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CONTENTS >>Letters to the Editor

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>>Community Readers’ Poll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Community Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

>> News Global . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Odd-but-True Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

>> Israel Israel News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Cover Story: Unrest in the Holy Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62 My Israel Home: Efrat: An Oasis for Olim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

>> People Forgotten Heroes: Three Jewish Generals Who Served with Distinction in WWII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

>>Parsha Rabbi Wein on the Parsha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Dear Readers, Last week, the Jewish people were left reeling from the tragedy of the murder of three, innocent teenagers—boys who were filled with life and love for Torah and for others. After so many days of hoping and praying for news of their release, the shock of hearing of their deaths left me shaken. How could someone take these innocent souls and savagely end their lives? The killings are something we cannot understand.

At the levayas of Naftali, Gil-Ad and Eyal hy”d the Jewish nation mourned as one. In the tragedy we somehow found comfort in the unity and strength we found in each other.

The loss we experienced made us vow to become better people.

Sadly, the news of a Palestinian boy being burnt to death again shocked us. Killing for revenge is certainly something we as Jews do not condone or approve. We are disgusted and repelled by it. As details are still emerging, there is one thing that is clear: Am Yisroel is different from the other nations.

Our enemies celebrate death. They laud their “martyrs” and vie for the opportunity to cause pain and suffering to those who don’t submit to their ideals. Mothers praise their children’s deaths and urge others to kill themselves in the name of their religion. They idolize those who bring destruction and loss.

But Jews are wired differently. We love life, we appreciate life, and above all, we want to live. Even when faced with death—when we see tragedy so starkly—we are looking for ways to overcome and draw strength from misfortune. The horrific murders of Naftali, Gil-Ad and Eyal hy”d has made us better people. Let us hope that as we daven together and continue to work on ourselves we will see peace for our nation in the Holy Land.

Wishing you a wonderful week, Shoshana

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Dear Editor, As the parents of shluchim, we were tremendously inspired by the interview you had with Rabbi Wolowik about the Rebbe. Rabbi Wolowik speaks from his heart and gave us many insights into the Rebbe. And the message reaches out, as Chabad does, to all Jews everywhere.

Thank you Rabbi Wolowik and thank you The Jewish Home for sharing this very special article.

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when approaching oncoming cars. This is very dangerous to both cars. It blinds the other driver. It’s hard enough paying attention to the road, watching for people on the road as well as keeping an eye out for animals. Brights should be turned off when an approaching car is seen in the distance.

• The honking of car horns is totally out of control. The horn is there to warn people of danger only.

• Speeding, not using turn signals and running red lights on narrow curving roads is fairly common.

• It is an incredible chillul Hashem to purchase items at Walmart and return them at the end of the summer. It may very well be g’neiva.

• People hold up lines by doing their price checking at the register.

• Parents don’t control their children in Walmart. They ride bikes in the aisles and push shopping carts around as if they were on a race track.

• Kids drive handicapped shopping carts in Walmart.

• People take items off the shelf and drop them off randomly in other aisles.

• Heimishe candy wrappers can be found all over.

• Lines during the summer can be very long in stores. Frum people cutting lines is both a chillul Hashem and provokes sinnah against us.

• Don’t cut off other cars to get a parking spot.

• I have seen cars trying to avoid a long line of cars by going into the turning lane and cutting back into the same lane they came from. This is illegal as well as immoral.

• People in two cars have a conversation side by side while holding up a long line of traffic.

• Respect entrance & exit lanes into

Dear Editor, As a long time Catskills summer resident I would like to share with you some very disturbing experiences I have personally witnessed, some as recently as this past week. I find it very troubling that members of our frum community, young and old, of all backgrounds alike apparently give very little thought to actions that constitute not only a a chillul Hashem but are very dangerous, on a daily basis.

Here are some examples: • People walk on the road side by side rather than single file.

• Children bike in the middle of the road and mothers run across roads with baby carriages dodging cars and trucks.

As you well know, the roads are in the mountains are narrow and winding.

Drivers have very little time to react.

• Cars pick up/drop people off in the middle of the road without pulling over.

This both holds up traffic and is dangerous to the passengers getting in and out of the car. Please pull over to the side.

• Parking in the road/parking where there is no lane/parking on other people’s property constitutes both a chillul Hashem and is dangerous.

• In a parking lot, please park in a designated spot between the lines.

• People don’t turn off their brights

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Letters to and out of parking lots.

Remember, we are temporary visitors in somebody else’s neighborhood.

Imagine what our reaction would be if tens of thousands of people were to come into our neighborhoods of Boro Park, Flatbush, Williamsburg, Lakewood, etc. and didn’t behave well. The year-round residents are currently experiencing much worse traffic, both human and vehicular going through their daily routines.

While many of you may argue that we pay taxes and pour money into the local economy and the local government would have major financial difficulties otherwise, I agree. However, two wrongs don’t make a right.

We as Hashem’s children should be going out of our way to be exemplary examples and behave much better than any other nation and not make a chillul hashem This is just a short list. Remember you are representing Hashem as well as your fellow Yidden.

Be friendly and courteous. Show them what Jews should look like. Let’s make this summer different. Let’s make a kiddush Hashem.

Moshe Schwimmer

Dear Editor, July 2014 marks the 50th Anniversary of federal government support for public transportation.

The success of public transportation can be traced back to one of the late President Lyndon Johnson’s greatest accomplishments which continue to benefit many Americans today. On July 10, 1964 he signed the “Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964” into law.

Subsequently this has resulted in the investment over time of several hundred billion dollars into public transportation.

Millions of Americans today on a daily basis utilize various public transportation alternatives. They include local and express bus, ferry, jitney, light rail, subway and commuter rail services.

All of these systems use less fuel and move far more people than conventional single occupancy vehicles. Most of these systems are funded with your tax dollars thanks to President Johnson.

Depending upon where you live, consider the public transportation alternative. Try riding a local or express bus, commuter van, ferry, light rail, commuter rail or subway.

Fortunately, we have the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)

the Editor and its various operating agencies, including New York City Transit subway and bus, Long Island Rail Road, Metro North Rail Road, Staten Island Rapid Transit Authority and MTA Bus. There is also New Jersey Transit (NJT), Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PATH), Nassau Inter County Express (NICE) and New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) Staten Island Ferry.

U s i n g M TA M e t r o C a r d s p r o vides free transfers between the subway and bus. This has eliminated the old two fare zones making public transportation an even better bargain. Purchasing a monthly Long Island Rail Road or MTA subway/bus pass reduces the cost per ride and provides virtually unlimited trips.

Elected officials and government employees can turn in their taxpayer-funded vehicles and join the rest of us by using public transportation to get around town. In many cases, employers can offer transit checks which help subsidizes a portion of the costs. Utilize this and reap the benefits. It supports a cleaner environment.

Many employers now allow employees to telecommute and work from home. Others use alternative work schedules which afford staff the ability to avoid rush hour gridlock. This saves travel time and can improve mileage per gallon. Join a car or van pool to share the costs of commuting.

The ability to travel from home to workplace, school, shopping, entertainment, medical, library, etc. is a factor when moving to a new neighborhood.

Economically successful communities are not 100% dependent on automobiles as the sole means of mobility. Seniors, students, low and middle income people need these transportation alternatives.

Investment in public transportation today contributes to economic growth, employment and a stronger economy. Dollar for

dollar, it is one of the best investments we can make.

Sincerely, Larry Penner Dear Editor, I read your interview with Rabbi Zalman Wolowik this week with interest.

Many of his words were inspiring but when reading the article, I came away most impressed with the shluchim who turn their lives inside out to go to countries around the world to spread Yiddishkeit and Torah.

Many of us take shluchim and Chabad for granted. When we go to Cancun on vacation, we look them up. If we need to ask about local minyanim on a business trip, we look them up. But how many of us truly think about the sacrifices they are making for our nation and for the world? Their children aren’t able to go to regular yeshivos, they can’t walk into the local supermarket to buy bread or milk, and many times they are the few members of the Orthodox congregation in town. Even more amazingly about these families, they do their work with simcha and their families and children are so happy to be able to fulfill their Rebbe’s directive.

Sincerely, Menachem Z. Dear Editor, A topic about safety in regards to child abuse and molestation is not an easy topic to cover. Kudos to you for writing an article about our dear children with sensitivity and with aplomb. Hopefully it will help give parents needed guidelines about how to prepare and look out for possible dangers lurking in their children’s environments.

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The Week Global ISIS Leader Debuts Online

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is the leader of the ISIS, the Sunni extremist group that has declared an Islamic state in territory it controls in Iraq and Syria. Last week, he made an unusual “public” debut in a 21-minute video sermon posted online. The sermon was reportedly delivered on Friday at the Great Mosque in the northern city of Mosul in Iraq. The video bore the logo of its media arm, but it was not possible confirm if the person

in the video was indeed al-Baghdadi.

Until just a few weeks ago, there were almost no pictures of the elusive leader.

There are very few known photographs of al-Baghdadi, a ruthless Iraqi militant believed to be in his early 40s with a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head. Since taking control of the group in 2010, he has transformed ISIS from a local branch of al Qaeda into an independent transnational military force, positioning himself as perhaps the pre-eminent figure in the global jihadi community.

The boldness of his alleged appearance, almost unheard of among the most prominent global jihad figures, suggests the Islamic State’s confidence in their rule of Mosul. “The fact that he has done this without any consequences in Mosul’s biggest mosque is a sign of [the Islamic State group’s] power within the city,” an analyst points out.

In the video, the man said to be al-Baghdadi says that “the mujahedeen have been rewarded victory by G-d after years of jihad, and they were able to achieve their aim and hurried to announce the caliphate and choose the Imam.”

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“I am not better than you or more virtuous than you. If you see me on the right path, help me. If you see me on the wrong path, advise me and halt me. And obey me as far as I obey G-d,” he urges.

Al-Baghdadi is dressed in a black robe and turban on the video, a sign that he claims descent from the Prophet Muhammad. He spoke in classical Arabic with little emotion. Many viewers were most interested in the timepiece that al-Baghdadi chose to wear. Peeking out from his black sleeve was a sleek watch that may even be a Rolex or an Omega Seamaster, according to London’s Daily Telegraph, which costs thousands of dollars.

“I do not promise you what the kings and rulers promise their subjects and followers — luxury and security and leisure,” al-Baghdadi says. “But I promise what G-d promises those who believe in him.” The leader is known for his expertise at fundraising, a hint as to how he may have been able to afford his luxury timepiece.

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Ballin deliberately entered the photograph in a contest for the most beautiful Aryan baby, and when Taft’s mother questioned his actions, he told her: “I know, but I wanted to make the Nazis ridiculous.” Goebbels personally chose the winning photograph.

The family fled Germany to Paris in 1938, and then moved to Cuba before arriving in the United States in 1949.

The Nazis never discovered that their “perfect baby”, whose image they heavily disseminated, was, in fact, Jewish.

In an ironic, not-so-funny twist, an anti-Semitic Nazi campaign featured a Jewish child as the “The ideal Aryan child” in pre-war Germany. The baby was hand-picked by the head of the Nazi propaganda machine, Joseph Goebbels himself.

Hessy Taft, now an 80-year-old professor of chemistry in New York, recently presented Yad Vashem with the cover of a 1935 Nazi magazine on which she appeared. Taft’s opera singer parents, Pauline and Jacob, moved from Lavtia to Germany in 1928, but by 1935 the Nazis’ anti-Jewish laws meant that they could no longer perform. Her father managed to scrape together enough money for professional photographer Hans Ballin to snap a photo of their cherubic baby.

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There will be a lot less foul language under Putin as a Russian ban on swearing in films, plays and books came into force this week. The policy was designed to appeal to conservatives, although Vladimir Putin’s critics condemned the policy as a further move against free speech in the nation.

Under the legislation that was passed in May, films containing “foul language” will be banned from wide release and books with swear words will have to be sold in sealed packages with obscenity warnings. Theaters will not be allowed to stage productions containing obscenities according to the law, which imposes fines of up to 50,000 rubles ($1,500) for each infraction.

Russian media have reported that software known as the “swear-bot” will be used to police cursing on the Internet. The law is meant to ensure “the protection and development of linguistic culture,” according to a statement on the Kremlin’s website. But critics say it is reminiscent of Soviet-era censorship and will suppress free expression.

Putin has struck a conservative tone in his latest presidential term, praising what he calls traditional values and holding up the Russian Orthodox

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Church as a moral authority.

Last month, communications watchdog Roskomnadzor planned to use a search program to root out rude words in online articles and comments attached to them. The 25 million ruble ($729,500) system will search the 5,000 mass media sites that are already monitored manually.

The swearing law follows stricter rules on bloggers and restrictions on non-state media that critics say were part of a campaign to bring independent media under Kremlin control, something the government denies.

Bolivia Legalizes Work for 10-Year-Olds

A very controversial law has been passed in Bolivia. Recently, legislation was introduced and approved to lower the minimum working age to ten years old. This is considered legal in the country as long as the job does not interfere with the child’s education. The work must also be done to help the child’s family survive and not for the child to accrue personal wealth.

A child whose family is not dependent on extra work to make ends meet is allowed to work at the ripe, old age of 12 in Bolivia. A regional official with the U.N. International Labor Organization, Carmen Moreno, says the legislation makes Bolivia the first country to make work by 10-year-olds legal.

Moreno called the legislation worrisome considering that Bolivia is a signatory on a U.N. convention that sets 14 as the minimum age for child labor. The Bolivian legislation is to be signed into law shortly by President Evo Morales.

Spy Documents Revealed Sometimes real life is stranger than fiction.

On Monday, original documents from one of the biggest intelligence

leaks in history were released after being secretly held for two decades. The papers spent years hidden in a milk churn beneath a Russian dacha and read like an encyclopedia of Cold War espionage.

The files were smuggled out of Russia in 1992 by senior KGB official Vasili Mitrokhin and describe sabotage plots, booby-trapped weapons caches and armies of agents under cover in the West. The papers reveal that many of the agents proved to be loose-lipped, drunk or unreliable. It seems that good spies were hard to come by.

Intelligence historian Christopher Andrew said the vast dossier, released by the Churchill Archives Centre at Cambridge University, was considered “the most important single intelligence source ever” by British and American authorities.

Mitrokhin was a senior archivist at the KGB’s foreign intelligence headquarters — and a secret dissident. For more than a decade, he secretly took files home, copied them in longhand, and then typed and collated them into volumes. He hid the papers at his country cottage, or dacha, some stuffed into a milk churn and buried them.

After the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Mitrokhin traveled to a Baltic state — which one has never been confirmed — and took a sample of his files to the U.S. Embassy, only to be turned away. So he tried the British embassy, where a junior diplomat sat him down and asked, “Would you like a cup of tea?”

“That was the sentence that changed his life,” Andrew said.

Smuggled out of Russia, Mitrokhin spent the rest of his life in Britain under a false name and police protection, dying in 2004 at 81.

The world did not learn of Mitrokhin until Andrew published a book based on his files in 1999. It caused a sensation by exposing the identities of KGB agents including 87-year-old Melita Norwood, the “great-granny spy,” who had passed British atomic secrets to the Soviets for years. Mitrokhin’s files describe Norwood as a “loyal, trustworthy,

In News disciplined agent” who was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour for her service.

She was more reliable than the famous “Cambridge Spies,” the high-ranking British intelligence officials who worked secretly for the Soviets. The files describe Guy Burgess as “constantly under the influence of alcohol,” while Donald Maclean was “not very good at keeping secrets.”

The newly released papers include a list of KGB agents in America over several decades. It runs to 40 pages and lists about 1,000 names.

One of the most notorious was codenamed “Dan.” He was Robert Lipka, a National Security Agency employee who was paid $27,000 for handing secrets to Russia in the 1960s. After Mitrokhin’s information was passed by Britain to U.S. intelligence services, Lipka was arrested and sentenced to 18 years in prison.

The volumes also reveal that Soviet agents stashed weapons and communications equipment in secret locations around NATO countries. Included is a map of Rome showing three caches, along with detailed instructions for

finding them. It’s unclear how many such weapons dumps have been tracked down by Western authorities.

While some agents targeted the West, many more were deployed inside the Soviet bloc. The files list undercover agents sent to then-Czechoslovakia to infiltrate the dissidents behind the 1968 Prague Spring pro-democracy uprising.

Others targeted the entourage of Polish cleric Karol Wojtyla, who would later become Pope John Paul II. The Churchill Archive is giving researchers access to 19 boxes containing thousands of Russian-language files, typed by Mitrokhin from his original handwritten notes. The notes themselves remain classified.

There are glimpses of Mitrokhin’s mindset in the titles he gave the volumes, including “The Accursed Regime” and “The Mousetrap.” Andrew said Mitrokhin took huge risks, knowing that “a single bullet in the back of the head” would be his fate if he was caught. “The material mattered to him so desperately that he was prepared to put his life on the line for it,” Andrew said.

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The Week Chinese President Visits Seoul, Angering North Korea The high school cafeteria that is world politics got a little bit more heated this week. For the first time, a president of China visited South Korea before North Korea. The dictatorship in the north was angered, and others looking on definitely took notice. The U.S. and Japan both have a watchful eye on China’s increasing influence in South Korea.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping spent two days in Seoul, where he was greeted by cheering schoolchildren and red carpets. North Korea, meanwhile, welcomed the leader of its only major ally and crucial source of fuel and food to the Korean Peninsula with a flurry of recent rocket and missile tests. The launches, as well as a vow by North Korea’s military to conduct more tests, are seen in part as the North demonstrating its anger at being jilted for its archrival.

After their talks, South Korean President Park Geun-hye told reporters that she and Xi agreed on the need to rid North Korea of nuclear weapons and would resolutely oppose any more nuclear tests. North Korea is thought to have a handful of crude nuclear weapons and has conducted three atomic tests since 2006, the most recent last year.

Xi’s decision to meet with Park over North Korean leader Kim Jong Un upends the practice since Beijing and Seoul forged diplomatic ties in 1992 of Chinese presidents choosing to make North Korea their first official destination on the Korean Peninsula. Beijing, entangled in hostile territorial disputes across Asia, may see an opportunity to boost its influence with the rare neighbor that feels generally positive about China.

Money has long been the focus of the relationship between China, the world’s second-largest economy, and South Korea, the fourth-biggest economy in Asia.

China is South Korea’s largest trading partner, and Seoul says two-way trade topped $220 billion last year. That’s larger than the combined value of South

In News Korea’s trade with the United States and Japan.

Analysts don’t think Xi will abandon North Korea entirely as long as Seoul remains loyal to an alliance with Washington that has shielded the South from North Korean aggression and allowed it to build its impressive economy. China also craves stability and worries that too much pressure on North Korea could cause it to collapse, pushing swarms of refugees over the countries’ shared border.

Still, the worries about North Korea have helped draw Seoul and Beijing together. Officials in Seoul now expect China to take strong action over future provocations, especially if North Korea conducts another nuclear test as it moves toward building an arsenal of nuclear-tipped missiles that could reach the United States.

More Unrest in Nigeria

The death toll in Nigeria has gone up yet again in the heavily militarized Northeastern region. This time, 53 fighters from the Islamist Boko Haram group contributed to the body count. The count rose when the Nigerian military announced it had repelled an attack on a military base in the town of Damboa.

A statement from defense spokesman Major-General Chris Olukolade added that five soldiers and a senior military officer had also been killed in an exchange of fire. The military often reports high casualty figures for the rebels and relatively low ones on its own side. It is usually not possible to verify these reports independently.

Boko Haram has killed many thousands since launching an uprising in 2009, and several hundred in the past two months, as it has stepped up a campaign against civilians in the northeast.

The militants, who are fighting for an Islamic state in religiously mixed Nigeria, see all who do not subscribe to their brand of Sunni Islam as enemies, and often attack mosques as well as churches, especially ones they regard

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The kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram from the village of Chibok in April made world headlines. Despite pledges of Western support and promises by President Goodluck Jonathan to free them, they remain in captivity. On Friday, it was reported that 63 women and girls who were abducted managed to escape their captors.

North Korea’s Cyber Army Grows

The Asian computer-adept stereotype has just gotten another boost. According to a South Korean news agency, North Korea has doubled the number of its elite cyber warriors over the past two years and established overseas bases for hacking attacks. Their cyber war unit two years ago was comprised of only 3,000 people. It now has over 5,900 personnel.

“The Communist country operates a hacking unit under its General Bureau of Reconnaissance, which is home to some 1,200 professional hackers,” a military source was quoted as saying.

North Korean hackers have launched cyber attacks through overseas bases in countries such as China, the source said.

In recent years, hackers have used malware deployments and virus-carrying emails to carry out cyber-attacks on South Korean military institutions, commercial banks, government agencies, TV broadcasters and media websites.

Investigations into past large-scale cyber assaults have concluded that they originated in North Korea. The North has denied any involvement and accuses Seoul of fabricating the incidents to fan cross-border tensions.

South Korea has increased its Internet security budget to train experts since it set up a special cyber command in 2010 amid growing concern over its vulnerability.

In News Amazon Tribe Discovered Just when you thought everyone had Facebook, an indigenous tribe with no prior contact to the outside world has emerged from the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. The group made contact with a group of settled Indians, after being spotted migrating to evade illegal loggers, advocates say.

The news comes after sightings of the “uncontacted” Indians in Brazil near the border with Peru. Officials with Survival International had warned last month that the isolated tribes face threats of disease and violence as they move into new territory and possibly encounter other people.

“Something serious must have happened,” said José Carlos Meirelles, a former official with the Brazilian Indian Affairs Department FUNAI, in a statement. “It is not normal for such a large group of uncontacted Indians to approach in this way. This is a completely new and worrying situation, and we currently do not know what has caused it.”

Survival International officials said dozens of uncontacted Indians were recently spotted close to the home of the Ashaninka Indians in Brazil’s Acre state along the Envira River. A government investigation in the region uncovered more ephemeral traces of the tribe on the move: footprints, temporary camps and food leftovers.

Former Georgian President Dies On Monday, it was reported that Eduard Shevardnadze, a groundbreaking Soviet foreign minister and later the president of an independent Georgia, died at the age of 86.

Initially, Shevardnadze was hailed as a hero who swept across the international stage in the final years of the Soviet empire, helping topple the Berlin Wall

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As Soviet foreign minister, the white-haired man with a gravelly voice was the diplomatic face of Mikhail Gorbachev’s liberalizing policies of glasnost and perestroika. Following the wooden Andrei Gromyko, Shevardnadze impressed Western leaders with his charisma, his quick wit and his commitment to Gorbachev’s reform course.

Shevardnadze helped push through the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan in 1989, signed landmark arms control agreements, and helped

negotiate German reunification in 1990 — a development that Soviet leaders had long feared and staunchly opposed.

Western leaders, especially Germans, would remain grateful for Shevardnadze’s work as foreign minister.

But in the former Soviet Union, those nostalgic for a return to superpower status lumped Shevardnadze with Gorbachev in the ranks of the unpardonable.

Shevardnadze resigned in December 1990, warning that reform was collapsing and dictatorship was imminent.

A year later, the Soviet Union collapsed in the wake of an attempted hard-line coup against Gorbachev.

Shevardnadze returned to Georgia after its first elected president, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, was ousted in a coup in 1992; Shevardnadze was elected speaker of parliament and became the country’s leader. Gamsakhurdia died under mysterious circumstances in 1993, and Shevardnadze was elected president for a five-year term in 1995 after the country adopted a new constitution.

The Georgian leader survived two assassination attempts, including an

In News assault on his motorcade with anti-tank weapons. Although he had pursued a pro-Western policy, eventually Georgia under Shevardadze became plagued by corruption and a deterioration of democracy.

In November 2003, massive demonstrations in what became known as the Rose Revolution erupted after allegations of widespread fraud in a parliamentary election. Police maintained a low profile — Shevardnadze later said he feared any police action against the demonstrators would lead to terrible bloodshed. After three weeks, protesters led by future president Mikhail Saakashvili broke into a parliament session where Shevardnadze was speaking and drove him out of the building.

Shevardnadze shepherded Georgia into the Council of Europe, and said on occasions — to Moscow’s considerable irritation — that Tbilisi would one day “knock on NATO’s door.” U.S. officials forged close ties with Shevardnadze, and the U.S. government gave his nation millions of dollars in aid in hopes of keeping Georgia in the western orbit.

In N. Korea, Kim Jon Un Spoof is No Laughing Matter

Nobody likes being the butt of a joke but someone’s gotta take one for the team…

A hilarious, provocative movie is about to be released in America unless the U.S. government heeds North Korea’s warning and blocks the movie’s release. The comedy’s main character is Kim Jong Un and the plot tells a funny and detailed story of an assassination attempt on the dictator.

An unidentified spokesman for North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said on

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state media last Wednesday that it will view the release of the movie as an “act of war” if it is actually released. The country vowed that if the movie gets released as planned, then the U.S. will face “stern” and “merciless” retaliation.

The movie, “The Interview,” stars two famous actors/comedians and talk-show hosts. Randall Park, a Korean-American actor, is portraying Kim Jong Un in the film. Trailers have been released for the movie, which is set to hit theaters in the U.S. in October.

A North Korean spokesman said that the “reckless U.S. provocative insanity” of mobilizing a “gangster filmmaker” to challenge the North’s leadership is triggering “a gust of hatred and rage” among North Korean people and soldiers.

“Apparently, Kim Jong Un plans on watching ‘The Interview,’” one of the actors tweeted last Friday. “I hope he likes it!!”

The funnyman later posted on Wednesday, “People don’t usually wanna kill me for one of my movies until after they’ve paid 12 bucks for it.”

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The cause of the collapse remains unclear at this time. The overpass was part of a network of bus lanes that Brazil planned to have ready for the World Cup, but was not finished on time due to long delays in infrastructure projects and heavy government spending.

“We were traveling normally and then there was a terrible noise,” Renata Soares, who said she was on the bus at the moment of the accident, told GloboNews TV. “I am sure that more people in other cars were underneath the debris.”

Israel Our Nation Mourns Our Three Brothers

In News a joint funeral on Tuesday with tens of thousands of friends, relatives, and complete strangers in attendance. They were buried side by side in a cemetery in Modi’in.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres both eulogized the teens. “Today has spontaneously become a national day of mourning,” Netanyahu said.

The bodies were wrapped in Israeli flags to show that despite terror and heartache, the Jewish people will remain strong and support their promised land.

Earlier, the families conducted separate services and eulogies in their respective hometowns. Eyal’s tearful father, Uri, spoke in Elad, noting that his son “had a special love for all people.”

“Your mother said you’d whisper in G-d’s ear, ask Him to give us strength.

It will be hard without you, we need strength, ask Him to give us strength.

You are holy, you were holy in your life; you gave strength to so many people, now give us strength here at home,” he begged.

Gilad’s father, Ofir, spoke in Talmon, movingly relating how “I sit in your

room, I look at your bar mitzvah photo album, and refuse to digest it.”

“How can your life be concentrated into a few words?” he asked, adding, “great strength was required from me and your mother, which we drew on from the nation of Israel.”

In Sha’alvim, the hometown of the Fraenkel family located near Modi’in, Naftali’s father, Avraham, spoke, praising his son and the other two terror victims for “paving the way for us to learn to be better people”.

Remarking on Naftali’s late grandfather Ya’akov, with whom Naftali shares his middle name, Avraham recalled how he told his grandson at his own bar mitzvah to be a good person and a good Jew. He honored his son for having lived up to his grandfather’s words. “Mom and me and the rest of the family, we don’t forget not even for a moment, you’re our child, and you always will be, rest in peace my dear son,” concluded the bereaved father.

Naftali’s mother, Racheli, then spoke up, condemning the terrorists who murdered her son as being out on a “hunting drive.”

“From the first day, we told our-

Overpass Crushes Bus in Brazil

The mood in the city of Belo Horizonte quickly went from cheerful to catastrophic when an unfinished overpass collapsed.

The city is the host of the Brazilian World Cup and the accident happened about two miles (3km) from the Mineirao Stadium, where the games are being played. Emergency officials confirmed that at least two people were reported dead when the overpass collapsed and crushed the front of a passenger bus driving on the roadway below and several other vehicles.

A spokeswoman for the Minas Gerais state health department told Reuters that there have been 19 reported

The Jewish nation is in deep sorrow as we mourn the heartless killings of the three teenagers who went missing over three weeks ago. The manhunt concluded last Monday when the bodies of Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shaar, and Eyal Yifrach hy”d were discovered in an empty field just outside of Chevron in the West Bank, close to where they went missing.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement to the wounded nation, “Hamas is responsible, and Hamas will pay.”

Israel’s Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon called on the international community “to end all aid to the Palestinian Authority and its Hamasbacked government.” Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas “cannot continue to claim to want peace with Israel, while at the same time partnering with Hamas as they kidnap and brutally murder teenagers,” he said.

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri warned Israel against retaliation. “Netanyahu should know that threats don’t scare Hamas, and if he wages a war on Gaza, the gates of hell will open on him,” he said.

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May Hashem bring comfort to us as only He can.

Israel Arrests Suspects in Killing of Arab Teen The tragedy of the three murdered teenagers affected every Jew deeply.

While many of us chose to cry in private, scream from the rooftops, or pray for peace, unfortunately, some reacted with anger and violence.

Israel has arrested six Israelis in the abduction and killing of Mohammed Abu Khudair, a 16 year old Palestinian in East Jerusalem. The six suspects are in custody while the incident remains under investigation. Their names have not been released.

This incident marked the beginning of riots and violent protests in Jerusalem and in Israeli Arab towns. At Khudair’s funeral on Friday, Palestinians called for a new uprising against Israel, chanting, “Intifada, Intifada.”

Investigators believe Abu Khudair was killed out of “nationalist motives,” a source said. The Palestinians suspect that his death was a vengeance killing.

On Wednesday, just two days after the bodies of the three Israeli teenagers were discovered, the Arab teenager’s burnt body was found in a Jerusalem forest.

“We will not allow extremists—it doesn’t matter from which side—to inflame the region and cause bloodshed,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a nationally televised statement.

“Murder is murder, incitement is incitement, and we will respond aggressively to both.”

Israel Confirms Identity of Kidnappers The identities of the terrorists behind the kidnapping and murder of Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shaar, and Eyal Yifrach, HY”D have been confirmed by Israeli officials.

Amer Abu Aysha, 32, and Marwan Kawasme, 29, are both known members of the Hamas terrorist organization; they had been considered the primary sus-

In News pects for two weeks. The two terrorists have been missing since the kidnapping on June 12.

Hamas has neither confirmed nor denied involvement in the kidnappings and murder of the three Israeli boys.

Abu Aysha’s mother told The Times of Israel that she is proud of what her son did, and hopes that he continues to evade capture.

Just last Thursday, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said he expects Israel to release all jailed Palestinian terrorists as a condition for resuming peace negotiations. However, both Abu Aysha and Kawasme served time in Israeli prison for terrorist activities and were released as a “goodwill gestures” from Israel to the Palestinian Authority, proving that any form of prisoner exchange or release is a disastrous idea.

IDF’s Twitter Gets Hacked

Next time you see a shocking or strange message on someone’s Twitter account, assume it is a hacker, as this seems to be the most popular epidemic in social media.

Hackers seem to be invading the accounts of the most famous, successful, and powerful people, businesses, and organizations. Just last week, hackers spammed many Israelis after they hacked the IDF’s account and warned residents of a nuclear leak. On Thursday, July 3 at 11:15 pm, user @IDFSpokesperson tweeted “#WARNING: Possible nuclear leak in the region after 2 rockets hit Dimona nuclear facility.”

The false tweet was quickly noticed and removed. The IDF confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that its Twitter account had been compromised and a military spokeswoman said that the IDF

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Following the incident, the IDF apologized on the social networking platform for the incorrect tweets, vowing to fight against cyber-terrorism to prevent such incidents.

The pro-Assad Syrian Electronic Army Computer hackers group proudly took responsibility for the hack. The group took to its own Twitter, posting its claim along with a screenshot of the fraudulent tweet. “The whole ‘Israeli army’ propaganda was hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army,” read a tweet on the hacktivists’ account.

Will the real @IDFSpokesperson please stand up?!

National Holding Hands for Civil Rights MLK Jr. never imagined having this broad an impact. Bringing together Re-

publicans and Democrats half a century after his death is quite an accomplishment—albeit an awkward one.

Members of Congress joined hands this week to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and present a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.

A video of the ceremony has been circulating the Internet and is being called the most awkward moment in bipartisanship history.

In the video, Republicans John Boehner and Mitch McConnell joined hands and swayed with Democrats Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. They put aside their differences for the day, but the looks on their faces certainly show that acceptance is not one of their top priorities.

In News Supreme Court: Cellphones off Limits for Cops

Your cellphone has become more protected thanks to a new Supreme Court ruling this month. The highest court in the land unanimously voted that police may not check the contents of an arrestee’s cellphone in order to prosecute him further. In order to search a confiscated cellphone, police will now first have to have a warrant to do so.

Cellphones are powerful devices unlike anything else police may find on someone they arrest, Chief Justice John Roberts said for the Court. Because the phones contain so much information, police must get a warrant before looking through them, Roberts said. “Modern cellphones are not just another technological convenience. With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many Americans the privacies of life,” he pointed out.

The Obama administration and the state of California, defending the cellphone searches, said cellphones should have no greater protection from a search than anything else police find. But the defendants in these cases, backed by civil libertarians, librarians and news media groups, argued that cellphones, especially smartphones, are increasingly powerful computers that can store troves of sensitive personal information.

One exception to the warrant requirement left open by the decision is a case in which officers reasonably fear for their safety or the lives of others.

Authorities concerned about the destruction of evidence can take steps to prevent the remote erasure of a phone’s contents or the activation of encryption, Roberts said.

town has come on the market and the price may be just right.

Coldwell Banker is selling the town of Swett, South Dakota, for a mere $399,000. For that price, you’ll get a three-bedroom home, a tire shop, three trailer houses and a bar called the Swett Tavern, “the only watering hole within a 10-mile radius,” says the local paper. Lest you are not yet impressed, the town also comes with its own 1990 Volvo semi, which you can use to haul trailers anytime your heart desires.

Lance Benson, who wants to focus on his traveling concession business, currently owns the town. “I hate to get rid of it,” he told the local newspaper.

“If I don’t sell it this first year, I would probably keep it.” Benson has owned the town since 1998. Its official population right now is two people – not counting a dog named Daisy.

This isn’t the first time a whole town has been put up for sale. Two years ago, Buford, Wyoming, sold for $900,000 at auction. Bids started at $100,000. The Grove, Texas, sold for about $200,000 in 2010.

Several towns have also been auctioned off on eBay – including Albert, Texas, and Bridgeville, California.

Better take out your checkbook— Swett sounds like a swell deal.

Obama: Worst President in Recent History

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Two years into his second term, President Obama has been polling worse than any other president in recent U.S. history. A majority of voters

are unhappy with the Obama administration’s foreign policy and economy.

In a survey of 1,446 registered voters, 33 percent said Obama was the worst president since World War II, while 28 percent pointed to his predecessor, George W. Bush, as the worst, the poll by Quinnipiac University found.

Voters were split over which of the two most recent presidents has done a better job, with 39 percent saying Obama has been a better president than Bush, and 40 percent saying Obama is worse.

Most voters said Ronald Reagan, who served two terms in the 1980s, was the best president since 1945, the survey showed.

“Over the span of 69 years of American history and 12 presidencies, President Barack Obama finds himself with President George W. Bush at the bottom of the popularity barrel,” said Tim Malloy, assistant director of Quinnipiac University’s polling unit. Uh oh.

While Obama’s job approval rating has inched higher to 40 percent, up from 38 percent in December, more voters gave him largely negative marks in key areas: the economy, foreign policy, healthcare, and terrorism, according to the poll.

Living on the Cheap These days, everyone’s looking for more bang for their buck. The average U.S. home price is near $300,000, and people pay close to $200 monthly for electricity. Some places, however, boast low costs of living and allow residents there to squeeze out every copper cent from their dollar.

Head to South Carolina and you’ll be living a peachy life. The country’s peach producer is ranked 10th in the country in terms of cost of living. Need a little milk after cruising through a victory lap at the Indy 500? Well, in Indiana, the 7th cheapest state in the nation, milk is 17 cents less than the national average of

$2.31 a gallon (did these guys ever see cholov Yisroel?). In Oklahoma, the third cheapest state in the U.S., not only is milk cheaper, but gas is less than $3.25 a gallon. At that price, you’ll even want to add some to your coffee!

The state with the lowest cost of living of all is Kentucky, where milk is $2.19 a gallon, homes are less than $250,000 and, of course, fried chicken is the cheapest in the nation. Colonel Sanders would be proud.

Double Deserter Faces Charges Deserting your country after signing up for military service is a major crime.

Doing it twice is just unbelievable. Still, a U.S. Marine has done just that.

Ten years ago, in June 2004, Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun disappeared from his base in Fallujah, Iraq. Within days he appeared in a poorly staged hostage video, and within a month he mysteriously showed up unharmed at the U.S. embassy in Beirut.

After a five-month investigation back in the United States, military prosecutors accused Hassoun of faking his kidnapping and charged him with de-

In News sertion and theft of a Humvee, which he allegedly used to drive off his base in Fallujah.

In January 2005, Hassoun fled the U.S. through Canada, returned to Lebanon where he was born, and the Marines charged him with a second count of desertion.

Ten years later, Hassoun has turned himself into NCIS investigators in Bahrain. Officials say Hassoun is willing to return to the U.S. because he reportedly fears for his life in Lebanon. “The Naval Criminal Investigative Service worked with Cpl. Hassoun to turn himself in and return to the United States to face charges under the Uniformed Code of Military Justice,” the Marines said in a statement.

Target Says Do Target Practice Elsewhere Target has a few expectations for their shoppers. Please wear a shirt and shoes, and please leave your guns at home.

The megastore is asking its devoted customers to kindly not bring firearms into its stores, even in places where it is technically allowed by law.

In a statement on the retailer’s corporate blog, interim CEO John Mulligan said that Target wants a “safe and inviting” atmosphere for its shoppers and employees. “Bringing firearms to Target creates an environment that is at odds with the family-friendly shopping and work experience we strive to create,” he said.

In recent weeks, people had been questioning the superstore’s policy on the “open carry” of firearms in its stores and this announcement has come as a response. Apparently, Target provided the correct answer to its customers; the Minneapolis company’s stock added 53 cents to $58.90 in Wednesday morning trading.

There go the two things a redneck likes most in this world: Target and firearms.

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“I’m walkin’ on sunshine….”

Not surprisingly, where you live has a huge effect on your stress levels and overall feeling. The American Psychological Association recently came out with a list of the 15 biggest stress indicators in an urban area. The list is based on factors involving the economy, work, family, lifestyle and crime. CNN then crunched some numbers based on the aforementioned criteria and came up with its list of least

stressed metropolises.

The tenth most “chillingest” city in the U.S. is Sacramento, CA. Only 14% of its health-conscious population smoke and the city boasts the shortest average workweek in the U.S. The plentiful bike paths offered in the city allow commuters to get to work in no time.

The steel city of Pittsburgh is quite malleable when it comes to stressing its residents. Aside from steel, the city offers jobs in financial services and energy. A low crime rate and high employment rate along with a variety of sports teams make the town a great place to settle in.

A little closer to home, Buffalo, NY, is the sixth most relaxed area in America. With short work hours and quick commutes, workers there are able to enjoy the many festivals the city holds, not to mention spicy wings.

The least stressful city in the country according to the study is Salt Lake City, UT. With low poverty rates and cost of living, the city allows its residents to take advantage of the nearby ski slopes and mountain air. “There is a very healthy balance between work and family life and recreational life,” says

In News Salt Lake Mayor Ralph Becker. “People prize other parts of their lives, besides just their work.”

And that’s all without drinking!

Subway Acrobats Get the Boot from NY’s Metro System

Your subway ride is about to get more boring, or more peaceful, depending on how you look at it.

NYPD is beginning a crackdown on underground acrobats, self-proclaimed dancers who use NYC’s subway system as their stage. These acrobats dance, flip, and somersault on crowded subways hoping to gain the recognition of the audience. This is, in fact, illegal.

The NYPD says this behavior is in-

appropriate and negatively affects the quality of life of New Yorkers. To date this year, more than 240 people have been arrested in a misdemeanor related to acrobatics. Just this time last year there were fewer than 40 arrests in relation to subway acrobats.

Police Commissioner William Bratton acknowledges he is targeting subway acrobats as part of his embrace of the “broken windows” theory of policing, that low-grade lawlessness can cultivate a greater sense of disorder and embolden more dangerous offenders.

“Is it a significant crime? Certainly not,” Bratton said recently. But the question is, he added, “Does it have the potential both for creating a level of fear as well as a level of risk that you want to deal with?”

Safety is also an issue, although no injuries related to subway acrobatics have been reported. However, subway acrobats insist that their only goal is simply to entertain. “We all, as New Yorkers, get these force fields around us. We just try to go inside the train and change the vibe,” said a performer named Besnkheru.

While some riders seem to be both-

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That can be said about many illegal “insignificant” activities happening on the streets of Manhattan: counterfeit designer handbags, scalping tickets to shows, jaywalking… fuhgeddaboudit.

Louie Zamperini Dies at 97

Louis Silvie “Louie” Zamperini had an expansive resume.

He was an Olympic distance runner and a World War II veteran. During the war, he was a bombardier on a U.S. Army Air Forces bomber that crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a reconnais-

sance mission. He and one of the other surviving crew members drifted for 47 days on a raft in shark-infested waters before being captured by Japanese forces. “I never prayed before,” Zamperini said in an interview in 2012. “When you’re on a raft, you pray like in a foxhole.”

Zamperini died last week at the age of 97.

Zamperini spent more than two years as a prisoner of war, surviving torture. He was taken to a place known as “Execution Island,” where every known prisoner had been put to death.

“They took great joy in telling us we were going to be executed,” he recalled.

“They’d always go through the motions [slitting throat].” Because of his fame as an Olympic athlete back in the U.S., he was targeted for torture. A sadistic guard nicknamed The Bird took pleasure in persecuting Zamperini. “I couldn’t bear to look at his eyes. I just couldn’t do it.

To me, they were that sadistic,” he said.

Finally, the stalwart soldier survived the torture and starvation and came back to the States, haunted by nightmares.

He eventually became religious and spent his life forgiving the Japanese for

In News his experience.

Laura Hillenbrand, the author of Seabiscuit, wrote about Zamperini’s experience in the best-selling book Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, which is being made into a movie by Universal.

Vet Dies While Waiting for Ambulance in VA Hospital

A veteran who suddenly collapsed in an Albuquerque Veteran Affairs hospital cafeteria passed away after waiting around 20 minutes for an ambulance, officials confirmed on Thursday.

Although the vet, whose name has not been released, passed out just about

500 yards from the emergency room, it took between 15 and 20 minutes for an ambulance to be dispatched to take the man from one building to the other. It was not known what caused the man to collapse or whether an automated external defibrillator was on site.

VA spokeswoman Sonja Brown confirmed that Kirtland Air Force Medical Group personnel performed CPR until the ambulance arrived. Staff followed policy in calling 911 when the man collapsed on Monday instead of calling the emergency room directly or transporting the patient immediately.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has recently been under scrutiny for accusations of long delays for treatment and medical appointments. There have been reports of veterans dying while on waiting lists for appointments and treatments.

A review last week by Deputy White House chief of staff Rob Nabors cited “significant and chronic system failures” in the nation’s health system for veterans. The review also portrayed the struggling agency as one battling a corrosive culture of distrust, lacking in resources and ill-prepared to deal with

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Mailman Caught Red-Handed Mail carriers have a reputation of being friendly and trustworthy; after all, they often transport important docu-

In News ments and packages. However, a recent video may damage mail carriers’ sterling reputation.

A video of an unidentified United States Postal Service employee from Birmingham, Alabama, shows the employee taking packages from a USPS delivery van and tossing them into a

deep ravine.

When reached for comment by the Alabama Media Group, Special Agent Kenneth D. Smith of the USPS crime investigation unit said, “As with any ongoing OIG investigation, I can’t comment on specifics.”

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The average mail carrier earns an average of $24.17 an hour as of May 2011.

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It seems that every few months the crown of “World’s Oldest Person” gets passed along. Well, Gertrude Weaver of Arkansas now wears the crown of “America’s Oldest Person.”

The centurion celebrated her 116th birthday on Friday, July 4th. Ms. Weaver spent her special day at home at the Silver Oaks Health and Rehabilitation in Camden.

According to Gerontology Research Group, Weaver is officially the oldest living American and the second-oldest person in the world. Robert Young, the research’s group database administrator and senior consultant for Guinness, said that a 1900 census listed Weaver as 2-years-old at the time, making her birth year 1898. The world’s oldest person is Misao Okawa of Japan who is also 116.

The second oldest living American is Jeralean Talley who was born in 1899 and is 115.

“Normally, 116 would be old enough to be the world’s oldest person,” Young said. “There’s kind of heavy competition at the moment.”

Weaver has outlived her husband and three out of four of her children.

Her only remaining child alive is her 93-year-old son.

Vicki Vaughan, the marketing and

admissions director at Silver Oaks, said that Weaver enjoyed her party and was “waving and just eating it all up.”

“Most people want to know, ‘Well, can she talk?’” Vaughan said. “Her health is starting to decline a little bit this year — I can tell a difference from last year, but she still is up and gets out of the room and comes to all of her meals, comes to activities. She’ll laugh and smile and clap.”

Now, ya’ll are wondering what the big secret is, right?

Weaver cited three factors for her longevity: “Trusting in the L-rd, hard work, and loving everybody.”

U.S. Leads in Oil Production

combined with restrictions on exporting crude is curbing the price of West Texas Intermediate, America’s oil benchmark.

The U.S., the world’s largest oil consumer, still imported an average of 7.5 million barrels a day of crude in April, according to the Department of Energy’s statistical arm.

U.S. oil output will surge to 13.1 million barrels a day in 2019 and plateau thereafter, according to the IEA, a Paris-based adviser to 29 nations.

So why haven’t gas prices dropped?

Tensions in the Middle East are so bad that even all the oil we are putting out cannot curb the rise in oil costs. “The shale production story is bigger than Iraqi production, but it hasn’t made the impact on prices you would expect,” said Blanch. “Typically such a large energy supply growth should bring prices lower, but in fact we’re not seeing that because the whole geopolitical situation outside the U.S. is dreadful.”

Territorial gains in northern Iraq by a group calling itself the Islamic State has spurred concerns that oil flows could be disrupted in the second-largest producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries after Saudi Arabia.

Exports from Libya have been reduced by protests, while Nigeria’s production is crimped by oil theft and sabotage.

That’s Odd A Flag of Conscience Want to guess which country will produce the most oil in 2014? It’s not Saudi Arabia or Russia. It’s the United States of America.

A report by the Bank of America shows that U.S. production of crude oil, along with liquids separated from natural gas, surpassed all other countries this year with daily output exceeding 11 million barrels in the first quarter.

“The U.S. increase in supply is a very meaningful chunk of oil,” said Francisco Blanch, the bank’s head of commodities research. “The shale boom is playing a key role in the U.S. recovery. If the U.S. didn’t have this energy supply, prices at the pump would be completely unaffordable.”

Oil extraction is soaring in Texas and North Dakota as companies split shale rocks using high-pressure liquid, a process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. The surge in supply

A thief who stole an American flag off of a Long Island porch did not realize he was taking something of real sentimental value.

Melissa Brengel, whose brother, Jonathan Iepi, was only 29 when he was killed in the World Trade Center attacks on 9/11 as part of FDNY Squad 288, was given a flag that flew over the World Trade Center by the September 11th Families Association. Brengel only puts the flag out sporadically to remember her brother.

In News When the pilferer found out about the nature of his loot, he was quick to repent. The flag showed back up on Brengel’s porch with a note: “I am so sorry. I had no idea.”

At least some crooks have a conscience.

Cruising Detroit with his Beloved Corvette— 33 Years Later

in 1981. He thought that was the end of their relationship, but last month AAA notified him that his beloved vehicle was up and running and waiting to be picked up at a Hattiesburg, Mississippi, police station. But how was Talley to get it all the way back to his hometown of Detroit after 33 years? Enter GM. The car manufacturer arranged for the estranged vehicle to be sent back to its Detroit headquarters and presented Talley with his long-lost prized possession.

GM executive VP Mark Reuss said, “That car belonged home in Detroit, with its rightful owner.”

The Snoozer Loser

George Talley loves muscle cars, especially Corvettes. His favorite, a 1979 model, was stolen off of a Detroit street

On April 13, a tired Andrew Rector fell asleep during a game between the Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. The

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But now, the 26-year-old New York Yankees fan wants people to know that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not OK to make fun of his slumber. He has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Yankees, MLB, ESPN, Kruk and Shulman. Rector is seeking $10 million in damages after the â&#x20AC;&#x153;unending verbal crusade.â&#x20AC;?

According to the lawsuit, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Announcers like Dan Shulman and John Kruck [sic] unleashed avalanche of disparaging words against the person of and concerning the plaintiff. These words, include but not limited to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;stupor, fatty, unintelligent, stupidâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; knowing and intending the same to be heard and listened to by millions of people all over the world.â&#x20AC;?

Interestingly, although Kruk and Shulman did poke fun of Rector, pointing out that a ballpark is probably not the right place for a nap and saying he was â&#x20AC;&#x153;oblivious,â&#x20AC;? they hardly hurled an â&#x20AC;&#x153;avalanche of disparaging wordsâ&#x20AC;? at him.

Looks like this is just a vicious cycle. Rector is upset because people were laughing at him online, and now... they continue to laugh at him and his frivolous lawsuit online. Seems like this snoozer may just end up being a loser.

to impress the opposite gender attempt to look like Lego characters. Yes, you heard that right. Wu Lei, a 54 year old Taiwanese man, spends two hours a day and two pots of gel getting his hair into a perfectly right-angled flat top. He hopes his â&#x20AC;&#x153;doâ&#x20AC;? will woo a 23 year old who has (for obvious reasons) rebuffed his courtship so far.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;My friends call him blockhead,â&#x20AC;? the woman, who has not been named, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can imagine he may have found someone as he had a good job as a medical laboratory scientist at the National Taiwan University Hospital.

But he should act his age,â&#x20AC;? she added.

Mr. Lei, however, cannot understand why his choppy looks are not turning any heads. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I adopted this hairstyle because I wanted to look like a guy in his 20s or 30s to attract the girl who rejected me. Or, in fact, any girl,â&#x20AC;? heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reported as saying.

Unfortunately, most people arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t interested in marrying Lego characters.

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Hot Dog! She Said Yes!

Some people try to get attention by dressing up like celebrities. In Taiwan, however, it seems that those looking

In this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most unromantic marriage proposal, champion eater Joey Chestnut sucked down 61 hot dogs and

In News buns just minutes after proposing to Neslie Ricasa. Chestnut, also called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jaws,â&#x20AC;? asked Ricasa for her hand in marriage right before this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nathanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coney Island Hot Dog Eating Contest.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I felt like I could eat anything. The proposal went great. She said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yes,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a happy guy all around,â&#x20AC;? said the champion eater. Said Ricasa, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never imagined that I would be proposed to onstage before the Fourth of July hot dog eating contest.â&#x20AC;?

Second place in the contest went to Matt Stonie, who wolfed down 56 dogs and third went to Tim Janus who could only polish off 44 footlongs in the ten minutes. Chestnut failed to best his 2013 world record of 69 hot dogs, but he showed no disappointment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The dogs cooled down and turned really hard to eat today,â&#x20AC;? he explained. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was hard today. They sat out in the cold. They were hard to eat and hard to swallow.â&#x20AC;?

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Sometimes coming clean is the best policy. Ron Webster, 91, of Derbyshire, England, discovered a library book that had been in his possession since 1953. The book, Structure and Function in Primitive Society, was too good

for Webster to return to the University of Liverpool library when he left the school 61 years ago. Now, decades later, Mr. Webster discovered that he still had the bookâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and a ÂŁ4,510 or $7,651 fine to go with it.

Librarian Phil Sykes said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;They called me and said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to come down, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a gentleman trying to return a book he took out in 1953. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 91-years-old!â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Out of the goodness of his heart, Sykes waived the fee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Of course, I cannot condone the late return of books but I remitted the fine of ÂŁ4,510 on the condition that Mr. Webster agreed, henceforth, to live an exemplary life and return all his books on time.â&#x20AC;?

Hmmâ&#x20AC;Ś.Now all I have to do is wait another sixty years to return all those Harry Potter books I still have from the library.

10 Year Old Graduates High School Talk about a brainiac! A ten year old in Sacramento, CA, just graduated high school with a perfect 4.0 GPA. Tanishq Abraham, who was home schooled, graduated in a private ceremony that was attended by family and friends. The genius also received a congratulatory letter from the White House.

The youth claimed that his scholastic feat was not too difficult. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The way my brain works is that when you give me something, information about that topic comes into my mind,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what it is, but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how it is for me.â&#x20AC;? His mom, Taj, discovered his gifted abilities when he was an infant and enrolled him in Mensa at the age of four.

Up next for the prodigy is some college level courses. Tanishq wants to be a scientist one day and hopes to also enter UC Davis Medical School and cure cancer. He would like to be president one day, too. Unfortunately for him, being U.S. president is generally reserved for people of limited intelligence.

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Edward Gamson is a cultured American dentist who always dreamed of visiting the castles of Granada, Spain.

So while on vacation in England, Gamson booked a first class ticket to the European city. To his surprise, the flight, which should have taken two hours, lasted nine hours and took him 4,500 miles to the tropical paradise of Grenada in the Caribbean.

Gamson claims that the British Airways booking agent who set him up in Florida is to blame. “I made it absolutely clear that I wanted to go to Granada in Spain. Why on earth would I want to go to Grenada in the Caribbean if I was flying back to America from Lisbon?”

Unfortunately, it seems that his agent was not as bright as a dental school graduate and he ended up in a third world country.

Dr. Gamson is suing the airline for $34,000 after he was stuck drinking Mai Tais in tropical paradise for three days. At least Grenada the country is not as bad as Camp Grenada.

Will made new friends and solidified old relationships.

To get through the trip, Will sold everything from her designer shoes to her artwork. She kept her trusty Honda CR-V and kept to a $175 weekly budget. Every day was a challenge and she had to learn to cope with the feeling of not knowing where her next warm bed would be. “Every morning I woke up to meditate and try to sweep the fear away. The mind game was and still is rough on me. It will always be my greatest challenge. Living in the moment is hard,” she says.

But, after 36,000 miles, 600 new friends and 164 different beds, when her trip was finally over in Hawaii, Will was overcome by a feeling of depression; she had come to find security in living on the road. “It took a few days to calm myself down and soak up the Aloha State,” she recounts.

According to Will, “Travel is the greatest education I have ever given myself. It has taught me that everyone has a great story to tell. I understand how important people are in my life. I used to be much more of a loner. I am inspired by the human experience: listening, interacting and watching people live their daily lives.”

Sometimes, the path to winning is by quitting.

The Language of the Skies

Finding Peace in America’s 50 States

Kelly Will, 34, had it with her job as a gossip columnist in New York City.

She was sick and tired of writing about and following all the sleaze and trash that people are interested in. So she picked herself up, sold all her worldly possessions, and headed off to travel to all 50 U.S. states. Along the trip, which spanned from May 2013 till May 2014,

Roger that, 10-4. Air travel is full of some great slang but there are certain terms only used by insiders. Here’s a bit of a primer for the next time you’re sitting next to the flight attendants and just can’t make out what they’re saying.

If a crew member notifies the pilot that the plane is out of “Blue Juice,” hold off on the lavatory, it may be out of water.

If your flight attendant is a “commuter,” be wary; that means she’s had to fly in from her hometown to get to this job, and she is exhausted. That may still beat being serviced by a “dinosaur,” or a really senior crew member.

In News Those pumps crew members wear on their feet as they march through the terminal—those are called “concourse shoes” and used ones are even available on eBay, if they strike your fancy.

Remember, keep those tray tables up and seatbacks in their upright positions!

You have reached your destination.

when he was only 10. The college usually allows students to begin at 16, but made an exception for the gifted Shah.

A Cold One Lands Him a Career

It’s been a tough few months for Brennan Gleason. The 22 year old just graduated from University of the Fraser Valley in British Columbia and had been looking high and low for a starting job in graphic design. So he decided to get some real attention from recruiters by creating Resum-Ale, a four pack of home-brewed brewski with his resume printed on the side.

The blonde brew has a 6.9% alcohol content and has been a major hit with employers. Brennan ended up with three job offers and ultimately settled with Techtone, a digital marketing company.

“They were definitely kind of thrown off at first,” Gleason said of his current employer. “They were like, ‘What’s this?’ But when they actually saw it, they thought it was great and really liked the idea.”

Gleason describes the beer and himself on the package as “visually pleasing, smooth, elegant, with a bit of a wild side.” Let’s just say that in his office, happy hour starts a little early.

3 College Degrees, Still in High School Maadhav Shah is only 16. But already he’s earned three college degrees in math, political science, and social science from American River College in Sacramento and just scored a perfect 2400 on his SAT exam.

Shah began his college education

Amazingly, Maadhav was not expecting his SAT score. “When I saw it [the score], I checked to make sure it was my name and my email, and then I was really happy,” he said. Last year only 500 SAT takers scored perfectly, or .03 of students.

Up next for the super genius is to actually graduate high school and enter an engineering program at either Cal Tech or Stanford. Hopefully, he can turn his B.S. or PhD into a J.O.B.

Verruckt: Highest Water Slide in the World

Ready to go insane? Verruckt, the highest water slide in the world, is 168 feet tall and launches four riders at a time to speeds of 70 mph. The ride, which means “insane” in German, sends riders back up 50 feet after their first cannonball.

The extreme ride is located at Kansas City’s Schlitterbahn Park. That’s one place that’s not on my summer bucket list.

The park’s owner has vowed that his next project will be twice as tall.

Guinness Book of World Records has declared the Verruckt beast to be the highest in the world. It is higher than Niagara Falls.

Those Guinness guys must’ve had one long measuring tape.

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Avnet Country Day Camp Opening Day Ceremonies On Thursday, July 3, Avnet Country Day Camp had its opening day ceremonies on the Woodmere Campus. Colorful team jerseys were handed out to all the campers. It promises to be a colorful, action-packed, and exciting softball season. We thank all the sponsors for contributing the jerseys to us.

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OHEL Bais Ezra Sibshops –Another Terrific Year Comes to a Close!

OHEL Bais Ezra’s Sibshops program is known to be exciting, but its end-of-year events took fun to a whole new level!

Amongst the end of year celebrations, girls ages 6-11 were treated to a pizza party and pottery painting at Pottery and Glass Land in Brooklyn and Owl Art in Cedarhurst. Each girl infused her pottery piece with her unique style and personality, while bonding with other siblings of individuals with special needs. It was a beautiful culmination of a very memorable year of Sibshops. One mom reported that her daughter “had an incredible time, and felt so special,” which is a sentiment shared by all the participants of OHEL’s Sibshops.

Another end-of-year celebration included boys from Far Rockaway and Brooklyn coming together for a fun-filled and delicious backyard barbecue! Activities included soda bottle

bowling, a building competition using marshmallows and spaghetti, and balloon-popping using sunlight through a magnifying glass. The Sibshops members along with the facilitators all had a blast.

The teen girls from Sibshops enjoyed their own outdoor celebration, with an afternoon paddle boating on a beautiful saltwater marsh, followed by a picnic in the park. There was a special air of camaraderie and a sense of belonging as the four paddleboats filled with Sibshops teens linked and paddled together. Although the teens all attended different schools and came from various communities, OHEL’s Sibshops has helped them form a unique and profound bond.

Sibshops is fortunate to have extremely dedicated, warm, and caring volunteer facilitators, and so the final event of the season was a Facilitator Appreciation Dinner. A night was

dedicated in their honor, to express appreciation for their enthusiastic devotion to the siblings. The theme of the evening was “Whatever the weather, Sibshops facilitators shine.”

Umbrellas emblazoned with the OHEL logo were given to each facilitator, and the room was decorated with umbrellas of varied size and color. A delectable dinner was served, Sibshops activity ideas were exchanged, and words of thanks were spoken by Chayale Greenwald, OHEL’s Sibshops coordinator. There was also a riveting game of “Minute to Win it,” where the staff bonded by competing in wacky and silly challenges!

The next season of Sibshops will begin in the fall with groups presently forming in Brooklyn, Far Rockaway, and Staten Island.

For more information about Sibshops, or to register a child or volunteer to become a facilitator, please contact Chayale Greenwald at sibshops@ ohelfamily.org or 718-686-3491.

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OHEL Announces Generous Matching Camp Scholarship Fund Contributions to OHEL’s Camp Scholarship Fund double the fun for hundreds of children. Thanks to a generous anonymous family foundation, a gift to send one child to camp will send two. The foundation will match every camp scholarship gift, up to a total of $80,000, for children in OHEL’s Domestic Violence Program, children living with OHEL foster families, and children with developmental disabilities whose parents cannot afford summer camp fees.

For OHEL’s children, camp and summer recreational programs are not a luxury, but a much-needed opportunity to enjoy a normal, healthy summer away from the challenges of home and school. Camp provides opportunities to make new friends, build self-esteem, try new activities, develop skills and confidence and simply have fun.

There is no government funding for camp; without the support of generous friends, many children would miss the chance to make the most of the summer. And camp is also so important to parents – it provides much needed respite and a chance for parents to spend time with other children.

For the third year in a row, a family foundation wishing to remain anonymous has promised to match camp scholarship gifts. For summer 2014, the challenge has been increased from $50,000 to $80,000. A contribution of $180 to the Camp Scholarship Fund instantly becomes $360; a contribution of $500 instantly becomes $1,000; a contribution of $3,600 instantly becomes $7,200.

OHEL ensures that camp placements meet children’s unique needs and interests. Many will attend Camp Kaylie at OHEL on the Dr. Joe Silver Campus in Wurtsboro, NY, a unique sleep-away camp where children of all abilities bunk, play and learn together. Others will attend OHEL Bais Ezra end of summer camps or other Jewish camping programs where they can feel safe and enjoy a great summer adventure in environments designed to help them make the most of the special joys of summer—sports and athletics, swimming and boating, games, creative activities, outdoor exploration, picnics and barbecues and trips to nature preserves, zoos, amusement parks and other outdoor sites and venues. Children receiving scholarships are from your

neighborhoods–they are from the five boroughs, Nassau County, Rockland County, Lakewood, Passaic, Teaneck, Edison and other New Jersey cities.

It is impossible to place a dollar value on this invaluable opportunity. To contribute to the matching gift Camp Scholarship Fund, please visit

the OHEL website at www.ohelfamily. org/donate or call (718) 972-9338.

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First Concert of the Season at Andrew J. Parise Park in Cedarhurst Tuesday, July 1st, brought many people of all ages to the opening night of the eighteenth annual concert series at Andrew J. Parise Park in Cedarhurst.

“Tonight begins a summer-long celebration – a tradition in Cedarhurst,” announced Mayor Andrew J. Parise, as he initiated the 2014 “Tuesday Night Concert Under the Gazebo,” which begins with a pre-show at 7PM and concert at 8PM. This year’s summer concert series promises entertainment for people of all ages. The first concert was kicked off with a pre-show from award-winner magician DiDi Maxx. She entertained children and parents alike with her illusions featuring props, swords, and balloon animals.

This outstanding performance was a great opening for the 20-piece Swingtime Big Band. Toes were tapping and fingers were snapping as the band played old swing favorites and classics from the Great American Songbook.

Mayor Andrew J. Parise thanks this week’s sponsor: From left to right: Jerry Bloomberg and Teri Schure, Cedarhurst Business District; Mayor Andrew J. Parise; Hon. Bruce Blakeman, candidate for Congress, 4th District; Trustee Myrna Zisman; and Commander Syd Mandelbaum, Lawrence-Cedarhurst American Legion Post 339. Back Row: Trustee Ronald Lanzilotta Sr., Deputy Mayor Benjamin Weinstock, and Village Administrator Salvatore Evola Sponsors not included in the picture: Lapp & Lapp Firm; Minerva & D’ Agostion P.C.; Arrow Exterminating; TD Bank; Capital One; and Frank B. Lewis, Attorney at Law

The pavilion served as the perfect dance floor. Children hearing the tunes for the first time twirled alongside couples revisiting their youth.

Over 60 benefactors contributed to the 2014 series including the opening night sponsors: TD Bank, Cedarhurst Business Improvement District, Capital

One Bank, Frank B. Lewis, Attorney at Law, Arrow Exterminating, Lapp & Lapp Law Firm, Lawrence Cedarhurst American Legion Post 339, and Minerva & D’Agostion, P.C. Mayor Parise explained, “All of our sponsors have played a vital part in making these concerts a reality since the very beginning.”

Mayor Andrew J. Parise, the Board of Trustees, and public officials, along with our generous sponsors from local businesses and corporations, are very pleased with the outcome and the great performance from these two shows. On July 8th, the village brings Ireland to the park with Celtic Justice. We also invite you to come and enjoy our playground and water park. You will be happy you did!

The concert schedule can be found at www.cedarhurst.gov or at the Cedarhurst Village Hall on Cedarhurst Avenue.

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Freshies at Camp Areivim enjoy a fun-filled week!

Assemblyman Goldfeder Champions Reforms for Special Education Children in NYC Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (D-Far Rockaway), chairman of the Subcommittee on Autism Retention, proudly announced that after his strong advocacy Mayor Bill de Blasio will implement immediate changes that will clarify and streamline the current NYC Department of Education special education process and provide clarity and expedited pay-

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“We must protect our most vulnerable families and these changes are a good start in making the system work to help our families instead of standing in the way,” said Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder. “I want to thank Speaker Sheldon Silver and Mayor Bill de Blasio for taking

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real action and helping our families and children with special needs.”

These reforms will change the New York City Department of Education system to better support the needs of children with disabilities and streamline the process of student registration for parents as well as remove the uncertain financial burden for educational services.

The action plan announced will implement the following changes by September 1, 2014: Expedite Decisions: Where settlement is appropriate, DOE will seek settlement within 15 days of receiving notice of parent intent to unilaterally place their child in a school.

Reduce Extended Legal Battles: The DOE will refrain from re-litigating settled or decided cases, unless there is a change in the IEP placement recommendation. The DOE will avoid unnecessary litigation in cases where the agency is unable to offer a placement, or when a child is about to enter the final grade of a school.

Reduce Paperwork: Instead of requiring parents to submit full documentation every year, the DOE will only require that paperwork every three years,

allowing for income eligibility updates to be made each year, as needed.

Expedite Payments: DOE will make tuition payments on a monthly basis when required by a program, and it will provide a payment schedule to parents following any settlement. Once parents win a claim for tuition reimbursement, the DOE will pay the tuition while the DOE appeals that decision to a higher level of review.

“I want to thank Mayor Bill de Blasio, Speaker Sheldon Silver for his tireless and longstanding leadership as well as Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder,” said Jeff Leb, New York State Director for The OU Advocacy Center. “We need to do everything we can to help our children with special needs who all too often are overlooked and taken for granted – our community deserves better and these historic changes will accomplish that.”

“This is a huge victory for our families with special needs and hopefully only the beginning,” concluded Assemblyman Goldfeder. “I will continue to fight to ensure our children with developmental disabilities are provided the same education as their peers, without the aggravation.”

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Ceremony Marks Beginning of Construction at Ramat Givat Zeev – the New City for American Residents in Israel Many public figures attended a ceremony held last week to mark the receipt of building permits and the beginning of construction of the Ramat Givat Zeev neighborhood— the new neighborhood for American citizens in Israel.

The event took place in a beautiful model apartment located on the slopes of the hill where the popular neighborhood will be built.

The building permits were just recently issued, after extensive efforts by

ministers and MKs lobbying the prime minister to provide the permits immediately were successful. The developers were extremely pleased when the per-

mits were issued—as were the hundreds of buyers from the United States who are waiting for their opportunity to realize

New Mincha-Maariv/Rest Area to Serve JFK’s Jewish Travelers Flying in and out of John F. Kennedy International Airport is about to become much easier for Jewish travelers with the opening of the Rabbi Morton Friedman Mincha-Maariv/Rest Area just minutes away from JFK Airport.

The full service rest area will be located just off the Belt Parkway at the Rockwood Park Jewish Center, approximately five minutes away from the busy international airport and will offer travelers minyanim and access to a beis medrash. Kosher sandwiches and light refreshments will be available and, in addition, free parking will be available by reservation.

The Mincha/Rest area is the second facility to be dedicated in memory of Rabbi Morton Friedman, a Kiryas Joel resident who devoted his life to community service at upstate area hospitals with free Shabbos rooms and worked hand in hand with law enforcement agencies to better accommodate the needs of the Jewish community.

“We hope to be able to serve travelers in and out of JFK including those who get stuck at the airport, have flight delays or experience any other airport issues,” said Rabbi Tzvi Berkowitz of the Rockwood Park Jewish Center.

The Orthodox synagogue, which is located at 156-45 84th Street in the Howard Beach section of Queens, has fourteen parking places available for long or short term airport parking, providing a

Rabbi Morton Friedman at the Sloatsburg Mincha area

significant savings for travelers.

The Rabbi Morton Friedman Mincha-Maariv/Rest Area will be opening on July 14th and will be open from 5 PM to 8 PM. To make a parking reservation or to hear the daily schedule for Shacharis, Mincha or Maariv, contact the Rockwood Park Jewish Center at 718-641-5822.

“This is a fitting tribute to my father’s legacy and another way of helping the community by providing access to a facility offering free food, parking and minyanim,” said Rabbi Abe Friedman, who continues the legacy of the Sloatsburg Mincha area.

Rabbi Morton Friedman was instrumental in the creation of the Sloatsburg Mincha area in 2008. The rest stop was renamed the Tefilas Mordche Mincha Area in his memory in 2010 and is frequented by hundreds weekly on their summer trips up to the Catskills.

the dream of aliyah and living in the first neighborhood in Israel built especially for olim from North America.

Among others, the ceremony was attended by Housing and Construction Minister Uri Ariel, who has been very active in obtaining the permits for the neighborhood; MK Rabbi Meir Porush, who was also instrumental in finalizing the permits; the head of the Givat Zeev council, Mr. Yossi Avrahami; the former head of the Yesha Council, Zev Chever (Zambish), dignitaries from the American Jewish Congress, journalists and more.

Housing and Construction Minister Uri Ariel emphasized that “Ramat Givat Zeev is an integral part of the State of Israel, and the neighborhood has become a very desirable destination for foreign residents because it provides a solution for a community seeking to live near Jerusalem in an environment that suits their lifestyle.”

MK Rabbi Meir Porush said that he believes Ramat Givat Zeev is the ideal location for new olim, who seek to make aliyah and live on a high standard. Rabbi Porush emphasized that “there is no better place that can be suggested to olim than Ramat Givat Zeev.”

The ceremony marks a breakthrough milestone for the neighborhood and the beginning of the realization of a dream.

The neighborhood has been warmly received by the Orthodox community in the United States, and several hundred families have purchased luxury homes there.

Ramat Givat Zeev is the flagship project of Chish Nofei Israel. Many rabbanim in the United States have classified it as the most suitable way to realize the dream of American residents seeking to make aliyah.

The project offers exclusive advantages to ensure optimal absorption to the new residence, with emphasis on the creation of a warm, homogenous community that includes a plethora of schools and community institutions that are suited for the lifestyle of the residents. The Ramat Givat Zeev neighborhood offers a luxurious living experience with rich technical specifications in each home, spacious parks and shopping centers.

Likewise, the neighborhood, located just north of Jerusalem, combines a suburban, peaceful environment with breathtaking views of the Jerusalem Hills, while still remaining close to the center of the capital city.

Now that building permits are in place, construction is expected to being very shortly.

Torah L’kulanu for Those with Special Needs Opens its Doors this Fall to the Community Torah L’Kulanu strives to teach individuals with special needs a love for Judaism and commitment to the Jewish community. Through a curriculum that is multi-dimensional and multi-sensory it is expected that the students will attain pride in being Jewish while they discover and explore the Torah, history of the Jewish people, and note the relevance to today’s time. They will gain an understanding of the practices and traditions of Judaism and the morals, values and ethical behavior that are mandated by the Torah.

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Huckabee Fact-Finding Mission Visits Sites in Judea, Samaria

By Daniel Perez It’s a (literally) bubbling oasis of peaceful coexistence in a region often characterized as a focal point for ethnic strife and geopolitical conflict. The SodaStream production facility in the Judean community of Ma’aleh Adumim was thrust into the limelight recently when celebrity spokeswoman Scarlett Johansson refused to bow to pressure from anti-Israel activists, even as it cost her her position as Oxfam’s global ambassador. And it was this selfsame factory that celebrated TV and radio personality Mike Huckabee came to see for himself on Tuesday, June 24.

The visit—and indeed, the entire trip— was arranged by intrepid Israel activist Dr. Joe Frager, with his colleagues Dr. Paul Brody and Mrs. Odelya Jacobs, all under the auspices of Ateret Cohanim.

Frager and Brody work with the American branch of the organization, which was established in order facilitate the purchase—on behalf of the Jewish people—of real estate in East Jerusalem and

other holy sites from any Arab property owners willing to sell.

Huckabee began his latest Israel tour Sunday by paying a solidarity visit to the Israeli-American Fraenkel family, whose son Naftali was one of three teenaged boys kidnapped and killed by terrorists on their way home from school. On Monday, he visited sites acquired in recent years by Ateret Cohanim in the portion of Jerusalem’s Old City commonly referred to as the Muslim Quarter. One of these, Beit Zion, is being used as an IDF preparatory academy. The other, Beit Wittenberg, was once the site of the Mediterranean Hotel, where famed American author Mark Twain stayed during his storied sojourn in the Holy Land as immortalized in the book The Innocents Abroad. Also of note, a special Knesset caucus was convened in the afternoon, where, along with Huckabee and his party, dozens of MKs, government ministers, community and business leaders came together

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Ma’aleh Adumim Mayor Benny Kasriel welcomes the Huckabee delegation. L to R: Gov. Mike Huckabee, Mayor Benny Kasriel, Dr. Joe Frager (Executive Council Chairman, American Friends of Ateret Cohanim), Mr. Robert Koppel and Dr. Paul Brody (Executive Council members, AFAC)

to discuss the threat of delegitimization campaigns aimed at the Jewish state.

Swords into Plowshares Tuesday’s itinerary took Huckabee and company past the Green Line, starting with the SodaStream factory.

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ing the factory is a sculpture bearing an inscription, in Hebrew, of the famous verse from the Book of Isaiah wherein the prophet tells of an end to war, when the nations will “beat their swords into plowshares.” A fitting ethos for the producer of a food or beverage product that has Jews and Arabs working together—

and particularly SodaStream, as the production facility was once a munitions plant.

If the Jewish-owned company was representative of Israel’s alleged oppression of Palestinians, one wouldn’t know it by speaking with the people inside.

Taking pride in his company as a model for peace and cooperation and speaking highly of his entire staff, SodaStream COO Yossi Azarzar briefed the Huckabee delegation, giving him a breakdown of the numbers. Of the factory’s 1,100 employees, says Azarzar, 600 are Palestinian, and another 250 are Arabs with Israeli citizenship; all of them working side-by-side with their Jewish Israeli counterparts, both on the factory floor and in white collar positions. When the exec pointed out that SodaStream is not only one of the few employers of Palestinians that offers benefits (such as health coverage) to all its employees, but that the starting pay for entry-level workers is more than four times as much as that offered by local Palestinian-run businesses, Gov. Huckabee quipped:

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who would rather see SodaStream close up shop than operate in “Palestinian Territory,” Mr. Barhun told us: “You know, it’s very simple to shut down, and you can [then] find all the employees here [sitting] in their houses with no work. … But I suggest to the BDS [activists] to come here, to see how we treat the Palestinian employees over here. Here we don’t have any discrimination.”

Barhun then noted with satisfaction that his company provides economic opportunity and a decent standard of living not just for 600 Palestinian employees, but for some 600 families.

Company President Yonah Lloyd (who was also a featured speaker at Monday’s Knesset caucus), seemed to only grudgingly accept SodaStream’s newfound political significance. “The company is growing very strong despite all the negative noise in the media,” said Lloyd, adding: “We’re not a political entity, we’re a business.”

When asked what message he might like to convey to those sympathetic to companies like SodaStream that are tar-

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets Governor Huckabee at the Birthright Israel Summer Mega-Event; June 24, 2014.

“Do you have any openings?”

When asked by a member of Huckabee’s entourage why SodaStream would maintain production in Ma’aleh Adumim when labor in China—where SodaStream conducts some 20% of its production—is so much cheaper, Mr. Azarzar noted simply and without hesitation: “We do so just because we are Zionists.”

Privately, we spoke with Muhammad Barhun, one of the company’s top managers, and an Arab citizen of Israel. When asked what his response is to those members of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement

geted by anti-Israel activists, he said: “If you don’t want to boycott, then you should buycott.” Mr. Lloyd went on to extoll the virtues of his household soda maker, calling it “healthier” than premade soft drinks, as well as fun and family-friendly.

For his part, Gov. Huckabee seemed quite impressed by what he saw at the facility in Ma’aleh Adumim, praising SodaStream as a place where Israelis and Palestinians “work side by side … in peace.”

The company’s employees, he opined, “do more in a day than all the diplomats from the United States, Israel,

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SodaStream COO Yossi Azarzar (far right) shows Gov. Huckabee how components of the SodaStream system are produced. With Huckabee (L-to-R): Yisroel Stefansky, Exec. Director—Israel Support Fund; Dr. Paul Brody, American Friends of Ateret Cohanim executive council; Mort Klein (partially obscured), President—Zionist Organization of America; Yonah Lloyd, President—SodaStream International Ltd.

and the Palestinian Authority have done in the past ten years. They should take a lesson from SodaStream.”

After visiting the high-profile Judea-based company, Huckabee and his delegation were received by Mayor Benny Kasriel, who lamented the fact that over the course of two presidential administrations, no U.S. diplomat has agreed to meet with himself or any representative of Ma’aleh Adumim, the largest Jewish community in the Judea-Samaria region. Kasriel also expressed his concern over a construction freeze imposed by the Israeli government under international (read: American) pressure.

Mr. Huckabee, known for his plain talk and pithy observations, noted, “If America would put as much pressure on Iran to stop building bombs as it did on Israel to stop building bedrooms, the world would be a safer place on both ends.”

In addition to his visit to Ma’aleh Adumim, Huckabee received security briefings atop East Jerusalem’s Har Hazeitim, and in the Samarian Jewish community of Tzufim, the latter given

by Gershon Mesika, Chairman of the Samaria Regional Council. Recurring themes throughout Huckabee’s meetings included expressions of solidarity with the Israeli people and unreserved condemnation of those who kidnapped the three yeshiva students. Among the

various hosts, sentiments repeatedly expressed included appreciation for the governor’s efforts, and the heartfelt hope that he will run for the American presidency in 2016 and undo the damage caused by the current administration to the special relationship between the United States and Israel.

Gov. Huckabee’s mission to Israel concluded, for all practical intents and purposes, on Tuesday night in the northern coastal town of Caesarea, with Birthright Israel’s annual Summer Mega-Event. Greeted as a VIP guest by thousands of screaming Jewish teens and twenty-somethings from around the world, Huckabee also met briefly with business magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Dr. Miriam Adelson, whose philanthropy includes underwriting the bulk of Birthright’s operating expenses, and who also provided tens of millions of dollars—and some sources say as much as $150 million—to the 2012 Republican presidential campaign. In addition, he sat with and was greeted

by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, who referred to the Arkansas governor as both a personal friend and a “strong friend of Israel.”

Daniel Perez is a freelance writer and media consultant based in New York City. He can be reached at Daniel@PerezConsulting.org, and you can follow him on Twitter: @PerezFreelance.

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Season of Growth Chinese Auction on Wednesday, July 16, at the Levi Yitzchak Family Center and Library As part of the “Season of Growth” Chinese Auction to benefit the Levi Yitzchak Family Center & Library we bring you renowned astrological reader Rabbi Mendel Zirkind as he enlightens us with the true powers of “astrology” and the impact it has on our personalities, relationships, our daily lives and overall success.

All information and theories are based solely on Torah and Jewish sources.

Rabbi Mendel Zirkind has more than 14 years of astrological research and consulting experience. He grew up in Jerusalem and received his Rabbinical ordination in Melbourne, Australia. Rabbi Zirkind is also a cantor and Shochet.

“Season of Growth” Chinese Auction to benefit the Levi Yitzchak Family Center & Library prizes available for viewing all day, Wednesday, July 16th at the Levi Yitzchak Library. The day will begin with fabulous food demonstrations by gourmet food bloggers and chefs.

Kickstart your day as Tzippy Cohen-Perlstein of the Artisan Crunch demonstrates how to make your own super-food shake. Later you will have the opportunity to get inSPIRALized with Chanie Apfelbaum of the famous food blog BusyinBrooklyn.com. Chanie will teach you how to jazz up your fruit & vegetable intake & presentation in a cinch!

Need to cool off from the summer heat? Make sure to stop in the afternoon to learn from Chaia Frishman of Fruit Platters & More how to snack healthy with fresh fruit sorbet & homemade fruit leather!

Couvert: $25 per person, includes $20 auction tickets An evening soiree of wine, cheese, sweet and savory crepes and desserts will surely satisfy your palate as you browse the amazing auction prizes and hear from Rabbi Mendel Zirkind who will explain how Judaism goes hand in hand with astrology through an interactive “on the spot,” quick read based on some attendees’ birthdays. His enlightening presentation will be followed by the raffle drawing with the renowned “King of Comedy” Dr. Stuart Rappaport who will let you whether or not it is truly your LUCKY NIGHT!

Couvert: $50 per person includes $25 auction tickets The Levi Yitzchak Family Center & Library would like to thank all of the presenters and sponsors of our “Season

of Growth” event. Event details and auction tickets can be purchased at the Library at 564 Central Ave, Cedarhurst, NY or www.LYLauction.org . To learn more about membership, dedication and

volunteer opportunities, email: info@ lylibrary.org or call: 516-374-2665.

Library Summer Hours: Sunday: 11-5, Monday: 11-6, Tuesday: 2-7, Wednesday: 11-6, Thursday: 11-6.

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Prior to the concert, David Goldstein and a cadre of volunteers hosted families from Chai Lifeline who were treated to a delicious barbecues dinner, snacks, candy and assorted and crafts activities.

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Lander College for Women Celebrates 40th Anniversary; Rebbetzin Sara E. Freifeld, PhD, Honored On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, the Lander College for Women-The Anna Ruth and Mark Hasten School (LCW) recognized five individuals who have been instrumental to the continued success of the institution.

The gala dinner, held at the new Lincoln Square Synagogue in Manhattan, also marked the inauguration of the Sarah Rivkah Lander Chesed Fund, which will provide financial assistance to students in need.

Current dean and Touro’s vice president of online education, Marian Stoltz-Loike, Ph.D., and former deans Devorah Ehrlich and Rebbetzin Sara E. Freifeld, Ph.D., were honored for the dedication and leadership they provided over the past quarter century. Special tributes were also paid to Founding Dean David Luchins, Ph.D., and his wife Vivian Luchins, in appreciation for the crucial roles they played—and continue to play—at LCW. Each of the five honorees was presented with the Champion of Academic Excellence and Torah Values Award.

The proceeds from the dinner, as well as the commemorative journal saluting the school and the honorees, will go directly toward the Sarah Rivkah Lander Chesed Fund, established by the Lander family. Mrs. Sarah Rivkah Lander, zt”l, was a vital partner in the historic achievements of her husband, Touro Founding President Dr. Bernard Lander, zt”l.

“Forty years ago, who could know what effects the Lander College for Women would have on the Jewish people?” asked Rabbi Doniel Lander, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Ohr Hachaim as well as Beis Medrash L’Talmud/Lander College for Men, and the chancellor of Touro College. “But now, 40 years later, we’re able to make that evaluation.

This Chesed Fund is a fitting memorial to my mother, a woman who devoted her life to helping others.”

Dr. Alan Kadish, president and CEO of Touro College, said that the honorees’ dedication to an institution that seeks to prepare students for professional achievement is particularly praiseworthy.

“We are honoring five individuals who have all helped shape and nurture this vibrant institution where Orthodox young women receive a superb secular and Jewish education without compro-

mising either,” he said.

The dean of LCW since 2005, Dr. Stoltz-Loike is an internationally-known corporate consultant with expertise in generational diversity and issues related to the aging workforce.

She has served on the boards of directors of the Orthodox Union, the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York and the American Jewish Committee, and is deeply committed to Torah learning and halachic values.

Introducing her, Dr. Kadish said that as dean, Dr. Stoltz-Loike set out to follow a path of innovation while strengthening the school’s focus on Torah and quality higher education.

“Under Dr. Stoltz-Loike’s leadership, LCW has become academically competitive with leading secular alternatives, while growing in its Torah-and-Israel-oriented programming,” said Dr. Kadish, who also announced the establishment of the Dean Marian Stoltz-Loike Honors Scholarship Award, to be given to a leading high school student entering LCW. “Since coming to Touro five years ago I’ve met some extraordinary people. One of the most remarkable of all is Dean Stoltz-Loike.”

In her remarks, Dr. Stoltz-Loike thanked Dr. Kadish for his kind words and acknowledged the other honorees and their contributions to LCW. “I am incredibly proud of what I’ve been able to achieve in my over-eight years as dean. I stand before you as part of a chain of exceptionally talented individuals who have served as associate deans and deans before me.”

Miriam Esther Weiner, principal of the Providence Hebrew Day School, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Luchins and an alumna, introduced her parents. She expressed her gratitude “both to LCW and to my parents, two seminal forces in my becoming who I am today, two forces that sometimes blurred into one.”

The chair of the Political Science Department at Touro College, Dr. Luchins has been a national officer of the Orthodox Union (OU) since 1976.

For two decades, he served on the staff of the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York, eventually serving as the Senator’s senior advisor.

Dr. Luchins shared a close relationship with Dr. Lander, whom he called his “hero.”

The five honorees at the Lander College for Women 40th Anniversary Dinner (l-r): former deans Dr. Sara E. Freifeld and Devorah Ehrlich; current dean Dr. Marian Stoltz-Loike; Vivian Luchins; and Founding Dean Dr. David Luchins.

“Dr. Lander grew up in the Depression and saw a generation go astray and decided he wasn’t going to let that happen,” said Dr. Luchins. “He saw disadvantaged children of every race and religion and wanted to help them.”

Vivian Luchins serves on the national board of the OU and is the national vice chair of the NCSY Youth Commission’s Summer Programs Committee. Behind the scenes she played a nurturing role in the growth of LCW. “Why me? Why am I included this evening?” she asked. “I was never on the Touro payroll. The answer, I believe, is that Touro College is more than a place of employment; it’s a family.”

In their honor, Touro announced the creation of the Vivian and David Luchins Political Science Award to be given annually to a graduating student.

Alumna Rachelle Lapin Stern, a member of the LCW advisory board and an active communal leader, announced the creation of the Dean Devorah Ehrlich Accounting Award to be given to a graduating student each year. Lapin Stern said Dean Ehrlich, her former teacher, was “living proof that you can excel as a Jewish mother, a Jewish wife and a professional in the real world.”

After practicing law for several years, Dean Ehrlich moved to LCW to teach business and law courses. She served as dean between 2001 and 2006 and placed a premium on teaching the skills necessary for Torah-observant women to succeed in the workforce.

She is still a member of the faculty.

Reflecting on her career choices, Dean Ehrlich said “I never suspected that the tentative foray into full-time college teaching would blossom into

a nurturing and rewarding relationship with scores of students. I wonder how many attorneys at my old firm get to dance with their clients at weddings.”

Dr. Freifeld, a highly-acclaimed expert in Spanish and Latin American literature, and a lecturer on various topics related to Judaism, served as dean between 1992 and 2001. She is the author of “The Jew in the Novels of Galdos” and “Contemporary Spanish Poetry,” and actively participates in outreach, bringing young Jewish men and women closer to their Torah roots.

According to Stanley L. Boylan, Ph.D., Touro’s vice president of undergraduate education and dean of faculties, Dr. Freifeld played a vital role in LCW’s expansion, which included moving into its first dedicated classroom and administration building, and a new dormitory in the early 1990s.

“The women’s division now had a new home and Dean Freifeld was its matriarch,” said Dr. Boylan, who also announced the establishment of the Dean Sara E. Freifeld Humanities Award.

Dr. Freifeld thanked the Touro community, and said she was “overwhelmed” by the honor.

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In Bipartisan and Multicounty Effort, Assemblyman Goldfeder and Legislator Kopel Team Up to Fix Vital Roadway Infrastructure In an effort to ensure all roadways are fit to handle a major emergency evacuation, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder and neighboring Nassau County legislator Howard Kopel have teamed up and have each launched an online petition for residents in geographically isolated areas of southern Queens, Rockaway and southwestern Nassau County to sign. Goldfeder and Kopel plan to deliver the petitions to Governor Cuomo.

“Residents in southern Queens and Rockaway have always been isolated geographically and often rely on one road in and out to access their home which can be devastating in an emergency,” said Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder. “I strongly urge every resident to

sign this petition today and send a strong message to Governor Cuomo that we cannot wait for another Sandy disaster to address our limited and deteriorating evacuation routes.”

“It is time that the residents of the Five Towns and surrounding neighborhoods, including Long Beach, and Atlantic Beach, are treated with the same respect and attention that are accorded to other state residents,” said Nassau County Legislator Howard Kopel. “Contrary to assertions by the State DOT, Route 878 cannot handle ordinary rush hours, much less emergency evacuation. Postponing dealing with this problem until at least 2025 is irresponsible, and courts disaster.”

Out of the Frying Pan and Onto Your Plate There’s a reason why adults tend to gravitate towards the children’s table at upscale parties and help themselves to generous portions of fries. There’s no age discrimination when it comes to a good batch of crispy, fried potatoes—the spicier the better.

Gefen takes traditional French fries past pizza shops, bringing a new line of the all-time favorite to you and your family. There’s something different about those fries, something spicy and sweet and perfectly crispy in every package. Between Sweet Potato Fries, Potato Fusion Fries, Crinkle Cut Fries, and Potato Fusion Cubes, you have a choice of meals that will be

relished by all, small—and big!—fry, anytime.

With the long and relaxing—did anyone say lazy?—summer days stretching ahead of us, easy to prepare meals are a blessing to mothers who cannot take vacation from feeding their brood. Rip open a package, spread the fries onto a pan, and slip it into the oven. The tantalizing aroma in your kitchen will attract all the neighbors on the block.

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We have made tremendous progress in our Sandy recovery, however we must not overlook the most basic necessity, which is our ability to evacuate our families quickly and safely, Goldfeder and Kopel noted in the online petitions.

“The efficient flow of traffic is vital to a safe evacuation, not only does signage need to be improved, roadway and drainage improvements need to be made in the Five Towns area of Route 878, Rockaway Turnpike as well,” stated Jonathan Gaska, district manager of Community Board 14.

During peak hours, the Nassau Expressway, Beach Channel Drive and Cross Bay Blvd, the only main arteries in southern Queens and Rockaway, are already congested and unable to support the heavy flow of traffic. Goldfeder and Kopel’s petitions call on Governor Cuomo to address these vital roadways and ensure they are able to direct and handle the high volume of traffic in any emergency that would require a mass evacuation.

At the start of hurricane season this year, Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder also sent a letter to NYS Commissioner of

Transportation Joan McDonald and NYC Commissioner of Transportation Polly Trottenberg, requesting their respective agencies take immediate steps to ensure designated evacuation routes and signage are updated and maintained regularly. NYS DOT recently responded stating they will forward the request to the NYC Office of Emergency Management who has yet to respond. In addition, Legislator Kopel wrote to Governor Cuomo asking him to address this important issue immediately rather than waiting until 2025. To date, there has been no response.

“Agencies must stop passing the buck. The longer we delay addressing these important issues, the more we are putting our families lives at risk each day,” the two officials concluded.

“Please join us in our fight to invest in our roadway infrastructure and sign our petitions today.”

To sign Assemblyman Goldfeder’s petition, visit www.FixOurRoadsNow.com or to sign Legislator Kopel’s petition, visit www.nassaucountyny.gov/agencies/ Legis/LD/07/letter.php

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Summer Yeshiva Camp MaTov is off to a great start! The community camp where learning comes first continues its tradition of learning and camp in a Torahdik atmosphere. Trips so far include bowling and Bounce-U of Oceanside with plenty more to come.

SawYouAtSinai Celebrates 1,000 Engagements in 10 Years SawYouAtSinai, the largest online Jewish matchmaking service, excitedly announced their 1,000in10 accomplishment—1,000 engagements in past 10 years. To celebrate this achievement, they are giving away 1,000 free months to new members.

Launched in December 2003, SawYouAtSinai takes pride in helping Jewish singles from all different backgrounds

find their spouse. Their database includes Jews of all religious orientations ranging from unaffiliated to Modern Orthodox to Yeshivish, and their site services people from around the globe reaching, not only the tri-state area, but also places like Israel, Australia and London. The site also aids individuals who have been divorced or widowed, pairing them with matchmakers committed to finding them a

Klein’s Ice Cream Is Reshaping Summer Fun…Again!

The Klein’s Ice Cream people don’t cease to amaze! They are constantly upgrading and re-defining the fun shapes, vibrant colors and yummy tastes of summer fun!

The latest offering from Klein’s is not only fun and delicious; it’s also healthier than ever! The new frozen treats, “Zoooom!”, is the latest member to join the Klein’s country family of natural ices, which is made up of the popular Shuffle, Twinny Pops, Mini Rocket and Mini Hulala. Zoooom! contains 100% natural ingredients, contains no artificial coloring or flavoring and is made using beet sugar instead of cane sugar or high fructose corn syrup. These treats are sure to please even the most discerning palates of children and adults everywhere. And to add an even greater dose of fun, every box of “Zoooom!” pops is filled with a variety of colors and shapes, so no matter which one you get, the fun will never cease!

As the summer progresses, Klein’s – the undisputed king of kosher ice cream – continues to roll out product after product, a testament to their unyielding com-

mitment to the kosher consumers they service. In keeping with Klein’s tradition of keeping the fun in the country for every kosher consumer, this latest product which is currently being rolled out, offers a healthier alternative for individuals who refrain from consuming items with high fructose ingredients or products containing artificial coloring and flavoring.

The best part, of course, is that the yumminess has not been compromised in the least and the healthy dose of fun will be felt from the very first taste. The only regret may be when the treat is finished; but not to worry, the “Zoooom!” box comes filled with 15 sticks of yummy ices in every box, so as soon as you finish one you can go ahead and treat yourself to another one, and still have plenty more for the rest of the family!

From the Klein’s family to yours, the fun never ends! Go “Zoooom” to your nearest kosher retailer and pick up a box or two of each variety of Klein’s ices, and ensure that your freezer remains fully stocked for the hot summer months ahead.

match. Through its many success stories, it is clear that people of all ages, locations and religious levels are benefitting from the SawYouAtSinai service. The site has now been averaging 3 engagements per week.

Esty Ostro and Daniel Brenner, the site’s 1,000th couple, both feel tremendous gratitude toward the SawYouAtSinai site. “Nowadays people don’t have the time to look for their significant others, but they desperately want to find them,” said Esty. “SawYouAtSinai gives you a matchmaker whose role it is to help find them, without you having to go through the draining search process yourself.”

Daniel was pleased by the site’s efficiency. “It’s a really great dating resource to use when you’re very busy with work and life in general. And, it was nice knowing that the person you were going on a date with was already interested in you and was also looking for marriage.”

Esty and Daniel’s matchmakers, Michael and Angela Khvilovsky, are themselves a SawYouAtSinai success story.

The Khvilovskys were couple #301 to be married through the site. They chose to give back to the service that matched them, and have since made 14 successful matches. “We are very grateful that we are part of SawYouAtSinai which represents the entire Jewish nation: young and old, Ashkenazic and Sephardi, from secular to ultra-orthodox, from Uruguay and Bulgaria to USA and Israel,” said Michael.

Unlike many of the other competitors, the SawYouAtSinai site is the only site with personal matchmakers for each member. The matchmakers’ role is to learn about their members via phone and to then search through the extensive database for potential matches using the site’s matching technology. Matchmakers use their experience, expertise, as well as feedback from their members to determine which profiles are the most compatible and then sends these suggestions to

the members. The matchmakers are then available, if needed, to provide on-going support and advice throughout the dating process. The over-300 matchmakers located worldwide seem to be a major appeal to the tens of thousands of Jewish singles that are currently using the site.

“Every part of the SawYouAtSinai service is carefully thought out in order to provide the most comfortable and effective experience,” commented Marc Goldmann, founder of SawYouAtSinai, originally from the Five Towns. “The sign up process is tailor-made to capture a person’s relevant information including personal preferences, religious compatibility, family background and matching preferences. Even the matchmakers are assigned based on a member’s unique background.”

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Kids of Courage Sunday Funday Carnival

On Sunday, June 22, Kids of Courage brought more than 50 campers along with over 150 volunteers from across the tri-state area together in the Five Towns for a Sunday Funday to remember. The children were invited to a beautiful event featuring a full-blown carnival, including fly-over helicopters, a visit from local police department horses, face-painting, a petting zoo, a delicious BBQ, games, prizes, music, and much more.

The organization deeply appreciates and thanks Aaron and Eva Wexler and the Woodsburgh community who graciously opened their home and hearts to Kids of Courage.

Yet another K.O.C. event took place this past Sunday, when 100 Kids of Courage volunteers and friends got together to take part in the most colorful race in the world: the Color Run! In an effort to show support and raise awareness of the mission of Kids of Courage, Couragers ran 3.1 miles (5

kilometers) on a creative and imaginative course at the Aviator Sports Center in Brooklyn, sprinting through color zones spraying all the colors of the rainbow.

The footrace is known as the “happiest 5K on the planet” and for good reason—everyone involved had smiles from ear to ear, albeit with colorful

paint in those ears at the end of this spectacular event.

To see how you can help create smiles for a medically fragile child this summer, please visit kidsoc.org.

Founded in 2008, K.O.C. is a groundbreaking volunteer-based organization, dedicated to the support of sick children and their families, day and night, 365 days a year.

For more information or to make a donation for their upcoming summer adventure trip to San Diego, please visit kidsoc.org.

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Five Towns Marriage Initiative Preparing for the Summer Season with our Spouse Every change in the rhythm and routine of a couple requires that they make adjustments on some level. Summer is no exception. In most cases, awareness, sensitivity and communication are all that are needed to help a couple adjust to the new reality.

In the summer, as with any time off from school, often one spouse is on a regular work schedule while the other is in “vacation mode.” In addition, summer brings with it an expectation of family time; barbecues, trips, visiting days… which may present scheduling difficulties, extra expenses, or a conflict of interests regarding how to spend family time. Additionally, for some people the heat of summer can impact on their mood and patience level causing them to feel drained.

As with any yom tov, vacation, or season it’s helpful for a couple to sit down and have an honest conversation in which both partners express their hopes and dreams for the summer. It’s import-

ant to prepare for potential challenges and the best way to deal with them.

Awareness, honest communication, and sensitivity are the main “tools” a couple needs to successfully navigate a change in routine. Once each spouse is aware of how the other feels about the changes in routine, they can both act and react with sensitivity.

May we be zocheh to have a happy and healthy summer together with our spouse and our family. May we successfully navigate all the challenges of summer together with our spouse and come out stronger and closer as a result.

Five Towns Marriage Initiative provides educational programs, workshops and referrals to top marriage therapists. FTMI will help offset counseling costs when necessary and also runs an anonymous shalom bayis hotline for the entire community Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 9:3011p.m. For the hotline or more information, call 516-430-5280 or email dsgarry@msn. com.

Pugatch Realty Open House Extravaganza a Success On Wednesday, June 18, Pugatch Realty held their Twilight Open House Extravaganza for 22 homes. The event was successful and they are looking forward to doing it again.

A special thanks to the following sponsors that participated: Traditions Eatery; Dunkin Donuts; Stop, Chop & Roll; Hapina; QCumber’s; Lucky Boy; Chateau Coffee Shop; Valencia; Ciao Bella; Xaga Sushi; La Cucina; Bagelo; Life Clubs; PJ Sterling and OSI.

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Cover Story warned Israel, “Sons of Zion, this is an oath to the Lord of the Heavens: Prepare all the bags you can for your body parts” and “Sons of Fatah will turn your settlements into balls of fire and increase your horror.”

After a wave of rocket attacks from Gaza, Israel launched Operation Protective Edge

UNREST IN THE

HOLY LAND Operation Protective Edge Launched to Help Restore Peace

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n the wake of the June 12 kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers, a cycle of violence has erupted in Israel. With the horrifying abduction of Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach hy”d, Hamas, whose operatives committed the murders, began firing rockets from Gaza into Israel. After the boys’ funerals, in a shocking and un-Jewish act of revenge, three Israelis burned a Palestinian teenager to death. Hamas has used this to justify further and more widespread assaults, firing hundreds of rockets into Israel and sparking riots all over the country. In retaliation, the IDF has begun Operation Protective Edge, a long-term offensive against Hamas. The military hopes to destroy the infrastructure of Hamas and is preparing for a possible ground war. The offensive includes targeted bombing of Gaza; by Tuesday, more than 1,500 reservists have been called up to active duty.

As of Monday, Hamas launched more than 300 rockets into Israel. The Israelis retaliated with airstrikes, targeting terrorist areas and rocket launchers. A tunnel in Rafah, an area in southern Gaza that Hamas claims was used for “resistance,” a euphemism, of course, for “arms and terrorist smuggling,” blew up, killing seven Hamas, the biggest loss for the terrorist group in months. Two more militants, from what the New York Times calls “a radical Salafi group,” were killed in Israeli overnight airstrikes, as well.

With these deaths, Hamas posted on its website that “the Zionist enemy will pay a heavy price.”

They further posted a short video, accusing Israel of bringing death and destruction to Gaza and warning residents of Beersheba to run “before it is too late.”

By Monday, Hamas vowed to avenge the deaths of their fighters. An official Fatah Facebook status

The President Responds In light of this violence, the U.S. State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki denounced the volley of fire from Gaza, maintaining that Israel has a right to defend its citizens.

On Tuesday morning, Haaretz published an OpEd penned by President Barack Obama before June 30 for a Haaretz-sponsored conference. Obama, who has been upsettingly reticent on the murder of the three boys, decried the violence and pressured both parties to reach peace. He opened by stating that “as a father myself, I cannot imagine the pain endured by the parents of Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach, who were tragically kidnapped and murdered in June. I am also heartbroken by the senseless abduction and murder of Mohammed Hussein Abu Khdeir, whose life was stolen from him and his family. At this dangerous moment, all parties must protect the innocent and act with reasonableness and restraint, not vengeance and retribution.”

Obama, in line with the State Department’s statements, continued, “From Harry Truman through today, the United States has always been Israel’s greatest friend. As I’ve said time and again, neither I nor the United States will ever waver in our commitment to the security of Israel and the Israeli people, and our support for peace will always remain a bedrock foundation of that commitment.”

He further emphasized the United States’ fiscal aid commitment to Israel and support for the country and peace.

The Mood in Israel With the kidnapping of Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach hy”d a month ago, tensions, already strong in the region, increased. Israel at the time rightly blamed Hamas, the terrorist group that dominates in the Gaza Strip. The terrorist organization condoned the kidnappings, but denied any involvement. This was a departure from Hamas’ usual egotistical behavior: Hamas usually flaunts their murders and kidnappings. They like to take responsibility for attacks. On the other hand, the kidnapping takes the fighting between militants and armies to the lowest level: attacks on children, a move abhorred, at least initially, even by the Palestinian Authority.

While the military conducted an 18-day search for the kidnapped boys and Jews around the world gathered together in tefilah, Israel began to clamp down on the Hamas infrastructure in the West Bank.

The IDF raided institutions and arrested close to 400 Palestinians affiliated with Hamas. Six were killed in confrontations in the West Bank. Hamas began attacking by sending rockets from Gaza into Israel.

While the search was ongoing, Israeli intelligence identified the perpetrators (one, a known Hamas militant, has since been arrested). Sadly,

about the kidnappings of the three Israeli boys and condemned them, Hamas delighted in supporting the kidnapping and murders. In contrast, with Abu Khdeir’s murder, the Jewish community has gone further than condemnation and collaboration: we feel horrified that Jews would murder a child in cold blood. And we are ashamed by what was done.

Reacting with Dignity and Humanity: The Israeli Government Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sworn that he will bring justice for the Abu Khdeir murder.

He called the youth’s father, Hussein Abu Khdeir, on Monday, saying, “I would like to express my outrage and that of the citizens of Israel over the reprehensible murder of your son.” His administration is firm that the suspects will be treated as terrorists.

Unlike Hamas, “We acted immediately to apprehend the murderers. We will bring them to trial, and they will be dealt with to the fullest extent of the law. We denounce all brutal behavior; the murder of your son is abhorrent and cannot be countenanced by any human being.”

Netanyahu called for calm, saying, “Experience proves that at such times we must act responsibly and with equanimity, not hastily.

We will do whatever is necessary Peres: “We mustn’t be such people” who kill for revenge to restore quiet and security to the south.”

Unjustified Revenge President Shimon Peres phoned Hussein Abu KhBy Sunday, six extremists connected with the deir to offer his condolences as well, emphasizing killing of Abu Khdeir were arrested. The killers con- that “there will be no compassion for the murderers.” fessed and reenacted the murder for police. Their “I know what you and your family is going identity has been kept secret by the Shin Bet. Heart- through. I am full of shame and share in your grief. breakingly, however, we know one thing for certain: He was murdered by criminals. I am ashamed on bethey are Jewish. half of my nation and grieve with you. The only thing Media reports have leaked some information, left for all of us to do is to ensure that no more chilthough. For one, when kidnapping and killing the dren are murdered, and no more tears are shed are by boy, the extremists dressed as Chareidim. At least mothers,” the president said. two are brothers; some have criminal records.

One is the son of a rabbi. They come from Beit Shemesh and nearby Adam, prompting an emergency meeting of the local government. They attempted to kidnap another boy the night before.

One mother of a suspect told Ynet, “We are broken and are having a very difficult time…. It’s crazy. He’s only 16.”

The perpetrators have been sent for psychiatric evaluations. They face charges of belonging to a terrorist organization, murder of a minor, kidnapping with the intent of murder or extortion, conspiracy, purchasing of weapons or ammunition parts, and racially-motivated crimes.

Rodfei Shalom: The Torah Reaction In stark contrast to Palestinian religious leadership, Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi David Lau condemned the murder of 16-year-old Abu Khdeir, saying, “This is not the way of the Torah.”

The killing was further condemned by the Israeli religious organizations, including the Eida Hachareidis. “With pain and horror,” they wrote in statement, they heard of the “foolish, and very severe act.”

“It is clear and simple” that “it is forbidden according to the Torah, for a Jew to spill blood.” The Eida claimed that the murder was even worse because the killers dressed “in Haredi garb.”

“There is no room for the continued bloodshed from either side, and we must act to calm the public,” they said.

Earlier, Rabbi Shalom Cohen, the Shas spiritual leader, fiercely denounced the murder. He said that the punishment for those with “innocent blood on their hands” was “indescribable.”

Aim B’Yisrael: Racheli Fraenkel Offers Condolences to Abu Khdeir Family Moreover, Racheli Fraenkel, mother of Naftali Fraenkel, hy”d, denounced the killing and offered condolences to the grieving family. In a public statement, she said, “No mother or father should ever have to go through what we are going through, and we share the pain of Muhammed’s parents.

“Even in the abyss of mourning for Gil-ad, Eyal and Naftali, it is difficult for me to describe how distressed we are by the outrage committed in Jerusalem—the shedding of innocent blood in defiance of all morality, of the Torah, of the foundation of the lives of our boys and of all of us in this country.

“Only the murderers of our sons, along with those who sent them and those who helped them and incited them to murder—and not innocent people— will be brought to justice: by the army, the police, and the judiciary; not by vigilantes.”

Mrs. Fraenkel added that despite “the pain of this terrible act, we take pride in our country’s zeal

Not the Jewish Way Because the murderers are Jewish, the Jewish world and the Israeli press are horrified. Headlines reflect disappointment, shame and shock.

President Shimon Peres echoed his nation's sentiments, saying that Israel feels that it is in a deep crisis of morality, because we “mustn’t be such a people.”

A Clear Difference While the Palestinian Authority was upset

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after an exhausting 18-day search, the boys’ bodies were found dead.

The boys’ funerals were heartbreaking; their parents responded with dignity; the Jewish world mourned together.

But then, on the day of the funerals, hundreds of young right-wing Israelis marched through Jerusalem screaming for revenge and yelling, “Death to Arabs.”

Only hours later, 16-year-old Muhammed Abu Khdeir, waiting to leave for prayers, was abducted and burned alive. His body was found in the forest outside Jerusalem. Ninety percent of it was covered in burns; his lungs show that he was alive when they set him on fire.

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to investigate, to arrest the criminals and to stop the horror, and we hope that calm will return to the streets of our country.”

She, a mother still in the early stages of mourning, emphasized that the legacy of the three slain teenagers “is one of love, of humanity, of national unity, and of integrity.”

Khder, from Shuafat in northern Jerusalem, to carry mature babies in Beersheba Soroka Medical Center out their sacred [act of] vengeance by torturing him were put into a ward that doubles as a bomb shelter and burning him to death, in a crime reminiscent of in anticipation of further rocket attacks. Final exams their holy matzos that became part of their history at the Beersheba campus of Ben Gurion University of betrayal and murder – for the culture of violence were cancelled. Day camps were cancelled. Magen and blood grew among the Jews to such an extent David Adom went into high alert. that it seeped into their sacred rites and prayers…”

Hamas has about 10,000 rockets in its arsenal, he wrote. and while they may continue to attack, they do not “The unjust world – from the U.S. and the EU to have, according to Israeli spokesmen, any kind of the president of the Palestinian Authority – greatly “game-changing Doomsday weapon.” Even so, lamented the death of the three settlers, but it does Hamas vowed to start attacking central Israel and not lament the death of the Palestinian boy Abu Kh- Tel Aviv. deir, since he belongs to the group whose blood is The IDF has announced that they will focus their not [considered] sacred, according to the interna- operation on specific figures and targeted hits. They tional community’s classification of human, ethnic will be escalating attacks on Gaza targets, specifiand political groups, which places Israel high on cally against the tunnels on the Gaza-Israel border. the ladder and the Palestinians low,” he charged.

“The international community’s double standard A Call for Peace, Even in Pain regarding Israeli and PalThe grandfather of Gil-ad Shaar spoke with the estinian blood revives the father of the dead East Jerusalem teen on television. heritage of the Nazi theory.

The grandfather told Abu Khdeir that “if he comes The Jews, with their crimito Shuafat to offer his condolences to the Abu Kh- nal behavior, adopt the videir family, will Hussein come back with him to the sion of Hitler, which was Shaar family.” Abu Khdeir said, “Why not?” at first. based on classifying people He then said that Cohen should not come now due into superior races, like the to the chaos in the area. Cohen told him that if Abu Aryan race, versus inferior Khdeir comes to Talmon, “not a hair on his head races, like the blacks, Arabs would be harmed.” and Jews, [and held that] the superiority of the white Riots broke out in the aftermath of the death of the Palestinian teen Hamas Escalates Violence, race over all other peoples Uses Abu Khdeir as an Excuse entitles it to many absolute Abu Khdeir’s funeral, held on the first day of Ra- rights, such as the right to madan—always a time of regional tension—drove rule over other peoples,” said Afifa.

The country has entered “war footing,” broadcasting many to riot. In Qalansawe, protesters pulled over a “Similarly, we see that Israel believes that the red alert sirens, interviewing generals, and interruptcar driven by a Jew. They pulled him out of the car superiority of the Jewish race endows it with the ing regular broadcasting on television and radio. and torched it. absolute right to occupy, build settlements, take PA President Mahmoud Abbas asked Israel to vengeance and spill blood. That stop the Gaza airstrikes. is how they baked their sacred bread in the past, and that is how Hamas’ Double Standard they hold their sacred rites of venAlan Dershowitz, civil rights lawyer and Hargeance in the present, whose vic- vard professor, writes that “revenge killings, vigitim [this time] was the boy Abu lante killings are completely inconsistent with the Khder,” Afifa wrote. values of the Israeli government. They are not inconsistent, however, with the values of Hamas.”

Overtures Shunned Everyone is shocked by Israeli revenge killings Despite the overtures of peace because “the world expects much more of Israel from the Israelis and families of than they do of Hamas,” an outlook Dershowitz the three kidnapped boys, the Abu claims “is a form of racism.”

Khdeir family has rejected the He points out the lopsided actions. “It’s Israel condolences of the Israeli govern- taking military actions, which are legitimate, and ment. And Hamas has escalated then Palestinian leaders and Hamas using human their rocket fire from Gaza. shields and attacking civilians and killing civilians,” By late Monday, the Israeli se- he said. “That’s not a cycle of violence. That’s a curity cabinet gave the go-ahead one-way approach to violence.”

Netanyahu: “We will do whatever is necessary to restore quiet and security to the south.” to the military to “toughen the response to Hamas.” They ordered a Yachad Others took an electric saw to destroy the light call-up of 1,500 reservists and began Operation ProAs justice minister Tzipi Livni said in a meetrail that joins East and West Jerusalem. tective Edge, an initiative that will hopefully disable ing with Arab Israeli leaders, “I want to send a mesAbu Khdeir’s cousin, Tariq, attacked police and Hamas. They are preparing for a possible ground sage for reducing the flames. Stop the incitement was therefore beaten. Tariq, an American citizen initiative as well. and the violence – and it does not matter in which who goes to school in Florida, was found with a As of Monday, 220 people were arrested in ri- language.” slingshot on him. Fellow protesters had knives. ots in East Jerusalem; 36 police officers were lightly Photos from June 30 showed Israelis gathered Inflammatory commentary abounded in Arab injured in the riots. Hundreds of rockets have been in mourning, lighting candles and praying. For 18 media. The editor of Hamas’s paper Al-Risalah, fired at Israel; at least 7 were intercepted by the Iron days, the Jewish nation prayed as one, brought toWisam Afifa, associated the death of Mohammed Dome over Ashdod and five others over Netivot. gether by tragedy and hope. May the future see us Abu-Khder with the blood libel. “The settlers used By late Monday, Hamas’ rocket fire penetrated standing together as one, as peace comes for our TJH the body of 17-year-old Mohammed Hussein Abu deep into Israel, hitting Ashkelon and Ashdod. Pre- brothers in the Holy Land. 

“There is no room for the continued bloodshed from either side.”

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Riddle!

Kidding!

A man approaches an ice cream van and says, “I’d like two scoops of chocolate ice cream, please.”

The girl behind the counter replies, “I’m very sorry, sir, but our delivery didn’t come this morning. We’re out of chocolate.”

“In that case,” the man continues, “I’ll have two scoops of chocolate ice cream.”

“You don’t understand, sir,” the girl says. “We have no chocolate.”

“Then just give me some chocolate,” he insists.

Getting angrier by the second, the girl says, “Sir, will you spell ‘van,’ as in ‘vanilla’?”

The man spells, “V-A-N.” “Now spell ‘straw,’ as in ‘strawberry.’”

“OK. S-T-R-A-W.” “Now,” the girl asked, “spell ‘stink,’ as in chocolate.”

The man hesitates in confusion, then replies, “There is no stink in chocolate.”

“That’s exactly what I’ve been trying to tell you!” she screams.

You are a counselor in a camp and the head counselor comes into the bunk and hands you a basket with 11 apples.

She tells you to divide them among the 11 campers and to keep one in the basket.

How do you divide them in the quickest amount of time?

Answer on next page

By the Numbers: NATHAN’S HOT DOG EATING CHAMP JOEY CHESTNUT Think Joey is just a hot dog eating champion? Guess again!

This monster chomper can eat anything…well, almost anything… and he’ll do it in almost no time! Here’s what Joey has chowed down in the past few years in various speed eating contests.

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103 burgers in eight minutes

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141 hardboiled eggs in eight minutes

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182 chicken wings in 30 minutes 390 shrimp wontons in eight minutes

24 pounds of Poutine (fries, gravy and cheese curds) in 10 minutes

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78 matzah balls in eight minutes

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69 hot dogs in 10 minutes (a total of 27,600 calories)

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12.8 pounds asparagus in 10 minutes

(Okay, excuse me while I barf )

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In 1984, President Ronald Reagan declared July National Ice Cream Month, citing the food’s “nutritious and wholesome” qualities. He decreed that patriotic Americans should mark the month with “appropriate ceremonies and activities.”

(Take that Michelle…What are you going to do? Make August “Asparagus Month” or something?)

The U.S. enjoys an average of 48 pints of ice cream per person, per year— more than any other country. (Now there’s a fact that I can personally verify!)

It takes 12 lbs. of milk to make just one gallon of ice cream. (About the same amount of milk in your “freebie” iced coffee.)

It takes an average of 50 licks to polish off a single-scoop ice cream cone. (Wow, my tongue is cold right now!)

The biggest ice cream sundae in history was made in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in 1988, and weighed in at over 24 tons (54,917 pounds, to be precise). (Supposedly the biggest ice cream sundae in Canada this year is Mayor Rob Ford.)

The ice cream cone’s invention is linked to the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis. An ice cream vendor reportedly didn’t have enough dishes to keep up with the demand, so he teamed up with a waffle vendor who rolled his waffles into cones! (May his soul be blessed.)

Immigrants at Ellis Island were served vanilla ice cream as part of their Welcome to America meal. (No, they don’t give free ice cream at the Ellis Island museum…which is why I have never been there. Yes, they do serve chocolate at the Hershey Factory museum…which is why I have been there multiple times.)

Vanilla is the most popular flavor of ice cream(30%), followed by chocolate (9%). (“The ultimate dichotomy: people are amazing because they eat tons of ice cream. Yet, they are so vanilla.”)

"So How Corny Are You?" Trivia 11 questions to see how corny your brain really is 1. What do you get from a pampered cow?

2. What does a mixed-up hen lay?

3. Why did the banana go to the doctor?

4. What did the nut say when it sneezed?

5. Why couldn’t the teddy bear eat his lunch?

Answers: 1. Spoiled milk; 2. Scrambled eggs; 3. Because it wasn’t peeling well; 4. Cashew; 5. Because he was stuffed; 6. They gave him the cold shoulder; 7. Nacho cheese; 8. Lemon aid; 9. It had a byte; 10. Fry-day; 11. Leeks

6. What happened to the cannibal who was late to dinner?

7. What do you call cheese that’s not yours?

8. What do you give to a sick lemon?

9. What did the computer do at lunchtime?

10. What day do potatoes hate the most?

11. What’s the worst vegetable to serve on a boat

Cornometer 10-12 correct: Wow! You are pop-corn!

5-9 correct: You have a healthy dosage of corn— you’d be the perfect corn muffin!

0-4 correct: You are way too buttoned up—the only thing corny about you is the amount of starch on your stiff shirt!

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Answer to riddle: 10 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the 11th kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple.

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Parshas Pinchas

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n the midst of the sadness and angst that envelops us yet here in Israel and throughout the entire Jewish world, the story of Pinchas, the righteous zealot, rewarded by Heaven for his act of zealotry and violence, intrudes. We are still reeling from the killings and rockets and losses that we have so recently suffered. So, what are we to make of this most puzzling incident recorded for us in our holy Torah?

The Talmud teaches us that it was only through miraculous Heavenly interventions that Pinchas was able to slay the Midianite princess and the Leader of the tribe of Shimon and escape with his own life still intact. And the fact that the L-rd, so to speak, extends His Divine hand of friendship, priesthood, peace and position to Pinchas, certainly shows G-d’s acquiescence to Pinchas’ act.

Yet the Talmud and Jewish tradition are of the opinion that only Pinchas’ act of zealotry is to be admired. All other acts of unilateral zealotry in Jewish

society in later generations are to be shunned. The prophet Elijah, who in Jewish tradition is identified somehow with Pinchas, is chastised by Heaven

G-d’s commitment to Pinchas of peace, nobility and eternal greatness. It is this redirection of zealous energy to positive force that lies at the heart of G-d’s com-

ENGAGING OUR INSTINCTS AND ENERGY AND CHANNELING THEM INTO POSITIVE PROJECTS AND HOLY ENDEAVORS IS THE WISH OF THE TORAH. to moderate his zealotry and despair regarding the acknowledged evils of Jewish behavior in his time. Instead, he is assigned to be present at all circumcision ceremonies, Pesach sedorim and to be the prophet of Jewish redemption and reconciliation.

He becomes the witness to Jewish loyalty and continuity. In effect, his zealotry is to be rechanneled into positive energy and eternal goodness. Elijah becomes thereby the fulfillment of

mitment to Pinchas.

The Talmud teaches us that we cannot exist as human beings in this world by attempting to eliminate completely our negative instincts – our yetzer hara.

Our task, rather, is to redirect those instincts and forces that define us as human beings into positive and productive activities and behavior.

One of the fundamental weaknesses of other faiths has been their attempt to completely negate the natural impulses

that are part of all human nature. Celibacy and long states of meditation are not the tools of lasting spiritual enhancement and human continuity. Engaging our instincts and energy and channeling them into positive projects and holy endeavors is the wish of the Torah.

The zealotry of Pinchas and Elijah should be exploited for good causes – the priesthood and public service, compassion for others and a sense of Jewish unity, eternity and holy mission. It is the transformation of Pinchas from the man of violence to the man of peace that is the message of the Torah in this week’s parsha. The story of Pinchas is recorded for us in the Torah to teach us that such transformations are possible and indeed necessary for the ultimate good of the Jewish people and humanity generally. The Jewish story is that Pinchas becomes Elijah and Elijah becomes the harbinger of Jewish redemption and eternity.

Shabbat shalom.

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ach morning, we recite “Az Yashir,” the special song of praise the Jews sang upon crossing the Red Sea while watching their Egyptian tormentors drown. The Mishna Berura (51:17) quotes the Zohar which says that when saying these words, one should do so with great joy and imagine that he is crossing the Red Sea that very moment.

He continues that one who does so will have all his sins forgiven (!).

This is quite a deal, and we should all try to take advantage of it. However, the Mishna Berura doesn’t clarify exactly why it works this way, and why the person has to say it with joy. Wouldn’t it be enough to praise Hashem with a full acknowledgement of His mastery over the world?

One way of understanding it is that when one says, “I sing to Hashem for He is the highest of the high,” he is recognizing how fortunate he is to be in the employ of the “Boss,” that he reports directly to Hashem and not to a mid-level manager. The joy that he feels is because he truly understands how lucky he is to be in this position. It’s not about the fact that Hashem is the greatest, but that the “greatest” chose us to be His people.

I recently had occasion to find more joy in “Az Yashir.” I was in the middle of saying it one morning when the shliach tzibur was a bit ahead of me. They

were already saying Yishtabach. As they came to the end of it, I saw a friend of mine walk to the door of the shul, open it, and, as the chazan said “Borchu,” this fellow bowed and answered loudly halfway out the door.

Because he did that, a fellow who was coming in from the parking lot was able to answer Borchu along with him.

Now, my friend could have said, “Hey, if you don’t come on time, you don’t get to hear Borchu,” but he didn’t. It’s not our place to judge others, and who

A Reason to Sing knows what was going on that caused the delay? All my friend knew was that if the man walked in just after Borchu, he would have felt terrible. By enabling him to answer, this thoughtful individual showed caring and compassion to another Jew. When R’ Baruch Ber Lebowitz z”l came to America in 1929, he was presented with the key to the city by New York Mayor Jimmy Walker. One of the

cause He placed me into this holy nation which is the highest of all nations.” Our joyful recognition of what a privilege we have been given is worthy of earning us Divine favor and forgiveness.

Looking at our fellow Jews and realizing just how special they are is truly a reason to sing.

One final note: When I commented publicly after davening on how impressed I was with this act, he came over

LOOKING AT OUR FELLOW JEWS AND REALIZING JUST HOW SPECIAL THEY ARE IS TRULY A REASON TO SING.

things Mayor Walker did was to compare and contrast himself and R’ Baruch Ber. “Rabbi Lebowitz,” he said, “we both wear crowns. I wear the crown of the greatest city in the world, and you wear the crown of the greatest people in the world.”

Even this uninitiated mayor of New York realized (perhaps with the help of a good Jewish speechwriter) that the Jewish People as a whole are a different caliber of people. He recognized that our greatness comes not from what we have or what we achieve, but rather it comes from within. Indeed, he continued by saying, “The difference is that I wear my crown on my head, and you wear your crown in your head.” He likely was referring to R’ Baruch Ber’s great wisdom, but it still reflects that we each have inherent greatness, simply because we have been chosen by Hashem to serve Him. We all saw this greatness recently when Jews of all stripes prayed for the return of three missing boys, some for the first time in years. I saw it when I mentioned Leiby Kletsky z”l recently and a woman said that she is part of a group that still performs certain mitzvos in memory of this boy who was taken from us in 2011. We see it in times of sorrow, but the thing that made me happy that morning was seeing it in a regular, ordinary instance.

When I was saying Az Yashir and I saw the fellow go out of his way for the benefit of another, I thought, “I’m not only happy because I’m serving Hashem Who is the highest of the high, but be-

to me with a smile. “You know why I did it, don’t you?” he asked. When I replied in the negative, he said with a grin, “A couple years ago at another shul, I saw you do it. That inspired me to do the same.” Who is like this amazing na-

tion of ours? No wonder we’re a perfect harmony for Hashem Yisbarach, the Highest of the High.

Now in bookstores, The Observant Jew, a compilation of some of Rabbi Gewirtz’s best articles from years past, is receiving critical acclaim. With short, funny, insightful selections, this book is the perfect summertime companion.

Look for it in your favorite Jewish book store or visit Feldheim.com.

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A Fulfilled Life Rabbi Naphtali Hoff

Getting Back on Track

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his week’s parasha presents Hashem’s final directive to Moshe Rabbeinu, which was to be completed just before the great leader’s passing. At first glance, the mission — a command to attack and destroy Midyan following that nation’s terrible provocations — did not measure up to Moshe Rabbeinu’s historic role of Torah teacher par excellence and spiritual leader. Rather, it was a more mundane task of military function, and a seemingly unfitting last hurrah.

Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (commentary to Bamidbar 31:2) explains otherwise. He writes that the charge nikom nikmas was not motivated primarily by “revenge, throwing down of an enemy.” Instead, it was “the re-erection (etymologically related to the word koom, meaning rise) of Israel from the Midyanites.” This would occur by reestablishing the spiritual and moral freedom that they had relinquished during their moments of weakness.

Killing the Midyanites achieved more than eradicating the perpetrators of sinful conduct. It rid the world of living memorials to the spiritual tragedy that they had initiated, and allowed the Jewish people to reestablish themselves along the spiritual path that they had been traveling.

We can see an obvious connection as we reflect upon the untimely, tragic passings of Eyal, Gilad and Naftali hy”d. Surely, we hope and expect for justice to be served for the villainous perpetrators. But we must also continue to find ways to rise from the experience, for the boys’ merits as well as our

own benefit. So much good transpired since their kidnapping, in the form of tefilla, tzedaka, chesed and achdus. As with Moshe, the three pure neshamos ended their lives through the process

dent of the meraglim), both batei mikdash were destroyed, Beitar was captured (following the failed revolt of Bar Kochva), and Yerushalayim was plowed up.

WE MUST ALSO CONTINUE TO FIND WAYS TO RISE FROM THE EXPERIENCE, FOR THE BOYS’ MERITS AS WELL AS OUR OWN BENEFIT.

of sanctification and holiness, a comforting thought in an otherwise dark, heart-wrenching saga.

This idea ties in neatly with the three week period which is set to commence with the seventeenth of Tammuz and conclude after the ninth of Av. The gemara (Ta’anis 26a-b) informs us that five misfortunes befell our ancestors on each of those dates.

On the seventeenth of Tammuz the luchos were broken, the daily sacrifice was discontinued (shortly before Churban bayis sheni), a breach was made in the city (the wall around the Har Habayis was breached on that same date), Apustamus (a Greek officer during the second commonwealth) burnt a Torah scroll or scrolls, and placed an idolatrous image in the heichal.

On the ninth of Av it was decreed that (Bnei Yisrael) should not enter the (Promised) Land (for forty additional years, following the inci-

From the Torah’s perspective, it certainly cannot be considered coincidental that all of these tragic events occurred during this particular period, and specifically on these dates. Surely, Hashem intended to relay an important message to us. In order to understand this message, let us examine the explanations of chazal for the destruction of each bais hamikdash.

Why was the first sanctuary destroyed? Because of three (evil) things that prevailed there: idolatry, immorality, and bloodshed…

But why was the second sanctuary destroyed, since in that time they were occupying themselves with Torah, (observance of) mitzvos, and the practice of charity? At that time causeless hatred (sin’as chinam) prevailed. That teaches you that causeless hatred is considered of equal gravity with the three sins of idolatry, immorality, and bloodshed together. (Yoma 9b) Why is it that the first mikdash only fell due to the collective transgression of three cardinal sins for which one is required to give up his life rather than violate (yehareig v’al ya’avor – see Sanhedrin 74a), while the latter was destroyed as the result of the (seemingly not so significant) transgression of sin’as chinam?

Rabbi Eliyahu Dessler noted the underlying differences in the personal motive behind each form of sinful behavior. He suggested that violation of the three cardinal sins is based on one’s drive to satisfy personal desires.

Even the drive to worship idols was really inspired by a craving for adultery.

“Bnei Yisrael knew that the idols were nonentities, but they engaged in idolatry

only that they might openly satisfy their incestuous desires.” (Sanhedrin 63b) Eventually, however, a person reaches his saturation point and the sinful pursuit diminishes.

Sin’as chinam, on the other hand, is motivated by gaavah, arrogance. Nothing inherent in the person brought about the hatred. Rather, the very presence of the individual causes the resentment.

Such umbrage has no limitations.

A similar expression can be found in Orchos Tzadikim, perek 1: One who is arrogant, his heart is desirous and is driven by a lust for wealth. He will not be satisfied with his portion, because he views his possessions as being insignificant.

In addition, his arrogance generates an inability to tolerate others.

Rabbeinu Yonah, writing in Shaarei Teshuva (3:160), explains that one can fulfill all of the mitzvos to the fullest degree and still be one who hates Hashem if he is bothered when he sees others serving Hashem as well. Such a person is not serving their Maker out of a true desire to fulfill His will, but rather for the purpose of enhancing his own personal stature.

As with Midyan, our national salvation will not occur until the root cause of our sinfulness is properly addressed.

For our generation to merit a complete return to our land under the leadership of Moshiach, we must ask ourselves what we truly value. If we are driven by our own glorification and social standing, then we stand to remain stuck in the status quo. But if we are to hold onto what we recently experienced as a nation – across all divides and separations – and remember that if the cause is important enough we will set apart our differences and selfish tendencies for the common good, then we can hope to “#bringbackourboys” in the true sense of the term, welcoming their reunification with their extended family of Israel, speedily in our days.

Rabbi Naphtali Hoff, President of Impactful Coaching and Consulting, served for fifteen years in the field of chinuch as a teacher, administrator and adjunct professor before becoming an executive coach and consultant. He can be reached at President@ ImpactfulCoaching.com.

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Efrat: An Oasis for Olim

estled in the Judean Hills just eight miles south of Jerusalem, Efrat is a picturesque community and a popular destination for English-speaking olim. Efrat boasts excellent schools, an efficient service-oriented local government, a beautiful library with an extensive English book section, many Torah classes for men and women, a mix of retail stores and restaurants, lovely parks, and an active community center offering dozens of programs for adults and children.

The largest settlement in Yesha’s (Yehuda and Shomron) Gush Etzion region with over 1,800 families and 9,500 residents, Efrat is divided into seven neighborhoods, each named for one of the seven species of the Land of Israel: Gefen (grape), Te’ena (fig), Rimon (pomegranate), Dekel (date palm), Dagan (grain), Tamar (date) and Zayit (olives). The city is in growth mode: new housing projects being constructed on the northern end of Efrat are attracting many young religious families, and the city is expected to double its size within the next decade.

Efrat rises to a height of 3,150 feet above sea level, and shares the same beautiful mountain climate as Jerusalem, offering relatively mild summers and cool

winters. The city’s population is primarily Dati Leumi (religious Zionist) and also has a Chardal (Charedi Leumi – or Yeshivish Zionist) crowd. There are more than twenty Orthodox shuls – mostly Ashkenazic, but Sephardic and Yemenite synagogues also exist – in addition to several post-high school Yeshivas and Kollels,

plus there is an active women’s learning program.

Efrat’s English-speaking residents comprise 35% of the population, and are very active in all aspects of the community: they provide leadership within the local schools and are involved in many important chessed projects and in local shul programming – delivering shiurim and running educational, spiritual and social activities.

Most residents work in the greater Jerusalem area or have home-based businesses, while some travel to Tel Aviv or farther away via car or the train in Bet Shemesh. Thanks to a highway linking Jerusalem with Gush Etzion, Efrat is a mere fifteen minute drive from Jerusalem. In fact, a number of my clients who desired to live in Jerusalem but either had budgetary constraints or preferred to live in a more suburban environment have found Efrat to be a wonderful option as it provides a warm, urbane community close to the capital.

Efrat is accessible via public and private

transportation, although living there without a car can be challenging.

Efrat in some ways mirrors the Jewish communities located abroad, as families are often drawn together through their connection to their shuls, and their social lives to some extent revolve around their synagogues.

What only thirty five years was a mere dream of Rabbi Shlomo Riskin – then a young rabbi at the Upper West Side’s Lincoln Square Synagogue – Efrat has grown and flourished while retaining the intimacy of a small town.

Gedaliah Borvick is the founder of My Israel Home, a real estate agency focused on helping people from abroad buy and sell homes in Israel. To sign up for his monthly market updates, contact him at gborvick@gmail.com. Please visit his blog at www.myisraelhome.com.

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Rabbi's Musings [& Amusings] Rabbi Dani Staum

Almost Does Count The following was written in July 2011: Everyone knows that “Almost doesn’t count!” Almost winning the championship, almost finishing a job, almost closing the deal, almost getting into a school, almost accomplishing your goals, is all said not to count, because if you don’t make it all the way, then what’s it worth?

The past week was a very difficult week weather-wise for us in camp. Last week ended and this week began with three days of scorching 100 degree weather combined with heavy humidity.

Then Monday, the final day of the first session of camp, brought soaking rains that drenched the camp from morning until late afternoon, making it very difficult to load luggage onto trucks going to various locations.

Thankfully, Tuesday was a beautiful and sunny day as the new campers filed into camp and began unpacking.

But then, suddenly, with hardly any

warning, during the late afternoon, sinister clouds rolled across the sky. Within three minutes, a full force tempest unleashed a fury of powerful winds and an utter downpour of rain.

Fifteen minutes later, the sun was out, but so was all of the electricity in the camp.

Most importantly, everyone was safe.

However, during the rainfall, a strong, three root tree snapped almost at its base, causing the bulk of the tree to collapse on a small cabin only a few feet from a family bungalow with a newborn baby.

Originally a camp maintenance worker was to have slept in that cabin but it was decided (thankfully) to convert it into a storage shed for prizes and soda (all of the sodas survived).

So the tree almost hit the house. Interesting, but we know that “almost doesn’t count.”

Or does it?

Our Sages teach us that everything that happens to a person – every last thing – is preordained by Heaven. It is not uncommon for a person to be in a situation where something almost happened – for good or bad. We are taught that everything contains a message. There is a reason why things happen and a reason why things almost happen.

How often do we hear people recount tales of a near miss, what was almost an accident on the road? Often the story is repeated a few times and then forgotten.

In the spiritual world and the world of believers, “almost” counts tremen-

dously. Sometimes, Heaven sends us powerful messages by having things almost occur to us so that we will be able to get the message in a painless manner.

But we have to pay attention to the “almost” or we will miss the message.

Additionally, in regards to our Service to G-d, “almost” counts tremendously. Someone who was almost able to complete a tractate, almost able to fulfill a mitzvah, almost able to help someone in need may not get any credit in this world, but they are surely credited for their efforts in the World of Truth.

So when people say, “Almost doesn’t count,” it really depends on who’s counting!

Rabbi Dani Staum, LMSW, is the Rabbi of Kehillat New Hempstead, and Guidance Counselor/Rebbe at Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch & Ashar in Monsey, NY. He is the author of Stam Torah and can be reached at stamtorah@gmail.com. His website is www.stamtorah.info.

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Cafe Cafe in the Jordan Valley for a delicious mehadrin dairy lunch A foot dip where Am Yisrael entered the Land with Joshua at Kasr al Yahud.

The spices are back! The Afarsimon Farm with its rare and resurrected plants from Temple times.

And exclusive to One Israel Fund - meet MK Tzipi Hotovely in her hometown of Alon.

Cost: $70 adults / $60 children 12 and under ALL TRIPS DEPART FROM THE LIBERTY BELL PARKING LOT PROMPTLY AT 8:30am AND RETURN APPROXIMATELY 6:30pm.

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Then off to the modern capital of the Shomron, Ariel and its very modern ice cream place. The University is developing a cutting age wine research center - we will meet the team and continue the story of the area and its grapes.

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Sussya: the Har Sinai Sheep and Honey Farm, with Dahlia and her inspirational story.

Then Benny, his lambs and goats at Meshek Chalav Haaretz, including tastes of delicious yogurts and puddings.

Since we're already there, we'll explore the ancient city of Sussya and its underground escape tunnel. A light dairy lunch included.

Pnei Chever and Holy Cacao for (milk and pareve) gourmet bean to bar chocolate.

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In the Kitchen

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The Best of the Barbecue Now that July is here and you’re pulling out the grill, here are some easy and yummy recipes to try this summer. After all, the best part about a barbecue is that the cooking is done out of the kitchen!

Three Great Marinades!

Perfect for chicken!

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i k a y i Ter inade Mar Ingredients 1 cup soy sauce 1 cup water ¾ cup sugar ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce 3 tablespoons white vinegar 3 tablespoons vegetable oil 3 teaspoons onion powder 2 teaspoons garlic powder 1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger

Preparation Combine all ingredients and mix until sugar is completely dissolved.

Preparation Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and heat until right before boiling.

Let cool before marinating chicken.

Three Sides to Savor!

Note: If using with meat, make sure the Worcestershire sauce is not labeled O-U-Fish.

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c i s a B ade in r a M Ingredients 2 cups oil 1 ½ cups soy sauce 1 cup lemon juice ½ cup Worcestershire sauce ½ cup mustard 2 tsp coarsely ground pepper 4 cloves garlic, chopped

Ingredients 1 cup pineapple juice 1/3 cup packed brown sugar 1/3 cup light soy sauce 1-2 minced garlic cloves

Preparation Mix everything together and marinate meat, chicken or pork at least 2 hours prior to grilling. (Overnight is best.)

Remove from marinade, discarding the juices, and then grill as per desired doneness.

Ingredients 2 tablespoons of sugar ½ teaspoon black pepper 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar ½ cup of oil 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted ½ cup of almonds, sliced and toasted 4 scallions, white part only, sliced thinly 1 bag of coleslaw mix (16 ounces) 1 package of Ramen noodles, chicken flavored

Preparation In a jar, mix together the sugar, pepper, vinegar, oil and chicken flavor packet from the Ramen noodles. Set aside.

In a dry frying pan (no oil), toast the almonds and then the sesame seeds.

In a large bowl, combine the coleslaw mix, scallions, toasted almonds and sesame seeds. Crumble the dry (uncooked) Ramen noodles on top of the cabbage.

Gently mix everything together.

Just before serving toss the salad with the dressing. Serve immediately.

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led l i r G orn C ad Sal Ingredients 5 ears corn, shucked and rinsed 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved 1 avocado, diced ½ cup fresh basil leaves, minced ¼ cup diced red onion Kosher salt and black pepper, to taste For the dressing: 3 TBS olive oil 3 TBS apple cider vinegar 1 TBS fresh lemon juice Kosher salt and black pepper, to taste

Preparation In a small bowl, whisk together dressing ingredients. Add salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.

In a large bowl, soak corn for 30 minutes; drain well. Preheat grill to mediumhigh heat. Cook corn until grill marks appear—3-4 minutes per side. Let cool and then cut kernels off of the cobs.

In a large bowl, combine corn, tomatoes, avocado, basil, red onion and then salt and pepper to taste. Gently add dressing and toss to coat.

Serve immediately.

Recipe by Kelly Senyei of JustaTaste.com Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour, divided 2 teaspoons paprika 1 teaspoon garlic powder 2 teaspoons salt ½ teaspoon pepper 1 ½ cups (12 ounces) pale ale beer 2 large yellow or Vidalia onions Vegetable oil, for frying Spicy ketchup for dipping (optional)

Two Refreshing Drinks!

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Ingredients 4 bags black tea 4 nectarines, sliced 1/3 cup sugar 5-10 basil leaves

Preparation In a large bowl, whisk together 1 ½ cups of flour with the paprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Whisk in the beer until the mixture is well combined. Let the batter rest at room temperature for 10 minutes.

While the batter rests, cut the tip off of the stem side of the onions, then remove the peel. Slice the onions horizontally into ½-inch-thick rings and toss them with the remaining ½ cup of flour.

Add the vegetable oil to a large, heavy-bottomed pot (Dutch oven) to a depth of 2 inches and heat it over medium-high heat until a deep-fry thermometer reaches 375°F. Working in batches, dip the onion rings into the prepared batter, shaking off any excess, then immediately drop them into the hot oil. Be careful not to overcrowd the pot. Allow the onions to cook in the oil, flipping them once to guarantee even browning, for a total of about 3 minutes.

Remove the onions with a slotted spoon and transfer them to a paper towel-lined plate. Immediately season them with salt.

Repeat the coating and frying process, returning the oil to 375°F between batches, with the remaining onions.

Coooln Lem berry w Stra unch P Preparation Steep the tea in 8 cups boiled water for 5 minutes; then discard the tea bags.

While the tea is steeping, bring the nectarine slices (reserve ¼ of the nectarine slices) and sugar to boil with 1 cup of water. Simmer for 10 minutes, then turn off the heat and add the basil leaves to the pot for 5 minutes to flavor the syrup.

Discard the leaves and pour the nectarine mixture into the tea.

Chill, then serve with ice and remaining nectarine slices.

Ingredients 3 cans (6 oz. each) frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed 10 oz. frozen strawberries in light syrup, thawed and undrained 1 liter ginger ale

Preparation In 4-quart container, stir lemonade concentrate and 9 cans water until well mixed. Pour lemonade into large punch bowl. Stir in strawberries. Just before serving, add ginger ale and ice; gently stir.

For a special touch, freeze cleaned, fresh strawberries in an ice cube tray with water. Add the strawberry ice cubes to the punch right before serving.

m ‘n r a W oey Go illas ad s e u Q Ingredients 8 flour tortillas ¼ cup chocolate chips ¼ cup mini marshmallows 4 strawberries or bananas, sliced thinly

Preparation Spray grill and one side of tortillas with cooking spray. Place the greased side of the tortillas on a plate and then place chocolate chips, marshmallow fluff and sliced strawberries or bananas on half of the tortilla. Fold the tortilla in half and then spray the top with cooking spray.

Carefully, place quesadillas on the grill, cooking for 1-2 minutes per side. Sprinkle with confectioners’ sugar or drizzle with melted chocolate. Serve warm.

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Ingredients 1 package brownie mix or one recipe for brownies 4 cups blueberries 5 cups fresh strawberries 1 package marshmallows ½ cup chocolate chips

Preparation Prepare brownies according to package directions. Let cool. Once cool, cut into 1 inch squares.

For each skewer, use 3 brownie squares, 8 blueberries, 3 strawberries and 3 marshmallows to alternate onto the skewer.

Once completed, melt chocolate chips carefully in a microwave in 30-second intervals, being careful not to burn them. Alternatively, you can melt them in a double broiler. Drizzle over kebabs.

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Notable

Quotes

Compiled by Nate Davis

“Say What?”

An 81-year-old woman in the U.K. went skydiving to help raise money for a local hospital. They didn’t raise a lot of money, but they did get a new patient.

– Seth Myers

Yesterday Michelle Obama said she wants Americans to elect a woman president “as soon as possible.” So even she has had enough of President Obama.

– Conan O’Brien Every time I get an opponent — I mean, every time I get a chance, I’m home.

- Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS), who is in a hotly contested race for reelection, during a radio interview responding to an allegation that he lives in Washington, D.C. and not Kansas

But all work stopped this afternoon when the game went into overtime.

Productivity did suffer. I’m sure that happened in a lot of offices across the country.

There are no sporting events that increase productivity.

It’s not like you hear, “Wow, this U.S. Open makes me want to crank out these expense reports.”

– Jimmy Kimmel

Yo, we might not be going to the movies. I got a knife sticking out of my back.

- What Andrew Hardy was overheard saying on the phone, as he walked into McDonalds with a knife sticking out of his back

Yesterday Starbucks introduced their new decaf soda called Fizzio. It’s an Italian word that means “tastes OK, costs too much.”

– Conan O’Brien

A guy outside of a McDonald’s tried to break up a fight and he got stabbed in the back….The guy goes back into the McDonald’s with the knife sticking out of his back and he says, “Is there a McDoctor in the house?”

– David Letterman

The print is ready for hanging or framing and would make a great addition to your home or office.

A man walked into McDonald’s with a knife in his back. Yeah, with a knife in his back. His heart wasn’t in danger until he ordered the food, said doctors.

– Conan O’Brien

I say “Have a blessed day” all of the time.

I don’t think there’s any better kind of day you can have than a blessed day.

- Polly Neace of Kentucky in a TV interview after she was fired from U.S. Bank for telling customers to have a blessed day

– Description of a picture of the Dachau Concentration camp which was available on Walmart’s website (Walmart has since taken it down and blamed the blunder on a third party vendor) Some of Bob Dylan’s handwritten lyrics from 1965 went up for auction and got $2 million. Paying $2 million for Bob Dylan lyrics is a good way to know that Bob Dylan would have hated you in 1965.

– Jimmy Kimmel The reason the Dylan lyrics are so valuable is because if you buy them, you’ll be the only one in the world who knows what Dylan is singing.

– Ibid.

So sue me.

- President Obama’s response to Speaker of the House Boehner’s threat to sue him for disobeying the Constitution If you really think about the things you need to make yourself happy – housing, security, opportunity for your kids ... it’s not that hard for us to provide those things. The idea that everyone needs to work frantically to meet people’s needs is not true.

- Google co-founder Larry Page in a rare interview talking about how the wave of the future will be part-time employment, supplemented by automation

We had two Roosevelts. We had two Adams.

- Hillary Clinton to German magazine Der Spiegel, when asked whether America will turn into a monarchy if another Clinton is elected

Trusting in the L-rd, hard work and loving everybody.

- Gertrude Weaver cited three factors for her longevity, on July 4th, her 116th birthday

#Warning: Possible nuclear leak in region after 2 rockets hit Dimona nuclear facility.

- Tweet on the IDF Twitter handle posted by Arab hackers

House Speaker John Boehner is threatening to sue President Obama for using executive actions to create laws, instead of going through Congress first. Then Obama shrugged and made a new law that you can’t sue the president.

- Jimmy Fallon Last week the U.S. was eliminated by Belgium at the World Cup. And next week Belgium will be eliminated by drones.

- Seth Myers

At the World Cup, Uruguay’s Luis Suarez bit a player from Italy’s team. It’s the third time he’s done it. The last time he bit a Chinese player and then claimed he was hungry an hour later.

– Conan O’Brien

If fences don’t work, why is there one around the White House?

- Charles Krauthammer on Fox News arguing for a border fence Congrats to Joey Chestnut.

On Friday, he won the Fourth of July Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest by eating 61 hot dogs in 10 minutes.

Another guy said, “But I ate a hundred!” Then the judges said, “You have to wait until we say, ‘Go!’ Governor Christie.”

- Jimmy Fallon It’s not crazy, it’s not socialism. It’s not the imperial presidency -- no laws are broken. We’re just building roads and bridges like we’ve been doing for the last, I don’t know, 50, 100 years. But so far, House Republicans have refused to act on this idea. I haven’t heard a good reason why they haven’t acted – it’s not like they’ve been busy with other stuff. No, seriously.

I mean, they’re not doing anything. Why don’t they do this?

- President Obama discussing a plan to build highways

I don’t know what he does— whether he puts crack in them.

- President Obama talking about how good the White House pastry chef’s pies are

If more “Americans” are watching soccer today, it’s only because of the demographic switch affected

by Teddy Kennedy’s 1965 immigration law. I promise you: No American whose great-grandfather was born here is watching soccer.

One can only hope that, in addition to learning English, these new Americans will drop their soccer fetish with time.

- Ann Coulter More evidence soccer is for girls. Player from Uruguay caught BITING an opponent yesterday. Not punching. Not a cross-body block. BITING! - Ibid. in a tweet Today was the annual Running of the Bulls in Spain.

So if you’re sick of all the fake injuries at the World Cup, get ready for some real ones.

- Seth Myers

Well you have to be a little bit crazy to run for president, let me just put it like that, because you have to be so totally immersed and so convinced that you can bring something to that office that your vision about what you can do to help Americans…I also know that it’s a very hard job, and it’s a job that, you know, you have to be totally consumed by, and that’s kind of the definition of being a little bit crazy, I think.

– Hillary Clinton on PBS

The only solution is a democratic, Jewish state living side-by-side in peace and security with a viable, independent Palestinian state.

- President Obama in an Op-Ed in Israel’s Haaretz newspaper

I want to send a question to Obama: Did you prepare enough diapers for your soldiers or not?

– A terrorist in a propaganda film for ISIS

Hillary Clinton’s new book, Hard Choices, has dipped in sales nearly 50% after its first week. Many believe it’s because the title doesn’t exactly jump off of the page.

So we thought of some new titles…There’s What to Expect When You're Expecting To Be President.

– Jimmy Fallon

According to a new poll, one third of voters think Barack Obama is the worst president since World War II. While two-thirds of Republicans think he started World War II. – Seth Myers I am so sorry, I had no idea.

– The note attached to an American flag which was returned after the owners made a public plea to the thief to return the flag draped the coffin of their firefighter relative who was killed on 9/11

You’re basically going to have to trust me.

- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford when asked by a radio host to guarantee that he will stay sober if reelected

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Once the World Cup is over, soccer in the U.S. will return to its sick bed and dream of glory.

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in TIME magazine, arguing that Americans will never truly be soccer fans

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Forgotten Heroes

Avi Heiligman

Three Jewish Generals Who Served with Distinction in WWII

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igh ranking officers in the Ameri- this author’s great uncle, Dr. Emmitt can military during World War II Heiligman, who served in the Pacific were constantly being promoted on a warship), and 26,000 were awardto the coveted rank of general or ad- ed medals including three Congressional Medal of Honor miral (know as flag recipients. However, ranks). Over a half a only a small handful million Jewish serreached flag rank but vice members joined these served with disthe approximately 16 tinction. million man AmerUnlike the Civil ican military during War, where many of the war. Out of the the generals were pol400,000 Americans iticians or bought their dead, 11,000 were way into command, Jewish and another WWII generals had 27,000 were wounded been in the military or injured. The numfor a long time. Many bers are staggering.

Jews only served when For example, 60 perthere was a draft and cent of all Jewish docleft the service after tors in the U.S. were Major General Julius Ochs Adler in uniform (including the war ended. Still,

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if an officer served with partment became acutely distinction during WWI, aware that they may need he could be placed in the commanders for the onreserves and be called up going war in which the when WWII broke out.

U.S. would probably That’s what happened participate and reservists to Major General Julius were recalled for active Ochs Adler of Chattaduty. Adler was called nooga, Tennessee. up and in July 1941 beA graduate of Princecame a brigadier general ton and employed by the (one star). Serving as the New York Times, Adler assistant commander of was commissioned as the 6th Infantry Division, a cavalry officer in the they were part of Generarmy in 1917. He quickly al Douglas MacArthur’s Major General Maurice Rose, WWII’s Greatest rose in the ranks and by push to capture New Forgotten Commander the time the U.S. entered Guinea. However, Adler the war in France, he was fell ill in November 1944 a captain. In command of a company and was relieved of duty. General Eisenof the 77th Infantry Division, he served hower brought him and several newspawith distinction and was awarded the per administrators to the concentration Distinguished Service Cross. His cita- camps. Adler wrote about his experition reads as follows: “Accompanied by ences in the New York Times. After the another officer, Major Adler was supervising the work of clearing the enemy from St. Juvin where they suddenly came upon a party of the enemy numbering 150.

Firing on the enemy with his pistol, Major Adler ran toward the party, calling on them to surrender. His bravery and good marksmanship resulted in the capture of 50 Germans, and the remainder fled.” By the war’s end in late 1918, he was a captain.

During the interwar years, Adler was with the New York General Adler visited the concentration camps Times and was their vice presiand wrote about his experiences in the New York Times dent, treasurer and in 1935 became the general manager. He was still war, he was promoted to Major General in the reserves and continued to receive (two stars) and was given command of promotions. It late 1940s, the War De- the 77th Division which was placed in reserve. General Adler is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Not every general was given command of frontline soldiers.

General Harry Feldman started as a private in 1907 and during WWI was commissioned as a second lieutenant. After being deployed to Germany and the Philippines, he returned to the States to join the quartermasters. Their job is supply and the take care of the General Rose was the highest ranking general logistics behind all the important killed by the enemy during WWII. tasks. He served in several capacHe was buried in the Netherlands

towards the heart of Germany. The divi- hit him in the head, killing the general. sion had the distinction of being the first The German never knew that he killed over the Siegfried Line. a general and his body was recovered After the breakout into Germany in later. General Rose was buried in the the spring of 1945, only Netherlands. He was fanatical Germans and highest ranking generthe SS still fought the al killed by the enemy invading Allies while during the war. (Lieuthe rest threw down their tenant General Lesley arms. However, these faMcNair was killed by natics were more dangerAmerican bombs that ous than ever and lead fell short of their target.) elements never knew There were severwhat type of enemy they al other Jewish generwould encounter. On als who were generals March 30, General Rose during WWII (many solwas in a lead column near diers who served in the Paderborn when they enranks became generals countered enemy fire. after the war) and these The lead tank was hit and are three fine examples soon they realized that of men who served with the Germans were surdistinction. In the case General Rose (center) rounding their positions. of General Rose, he was galvanized his troops The Americans mounted beloved by the men who their jeeps and remaining vehicles and served under him but very few at home tried to escape the entrapment. The first knew about his heroics or demise. He jeep made it to safety and now it was was later called “WWII’s Greatest ForGeneral Rose and his jeep’s turn to es- gotten Commander.” cape. A German Tiger tank cut off their route and pinned the jeep to a tree. The Avi Heiligman is a weekly contributor to hatch opened and a German soldier with The Jewish Home. He welcomes your coma machine pistol stepped down. Gener- ments and suggestions.for future columns al Rose reached for his sidearm and the and can be reached at aviheiligman@ German opened fire. At least one bullet gmail.com.

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ities within the department in Europe and North Africa and was on the staff of Admiral Chester Nimitz, commander-in-chief in the Pacific. Feldman was awarded two Legion of Merit medals for his service during the war. In 1949, President Truman appointed him as Quartermaster General before retiring in 1951. He is also buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

There were several others who served as generals during WWII but perhaps the most well-known but tragic story is that of Major General Maurice Rose. The Rose family moved to Colorado when Maurice was young, and in 1915, at the age of 15, he tried to join the state’s National Guard hoping to be a part of the expedition into Mexico.

His parents (his father was a rav) found out and brought him home. In 1917, Rose was of age to join the military and was commissioned as an officer.

He was sent to France as part of the 89th Division and was wounded. Serving with distinction, he earned the praise of his commanders. After WWI, Rose briefly left the army to become a travelling salesman but rejoined the military a year later. The problem was that he was stuck at the rank of captain and when asked about it later, he said it was because he was Jewish. He was finally promoted and during WWII served on the staffs of three armored divisions. General Rose became the highest ranking Jewish officer of the war and was beloved by his men for his attitude.

As the commander of the 3rd Armored Division, he was known as the spearhead because he was always at the front. Most generals stayed way behind the lines as it was tough to command 30,000 men (that’s the average number of soldiers in an American division during WWII) from the front. However, General Rose always was there and the morale in his division was higher than in other divisions because he was sharing the hardships with his men. The division was nicknamed Spearhead because of his tenacity. They even broke the record of advancing 100 miles in a single day as they made the final push

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The Shmuz

R’ Ben Tzion Shafier

Ten Really Dumb Mistakes that Smart Couples Make Mistake #4 Forgetting that You Guys Are Friends

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t’s 6:30 at night. A young man comes home from work, enters his apartment, plops himself down on the coach, pulls out the newspaper, and buries himself in the news. Meanwhile, his wife over in the kitchen can’t believe her eyes.

“Here I am slaving away making dinner. The kids are wild, destroying the apartment, and that guy is going to just sit there?”

She doesn’t say a thing. But she does start steaming. A few minutes pass, then a few more, and she is getting more and more heated.

“Unbelievable! He’s just going to sit there while the kids pull down the books, knock over the furniture, and …”

Now, she’s finally had it. She comes flying out of the kitchen, lands all but in his face, and with a finger pointed, barks, “ALL RIGHT, MISTER. UP OFF THAT COUCH! You aren’t sitting there any longer. You are either cooking dinner or taking care of the kids, but lounging around is over.”

Most people would say that she was

right. Many women would applaud her moxie. Some would call her a hero.

And it is correct to say that he’s acting

next to him on the couch. And for some reason (that she can’t fathom) he sort of moves away. She moves closer. And he

FINALLY HE REACHES A CHILLING OBSERVATION AND SAYS TO HIMSELF, “I DON’T BELIEVE IT. I MARRIED A DRILL SERGEANT!” like a creep; to sit there on the couch while your wife is struggling is a lack of basic decency. Nevertheless, what she did was damaging to her marriage.

To better understand this, let’s play out the scene.

After being read the riot act, the young man gets it. He immediately stands up and takes care of kids while she finishes dinner. Then together they feed the children, bathe them, and finally put them to bed. It’s now nine o’clock, everything is quiet, and she settles down to spend some bonding time with her husband. So she sits down

moves further away. She tries again, and he still moves away. For the life of her, she can’t figure it out.

What she isn’t aware of is that for the past two hours his brain has been replaying her words like a tape recording: “ALL RIGHT, MISTER. UP OFF THAT COUCH! You aren’t sitting there any longer. You are either cooking dinner or taking care of

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the kids, but lounging around is over.”

And it’s been playing again and again and again. “ALL RIGHT, MISTER. UP OFF THAT COUCH! You aren’t sitting there any longer.” “ALL RIGHT, MISTER. UP OFF THAT COUCH!” “ALL RIGHT, MISTER. UP OFF THAT COUCH!” “All RIGHT, MISTER…” Until finally he reached a chilling observation and said to himself, “I don’t believe it. I married a DRILL

SERGEANT!” And as correct as she might be in theory, she made the fourth really dumb mistake that very smart couples make: she stopped acting like they were friends. Friends are forgiving, even when a friend acts dumb. Friends don’t boss each other around. Friends don’t demand, even when they are correct.

Friends communicate when their needs aren’t met. And you can be a hundred percent correct, and your spouse completely wrong, but if you act like a boss or a tyrant or anything but a friend, your marriage will suffer.

And, this is the 4th Really Dumb Mistake: Forgetting that you guys are friends, best friends who love each other.

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Deb Hirschhorn, Ph.D.

TJH Staff

Parenting, the Third Requirement

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veryone knows what the first two requirements of parenting are, right? Well, okay, you haven’t necessarily internalized them but if someone says what they are, you’d say, “Oh, of course.” This refers to love and discipline. You need both and you knew that.

But no one talks about the third requirement, yet it may be more important than the rest: simcha.

I got into this subject on my new internet radio show, Parents and Kids, and while I’m going to give you an overview here, you might want to go to the archives and listen to the programs.

They can be found at: http://www.chazaqradio.com/parents-and-kids-with-drdeb-hirschhorn and simcha is the third program.

Simcha is the language through which you convey the rest. What do I mean? Let’s take the frequent problem that parents have of “getting” kids to “do” something, anything. How do you convey that? A parent could plead, nag, threaten, punish and not get anywhere.

Yes, the rewards could work, maybe.

Without simcha, they probably won’t work. Imagine the following conversation: Father (who has learned not to say, “If you don’t clean up your room, I’m taking away your computer privileges”): [with a kind of snarly face] “I have a wonderful treat for you if you clean up your room.”

Child: I don’t care.

See how far we’ve gotten? Why didn’t the child “care”? I’ve heard from many parents that they cannot promise their children rewards because the children “don’t care.” Could it be that children don’t care about things? If that is true, then I wonder what’s wrong with those children. Did they lose their joie d’vivre (joy in living)?

Are they just so saturated with rewards that the rewards have lost their fun?

Either way, what is needed is the simcha to replace the tangible objects.

When you add simcha to the mix, you can reduce the number of prizes you offer your children.

So how do we do that? Our morning davening – a tefilah so important we stand while saying it – requests ivdu es Hashem b’simcha . I think it’s more than a good suggestion; I see it as a require-

ment for life. We, the parents, need to get our acts together in order to correctly pass down to our children this concept.

The foundation of simcha is believe in Hashem. This past Shabbos, Rebbetzin Aviva Feiner spoke beautifully about how our true faith in Hashem will help us get through this terrible time in our national existence. She explained that we, the Jewish people, are Hashem’s friend; we are that close. He knows the

Now, let us return to our scenario with the parent and child. This parent, we will call him, Dov, has worked hard on himself to chase away the blues. He’s gone to many job interviews and has not landed a job. He tells himself that there is something he must learn here and he puts even more effort into his next interviews. He strives for an attitude of simcha. Now, he wants his daughter, we will call her, Kayla, to clean up her room.

WHEN YOU ADD SIMCHA TO THE MIX, YOU CAN REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PRIZES YOU OFFER YOUR CHILDREN. future because He is outside of time. The past, present, and future are all one to Him; that is part of His Oneness.

With this faith, we then must recognize that Hashem wants the best for us.

We cannot understand how this could be at times like this, but it is nevertheless true. That is what faith really is; not understanding but not needing to.

Knowing this and knowing that Hashem runs the world means that all we have to do is accept Hashem’s Kingship.

Since He is running the world, we don’t have to.

That lightens our burdens tremendously. It allows us to be b’simcha.

If we take mizmor l’todah (from Tehillim 100) as a command rather than a suggestion, then it does not mean, “I know things are bad, but you’ll feel better if you cheer up.” Rather, it means, “You are not allowed to get depressed because that is showing a lack of faith in Hashem. So you must pull yourself together and be b’simcha in spite of your burdens.”

That is, if you believe 1. Hashem runs the world.

2. He knows how to do it.

3. In doing it, He cares about each one of us.

—Then, there is no reason not to be b’simcha.

He smiles at her warmly whenever their eyes meet. Kayla knows, deep down, that her father loves her just from that smile. He gives her a hug and kiss – she does not get tired of these – what child would (especially when material rewards are not so plentiful)? And he gently asks her to clean up her room.

Do you get the difference in tone? His love is combined with that inner simcha, the job of serving Hashem that he experiences and which he wants to give over to his daughter. Most likely she will care; she will do the job.

Let’s take a look at the flipside. Suppose he must discipline her. After all, she’s a normal, healthy kid, and it is possible that Dov’s love is not quite enough.

She cleaned up her room but got busy reading a book and never did her homework. Now, it’s bedtime. If he lets her do her homework, then she will be up way too late. If he sends her to bed without doing it, she may be very happy because she doesn’t mind getting a lower grade the next day in school.

With simcha in his heart, he goes over to Kayla and tells her to get ready for bed. Before he says the shema, he says, “We are all ovdei Hashem here. As such, we all have different jobs. Yours is to do well in school. You are taking

a summer class because you needed improvement in this particular subject.

Your job here on Earth at this moment is to learn this material. Do you understand me?”

Dov has delivered his message so lightly, so lovingly, how can Kayla rebel? When you don’t come down hard, when your approach is not only one of love for your child but humility before G-d, it doesn’t give a child much to rebel against.

Kayla will understand and Dov will get a commitment out of her to do extra work tomorrow to make up for today.

Do you agree or disagree with this line of thought? Either way, I would love you to call in to my radio show with arguments, questions, whatever. I’ll be happy to hear all of it. Please listen to the live broadcast every Thursday from 3-4 by either: 1. Going to chazaqradio.com on your computer or your phone and clicking the embedded player or 2. Calling (401) 283-6664 or 3. Going to your phone’s store and downloading the app “Jstream” (which is free) if you have an Android or Jewish Music (also free) if you have an iPhone.

Then select “chazaq radio” and click the play button.

Then PLEASE call me and I will answer your questions live! You don’t need to identify yourself. The call-in phone number is 718-285-6120, line 101.

A reward – with love and simcha! – the first five callers will receive “Chapter 9, Getting Control” of my as-yet unpublished book, How To Get Your Kids to WANT to Do What YOU Want Them To for free!

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Kosherology

Alex Idov

Reflections on Attending Culinary School W

hen people learn that I am going to college for my bachelor’s in Culinary Sustainability and Hospitality they almost always ask, “How does that work?” referring to my being an Orthodox, kosher-observing Jew who attends a non-kosher culinary program.

Thank G-d, the university I attend, Kennesaw State University, has been both very understanding and accommodating of my religious principles and kosher standards—and the best part is that everyone learns something in the process. I, for one, have found it necessary to brush up on my knowledge of the Torah prohibition of cooking meat and dairy products together and all of its intricacies. To my surprise, many of my instructors and classmates seem to appreciate learning more about the subject of kashruth as well.

I am currently taking a class called “Spirits, Beers, & Brews” in which I am learning about the history and production of distilled alcoholic beverages (gin, whiskey, beer, etc.). A portion of this class is dedicated to tasting the beverages we are learning about and trying to recognize and appreciate their unique ingredients and subtle flavors. While I provided the instructor for this class a list of approved kosher liquors and beers, he took it upon himself to do more research and took the time to study the kosher liquor guides made by the Star-

K, CRC, and AKC kosher certifying agencies. Having been given a list of the drinks to be tasted in class prior to the class’s commencement, I am well aware that the instructor also made a special effort to purchase liquors that I could taste (like Slivovitz, Amaretto Disarano, Godiva, Glenmorangie…and the class isn’t over yet) and not feel left out of the tasting experience. My fellow classmates seem to be learning a little about the concept of kashruth as well. I found it very funny one day in class when the instructor mentioned that one of the whiskeys we would be tasting was aged in a sherry cask (which makes the beverage not kosher), and a classmate then pointed out, “So Alex can’t have that one.”

In some of my other culinary-based classes, my instructors and I have figured out ways I can participate fully while still being able to strictly adhere to kashruth laws. In my “World Cuisines & Cultures” class, I was able to learn about various world cuisines in class and while my classmates were able to taste the fare of various cuisines in class, I would come home and prepare various international delicacies…or eat out at a restaurant of that respective cuisine (thank G-d for South American and Middle Eastern kosher restaurants in Atlanta). I remember thinking to myself when eating at the first restaurant for my homework, “How awesome

is it that I get to eat out at restaurants for my homework?!” I even got to go to a kosher restaurant on a field trip with my “Plant Based Cuisine” class, where we dined out with a vegan perspective (ordering only vegan friendly dishes) at Fuego Mundo, Atlanta’s coolest kosher restaurant. I was very happy that my instructor for that class made the effort to include me in the dining experience and ensure I was able to participate in the experience fully.

I feel very privileged that I am able to see G-d’s involvement in my academic studies (in addition to all other aspects of my life, as well). To be able to study for a degree in something that I am really passionate about and to do so close to home and at a school that is so accommodating to my religious requirements, nonetheless, it truly the amazing work of the hand of G-d. I also found the program, after struggling to pick a major, by randomly searching “Kennesaw State” on Google and finding and joining the brand new, innovative program during its second semester (I’m one of the guinea pigs), so I feel that I am being guided in the right direction, educationally. What really underscores G-d’s involvement is how accommodating the school and my instructors have been, making sure that I feel welcome and comfortable participating in classes as the sole kosher student.

SUMMER RECIPES FROM THE KOSHEROLOGIST

1-2-3 Slow Cooker Apricot Ginger Ribs

Ingredients 3 lbs beef ribs 1 cup apricot preserves ½ cup soy sauce 3 tablespoons brown sugar 2 garlic cloves 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1 teaspoon ground ginger ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon dried chili flakes

2 teaspoons toasted sesame oil ¼ teaspoon black pepper Preparation In a large bowl, combine apricot preserves, soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, lemon juice, ginger, salt, chili flakes, sesame oil, and pepper.

Place ribs in a crockpot and cook on low for about 4-5 hours, or until ribs are tender.

Alex Idov is a kosher food blogger who runs the award-winning site, “Kosherology,” and a regular contributing food columnist to The Five Towns Jewish Home magazine, LA Jewish Home magazine, and the Atlanta Jewish Times. He is currently studying for his bachelor’s degree in Culinary Sustainability & Hospitality. Visit “Kosherology” at www.exploretheworldofkosher. com and like “Kosherology” on Facebook.

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Ingredients ½ cup (1 stick) softened margarine ½ cup granulated white sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup flour 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 1 teaspoon baking powder 7 oz. container of marshmallow cream 2-3 dark chocolate bars (broken into squares) 1 cup mini-marshmallows Preparation Preheat oven to 350°F and spray a 9” pie pan with baking spray.

In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar together un-

REGAL Mother of Pearl and Sterling Ataros

1 tablespoon lime juice 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (optional) Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Ingredients 2 Haas avocados, cubed 2 mangos, cubed ½ small red onion, diced 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar

Preparation In a large serving bowl, whisk together vinegar, lime juice, salt and pepper to taste. Slowly whisk in oil. Toss in mangoes, avocado and red onion to coat.

Serve immediately and enjoy!

til combined, then add egg and vanilla and stir them in. Stir in flour, graham cracker crumbs and baking powder.

Divide the dough in half. Press half the dough in the bottom and up the sides of the prepared pie pan.

Evenly spread the marshmallow cream over the bottom crust. Separate chocolate squares and place on top of the marshmallow cream. Place 1 cup of marshmallows on top.

Using the remaining crust, pat sections of dough on top of and around all the marshmallows (they will still show through and that is great!). Sprinkle with ¼ cup chocolate chips, then bake 20 minutes until lightly browned.

Remove pan from oven and set it on a wire rack.

Cool completely before cutting.

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emorial Day marks the official start of summer, with many of us firing up the grill. Now that July 4th has slipped by, the summer is really starting to roll.

Barbecues can be healthy and delicious or, on the other hand, catastrophically caloric and fattening. You can easily indulge in some barbecue favorites without wrecking your diet simply by adhering to the following guidelines.

Burger Patty: A moderately sized 5 oz. all beef patty can pack more than 400 calories and 15 grams of saturated fat, and that’s before the bun and toppings. Making the switch to extra lean beef (at least 93% lean) will drop those stats to 135 calories and 2.3 grams of saturated fat.

Bison, ground turkey or chicken burgers are also excellent alternatives to beef and are much lower in fat and cholesterol.

Chicken: It’s the best protein option at any BBQ, and should be your first choice if availUsing lean beef in your burger able. Boneless, skinless will help trim fat and calories chicken is ideal, but if it was grilled with the skin on, please take it off before eating!

Steak:

Look for lean cuts and trim off any visible fats. Keep track of your red meats throughout the week and try to keep it to a twice a week limit.

Bun:

Switching to a whole grain bun will boost the fiber content, but calorically will be about the same as white buns. Try whole grain sandwich thins; they are about 100 calories, are usually parve and round like a bun. I love the idea of nixing the bun altogether and just having the patty with salad or veggies, or using Portobello mushroom caps instead of a bun.

Avoid the Dogs:

A hot dog is one of the worst foods you could ever put into your body. Putting aside the cancercausing nitrates, they are about 242 calories and 14.5 grams of fat EACH! Nitrate-free turkey or chicken dogs are better options, but

Offer guests yummy grilled vegetables as a nutritious and filling side dish

usually still high in sodium.

Sauces Spreads:

Try capping your burger with a portobello mushroom instead of a bun

little as possible.

and

Mustard is low in calories, but ketchup may contain a lot of sugar, so look for lower sugar or sugar-free brands, and use them minimally.

This same rule should be used with any barbecue sauces; use as

Veggies: Fill up on salad and grilled veggies and avoid the corn and potatoes. Think roasted peppers, or grilled onions, or zucchini. Coleslaw (drained) is a much better option than potato or corn salad.

Downsize: Too much of a good thing is not good either. Watch your portion sizes, consider making 2 oz. sliders instead of burgers, and eat slowly. The longer it takes you to eat that meal, the less you will eat in the long run.

Barbecues can be a fun and nutritious way of celebrating the summer months, but have led many down the wrong path of high fat, high calories, and very high sodium eating. When hosting a barbecue, make sure you have healthy options available for yourself and your Chicken on the grill is delicious and healthy! guests, and when you are a guest at someone else’s, just choose the best option available. Having a hot dog a couple of times a year is not tragic, but having one at every barbecue this season will be problematic on so many levels.

Enjoy and have a great summer!

Aliza Beer is a registered dietician with a Master’s degree in nutrition.

She has a private practice in Cedarhurst, NY. Patients’ success has been featured on the Dr. Oz Show. Aliza’s new line of prepared, healthy mealsto-go are available at Gourmet Glatt. Aliza can be reached at alizabeer@ gmail.com.

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From My Private Art Collection Rebbetzin Naomi N. Herzberg

Welcome to the World of Fabric Painting Part III

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Below are some final helpful hints from A-Z: *Acrylic paint can be used as a replacement for fabric paint. *Blow dryers help speed up the drying process. *Canvas is the best fabric to paint on as the paint remains on the surface. *Design a stamp out of craft foam. *Establish a working space so that items can be left to dry without any disturbance. *Faux bois (fake wood) designs can be created by drawing outlines with fabric markers. *Gorgeous baby room designs can be made by copying pictures from children’s books onto solid throw pillows or fabric window treatments. *Handmade aprons can be created with stencils onto solid colored aprons. *Invent your own style by experimenting. *Jewels can be added to fabric designs easily with fabric glue or a hot glue gun. *Knit fabric must have a cardboard inserted between layers before beginning to paint or the paint will absorb right through the fabric. *Learn the basics of fabric design before beginning any project; the rest of the information can be gotten as you experiment. *Michael’s Art Supply Store carries a large range of supplies. *Never throw an item away before thinking how you can enhance it or restore its use by applying fabric or acrylic paint. *Original colors should always be

saved for touch-ups. *Placemats which are soiled or stained can be painted to restore their beauty. *Quality gifts uniquely and specifically designed can be created with fabric paints. *Rhinestones and crystals can be added to the finished design to create a smashing look. *Stripes can be created by using painters tape as a guide and then painting in-between the tape. *Toilet paper rolls can be used as a stencil to form patterns on your surface. *Unusual designs can be found in greeting cards or wallpaper books. *Vibrant colors should be used as much as possible. *Water can be applied to fabric or acrylic paint to create a less vibrant appearance of the paint which is mostly used for background. *XL pieces of fabric can be used to design a unique table cover. *Yesterday’s garbage can become today’s gold by reviving the fabric with fabric or acrylic paint. *Zigzag shapes can be formed and then painted with the use of painter’s tape.

Rebbetzin Naomi N. Herzberg is a professional art educator, artist and designer.

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Your Money Allan J. Rolnick, CPA

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f you’ve spent any time online lately, you’re familiar with so-called “listicles” — those irresistible lists of trivial facts that pass for “online content” these days. You know what we mean: “13 Cute Cat Videos to Watch Now,” or “15 Towns With Mayors who are Younger than 7,” or even “10 Famous People I Will Not be Inviting to my Birthday.” Listicles may sound like something new, but they’ve actually been around since the Jews were wandering the desert. And who are we to buck such a popular trend?

So here, for your reading pleasure, are “Eight Quotes about Taxes to Put A Smile on Your Face”: “If the L-rd had meant us to pay income taxes, He’d have made us smart enough to prepare the return.”

- Kirk Kirkpatrick “I have no idea what was in my federal tax return. Like 93 percent of all U.S. taxpayers, I just sign it and send it in. For all I know, it states that I am a professional squid wrangler.”

- Dave Barry “The Opera reminds me of my tax audit. It was in a language I didn’t understand. And it ended in tragedy.”

- Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins (‘‘Jeff MacNelly’s Shoe’’) “Most voters would rather have their purse or wallet stolen than be audited by the IRS.” - Frank Luntz

“Few of us ever test our powers of deduction, except when filling out an income tax form.”

- Laurence J. Peter (the “Peter Principle”) “Like many Americans, I face a patriotic dilemma: how much cheating can I get away with? It’s important to pay your taxes but it’s just as important to pay as little tax as possible. Think of it as putting government on a diet.”

- Stephen Colbert “Last year I had difficulty with my income tax. I tried to take my analyst off as a business deduction. The Government said it was entertainment. We compromised finally and made it a religious contribution.”

- Woody Allen “Government can’t deliver a free lunch to the country as a whole. It can, however, determine who pays for lunch.”

- Warren Buffett Look, we realize any one of David Letterman’s “Top Ten” lists is probably funnier than a collection of tax quotes.

But can David Letterman give you a plan for paying less tax? We didn’t think so!

Allan J Rolnick is a CPA who has been in practice for over 30 years in Queens, NY. He welcomes your comments and can be reached at 718-896-8715 or at allanjrcpa@aol.com.

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Life Coach Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS

Mars and Venus Collide

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hey say everything you need for life you learn in kindergarten.

Well, someone forgot to include in the curriculum the important piece of information that men are from Mars and women are from Venus.

There’s an old saying, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” I think this means that when you’re on someone else’s turf, play by their rules!

For instance, in England, everyone is driving on the left side of the road.

Therefore, you learn pretty quickly it’s not wise to stick with driving on the right side! Or you’ll catch on within minutes when your car’s totaled (or as they say, when your auto’s smashed!).

And that’s a pretty compelling wakeup call!

The overwhelming prevalence of a different behavior helps you quickly adjust to the rules of the situation and attain greater success.

Just think: if G-d had taken one Venus dweller and brought them to bustling Mars or one Martian and brought them to social Venus, they’d quickly figure out the differences between the planet dwellers. The differences would be clear due to the sheer number of people acting the same way.

However, when you take everyone and stick them all together on Earth, the only obvious differences between Martians and Venus dwellers is physiological. After that, everyone assumes we are all Earthlings and that is when all the trouble starts.

The expectations are everyone must feel, think, have needs, and make

choices in much the same way. After all we are all Earthlings!

But when Earthlings are born they come with some preprogrammed reflexes. Turn, grab, suck…it comes naturally and helps initial survival.

When we are later born into our new

en are hardwired differently, not just physically but mentally, emotionally, and psychologically, then and only then can we be successful in our interactions.

I’m not claiming every woman and every man is exactly alike. Howev-

ADDED TO THEIR STRESS IS THE STRESS OF NOT BEING UNDERSTOOD BY THEIR FELLOW EARTHLING.

environment—marriage—there are no accommodative reflexes built in.

And that doesn’t help the adjustment at all….

He’s stressed—he’s running into his cave.

She’s stressed—she’s chatting away.

She doesn’t understand the cave response, he doesn’t get the overwhelming talking. Suddenly, added to their stress is the stress of not being understood by their fellow Earthling.

However, they are really two planets colliding.

The more familiar one becomes with the customs of another’s country—the foods they eat, their value system, and their priorities—the better they are able to understand and respect their behaviors and reactions. Once we understand that men and wom-

er, we have learned that a lot of their behaviors and reactions are part of their original home locale—or we might even say their home-ostasis.

So, when you find yourselves colliding, try to recognize your predisposed planetary differences.

Then learn about the general behaviors and customs of your neighboring planet.

Once you understand and accept that it’s not personal—rather that it’s more typical of the universal way the people on the other planet behave—then you can begin negotiating concessions and peace treaties with the awareness of the limitations and also the strengths of your partner.

We may have thought we were all Earthlings, but we now realize this is a way station for aliens from two different planets.

So be smart. E.T., don’t just phone home—dial long distance and learn about the home and customs of your mate.

The more you know, the more you’ll know you don’t know and the more you’ll be open to learning. That way, the collisions will start to work their way down to the occasional sideswiping, and eventually to an understanding of each other’s needs as to when to steer clear and when to offer a lift—and how to ride the experiences together.

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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