strong points, but one thing Trump knows a thing or two about is how to perform for the camera. The Apprentice star knows when exactly to smile for the viewers and how to dominate the stage. In fact, the ones who really control the debates, the TV executives, know this and are very appreciative at having a master showman dominate the program-

and the staid politician, the misogynist and the feminist champion, is sure to attract even the least politically interested viewers. Moreover, people are waiting to see how the poor-mouthed Trump will denigrate a Clinton and if/when his poor taste will backfire.

The first debate to be televised, which took place in 1960 between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy, was watched by 36 percent of

“I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and inexperience.”

ming. Trump is such a draw that he has been allowed to call into Sunday morning television shows, something other candidates are rarely permitted to do.

Ironically, it may very well be that Monday Night Football should be the one who is concerned with going up against a Trump-Hillary showdown. Monday Night Football receives fewer than 20 million viewers on a good week. This is in contrast with the 67 million viewers who tuned into the first debate between Mitt Romney and President Obama. This election’s matchup, between the blowhard billionaire

the U.S. population. That would be the equivalent of almost 120 million viewers today, more than even the most popular Super Bowl. A lot of debates took place since then, and if history is any teacher, we may be able to learn a thing or two from presidential hopefuls and their previous sparrings.

Looking back, Trump’s lack of indepth knowledge and debate skills may work in his favor. Consider the fact that most people can barely remember the key points made at presidential debates. Instead, they remember the little things, the highlights that are repeated over and over

by the news stations the day after the event. In 2012, it was President Obama laughing off Mitt Romney’s reference to his retirement account having Chinese investments in blind trusts, “You know, I — I don’t look at my pension. It’s not as big as yours so it doesn’t take as long.” The matter of blind trusts went well over the head of the average viewer; the fact that billionaire Romney got schooled by the hardworking Barack Obama did not.

It didn’t either help Romney that he looked feeble in the face of his opponent’s criticism. Experts point out that ever since the presidential debates began being televised, what one says may not even matter at all.

How a candidate appears on television, handsome or haggard, poised or sweaty, is what shapes the public’s perception of who was the winner or loser. Indeed, surveys of people the day after the 1960 Nixon-Kennedy debate displayed a discrepancy between those who saw the debate on television versus those who listened to it on the radio: Viewers thought the tanned and handsome Kennedy soundly beat the older and fatigued Nixon; radio listeners considered the results a tie.

In the second debate between incumbent Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, Ford posited that Eastern Europe was not controlled by the Soviets. It was obvious that he meant that the Communists could not control the spirit of the Polish people, but the moderator accused him of saying that the Poland was not under Soviet rule of law, asking

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Dan Quayle was insulted when his opponent said, “I served with Jack Kennedy. I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy.”

victory over Jimmy Carter to his Hollywood training to look cool and in control while in front of a camera.

Reagan is perhaps most famous for his response in the 1984 debates to the question of whether he was too old to be president by announcing, “I will not make age an issue

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him, “Did I hear that right?” Ford doubled down on his statement and came across looking like a stumbling fool. The Yale graduate was not able to recover from that gaffe for the rest of the campaign and he ultimately lost to Carter.

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Even Mondale laughed at Reagan’s witty comeback regarding his age

of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and inexperience,” which even elicited a laugh from Walter Mondale, his opponent. And he was able to disarm Jimmy Carter in 1980 by repeating the refrain “There you go again” to many of the attacks Carter lobbed at him. Viewers did not seem to care that there was nothing notable about the line; Reagan’s poise in brushing off his opponent helped him appear more able to lead over the purse-lipped incumbent.

It also was not helpful to Carter that he credited his young daughter, Amy, with giving him the idea that the world’s most pressing issue was nuclear warfare.

Impressions matter more than reason to debate viewers. In 1988, Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis, an opponent of the death penalty, was asked the loaded question of what he would do if his wife, Kitty, were grotesquely murdered.

Dukakis stuck to his guns and answered, “I think you know that I’ve opposed the death penalty during all of my life. I don’t see any evidence that it’s a deterrent and I think there are better and more effective ways to deal with violent crime.” While that may have been the correct answer, and there really should be no difference to one who opposes capital punishment whether the victim is his wife or a stranger, Dukakis came across as uncaring and unreasonable, sealing his fate as the loser in the election.

Dan Quayle’s reputation suffered from the effects of having to ask his opponent, Lloyd Benstein, in 1988 to apologize for saying he was “no Jack Kennedy” to the laughter from the audience. And Al Gore came across as brazen for sighing too much at George W. Bush in 2000.

During debates, the public looks to latch onto the simple lines, the smart talking points. “Ask not what you can do for your country,” “I have a dream.” The six-foot-two Trump, who can preen for the camera better than the best of them, may very well be able to get away with positions like, “That’s what’s going to happen with our enemies and the people we compete against. We’re going to win with Trump. We’re going to win.

We don’t win anymore. Our country doesn’t win anymore. We’re going to win with Trump. And people back down with Trump. And that’s what I like and that’s what the country is going to like.”

But then again, all Hillary Clinton has to do is to allow Trump to become caught in a display of ignorance and attempt to sputter out of it. Or she could allow him to go off his rails while she stands by, looking at ease and complacent.

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t’s once again fall in America, and for a change, it’s not only football season. This year’s major matchup is taking place off the gridiron and out of the cold, behind two podiums. Let’s hope both teams actually show up.

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PEDIATRICS AT ST. JOHN’S The Pedriatic Department at St. John’s is pleased to welcome Dr. Arthur DeLuca to the Pediatric Team.

Dr. DeLuca is a board certified Pediatric Pulmonologist. He is a graduate of SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn Downtown and completed his residency training at Bellevue Medical Center.

He trained as a Pediatric Pulmonology Fellow through Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and served as an attending at Schneider’s Children’s Hospital, Winthrop, New York Hospital of Queens and Cornell Medical Center. Dr. DeLuca is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and Diplomate in Pediatric Pulmonology.

THE TEAM Dr. Cynthia Criss is a graduate of the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her training at Schneider Children’s Hospital of Long Island Jewish Medical Center before coming to St. John’s. She has been on the medical staff of the Hospital for 15 years, is the Pediatric Department Chair and is Board Certified in Pediatrics.

Dr. Allan Steinberg completed his training at Long Island College Hospital and his fellowship in neonatology at Brookdale Hospital.

He has been a dedicated member of the Hospital and community for more than 25 years. He provides specialized care required for the sick and well newborn, and is Board Certified in Pediatrics.

Dr. Steinberg is fluent in Spanish.

Dr. Lesly Gracias Michel offers endocrinology services. He completed his training at Nassau County Medical Center and

his fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology at Winthrop Children’s Hospital. He specializes in diabetes, thyroid disease, growth disturbances, precocious puberty, short stature and obesity. Dr. Michel is fluent in Spanish, Creole and French.

Dr. Rami Grossman completed his neurology training at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He has been providing care to the community for more than 20 years. Common disorders that he diagnoses and treats include ADHD, autism, developmental delay, seizures, headaches, learning difficulties and tic disorders.

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Dating Dialogue

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

Dear Navidaters,

Chaim and I have gone out already for several months. Things have been moving along very nicely and progressing without a hitch. We’ve started having more serious conversations and Chaim felt it was important for me to meet his parents before we took any further steps.

Since you don’t know who I am, I can comfortably say this. I can’t stand Chaim’s mother! From the very first moment that I met her she made me feel enormously uncomfortable. She blatantly and without any shame looked me up and down, as though I was a piece of meat at a butcher! She started assaulting (that’s how it felt) me with dozens and dozens of questions, some very personal. She asked many personal questions about my parents and there was a judgmental edge to her reactions and responses.

We sat in their living room for maybe half an hour. It was the longest, hardest half hour I ever remember experiencing.

I couldn’t get out of there fast enough.

Chaim is great. He is such a wonderful guy and has all the qualities I’m looking for. But now I’m feeling as though marrying into that family and winding up with a mother-in-law like his mother could be the end of me.

I really don’t know what to do. I’ve started slowing things down with Chaim, but haven’t told him why. I don’t want to hurt his feelings and it’s not his fault that his mother is so aggressive and rude. My own mother thinks I should run for my life. (Apparently, she didn’t have the kindest mother-in-law either and knows what it’s like to be saddled with a harsh one.)

I figured it can’t hurt to get all of your perspectives on this problem. Should I take my mother’s advice and run for the hills?

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.

Check out Soon By You’s Aftershow with the Navidaters on YouTube for a sit-down with coproducer Danny Hoffman.

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The Panel

The Rebbetzin Rebbetzin Faigie Horowitz, M.S.

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his is a tricky one. Your instincts are probably right but I think you and your mother should do your due diligence before you make a decision. Do your homework and ask around to see if she is truly a harsh and difficult person.

You may have felt insecure under scrutiny because the nature of the meeting was about getting to know each other and you were in the hot seat. The onus was on Chaim’s mother to try to put you at ease. Clearly she didn’t do this and therefore the encounter felt very unpleasant.

It could very well be that she had not done her due diligence regarding you and you may be from a different community than the one she is familiar with. You may be overreacting. Give her the benefit of the doubt as you clarify what she is all about and what happened exactly.

If she is truly difficult and unpleasant, you should have gotten wind of this from Chaim during the months of dating and he should have prepared you a little.

Something is off here; there is something wrong at one end or the other.

tions. Maybe she was uncomfortable. Maybe she’s nervous. Maybe she’s never done this before.

Right away you’re assuming she’s your enemy – wow! If I were Chaim, I would run away from the girl who thinks like that about his mom. And if you really liked him, you would try again to meet up with her and see for yourself that maybe you’re looking at this through the wrong lens. Maybe you are the one who is assaulting her. In her eyes, you’re a stranger. How else is she supposed to know anything about you if she doesn’t ask? How can she know anything about your parents, if she doesn’t ask?

I think it’s pretty sad that you are already thinking this way about her. You don’t even know her. And just because your mom wasn’t comfortable with her mother-in-law, doesn’t mean she has to reflect that back onto you. Your mom should be encouraging you to look at the positive and find out more.

If you meet again and see the same pattern, at that point you can decide. But for now, I think you should change your tone. Put on a different pair of glasses. Go out with her, be friendly and move on from there. Good luck.

A Mother The Dating Mentor Rochel Chafetz, Educator/ Mentor

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ow, you sound really angry, and personally, you sound to me to be just as judgmental as you think Chaim’s mother was to you.

You write how she looked you up and down and assaulted you with questions. That’s some description. Hashem gave you two eyes.

You have a choice how to use them.

Step back and ask yourself if maybe she was curious about who her son is dating and was just asking ques-

Sarah Schwartz Schreiber, PA

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ull disclosure: For all of you who believe there can never be an amicable shvigger-daughter-in-law (DIL) relationship, I am living proof that you can love your shvigger. Thanks Ma, for being the kindest, most generous, most easygoing shvigger.

That said, getting along with your shvigger is a challenge for every new DIL (see Megillas Rus).

Meddlesome mothers-in-law are among the top five reasons marriages break up. The good news regarding your predicament is that

you were exposed to her nastiness before joining the family. Talking to Chaim about Mommy Dearest may either 1) offend him (“My mother?”); 2) baffle him (“My mother?”); 3) or put him on the defensive (“Nothing to worry about.

She really likes you but has a hard time showing it”). I wouldn’t take the chance. Listen to your mom on this one; run for the hills…or Australia…or South Africa. Ten thousand miles should make a comfortable distance.

Another Mother Miriam Stern

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s someone who has experienced both ends of this scenario, I have compassion for both you and for Chaim’s mother. I can still remember back what it was like for me to meet my mother-inlaw for the first time. I was only 18-years-old, very immature and inexperienced. She appeared to me to be bigger than life and, frankly, kind of scary. I felt myself shaking as she tried to get to know me by asking questions about myself and my family. I was sure she hated me and that I made an awful impression. Luckily, my now-husband reassured me at the time that his mother was fond of me and that it went well. Through my young eyes, I had no idea.

Ultimately, my mother-in-law and I became very close and best of friends. And we have looked back and laughed together over the first meeting and how nervous we both were.

As the potential mother-in-law, I have sat more than once with perspective daughters-in-law, being the one asking the questions and trying to put the young woman at ease. I’m sure I did not necessarily succeed. But ultimately, it was a tough process that we had to go through.

The most important part of this conversation is how Chaim reacts to your feelings and whether he values them.

Think about it. Two strange women, thinking about sharing the same man in different ways, and both assessing each other’s worthiness. Not a simple situation!

I do believe it is incumbent upon Chaim to help you feel more comfortable about the whole thing.

Though I don’t think you should tell him that you don’t like his mother, you certainly can tell him that you felt uncomfortable being questioned by her. And see where Chaim takes it. He may reassure you and tell you that in fact his mother was even more nervous than you were and that his mother felt the meeting went very well and that she was enamored with you. Or he may in fact tell you that his mother is not the easiest of women, but that he is aware of it and will always stand by your side.

Either way, the most important part of this conversation is how Chaim reacts to your feelings and whether he values them and is anxious to make you feel safe and secure. That’s truly the key – that he is prepared to always prioritize you. After all, you won’t be marrying your mother-in-law.

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the kindest way possible and stay as feminine as possible. See how he responds to you being uncomfortable. From there, you will know what direction to take.

See if Chaim cherishes you by taking your feelings into consideration and tries to make you feel comfortable and even goes into protective mode or

see whether he goes into defensive mode and gets upset at you for saying something negative about his mother.

Whether married with a difficult mother-in-law as part of the deal or with a good one, you need to be a team and always support each other. So Chaim’s job, once married

Pulling It All Together

(dating lays the foundations of what he’s made of), is to support, cherish and protect you and your inner circle that consists of only the two of you. As long as you have a supportive teammate in marriage, even the worst of mothers-in-law will not be intolerable. A perfect example is the fact that your mother and father are still married!

She didn’t run for the hills because your father was obviously well worth tolerating

Couples have to talk about uncomfortable feelings or situations that arise.

his mother.

Is Chaim worth it for you to tolerate his mom? Only you can determine that for yourself. Good luck!

The Navidaters Dating and Relationship Coaches and Therapists

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o one likes to feel judged or on display. Most of us have at some point or another felt someone’s disdainful eye taking in every inch of us. When in the company of someone truly disapproving or hypercritical, an energy descends upon the room. And for those of us who feel born with a sixth sense, that energy is almost palpable. Rachel Chafetz’s insight is that perhaps you are the judgmental person in this situation. I respectfully disagree. It doesn’t matter who was or was not judging. You felt something, strongly. As a therapist, I work with people’s feelings and intuitions. I don’t know what went on in that room because I wasn’t there. But I know you felt judged, belittled, demeaned, looked over, etc. And it is OK to trust your intuition. So, here you are in a relationship with Chaim, not a big fan of his mom, and your own mother is waving a red flag, telling you to run for your life. What’s a girl to do?

Let’s cut to the chase with the two schools of popular thought when it comes to a potentially “difficult” mother-in-law. One school will tell you that you don’t marry someone’s mother and that everyone comes with a pekalah … this

is Chaim’s. The other school will tell you that a mother-in-law can make your life and your marriage miserable. Why marry into this situation? The third school of thought is to ignore everyone, forget about Chaim’s mother for a while, and focus on your relationship with Chaim.

I think it is imperative that you speak with Chaim about this issue.

The most important factor and the only thing that matters to me for now is how comfortable you are telling Chaim about your feelings, how Chaim will handle your feelings, and what action he will take to help you cope with or manage these feelings. In other words, I want you to become hyper-focused on your relationship with Chaim right now.

Can we talk about this productively? Will it lead to a fight, or will it lead to feeling heard, validated and soothed? Will Chaim stick up for his mother right off the bat?

How will you and Chaim navigate this situation as a couple? Perhaps Chaim will completely agree with you, or completely disagree with you. We can’t know that right now.

But what you need to find out is, is

Chaim here for me?

And you need to ask yourself first and foremost, am I here for Chaim?

Now, let’s talk about what has prevented you from speaking about this with Chaim, thus far. I think it is significant that you have been dating for months and find yourself pulling away from him without giving him a reason. What’s going on? What is your insight or understanding of this? I’m feeling badly for the guy. Here he is, on Cloud 9 (dating the most wonderful girl in the world, I’m sure) and without reason, she has pulled away and left him in the dark. I can’t imagine how he is feeling right now. Even though it is hard to talk about uncomfortable things like not loving his mom, I think you need to have this conversation. Couples have to talk about uncomfortable feelings or situations that arise. And whether you wind up marrying Chaim or not, this is a wonderful opportunity for you to practice handling your own personal discomfort with maturity, grace and kindness. If you never see Chaim again, I would bet that you will find yourself in another uncomfortable situation with another guy somewhere down the road, whether dating or married.

Will you avoid it and ruminate? Or will you face it head on, taking your discomfort along for the ride?

In conclusion, for now at least, don’t worry about either of your mothers. Put them both away, mentally, for another time. You need to focus your energy on talking to Chaim. I would begin with owning your own behavior with regard to why you have slowed things down.

(Don’t be too hard on yourself.

These situations don’t come with manuals). And then tell him why you have slowed down the relationship and what has been on your mind. You can do this!

Sincerely, Jennifer

Esther Mann, LCSW and Jennifer Mann, LCSW are licensed, clinical psychotherapists and dating and relationship coaches working with individuals, couples and families in private practice in Hewlett, NY. To set up an appointment, please call 516.224.7779. Press 1 for Esther, 2 for Jennifer. If you would like to submit a dating or relationship question to the panel anonymously, please email thenavidaters@gmail. com. You can follow The Navidaters on FB and Instagram.

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Dr. Deb

How to Love

By Deb Hirschhorn, Ph.D.

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t’s amazing how hard we all find things that “should” be easy.

How hard is it, really, to just say how you feel? I mean, how you really feel, like scared of being looked down on? Well, it is so hard that most people will never admit that they have that fear. But when you think about it, why should it be hard at all?

It’s human to make mistakes and human to be imperfect, so, theoretically, we should be able to admit our fears of being totally in the wrong. After all, we most probably will be.

But we can’t do it.

WE PREFER TO PROJECT A FAKE IMAGE We would rather hide our inadequacies and project an image of competence and brilliance to the world that we don’t believe one bit in our hearts.

And doing so, unfortunately, pushes away the very people we care about. They can smell the fishiness of our exterior and they don’t like us for it. We then end up with the very problem we were trying to avoid.

What we want is to be loved, cared for, admired, valued, and con-

nected. So we go and hide who we really are – which we don’t like very much – and expect that in doing this we will miraculously get others to like or love us.

But by hiding who we are, they can’t love us! How can you love someone who isn’t “there”? And furthermore, if we didn’t care much for ourselves, how can we possibly expect someone else to do otherwise?

The answer is that we fool ourselves so much that half the time we are completely unaware that we are even doing this. It’s called “denial.”

But if a therapist were to try to pry off the mask from the person, they might • Say, “No way am I allowing myself to be vulnerable, even with you.”

• Say, “What are you talking about? I am not feeling scared or ashamed.”

• Insist that they are in agreement with you, 100%, and then never do the work required to examine themselves.

• Create distractions that look interesting so their therapist will not start to look in those vulnerable places.

That’s how hard people work not to be seen. At least the person in the first example admits he doesn’t want to go there. The others don’t even know. And if that is how people handle the therapist that they’ve chosen and are paying, that says something powerful about how hidden people are from the ones who they love (let alone themselves).

VULNERABILITY IS POWERFUL Brené Brown, a researcher in social work, whose work became popularized through a 2010 TED talk, however, found people who were happy to be who they were. Without masks and apologies. They were vulnerable and they believed, as she said in that talk, “what made them vulnerable made them beautiful.”

In other words, they celebrated their humanness and didn’t need to cover up their fallibilities. They were willing, for example, to tell the person they loved, “I love you” regardless of the reaction they would get; they preferred speaking their truth and being rejected over hiding who they were. They would not want to have a shell of who they were to be “accepted” because that would be meaningless.

To be able to do this requires selflove. The person who accepts himself and loves himself is willing to take risks like that.

Why? Well, let’s take the case of the person who fearlessly declares her or his love. That person is willing to risk losing out because speaking her truth, being honest with the beloved other, does not come from a place of neediness but from a place of giving.

It is as if she were saying, “My love for you is an offering. I’m giving it to you freely because I love myself enough to not be totally alone and miserable if you should reject me. I might be sad and disappointed, but I will survive and I will grow from the

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experience.”

As Brown said, being able to do that takes the courage to be vulnerable. She pointed out that the word “courage” has a French root: “Coeur” means heart. Courage comes from the heart.

Why would anyone even want

• By accepting others nonjudgmentally with warmth, they found it more likely to be accepted back.

• By accepting themselves, they found being by themselves to be pleasant and meaningful; they were not needy.

• By their willingness to share

“Coeur” means heart. Courage comes from the heart.

to summon the guts to be who they are with all their human fallibilities showing? I think, and Brown found, that people who were happily vulnerable found it to be a powerful part of their personalities.

• By accepting themselves without blame or criticism, they found it easier to accept others.

who they were with those that were close to them, it encouraged a reciprocity of sharing.

• That reciprocity, in turn, fostered intimacy, a warm, comfortable, enriching closeness.

Paradoxically, instead of being a weakness, Brown found it to be a strength and an asset.

OK, THAT’S WHAT I WANT, BUT HOW DO I DO IT? The question, however, remains: Just how do you do this? Where do you get the courage from? How, exactly, do I come to like the things about myself that I don’t like? And how can I share them? Yuck!

On the one hand, it seems to be a disagreeable job and on the other hand it is quite the opposite: You think you’ve found coal and soot, but you really found diamonds. See, your flaws (and mine and your spouse’s and your children’s) are normal. We all come with them. We’re kind of like an Ikea package: It’s up to us to take all this raw material and put it together into something useful.

Some of us had parents that were abusive or just not affirming. Or weak and ineffectual. Some of us had parents that died way too early to help us grow. Some of us had siblings who hurt us when our parents were busy working for a living. Some of us were

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bullied in the schoolyard or even by our teachers. We all have stories.

And maybe we didn’t act so well in response to things. That’s normal, too. But we can learn to make something very good out of the raw material of our lives. There are tools and they are powerful. We can learn to love ourselves. Come hear my free talk at the Central Jamaica Library on October 13 on how to begin that journey and apply it in your marriage.

The talk is called, “Three Keys To Use Immediately To Transform Your Marriage,” and the address is 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11432. The talk will be between 6-7:30 PM.

Dr. Deb Hirschhorn is a Marriage and Family Therapist. She can be reached at 646-54-DRDEB or by writing drdeb@ drdeb.com.

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Health & F tness

Yes, Get the Flu Shot

By Hylton I. Lightman, MD, DCH (SA), FAAP

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t’s everywhere. Your doctor’s office. The workplace. It’s staring you in the face. The sign: “Get Your Flu Shot” Here’s why your child (and you) should have the flu shot.

The flu is common and unpredictable. And it can cause serious illness and, G-d forbid, even death in healthy children.

The flu vaccine protects children from influenza viruses. Young children are especially vulnerable to these viruses. Every year, an average of 20,000 children under 5 years of age in the United

States are hospitalized with flu complications like pneumonia.

Children age 2 years and younger who come down with the flu are more likely to have serious complications.

As a result, both the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommend the flu vaccine for just about everyone who are at least 6 months old. In addition, babysitters, housekeepers, teachers, Rebbes, Morahs, therapists and others who work with children should also be vaccinated.

Why should you get the flu vaccine if you had it in previous seasons and still got the flu?

You can’t get the flu from the flu vaccine. The present vaccine being offered is made from killed viruses. After receiving the flu vaccine, you may experience mild symptoms like nausea, muscle aches and chills. If you are vaccinated and still catch the flu, the good news is that because of the vaccine, vaccinated people will most likely get a milder version of the flu.

This year’s flu vaccine is available as a shot only. The

nasal spray vaccine, which was a live virus, is not offered this flu season because for the previous three seasons it was not as efficacious against the flu virus.

Notice to anti-vaccine activists: The flu vaccine does not cause autism. Neither do other vaccines, but that’s not the point of this article. Fact: the flu vaccine saves lives.

I have already received my flu shot. Please join me!

Dr. Hylton Lightman is a pediatrician and Medical Director of Total Family Care of the 5 Towns and Rockaway PC. He can be reached at www.totalfamilycaremd.com, on Instagram at #lightmanpeds or visit him on Facebook.

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In The K

tchen

By Naomi Nachman

Rice bowls have become very popular in the last few years and have been making their way into kosher cookbooks, magazine articles and restaurant menus. I have never been a big fan of rice, but I do love quinoa, so I replace the rice with quinoa, which is also a little healthier as quinoa is considered part protein not just a full carbohydrate. I recently saw a similar recipe for this on a website that had a mini cooking video, and I loved the idea of this all-in-one-bowl recipe. Leftovers make a great lunch for the next day too. You can also serve this as a mini appetizer for any upcoming yom tov meal and if you use it for Rosh Hashana, you can garnish it with pomegranate seeds. It is also very popular to serve with a fried egg on top.

Korean BBQ Quinoa Bowl Ingredients

Directions

1 lb. skirt steak ¼ cup soy sauce ¼ cup mirin 2 garlic cloves, minced 4 TBS honey (divided) 5 scallions, sliced (divided) Black pepper 2 English cucumbers, thinly sliced 1 carrot, peeled and thinly sliced ¼ cup rice wine vinegar ¼ cup water 1 TBS kosher salt 4 cups cooked quinoa, warmed Sesame seeds

Cut steak into smaller, equally-sized pieces that are easier to handle with tongs.

In a medium bowl, mix together steak, soy sauce, mirin, garlic, 3 tablespoons honey, 3 scallions, and 1 teaspoon black pepper. Set aside to marinade.

Meanwhile, in another medium bowl, combine cucumber, carrot, and 1 tablespoon salt. Add vinegar, water, remaining honey and remaining scallions.

Mix until combined and chill until ready to serve.

Preheat a grill pan to medium-high. Once hot, remove the meat from the marinade and place on the grill. Season with pepper and grill the steak for about 3 minutes per side for medium-rare. Transfer steak to cutting board, cover with foil and let rest for 5-10 minutes. Slice the steak against the grain into thin strips.

Divide quinoa, steak, and cucumber salad among four bowls. Sprinkle bowls with sesame seeds before serving.

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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Rocky’s

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Weather or Not

By Rocky Zweig

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ermine is a potential ‘monster’ Labor Day weekend storm threat for East Coast” – USA Today “‘She’s headed our way’: Bill de Blasio warns New York to prepare for strong winds and rain from tropical storm Hermine on Monday as it causes havoc on the East Coast.” – Dailymail.com “NY prepares for Hermine with State Emergency Operations Center.”

- WBNG Channel 12 Action News “Oops.” - USA Today “Oops.” - Bill de Blasio “Oops.” - WBNG Channel 12 Action News In my next life I want to be a weatherman. I’ve had a few different jobs in my lifetime, and I’ve even made an occasional mistake. But in all my years in the jewelry industry, I handled thousands and thousands of precious stones, pearls and jewelry that didn’t belong to me and never lost a single piece (except the ring I gave my daughter when she was an infant and she gave back to me one day to resize; don’t ask).

Now mind you, I don’t begrudge weathermen their cushy occupations. I’m sure it’s not easy consulting their Magic 8-Balls (“Will it snow today?”…“Very doubtful”). Yes, yes, I know they also use computer models.

The thing they don’t take into consideration is that the only One who is truly in charge of what kind of a day it’s going to be doesn’t use a computer at all. Not even a laptop. He does it all by Himself and He doesn’t consult with any of them first.

When it was just weathermen (okay, okay, “weather people”) doing the forecasting, I might have been a little jealous that they were able to land such easy gigs, but hey, them’s the breaks, right? After all, what were you going to do with folks who wanted to get into broadcasting and looked like Willard Scott? Then, of course, you had good looking guys like…<DRUMROLL, PLEASE!> Sam Champion! Every time I heard that name I expected to see a guy in a cape and tights. And of course you know Frank Field (incidentally, a Jew of Ashkenazi heritage, whose name was originally “Feld”) who took his profession waaay too seriously when he named his son Storm.

No. I didn’t care that meteorologists were messing up half their forecasts and still getting paid. Everything was honky-dory…until the politicians got involved.

Remember Mr. “Hanging Chad” Al Gore? Al was a bit miffed about winning the popular vote and losing the election to George W. Bush, and

after all, who wouldn’t be? It was only the fourth time in history it had ever happened (1824: Andrew Jackson lost to John Quincy Adams; 1876: Samuel Tilden lost to Rutherford B. Hayes; 1888: Grover Cleveland lost to Benjamin Harrison). So Big Al decided to become a movie producer instead, and made “An Inconvenient Truth.”

The movie was a big hit in left-wing Hollywood, so much so that they gave it an Oscar. Only one thing wrong with “An Inconvenient Truth”: it was a pack of lies!

A few examples: The sea levels are not rising substantially.

The Pacific islands are not drowning.

CO2 is not driving temperature.

Snows of Kilimanjaro are not melting.

Polar bears are not dying (there are 25,000 today compared to 5,000 in 1940).

I’ve got thirty more of those.

I bring this all up because some time ago I got involved in an imbroglio (what else is new?) with a letter writer in another newspaper. Back in May the New York City Council, a mini version of the old Soviet Politburo, decided to pass a “bag tax” whereby consumers had to pay a nickel for each plastic bag given to them in a supermarket

or grocery store. No, wait. It wasn’t technically a bag “tax,” because the money wasn’t going to the city, it was going to the storeowner. Big whoops.

They did this on a day when they had nothing else to do: no one was trying to ban horse drawn buggies in Central Park, charter schools, or stop-andfrisk. They were just twiddling their thumbs collecting their hundred fifty grand when someone said, “Hey, guys, how about this: Why not charge people a nickel for plastic bags?!”

“Wow! Capital idea, ol’ sport!”

And so they did. Arbitrarily. And the people were sad. And angry.

And then lo and behold, a small miracle occurred. Several politicians, notably Chaim Deutsch, Simcha Felder, and Dov Hikind, rose up and said, “Hey, guys, here’s an even better idea: why don’t we not charge people a nickel for plastic bags?”

And so they didn’t. And the people were no longer sad. Or angry.

Then this guy writes into the paper saying he “cannot adequately express [his] dismay” because there’s a bill in Albany that will revoke the “five cent tax on supermarket customers if they do not save their plastic bags.”

At first I thought he must be kidding, but then I read on. He bemoans the fact that we’re using plastic bags in

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the first place. He remembers nostalgically the good ol’ days when he “was a kid and went shopping with [his] father, [and] the only bags that were used at the checkout counter were those huge brown paper bags which are, of course, recyclable.”

He ends by saying, “As Jews, we should share the same concern about the environment as everybody else. It is not always the wisest or expedient thing to do to opt solely for convenience, even though sometimes opting as such may be the most expedient thing toward getting reelected.”

It was up to me, of course, to explain the facts of life to this well-meaning but utterly naïve individual. You see, he was under the impression that the lefties on the City Council actually care about the environment. What a quaint notion! Liberals care not a whit about the planet. They don’t give two hoots about the California Snail Darter (a fish) or the Spotted Owl (not a fish) or Global Warming or Global Cooling or whatever the Global crisisdu-jour happens to be. Liberals care about one thing and one thing only: CONTROL. They want to control every aspect of our lives, right down to what’s in our drinking water, our gasoline and our brains. They want to regulate the size of the sodas we can buy and how much salt we can consume.

I don’t wax nostalgic about brown paper bags. In fact, I rarely wax anything at all. When I do find myself reminiscing about the good ol’ days, it’s all the things you could buy for 15¢ that I wistfully recall: a subway token, a slice of pizza, a soft ice cream cone (we called it custard back in the day). I miss Blatt’s Department Store. I miss the Culver Shuttle. I miss the Thirteenth Avenue Chicken Market (where Mike’s Dinettes is now). Brown paper bags? The only thing they were ever good for was book covers.

The Ribbono Shel Olam gave us this planet 5776 years ago. It has survived far worse than us. It has survived far worse than a few plastic bags. Okay, tons of plastic bags. We are not destroying the planet.

In 2006, Al Gore declared that unless we took “drastic measures” to reduce greenhouse gasses, the world would reach a “point of no return” in a mere ten years. He called it a “true plane-

tary emergency.” Well, the ten years have passed, we’re still here, and the climate activists have postponed the apocalypse. Again.

And now, just a week or so ago, President Obama unilaterally decided to create an undersea national monument out of 4,913 square miles of ocean off the coast of New England.

Opponents are already challenging the move, calling it an illegal use of presidential authority.

“We don’t normally create laws in this country by the stroke of an imperial pen,” says Bob Vanasse, a spokesman for the National Coalition for Fishing Communities. Well, Mr. Vanasse, I hate to break it to you, but for the past eight years the stroke of an imperial pen is pretty much the only way anything’s gotten done. Leider.

Vanasse says the move will seriously hurt the fishing industry: “We anticipate the offshore lobster industry will be affected to the tune of about $10 million per year. On top of that one of the most affected industries is going to be the Atlantic red crab industry. It is going to be very significantly impacted.”

I don’t know about you guys, but I can’t remember the last time I had a nice lobster. Or a red crab. Or a blue crab. Or any crab whatsoever. But I’ll bet there’s schmaltz herring in those waters, too. So don’t forget to vote for Trump, or you won’t be able to have a decent kiddush anymore!

Rocky Zweig has been writing since he was sixteen and was the Editor-in-Chief of the late and decidedly unlamented

Modieinu, the mimeographed (remember mimeographs?) newspaper of the Tenth Avenue Pirchei of Boro Park, where he wrote everything from stories to news articles to hashkafa articles to... yes (now it can be told!)...letters to the editor. Rocky was sixteen a very long time ago. He is the proud father of three marginally neurotic children. He has been married

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three — count ‘em — three times and has finally determined that he’s probably not very good at matrimonial bliss. He lives in his Fortress of Solitude in Flatbush with a small menagerie: Clarice, a European Starling; Rabbi Horatio LeZard, a Bearded Dragon; an aquarium filled with Lake Malawi African Cichlids; and a ten gallon tank that functions as a Home for Unwanted Goldfish, or H.U.G., collected over the years by his grandkids and great nieces and nephews at myriad street fairs and carnivals (rather than face the unpleasant task of flushing these unfortunate piscine creatures when they are eventually, inevitably ignored by their own obnoxious progeny, the parents simply call Uncle Rocky who then feeds them and cares for them until their ultimate natural demise three or four or even ten years down the pike). So apparently Rocky seems to get along better with animals than with his fellow homo sapiens. Or sapienses. Or whatever. Rocky’s column will be appearing every other week in The Jewish Home.

Rocky can be reached at anidaati@aol. com.

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The real issue is chronic dehydration, exacerbated by her lung problem and Clinton’s reluctance to drink water, which has become a source of tension with her staff. “She won’t drink water, and you try telling Hillary Clinton she has to drink water,” said a person in her orbit.

– From a Politico article detailing how Clinton’s distain for drinking water led to her dehydration

I drink tons of water. Just as much water as I can possibly drink.

– Hillary Clinton in an interview with Katie Couric in 2008, professing her love for water

This weekend, Martha Stewart said Donald Trump should not be president because he is “totally unprepared.” Though to be fair, by Martha Stewart’s standards, we’re all unprepared.

– Conan O’Brien

For the record he’s saying BIG LEAGUE. But I like Bigly too. Maybe we need to call Websters.

- Instagram post by Donald Trump Jr., commenting on a t-shirt which declared “Vote Bigly,” a word that his father seems to say often

I will consider it a personal insult, an insult to my legacy, if this community lets down its guard and fails to activate itself in this election.

- President Obama speaking at the meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation

When it comes to ISIL, we are in a fight, a narrative fight with them, a narrative battle.

- White House Spokesman Josh Earnest, on CNN, one day after several ISIS-inspired terrorist attacks in NY, NJ and Minnesota

There’s been a lot in the news about Hillary Clinton’s recent bout of pneumonia. Hillary herself tweeted about it yesterday, saying just like any sick person, she’s “just anxious to get back out there.” That shows how out of touch Hillary is with regular people. People don’t want to go back to work. Nobody’s in bed at 1 p.m. thinking, “Oh man, I wish I was watching Linda’s PowerPoint on how to fill out my expense reports.”

– James Corden

I’m not owned by corporate+ I don’t worship the $ nor do I care what Zionists think of me.

- Tweet by Newsweek magazine’s senior deputy editor Leila Hatoum after she was accused of being anti-Israel

Her doctors say she’s doing so well, she’ll be up and deleting emails in no time.

– Ibid.

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A woman in Oregon who was hospitalized for E. coli after eating Chipotle is suing the company for free Chipotle. It’s all part of Oregon’s “right to die” law.

– Conan O’Brien

Yesterday Hillary tweeted to her supporters that like anyone who’s ever been home sick from work, she’s just anxious to get back out there. Then those people said, “Nope, we’re pretty happy just staying home and watching Netflix.”

– Jimmy Fallon

Donald Trump admitted to Dr. Oz that he is overweight, loves fast food, and doesn’t exercise. In a related story, Trump just won Wisconsin.

– Conan O’Brien

I don’t know about you guys, but I am so relieved that the whole birther thing is over. I mean, ISIL, North Korea, poverty, climate change, none of those things weighed on my mind like the validity of my birth certificate.

- President Obama joking at a fundraiser on Saturday night, several hours after ISIS-inspired attacks in NY, NJ and Minnesota

Yesterday Joe Biden told some of Hillary’s campaign workers that he’s also had pneumonia before, and that if the doctor tells you to take three days off, you should actually take six days off.

Of course, that advice only really works if your job is vice president.

– Jimmy Fallon

Most damaging of all may have been a remark she made at a fundraiser on Friday when describing Trump’s voters as a “basket of deplorables.” Wow. Hillary should put her insults in “the hamper of awkwardness.”

– Steven Colbert

It sounds like the worst-selling item at Edible Arrangements.

Or maybe your cousin’s suburban punk band. Or even better, maybe the Korean translation of the “Minions” movie.

- Ibid.

Hillary Clinton is taking the day off again, she needs the rest. Sleep well Hillary — see you at the debate!

- Tweet by Trump six days before the debate, noting Hillary’s lack of scheduled events until the debate

Wal-Mart is working on a self-driving shopping cart that would return itself to the store after you’re done using it. Though the minute that Wal-Mart shopping cart becomes self-aware, it’s going to drive itself to Target and never look back.

– Jimmy Fallon

Papa John’s has announced it will be coming out with an app for Apple TV that will allow customers to order pizza from their screen. You get a soda, breadsticks, and a large pizza when you say, “Siri, how will I die?”

- Seth Myers

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Donald Trump’s childhood home in Queens is going up for auction next month. Apparently, the house has five bedrooms, or as Trump calls it, “20 walls.”

- Jimmy Fallon

You are welcome Colin Kaepernick.

- Tweet by New York Rep. Lee Zeldin (R) on Monday, taking a swipe at cop-hating NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick after authorities took custody of the Chelsea bombing suspect

Hillary Clinton is featured in the upcoming issue of Women’s Health magazine. While next month she’ll be featured in Bad Timing magazine.

– Jimmy Fallon, after Clinton collapsed at the 9/11 memorial ceremony

I’ve been briefed about the bombings in New York and New Jersey, and the attack in Minnesota.

– First sentence of Hillary Clinton’s short statement to the press shortly after the Saturday night bombings

Secretary Clinton, do you have any reaction to the fact that Donald Trump, immediately upon taking the stage tonight, called the explosion in New York a “bomb”?

– First question to Clinton after her statement

Well, I think it’s important to know the facts about any incident like this… I think it’s always wiser to wait until you have information before making conclusions because we are just in the beginning stages of trying to determine what happened.

– Clinton’s response

There have been smarter and better looking men than me who are no longer alive. All that is left for us to do is to keep working as hard as we can and rebuild what we lost.

- 113-year-old Yisrael Kristal, of Israel, upon celebrating his bar mitzvah a century after he was unable to celebrate due to World War I

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A spokesman for the Royal Family says that Prince William and Kate Middleton’s upcoming family trip to Canada will be a “largely casual” and “highly outdoors” event. Then normal people said, “So ... camping. You’re going camping.”

– Jimmy Fallon

If I had a bowl of skittles and I told you that just three would kill you, would you take a handful? That’s our Syrian refugee problem.

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Donald Trump’s running mate Mike Pence said that his role model for the vice presidency is Dick Cheney.

To prove it, this weekend Pence had six heart attacks and shot his friend in the face.

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Hillary Clinton and her campaign of 2008 started the birther controversy. I finished it… Barack Obama was born in the United States, period. Now we all want to get back to making America strong and great again.

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Political Crossfire

Trump Benefits from the Ills of Obamacare

By Michael Gerson

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n the event of a victory

by Donald Trump in November, political analysis will take on a forensic cast. How did establishment politics – first in the GOP primaries, then in a national electorate – come to die?

Privately, Democrats would regret their selection of one of the most joyless, least visionary presidential candidates of recent memory. Publicly, they would blame trends that incubated within the Republican coalition, particularly a nativism incited by conservative media and carried by a candidate – alternately cynical and frightening – who is unbound by truth, consistency or decency.

And, by G-d, they would be right in much of this critique. But this is really only adequate to explain how Trump seized a powerful plurality of Republican primary voters. Stipulating a Trump victory, Democrats could not dismiss the winning coalition as an ocean of deplorables. If Hillary Clinton loses, it will be because she was the resume candidate in an anti-establishment wave election. It will be because she argued that

America, with incremental corrections, is on the right track set by Barack Obama, while more than 60 percent of Americans believe the country is off course, and have thought so for years.

If Trump succeeds in essentially turning out the midterm electorate in a presidential year – whiter, older, angrier – the main, motivating issue may be the restriction of immigration.

But the general atmosphere of contempt for government that helps Trump – of disdain for the weakness and incompetence of the political class – is due to the Affordable Care Act. More than six years after becoming law, the proudest accomplishment of the Obama years is a political burden for Democrats. A recent Gallup poll found that a majority of Americans disapprove of Obamacare.

The deeper concern for Clinton and her party comes deeper in the numbers. Only 18 percent of Americans believe the Affordable Care Act has helped their families; 80 percent say it is has hurt or had no effect. A higher proportion of Americans believe the federal government was behind the 11/9 attacks than

believe it has helped them through Obamacare.

The Affordable Care Act has come to embody and summarize declining trust in political institutions.

The law was passed in a partisan march, without a single Republican vote. The system’s federal website was launched with a series of glitches and failures that still make “healthcare.gov” a byword for public incompetence in the computer age. Only 17 state-based exchanges (16 states and the District of Columbia) were created. Of that number, four (Hawaii, New Mexico, Nevada and Oregon) have failed, and Kentucky’s will be dismantled/shuttered next year. According to a recent report by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, the Oregon exchange received $305 million in federal funds but never created a functional website or enrolled a single person in private insurance online.

Premium costs in the exchanges increased about 12 percent nationwide from 2015 to 2016. Current rates are now being finalized, but it looks like the increase from 2016 to 2017 will be double that. “This suggests that the system is not finding

its balance or approaching stability but actually getting more unstable,” says Yuval Levin of National Affairs.

“People just aren’t finding the insurance offerings in the exchanges attractive, and the law leaves insurers very few options for improv-

and right Obamacare’s listing demographic ship. It is less a solution than a concession of helplessness.

Trump calls attention to these failures, while offering (as usual) an apparently random collection of halfbaked policies and baseless

A higher proportion of Americans believe the federal government was behind the 9/11 attacks than believe it has helped them through Obamacare.

ing them. The insurers are increasingly fleeing – a third of counties in the U.S. will have only one option in the exchanges next year. And there isn’t much the administration can do about it.”

Because of a poisoned legislative atmosphere, there is no prospect of legislative fixes to an unstable and perhaps unsustainable system of health exchanges.

So President Obama is left to call a “Millennial Outreach and Engagement Summit” later this month, urging the kids to buy health insurance

pledges (“everybody’s got to be covered”) as an alternative. There is no reason to trust Trump on the health issue; but there is plenty of reason to distrust Democratic leadership. No issue – none – has gone further to convey the impression of public incompetence that feeds Trumpism.

If Trump wins, there will be a host of reasons, but one will be this dramatic failure of liberal governance. (c) 2016, Washington Post Writers Group

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Political Crossfire

Hillary Sharpens, Trump Softens.

He’s Rising, She’s Falling

By Charles Krauthammer

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f you are the status quo candidate in a change election in which the national mood is sour and twothirds of the electorate think the country is on the wrong track, what do you do? Attack. Relentlessly. Paint your opponent as extremist, volatile, clueless, unfit, dangerous. Indeed, Hillary Clinton’s latest national ad, featuring major Republican politicians echoing that indictment of Donald Trump, ends thus: “Unfit. Dangerous. Even for Republicans.”

That was the theme of Clinton’s famous “alt-right” speech and of much of her $100 million worth of ads.

Problem is, it’s not working.

Over the last month, Trump’s new team, led by Kellyanne Conway, has worked single-mindedly to blunt that line of attack on the theory that if he can just cross the threshold of acceptability, he wins. In an act of brazen rebranding, they set out to endow him with stature and empathy.

Stature was acquired in Mexico whose president inexplicably gave Trump the opportunity to stand on the

world stage with a national leader and more than hold his own. It’s the same stature booster Sen. Barack Obama pulled off when he stood with the French president at a news conference in Paris in 2008.

That was part one: Trump the statesman. Part two: the kinder gentler Trump.

Nervy. Can you really repackage the boasting, bullying, bombastic, insulting, insensitive Trump into a mellow and caring version?

With two months to go? In a digital age in which every past outrage is preserved on imperishable video?

Turns out, yes. How? Deflect and deny – and pretend it never happened. Where are they now – the birtherism, the deportation force, the scorn for teleprompters, the mocking of candidates who take outside money?

Down the memory hole.

Orwell was wrong. You don’t need repression. You need only the sensory overload of an age of numbingly ephemeral social media. In this surreal election season, there is no past.

Clinton ads keep showing actual Trump sound bites

meant to shock. Yet her numbers are dropping, his rising.

How? Trump never goes on the defensive. He merely creates new Trumps. Hence: (1) The African-American blitz. It’s a new pose and the novelty shows. Trump is not very familiar with the language. He occasionally slips, for example, into referring to “the blacks.” And his argument that African-Americans inhabit a living nightmare and therefore have nothing to lose by voting for him hovers somewhere between condescension and insult.

But, as every living commentator has noted, the foray into African-American precincts was not aimed at winning black votes but at countering Trump’s general image as the bigoted candidate of white people.

Result? A curious dynamic in which Clinton keeps upping the accusatory ante just as Trump keeps softening his tone – until she finds herself way over the top, landing in a basket of deplorables, a phrase that will haunt her until Election Day. (Politics 101: Never attack the voter.)

(2) The immigration wob-

ble. A week of nonstop word salad about illegal immigration left everyone confused about what Trump really believes. Genius. The only message to emerge from the rhetorical fog is that he is done talking about deportation and/or legalization. The very discussion is off the table until years down the road.

Case closed. Toxic issue detoxified.

Again, that’s not going to win him the Hispanic vote.

well, Obamacare.

But wait. Didn’t Trump’s acolytes assure us that he spoke for those betrayed by the sold-out, elitist, GOP establishment that for years refused to stand up to Obama’s overweening mandates, Big Government profligacy and budget-busting entitlements?

No matter. That was yesterday. There is no past. Nor a future – at least for Ivanka-care. It would never get

It is meant to signal what George H. W. Bush once memorably read off a cue card. “Message: I care.”

But that wasn’t the point. The point was to soften his image in the Philadelphia suburbs, pundit shorthand for white college-educated women that Republicans have to win (and where Trump trails Romney 2012 by 10 points).

Which brings us to: (3) The blockbuster childcare proposal. Unveiled Tuesday, it is liberalism at its best, Big Government at its biggest: tax deductions, tax rebates (i.e. cash), and a federal mandate of six weeks of paid maternity leave. The biggest entitlement since,

through the GOP House.

Nor is it meant to. It is meant to signal what George H. W. Bush once memorably read off a cue card. “Message: I care.”

And where do you think Trump gave this dish-theWhigs cradle-to-college entitlement speech? Why, the Philadelphia suburbs!

Can’t get more transparent than that. Or shameless.

Or brilliant.

And it’s working. (c) 2016, The Washington Post Writers Group

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The Pinkertons Round up the Wild West

By Avi Heiligman

Frank and John Reno

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esperados ruled the towns, cities, roads and other areas in the post-Civil War era in the western part of the U.S. Usually the local sheriff or marshal could contain most situations; however, it was the most daring outlaws that needed outside help. Known as the Wild West, local authorities were fighting a losing battles against these world famous gunslingers with some of the law enforcements officers even being “bad guys” themselves. Before the FBI was created, a private agency, the Pinkerton Detective Agency, was called in to capture these criminals. Chasing legendary figures like Jesse James, the Reno Gang, and Butch Cassidy and his Wild Bunch put the Pinkertons into the headlines. They usually got their man but sometimes the dangers of the job proved too much for the men who used the motto “We Never Sleep.’

At first outlaws were merely a nuisance that could be contained locally.

Eventually, some decided to get more brazen and started robbing banks and trains. This was hindering the national economy and something needed to be done. Pinkerton’s agency was soon called in to hunt down one of the first band of thieves in America, the Reno Gang.

Hailing from Indiana with roots

in the border state of Kentucky, the Reno brothers were breaking the law even before the Civil War started in 1861. Four of the brothers – a fifth was called Honest Clint and a sister never got involved in the gang’s actions – were accused of horse stealing, arson, and cheating during card games. The town of Rockford chased them out of the city but they continued their mischievous ways. During the war they became known as bounty jumpers by enlisting in the army, collecting pay and disappearing before being put to battle. They did this several times under false names and at different locations. Other people started joining the brothers and in 1864 joined together with Frank and John Reno leading the gang. Murder and thievery became the norm for them as they terrorized merchants and travelers alike. Other criminals took after them and the rise of gangs became a real problem on the national level.

The Renos’ first train robbery caused the railroad to hire the Pinkertons after a passenger identified the gang. The passenger was mysteriously killed and the charges on the gang were dropped. John Reno was arrested by the Pinkertons after a robbery in Missouri and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Three gang members,

A Wanted poster for outlaw Jesse James

including Frank, were arrested by William Pinkerton, Allan’s son, but escaped prison. Several other trains and banks were robbed and at some of them the Pinkertons were there to greet the gang. At one train robbery a gunfight ensued with many gang members receiving severe wounds.

The brothers staged their fourth train robbery in May 1968 and stole close to $100,000. In July the Pinkertons were hot on their trail and stopped another train robbery by hiding on the train.

One member was caught, and even though the brothers initially escaped, they were caught the next day. Other members were caught by the Pinkertons soon after. In all, ten gang members were lynched by vigilantes and only John survived as he was already in jail. The nation’s first train robbers were caught but others were quick to cash in on the lightly guarded railways.

Perhaps the most famous of the Wild West outlaws was Jesse James of the James-Younger Gang. There were at least fifteen members who joined this gang at several points. Missouri stayed in the Union during the Civil War but many locals chose to fight for the South. Both families owned slaves and soon the brothers joined a rebel guerrilla band under the notori-

ous William Quantrill. Quantrill was killed at the end of the war and soon the guerrillas became outlaws. They started robbing banks in 1866, and after a bank robbery in Iowa in 1871 the Pinkertons were called in to hunt down the gang. An agent was found dead after tracking the gang in 1874, and another Pinkerton employee was killed in a shootout with John Younger who was also killed. After severely wounding the James’ mother in an attempt to capture the brothers who had just escaped, the Pinkertons called off the chase. Too many agents had died, and they were being mocked by the press.

In 1976 the gang rode up to Northfield, Minnesota, to rob a bank. Local civilians would have none of it and a shootout ensued. All of the gang members were shot and two were killed.

The rest left town but a posse (local vigilantes) was in hot pursuit. Only Frank and Jesse James escaped while the others were rounded up. In 1882 Bob Ford finished the job the Pinkertons had started and killed Jesse James. Frank James turned himself in but was acquitted after serving only a year in jail.

Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch Gang had a different code of ethics than the Renos and the James. Butch

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The Wild Bunch, December 1900.

Butch Cassidy is seated on the far right

was not into killing people, although other members of the gang broke that rule. This gang was active after the Pinkerton Agency was subject to government regulation in 1894 and even though the agency was involved in hunting them down it was local authorities who had the gunfights with the Wild Bunch.

With Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid being killed in a shootout

in 1908, the Wild West that is known in folklore for the most part ended.

The lawlessness that existed after the Civil War had morphed into a tranquil West that lasted until the Great Depression. The Pinkerton Detective Agency also went into protection services when the FBI was established in 1908 as a national force to track down lawbreakers. The FBI learned many lessons from the Pinkertons includ-

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Butch Cassidyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mugshot from prison in 1894

ing compiling an extensive database of wanted suspects that included mug shots, identifying marks, newspaper clippings, prior arrests, known locations and anything else that could help capture a criminal.

Pinkerton agents were involved in cracking many cases in the Wild West and brought some law and order in an otherwise lawless time. Other private eye organizations, a term coined

by the Pinkertons, existed in the past century but none were as well-known and effective as the first detective agency in America â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Pinkerton Detective Agency.

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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ntrepreneurialism is a highly revered skill in America and a major part of our foundation as a country. Nowadays, our news feeds are dominated with coverage of tech startups and overnight ragsto-riches success stories. The wildly popular TV show Shark Tank has reinforced the perception that we are all just one good business idea away from becoming fabulously wealthy.

However, the publicity has created an illusion that masks a more unsettling reality. In a TJH article last year on the merits of entrepreneurialism vs. a more traditional 9-5 job, I noted that America had strayed from its business-oriented roots. A Gallup poll showed that while 61% of employed Americans want to start their own business, just 10% of adults are self-employed, and a mere 4% own their own business with employees.

This trend leads to numerous economic issues from stagnant job growth to an increasing salary gap between America’s “one percent” and the rest of the masses. So, in light of that, why don’t our schools teach business concepts?

THE FACTS

Robert Kiyosaki, renowned author of the bestseller Rich Dad Poor Dad, asserts that “our schools train students to be employees who look for jobs rather than train en-

trepreneurs who create jobs and businesses.” His contention is true and the aforementioned Gallup poll illustrates just how low the business ownership levels have fallen in America.

But the scarier fact is that 50%80% of new businesses fail within a year (depends upon how you define “new business” and “failure” and which research you use), and 96% of businesses fail within 10 years!

That means even the people who try to start new business almost always fail! There is clearly an informational disconnect in a system where 96% of the people who aspire to own their own business are doomed to failure.

THE FICTION The above numbers are perturbing and are at odds with the image we have of an America where Jan Koum can sell Whatsapp for over $18 billion and sign the sale documents on the steps of the welfare building his mother took him to as a child. So how can we reconcile the fact that Silicon Valley and a select minority of new businesses seem to be thriving and yet almost all other new businesses fail?

The answer is obvious: many people are ill-equipped for the myriad logistics, skills and rigors comprised in the management of any new business. Passion and a creative idea can only get a person so far;

running any business of nearly any size requires the owner to be proficient in a multitude of roles and be willing to invest the time and effort necessary for long-term growth and success. Even massive, established companies can go under if they can’t adapt and stay relevant in the fastpaced, evolving markets of the 21st century! (Think Kodak and Blockbuster.)

Launching and growing a business is difficult. Consider the case of someone who comes up with a unique concept for a restaurant (note: restaurants have one of the highest failure rates among new businesses). They need to research legal requirements, restaurant standards, employment law, and inventory options. They need to rent a location, invest in supplies and machinery, create the necessary website and branding, hire staff and determine the right price points. And those are just a few of the factors they need to research and pursue before even getting close to a Grand Opening!

THE NEED FOR BUSINESS EDUCATION The above facts are not intended to dissuade people from starting businesses or pursuing new ideas.

Owning your own business can be a truly rewarding and liberating experience. Building up a business

or two and eventually one’s asset column is the way to follow Robert Kiyosaki’s next premise: “The poor and middle-class work for their money while the rich make their money work for them.” That is just one example of an aphorism that isn’t taught in school but should be.

Our schools and our parents encouraged us to do well in school so we could do well in college so we could do well on interviews so we could do well as employees so we could climb the corporate ladder, live frugally, save money and maybe retire one day with a small nest egg if we are lucky. And now we are propagating the same myths to our own children!

Did you know that the middle-class pays the most in taxes? Did you know that large businessowners often pay little to no taxes? The government wants large businesses to succeed and flourish so that they continue to hire employees thereby stimulating economic growth. As a result, the tax code is built to favor such companies and their owners at the expense of the poor and middle classes. So why are our schools still ignoring financial education as a means to teach students how to excel and thrive in the new global economy we live in?

A SOLUTION Schools and teachers need to

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introduce business education that stresses basic financial, investment, and management skills. There is a reason why so many uber-successful entrepreneurs dropped out of school; the skills they needed to succeed weren’t coming from school anyways. Even MBA programs train students to work their way up in cor-

go a paradigm shift teaching more business concepts to students and by radically changing the way they teach those business concepts.

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• Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki • The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey • Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner • Outliers: The Story of Success

by Malcolm Gladwell • The Art of the Deal by Donald Trump • How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie • The Lean Startup by Eric Ries Ultimately, the books listed above provide a far more in-depth analysis of the leadership, interpersonal and business skills required for success in the global economy we live in. These books and others like them should be required reading in school in order to better equip students for true financial success and freedom.

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to take the initiative and educate ourselves and our children. Don’t assume that financial success and financial freedom are beyond you.

After all, the ultimate businessman Henry Ford once proclaimed, “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right!”

Chaim Homnick is the College Advisor at Mesivta Ateres Yaakov of Lawrence and also teaches 5 periods of Honors/AP English Literature. Chaim is the owner of Five Towns Tutoring (fivetownstutoring.com) as well as Machane Miami Day Camp of Florida (machanemiami. com). He scored in the 99th percentile on the SAT and the LSAT and tutors both extensively. He has a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership and Administration as well as an MBA. For questions, comments, previous articles or tutoring, he can be reached directly at chomnick@gmail.com.

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Your

Money

Ahoy, Mateys!

By Allan Rolnick, CPA

L

abor Day has faded into memory, and before you know it, the holidays will be here.

Halloween, Thanksgiving, and the year-end X-mas/Chanukah/Kwanzaa cavalcade of commercialism are the obvious “Big Three.” But in all the holiday season hype, it’s easy to overlook a newer celebration that grows more popular every year.

We’re talking, of course, about International Talk Like a Pirate Day — observed this year on Monday, September 19.

Have you heard about the new pirate movie? It’s rated ARRRRRGH! When you think of pirates, you probably picture swashbuckling “Golden Age” captains like Edward “Blackbeard” Teach or “Calico Jack” Rackham. Maybe your tastes lean towards the fictional Jack Sparrow or Long John Silver. Either way, you’d probably be surprised to learn that the real pirates of history could be a sophisticated lot, organizing themselves into democratic societies, with checks and balances to en-

force discipline — and even “taxing” themselves to pay expenses.

What has two eyes, two arms, and two legs? Two pirates!

Some captains went so far as establishing written codes to maintain law and order. (No one walks the plank without due process!)

quarter, and private gentlemen of fortune one share each.” Even Bernie Sanders could approve of such equal distribution!

What do you call a pirate that skips class? Captain Hooky!

Today’s pirates face a whole new set of challenges, including how

How much does it cost a pirate to get a piercing? A buck an ear!

Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts, who captured over 470 ships before dying in a broadside of British grapeshot, ruled according to 11 articles. Number ten on his list provided that, “The captain and the quartermaster shall each receive two shares of a prize, the master gunner and boatswain, one and one half shares, all other officers one and one

to handle their ill-gotten gains. If you decide to deep-six your desk job for an eyepatch and life on the sea, you’ll find your income subject to the same tax as any other business, legal or not. “Booty” is taxed at fair-market value under the rules of Code Section 83(b).

What was the pirate’s golf score?

Parrrrrrrrrr!

Fortunately, you’ll get the same deductions as any other business.

Ships and equipment you buy to conduct raids are considered capital equipment, depreciable over the applicable period. Guns, grappling hooks, and smaller items qualify for first-year expensing. And if the Indian navy sinks your ship, you can claim a capital loss. It’s good to know that if an IRS auditor says, “I’m the captain now,” you won’t be completely hornswoggled.

How much does it cost a pirate to get a piercing? A buck an ear!

Yo ho ho mateys, pay attention here. The end of the year isn’t just holiday season, it’s planning season.

And planning is the key to keeping your treasure and making it grow.

So call us to help keep the scallywags at the IRS from getting too many of your pieces of eight!

Allan J Rolnick is a CPA who has been in practice for over 30 yea rs in Queens, NY. He welcomes your comments and can be reached at 718-896-8715 or at allanjrcpa@aol.com.

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Life C ach

Baby You Look Good to Me!

By Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS

W

hy is it considered cute on newborns?

Slumped over?

Cute! Bald? Adorable! Chubby thighs? Delicious!

Can we try and be that forgiving to everyone else?

Obviously it must be the fact that newborns can make such interesting conversation, or are so considerate, and are so otherwise directed! Is that what makes us willing to see them in such a positive light?!

How can we take that natural programming – that makes us overlook shortcomings in little ones – and bring it into the rest of our lives?

It is clear that G-d thinks we have that capacity. In this week’s parsha, G-d directs us that we will receive dire consequences when we don’t serve G-d with simcha and a good heart. We have the ability to control our emotions.

Even though the world can be a dark and daunting

place, and we have our personal challenges and pains, we are directed to see the good. We are drawn to look at the sweet smile instead of the drooling mouth, to delight in the giggles rather than focus on the cries. And thanks to Pampers, to dispose of the worst of it with ease!

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And the first thing I can positively say is don’t get that excited, I don’t have all the answers!

But here we go. Roll up your sleeves. Unlock your tool chest and let’s proceed.

Things are not “awl” easy.

They get to be “wrenching” at times. But what you need to “drill” into yourself and “hammer” home is that you can “nail” this. You need to be a “leveler.” To “file” away the sadness and “expand” and

“electrify” the good aspects.

Avoid falling into the “grip” of “vice.” And “bit” by “bit” you will see as others “saw” before you: that life can be seen with simcha and goodness.

I’m just “ax”-ing you to take the first step and try!

Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach. She can be contacted at 917-705-2004 or rivki@rosenwalds.com

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